I'm going to keep it a mystery because it's a very funny bit, but it's nothing special
I've cracked and bought the Ninja Gaiden Master Collection on the Steam sale, now I have the Xbox versions of Ninja Gaiden 1 and 2 on the Series S I don't really care much for the Sigma releases on this collection, I do very much want to play Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge however, even though that's on the Xbox too I wanted it on the Steam Deck.
Don't get me wrong, it has a lot of problems and I'm not in my Post-Onimusha dunking arc or anything but I fired the game up on Hard Mode and the first enemies in that game were more aggressive than anything in the entirety of Onimusha, it's pretty jarring.
Okay I just started Leda's route now and holy shit, the tone and feel of hers compared to Cai's could not be more different, I was hooked from the opening cutscene. I wouldn't really post just to say something like that but I'm that impressed I just had to say it
Lord give me infinite time to play this 
Just the end of Cai's Part 1, and I also feel like I played a full game, If this was an RPG and Fire Emblem didn't exist I'd be still extremely impressed. Some of the out of map stuff was a pain at first but the further into the route I got the more I got used to it and the more I realised the free turns you get can burn up rather quickly. And as much as Dagsion is a pain in the arse…I kind of respect them just making a full town like that instead of an obvious hub like in Engage, it's not really player friendly but I see it and think of it the town just adds to the experience of it, like it's matching the scale of the story they're trying to tell.
And at the end of the route, I see who I recruited, who I chose and how I built everyone and the way it all comes together is satisfying in that Fire Emblem way too. Like, that's MY Wyvern Rider cleaning up house over there! All the Flier lessons and taking her with me to pick off weaker enemies helped! (that and giving her the Levin Sword lol)
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Azure Striker Gunvolt
Trails beyond the Horizon
We Love Katamari
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Resident Evil: Requiem
Resident Evil (1998)
Final Fantasy X
Space Marine
Pragmata
Final Fantasy VII
Streets of Rage 4
Onimusha Warlords
Muramasa Rebirth
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
Halo: Campaign Evolved
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Pokemon Leaf Green
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Metal Gear Solid 4
Onimusha 3: Demon's Siege
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Hmmm, an awesome game needlessly wrapped in a mediocre game, to be fair you can choose how much to engage in the side stuff but good luck upgrading your gear and skills in that case. What should have been a fun romp of like 10 or so hours was instead a dragged out 40 hours of mostly first playthrough suboptimal time spending but also just doing stuff that wasn't that fun, but at least it's not a soulslike!
If you like combat and boss fights then this is the game for you, it's not the best combat mechanically but in terms of feel it's definitely the most satisfying, with the fluid counter animations and punchy parry sound effects that make it sound and feel like an absolute monster in combat and also that you actually got better at the game, the game is too easy at the start but it does ramp up some.
I really hope they drop the hub world for the sequel they tease at the end, and then add more enemy variety and enemy aggression and they've got a solid GOTY contender maybe…
Alastor