#PastebinMonday 03/09/2020 Liking It Hard Edition

Hey guys, how’s it goin?

Some games I don't like when they're hard. When a game looks and sounds amazing, I don't want to have to think about the gameplay at the same time. This is why I hated Celeste. When the look of the game is not that special, I can put my brain power towards focusing on the gameplay and appreciating how hard it can be. Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL and Pokemon Puzzle League have turned into this scenario.

ZEXAL feels less interesting on Newcomer difficulty because the opposing decks are less competitive. This is why I have been playing only on Duel Champion. I may try Newcomer at some point to fill out that end of the leaderboard. I have plenty of time to do so before the Yu-Gi-Oh! Speedrun Marathon on April 18. I will be playing ZEXAL at the marathon.

Pokemon Puzzle League VS COM feels less interesting on lower difficulties because I'm not having to think about the CPU as much in order to win. The only thing I can do is hope the RNG allows me to prevail much quicker. I played Easy mode again for the first time in a while and got quite numb to it. The record is 5:49. My best is 5:51. I kept getting 5:57s and 5:59s among the myriad of resets. It's the grind that you expect it to be and one that I have little desire to do repeatedly right now. That said, I do think my Saturdays of not fulfilling incentives will be going towards Nintendo Puzzle Collection PDP V-Hard just for some change of pace from ZEXAL.

That’s my life story for the week. Until next time, everyone, thanks for reading!

--Cards