Christmas Videogame Haul!
Dec. 25th, 2025 01:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alatus_nemeseosMerry Christmas to everyone who celebrates! I was planning to spend 50€ in a few Steam titles, so, in consequence, I was also planning to write something about the games I chose to buy here. However, something unexpected happened, which I'll also talk about later in this entry!
First of all, the games I got from Steam were
- Hashihime of the Old Book Town: I'd already talked about this one and even played the demo on the Switch, but that version is much more expensive and has less content than the PC one, so seeing that (plus knowing that it'll run well, as my Windows laptop runs Ooe by the same developer with ease despite it being around 7 years old), I bought it! It's probably the game I'm excited the most about, but I don't know when I'll get to it, since I imagine it'll be quite long, considering my Ooe playtime (+40 hours and missing half of the routes. Granted, they're much shorter than the first ones, but oof).
- Consume Me: I'd gotten a few videos on Instagram advertising the game, and it interested me a lot! Whenever I complain about my workload to someone, I tend to compare it as an endless list of tasks in a videogame that you can never quite cross off... so seeing that someone has made a videogame around this sentient caught my attention, so I bought it!
- Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate: This game was quite popular around this summer (or was it last summer? I can't remember) to the point a lot of screenshots of its were circulating and a friend (who I don't talk to as much anymore but still on good terms with) mentioned they were playing it, so I asked for the name and the art style piqued my interest, so I bought it too! I also really enjoy yuri in general, so I thought it'd be fun to play a VN that was a little less linear with its routes, unlike ADELTA titles.
- In Stars And Time: Actually, I didn't buy this for me but for my partner, who's had it in his wishlist for a while, but since we have family sharing on Steam, I technically also bought it for myself, I guess? I'm also quite intrigued about this one, though having to play it on my Windows laptop sounds a little annoying, but our mutual friend who's played it only had good things to say about it, and the premise looks cool, so I'll probably be playing it at some point.
Now, the surprising part... I'd brought up to my parents a few times how I wanted a Switch 2 around my birthday (February) but that I was in no rush, seeing as how it's rarely on sale below it's marketed price. Ideally, I wanted it before the new Tomodachi Life came out, because I wouldn't want to buy for the NS1, get the NS1 version, then get the NS2 and having to update, because I'm sure it'll have exclusive content. But lo and behold, my parents actually got me a Nintendo Switch 2 for Christmas, which included Mario Kart World!! I'm a very casual played of Mario Kart, but the new modes are fun even if I'm no good at them, and it runs older games much better than before — my ACNH island no longer takes 2 entire minutes to load!
This was all! My partner might be getting me another surprise game later or for Reyes as a gift, so I might update this entry, but for now, I'm super super happy and satisfied with what I got and what I bought! Now it's just a matter of playing it all before uni starts again in February.
First of all, the games I got from Steam were
- Hashihime of the Old Book Town: I'd already talked about this one and even played the demo on the Switch, but that version is much more expensive and has less content than the PC one, so seeing that (plus knowing that it'll run well, as my Windows laptop runs Ooe by the same developer with ease despite it being around 7 years old), I bought it! It's probably the game I'm excited the most about, but I don't know when I'll get to it, since I imagine it'll be quite long, considering my Ooe playtime (+40 hours and missing half of the routes. Granted, they're much shorter than the first ones, but oof).
- Consume Me: I'd gotten a few videos on Instagram advertising the game, and it interested me a lot! Whenever I complain about my workload to someone, I tend to compare it as an endless list of tasks in a videogame that you can never quite cross off... so seeing that someone has made a videogame around this sentient caught my attention, so I bought it!
- Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate: This game was quite popular around this summer (or was it last summer? I can't remember) to the point a lot of screenshots of its were circulating and a friend (who I don't talk to as much anymore but still on good terms with) mentioned they were playing it, so I asked for the name and the art style piqued my interest, so I bought it too! I also really enjoy yuri in general, so I thought it'd be fun to play a VN that was a little less linear with its routes, unlike ADELTA titles.
- In Stars And Time: Actually, I didn't buy this for me but for my partner, who's had it in his wishlist for a while, but since we have family sharing on Steam, I technically also bought it for myself, I guess? I'm also quite intrigued about this one, though having to play it on my Windows laptop sounds a little annoying, but our mutual friend who's played it only had good things to say about it, and the premise looks cool, so I'll probably be playing it at some point.
Now, the surprising part... I'd brought up to my parents a few times how I wanted a Switch 2 around my birthday (February) but that I was in no rush, seeing as how it's rarely on sale below it's marketed price. Ideally, I wanted it before the new Tomodachi Life came out, because I wouldn't want to buy for the NS1, get the NS1 version, then get the NS2 and having to update, because I'm sure it'll have exclusive content. But lo and behold, my parents actually got me a Nintendo Switch 2 for Christmas, which included Mario Kart World!! I'm a very casual played of Mario Kart, but the new modes are fun even if I'm no good at them, and it runs older games much better than before — my ACNH island no longer takes 2 entire minutes to load!
This was all! My partner might be getting me another surprise game later or for Reyes as a gift, so I might update this entry, but for now, I'm super super happy and satisfied with what I got and what I bought! Now it's just a matter of playing it all before uni starts again in February.
