MyNameIsAtticus
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is Ocarina of Time. I finished my 10th something playthrough today and even fought Ganondorf off with a bottle. I know i already chose a picture of the Master Sword for a screenshot, but this *really* feels like an appropriate screenshot to end off on for one of my favorite games of all time.
I also considered this for the the screenshot but ended up going with the Master Sword. It just looks far better. It *did* give me this amusing photo of Zelda though:
During the tower escape i stopped to take a picture Ganondorf's corpse. It was another one i was considering, but i can imagine how humorous the conversation is as Link is telling Zelda to hold up so he can take a selfie with the corpse.
Of course, i couldn't talk about the boss fight without mentioning the epic final battle. It taking away the master sword and leaving you to fend without it, only to get it back and slay Ganon with it is an epic scene. It was amazing dodging his attacks with the Z Targeting and rolling under his legs to get his tail. It's a simple and basic fight, but an amazing example of where i feel like this game shines. Honestly, i think it's a contender for a good core Zelda game.
What i mean by that is it's what i'd recommend to someone who's never played Zelda but wants to give it a try. Is it a little rough graphically? Yes. But It covers all it's base's amazingly and i feel it's amazingly accessible to newcomers. The story is basic but epic, it's not too long and doesn't have too many Gimmicks, and i feel like the characters are so damn lovable. I feel like from there people can branch out and find *their* Zelda game (or stick with OoT if that's there favorite, like with me).
Anyways, i'd like to end it off by showing the Dorky animation for Zelda as she follows you to escape. It was funny, but what wasn't funny was her standing there watching Link get humped by a Redead right at the Exit. Thanks for nothing Zelda.
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is Sea of Thieves. We hopped on to do a Tall Tale today and settled for the Pirates Life one (it's the last one we haven't done and we've been putting it off for ages). We've *technically* done this one before, but never finished it and we had a new person on, so we started it up all over again to do it through with them from the beginning.
It's cool that the levels are a recreation of the ride, because it lets me experience it without going to Disney Land (because 1) not a fan of disney right now 2) even if i wanted too i am *not* made of that kind of money).
Moving on from me talking about companies though. We spent a good while just dicking around on the ocean (our favorite. At this point we should just buy a *real* galleon and sail out to sea). For a good bit i neglect my captain duties and just danced on the Mast. It was fun until i turn around and they crashed my boat into a rock. Just kicking back in this game is a lot of fun, especially when you have a group you just vibe with. It's pretty and it's fun to just mess around and see where the wind takes you.
For another while we just followed eachother around pointing at eachother while playing instruments. It got really humorous for some reason too us. This photo i took is my favorite out of all of them.
We *even* got a **perfect** parking job. This is rare for us as we usually just crash head on into a rock or a dock or some other object and patch the holes. This though? Perfect. Pulled up perfectly parallel and sold everything. Made a good chunk of cash. We're closer to our goal of a brig too to add to our fleet (currently we have 3 ships). We *were* going too have one of our friends buy a sloop to add to the fleet, but they ended up spending all their money on Hats instead, which honestly, i can respect. We all need a good hat every once and a while.
Speaking of them, i think it's fitting to end off with a picture of them chilling in my captains chair after stealing it (and flaunting their new hat). Don't appreciate my chair being stolen, but love the hat so i let them have it and just took my bed instead. Captain can work from his bed anyways.
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is Ocarina of Time. I cleared the last of the Temples today and opened up Ganon's Castle after kicking Bongo Bongo's ass (along with a discovery that i can use Arrows to stun him). I'm excited and sad to be finishing this game. It's one of those games that every time i beat it i'm left wanting more. Very few games i can see leave that impact on me.
Backpedalling to Ganon's Castle though, The cutscene for the rainbow bridge is another perfect example of why i love this game. It leverages the Soundtrack and the Camera Angles to create a really epic cutscene. I feel like the Journey too is what helps the moment. While the cutscene was playing i couldn't help but think of the Kokiri Forest at the beginning and go "Wow, Link really has come this far". It's just a really good Hero's tale imo.
While i was doing the Shadow temple i backed up a bit to try and get a good screenshot of the boat, only to discover that the back half isn't flat. I fell straight off the back and accidentally killed poor link. I then did it again trying to figure out what happened. I nearly died on the ship a *third* time because i didn't realize it was about to sink but luckily i just barely made the jump and watched the Stalfos plummet to it's death.
I ran into a door with a suspiciously Elder Scrolls Imperial shaped crest on it. Ironically, my friend was in VC with me playing through the Bottom of The Well at the same time and came to a door with the same texture at the same time as me. We both stopped and went "Dude, is that the Skyrim Logo?" to eachother.
I of course beat another Dead Hand too, and he died as he always does. With his freaky ass Jaw unhinged like a snake. It was a lot easier this time as i had a longer range with the Master Sword. My spin attack covered a lot more area and took him out way faster.
I ended off tonight in Ganon's Castle. I'm not quite ready to say goodbye again too Ocarina of Time tonight (and it's late) so i plan to finish it tomorrow hopefully. maybe the next Zelda game i do will be me finally finishing Twilight Princess (i have started and stopped the game *so* many times now)
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- lemmy.world
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Today's game is Ocarina of Time. Figured for the screenshot i'd go with is one of this statue, which just today i found out was known for it's chest being hookshotable? It's an iconic set piece in my mind, still, can't say i knew it was famous for that lol. I knocked out the Gerudo fortress and the child half of the spirit temple today in total so all in all i made pretty good progress.
I found out you could stun the Gerudo Guard which is nice. I've always snuck past them but being able to knock them out with a bow and stroll past makes my life *way* easier. Especially because their detection seems to have such BS range compared too the Hyrule castle Guards.
During the cutscene where you learn the Warp Song, Kaepora Gaebora is usually scene, but due to playing with 16:9 forced, i got this humorous screenshot of their being two (terrifying, i know). You can see his foot there on the stone and the usual one flying away as well.
I ended for the night in this mirror room after getting attacked by a Floormaster and deciding i was done for the night. I stopped to get a screenshot and got pounced into a corner basically before i could get the lense out. Teaches me for not checking first lol. All in good fun though because i was needing a point to get off anyways as it was late (and i wasted an embarrassing amount of time trying to solve an earlier puzzle with a switch on the ceiling)
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is Sea of Thieves. Me and my friends hopped on and just messed around for about 50ish minutes (which is honestly one of the best ways to enjoy this game imo). When we spawned in we were greeted by a wonderful sunrise so it seemed like a good way to start off our session. I got this screenshot of the port right as we were leaving.
We ended up deciding to go do a Sea Fortress for today because they're good money and there was one nearby we saw. It was an impulsive decision but the sea forts are always fun so we had a good time. They're fun to tackle with friends and honestly are a good showcase of the games combat, albeit they're a lot of work to loot.
While unloading chests from the fort i annoyingly got a chest stuck on a ledge none of us could reach. We spent a good 10 minutes trying to get it before one of my friends got the idea to use the Harpoon to grab the thing. It's embarrassing it took us that long but i'm just glad to have grabbed it.
The trip back was rather uneventful (as was most of today) though it was a very cozy drive home which i enjoyed. we even got to watch the sunset as we sailed home. We sold all our stuff to the sovereigns and i let my best friend drive, which he promptly crashed into some rocks to show i can't trust to let him drive my expensive galleon. Still, we got the ship patched up and we sold all our stuff to the sovereigns for around 30k gold. A rather nice haul and a good step to my goal for a Brig (i only need around 50k more).
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is Ocarina of Time. After getting the Biggoron sword last time, I decided to tackle the fire temple today. I cleared it all in one fell swoop. Going into it, i don't know why but it's occurring to me that this is the first time i'm hearing the original version of the Fire Temple theme. I don't know if last time i play SoH i somehow played a version of the game without the old theme or if i played it with the sound off, but this is the first time i'm hearing that chanting.
