11 Yrs♥$✓#
AlenaChen
11 Yrs♥$✓#
I kinda like how Frieren is a bit slower, but I've mostly been watching it while doing other things. I'm still waiting for the full dub release before I continue watching it, but I have previously read the whole Manhwa, so I know it's going to be good!
I just really like how cute and wholesome A Sign of Affection is :)... and I haven't watched The Apothecary Diaries yet, but it is on my watchlist, so I'll probably get to it at some point!
I just love the current storyline of Star Rail. It's definitely the best so far! Plus, if you haven't already gotten him, you should at least log in to get your free copy of Dr. Ratio. I think this is the last update that has it available (not 100% sure on that, though, might be longer).
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AlenaChen11 Yrs♥$✓#
Update 01.04.-06.04.2024
This is going to be a bit of a sad update, sorry! I haven't been feeling well this week and only started getting better on Saturday. I'm also posting early because there just isn't much to write about. I read nothing, watched nothing and played... almost nothing, haha.
Anyway, I've decided to shorten these posts from now on by removing the whole stuff that has no progress (except for the game overview). That should make the updates more clean (and even more sad for this week, whoops.).
Final Fantasy VII Remake (PlayStation 5 | PS Plus) ~ 2:36 | no progress
Dragon Age: Inquisition (PC | Steam) ~ 44:54 | no progress
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth + DLCs (PC | Steam) ~ 350:53 | no progress
Unicorn Overlord Demo (Nintendo Switch | Direct Download) ~ 1:15 | no progress
Sunday - Nothing
Monday - Nothing
Tuesday - Nothing
Wednesday - Nothing
Thursday - Nothing
Friday - Nothing
Saturday - World of Warcraft, Honkai: Star Rail
Yeah, nothing to post about here.
World of Warcraft (PC | battle.net)
Finally decided to try out Plunderstorm and it's alright? Not my sort of game type thing, but fun enough as it's something new. Not sure if I'll play it enough to get all of the rewards. Right now I'm only at level 2 and I'm not sure for how long the gamemode will be there to be honest as it's temporary.
Honkai: Star Rail (PC | Epic)
Did my dailies and stuff. I've created a second account to play through the story once more. Slowly. There's so much I've missed the first time around. And so many more references I only understand now. I'm currently at the point right after joining the Express.
Again, this week kinda sucked, but hopefully I can back on track now!
This is going to be a bit of a sad update, sorry! I haven't been feeling well this week and only started getting better on Saturday. I'm also posting early because there just isn't much to write about. I read nothing, watched nothing and played... almost nothing, haha.
Anyway, I've decided to shorten these posts from now on by removing the whole stuff that has no progress (except for the game overview). That should make the updates more clean (and even more sad for this week, whoops.).
Current Games: 4 (no change)
Final Fantasy VII Remake (PlayStation 5 | PS Plus) ~ 2:36 | no progress
Dragon Age: Inquisition (PC | Steam) ~ 44:54 | no progress
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth + DLCs (PC | Steam) ~ 350:53 | no progress
Unicorn Overlord Demo (Nintendo Switch | Direct Download) ~ 1:15 | no progress
Progress Update
Sunday - Nothing
Monday - Nothing
Tuesday - Nothing
Wednesday - Nothing
Thursday - Nothing
Friday - Nothing
Saturday - World of Warcraft, Honkai: Star Rail
Yeah, nothing to post about here.
Endless Games Corner
World of Warcraft (PC | battle.net)
Finally decided to try out Plunderstorm and it's alright? Not my sort of game type thing, but fun enough as it's something new. Not sure if I'll play it enough to get all of the rewards. Right now I'm only at level 2 and I'm not sure for how long the gamemode will be there to be honest as it's temporary.
Honkai: Star Rail (PC | Epic)
Did my dailies and stuff. I've created a second account to play through the story once more. Slowly. There's so much I've missed the first time around. And so many more references I only understand now. I'm currently at the point right after joining the Express.
Conclusion and Thoughts
Again, this week kinda sucked, but hopefully I can back on track now!
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Skyhler
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Aw no! Hopefully you find your rhythm soon! :)
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Siver
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Feels like a lot of people had a rough week. Hope you feel totally better soon!
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AlenaChen11 Yrs♥$✓#
Update 07.04.-13.04.2024
Another slow week when it comes to gaming, plus this update is a day late because I didn't feel like writing it yesterday. My mood has been kinda meh.
Anyway, I bought the new deckbuilder bundle on HumbleBundle, I was able to buy it. Claim it, but then it wants me to log in again to get the steam keys and they just wont send me the freaking confirmation e-mail in time, so I couldn't actually play anything yet, which pisses me off >.>. I got the mails from my log in attemps a day later, by then the code doesn't work anymore, of course.
Also, I didn't read anything either. But I watched a lot of anime and actually finished two season.
(Anime) Frieren - Beyond Journeys End (Season 1) 28/28 episodes | + 14
I liked it when more characters appeared, the episodes revolving around the exam were good! I'd definitely watch a second season. It was a bit slow, but perfect to watch while also doing other stuff.
