Fallout 4 again, again…this time Survival with no mods. Its masochistic fun 😀

I’m making my way through the modern Castlevania games, currently playing through the GBA games.

• I replayed Symphony of the Night, still an incredible game
• I finished Curse of the Moon for the first time. It’s very weird and one of the weakest in the series imo. Might make a post about it in this community because I have a lot to say about it.
• Making my way through Harmony of Dissonance, way better than CotM in almost every way. That said, it’s very easy. Maybe the easiest in the franchise I played so far.

Still playing Wayfinder. Now over 90hrs in and going for 100% achievements plus I have lots of character and weapon leveling still to do. Once I get all the achievements done I’ll probably slow down on it and keep the rest of it for when I have something to watch on my 2nd monitor.

I also played the demo for Guildrun this week. It’s a rogue-like auto-battler similar to The Last Flame and online only games like DOTA Autochess and Teamfight Tactics. The art is absolutely gorgeous and from the 1 run I did so far it seems to have quite a lot of depth. I’d say it’s quite similar to TFT so if you want a single-player version of that it should be to your liking. Definitely looking forward to the full release!

Haven’t had too much time or energy to play the past week so I haven’t made much progress. Played another two chapters of The Drifter. Game is still excellent, maybe Chapter 4 has a little too much backtracking and Chapter 5 had the first instances of some more convoluted logic in the game (although I would still not call it “moon logic”). But overall it’s absolutely great. Writing keeps being sharp and funny, pulpy thriller mood and pace keeps being quick and tense, voice acting keeps being top tier.

Must play for point-and-click or adventure game fans, I would say.

I have been playing Persona 5 Royal, I am around 30 hours in and I’m really enjoying it. I have played 3 and 4 before and I’m thinking that next time I have an itch for something like this I might go back and try 2: Innocent Sin at some point in the future.

Since I have trouble playing things I was planning to play I decided to go with something outside of my usual ball park: Syberia.

It’s my second or third attempt at the game and this time I was be able to actually finish it. I completely forgot that the main character is a lawyer trying to buy a small local company for a huge corporation so hearing it again made me want to stop playing right away to make sure she fails at her job.
Seriously though, game is good. It’s also not for me. While I can appreciate its quality, the whole thing failed to grab me on a fundamental level, leading to an enjoyable but somehow hollow experience.

Characters work well as, well, “characters” though I can’t say they are enjoyable as people. I especially couldn’t care less for Kate’s personal and professional drama. Story chapters felt less like a cohesive whole and more like a bunch of ideas devs thought would be cool. Not to mention the ending which came pretty much out of nowhere. It wasn’t terrible, no by a long shot but it never managed to get to a point where I cared about what’s going on in the story.

On a more positive note, both puzzles (for the most part) and graphics hold up really well. I was a bit worried about the former since I’m not too experienced with point and clicks but I managed to finish the whole thing with very few issues. On the other hand, Syberia’s graphical prowess wasn’t too surprising - both the beautifully animated backgrounds and pre-rendered cutscenes survived the test of time, resulting in a game that looks fantastic to this day.

As mentioned before, it might not rank among my favourites but it was an interesting experience nonetheless. That said, I don’t think I’ll be playing the sequel any time soon. I’ll get to it eventually, I already have it after all, but I’ll have to wait until I’m in a mood for another point and click adventure. I might even try something else before that happens, we’ll see how it goes.

Grid 2 - I played the first game a few months ago and came out of the experience happy but a little unsatisfied due to limited content. Decided to give this one ago as, like with Syberia games, I already have it in my library.

Long story short: I’m way more mixed on this one than I ever felt about the original. Probably won’t be staying with it for too long. Here are some initial thoughts:

• No access to option on launch ain’t great. For some reason one has to wait until the first race before being able to access them.
• No interior camera is also a big negative - it’s how I played vast majority of the original.
• Driving feels a bit weird, more… floaty? Not floaty, understeer heavy. Getting into a habit of drifting into (almost) every corner helped with that a bit but it’s still weird.
• Why did we replace car purchases with gifts and unlocks?
• On the same note: why did I get a bunch of free cars in the first place?! I had 8 after finishing 2 races.
• Why do you get access to sponsors right away?
• Car customisation is also not great. Camera is stuck pointing at the front at lights level and to see anything else you have to switch to the automatic display mode which blocks you from doing anything other than watching a set of slowly changing camera angles.
• I like that damage has noticeable effect on driving.
• There are no female names when creating your characters. It’s a much smaller issue than everything else but it’s a weird omission considering they were present in the first game.

As mentioned at the start, game didn’t leave too great of an impression on me so far. I’ll play a bit more to farm some steam cards to sell (and to give it another chance, I guess) but I won’t be playing it to completion like the first game.

The Talos Principle. Quite a unique game, it combines puzzles with philosophy!

sto and no mans sky. these make a funny combo because no mans sky has what sto lacks. being able to configure your ship and walk around it.

Managed to get another hidden achievement in Hitman this week, but that’s about it. Only got around 30 mins of gaming this week, but I’m slowly chipping away and the achievement list.