MyNameIsAtticus
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is some more Max Payne 2. I made it all the way through the Apartments today. The latter half when you're in that big apartment? It was hell. I ran out of pills at the final boss fight and was basically save scumming the entire fight move by move. Maybe Lem was onto something when he asked Max "What the fuck is wrong with you"? Because that was a wild section, and i probably should have just loaded an earlier save.
Speaking of wild, it was awesome hearing some of the Characters singing the credits song (Late Goodbye). Going back through this is a treat because you notice all these new details. This janitor will end up going through most of the song, i made Max sit here and listen to the whole thing.
When making my way through the apartment i also made sure to keep these NPCs alive. I did it last time i played, it only seems right i do it again. I had quick saves prepared just to save them in case something went wrong. Thankfully i never had too. Too this day they're still alive.
Overall i just wanted to gush about how cool it is going through this again, you notice a lot of little details you didn't the first time. I feel like Remedy has a knack for that. Alan Wake 1 & 2 did it, and i'm sure Control does it too. I'd bet Max Payne 1 does it too.
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toTheir work is awesome. I want to see them live. I was actually just listening to them on the way to class today.
Remedy sticking with them is something I love. Something about their work feels like authentic. I don’t mean it as a jab to songs made for video games, but a lot of the time songs made for video games have this “feel” where you can tell “yep. That’s tied to a specific game”. Something about PoTF’s work though feels like it’s an actual album
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Today's game is Max Payne 2. ever since i started doing a Theme for this month i've been wanting to play this because of it's fall theme (that and the first game in winter). Now that Halloween is over it's the perfect time for this. I even installed the widescreen fix.
I had a bug where the sound mixing was horrendous. In this room it was kind of calming though. Just lots of rain which made it soothing. The police sirens were drowned out so it was just me, Max, and the rain drops.
Going through this game after having beat it once is surreal. I'm noticing a lot of things i didn't before. And on top of that im better at the game than before. I still have to get used to pressing F5 to save every once in a while, but besides that it's an interesting experience.
The dream sequence was a little trippy. I think the widescreen fix did something because there are some visual errors i don't remember. I don't think you can see them in this screenshot, but they were there.
All of this is kind of me refreshing for the Remake coming out soon. I'm excited for it, and i wanted to brush up before it comes out to see the differences. I'm hoping it's a case of things being different but not vastly altered, but with Remedy doing it i have a lot of trust. I just hope Sam Lake is hands on with this one again.
Alan Wake. And on a grander scope almost all of Remedy’s stuff. They put everything together where it feels like there’s more out there. There’s no seam in the metaphorical stitching. It feels like even when you reach the end of something there is more.
From less of a deep standpoint? The 3DS fire emblem games. They do some really cool stuff that connects them together.
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toI wouldn’t say it’s a “different” game, but I play a lot with friends and they like to bounce around or try new things (and I tend to get distracted by other games too).
Sometimes you’ll notice me get really hooked on a game and play that for like a week straight. I think Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Silent Hill f were the last single player games I got hooked on like that. I tried to get into Resident Evil 2 during October too but something about it I couldn’t get into at the time. Maybe some other time.
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toHalo 5, ultimately feels like more 4 to me, so I’d say you’re not missing much besides the lore. But yeah, the design is really the worst part here.
Now that you mention the bright colors and standout interactive pieces of the earlier games, that’s definitely the difference I’m noticing between these. Like with the shutter door I mentioned. It really does not look like you can smash through it or interact with it in anyway.
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toI almost considered referencing you when I mentioned that, but I know some people aren’t cool with that.
Thanks for the source too. I was thinking to myself last night “I should look for a source for this” but decided to put it off for today lol.
Hiring people who hate the franchise seems like a horrible move. I suppose I can see what the idea was, but I still can’t believe nobody higher up thought “wow. This seems like a horrible idea. Why are we doing this?”
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- lemmy.world
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Today’s game is some more **Halo 5**. Me and my friends were in voice call while playing this, and we finally nailed what feels so off about this one to us (at least on a personal level). It feels too much like Borderlands. It’s something about the art style, the fast pace, and the way missions are structured. It’s not bad, but it is far from what we want in a _Halo_ game. Someone mentioned last time that 343 at the time were hiring a bunch of employees who weren’t invested in the franchise, and as a result basically had people redoing the game in a way that disregarded what Halo was. I’m not sure how factual this is, but _if_ it’s the case I can totally see them taking bits from Borderlands with how big it was.
We got too this one section in specific where we have to hold off enemies from a gate. It has been giving us _so_ much trouble. We’re playing on heroic and we’ve spent maybe an hour on this section. It doesn’t help that the enemies are able to hijack vehicles now. So now we have Knights, in all their Spongy Pain-in-the-assiness on the back of a Puma. I might be being a little harsh on the Knights, here. I just have some disdain for them after how spongy they were in Halo 4. They just _don’t_ want to die.
There was also this section in the beginning of the level we were struggling with. Turns out, we needed to find a control panel to enable the turrets. The panel was hidden behind a shutter door we had to blast open. It took a few tries, but I really didn’t appreciate it being so hidden. I think that’s this game’s other biggest flaw, sometimes everything blends in. There’s nothing to discern what can be destroyed or shot at from the environment. Idk how Halo 3 and Reach solved it with their fidelity level, but it’s an issue here.
Besides all that though, I would say I’m enjoying it. I’m sure having friends on makes it a bit more of a fun time. But I’m enjoying playing it nonetheless. It does make me miss Halo 3 though. (Though, in this game’s defense I’m a fucking addict for Halo 3. I’ve legit gotten to the point where I can play through the campaign on legendary in a single day)
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toI’m a college student currently living with his parents and i don’t work, and I planned my courses really well. Like right now I only have classes 3/7 days a week. So the result is just a lot of free time on my hand. And I’ve always been kind of diligent about personal chores (or found ways to be efficient about them)
So outside of class time, I really only spend my time studying, playing games, and hanging out with friends. It’s really a situation I’m lucky (and thankful to have)
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's screenshot is from Shift at Midnight. The game has a Demo up on Steam now. It's this game where you run a gas station's graveyard shift, only the twist is that some customers are Doppleganger's who will attack the gas station if they manage to checkout. So you have to check them and make sure they arent a double through an ID check, a mood scan, and just general questioning. If they're a double? You pop em with the gun under the counter. Yeah, it doesn't really make sense logically (they could just attack you in the store), but it's still fun to play.
We had one customer come in walking funny. We thought he might be a double at first, but nope. dude just had music in his heart and had to dance. Once everything checked out, i rang him up and let him dance on his marry way. (Ignore the... unique posters me and my friend decorated with).
There's this one guy in the back each night shift that gets closer and closer. We thought at first he was a threat, but he eventually got close enough to touch. And me and my friend, being stupid idiots, did the stupid idiot thing and touched him. He's friendly! He even left us a little heart made of coins. He's just a little sweety.
