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The amount of GOTY tier games released in succession in the last few weeks is frankly ridiculous, I didn't have to buy them all Day 1 but I couldn't help it, FOMO baby!

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave - I still have issues with this, mainly the gap between actual map fights, but on the whole this is probably the best Switch 2 only game I've played…but it's also a huge game like Gar said, so rather than try to gorge myself on it non stop I've been pacing myself and I think it's making me appreciate it much more than I would.

Trails in the Sky: 2nd Chapter - I was going to try playing this and Fire Emblem somewhat alternately but I've only beat the prologue on this so far, I usually play a Trails game non stop until I beat it but with Fire Emblem out on the same day I knew that as much as I love Trails I'd be thinking of Fire Emblem non stop if I put that back so I'm trying to wait until I can give this the time it deserves by giving Fire Emblem the time it deserves.

I was so sure this would be my easy GOTY but Fire Emblem really is quite good, if they remade Trails SC (my fave game in the series) as well as they did Trails FC (Trails 1st is in my opinion, the best example of a remake of any game I've played I think?) then it still might be, but we'll see. @_@

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve - Fucking hell this just came out globally today and it's yet another banger, I am not entirely surprised as AC7 was excellent and this is a series that nailed the formula first try way back on PS1 so I'm glad to see this review so well. I wouldn't have started this today but I think a mission based jet simulator is a nice palette cleanser for 2 massive RPGs, and I just wanted to blow up planes.

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A bit too many FPV cutscenes of a typically confusing AC story but it's really good, it looks freaking gorgeous, flying atop the clouds greets you with a Realm of Heaven, a landscape of rolling cotton, then you fly through them and the water droplets condense on the screen uuuuuwwaaaaa

As I said, the formula hasn't really changed, you fly and shoot missiles at far away blinking red targets until there's a big orange ball at the end of the wispy line of smoke. AC7's strength was actually in it's mission variety though, so I don't expect this to be any different.

insert a whole load of horror games here, Resi, Alan Wake hopefully, Fatal Frame…etc

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I only needed to play up to the first boss of the new Castlevania: Belmont's Curse to now I'm getting it, this is why I didn't buy the Prince of Persia metroidvania as well, I knew I was going to possibly get this.

I think I've been to Kiyomizu-dera unless it's a temple that looks like it

That platform in the middle is where you fight Ganryu the first time right? Or am I mistaken? I have closer pics but none from a POV of the actual platform (omg virtual tourism yay)

Oh I didn't say anything but Musashi is absolutely fantastic, actually a great character and superbly animated, there's so much character in his facial animations alone, easily my favourite Onimusha protagonist. (The thing he does to finish off the final boss was what I assume to be a nice nod, I popped off a bit)

That can also describe the villain too, just as animated as Musashi, in both senses of the word.

I still think is what's interesting about the hub world and dog hunting stuff is it doesn't feel like a lack of faith padding, rather a misguided attempt to just give the game even more content, after all there's more than enough game without it and I feel like they knew that? 🤔

As a Series S owner I'm already digital only, but this is still really cool.

Playing NES Metroid after the NES classic copy of it arrived An amazing line of GBA games I wish we had more of), making my own map and really enjoying it! I've beat this before on the 3DS when we got it I think as art of the Ambassador scheme(?) and I used a guide the entire time, much like I did for NES Zelda, despite this I was pretty proud of myself for beating them so I wanna' try it again. This wasn't so much on a whim as it was people on my twitter timeline fighting over which version of Metroid 1 was the best now that Ravenous has stirred the fanbase into a frenzy. I like this version but I think it's crazy if I'm expected to act like I don't like the modern 2D metroids now? Whatever

Also forgot to mention I did try the free trial of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and I really dug it, but I thought about how I still haven't beat Bloodstained or…all my Castlevania games on Steam and decided I'll just buy it some other time.