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Monkey_Driven wrote:I'm really starting to dig into Silksong. This game is absolutely huge. I've found it to be challenging, but not overly punishing so far. I finally had enough cash for all of the map features.

It's as overly punishing as humanly possible

i got bugs wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:I'm really starting to dig into Silksong. This game is absolutely huge. I've found it to be challenging, but not overly punishing so far. I finally had enough cash for all of the map features.

It's as overly punishing as humanly possible

I don't think it is as difficult as people have been making it out to be, but it's not for everyone either.

Monkey_Driven wrote:

i got bugs wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:I'm really starting to dig into Silksong. This game is absolutely huge. I've found it to be challenging, but not overly punishing so far. I finally had enough cash for all of the map features.

It's as overly punishing as humanly possible

I don't think it is as difficult as people have been making it out to be, but it's not for everyone either.

I mean my reflexes may be shot over the years but it's so hard to me like all of it

I'm stuck at this gauntlet n have no clue how tf I'm gonna do it

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Enjoying the Black Ops 6 campaign. Definitely quite different from any other COD campaign. Lots of stealth gameplay, and now I'm on an open-world section that feels like Assassin's Creed.

Aaaand now I’m probably not even gonna bother finishing because I got a stuck on a zombies level with Soulslike boss battles. I’ve never liked Zombies mode and the die over and over until you learn their patterns shit is a gameplay style I absolutely detest. So tired of difficulty-core invading so many games where it doesn’t belong. Just let me shoot soldiers goddammit

I played through Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer on Switch. It was $15, and it’s my favorite Christmas cartoon so I figured I’d play it rather than watch it this year.

It’s a straightforward platformer with subpar controls and horrible camera movement. There were at least a dozen really challenging things to do solely because of that, and while I managed, I can’t understand how a 6 year old, whom this is aimed at, would. Most of those challenges aren’t key to finishing the game, but if you don’t 100% it, you don’t get the cutscene at the end where Santa picks up the misfit toys. It’s the best scene. wtf?

Simple Torture wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:I finished the main quest of Oblivion and feel pretty good with putting aside for now. I am considering picking Avowed back up next, but that’s a lot of Bethesda-style RPGs in a row, so I may swerve…into something like Pillars of Eternity lol

I was overthinking this, I’m downloading Clair Obscur. Won’t get to play until after the weekend but I’m looking forward to it.

Big surprise, this game is the shit.

So I got Dave the Diver and its awesome. Very addicting loop.

Also, I wasn’t sure about Outer Worlds 2 at first but am really enjoying it now after about 3 hours.

I finished Cyberpunk 2077. Very enjoyable, though the final act was a bit too easy.

I tried Bolatro for the first time this morning and I guess the good news is I won’t ever have time to talk to my family again.

Fine, I'll put another 20 hours into Balatro.

scrub12 wrote:Fine, I'll put another 20 hours into Balatro.

I've already done 2 hours today, keep up!

Simple Torture wrote:

scrub12 wrote:Fine, I'll put another 20 hours into Balatro.

I've already done 2 hours today, keep up!

One week later, I won my first run. It was fun the entire time but winning was really quite a rush.

This thread has inspired me to pick up Balatro again. A great game for the upcoming holiday traveling.

I’ve got it on my Xbox and laptop because it’s on Game Pass, but I’m seriously considering getting it for mobile too, $10 seems like a steal. Just trying to decide if I want it to run my life like that.

It’s an insanely brilliant game made by one guy, which is wild. I go in and out of playing it but its an easy game to pop back into.

Beat Ghosts of Tsushima on the Rog Xbox Ally X last night. Fantastic game. Will get Yotei whenever it eventually comes to Steam.

Now continuing with Dave the Diver and will start up Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.

I'm hoping to abandon my family and dive deep into Act 2 of Silksong over the break.

The end of act 2 sucks.. after a week of trying ill win an impossible fight only to walk for 2 minutes n encounter something much much worse

In 2025, I beat 40 games across 21 consoles.