(Anime) The Apothecary Diaries (Season 1) 24/24 episodes | new
This one was such a good and fun watch! I enjoyed it a lot and actually rushed through it in just three days, haha.
Final Fantasy VII Remake (PlayStation 5 | PS Plus) ~ 2:36 | no progress
Dragon Age: Inquisition (PC | Steam) ~ 44:54 | no progress
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth + DLCs (PC | Steam) ~ 358:54 | + 8:01
Unicorn Overlord Demo (Nintendo Switch | Direct Download) ~ 1:15 | no progress
Dordogne (PC | Game Pass) ~ 1:34 | new
Started a game I should have also completed this week, but somehow never got around to it.
Sunday - World of Warcraft, Honkai: Star Rail, Dordogne, TBoI: Rebirth
Monday - World of Warcraft, Honkai: Star Rail
Tuesday - World of Warcraft, TBoI: Rebirth
Wednesday - World of Warcraft
Thursday - World of Warcraft, TBoI: Rebirth
Friday - Nothing
Saturday - World of Warcraft
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth + DLCs (PC | Steam) ~ 358:54 | + 8:01
I'm now at 393/637 achievements (+ 9 from last time). I had a pretty successful run with Jacob & Esau (I hate them xD) were I defeated Mega Satan, unfortunately no Delirium portal spawned. And other than that I did the Corpse with Cain. It's been a while since I've done that path and as always, I got confused by the steps and almost messed it up. >.>
Dordogne (PC | Game Pass) ~ 1:34 | new
Oh yeah, I almost forgot I actually started playing this last Sunday. I think this game looks really gorgeous, but the story didn't really catch me yet. Hopefully I'll wrap it up this week, though.
World of Warcraft (PC | battle.net)
Plunderstorm! We've played a few rounds every day. It's fun. Sometimes, at least. But we suck at it. PVP isn't for me. At least I'm not as nervous when we encouter other players anymore. My heart would beat like crazy the first few rounds, heh. We've reached level 12/40 so far, trying to do at least two levels every day (which only takes maybe half an hour).
Honkai: Star Rail (PC | Epic)
I've made it to Jarilo-VI on my second account (Not too far into it yet, though, we've just arrived at Belobog for the first time). I also got Bronya after 20 pulls on Acheron's Banner on that account which is hilariously lucky. I probably wont get Acheron, though, since I didn't play enough to get enough pulls, but it's not that important.
Other than that I haven't really been doing much, aside from dailies and weeklies. I still need to complete the current events, too. But I'm mostly excited for Aventurine who releases next week! For the first time since starting this game I've actually prefarmed all the stuff for a character, haha. I hope my pulls are going to be lucky!
I have three days left for my current crunchyroll premium, so I'll probably watch more Anime for these three days. I plan on completing Signs of Affection and at least start To Your Eternity.
There'll be more Plunderstorm, the next update for Star Rail and hopefully I'll wrap up Dordogne and get a few Isaac runs in. Everything else? Yeah, I'm not sure.
Another slow week when it comes to gaming, plus this update is a day late because I didn't feel like writing it yesterday. My mood has been kinda meh.
Anyway, I bought the new deckbuilder bundle on HumbleBundle, I was able to buy it. Claim it, but then it wants me to log in again to get the steam keys and they just wont send me the freaking confirmation e-mail in time, so I couldn't actually play anything yet, which pisses me off >.>. I got the mails from my log in attemps a day later, by then the code doesn't work anymore, of course.
Also, I didn't read anything either. But I watched a lot of anime and actually finished two season.
Watching
(Anime) Frieren - Beyond Journeys End (Season 1) 28/28 episodes | + 14
I liked it when more characters appeared, the episodes revolving around the exam were good! I'd definitely watch a second season. It was a bit slow, but perfect to watch while also doing other stuff.
(Anime) The Apothecary Diaries (Season 1) 24/24 episodes | new
This one was such a good and fun watch! I enjoyed it a lot and actually rushed through it in just three days, haha.
Current Games: 5 (+ 1)
Final Fantasy VII Remake (PlayStation 5 | PS Plus) ~ 2:36 | no progress
Dragon Age: Inquisition (PC | Steam) ~ 44:54 | no progress
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth + DLCs (PC | Steam) ~ 358:54 | + 8:01
Unicorn Overlord Demo (Nintendo Switch | Direct Download) ~ 1:15 | no progress
Dordogne (PC | Game Pass) ~ 1:34 | new
Started a game I should have also completed this week, but somehow never got around to it.
Progress Update
Sunday - World of Warcraft, Honkai: Star Rail, Dordogne, TBoI: Rebirth
Monday - World of Warcraft, Honkai: Star Rail
Tuesday - World of Warcraft, TBoI: Rebirth
Wednesday - World of Warcraft
Thursday - World of Warcraft, TBoI: Rebirth
Friday - Nothing
Saturday - World of Warcraft
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth + DLCs (PC | Steam) ~ 358:54 | + 8:01
I'm now at 393/637 achievements (+ 9 from last time). I had a pretty successful run with Jacob & Esau (I hate them xD) were I defeated Mega Satan, unfortunately no Delirium portal spawned. And other than that I did the Corpse with Cain. It's been a while since I've done that path and as always, I got confused by the steps and almost messed it up. >.>
Dordogne (PC | Game Pass) ~ 1:34 | new
Oh yeah, I almost forgot I actually started playing this last Sunday. I think this game looks really gorgeous, but the story didn't really catch me yet. Hopefully I'll wrap it up this week, though.
