tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82371221399157361382024-03-02T02:05:19.778+01:00Secchan's CornerElinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.comBlogger715125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-77330617219391687002024-02-12T14:53:00.001+01:002024-02-27T20:03:10.413+01:00Doctor Who: The 2022 and 2023 specials<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Eve of the Daleks.</u></b></span><div>This one was actually pretty good. One of Jodie's best imo. New Years Eve. Time loop. Unrequited love. Daleks. Does it get any better? Probably not by much. </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Legend of the Sea Devils.</u></b></span></div><div>I wanted to like this one. Bringing a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-YbsiU9bUY">Classic mosnter</a> into New Who is something I'll always approve of, but this was badly done. They should've updated the Sea Devil costume, modern TV requires more than what they did with them. You can't just slap a 70s costume on actors and expect it to work today. It'll only look amateurish. The story should've been cool with pirates and stuff, but it just fell short.</div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>The Star Beast.</u></b></span></div><div>Tennant is back. Donna is back. UNIT is back. The Meep is a fantastic villain. It's got fast-paced banter and all the hilarity from the Doctor trying to avoid Donna while the universe keeps pushing him towards her. It would've been fantastic if it wasn't so preachy. I suspect RTD thought he was very clever in reutilising Donna's "binary, binary, binary, binary" this way. There's a right way to be inclusive and declare you're an ally, this wasn't it.</div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Wild Blue Yonder.</u></b></span></div><div>This episode was amazing! Just the right amount of creepy, but also hilarious due to the comedic duo that is Donna and Tennant. This episode brings to mind <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I266OysPnmk">Midnight</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll_UhrQMC-I">Flatline</a>, which were both amazing episodes in their own right. </div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>The Giggle.</u></b></span></div><div>I was excited for this episode from the time I saw it announced. They brought back <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLgoQ58-0zg">the Toymaker</a>! A villain from the 60s! Hartnell era villain! I was so excited and holy shit NPH didn't disappoint. More Classic companions! More UNIT! And omg Bernard Cribbins ♥ And 10th finally got the family he wanted. I was so so happy for him. That dual-regeneration was weird though. But at a first glance - Ncuti seems really fucking great as the Doctor.</div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>The Church on Ruby Road.</u></b></span></div></div><div>Ncuti's first real episode as the Doctor and it was a blast! Ruby seems like a great companion too! The goblin song number was pretty cringe, but aside from that this was a really solid episode and a great introduction. I hope that old lady will show up again and play a bigger role! </div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PxH2xTBV43s?si=qY8lrWUnmoF7rjUJ" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Two years, three Doctors. Not bad :D</div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-54076061241350455782024-01-30T20:22:00.002+01:002024-01-30T20:22:39.977+01:00We survived The Forest (twice)After <a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2023/09/game-completed-grounded.html">Grounded</a> we set our