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[Switch - Shield] Just before this game came out at the end of 2019, I thought I was gonna play the story, make a decent competitive team, fight a few friends, and be done. Maybe 40-50 hours at most. But it's been surprising how many of my friends have stuck with it, which has encouraged me to stick with it. The end game of this generation seems like it will continue to be added to and supported well into 2020, especially with the expansions to come. Writing this in January, but I can see this being a game I come back to all year long to tinker with my competitive team(s), catch new 'mons, and play through the new content. This still isn't a *perfect* Pokemon (will there ever be one?), but it's certainly the most fun I've had playing Pokemon in years.
[Switch] Who'da thunk they'd actually make a legit workout game in our lifetime? I didn't think I'd see the day, yet here we are with Ring Fit: A Genuine Workout Game. I borrowed this from a friend in February of 2020, right before it would go out of stock everywhere once the pandemic hit. Eventually it came back in stock and we picked it up going into the colder months. We've stuck to it nearly every day for a month and a half and are still really enjoying it. It's been a super positive way to get in a little or a lot of movement in during a season where we're more inclined to binge TV and food. The content of the game is endlessly charming, full of fitness/health puns, and the story mode is a nice carrot-on-a-stick to boot.
[Switch] Interesting there wasn't a separate entry for Reroll, but I guess this really is just a slightly up-rezed version of the original. Much as I love the goofs and gaffs, this game is *heavy* on the text, when I just wanna get to rolling around to the amazing music. This game really shines from a UI perspective as something super unique. I love when a game bucks trends to try something different, and this game is nigh-bombastic with its trend-bucking.
[Switch] The Gold edition was $20, and I enjoy turn-based strategy!
[PC - Iceborne] Y'all know I had to be back at it again. I guess this can't be treated as a "new game" in the franchise, but may as well be. Though many areas are reused and various old monsters are made new again through Master Rank versions and alternate versions, there is more than enough fresh content to go around. Iceborne is a great addition to an already great game, and I felt prepared going in, rather than the daunting feeling I initially had with MHW. The core of Monster Hunter is always the gameplay, and Iceborne really delivers by adding new moves to all weapons and creating new combat opportunities through the clutch claw tool. The monsters are similarly new and fun and I'm enjoying making all the new gear and creating new sets. On top of everything, the PC version will have full parity with the console version in terms of updates by April 2020, and for that I'm thankful. It'll be way more fun to ride the hype train for updates when I know my version of the game will also get it at the same time. This game just rules and I'm glad it's in my life. Playing with more friends than ever lately as well, and that also rules.
[PC-Game Pass] Before I get into the gameplay, it's worth mentioning that this is the first game that I played with a group of friends from work for our Video Game Book Club. I was also able to play this game through Xbox Game Pass for PC, which I was thankful for for more reasons than one. Pedro is... well it has a few things going for it. I enjoyed my time with it in the beginning, but as with any game that has a fairly singular gimmick, that gimmick gets old after enough time. In Pedro's case, that gimmick is slowing down time to more effectively shoot your way through very shooty, puzzle-like encounters. I particularly enjoy dual wielding weapons and spread eagle shooting multiple enemies at once in a 2D setting. But between the dancing around shooting dudes, you get a bad story, copy/pasted enemies, and mediocre jokes; the funniest bit being a group of enemy LARPers who have taken to the sewers cause they were like banished for being too nerdy or something? Like I said, the humor really didn't hit for me. I'm glad I didn't purchase this for my own library, and consider it a huge benefit of having experienced it over a subscription service.
[Switch] I have too many thoughts.
[Switch] Game numero dos for the VGBC (Video Game Book Club)! This game far exceeded the first entry in the VGBC. I really enjoyed the platforming, the detailed environments (even if they did chug on the Switch version a bit) with some genuinely puzzling and creative problems to solve. I wish the story that plays out in the background was a bit more developed or made more sense, but I enjoyed my time with this game overall.
[PC] Was able to access this through my pal Zack's Steam library (we both share our libraries) during the extended (and still going) quarantine of 2020 (and probably 2021). It's easy enough to share over a livestreaming solution like Discord and we've been able to play with friends numerous times online as a result. Enjoyed every game in here, but I do prefer Quiplash 2 from Jackbox 3. All around a fantastic party game.
[PC] I mean what is there to say about this one? It's definitely one of the strongest singular games from Jackbox, and plays great over a livestream with friends.
