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A shout out for Ballionaire.

99p on Loaded/CD Keys.

It's a pachinko rogue like. And it's like crack. It tickles every part of a human brain that should be tickled. It's somewhere between one of those idle games, Peggle and Slay the Spire. When everything starts triggering and you start accruing silly points it's absolutely the most satisfying thing ever made.

GOTY so far. I'm only half joking.

I had a limited edition Zelda OLED Switch, and it was/is gorgeous. The LE Switch 2 is also lovely, but I guess at some point rational thought needs to kick in. I'll get an OLED Switch 2, and will use self restraint.

I knew buying Witcher 3 on the original Switch would eventually pay off.

I've played a bit of Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy but I'm not sure I'll stick with it. The previous two games in this series were basically stealth games where you needed to solve various light-based puzzles to avoid being eaten by swarms of rats - they also had a really strong and atmospheric medieval setting that really lifted them apart from the competition. This prequel is an Uncharted-alike with a much more generic ancient Greek flavour and a combat system based around annoyingly precise parries. It looks absolutely spectacular but honestly this isn't my thing, it's competing in a very crowded marketplace and it's probably not going to make much impact overall. A shame.

Apart from knowing these games are full of rats, I've never tried one. It's another one of those reasons why I too am considering Gamepass. I can play all three games in a series I have no interest in, for free. Woo hoo!

As far as FF7 and the Reactor bombing goes I really dislike how the Remake tried to clean the hands of Avalanche by making Shinra responsible for the blast getting out of hand, in the original that does not happen and any collateral was on their hands. Even if you go with the thinking that Avalanche believe they were responsible and still carry on, we know they weren't so we don't have any moral dilemma.

Interesting - I have no frame of reference, so I think I was more struck by the fact it was commented on at all. I'm sure most modern games would be like PRESS A TO MAKE THING HAPPEN OR PRESS B TO MAKE OTHER THING HAPPEN the world notes your choice and then nothing further would be said about it, and nobody would react at all. Like I was playing one of the EA Jedi games, where stuff just happens all the time with no wider consequence.