Topic: Backlaugust 2025 - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition

[M.K.Ultra]

I finished the main part of Bit Trip ReRunner. It is great. As I said before, it is very similar to the original game.
The biggest change is the levels now have optional checkpoints, which makes the game significantly easier. I had checkpoints turned off except for the boss levels
Like the other Runner games, I find it very satisfying to play, even though it is difficult. There is just something about the pace/rhythm of the platforming that just really works for me.
Difficulty overall is a bit less than the original game, but higher than 2 and 3.

There is a video of the final level here https://bsky.app/profile/lvaneede.bsky.social/post/3lwvylhxhhk2e

It includes a remake of the original game, so I will play through that now. There are a bunch of other bonus levels too, but I might not bother playing all of them.

There is also a online mode for downloading levels people have made with the level creator, but I havent looked at that yet.

I picked up the Limited Run disc for this on PS5 but have not had a chance to touch it yet. I really liked the first three and was able to 100% 2 and 3 but I got stuck on that last level in 1. I'm actually stuck on the last level on every part of the BIT.TRIP 3DS compilation . Maybe getting it on this remake will help me go back to that version.

We are now tied with last year's total  and I still need to go in to Discord and include anything listed there that is not here. Great work everyone! We still have a little over a week left and I two games that I might be able to finish before the deadline.

[broodwars]

Nearing the end of Robocop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business, the standalone expansion for Rogue City. So far, it's been a LOT of fun, albeit very simple fun. This is much more of a retro shooter than Rogue City was, with an emphasis on corridor shooting with big guns and monster closets.

After that, I might be done for the month in terms of completed games, though I really should get around to finally forcing myself through the Resident Evil 4 Remake's Separate Ways expansion. I just picked up the Raidou Remaster and I'm picking away at Xenoblade 2.

[Mop it up]

They finally released the Heretic + Hexen double pack on the Xbox, so I've been playing those in co-op. We started with and have finished Heretic so far, since it's chronologically first. With how many DooM mods there are these days and even officially supported on consoles, there's not really anything about Heretic that makes it stand out anymore like there may have been back in 1994. That said, DooM's general gameplay is always fun, especially in co-op, and the different set of weapons, enemies, and items still put it above the average DooM mod.

[RABicle]

Right so people have been more active here than my discord thread. That's good. No I like that.

So in addition to those listed. I beat, I think, Welcome Tour. I finished the Stamp Rally. I think there were some quizzes I could not give a **** about but maybe I'll do them too before the end of the month to see if there's anything else I need to scratch this off.

I also finished To The Moon last night. Every Backlaugust I pad my stats with little narrative games, but this one is the best yet. Very original story, well written, well directed that sorta thing. Pretty bare bones 'game' but that's fine. More than Der Me, I Was lol.

Will probably return to Beyond Good and Evil like I keep promising. I mean I've beaten this game plenty of times before but this is the 20th anniversary release! Has anything changed? Yes it has in fact they added some completely trivial nonsense to try and create continuity to the sequel which will never come out but lol.

[Lemonade]

i Played more ReRunner since my last post. I finished the Runner 1 remake levels. Runner 1 doesnt get that hard until the last few levels. I turned checkpoints on for those. Back in Wii, I remember the final boss level being very hard and it took me so many attempts over several play sessions. This time I beat if fairly easily with checkpoints. I immediately turned off checkpoints and did it again without too much of an issue. I dont know if the remake made it easier somehow, or if I just got better at the game.

I played through all the bonus levels, except for the Runner 1 "retro" levels, which I dont like very much, partly because they have no music.
The other bonus levels are really good. There is one level for each track of music in Runner 2 and 3. There are also three levels each for the other Bit Trip games with music from those.

The final level in the Runner 3 bonus levels is insane. Its the most difficult level in the game, not including the onljne sharing ones. It took me many so attempts to play through it, I think it would be impossible without checkpoints. There is a clip of it here when I finally got through part of it
https://bsky.app/profile/lvaneede.bsky.social/post/3lx35xzgqrs2s


Next, its time to finally start Little Kitty Big City.

[broodwars]

Not expecting to get much more completed this month. Family's in town helping to clean out the house, and they've commandeered the TV. Probably the most use I've ever gotten out of the Switch series' handheld mode, just picking away at Xenoblade 2.

[broodwars]

Will probably return to Beyond Good and Evil like I keep promising. I mean I've beaten this game plenty of times before but this is the 20th anniversary release! Has anything changed? Yes it has in fact they added some completely trivial nonsense to try and create continuity to the sequel which will never come out but lol.

There's also a new "Speedrun Mode" where the game challenges you to beat it from start to finish without saving. It's nerve-wracking. I did it for the game's Platinum earlier this year. It's not that the game's difficult, but you're just petrified of the game crashing, which apparently it did at launch in this mode.