You ever felt so engaged in a game that you are updating the Wiki? That’s where I’m at in Mewgenics.

Granted, the Wiki was basically all blank pages since the game came out just a few weeks ago; hard to demonstrate “Wiki-updating enthusiasm” if it is already filled out for you.

But, guys, whew. I play a lot of games, and it is vanishingly rare when I play something that completely consumes the entirety of my play experience. Or should I say: allows itself to consume my play experience. Expedition 33 has a lot going for it and won all kinds of awards for reasons… but I find it difficult to play the game for more than one “session” at a time. Combat is stressful, not fun. Each new area is a hard stopping point wherein you encounter new mobs with new attack patterns you have to memorize so you can Parry them (or die). Two hours is basically my limit for the day.

Mewgenics also technically has stopping points. Maybe all your cats die in a series of unfortunate bouts of RNG. Going into brand new zones can be stressful in its own way too. “This enemy’s ranged attacks delete my equipment? And there are six of them?!” Nevertheless, I persist. And it’s fun. I don’t even bother with GW2 dailies anymore, as that’s 10-20 extra minutes of Mewgenics I could be playing. The last time I experienced this was with Abiotic Factor, and Wartales before that. No doubt I will burn myself out before too much longer, but Christ I almost have 100 hours already.

Not bad for a $30 MSRP game.