My partner and I got back into Warframe after a 1,5-year break, and it's been great. Took a little to get back into it but now we're reacquainted. Currently working on finishing up the star chart and the remainder of main quests, slowly farming a few new Warframes here and there.

Another week of not getting around to playing much, but it will get better next week.

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Waow, I just hit the point where you can play online in squads, around 5 ish hours or so in. I'm never finishing this game lmao. Still enjoying it, as long as I'm not being bumrushed by the wildlife :D

Donkey Kong Banyanza: Didn't really mean to buy it yet but I splurged on a whim. Not far in as well, but very enjoyable. Hulk smash! Wait.. no...

And that's a wrap. I decided against buying Sports Resort for now due to the unexpected DK splurge. It's not going anywhere and my backlog is already unwieldy hnnrghh...

Also that Arlo viddy on TotK was a banger right?

Finished Super Robot Wars Y Anniversary Expansion Pack!

This was an odd expansion. It's a really good "alternate" final chapter for the game, adding a ton of things people were asking for in the base game - letting certain characters survive, a bunch of new combination attacks, Witch from Mercury S2 content, better closure for several story points.

But at the same time, the lack of proper integration with the base game really hurts it. How many people will enjoy going through the (very long) final chapter of the game, then jump into this DLC to go through variations of the same scenarios? I think that a mod that allows you you go straight from Chapter 6 into Anniversary Expansion Pack would be amazing and make for the best possible experience for someone playing this game for the first time.

Overall I really enjoyed SRWY. The base game is solid and fixes most of the issues I had with the previous game, the main cast is fantastic and there's a ton of great cross-series interactions. I think the DLCs are good, but a bit too pricy for what they offer so I don't recommend them unless you get them on a sale.

Haven't decided what I'll play next.... probably resuming Perennial Dusk: Kinsenka.

I finished the Broken Steel side quests in Fallout 3. They weren't particularly deep, more of a glance as to what's been happening with "the thing you made happen in the ending". I should be finishing the game off for good next week.

Progressed through the final arc in Bleach: Rebirth of Souls. As expected, the appearance of the Visored was very underwhelming with most of them missing. They did finally show up in a drawing, but were immediately ignored again.

I also had my first, really challenging battle! There are usually some AI patterns you can exploit, but fighting Kyoraku as Stark without losing any of your Konpaku (Soul Points) is bonkers. Stark uses his own Konpaku for his finishing blow when awakened, so you have to do the battle in your base form, which is not great. And they really captured the spirit of Kyoraku's Bankai, too, changing the rules of combat all the time.

It's one of the abilities I was most curious about and they made it work! The Hot Potato effect is the most stressful! It basically makes both combatants invincible, but hitting your opponent passes the bomb to them and whoever has it when it explodes takes all the damage that was built up!

Fought Gypceros in Monster Hunter GU, not much to say about him. I'm starting to think my Charge Blade is too mechanical though. I charge all my phials, I use all my phials. Rinse and repeat. I need to make it more organic to actually use my Guard Points. It's just that as a Switch Axe user of many years, the very idea of guarding anything is still very foreign to me.

Next up is Malfestio, who I've been very curious about. You don't see many birds in Monster Hunter that are straight-up birds! I can only think of Aknosom, who was one of my favorites in Rise for that exact same reason.

I stated the new Final Fantasy Resonance. So far, it's solid. No regrets choosing Switch 2 over PC. Performance is smooth. Recommended for any FF fans.

I've also been playing Echo Weaver, which is a metroidvania sidescroller with time-loop mechanics, where the main thing you gain between loops is just knowledge. Honestly, this isn't my genre of choice — I can't remember the last metroidvania game I played for any length of time — but I was intrigued by the time loop aspect. So far so good, but I'm only just as the first boss so time will tell if I stick it out. Performance in Switch 2 is not totally smooth unfortunately. FPS drops fairly frequently. It's definitely playable but I'm disappointed that what seems like a modest 2D game has any performance issues whatsoever.

Since I'm not really into the genre I'm not sure how it compares to others but I'm having a good time.

I got Dolphin emulator recently, and now I get to experience the joys of GameCube and Wii (from a controller only though)

I’ve been playing Super Mario Sunshine for the first time and it’s amazing! Only gripe are inverted camera controls but that’s minor, it’s a stellar game

God of War is on my list too, but I haven’t played the series in years so I’m starting fresh with GOW 1