I ran into my first Like Like, which, i hate these guys. I've hated them with a burning passion ever since i played Majora's Mask for the first time and they didn't drop my stuff back for some reason. That one took my shield and tunic but luckily i was able to get them back after killing it.
There was an elevator that i discovered had a lava texture on the underside i don't usually see. I usually only pass through this room once so seeing it was something new.
To end of tonight's post, i wanted to show off the boss room. For an overglorified game of Whack a Mole, the game does an awesome job of making it feel epic. I was able to clear the boss fight fast too using the Biggoron sword to deal extra damage. It's really come in handy, especially when i forget to use the shield. I'm definitely switching back to the master sword though because it paired with the shield is just a badass combo.
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- lemmy.world
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Today’s game is Minecraft PS3 Edition. We had a friend visiting us today that we usually don’t get to hang out with. We did Splitscreen (I got most of the screenshots when they stepped away for a second and I was playing alone.) and started a new world (for like the 8th time). I built this little cabin to live in while they all went off on their own. I installed cute little windows and got a bed the first day (though it didn’t do much good because I was the only one who had a bed)
The cabin _does_ look a little rough on the outside, but I ran out of time to do the outside. I want to do a trim though and clean up the sides.
I went mining for iron and found a sheep deep underground. I also got to get out with a decent 29 iron. I found some gold too but didn’t get a chance to collect it. I ended up bumping into one of my friends during this who had tunneled halfway across the map. I gave them some torches to light their way before heading back home.
That was where we ended off for the night. I had a screenshot we got together but everyone’s names were showing and my usual tools I use to censor names wasn’t accessible right now. Still it was fun to have us all in the same room for once to play it splitscreen.
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is Sonic Mania. I wanted something quick and easy to jump into with tonight, and i picked this up on sale the other day. I grew up on Sonic 1-3, CD, and Knuckles so i have fond memories of the old 2D sonic (even though by the time i was born the genesis was far gone). I even put on the CRT shader! I didn't know much about Mania though and figured it was an original thing, and from what i can tell it *mostly* is, but the first zones of the first two levels are not.
I believe this game has also elected to fuck with me, because they included Chemical Plant zone which scares the fuck out of me. It's like specifically engineered too make me panic, especially with the section above with the moving platforms. I *always* struggle with it and it lives rent free in my head. Still like the level though, just fuck that specific part really.
The second parts of the levels are cool, like unique ideas. Chemical plant had these jelly things with syringes that were fun to do. It was fun to press down on it and learn what all the different jelly colors do.
Then there was the Mean Bean Machine minigame, which was awesome to see. I don't have much to say about it lol, i just thought it was cool to see them pay reference too it.
The boss for the 3 level was cool, it was a high speed chase where you had to hit certain rockets back. I lost it and took that as my cue to put the game down for the night, but it was a unique idea. This game seems to be doing a *lot* of unique boss ideas. It feels loyal to the original idea of the Genesis games but also a lot more unique because of the new hardware it can use. I'm enjoying it, though i probably will shelve it for now until i have another night where i just want something quick and easy to play.
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is some more Ocarina of Time. I dove into the bottom of the wall and cleared the Dead Hands boss fight. It's one of my favorite Mini-bosses. I really wish it would be brought back in some form. It would probably scare kids shitless though so maybe not. Still though, really fond memories of stumbling into this room and getting the shit scared out of me by it. The bottom of the wall still unsettles me to this day with it's freaky vibes.
Dead hands doesn't make it any better either because he dies with his jaw unhinged like some corpse snake. I'm like 90% sure he could swallow me whole if he wanted too.
I went ahead and used my time today to finish up some misc stuff before moving onto the main dungeon. Namely i got Epona and started on the Biggoron sword quest. I got all the way too the broken biggoron's sword before stopping. The race to get the mushroom all the way to the Potion shop was tense though because Epona wouldn't make a jump i thought she could. I ended up cutting it close though with like 20 seconds left.
I didn't entirely neglect the other dungeon though. I stopped Link while in Goron city to get the Fire tunic so i can do the dungeon when i finally get the Biggoron's Sword. Then it's off to the last 2 i need (Spirit and Shadow).
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toI’m not hog on the PvP either, especially when you get people who are so deep in the Meta that they’re employing advanced strategies. I’m not against the PvP, but I wish there was a way to just toggle it on or off while still being public. Because I do genuinely enjoy it from time to time.
I hope you have fun reinstalling. And thanks for enjoying it. I like seeing people try games i suggest. Makes me happy I convinced others to try new things (or pick up old ones in this case)
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toNot especially. Some people have suggested a ‘best of’ post which I’m thinking about. I always have a certain handful of games that I’ve 100% over the course of the year which I think it might be fun to showcase my favorite screenshots from. I’ll probably draft this one ahead of time unlike the others. I might also do a normal screenshot as the “main” screenshot and then the body is the anniversary
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- lemmy.world
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Today's game is Sea of Thieves. For the first time ever me and some friends managed to get a full crew together and sailed my ship. We even managed to get our resident chef and arsonist to join us. He adds an extra challenge because the only thing he really does is stand at the stove and let food cook. He never really cycles it off so we have to make sure to regularly take food off the stove for him. He does help out though, like in the screenshot above where he fell asleep at the map. He was talking in his sleep about Gophers. I ended up laying down next to him and joining him for a little nap. He ended up sleeping through an entire battle with a megaladon.
The fight was over the ocean during the middle of the day, and i don't know if it's my fancy new gaming rig or the water got an update, but *god* is this gorgeous. The light was playing with the waves and it looked so good i almost forgot we were being attacked by a huge ass shark and down a man.
We did a sea fort, and while my friends were looting it, one of them tried bringing the boat up and got it stuck, and i went to go get it unstuck. I ended up getting it free quickly, and i got this *lovely* view of the sunset.
We ended off our night with this wonderful parking job done by my first mate, who was distracted after our chef threw a fire bomb at him and then stopped the anchor from descending. It all turned out okay though, because my ship was undamaged. Just stuck in a tight squeeze. It's future me's problem though.
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is Barony. A friend gifted it to me since it's on sale (and both the DLCs). I ended up making a Succubus Rogue named Olive who I intended to be a very normal person. None of the usual Succubus tropes, complete subversion. Somehow my friend ended up taking the Tropes instead somehow as the Autmatron, and he named himself Sir. Bimbo Grunty after mashing the random button for a while.
I ended up collecting a ton of rocks. No reason why, but i guess Olive needs hobbies so she gets to collect rocks. She's also been carrying Cursed Bread through the floors too. I refuse to get rid of it because it's so amusing to me that someone took the time to bother to curse bread.
Poor Olive can't go near Humans because they'll attack on sight, so we send my friend in ahead of me to befriend them first. Olive is just a victim of unfair discrimination and stereotypes. Luckily she has a Polymorph spell to at least help her hide.
Enough about Olive though, and more on the Gameplay. It reminds me of Daggerfall kind of without the open world bit and more voxel arty. Oh, and also multiplayer. The stats are a bit easier than daggerfall (as evident by me *not* having to read a guide to understand how to play. Still love Daggerfall though.) Mechanics are a bit complicated though, and the controller controls definitely could use some work.
Still though, it's fun to play with my friend. Roguelikes like this arent really my jam but i had fun just messing around with my friend. We were talking about picking it up again tomorrow to play some more after some other stuff.
