Play to Satisfaction
For me, saying “Play to Satisfaction” gives me explicit permission to drop a game that’s not working for me, but also to grind away for nerd points if I’m really loving something. I’m trying to make it a policy for myself that I will always play to satisfaction – no more, no less.
I still have a few outstanding game-related stuff I’d like to finish up over the next few weeks, but there’s plenty of stuff I haven’t already talked about I’d like to add onto my plate this month.
Subscription MMO – World of Warcraft (Retail)
I’m actually starting to think that this might be the month I let my sub lapse, but I haven’t decided anything as of yet, and I’m still sitting on a couple of tokens, so even if I’m only playing for a dozen or so hours a month, it’s not actually costing me anything. I really do love the folks in my guild, but it’s really been a struggle to log on, even if once I do, I enjoy myself. With Denathrius down on normal, I don’t really have any goals until the next major content patch, and I’m just not terribly interested in alts at this point in time.
Community Game-Along – #CapcoMonth
I’ve been collecting the older Resident Evil titles for quite awhile, but I’ve never had the proper motivation to dive into them. It did take me an unreasonably long time to decide where to start, since I worried that going too far back would sour me on the series, and I wasn’t particularly keen on buying any of the remasters when I have a bunch of titles waiting in my library. I am hoping that Resident Evil 4 will be a good entry point for the series.
Of course, I have back-ups. Firstly, I am sitting on a copy of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy that I was gifted during the last Steam Winter Sale that I haven’t so much as installed, and if all else fails, I’m going to go back and slaughter some zombies in Dead Rising, despite the fact that I’ve already completed it once.
Subscription Gaming – XBox Gamepass for PC
I realize it has been several months that I’ve been saying I’m going to re-up my sub to this, and several months in which I just haven’t. This is good, because it means I’m playing stuff I already own, but there are definitely some games on there that I’m interested in, just not quite interested enough in to buy them.
However, somehow I missed that the Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan was added, and that’s one I’m really interested in, but it’s super-short, and I’m not planning to play co-op, so I’m not sure that there’d be any reason to go through it more than once. Maybe this will be the month I actually go through with it, especially since I’m still not playing a lot of WoW and reaching a plateau period in Stardew Valley.
Other Gaming
Next up on the Switch, I’m hoping to get into The Caligula Effect: Overdose, although my spotty history with JRPGs in general makes this a big ol’ maybe as far as liking it. One of the major complaints that I’ve seen is that combat is too simplistic, so it might, in fact, be perfect for me.
Although its release date of April 30th makes Pokemon Snap not entirely eligible for my April goals, I am strongly leaning towards pre-ordering it. I’m not familiar enough with Nintendo in general to know how set in stone their release dates tend to be, but I am fairly certain this is a game I’d like to have day one.
I’ve also been toying with the idea of doing some sort of series where I deep dive into my library, but I have yet to work out all the details. I’ve been struggling with getting myself back on track in most areas of my life, so I’m not 100% sure this is the right time for a blog project, but it’s definitely something I want to brainstorm on more.
I fully intend to reach level 100 in Cook, Serve, Delicious 2!! before month’s end, and at that point, I’ll re-asses my desire to chase gold medals all around.
Lastly, I plan to continue with my co-op playthrough of Stardew Valley, in which we strive to explore all the new content that came with the 1.5 update, as well as continuing my current play through and maybe trying out a different farm layout / spouse combination.
Nerd Girl Thoughts 
Oh man, “Play to satisfaction” is such good advice. I’ve been grinding away at Assassin’s Creed Odyssey here and there for months now, trying to get through every little side quest because I feel like I ought to. Thanks for reminding me that I can just play the parts I want to play!
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