What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

KOF: Sky Stage (PSP, XBox Series S)

March 25th, 2025

I finished my Sims 4 quest last night, and it all went disappointingly well. It was fun to embrace the chaos of the game on a track, so I think I'm going to keep up with goal-setting, whether it's provided by the game or not. I don't want to buy any game packs or expansions yet, though, so I might just do some fishing next.

My XBox was already on for Sims 4, so I played KOF: Sky Stage for a little bit once all that was over. I'm not sure how much I like this, but once you reach a level, you can just select it as your starting point. I might use that as a cheat to get through the game as every character, but I don't know yet.

January 20th, 2025

I was cleaning most of yesterday, so I did more game dabbling than anything. It was my last day with Raging Blasters for the week, before I swap out to something different, and I just played half an hour of caravan mode. I'd like to get over a million points, but I couldn't get through the three minutes without dying last night! I guess that's what I get for playing ridiculously late, though.

While thinking about what shmup to play next, I messed around with a couple I had on hand for a few minutes. I booted up my PSP to play a couple levels of KOF: Sky Stage, a King of Fighters themed bullet hell game. I played this quite a lot in the past, and my failures with this a decade ago are part of why I want to get better skills now. In the future, I'll play this more in-depth, so I ended up picking it up on XBox Arcade for slightly better convenience.

I gave Robotech: The Macross Saga: HD Edition another chance, too, but I just don't like this that well. The jet controls feel super slippery, and the mechs are extremely slow and clunky, though the Gerwalk form between the two is okay enough. It feels really unforgiving, too. I do want to see who the hidden characters are, so I'm not writing it off yet. It would be very fun if I could make Minmei hop in a Valkrie and start blasting away at the Zentradi, but the cast is good enough that almost no one would be a disappointment. I'm not excited for the gameplay itself, though.

In terms of normal stuff, I cleared another barista's run in Sweet Survivors while on my exercise bike last night. I've got five more runs I'd like to complete in this, a couple of which might be a bit tricky, and'll probably call it good from there.

While I was waiting for dessert, I played a bit of Water Sort Quest, too. It was lovely dessert, but the game has not gotten more exciting since I last played it.