MyNameIsAtticus
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Today's game is **Guilty as Sock**. I had a friend suggest playing it, and i saw it was on sale. So a decent chunk of money later (bye bye money i was saving) and almost everyone in my friend group had a copy. We played a good hour of the game. Each match is *around* 10 minutes for us. It's a *lot* of improv though. It really brings me back to play D&D.
I'm going to stick to one case, and also give nicknames to everyone so it's way easier to follow. Our Attorney is **Chef**, our Prosecutor is **Italy**, our Journalist is **Shoes**, and then i was the judge. Our case was Italy was accusing Shoes of being a little too dirty minded after a heated match of Mario Kart and Italy told Shoes to go fuck himself (in a playful way). Shoes replied back "Is this foreplay", and so the court case ensued.
This also showcases my first point about the game requiring improv, very much you need to have a good idea of your group dynamic to have the most fun. In Jokes and Personal Friendships reign supreme here.
Shoes, being the journalist, got the propaganda machine running and ran articles to win the public opinion over to his innocence. The blonde man in the middle is Italy, and the resemblance to anyone is *entirely* a coincidence. A very ironic one though. He couldn't figure out how to change his character and was stuck like that.
They all presented their evidence, but it was all for nothing as the prosecutor ended up bribing Shoes to profess his guiltiness and i unfortunately had to give a guilty verdict.
That brings me to the second point about this game. If you have a reoccurring friend group with petty and lighthearted disagreements, this game would be great for you. Hop into a session and have everyone setup as roles, and let the circus commence. This will probably be how we settle minor and humorous disagreements between each other.
If i had to sum up this game, it's "Sue your friends but not *actually* sue your friends" + wacky shenanigans. I suppose it's nothing you couldn't do with discord, but having the sock puppet theme makes it all feel a little more less personal if that makes sense.
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Today's game is **Halo MCC**. After clearing two games recently i decided to take it easy with some friends, so we played some PvP. And by PvP i mean we got our asses kicked in two rounds of Halo 3 Multiplayer. It was still a fun experience despite getting absolutely pummeled. I got this funny picture of my Spartan looking like they're saying uncle.
There was a King of The Hill match we did too where i pulled a move i thought was really smart and plopped a bubble shield down into a lift and followed it up so when i landed i already had some cover. I was quite proud of that one.
I followed up my landing with... throwing myself off a cliff. In my defense, i had this cool maneuver planned in my head where i circled around onto the point but i under estimated where the point was and missed the landing.
I redeemed myself though by capturing the point with the explosive crates. I dropped them on the enemies from above and bought us a good 20 points. I learned this one from Halo 2 Legendary.
We finished off for the night with that match. Even though we all lost both rounds, it was a good bit of fun. We can't win them all and losing just gives us a chance to get better, and plus i still had fun laughing and pulling off dorky ass moves with my friends. Today was overall pretty short, i'm taking night classes so that doesn't leave me a lot of time some days to get much gaming in, but i still enjoyed the little bit i did.
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Today's game is some more Mario Galaxy. I finished it up today after gathering the last few stars i need. The last few levels were hell, it felt like there was a sharp difficulty spike. Nonetheless i persevered. After this? I might try Sunshine. I could never get into it, but i want to give it a try again. If i go on to Galaxy 2 it certainly *won't* be 40$. I think i'll stick to the original on Wii thank you, regardless of 4K or not.
The bowser fight threw me for a loop because i could have sworn it was like the fight in Galaxy 2 where you have to ground pound the orbs, just with one less wave.
Lava spire galaxy gave me some trouble too because the Lava rose way too fast for me too keep up. Luckily i nailed a good backflip and saved a ton of time on my 3rd try though.
The view from first person is beautiful in this game though. I really wish i had spent more time looking at it from other angles because it's really cool seeing all the parts of the world you may miss.
Anyways, that's the gist of today, did the last few stars i needed, struggled, and got my ass handed too me nearly by the Parkour more so than Bowser. I don't think i'll be going in to 100% it, or even just collect all the stars because i think completing the game took enough out of me. It was fun though, thinking back i though i beat the game as a child, but now i don't think so.
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Today's game is some more Final Fantasy 7 Remake. I've did chapter 3 of it today (along with all the side quests). I just want to express how much i love the sense of scale. I'm playing on 1440p, so i can tell the background is a solid image, but despite that, fuck. The topside of the city still feels massive. I feel tiny compared to the thing. It really is cool to see.
I spent a while in photo mode just looking at the roof and looking around. It really is well done in my opinion.
While doing the drake fight, i couldn't figure out i was supposed to pull this lever, so i kept running around trying to figure out where to go. The thing is, thinking back on my **first** playthrough on PS4, i made this *exact* same mistake. So some things never change i guess.
I did the quest where you hunt down the cats to bring them home. There. are. so. many cats. I love this place. My only wish was that the cats had better quality of life than living on the streets. One day i hope. One day.
I met Johhny, which i liked. Poor guy got roped into this. I hope i get to see more of him. I *did* spy an achievement mentioning him so i'd assume this to be the case, we'll see though.
The final thing i did for today was the Dart Board minigame. I spent like 30 minutes on it, but only 6 darts later and i got it perfectly. Top of the charts and everything.
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toThe Ally Aggression being on easy was a godsend for my Grounded run of 1, because that meant if I needed too I could hide in cover and let the Allies fight while I heal/reload/etc
Completely agree on the alone encounter too. I felt it a bit with Abby’s story on Normal, specifically the segment with all the Seraphites
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Today's game is some more **Super Mario Galaxy**. I picked it up to relax today and got down to 5 more stars to finish the game. I even got into the final area of the observatory. I'm officially out of areas i recognize, so when i entered the final Dome, i was surprised to find a green grassy field. I was hoping i could run around in it but sadly i was walked in. It gave me *heavy* Majora's Mask vibes though because it reminds me of the center of the moon where you get the Fierce Deity mask.
I got the red star too, which, i was expecting this to be another Wing Cap style level. Thankfully, it wasn't though. Don't get me wrong, Mario 64 will always be one of my favorite 3D Marios, but damn, does the Wing Cap drive me crazy. I always put it off for last just to avoid doing it.
I did Deep Dark. Not much to say here other than i love it. It's a good solid level and also a water level, which i'm sure is no mystery that i love it. The boss fight got a bit hectic, but i managed to pull through.
I also did the other Green Star. I *think* i need one more and then i'm done, i can't remember exactly how Galaxy 1's green stars work. I just know it's nowhere near as many stars as Galaxy 2.
I ended off with the second boss fight with King Kaliente which got me down to 51 stars. This boss fight also felt hectic but i managed without much trouble. I ended off there for the night and will pick it up again soon. It will be nice to have it off my list so i'm not juggling so many games at once.
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Today is some more Final Fantasy 7. It seems i'm going to be taking this one chapter at a time for now. Which honestly, i don't mind too much. If i go through it too fast i might miss some details.
I spent today dorking around with the photo mode to see what i could do with it. I got some photos during combat that i especially like, such as this one of Cloud midway through his attack animation. I noticed when he's in that heavy hitting mode he *always* ends with this bad ass ground stab, so i got a photo of that.
I will say, i dislike how limiting the photo mode feels. There's like a total of 5 options with very minimal scale. I am happy to have it here rather than not, but man, i love having Photo Modes with features that let me go absolutely nuts with them.
