Definitely a top 3 of the year

Also it’s very gay so that’s a plus

Cultic Chapter 2: Simply a work of art, i do think i might like chapter 1 slightly, but the effort and mastery that went into these maps is undeniable

Ballionaire and Crush the Industry (Dropped): these 2 kinda represent a genre of roguelike i'm really not a fun of, ones where you have 700 mini factors to take into account every run, and even if you build to something there's multiple layers of bloat and info i don't find fun to comb through

Arctic Eggs and Captain Wayne (Dropped): Both games i really enjoy the visuals in, especially Captain Wayne, gorgeous as fuck game. But i Arctic Eggs i found the gameplay tedious, while Wayne i moreso just hit a really unfun segment and decided to play something else

Star Of Providence: Really enjoyable game and a bit of a break from an issue i'm seeing in a lot of roguelikes recently i'll get into in another post
However, i did only finish it once, didn't have much drive to repeat playthroughs, unlock other characters or challenges, but that may be more from me

Frankenstein (2025): Beautiful movie, kinda dragged at the start which i understand, setup is needed. But once the creature is made it gets elevated exponentially. Also the creature is beautiful in a very haunting way, idk how the fuck they managed that

Silksong (Dropped): Really fucking good bosses, but the exploration and enemies are either incredibly boring or annoying and i didn't love the bosses enough to struggle through

Void Bastads and No-Skin: Void bastards sadly felt like it was lacking something but the style does a lot. No-Skin is one of the most unique feeling roguelikes in a while, i love the level structure and progress. Rng heavy though which can really screw you and side content is a mixed bag

Bladechimera: Incredibly solid metroidvania, another in the line of ladybug's which have a very personal style i enjoy, adding gun combat was interesting and worked pretty well alongside melee. Secret Bosses are a bit bullshitty but levels and items help get through which i think is fine

Trails Through Daybreak 2: Quite the Hype and Aura moments game. It's a really strange on cause it's got a ton more gameplay than 1, for good and bad. And the story has a lot of good moments and just cool setpieces, but it's not all pieced together the best, still amazing though of course

See now, i am the embodiment of greed, the king midas of lovely robotic ladies
But this tells me, you could COOK FUCKING HARD on an Arcee drawing

TILL THE MEAT FALL OFF MY BONE GRAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Ender Magnolia: Enjoyed lilies quite a lot but struggle to remember much and i think Magnolia sticks much better to my memory since i can think of the main villain a lot more and the main characters interact more often with the world. Did havesome pretty annoying areas but i guess that's the usual