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toI played the Wii U remaster a few years ago over the summer, and I absolutely loved it. I was ashamed to say I wrote it off initially as not for me because I just couldn’t vibe with the opening’s length (compared to OoT’s “Get in this Tree, kill a Big Ass Spider, Get out”). But once I spent some time working to get past that? God. Amazing. It was one of those games where i actually felt lost after the credits rolled. Very few games do that to me.
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Today's game is Ocarina of Time. I went and got the Master Sword today and got this screenshot of it in it's pedestal. Getting it again reminded me so much of why Ocarina of Time is one of my favorite games. The scene where you get the Master Sword is so well executed that i can't help but love it. The Soundtrack is excellent and even though it's not really setup, it does an *amazing* job at making you feel that *this* sword, is important. And the scene where link pulls it out? Just as good. Though, i might be biased because growing up i was a huge fan of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Seeing Link pull the Master Sword out though is amazing, and it couples well with how much i love his Adult Look. The center part is *perfect* and he rocks that green tunic so damn well. And pairing it with the Hylian Shield? Amazing. Perfect even. I could spend all day ranting about how much i love OoT Link's design if i had the time.
Coming back as an Adult, Sheik had their foot stuck in the pedestal while i was looking to get a screenshot of them chilling their. I've opted to believe they in fact are standing their *not* to stop Link from going back in time, but instead because their foot is stuck and they don't want Link to catch on. Because that would be embarrassing (i know i'd be embarrassed if i got my foot stuck in a rock of some holy importance).
My first stop was the Hookshot and the Sun's Song. While getting the later, i had the absolute privilege of seeing the redead's again. They're still just as creepy as the last time i saw them. Absolutely terrifying how they can just freeze you and leave you powerless. Even when they're stunned it spooks me a little bit to go near them.
I ended today with getting the Steel Boots and going to mess around in the Water Temple. I swear i remember being able to do it first instead of the Forest temple, but i must have remembered wrong because i ran into a spot i'm pretty sure i need the bow for since the hookshot wasn't working. I didn't feel like picking up the Forest Temple with the current time so i stepped away there. I'll probably pick it up tomorrow assuming my friends don't steal me away to play something else (or my attention doesn't get sidetracked like what seems to happen so often)
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is some more FBC Firebreak. Me and my friends (who have this) have been playing it Non-stop since launch. Today we tried to tackle a challenge that has been eluding us which is the OSHA Compliant one. It has us do a Extreme Difficulty Level without being downed. We got it our first try but it was definitely a struggle. We came out of it feeling so proud though.
I feel like it really helped highlight why we're enjoying this game so much too. It required such tight teamwork from us that i feel like we don't get to try in a lot of Games. For example, in the Screenshot above my pogo is excellent at crowd control, so i was holding a doorway to buy the other's some time to escape. Then when they were far enough back i sent out my Gnome to Thin the horde a little bit to buy us some extra time.
Another example is here. I had to hold this staircase to keep us from being swarmed. It also though shows how hectic things can get fast and call for split second decisions, because both the other players i was with needed to heal so i was alone holding this and we were about to be flanked. I made a split second decision to leave my post and take out a heavy enemy which would have stopped us from escaping. I'm not sure if any of this is making sense, and it's probably sounding *really* game ad heavy but it was the best way i could think to explain why i'm loving this game so much.
The escapes of this game are *really* awesome too though. They're a mad dash to the elevator to get out and they make you feel really cool (and if you're playing with others) coordinated. It's such a badass feeling to hold the elevator door down to the last second to keep from being swarmed with your friends.
We got the stoplight OOP for the first time ever today. Sadly didn't get to experience it as we quickly eliminated it before it could *stop* us. Out of all the Corrupted items it's definitely the weakest i feel like because we stopped it just like that. It is scary though if you're that invested in a run and can't find the Black Rock neutralizer, because i have *no clue* what it does (and i kind of want to find out myself too). I dont know if it just freezes you if you move, or does Damage, or maybe it just decides to insta kill you. Either way, Scary if you can't find the BRT, but if you have it not so much.
While i don't mean for today's post to come off sounding like an essay or review (it's just me sharing my thoughts and some images) or even an ad of some sort, overall i'm really loving the game. Maybe it's because i'm playing with people i know i work well with together but the general loop of get in, do the job, and get out is super addicting for us. Not to mention i feel like the "Hard Mode" isn't nightmarishly hard. I *love* a good challenge, but also not when it depends on others or i'll be doing it multiple times. Take for example Halo 2's Legendary. Loved it, never want to do it again though. Firebreak having a Hard mode that's challenging but also not Nightmarishly hard is highly appreciated by me.
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is Some more Ocarina of Time. I made it through Dodongo's Cavern today (and without a shield surprisingly enough, all the fire stuff there makes it almost impossible for me to complete it without a shield) and i made a stop by Zora's domain to end of my night.
It's probably nostalgia bias because Ocarina of Time was my first brush with Zelda after getting it on the 3DS (The game play and *just right* combination of Heroics and Arthurian Elements was enough for younger me to be hooked) and I loved it immediately, so when i say "Ocarina of Time's Zora's Domain is one of my favorites" nostalgia is probably doing a **lot** of heavy lifting there. It's just the ambience is perfect to me, and i love the design. Not to mention the abundance of water here. I do have a soft spot for BoTW's Zora's Domain too. It's just as gorgeous.
I went by the Fairy Fountain and saw everyone's *favorite* Owl again. I hate him, but still have a nostalgic soft spot for that hate. Still, i appreciate him acting as a shortcut down the mountain. After all the stuff he puts me through it's the least he could do for me.
Dodongo was just as familiar as ever too. I've done these *so* many times they're like second nature to me. It has a good example of why i love this game's puzzle's so much. I love the "Drop the Bombs in the Eye Sockets" puzzle. It fun and creative, plus it makes excellent use of ambient clues to tell the player how to do it.
Since i'm going backwards through my gameplay session, i may as well end off with one of the earliest screenshots i took. When I went to see Zelda, I went in at night and almost got caught. I could have sworn they caught you immediately but maybe i was wrong. Regardless i quickly backpedaled to and waited out the night until i could safely go in.
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- lemmy.world
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Today's game is Super Mario 64. I guess i'm on a N64 binge because Me and my best friend downloaded [sm64coopdx](https://sm64coopdx.com/) which is a Multiplayer mod for it. We ended up playing through the entire game today. I got this Screenshot of him as Peach whooping bowser's ass (in actuality Toad ended up having to do it because he kept missing all the shots).
Moments earlier though i tried using the BLJ to get to the top earlier and beat Bowser (for fun). I ended up doing it. Me and my best friend (who was Daisy at the time) got into a PvP match though and i BLJ'd up to the top of the Stairs so he couldn't reach me. He pointed out that it's not fair since he can't BLJ after me, so i ended up trying to teach him. He never did learn, but her certainly tried.
Because i beat Bowser using the BLJ, we headcannoned that our *legit* attempt at the fight was Toad going back to just fuck with Bowser while he was trying to leave (we've also Headcannone'd that N64 era Toad is just a Psychopath, i mean listen to him. We think something Happened between N64 Era and Gamecube era that just... mellowed him out), and Peach tagged along for revenge. Poor Bowser was probably sick after being spun around so much.
The end credits were interesting, because Toad and Peach were inside eachother, not to mention Peach kissed Peach. Towards the End i guess Toad's model went into the crouch position for some reason so his Mushroom Cap thingy was sticking out of her feet.
This was the first time my friend ever played Super Mario 64 to completion. Though a non vanilla experience wouldn't be my first choice for a first playthrough, i was honored to be able to show it to him since it's one of my favorite 3D Mario Games (Though, for me personally the competition list isn't very big. No offense to Sunshine but it's just not for me and i'm neutral on odyssey). We ended up being up way later than usual today trying to get the last few stars to beat it.