An example is a photo i wanted to take of the flower. I wanted to get up close and do a Macro shot, but the photo mode wouldn't let me get close enough for it, so this is the best i could do. Still, cloud's mug is far from the worst thing to pair with a flower.
While exploring Midgar, i decided to put Cloud up against random people to see how well he blends in. The answer is not very well, he's got similar vibes to Mario in New Donk City in Odyssey. Still, this guy seems very amused by Cloud's presence so it's not for nothing.
Next i put him in a crowd of people. Safe to say, Cloud, i don't think you have a career as a Assassin's Creed Protagonist. Like no cloud blending skills whatsoever. That's okay though, he still kicks major ass with the sword.
Overall, i'm liking the Save the planet angle so far. I'm not going to sit here and explain it in depth, but it is very much something that rings true today, so it makes me a little happy to know that even when the game first launched there were people raising concerns about the Planet's health.
Once i got to the apartment i stopped, but i'm excited to play more. Hopefully tomorrow i'll be able to play some more. I'd like to have it done by the end of the month (not going to rush to meet a deadline though) as i'd like to replay Silent Hill 2 for the Season. I see everyone always have a yearly "Halloween game" and i want to try doing that with Silent Hill 2 because it thoroughly unsettled me just to exist in the space, and it's rare for a game to do that.
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Today's game is **Final Fantasy 7**. I picked this up on Steam after borrowing it from my local library a few years ago and playing like 7 chapters on PS4. That poor PS4 barely held together while running it. It sounded like a Jet Engine. I nearly wasn't able to play this today due to my slow ass internet taking forever to download this though.
I really enjoyed my time with it the first time, despite being very mixed on Turn Base RPGs. I like the whole Realtime battle mechanic thing though. It kind of offsets the whole thing i have with Turn Base battles. Plus, it looks cool as fuck even if i do suck ass at it.
The boss fight with the Scorpion thing was hard. I feel like i'm missing something with the combat, maybe it's just naturally hard though. There's only one way to get better, and that's practice. Maybe i'll commit to trying to grind for the first time ever.
I particularly struggled with not getting hurt by the rockets from the fight. I *could* block them, but that still took some damage. Maybe i'm *supposed* to take damage while blocking? I'm not sure, so i'll have to figure it out as i go i guess.
I only did Chapter 1 due to how short on time i was with how long it took to download, but i plan on doing a whole lot more (assuming i don't struggle). The Scorpion Robot took a few attempts, so i'm assuming each boss will be a bit like that.
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toI’m the kind of person that even if I don’t agree with the message of a game, I can respect and like it.
The meta aspect was something I noticed too. Maybe it is cope like you said, but the story making you feel how Ellie feels is the kind of story I love. Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes and all that. I didn’t think of the farmhouse “ending” though, I can see that though because the game officially ends at the farmhouse. So the “better ending” being there I could see, especially with them escaping alive (except for Jesse)
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I finished **The Last of Us Part II** today. I had a whole slew of things i wanted to talk about, but i powered through finishing it and either forgot or i'm too exhausted too talk about it. I really enjoyed it though. I'm already considering a play through in the background of these posts (like what i did with 100% on Part 1), but this time Grounded, Per Chapter Permadeath, with New Game+, just too experience it again and maybe mop up a few more achievements to go on my shelf. One thing you'll notice is that i started to really like the 1:1 frame for the screenshots. I like how narrow it is.
On the subject of the main screenshot, I noticed that towards the end Ellie's outfits kind of started to resemble Joel's which i love. I'm pretty sure it was intentional, but maybe i'm wrong. Who knows though? I wouldn't be surprised if there's confirmation somewhere online.
Moving on from that, I really liked how Ellie and Abby's stories converge. I'm a sucker for Dual Protagonist stories, and having them pitted against each other i like even more. I wish we got to brush shoulders a little bit more, but still, i really like the detail.
You know what was even cooler though? Getting a boss fight with Ellie. I mean, i don't want to fight Ellie, but that as a mechanic is so damn cool. I wonder if her damage and such scale's with weapon upgrades. It'd be kind of unfair too less skilled players, but it'd be a cool detail too.
Once we make it out of Seattle i feel like this is where Naughty Dog knew a lot of players would be picking it apart and also knew it'd be important, so they put a *lot* of detail into it. The farm looks so damn good. I took a few photos with it, so i'm just going to dump them all below
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Ellie's traumatic episode I really liked, not to trivialize it though. It helps give a further motivation for Ellie other than "she can't let Abby go". I guess depth is the word i'm looking for in this case.
Santa Barbara at the end was a little unsettling. Like, they did not hold back to showing the horrors of the slavery these people faced. In a way, i appreciate that. It would have been really easy to trivialize it.
Abby's boss(?) fight was interesting. I honestly appreciate not having some grand showdown. Instead it's just throwing hands at sea. It's an interesting contrast to the first game too with the hospital segment.
That brings me to the ending. I know a lot of people didn't like it, I... kind of did though. It's cyclical like the first game, and in a way *that's* cyclical itself, but it's something i love in a story. It kind of showed that even if Ellie got her personal revenge and killed Abby (at least to me), was it really worth the cost? Like, she lost her family, she had got injured so many times, and even threatened a child. All for what? To make more violence? I'm rambling a bit, it's late and this probably will make less sense to me in the morning, so i apologize.
I like that Abby took the kid under her wing too, it's a dynamic similar to Joel and Ellie that i think shows her growth, like Joel's in the first game. If it wasn't for how long the Second game is, i'd say i wish the growth was longer just to make it feel more earned. But the game is already pretty long. I would be interested in seeing a DLC following Abby post game though. I am curious to see what the Fireflies rebuilding would be like, but also, with Naughty Dog's attention to Narrative, i'm not sure what the narrative there would be, so maybe it's just left alone.
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Today's game is **The Last of Us Part II**. I made it all the way through Abby's Day 2 today. The high up tower section scared the fuck out of me because, i too am afraid of heights, and getting near the edge started doing some fuck ass things to the camera that made everything look tall. I noticed even outside of this section it does it and Abby's breath kind of hitches in fear. It's a detail that i love. Really makes you experience Abby's fear of heights.
They do a good job of building that idea that this building you're climbing is going to be *tall* as fuck too. They give you a decent number of camera shots of the tower so tall up that it's covered by fog. So suffice to say, Naughty Dog for sure did a good job scaring the fuck out of me with this one.
The Rat King (I had to google that name) boss fight was a tough one, because i was already low on Ammo, and the damage it dealt was insane. Cut through my HP like butter and i'm pretty sure direct hits could 1-shot me. After a ton of tries though and some luck, i managed to kill it. I hope no more of those fuckers exist.
One last thing i wanted to show was that i found this table with either Non copyright infringing D&D or Warhammer on it. I thought it was a cool thing to see. Definitely a good way to pass the time during the End of The World.
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Today's game is some more of **The Last of Us Part II** i've been neglecting to finish this the last few days so i picked it up this evening and *finally* finished day 1 of Abby's story. Jesus that was so long. I spoiled myself and checked the length too be sure i wasn't being dramatic, and it was like double the length of Abby's Day 2 and Day 3. I did enjoy a lot of it though. The forest section was by far my favorite. Though having all the upgrades stripped away after getting them with Ellie was a challenge.