We had another double, only this one was my friend. I think if it wasn't for the fact i *saw* my friend walk past, i wouldn't have grabbed the gun and shot the double. I'm lucky i did because i was not expecting that. It was an awesome curveball for the game to throw at us.
The demo is short, but it's a good time. If you have friends to play with i highly suggest picking it up. It's a good hour to just spend playing with friends. I'm excited for the full release and i hope it has an endless mode because this is a good time.
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is [The Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival](https://adamgryu.itch.io/pumpkin-carver). Me and some friends played this to carve pumpkins together today. It was a good time. I carved this largish pumpkin meant to look like a cat. I forgot the tail though unfortunately.
This game is a great time with friends. It's like this little social lobby kind of like Club Penguin and stuff. I honestly feel like it's a dying breed. Also though i think if it was common place, i might not appreciate it enough.
I have really fond memories of being young, and trying to create my own "Hangout" Hub Game like this in Little Big Planet 2. I had no idea how it would work, but little me was a dreamer. It's nice to see something like this still kicking around though. I hope to see more things like this some day. Just a place to gather with friends. Especially if it stays strictly free and avoids a freemium model.
of course, this game would be a bit boring if it was just a game where you wander around and place pumpkins. There's other things to do, such as this Haunted House Escape Room thing. It was a fun time, though, the proper horror setting doesn't feel very scary. I was kind of hoping for something really scary with the warnings. It was a good time though.
There's a hayride too, and a Movie Theater with a Slenderman-like section you can do. It's honestly all a good time. I'd say it's worth checking out today. And if you're too busy on Halloween, you can do it some other day. It's up for a few weeks after Halloween.
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toI wish i had grown up on Halo, having played most of the games now. When i was first starting to get into gaming Halo 3 had just released and i tried it and wrote it off as just a Sci-fi multiplayer shooter. I was young, but damn. I didn’t know what i was missing out on. I had no idea about the Flood and the entire campaign. It took a while for me to realize the Flood was A actual enemy, and not some name for Zombies in the Infection mood.
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is Halo 5: Guardians. Me and the group i usually play Halo with discovered we *all* have the game so we decided we'd give it a try. We played Halo 1-4, so we have nothing to lose really by giving it a shot.
It's an interesting experience. To be honest, it feels like *more* Halo 4, along with some NPCs backing you up. I accidentally blew up Vale though because my friend was saying you can slap them around because they're invincible. So, thinking they're invincible, i chucked a grenade at Vale. Turns out? They're not invincible.
I can't really find it in me to get attached to Osiris, but i also only just started. It feels a bit weird though to be playing as someone other than Master Chief. I don't know though, Halo 3 did it too. Something about it's execution felt seamless though. Like it was normal. I think part of my issue is the Character select screen between missions. It just feels weird.
The NPC AI is so bad it's funny though. We've started this in joke of just yelling "Fredrick!" to get his attention like we're addressing a dog. Our voice call was just filled with his name. I also had an Enemy elite within energy sword distance just... freeze. Poor guy must have gotten stage fright.
Honestly though, i am enjoying it. I'm sure having friend's though is making the experience better. It's the same kind of vibe as Halo 4 gave me. It's not a bad game, just kind of a bad Halo game. Like as far as everything is it controls fine, plays fine, and they even made the Prometheans slightly more fun to fight. Where it fails is the story (and the AI, but i can overlook that). I don't really know though. It's too early for me to be giving my opinions.
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toYeah, there’s a bit of swimming. I’ve never had to leave the shallows really for loot, but you still have to dive for them. And if your boat gets knocked over while heading over to another island, you’ll have to flip it and clamber back on.
My friend I play with is the same way. He’s terrified of the deep ocean so i usually handle the water based stuff (I’m in the opposite boat, I love the ocean)
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is Stranded Deep. I've kind of given up on the Horror Month thing by this point. I'm not sure why but all my interest in RE 2 suddenly vanished. Still though, Stranded Deep can be scary (at times), especially to the right audience. I was playing with my friend and we built this little house to live in. It took a good hour of playtime but it was worth it.
It's pretty spacious inside too. we were going to get a bed in here before getting off but we cut down all the trees on the island to make the house. We'll give them a bit to grow so we don't hurt the local ecosystem more.
I had to make a few supply runs to other islands. We seem to regularly run out of Lashings. They're somehow the most valuable thing here, followed only by rocks. My supply run got us enough for 5, which is a start but not much.
We got a nice boat selection near spawn to work with at least, so we got some Lashings from there too. We also got some hammers and lights from it so we're not working in darkness.
My friend had to go AFK at the end, to go take care of something. He ended up just crouching here and staring into the sun. It was a peaceful sight, though i fear his retinas may be burned in.
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toWe haven’t really made a lore explanation for it. They are the same character we know, but as far as continuity, we make references though to previous “lore events” though and treat it like it’s just another day of the zombie apocalypse. I guess if i had to try and explain it, some unexplained event happened that caused Jerry and Cable to have to start over?
Jerry and Cable in Baldurs Gate was a Dimension hop though
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is some more *Project Zomboid*. We decided to venture out of the safety of our milk store so one of my friend's who is larping a fireman stripper could get some more Firemen gear. We took a roadtrip to Rosewood too the firestation there. What ended up happening was it got late (in game and irl), so we decided to hunker down in the Firestation and turn it into a safehouse.
While on boarding up the windows i got a little resistance from the local population, I got snuck up on namely. I managed to get everything nicely boarded up though, along with some spares if i ever need them.
The trip there wasn't uneventful either though. We stopped for gas. I was in charge of getting the gas, While Cable (My character's adopted 20 year old son) ran inside for snack. Meanwhile our fireman looked around for anything useful. He found a fire truck nearby and tried to open it, but it set off an alarm and alerted *all* the zombies. We needed the food so we had to fight them off and then keep the path clear to the car.
One of my friend's also disconnected and died in the brief inbetween. I teleported him back because that was a BS death, but we had to stop and fight another microherd on the way there. The car started dying, and while i kept stuff to fix it in the trunk, I needed my friend's to cover me while i installed it. The result was a mess. You can only see part the mess due to the fog, unfortunately, it was a massacre though. I'm lucky i stocked up on shotguns and shotgun shells.
After all that though we made it to town. Surprisingly town had little to no issues. I parked the car, we went inside, cleaned house. Then i brought the vehicles into the garage and started doing the aforementioned barricade. It makes for a cozy little safe house. Should anything happen to the milkstore, this might be where we fall back.
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is some more Phasmophobia. I don't usually do games like this back to back, but today was *busy* and i was caught between playing alone or spending time with friends. I chose to hang out with friends. These games are a bit like social games for us, so it's just a great time to chat and hang out.
We did one of the challenge modes today. It was tough as we died *every* time. It all takes place on this really big farm house that can take a while to get across. We failed every one we did.
It wasn't a complete loss though, as the house had a huge ass wall of just cats. I'm jealous, i'd kill to be able to own and afford this many cats. It's like my own personal heaven.
