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Simple in its design and execution but I liked it. Nice art style and atmosphere, although as expressed in the title it is quite barren. One complaint would be that it ended up being basically a platformer for most of the game, which was a surprise to me because the beginning didn’t feel that way. I could have done with a lot less endless hopping and better puzzles.
Apparently it took me under 4 hours to finish it, because I got the achievement to prove it.
Short, sweet and it had a lot of say without any actual dialogue or narration. Interesting art style, beautiful music and more interactivity than Dear Esther, although I would never quality it as an adventure game. If you like Dear Esther and Gone Home, you’ll certainly enjoy Virginia. It definitely has a great 90’s X-Files/Twin Peaks vibe too, which has already been said numerous times.
A visually stunning game with a great soundtrack. Such beautiful atmosphere. I enjoyed it, even though I finished it in just shy of two hours and there’s no real interactivity to it. The least interactive walking simulator I’ve played.
Far Cry: Primal is finished after 28 hours with a 56% completion rate and 80% of the achievements. I’ll probably play a bit more to get a few more easily obtainable achievements.
All in all I enjoyed it. A different take on the Far Cry experience. Not as cool as Blood Dragon and not as fun as Far Cry 3 & 4, but still enjoyable. I’m glad I got it on sale, but there’s a lot of content and I didn’t have the complaints that most people had about the reused map and lack of weapons. I found the weapon choices altered my play style from how I normally would have approached missions in other Far Cry experiences. I have to give them credit for doing something different.
Mad Max (XB1). Bought it during a Games for Gold sale after reading some positive comments and it turned out to be a fantastic game. Yes, it can get very grindy/repetitive if you’re a completist, but it sure is a lot of fun. My playthrough totaled 64 hours, I maxed out Max’s stats and his main car and by the time the credits rolled I was still having fun. I will note that I don’t enjoy racing games so I avoided all the optional races, hated the few mandatory ones, but LOVED the convoy chases. Definitely recommended if you’d like a mix of Arkham Knight, Shadow of Mordor, and set in an a well-executed Mad Max world.
I picked up Exploding Kittens (NSFW Edition) during a Lightning Deal on Amazon over the Christmas holidays, but only got a chance to try it out this weekend. As stated on the box itself, it’s quick to learn and quick to play. It’s actually incredibly fun. I was knocked out of my first two games on my first draw each time, and it just made me want to play more.
Cheap, cute, fun.
What a game. Despite some forum concerns about the lack of real depth in your choices when compared to Fallout: NV, I was very happy with Fallout 4. I preferred the perk systems from the previous games instead of seeing everything laid out in front of me, but I’m so happy to see equipment repair banished. Weight concerns are still a major pain in the ass, though. I would have loved a hotkey to “Send to companion” when I was carrying too much cargo. It got irritating having to strike up a conversation every time I needed to pass off some heavy gear mid-quest to my companion to trudge on. Torchlight’s feature of sending your pet to the closest town to sell gear for you would have been cool too.
While I loved the legendary drops, I found that I had been using mostly the same weapons and armor for about the last 20 levels. Nothing got better in terms of the additional legendary benefits, and since my modding perks were maxed out that hinged on whether I’d move to a new piece of gear.
I’m sure I’ll revisit the Commonwealth, especially when the DLC finally arrives. I have a few behemoths and many bobbleheads left to hunt and while I ran out of new quests as I played, there are large chunks of the Commonwealth I haven’t even touched yet. I’m sure just wandering into a few buildings will bring me more unexpected adventures.
Finished Massive Chalice over the weekend. I bought it during a Humble Bundle store sale while it was in early access, knowing it would hit 1.0 on June 1st. Then I found out it was part of the Games with Gold program for June, so I ended up playing that version instead.
I really enjoyed it. You could call it XCOM Light, and I thought the element of maintaining traits through bloodlines was pretty interesting. I didn’t pay attention to the fine tuning of stats and traits through marriage as much as was probably intended because of limited options at the start of the game, which ended up being a habit I kept up throughout. I also made the mistake of setting up too many families to breed Caberjacks, which I ended up loving over any other class as I went along anyways.
Old age was an interesting twist as well. While I was used to character permadeath in XCOM that could be brought on by a botched maneuver, I became very conscious of the ticking clock of time every time I brought my seasoned Vanguards out for another mission. You never knew when they would have their last, and when there were Wrinklers involved that could snatch away 5 years of their lives with every hit it just made every move that much more important.
I think the main complaints about this game were simply that it wasn’t as XCOM as XCOM, but I think anyone who liked XCOM or wanted an interesting take on the turn-based strategy genre should give it a try.
If you combine the best elements of the combat of the Batman Arkham series with the exploration of the Assassin’s Creed series, and then add the surprisingly awesome Nemesis system, you get Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor.
Despite loving Dragon: Age Inquisition, I needed to take a break from my 120+ hour save to try something new. I had picked up Shadow of Mordor during a recent sale and kept hearing overwhelmingly positive reviews, so I decided to give it a try. It was exactly what I needed.
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