I haven't played Castlevania Symphony of the Night since the late nineties. I decided to try it with this fan translation. It's aged excellently. I remember almost nothing about this game, so it's basically new to me.
I'm not sure why the stylish glasses have an intelligence penalty, but I'll take it.
You see what I have to deal with.
That first puzzle, I was like WTF. No, that was nothing. The next one pictured? That's the WTF. What even.
Picked up this Shapez-esque automation puzzle on a whim, and I'm working my way through the puzzles. Sometimes it takes a bit, but when a solution clicks, its very satisfying.
I've been having fun with the short visual novel Billionaire Lovers, which doubles as a paranoia simulator. It's about an MC who unexpectedly inherits $100 million and suddenly has a lot of hot guys in their life being especially nice and/or clingy. It's light on the romance side, but I found the reveals fun and I especially like how quickly the game can end if you're not paying attention.
My only gripe is the MC gets addicted to an annoying Gacha game on multiple routes and I appreciate they were making a point but it was tedious to RP a loot box addict.
If you like VNs that go off the beaten path, this one's a no-brainer at $3 and 2-4 hours playtime. This was an impulse buy based on title and the promise of being scammed. Would definitely get scammed again.
Playing a bit more Ender Lilies. I reached Gerrod the Elder and he's a spongy fella, so I wore him down but not far enough.
I'm supposed to be taking a break from Farm Together 2 but whenever I'm tired or don't have much time I'll jump in and grind out a few medals.
I recently learned many of the tiles and objects have color variants, which is very exciting and unlocks many decorating possibilities.
I'm currently in the process of reworking my flower gardens. I keep flowers with unlockables close to my house, but when they stop unlocking things I move them farther out to be harvested whenever there's a quest.
Rogue-FP is a cool FPS version of Rogue. I had fun running around in this. I ultimately prefer Brogue but this is a good time.
I gave Oxygen Not Included another go. I grabbed it a while back when I was in my factory/base building phase. I bounced off it the first time, and this time I did slightly better but still didn't really know what was going on. I'm not sure this game is really for me, but I'll probably give it one more try before I call it.
Completely taken in by Ender Lilies style and atmosphere. I started out playing on Steam Deck but switched to PC because I wanted to play on a larger screen. Pleased to play a metroidvania where I get a double-jump ability like first thing.
Discovered and overfed some more gordos, and now I officially have a pen of crystal slime to deal with. I tossed a bunch of pink slimes in the free range next to my main range, and they sometimes combine with the bomb slimes that escape but for the most part everything seems to be working out.
Unfortunately, the game continues to give me nausea despite messing with the graphics options and removing head bob, so this may be the end of the slime ranching adventure. I might give it a shot on my Steam Deck to see if the smaller screen helps.