Endless Games Corner
World of Warcraft (PC | battle.net)
Plunderstorm! We've played a few rounds every day. It's fun. Sometimes, at least. But we suck at it. PVP isn't for me. At least I'm not as nervous when we encouter other players anymore. My heart would beat like crazy the first few rounds, heh. We've reached level 12/40 so far, trying to do at least two levels every day (which only takes maybe half an hour).
Honkai: Star Rail (PC | Epic)
I've made it to Jarilo-VI on my second account (Not too far into it yet, though, we've just arrived at Belobog for the first time). I also got Bronya after 20 pulls on Acheron's Banner on that account which is hilariously lucky. I probably wont get Acheron, though, since I didn't play enough to get enough pulls, but it's not that important.
Other than that I haven't really been doing much, aside from dailies and weeklies. I still need to complete the current events, too. But I'm mostly excited for Aventurine who releases next week! For the first time since starting this game I've actually prefarmed all the stuff for a character, haha. I hope my pulls are going to be lucky!
Conclusion and Thoughts
I have three days left for my current crunchyroll premium, so I'll probably watch more Anime for these three days. I plan on completing Signs of Affection and at least start To Your Eternity.
There'll be more Plunderstorm, the next update for Star Rail and hopefully I'll wrap up Dordogne and get a few Isaac runs in. Everything else? Yeah, I'm not sure.
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domido
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Happy to hear you liked Apothecary Diary a lot too! It's unfortunate you're feeling a bit meh, hopefully things will take a turn for the better soon!
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AlenaChen11 Yrs♥$✓#
Update 14.04.-20.04.2024
Another slow week. I focused on WoW and Star Rail and played nothing else.
(Anime) A Sign of Affection 12/12 episodes | + 3
Such a cute anime! I really liked it.
(Anime) To Your Eternity 20/20 episodes | new
I liked the concept of this anime, the sad themes and everything were actually pretty good. However, and I can't really put my finger on why, I don't feel like watching the second season? It wasn't bad, but somehow just not good enough, I guess.
Final Fantasy VII Remake (PlayStation 5 | PS Plus) ~ 2:36 | no progress
Dragon Age: Inquisition (PC | Steam) ~ 44:54 | no progress
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth + DLCs (PC | Steam) ~ 358:54 | no progress
Unicorn Overlord Demo (Nintendo Switch | Direct Download) ~ 1:15 | no progress
Dordogne (PC | Game Pass) ~ 1:34 | no progress
Nothing played, no changes here.
Sunday - Nothing
Monday - World of Warcraft, Honkai: Star Rail
Tuesday - World of Warcraft, Honkai: Star Rail
Wednesday - World of Warcraft, Honkai: Star Rail
Thursday - World of Warcraft, Honkai: Star Rail
Friday - World of Warcraft, Honkai: Star Rail
Saturday - World of Warcraft, Honkai: Star Rail
This looks sad, but I guess my focus was on these two games the entire week.
World of Warcraft (PC | battle.net)
We've basically only played Plunderstorm. By now we've reached level 18 and I'm confident we'll get to level 40 next week. We're lucky they doubled the rewards for the end of the event, though, I don't think we would be able to do it otherwise xD.
Honkai: Star Rail (PC | Epic)
I've cleared MoC (except for the last stage), done the character trials (the Acheron ones) and SU. I've also cleared the Tides of War event.
I've even been doing a few SU Gold & Gears runs and with Aventurine I'm finally having fun in that stupid game mode, he's just such a comfortable sustain unit.
I've also been thinking about what teams to build from here on out, especially in terms of relic farming.
Aventurine, Ratio, Topaz and RM is kinda obvious since I've wanted that one ever since Aventurine was announced. And my build works pretty well, so while my relics for them aren't perfect I think I'll leave them alone for now.
The other team I'd definitely like to focus on right now would be Jingliu-Blade with Luocha and Bronya.
Aside from that, I don't want to bench Imbibitor Lunae, so I might get a team together for him as well :D but since he's also Imaginary I think building Acheron would be a lot better. For now I'm focusing on the Jingliu team, though. If I can clear MoC comfortably I'll be satisfied for now, heh.
(Honestly, I would build Acheron with Kafka and Black Swan + Fu Xuan, but that would just take too much time at the moment since I've barely put any time into any of these units aside from Fu Xuan).
I finally cleared the last MoC stage with 3 stars and all it took was... Clara! Haha. I got the idea from a post on reddit, but didn't really think she'd be good enough to actually clear it.
I also cleared Pure Fiction (at least aside from the last star on the 4th stage, but I don't want to try anymore xD). I feel like I've put so much time into MoC and Pure Fiction this week, just because I was too stuborn to not clear them completely. That last missing star irks me, but I've tried everything and I can't do it. There's still time though, so I'll probably try again in a few days, I suppose.
