The Backlog Check-In Vol. 444: 7/4/26: Independence Day Edition

[jfissel]

Moonlight Peaks (Switch 2, Switch, PC, Android) – July 7
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – July 9
Backyard Baseball (PC, Mac, modern consoles) – July 9
College Football 27 (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – July 9
Echoes of Aincrad (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – July 9
Granblue Fantasy Relink: Endless Ragnarok (PS5, PS4, Switch 2, PC) – July 9
Tiny Bookshop (iOS, Android) – July 9
Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle (PC) – July 9
Winx Club: The Magic Is Back (Xbox Series X/S) – July 9
Digimon Story Time Stranger (Switch 2) – July 10
Echoes of Aincrad (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – July 10
Palworld (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC) – July 10
Wuthering Waves (Xbox Series X/S) – July 10


Finished: 007 First Light (story)

Now Playing: 007 First Light

Added to Backlog: Nothing

Current Backlog: 36 games

Beat the story in First Light and now I'm going back through to clean up the collectibles I missed. Got 58/92 on my own, not bad.

[canedaddy]

I hope everyone had a fantastic time celebrating America's Big 250!

Beat the story in First Light and now I'm going back through to clean up the collectibles I missed. Got 58/92 on my own, not bad.

Did you keep track of those as you played, or does the game have a system that lets you know which ones you got or missed? (Thinking about that kind of thing a lot as I play Vice City, haha. I have made sure to keep track of every jump I register, package I find, etc.)



Played recently: GTA Vice City

Finished: nothing

Added to backlog: nothing

I injured my Achilles tendon last weekend (thankfully not ruptured, but doc says it will take 2 months to get better), so I haven't been able to do much but sit and rest... which meant a whole lot of Vice City this week and over the holiday weekend. I think I'm at 56% now and moving right along. Got my mansion, blew up the Haitians, took Love Fist to the show. Actually taking a break from main missions now to work on collectibles, asset missions, etc. Such a fun game, man. I'm sure GTA VI will be amazing, but I doubt it will be able to capture the magic of Vice City.

[argyle]

Games added: Nothing

Last week: Finished Crimson Desert.

This week: I have no idea. Something short.

Credits have rolled, a little over 360 hours on the clock. I honestly didn't play a lot of anything this past week, I think I'm going through detox. Was sitting at the final boss basically all week.

I did play a certain game on Saturday, as tradition would hold, but that will go on next week's report.

Hope everyone had a good 4th / 250th!