The cruise ship was fun to do. There were so many Clickers and i didn't have enough ammo so i had to really exploit what i knew about them. I used a bottle to lure them all over, and then a crossbow to be sure. Then, i tossed a couple of pipe bombs. I killed all but 2 of them, it was a bit of a fight but i managed to do it with the Semi Automatic Rifle.
The Crossbow is also my new favorite weapon. Makes it so much easier to kill Clickers. Just pop an arrow in their head from a distance and then sneak around to the next one. It really helped bring the difficulty down after losing so much of the strength Ellie had.
I went ahead and stopped after the aquarium on day 2. I figured that was a good stopping point as it was getting late. Hopefully if i can find the time tomorrow i can pick this up and finish day 2 in one sitting.
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Today's game is some more **Super Mario Galaxy**. I didn't beat it today, but i *did* make it to the last world so i just have to clear that. I even got a green star, which i thought i couldn't get all 3 until *after* the game. But, i did get one.
I did the Spring Level, and can i just say, i like the concept. I *hate* the execution though. I always felt like i had to slam the B button to get it to bounce, and that didn't even work half the time. I ended up ditching it and using triple jumps and spin jumps to climb. I only had to use it at the *very* end and that was a challenge. Seriously, this power up does not go well with me.
I did the desert one too. This is where i got the green star. I did all the stars because i *swear* i remember seeing a video about an almost impossible 1 up mushroom in the level, but i couldn't find the planet it was on anywhere. So i must presume that was Galaxy 2 instead. It's a shame, i really wanted to try and get it. Maybe see if having spin bound too a button helped.
A *lot* of these later levels gave me some trouble. This one had me running on some spinning platforms and i had to jump at just the right angle to get there. I ended up going through all 5 of my lives to get the star.
Besides that though, i did manage to get enough to finish the game soon hopefully. I want to try tomorrow, but we'll see. I have a lot to do tomorrow and may just end up taking it easy.
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Today's game is some more **Super Mario Galaxy**. I *had* planned to play The Last of Us Part II today, and then maybe some Halo with friends. But a kitten i was watching nearly gave me a heart attack today and I ended up having to wait in the car ([Cat Tax](https://pixelfed.social/p/MyNameIsAtticus/870254527910289996)). I figured i'd be doing some waiting, and grabbed the Switch and played on that in the car. Moving on from the sad stories though and to the *actual* games:
The second to last Galaxy is where my memory of this game cuts off. I don't know why, but all these galaxies i have no memory of. Some of them i can see as just being forgettable (Gold Leaf just being Honey Hive again with less of the Second letter of the Alphabet and Buoy Base also being part of a level in Galaxy 2). But some of these are also really unique, like the ice one.
Buoy base was cool to play through again. Swimming up from under water and seeing the sky that way was pretty. Getting the missiles to chase me was a bit of a challenge though. I did eventually get it all though and made it to the top. I think there's a secret star on this level so i'll have to go back too.
The bowser level was what gave me the most trouble, as the movement kept giving me trouble and mario would grab a ledge when i wanted to jump *over* the edge. I got there after like 5 tries though and beat Bowser's ass. And by beat his ass i mean i lost the first time and then had to try again and nearly lost a second.
I stopped somewhere in the Engine Room at around 40 stars i think. If i'm not too busy i think i might try and beat it tomorrow, but we'll have to see.
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Today's game is **Super Mario Galaxy**. I got today off, and you know what i did? I laid in a chair with a heating pad and just binged the fuck out of this game. I cleared the entire kitchen today and even got all the main stars in the Terrace. I even had headphones with Noise Cancelling so i got the *full* Mario Galaxy OST treatment. It. Was. Wonderful. If you have a Steam Deck or even just a comfy gaming chair, i'd fully suggest it lol.
While redoing the first area i went onto the bow of the ship. I went here so many times growing up because it was one of those niche "You technically are allowed here, but i don't know why you'd want to be here" spaces. I used to like hiding out here and just chilling for some reason. No clue why.
I also did Beach Bowl and got to look at the creepy ass penguins. I still have flashbacks from SM64 so i'm not a fan of these feathered assholes. Though, this is by far the best time i've seen them. All the other levels they drive me crazy in.
I also did the Speed Comet for this level. It was a bit overwhelming but i did it first try. I *tried* to get a cool ass screenshot of the star in the Crystal, but it came out bad unfortunately because i couldn't get a good angle.
I ended up stopping for the day in the observatory and just kicked back with my headphones and listened to the OST. It was calming. Even mario nearly fell asleep listening too it.
The 8 endings are definitely the best way to mix the game up in my opinion. For the Demo length i’d say 2 days is definitely a good number without playing too many cards. Then again, it’s your game, so you’d know best. Regardless though, I know how rough being a game dev can be myself, i wish you luck! I hope to see your game one day, it sounds like a genuinely interesting concept
My suggestion would always be the old fashioned way. Prototype it yourself and test it. Though with the nature of yours it sounds like there’s not much you can do with a prototype without just making a whole demo. My suggestion would be to just give it a shot and, like regdog said, validate the expectations early so you can change directions.
As for what I think about it. It’s an interesting idea, especially the Milgram angle, but i’m worried if i watched a streamer play it, there’s not much to see in the game to warrant me to pick it up myself (even with the multiple endings).
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Today's game is **Halo Master Chief Collection**. We've been slowly making our way through Spartan Ops Nightly and stopped to take a break and play some PvP. We played a few rounds, but the best was Infection. I ended up being the last man standing. You can tell how hard i fought from all the energy swords littering the ground.
We played a few rounds, and one of the times i ended up not being the last survivor (which is somehow really rare). Being able to roll around is really trippy and also *really* fun to hunt down friends with. I started hiding around corners to jump out and scare the shit out of them with.
My go to spot though has been the roof. It's so easy to guard that spot and it's how i racked up so many points. Just wait for all my friends to come up there and pop pop pop. They all die and that's 3 points to me.
I didn't want to be too mean though and leave a fair gap to catch up with, so i tried hiding too. It worked for a bit. I ended up running away though after they saw my invisibility on the mini map.
For the final round me and a group of 4 clustered together in the hallway and guarded it. Everyone else fell. First it was our friend Little Italy who got rolled into and bitten, we were too late. Then it was our friend Chef, who got snuck up on. I don't even know where the other one died. That left me alive and also brings us to the hallway of fallen swords.
I ended up going upstairs to hold my ground, deciding that's the best place to do it. I camped out on the central platform for a bit, but decided the platform with a higher angle and off to the side was better as it doesn't launch them straight into my path. A few lucky headshots later and i made it. Then we went and did Episode 8 of Spartan Ops to round out the night.
I had a friend try to get me into it (and Limbus Company). Limbus Company i gave a shot because it was free. It being a Gacha though i just couldn’t get into. Anything that tries to keep my attention with FOMO i never end up sticking with for too long.
Lobotomy looked interesting though, i did pick it up on sale but have yet to touch it. I don’t know much about it though.
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Today's game is some more Super Mario Galaxy. I cleared the entire second galaxy today and *even* did the Bowser Level. Galaxy's Bowser levels are some of my favorites because they feel like a worthy successor to 64's. They are so outlandish and abstract and windy. They even have the same theme which is one of my favorite tracks in the entire franchise.