That's not all though, as when i turn around there's *more* cats (and dogs now). I don't know who owned this house, but i'm fucking jealous. I wish to be able to have this many cats. Curling up with them every night sounds perfect.
I managed to snag the tripod upgrade which is nice. I got a strategy of just slapping it in a room, telling it to pan, and hitting record. It lets me see most everything for evidence while keeping everyone out of danger.
That was ultimately where we kind of quit (one of my friends was legit falling asleep while on cams). It's a shame i only got to use the upgraded tripod once (these things are like toys for me), but i'm glad to have it, as it ultimately can make our job a whole lot easier.
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is **Phasmophobia**. Me and some friends have been trying to collect all the event items in our free time (a.k.a when we're all free and in the mood). It's been fun. We did the light house level and one of my friend's got his neck fucked up by the ghost while hiding in the locker. This friend is what we call the "Kenny" of the group, because every mission ends with him dying, and promptly followed by him screaming "oh, no, not again!".
During our last job of today i was chasing him around with a saw (a normal occurrence) and he tried to blind me with the camera flash. what it resulted in was the discovery that i must have been dead all along as i don't appear in the photo. I must have been the real ghost.
One of my other friends who died continued his trend of bringing me all the cat pictures in the building. I like having them on my desk as it helps me feel relaxed. They need a mechanic where looking at cat picture's helps your sanity drain or something. Now that i think about it, having some sort of one off skill the player could pick would be cool. Have it benefit certain roles. Like i often find myself playing the camera man.
Our final job of today was on a house, if you look closely you can see the "Kenny" of the group dying on the floor again. (i was watching through the windows). With his death i was the last one alive and had to take a guess. I got lucky and got Oni due to it being a 1/3 chance (not factoring in my hunch due to the behavior).
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is Resident Evil 2 Remake. I've been wanting to play this for a bit for this month and finally got around to it these last few days. I made it as far as when the Big Grey Guy in the trench coat shows up. He really threw a wrench in everything because i went from having a few safe spots too not being safe anywhere.
The guy is constantly up my ass and there's like nowhere to hide from him. He makes it a lot more stressful, which is probably good for a game like this. It creates a sense of unease because nowhere really is safe it feels like.
Right now the current puzzle i'm working on is getting across this gap. I'm struggling to cross it right now because i need some sort of h-shaped handle to get across the bookcases on another hole. It's definitely one of those puzzles where you have to suspend your disbelief. Like, you're telling me Leon can't jump that gap?
The portable safe was an interesting challenge. It took a few tries and i struggled to remember the pattern, i got it though. It felt a bit like brute forcing the code. Honestly i was expecting a hint somewhere for it. But i managed to get it without.
Overall, The game is doing an amazing job of creating tension too. Like there's this constant ambience going on and you're never quite sure whether it's a zombie or just the wind. This alleyway especially i hear a lot of zombies. There's also the scarcity of ammo. The handgun doesn't seem to do much except stun them, so my only real option right now if i want them dead dead, is too blast there head off with the shotgun. Ultimately it helps create a good deal of tension because i can't kill all my problems and have to run a lot (like with the Big Guy).
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toWhen I started this it was at some point in my life. Around the 30 day mark though it just kind of evolved into 1 Game Daily.
I have a really open schedule right now (I’m a college student and only have classes 3 days of the week) so usually my days are pretty relaxed with lots of downtime. Though sometimes things do get a little exhausting such as during midterm seasons. I feel like it kind of shows in my posts during that time
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is some more **Project Zomboid**. We got some more people on for our *Milk Store* server. What once started as a little trio has grown into little less than *two* trios though. I took one of them with me to the military base in Louisville to raid it. Not many good things except a generator and a bunch of Ammo though. I did find some radios for if we decided to use the in game VC though.
We also made a run by the local furniture store. One of our friend's worked as a line cook/now owns a pizza place. So we decided to build a shrine to him on our kitchen table with an Apron. This way he can bless all our meals.
Overall the milk store is turning out nice. As you can see we have a nice little interior going on, with fridges and shelves for Supplies.
Even better, i took a truck and a axe over to the forest and started chopping down trees for a log wall. The result was this awesome perimeter fence we've got. I even built us a storage shed. We've got our own little base going on here and it's lovely. I do wish there was some sort of server wide sleep function to skip to day for small servers like this though. It'd be nice, and it'd be even better to be able to use it to introduce the exhaustion systems to multiplayer.
Overall the Milk Store is turning out really nice. We've discussed moving a few times but honestly, with my carpentry getting really high, I think we could modify the Milk Store to fit whatever needs we have now without much work. Maybe I'll tear up the Pavement for farming space too, or expand the log wall.
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is some more Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition. Today was long (I had an exam on Logarithms which didn't go so hot and I'm running on little sleep), so i kicked back and played this before bed. I cheated a bit on my Halloween trend by using the Halloween Texture Pack. It's interesting. I'm not sure if the Texture Pack is bugged or it's intended, but the sky is bright Orange. It adds a unique experience though. It's like the Sky got replaced with a giant ass puddle of Hi-C.
I spent all day today just fishing. I want more cats and it's a relaxing task. I'm not a big cozy game guy, but even i can appreciate stopping and taking it slow every once and a while, which is exactly what i needed today. Something about the way the old fishing is done makes it take a while, which is a bit irksome, but it's still a nice time.
I ultimately found another cat and chased it down to try and tame it with two fish. I didn't get lucky though and it went untamed which is a shame. I'll have gather more fish for next time.
To end off the Day (both irl and in Minecraft) i went ahead and went to the top of my tree house. I fed my tamed cat some more fish i caught as a treat and logged off.
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- pixelfed.social
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Today is some more Zomboid. Me and my friends hopped on and play some more of the Milk Store Save (which is what we've nicknamed it). We're not sure it will be long term, but we went ahead and started outfitting the building with walls and stuff to help make it last longer. I built a log wall around the main building after pulling a semi up too the woods.
What i also did was go on a supply run, which is where i got the Semi (or i should say the second Semi. These things are lying around like hot cakes). I've started going around clearing out the local buildings too in order to keep any surprises from popping up. The last thing i want is for a surprise hoard to break out of a house or something.
I found a in universe version of Bill and Ted (my favorite movie of all time), so of course, i let Jerry watch it. It helped with his mood which is great because he was starting to get depressed. I also went ahead and brought a stove over to the building for me and my friends. I told them the power will shut off so we'll need to switch to a campfire but they still wanted a stove, so i was happy to oblige.
That was kind of all we got up too. I also went ahead and set up a second safe house ahead of time when i was on patrol earlier (it's the house with the red car). I thought it'd be good to have somewhere to meet in case of emergencies, with supplies and such. Hopefully it never has to pay off though.
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is **Monster Sanctuary**. I was initially going to try and diversify The Halloween season by trying some obscure Indie Horror games, but literally all the ones i could find just didn't seem personally appealing or weren't really horror. Mostly for point 1 it was Mascot horror, which, i don't have anything against, but it's not my kind of thing usually. I did pick one Mascot Horror game called Happy's Humble Burger Farm up. It seemed interesting so i might give it a try.
