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!

[isthatallyougot]

I finished up the main story of Vice City and did a good bit of optional stuff. I'm also sure I saw and did some things this time I never did back in 2002. I found a little dump of a safehouse atop some downtown roof which I don't think I found before, for one thing. I never bothered with 100% back then and I won't now either. Once it's just a matter of collecting property payouts and watching the $ go up it loses a bit of a draw, even if it is still fun to tool around and cause some chaos for its own sake. I found 43 hidden packages, I think it was, and I debated enjoying the easter-egg hunt aspect of searching for more, but I can't be arsed when there are plenty of other games to play, lol.

I've also been getting into a really fun and unique survival horror RPG called Look Outside. This one has so much personality and a great sense of mystery. I've been glued to the screen with it. Really interesting tone in this. It's oddly both cozy and menacing.



Cane, you gotta watch your movements now that you're old. No more quick turns to the ice box.

[jfissel]

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.

It has a list in the menu for which ones you've collected. Most games do that now, those old GTAs just tracked like x/100 or whatever so you always had to run through everything again to find those last couple.

Ouch, get well soon! But also now's the time to veg out and game!