Ender Magnolia, Take Two
Jul. 31st, 2024 07:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingFor the sole purpose of low-stakes escapism, I started playing Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster on Nintendo Switch again. I picked up where I left off, which was right outside Zozo. Zozo has always been something special, but the remaster team really went out of their way to polish it even more.
I guess I've lost a sense of the pacing of the early Final Fantasy games, and I was surprised to be in and out of Zozo in fifteen minutes.
I wanted to spend more time in that sort of grungy postmagical rustpunk world, so I started Ender Magnolia again from the beginning. The game is still in early access on Steam, so only the first three hours are available to play. But man, what a marvelous three hours. I think I like Ender Magnolia even more the second time around. It's so nice to have such a meticulously constructed Metroidvania that's moderately challenging without being brutally difficult.
I went through all of the available content in Ender Magnolia in one sitting, and now I don't know what to play next. I'm thinking about Animal Well: https://www.animalwell.net/
I guess I've lost a sense of the pacing of the early Final Fantasy games, and I was surprised to be in and out of Zozo in fifteen minutes.
I wanted to spend more time in that sort of grungy postmagical rustpunk world, so I started Ender Magnolia again from the beginning. The game is still in early access on Steam, so only the first three hours are available to play. But man, what a marvelous three hours. I think I like Ender Magnolia even more the second time around. It's so nice to have such a meticulously constructed Metroidvania that's moderately challenging without being brutally difficult.
I went through all of the available content in Ender Magnolia in one sitting, and now I don't know what to play next. I'm thinking about Animal Well: https://www.animalwell.net/