sights on another survival game: The Forest. This game is immensly popular and so neither of us had missed the broad strokes of what the game was about. <div><br /></div><div>We decided to make our camp at an almost island since the cannibals can't swim and felt so secure there that we didn't really bother to build anything in the way of defence for a really long time. We took our time exploring the island, fighting cannibals, crafting everything we possibly could, and going into every cave we found. </div><div><br /></div><div>And then our camp was attacked by three Armsy, two fatasses and two of those shaman looking cannibals. And we had no defences. They completely demolished most of our camp before we managed to kill them all with the help of explosives and molotovs. After that we spent several play sessions just building our base; a big wall around the entirety of it, at least one of every kind of trap available, every kind of effigy available, shelves for extra explosives and even a rampart we could use to stand on to throw explosives and molotovs down on any attackers. I also had to rebuild my cabin and bed after they destroyed it. And I made sure to put in some extra decorations this time around. After all that and the only attack that came was from a half a dozen ordinary cannibals and then nothing more for the duration of the game. We completely demolished the forest for no reason lol.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6e74mcjly9irozTv5ObQfeRzqjUUYWppfUHUr6f2XSwCirk9GcBb1tjQqn5aN1M5hh-dD3UqZ_ZtwigixSrXfaHJQB-crDOEI55Pp0phuWyzB6I_Vhd1H3dfnfUR_NHJRSIWImyYPU2ct_3V4JKtdBe_7bZfMHdx1Zar4Ak3be1K0ykMO7H2Hm4Ul0ZVf/s2560/20231111042305_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6e74mcjly9irozTv5ObQfeRzqjUUYWppfUHUr6f2XSwCirk9GcBb1tjQqn5aN1M5hh-dD3UqZ_ZtwigixSrXfaHJQB-crDOEI55Pp0phuWyzB6I_Vhd1H3dfnfUR_NHJRSIWImyYPU2ct_3V4JKtdBe_7bZfMHdx1Zar4Ak3be1K0ykMO7H2Hm4Ul0ZVf/w200-h113/20231111042305_1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYnYULamxvYYkYLDHlFU5PbV1rZonAxDiesYUHLefwEkxHVpPOUSuFd27-YxMxq0EfD6K-cTNzZ1cxWR_CH1diBbL_HBOYWRhQRlU4ULWRJZQVaDdETAyGy-rGkiiUNC0SXPk3XhFno0VpAPRC5ORn2zBjLmDiuX05llI1OY2F2Px-ZOOPckXeiugPU20/s2560/20231111042316_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYnYULamxvYYkYLDHlFU5PbV1rZonAxDiesYUHLefwEkxHVpPOUSuFd27-YxMxq0EfD6K-cTNzZ1cxWR_CH1diBbL_HBOYWRhQRlU4ULWRJZQVaDdETAyGy-rGkiiUNC0SXPk3XhFno0VpAPRC5ORn2zBjLmDiuX05llI1OY2F2Px-ZOOPckXeiugPU20/w200-h113/20231111042316_1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>The To-Do list was our go to for what to do besides base-building. But once our only objectives left were to find a way to the bottom of the sinkhole, find Timmy and find what happened to the passengers we resorted to look online to find out what we had missed. There were two caves we had missed: the Lawyer Cave and the Chasm Cave. The Chasm Cave then led into the sinkhole and the entire ending of the story. We went inside there at around 2am and I just wanted to keep on playing because we were so close to the end. We ended up finishing the story at 4:30am xD The final boss battle was crazy and we wiped once, but thankfully the boss didn't reset and we only had a couple hits left on it before it died. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyIxkjc28bIM1nFsttBwMZPlL4VT76PM0XNvPzA1gM0hQJ_TW22jcJrmXj0z4t_CZcKR862bN658qJoFGFrIQGN49hu_vkXEJkzvrNBc5Li3NTpSr5_Ph285eLcjzF7s_e2omqkkYKNLNVypYytRzpxRWzyfsgnSqFhgjQwhJRhcfm5eh4Cuk3-6KXUvyi/s2560/20231111031529_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyIxkjc28bIM1nFsttBwMZPlL4VT76PM0XNvPzA1gM0hQJ_TW22jcJrmXj0z4t_CZcKR862bN658qJoFGFrIQGN49hu_vkXEJkzvrNBc5Li3NTpSr5_Ph285eLcjzF7s_e2omqkkYKNLNVypYytRzpxRWzyfsgnSqFhgjQwhJRhcfm5eh4Cuk3-6KXUvyi/w200-h113/20231111031529_1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3SXEITO8eaN349JvPkvCsnAhGGLNDDuJ-8cKwgUOlLyWf_WQWmlpD5nuhGm-f5MLoEdTZ-t3MBNn5ON_ahMp-0-kmTxfcMjFZgvI28zXOxFuXz_RUcH9K_HPccpvWAIaI0os8L-MKYQsWyJ8_7xIFxT-ptrTqxRDULPXShlMRVo-ezeLhnqfK_Q4O1R9/s2560/20231111033842_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3SXEITO8eaN349JvPkvCsnAhGGLNDDuJ-8cKwgUOlLyWf_WQWmlpD5nuhGm-f5MLoEdTZ-t3MBNn5ON_ahMp-0-kmTxfcMjFZgvI28zXOxFuXz_RUcH9K_HPccpvWAIaI0os8L-MKYQsWyJ8_7xIFxT-ptrTqxRDULPXShlMRVo-ezeLhnqfK_Q4O1R9/w200-h113/20231111033842_1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFSeYU37CxcAJhgDVmwVqgAa2lrg_am_hSNi2XAvkLIbI7uAxO2dOfQg1HtEHW5UYoGxPCN2eRv14qnCidWMziRT9WnIwQXvGd41Dh-4Re61niLgvuLYBC3P03UIkOpiwwSOzl48zHvpvi5Q9ksYOzcgBJqxtn4xmufYNVRNI-FX285HJrvXzZWJSjYIA/s2560/20231111040126_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFSeYU37CxcAJhgDVmwVqgAa2lrg_am_hSNi2XAvkLIbI7uAxO2dOfQg1HtEHW5UYoGxPCN2eRv14qnCidWMziRT9WnIwQXvGd41Dh-4Re61niLgvuLYBC3P03UIkOpiwwSOzl48zHvpvi5Q9ksYOzcgBJqxtn4xmufYNVRNI-FX285HJrvXzZWJSjYIA/s320/20231111040126_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>The Forest was so great for so many reasons and just like with Grounded I feel like I could start it up and just play around with crafting and building</div><div><br /></div><div>When we finished the story of The Forest we set our sights on Sons of the Forest. </div><div><br /></div><div>Sons of the Forest gave a very different feeling compared to The Forest. As soon as we started out we went to find a good place for a camp, set up some basic shelters and a rudimentary wall and then went exploring. Which in The Forest would've been an entirely plausible thing to do. But in Sons of the Forest when you only have the stick weapons it's basically suicide. The mutants are tanky as hell and hit like trucks. Soooooo many deaths in the beginning and we got so annoyed at re-emerging in the middle of mutant camps, having to snatch up our gear and run like hell just to not get killed again and have to do it all over again. </div><div><br /></div><div>So after getting sick of dying we decided to return to camp and just build for a while. Kelvin was a big help (most of the time) in gathering crafting materials. The one big thing where he failed was that he never considered which direction the trees would fall in when he chopped them down to gather logs and he completely demolished my walls more than once. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINXdpuxtjWzPyjxLJl90WuRl0Ow8quuJmbOVamyEeBOLSp3vezHYQWxi_Pt7PMEE85N-D2W0qTWwY-t9bo56mISX8NQpV2FS24PJ8Q4t3Wx4mjd66X7VhFk0Dy2onRaTnHoAyiiGi6e65c3maVLOTj2JbP0GUhoblvEogvouLbWSB1iNtwyowb1f7-7-n/s2560/20231209223916_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINXdpuxtjWzPyjxLJl90WuRl0Ow8quuJmbOVamyEeBOLSp3vezHYQWxi_Pt7PMEE85N-D2W0qTWwY-t9bo56mISX8NQpV2FS24PJ8Q4t3Wx4mjd66X7VhFk0Dy2onRaTnHoAyiiGi6e65c3maVLOTj2JbP0GUhoblvEogvouLbWSB1iNtwyowb1f7-7-n/s320/20231209223916_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>After the first winter we started to get a hang of things and the game picked up. We managed to completely explore a bunch of caves and bunkers that we previously had had to abandon either because we lacked equipment or because we simply couldn't manage all the mutants with our basic weapons. Once we got the shotgun though... Hahahahaha come at me, fuckers! </div><div><br /></div><div>The thing we missed the most from The Forest ended up being the To-Do list. As rudimentary as it was, it gave a clear idea of what we had left to do and how much we probably had left of the story. Without