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The Year of Finishing Games

July 24, 2020 by Tony Leave a Comment

I declared 2019 to be the Year of Completing Games and for the most part, it was. I completed games both new and old. In no particular order, I completed:

Resident Evil 2 (twice!)
The Division 2
Destiny 2
Bioshock Infinite
Dead Rising

I had meant to write this post as a sort of end-of-the-year wrap-up, but I never got around to it. Then I figured during corona-virus-lock-down I’d put some time into it but that never materialized, either. Finally, six months into the year I started thinking about it again after I picked up Resident Evil 3.

You see, 2020 was going to be the Year of Playing New Releases. After thoroughly enjoying Resident Evil 2, I had high hopes for Resident Evil 3. It was supposed to be the Chosen One, selected to kick off the Year of New Releases. When it released with mixed reviews, it threw me off my game. If I couldn’t start the year off with a bang, what would the rest of the year hold?

It turns out that 2020 is actually the worst year in the history of years. In terms of video games, it isn’t exactly bursting with many stellar titles. Sure, Animal Crossing: New Horizons released this year, we do have that going for us, but honestly, that’s about it. (Actually, Animal Crossing came out at the best possible time, right at the start of quarantine, when things starting going south.) AC:NH might end up being my Game of the Year.

There are a few tent pole titles in 2020, like Doom Eternal and the FF7 REMake, but honestly, 2020 isn’t looking that great.

Halo Infinite anybody?

So I’m extending the Year of Completing Games into 2020 (So far this year I’ve already finished RE3, Dead Rising 2 and the B ending of NieR:Automata). I’ll be delving back into the Steam backlog and making the most out of the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. I’ve taken advantage of the new Steam Library organization tools to keep track of games I’m working on (and games I really need to play). Next to finish will be more NieR:Automata endings and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.

Are you working through a backlog? Playing a new release? What are you playing this weekend?

In My Zombie Killing Hands

June 8, 2020 by Tony 1 Comment

What’s this, a new blog post at buttonmashing dot com? It’s true, we are still around, still gaming and most importantly, still Resident Eviling.

Released earlier this year, RE3 reviewed a little less favorably than last year’s REmake, RE2. I thoroughly enjoyed RE2, it was one of the first games that I completed during 2019’s “Year of Completing Games”, so I was quite excited to jump into RE3 and then quite dismayed at the initial reviews. Most reviews said it was still a good game just not as good as RE2, so I cooled my heels until it went on sale. Which it did this weekend, so here we are.

With the game. In my hands. Time to dive in!

Weekend Gaming – Birthday Edition

February 7, 2020 by Tony Leave a Comment

I’m giving myself the gift of some gaming this weekend for my birthday. I’m not exactly sure what that means, but my gaming has been so scattershot lately. I have started a handful of games and haven’t felt anything that really feels right. 2019 was the year of finishing games and in 2020 I’m looking to be the year of playing new releases. Nothing in January really set my hair on fire, so I dabbled with some older games. I got into Dead Cells on my Switch for a minute, downloaded and started Ori and the Blind Forest on PC and actually jumped back into Hex: Shards of Fate for old-time’s sake.

I reinstalled Divinity: Original Sin. The initial hour or so didn’t necessarily grab me, but there was enough of a story that I may go back.

I finally got around to trying Tokyo 42 and that was fine but again, nothing amazing. I was hoping for a Syndicate-style game and it came close, but not quite what I was hoping for.

I picked up Hollow Knight and SteamWorld Heist in the most recent Steam Sale, so I have plenty of new games to give a go this weekend. Just have to make a decision and get going.

What are you playing this weekend?