Quite a bit of gaming this month, albeit it mostly playing Octopath Traveler 0. I’ve chalked up the win now though so we can start playing something else.
This was also the month all my “pre-paid” GamePass Ultimate credit expired. I’d entirely funded it using the Microsoft Rewards program so I hadn’t actually been paying for it, but given how atrocious Xbox and Microsoft as a whole are these days, I want to start moving away from them. Some of my purchases this month were just replacing the couple of games I cared about on GamePass that I was losing access too.
Games completed this month
Octopath Traveler 0 – PS5
Managed to record two completions of this during February. Both the initial credits roll (which is probably about 45% of the way through), and the true ending. I’ve done almost all of the side and extra content too, the only thing remaining is the optional boss that is exponentially harder than everything else in the game. This was the case with Octopath 2 as well, and I never did beat that one. I may have a few more attempts at this one as it would be nice to have the Platinum Trophy.
Games played during February
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2
Didn’t play loads of this during February, mostly because I figured out how to stream my PS5 to my SteamDeck, so a lot of my handheld time was playing Octopath, but when I did get to the Switch I was still dabbling with the new content. I was mostly looking forward to playing in March with a chance to complete the museum – I just need that Spider Crab!
Sektori – Steam Deck
Haven’t spent loads of time with Sektori this month, but the convenience of the deck means I have at least had a few runs. I want to at least do the same 1CC I managed on the PS5 version.
Static Dread: The Lighthouse – Steam Deck
Was still dipping into Static Dread, and thought I was on for a completion, except I appear to have died. Haven’t decided yet if I should just replay the last night and see if I can get a better result or if I need to start over. Don’t think I realised actually dying was a possibility. Oops.
The Quarry – PS5
We’ve played more of this, it is great but still too easy to lose track of who is playing which character from one session to the next. There must be a better way to do this.
Sonic Origins Plus – Nintendo Switch
We had a few days away at the end of the month, and having taken the Switch with us I went back to playing this on the train. I dabbled a bit with the various Game Gear games included, and then returned to the Mission Mode. I really like the idea of this as a way to play straight through the first four sonic games in order. However my progress was halted with the frustrating battle with Robotnik on Labyrinth Zone Act 3. I need to come back to it when I have more patience.
February Pickups
Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania Edition – PS5
I think I missed writing about it, but a few months ago when I decided I wasn’t renewing GamePass any more, I decided to convert my remaining reward points to store credit to use towards picking up the games I originally played on GamePass and might still want to play. I had just over £40, the bulk of it went on Forza Horizon 5 as it was the only game in the series I didn’t own already. I kept hold of the rest for when GamePass expired and I could see what I thought I was missing.
I remembered how much I had enjoyed Dead Cells, and although I didn’t own it on Xbox, I had bought all five of the DLC content packs, so I was going to buy the base game. However, it was more expensive to buy just the base game digitally on Xbox, than to buy this physical collection on PS5 that contains all the content. Also found I was excited about the prospect of starting over, and seeing if I can get further than the 2BC I reached on Xbox.
Turrican Collection – Evercade
Last month’s pre-order, this arrived. I haven’t spent much time with it, just a short blast on Turrican, but it is a very cool collection.
Vampire Survivors and Ball X Pit – Xbox Series X
This is where the rest of my credit went, and I can’t even be bothered to put I picture in. Figured I might as well have Vampire Survivors since I owned all the DLC on Xbox, and although I don’t think I’m going back to Ball X Pit, they are still adding content to it and I might look at it at some point. This could be the end of my buying anything on Xbox, the only game they have coming I’m almost certainly going to buy is Forza Horizon 6, and I think I’m going to get it for the PS5.
*There are no links to Amazon in this post and probably won’t be going forward. When I can be bothered I’m going to remove the old ones and burn my affiliates account.
