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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · 4d

Pretty excited to move on to a new game or two tonight. I think I’m going to start with the new Katamari game.

Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · 4d

I finished Ghost of Yotei yesterday with the Platinum after 54 hours! It was an absolute blast as it fixed my two big problems with Tsushima: the honor and shame stuff and how it teased supernatural elements. I loved Atsu and her more human revenge story. The combat and more open design was so cool!

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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · 5d

I’m 50+ hours into Ghost of Yotei and only have two missions left to finish the story and get the Platinum. Really excited to wrap that up tomorrow.

Mainly posting since I wanted to share some screenshots I took today. The game is just hyper gorgeous.

Huge field of white flowers on a gloomy day. There’s a house in the background.

One of the duels in the game. My character is wearing all white so she really stands out with all of the red leaves on the ground.

Some really vibrant red flowers against another gloomy sky.

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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · 9d

Different topic, playing Ghost of Yotei tonight and was doing one of the wolf team up missions and as I was riding on my horse into the enemy camp following the wolf a bear randomly joined us and we then took out the enemies together. It was awesome lol.

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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · 9d

I have two questions about the baptism.

1: Why there as the water is notoriously unhealthy from runoff?

2: Why didn’t they wait while the guy was rescuing the dog basically right in front of them?

I mean I guess answer 1 potentially informs answer 2, but still lol.

Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · 9d

Was at a friend’s birthday party yesterday by the ocean and a family wasn’t watching their dog swim farther out as boats and jet skis rushed by. A stranger went in to rescue the dog, then needed rescuing himself, and thankfully a boat helped. Even wilder, a baptism randomly happened during this lol.

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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · 15d

I started Ghost of Yotei briefly yesterday and I’m about seven hours in now. It’s absolutely fantastic so far! I love how after the brutal prologue you get dropped into the world and choose entirely yourself how you want to explore it. The story and tone is much better so far compared to Tsushima.

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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · 15d

“Hey! Care to trade?”

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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · 17d

I played and finished Sly 4 this weekend. It was great fun! Closer to Sly 2 than Sly 3 as the focus moved back toward the big maps and platforming a bit more. I had forgotten I had the game through PS+ so I’m glad I got to play it before my subscription lapsed. Shame the series ended there.

Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · 18d

Last night I finished the Trails in the Sky remake after 70 hours of playing. I basically did a full 100% run. It doesn’t replace the original, but it is a terrific, transformative remake of my favorite RPG. Falcom did a tremendous job. The ending got me misty eyed all over again.

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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · 23d

Awesome chart! I made an updated version of my top 30 games on my birthday last month which I view similarly as a get to know me list. Had a lot of fun putting it together.

My topsters top 30 favorite games 2025 edition chart. Same one I shared in September. Top five includes Super Mario 64, Super Metroid, Trails in the Sky, Magia Record, and Final Fantasy VI.

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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · 25d

I finished the last episode of CITY tonight. It was an absolutely joyous spectacle for the ending. I definitely dug Nichijou more, but the highs of CITY were amazing. I can’t believe how much love went into this show, it is absolutely overflowing with it.

Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · 28d

Sad Rock Band 4 is getting delisted. Sorted through all of the available DLC to buy my last songs and download some of the free stuff I missed. End of an era 🥲

Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · Sep 23

Having an awesome time with the new Trails in the Sky remake so far. Aside from some sloppiness in the new script, everything else has been just excellent. Falcom truly captured the energy of the original and the rad new battle system makes exploration so much fun! Entering Bose now 10 hours in.

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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · Sep 20

It’s really fun! It’s Monopoly with the stock market attached and if you set the rules right it gets very competitive with the right crowd. I mostly play with friends, but the Wii version does have some very silly writing for the Mario and Dragon Quest characters.

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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · Sep 20

Awesome list Luna! Here’s my updated one :)

Chart showing my top 30 games, 2025 edition.

1 Super Mario 64
2 Super Metroid
3 Trails in the Sky
4 Magia Record
5 Final Fantasy VI
6 Chrono Trigger
7 Super Mario Galaxy 2
8 Shadow of the Colossus
9 StarCraft
10 Kingdom Hearts II
11 Metroid Prime
12 Odin Sphere
13 Kirby Super Star
14 Smash Bros Ultimate
15 BlazBlue Central Fiction
16 Super Mario RPG
17 The World Ends With You
18 Xenoblade 3
19 Neo The World Ends With You
20 Xenoblade Chronicles
21 Zelda Link to the Past
22 Zelda Breath of the Wild
23 Rock Band 4
24 Perfect Dark
25 Trails Into Reverie
26 Uncharted 2
27 Cave Story
28 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
29 Halo 3
30 Fortune Street

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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · Sep 18

Last night I finished Breath of Fire IV. It has a really good adventurous spirit with a lot of more fantastical elements which is something I had wanted more from the series. In two of the last dungeons the combat system comes together and is put to the test properly. Great time! Easily my fav BOF!

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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · Sep 15

Atlus combat usually has too much nonsense in it especially with the one hit random kills paired with the party leader dying causing you to instantly lose which makes no sense. When hitting elemental weaknesses is so powerful above most options that makes combat boring. P5 basically had a win button

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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · Sep 15

I love RPGs. I never go for grinding unless there’s something very specific I want immediately which is rare. Most give you enough stuff to work with where you should never feel obligated to grind and can adapt when the plan starts falling apart.

Separately though not a fan of most Atlus combat lol

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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · Sep 9

Personally loved it a ton! The train story in particular with the multiple factions set to chaotically destroy each other and a “monster” running amok is just super fun. Also pretty fun to piece together what’s going on. It’s a short 13 + 3 episodes that ends well enough and leaves you wanting more.

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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · Sep 7

I finished Lost Soul Aside. It was a blast to play and totally lived up to the rad demo I played at PSX eight years. When you are fighting bosses especially the game rocks. Wish the story was more than just serviceable, but other than that I definitely recommend it to character action game fans.

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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · Sep 5

Wanted to bump this for the afternoon crowd. I posted a new blog late last night about some of the highlights from tackling my PS3 backlog. Check it out if you haven’t :)

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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · Sep 5

I posted a new blog today! I wrote about some of the highlights from tackling my PS3 backlog over the past year or so including Atelier Rorona Plus, Metal Gear Solid 2, Gran Turismo 6, and Suikoden II. Check it out :)

www.justinmikos.com/blog/highlig...

Highlights From My PS3 Backlog Part 1

For the past year or so especially, I’ve been making a focused effort to clear out my PS3 backlog. When I first started, I had a list of over forty games to either play through or decide to retire...

www.justinmikos.com

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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · Aug 30

Had been looking forward to Lost Soul Aside for years ever since I played a rad demo at a PSX. Was a bit iffy on the prologue, but I just cleared Chapter 1 and that was the kind of awesome flashy Devil May Cry-like experience I wanted. Boss fights have been a big highlight and there are many of them

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Justin Mikos @justinmikos.bsky.social · Aug 29

Tonight I finished Kirby Star-Crossed Worlds. It was fairly short as just 12 new levels, new final bosses, and a new extra hard arena cup, but as someone who really wanted more Forgotten Land, it was exactly what I wanted. Just a super delightful and excellent time from start to finish.

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