On Sunday evening I finished my first playthrough of Earthbound! I had made a few attempts to play this in the past but a brutal opening combined with slightly obtuse paths to progress was offputting.

I did still resort to googling when I was totally stumped, but I got around the combat difficulty by grinding everything into the instant-kill threshold. I really liked the humour and characters but it definitely felt like a game designed to sell player guides. I'm glad I've experienced it though.

Some "retro" games for your consideration...

cc @deKay

Worst-kept secret "Persona 4 Revival" was confirmed during today's Xbox Showcase. I feel like the game was less in need of a redo than P3 (because Golden's gameplay holds up whilst Portable, uh, didn't) but I can't complain.

No release date though. Thanks.

I've just published my highlights from 2024 on Disposable Media; go see!

https://www.disposablemedia.co.uk/2024/12/qazis-disposable-2024-highlights/

Steam Replay for the Mastodon peeps.

Destiny is the "game I play when I don't have anything to play", so the numbers make sense there. I picked up CT in this year's Summer Sale, and bought MvC to support the release.

My PlayStation Wrap Up for the year. The top 5 games were Metaphor, Infinite Wealth, FFVII Rebirth, EDF 6 and Borderlands.

Considering I played through Infinite Wealth twice, and did a bunch of stuff in Rebirth's chapter select, it's impressive that Metaphor's hour count still eclipses them.