Posting this just 4 days after the last weekly thread, to get it back to Fridays. Next one should be exactly 1 week after this, on next Friday, 24th May.
About the games, I only played a little bit of Picross S4, I have about 25 Picross and same amount of Mega Picross remaining, plus Colour Picross and 5 Extra Picross. I do most of my games over the weekend these days, so that’s pretty much my normal week.
What about all of you? What have you been playing lately, and what do you plan to play this weekend?
Finished Little Kitty, Big City!
This was a fun little game. It takes a bit of inspiration of Untitled Goose Game as you play another small animal messing around in a city.
However, this one has a lot more focus on exploration and less on trolling humans. There’s a lot of places to climb/crawl, plenty of shiny things and hats to collect, plus some animals with funny dialogue to talk around in the city.
It definitely could use some polish - camera, controls and graphics all feel a bit janky, but it’s not too detrimental to the experience.
Playing Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice, part of the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy!
Slow progress this week, but I did finish the second case which was the good old “someone from the Wright agency gets accused of murder” case we get every game.
And now it looks like we’re going back to Phoenix’s misadventures in Khura’in. I wonder if Maya will manage to get in trouble again this game?
Playing Drainus!
A shoot 'em up from Team Ladybug, the same developer as the the Lodoss War and Touhou metroidvanias I played recently.
I feel this one is inspired by the Gradius games, with you being able to configure your loadout with different options for attack, options, missiles and shields, and also the ability to choose the order you unlock these.
However, there’s some interesting twists to that formula. Upgrades are unlocked as you play, and you can adjust your loadout mid-game. When you get hit you lose one upgrade level, and you only die if you get hit while at zero upgrades. There’s a “reflect shield” mechanic that lest you absorb energy attacks and send them back to the enemies.
There’s also a storyline of sorts, but I can’t comment much on that as I’m still fairly early in the game.
How long did it take you to beat Little Kitty, Big City? It looks really fun.
How are you liking Drainus compared to Lodoss War and Touhou? I know they are different genres, but still.
Didn’t track it but less than 5h. Really short game.
Liking it less than the metroidvanias, but as you said it’s a very different genre so it’s hard to compare. Still a great game, I even recommended it to a Gradius-loving friend of mine.