Petition to name A Short Hike the best open world game.

Bastion 👍

If you liked Pseudoregalia, why not try the other N64-style 3D platformer released in 2023 with a goat protagonist trapped in a dream, Corn Kidz 64? Yes, this is a particularly specific coincidence. It features great humour, extremely cartoony animation, and polished movement. It’s very much quality over quantity.

I also “completed” Dead Cells and went “yeah, that’s enough.”

Anyway, my games.

Completed games

• Neon White
  • Run fast. Puts you in the speedrunning grindset. Corny anime plot. Unnecessary dating sim elements. The addictive gameplay carries it.
• Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer
  • Retro-style FPS with stylistic suck but still with lots of in-universe and IRL soul. Takes the piss out of edgy teen boy fantasies. This is an essential part of the Hypnospace Outlaw canon.
• Gauntlet Slayer Edition
  • It’s Gauntlet but modern. Fun dungeon crawling online co-op with friends.

Games that aren’t reasonably completeable

• Shotgun King
  • Chess but the only piece you have is a king with a shotgun. It was fun for a bit, but I quickly lost interest.
• Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
  • Kart racing. Cool maps that change over time. Less bullshit than Mario Kart. It has a hint of more “hardcore” racing mechanics, so it felt like I had more agency. It’s a 2013-era PC game with a surprising amount of jank to make work properly.