The Backlog Check-in Vol. 428: 3/14/26: MLB The Show 26 Edition

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Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime (Switch, PC) - March 16
Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC) - March 16
The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin (PlayStation 5, PC) – March 16
Deadzone: Rogue (Switch 2) – March 17
Dread Delusion (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, PlayStation 4, Xbox One) – March 17
Elemental: Reforged (PC) – March 17
Everwind (Early Access) (PC) – March 17
MLB The Show 26 (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch) - March 17
Snoopy & The Great Mystery Club (Switch 2) – March 17
Xploit.zero (Quest 3) - March 17
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun (Switch 2) – March 18
Crimson Desert (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) - March 19
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (PC) - March 19
Dragonkin: The Banished (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC) – March 19
Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Switch, PC) - March 19
Goritaire (PS5, PS4, Switch, PC, iOS, Android) - March 19
Coffee Talk (iOS, Android) – March 20
Ghost Master: Resurrection (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) - March 20
Rubato (PS5, Switch, PC) - March 20


Finished: Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties (platinum)

Now Playing: Ummm, need to find something before 007 First Light

Added to Backlog: Nothing

Current Backlog: 37 games

Searching through the backlog to find a game that catches my eye. Looks like it'll be on PS4 unless I choose LEGO Horizon Adventures or pick up a PS5 game.

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Crimson Desert (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) - March 19

That one is getting a lot of hype. Any of you guys planning to venture into the Crimson Desert at launch? I'm interested but won't buy until I learn more.


Played recently: Horizon: Forbidden West

Finished: nothing

Added to backlog: nothing

Rolling along in the Forbidden West. Got to Scalding Spear and doing jobs for those weirdoes now. Onward.

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Crimson Desert (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) - March 19

That one is getting a lot of hype. Any of you guys planning to venture into the Crimson Desert at launch? I'm interested but won't buy until I learn more.

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I've been saving up my Microsoft reward points for a few months for it. Looks amazing, so hopefully it doesn't disappoint!

Games added: Nothing, I think

Last week: Finished Dead Island 2.

This week: Started Planat of Lana 2, waiting on Crimson Desert.

PoL2 is on Gamepass (as was the first one, which was excellent). Just started it, but so far so good. Dead Island 2 was a really good time overall. It wasn't perfect - the difficulty spikes in the last quarter of the game, but really only for the optional missions. Leveling up gets you extra power-ups and power-up slots, but later on in the game leveling up actually hurts you more than it helps because enemies level up with you and your weapons are less effective the lower they are in comparison to your level. However weapons drop like candy so that's never really an issue. Story was surprisingly decent for a zombie game, smashing zombies was always a good time, and I had no major technical issues (I think one crash in my entire playtime, which if I had to guess was probably 40-50 hours). Well worth the $7 I paid for the complete edition, and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for some good dumb fun. It also has 4-player co-op that I didn't get to play but sounds like a blast.