But, on top of that, i found Monster Sanctuary. I originally played the game on i believe Game Jolt way back before it was released and enjoyed it. Back then i was gaming on a 32 bit HP Compaq with 4 GB of RAM (it was 2017/2018), so these kind of games were all i really had access too. As i got older i got access to more diversity, but i'm happy to see this game go a full release. Usually i'm not a Metroidvania (or turn based RPG) guy, but something about the demo version of this was fun to play.
My current team is Becky (my starter), FUCKING bird (it's full name is *stupid FUCKING bird that i hate* after it gave me a bunch of trouble), and Stacy. Surprising i have FUCKING bird on support, which is rare. Because i almost NEVER use support roles in games.
I got all the way to what i would call the first "Boss Fight" of the game, which is this old guy and his Gang of slimes. It gave me a bit of trouble, but i managed to do it with only Stacy dying. That's when the game told me i could upgrade skill for my team and everything got a whole lot easier. That was about where i left off. I got some more grinding in and then called it a night so i could get to bed earlier tonight.
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toUltimately, it’s a sandbox so the difficulty can be scaled to however you have the most fun. Some basic tips I’d suggest though is to cover your windows, so Zombies can’t see in, and maybe look into barricades when you can. You’ll also want to be careful with your fights. Unless you’ve got difficulty low, you can easily get tired and overwhelmed by zombies.
In the later game I also try to setup safe houses around town for emergencies, and I’ll patrol every once and a while too in order to clear out Zombies and keep them from building up around town.
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is Project Zomboid. Me and two other friends decided to start a new save and just play together for a bit. We ended up holing up in a Milk Store. I broke apart tables in the nearby houses for supplies to barricade the windows and my friend put up curtains. Overall? It cleaned up very nicely.
The inside i cleaned out too in order to make space. I brought a couch in and one of my friends brought a TV. We basically made it into a cozy little den with space for food and snacks lol. Even in the apocalypse we'd want to live in luxury it seems.
I found a semi out back which i moved up. I parked it next door. Our hope is to take it out to the woods and harvest a bunch of wood for Log walls to get some security. Then we can have a bit of outdoor space too keep us safe.
That security outside would be nice because the world for whatever reason is always really fog and it's impossible to ever see anything. so having a bit of assurance while outside would be nice. While we originally had plans to start on the log walls, they ultimately fell through because we didn't have time, so that's a future project it would seem.
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is (probably) the last bit of Undead Nightmare. I completed the story and only have a few more challenges along with the Lost souls left to do.
Beating the story, i was prepared to basically never be allowed into a town again. I had vivid memories of survivors basically opening fire on Zombie Marston on sight from watching my dad play. After all, he's a zombie, why wouldn't they open fire on them?
It turns out though they're completely chill and even will greet him. I walked right up to these two and just posed for a selfie basically. This lead me to the revelation that it turns out my dad basically got into hot water with all the towns, probably by shooting someone and my entire thought about the post game from my childhood was wrong.
The mummies are creepy as fuck. Something about their tall lanky ass figures unsettles me. Luckily they were easy to dispatch. I ended up just blasting them in the face with a shot gun and using the blunderbuss to blow them to little (zombie) bits.
While i was out hunting for bears to beat to death with a torch (as one does), i saw a Sasquatch. I thought these fuckers were extinct after i gunned them all down for a quest. Anyways, it makes me a little happy to see them wandering around, and also that the one at the end of the quest lived. It turns out he's not so alone anymore.
After that i went back to trying to hunt the bears for the rest of the night. I'm having some trouble with it though. It keeps running from the torch for the mission. I tried lassoing it but that also doesn't work. I'll have to try something else. It's a shame headshots kill it because i could weaken it otherwise.
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is some more Undead Nightmare. I spent the entire time clearing out the towns from the Undead. It took a minute, but i eventually got it without too much hassle. The hardest part was the one in the screenshot above where John has to climb this cliff to get up there, and even then that's because the cliff was such a big danger.
While i was trying to climb the ladder to get to the survivors, John got pulled down. It was a bit terrifying because for those brief few seconds i was left defenseless. On the upside when i paused the game i got this humorous frame of John hitting his head. He look annoyed by it more than anything,
Going by El Presidio, these gates don't look like they'd do a very good job of keeping the hordes of the undead out. I mean, i don't design gates for a living, so I could be wrong, but when you have zombies that spit acide and gaps that wide i don't think it will help.
The final place i had to save was MacFarlane's Ranch, which had become overrun. It wasn't too hard of a clear, this one lady on the roof though started hovering above the ground and freaking out about me sniping zombies. She kept begging me to stop shooting. When i turned around though she was gone. Spooky shit.
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Today's game is some more Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare. I did the Sasquatch quest today. This quest always makes me feel bad because the poor guy didn't deserve it. I tried to put him out of his misery, but accidentally still had the Explosive rifle equipped. I shot him and it blew up but he survived and ran away. I suppose he wanted to live so i let him go.
This isn't the first time i made this mistake because i accidentally shot a Sasquatch with an explosive rifle while hunting them too. With my tendency to make firearm mistakes, it makes me glad i don't have any interest in owning them in real life. My dumb ass wouldn't be able to trust myself with them. At least the Sasquatches death looked relatively painless? I'm not about to start googling whether being blown up instantly is a painless death but it was near instant so i hope he went peacefully.
I found out at the beginning of the quest that the God at the end of the story actually follows you throughout the entire game, and she's actually in this cutscene too. Another instance i realized was the one in Armadillo where she's looking through a window while talking to the sheriff. Far creepier shit.
After this i finally drove through the barricade into Mexico. Then i immediately went back after i caught a Retcher to turn it in for the quest. *Then* I went back to Mexico *again* to continue the main story. I doubt it will be the last time i cross the border though so i'm sure i'll end up there again.
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Today's game is some more Undead Nightmare. I was doing the side missions i need to do in order to progress and i ended up finding War. It was a difficult job to break him. I don't think it takes more time for the Mythical ones but i did get bucked off the first time. Luckily i was able to get the horse wrangled up quickly and hopped back on, which was really lucky because i had some wolves hot on my tail.
I was also trying to get the Spitter for the Side Quest for the movie producer. I ended up redoing the tumbleweed graveyard, thinking i could just grab it and waltz out. Turns out when i saved it for last though, the zombie just decided it swallowed some fireworks and blew up on me.
I also saved all the towns as well. I thought having all them available for transport would be helpful, and i was right. It's saved a *ton* of time getting around. It made picking up the side quests especially easy. While i was saving this one particular settlement i found this dorky looking guy in a top hat.
I didn't realize i needed to do all this side stuff to progress the main story, but it does kind of check out. It'd be hard to do it as Zombie Marston. In a way though i'd suppose it's not really side content if you *have* to do it. Anyways, i hope to get the last few out of the way tomorrow.
