What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

An NPC's Odyssey (Switch)

March 31st, 2024

It's the last day of March, and also Easter, but I am neutral on both of those things. I do have to make some dairy free scalloped potatoes for an Easter lunch after posting here, but cooking is no hassle.

As far as games go, I finished An NPC's Odyssey yesterday and felt it was solidly okay. The translation was wonky, and the battle system was a little boring, but it's charming to spend 90 minutes playing a joke someone put so much effort into. My biggest problem is maybe that I got the good ending, but when I went to make the opposite choice to see the bad one, the game crashed, and did so repeatedly! For now, I don't really want to play through the quest again to get the other ending, so I'll leave it at just the one where things work out for now.

I played Pokemon Shining Pearl for quite a while last night, too, getting into the Underground, passing through Cycling Road and Mt. Coronet, and hitting Hearthome City. I really wasn't vibing with it, though, and felt a little bored, so I'll probably skip it for today.

March 30th, 2024

Being awake is posing a major challenge today, but I've stopped accidentally throwing pieces of my coffee machine across the room and gotten set up for today's post.

My top accomplishment yesterday was building this extravagant, two-story brick model of a KFE, no relation to KFC. I loved how needlessly complicated the architecture was here, and also like that the KFE, no relation to KFC, has a lil' hamburger sign. It's perfect if someone starts asking the wrong questions.

I kept on with An NPC's Odyssey, too, finding some of the RPG-centric jokes genuinely cute and wondering if the translators knew what some of the slang they were using meant in others. I think I'll try to finish this today, just to get one last game cleared for March.

March 29th, 2024

Today, I'm starting a little break from work, with five days off straight. I don't have any plans other than "I want to do a lot of crafts," but I'm hoping I can recharge a little this way.

Last night, I buzzed through the Eterna City stuff in Pokemon Shining Pearl. I felt like the Team Galactic building was kind of a difficulty crash after the gym leader, but even with the gym, I'd overlevelled during the week. It was pretty easy stuff.

I also started a tiny $1.99 RPG I'd picked up during a Switch eShop sale called An NPC's Odyssey. You play as an NPC who had his life savings stolen when the hero went through the chests in his house, which is a cute idea. The writing is sort of strange and awkward so far, though, with flashes of funny ideas that don't really gel. I read this is only about two hours long, so I'll keep going. Plus, I'm curious how high you can level up in such a small game.