Sometimes it's hard to prioritize what I need to review and what I want to play. And it can be easy to get sidetracked. Llke for instance, I just reviewed a game that was just like Puzzle League/Tetris Attack, but it was really hard. I wondered if I was just getting rusty, so I played the Japanese version of Tetris Attack called Panel de Pon, on the Switch's SNES collection. And I did pretty good at that, so I figured that the other game was just hard. So then I saw that the Japan only Mario's Picross was on the SNES channel, too, so I started playing that for far too long. Then I was like, "Argh! Why are SNES games so addictive?" I wondered if I'd be perfectly happy for the rest of my life just playing SNES games. I had the same question when I first got my SNES Mini. The SNES is my favorite console, after all.
New Routine
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 On 10/17/2020 at 08:34 AM by KnightDriver See More From This User » |
I feel like I play some many different games right now, that it's pointless to list them all. So I'll just run through my new routine and maybe you can guess what I'm playing. I suppose, if I stick to anything for a long time, I'll do a blog on that, but right now it's like describing what's on my plate at a buffet - a little of everything.
I'm beginning every game session with Xbox Rewards. What comes up here is mostly a mystery but generally there are always points to be had for checking in and getting achievements. Sometimes I have a play a specific game, like one week it was that Gears Pop mobile game.
Then it's on to Game Pass Rewards Quests. There's always a slew of them for just playing any Game Pass Game, logging into the mobile app, and getting achievements in a Game Pass game but there are also weekly and monthly game specific chores to do. Like this week was Final Fantasy VII (10 battles), Tell Me Why (just log in) and Levelhead (I forget what). I'm almost to 10k points, which translates to about $10 in Xbox space bucks. I'll just keep getting them until I find a game I really want from the store, most of which at least $20 right now.
Then I decided this week to knock off all the Games with Gold games I've been installing for months now and are taking up space on my hard drive. I played some Maid of Sker (a horror walking sim/stealth game) and Slayaway Camp (a horror puzzle game) the other day.
Finally, if I get to it, I'll actually play the 2020 games I really want to play on my ongoing list. That would be probably Doom Eternal, which is finally mine through Game Pass.
The overall thinking is this: got to make the money first (rewards points), then clear my hard drive (like chores), then I can enjoy my favorite games (I think I got this backwards?).
What crazy scheme have you used to decide what to play next in this looney new gaming landscape?
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