On a similar note, i love bowsers design in this game. It feels very lively if that makes any sense, and i love the way the lighting interacts with his model and the wind blowing his hair around. I wonder if they animated it, because i feel like the Wii wouldn't be able to handle hair physics, idk though. I've seen some crazy optimizations over the years.
I also did the Dump star too, and it only took me *four* stars. It drove me crazy doing it, but i *did* do it. Having the shake bound to Y definitely makes it easier to do, but it was still a bit of work.
The entire battlrock level i am *not* a fan of to be honest. I respect it, but it is not my cup of tea. Too much going on and i'm very picky about my autoscroller platform levels. I can do it pretty well now, though it still usually is the first challenge to kill me.
Overall i forgot how large this game felt. I ended after beating Bowser, but there's around 4 more galaxy's to do. Makes me wonder how many stars you need to beat it in total. I want to avoid looking it up though to make it a trivial little surprise.
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toWorld I think definitely has more to offer for die hard Mario Kart fans. As a Family or group game though I’d say 8 is the better title.
8 you just pick it up, pick a character, pick a car, and pick a cup (or track if you’re doing VS), without having to worry about which tracks connect to which and all the new mechanics introduced in world
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Today's game is Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Decided to take things nice and easy today, so i kicked back with some friends and just played some Mario Kart. Me and one of my friends even started a little rivalry because we both suck ass compared to our friends who have earned a total of like 800 hours (i have a measly 40). As a consequence we're always in the back racing each other. . Here he is waving to the camera with me (being spun out by my banana).
I had so many damn close calls racing against him. We did the Tokyo map and he threw a Banana in front of me. I just *barely* beat him by slipping onto the finish line. I felt like that one scene in Cars where Lightning wins by literally his tongue.
There was another time on Excitebike where one of my friends with the large hours was beating all of us. I got a *really* lucky shell toss in and managed to pass him at the last second. I felt really accomplished and we had a little bit of fun banter.
There weren't many more screenshots i could capture, 1) because MK 8 moves so fast that i can't capture many good ones and 2) the clips i caught were compressed to hell and back so it was hard to get good looking screenshots out of them. It's 2025, i really wish we got an option for uncompressed clips on the Switch.
I will say, MK 8 having online multiplayer makes me really thankful. Being an adult now makes it nigh impossible sometimes to get the gang all together so having this way to play with everyone is nice. I'm hoping Mario Kart 64 gets an online multiplayer mod soon with the multiple decomps.
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Today's game is some more of The Last of Us. I went through the Entirety of Day 1 for Abby today. I wasn't expecting it to put us in her shoes. As much as i'm still pissed about Joel, i do like getting the different play style and getting to play her as a character. You can tell there's a character arc being setup there. I loved going through the aquarium too. It's so pretty to walk through and see all the water and fish. You can tell the put a *lot* of work into making this look good. Especially with all the Transparent surfaces.
The sea lion was nice to see. They're adorably cute so anything with them deserves points from me.
Later on the game gave me a shotgun in a pottery store. It was like the game was speaking to me and asked me to Channel my inner Link and destroy all the pots. And those thoughts won, i did it. I ran out of shells midway through and used a Steel Pipe, but it was fun messing around with the physics engine like that.
Maybe it's because i'm not as high leveled, but Abby's combat feels far more difficult. I ran out of Ammo in the scenario above and had to resort to bottle stuns and stealth attacks. I did end up making it though, although i had to run away at the end.
The section where our weapons were ripped away was fun too. Maybe this sounds weird but i always enjoy being stripped of strength in a game. The section *looks* good too. A lot of darkness with just torch light. This kind of old fashioned vibe is a good mixup from the usual "Here's a city with a ton of trees".
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Today's game is Super Mario Galaxy. I played that one fever dream of a level with the rolling ball *and* did it first try, which is a new record for me. Usually i accidentally roll off the cliff edge on accident at least once.
I have very specific memories of this level growing up because of the ball Mario is on. I had a rubber bouncy ball that looked the exact same growing up, so i always associate that ball with this level and vice versa. A bit of an odd way of remembering this level, but definitely an interesting one.
Speaking of levels i struggle with, there's Space Junk too. I think this one has the trash minigame but also i always struggled with the vanishing platforms segment because i always forget where they are. It feels like the game sometimes changes the distance.
Somehow though, i did this one first try too. Look at me, i'm actually getting *good* at this game. It's a Christmas miracle. Younger me would be so proud.
Speaking of younger me, one thing i'd always do when young is just hang out in the comet observatory. It's so chill here and the music makes it almost soothing. Nintendo really knocked it out of the park with this game's presentation. I laid there and just listened to the music before eventually deciding to get off. Definitely a good way to wind down for the day.
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Today's game is some more of The Last of Us Part II. I made it all the way out to the Sea today. All i have to say is 1) It's really gorgeous looking 2) wtf ND. You made the ocean *actually* scary. It threw me into this tiny ass boat and ramped it all the sudden up too a violent storm. Legit terrifying with how small it made me feel. Usually i don't have a fear of the water, but damn, this was well done.
Surprisingly when i was thrown out i wasn't as scared. Maybe it was because i was close to the coastline, but i honestly was far less intimidated by it. Still though, it was really well done and you can tell the knew what they were doing.
Walking through Seattle honestly looked really good in general, from the violent flood waters too the empty streets. It's one thing ND never really falters on i feel like.
Despite playing the majority of the chapter i stopped inside the aquarium because my controller bugged out. I'm going to play some more right after i post this because i *feel* like i'm close to the end. Who knows though? If i get some more screenshots i might post them on my pixelfed (or to my profile on Lemmy if that's an option)
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Today's game is some more of The Last of Us Part II. I made it to day 3 in Seattle and apparently we're going down to the Sea. I'm excited because i'm a big ocean fan (even if i can't swim), so i'm eager to see ND's vision of the ocean.
This sewers section specifically scared the shit out of me, because there's a hidden little room i can head into for some loot. But there's a clicker merged into the wall here that the game makes you *think* is dormant, but when you get close... Surprise! Anyways, that sudden jumpscare scared the shit out of me.
It didn't get much better after that (in a good way). I had my first run in with the Seraphites and they're scary as fuck. You're telling me they can use bows *against* me? Then i have too pull the arrows out of my arm. It's scary shit. I love it, really takes what was a power weapon in the first game and turns it against you.
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Making my way forward, i ran into a WLF again, and there was a soldier there playing on a PS Vita. Ellie ends up slashing her throat, but she drops it on the ground and there's a game playing. I got curious if it was a real game and i found some stuff online saying it was Hotline Miami, which i think is a cool detail. I love seeing real world stuff in games like this. It gives it extra detail i really feel like.
Besides that one character in the cutscene, i decided to sneak through the entire building without killing anyone. I was only after the one character so no one else needed to die. Anyways, it took me a bit to do, but i pulled it off.
There was one WLF soldier just staring up at the sky for some reason. I got so preoccupied laughing i nearly got seen by a dog. I dove under a truck to escape though and got *really* lucky no one decided to check.
Finally, i got to Nora. I was expecting the game to give us the control to bludgeon her with the metal pipe, but it was a detail i like to really put you in Ellie's shoes. Anyways, after that i made it too Day 3 and stopped for the day. Making it through 1 chapter seems like enough for today.
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Today's game is **No Man's Sky**. With the new corvette update i *had* to play it. Games with fully functional ship building functions are what i live for and i'm happy to have it here. The game lets me get up while flying and walk around and even open the back door. I ended up opening it up and just watching the view.