I'm honestly surprised we beat it so fast though. I guess it's because we had 2 people working simultaneously to get stars, along with the Mod not automatically booting people out of the Level when beating it.
Still, i'm not complaining, it's one of my favorite 3D Mario Games. I can sit through it for *hours* and not get bored. Mostly because it's such a core 3D Mario Game. It's one of those games where if i was Stranded on a Deserted Island with Video Games? *This* is one of those games i'd consider bringing with me.
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toSea of Thieves is a yes, basically any game i play with water goes on it. Subnautica i have played but it was on a cheap laptop with a duo core CPU and 6 GB of RAM so… i didn’t but it on there out of courtesy to give it a fair shot. I want to pick it up again on Steam though to give it a try. I’m not to invested in the lore though so i’m probably going to hold off until the sequel too buy it so i can play with friends
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is Ocarina of Time (my all time favorite Zelda game). Playing Mario Kart 64 yesterday had me in the mood to play this again. So i downloaded Ship of Harkinian and set it up along with a OoT 3D graphics mod that took longer to download than it should have. It looks really good. I have it upscaled to max resolution 60 FPS (my monitor isn't 120 FPS or else i would) and MSAA 8x. Runs smooth with no issues whatsoever outside of a bug with the Graphic mod. I usually try to crop screenshots with the HUD out so the people who like to guess the game can do so, but i ended up doing it for all of them. Something about the 4:3 crop i really like.
I talked about this last time i played this, but OoT has some of my favorite water. I keep a spreadsheet of Water in games, and OoT is at the top next to Super Mario 64 and Galaxy. Nintendo is just *really* good at making water i guess. By association now too, whenever i hear [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW5oAH2yDOQ) i always think of the word. Incidentally i had it playing while typing this too, really put me in the right mindset for this lol.
During the Ghoma fight, i made quick work of her by knocking her down with the slingshot. Hit her right in the eye and thwacked her. Whole fight was done in probably less than 30 seconds after the final cutscene.
Before she dropped down i managed to peek up and see her which was fun. I took the opportunity to nab a screenshot.
After that i booked it to castle town. I almost made it before nightfall but a *certain* owl had to stop me. Luckily SoH has a toggle to flip the usual dialog options, i kind of was tempted to leave them on though just for the experience. Unfortunately the owl kept me too long and it fell night. I ended up using the Stalkids though as target practice to get back into shape with the Z-Targeting.
I stopped after getting the Egg though. I could easily clear the first 3 dungeons in a whole day, but sadly i don't have a whole day. The fact the game crashed though wasn't a solid motivator either. I have an idea of how to fix it, but definitely a tomorrow project.
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toI’ve been avoiding anything about Mario Kart World (mainly because i can’t afford a switch 2 and as much as i’d like to justify getting World, it’s just Mario Kart again in my eyes). But i looked it up and holy shit you’re right. I’m happy to see it back, i hope it wasn’t butchered like they did N64 Rainbow Road on 8 though (at least, that was my personal opinion), i’m trying to stay optimistic and open though
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- pixelfed.social
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Today's game is Mario Kart 64, i found out [SpaghettiKart](https://github.com/HarbourMasters/SpaghettiKart) (a Project done by the same people who did Ship of Harkinian) was released today, so i was eager to give it a try since 64 is one of my favorite Mario Kart titles.
I did a time trial first on Rainbow Road (ft. a screenshot of Everyone's favorite Ape in a tie), which is my all time favorite track. I just kind of enjoyed the drive. On the Second Lap i discovered free cam though and took a photo of the front of toad, which is something i realized i hadn't really ever seen.
Not wanting to just drive around though, i hopped into a race on Wario's Stadium (a track that i think **needs** to come back some day) and raced that. Completely kicked everybody's ass, except Mario who was right up my ass for the entire race.
After that though i went to have some more fun with the Freecam. I did Bowser's castle and did like a little Photoshoot. There's this one i took of the garden's. Something about the freecam interestingly messed up to lighting on the statue i think, which is interesting to see.
I also got a photo of Marty the Thwomp and the other ones, I think out of **all** the photos of the ones i took this is my favorite. Something about the angle and the subject are interesting to me and look good.
I also took a photo of the Spiral, a part of this level which sticks with me quiet a bit because i've had so many close calls up this thing during the last leg of the race.
The same can be said for this section, which is the last photo i took. I almost exclusively go the right side of the track for some reason. I never can figure out why but only catch myself doing it post race. Maybe it's because i'm right handed? Or maybe it's just familiar. Who knows?
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Today's game is some more Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition. I was waiting on something to download from Steam and just kind of... chilled. It started raining while i did that, and the Game's Soundtrack started playing. It was a nice experience, i wish i got a screenshot of it.
Of course, i didnt want to spend *all* my time just standing there, because that's not really playing the game at that point. So i started doing tasks around my base that needed done, such as harvesting crops and keeping an eye out for Endermen so i could go to the end.
I took a trip over to the local village to steal (and replant) some of their crops too. I stopped to see if they had any good trades but couldn't find any. On the way back i passed by the Ravine in the middle of the usual route there and back and stopped to catch some animals. The ravine seems to act like a natural trap for them for some reason so i usually have good chances of getting it there.
I went home and watched the rain some more as night fell and i cooked my potatoes. After a bit though i went to bed after remembering my first night in the Treehouse of being killed by a spider. I went to sleep and ended the day at that.
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Today's game is a game called PEAK. My friend that i usually play games with gifted it to me after seeing it online somewhere. From what i can tell it's made by the same studio that made Clustertruck (that game about platforming on moving trucks). It's like a weird combination of climbing games and survival games. You have to climb to the peak of each mountain after crashing on an island.
Honestly though, me and my friend spent way too long just dicking around in the lobby. I have a clip that i've been sharing with friends of him just ragdolling off the top of a structure in the lobby like some Garry's Mod Ragdoll.
Once we actually *got* to the island though (after seeing how far we can exploit the climbing mechanic), it got a lot more difficult. The game's VC is proximity chat, but it has an echo to make everything carry. On top of that the landscape got wacky at some points.
We kind of quickly dug our own downfall though after my friend, while trying to make his way over to me too follow me up, landed on a Jellyfish and slid *all the way* down to the bottom of the mountain. He took a ton of damage, which in this game hurts your ability to climb. Luckily we were able too make it to the next section of the game.
Due to his injury though, he had landed *right* on a flower that explodes into some weird neurotoxin cloud and put me to sleep. Causing *me* to fall all the way down. If you take too long on a section the game throws fog at you which causes you to take damage like some weird battle royal ring. It slowly circles up so you have to hurry. When i fell i fell *right into the fog* and died there. My friend, too injured and stuck without me to help him up, decided to just throw himself into the fog.
We stopped our run after messing around in the lobby again for a while and having maybe just a *little* too much fun with the games emote system and physics. It's fun to see the character's models get shoved around by others. We spent maybe a little too long ragdolling off the top of things too (again).
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Today's game is some more FBC Firebreak. We got all the jobs to clearance level 3 today and started messing with the corruption. Our favorite so far was a job where you have to clear out some Freeze Anomalies.
At Level 3 for the cold job it ends with this fun little manhunt where you have to hunt down mannequins and toss them onto a ski lift. we found two of the mannequins hiding in the Bathroom. We grabbed them and princess carried the mannequins all the way up in a frenzy rush to reach the Ski Lift (which was on rotation). I had the last one and just barely made the throw to get it on.
The entire map in level 3 has a blizzard the regularly storms the area and slows you and the enemies down. You have to take cover from the blizzard in structures around the area. Though, now that i think about it you might be able to carry a heater to negate the cold. The heaters are what was used to destroy the freeze anomalies, and the emit fire. So i imagine they help. The game has a lot of these mechanics that play really well with each other. It's kind of cool. Like an example is the splash kit can place down a humidifier which sprays water. They also have an attack they can charge that replaces their water with fire. They can fill the humidifier with fire instead of water to light everything within radius on fire and help them cover another role.
