About halfway through chapter 6 in Ys IX: Monstrum Nox.
Unlocked all chracters (at least from what I can see) and starting to learn what’s happening in the story.
Played some more of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Reached World 5. The game is pretty generous with bonuses (at least in the modern mode, don’t remember what they called it), have about 60 lives. Though I had reached 70+ lives and have come down from there, so the game is definitely getting more difficult.
For some reason I always though you can play with all the Kongs, like Diddy and Dixie too, but you can’t do that. Still, the added health and increased jump range helps when you have the second Kong with you.
What about all of you? What have you been playing and/or plan to play?
A bit slower with games these last couple weeks since I started on a new job and I’m still adjusting to the new routine.
Playing Hades 2!
I’ve gotten used to the “underworld” path and I’m succeeding more than I fail now, even managed three wins in a row.
The “surface” path is much harder, I got to the final boss a few times but haven’t beaten him yet. I’d like to practice this path more, but I’m trying to unlock the remaining aspects of the weapons and the items I need are all from the “underworld” path so I still have to do a couple more runs there before I can move on.
Playing Witch on the Holy Night!
Slowed down a bit in Hades 2 in the last couple days and put more time on this one again. Reached Chapter 8.
Playing Earthion and R-Type Delta!
I got a couple old-style shmups in my mailbox recently. Earthion is a game from Yuzo Koshiro, the composer of classic soundtracks like Streets of Rage, and it’s a love letter to the Mega Drive/Genesis era of this genre. It’s on the easy side due to its very forgiving shield system so might be a good pick for people who don’t have much experience with these games, I got a clear on the Easy difficulty on my first attempt.
R-Type Delta is a game that is seen as one of the best in the series but only had only a PS1 release until now. I briefly tried it on an emulator a long time ago and enjoyed, so I’m happy to finally own a proper copy. First impression after a long time without playing it is “this game is hard”. It’s a very unforgiving, old-school arcade, and even on the easier “Kids” difficulty I’ve only gotten to Stage 3. But it feels like I just need a bit more practice, like learning some tricky spots where you have enemies coming from multiple directions and you need to shift the force device to the back of the ship to help.
Adding Earthion to my wishlist.
Good luck with Hades and R-Type Delta!
I’m really looking forward to playing Earthion. I’m waiting for its physical release on the Mega Drive to get it! (hopefully comes out this year… )
Sega Mega Drive? It’s coming out on that?
Yeah, they initially wanted to release it together with modern systems. But since they can’t patch it once it’s out, they decided to take some time to make sure it’s in a good state to release it. I think the last I read was on Retro Gamer magazine where they said there’s plans to release the cartridge in 2026.
Nice!