#boris lone wolf

Gone back to playing Hollow Knight and beaten my speedrun time: I'm playing the Switch version, so my time isn't as impressive as most, but my current record is 2hrs 05mins 23sec on Classic Mode (2hrs 16mins 05sec for Steel Soul). I do need to beat the Pantheon of Hallownest as well, but Markoth is making me struggle to the point where if I beat him, I have no health or soul to fight against GPZ, and he kills me instead. I have beaten Absolute Radiance in the Hall of Gods, but only on Attuned and only once.

I have played Dead Cells, and have obtained 2 Boss Stem Cells, so I am struggling a lot- I feel like I did when I first played, since this was my first roguelike, and on 2 Boss Stem Cells, I can't get out of the Prisoners' Quarters currently. The only DLC I don't have is the Castlevainia DLC, but I don't really need it. Also, I've watched Immortalis to death, the English dub is actually hilarious.

I have played and beaten Hyper Light Drifter three times, with the goal to eventually do New Game + and New Game Alt, I'm just not very good. I think my longest Chain Dash is only 47 at the moment. I did attempt New Game Alt and I can't get into grips with the new Drifter's fighting style, so I've abandoned that for now.

I reached Chapter Four of Celeste, and I heard it was hard, especially to people not good at platforming (like me, yay) but even I didn't expect it to be Path of Pain levels. I've actually had to take breaks from it- I usually have a lot of patience, but not when it comes to platforming, apparently. I found myself getting really angry with the wind and cloud trampoline controls, so I've stopped for a while. Also, I'm definitely playing wrong, I'll need a guide to find all those strawberries.

I should go back and play Cuphead again, since I only need to beat Dr. Kahl's Robot before I'm allowed to go to Inkwell Hell, and I also purchased the Delicious Last Course when it came out, so I should definitely finish it, or at least replay the entire thing to see if I can get better.

I intend to buy Boris: Lone Wolf at some point, as I still love the original Bendy and the Ink Machine, and it's the only "horror" game that doesn't give me an anxiety attack. I feel more inclined to do so now they have released the games on Switch, and now that we have a teaser for Bendy: The Cage, and the title for Bendy and the Ink Factory. I have attempted Bendy and the Dark Revival, but unfortunately got lost after activating the Ink Demon and ended up softlocking myself so I couldn't proceed, so I've started a new save file that I'll try and beat eventually, however I'm absolutely terrified of it. Oops.

I need to try and finish FNAF: Into The Pit, I'm on Night 3, but I can't help but panic, since Springtrap/Yellow Rabbit always seems to catch me, no matter how careful I am. I definitely got a little salty because I didn't realise my flashlight needed a battery, especially when I thought I'd just put a fresh one in- when I hid under a table and tried to flash a light in Yellow Rabbit's eyes, the light didn't work and he killed me.

I want to go back and replay A Hat In Time, just for a casual playthrough. I haven't played it in about 3 years now, but I had played it to death. Ironically, I haven't finished all the Death Wish contracts, so might try and do those. I don't even remember all the badges I could use anymore, so it'll be like playing blind again.

I've already played Undertale's True Pacifist route, and bailed on the True Genocide route (made it to Sans, after having died only three times to Undyne the Undying), and I honestly didn't even want to beat him and complete the route. As for Deltarune, I played the first two chapters and... they were incredibly boring, I'm sorry. I watched someone play the next two chapters, and they were significantly better, but I still don't like them as much. Maybe I'll give it another shot once the full game is out, but currently, it's not a goal I have.

I finally beat Silksong, and got every single ending. Overall, I still prefer the original Hollow Knight, because I struggled a lot with the difficulty and some of the controls before I got the Wanderer's Crest, however I can't deny that it was a wonderful experience, and I'm so glad it finally came out. I'm having a second playthrough now, but it's a slower and more casual game, and it's easier now many of the bosses were nerfed. For now, I doubt I'll do a Steel Soul run with the way I play, and it'll be a long time before I ever git gud enough to attempt a Speedrun.

Nine Sols. Doesn't matter if it never shows up in Indie Cross, I absolutely do not regret playing it. The fighting mechanics are really clean and I haven't gotten overly frustrated whenever I lose. The world is beautiful, if a little creepy at times, and what is it with indie games having the best music? I've gotten the both the Normal Ending and the True Ending, and I'm now realising that I cry very easily at the end of games. I went into it completely blind, but even I got the feeling that it would end with some kind of... well, no spoilers to those who haven't played. I haven't been able to bring myself to play it again, though that's because I know it won't feel the same. I rarely play games blind, I usually look up story spoilers at least, but I was good this time lol

I have started to play Shovel Knight, but since it's a game you can put down and play whenever, I think I'll go back to it just whenever I don't feel like playing anything else. Main quest wise, I have beaten Black Knight, King Knight, Specter Knight, and Plague Knight, and they were all really fun to fight tbh.

I have OneShot on my wish list, just waiting for it to go on sale, and put aside time to play a story heavy game- other games I have to purchase are Blasphemous, Sanabi, Doki Doki Literature Club and There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension (I've watched people play the last three, it'll just be for fun). I'm not sure about Terraria or Binding of Issac, since my bestie has played those and isn't too sure I'd like them.

After seeing the teaser for Indie Cross Episode Three, Hades was added to my list, and it was right up my alley. Like with Dead Cells, I'm absolutely terrible at it, but *literally everything* about the game is exactly the kind of thing I love and I can't possibly get angry. Zagreus is really funny, and I love how he interacts with all the people around him. I had to switch to God Mode, which was good, because I couldn't beat Hades after 50 tries, and then suddenly I was able to beat him nearly every time. The story was great, and I loved all the characters- being able to romance two people without consequence was also really refreshing.

Obviously after beating Hades, I *had* to go for Hades II, and I'm so glad I did. I immediately switched God Mode on, I'm not even gonna pretend to be a good gamer- I have beaten the main game now (and nearly cried at seeing all my old favourites, as well as being able to pet Cerberus). I really need to get more Nectar and build bonds with everyone, but both games have me lock in and I forget everything else. I adore Melinoë, but unfortunately I don't like a lot of the new characters just yet.

I'm exclusively a console gamer and I prefer the Switch, so unfortunately I'm unable to play Ultrakill or Henry Stickmin, though I've watched people play the latter and looked up the lore of the former. I've never been good with computers, so that's my own skill issue.

One game I'm not really wanting to play is Ori. I got Blind Forest a while ago after playing Hollow Knight for the first time (which was already an ordeal because they accidentally gave me the Will of the Wisps card instead, and I had to go back and get the Blind Forest one), but the controls were actually horrible for me. I couldn't fix it, and it was actually rage inducing. My aforementioned bestie bought and beat the game, and even admitted that I'd have hated the later levels. It looks beautiful, and the music is lovely, but I simply can't do it.

If anyone has any tips, tricks, suggestions etc, please drop a comment if you'd like to!

(Also proof of my Hollow Knight Classic Mode speedrun lol)