We did another quest with the Sticky Ricky that appeared in the trailers. He's this big creature made of Sticky Notes. His whole boss fight kind of feels like a Zelda Boss or a 3D Mario Boss. There's 2 pipelines you have to manage, one for electricity and one for water. You have to keep both running and flip them on to shock Sticky Ricky to death. It's a fun fight. We ended up with me manning the power station, one of the other players manning water, and the third one running inbetween stations too help out.
Finally, Our character designs were also kind of finalized by us (if you can call it that). I like the character designs for this because it's kind of like Halo's Spartans. You can kind of insert whoever you want into the role and make up whatever you want. Maybe it's yourself, or maybe you just made up a whole new character for the role.
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Today's game is FBC: Firebreak. I usually avoid buying games Day 1, but i watched the Gameplay trailers and was honestly really excited. I bought a copy for me and a friend, and i had my brother drop in for player 3. Honestly really enjoyed it. A lot of people have been saying that it has a lack of Tutorials, and yeah, i get that. Once we got everything figured out though it kind of became a lot more fun. The first difficulty was quick, but kind of like a tutorial. The difficulties kind of build off each other to teach the basics of each game mode, which i like. I do think it maybe could use a labeling as a tutorial, but besides that it works in a way i enjoy.
Once we get to Level 3 of it, we kind of just start randomly shuffling them (The game definitely needs a built in shuffle option though). It helped keep everything kind of fresh and fun. We've been treating it less like Left 4 Dead and more like something Like REPO or Lethal Company and honestly i think that affected the mindset though.
The game has a lot of depth mechanically which i love. Me and my friend's favorite combo right now is him Soaking the enemies and then i shock them. It does massive AOE damage to all the soaked enemies. I just have to be careful not to get wet myself.
Speaking of the weapons, the game has a system called requisitions which is similar to Helldiver's Warbond system (at least that's what i've heard it compared too, i've never played Helldivers). It introduces new functionality to the weapons and tools in a manner that rewards you for playing. Honestly i really like it, it's fun having an option of choosing where to progress my tools and unlocking them in that manner.
The game *is* a bit light on story, but honestly i think it might be for the best. It's not a sequel but it also needs to build off of Control's world already, so for anyone who hasn't played control it's the basic setup of "You're in the Oldest House, You've been trapped here for 6 years, And you're a volunteer squad who stops things from falling apart". I feel like that is a good enough gist that if you're new you don't need to learn much more, but it gives you little pieces of lore you can look into on your own that if you choose you can look into.
It borrows a *lot* from control too. And i don't just mean the world. I mean graphically. It feels like I was ripped straight from control's metroidvania like game and crammed into this first person shooter. It makes everything familiar to me and it's just cool to see these from a first person perspective. It does show how this game had a smaller team though with it reusing models of the enemies.
So far my favorite mission (or i guess game mode) is the Furnace one (pictured above). You have to have your water guy micromanage your heat so you dont burn, and you have to repair the fans and make your way to the furnace to seal it up. It definitely provides a good framework too use the mechanic's of the game together with since you have to really work together to keep from burning alive. I believe this is the same furnace from Control too which is even more fun to see.
Another game mode that i feel like had good mechanics to work with the game is one where you're harvesting leech pearls. They cause radiation, which hurts you. But you know who else gets hurt by radiation? The hiss, so you can strategically place the pearls or cause them to fall in a way that will hurt the hiss and support you. All the while you're being kept safe by your water guy
Overall, I'm definitely wanting to play through this to completion. I'm really enjoying it (though i probably say that about most games so i probably sound like a broken record) and i'm literally planning to hop into another round with friends after i post this. Though, my fun may be vastly different from everyone else's because i was fortunate enough to gather 3 friends i know i can work well with to play it with, as opposed to strangers. We're also a far more casual group so that may affect things.
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Today's game is Fallout 76. I went ahead and did one of the Ally missions in the game. They're like the companions from Fallout 4, except they squat at your base 24/7. The ally i did was an astronaut lady who fell to earth after being in space when the bombs drop. She had me go to this Manor to recover some codes for something. The whole place was infested with Mothman Cultists. Luckily i was able to pick them all off with a sniper rifle without getting swarmed.
On the way there, i found this Scrapper hanging out on a cliff with a clipboard. I was confused what they were doing up there and why they looked like some health and safety inspector. They said they were checking out the landscape and pointed me to the same manor i was heading towards. Never got an answer for the weird getup, but i like to imagine they're apocalypse OSHA.
After the codes, i had to go into this mall for a Receiver of some sort, which was full of scorched (who are like feral ghouls but can use weapons). I snuck through the entire thing without being seen to avoid conflict because all my crowd control weapons were broken.
Somehow i managed to get through this Scorched infested mall without so much as being seen. The silent crossbow made it easy too, but i was able to mostly sneak in, grab the receiver, and sneak out. the most harm to me came in me catching a waterborne disease while wading through a room full of water.
To end off my night i popped home, finished up that quest, collected my water, and fished for the next 10 minutes. A nice and relaxing way to end off my day.
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Today's game is some more Starfield. I continued on with the main story and met up with another member of the main faction (Constellation). Before going to talk to the guy i went rummaging around for stuff i was allowed to swipe to use for crafting. I ended up stopping in one of these tunnels and seeing a gorgeous view of the neighboring planet. I ended up just kind of stopping for a bit and enjoying the view (while eating dinner). Almost makes me wish for a VR version of this game, but also with No Man's Sky that might be a bit redundant.
The main story took me to this cavern to get another relic like the one from the beginning of the game. I had to fight my way through a cave of Spacers though (like Space Raiders). The whole cave system had a massive drop at the end which gave me Dunwhich Bores vibes from Fallout 4. Part of me wonders now if this game has any Lovecraft references like Fallout does. It would be a missed opportunity with the whole space thing.
After collecting the Artifact, i decided to step away from the main story and chase after this side quest i got from a slate. It took me to this hide out taken over by Spacers, and it turned out to be owned by this vigilante called the mantis. To get through i had to do this letter puzzle like in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It was really cool seeing something like this done in a Sci-fi game.
The quest gave me a spacesuit that i *was* going to share an image of, but it turned out to be nearly 20 mb in size no matter how i compressed it and lemmy wont upload something like that for me, and pixelfed limits everything over 15 mb. It was this sleek white armor though. It looks neat, not to my personal taste though.
The quest also gives you a cool spaceship to go along with it called the Razorlead. I think i'm still going to keep the abomination i made as my home ship, but having this to use is nice. There were some armor stands in the upper area where i dropped off the armor set since i wasn't going to use it. Figured it deserved at least a proper home. No stand for the suit itself unfortunately, just the helmet and the backpack.
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Today's game is some more Minecraft Xbox 360 edition. I went back to the Nether today to finally gather all the Blaze Rods i need to head to the end. I *think* i got enough, but i'm not sure. I got 4 rods, which made 8 powder. That should be enough to find and fill the portal (especially since i believe Eyes of Ender don't break in this version.
I built a cobblestone box around my spawner i found and camped out with my sword. I stayed there taking swipes at them until my sword broke. I got the 4 Blaze Rods i mentioned above there. On the trip back it was a bit of a headache because there were nearly 5 Ghasts all chasing me. I was lucky my staircase back to the portal was deeply inset enough that they couldn't reach me or else it would have been a problem.
When i got back it was dark out, and i got to see my new lights i set up in action for the first time. The way they played with the Jungle was very pretty to see. My personal favorite was the cave entrance where i have the portal stored. The gradient of dark to light in the cave is very mesmerizing to see.
