I made no progress on my last posted game goals, as I remain immersed in the variations of World of Warcraft. There are some excellent single player gaming experiences coming out, or they are already out, and I’ve been slowly adding to my Steam library since October. Quietly seeing what’s on sale and slinking the games into my library.
I have finally created my Dragonage: Veilguard character. After a frustrating try with an elf whose basic looks seemed ok, but whose lantern jawed, square, sharp head (I know) I couldn’t soften, I tried again with a human. Not the best, but playable, and not a block head.
I’ve only made it through the intro with my Mage, but I like how she plays, and am enjoying the world and the story and characters. The companion characters seem lively, having personalities of their own which fleshes out the world a bit. They might be too lively, as I noticed Neve the detective Mage went from being a badass fighter to having her hair down and her side eyes in full mode once we were out of danger. Zzzzz.
I have some problems with the motion making me queasy, so short sessions. I’m looking forward to seeing where my adventures take me.
I love my Steam Library. I mostly just shop during the Steam Sales, but if a franchise item becomes available, I’ll snap it up. Below is the wonderful display Steam makes of a library. Look at those covers! They all hold such promise. I tend to look for Mystery/Detective games because that’s what I read. I’m also a long time science fiction and fantasy reader, with occasional horror in the mix.
There are some franchises I love, and I try to grab all of those. Here we go.
As you see I’m also a Batman fan, though from my comics reading days, Superman was my favorite. I got about halfway through Bendy and the Ink Machine before problems with saved games would have made me re-start the game. Nonetheless, I purchased Bendy and the Dark Revival, which I hope doesn’t have those problems. Bendy the first was really a great, dark, immersive cartoon world.
Big Bioshock fan. Need to get back to Call of the Sea for Blaugust.
Dear Esther, a dread “walking simulator” (the term makes me buggy), didn’t save where it was supposed to thus setting me back inside a terribly monotonous cave. There’s a reason to play MMOS. You never lose your save game spot. I finally purchased Disco Elysium because my son was sure I’d love it. Have not tried it yet.
Clearly a fan of the Elder Scrolls universe. Also Fallout. I re-started Fallout 3, which I liked more than 4. Did not care for Final Fantasy Online. I can’t understand the appeal.
Nice retro stuff in this set. All of those Half Life 2 adds were in a bundle, I wouldn’t have gotten them separately.
I finally cracked and got Heavy Rain for a low low price though I’m too scared to play it. Happens. L A Noir wasn’t playable for me, I can’t recall the problem. Too bad.
I love Mass Effect though I haven’t gotten through all of them. Pure Space Opera, as they used to call it. Why did I buy Metamorphosis about bugs??? Metro Exodus crashed my system and I had to hard reboot. A disappointment, as it sounded really good. Could not get around the error.
My son said not to get Shadow of Mordor, which I recalled seeing him play and it looked interesting. He said Shadow of War was a much better game. Got them both. I started watching the CW Nancy Drew series when it came out (it’s in it’s final season) and went from there to the original book series which were much better than I expected. Now I’m collecting the game series as they’re on sale.
I don’t know why I haven’t tried the Outer Worlds yet. Pure SF. Plants vs Zombies wasn’t any fun at all.
I’ve all these Sherlock Holmes games because…well, its Sherlock. I don’t think I like them though. Sometimes it pays to walk away and go back fresh.
I got Stray because it looked so cool and I wanted to re-unite the cat with his friends. Haven’t tried it yet. Oof I heard so much about Subnautica, and it looks in actual play to be highly claustrophobic. Team Fortress 2 snuck in with all those Half Life 2 games.
I got in trouble in the last Steam Sale trying to snap up all of the old Tomb Raider games for 99 cents each. A big throbbing notice appeared that I had made too many purchases in the last 24 hours and I was blocked from more. Meant to return to snare the rest but did not.
My son ( my game guru) said I should skip to the Witcher 3 because it was so much better. I just have to start at the beginning, though, so it’s The Witcher, which is a fun game but has excessively wonky controls.
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