Mid 2025 Update

Hey all,

It's been a really long hiatus from me. I'm happy to report that I'm still gaming whenever I'm not working.

New games that I may or may not review one day since my last update:

  • Genshin Impact - TL;DR, I caved and played this after much struggle. 
  • Wuthering Waves - i.e. not 'Withering', despite auto-correct's attempt.
  • Honkai: Star Rail - technically not new-new, but am still playing and also no Rie-viewed this yet.
  • Twisted Wonderland - same story as HSR. Well, how I got into this game is slightly different from HSR...

On the other hand, some sad news:

On 20 March 2025, ShiWuYu or Tale of Food officially shut its Singapore-Malaysia server since its launch in 27 May 2020. While it's tragic news for most fans who had close bonds with their favourite in-game characters, some fans were fortunate enough to jump onto the Companion version of the game. This version isn't as event-filled as what most fans would be used to, and fans will still need to start from scratch (i.e. 4 or almost 5 years worth of story content to go through...).

Before you asked, no I didn't go through the hoops and scour for the Companion version.

Was I sad when the news of the server shutdown broke out? Yes, duh. I mean, I started this game during the time when the world entered into isolation and lives disrupted. But at the same time, while I was passionate about the game when I started, gradually things... cooled off. 

At some point, I was just doing my dailies to save up in-game currencies. At first, I'd still faithfully read through each limited time event storyline - which eventually became a frequent skip-button visitor.

To me, it was like an amiable breakup with both parties walking away. No intense disappointment, no frustration of loss. 

Anyway, coming back to the point, when this all happened, I was already engrossed with the top four games at the start of this post. Some of the games I had previously Rie-viewed were uninstalled since I Rie-viewed them, while others (like Tale of Food) discontinued their game.

And yet, life moves on. 

What's next for this blog?

Well, I'll occasionally may still come on here and post. Maybe I'll Rie-view the games above. 


But for now, I'll be heading back into the grind. See you all in the next one!


~ RieRie

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