Sunday, August 20, 2023

Video Games of July 2023

I felt a bit flat overall in July and mostly disappeared into the immense depths of Tears of the Kingdom. I poked a couple of other things, before switching over to Final Fantasy XII at the end of the month when my partner was out of town. 

I haven't been enjoying game tracking as much the last little while and I'm going to institute a cut off that if I didn't play an hour of the game I'm not going to write about it. (Unless I want to, it's my blog).


My top three games (by play time) for July were:

  1. Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - I've really been plumbing the depths of the side stories and experiences in Tears of the Kingdom. Just like Breath of the Wild the amount of good things to go and do is hard to imagine. I have really distracted myself from the main story, so that's starting to feel a bit vague, but I'm sure once I pick it up again the game will snap back into focus.
    Screenshot: Link stands in a sun drenched golden forest looking at a stone platform.

  2. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe - Vroom vroom. Spent a bit of time working on time trials.
    Screenshot: Roselina races towards Toadstool Castle.

  3. Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age - I needed something to play that my partner wasn't too invested in. With Dan Floyd playing both FFXIV and FFXVI on Playframe I've been thinking about Final Fantasy more and figured it was a good time to pick this up on switch. Despite having played the first few hours not that long ago, it's interesting how much I've forgotten. I like the game but I can't say it's one of the most gripping, not from story or game play or style even.
    Screenshot: Vaan looks towards the camera, he seems to be whining and has been hit hard enough on the side of the face to leave a welt.


Here's my total play time for July:



And here's a chart of how much I've played over the month:




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