Hello, Good morning and welcome to another fine edition of What We’re Playing; our weekly round up everything that’s kept us glued (or not) to our TV screens, desktop monitors, portable displays and whatever else you crazy kids are playing games on these days.
So, what have you been playing over the last seven days?
I finished Xenoblade Chronicles 3 last week. I thought it was good, not great, having enjoyed the first half of the game a lot more than the second. Really enjoyed the little Xenogears references. I wasn’t intending to move right on to the Future Redeemed DLC, but I heard something interesting things about it and decided to give it a shot. Really glad I did; nine hours in I’m already finding it dramatically more enjoyable than the base game.
Before starting that DLC, I was nibbling at Unicorn Overlord and Super Mario Bros. Wonder. I’m running hot and cold on UO, a lot of that having to do with the item management. This might be the most customizable strategy RPG I’ve ever played, depth and breadth, and the UI/UX is absolutely not up to the task. I ended up dropping Darkest Dungeon for very similar reasons a while back, and I’m hoping that’s not where I end up with UO. It’s such a pretty game and the strategy is genuinely interesting. Not much to say about Wonder; it’s a very impressive, refined product and I’m sure I’ll keep coming back to it.