Had a full weekend session while unwell, 12+ hours days from friday right up til last night and made good progress on FF16 and gained all stars on every level in Army of Ruin. 7/10 with 22 hours this year and 8 last year. The platinum looks grindy as hell but doable with most of the work already done.
The game copies Vampire survivors very closely but does not nearly reach the heights of it but it's one of the better ones in what has become one of my favourite genres. It's a fun, solid anf strong 7/10. I was surprised how fun it actually is, I'd probably rate this higher if it was my first bullet heaven game it does many things really well including having an insanely diverse and varied weapon and power ups list but this is a double edged sword as it makes RNG a bit of a pain in the ass but all in all it keeps things fresh and it was harder to beat than VS even though VS was longer. It falls in a few places, generic visuals, I'm not a fan of the star system, the price of perma upgrades is too steep causing a grind mid game, because of RNG it would be better to lower the price of favourites weapons and power ups or just add more gold organically without having to do specialised runs and a few other minor gripes, it lacks a bit of soul but makes up for it in pure fun. I'm gonna replace this with NERD Survivors which is thee most difficult game I've played yet in the genre but is also seemingly very solid.
This year is off to a great start, I should be able to best my 2024 gaming and up things to 30 hours per week and definetly focus on beating games more instead of wasting time on poor games that might turn around or get good., even though I'll have less free time.
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