Played a few, bought a few. Here they are.
Bought on PS4: Hard Reset Redux (FPS, cyberpunk, 90s style), Bomber Squad (WWII bomber sim, cute characters, 2D environments, second purchase since I own it on Xbox already), and Patapon 2 Remaster (2D, rhythm RTS gameplay, papercraft style visuals) all for cheap on sales.
Bought on Xbox One: Romancing Saga 3 (90s 8-bit style RPG ala Final Fantasy). On sale. Love that Xbox notifies me when a game on my wish list goes on sale. I used Rewards points to buy it.
Played on Xbox One: Farm Together (bachelor farming sim, cute style like Harvest Moon but no dating). I'm in a groove now that feels more like real farming. I'm building up a very large farm and harvesting a lot to keep the money coming in. The scenery looks realistic too at times - organized chaos - sort of a cross between a fancy garden and a farm.
Escapist 2: (8-bit style prison sim where the object is to escape) Played it online. Jail kept going on lockdown because players were trying to break out, but it was fun for a while. I have trouble finding the locations to complete missions in this game. I ended up getting beat up a lot and spending time in the infirmary and solitary. Probably would be the case for me in real life too.
Hyper|Dot: A very simple but addictive game that should have been something on Atari 2600 back in the 80s. You are a dot in a circle and have to dodge incoming geometric objects. There are many variants as you go along like homing triangles (made me think of Asteroids), darkness, and icy surfaces. I played until somewhere around level 25 before getting stuck on an icy variant that I just couldn't beat. You play for only a minute or so each level but it's a challenge to survive. Good music and lovely minimalistic graphics too. Fun.
Played on PS4: Ni No Kuni II: I'm about 6 hours in now. I got to the casino town and learned the RTS minigame you play every so often. I'm enjoying it but almost getting bored. Fights are a lot of button mashing and the story has you moving back and forth across wilderness full of random encounters. I try to avoid most of them, but it's not always possible. Still interesting though. I almost bought the digital version on sale so I can sell my physical copy, but didn't. I may want to keep the physical copy, I'm not sure yet.
That was a big game day. What did you play today?
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