Main ListPrevious Listbold games are games that have been beaten, previously beaten, or are unbeatable.
italicized games are in progress.
standard games are games I am not currently trying to beat.
strikethrough games are games that have been abandoned.
133.
Little Nightmares (PC)
I played this game originally years ago on PS4, after my wife played it, shortly after release, at my wife's behest as she had played the game and really enjoyed it. I do sort of miss the days of her playing games and then recommending them to me, not a common thing anymore. I'd say not at all these days. Anyway, like other instances like this I breezed through the game quite quickly as I was aware of all of the things and I think I didn't bother trying to get any of the side stuff. Originally my plan was to play the enhanced edition as that had released before I had started playing this but getting cards and getting percentages to work like I want did convince me to play the original over the enhanced edition. I may give the enhanced edition a go at some point, but I am irked by the lack of inclusion of the DLC. I'd have to check what my original rating was, but I didn't enjoy this game and I don't recall enjoying it the first time either so I don't suspect that I gave it a better rating than I'm giving it now. I do need to play 2 and 3 one day though.
Rating: Soft pass
134.
Last Time I Saw You (PC)
At a glance I get this game and Until Then confused, I wouldn't even call them overlapping in so many ways, but I suppose they kind of do in some ways. I'm kind of bumming myself out that I can't recall the plot of this game. I feel like it was pretty good and I enjoyed it, but I can't recall much. I remember a lot of daily life drama which can be enjoyable when paired with good gameplay and a decent story, this game nails that pretty well, so the daily life stuff is semi-memorable and enjoyable and easy to get attached to. Unfortunately I can't really recall the plot of the game other than typhoons and deities and such, which makes me sad as the game was enjoyable, but I suppose not memorable.
Rating: Soft pass
135.
WWE 2K19 (X1)
Played this years ago only doing the Showcase mode, which was a thing for me at some point as I would just do the "story" content and be done with the game, and now I'm going through the franchise and trying to get as many achievements as I can and get as much done as I can be bothered to do. So lots of just doing random matches in Versus mode and then starting up MyCAREER which is a CAW story mode, pretty entertaining and makes me realize I should definitely be checking it out, but who knows if they'll keep it as good as previous years MyCareer was handled awful like. Anyway, like all sports games, they aren't really worth the time as there is no definitive release and the rosters and stories change and they lose their replay value almost immediately. I do miss the days of trying to run a "federation" with friends via gameplay planning out matches and tournaments and PPVs and such and having a biggish get together to play through together, but those days are long gone.
Rating: Soft pass
136.
Undying Flower (PC)
A gift to be played, I really didn't know much going in... or going out for that matter. Kind of point and click, kind of walking sim. Very touching, thought provoking story, but I as always I don't remember the hows, just the whys. A girl in regret of memories of her grandfather, reliving moments, changing history, coming to terms, etc. Powerful tale, kind of boring gameplay, beautiful art. Overall not a great game and probably undeserving of your time, but could definitely be better or lead to something better as it has a lot going for it.
Rating: Soft pass
137.
Painkiller: Black Edition (PC)
Achievementless games almost never get played by me these days unless I'm forced to for one reason or another. I always expect that I'll like boomer shooter games because I enjoy shooter games, but I think I absolutely can't stand level based games in general, it just doesn't meld with my ADHD. I sit down, I get through a level, it has a natural break or stopping point, so I don't want to continue, I want to use the opportunity to do something else, and if I do stop, I don't want to pick it back up. Something about that loop deters me from playing in general and continuing to play once starting. Painkiller is a super generic level based shooter with simple exploration and "puzzles", very akin to old Doom/Duke Nukem games, later levels get convoluted where a guide might be necessary. Game definitely has an issue with ammo acquisition from what I recall.
Rating: Soft pass
138.
Painkiller: Battle out of Hell (PC)
More of the same, though the story continues and has its little swerves and whatnot. Time progresses and I forget more. I really didn't enjoy these enough. I recall in my youth enjoying boomer shooters and finding all of the secrets and whatnot, but I just can't be bothered, I don't know if it's a lack of care or disinterest in the world or genre, but I just push myself through these games and skip over most optional content.
Rating: Soft pass
139.
Nine Sols (PC)
Now this is one that I wish I had written more recently than I am deciding to write. Quite a good souls-like metroidvania game. I don't usually enjoy the 2D soulslike games, but I've grown accustomed to them since I started with Blasphemous last year or whenever it was and then playing a few more 2D soulslike games. This one was quite enjoyable, the combat was fluid, the art style and animations are gorgeous, the story and characters are interesting and largely existent. Some 2D soulslikes lean on the lore of text like Souls games and that can be grating, but this game does well putting all of that in dialogue and the world and gameplay and not just via notes found around the world.
Rating: Solid recommendation
140.
Ridge Racer 6 (360)
I've never actually played a Ridge Racer game before and this was played to fill out a year in my game by year thing I usually do, though I probably won't bother with it in 2026. It's definitely a hinderance to my gaming, but it does force me to find a game to play from odd years, which I appreciate because it forces me to work on older games, but I find year over year it's always the same years I get stuck with having to find a game and it gets miserable, generally mid PS2 era if I happen to go that far back, and mid 360 era. The '03-'05 and '09-'11 years. Everything else generally falls into place on its own. Anyway, on topic... this game was actually quite enjoyable and I loved learning the mechanics of the drifting, absolutely joy to play through this game and even though I mostly powered through the story to get credits, I'll plan to go back and do more in the game because it was that enjoyable.
Rating: Soft recommendation
141.
Need for Speed: Carbon (360)
Another game to fill out a year. I had played this on PS2 way back in the day and I recall enjoying it, but it being a definite let down after Most Wanted. The game takes place almost entirely at night and I do recall that I have an awful time with night time driving in games in general, maybe it's my astigmatism, does that even make sense for gaming? I don't know.
