Right now I am trying desparately to not play Monster Hunter World: Iceborne on my laptop. I'm failing, mostly. I still have 40-odd crowns, 50 treasures, 50 arena quests, and some general misc stuff to do before I get every Steam achievement. THEN I can put it down. Hopefully. Once Master Rank armour comes out I can see myself picking this up again for fashion. Sigh. The treasures are what is going to take the longest because of the limit on pawswaps per map and how aggravatingly random it is until you get new tips.
Anyways! I'm also playing Nexomon: Extinction. This is what Pokemon Sword and Shield should have been. The visuals are so much more appealing, there is an actual narrative, and the dialogue...oh my lord, the dialogue. The shade that Coco throws at you is beyond belief. The dry humour is resonating with me on so many levels. The ability to eliminate RNG in capture mechanics feels very well-designed, no multiplayer BS means no trading, you can re-battle tamers, the stamina system for special moves requires more strategy, and the designs of the Nexomon themselves are, on the whole, pretty good. There is a slightly low-budget feel to it at points (I just don't care for the NPC art portraits, I'm sorry) and they take frustration a little TOO far at times - fuck status effects, my god, Demotivated is the worst thing I've come across since Curse in Dark Souls...although it is not QUITE as bad as Curse in The Last Remnant - but on the whole? This is the Pokemon game I didn't realise I could have. It's definitely more Pokemon than anything I've played in the last decade.
Still idling away in Ghost of Tsushima too...I may eventually finish Part 1. Maybe. Monster Hunter has pulled me away from this, so progress is VERY slow, to the point I only do 3 or 4 locations at a time. It's enjoyable, but it is another open world timesink, and I just don't think I'm in the right frame of mind for it right now.