Here's a view from another perspective to give you a better idea of what i'm looking at. This game does a really good job of giving you beautiful views.
I had a friend join me on my new ship (we're forming a crew) and we decided to appoint a first mate. It was a hard vote, but the Ominous Floating lightning cube i put in the corner won. May he serve the ship well (and not shock me).
I ended up giving each of my crewmembers a room to decorate as they please (or have me decorate for them since they can't edit it themselves). All this space to work with is nice, especially while flying. I can just stop or turn on autopilot now and help my friends who join me.
We flew to a new planet too break it in, and found this gorgeous planet too land on. Little did we know though that the planet had some wild weather effect, such as gravity inverting randomly and lightning storms, along with some wacky ass bubbles that come out of the ground. Nonetheless, we've decided to settle here with how pretty and (relatively) calm it is.
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Today’s game is some more Super Mario Galaxy. I wanted to take a break from The Last of Us Part 2 , partly because I’m sick once again and I didn’t want to go through it so fast, so I went ahead and continue with this. I did my favorite level in this game, which is the Manta ray surfing one above. I have fond memories of surfing in this level as a child, never could get the hang of turning the Wiimote though. And god, I know I praise this game’s water, but it looks so good here. I want to swim in it.
I also went and did the flip switch level. Before I left the level I decided to look around and just see the skybox because I’ve never done that before. It was neat getting a perspective I don’t usually.
And of course, I went and battled this pain in the ass. I always struggle to time the ground pounds with him but managed to finally get it in pretty good time for me. The more tolerable controls made it easier.
I ended off tonight in the candy Galaxy and got the star there. I always struggled with this one’s moving parts but with the controller controls it was far more tolerable now.
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Today's game is a Demo from a game called [Dead as Disco](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3763830/Dead_as_Disco_Demo/). I saw a clip from it online and it looked really interesting. Unfortunately there's only a free Demo online, but it still looked really good so i gave it a try.
It controls kind of like the Arkham games meet a rhythm game, which while i personally struggle with rhythm games, this one in particular i had fun with. It's really satisfying to match the beat and pummel enemies.
One complaint i have is that i sometimes feel like my inputs aren't registered. Granted, Steam on linux for me has a bug where it will randomly open the web window and reset. Sometimes this isn't rendered though, so it may not be the game's fault.
Overall, there's not much to say about this game but it is fun. There's one level in development and there's an infinite Disco. The story seems kind of like a "getting the band back together" story about Charlie Disco (the player character) who came back to life. The story kind of gives me Max Payne 1 vibes too. Infinite Disco lets you import your own songs too, but i couldnt get it to sync right. It's a free demo so i'd highly advise picking it up. It's a lot of fun!
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Today's game is some more of The Last of Us Part 2. I took a bit away from gaming today, because i've finally reached the point i'm writing my own Bash scripts for this. The Last of Us Part 2 outputs in too large of a size. I originally was just uploading them to Pixelfed one by one. I also had to rewrite the script a bit too because *originally* it was going to output too JPEG XL. Turns out though, nothing supports it. So i went with regular JPEG instead.
This diner in particular scared the fuck out of me because i went to sneak up to the window to get in and as i went to break it a Clicker lunged into view and saw me. I legit had to scramble Ellie back both in shock and in order to keep her alive. I feel like this game is a lot more prevalent with the jumpscares, because i didn't ever really feel scared by it. Unsettled? Yeah. But there wasn't any notable moments that made me jump out of my seat. Meanwhile this game has quite a few more jumpscares.
I went into this apartment building too while looting it and saw these plants still growing. I kind of wonder if they could realistically grow like that? Nearby these plants was a workbench too, which when i interacted with it, i got jumped by a group of 5 people. It was surprising and scared me yet again. I honestly had trouble taking them out though and had to scramble for my Shotgun.
After dispatching them i came to this dumpster which is the best damn dumpster i've seen in gaming yet. Like, damn, Naughty Dog knows how to make a damn good dumpster. Anyways, i stopped here due to some plans for the evening with friends. I half picked The Last of Us though to test my script. I'm really proud of it, even if version 1 was defeated by nothing supporting JPEG XL.
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If i had more time i would have found a way to work a 404 joke into today, but i couldn't come up with anything good that wouldn't just be me suddenly switching gears to *another* game. Anyways, so it's some more of The Last of Us Part 2. The main screenshot for today i actually only picked because damn, does it look really good. It's a really out of the way area that i almost walked right past.
The Museum section was creepy as fuck. The wolf jumpscare actually got me too. With the fact that game just made me fight a bunch of dogs, i was half expecting it to make me fight some wolves too with how they showed up (easy way to reuse AI and i could see some good metaphors for the Wolves).
The literal writing on the walls was creepy as fuck too. I was half expecting to get jumped by some guy in here, i'm glad it turned out he was dead though. It was a bit sad though, poor guy seemed to genuinely regret what he had done.
And you damn well know i put a hat on *all* the dinos i could find. Even everyone's favorite. It was fun going around putting it on them and running around.
I stopped at the car chase. I don't know if it's just me but it felt like Naughty Dog's Uncharted was showing. This felt ripped straight out of the games, specifically 4. I was honestly surprised i made it all the way through without dying because i've been neglecting to upgrade the pistol and my controller was bugging out for some reason. I did it though.
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Today's game is some more The Last of Us Part 2. To avoid the mistake i made last time i'm going to just be prefixing it with a spoiler tag due to how story heavy the game is, along with affixing the game's title to the end (**just for The Last of Us Part 2 so people know what game is being spoiled**).
I finally got a chance to pick it up again today. These last few weeks have been hard due to my classes starting up. Luckily i planned them in a way that's pretty light on me, but adjusting has been hard. I worked my way into the subway section today, which was a nice change of pace from the usual city scapes i've been looking at a lot.
During this section and the section right before (pictured above), the game did an amazing job of making me feel really fucking tense in a way the first game had not. Like, there were these guys all over the building really fucked up in gruesome ways, then you find out it's not who you thought it was that did it, and suddenly i felt really fucking nervous because i'm in a big ass space and kept having to slip in and outside too. So i could get jumped from damn near anywhere and not realize.
The Subway does the same thing well too, because it introduced the new Zombie type (the shambler), and fuck, they're scary. I felt like the first one with the bloater played it's hand a bit too quick and hinted at it too early. This one? It throws a Crispy Deep Fried Corpse at you, tells you that a bloater didn't do it, and then leaves you navigating tight tunnels where you easily could get pinned in. Then, once you finally get a glimpse of one, the game goes "Yoink" and drops you right down near 2 of them.
They're not too hard to kill, but fuck, being thrown down in front of them was scary. Then they blow up so i had to panic even after i thought i was safe. It was a really good way of introducing them and it had me tense. I'm still nervous to see who mangled the corpses in the section before though.
I have a hunch that it's whoever this lady is judging by how **everywhere** she is, and how much that logo is matching up, but we'll see.
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Today's game is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Usually i'd emulate it, but i got a chance to play it again on Native hardware and got to join friends for multiplayer tonight. I'd never gotten to do Multiplayer to be honest, the most i got was playing on a single system with siblings and that was my experience. Getting to actually play online felt vastly different (or maybe it was nintendo's shitty netcode).
