Content from Last 48hrs

Donkey Kong Country My friends had this game when I was growing up and I feel like we played it all the time. But half way through, the levels stopped feeling familiar. Clearly, no one ever beat it. However, on Sunday, I started and beat it in one evening. I don't feel like it's a great platformer but it certainly has it's charm. I can't help but wonder now that Xbox is going third party or something, would Rare still have these assets? An HD remaster would be really interesting. Donkey Kong Country 2 Hey another game I beat in one night (plus about 30 minutes the next evening). This game, I think, is a much better platformer than DKC1. However, by the last few worlds there's definitely some parts that feel unfair. Say what you want about the difficulty in Tropical Freeze but it's always fair. Anyways, finished every level as Dixie Kong, the best Kong. I feel like we don't talk about her as one of the defining guitarists of the 90s and that's bullshit. I did beat Donkey Kong Country 3 as a kid and I think once more maybe on the Wii Virtual Console, so I don't really feel like going back to that one even if, hot take, I think it's the best of the three.

Clair Obscur, you can read my gushing in the games you beat thread. I'll be shocked if anything tops it for the rest of the year.

Elden Ring Nightreign I do wish it had more cool modifiers and mechanics, but it's still pretty neat as is. Given the amount of stuff they haven't brought over from Elden Ring, I'm looking forward to future updates, adding smithscript weapons would be really fun.

For me it's rarely a conscious decision to give up on a game, normally I just realize I haven't played it in a few days or a week or whatever and have no desire to go back to it, so I don't.