Doing another playthrough of Pokemon Scarlet. Honestly this might be one of the most replayable pokemon games, although the preformance issues are especially jarring when the last game I played before this was Tears of the Kingdom.
I made a rule for myself not to use any pokemon from my last playthrough of Scarlet, although I am cheating by using my old favorite Gyarados. Current team is
Pachirisu
Floragato
Tinkatuff
Gyarados
Arcanine
Axew
Tinkatuff has really been struggling to pull its weight in terms of damage output, so I'm thinking about switching it out for Kirlia or Mimikyu. On paper though having a steel type is really nifty. Otherwise I'm poison weak and Arcanine will be my only insurance against ice and fairy types. If only Aggron was in this game.
Pachirisu meanwhile has been surprisingly useful because of Run Away, Nuzzle, Charm and Volt Switch. Been thinking about giving it Fake Tears but my team are almost all physical attackers.
I'm running into so many grass-types like Applin, Sawsbuck and Tropius that it's getting really tempting to drop Floragato for one but I just can't bring myself to.
Character customization still sucks and it's all because they wanted to commit really hard to the school theme for some reason. I don't get Gamefreak sometimes. But I'm spending a ton of money on acessories for my avatar anyway and it feels good after all those years of represing my gender and refusing to play a female character before.
As for the story, it's fun seeing Arven's character arch again and spotting all the foreshadow, but Starfall Street is just as utterly nonsensical the second time as it was the first. So still a mixed bag but I'm still looking forward to the finale.