Hopefully next week I can finally play something else again, but again, this week I didn't really feel like it. Sorry for the sad updates every week :,D.
Another slow week. I focused on WoW and Star Rail and played nothing else.
Watching
(Anime) A Sign of Affection 12/12 episodes | + 3
Such a cute anime! I really liked it.
(Anime) To Your Eternity 20/20 episodes | new
I liked the concept of this anime, the sad themes and everything were actually pretty good. However, and I can't really put my finger on why, I don't feel like watching the second season? It wasn't bad, but somehow just not good enough, I guess.
Current Games: 5 (no change)
Final Fantasy VII Remake (PlayStation 5 | PS Plus) ~ 2:36 | no progress
Dragon Age: Inquisition (PC | Steam) ~ 44:54 | no progress
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth + DLCs (PC | Steam) ~ 358:54 | no progress
Unicorn Overlord Demo (Nintendo Switch | Direct Download) ~ 1:15 | no progress
Dordogne (PC | Game Pass) ~ 1:34 | no progress
Nothing played, no changes here.
Progress Update
Sunday - Nothing
Monday - World of Warcraft, Honkai: Star Rail
Tuesday - World of Warcraft, Honkai: Star Rail
Wednesday - World of Warcraft, Honkai: Star Rail
Thursday - World of Warcraft, Honkai: Star Rail
Friday - World of Warcraft, Honkai: Star Rail
Saturday - World of Warcraft, Honkai: Star Rail
This looks sad, but I guess my focus was on these two games the entire week.
Endless Games Corner
World of Warcraft (PC | battle.net)
We've basically only played Plunderstorm. By now we've reached level 18 and I'm confident we'll get to level 40 next week. We're lucky they doubled the rewards for the end of the event, though, I don't think we would be able to do it otherwise xD.
Honkai: Star Rail (PC | Epic)
I've cleared MoC (except for the last stage), done the character trials (the Acheron ones) and SU. I've also cleared the Tides of War event.
I've even been doing a few SU Gold & Gears runs and with Aventurine I'm finally having fun in that stupid game mode, he's just such a comfortable sustain unit.
I've also been thinking about what teams to build from here on out, especially in terms of relic farming.
Aventurine, Ratio, Topaz and RM is kinda obvious since I've wanted that one ever since Aventurine was announced. And my build works pretty well, so while my relics for them aren't perfect I think I'll leave them alone for now.
The other team I'd definitely like to focus on right now would be Jingliu-Blade with Luocha and Bronya.
Aside from that, I don't want to bench Imbibitor Lunae, so I might get a team together for him as well :D but since he's also Imaginary I think building Acheron would be a lot better. For now I'm focusing on the Jingliu team, though. If I can clear MoC comfortably I'll be satisfied for now, heh.
(Honestly, I would build Acheron with Kafka and Black Swan + Fu Xuan, but that would just take too much time at the moment since I've barely put any time into any of these units aside from Fu Xuan).
I finally cleared the last MoC stage with 3 stars and all it took was... Clara! Haha. I got the idea from a post on reddit, but didn't really think she'd be good enough to actually clear it.
I also cleared Pure Fiction (at least aside from the last star on the 4th stage, but I don't want to try anymore xD). I feel like I've put so much time into MoC and Pure Fiction this week, just because I was too stuborn to not clear them completely. That last missing star irks me, but I've tried everything and I can't do it. There's still time though, so I'll probably try again in a few days, I suppose.
Conclusion and Thoughts
Hopefully next week I can finally play something else again, but again, this week I didn't really feel like it. Sorry for the sad updates every week :,D.
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Siver4 Yrs♥$✓#
Solidarity on slow and meh weeks but you've got this. Hoping things get better soon
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Skyhler3 Yrs✓#
What Siver said! Hopefully next week will put us all in a better space :)
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ShadyWARcotix
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I miss reading your blog and which games you have tackled. Hopefully you are doing fine.
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AlenaChen11 Yrs♥$✓#
Thank you for your concern! I'm actually doing alright, I've just been busy and I just haven't been playing any games lately aside from Star Rail and most recently Wuthering Waves (and a bit of Genshin Impact and WoW here and there). I felt like it would be too boring to just write about those games every week and nothing else, which is why the blog is basically on hiatus.
#Well I am in the same boat. With working six days a week. I mainly just play a slot game with my mom online and sometimes play some other games but working so many hours at work takes my game time away.
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AlenaChen11 Yrs♥$✓#
July Update
What's this? A monthly update? Honestly, I'm still not playing very much, but at least I've gotten back into gaming after my extensive break. Which is why I've decided to at least post monthly updates again.
Most of the stuff I played in July were gatcha games and games I tried and retired, as you'll see below.
Games Played
Honkai: Star Rail
Aside from the obvious dailies and weeklies...
I struggled a bit with the last phase of the new Apocalyptic Shadow, I tried with teams recommended by guides, but continued to fail to beat the first phase, until I decided to think on what team to use by myself and finally managed to do it. I think I currently have two teams I'm really liking and I hope they'll stay feasible for a long time (It's the IPC-Robin team and Firefly... I haven't fully built the later yet, but it's still really good already.). With that I've completed all of the boss endgame stuff (Forgotten Hall, Pure Fiction and Apocalyptic Shadow) with full stars. Nice :D.
