What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Everdark Tower(Switch)

November 8th, 2024

Fridays are a challenge at work, so I declined to get out of bed and face the day for too long this morning. I'm up now, though.

I sat down and deliberately cleared Everdark Tower last night, which was a solidly okay game. As far as being a short RPG goes, I thought it was way more successful than Archlion Saga, the other game in the set, especially in terms of narrative. This was interesting to play.

Six RPGs remain towards my goal of clearing twelve for the year.

I really played a lot of Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade again, too, starting to level up my party with a bit more balance. I want to clear the seven days of novice missions just to prove I can, but they're somewhat daunting! I'll see if I can get a lead on any of it tomorrow.

November 7th, 2024

I am feeling pretty down right now, so last night after work, I played the just-launched Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade on and off for about five hours. It's not a bad mobile game, just a gacha with decent turn based battles, but perhaps did not deserve that level of attention. I was able to relax a little playing, though, and that was nice.

I played about ten minutes of Everdark Tower again, too. I probably could have pushed through and finished this last night, but I didn't really want to.

November 6th, 2024

Last night was just more Everdark Tower. I got my last party member and think I'm super close to the end.

November 5th, 2024

Last night, I just kept going in Everdark Tower for maybe 20 or 30 minutes, hitting a string of bosses. I decided to level grind a little, but even that was fast in this game. I'm really dragging this out by playing such short sessions, but I also appreciate that it's no hassle to do so.

November 4th, 2024

Early voting at the local mall ended up being a massive afternoon time sink, so I had another day without much gaming. I played Everdark Tower a little before bed, though, chipping away at it a bit. I know it's short on purpose, so I think clearing chapter 3 last night was probably a good bit of progress. It might be a bad games week overall, but I'll try to finish this off this week.

October 30th, 2024

I had enough energy last night to play a tiny bit more of Everdark Tower, chipping away at my RPG clearing goal. I had fun, and got a good new party member, but wanted to go to sleep after fifteen minutes or so. I'm hoping to be able to play a little more of anything tonight.

October 24th, 2024

I was generally unenthused last night, so games-wise, I just played some of Everdark Tower before bed. I kind of like that the dungeon I played threw puzzle after puzzle at me, and hope the rest of the game is the same way.

October 14th, 2024

I've got a strange week ahead, but goal #1 is going to be to get through today's work without too much overtime!

Yesterday, I kept plugging along at my RPG quest with a decent play session in Metro Quester, where I was briefly worried that I softlocked myself. Instead, I think I have to break dozens of blocks of debris to move forward. I'm not sure that's better, but it is at least a clear goal.

Right before bed, I also played the first ten or so minutes of Archlion Saga's companion game, Everdark Tower, too. I don't know that it's counted as a sequel, but there's already been some reused sprites and music within the first 15 minutes. Still, I'm curious to see where it goes.

I let Magical Circle Guru-Guru: Stardust Memories run for a while as I did other stuff, too, making some rare progress in the overall quest. I'm not as sure how to level up effectively in this as I am in some of my other mobile games, which would be disheartening if I cared even a tiny bit more.