I’ve been playing Great God Grove and really enjoying it. I’ve been taking lots of screenshots so I can try to redraw the characters and get better at doing expressions. Right now Ive got a pretty rigid way of drawing faces and I think incorporating this looser style could help me a lot.
I beat Nine Sols earlier this week. Great game. Very difficult last boss.
I’m playing PalWorld now and it’s addicting.
Making my way through the last of my achievements in Hitman. I figured these last ones would all take a long time but I’ve gone through 3 or 4 in just a couple hours so maybe I’ll have it all done before I thought I would.
This is the fourth reference to hitman in a week… time to breakout Absolution.
Borderlands 4 since it went on sale on PS5. Getting my Siren to the last few UVH ranks, farming some bosses, going through DLC, grouping with my buddies when we can. We’ve been enjoying it.
Last week I finally picked up pilgrims. Fun lil game from the maker of samorost. Was faster than expected so I switched back to ufo50 which I (dunno why) hadn’t picked up in a while cuz those games are fun and I still didnt even touched every game in the list :D
So yeah right now I pick up more games which are fast to start without any commitments.
Also I bought binding of isaac rebirth with all dlvs in the sale (its good to be patient) And damn I still love it after all those years :D
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
I tried playing this game a few months ago but couldn’t get it to work - well, it worked out this time. Can’t say it was worth it though.
I started this playthrough knowing these games aren’t really my type of thing but willing to give it a real shot, if only so I could talk with my friend (a huge fan of the series) afterwards and say “hey, I gave it a chance”. Things were relatively alright at the beginning, not great but decent enough to not feel put off immediately. It didn’t take long for my experience to sour though even then I was willing to chuck it up to it to “not being my thing” and wanted to finish the game - by the time I got to Metropolis (level 9 out of 13) I simply gave up.
This was probably the worst gaming experience I had in years. Between mediocre level design, encounter design ranging between “well thought out packs of enemies spread around logically” to “lets just spam a ton of random enemies at once, preferably in small space to make it difficult to avoid” and combat music constantly fading in and out, the whole thing ended up feeling like complete waste of time (in a bad way).I do not want to touch this series ever again and leave it to those who actually enjoy it.
Scarface: The World is Yours
On a more positive note, I started playing Scarface again. Well, I say “positive” but the this one started pretty rough as well, though for different reasons.
Initially, I planned to play the game with the Scarface Remastered Project (mod improving textures, restoring missing effects from PS2 version etc) but had very little luck with it. I couldn’t install it on Linux and when I set up the new files using a Windows partition, none of the new assets would load anyway.
Alright, that sucks but whatever. Let’s just play with the GangstaPatch (mod adding better widescreen support, improving performance and fixing a bunch of other issues) instead - this should be fine, right?
I spent like two hours trying to figure out why the game kept crashing. First it was right after the intro mission, then during said mission the moment I fired my gun. Guess what? You can’t play the game with framerate above 60 (especially during intro). It’ll work fine but only after the intro mission and even then it WILL crash the moment you finish any other mission as well.
Fine, this isn’t a huge deal even if it took me a while to figure out (should’ve start with the obvious solutions first but eh).Great, so the game is working perfectly now. How is it?
Well, it’s pretty easy in terms of difficulty, mouse controls (camera movement and aiming during combat) are abysmal, driving is stiff and weightless, there’s no proper radio system (only a semi-manual music player) and everything looks… pretty bad in terms of visuals. Despite all of these flaws however I really enjoy it.
While it looks and feels like a rushed budget title from a different era, it does have some interesting ideas like active drug dealing, ability to bribe cops, having to launder your money to keep it safe etc. Those things might not be perfectly executed but they’re enough to make the game feel somewhat unique compared to GTA titles. Add the “super serious” if corny story and pretty good voice acting (at least for most of the named characters), and you end up with a pretty decent licensed title. Nothing groundbreaking, sure, but an enjoyable romp nonetheless.
Hopefully I can finish it this time instead of getting distracted again.
I’m being the most patient of gamers this week and playing WoW Wrath of the Lich King :D
Just got my server set up today. Now I need to set up addons and some playerbots to populate the world. There’s even a client with updated graphics for it which is sick.
After trying quite a few games that I didn’t get on with, I played so much of the Guildrun demo that I got a bit sick of it (it’s really good though).