As for events, Stellar Shimmer was just another battle simulation event. But it provided a good opportunity to test a variety of team compositions and I really enjoyed that.
I liked the Origami Bird Clash, which was essentially Candy Crush, but still fun.
The 2.4 update dropped right before the end of the month. I've only played the first hour or so of the new story and I really like being back on the Luofu! More Ying Juan and Dan Heng is finally joining us again, too!
I'm neutral on Yunli so far, she seems interesting, but I'm more interested in the other new characters to be honest.
Wuthering Waves
I tried to at least stay on top of doing the daily/weekly stuff. I like this game. The gameplay is fun and I like most of the characters, too. I managed to get Jinhsi and her weapon, which is great! She's so cute. And fun to play as.
While doing dailies I've tried to do at least a bit of exploration every day. There are so many mini games and chests, I really wonder how people can clear a game like this so fast, it takes me ages to collect everything xD.
I completed the 1.1 storyline (Act 7 of chapter 1) that mostly revolves around Changli and Jinhsi and I really liked it! The new area (Mt. Firmament) is great! And some of the new mini games are really awesome (I love the Clang Bang Echo Challenges for some reason and Skiing is also fun).
World of Warcraft
I played some of Pandaria Remix. I'm currently leveling up my third character. I thought it was a great chance to finally level up some allied races, but it's just soo boring. I don't think I'll even collect enough bronze to get all of the rewards from this event before it is over, but oh well.
Granblue Fantasy: Relink
Honestly, I only played one session of this game at the beginning of the month. I liked it, but then didn't really get back to it. Hopefully I can remedy that in August.
Lil' Guardsman
So fun! I really like this game and the voice acting is awesome. I'm about 3,6 hours in. Honestly, I'm currently very slow on single player games, but I hope I can wrap this up in August.
The Witch's Cauldron (2024) Completion Time: 0:48h
It looked so interesting, but it was so, so boring. At some point I just forced an ending to be done with it.
Zenless Zone Zero Play Time: 2:00h
I knew this game wasn't my style at all, but I wanted to give it a chance because it's from Mihoyo. But nope. I just don't like it. I played for around two hours, but decided to drop it again. Which isn't the worst decision, since I don't really have time for any more "endless" games anyway xD.
Coffee Talk Play Time: ~ 4:00h
I decided to give this a go because Coffee Talk 2 is leaving Game Pass. Unfortunately it wasn't really for me. After a while I found it boring and started skipping the dialogue and the dialogue is really everything there is to the game. I did, however, definitely like the themes it talks about. Needless to say, I wont be playing the second game now, either (but that's okay).
Cobalt Core Play Time: ~ 5:43h
Fun at first, but overstays its welcome, or more like, every run was very same-ish. Nonetheless, I had a great time with this game and a few enjoyable runs. And I believe I might even get back to it at some point.
Freshly Frosted Play Time: 0:14h
I played it, because it was "free" on Amazon Luna. Not a bad puzzle game per se, but I don't see myself playing 8 hours of this and it was also a bit too blurry to be comfortable to play.
A Little Golf Journey Play Time: 0:02h
Another game from Amazon Luna. I didn't like the controls at all.
Link Twin Play Time: 0:11h
Had this really annoying sound when moving the characters, got on my nerves too quickly. This was also the first time I tried playing a game through Netflix on the browser. It worked surprisingly well, but the resolution was crap.
What's this? A monthly update? Honestly, I'm still not playing very much, but at least I've gotten back into gaming after my extensive break. Which is why I've decided to at least post monthly updates again.
Most of the stuff I played in July were gatcha games and games I tried and retired, as you'll see below.
Games Played
Honkai: Star Rail
Wuthering Waves
World of Warcraft
(Playing) Granblue Fantasy: Relink
(Playing) Lil' Guardsman
(Completed) The Witch's Cauldron (2024)
(Retired) Zenless Zone Zero
(Retired) Coffee Talk
(Retired) Cobalt Core
(Retired) Freshly Frosted
(Retired) A Little Golf Journey
(Retired) Link Twin
Currently Playing
Honkai: Star Rail
Aside from the obvious dailies and weeklies...
I struggled a bit with the last phase of the new Apocalyptic Shadow, I tried with teams recommended by guides, but continued to fail to beat the first phase, until I decided to think on what team to use by myself and finally managed to do it. I think I currently have two teams I'm really liking and I hope they'll stay feasible for a long time (It's the IPC-Robin team and Firefly... I haven't fully built the later yet, but it's still really good already.). With that I've completed all of the boss endgame stuff (Forgotten Hall, Pure Fiction and Apocalyptic Shadow) with full stars. Nice :D.
As for events, Stellar Shimmer was just another battle simulation event. But it provided a good opportunity to test a variety of team compositions and I really enjoyed that.
I liked the Origami Bird Clash, which was essentially Candy Crush, but still fun.
