Lady_Galleth

RED DEAD REDEMPTION 

I picked up a used copy of the first RDR in my State's capitol city. It's been on my radar for a while, and since my local GS is closing, figured I'd take a look while I'm there. 

Gotta say, I'm not really enjoying it as much as I thought I would. The story is really slow for me, and some of the game mechanics are severely outdated. 

I still get too overly attached to my video game horses. X3 I like the game, just not as much as I thought. I don't think I'll be getting the second, even though I'm sure the mechanical issues have been improved. 

But tomorrow is Pro Day, so we'll see what I can find. 

~ L.G.

SKYRIM

I completed the main story, now focusing on the different faction quests currently. Right now, I'm doing the Legion quests. I've done the Companioms, and am now a werewolf. Though .... I have no idea how to actually turn into one. X3

I got married to Ysolda, and adopted two children - Lucia and Blaire. I got the house in Whiterun. 

And my horse that smacked into that table from the sky mysteriously came back to life and was waiting at the stables, though it runs away when I get off, like a borrowed or stolen horse would, even though it says "Tyrdda's horse."

~ L.G.

Anyone know when the 2020 wrap up stats will be online? I like seeing through them, and I've a feeling a lot of people's will skyrocket! Possibly even this year's. 

~ L.G.

It's happened, guys. My GameStop of 7 years is closing. I'm not lying when I say it was one of the best GS I've ever been to. Say what you will about the company as a whole, but my local store was so good! Never pushy, super nice customer service, always had my pre - orders and orders on time. I'm a bit sad. :/

So I decided to check out their closing sale. 10 % - 30 % off on new games. By the time I got there, the entire store was about picked over! They were even selling posters off the wall and furniture! I picked up a steel book copy of Shadow of The Tomb Raider, Dishonored: Death of The Outsider, and a new copy of Spider Man!

I had a chat with the girl ringing me out, and she said that no other GameStop was available for the associates to transfer to! That's great business practices, GME, in the middle of a pandemic. [Sarcasm] I also asked the manager if it was true that GameStop was going all digital. He said that they weren't YET!

All in all, pretty good selection. I know Shadow is free for PlayStation Plus members, but I don't have Plus. 😋😋

~ L.G.

SKYRIM

My horse just fell from the sky, smacked against a table, and died. I just fast travelled to a camp, and my horse just BOOM! Came down from the heavens and smacked right into that table!!!

Here's the video.

~ L.G.

SNIPER GHOST WARRIOR CONTRACTS 

I've done 13 challenges. And I am NOT doing 24 challenges! I'm done. I'm not having fun. I've done all I can. 

I loved SGWC! It's my first FPS, It's opened me up to a new genre! But my 50th platinum will be something else. X3

~ L.G.

SNIPER GHOST WARRIOR CONTRACTS 

So the challenges are proving tougher than I first thought. I'm just getting frustrated easily with them. I worked for three hours and only managed to get two done! I had three - "kill Ivanosky and the assistants within ten seconds," but I died, and it checkpointed me killing Ivanosky, but his assistants respawned, making the challenge impossible. 

Now doing all the contracts without killing anyone but Ivanosky .... Will be damn near impossible. 

~ L.G.

SNIPER GHOST WARRIOR CONTRACTS

I'm about 84 % of the way there! It's fast tracked to being my 50th platinum. 😍 I'll admit, the challenges do intimidate me a little, as well as the glitch that doesn't give you tokens after said challenges. I hope those are fixed. I might have to do another playthrough to get 57 skills, but let's hope not. 

So excited for Contracts 2! I did all the misc. Trophies tonight, so all that are left are doing the challenges, buying 57 skills, and, easily enough, killing an enemy with each rifle. I just wish we didn't have to go out to the menu every time to change loadouts. Plus having to sit through every. Single. Loading. Cutscene. When you go back in a level. Every Single time! No skipping. 

Good news Handler has an attractive voice. X3

~ L.G.

On account of 2021 being upon us, I thought I would recap my personal game of the year. I've not played a lot of "new" games this year, just Spider Man: Miles Morales, and Spongebob. 

I've had so many great gaming experiences this year! From the beautiful hills of Bohemia in Kingdom Come Deliverance, to the rat - infested street of Dishonored's Dunwall, even snowy hills of Siberia with Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts. 

For my game of the year, I'd have to say it would be Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts, a brilliant step outside of my comfort zone! I fell in love. Because of this, I even branched out to other sniper games like Sniper Elite, which I haven't had time to play much. 

Though Dishonored was great too! It became a bit of a mini obsession for me. X3 But Contracts wins for trying new things. 

Platinum # 49 - Spongebob: Battle For Bikini Bottom 

I had a B L A S T playing this game. I had never played the original. I would see it in game or rental stores, and, honestly, get scared of the military helmet that he was wearing. Made me think it was some hard game. Then I saw the robots and g it even more scared. X3 So this was a nice fresh air!

Though playing, I couldn't help but be reminded of another license platformer I played as a child as well - Scooby  Doo: Night of 100 Frights. Upon research, Scooby Doo and Spongebob were made by the same company, Heavy Iron! So it makes total sense why it reminded me of Scooby Doo! Battle For Bikini Bottom even reused some sound effects from Scooby Doo! I remember them distinctly, most memorable being the jumping sounds both Spongebob and Sandy made, as well as the "spring" noise for Patrick's double jump being used - if I remember correctly - as Scooby bouncing on an enemy. 

I MISS SCOOBY DOO! X3 Maybe Purple Lamp will remake that as well one day. I was a huge Scooby fan growing up!! 😍😍

~ L.G.

GameStop is having a sale on used controllers for 30 bucks. I'm skeptical of buying used controllers. Would I be buying someone else's problems? Opinions?

Also, I heard that GameStop is going to stop selling consoles - used or new - unless they can sell them in a bundle. Anyone have anyore information on that?

Thirdly. Merry Christmas!

~ L.G.