We originally did 1v1 matches, but for our last match of the night we did a 4 person free for all. One of our friends picked DK, which, we have a in joke that if there's one thing we can all agree on, it's: Fuck that ape. It originates from getting our asses kicked on Mario Party 2 by him. Ever since then he's been public enemy #1. We all ended up teaming up to defeat DK (In good humor of course).
After the great enemy was defeated, we attempted to sue for momentary peace. The pink two got the left half of the map, and Sephiroth got the right half of the map. The peace didn't last long though after Kirby invaded the right half of the map. I fought hard, but lost to the other two. They quickly turned on eachother and Kirby won.
Before our free for all though, we also did quite a few 1v1 matches as i mentioned before. One of them was the two pink guys against eachother. Kirby got his ass handed too him but somehow won. There was a brief moment where they cuddled up and napped together.
Once Kirby woke up though the bloodshed resumed.
I also went against the member of our friend group who plays a *lot* of this game. I'm far more casual when i play, but damn, i wiped the floor with him as Sephiroth. The contrast between the two matches was almost comedic. Kirby Vs. Jigglypuff almost seemed like a light tussle, and then Bowser and Sephiroth were over here fighting like the fate of the universe was in the balance.
After these few matched (along with a few others i didn't capture screenshots from) we ended up stopping for the night. It was nice being able to play with friends like that and honestly it's the first day in a bit that i've been able to just relax. Hopefully i'll get to do it again because that multiplayer was fun.
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Today's game is some more Halo 4 Spartan Ops. We've been picking away at this daily on Legendary, we're now on Episode 5. It's definitely an experience different from Core Halo. Mostly because of some of the changes they made to the game that make it a far different experience.
Because the game basically has no penalty for dying for some reason, I've been perching myself up on hills with a DMR and playing Sniper. When i run out i'll go down with my Magnum and try too clear the field. More often than not though i'll die and have to respawn with more DMR rounds. Rinse and repeat. It feels a bit cheap at times, but as long as i'm not killing myself for more Ammo i suppose it's fine.
There was one level on Valhalla we did and it gave us Warthogs which just kept respawning. I feel like that's Spartan Ops's biggest flaw, there doesn't feel like any lose conditions.
i also wanted to point out that i redid my Spartan armor to be a inverse Tiger Stripes because i'm really pleased with it. Why Tiger Stripes? Tigers are some of the coolest big cats.
The last Chapter of Episode 4 though, it dragged on a little too long. I will admit, it was late and i was blanking a bit. But basically we had to defend a station i believe. It gave us a ton of Power Weapons but it felt like it dragged on and on even with them. The Power Weapons respawned too, so it wasn't a difficulty thing. Besides that though, Spartan Ops has been a lot of fun. It's nice having a 4 player Co-op themed mode specifically. I wish other Halo's had this. We have a lot of fun dorking around while playing. Hopefully tomorrow we'll get to Episode 5/10!
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Today's game is Minecraft Xbox 360 edition. I realized i hadn't checked in on my world in a while. When i spawned in, there was a black sheep on my front porch. I took some wheat and led him upstairs to the roof and captured him. I'm going to expand the pen, but for now this is where Matheson lives. I feed him daily from my Wheat farm and want to maybe get him some grass on the roof.
He was a bit of a Headache to get up stairs but i eventually got him. he couldnt pathfind his way through the doors for some reason so i had to push him. Once past that though he was somewhat easy get up there.
On my way back down i saw an Ocelot in the area in the screenshot above. which i call my "courtyard". I fished out of my Garden for some fish and tried to tame it. I spent a good 10 minutes chasing it down too but couldn't find it. I found another one on a cliff but couldn't get it to enter the crouch mode. I tried to Trap it in place so it couldn't escape and i could come back with more fish, but i accidentally broke the block containing it and set it loose.
That's where i stopped for the night because i was a bit bummed about the ocelot. I also kind of realized with this world i'm losing steam on it. I'm at the point where i can take on the stronghold, i just need some end pearls, but damn. I see like no Endermen and i think child me would be disappointed at my lack of creativity when it comes to building. Maybe i should take a page out of child me's book and build a Harbor Freight or something. Maybe that will get the engine going again.
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Today’s game is Super Mario Galaxy. _This_ is the attempt. I’m going to beat it this time… probably. I said the same things every other time. But I have the thing I’m playing it on all to myself in the evenings, so literally, I have _no_ excuse.
Speaking of the evenings, I was sat on the couch alone playing it. And it was a nostalgic experience. I usually play in my bedroom where my desktop is. So just… popping the cartridge in and sitting my happy ass down on the couch to play late into the evening felt nostalgic. Amazing even. It was like when I was younger and staying up late. Except now I’m an adult… in college… honeyhive galaxy at 10 PM feels so good though.
I don’t know if the lower resolution of the Wii covered it, but there is some mild banding on lights and pictures I’ve noticed. Not that it’s too big of a problem, just it can be distracting sometimes.
I rediscovered the game had a first person mode too and zoomed in a little bit to dork around with it. Tried looking at the game from angles I never have before and it was interesting. It’s interesting to think this sight was always here but i didn’t see it ever because I didn’t look at this angle.
I ended up stopping at Honeyhive after skinning and wearing a bee and playing Dr. for a giant ass bee with a dandruff problem. Honestly not a bad place to stop. I need to start making more progress though.
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Today's game is some more Mario Kart World. I think i've changed my opinion on this, because fuck. After playing through all the Grand Prix and just fucking around in the Open World, i think this might just be tied for my favorite Mario Kart. It has it's flaws definitely and i don't think it's the console pusher nintendo thinks it is. Namely the price tag is too high, the Open World has a lack of content in some places i feel like (and a lack of splitscreen multiplayer), and i think it's definitely a little to complex to be a "family game" if that makes sense (my siblings asked me to play with them and they struggled to grasp anything outside of the basic "Here's course 1, here's course 2). But damn, did i have fun after finally being able to get a night's rest and play it.
The open world, despite the flaws, is so much fun to dick around in. I spent a good hour just driving around crashing into shit and messing with the photo mode. Namely with Waluigi, something about the way he strikes his poses is hilarious to me.
Crown City has got to be one of my favorite courses, among the one that looks like Venice and good ol' DK Pass. I just like driving around in it, it's got some vibes i love and has the highest numbers of cars for me to crash into.
::: spoiler Rainbow Road Spoilers
The rainbow road in this game i think ties with 64 for my favorite. I *think* it takes bits and pieces of all the other rainbow roads to form this awesome nostalgia trip of a rainbow road (though the rest of the game does this too). It has my favorite trait from the 64 one too of being freakishly long. It's like a marathon at the very end and i love it.
There's this section with this Star water that i fucking love. I don't know if this was taken from another Mario Kart, but it's amazing. It's one of the most iconic parts of the track for me. I want to swim in it. It's beautiful.
My one complaint about this is that it's not available in Free Roam. Honestly though, i'm a bit mixed on it. It in a way to me makes it feel a bit special how you can *only* race on it, but also it makes Free Roam feel a little half baked too. Especially combined with the lack of Splitscreen Multiplayer.
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Overall, i think this game just needed some time to grow on me. And i'm glad i didn't just brush it off as "It's Mario Kart again" like i initially did. It was a blast playing through it, and despite seeing most of what it has to offer in well under 10 hours, i don't want to move on yet. It's exciting.