I got back and immediately stashed away my Blaze Powder for safe keeping. I don't want to die and lose it. Next up to do is replace my iron sword and hunt down 8 endermen so i can find the strong hold. I might try finding some more diamonds too along with getting book cases. I rarely ever do the Ender Dragon fight and this is the first time i've done it Solo, so i'd like to try and do it proper this time. Get the authentic minecraft experience if that makes sense.
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Today's game is some more Starfield. I neglected the Main quest for a bit to go off and join a faction along with decking out my Crew. I found the Adoring fan, immediately he was the first addition to my crew. Love the guy and i'm so happy to have him back. I also had Sarah join the crew just to fill out the slots.
At the bar in New Atlantis, i picked up two other people as well. The first is Simeon Bankowski. He used to be some sort of Field Weapon's Tester for the UC Military. He decided he was tired of going off to deserted planets to test weapons and retired. That's when i found him and hired him.
The second one is Marika Boros. I didn't pry too much into her past though and just hired her (responsible practice, i know). She's had a big problem with sleeping the bed in the Captain's Quarters. I mean, i rarely use it so okay i guess. But it's still a bit creepy to sleep in someone else's bed.
I've been spending a lot of time in New Atlantis doing diplomatic work after joining the Vanguard and fighting off a terrormorph invasion. After a long questline, i walked out of the building, and just stopped to chill. I wandered up to this tree, and man. Say what you will about the gameplay but this game really gets it's graphics right. The whole game feels really prettily made, at least from what i've seen so far.
I ended off for the night by finally picking up the main story and going to the moon. Or, well, a space station orbiting the moon. I play in first person, and it was really cool to see the scale of it upfront. I'm a sucker for Sci-Fi things with massive scale, that's part of what made Star Trek one of my favorite series growing up. They **really** had some moments that showed off the scale of ships.
There was one last thing i wanted to show off though and that is that i discovered the ship builder and bastardized the Frontier. It's now 3x as long and as a result of the extra mass i had to give it a better engine. I don't think this thing counts as the "Classic" it was anymore. I'm loving the stupid ship builder because despite all the regulations i can make the stupidest looking ships ever and no one can tell me no. At some point i want to just try and make a horribly long one and see if it will let me.
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Today's screenshot is from Starfield. I know it wasn't very well received, but i looked into it and wanted to give it a try myself. I got it on Discount a while ago (around 35$ if i remember correctly), and was originally going to play a while ago but Oblivion Remastered stopped that. I decided to give it a go though.
My Character is decently Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy inspired. I even took his naming scheme from the book and named him after a car. I'd like to introduce... Hudson Commodore (the man in the main screenshot). I wanted to focus on him being an explorer and talker, so i've been putting points into Social skills and Tech skills, with one going into Weapons damage to make life a little easier for me. I took the *Hero worshiped* trait which gives you the Adoring Fan. I like to believe it's the same one from my Oblivion save all this years later. Little buddy has returned to me. I'm so happy. First task up for me is to take to the stars and find him.
The game walks a gorgeous line between Futuristic Sci-Fi and what i can only describe as NASA-Punk. Growing up i had always wanted to be an Astronaut, but with it going private and my discovered fear of heights, i quickly ditched that. Still though, i love the Modern-esque space aesthetic, sometimes i feel like Sci-fi stuff tries too hard to make it feel futuristic.
Literally one of the first things the game has you do is fight off some pirates in a satellite station that feels very Fallout Raiders. This brings me to the gunplay, which feels really smooth in my opinion. It feels like a natural linear evolution of Fallout 4's gunplay, and at the very least gives me hope for Elder Scrolls 6's gameplay.
The game then has you go to a a city after you get the Pirates off your ass, and i **love** the Spaceport. It has an airport feel too it that i love. I feel like it would have been easy for them to just go "Yep, Sci-fi, landing pad, end of story" but there's this whole Airport vibe of going through Customs and Space Security to get to a Rail System.
The story setup (without **too** much spoilers) is that you join a Freemason-esque group that explores space, called Constellation. You found this relic thing that they want to put with 3 others. That's about where i stopped on the main story though because i was promised a room for joining the group.
Before being taken to my room i was given a tour of The Lodge (Constellation's headquarters). They have this lovely garden and a bar i was told that i could just *help* myself too. I saw some skill about food crafting, and i'm really hoping that extends too Drinks too. If it does and they **don't** have a recipe for a pan galactic gargle blaster (or some equivalent) i'm going to be severely disappointed.
Finally, i was taken to my room after the bar. It feels very Hotel Room-ish, which is to be expected. It fits the vibe of the plot well in my opinion with it being basically a Dorm/Loan room. I saw they had ship building and outpost building so i was kind of hoping to be able to do my own furniture, but i do still like the decoration.
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Today's screenshot is some more Minecraft Xbox 360 edition. Using my new nether portal i finally got to make last time i took a trip to the nether, i went and gathered some glowstone for my tunnel i built to light it up to help cut back on torches and light it up a little more.
The trip was fairly easy. There was a nether fortress right next to the portal that i could quickly tunnel over too to rummage around in. I used that to get close to a glowstone deposit.
I ended up finding one outcrop fairly close to the Portal just up a few floors after i had to escape from some Blazes and Ghast's firing on me like it was a Battle FIeld. It gave me a little over a stack of glowstone which was more than enough for my tunnel.
On the way back i found the spawner that the blazes were coming from. I went ahead and lit it up to stop them from spawning for now. My hopes are too get some Blaze Rods to get to the end soon, i'll need to gear up for it though because Blaze's have always been a bit of a challenge for me. Maybe it's time i pick up potion brewing and make a potion of fire resistance.
After that excursion i made my way home, which luckily turned out to be easy to find. I was worried i'd lose the portal but the Nether Fortress turned out to be easy to navigate. I went home and made the glowstone blocks and installed them all before stopping for the night. Next time i want to see about getting the Blaze Rods or maybe hunting some Endermen.
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Today's game is Oblivion Remastered. I planned for the last one to be the last post, but the crashing kept me from finishing the Fighter's Guild Quest. I powered through though and finished it. I was hoping to do 100% of the quests, but the crashing just became so bad, that i settled for what Steam considers 100%. So main story, shivering isles, and Guild Quests.
Before i ended my playthrough i had a few stops. The first was that i wanted to get a screenshot of the City, which was the very first screenshot of this i did. I used the freecam again to get this one. I tried Console commands to disable the HUD but couldn't get them to work for whatever reason.
I also spent a while wandering around Chorrol for a little while at night. It's a pretty city and one of my favorites so i wanted to see it one last time. But there was one final stop i had to make to see a special someone...
And that was the adoring fan. I visited him in the house i bought for him. I meant to get a decent photo of his face but got a little sidetracked messing around with the freecam. Instead i turned out with some of these beauties:
And that was where i ended my playthrough. My hero of Kvatch retired to his Waterfront shack to live out the rest of his days with the Adoring Fan. I like to imagine when he reappears as the Sheogorath in Skyrim, he was driven mad by his time with the Adoring Fan.
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Today's game is REPO. Look at this guy with a pointy hat i found. We ended up getting a quite few cycles in, before dying, so we kept starting over lol. The game overall was just behaving really weirdly too.
For example the Reaper got stuck in place for an entire level. I even went right up to her and got in her face and started yelling. Nothing. She didn't even get Agro'd. We didn't complain though, allowed us to finish without much issue, that is until my friend get struck by the head coming flying into the room and the Animal trampling us all. We all made it out though luckily.
We also found the Eyeball just... chilling on the floor. Harmless. We stood on it, jumped on it, lunged into it, even kissed it. Nothing. We ended up leaving it there. It was cool too see the top of the model though since we don't usually get to see that.
