Mixed feelings. 

I went into it blind, I didnt spoil me anything or read anything about it on purpose, so I had no idea it used the same calendar format of scheduled activities that Persona has, I absolutely hate that. It annoyed me a lot in Persona 5 and it annoys me a lot in Metaphor. 

That said, I like the story quite a lot, the art style is cool, even tho the graphics dont look high quality, and I particularly like the characters - other than the MC who is just a bland blank slate. The gameplay is fun I guess. 

Pretty much my exact sentiment. You'll probably get burned out like most of us did but if you intend on beating it, use you're time to level with side stuff and use the pray booth on the ship. Leveling up associates is important for passives, especially Briggeta for one passive she'll give that'll help you have the best gear but honestly, don't skip days on the easiest things, I did quite a lot and found my self in hell on the last section so bad I had to put the difficulty all the way down and still just one boss toom two hours. Also, there is a ticket you can get in a shop near the Honey Bee in that'll allow for your knight or healer to have an extra go, really useful. 

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Path of Exile 2 Early Access
Persona 3 Reload

I beat the early access of PoE2. It is an extremely fun and addictive game. Some things were naturally unbalanced in the early access, but I fought through it fine with a bit of help from my friend. The gameplay loop is extremely fun with loot feeling impactful when you get a big upgrade. The endgame is a bit too punishing though, but it rewards people who put the hours in. However I consider it beaten and shelved because they have yet to release my preferred weapon and class. The story is also only half finished. I look forward to the full release.

I also beat Persona 3 Reload, my first JRPG of the year. It is a bit of a different Persona from Persona 5, since it is much older. The story doesn't seem to exist at first, but then it shoots off like a rocket. Many scenes were deeply impactful, and I am glad I never really got spoiled. Now I have post game depression because I know it will be a long time before a game affects me like this one. When I first came to this site as a lurker 15+ years ago, I saw many avatars for this game, those avatars have disappeared but I now understand the love one might feel for this game. You spend so much time with your social links, probably far more than creating Personas and fighting shadows. Tartarus is kind of meh being a continuous dungeon and each dungeon isn't too interesting due to the limits of technology at the time of creation. But the Remaster at least makes things nice looking and your relationships with for example highly graphical Yukari feels a bit more impactful I imagine than the pixelated PS2 version. The music is great, still the best in the business, but Persona 5 still takes the crown for me. I played the game on Hard Mode, which other than the first dungeon was actually quite easy. I regret not starting on Merciless, also they should let you change to Merciless. I am excited to eventually play Persona 4 Golden, but that will have to wait until I get the Atlus itch again.

First post of the year. Looks like I'm going to sub to PS+ Extra again, as it's on discount at the exact time I need to sub... they planned this. :P

For the month on January, I played and did not complete, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, Stanley Parable (and yes, i know it takes 5 minutes but honestly, I'm not counting this), System Shock (I bought this in sale but I just didn't get on with it, I disliked the lack of resources, the lack of direction and the sheer number of respawning enemies while I had limited resources, maybe I'll go back on a lower difficulty some time) and then my usual MP of Apex, Marvel Rivals and Tekken 8 plus some games of Slay the Spire.

However, this last week has been dedicated to God of War Ragnarok, superb game, loved it, will be buying a copy for my collection. I played GoW 2018 only 6 month after release, games went on same quicker back then and loved the change in pace of the franchise, was never one for the way the older ones were done. Yet when it came to a few years ago and this releasing, just never bought it. Should have done for sure, far better time spent playing this than other titles last year. Still got to finish a few ending side quests which I'll do at a more leisurely pace as I got hooked exploring and looking for things, too hooked, so need a break.

I have pretty much zero faults with it. Is near to a brilliant game as you can get.

EDIT: Oh, I'll add, after playing, my disappointment in DAV is even bigger when you play this game because even though it's not supposed to be, DAV is basically odd spinoff of this game just set in Thedas, even down to an animation of an ability in game. Not sure why they decided to copy God of War but whatever.

I was sure I was loosing my mind, like going bat shit insane but then I seen your sig and I know it's not me. Also, you can Platinum Portal on Playstation 😉 

So far:

Super Mario Wonder
Untitled Goose Game
Baba is You
Shovel Knight

NICE. Shovel knight is legit difficult, respect. 

did my sig confuse you or smth? Lol. (it’s a pretty solid observation imo. Nintendo Switch 3 releasing when I’m 33yo, meaning NSW2 will sell for 11y & hit 222.22mil units.)