The Backlog Check-in Vol. 276: 4/15/23: Dead Island 2 Edition

[argyle]

Games added: Dead Space Remake, RE4 Remake, Evil West, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (Xbox), Untitled Goose Game, Spirit of the North (Switch)

Last week: Finished nothing, played Aria of Sorrow, a little RE4, probably something else but my brain is fried right now

This week: Still playing Aria, and not much else

Who has waited until the last minute to do his taxes like an idiot?

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[canedaddy]

Taxes SUCK!!!!

We paid someone to do them this year for the very first time, and I have no regrets.

[isthatallyougot]

What are taxes?

[jfissel]

Games added: Untitled Goose Game

[argyle]

Games added: Untitled Goose Game

Hehe - I had played it on Gamepass (didn't finish it tho) but I wanted to own in physically - when I saw it at my GS last Friday I figured the b2g1 was a good way to fix that.

[Phaseknox]

Games added: Untitled Goose Game

I have this in my backlog, but that should come as no surprise because I have EVERYTHING in my backlog.

[crimson_tide]

Protip argyle: tax extensions to October exist. I only know or care about this because my self employed wife keeps having to apply for them because she too hates doing taxes. Otherwise, mine are mad easy because I'm just a teacher. Just saying...

Played: Castlevania Aria of Sorrow, Sackboy, TMNT IV Turtles in Time...I forget the rest. DMC1 I think? Oh and Cosmic Star Heroine.

Beat: Turtles in Time

Bought: Shadowrun Collection, Skyrim...the new one, Huntdown, Disco Elysium

This week:...I don't know. Work is back. Cosmic Star Heroine I guess because Vita and subway. And Huntdown because it's Huntdown. And Aria because game club.

I started Cosmic Star Heroine because I wanted to give DQ8 a break because it was starting to feel like a grind. It's really dang good, I like it thus far. Aria is cool. This rewind thing is flipping great, every retro rerelease should have it! I have been abusing it. But Huntdown super won me over. That's a balling ass baller 2D shooter with AMAZING bosses right there! Going to get a level in now before bed, later fam!

Oh and my late ass GOTY is in the draft phase on the boards. Picked the order but this Lost Judgement writeup is just a monster because I want to properly convey my loathing of it sans spoilers. Man, I really hated that game...guess you know where it placed now .

[argyle]

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Seriously, I think the stress & anxiety from having them hanging over my head had gone on any longer I might have snapped.

[jfissel]

Oh and my late ass GOTY is in the draft phase on the boards. Picked the order but this Lost Judgement writeup is just a monster because I want to properly convey my loathing of it sans spoilers. Man, I really hated that game...guess you know where it placed now .

I look forward to reading your rant.

Games added: Untitled Goose Game

I have this in my backlog, but that should come as no surprise because I have EVERYTHING in my backlog.

It's not a long game, so knock it out whenever!

[Phaseknox]

It's not a long game, so knock it out whenever!

I will when I’m in the mood for a goose sim. I’ve been playing BloodRayne ReVamped, and having a blast. It’s a PS2/Xbox era third person action game at its finest. It’s nothing deep or complicated, just the basics to run through levels slicing, dicing and shooting monsters and Nazis. It plays fast with fairly tight controls, but the combat lacks oomph. It’s still fun, but lacks punch. The levels are open-ish and maze-like with mini objectives, so it’s not linear or straight forward. I played it back when it came out and liked it, but I remember being a little disappointed that it wasn’t more of an action adventure platformer. I’m enjoying it more this time probably because we haven’t gotten a lot of these types of mid-tier third person action games over the years.