The Backlog Check-in Vol. 390: 6/21/25: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Edition

[Phaseknox]

Played: Nothing

Finished: Nothing

Playing; ?

Added: Nothing

Games releasing this week
Against the Storm
Alterna Vvelt: Blue Exorcist Another Story
Antro
Anvil Saga
April Grove
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - Reforged
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Dungeons 4: Tales from the Campfire
Empires Game
Front Mission 3: Remake
Grifford Academy
How 2 Escape: Lost Submarine
I Am Your Beast
Klaus Lee: Thunderballs
Locomoto
Marvel Mystic Mayhem
Medieval Dynasty - Echoes of Nature
My Cozy Room
Nedra
Nanomon Virtual Pet
Once Upon a Puppet
Outrider Mako
Parry Nightmare
Persona 5: The Phantom X
Planet Zoo: Asia Animal Pack
Poppy Playtime - Chapter 4
Project Silverfish
Quantum Witch
Ruffy and the Riverside
Rusty Rangers
Shuffle Tactics
Stasis
System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
Tamagotchi Plaza
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate
Truck Driver: Gold Edition
Umamusume: Pretty Derby
Until Then
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader - Lex Imperials
Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship

[jfissel]

Finished: Octopath Traveler II

Now Playing: Octopath Traveler II (optional boss)

Added to Backlog: Nothing

Current Backlog: 39 games

Octopath Traveler II is in the books! (Mostly) I still have the optional boss left and I'm dreading that one. I died once on the 2nd part of the final boss, then struggled through the first part on the next run...but survived that and then took him down on the second overall try.

[isthatallyougot]

Still playing OOTP and Inferno Climber.

Man, it's too HOT! Stay cool brothers!

[argyle]

Games added: Nothing

Last week: Finished nothing, played Fantasy Life i

This week: Same

Fantasy Life i is crack. DG tells me I'm getting close to the end of the story, but he also says (and I kinda figured this) that a lot doesn't open up until you finish the story.

[argyle]

Hey izzy, I have a question for ya. We were talking a while back about some of the more...questionable sites that sell PC game keys and how they're often sourced from other countries, "grey" markets, etc. Do you know if Fanatical is on the up-and-up in this regard? I ask because one of the few new release games that I really want day-1 this year is Silent Hill f, but I refuse to pay $70 (or more) for a game. I see Fanatical has the preorder for $52.49 - definitely more my price, but wondering if I should feel bad about buying it there.

[isthatallyougot]

Hey izzy, I have a question for ya. We were talking a while back about some of the more...questionable sites that sell PC game keys and how they're often sourced from other countries, "grey" markets, etc. Do you know if Fanatical is on the up-and-up in this regard? I ask because one of the few new release games that I really want day-1 this year is Silent Hill f, but I refuse to pay $70 (or more) for a game. I see Fanatical has the preorder for $52.49 - definitely more my price, but wondering if I should feel bad about buying it there.

Yeah, fanatical is a legitimate key seller with no (known, at least) shenanigans. I've found that sticking to Humble, Fanatical and Green Man Gaming will allow me to cover all my discount shopping cheapskate needs, ha. But I still very rarely use CD Keys when they tempt me with their evil ways.

But Fanatical is totally legit in all ways that the term is measured imho. They source their keys from official publishers/channels. That's a pretty good pre-order price for that too. Although, with the higher new game prices becoming more commonplace, we're probably getting trained to view things as deals that we would have spit upon before, lol.

Looking forward to your impressions of that. I'll get it, but I'm going to wait a while. Looks UUuumazing!

[argyle]

Hey izzy, I have a question for ya. We were talking a while back about some of the more...questionable sites that sell PC game keys and how they're often sourced from other countries, "grey" markets, etc. Do you know if Fanatical is on the up-and-up in this regard? I ask because one of the few new release games that I really want day-1 this year is Silent Hill f, but I refuse to pay $70 (or more) for a game. I see Fanatical has the preorder for $52.49 - definitely more my price, but wondering if I should feel bad about buying it there.

Yeah, fanatical is a legitimate key seller with no (known, at least) shenanigans. I've found that sticking to Humble, Fanatical and Green Man Gaming will allow me to cover all my discount shopping cheapskate needs, ha. But I still very rarely use CD Keys when they tempt me with their evil ways.

But Fanatical is totally legit in all ways that the term is measured imho. They source their keys from official publishers/channels. That's a pretty good pre-order price for that too. Although, with the higher new game prices becoming more commonplace, we're probably getting trained to view things as deals that we would have spit upon before, lol.

Looking forward to your impressions of that. I'll get it, but I'm going to wait a while. Looks UUuumazing!

Good to know! I thought I had remembered you saying that Fanatical is "one of the good guys" as it were, but couldn't remember for sure. I'm not pulling the trigger right away anyway, but every time I see something else on this one I get even more excited for it.