play! progress report (01/03/2026)
This month we got some more games playable, but the number could be slightly bigger if it wasn't for my choice of (yet again) very long JRPGs. A combo of those this time, since I couldn't let the second part of such great game left on the corner with the first part being fully verified (nothing to do with me being curious af about the ending of the saga, no sir...).
New verified playable games [01/2025]:
Way of the Samurai
Colin McRae Rally 2005
Shin Megami Tensei - Digital Devil Saga 1
Shin Megami Tensei - Digital Devil Saga 2
Way of the Samurai: this guy was in a "playable state" for some time, so I've decided to finally put it to rest with a full test. Note: I've also started testing the second game and I'm almost done with it as well, so expect a confirmation on it being fully playable soon™.
Colin McRae Rally 2005: as I've started with some races, it was obvious that performance would make my life a living hell at that initial state, so I've poked the developer about the high EE usage and the magic idle skip patch was made that improved the general performance around 65%, more than enough for me to complete the game.
Shin Megami Tensei - Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2: both games only took so long for me to finish because not only they're long, but also because I've wanted to do every optional thing possible (that hurt my soul, specially with the optional bosses on the second game...). They're fully playable but there's an issue with z-fighting that makes some textures "flicker" at some points of the game (lights at the ceiling of the initial dungeon, some shadows in some random areas and some minor stuff on the walls in some areas as well). Both are fully playble + the choices you've made on the first game carry over to the second game as they should.
Since I'm deep into Shin Megami Tensei hype, I'll probably pick on some of the other spin off games next, so that's what you can expect for the next month, but you can always suggest a specific game to be verified as well, I'm not against playing something else that's not on my list.
With that said, thx for the continuous support and see you all next month ;)
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