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Control Holy cow this was awesome! Love the secret agency that deals with the paranormal kind of stories, and this delivered. Gameplay was fun and the powers were pretty cool. Story is pretty neat, I enjoyed that there's enough mystery to keep you asking questions about the FBC and surrounding characters while still being pretty clear on what's going on in the main storyline. Of course it also has some pretty cool moments, and some pretty ridiculous ones too. The AWE DLC was neat, and it probably means I should actually finish Alan Wake at some point. Biggest complaint is that some of the coolest boss fights are found in side quests, main mission bosses are just the same dudes with more HP, for the most part.

30% off on the eshop. Wanted to get 2 as well, but that one isn't on sale.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELL YEAH!!!!!! \m/ \m/ \m/ \m/ \m/ \m/ \m/ \m/

Replaced looks kinda cool, I like that art style. Forza Horizon 5 looks fun too, but other than that, Elden Ring and STALKER 2 have been the only highlights for me, and even then, STALKER 2 wasn't a new thing. Hoping Nintendo has some cool stuff to show.

HELL YEAH!!! January 21, 2022.

Election day, and it has, well... It's gone about as expected given the way things are, shootings, ambushes, more shootings, severed heads, cars full of money supposedly to buy votes, so on. Thankfully I was able to vote without issues.

Best track of the new album, and I'm not just saying it because it's based on one of my favourite movies. \m/ \m/

Not even 60 years old, fucking hell.

Sony Horizon Forbidden West: Cinematic trailer, gameplay trailer, big focus on the haptic stuff, release date of Holidays 2021 but no specifics God of War: Cinematic trailer, no release date yet Trailer showing glimpses of every game that's currently in development, a tiny, tiny tiny hint that Bloodborne 2 is a thing, maybe. Details about PSVR Bloodborne to PC Microsoft Halo Infinite is still a thing, no specific release date but "soon" Forza Horizon 5, trailer, release date, game pass details Skyrim for Series X Gears of War movie teased STALKER 2 coming to game pass day 1 They're working on their own controller with haptics, will most likely be part of the Elite series Nintendo Breath of the Wild 2 still in development, no release date yet More details on Pokemon Legends Switch Pro/XL/2/whatever is announced What's a Metroid? Genshin Impact finally released on Switch EA New Battlefield game, will be F2P with battle royale, conquest and gold rush modes Dragon Age, F2P gacha game All sports game double, triple, quadruple down on their microtransactions stuff F1 game will join the club, want to play as Hamilton or drive Checo's Red Bull? Pay up! Dead Space remaster/remake (Yeah right ) Ubisoft Splinter Cell event for one of their games Far Cry 6 Breakpoint DLC that moves even further away from the robot storyline That Rainbow Six game with monsters Activision/Blizzard Call of Duty stuff Diablo remake stuff WoW stuff What's a StarCraft? Overwatch 2 Capcom DLC for Village, focusing on Hound Wolf and the BSAA More mercenaries stages for Village, some free, others paid REM4KE, will look absolutely amazing, will be about 20% of the original in terms of content also no more right hands coming off Misc XSEED and/or IFI announce they'll be bringing over that Neptunia X Senran Kagura game Ninja Gaiden 4 teased Elden Ring was a collective hallucination Callisto Protocol trailer or just a message from the devs

Finished the game for a third time, preparing weapons and recipes for Hardcore/Village of Shadows, and I'm kinda disappointed in some of the weapons, mostly the STAKE and Wolfsbane, I would have hoped the Wolfsbane to be the best weapon, given it's name and that it's the coolest looking of them all, but the STAKE outclasses it completely once fully upgraded. I also miss infinite the infinite ammo approach of RE4, where you could just hold the trigger and go to town, none of this having to reload every once in a while thing.

Resident Evil Village In-game timer says 8 hours and 20 minutes, Steam timer says 13 hours. HOLY SHIT THIS WAS AWESOME. Favourite RE game since 4, though still not at the same level, this just needs a bit more cheese to be perfect. Still, it was really fun, the different areas, with their unique approach and style, the bosses, everything was pretty cool. HELL YEAH! My GOTY so far. \m/ \m/

FWIW Steam tracks 7 hours and I'd say based on the map I'm about halfway through. Unless the rest of the game is pretty short, which I guess is a possibility.

Resident Evil Village

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle That last boss sure was something, a couple of the boss fights are kind of annoying due to the lack of checkpoints and how you can't heal characters that have been knocked out, but that last one sure takes the cake. In the end, Rabbid Peach and Rabbid Luigi were the key to victory, though it took a fair amount of time. Other than that, a pretty fun game, the combination of the Mario world and art, with the Rabbid humour was cool, the start feels kinda slow, it takes a while to get enough coins to buy better weapons for your team, but after a while it picks up and you can easily outfit most of the team without having to grind for too long. Luigi shines in this one, dude's an expert sniper with his reaction shots, watching him just obliterate enemies was really fun. This was the best part:

Last minute pre-order: \m/ \m/

Made it to the final boss in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and uh... Multi-stage boss battles without checkpoints fucking suck, specially in a game where you only have 3 characters in your party and no way to bring back anyone who gets knocked out.

