My response to extremely stressful situations is to either throw myself into a writing project or trophy hunting. This week I opted for trophy hunting and 100% completed four games:
Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds & Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms
Once upon a time, I bought
Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi on the 3DS thinking that it was a historical/war game mixed with vampirism elements. And it is all of those things - but it's also a dating sim on top of that. And I got hooked.
Don't tell my girlfriend.
Edo Blossoms is my preference of the two, but it follows
Kyoto Winds chronologically so it's better to start with that one. If you ever give them a go, it's advised to play them both simultaneously.
Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires
One of my absolute favourite gaming franchises of all time. In September 2018, I set myself the goal of 100% completing all three
DW8 titles before I could buy
Dynasty Warriors 9. These are big games, with umpteen stages and 82 playable characters in total, and it took me a good 300-400 hours to beat all three. With that goal finally achieved, I bought
DW9 on sale for £11.16 last night.
Bugsnax
Not going to lie, I thought this game was terrible the first time I tried it. Played it for 10 minutes, turned it off, then forgot about it. Someone I got chatting to at a party the other week convinced me to give it another go. I ended up absolutely loving it. Things I considered silly were cleverer and deeper than I initially thought. Also, if you want to see LGBT+ representation done right in a game then this is absolutely the one to play.