 Welcome back to Isha gaming and welcome back to another played lately video Where I will be talking about a lot of games that I've been playing lately and a few pickups Now I'm going to start off with Mario Kart 8. There has been dropped eight new courses to it This is my Wii U edition of it, but I have it on the switch and I have it digitally on the switch I have been playing the new courses and Including there are like Cocoa Mountains and some other retro stages that they have remastered and remade It is fun to jump back into it and it made me think which Mario Kart was actually my favorite I've played all Mario Karts, not the first one on Super Nintendo though Didn't have that, but I played Mario Kart 64, Double Dash, Mario Kart Wii, basically I've played almost all Mario Karts But I have to say my favorite is actually Mario Kart 7 on the 3DS I don't know. I really love that, but oh my god Mario Kart 8 has now I mean to begin with it had 48 stages and now it has 48 more stages coming So if you have Mario Kart 8 deluxe on the switch and you have the online expansion thing You will get your eight stages already now fun to jump back into thought I would mention it new stages in Mario Kart Now something else that I have been playing lately and this was before Elden Ring. This is pre Elden Ring times There's a new time now after Elden Ring and before Elden Ring, but this one I play this a lot when I was sick recently Up in my living room on my Xbox Series X and this is a backlog game from 2021 That I just never got around to finish or even play a lot I think that was in a time when I had and I felt like I had too many games Which I also feel now that I have too many games to play But the thing is I went back to it and now I am a bunch of hours into it I've started to get the hang of everything get the hang of the combat The characters and the character progressions and it is a game that is action combat based It reminds me often of Astral Chain for the switch and I can now say With more confidence that I recommend Scarlet Nexus than I did earlier when I mentioned it Basically because now that I've actually played it and really delved into this game. I can confirm I am enjoying it and it looks very very beautiful. The graphics are insane in this game It's one of the more prettier looking JRPGs in recent times in my opinion It's 60 frames per second is optimized for Series X Maybe a lot of my subscribers don't have a Series X or has any Xbox But if you're ever gonna pick up an Xbox I recommend this one. I don't think it's out on PlayStation or any other I don't know actually. I like the music. I like the graphics. I like the story in this one I'm not often captivated by stories Story but but this one very nice It's futuristic and it has a lot of time traveling in the story Which I am always a sucker for time traveling So Scarlet Nexus is another one that I've been playing lately The Nintendo Switch has Nintendo 64 titles on it now and I haven't talked much about this These are the two titles that I'm currently replaying again on the Nintendo switch Now with the Switch 64 app. Two childhood games of mine And they look a lot better right now on the switch than they did on the TV screen back in the day And that is probably because it is an emulation and they are running ROMs basically But everything looks very crisp. Let me just tell you if you haven't played these games They are older now. I see that as they are like 20 years old or more 25 years old I'm getting old but Paper Mario and sell the Majora's Mask Especially Paper Mario actually. It's a very cozy game Greengrass game. I loved it in my childhood and I have hundreds of hours into this game It's an RPG game with the Mario characters in the Mario universe Turn-based combat a big world to explore and a ton of things to collect These are my actual physical copies from my childhood and I love them to death And it is so much fun to see this being now put out on the switch Accessible for the people that grow up right now also so that the kids of today Let's say they can enjoy games that I enjoy when I was a kid So definitely been playing that it has the same states So that means things are much easier now than they were I'm also playing Ocarina of Time soon done with that also Majora's Mask on the other hand may actually be quite a hard game It was hard back then, but you can do it. You can do it It's not like Elbring or something like that sort of hard, but good hard. I don't know So another pickup that I picked up yesterday Is this controller that I've been looking very much forward to is the new racer Volverine V2 controller and I am a sucker for racer talked about that on the podcast this controller Exceeds all my expectations. It is the best controller. I've ever held in my hands It is my dream controller my favorite controller right now It's expensive because it's racer, but you know, I'm a sucker for racer mechanical buttons also and Just fits perfectly into my hands and this is now my third controller by racer I have the racer Raju tournament edition and the racer Raju ultimate and now the Volverine V2 Very nice, but I would mention it. So I would show it off. So that is a little treat for myself Highly highly love it Now barksala on Nintendo of Norway and they send me a lot of Nintendo games and here is my backlog Currently with Nintendo games. We have triangle strategy. I've only played it for one hour I think and Don't have the time right now. I will pick it up later Maybe it will be like the same story as so with other games like for example scarlet nexus I got it last year played it a little and I had too many games and something else was catching my interests a Lot more so this one is gonna be in my backlog for some time I have a feeling but it is a tactical Strategy game with a pixel art art style the graphics are very reminiscent to two Octava travelers graphics I think but I have seen on my discord some people are very hooked into this game already That is gonna be in my backlog. Maybe I will talk about it later some die some die Now here is Grand Theft Auto the Trilogy I haven't even opened it