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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Starting a new thread for Gundam 00 season 2 (my first time watch) Episode 14 - mostly a setup episode, as the world prepares for a massive combined battle against Celestial Being. Setsuna flies to Azadistan just to be a weirdo, and I started wondering which side Sumeragi is on.

Patrick gets hit by his new commander (deserved)

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

QTP with your current video game rotation 🔁 Bit of a weird one since I'm on holiday with only my Switch

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Quarter 3 update on my Top 10 games this year Nine Sols 1000xResist 🔺️ Lorelei and the Laser Eyes 🔺️ Arco 🔻 Crow Country Castlevania: Rondo of Blood ✨️ Slitterhead Pentiment Ace Attorney Investigations Collection FF7 Rebirth ✨️ ✨️ new since June Arrows - where I moved something

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Heading to see Coyote vs Acme

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

QTP with 4 games in your backlog!

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I also finished Atelier Rorona for now (will return for Overtime after the later Arland games). Mixed feelings on this one. The story is lacking, there's no driving goal beyond doing assignments and it doesn't give you enough to do early on. Pluses are relaxing vibes and some funny storylines. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

My Rorona stats - 45 hours played, with all the non-Overtime trophies earned

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Srptember 2026 plats thread (almost didn't make one this month lol) 1 - (#271) Fear the Spotlight Great indie horror throwback to the PS1/2 era. Mostly a puzzle/adventure game with a bit of stealth/running from monsters. Left me wanting more, both in length and exploring the gameplay ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Platinum screenshot for Fear the Spotlight shows two silhouettes in front of a blue screen. Trophy name is Fear Conquered

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Somehow, Fear the Spotlight is appealing to me much more than similar indie run away from the monster type horror games. Slight spoilers but the way it reveals Chapter 2 is really clever. Also a lot of 90s kids will remember this stuff lol.

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Honestly, I feel kind of burnt out on Rise of the Ronin, so I started playing Fear the Spotlight. It's really cool, as a PS1/2 horror throwback. I was amused by how blatantly the menu is just Silent Hill 2 (letter and all)

The menu in Fear the Spotlight looks strangely familiar

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Heading to see the new Resident Evil movie. Excited for this one.

Movie poster for Resident Evil (the new one)

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Finished Chapter 1 of #RiseoftheRonin With the execution of Yoshida Shoin, the plot moves from Yokohama to Edo. I feel like I might get worn out by these big open world areas, so I'm going to try and pace myself.

Kogoro insists that the anti-shogunate group must go to Edo

Shoin's last words are for the people to rise as one

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I'm not going to stop comparing all these characters in #RiseoftheRonin to their Yakuza counterparts lol. It seems like the game has a limited moral choice system with pro-shogun and anti-shogun quests. I wonder how long it will let me play the middle before locking things off/changing them up.

Kogoro Katsura: Haven't we met somewhere before

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Finished Golden Sun which was the BHC Discord monthly game. It's a simple game between the combat and puzzles, and mostly pretty fun, although some sections drag a little. It's also an entirely incomplete story, so I will have to play the second one very soon. Hope that one's even better ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I think I'm going to watch a Gundam series for the first time in ages. Going with 00, which I understand was loosely based on Wing. First episode: These Gundam kids are in a cult, oh no. It's impressive how quickly the show undercuts the plan of using Gundams to stop all war.

Setsuna beholding the God that is Gundam

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'm having fun doing map completion in #RiseoftheRonin but some of these non-combat systems are definitely underbaked. I have the Speech skill that let's me lie in conversations. But this has no chance of failure and no apparent downside... Anyway I got me a camera.

Saved the photographer by lying to the inspectors that I was also sent by the authorities

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Jeremy:-@fiyeroatheart @fiyeroatheart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Its the one year anniversary of the greatest Discord in the whole world! I can’t believe its been a year, and we have played: Ni No Kuni Cassette Beast Virgo vs The Zodiac Ai somnium files TMSxFE SaGa 1 Nine Sols Chrono Cross Okami Chicken Police Golden Sun FF16 1000xResist discord.gg/yvUdUfxkZ

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Going to try out this new Maigret movie.