The 2.4 update dropped right before the end of the month. I've only played the first hour or so of the new story and I really like being back on the Luofu! More Ying Juan and Dan Heng is finally joining us again, too!
I'm neutral on Yunli so far, she seems interesting, but I'm more interested in the other new characters to be honest.
Wuthering Waves
I tried to at least stay on top of doing the daily/weekly stuff. I like this game. The gameplay is fun and I like most of the characters, too. I managed to get Jinhsi and her weapon, which is great! She's so cute. And fun to play as.
While doing dailies I've tried to do at least a bit of exploration every day. There are so many mini games and chests, I really wonder how people can clear a game like this so fast, it takes me ages to collect everything xD.
I completed the 1.1 storyline (Act 7 of chapter 1) that mostly revolves around Changli and Jinhsi and I really liked it! The new area (Mt. Firmament) is great! And some of the new mini games are really awesome (I love the Clang Bang Echo Challenges for some reason and Skiing is also fun).
World of Warcraft
I played some of Pandaria Remix. I'm currently leveling up my third character. I thought it was a great chance to finally level up some allied races, but it's just soo boring. I don't think I'll even collect enough bronze to get all of the rewards from this event before it is over, but oh well.
Granblue Fantasy: Relink
Honestly, I only played one session of this game at the beginning of the month. I liked it, but then didn't really get back to it. Hopefully I can remedy that in August.
Lil' Guardsman
So fun! I really like this game and the voice acting is awesome. I'm about 3,6 hours in. Honestly, I'm currently very slow on single player games, but I hope I can wrap this up in August.
Completed Games
The Witch's Cauldron (2024) Completion Time: 0:48h
It looked so interesting, but it was so, so boring. At some point I just forced an ending to be done with it.
Retired Games
Zenless Zone Zero Play Time: 2:00h
I knew this game wasn't my style at all, but I wanted to give it a chance because it's from Mihoyo. But nope. I just don't like it. I played for around two hours, but decided to drop it again. Which isn't the worst decision, since I don't really have time for any more "endless" games anyway xD.
Coffee Talk Play Time: ~ 4:00h
I decided to give this a go because Coffee Talk 2 is leaving Game Pass. Unfortunately it wasn't really for me. After a while I found it boring and started skipping the dialogue and the dialogue is really everything there is to the game. I did, however, definitely like the themes it talks about. Needless to say, I wont be playing the second game now, either (but that's okay).
Cobalt Core Play Time: ~ 5:43h
Fun at first, but overstays its welcome, or more like, every run was very same-ish. Nonetheless, I had a great time with this game and a few enjoyable runs. And I believe I might even get back to it at some point.
Freshly Frosted Play Time: 0:14h
I played it, because it was "free" on Amazon Luna. Not a bad puzzle game per se, but I don't see myself playing 8 hours of this and it was also a bit too blurry to be comfortable to play.
A Little Golf Journey Play Time: 0:02h
Another game from Amazon Luna. I didn't like the controls at all.
Link Twin Play Time: 0:11h
Had this really annoying sound when moving the characters, got on my nerves too quickly. This was also the first time I tried playing a game through Netflix on the browser. It worked surprisingly well, but the resolution was crap.
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August Update
Another month went by way too quickly! I've added more games to my playing tab, but I really need to get to those. At least I also completed a game this month.
And Dragon Age: The Veilguard finally has a release date! I could honestly cry from happiness, I've been waiting so long for this game :,D
Games Played
Honkai: Star Rail
The new Apocalyptic Shadow was pretty easy this time, cleared it first try with my two current standard teams.
I wrapped up the new storyline (finally), but I have to say I didn't like the second part as much (prison) as the first. But Dan Heng was awesome :D. It definitely ended too soon. I can't wait for more.
I've also completed the Operation Memoria Snapshot event. This was basically Pokemon Snap. It wasn't bad, but not really interesting either. It would have been nice if there had been more easter eggs of existing characters in the background, I guess.
Next I did the other trashcan event that came after the one above (Trailblaze: Friendship is Magic)... the joke is getting a little old at this point, but whatever. Other than that I really liked the summon mechanic and I can't wait to have a character with such a mechanic.
Genshin Impact
I've decided to get back into it with the new update! I still haven't finished chapter 3 (Sumeru), or even started on 4 (Fontaine), but I've decided to simply jump into chapter 5 (Natlan) now anyway. Since they give you that possibility it should be fine. Though it sure was a bit of a trek to get to the questlines starting point xD. I've only done the very beginning so far. Other than that I'm also trying to level up a new team, but damn, it's really hard... I do have Alhaitham at level 60 now and he's finally somewhat usable. I've decided to replace my team one by one. Since I got Nahida and her weapon in a lucky pull a long while ago I want to use her, too. And Furina, because I really like her style. But for now I'll build Alhaitham and then go from there.
This game has gotten so huge in the time I haven't played, it's crazy!
Wuthering Waves
I've finally increased my Union Level to 50 (Mostly by doing a bunch of Exploration and Side Quests)! This time I made sure to pre-farm a little for the character level increase so that I can at least upgrade my main team. But then I realized I forgot Yinlin's Ascension Items, whoops :,D.