I’m planning to try the Combolands demo this week too (it’s a roguelike city builder).
Red Dead Redemption 2
This is probably the 5th time I’ve gone back to it after a long break. I was really tempted to restart from the beginning but decided to continue from where I am. It’s such a beautiful game and so far I’ve mostly spent my time hunting and fishing :D
Honestly, RDR2 but just hanging out is such a good time.
I finished The Drifter yesterday. It took me three weeks to get through a 10-hour game, that tells you a bit about how little I’ve been gaming lately. Anyway.
Game is absolutely great. 9.9/10, a must-play if you like the genre of point-and-click adventure games, and a game you should seriously consider even if you don’t.
I’ve already waxed lyrical about it in past weekly threads, so I am not going to repeat myself here. All I can add is that the game does stick the landing.
From what I have played, this is the most logical puzzle game ever. There were only something like 5 convoluted puzzles over the course of the whole game, and even those did make some sense in retrospect. Besides those five I got stuck on, I was able to figure out the rest of the game without outside help, and everything felt like it was logical and made sense.
The story is a lot of fun, it was more sci-fi than I expected but I don’t really mind it. It’s a breakneck pulp thriller and it keeps throwing curve balls at you, there is always a twist and turn and you never know what to expect. The writing is super sharp, it’s witty and fun and the dialogue is great. In the latter half there were a couple of voice actors that were only okay, but the rest of the cast is absolutely top shelf and the protagonist especially is great.
Overall I can’t say enough good things about it. The conclusion is satisfying, the main theme of the OST hitting with its heavy synths at a climactic moment was epic and there is even an emotional arc.
Play it, it’s fantastic. Even if you don’t like puzzle games, the story and presentation is great, so if you have to look up a few hints or solutions then so what? You’ll have a good time regardless.
I just played Refind Self: The Personality Test Game. I had it in my wishlist after playing Seven days to see be with you and checked what other games they did.
The game is with discount now.
I do really liked it, it is very short, but at the prices it really worth it.
I don’t want to tell anything more about it, go ahead with the only knowledge that is a personality test and play as you feel.
Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours
First off, I hate that goddamn title: why the fuck is there a space before the colon… it upsets me every time I look at it 😂 The game has an unserious tone, but still WTF.
It’s a fun indie action game. In a nutshell, it’s a shameless Devil May Cry clone, which’s cool because we don’t get enough of those any longer. By that I mean: style meter, style button, d-pad to change styles, change weapons on the fly, unlocking new moves with in-game currency, and it’s even mission based.
Even the moves are identical to Dante’s and Vergil’s classic movesets.
There’s mild exploration for more items and whatnot, which I don’t mind, but the game is fairly linear. It’s about as linear as Devil May Cry 5.
I’m having enough fun with it to go on and beat it eventually, but IDK if I’ll be revisiting it for playthroughs on higher difficulties. I was always more of a Clover, Platinum, and Team Ninja fan than a Capcom/Devil May Cry fan anyway.
Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (original release)
I’ve played it before, though never finished it. After jamming on Skyrim for a couple of years, I wanted an RPG with some fresh content so I picked it up again. The graphics are so dated that they almost wrap around to retro again, but I’ve been having fun planning and then executing a build wrt stats, skills, playstyle, etc.
It’s been enough fun that I’m thinking of picking up the official remaster at some point, but I’m more interested in the community version made in the Skyrim engine, Skyblivion. Have been following the project for a while and it’s almost done!
For what it’s worth, I played about 90 hours in the remastered and had a great time with it. Some people had performance issues which I think is where most of the negative press came from, but I never noticed it personally.
Beat Divine Divinity for the second time, first was in 2004, it’s a nice and simple rpg. A fine story and some diverse quests. The game still plays fine, missing some modern features and the pathing is not that great, but the writing carries it.
Now it’s over to Fields of Mistria as it is finally out of early access.
Unpacking and Hungry Horrors. Both great games!!
I’ve also been doing one Sonic Generations stage a day :D When I’m done with those I’ll move into Shadow Generations!
Still playing Caves of Qud. Probably will be playing that for quite a while (relatively speaking… I mean I tend to lose interest in most things after so many hours).
Live and drink! Good luck with Golgotha!
