For the most part, I see the two original Paper Marios as equals. They both have good and bad chapters, so it's hard to say which one I prefer on that front. The aspect that pushes TTYD slightly ahead for me is that your stats aren't capped at 50/50/30 anymore. You can play the game with 10HP and a goombillion badge points if you want and the game won't stop you!
I need to put extra effort in Caligula Effect 2. I thought the Baten Kaitos remaster released at the end of the month, not the middle, so I'm behind pace.
In the meantime, I also started the first Assassin's Creed for the first time. I figured, if the series got as big as it is, it's worth looking into it, especially when you can get the old ones for dirt-cheap in any given Steam Sale. I'm not surprised, but I didn't expect the blueprint to the Ubisoft Open World formula to be this complete this early, in a game that isn't even open world yet. It's fun though, but it's showing its age.
Finally started Caligula Effect 2 recently. It took me a while to remember what I liked about the first one enough that I bought the sequel, but fighting an enemy three times your level reminded me what made the combat so great. I kinda regret not having put the game on the highest difficulty now, because it definitely shines the most when you're in mortal danger.
I think the biggest mistake the show did was making it so clear who's a Skrull and who's real so early on. A secret invasion like this needs paranoia and hopelessness and I just didn't feel that.
My final percentage was 84.83% after 205 hours. I didn't think I'd have more than 70%, I was kinda surprised. I also forgot to add the monster medals to the list of things I don't care about.
The first Caligula was... okay. I liked it and completed it 100%, but I wouldn't recommend going that far. You can tell it was originally a Vita game, it looks quite awful. But that's also why I'm excited to play the sequel, it was made for modern hardware.
Tears of the Kingdom, one last time. I've done and collected everything I care about, which is pretty much everything except Korok Seeds, upgrading pointless armor and schematics (though I probably have all of those) and all that's left is to beat the game.
And then I'm finally free again! I can jump back into Monster Hunter Rise, which I haven't touched in two months. There's some endgame content I haven't even touched yet and I'm sure I'm rusty enough to have a very bad time! I can also finally take a look at Sealed Palace, an Ocarina of Time Rom Hack.
I probably won't get around to the next large game yet, Caligula Effect 2, which has been sitting on my shelf for a while. But I do want to finish that before Baten Kaitos releases, so I shouldn't wait too long.
I don't understand why Wolverine in Deadpool 3 was ever a matter of debate when Deadpool 2 literally ended with Logan's death being undone. It may have been a joke at the time, but now the joke got a sequel, so let's just roll with it.
Another pet peeve of mine that didn’t get mentioned is that you hold B to run on land, but X to swim faster in water. What’s up with that?
What? That's so bizarre. I switched the buttons for Jump and Dash in the options Day 1 in both BotW and TotK, so the X button is the "go fast"-button both on land and in water for me. I'm more confused why the swim button doesn't get swapped as well if that's the case.
For the most part, I see the two original Paper Marios as equals. They both have good and bad chapters, so it's hard to say which one I prefer on that front. The aspect that pushes TTYD slightly ahead for me is that your stats aren't capped at 50/50/30 anymore. You can play the game with 10HP and a goombillion badge points if you want and the game won't stop you!