What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade (Android)

November 19th, 2024

I read for quite a while after work last night, so in terms of games, I just played the first half of the latest story event in Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade. It was a nice night that makes for lame blogging.

November 17th, 2024

Today, this post is late because I was out doing some nice stuff with family members! As a result, I am rather sleepy and kicking myself for playing so many games yesterday.

My gaming variety was pretty wide yesterday. I downloaded and finished a super-casual Steam freebie called 100 Christmas Cats where I just found 100 cats in a line drawing of a little Christmas town. It only took a little over half an hour, some of that which was my figuring out the zoom controls. It was cute, though, and I got 100 Steam achievements from it. I downloaded nine more of these, because they're free and have cats, so please enjoy being bored by more descriptions of this nonsense in the future.

I spent quite a bit of time with Metal Slug Attack Reloaded, too, gawking at the sprite art and levelling up my units. I'm getting a better grasp on how to approach the tower defense stages, simple as they are, but I wish I could level my units past level 10! Hopefully, I'll hit a player rank that lets me do that soon.

Over on my Miyoo Mini+, which I'd unproductively left on my craft table, I turned on a Game Boy Advance game called Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Big Break because I have some nostalgia for Tiny Toons. I then, in a pleasant surprise, found myself getting whupped by a Treasure beat-em-up. It feels like a simple base game, with some depth to the support system, which lets you call out a second character to attack. Launching tiny enemies up in the air to ram them into bigger ones was extremely satisfying, too. I'll probably give this another shot, but it was a bit more than I wanted to deal with last night.

As if all of that weren't enough, I buzzed through some of the story mode stages in Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade during and after lunch, too. I was satisfied with my progress.

I'm probably not going to play a ton of games tonight, as I am dozin' off already, but I'll be back tomorrow with some sort of post!

November 16th, 2024

I am having a craft day to try and relax today, so this post is slightly later than normal. I am not super concerned about it, though.

Yesterday, I felt pretty frustrated with Hidden Cats: Magic Forest, so during my lunch break at work, I told myself that if I couldn't find the last cat I'd left off with the night before, I would drop the game. The cat, of course, was just sitting under a tree, waiting to be clicked on. I'm slightly satisfied that I finished this, and up until the last cat, it was pretty laid back and relaxing. The controls kind of sunk it, though, so I'm not sure I really liked it that much overall. Still, it's fine to play a tiny, chill game sometimes.

I absolutely played the crap out of Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade, too, clearing the map event and trying to level up my party members. The event rewards were pretty nice, so I felt like in terms of the game as a whole, it was worth my time. The "wow, nice job, kids!" ending was so lame it made me laugh, too, which I appreciate.

I'm off to try and finish a couple of small cross stitches and see if I can get a decent feeling of productivity!

November 14th, 2024

I'm just back from errands this morning and doing a quick post before work. I wish I had a little more pep!

Last night, I picked Metal Slug Attack Reloaded back up because I was thinking too much about offline versions of mobile games. I made a little progress, and got somewhat bored with the loads of gacha pulls I had to do to build my team. It wasn't bad, though. This is really low stress to play, so I might keep at it a bit longer this time.

I chipped away at the "map event" in Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade, too, which mostly consisted of me setting auto battles to go and doing other stuff. It required no skill, and my numbers did not really go up, but it seemed like the most effective way to grind for event items.

November 13th, 2024

My sleepiness last night was unparalleled, so I just played rounds of Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade between chores until I could go to bed. There's two time limited events going on now, and I'm still working on the main story, too. It feels like a lot to balance. Even though I'm having a decent, laid back time with this game, I can't imagine having the time and energy to fully tackle everything in it, even if I weren't stubbornly refusing to pay in for premium items. It'll stop me from running out of stuff to do for sure, though.

November 11th, 2024

Yesterday turned out to be really busy, so in terms of games, I just played a very small amount of Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade before bed. It was ok, but I wasn't super engaged with it.

I'm thinking about doing some small backlog tackling for the rest of the month, since I've picked up mounds of games on sale lately. Even clearing just a couple of them will make me feel a bit better.

November 10th, 2024

I feel somewhat panicked this morning and am not sure why. I'm a very powerful lady- I even managed to refill the coolant and windshield wiper in my car this morning! It's not a fun vibe, though.

In Metro Quester yesterday, between repeated, horrific losses and information from Steam help discussions, I realized that to beat the final boss, I am going to have to rebuild my entire party to do max damage rather than balancing attack and defense on everyone like I have been doing. In light of this, I am going to take a break from Metro Quester, or at least play it more sporadically, as grinding for item drops feels super unappealing right now. It's some lost time in my RPG quest for sure, but I can make it up with some shorter games.

I played a bit more of Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade, too, clearing the first event's story and doing some item gathering style missions. The side story I unlocked was cute, so I was decently satisfied.

November 9th, 2024

My power levels remain low, but I did make good game progress yesterday. I alternated between exploration days in Metro Quester and stuff I needed to do all night after work, finally finding the final boss. I need to level grind some more before I face the boss for real, which I might try this afternoon. It won't be very exciting, but it'll be nice to have this finished.

I didn't play as much of Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade as I had the past couple days, and I'm honestly a little more interested in that than Metro Quester today. This has a really good feeling of progress for a numbers-go-up mobile RPG. I need to level all of my characters up, though. I started off levelling up some strange characters because I found it funny, so my party has a weird balance.

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.