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Today's game is **Mario Kart 64**. It's kind of spooky on Banshee Boardwalk, right? I actually just had a long day and wanted to relax (i've had my nose to the grindstone the last few days for an essay so i'm wiped). I tried to stay on theme for the month, it was surprisingly difficult to find something relaxing and quick to bite into. This was what i settled on.
I *did* get a little sidetracked against the actual racing portion with this light, For the technology at the time i wanted to see if it was *actual* lighting or if it just tinted the sprite yellow. I couldn't figure it out, but based on the lighting with the fish i think it might be a combination of both (notice the light glaring against the underside).
I also did bowser's castle which was the only thing close to spooky i could think of. I ended up stopping to look at the wall too. I think this one is just a baked in gradient though, Then again, i've seen some impressive shit on the N64 so it's possible. I'm not sure why they would though.
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Today's game is some more Undead Nightmare. Look at that moon! I was out hunting for dessert sage for the Blunderbuss and saw it. I didn't realize it could get so damn bright. That's like "sky is super clear" levels of bright.
I ended up riding up to the river that borders where the second game's world is. I like seeing this kind of stuff. It's super fascinating to me. It appears at some point the river rose and became way faster. I wonder why? Maybe there was a dam built further upstream or something.
I ran into this guy who was feeding his wife who had turn. It reminded me a bit of John and his situation. Though, John didn't go off the deep end and start feeding Jack and Abigail people.
The final thing i got up to was the Paternal Pride mission. This is always the mission i remember from this DLC. something about climbing into the barn is just iconic too me. Though, this mission always unsettled me to be near the barn in the main game for some reason. I guess it just kind of stuck with me.
As i was climbing the barn i was kind of thinking about how i'd like to see a Zombie game that has Assassin's Creed's Parkour (the old one). I think it'd be an interesting combo assuming the Parkour is good.
And that's kind of all i got up too. Apparently the next mission has me going to Mexico, which i know is close to the end of the DLC. It's a *lot* faster than i had expected which is interesting. It's still a good time though, especially with all the side stuff added.
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Today's game is some more Phasmophobia. I meant to have Resident Evil 2 downloaded but it paused for some reason, so that threw a wrench in my plans. I was already planning to play this with friends today though so that works out perfectly at least for my horror month. We unlocked the last of the (currently) available maps. So we did the Asylum today.
Before that though we did one of the houses. When one of my friend's died he found out he could interact with things when dead. So he brought me a painting of a cat because i love cats. Then he brought me a shoe. Then another Shoe. Then Another. Before i knew it the entire van was covered in fucking shoes like someone went crazy in a shoe town.
We also did the Light House and the Ferryman of the Dead easter egg. It was a bit of a puzzle, but it was fun to do blind. It ended up being a bit of a one man job though, so while my friends were searching for the ghost i was searching for this. I felt a bit bad for not pulling my weight. I *did* end up being the only one to make it out alive though ironically enough.
I've talked about this a few times, but i really like that the game saves the photos you take with the camera. It really gives everything like a "found footage" kind of vibe which i think is really cool. I wish the game had the option to save them automatically though. Currently you have to go into the game's folder and save them between games.
The camera does the same thing, though because we usually have the night vision on and it's low resolution it looks a *lot* less pretty. I think it will improve as we upgrade our gear though.
It was even worse in the asylum. I doubt you could even tell this is the church where the ghost was located. Somehow it caught footage though and even saved one of my friend's lives. After that close call we decided to retire our ghost hunting for the day. We were just trying to get the last few goals anyways.
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Today's screenshot is some more Undead Nightmare. I'm still debating whether to go back in and complete Silent Hill f or move onto the next game, regardless though i needed time for the next game to download so i booted this up and played some more.
I did the mission where you have to burn all the coffins. It wasn't difficult at all. Honestly the thing that gave me the most trouble was not backing out of the graveyard. I ended up setting up a corral for the Zombies to charge down. Then just blasting them with dead eye and a shotgun.
Passing through the world, i feel like it's darker and foggier than the game usually is. Maybe it's just a placebo or the tone of it making things a little more eerie, but it almost feels grayer and more washed out.
Speaking of eerie, for how comedic this game is it really does a good job of unsettling me. Like the old woman at Coot's chapel, who you help in the main story (and has her own creepy thing going on there too) appearing as an undead. It's just a bit interesting how the DLC can one minute joking around and the next be incredibly unsettling.
Another example of this is the Zombie Animals. It is fucking terrifying to have them chasing you down on horse back. Wolves in the base game are bad enough, now i have to worry about them being undead? No thank you.
The Bears are pretty bad too, at least they're fucking massive though and you can see them coming. I ended up getting off after being mauled by one though, so that size probably doesn't do much to help me.
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Today's game is some more Silent Hill f. I finished the Good ending today and even shoved through too the UFO Ending. I was skipping all the cutscenes because i had seen them before and it's still New Game+ so nothing will change. I probably got through too the UFO Ending in maybe 3-4 hours? Probably less to be honest. While i was running through the Dark Shrine, i stopped to get some pictures and it was really pretty. I wanted to get more last time but got some caught up in the story i forgot too.
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The Boss fight for the good ending was a lot of fun. I was playing on into the Fog difficulty but it reminded me a lot of the Arkham City clayface boss fight. Specifically the bit with the pit where all the little biped clayfaces are swarming around you and you use the sword to take them down one by one. With the sword it's very much the same feeling of swiping down enemies one by one and then going after the big guy.
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The ending i wasn't expecting. I was fully expecting to have to kill the guy, but nope. He just kind of realized he was in the wrong and let the player go (granted after completely wiping the floor with him). Kind of surprised because he really creeped me out so i was fully expecting him to be straight evil. I suppose the ideal outcome though is he realized the error of his ways and grow though.
If this is the "Good" ending it makes me wonder what the "True" ending is then. My theory is that it is some middle ground between what everyone is calling the Good and Bad ending. Idk though, i need to get the bad ending to see.
My hunch about the Good ending also contextualizing the other ending turned out to be true as well. I like that it added supernatural elements. I didn't hate the first ending, but it didn't feel particularly "Silent Hill" to me.
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I went ahead and started up another save for the Bad Ending too. I hope with me skipping cutscenes up until i diverge to the Bad Ending it will take far less time, we'll see though.
My hope now that i don't have to worry about a bunch of extra stuff is to get all the documents this time around along with all the other collectibles. I'm trying to put together a spread sheet but it's turning out to be difficult.
I'm debating whether to hold off on doing the playthrough straight away though or step back. On the one hand it's a narrative heavy game so taking a step back isn't ideal, but on the other hand neither is 4 back to back playthroughs.
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Today's game is [Don't Stop, Girlypop! (Steam Link)](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2610650/Dont_Stop_Girlypop/). I saw this game _somewhere_, i don't remember where though. It looked super fun though. So i decided to take a brief break from my Horror Month for this (unless the 2000s are scary to you, in which case prepare to be spooked).
