No, there's a mac version of retroarch.
OpenEmu is a bit better in term of user interface.
And RetroArch has a history of harassing emulator devs, e.g. Stenzek who made Duckstation, were harassed by them until Stenzek went hiatus. IIRC, they might have harassed Near (developer of Snes9x), Near eventually killed themself.
I played thru Octopath Traveler, and the story doesn't tie everyone together until that secret last boss. Nothing much interesting in the writing until that part, I guess.
I read that Octopath Traveler 2 rectified that, and it's one of the best JRPG of this year. I bought that on sale, but haven't touched it yet.
I dropped Tunic halfway thru, the combat just doesn't gel with me.
I finished the first Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney from the remake trilogy
The game is really frustrating, because at times it feels more like you're supposed to guess what's the developer want you to do, instead of presenting things based on logic / evidence to the witness' statement
The writing can be very awful, some characters are just straight up annoying in order to pad the game. People veer off conversations all the time, trying to be funny, but they are not. And the melodrama that's supposed to convey the character's feeling, can be repeated on every new scene that it's very tiring to play thru it.
I've also finished Curse of the Monkey Island
It's still a such a hilarious delightful game. Many people stopped by my stream to tell me that they love this game. I was expecting to the game to be not clicking with me since Ron Gilbert departed after Monkey Island 2, but apparently it's still a very good game.
My main complaint is the clicking mechanic, where you need to click and hold to bring up the talk / observe / use option.
I'm currently replaying God of War (2008)
Apparently I forgot to upload my save to the cloud, so I can't do NG+
It's still a very good game. I'm at the Alfheim region now, and unlike Horizon Zero Dawn, I have yet to feel fatigue replaying this game. Maybe it'd happen later in game
It's not horror, not quite comedy, something more interesting, and contemplative than it's marketing itself. Love Nic Cage, as always. And I'm glad to see he's doing some good dramas recently (this and Pig)
Games wise, very likely. There are way too many 2023 games that I bought (that's on sale) that I haven't even touched yet, and still more heavy hitters that I'm waiting for a bigger discount (e.g. Alan Wake 2, Baldur's Gate 3, Yakuza Gaiden, Spider-Man 2, etc). It's not only newer IPs, there are many games based on older IPs that are well received, e.g. Dead Space, FF16, RE4, Armored Core 6, etc.
Game devs wise, it's probably one of the worse. There'a already more than 9000 layoffs, with many studios shuttered. Half of them probably came from Embracer Group. We are probably gonna be seeing a rapidly shrinking number of mid-size games within the next 5 years.
I was initially expecting to see Wolverine released end of next year / early 2025, was not expecting it to be around end of 2026. I assume it's easier to create Venom's game based on the existing Spidey's engine.
I wonder what exclusive game would Sony announce for next year's holiday? Maybe Sucker Punch's Ghost of Tsushima 2?
I played a lot of great games this year, but also many that didn't click with me.
There's a huge spikes of games that I played this year, because I decided to start tackling my backlog by streaming them, these include games I've bought on sale, and those that are on PS+ Extre.
I've never heard of The Mole, probably need to find it.
Also, Is Law Man Bass Reeves part of the Yellowstone series? I dare not to touch that Taylor Sheridan-verse, too many spinoffs, not sure if it's worth the time investment.
I just finished replaying DMC V. After replaying DMC 1 - 4 + DmC in the past 6 months, made me realize that I don't like playing as Nemo. He feels underpowered at times, and his skillset are kinda boring compared to Dante.
In DMC V, I enjoyed my time playing as Dante and V.
V is a change of pace, being slower and ranged, while Dante has really satisfying moves and weapons.
I like Nemo's robotic arm, but the idea that it's a consumable and sometimes you might ended up picking up an arm that you are not familiar with, does disrupt the flow. Even his basic swordplay feels kinda lacking.
I could see people who became deaf-mute using it.
Apple has Personal Voice for iOS that allows people who are losing their voice to use it to connect to their loved ones.
Yeah, I forgot to mention that, I also started WILTY S17.
Alex Jones! always love seeing Alex Jones