I finished my second playthrough of the Elden Ring DLC and the entire playthrough overall. I tried and tried to beat the final DLC boss without using summons or ashes, but the closest I got over many attempts was about ~30% health. I eventually broke and used mimic tear for the 2nd phase and beat it the 2nd time I reached that point. I've also been playing some XCOM2 on commander difficulty
Played Rain World with my friend the other day. Was really fun.
gameplay spoilers
Got murdered a bunch by monster kelp in this one section of Shaded, which was kind of embarrassing looking back especially because once I finally got past them I realized that I had gone the wrong way. Oh well.