it, the end of the story came as such a surprise. We didn't even realise the story had ended until the pop-up that told us that we had (accidentally) chosen to remain on the island. </div><div><br /></div><div>The most annoying thing was the artefacts, which probably came from us playing this in the last month of early access. We quickly found the first piece, then two more. Then we found a note saying they had shattered the artefact into six pieces. We found the fourth piece and then the story abruptly ended. All confused we went about trying to find the last two pieces. But we ran out of caves and bunkers after the fifth piece... Looked it up online only to find out that the sixth and final piece doesn't even exist in the game yet. You'd think the game would be pretty much done when there's only one month left to full release... We spent the entire game referring to these artefacts as "the bzzzt", because they were always crackling with electricity when found.</div><div><br /></div><div>All in all we had fun with Sons of the Forest too, but not as much as with The Forest. Seasons was an interesting addition, but aside from winter the seasons weren't all that noticeable. And winter was annoying. The majority of the resources were covered by snow and ice. And even after we found the winter jackets we had to walk around with the torches constantly to not have half our stamina stolen by "You are cold". You'd think the winter jacket would help. After the first winter we learned to properly hoard for the next winter and our camp looked like a fishery with all the drying racks with drying fish (and body parts) on them. I really missed the warmsuit from The Forest whenever winter showed up. Animal pelts can only be used to craft hide armor and nothing else. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioWxiPU1qIplMxj5TTtkafJipk17jhOR90lyPRux2Jgp284jg9kjOH1xrxtJ8ZXkEEjpiOUmTI9H8OGbsLpDFwDxZmF4jD09t66RFWITs3PjXHvScEbbIPCZ8OxFZaFwmmMPchyphenhyphenScf5fFSB8nyAKLUAYN7CH05QUx_wxZYjoDVmiH4wqIdewU6D9FEQB8/s2560/20240106232710_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioWxiPU1qIplMxj5TTtkafJipk17jhOR90lyPRux2Jgp284jg9kjOH1xrxtJ8ZXkEEjpiOUmTI9H8OGbsLpDFwDxZmF4jD09t66RFWITs3PjXHvScEbbIPCZ8OxFZaFwmmMPchyphenhyphenScf5fFSB8nyAKLUAYN7CH05QUx_wxZYjoDVmiH4wqIdewU6D9FEQB8/s320/20240106232710_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Clean water was an annoyance, because even after we had managed to craft the canteen it could only hold two gulps of water (basically two gulps, you can drink twice and then it's empty) unlike in The Forest where the canteen had four gulps iirc. We got the cooking pot and tried to boil the dirty water clean, but nope it can only be used to make soup. Did make some ramen though. And all those water bottles in the bunkers can't be used to refill the canteens. So we lived off energy drinks and dirty water because it was what was available. </div><div><br /></div><div>Enough complaining. The overarching story was pretty cool aside from its abrupt end. I'll never forget the time we went into a really long winding cave and then we came to a fork in the road. On one side was a dead astronaut and I decided we should follow the astronaut. In the tunnel leading from him was another and then another and then another, until the tunnel opened up into a large cavern with a spaceship in it being assaulted by lightning strikes. It was so cool. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kFjf6EzXUgw_u0seXlquDus-psxKhWOTRm7Kmd8krbRne_cbYAji89U0HQkRSWc4syvYBXa-TqhIS5JLdj4bkhNbKO8Is8tFNAWtRcKlHw0s4t7ttUF1R-z0BsI8Jrp8i4nQSC54RnW6zia4Y_BxS6v9JMFIuWsOiYczUzRDfheQbZenkGmj4mV8mJwy/s2560/20231208230100_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kFjf6EzXUgw_u0seXlquDus-psxKhWOTRm7Kmd8krbRne_cbYAji89U0HQkRSWc4syvYBXa-TqhIS5JLdj4bkhNbKO8Is8tFNAWtRcKlHw0s4t7ttUF1R-z0BsI8Jrp8i4nQSC54RnW6zia4Y_BxS6v9JMFIuWsOiYczUzRDfheQbZenkGmj4mV8mJwy/w200-h113/20231208230100_1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3WeL8Oci6Qwm8U53lAUulbvweRTaBlCdKtcHSQNPHsCgD2j9CRRaTml2Uy17uL4LAffNL2gH45HrlfoemXzPBlFqbzwRHFuO6i-7qfKX2By_G_Ho5hP7_vhyphenhyphenshR5YqwXJ_fU2RD2pImv67tvIsalrkFmD9aJIlpZ_SFilKHtGF2-i_Kx4K1L_MO03cxH0/s2560/20231208230426_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3WeL8Oci6Qwm8U53lAUulbvweRTaBlCdKtcHSQNPHsCgD2j9CRRaTml2Uy17uL4LAffNL2gH45HrlfoemXzPBlFqbzwRHFuO6i-7qfKX2By_G_Ho5hP7_vhyphenhyphenshR5YqwXJ_fU2RD2pImv67tvIsalrkFmD9aJIlpZ_SFilKHtGF2-i_Kx4K1L_MO03cxH0/w200-h113/20231208230426_1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Finding out how all the mutants came to be via information in the bunkers was also pretty cool. Each bunker leads to a new bunker if you remember to interact with the laptops. </div><div><br /></div><div>The most important gear are the tin man costume, the shotgun, the shovel and the rebreather. The vehicles spread throughout the world were fun but ultimately unusable because of the uneven terrain. </div><div><br /></div><div>There was a larger variety of gross mutants that dropped creepy armor (my go-to for protection) but even the lowliest mutants are super-mega-deadly unlike in The Forest where the lowliest mutants can be poked thrice with a crafted spear and then they die. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsxMSlGBAscukyL-rx2sljWssBbCzCAoX3xVwGWKxmnVGPpxdmL6vBZZ570yq_RfqNt0KjE5xpqBDNkc64JYW_n5TV7SYzs9HO11l6BJEPtxx6liHhdLvWAqtskl6KbrWZ4QDqcM2Msh4EdbjQULijdH_H-jkPSNMFJ8B6LvUUBCuty_leWRnvfxwVVyC/s2560/20240106002927_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsxMSlGBAscukyL-rx2sljWssBbCzCAoX3xVwGWKxmnVGPpxdmL6vBZZ570yq_RfqNt0KjE5xpqBDNkc64JYW_n5TV7SYzs9HO11l6BJEPtxx6liHhdLvWAqtskl6KbrWZ4QDqcM2Msh4EdbjQULijdH_H-jkPSNMFJ8B6LvUUBCuty_leWRnvfxwVVyC/s320/20240106002927_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Our camp got raided a lot more frequently in Sons of the Forest than our camp did in The Forest and I built multiple traps of every variety all around the outer walls and they worked really hard. We got so many skin pouches just from sitting in camp and letting the traps take care of the enemies. Skin pouches are the best loot in the game xD</div><div><br /></div><div>After we finished the story and ran out of caves and bunkers to explore we decided to keep the game installed until after full release and then maybe start it up again and play it a bit more. We hope they'll add some stuff immediately upon release and fix a few things as well. But all in all, we had a good time. </div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-60609803742943538662024-01-24T20:51:00.001+01:002024-02-27T17:26:22.641+01:00The RanchToni originally watched this a couple years ago and late last year he decided it was time for me to watch it with him. I was uncertain I'd like it. Mainly because of Ashton Kutcher, because everything I've seen him in he's been playing the "I'm so dumb it's a miracle I can walk and talk at the same time, but I'm pretty so it's okay" character. And I hate that character. But I decided to give this show a shot.<div><br /></div><div>It was so worth it. </div><div><br /></div><div>This is a story of a family of characters who all do their best to survive the changing landscape between corporate economy and family-owned businesses. Throughout it all there's a lot of love, family, drama and real profound sorrow. So many issues they work through together without ever sacrificing their individuality.