I'm still diligently working my way through M&L Brothership.  The game gets better once Bowser and his minions are introduced.  Their writing is much more witty, their story is somewhat engaging and the battles are better too.  Too bad they only pop up after about 20 hours.  Their chapter also seems to have already ended.

There's been a story reveal that was obvious from the very start and was revealed in such a deadpan matter that even if you were totally clueless you'd still not have cared.  Anyhow, I'm currently 30 hours in and I think I'm close to the end.  I've uncovered all fo the map and seem on my way to the villains stronghold.  Here's hoping the game doesn't send me off on some kind of wild goose hunt around the discovered islands or something and just lets me get to the boss.

I'm thinking of playing an older M&L RPG after this, to see if the earlier ones were indeed much better, or if I've just become much harder to impress.  On the other hand, I might want to play something else as a palette cleanser first.

Nothing but Doom for me this weekend.

I need more weapon mods but can't find those units to unlock them. Got the BFG last night.

robio said:

Ninja Gaiden was hard even by the standards of the time. Even with Nintendo Power to help as a guide, I don't think I ever made it past the fifth level. The the next NES games in the series got even harder, and I just avoided them like the plague. The third one is supposed to be completely brutal. If I remember correctly, it's supposed to be one of those games where they made they increase the difficulty of the original to make the American version harder.

Yeah, I remember them doing that because we had game rentals and Japan didn't. Contra Hard Corps Japan has a 3-hit life bar, the American version didn't. Just punishment for us cheap Americans.

travo said:

I beat the first Ninja Gaiden but I could never complete the other two. I also beat the arcade game.

I'd forgot about the arcade game. I think there's an Arcade Archives version on Switch too.

Thought it released in March.

Hey all, went away for a long weekend. Still in a farir amount of pain. At this point the sleep deprivation is worse than the pain, the month of January no restorative sleep.  Getting to see a doctor tomorrow (lol, just typed "yesterday" if that gives you an idea where I'm at) and at this point I'll ask him for sleep pills over pain pills.

Anyhoo, managed to keep slighly chipping away at Spiritfarer and not much else.  Daughter beat Thank Goodness you're here for the fourth time, which she calls "Lemon Head"

aspro said:

Hey all, went away for a long weekend. Still in a farir amount of pain. At this point the sleep deprivation is worse than the pain, the month of January no restorative sleep.  Getting to see a doctor tomorrow (lol, just typed "yesterday" if that gives you an idea where I'm at) and at this point I'll ask him for sleep pills over pain pills.

Anyhoo, managed to keep slighly chipping away at Spiritfarer and not much else.  Daughter beat Thank Goodness you're here for the fourth time, which she calls "Lemon Head"

I've tried sleeping pills twice. The first time, the next day I fell asleep while driving despite having slept a normal amount. Luckily only long enough to drift over to the edge of the lane, but even so. The second time this didn't occur, but despite having slept for longer than usual, I felt like I'd been up all night. Hopefully they work better for you! If not, you get used to not having restorative sleep.

aspro said:

Hey all, went away for a long weekend. Still in a farir amount of pain. At this point the sleep deprivation is worse than the pain, the month of January no restorative sleep.  Getting to see a doctor tomorrow (lol, just typed "yesterday" if that gives you an idea where I'm at) and at this point I'll ask him for sleep pills over pain pills.

Anyhoo, managed to keep slighly chipping away at Spiritfarer and not much else.  Daughter beat Thank Goodness you're here for the fourth time, which she calls "Lemon Head"