Something else to note: how poor is the Genki Arcade software for the Shadowcast 2 is compared to using mpv.io.
It only works when I change the resolution and FPS to 720p and 30. Neither v1.8.4 nor 1.2.0 do better than the open software.
Tech, man... 8-\

got a good 'no context' pic out from this

I don't understand. Why not get pissed off more about companies firing game devs? Or how about Microsoft forcing Windows 11 over 10? Redirect that hatred to something worth getting mad over?
It's probably overblown/I'm overthinking it, but I keep running into that topic and just want it to stop.

I keep getting stressed when it keeps getting brought up in unrelated topics; that's on me, definitely don't like hearing about it anymore.
Like, someone mentions patents and it's like clickbait in the thread/chat, riling up people who 'care'. I can't enjoy what I was doing and have to step away.

The review would focus on my gripes w/ difficulty; on here I'd rant about bosses and similar. With recency bias, I need a break to look over what early bosses/areas were like. Man, this game is stressful.

Took a couple days break, finally beat Silksong 100%, save for a couple side-quests: Seth's and Sprintmaster's Mementos and The Mask Maker's Delivery.
Trying to gather my thoughts and decide what to put in a review on Backloggery versus blogging in these posts.

I'm regretting getting into Act 3. Normal enemies getting enhanced randomly w/ extra attacks and 3x HP. I had a miniboss, Lugoli, get enhanced so that fight turned into overbearing slog. I hate it when games up the difficulty w/ more HP on the same enemies.

Took a while but I finally caved and looked up how to progress. No heavy spoilers; was not expecting that main quest to require two separate collections for access.
Welp, least I'm into Act 3 now.

Oh boy, I checked how to get the other endings and I need how many other playthroughs?! And then there's Steel Soul mode *flops*

And beat Hollow Knight right before Silksong released.
Got the Radiance ending; would like to get 112% completion, but the other 4% are the Godmaster Content.

...37 hours in and I found out that double-tapping LB brings up the entire map. Welp, hope it was just I overlooked a tutorial message. 8-\

In a lighter perspective, I made a new avatar; not sure if I'll use it. Never tried pixel art before.

They weren't kidding about how long 3&4 were, my head's still spinning. I'm thinking about a bunch of lore, how things connect w/ previous chapters, and stuff I missed that I'm probably not going to get to.
Gonna replay it all for Ch. 5; not sure if I want to try for the alt. routes now.