</div><div><br /></div><div>Beau is my favourite character. Maggie gets too preachy. Abby can be a bit entitled but generally I like her too. Joanne is great. I never liked Rooster. Colt is a personification of Linkin Park's song <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3gy8A0jY10">"In the End"</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>I didn't like the storyline they made for Mary after Rooster, but up until that point she was one of my favourite characters. Heather got some real substance beyond season 1 and she really grew on me. </div><div><br /></div><div>Just do yourself a favour and watch this show.</div><div><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/epCvKyjH7g8?si=h7zYkU55XfjPfiGZ" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-46214237560015778072024-01-20T20:24:00.003+01:002024-01-20T20:25:12.760+01:00Game completed: Baldur's Gate 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAnegZv-WBEqqmfPwQfyibGL5CgJ7HbiLBaErxs7l3VvNF_3UPb6hwpPJ2pGRN4JBINYGqVqIiPcMbCQO6jXfRS8XX1b3vdZHYetZmh1Dcm3bUIUUInuJD-o2oPhmTSfH8Q_ocsRTwf16gzoDSNUVLXaj4Vu6IYyDTjAktOVa8BgP__NjIGadmiixyJxDD/s2560/20240116223701_1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAnegZv-WBEqqmfPwQfyibGL5CgJ7HbiLBaErxs7l3VvNF_3UPb6hwpPJ2pGRN4JBINYGqVqIiPcMbCQO6jXfRS8XX1b3vdZHYetZmh1Dcm3bUIUUInuJD-o2oPhmTSfH8Q_ocsRTwf16gzoDSNUVLXaj4Vu6IYyDTjAktOVa8BgP__NjIGadmiixyJxDD/s320/20240116223701_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>My journey with this game has been quite something. When it was released as early access I was moderately curious after having played the <a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2017/02/dealing-with-backlog-baldurs-gate.html">first one </a>several years ago. But I wanted to wait for proper release. When it did release properly last autumn I was busy playing Starfield and I ended up completely pissed off at this game due to everyone comparing Starfield with it and everything that was wrong with Starfield was because it did things differently from Baldur's Gate 3 according to these people. I wasn't going to play it at all as a protest, but as much as everyone talked about the game my curiosity eventually won me over and I started to play it in December. <div><br /></div><div>I'm in no way new to the turnbased combat mechanic and as usual Luck was absolutely not on my side. 95% chance to hit? You bet your ass I'm gonna miss. I think I even missed a few 99% chance hits. And sooooo many dice rolls ended up as either complete fumbles or fails because Luck/RNG just hates me. </div><div><br /></div><div>The whole companion and camp mechanic gave me strong Dragon Age Origins vibes already from the get-go. Honestly if Dragon Age 4 ends up being like Baldur's Gate 3 I'll be so happy. Open world but still staying true to the roots. Modern but still sticking with the old style that people love/d. </div><div><br /></div><div>There will be spoilers in the mix from this point forward.</div><div><br /></div><div>It soon became clear that the characters were the pivotal driving force of the game. As much as the open world was amazing and full of things to do and discover, and as much as the over-arching story drew the player forward, it's the companions that made the game. Jaheira and Minsc were a great throwback to the first game. Sarevok not so much. I was so happy when I went to Jaheira's hideout in the Lower City and found out she married Khalid. </div><div><br /></div><div>I wasn't too keen on Shadowheart at first, but while in the Shadow-Cursed Lands she really grew on me and her