by niflhe
Every game I played in 2019, for around an hour or so.
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In true Etrian Odyssey fashion, I've made it about a half dozen floors in and have started to rework my team. Mostly I've just replaced the extremely squishy Harbinger with a Dragoon. The hardest part now is just leveling up the Dragoon to a decent level, which is taking a bit longer than I would like. Actually forget that, going back to my original party and just going to bust a way through. I've accidentally created a shutdown party and I'm going to destroy this labyrinth. It's probably not the most efficient party I've ever run (considering I only have two fronline attackers - A Harbinger and a Pugilist), but I'm having fun.
My chill out, self-care game. I travel for work a few times a year and Theatrhythm helps me relax on the plane so that I'm not as stressed out when I travel. I finally unlocked all the characters! Jecht was the last one I got.
Last year I wrote that "It's easy for everyone to recommend, but hard for anyone to truly love" and I feel like that continues to hold true. It's an absolute blast to play, but I don't have any emotional connection to it, nor do I think about it very often after I'm done playing for an evening. I did end up finishing it sometime this year and enjoyed my time with Spider-Man, but it's the most 4 out of 5 star game I've ever played.
Tetris 99 is the game that helped me understand Battle Royales, as a genre. I have two victories and they are cherished memories. It's also two more than my wife has, who always talks up about how much better than me at Tetris she is (and she is - she just goes for four-line clears too much when Tetris 99 seems to reward clearing lines fast). I think I ended the year with five victories and my wife had two. I loved Tetris 99 but didn't stick with it beyond the first month or so.
I love the Fire Emblem series. From the GBA titles which, along with Advanced Wars, got me hooked on the strategy genre to the poorly voice acted but still fun Gamecube releases, all the way to Awakening which isn't beloved in the community but I still put almost 100 hours into. I love Fire Emblem, at least, up until Fire Emblem Fates with its waifu bullshit, inane story, and dull gameplay. Fates is awful. I cannot stand playing this game for more than a few minutes at a time and even if I skip the story, which I highly recommend, I can barely stomach the gameplay. Do not play Fates.
Another really chill game about owning a clothing boutique that doesn't concern itself with clothing sizes or actually making cohesive outfits. I'm not a fashionable guy, but I was always the boy playing dress up with the girls and teased constantly for it, so it's nice to find an outlet that lets me express that side of my personality.
It's Etrian Odyssey, but with a bunch of great Persona characters and also some trash ones. I went with the Persona 3 cast, because Persona 3 is the game that really sunk its teeth into me and because the Persona 4 cast has Teddie who can kindly fuck off forever. Also the P3 group has Koromaru, who is the best dog.
Puzzles! I'm stuck towards the end and I just kinda want to finish!
I'm about a dozen hours into Bravely Second and am still really enjoying my time. The new system for unlocking some classes is interesting, wherein you appear to be given the option between one side of a conflict or the other and then are given a corresponding class for your party to play around with. I remember hearing that this game, much like Bravely Default, involves a time looping plot, letting you see the opposite side of the conflicts and unlocking the other half of the classes. It's a neat system and feels like there are actual consequences to your choices - at least in the beginning.
I put nearly 250 hours in Pokemon X, completing a Living Pokedex. I've put a little bit of time in Alpha Sapphire as part of that, but I think my plan is to just capture every Pokemon I can in game and call it a day.