What have you been playing recently?

[cloudcover]

I am primarily a cozy game enthusiast, and I like adventure games too! I'm very very excited for Monster Hunter Wilds next month, and Pokemon Z-A this year, but while i wait for those, I have been playing Infinity Nikki, Hello Kitty Island Adventure (coming soon to Switch, I am soooo excited!) and Cozy Caravan, which I got in a Steam Sale, and has truly been curing my depression, ha ha. I was so excited you could play as a seal character!

Ive never actually played a pokemon game for really long, is there one that is heavy on the story that you could rec me?

Belatedly chiming in here- some of the Pokemon games do have pretty nice stories, tbh, I think Heartgold & Soulsilver are excellent games! I also recommend Black & White, Sun & Moon or even Sword & Shield (which may be a slightly contentious opinion but I stand by it, ha ha)- I found the plots in those to be some of my favorites! I also rly love the characters' plots in Scarlet and Violet, but they are rly different from the rest of the mainline games, so I'd def rec a more traditional one first. Also def echoing Mystery Dungeon, if you haven't started playing yet- they are wonderful games

lately i've been mostly switching between fields of mistria, infinity nikki, and final fantasy viii remaster (it's been yeaaars since i first played ffviii and i was completely crazy about it, so it's been really fun to revisit) and sometimes i pull out pokemon violet because i haven't finished the DLC yet. but mostly i am waiting for some new games to catch my interest.

yesss hello to another nikki player!! Your coords are so cute! I started playing a couple weeks ago and it's such a lovely game! It's my first Nikki game and I find it so soothing to play; I lose track of time while exploring a lot, ha ha. Would you like to be friends? Pls feel free to add me! 601433878

[humanfinny]

@cloudcover
ok seems like heartgold and soulsilver are the most rec'd so its destined lol!

[arachne]

My work got cancelled today so I decided to download Love and Deepspace. I usually try to avoid mobile games and only have a DS emulator and another game that was previously lost media, but I'm such a romance junkie that I wanted to try something new. Of course it's another gacha... but I really like how you can customize your player character, and the boys seem cute so far if a bit bland.

[larvapuppy]

I don't have a ton of time to play video games lately, but during my winter break I did put some time into Style Savvy: Fashion Forward. My fiance modded my 3DS for me for my birthday in 2023, and that was one of the first games I decided to download- didn't get much of a chance to play it until recently, though. I really enjoy fashion games, and this one has adorable recurring characters. The part at the beginning where you're transported into the world of the dollhouse made me really emotional for some reason. I like the fact that I can use the game to express myself creatively without a ton of effort or stress.