whole character arc drew me in. By the time we got to Act 3 she was one of my favourites. Laezel was equally difficult. I didn't expect to care so much for her and surprised myself when Orin kidnapped her in Act 3 and my reaction was to immediately go save her because don't your dare kill my githyanki. Karlach and Halsin are both big cuddly teddybears and I liked them from the start. Wyll was an outlier and it took me the longest to get to like him. Gale was instantly a favourite of mine and for the one hour I had him without the entire team assmbled in Act 1 I thought he'd be the one I'd romance in this game. Then I met Astarion and immediately fell in love with him. His introduction reminds me of Fenris' introduction in Dragon Age 2. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBFYFpBcKR5JhB989M0XkL5adXxm-zhs4dGzlQkYrxY6jyntsNmktZZT29MhVNn7HMzKve-8QQwzN91-hfY78152rJuQumyD7YHbuJyVdKiLMhlWXXm5w5BAEfZFWobAvWRfR0a_k6GnY0vVo7bfRZbH0e2aQIW39rBgS3QOBsHc-bkLdq1TceuOH-OL9j/s557/Fenris.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="557" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBFYFpBcKR5JhB989M0XkL5adXxm-zhs4dGzlQkYrxY6jyntsNmktZZT29MhVNn7HMzKve-8QQwzN91-hfY78152rJuQumyD7YHbuJyVdKiLMhlWXXm5w5BAEfZFWobAvWRfR0a_k6GnY0vVo7bfRZbH0e2aQIW39rBgS3QOBsHc-bkLdq1TceuOH-OL9j/s320/Fenris.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>After I got Astarion every choice I made in the game was the one I thought he would like the most. Except for the choice whether to allow him to go through Cazador's ritual or not. Sorry, but no, I like you the way you are and I'm not replacing one monster with another.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYaDGGMhDFi67jKdyh3L7Ii9Ze9NnKLZzHwYcVFrwz-BShkPDrPVaL3eiik09MrpWVEbEOeQmUIfkuBzZZb_fsHYFR3v7q_NRwvNRBTcK-qzAtgrGNfCLTNDulXS02vTChLVPWSH7-GOmYU8JuBsUmpinsMFvwqncU86iMiotgWOt-1zW36H1nA5AOyRF/s400/astarion-vampire.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYaDGGMhDFi67jKdyh3L7Ii9Ze9NnKLZzHwYcVFrwz-BShkPDrPVaL3eiik09MrpWVEbEOeQmUIfkuBzZZb_fsHYFR3v7q_NRwvNRBTcK-qzAtgrGNfCLTNDulXS02vTChLVPWSH7-GOmYU8JuBsUmpinsMFvwqncU86iMiotgWOt-1zW36H1nA5AOyRF/w200-h150/astarion-vampire.gif" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53YmwbAigw7K45dH2y416YWgFqF-h-FOHfR7rtpcJAQW2fAlefK8coauQ11ISqykPKwCS1-i0kjkGOPfS16TDuCojszEJMYirQXdwdcAFUOjchHZG-vENwBoHM3SZlucsh3XOLLAtnon8QWftMD1WtfYGu8blcNsl6mFu0YR80Cz_k02j94czeSCjJS29/s242/astarion.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="220" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53YmwbAigw7K45dH2y416YWgFqF-h-FOHfR7rtpcJAQW2fAlefK8coauQ11ISqykPKwCS1-i0kjkGOPfS16TDuCojszEJMYirQXdwdcAFUOjchHZG-vENwBoHM3SZlucsh3XOLLAtnon8QWftMD1WtfYGu8blcNsl6mFu0YR80Cz_k02j94czeSCjJS29/w182-h200/astarion.gif" width="182" /></a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>The Emperor was a really cool character, but I put Laezel above him and freed Orpheus. Which made the Emperor leave me for the Netherbrain. I saw it coming and was still sad I had to fight and kill him in the final fight. And he was so mad when I made the deal with Raphael, but dude calm your tits. I fully intended to break into the House of Hope and destroy the contract when I made that deal. Chill. </div><div><br /></div><div>My favourite parts of the game were when I talked the Toll Collector into defeating herself, the fight against the Surgeon, confronting Cazador, the fight against Myrkul, and the entire Shadow-Cursed Lands. The Toll-Collector was such a wtf moment, when I passed the persuasion rolls and she ended up blowing herself up without the need for a fight. The Surgeon fight was creepy in every way and I loved it just because of that. Confronting Cazador brought out a whole lot of stuff on Astarion and it was such huge growth in his character. The fight against Myrkul was the first "oh shit oh shit oh shit" moment of the game for me. The Shadow-Cursed Lands were bleak to start but it's also where the game really gets going. Act 1 is sort of a prolonged prologue, Act 2 and the Shadow-Cursed Lands is where the story really kicks off and all the companions come into their own as actual people and not just NPCs and it's just so great. Ngl the fight against Orin was damn cool too.