During one of the levels in the museum two of my friends stopped for a solid ten minutes to try and read a sign. I'm so proud of them for learning! In all honesty though it took them a while because the text was all squiggles so it was hard to read.
The last level we did we got fenced in by 3 Bowties (these guys that turn into giant fans that kill you). They bugged out and could see us through things for some reason and killed all of us, and then on of their friends on Accident. It was fun seeing the horde of Big White Lumpy things though stampede through the house before our sudden death.
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Today's game is Oblivion Remaster. While playing Fallout 76 i realized I've been putting this off, so i resolved to finish it tonight. I didn't end up doing that but I'm like 5 quests away from finishing the last Guild Quest line, which is the Fighter's guild. Hopefully today will be the last post for Oblivion, but i wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow's is also because of how frequently the game crashes now. It could easily drag out to like 4 hours.
I took the above screenshot it a Chapel while doing a quest to track down Ectoplasm. I broke into the basement and killed all their ghosts. I have no clue why this Chapel just has a Haunting of Ghosts in it's basement, but i solved the problem for them regardless.
I also did the quest where i have to track down Blackheart, and let me tell you, this quest was miserable. I have to wait for this guy to walk too this specific spot, and i have to walk **with him** while he does it. It's slow and tedious. And before that i had to finagle him into just the right position to get him to start a dialog line.
Another quest the game had me do was one where i escort a Mage to a Deadric shrine. The quest was pretty simple, and i was honestly expecting it to turn out she turns on you or tries to sacrifice you or something. But nope, you just walk down there with her and then leave. All in all a pretty simple quest.
The final quest i did was one where i went and rescued this Orc Noble's daughter from Ogres when they kidnapped her while she was picking rocks. It was all in all a pretty simple quest. I was expecting to have too delve into a dungeon or something. But nope. I just go out too the woods a few yards away and kill the Ogres. It was a quick process. It honestly took longer to get there then to do the quest. I like the characters though, so i still enjoyed it.
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Today's game is Fallout 76. Me and my Friend hopped on too play the new fishing mechanic they added, and i also ended up redoing a decent chunk of my base. I moved it to the mire and i really like how it turned out.
I have this shed/barn thing i built for my Companion because she's scripted to go hang out at the computer from time to time. Because of that i gave her a little workshop to work in, complete with workstations and the like.
Inside has a Log Cabin design too it. I have my bed behind that half wall there and a mounted Wendigo on the wall above the couch. There's also a piano for musical purposes. The floor does have an issue with Grass clipping in which is a bit annoying, but besides that i really like the way it looks.
While we were spot hunting for the house, me and my friend stumbled on a Mirelurk Queen which we killed. Midway through the fight she just got stuck in an act of classic Bethesda jank. While my friend took close range with a shotgun i stayed behind and took Sniper Shots with a hunting rifle with a scope i have.
I also mentioned the new Fishing update, which has this weird fish guy who can only growl, and a hermit crab living in a boat as a shell. The fish guy reminds me of the Mirelurks from New Vegas/3, so part of me wonders if that is what the guy is. If not that then maybe something similar.
The whole fishing quest centers around this really pretty and spooky swamp area. I found a note showing what seems to be more of the games Lovecraft-esque lore which is really interesting. I googled it and it seems to be about a being called The Interloper which is like a sentient root creature. It's really interesting, I'm hoping they do more with it, especially since they haven't abandoned the game yet (even after it catastrophic launch)
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Today is some more Stellaris. I did some multiplayer with a friend this time. He has a bunch of mods on that i added. Some serious. Some... not so much. I ended up going with a mod he had that added a Catgirl race for my empire, so you can guess which of the two categories it fell into.
At first i decided to just throw myself into the memey side of it (as you can tell by the default names). But then, i made them a ring world dwelling species and got a little *too* invested in world building. Now they're a Monarchy led by a female regnant, called a Queen (But, like, in the term for a Non-Spayed Cat, because the empire is kind of like their child), then the heir is a Molly (Which in irl cats is the term for a Spayed cat, which as the heir wouldn't be able to have the 'Child' (Empire). This made a lot more sense in my head the other day at 12 AM when i first made them in the server). I've made them diplomatic and social empire, but with Policies that allow them to invade others if it's for their defense, though even then they're generally pretty nice with all the people the invade. Mostly because they're Xenophiles.
My friend, who is the Mertillian Empire (you can see it in the main screenshot above that big pink one), has some fun lore for his species too. I don't know all of it but they're a fungal race who's a "dictatorship but they elect the dictator based on who can lay the most spores. Their leader is called a spore mother". He's trying to play a fully diplomatic and isolationist empire, but i keep pulling him into my wars.
The first were these guys. They kept getting really pissy with me, and i kept trying to make friends. They eventually got their affinity to start plummeting though for some reason, so i took them along with my friend and made them a Vassal State. The terms are actually pretty innocent. They basically get full sovereignty, i just reserve the right to absorb them into my empire if i want. (honestly though i like them, they're pretty chill now that they stopped being Xenophobic)
These guys just straight up offered themselves as a Vassal State. I said yes, though their terms state that if we go to war they have to help me. In return though i'll do the same thing. I also am allowed to reserve the right to dissolve them into my country though.
All this war prep is for these guys. They've had a big problem with trying to wipe out everyone else. Me and my Friend briefly held them in a federation so they couldn't invade anyone, but we've been gathering allies to help invade them. I intend to make them a Vassal, at least for now, so they don't keep picking fights. Ultimately though me and my friend are debating seeing if we can just take over the map to unify the galaxy for the Crisis. We'll have to see though, i'm not too keen on the idea of absorbing an entire Empire just yet.
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Today's game is some more REPO. Me and my friends finally got a chance to give the new Beta a try and we've been having a lot of fun. One of our favorite things is the Lazer Gun Thingy they added. We've only seen one but when we first found it i accidentally used it to kill my entire party because i didn't realize it's like a full 10 seconds in lazer length. I ended up trying to flush the evidence in the screenshot above.
The art museum Map has also been getting a bunch of fun new paintings. I've been having fun just going to look at all the different ones. My favorite is one of what i believe is the head, i've also seen one for the Bowtie (pictured above) and the Eye.
I've discovered the game has an option to turn off the filter, which i'm wishing i had discovered sooner because the filter absolutely butchers screenshots, especially the ones steam saves as a JPG. For example the screenshot above: It had really cool creepy hallway vibes but the photo is absolutely butchered. it's darker than it was in game and grainier too.
Today for the most part it was just me and two other friends. The others that usually join me were busy with something else. Most of our levels went smoothly, except for the last one where a Huntsman came in and wrecked them right as we got in the truck. I managed to make a run for the switch though right as the huntsman was dealing with them. I got this cute picture of us hiding under the counter.
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Today's game is Stellaris. I picked this up with the Winter Sale and finally decided to give it a go. I'm *hooked*. I made my own Empire and tried to go for a diplomatic xenophile fox like species named Cevellians. They're an Elected Dictatorship (at least if i remember correctly) and they've formed a treaty with one of their neighbors.
At first tensions with all the neighbors except the Saiiban Foundation were tense. Eventually though the Haspalv Federation kept getting their asses kicked by the Kaan-Visam federation and the neighbors north, and they offered themselves as a territory. I said yes, intending to annex them and making them a Vassal after tensions with Kaan-Visam calm down.
Kaan-Visam ended up declaring war on me though, and my allies and me went to war against them. They only had two major points of entry into our system, so i rapidly militarized and steam rolled them. I didn't really understand the claims system until *after* the war, but i accidentally walked off with the majority of their territory. I'm trying to improve diplomatic relations with them and annex them so that way i don't have to deal with their constant invasions, though after taking most their land they've chilled out. Still, i'd like peace if possible, and if not i'll have to militarize again for self defense.
