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Day 421

Welp, Torchlight II is finally finished. I'm sure there's a lot more content available but Steam tells me I've already played the game for over 100 hours. Most of this play time is from 2012 and I'm sure it's not completely accurate even so--but still, I feel like I've played it a lot and I'm not sure there's much left for me to experience. It's a solid game but I honestly don't find a lot of the skills and items to be that interesting, especially when compared to some of the skills in Path of Exile or Diablo III. When I experiment with different skills in that game, I feel like there's a huge difference in playstyle, but I don't feel the same way in Torchlight 2. Nothing feels nearly as impactful as it should and I just end up investing in passive skills that increase my damage output. Maybe it's different for Embermage or Outlander, but I still feel like I'm probably done with it for now.

I managed to get in quite a bit of playtime on Persona 4 Arena Ultimax last night and so far I'm really pleased with it. The story mode is still quite dialogue and text heavy, but much less repetitive than before. Instead of picking a character, playing through their entire story mode, and then moving on to another character, the new story mode involves a lot of jumping around with minimal retelling of events. It also looks like the storyline has been split into a Persona 4 mode and a Persona 3 mode. I'm already about 50% of the way through the former. I'm hoping that once both storylines are done, they converge into a third story mode that's just as long as the other two. I'm not holding my breath, though.

Most (if not all) of the returning characters have had tweaks and/or additions to their movesets. Chie is probably still my favorite at the moment but I haven't had a chance to experiment with any of the new characters. I'm really interested in trying Yukari and Junpei in particular. Yukari uses a bow as her weapon and I'm curious to see how that's implemented. Junpei is just a really cool character that I liked a lot from Persona 3, so I'm hoping he has a fun playstyle.

I'm kind of looking for another co-op game to play on Steam but my search has so far been unsuccessful. Gauntlet looks ok, but I'm not sure it's worth the $20 price tag--and moreover, I'm not sure I'm in the mood for it. I wish Grim Dawn was out already. I'm sort of in an action RPG mood and I've played all the good ones that are out currently. I don't want to go back to Diablo III or Path of Exile right now, mostly because I'd like to continue completing new games.