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Today’s game is **Mario Galaxy**. Specifically the _3D all Stars Version_. After Mario Kart world Yesterday, I wanted to see how this looks on the system (looks great, but Galaxy has some sharp edges I wish I had options for). Embarrassingly, I bought the 3D all Stars when I was young and Naive and bought into the FOMO Nintendo pushed with it. I don’t regret buying it, but I do regret giving in.
I played in bed while playing it, and damn, they did a *really* good job of adapting the controls. Emulating always sometimes has issues adapting to controllers, but snap off the joycons here and you’re basically good to go. On top of that being able to lay in bed and play without worrying about the battery being gone in a few hours is awesome. No offense to my Steam Deck, but I sleep in a loft bed to save space and I don’t want to lug it up and down the ladder every couple hours to charge.
I think this is like the 4th time I’ve started this game and talked about the water, but Galaxy has some of my favorite water of all time. Like, if I _had_ to drown to death and got to pick the water, this is top of my list. It looks like it’d be super cool and taste amazing.
While playing through this, I did one of the song segments and didn’t realize how much of this game borrows from other games. It has so much identity of its own, but also doesn’t neglect its past. It’s something I feel like more recent Nintendo games haven’t done.
And then finally, I wanted to talk about how surreal I realized this all is. like, an Italian Plumber is just thrown into space with random shit scattered about and he can turn into a fucking drill and gets to climb all over a giant ass bee. It really makes sense in the context of the history that the Mario Franchise has.
Like, if I didn’t know anything about Mario and you handed it to me. I feel like I’d played it and go “What the fuck is going on”. It’s just something I was thinking about while playing was all.
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Today’s game is Mario Kart World. I was debating picking up the console because my Switch 1 is broken, but also it’s outrageously expensive. Luckily, it doesn’t seem like I’ll have to do that as it was bought by my family instead for the younglings to play. So now I get to experience it _without_ the massive price tag of the game or console.
My consensus was just kind of “Yep, that certainly is the next Mario Kart”. It’s not anything special in my opinion compared to the others, but also Mario Kart doesn’t really need to be. Mario Kart is the kind of game I throw on when I have friends over. It’s not this big thing I spend hours myself trying to complete. It’s certainly not worth that outrageous price tag though.
One thing I’ve liked about it is the outfits. Horribly organized, but they have some amazing outfits. Like for example Rosalina’s Halloween ish outfit. It’s got this cool design that reminds me of sea anemones.
The character roster feels a bit stretched to meet the goal of racers(looking at you Cataquacks and Cow). They’re fun and funky additions but take up too much space on the roster for me to really justify them being there.
Overall, it’s Mario Kart again. Not something _id_ spend all that money on, but to each their own I suppose. I was also wanting to talk about the races, but there’s a lot to talk about there, and I’m wiped (something I’m sure shows in this post. I’m legit passing out while typing this) after a long day today, so maybe this won’t be the last time this shows up as id love to discuss the races.
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Today's game is Halo 4, specifically Spartan Ops. After my mistake yesterday i decided to step back from something so Story centered for a few days for screenshots. With the Last of Us i realized a *lot* of things I've been screenshotting to talk about are spoilers, and with how busy I'll be i don't trust myself to remember to add the spoiler tag.
So for the next few days it will probably be some of the Multiplayer or sandbox games i play with friends daily taking showcase. They deserve a bit of showcase anyways and there's plenty to talk about with them that i'd like too, so it's not like this is a negative.
On the subject of plenty to talk about, there's Spartan Ops, which i'm pleasantly enjoying. It's not perfect, but i think part of the issues stem from playing 5 levels back to back daily with friends. I think in the original paced context the Spartan Ops released with it would be far more enjoyable. Just having these smaller levels with simple goals to jump into and jump out of is fun.
Whatever they did different for it too, i feel like i'm having way more fun. Something about how it's scripted is just amusing. Like this section where we're storming a hill, i got to see a grunt get absolutely crushed by a drop pod. Poor guy was lucky the entire thing didn't drop on him.
I ended up meeting the same fate as the grunt though mere levels later, because i got squashed by a Drop Ship going in to Land. It didn't even touch me, just got close and my spartan died of a heart attack and social anxiety.
There was a snow level with tanks too, and i had destroyed the turret gunner and gotten in with the elite. Then my friend hopped on, and the Elite drove us around. We had somehow accidentally made a 3 seater tank.
Spartan Ops *does* make your teammates invincible too your attacks as far as i can tell, which is probably a good thing. But damn, do i miss being able to beat the shit out of eachother. Who needs therapy when you can just beat the crap out of your friends in the Halo Campaign? Anyways, we did the first Episode Yesterday, and finished Episode 2 today. With a total of 10 Episodes we'll probably be picking away at these at a rate of 1 per a day, which isn't bad at all.
I got an achievement for this too, and realized i'm at 400 out of 700 achievements when looking at it, which is crazy. It doesn't feel like all that long ago i only just beat CE for the first time, and here i am now having done all the campaigns on Legendary. It's crazy how time can pass.
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edit: I'm really sorry, i did *not* mean to spoil that for everyone like i did. I've gone ahead and moved the spoiling screenshot into a spoiler block along with the spoiling segments and replaced it with one with a far less intrusive one. That's my bad and I really should have been more observant and thoughtful of everyone else's experiences.
For anyone else who is just now seeing this post, everything in that big block is major spoilers. I've moved it down there too rectify a mistake (hence this edit)
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Today's game is some more of **The Last of Us Part II**. And man, i knew Joel's death was coming, down to the very moment it happened. And i still couldn't accept it. The game does a really good job of making you grieve for Joel, because fuck, *i* want revenge now too. Even after it happened, i spent a good few minutes in denial. Fuck this game (in a good way). It's so cruel making me sad like this. Really liking it though.
Another thing i liked is the game letting you see Ellie mourning, and through that mourn yourself. It had me walk through Joel's house and take a look at it all the stuff, and you end up getting Joel's revolver and watch which I love. The game could have easily said "whelp, Ellie's pissed, running away to Seattle" and let it end there. But instead we got one last goodbye to Joel in a way.
We even got to see his Jacket one last time. I wish Ellie took it to add to her wardrobe, but also, understandably, Seattle can be hot as fuck sometimes. Still, it would have been nice.
Another detail i kind of liked that i think helped me accept Joel's death, was actually before. When Ellie and Dina are in the Weed Room, Ellie shows Dina her scar from being bitten, and Dina brushes that off as being just a joke before the game tosses you into action with Joel. In a way, to me, that kind of felt like the game nudging me away from Part I. It's saying "Hey man, this isn't Joel's story anymore, this isn't about Ellie's immunity. Joel's story is over, both metaphorically and literally. Now it's about Ellie's revenge". I'm not very far in, so we'll have to see if the immunity comes up again though.
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I ended off for tonight in the big open Seattle area, which I *love*. I wish the first game had more big open areas like this. It's so cool. I've been exploring first before continuing with the story, but i love it so far. I'm excited to pick it back up tomorrow.
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Today's game is The Last of Us Part 2. I... probably need to stop buying and picking up games. This is what? The 5th new game i picked up? In my defense though, it was cheaper than i expected and i got paid early than i thought. At this point i think i need to start cutting things loose and go back later. We *did* finish Halo 4 tonight though, so at least i finished one game.
