What was the last game you finished?

Nope. Mission failed. I have to find someone else.

So, I finished a bad thing and a good thing.

Sine Mora EX

Knowing that Sine Mora was coming to the Switch made me hyped, and I got it on the day it was released digitally. It's a game I overlooked in the past, but I've been hearing only good things about it since it was released. Ooooh boi! Wha-why is it so bad? And how come there's very little warning over the internet about it? Holy shit!
So, those were the absolute worst bullet patterns I have seen in a non-amateur-made shmup, they're either too easy or too hard to dodge, but that doesn't mean much because you have a lifebar that is the timer; what actually kills the player are bullshit, non bullet hazards, such as hard to interpret walls, or stage hazards that barely make sense, or even just the terrain of the stage in case you hit something, always signs of great shmup stage design; I think a fair comparison here is the story mode of Resident Evil 6: you don't get killed by mooks or bosses, you get killed by random QTEs.
The cherry on top is a downer story involving talking animals fighting World War II against the Empire.
That makes it for worst dollar per fun rate in the shmup category.


The Tower of Succubus

Today I finished the Tower of Succubus, the third game in the Succubus series, made by independent developer Libra Heart, who kindly translates his/their games to english by himself/themselves, whatever that dev group actually is. It plays as an overhead labyrinth shooting/exploration game, like Tower of Druaga.
It all begins when Lucia, the titular succubus of this series, is assaulted by a high priest during her sleep, losing most of her powers. Then she needs to climb the succubi's tower in order to regain the full extent of her powers. Along the way there are upgrades, power ups, and diary pages depicting exploits of previous adventurers, often tragic, but also the source for the titillating art most of the time.
In order to survive the dangers of the tower, Lucia can shoot her magic bolts or attack at melee range (initially by kicking). Other commands are an overdrive mode that costs a bunch of hearts to replenish her health and make her magic shots limitless, and the charm attack that makes male enemies unable to resist her appeal.
Now, this is an easy game, because you technically are the big bad, and as expected you have high survivability, specially because charmed enemies will give Lucia some of their favors*, replenishing some of her health and hearts. The interesting thing is that, yeah, it is porn, but that's what happens when a developer enjoys actual games: even if the main draw isn't the gameplay, it works very well.
But yeah, this is a very juicy adventure, might not be for everyone. And talk about juices, I'm happy that it washed away the taste of Sine Mora.

*if you know what I mean

I just finished Sonic Mania as Knuckles, with all 7 emeralds. That DAMN 5TH CHAOS EMERALD was a pain to get!

I finished up 'I Am Setsuna' on the Switch on the weekend, and quite enjoyed it. It wears its Chrono Trigger inspiration on its sleeve with some nice callbacks, but is very much its own game, with a distinct somber tone. I'll remember my time with it well.

I finished up the main campaign in Shantae: Half-Genie Hero a few days ago on the Switch. I really enjoyed it. It can't' really be called a Metroidvania exactly. The previous game, Shantae and the Pirate's curse, had moved into separate levels, but Half-Genie Hero removed the map screen as well, as the levels are relatively simple. There's still plenty of great platforming, and you'll find yourself revisiting levels multiple times as new abilities are unlocked. All in all, very fun...

...so much so that when I noticed the first DLC on sale, I grabbed it. You play through as Shantae's nemesis, the pirate Risky Boots. Her unlocked abilities match the pirate-themed ones Shantae had in the previous game, so that was a nice bonus.

I might grab the second DLC as well, which features character swapping between Shantae's friends Bolo, Sky and Rotty, and apparently levels that are more remixed than those you play through as Risky.

Final Fantasy XV - Good gheyme , amazing Ending
(took me a year to get to it, but maybe just as well since the DLCs are out now...)

Anyone who complains about the story really has something wrong with them.