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Got the good ending in #Ultros. Such a unique and interesting game. The sandbox nature of the tools and puzzles was not entirely for me, but getting everything connected did feel satisfying. Not sure if I'm up for the extra work to platinum it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Main character and Qualia join hands in front of Ultros

Ending stats screen
9 loops
A bit over 14 hours

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I have to say #RiseoftheRonin is a pretty game. The open world seems to have gone halfway between Ubisoft towers and Souls bonfires. And then there's mission segments which are a bit more Nioh but with the stealth game area design

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Heading to see Hope. Not too sure what to expect from this one.

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Ok, had a much better time with Rise of the Ronin's prologue so I think this will be my next game. I didn't realise quite how close it would be to Nioh's combat.

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I tried Star Wars Outlaws for a bit and unfortunately it's another drop for me. What I will give it is the parlour movement felt good, and the skill tree looked interesting. But the writing seemed really bad and perfunctory, and the stealth just didn't feel precise enough as a fan of stealth games

Kay talks to the bartender, who says she has had a string of bad luck

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Ok, I feel like I'm halfway through #Ultros now that I have all the abilities. At this point it seems I can "finish" the game at any time by just leaving, although that doesn't feel like much of an ending.

Credits on Ultros, from choosing to leave

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Metroid Ravenous is my only must play game on Switch from the Direct, but I'm quite curious about the Apothecary Diaries game. If they make the Detective stuff interesting and add some Atelier-style crafting it could be a great time.

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Well I think I'm almost at a big turning point in #Ultros, as I destroy the last Stasis pod. I'm realising I've been tricked into playing a secret gardening game, and I'm curious to see if the ending will be spreading the living network across the whole ship or some other step.

Connecting the last of 3 immortal sisters to the network

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Damn, Re:Zero is hitting really hard this season. The idea that if you lost all your memories back to your lowest moment, you might see your own growth since then as unattainable. And seeing that helps you to appreciate how far you've come, through small, gradual steps.

Natsuki Subaru (x2) in the hall of memories

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I seem to have unlocked a new layer of complexity in #Ultros. Building a network through the ship by travelling from node to node. I feel like this might have ending implications.

A computer terminal shaped like a person, which has been activated

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Beat two more bosses in #Ultros. It has the Shadow of the Colossus thing going where I am clearly doing the wrong thing, but everytime I break a Stasis tank I get a new exploration ability. Also found a door which only opens if I get there with no weapon, which is fascinating. Have to work that out

Ultros Awakening and the loop resetting. 3 of the 7 pods have gone dark

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

OK, so the main concept of #Ultros is wild. I beat the first boss, and set off events which destroyed the whole spaceship, then it time looped back to the start. Now I'm finding ways to lock skills so I don't lose them between loops, and growing plants which persist. Really cool.

The first boss in Ultros, kind of a giant alien mutant fly

A giant dark entity awakes and envelops the whole spaceship where Ultros takes place

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Annoyingly, when I take a screenshot in #Ultros it smashes this Controller disconnected message on the screen. Game is beautiful, although very visually busy which I find a little exhausting.

Finding a pod, which is a save point and place to level up skills

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Heading to see Palestine 36

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Picking my next game had me wondering if I've played too many Metroidvanias recently... So anyway, I'm going to start Ultros. The art for this game looks really cool, in a gross biological sci-fi way.