1.2 came around! I got lucky and pulled Zhezhi in only 30 pulls. Unfortunately her weapon took me almost the full 80 pulls, so now I gotta save up again for the next character. At least I can now replace Yinlin on my team. I did get a bit tired of her animations, so that's fortunate.
Now that the Pioneer Potcast has reset I'm also more keen on doing my dailies again. I have to admit I did take a bit of a week-long break between reaching Union Level 50 and the release of 1.2, but now I'm back.
I've started doing the Moon-Chasing Festival event, though I'm not too far into it yet. The initial quest sure was a bit depressing, though! But I really like Xiangli Yao. Can't believe he'll really be given out for free :D.
World of Warcraft
Ended up playing a lot of Pandaria: Remix after all. I've gotten all of the (not random drop) rewards, except for four of the Garrosh weapons. I've also ended up leveling somewhere around 20 new characters and finally got one of each allied race to 70. Honestly, it was fun. I just wish I'd gotten into it sooner and not just during the last week.
Aside from that I did the pre-event for War Within on basically the last two days. I think it was alright for a pre-event. Fun with good rewards and fast and easy to do.
And then it was time for The War Within! As always I was very excited for the start of a new expansion. So far I've quested through the first two areas and I have to say, the quality of the quests has increased so much, I'm really happy! I'm taking my time, though. I don't feel like rushing through this content.
Granblue Fantasy: Relink
Didn't play it, but still plan on getting back to it!
Lil' Guardsman
Same as the above.
Inscryption
I finished act 1! I think the gameplay was pretty fun and the puzzles weren't too hard to figure out. I think act 2 is going to be a lot different gameplay-wise and I'm really intrigued to get into it soon.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team
I'm not too far into it yet, I've beaten Team Meanies so far. I've always liked the Mystery Dungeon games and I have previously completed two (Darkness and Gates to Infinity). I'm happy this was added to NSO! And it's a game I can comfortably play in handheld mode, which I really like.
BUSTAFELLOWS
I only played one tiny session, so I'm not too far into it yet, but I definitely want to play it soon.
Wall World Completion Time: 10:34h
Amazon Prime provided some great games again, among them this!
Wall World is your average roguelite where you complete a run, get currency for overall upgrades and then start the next run, getting slightly further due to said upgrades. The game is essentially split into two parts: You dig into the wall and collect resources for upgrades and after a while a wave of enemies spawns so you need to return to your ship (the spider) to defeat them.
It feels repetitive, but my first session was about 3 hours long and I was definitely hooked. I managed to beat the first boss the second time I saw it and I've gotten a key of which I apparently need 5.
Up to this point I've only tried the first weapon, but for my next run I'll try one of the other weapons as I suspect that they are better.
Honestly, easier said than done... after that it took me ages to find another weapon again, but now I'm finally getting the hang of swapping them at least. I've reached the second boss twice now, but couldn't defeat it yet. Then I had a pretty good run where I found five or six blueprints (upgrades for future runs) and the second key.
I got a laser gun! This is the best weapon of them all in my opinion :D. I also found the third key. And what appears to be the final boss, but it killed me instantly, so I probably need all of the keys first. The gameplay loop (the mining specifically) is starting to get a bit boring, so hopefully I can find those keys soon.
I finally found the last two keys. I didn't know that the third boss that appears is also the final boss from the top of the map and if the timer runs out it instantly kills you. Oh well, one more run. I fully upgraded the laser gun and drone to prepare for the final boss fight... turns out that there's no fight, the game is simply over once you reach the top with all five keys, oh well. Despite its anticlimactic ending, it was a fun game!
Loop Hero Play Time: 2:20h
I've played this game before through Game Pass, but decided to try playing it again now that I got it through Amazon Prime. Honestly, I thought it was fun. I beat the first boss on my first try. But overall I felt it started to get a bit boring. It seems too grindy. I was already tabbing out of the game a lot, so it wasn't really holding my interest. Which is why I've decided to just drop it.
Another month went by way too quickly! I've added more games to my playing tab, but I really need to get to those. At least I also completed a game this month.
And Dragon Age: The Veilguard finally has a release date! I could honestly cry from happiness, I've been waiting so long for this game :,D
Games Played
Honkai: Star Rail
Genshin Impact
Wuthering Waves
World of Warcraft
(Playing) Granblue Fantasy: Relink
(Playing) Lil' Guardsman
(Playing) Inscryption
(Playing) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team
(Playing) BUSTAFELLOWS
(Completed) Wall World
(Retired) Loop Hero
Currently Playing
Honkai: Star Rail
The new Apocalyptic Shadow was pretty easy this time, cleared it first try with my two current standard teams.
I wrapped up the new storyline (finally), but I have to say I didn't like the second part as much (prison) as the first. But Dan Heng was awesome :D. It definitely ended too soon. I can't wait for more.
I've also completed the Operation Memoria Snapshot event. This was basically Pokemon Snap. It wasn't bad, but not really interesting either. It would have been nice if there had been more easter eggs of existing characters in the background, I guess.