Resident Evil 2 Remake Holy moly, this was awesome! Loved the creepiness, the horror, the atmosphere, everything, graphics are awesome too. Mr. X was terrifying, from the moment dude shows up, then hearing as you walk around, doing your thing, those moments when you walk into a room and he walks in from another entrance, his theme starts playing and you start thinking about whether to run, hide, or what, walking into a room as he walks out is also quite the thrill. Easily my favourite part of the game. Only thing missing was some cheesy funny goodness, with those, this would have been really close to beating RE4 as my favourite, as it stands, it's still in second place, but not that close. With all settings on max this game looks incredible, the RE Engine does some neat stuff. \m/ \m/ Thought about trying to get all achievements, only have a couple left, but maybe later. Resident Evil 3 Remake Kinda wish I had waited a bit to start this one, not that it's a bad game, but man does it pale in comparison to RE2R. For starters, Nemesis is more of an annoyance than a horrifying threat, all his encounters are scripted, or lead to a boss fight, which is not bad on its own, but after dealing with X, this falls flat. Then there's the length, quite short, RE3 was already a short(ish) game, and this one is even more so, wouldn't be an issue if it had been the result of streamlining or improving certain parts, but instead this is the result of a good chunk of stuff that got cut. It's also a fairly linear affair so there's not as much incentive to replay it, unlike RE2R where you can try to find the best route, get stuff without backtracking, or memorize the layout to better avoid X. Not to say that 3R is a bad game, but it does kinda come short as a remake, although if I had paid full price as opposed to getting it on sale as part of a bundle with RE2R then maybe I would be a bit less forgiving. As it stands, I wouldn't recommend it, unless you really want to play all RE games or if you can get it on sale. Having played these, I'm kinda worried about the inevitable (and unnecessary) RE4R, I expect them to cut about 50% of it, make the rest super linear, and likely without all the funny dialogue. My goal of playing all RE games I have before Village has been completed! HELL YEAH! I could try and replay Code Veronica, but I don't know if it's worth the hassle of moving all those cables in order to plug my PS2.

Resident Evil 2 Remake HOLY MOLY THIS IS A WHOLE NEW BEAST. I was not prepared for this, super creepy, horror in full blast RE style, gore turned to 11, all that good stuff. Really enjoying it so far, even though Mr. X has given me a couple heart attacks already.

Resident Evil Revelations 2 This was pretty cool, much more horror than pretty much any game post-RE4, up until the remakes of 2 and 3 at least, the action feels well balanced with the creepiness, and although at first I wasn't convinced, I ended up enjoying the partner system and being able to switch between characters. Barry being back is the highlight for me, specially since, he and Claire confirm that Jill sandwich and master of unlocking are canon, even if REHD tried to change it. Barry's line at the end was pretty funny too. Story was fun, originally released in episodes, there are cutscenes at the start and end of each chapter with the "Previously on Resident Evil Revelations 2" and "Next Time on Resident Evil Revelations 2" stuff, these are cool, but also a bit redundant if you're playing now that the full game is out. There are references to Revelations 1 and RE6, although the RE6 comment was kinda odd, given the events of that game, you'd expect people to be a bit more on edge, but maybe they've gotten used to zombies and mutant monsters. Overall, a nice return to form, better than Revelations 1, good horror vibes, good action sequences, and the right amount of cheesy goodness. \m/ \m/

Resident Evil Revelations Short and sweet, much closer to RE4 in style, a creepy atmosphere, horror elements and a good dose of action. Movement can be an issue though, you can't sprint, just walk or jog around, which to me wasn't a problem, unlike RE4/5/6 you're not running around large open areas, instead, it's a much smaller, more claustrophobic scenario, stuck inside a ship that's in the middle of nowhere, so the lack of sprint added a bit to the creepiness to me. One thing that I didn't quite get was the dodge, you're supposed to be able to dodge most enemy attacks, but I found it very unresponsive, once in a while it would work, but most of the time it would do nothing. I also managed to miss the sniper rifle, later on, after looking up where it was, I realized it was in a room that I had been to, but after a quick glance, seeing it full of enemies and looking mighty creepy, I turned around, thinking it was an area to visit later on, once more firepower had been acquired, turns out, that's where you find said firepower. Story was cool, taking place between RE4 and RE5, not a lot of answers or anything major, but still fun enough. Also, for a game that was originally released on 3DS, it looks pretty good.