May 2025

I don’t think I’ll be beating another game before the month is over, so let’s make this post. May is in the books, and after a drought in playtime during March and April (lie – I played enough, just didn’t beat many games), May came roaring and I beat a lot of games, which feels great. I picked up where I left off in April with Monaco, quickly beating the few missions that were left behind last month. Then I decided to knock out some short games from my SG Win list, such as Slain and Back to Bed. Slain was a bit long but took me an afternoon, while Back to Bed took me less than two hours, but it still felt good to knock some wins off the list.

And then I looked at my backlog and decided to tackle the top games there. I think I used User Rating instead of Critic Rating, but no matter what, I ended up having the chance to finally experience Papers Please, Katana Zero, and Undertale. If I were lagging behind on my indie list, I feel I redeemed myself hahaha I also knocked out two weirder games from my list, Kairo and The Space Between, which were ….. interesting and haunting to say the least. Spooky vibes.

I started Guacamelee and it’s being okay so far, nothing to write home about but also not objectively bad. And I feel I finally crossed the line towards late game in Elden Ring, having finished all the underground areas and all of Caelid and Liurnia this month. I’ve already made some progress inside Leyndell before heading back to explore Mt. Gelmir and Volcano Manor, but it feels like the open world part is mostly behind me and I’m getting into the linear part of the game. My build is mostly STR / two-handing Bloodhound Fang and casting Flame! Grant Me Strength, although I’m trying to set it up so I can power stance Curved Greatswords at some point. That said, I have a highly upgraded Morning Star that is a beast and I can use with shields for some encounters, and I’ve recently started to use a Cold-infused Flamberge that still needs upgrades, but is already a lot of fun to pull off.

I’m hoping to play Abe’s Odyssey: New N Tasty and maybe Batman Arkham Asylum as part of my SG Wins next month, and if time allows, get into Gris and Ori from my backlog. Let’s see!