Hero-of-Time

It's how I actually feel these days.

*passes the torch to Julius*

I get a stupid amount of use out of it due to all the premium games I play. My subscription has always been timed to run out when Black Friday sales are on and so I usually get it at a much lower price. Saying that, I wonder if the 5 free days we are getting will mess the timing up for me? Nintendo will no doubt raise the price of their service. It will just be a question of when and not if.

I see PS+ has been getting a price increase in various countries over the past week, with Australia being hit with one last night. I wonder if the UK/Eu will be next on the list...

I'm still chipping away at this in between other games. It's definitely more of a slog that the original game. Even just trying to get through the story is taking a long time to do and levelling up also takes an age. This means you have to do a fair bit of grinding in the wild areas, before heading off to the next main mission. The game has a system where it gives you bonuses depending on the day you play. For example, the two best and most useful ones are on a Monday and Wednesday where more Metal monsters will appear and more gold can be earned. It's baffling that these ones weren't used on a weekend when most people have their free time. I'm usually knackered after work on weekdays and sometimes can't be bothered to play anything, which means I miss out on these bonuses. It's very inconvenient. Despite this, I'm still enjoying the game though.

Earlier in the year, one of my favourite indie titles received a PS5 patch. This meant another trophy list was on the cards and so I decided to playthrough it again. It's crazy to me that it was back in 2020 when I first played through this. Feels like only a couple of years ago instead of the five that it actually is. I don't think my thoughts on the game have changed that much. It's still an absolute piece of work and feels so good to play. The platforming is so tight and responsive, and the boss fights are very clever and memorable. Just like Toem, the game also came with the free DLC and so I played through that again as well. The game is definitely up there with the likes of Hades, A Short Hike, Blaster Master and Bloodstained as a top tier indie games from last generation.

Very happy with ESWAT making an appearance. I love that game.

How many times are they gonna repackage and resell these games? It's crazy.

I take it you are downsizing your collection as well?

Downpayment? I fully bought my current Fiesta for that amount back in 2019. Remember when cars were affordable?

Not a great month for me. Happy with War of the Monsters showing up so soon and will probably play through Lost Records now that the second part is available. The rest I have no interest in, despite the high praise that Blue Prince has been getting (not my type of game).

Well, all my PAL Gamecube stuff has now been sold. Hopefully the games and console will all find good homes. I made just under £2500. Not too shabby. I'm gonna have to resort to eBay for the few NTSC games that I have. @Dcubed would you be interested in Cubivore?

It won a fair few awards at the BATFAs last night.

I loved this game and honestly thought it would remain a Switch exclusive. I could be tempted to double dip if the price is right.

Very happy that this is making its way to the service. As PushSquare said, its a very underrated game.

104% tariffs on China. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp8vyy35g3mt Let's see if China responds in kind.

Yeah, Jason Schreier has given it a stupid amount of praise.

I think the same happened over in the US with various Gamestop stores. Pretty sure Jeff Gertsmann rescued a lot of retro goods when it happened.

Booooooo. I suppose it's for the best. They would probably charge for them as well.

Just spreading the good word about a great little game. Gotta do that these days when so many great games get buried amongst the trash.

Took some more Gamecube games in today (£350) and stood chatting to the guy for a while (took an hour to check all the bongos, dance mat and mics) who runs the store. He was saying how when he worked at GAME and they took over Gamestation, they were ordered to destroy all of the retro consoles and games. Thousands of pounds worth of stuff was just taken out back and smashed to pieces. He said it was heartbreaking and the staff weren't allowed to take any of it, even if they offered money for it. He said they were such a scummy company and that they couldn't really afford to keep Gamestation going and only bought them just to dismantle the competition. I used to love Gamestation. They were so much better than Game. Some of my Cube games still had Gamestation and Chips price stickers on them.

Yup. It sucks. You usually have the money to buy games but have neither the time or energy to enjoy them. The complete opposite of when you were a kid. @bob A Short Hike is currently on sale on PSN for £3.89.

Sony can't even release limited edition DualSense controllers without incident, never mind a new console.