NieR Replicant is finished - all five endings. I thought I'd need two days to do it all, but I ended up being able to get it all done. Having no quests bogging me down definitely helped, yeeting myself through the storyline like I said I would. It was tedious through, having to fight the final boss (and everything that leads up to it after the final save) over and over was tiring and then what you have to do for ending E made me think Yoko Taro was messing with me, but then it finally triggered. I gotta say that my favorite parts of the game, the new boss and ending E's content, are my favorite parts of the game. I never played the original so I can't really compare, but I feel it would've felt kinda empty without them? Overall, the game was good and I enjoyed myself. I really would like to replay NieR Automata now that the two of them are more connected than ever, but there's no time for replays at the moment. This game has made me feel EXTRA sad for Emil in Automata though, that poor boyo.
Also (spoiler for Ending E):
Seeing as I only have one day before FFXIV's Fanfest starts and the Moogle Tome event is in full swing, I really don't want to start anything else just yet? I'm not sure how many days it's going to take me to get all the tomes I need to get all the items I want, because I'm very mood based. The last event, I just did Praetorium until I had it all, but wow is it tiring. This time the NieR raids are included and need the minions from the last one, so I may most likely be grinding that, but we'll see.
Backlog as of now (and in order that I want to play):
Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star
World End Economica Complete
Spiritfarer
Dragon's Dogma
If I can get most (if not all) finished before Monster Hunter Stories 2, I'd be real pleased, but I'll have to see what my work wants from me in the coming weeks.
EDIT: Said I wasn't gonna start anything but decided to jump into a PSNOW sub and mess around with Rune Factory ToD for a little bit. I uh, kinda don't like it. The camera is weird and super cumbersome in combat, the ocean exploration is confusing and hardly explained, the platforming is SUPER jank, and I'm 'meh' on 80% of the characters. I gave it around 4ish hours and it's clearly just not my thing. I feel a little bad that I can't enjoy an entry to a series I really like, but then again, it's a side game and I've only ever really enjoyed the numbered mainline series. I can just wait for Rune Factory 5 at this point and I'm glad I at least game ToD a try or else I would've been upset had I never been able to! Ima' just take it out of my backlog, which is fine - one less game to worry about!