The game is a fast paced Arena Shooter where literally the worst thing you can do is to stop. It has you bouncing off the walls harder than me when i forget to take my Adderall. It's fast paced and addicting. I ended up playing with controller (I'm a PC gaming Heathen who plays with controller) so i had to make my own controls. What i ended up doing was basing it on Halo which is the second closest game i've played.
The game has customization too which is fun. I put Pink leopard print on my character and put a shark on my shotgun. I named him Douglas (named after Douglas Adams). I also covered it in Rhinstones.
On top of the fun fast paced gameplay it has some fun mechanics that tie into the high speed system. One of them is Tommy. He's a digital pet who needs to be fed love by killing enemies. If his food timer hits timers he goes boom. It's like a ticking time bomb to kill as many enemies as possible.
Overall the game is a lot of fun. The controls need a little more work i think and i think it can sometimes be hard to tell the enemies apart from the environment, but it's fun to play. It's currently only a demo so it's free to play right now. It's one of those games with a really unique idea though that i hope to see more of.
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Today's game is some more Silent Hill f. I got close to finishing one of the endings today, but i decided *not* to pull a me and play it all in one night, and instead I stopped and took a break. It was hard to pick a screenshots that wasn't full of spoilers, but i settled on this one. The player will come back here a couple times in the game. The game does a really good job of changing the vibe. It goes from being a creepy spooky dead tree, to being kind of calm. I think it's the new Leaves falling from the sky and the music changing to something almost soothing. It was nice to be there. Honestly i just chilled for a bit there.
While i was up in the mountains i saw this Gazebo looking thing, and i swear to god i've seen this exact same Gazebo in Alan Wake. I swear i'm not crazy but i'm seeing Alan Wake in everything, and especially in this game. It even has *loops*. My brain keeps seeing things and going "This is *just* like Alan Wake". Anyways, moral of the story is don't let me near anything slightly resembling Washington State.
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The Rinko boss fight was *way* easier than the other one. I pummeled her for a bit with the Big Arm Mode Thing and then dodged enough to get a good few hits in with a heavy attack. It was a quick ten minute ordeal.
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I stopped for today after getting to the second to last-ish chapter. I got everything i need for one of the endings and with the way i've set it up, hopefully i can just drop in, do the other ending, and start NewGame++.
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Today's game is some more **Phasmophobia**. Me and my friends decided to kick the game up in difficulty a bit and try the Farmhouse levels. This was some of the most fun yet. During one of the Hunts my friends all got locked in, and one of them tried to escape. While he got cornered and was being choked to death, the Ghost threw a fucking boot at me. The audacity.
My poor friend died too. It was okay though, he walked it off for the next hunt. I think...
One of the hunts we did turned the sky red and made it rain blood. It makes me want to ask why my Ghost Hunting team decided to come out that day. all i'm saying is if the sky is blood red and it's raining blood, that's my cue not to go out and fuck with ghosts that day. And what do you know? I'm the only one who made it out alive.
One of my other friends can't figure out how to hold a camera properly either. We're wondering if he's a ghost because his camera hovers. It would make sense, especially because he's the Red Shirt of the group. He's *always* the first to die.
The last map we did was the Farmhouse. Me and my friend played this before the overhaul, and damn. They really changed it up. There's a massive fucking hole in the ceiling and the bathtub is draining into the floor. There's no way this place is up to code. After this one we got the prison unlocked, but decided to save that for next time we play.
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Today's game is some more Silent Hill f. I'm loving the game's New Game+ so far. I won't dive into spoilers, but i really like it. I love when game's handle their New Game+ in that way. I will say though that if you're not the kind of person to play New Game+ or enjoy multiple playthroughs it will hurt your experience. It will seem a bit short to some people i'm sure.
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Now for the actual (somewhat) spoilers. While i was doing the Dark Shrine section, i went into the room with the Rabbit Coop. Last time i was in here i *did* notice the blood, but i just brushed it off as "Spooky Ambience Blood". I couldn't have been more wrong though, as there's a note from Sakuko discussing how she chopped the rabbit she named Hinako up. It's one of those moments that make you stop and appreciate the little details, while still being heavily perturbed.
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Some of the cutscenes are different too which i like. I had been worried it wasn't going to really be any different outside one or two little changes, but nope. There's full some pretty major changes. I was hoping for some differences in Sakuko, Shu, and Rinko's death scenes. But i'm not sure where the narrative is going so maybe it just wouldn't work.
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I got this pretty shot of the school which was nice too look at. There was nothing dangerous here so i just relaxed and watched the field for a bit. Silent Hill has this weird thing going on with the fog where it's relaxing and scary at the same time. It reminds me kind of like when i was young and it would be early morning and raining. I'd be waiting to go to school. I didn't expect to be getting nostalgic over this lol.
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The school was a little different this time too. A lot of the doors were unlocked from the start which was interesting. Also one of the locker codes was just the word Egg(399) because the girl who owned the locker *loves* eggs. It's the kind of random thing i expect to see out of the franchise.
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Anyways, i had cleared the Shrine Entrance and stopped once i left the school. Hopefully if i get the time tomorrow i can finish my New Game+ run and maybe start NewGame++ which i found out is a thing.
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Today's game is some more Silent Hill f. I had made my way back through the town today.
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With the scene where one of your friend's kick a whole in a board, it had me wondering if it was some sort of Metaphor or Symbolism. I'm not sure, but it has that same kind of vibe that Silent Hill 2 had with some things where when you look back at them after knowing the twist, you go "Oh, that's really good symbolism".
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I had lost all my weapons for the most part, so it was a constant fight or flight to get through. It did help amp up the adrenaline a bit though because i felt like i was under constant threat. With knowing a lot of the game's tricks a lot of that fear can be taken out, so being forced to run with no option to fight was a nice mix up.
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I found one of the UFO posters which was cool. I found 2 actually, i think i missed the first one though so i'll have to go back through on *another* playthrough to get it. I think i already needed to do another one anyways for the true ending, but damn. I was really hoping to be efficient about this.
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Just to be sure i back tracked to the general store to get the last item i needed. It wasn't there, but i did get this screenshot i really like how it turned out. This game has a lot of cool ambience too it which i appreciate. It's a different kind of feel than what say Silent Hill 2 had. I especially like the floral them it has going on.
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Today's game is Phasmophobia (to stick with my "horror month" theme). With the Steam Sale i bought a copy for 2 other friends for a full party which makes these games 100% more fun. I suppose that's the downside to these games though, you kind of need people you vibe with to play with, which means someone has to pay for a copy somewhere down the line. Luckily they're not too expensive, but still it, it can make it hard to gather people.
I discovered the game save's it's camera photos which is fun. It adds a bit of depth to the ghost hunting mechanic which is fun. It also saves screenshots from the in game "Videos" you get, which are basically the same thing. It would be cool if it saved them as actual videos, but the processing power to render that probably would bar some people from playing. Anyways, here's a picture of my friend being choked by a ghost.
