Thank you! Just looking at it is a little refreshing, I also love playing Animal Crossing in summer

Congrats on 15 years! I'm getting close, myself!

You and me both… Happy Bak’laag-iversary!

I've officially been with the Backloggery for 15 years today...and I still haven't beat my backlog.

Oh I see a ring! I wish a happy Ring Day~

It's one of my favorites! This is the first time I finished it but I did play it when I got my Wii years ago as well, it's still pretty magical I love how everything is designed and the map and dungeons.

You think THAT'S bad, remember when I nobody played Gotta Protectors: Cart of Darkness online ever!

Just, just wanted to say that.

Apologies for the delayed response! If I had to pick a few bosses, I'd regard the tutorial fight as a little too difficult right out of the gate. Although it's presented as a "skill check" to enforce the parry system, I thought it was weird the developers made it a two-phase fight yet hardly a handful of encounters afterward even have multi-phases. If I had to really pick the worst of the bunch, however, I'd choose Liu Bei. The quickness of the character in combination with flight, size and electric floor hazards are arguably excessive given the limitations of the gameplay. Even had a few attempts where the boss didn't even swoop down for his attacks and I had to wait for a certain animation to reset his movement. In the end, it felt like I just lucked out on the final run with an NPC distracting him quite a few times.

Then lets make this run count! How are you doing so far? =)
How far along are you? And is it clicking for good this time? =)

Happy to see, I'm not the only one who is late with Breath of the Wild!

Come on, we can do it, May 12th is still several months away!

"There is always demon's within the souls” – John Demonsouls

Haha, thanks! It's been fun playing Kirby with my kid so far, and she asks to play more every night. There's some moments of frustration, but it's amazing how quickly concepts can get picked up in that young brain.

It's my own fault! Ever since I got the Steam Deck I've been wanting to dive into a ton more Steam games either as a replay or because they were games I didn't feel like playing at my desk.

It doesn't need to be as long as it is! I felt that way about the first as well, but I was so engrossed in everything that it didn't bother me as much. Ragnarok doesn't do enough to differentiate itself from the first game. Still enjoying it overall, but it feels bloated.

Yeah, the adaptive triggers are phenomenal. Hope more games make use of those.

Had a rough couple of years, not had access to my PS4 games for 18 months, had to sell my Switch at the start of the year, and was making do with a retro run on a PS3 because... well, backlog and poverty.

Snagging a PS5 on the day I moved into a new flat after a hard summer at work in my new job... I feel I earned a nice comfy winter curled up with a new console. Good times ahead.

I'm increasingly curious about the sequels now, but I've always heard mid-to-bad things about them. Try4ce hated DR2 apparently, but I at least want to look up some videos or something after I finish DR1.

Keep on keepin' on!

A little late but congrats on beating Elden Ring! GOTY 2022 baby!

It was really hard and just not fun to fight haha. I thought it was harder than Malenia honestly.

I think my experience was very similar to yours, actually. When I played Sekiro for the first time, I made the mistake of playing it like just another Dark Souls game and I really struggled as a result. I was actually walled by Lady Butterfly for a very long time and abandoned the game for months. When I finally came back to it, I took the effort to really learn how to play the game and things went more smoothly, but it still felt like a monumental thing to overcome.

The interesting thing about Sekiro is that once you've really figured out how the game works, it becomes a lot easier in a way that the Souls games don't. I actually replayed the game on PC earlier this year and even though some of the bosses still took a few tries, I got through them dramatically easier than before. Guardian Ape was maybe two tries, for instance, and even Isshin was maybe five or six, a far cry from the days of attempts during my first run. I assume you didn't try the Demon of Hatred? If you're burned out on the game, don't force yourself to do it, but it was a really fun challenge in a second playthrough because it's a fight you must tackle in a much different way than every other encounter in the game.