So far this is what the galaxy looks like. I've been making deals with everyone i'm in good standing with. Theirs one Corporation Faction that keeps subjecting people by force. So far they took the entire southern portion of the map. If they try to invade me or my allies though i'm preparing to invade for self defense. I also told all their Territories that if they try for independence i'll help them. The faction scooping everyone up is getting really annoying and they're starting to push everyone around.
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Today's game is some more Tomodachi Life. I've added a ton more Miis lately too. I added Hatsune Miku (who's in the screenshot above) who's been getting close to my friend's adopted daughter named Lamb (also in the screenshot above) from Minecraft (on a modded world that makes Villagers like sims. She's named Lamb because he intended to use her as a sacrificial "Lamb" for a magic mod but got attached). Lamb has been on a fast track to becoming friends with everyone surprisingly enough. She likes almost everyone she's met so far.
I also found a mod that adds Gay Marriage (or i guess it'd be more accurate to say it makes everyone bi), or at least that's what it claims, which saves me from having to go in with a save editor and change my Miis genders to respect my friend's sexuality. I still don't know if it actually *works* but it also changed the Compatibility tester to work for Same Gender so i'd have to assume it works for the actual marriage part.
I also added Uriel Septim from Oblivion after a friend made a Mii for him. He had a Dream (or for him i guess a prophecy) where he was falling through the sky doing spins and panicking. Maybe this is what he saw in his dreams before his assassination? It really
I also added Lego ObiWan. I haven't interacted with him much yet because he's fairly new but he had a dream where he was a bobblehead in a car. Oddly fitting for a lego.
I also found out my Mii **hates** white bread. I'm not sure why but he despises it. I fed him a slice and absolutely hated it. He's a lot pickier than i am irl. Like the only food he's liked is a Veggie Burger and Salisbury Steak.
I also added a Mii called Jeffery, who is a Marine in Halo 2 that we went through the entire level trying to keep alive while on legendary. After that he got a place in my friend group's 'Lore Book' we keep. He was in the news apparently for putting Mustard on everything and was arrested by my Friend and Max Payne.
Real Quick before i posted this, I opened the 3DS one more time before posting this too and Lamb decided to become friends with Uriel Septim too. It went really well and i'm suspecting they'll become best friends.
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Today's game is some more Minecraft Xbox 360 edition. I finally managed to find diamonds after a decent amount of play time. Not only that but i found 5! 3 in a ore vein and two in a mineshaft chest. Immediately i used them to make a diamond pickaxe and then surfaced so i didn't lose them.
I ended up putting the portal in this shallow cave next to my home. I thought it'd give it a cool "ruins" kind of look along with keeping it decently far away from my home.
I immediately popped in to see if i can get some glowstone for my tunnel to light it with. While i wasn't able to reach any i *did* find out there was a Nether Fortress right next to the portal which will be super handy. I ended up sprinting back home though after i narrowly dodged a fireball from a ghast.
I also found a spawner in the minseshaft. I hope to use it to farm bones in some capacity to tame dogs. I've almost never made a vanilla mob grinder before so i want to try making my own from scratch. I think it would be fun.
Someone on the last post was asking if Splitscreen works on Xenia, so i decided to test it. I didn't test too long because it was just me, but it seemed to work perfectly fine on my rig. I'd assume the entire game was playable this way.
It did throw off my system's bluetooth card and caused some delay, but i suspect that's more from Linux having a stroke from having 3 Bluetooth devices connected at the same time instead of Xenia. The delay did keep scaring the shit out of me while mining though because i'd walk on a patch of dirt and by the time i was back on stone the dirt sounds would just start hitting. Gave me a heart attack thinking someone was behind me like some Herobrine creepypasta lol.
You'll also notice that the Minecraft logo is plastered at the top. For some reason when i first loaded in it bugged out and that got stuck. Opening and closing the world fixed it though.
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Today's screenshot is some more Minecraft Xbo 360 edition. Last time i played i built a basic tunnel going through a hill. Today i decided to decorate it. I used jungle wood and cobblestone for the walls. I think i overdid it on the torches a little though.
I also lined the ceiling with Jungle wood planks after i realized the dirt looks a little off. It gives it a feel I like. Honestly i wasn't sure about using Jungle Planks for my Base, but i'm starting to really dig it. I kind of like it now. At some point once i get to the nether i'd like to use glowstone to line the ceiling instead of torches. I think it would look cooler.
Speaking of the nether, it's crazy how hard diamonds are to get in older versions. I have about 5-6 hours in this world and haven't found a single Diamond. I feel like the rates were upped in the newer versions
Before i logged off, My barrier of trees i planted on the hill too give it a grotto feel also sprouted. I've had a few problems with mobs spawning up there though, so i plan next time i play to go up there and coat the thing in torches. I was going to do it before getting off, but my controller had 5% left and i didn't have the charger on hand so i ended up stopping there before i was stranded without a controller.
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Today's game is some more Oblivion Remaster. I started the Fighter's Guild questline today. As far as i know it's the last major guild questline i have to do. I checked the quest tree briefly and it seems a little more complex than the others, nothing too bad though. While doing the Rat quest i found Shadowmere outside making friends with the other horses. I say good on her. She could use some friends to do whatever it is evil daedric-like horses do with.
When i went down into the basement to save the Rats i ended up spending longer than i had expected down there just fawning over the rats. They're adorable and remind me so much of my own pet rat i used to have. I left them some snacks the last time i was down there.
While helping the Shopkeeper too one of the intruders tried to run away. I managed to chase him outside and he died in this satisfying pose. One of his friends inside just vanished after i killed them. The other one stayed though. I looted like 60 gold of them after i chased them around the Anvil Docks to figure out where they went.
That was where the Oblivion remaster lovingly decided to crash though. One of the last screenshots i took before the crash was of the Adorable Mojo in the Guild hall. I'll try again some more tomorrow to hopefully finish the questline as the quests don't seem like theyd take too long
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Today's game is Tomodachi Life. My Wi-Fi was out, and i've spent like the last month trying to get Miis of Friends gathered so i could get them on the island. So i decided to put it all to use. To get the screenshots i had to do some stuff with FTP since my SD adapter was missing and Wi-Fi was out. Luckily it works over local internet though. I've been trying to avoid adding *too many* Miis though, as i don't want to fill out the apartment too fast. If any one has some Miis though that they'd like to share i'd love to add them though!
The news for today was that one of my friends spotted a Giant Flying Hashbrown. Amusingly this same friend is going for a Culinary Career, so it's almost like his own Potato-Flavored Northern Star. You chase that Hashbrown Buddy.
Outside of my Friend group i also added a few other people, such as Patrick Stewart. I grew up on Star Trek and he's always been a staple Mii to the point i have a QR code saved for the Mii.
He was having a dream where he was doing Push-Ups and ate a hot pepper to go faster. I wonder if this is what the real Patrick Steward dreams of.
I also added a Mii for Max Payne. I checked in on him a few times but he didn't really need anything. He just kind of stared at the wall ominously. I let him be because he seemed like he was sorting some stuff out.
One last Mii i wanted to share is Cool David. He's David, but *cool*. He's the guy on the far left in the picture. I made him to be the most 2000s 20 something year old ever. Listens to Coldplay, wears JNCOs, and still Uses CDs. I need to buy him some Cool clothes though to match his Cool vibe.
Honestly everyone needs some clothes. By the time i got the clothing store open everyone was asleep though so that's probably a later thing.
The delivery of that line sticks in my head for some reason. Absolutely no clue why but it will pop in my head every once and a while