This was after all 4 of us went back into the house to get a video of the ghost because i asked too. Somehow, i was the only one who made it out unscathed. Everyone else died or had to use a Crucifix to save themself. It was kind of ironic. Anyways, when i want media now, i get to go in by myself from now on to get it.
Me and one of my friend's decided this whole ghost hunting thing wasn't working out, so instead we started robbing the place. Anything that wasn't nailed down went.
He... ended up dying to the ghost. And so did my other friend. Somehow i was the only one who made it out alive. **And** i made off with everything in the house. I didn't guess the ghost correctly though unfortunately.
We also found a Monkey's paw. We activated it, we're not sure what it did. Nothing happened. I guess whatever wish it granted just cancelled out. At least i got this cool looking photo of it though. That was kind of all we got up too. It was a chill way to spend an evening with friends and once everyone figured it out we were having a blast.
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Today's game is Red Dead Redemption's Undead Nightmare. I wanted to stay on theme for my little "Horror Month" but literally everything except this and Silent Hill f is still installing, so i decided to boot this up. I ended up not doing much with the story though. I rode into a town and cleared it out while following the power lines (I wanted to see where they go). When i was younger i couldn't play this because the Zombie's freaked younger me out. They still do in some games. In Undead Nightmare, despite the sometimes comedic tones it still has me on edge because these guys are like roaches and fucking everywhere. On top of that they sprint at you like a Track Athlete doing a bull impression.
Speaking of those powerlines i was following? Turns out, at least on one side they end randomly next to the tracks.
While i was clearing out blackwater, i ended up wondering what the fuck happened in the last 24 hours to set everything on fire. The girl mentioned that everything kind of went bad yesterday. So did people just start setting things on fire a day in? Just, damn, things went to shit fast.
I brought a zombie corpse back for this guy too. I ended up watching him too see what he does with it. He just stood over it and smoked. He said he was a doctor, but i don't know what kind of doctor smokes over a corpse. Then again, i major in computer science so what do i know about diseases?
Around here was where i stopped. In a way this was kind of like confronting a fear younger me had (though i've been over it for a long while). It was still fun too play through though. The supercharged Dead Eye and new weapons are a lot of fun. I have a lot of stuff planned for October, but if i get time I want to revisit this (and maybe finish the OG too).
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Today's game is some more Silent Hill f. I've been slowly playing the New Game+ in the background and decided to let everything else rest for a while. I want to try and do a month of just horror games. When i started New Game+I decided i was going to play on the Into the Fog Difficulty (the hardest one). It is a *nightmare*. Most enemies can kill me in two strikes. *This* is the reason i say I've been slowly playing it. It's still a fun time though even if it's a struggle. Along with this i installed a free cam mod. I wanted to peek around and also use it to capture some awesome photos. It has one downside and that is that i can't change the FOV. Still though, it's awesome to have.
**I won't be mentioning any story spoilers here** (I'm still working through New Game+) but i love the subtle changes New Game+ makes. That's all I'll say.
The puzzles on this difficulty are a challenge too because they're often time kind of vague. It's honestly a little refreshing though having puzzles this hard. It really gave me time to think. Though, i did end up struggling a bit with the Scarecrow puzzle.
The first Dark Shrine boss fight was the first major challenge i came too on Into The Fog. I've been trying to beat it for the last 3ish days. The boss fight basically needed completely perfect dodges because i rarely got time to heal. I ended up keeping my Sanity up for the Otter charm too auto counter and then used focus attacks to deal damage from a distance. It's the only time i felt like the Into The Fog difficulty was unfair because it took so many hits to end this boss. I know it's the hardest difficulty, but some times this felt like Halo 2 Legendary difficulty for this boss fight. It took me a while. I *did* do it though.
I ended off after the boss fight. I took a quick look around for anything i might need and then saved before getting off. Now that the first boss fight is done I'm hoping i can get back to running away from most enemies like i have been. The challenge honestly makes the whole thing feel a lot more tense because i can't just fight everything.
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Today's game is some more Final Fantasy 7 Remake. I *finally* beat the Abzu boss fight. It was a surprising challenge to be thrown into at the start of the chapter. I struggled to get him to catch fire sometimes. Eventually i managed to get through it though. While i was fighting him i noticed a surprising amount of detail on his model for, at least for something that would normally be moving.
Going through the sewers system was interesting. I went ahead and checked the differences between this and the original and i found out they greatly expanded this section. The whole thing was a bit tedious with the gate system, but it wasn't too bad.
There's a cutscene where the bridge crumbles and cloud nearly falls in the sewage water. Aerith and Tifa were acting like he'd die, makes me wonder just how toxic that stuff is? I assumed it would just be extremely gross, but nothing a heavy duty shower won't clean off. Maybe it's really toxic though.
There was the pump minigame, which i really struggled with. I think the instructions just kind of went in one ear and out the other so it was a challenge. I managed to get it though after reading through it multiple times.
I ended at the train yard, which, man, this makes me want to replay Alan Wake because there's a train yard section in that game too. I'm already considering pausing *everything* else and just doing horror games until Halloween, so maybe i'll put that on the table too along with Alan Wake 2, a replay of Silent Hill 2's remake, and finishing up Silent Hill f.
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Today's game is some more Minecraft Xbox 360 edition. I was going to hop into my world, but i was feeling a bit nostalgic so i decided to jump into the old tutorial world instead. It was nice to relive the memories. That wood shack to the left is *still* my basic, go to design for any quick homes i need to build.
I wandered around the tutorial area for a bit, and i found one of the old villagers. It's kind of surreal seeing the old model after so long of the new ones. In a way i kind of like it more. It's probably nostalgia though.
After wandering around for a lot longer, i came across this tower. I remember when me and my sister would play the Demo, we would always see this tower and want to get over too it. But with the 1 hour time limit we just couldn't ever get over there in time (our naive child brains probably did not help). By the time we got a copy of the full game i think we had visited it and the allure of visiting it vanished.
I went ahead and went in for old times sake. I looked around and kind of found myself looking at the old glass texture. Younger me **hated** the dashes in the middle. I remember wishing for a texture pack to replace the glass. Now? I miss it. It's definitely nostalgia, but also i think a part of it is what it represents to me.
When this was still the default glass texture, my builds were a lot less focused on looking pretty and presentable. Instead my younger self went "I want to build a big ass house". and you know what Younger me did? He built the biggest looking house ever. Sure, it looked like shit, but there was something oddly endearing about the big ass house that looked like shit. I still built it and i know it looks like shit, but i still like it.
I guess what i'm trying to say is i have more fun when i don't care that my house looks like shit.
It's something i try to apply a lot now when playing games, and especially minecraft, and though i sometimes falter, it brings a sort of comfort not to worry about how things look.
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Today's game is Mario Kart 64. I was messing around in the Time Trials mode today. I meant to do a Grand Prix but got distracted just looking around. I decided to go backwards on Toad's Turnpike for example, and I guess the car horns bugged out or something because they kept honking at me.
