Wouldn't do to let a month go by without posting something, hey? So, quick catch-up, I'm still in a cast, but a less restrictive one, including a much-more-free thumb. Can't properly hold a controller for any first-person or super-active games, but there are options now at least.
Before, in the old cast, I was pretty much stuck with what I could dredge up from my Steam backlog that I could play with a trackpad and, maybe, the occasional key press. The best of that lot was Torment: Tides of Numanera, which I finally played through. I enjoyed it well enough for what it is, but then I do like unique stories in odd settings.
Now, in my latest cast, I may not be able to hold a controller properly, but I can still twiddle the left-hand controls a bit. That's just enough to let me play some Octopath Traveler, courtesy of XBox Game Pass. It's early yet, but I'm really enjoying it so far, particularly the varied origin stories and motivations of the characters I've picked up so far (for the record, that's the Scholar, Merchant, Warrior, and, erm, "Dancer"). Fun stories, good presentation, and a turn-based combat system that makes you think a bit, what's not to like?