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Over the weekend I played Still Wakes the Deep and its DLC. It's stealth horror in the vein of Amnesia, which isn't my favourite kind of horror game, but it's a bit more walking simulator than adventure game. The setting is great, an oil rig in the North Sea with a very Scottish crew --

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

True ending of #Wukong complete. Erlang is certainly the hardest boss in the game, but then they give you an easy fanservice fight as a giant monkey like it's Power Rangers or something. And for doing all that, a cool animation of a lot of scenes from Sun Wukong's legend. Overall thoughts below

Sun Wukong giving a toast with his friends in the Celestial Realm

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Wasn't in the mood for Wukong's secret boss yesterday, so I decided to start my next game, Pacific Drive. Initial thoughts: I felt overwhelmed with systems in the tutorial/first run, so I'm hoping I get used to it. I think what it's doing - Run-based driving with horror elements - is a cool concept

Pacific Drive title screen, which looks like an old tourism brochure

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hit credits in #Wukong. The final boss was the hardest challenge in the game, and pretty satisfying to beat. However, I apparently need to go fight the secret boss and then beat him again for the true ending. So I'm not done yet.

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Made it to the final chapter in #Wukong. Oh wait, why is it called that... In all seriousness, this chapter is more open and has you flying around on a cloud, which is a cool change, but makes me feel like I need a guide to find everything.

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Jeremy:-@fiyeroatheart @fiyeroatheart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Time to start the BHC’s September game, Golden Sun! Join us over on Discord! We are about to start voting for our October game tomorrow ! discord.gg/CW7rDrYpz

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Golden Sun GBA: Sky View

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Finished #Wukong Chapter 4. Everything really hit for me in this chapter. Giving Zhu Bajie a romance with the spider lady was fun, and the chapter flowed really well. Would like to see more of the cool sister that helped the MC out.

The final battle arena of Chapter 4, with all the spider girls and the main boss in a field of yellow flowers

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Oh no, Pigsy went bad. Having a lot more fun with Chapter 4 of #Wukong, and honestly hoping they crammed all their bad ideas into Chapter 3.

Zhu Bajie, shrouded in darkness with a glowing red eye

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The final boss of Chapter 3 in #Wukong might be among my least favourite Soulslike bosses. Two unavoidable, damaging cutscene attacks, and the ability to turn Invincible (I had to look up that you can knock him out of that). At least the end of Chapter animation was cool.

Yellowbrow, final boss of Chapter 3, looking at the player after shrinking and transforming him

The end of Chapter 3 animation, where a monster fished up from the sea is being worshipped

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'm a little annoyed at #Wukong for introducing the Spell Binder ability. Giving you a big reward (attack boost) for turning off all your magic abilities that make the game feel different from other Soulslikes - such a weird choice. Anyway, almost done with Chapter 3 now (finally)

The Spell Binder ability, which enhances attack at the cost of locking other spells

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Heading to see The Rivals of Amziah King. Haven't heard much about it, but the reviews seem good.

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#Wukong Chapter 3 feels a lot more story focused and is shaking up the progression a bit. Between the boss that keeps running away, getting thrown in an (absolutely terrible) prison area, and then rescuing the little pig guy from on top of a giant turtle.

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Finished Chapter 2 of #Wukong and it's so cool that the animated sequences after each chapter are in completely different styles. I was not expecting stop-motion. On to the snow area.

A stop motion animation of a man and a fox in the snow

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Finished Dragon Quest 2 Remake which I have been playing very slowly as I wasn't enjoying it that much. Unfortunately it feels very generic, with standard characters and story, and it drags a lot. Hoping the job system will make 3 feel more worthwhile when I get to it. ⭐️⭐️

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Played most of #Wukong Chapter 2. I'm liking the thrust heavy attack now, and how it starts with a backwards dodge. I've decided to use a guide to find some of the secret bosses before continuing, because a few of them are a pain to find naturally.

The rat king and second prince boss fight

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ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Finished Chapter 1 of #Wukong. The animated sequence at the end was really cool. I'm definitely wishing I had read Journey to the West. I've got the hang of combat but at this stage I don't think I'm going to like it as much as other soulslike games unless I can work out these heavy attacks.

Animated sequence of a bear and a young monk

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