yet because I have too many games. Is this good? I have not much experience with the Grand Theft Auto series But it is really cute that it is released on the switch as a trilogy for the fans for the hardcore fans of Grand Theft Auto And I know a lot of people who are hardcore fans I can appreciate that but it says internet to download required So maybe not all of the games are on the cartridge wouldn't surprise me. Let's get physical guys So here's another game Chocobo Grand Prix square Enix racer game with the mascot from Final Fantasy This one I haven't even opened yet either. This is my backlog games Okay, you know, I recently got all of these to send from back so I'll thank you again But there are just too many games. There's so many games and also when you have a YouTube channel like this I feel like there are sometimes an expectation of which games I Should play and should talk about and right now as you may know Rune Factory 5 is out and yeah I have the game and I'm working my way through it and I will make my review So a lot of people are looking forward to my review of Rune Factory 5 Definitely, but I haven't played it yet too much. I need to play it more I cannot rush out a review until I feel Satisfied and I've seen most of the game that is how I like to do things But I can give you a quick first impression I guess a lot of people are very hungry to hear what I have to say about it because this time I have mixed feelings towards Rune Factory 5. Don't get me wrong. I am a huge Rune Factory fan I have always been a big fan of Rune Factory You all know that and this one has been one very anticipated game for me extremely anticipated But I have to say one of my biggest complaints with Rune Factory 5 right now Is that I feel like it is very unpolished and it doesn't feel finished And I think in my opinion that the performance is struggling My character is often sliding Some cutscenes, the faces of the characters they are shaking Some glitches, some bugs and it doesn't run very smoothly at all In my opinion, I sneak peeked upstairs at the one review Don't remember the youtuber But a youtuber said in their review that the performance was good And I was sitting there like Have we been playing the same game? I don't find the performance very great As of right now though in Rune Factory 5 But I have gotten a review called before the actual release So often times there is a day one patch Not always but often times So I'm gonna wait a tiny bit with my review See if they patch that stuff up So that I can actually focus on the game mechanics in my review And not complain about what I feel like is bad performance If you are a fan of Rune Factory of course that is a no brainer You should just buy it right now Pick it up You do the same gameplay loop as expected in a Rune Factory game And it's just the graphics that are sort of bothering me And like I said the performance Also there's very little voice acting But I'm okay with that, I can handle that But the main reason I'm not done With Rune Factory 5 review is because of Elden Ring My previous video on my channel I said that I am playing Elden Ring And guess what I'm playing? I'm playing Elden Ring with my new Razer controller And I am just mesmerized in Elden Ring I am now much more powerful I am now like level 49 I think soon 50 I feel very confident now with the game I'm entering a lot of different caves and ruins And I'm taking down now a lot of bosses No one has helped me so far I tried to have my neighbor You know neighbor Stefan To help me with Margit The first boss of the game But he couldn't do it He was just not very good at the game He got angry at the controls in the game But I have actually gotten good And I have grinded I have focused a lot on you know Leveling up my character Upgrading My weapon and my shield Exploring a ton obviously Getting to know how to master parry block and roll Which the game is very much about actually So now it is an amazing feeling You know I went into the game Feeling like a small little kid That were killed instantly all the time Very scared I've never played a very hard game before Because I'm an easy gamer But I can say that Elmering has done something new for me In my gaming experienced life And that is I'm just not giving up I'm very persistent Because there is actually something that drives me To play this game more And I'm not putting this game away And if you have put the game away Please pick it back up again It will get easier further in Take that from me I swear it gets easier If you just play like I said that I'm doing In my previous video You're gonna be fine You're gonna be so fine And the game is gonna be so rewarding for you later Which it is for me now It's my game of the year so far By far I am above 30 hours in So Elmering guys I have been very impressed so far with the game I'm liking it more than I thought I would Now lastly I found this old book While cleaning the house and cleaning my area Basically Which is a Stardew Valley guidebook That I picked up on I don't know A website Some years ago And it is the prettiest Stardew Valley book ever It has everything in it And everything is hand drawn And it is a complete guide To the entire freaking game But the thing is The reason I brought this up Right now Is that I thought I'm gonna give this to Tiny Hats This is one of her favorite games Of all time And I saw she posed a picture Of this book I think I don't know On Discord I have a feeling that she wants it So I'm gonna surprise her with this I'm gonna put this book in my car Make sure I give it to her Next time I drive it by It's such a pretty book She deserves it more than me I'm having the best time With the podcast that I'm having With Tiny Hats My childhood friend She's always been there for me Forever And she's just my best friend We have a podcast recording later today I hope you wanna listen to our podcast It's very funny We laugh all the time We tell pretty funny jokes Mostly So that was my play lately Played a lot of things Hope you enjoyed it Like my video and subscribe if you are new Thank you so much for watching And I will see you later Bye