Playing Celeste is like learning a skill. It's something that can deteriorate over time. So I had to start back from square one because I couldn't even remember the controls and god knows I don't want to start right from Chapter 9 I still like how much control I have over Madeline, it's still my fav platformer in terms of "I have absolute minute control", and I like how there's some leeway in terms of both jumping off of platforms and the traffic light speed. That being said, don't be me and go straight to the B-sides right when you unlock them. The progression still feels like it's all A-Sides BEFORE all B-sides, otherwise it punches you in the throat. There was one slide in 1-B that you have to go super fast to then crouch, dash into a jumpy thingy, and then dash again, and I wasn't ready. Still got through because I REFUSE TO LET THIS GAME BEAT ME. Music still rocks. GOD I love Lena Raine, everything she touches is gold.

I both forgot how punchable so many of these characters are and how godawful some of Monokuma's dialogue is. The pacing before the first investigation is also really annoying. I do like the free time stuff where you basically push out people's backstory, but that itself is really slow and forced, sometimes it goes right into the archetype that already exists. Getting a plat will... not be fun. "Ahh... it's about to come out... It's gonna come out! My pristine, pure white, stuffing!" -- Monokuma Kill me

And thus begins a co-op experience between a pragmatic lib politician who doesn't understand how economics works named Tatsuki, and a sweet loving pyromaniac who actually knows what they're doing named Karma. For some reason a tutorial didn't happen and I ended up throwing fireballs at myself, woops. It's OK my charisma is really high I'm sure things will work out. Oh yeah I chose to be a Wanderer because animals are fucking cool and I like ranged combat. My spider shall commit slaughter while I say I have nothing to do with it like a good politician. I don't know if this game allows the character to go through a midlife crisis of "what have I done" but I hope so. Apparently "let's sober them up" means killing them that is not what I meant holy shit I just wanted to knock them out oh god reload reload reload

This game actually gets really frustrating once you get past Level 2. I have no idea how to deal with the fire monsters and the conveyors level is insane. I also have no idea how to set myself up for the triple barrel or quadruple barrel jump achievement for RA. I'll figure it out eventually.

I seriously hate doing combos. A reminder that this is not a fighter I typically enjoy because I just like neutral game and pulling out supers. As soon as I have to learn super tight frame-perfect combos, I SLEEP

This is a really fun bullet hell, if mostly because it being in tune with the music makes it that much more appealing to me. Love Barracuda and New Game, I think I've enjoyed every boss in this game so far. The game is definitely on the easy side when it comes to bullet hell, especially with a really busted dash, but it might still catch people by surprise for the bosses.

Does.... does Winnie the Pooh want to commit suicide? He was thinking about "how to say goodbye to Pooh"...... And then I immediately have to leave to get pages. Opposite Armor really be "You really thought you were safe with Ripple Charge, huh". Donald and Goofy continue to be unintentional meat shields as they dumbly run straight into every hit, wasting my Potions from them using it on themselves. I am not creative and just decked out my Gummi Ship until it looks like a Frankenstein's monster but it's got speed, power, and armor! Just don't look too closely it's a mess

METAL GEAR.... it beings.... I spent an embarrassing amount of time not using the box wondering why rooms were unfair until I realized you could just use the box for the cameras. I'm an idiot. Abusing the ammo spawns so I can just use the suppresser on everything. I like how some rooms force you to learn guard patterns but also I'm sorry I just want to continue fast, pew pew I like how the RA achievement for getting captured is "I M SO SMRT!!!".

OK the energy tank in the hallway having a trap was actually a good one. I was already full on energy tanks but that is hilarious, well played game. Also finished my first run! Did it in 2:15. Mother Brain was heavily annoying and I never realized how scary the Metroids are without Ice Beam even if they're very fleeting (like... 4 rooms?). I'm going to go for a speed time to get under an hour and then end it there. Not a fun game, and it's not just limitations and the timeframe. Movement is super restrictive and everything feels like it lags. I appreciate the violent alien atmosphere that thinks Samus should leave and the disorientation it tries for, but it is so unfun to play and how combat is just "tank the damage and hope for the best" is grueling.

The movement still sucks as of 20% completion, but every time I'm not trying to get to the next set of bars/challenge is still really fun. There's some weirdly non-frustrating set of difficulty to figuring out how to wrap around bars to keep from falling and tightening around a bar while slowly inching forward to get at a coin. Someone told me there's a controls option to make movement faster and I'm tempted to switch.

Drifting is fucking hard in this game I swear to god Beat pretty much everything on 50cc, getting a comeback from 5th to 1st on the last lap is really hard in this game. Probably the least amount of leeway for a starting boost

First time actually playing Terraria singleplayer and realizing how much of a wiki game this is, more than Minecraft is at this point. The achievements push some kind of progression but good luck figuring out the rest, pal! There was one song that I heard as I started mining underground and it was awful but it eventually went right back to the main theme so I guess it's fine.

On my second playthrough to clean up some achievements before Second Quest, time includes my first playthrough as well. I think the exploring, enemy design for the most part, and combat is still really good. Yes they're tank controls but the enemies are designed around those tank controls. Wizzrobes are still the most infuriating for their high damage output but the sword is not the only weapon in your toolset, and I think people are scared to use non-sword weapons (like the the wand is insanely useful for a while!). I think it's still a satisfying game to play at heart. Darknuts still terrify me when they're jam packed in a small room with little places to go. Bombs away!

Ichabod: "We have to find the murderer amongst us" *tries really hard to hold back laughter* Halfway through Chapter 1 atm. I never quite understood the people criticizing Telltale for not "honoring decisions" when the strengths of their games rely on telling stories in entertaining QTE/dialogue ways rather than just watching a TV show. Although considering the big fat disclaimer at the beginning saying "YOUR CHOICES MATTER", I can kinda see where they're coming from at the get go, but I'm here for where the story takes me still. I like the vaguely comic book aesthetic this goes for. It kinda helps some of the designs and the moody noir city really fits, even if the music is more cinematic drama than actual noir music.

Zelle spooked the fuck out of me in its first hour before setting itself up to be more atmospheric, but still damn that was spooky. I like the music, very reminiscent of Undertale in texture but different in structure (melodic motivation instead of motifs). This definitely has things to say about faith and religion. The arbitrary rules set forth by a thoroughly punishing goddess (even lying to you about her gifts) that seem ignored in favor of a second chance while really just using you for their own ends is a harsh critique, and it also goes hand in hand so far with a conversation around suicide. This shit is going to get heavy. Very curious to see where this goes. It's apparently a short game.