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1. Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE (WiiU)
2. Prince of Persia (Game Gear)
3. Trax (Game Boy)
4. Bayonetta 3 (Switch)
5. Jusant (PS5)
6. Dead Space: Extraction (Wii)
7. Gargoyle's Quest (Game Boy)
8. Egg Mania (Game Boy Advance)
9. Super Mario Land (Game Boy)
10. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Switch)
11. Tiny Toon Adventures (NES)
12. The Saboteur (XBOX 360)
13. Gyruss (NES)
14. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 (XBOX 360)
15. Deadliest Catch: Sea of Chaos (XBOX 360)
16. The Touryst (Switch)
17. Wario Blast (Game Boy)
18. Alan Wake (XBOX Series X)
19. The Last Guardian (PS4)
20. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Back from the Sewers (Game Boy)
21. Schim (Switch)
22. Her Story (Steam Deck)
23. Sable (PS5)
24. Donkey Kong: Bananza (Switch 2)
25. Jaws (NES)
26. Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (Genesis)
27. Hyper Light Drifter (Switch)
28. Red Dead Revolver (XBOX)
29. Batman: Arkham Origins - Blackgate (Vita)
30. Pinball Quest (NES)
31. Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (XBOX One)
32. Dragon's Crown (PS3)
33. The Quarry (XBOX Series X)
34. Monster in my Pocket (NES)
35. Valkyria Chronicles 2 (PSP)
36. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (Switch 2)
37. Bye Bye BoxBoy! (3DS)
38. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PS5)
39. Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty (PS3)
40. The Simpsons Game (PS2)

CopperTom wrote:In 2025, I beat 40 games across 21 consoles.

Spoiler: show

1. Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE (WiiU)
2. Prince of Persia (Game Gear)
3. Trax (Game Boy)
4. Bayonetta 3 (Switch)
5. Jusant (PS5)
6. Dead Space: Extraction (Wii)
7. Gargoyle's Quest (Game Boy)
8. Egg Mania (Game Boy Advance)
9. Super Mario Land (Game Boy)
10. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Switch)
11. Tiny Toon Adventures (NES)
12. The Saboteur (XBOX 360)
13. Gyruss (NES)
14. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 (XBOX 360)
15. Deadliest Catch: Sea of Chaos (XBOX 360)
16. The Touryst (Switch)
17. Wario Blast (Game Boy)
18. Alan Wake (XBOX Series X)
19. The Last Guardian (PS4)
20. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Back from the Sewers (Game Boy)
21. Schim (Switch)
22. Her Story (Steam Deck)
23. Sable (PS5)
24. Donkey Kong: Bananza (Switch 2)
25. Jaws (NES)
26. Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (Genesis)
27. Hyper Light Drifter (Switch)
28. Red Dead Revolver (XBOX)
29. Batman: Arkham Origins - Blackgate (Vita)
30. Pinball Quest (NES)
31. Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (XBOX One)
32. Dragon's Crown (PS3)
33. The Quarry (XBOX Series X)
34. Monster in my Pocket (NES)
35. Valkyria Chronicles 2 (PSP)
36. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (Switch 2)
37. Bye Bye BoxBoy! (3DS)
38. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PS5)
39. Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty (PS3)
40. The Simpsons Game (PS2)

This is awesome. I tried to make 2025 a real video game comeback year, and I did well for 8 months, but I haven’t touched a game since school started in September. Here’s my 2025 in order I played/beat them:
1 Last of Us 2 (Xmas vacation 2024)
2 Red Dead Redemption 2
3 Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
4 God of War
5 Indiana Jones - This was my favorite game I played this year.
6-10 The Uncharted Series
11 GTA V
12 Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
13-15 Tomb Raider 2013 and beyond trilogy
16 Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

My must play list for 2026 is smaller. I currently own copies of Ghosts of Tsushima, GoW: Ragnarok, Witcher 3, and Hogwarts. And I’ll do the Indiana dlc. Those are the priorities. I might add Cyberpunk or fully immerse myself in the Resident Evil series. We’ll see. Glad to be catching up on some iconic titles. I sure hope a new Mario game is announced this year.