Decided to boot up the game for the first time today after getting it 50% off on Amazon around Christmas. Personally, I find the charm of the game and the approachability of the battles to be a huge plus, on top of expanding the usually extremely dry Mario formula with the rabbids is pretty fun as this is my first foray into a Mario + Rabbids game.

Finally beat After Alterna & "surveyed" the whole map so that I could activate the "Sheldon Drone" and get a free item every day. Very cool single-player with a fun, challenging easter-egg type fun ending.

I can finally consider the game mastered.

While I was anticipating this game like no other on release, I did not put the time in I would have liked and was also going through personal struggles that led me to ultimately never finish the game.

Fast forward to November '22 and I am going through the Playstation+ Extra catalog, and there is Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition along with the sequel on sale for Black Friday. I have begun my journey as Alloy and have already taken down some of the machines. What has really stunned me, beyond the amazing PS5 patch, is the really gripping story, defined characters with their own motivations that compliments the great gameplay to make this a game I'm really glad I picked back up to experience.

Decided to put more time into the game tonight. Had a blast, the game does a phenomenal job of (more than any Metroid game in recent memory) steadily providing you powerful upgrades, without you feeling like you're a walking god.

No matter what powers you obtain, you're still Samus Aran walking around a desolate, infested alien planet which she is desperately trying to escape.

8:45pm: Played some more this evening, acquired the storm missiles after beating that flying scarab-like boss. Really liked how cryptic it was to get to it.

Played Wild Rift today during some downtime. Decided to put some time into Katarina (for those not aware, a rather high skill character for the game) and see if I could learn how to play the Assassin "playstyle" and roamed, ganked with my jungle and ended up MVP.

It really can't be stated enough how amazing this game is, especially when viewed through a mobile gaming perspective where quality is scarce.

Going to put some time into DM and unrated then play some competitive!