The Backlog Check-in Vol. 378: 3/29/25: The Last of Us Part II Remastered Edition

[Phaseknox]

Played: Nothing

Finished: Nothing

Playing: ?

Added: Nothing

Games releasing this week
Age of Wonders 4: Giant Kings
Autopsy Simulator
Caligo
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Detective Dotson
D.O.T. Defence
Elroy and the Aliens
Feudal Bros - Tonosama #1
Honkai: Star Rail
Is This Game Trying to Kill Me?
King’s Orders - Chronicles of Battle
Knock on the Coffin Lid - Nightmares of Millenis
Koira
The Last of Us Part II Remastered
Lost For Swords
Merchant 64
My Little Universe
Portal Fantasy
The Renovator: Origins
Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
Sand
So to Speak
Steel Hunters
Storro Parkour Pro
Tetris the Grandmaster 4: Absolute Eye
Three Kingdoms Mushouden
True Fear: Forsaken Souls - Part 3
Vagrus: The Riven Realms
Wildkeepers Rising

[canedaddy]

Played recently: GTA San Andreas

Finished: nothing

Added to backlog: nothing

Current backlog: 45


I'm in the end game of GTA SA. Taking gang territories and racking up quite a Balla bodycount. It's been a very fun ride.




Meanwhile, I pulled out a fantasy hockey semifinal win yesterday with an insane comeback, putting me in position for a championship that would put me over the top to buy a PS5. We will see!

[jfissel]

Meanwhile, I pulled out a fantasy hockey semifinal win yesterday with an insane comeback, putting me in position for a championship that would put me over the top to buy a PS5. We will see!

Hoping for a win!


Finished: PowerWash Simulator Wallace & Gromit DLC

Now Playing: Ace Attorney Trilogy, Astro Bot DLC

Added to Backlog: Nothing

Current Backlog: 41 games

[argyle]

Games added: my Humble Bundle monthly game pack redeemed, but nothing besides those

Last week: Finished nothing, played mainly Enter the Gungeon and a little Symphony of the Night

This week: I'm starting Nayuta: Boundless Trails because I've heard so much good about it.

Oh, I found my 6 missing Switch games that have been lost for almost 3 years now. They were in a travel case that had gotten shoved into the back of my entertainment console on a shelf near the bottom, and since the case was black it was basically invisible. I was on the floor yesterday messing with my receiver and I happened to see it. Very happy to have those back!

[isthatallyougot]

Games added: my Humble Bundle monthly game pack redeemed, but nothing besides those

I haven't picked up the Humble Bundle for a couple of months due to not liking the package. And last month had the Origin keys (if I'm remembering).

This month looks good, and it would have even been better had I not caved in and bought the TR 1-3 remasters. Stupid of me to do so since I expected it could well end up in Choice. Ah well, I've wanted Dredge for a long time, 1000xResist is really intriguing, Aliens Dark Descent is supposed to be excellent with great atmosphere, and Diplomacy Is Not an Option looks fun to me as well. So, it's surely worth picking up, but man, I hate that I caved and bought TR1-3 so recently. Gah! I rarely get something so (relatively) recent precisely to avoid this sort of thing. I break that rule and the universe dances on my face.

[argyle]

Games added: my Humble Bundle monthly game pack redeemed, but nothing besides those

I haven't picked up the Humble Bundle for a couple of months due to not liking the package. And last month had the Origin keys (if I'm remembering).

This month looks good, and it would have even been better had I not caved in and bought the TR 1-3 remasters. Stupid of me to do so since I expected it could well end up in Choice. Ah well, I've wanted Dredge for a long time, 1000xResist is really intriguing, Aliens Dark Descent is supposed to be excellent with great atmosphere, and Diplomacy Is Not an Option looks fun to me as well. So, it's surely worth picking up, but man, I hate that I caved and bought TR1-3 so recently. Gah! I rarely get something so (relatively) recent precisely to avoid this sort of thing. I break that rule and the universe dances on my face.

Honestly I was going to opt out of last month's bundle but I forgot. And those Origin keys did not make me feel better about that slip-up. Oh well, I have wanted to check out Pacific Drive. Will probably skip this month since I'm not a big TR fan and the only one I'm REALLY interested in is Dredge.

[jfissel]

Nintendo Switch 2 - 6/5/2025 - $450

[crimson_tide]

Hey. I live. Barely. Summer cannot come soon enough. Hope all's well.

However, there I am minding my Black Puerto Rican ass business letting Nintendo announce their whatever...and then, Sega betrays me. How could they do this to me? Yakuza 0 remastered is Switch 2 exclusive? Excuse me? The hell did I do to Sega to deserve this? I mean, **** Nintendo always and they still won't get my business...but I wanna play Yakuza 0 remastered. Because I have so much time...wait, maybe this is for the best. It took me over 5 months to get through Infinite Wealth and all...but I still don't like that this is a Switch 2 exclusive. I buy new systems for Kingdom Hearts, nothing else !

[canedaddy]

Nintendo Switch 2 - 6/5/2025 - $450

And the game prices. $90 for "physical"? Needless to say, I am wayyyyyyyy out on Switch 2. Nothing they could put on there that would sway me. (Well, maybe a new Midnight Club or Dark Cloud or Valkyria Chronicles 5 or ... )

The social media reaction was so negative... I wonder if they'll reverse course or just stand firm and see how many people will bend over.

Hey. I live. Barely. Summer cannot come soon enough. Hope all's well.

It won't be long, bro, the flowers are blooming. Hang in there!

However, there I am minding my Black Puerto Rican ass business letting Nintendo announce their whatever...and then, Sega betrays me. How could they do this to me? Yakuza 0 remastered is Switch 2 exclusive? Excuse me? The hell did I do to Sega to deserve this? I mean, **** Nintendo always and they still won't get my business...

Sonic drove his little blue dagger right between our shoulder blades.

[canedaddy]

Oh, I platinumed GTA San Andreas and had a great time doing it!



I forgot about the riots and how crazy things were in Los Santos.

Last thing I did was Vigilante/Brown Thunder. Many fools blown up.

No idea what I'll play next.