It’s a strange idea to crossover but it feels right at home in the Atlus lineup. Take the dungeon crawling and socialization systems of persona, add in Fire Emblem characters and make the whole about the idol system in Japan and you have Tokyo Mirage Sessions. This game sounds very convoluted but it’s actually really straightforward. Without further ado, here’s a list of games I’ve probably already written about: Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE Encore Here’s hoping for more unionization in the space even if that won’t completely fix the issues inherent with modern game development. There’s a reason the tweet about wanting “shorter games with worse graphics” went viral. No AAA developer, or even smaller developers, are immune to poor employee treatment and fundamentally bad working environments. Watching the Activision case slowly unfold to reveal a completely rotten culture from top to bottom has been, if not surprising, at least solid evidence to point to how the entire system is broken. Workers in the games industry are still being assaulted by long hours, mismanagement, and gross misconduct especially towards minorities and women. Games culture this year though is still as rotten as ever.
It’s a nice game to pick up and play every now and again. That’s not to say it doesn’t require skill and I made my peace with not being placed amongst the top tier of players. That’s why Pokémon Unite was a gift, an easy to pick up and play multiplayer experience. The pandemic kind of broke that for me and I instead wanted to play lots of other games rather than getting good at one singular game. The single biggest change in my taste though is the move away from multiplayer games. That’s why they can pack so many incredible variations one after the other. Games like Ratchet & Clank are so incredible partly because of their shorter experiences. People that complain about dollar value and time played miss the point not all games need to last forever. It’s always good to have balance though and god bless the games that are here to offer tight and shorter experiences. My desire to play more RPGs hasn’t slowed down either and my list of games to play mostly consist of them. I really did myself a disservice early in the year by juggling 3 at once but I had such a great time balancing them. I finally have the time to cross some off the backlog and keep up with new releases. Now that I govern my own schedule I’m able to jump into long RPGs. It’s funny to notice how my tastes have changed in adulthood and how I seem to be going in the opposite direction of most people. Add in starting to do more dedicated Let’s Plays with Emily and that number really jumped. I also played way more games than I usually do as well? 2021 was my first time tracking my games played and boy did I play a lot. Video games! The hobby I spent the most time doing this year.
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