Well, I intended to post yesterday and the day before but never got around to it. I just kind of got too invested in Yakuza Kiwami 2 because I wanted to finish it this weekend. I ended up getting it all done. Finished the completion list, all the side content, unlocked all the skills etc. then did a playthrough on Legend difficulty before doing the Majima story. Ended up having a really good time with the game, actually enjoyed it more this time than when I first played it. It also felt pretty good to get all the Bouncer Missions done since last time I played it I didn't have the patience to go through 78 missions that all have similar gameplay. I used the post-game weapons you can buy in-game for them though, one essentially being a beam katana or light saber. Most people would make an association to Star Wars with it, but if anything it just makes me think of No More Heroes instead.
Anyway, with Kiwami 2 I felt I understood a very good amount of the Japanese, it was a very enriching experience, and I'm excited to play Kiwami 3 soon too. Before that I'm going to be playing Trails into Reverie (in English) though since I'm planning on catching up on that series of games this year. I've been looking forward to Reverie, since I've heard the story starts getting very good again. I enjoyed the Cold Steel games, but they really had some major pacing issues and dragged on for way longer than necessary. Still, a lot of characters were really good when they finally got developed.
This weekend I also played Golf With Your Friends for the first time. Originally I bought it nearly a decade ago to play it with my friends at that time, but unfortunately I had to move back in with my parents and didn't have internet right around that time and never got the chance. It ended up being a pretty good time and felt really nice to dive into it after so long. I was also pleasantly surprised by how decent I ended up being at the game. After a couple games of performing poorly I adjusted and started performing well consistently. I'm hoping I'll be able to play it again at some point in the future, but with my group of friends, it's pretty rare we end up playing the same game a second time...
I've considered branching out and meeting more people so I can start playing games with others again but I always end up being hesitant to. I've had some pretty awful friendships in the past, so I've developed some pretty nasty trust issues with people and it makes it really hard to build lasting connections. In fact the last time I met someone myself and became friends with them was around 6 years ago now, and I'm no longer even friends with them anymore... I've tried talking to others, but typically the people I meet end up having something about them that just gives me an instant ick. Some are things I think I should probably just get over and deal with, but some of them I think are really justified. I remember at one point meeting a few people, befriending them, and one of them started to play Final Fantasy XIV. I got really excited because I've put about a thousand hours into it now, but I don't have any friends who actively play the game anymore, so I put that entire time into the game solo. Unfortunately the person saw the Lalafells and started getting really weird and creepy about them. Said some horridly disgusting stuff, and I noped the hell out of that friendship as soon as I could. Whenever I remember that it makes me uncomfortable, definitely one of the justified "ick" moments I felt I think.
Anyway, with that aside... I've been playing Dead By Daylight again recently. I picked it back up in December and started getting really into it again despite only playing solo queue, both as Survivor and Killer. At the moment I'm trying to prestige all my Killers to Prestige 1 just so I can get their perks on everyone. I'll probably do Survivor later, but I'm steadily getting burnt out on the game again. They did just bring back Chaos Shuffle though, which is a mode I absolutely love. I'll probably play a few games of it this week if I end up in the right mood.
I'm probably not going to have a lot of time to game tomorrow evening though. I've got a vet appointment for one of my cats tomorrow morning so I'm going to have to leave work for a bit. I'll probably have to make up the hours afterwards, so when I get back to work I'll have to stay late. On the bright side, I guess that'll be a nice opportunity to read more One Piece when I get home. I didn't end up reading much of it the past couple days because I was focused on Yakuza, but I'm nearing the end of the Alabasta arc. Only about 20 chapters left, so I want to be done that by next week. Maybe even the weekend.
I think this is about as good of a stopping point for today as I can hope for though. I'm just going to take it easy for the rest of the evening. I spent a lot of time this weekend anxious about one of my cats, and I can't do much about it until her appointment tomorrow morning.
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