Discussion What are you currently playing? (Week 26 of 2025)

[Cacher]

New week, new thread! What are you playing?

Progress of Yumina the Ethereal:

• Act 1 Bad Ending
• Main Route: Kurokawa Kirara - WIP. Chapter 8
• Main Route: Okitsu Ai
• Main Route: Midorishita Yumina
• True Ending Epilogue

Dungeons:

• Marane's Maw - 30/120
• Mezelt Tomb - 30/120
• Key to Heaven Irukaruo - 20/120
• Path of Cracks- 10/120

Characterization kept improving since chapter 7. Very enjoyable. The writer did a good job to reveal Kirara's complex personal history and emotional baggage. Some details were left out but I expect that those will be further illustrated in the other two routes.

Gameplay-wise, I got some broken skills from the main story so the dungeon crawling was not too bad. The exploration progress is locked behind main story progress, and the maximum level is 30/120 per dungeon for this first route, so there is a total of 30 floors remaining to go before reaching the ending. So far so good.

I also beat the main story of Fire Emblem Warriors. It was very short. History Maps next. Going to get Lyn asap because she is my favorite character in the whole series.

 

[Ascheroth]

A little bit of Kingdom Hearts 3, but not that much.
Instead I had a sudden mecha itch and bought Armored Core 6. It's fun. Just hit Chapter 3. Raged a lot against the Chapter 1 boss, but I think I'm getting the hang of things and Chapter 2 was fairly smooth sailing in comparison.
New Genshin update as well with both new main story and a hyped new character that got the full backing of the marketing machine with 2 theme songs and multiple great animations, lol. Her story was very good too. Also has a surprisingly fun auto-chess event.

 

[Stevey]

Rolled a Barbarian for the new season of Diablo 2, also more Dead Space Remake, Ixion and Return To Moria

 

[Kvik]

I finished Fantasian over the weekend. The final boss was quite something. There is NG+, but I can't even imagine the grind it will take to bring the party to the recommended level. Not playing that anytime soon.

Resuming my suspended playthrough of Dragon Quest III - HD for my next game. Thankfully the game is easy and comfy and the random encounters are short affairs. Just what I needed.

On the VN side, I'm continuing with Rewrite+. It's my first time reading it, and it feels so different from other Key works. Not doubting Romeo Tanaka's skills as a writer, of course. But during the 30 hours I've spent with the game so far, the undercurrent of sadness (lol) permeating the daily lives of our heroines is curiously absent. I'm still in the common route, so it'll definitely change later once I've entered one of the character routes, though.

 

[texhnolyze]

Just finished Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty in the weekend, and now I'm back to Tamriel with Elder Scrolls Online.

I'm still amazed that it's possible for you to actually have player agency and choices in an MMORPG. It's quite unprecedented.