Sunday, 10 May 2020

spindizzy: Cartoon of me wearing a mask and looking tired (Default)
This week's hyperfocus: Yoshi's Crafted World! I say week, I've been cycling this and Animal Crossing since like the start of April.

(Q: Susan, didn't you say that you probably weren't going to buy this one?
A: *Howl's Moving Castle voice* My shining dishonesty will be the saving of me!)

It's cute! I've been playing it on mellow mode, because I'm honestly just here to doss around and have fun, and I don't want to stress myself out? Let's face it, I've almost finished it (including all the extra stuff like collecting souveniers!) and I've never done that with a platformer before so I'll take the win! The main difference between mellow mode and regular mode is that in mellow mode you have wings, so missing a jump doesn't immediately screw you, and if you really can't be bothered doing something properly you can just hover/glide your way to freedom. (Also if there's a timer on normal mode, there isn't on mellow mode, but I'm not going to check because see also: not stressing myself out.)

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So yeah, most of my comments still stand, but Shadowville is a MASSIVE PILE OF NOPE.