$11.24

Some especially decent offerings in a recent Steam sale, so I bought Sonic Frontiers - aggressive pop-in, absolutely horrible menus clearly designed by inhuman monsters, ugly cutscenes, some truly baffling asset-placement and annoying instant-death situations, very strange music... But genuinely great traversal and satisfying boss battles, and it all lands somewhere between modern Mario and Zelda. Weird as hell, and it works, and I kinda love it - especially for $16.

Also finally pulled the trigger on Ys X, DOOM: The Dark Ages, Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, Prince of Persia The Lost Crown, DEVIL BLADE REBOOT, Isles of Sea and Sky (needs a CRT filter), and Rollerdrome (neat); also found Super Mario Maker 2 new for $40.

Back to Destiny - I can't put my finger on it, but Destiny 1 on PS5 feels better than Destiny 2 on PC. Also, The Taken King and Rise of Iron both went on-sale for $3.12 each, so I wrapped all of that up before diving into DOOM and Ys.

So far, I much prefer gameplay in The Dark Ages over Eternal. Performance-wise, on my 3070, I'm seeing ~90FPS@1080p and ~65FPS@1440p

• V-Sync Off
• VRS Off
• DLSS Quality
• Path Tracing Off
• HDR On
• Ultra Preset

Then I got distracted by Voxel Duke Nukem 3D and Blood: Refreshed Supply - both really good.

And then I got distracted again by the Virtual Boy for Nintendo Switch preorders opening, so now I have a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription, and it's better than I expected - the NES, Genesis, Game Boy, and SNES offerings are pretty great; the N64 selection is good but I'd like to see a CRT filter; GBA on there is solid, but relatively weak.

...Aaannnd then I got distracted by Metroid Prime 3 in anticipation of 4... Loved Prime, didn't really like 2, and never got very far into 3; I'm still not a fan of the controls, or the dialogue, or... I'll finish it, regardless.

Got a watch repair kit, and I think I enjoy watch repair about as much as I enjoy soldering - which is to say, not much at all.

Oh, and I finally tried Astral Chain, and it's really good; I've been all over the place on PlatinumGames' output, but this one's got a hold on me for now.