Part II feels a lot more lively than the first one. I have to imagine it's partly because the first one was a remake, so not fully original. But like, Ellie's reaction here to being pelted with a snowball feels very lively. I hadn't realized it used the same engine as Part 1's remake either, which i both like and don't like. It's familiar, but damn, it's fun seeing the differences in engines between sequels and i feel like a new engine could breed creativity.
I had just left Jackson before i stopped today, but damn the place feels so lively. Something about it feels far more bustling than anything seen in the first. And the snow? Perfect. Snow in games is a surefire way to get me on board with it. I love a good snow in games.
Not even 10 minutes in and i already like Jesse here too. I'm hoping he doesnt turn into a villain or something, because i really like him. He's the kind of snark i like in a character.
Ellie's room also had a PS3 in it, which, awesome. I like that they kept that consistency with the first game. They could have very easily put a PS5 in there as advertisement and i feel like they could have gotten away with it. Even cooler is that it had Uncharted there in the game pile though. It's awesome seeing Naughty Dog showcase their library like this.
I'm legit so excited to play through this. I know reactions are mixed, but the First one left me wanting to see where this goes so i'm excited. I wasn't expecting to pick this up for a while.
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Today is (finally) some more Prey (2016). I spent a while just dicking around in the Lobby area and ended up going on my first space walk. I completely forgot about these parts of the game, which is a tragedy because they're so fucking cool. Growing up i always wanted to be an astronaut (a fear of heights quickly put a stop to that though), so anything that let's me get close to that earns a fuck ton of points from me.
The space segments are so cool too. Being able to float around the space station outside to get around is awesome, and it is faster too so you don't have to do long ass back tracks.
The game had this test tube with mimics where you could detonate a recycling charge that i had come across. Honestly, the lab environment i feel let's this game get away with being really obvious about it's tutorials. And that's a good thing! A lot of games need more hands on tutorials in my opinion, as a lot of them neglect to explain crucial mechanics i feel like.
I also like how the game often has like 7 ways of solving puzzles. Like there was a generator you needed past while it was going hay wire. You *could* go around it, or shut the power off, or sprint past if your speed was high, or use the Gloo gun to seal it and go past.
I ended off today by doing the medical center quest and looking around. I had noticed i could see the previous lab area i had been in when i got off, which is such a cool detail i hadn't noticed. Especially considering they could have just left it blank and too the player's imagination.
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Today's game is Halo 4. With us wrapping up ODST the other day and me finally getting home, we decided to speed through this. The campaign is shorter than i remember. We're more than halfway through now and only played for one day.
Having 4 friends makes this *way* more tolerable. Playing on heroic probably helps too. Though, i will say i've accidentally made it into a PvP game with my friends. There was a time where we had to start the same section over and over again because we kept blowing eachother up with grenades in a lift.
Last time i played the campaign i commented on how multiplayer unfriendly it feels. Now that i'm playing through it again, i can reassure that i still feel that way. The two main complaints are that it warps you to other players *way* to strictly (something everyone, including the new player agreed with) and the way it doesn't really scale with 4 players it feels like. namely the Mantis section. You only get 1 at the start, and then 2 more later on. So assuming the first one makes it to the end, one player still gets told to pound sand. It's a shame because the mantis is so fun to drive.
One thing i will praise this game for is most of the weapons (except the Forerunner weapons. For me personally everything soaks them up and they feel like they play like shit). The AR Feels fucking amazing. It's my favorite version yet. And the DMR is great too.
I really like this game's canyon levels, specifically the one on Infinity where you get to drive a Tank. I'm not a big war game guy, but it was an absolute blast just rolling through the canyon with my friends and blowing things up. It felt a bit like a power trip, especially after i didn't get Tank privileges in Halo ODST.
We're going to finish up the game tomorrow hopefully, but we'll say. Tomorrow kind of looks like it's shaping up to be a busy day for everyone.
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Today's game is some Mario Kart 64 (specifically the Spaghetti Kart version). I'm *finally* home back to my big fancy gaming rig. I was meaning to get to some Prey today, but i was wiped and even while playing Mario Kart i was passing out at the Wheel. Toad is lucky he wasn't in an accident with me driving. Somehow, despite that though, i managed to come in first on 150 CC. I've always struggled a bit with anything over 100, so seeing this obvious progress is nice.
While crossing the finish line i had some shells i threw over the finish line. I swear racing games always have some tradition i try to commit too while finishing a race. On Mario Kart Wii i'd always try to ram into the wall as i finished. I can't remember if i ever did it, but it was a fun thing to try and do.
I also did Koopa Troopa beach, which is the course i remember the most growing up. I have fond memories of playing this with my Sister on the Wii VC and N64 and i'd *always* beat her because i could hit the shortcut on here. She was furious and we got into many arguments over this game, as Siblings usually do.
There was the final course, which i've talked about it a bunch and I'm sure it needs very little introduction to people who know Mario Kart. I loved this course growing up because i though trains were **THE** hot shit. I used to go on the tracks just to follow the train. Even though on this version i don't think it counts as completing the race. I ended it here as i don't want toad to be pulled over for falling asleep at the wheel and i myself was feeling exhausted. I wouldn't be surprised if it showed here.
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Today's game is Uncharted 4. I'm not sure what it is, but something has drawn me to come full circle (for the 3rd time) with this game. It turns out I've had it installed on my Steam Deck this entire time I've been away from my Main rig, and after finishing up The Last of Us last night, I just was left wanting Uncharted 4. Are we sure Naughty Dog isn't lacing their game with Meth? Because it sure feels like it.
This time I'm going to try and go for the last two achievements I need for 4, which is the Sub 6 hours one and the 70% accuracy, After that I'll just have Lost Legacy to complete. Honestly I'm a bit afraid to commit to it. Uncharted was one of the first games I really owned myself, and by finishing up 4, it kind of feels like finishing the franchise. I suppose at some point though I'll need to accept that it's over and this is the end. I appreciate they didn't drag it out, but I do wish for a PC port of the first 3 games. I feel like as an experience they need it so they aren't locked to the PS3/PS4 generations.
Enough of me mourning though, I got to play this blown up on a big fancy plasma TV and it looked *damn* good. Beyond that though, I got to see details I missed on the tiny screen. The ammo in Nathan's office has physics! I legit accidentally kicked it down the ladder while in a cutscene! It's a cool detail that I thought was scripted at first, but nope. All the physics engine.
The graphics look *spectacular* too. I'm playing on low, upscaled too 1080p on Balanced with little to no sharpening, and the game looks amazing. It's like Naughty Dog took everything they learned with the PS3 and fucking sprinted with it. It looks amazing, I bet the baked lighting really helps with that too. For example, look at this water. It's so good looking. Like, it's rare water looks this good. And it's the middle of some industrial river! I shouldn't want to drink this.
The game can be a bit jarring compared to the first 3 as it's a far more serious tone, but I do think it's a proper send off to the franchise. It really does it justice that this is the **end** of the mainline games.
Hopefully I can stay committed to this, we'll see though. I also have to continue Prey when I get back to my main rig and continue Wind Waker too. I'm excited (and a bit sad) that I'm trying to finish this though.
It’s definitely a fun time. It can be a bit awkward when you’re starting off or if someone doesn’t play along with the improv, but once everything starts moving smoothly it’s a fun time