Video Games are a thing, and I've played some!

So, lemme tell the world about some games and stuff I’ve been playing recently in as succinct a way as possible.

DARK SOULS 2

Pretty good ya know, I kind of wrote it off last year as “UTTER SHIT HAS COMPLETELY LOST WHATEVER IT WAS I LIKED ABOUT DARK SOULS” when really I just got a bit bored with it. I don’t think it’s as good as 1 but it’s still fun and the online aspect is really cool. It is a bit boring though, the environments are all a bit meh and the bosses are too frequent and unmemorable. Like, there was one where I just fought a bunch of skeleton enemies… really? 4/5

PERSONA 4 ARENA ULTIMAX

Definitely better than the first one, the animation’s still top-notch and the sprites are still gorgeous. Love the music, love the dumb lobby bit where I can chill and get my ass kicked as it plays some Persona 4 Golden music. Cute. I like playing Ken and Yukari even though they’re probably really hard to play as and I’m no good at fighting games. I hate the fact that 8/10 matches are against Yu or Sho. Oh well. 4/5

KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO

I still don’t know if I like this game. It’s a bit monotonous and plodding but then it does something like the singing scene and introduces a character called Junebug. I haven’t finished it. 3/5(?)

PERSONA 3 PORTABLE

I played this as a direct response to liking Ken and Yukari in P4U… I really like the female route and social links. It’s still really badly paced though. Tartarus is incredibly boring - it feels like a chore. I suppose having to spend your evenings fighting monsters would be annoying but they didn’t have to make that part of the game boring. Also sometimes everyone’s like “hey go fucking entertain yourself for like a whole month because who even knows what’s coming next!” I dunno. Also apparently you can basically groom Ken. Ew. 4/5 for having a social link with a dog which makes up for the terrible melodrama.

BAYONETTA 2

Okay… I finished this in early january but like… it’s so good. It’s like… man. I wouldn’t hesitate to call it the best controlling game ever. I got a Bronze on normal mode on a chapter then got a Gold on the same chapter on hard mode. THAT’S PROGRESS - HEY DEVELOPERS, LEARNING CURVES ARE GOOD AND MAKE PEOPLE FEEL GOOD. 5/5

LIFE IS STRANGE: EPISODE 1

I dunno about this game.. the writing isn't great and the main time rewind mechanic kind of makes choices seem not very important. I really liked the school setting though and the further they got away from there the less I became interested. I didn't like Chloe's(?) character at all. At least it had a fantastic reference to the... incredible Final Fantasy: Spirits Within... I doubt I'll buy the other episodes. 3/5