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Everything posted by Dreakon13
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In hindsight maybe I'll be giving Callisto Protocol too much credit here... but having it relatively fresh in my mind and playing through Dead Space, I kind of appreciate both games approaches.
Callisto Protocol felt raw, and it's a sword that cuts both ways. That rawness gave the game a palpable atmosphere. The graphics, the gratuitous violence, the story, the combat... everything felt a little bit off. In a way, I want my horror games to feel a little bit off. That's not to say that the game didn't have its share of absolutely boneheaded or lazy creative decisions (or lack thereof) and the game should get panned for it but still... if any of it was intentional, I kinda get it.
Dead Space on the other hand, is a well oiled machine polished ten times over. It's still tense and scary, and it's more fun. Games are supposed to be fun, don't get me wrong Dead Space is a better game than Callisto Protocol... but IMO fun and horror are strange bedfellows. Too much polish, too much fun, and it starts to lessen the impact in other areas of the game (as a horror game).The only thing I would've changed about Callisto Protocol is the mindblowingly lazy and stupid decision to make all the bosses the same one hit kill guy with other enemies lurking about, otherwise I liked it quite a bit. Excited to keep going in Dead Space since I never got this far in the original before, so its all new to me from here.
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For literally the first time since probably early last year... I have a whole day free to do as I like.
For the time of it I spend gaming... think I should focus on The Witcher 3, Dead Space (2023), or a little of both?
Leaning towards The Witcher 3 because I'm pretty engrossed in the game now, and even though I did go pick up Dead Space yesterday I'm not super in the mood for the tense horror combat these days... but Dead Space is the shinier new toy, and it'd be a shame to let the luster wear off any as fickle as my motivation can be.
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Been starting to play through The Witcher 3 this week.
I've owned it forever and tried starting it a few times but never really got anywhere. It was back when I did the trophy thing and insisted on playing on Death March difficulty, which is the worst way for someone like me to play the game.
This time around I'm on whatever the "normal" difficulty is and it's a much more enjoyable pace for me. Can tell a lot of care went into trying to make it feel like more than your typical open world RPG. Even the contracts, which would probably just be "go here, kill monster, collect reward" in any other game, have their own interesting tales to tell.
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I broke the only new years resolution I actually attempted today with the first episode of The Last of Us, and that was giving up soda. Had a can of soda while I watched. Was worth it.
Honestly giving up soda was just kind of an easy win. There are a few things I honestly want/need more in 2023.
One... actually get into, enjoy and finish some bigger games.
Two... exercise more.
Three... get a dog.I've done none of these so far, but 2023 is a long year.
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I think Scorn may be the worst game I've ever played... and I say that knowing I've been unfairly harsh to a lot of games recently.
I played probably half of it last year when it came out, dropped it because it was just terribly boring and pointless. Picked it back up tonight thinking it'd be an easy win (since it's a short game) and I want to pad my 2023 completed game stats... not gonna happen.
I truly don't know who this game is for.
It's a puzzle game but the puzzles span multiple rooms and you don't actually know where the puzzles are or when you're doing them most of the time.
The combat is minimal but horrendous... a melee weapon with terrible hit detection, and two charges that takes like (not kidding) 20 seconds to recharge, against enemies that take about five hits to kill and have ranged attacks so you can't even get away and wait for the recharge.
The world is gross sometimes, but mostly just grayish greenish and dull the rest of the time.
There's no story.
It's about a 6 hour run time, I'm about half done with it, and I just can't see me finishing it. My goodness.
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So... 2022 sucked.
Worst year of my life by far.
Family member in an accident, almost dying, several months of absolutely grueling hospital visits and feeling terribly alone emotionally... and a deluge of bad stuff resulting from that accident for a few months after. Then to cap the year off, we get hit with the worst snow storm in 20 years... then I get terribly sick for a few weeks... THEN we get hit with the worst blizzard in 50 YEARS, that kills 40 people in our community. I was finally able to leave my house yesterday for the first time in a week.
The upside here, is that at the moment... everything is pretty good. Everyone is relatively healthy and getting along again, the winter storms are over for now. I'm going over to my moms place for a delayed Christmas tomorrow, and 2023 is right around the corner. A new year, a fresh start. I need a fresh start.
My plan for 2023 is to start going into the office a few days a week... I work from home but after this year I feel like this place is haunted. Need to spend a little more time away and get a fresh perspective. Going to work on exercising a few days a week as well, and improving my diet. I think this will all help to improve my mood, and probably even help me enjoy the time I spend gaming more. 👍
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Have this little game group on Discord where we pick games to play each month. January we're going with Death Stranding since it was free on the Epic Game Store (PC game client) the other day and it got people a bit interested.
Kinda looking forward to playing through it again. I finished it on PS4 when it was released, and attempted a PS5 playthrough not too long ago... was enjoying it but got distracted. I remember absolutely plowing through the second half of the game on that PS4 playthrough so it'll be fun revisiting it and pacing myself better.
Gonna generally do a better job in 2023 focusing on games, finishing and enjoying them more. Among other goals for 2023.