Thank you! I'm really enjoying RUINER and the whole aesthetic of the game is amazing imo.

I see this snazzy Eastward theme and it just makes me wanna pick the game up even more. I've been eyeing it for a few weeks and after watching the trailer yesterday it's VERY hard not to just go ahead and buy it.. I'm making myself wait until I chunk through my backlog a little bit more, then I'll reward myself with Eastward.

Let me know your thoughts on the game once you've dived into it!

Waiting a long time to replay Zero Escape is an excellent idea, like you mentioned the longer you wait the more enjoyable replaying them is gonna be. I usually replay them annually, but I missed it in 2020 so doing it again now has been great, so going forward I may put more time in between my playthroughs, but I can't help but think of the game often and everything that happens during them. Rediscovering certain things all over again and noticing new things is definitely a big part of the enjoyment to replaying them.

Sounds great about Ace Attorney! I was sold at Sherlock Holmes, lol. I had no idea the series featured stuff from it so that is an instant win for me. Wow there are a lot of the games, thank you very much for the description of the trilogies and entries in the series, it really helped illuminate what path I want to take to experience them. I actually like your idea of starting at The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, many franchises I have gotten into I ended up doing in reverse and while I know that doesn't work for many people, it helps give me perspective and appreciate the older titles since I didn't experience them on launch.

Yeah I have heard nothing but great things from AI: The Somnium Files, that is definitely another title that has been on my list for a long time. I need to just go ahead and pick it up since I know I will like it. Good to hear a sequel is on the way, I had no idea! I also feel like I'm constantly playing catch up with games and it can get overwhelming being so backed up but it does give me stuff to look forward to at least.

Hey I've been meaning to ask you, how does the Ace Attorney series compare to the Zero Escape games? I'm doing my annual playthrough of them all, which I usually do on the side just because I love the thought experiments so much and it seems like each year that goes by I seem to understand them different. Radical-6 in VLR hits a lot different now after everything's that happened, for example. I have always been interested in Ace Attorney, and I love classic anime dealing with crime like Detective Conan. Would they be something I would enjoy? Does that new collection that came out recently have every game in it? I literally know nothing about the series, but after reading an interview with 999's creator he mentioned it was adventure game like his series and he was inspired by it.

It's fine! I've played and beaten the GBA version before, but that was so long ago that I don't remember much at all

Glad to hear! I'm not a personal fan of PC gaming in general, plus the Pixel Remasters removed content like the bonus dungeons in I and II, plus the bonus jobs in V, and bonus espers in VI I think. So I don't plan on picking them up myself.
I see you are planning a mini FF marathon! I wish you good luck

I thought I was done with it when I marked it but apparently they added a bunch of new stuff since the last time I played. LOL I just powered through it all! I thought the game being made was pretty amusing myself but the game is pretty fun and relaxing in all fairness.

How is Ace Attorney Chronicles? I still need to go through Phoenix Wright on Steam but what little I did play I really enjoyed.