There was also this section where the Race starts. It stood out to me a bit. As far as i'm aware highways don't have this weird kind of bit here usually, so it makes me wonder what this is for? Does the road have a dedicated section just for racers? Is this a real road? (Well, i guess not since it's just a complete loop). If it's not real, did they just build a fake highway for them to race on? Is this what the Mushroom Kingdom's Tax Dollars are going towards?
I also stopped and looked at this traffic sign. I never really noticed it before but it's funny to me that the Mushroom Kingdom's highway system has road signs and i *assume* laws on merging lanes too.
On jungle parkway did you know the boat will turn around? I didn't. I stopped to follow it for a bit and just found out it will go down the river and do a 180. I assumed it just kind of popped in and out when it got a chance.
There's this little canyon river i noticed to on Peach Circuit. It's one of those things i knew it was there, but i didn't *know* it was there. Yknow? I wonder what it leads too. Looking back i should have taken a free cam and seen if it connects to anything.
There was also this little bit behind the bleachers i noticed. I thought it was interesting that it was there, and more importantly it was a sloped surface. It would have been (i assume) easier on the system and developers to just make it a square which is interesting.
Anyways, i basically just drove around the tracks and looked at things i noticed. I kind of forgot to actually *play* the game. There was another thing to do with the barn on Moo Moo Farms having windows on the side you can't see that i wanted to get a screenshot of, but i couldn't get a chance too.
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Today's game is some more Final Fantasy 7 Remake. I finished Chapter 9 today (after 3 days of it). It was surprisingly long. I wasn't expecting a rhythm mini game either. I *did* know that Cloud cross dressed through hearing about the game online over the years, i never knew the context though. Poor cloud is just not having a good day. First the Massage, and now getting ogled by the Don. At least he's finally out of there. He did seem to mildly enjoy how he looked in the dress though, or at least wasn't bothered by it in the end.
I liked when the game separated Cloud from the other two. As a plot and gameplay device i love when games with party mechanics remove the Main Protagonist from the party for a bit and have you control someone else. It's a trivial thing usually, but it does add a spotlight to the characters which i like.
I went ahead and did the Arena Fight too. It was kind of weird doing it without a second party member. With it just being cloud i had to be a lot more careful not to fuck up and get downed. Still, it wasn't too much of a challenge. I managed to take the two fireball things out fairly easily.
With the Abzu fight i had some more trouble and failed the first time. I think i started to struggle when i took out the first horn. I'll look at the assess again next time i try and work from there. It's a shame, i had him whittled down to the last bit of health and then he wiped the floor with my party.
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Today's game is some more Final Fantasy 7 Remake. I did the Hell House boss fight today and jesus, it was tough. I barely managed to make it through first try and it was by the skin of my teeth. In the last stage i wasn't able to really get any spells in because it kept killing my party members any time i filled the bar, so i basically had Aerith on healing duty and cloud spamming potions until things aligned and i got a spell in on the arm. I didn't even end up killing it with a Stagger ironically, as just attacking to fill the bar did enough damage to kill it. Never thought i'd struggle to fight a house.
I enjoyed wandering around Wall Market (for the most part). If it wasn't for the more eye raising parts of it i'd say it's a pretty town.
Going up to the Don's mansion was an especially interesting sight. It looks almost out of place here, then again rich people tend to be weird like that and build the most out of place houses imaginable.
When i got the massage scene i paid for the 3,000 gil one, thinking that *maybe* it would give me some sort of buff, even temporary (hence the different price brackets). But poor Cloud just came out of it looking uncomfortable. Sorry buddy, i legit thought it would give you a buff.
The Cutter fight in the Arena i had an easy time with. Just whack em' until my lightning spell was charged and strike while keeping pressure and health up with Aerith. I honestly struggled more with the fight with the gang before. They had guns and could hit me from the other side of the arena.
Ultimately though, i made it through and beat the Hell House after ten minutes of fighting. It was fun seeing the flowers build up. I got to the part where i get the side quests for the chapters and stopped. I wanted to keep going but it was late and i had no clue how long this chapter would go on for.
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Today's game is some more Final Fantasy 7 Remake. I finally managed to bear Rude's boss fight (I was really struggling). I ended up switching between cloud and Aerith way more often to keep pressure on him. When he went for one character i'd switch, get some damage in, and then switch again. With how smooth it was i get the feeling that's how the game is meant to be played. Once i beat it i got to see the gorgeous sight of the garden at night, which i think was well worth it.
I wasn't expecting to do a little mini game to sneak out. What i want to know is if Aerith boobytrapped the house for some reason? Because all this stuff wasn't lying here before. Is this like a nightly occurrence for her or did she do this specifically to fuck with cloud?
To help with the Rude fight i mentioned struggling with, i also went and did all the side quests. It helped get some exp and this is where the rapid switching kind of clicked with the scorpion fight in the graveyard. At least, it did until cloud died. I managed to make it just barely though.
I tried the Shiva fight too. It didn't go well. She completely wiped the floor with me. I maybe took out 1/4 of her health? I'll go back when i have the rest of my party gathered. Then i think i stand a better chance, especially with Barret and Aerith on range and Cloud and Tifa on Melee.
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Today's game is **Silent Hill f**. I was originally going to wait for a sale and just pick it up, but through Humble i got a discount and decided "you know what, i was going to play 2. I'll pick this up and play it to warm up for October". That was yesterday. This game is short. I played it all today in one sitting. In total it took about 14 hours for one playthrough.
Honestly though, i kind of don't regret it. The last time i enjoyed a game *this* much would have been with either Silent Hill 2's Remake or Alan Wake II. Both of which i know i would have played in one sitting if i could. I think my *only* complaint is on the normal ending, and even then I think this is subject to change in the New Game+ ones.
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I will also add that the sections with the Fox arm took me out of the "Horror" vibe of it. It felt less like I was fighting for my life and more like i was pummeling things. I give it a pass though because of it's narrative importance making up for it.
I mentioned having a gripe about the ending. I will say, i actually *really* love the twist that it seems to be a battle in her head. At least that's what i got from it. It's the kind of twist i *love* and i wasn't expecting it. My only gripe is the lack of otherwordly elements in a Silent Hill game.
I still really enjoyed it though and I suspect that one of the other endings will rectify this (this is the reason i'm not talking much about the ending), and you *know* i'm going to go do all of them. Legit, it's super late and i'm already having to fight the urge not to go back in for another 14 hours.
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Anyways, i *really* enjoyed it and i'm planning to go back for more. It's been a while since i enjoyed a game like this. I probably won't do it back to back though. I already have FF7 on my plate so i'll probably do it another day. Maybe another binge though? I think it'd be fun.
Overall i'd say if you know you're going to go seeking out all the endings it's worth it (maybe a little overpriced?), if not though, maybe wait for a major price drop.
There’s some parts where i forget that it’s PS2 era. It really feels like something from the next gen. It’s surreal