Instead of playing Octopath Traveler like literally every other JRPG fan who owns a Switch, I'm playing The Lost Child instead, because reasons. It's no Demon Gaze, but it's substantially better than Dungeon Travelers 2 or Mind=Zero, at least. Full English voice acting - or close to it, only NPC conversations and a few brief snippets don't appear to be voiced - is a MAJOR plus for me, and I love the designs of the monsters you can capture, and that you can evolve them is pretty neat. EXP is really well-handled here, and skill transference etc. makes for some interesting possibilities. Music is sub-par and environments aren't as high quality as I'd hope, and the plot is making no sense right now, but it has enough to it to keep me invested.
...also, Enoch is on my team. ENOCH. I fucking loved El Shaddai and I am so glad to see Enoch and Lucifel again.
I've been reading The House in Fata Morgana: A Requiem for Innocence in the morning. I loved the first VN save for one very crucial aspect: the music. It was all garbage. This has had some much better tracks, but it's pretty dependant on you knowing who the characters are beforehand, so it's more an expansion than a companion really. But the main story was great, and the side stories haven't been too bad thus far.
Playing Wolfenstein: The New Order on PS4. Not really feeling it. I wanted to try a war-based FPS again because it's been years and I figured it'd be good to go with Wolfenstein because I loved 3D on the GBA back in the day, but this feels like it's had a lot of the charm sapped right out of it. But it's still early days and I'm going to at least finish it before it's another 15+ years that I touch this genre again.
