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So my good luck streak on not getting sick ran out this year. I got big time sick the other day, I was running a bad fever and I felt like I was dying. I am however better today. Fever is gone and all I have left is the runny nose and mild headache. Other than that Ive been pretty good, some updates as follows

So at the start of this year I made a goal to beat 12 games this year. I didnt really set any rules because I felt like that might stress me out over it and while I had moments of small stress it was nothing big. For the most part, this wasn't a complete it thing. This was a finish the main story and done. Yet I'm quite proud of myself and feel accomplished. I made this goal for mostly to avoid the weight goal*didnt really lose anything in that department*. I wanted a year to avoid making some goal I knew I'd focused on for a few months and than fall off the wagon. However smaller reasons were I was hoping it would help me beat new games so I didnt keep buying and  putting on a back burner when something else came out. This goal accomplished just that. I beat several games that were released this calendar year alone. 

So I finished the main story for Super Mario Odyssey and well I enjoyed it but its not all its hyped up to be personally. Its a beautiful game, its looks great in both portable and docked gameplay. The kingdoms all for the most part are unique and I loved Lake and Luncheon. They both spoke to me on two levels, I love mermaids and food. They got my favorites as kingdoms. I'd say my least favorite was the city one. Its just so out of place. It is fun to play, especially through the main story but passed that it literally becomes a chore. So there are 999 Power Moons to collect. If you plan to 100% this game you are in for a long grind and headache. I just think thats over the top and definitely not needed. Hell 9 times out of 10 you find some secret challenge room/area you can bet there are 2 moons to be found.  I just think they got way too moon happy and put in way more then needed. I beat the story with at least 200 moons and I ended with 500 because at that point I was done. Getting to 500 had made my patience run out and not to mention the post game unlocks aren't worth it. There not new kingdoms, there expansions to the final kingdom of the story. I mean they could have done something so much more....fun and different but no. I was really hoping for something new and when it popped up I was just....let down. I just grinded 500 for that??? FOR THAT??? The expansions do give more challenges, but I still just don't find getting so many worth that. So needless to say I'm kinda sitting over with a mixture of I enjoyed but it let me down. I know I'm probably alone in this. Everyone I see post about it just gives it glowing reviews and says how fantastic it is. Its great in some areas but in others its not so great. I have to say Projared pegged it with his review, he gave it 8/10 and I agree. Its a B, its fun, worth a playthrough but not worth grinding moons to the end of time. 

Ya ever think you would see those 2 games in title together? I sure as hell wouldnt. However I did beat 2 games this month and sense I havent been in great health mental wise I decided to take some great advice from one of out lovely bloggers here*Thanks Knight!* and make it easier for myself. Im just gonna give each one a paragraph and call it done. Hopefully November is a better month. I only got 2 more games to beat guys, Im at 10.

So in my previous blog I spoke of starting the review for the Shantae however Ive been kinda bleh mental health wise so I honestly dont got nothing. I wish that wasnt the case but it is. At this rate it might not be till late Oct but maybe just maybe during tonight Ill get something down. Im trying to get myself in the writing/typing mood. Jamming to random music and have youtube on in the background. Its kinda working. Kinda. I also dont have any Idea if Ill get another game beat. Ive been devoting a huge chunk of playtime to Stardew again on the Switch. Its such a perfect fit on the Switch. I wish everything was coming to it. I just love the fact I can take things anywhere portable wise if its on it. Some games might not look the greatest in handheld mode compared to docked but I couldnt care. 

So for my birthday month it was actually quite shit. I had a client I had taken care of for several years pass away and my job kind of tanked. I maybe worked 6 days total that month. It was not the greatest time but I did Level Up to 28. It just really hit me that she was gone a few days after she passed. While that was going on my job tanked which made things worse. I had no work and where I work they dont offer PTO or anything like that. So either you work and make money or get nothing at all. My job as since improved but It will be a few weeks before Im fully on my feet. That being it doesnt tank again.

So for some off reason my Phoenix Wright review ended back up in drafts instead of being posted. However it had to have been posted because I have comments on it. I orignally thought it was gone for good. I over shot it in the drafts section and figured it got deleted for some odd reason. I was about to be a very upset Barroth. 

Yall didnt think I beat a game for August? Well I did.....very by chance really. August has actually been a really crazy month but Ill talk about that on an update blog.

I remember when EO was first announced. I was super excited because to me it seemed like a new little interesting title to bring to the 3DS. Upon finishing it I have found that it definitly has its own little charm and while it can be beat quite quickly it might just be the "short" RPG all of us who play 80 to 100 hour long games need. It only took 23 Hrs to clear the main game, this of course doesnt include having the Oasis completely leveled nor having all possible characters living there. I had around 30+ at the last story part and was still able to take on the final boss okay. I would say that fully completeing the game would probably take 30-40 Hrs.