Next I did the other trashcan event that came after the one above (Trailblaze: Friendship is Magic)... the joke is getting a little old at this point, but whatever. Other than that I really liked the summon mechanic and I can't wait to have a character with such a mechanic.
Genshin Impact
I've decided to get back into it with the new update! I still haven't finished chapter 3 (Sumeru), or even started on 4 (Fontaine), but I've decided to simply jump into chapter 5 (Natlan) now anyway. Since they give you that possibility it should be fine. Though it sure was a bit of a trek to get to the questlines starting point xD. I've only done the very beginning so far. Other than that I'm also trying to level up a new team, but damn, it's really hard... I do have Alhaitham at level 60 now and he's finally somewhat usable. I've decided to replace my team one by one. Since I got Nahida and her weapon in a lucky pull a long while ago I want to use her, too. And Furina, because I really like her style. But for now I'll build Alhaitham and then go from there.
This game has gotten so huge in the time I haven't played, it's crazy!
Wuthering Waves
I've finally increased my Union Level to 50 (Mostly by doing a bunch of Exploration and Side Quests)! This time I made sure to pre-farm a little for the character level increase so that I can at least upgrade my main team. But then I realized I forgot Yinlin's Ascension Items, whoops :,D.
1.2 came around! I got lucky and pulled Zhezhi in only 30 pulls. Unfortunately her weapon took me almost the full 80 pulls, so now I gotta save up again for the next character. At least I can now replace Yinlin on my team. I did get a bit tired of her animations, so that's fortunate.
Now that the Pioneer Potcast has reset I'm also more keen on doing my dailies again. I have to admit I did take a bit of a week-long break between reaching Union Level 50 and the release of 1.2, but now I'm back.
I've started doing the Moon-Chasing Festival event, though I'm not too far into it yet. The initial quest sure was a bit depressing, though! But I really like Xiangli Yao. Can't believe he'll really be given out for free :D.
World of Warcraft
Ended up playing a lot of Pandaria: Remix after all. I've gotten all of the (not random drop) rewards, except for four of the Garrosh weapons. I've also ended up leveling somewhere around 20 new characters and finally got one of each allied race to 70. Honestly, it was fun. I just wish I'd gotten into it sooner and not just during the last week.
Aside from that I did the pre-event for War Within on basically the last two days. I think it was alright for a pre-event. Fun with good rewards and fast and easy to do.
And then it was time for The War Within! As always I was very excited for the start of a new expansion. So far I've quested through the first two areas and I have to say, the quality of the quests has increased so much, I'm really happy! I'm taking my time, though. I don't feel like rushing through this content.
Granblue Fantasy: Relink
Didn't play it, but still plan on getting back to it!
Lil' Guardsman
Same as the above.
Inscryption
I finished act 1! I think the gameplay was pretty fun and the puzzles weren't too hard to figure out. I think act 2 is going to be a lot different gameplay-wise and I'm really intrigued to get into it soon.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team
I'm not too far into it yet, I've beaten Team Meanies so far. I've always liked the Mystery Dungeon games and I have previously completed two (Darkness and Gates to Infinity). I'm happy this was added to NSO! And it's a game I can comfortably play in handheld mode, which I really like.
BUSTAFELLOWS
I only played one tiny session, so I'm not too far into it yet, but I definitely want to play it soon.
Completed Games
Wall World Completion Time: 10:34h
Amazon Prime provided some great games again, among them this!
Wall World is your average roguelite where you complete a run, get currency for overall upgrades and then start the next run, getting slightly further due to said upgrades. The game is essentially split into two parts: You dig into the wall and collect resources for upgrades and after a while a wave of enemies spawns so you need to return to your ship (the spider) to defeat them.
It feels repetitive, but my first session was about 3 hours long and I was definitely hooked. I managed to beat the first boss the second time I saw it and I've gotten a key of which I apparently need 5.
Up to this point I've only tried the first weapon, but for my next run I'll try one of the other weapons as I suspect that they are better.
Honestly, easier said than done... after that it took me ages to find another weapon again, but now I'm finally getting the hang of swapping them at least. I've reached the second boss twice now, but couldn't defeat it yet. Then I had a pretty good run where I found five or six blueprints (upgrades for future runs) and the second key.
I got a laser gun! This is the best weapon of them all in my opinion :D. I also found the third key. And what appears to be the final boss, but it killed me instantly, so I probably need all of the keys first. The gameplay loop (the mining specifically) is starting to get a bit boring, so hopefully I can find those keys soon.
I finally found the last two keys. I didn't know that the third boss that appears is also the final boss from the top of the map and if the timer runs out it instantly kills you. Oh well, one more run. I fully upgraded the laser gun and drone to prepare for the final boss fight... turns out that there's no fight, the game is simply over once you reach the top with all five keys, oh well. Despite its anticlimactic ending, it was a fun game!
Retired Games
Loop Hero Play Time: 2:20h
I've played this game before through Game Pass, but decided to try playing it again now that I got it through Amazon Prime. Honestly, I thought it was fun. I beat the first boss on my first try. But overall I felt it started to get a bit boring. It seems too grindy. I was already tabbing out of the game a lot, so it wasn't really holding my interest. Which is why I've decided to just drop it.