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYHch-SE6_KWl-9r2n50YffDzdIJqm4yv8LjNsQKBBHSBZRdY7qA6DETa4mLiYuwbsa8cPnDhViNr0TsD9qkMClGg5zKsGqm-9nQsgHkq6yduejd-1_nVATVKh-gn976P1w-OmgXUIT1ehKbbtYjZH2Ag-zCmxCfA0w5dss7UoZCuVZfi4yOpxaZ4uL0OA/s2560/20240104230728_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYHch-SE6_KWl-9r2n50YffDzdIJqm4yv8LjNsQKBBHSBZRdY7qA6DETa4mLiYuwbsa8cPnDhViNr0TsD9qkMClGg5zKsGqm-9nQsgHkq6yduejd-1_nVATVKh-gn976P1w-OmgXUIT1ehKbbtYjZH2Ag-zCmxCfA0w5dss7UoZCuVZfi4yOpxaZ4uL0OA/w200-h113/20240104230728_1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gAoLa-6NxCGS9P_kz5S7H3YB7lD09ACNePmEYy7qA44rD3p_py7sUp0i6bRmGcRbaTyouaMfkflqWa2G85-IVthYkL-u39ftojLv7oI5YclyDU4OkHJDgltkwpI9cr0GKx4ufxK3EhTG-89nOwKzCjTWoPAdZsJTxqAattBs5nySo4bJB17JzPnH6xjH/s2560/20240116165917_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gAoLa-6NxCGS9P_kz5S7H3YB7lD09ACNePmEYy7qA44rD3p_py7sUp0i6bRmGcRbaTyouaMfkflqWa2G85-IVthYkL-u39ftojLv7oI5YclyDU4OkHJDgltkwpI9cr0GKx4ufxK3EhTG-89nOwKzCjTWoPAdZsJTxqAattBs5nySo4bJB17JzPnH6xjH/w200-h113/20240116165917_1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>As for the endings, I chose to destroy the Crown of Karsus with the help of Orpheus who had turned into a mindflayer. Afterwards he asked me to kill him and so I did. Astarion is still a spawn but in a relationship with Tav and out adventuring with her and trying to find a way to let him walk in the sun again. Shadowheart has gone to Selûne with her parents watching over her as moon wisps. Laezel has joined her people as the Comet and his fighting against Vlaakith. Gale retrieved the pieces of the Crown, reforged it, and gave it to Mystra. She freed him of the Orb and now he's a teacher. I broke Wyll's contract with Mizora, he lost his warlock powers and re-educated himself into a Ranger and is still a Blade of the Frontier. I didn't want to force Karlach to go back to Avernus and couldn't find a way to fix her engine so she died. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikY43eqqzmnF877rek0P7cFoT2iIYYtzsGI7IWNmsiapJK0zXhg2eqsyObqt8l9wEgHUUOt4rYHCLac_Kc15EFBMGSLWGG0lnsQu4cFpwo60ML-bjuWLqVznpXTAirtqRbOJ9-KzRrkgsHfIFJ0zsf8oSkDDnz7ynI7C4irsqFKW6d8FkJ7_doPLBTlcPg/s2560/20240107230909_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikY43eqqzmnF877rek0P7cFoT2iIYYtzsGI7IWNmsiapJK0zXhg2eqsyObqt8l9wEgHUUOt4rYHCLac_Kc15EFBMGSLWGG0lnsQu4cFpwo60ML-bjuWLqVznpXTAirtqRbOJ9-KzRrkgsHfIFJ0zsf8oSkDDnz7ynI7C4irsqFKW6d8FkJ7_doPLBTlcPg/s320/20240107230909_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>I'll probably replay this game a few more times, but as for now this is it. I had a lot of fun with Baldur's Gate 3 and while I don't agree with the people who say that this is the best game ever made and we can just give up now because nothing will ever top this - I do agree it's a good game. </div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-44475910311413148952024-01-05T01:55:00.001+01:002024-02-27T17:11:52.841+01:00Movies I watched in 2023<p>1. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqJD7ae11mU">White Noise (2022)</a></span>. From the trailer this looked like it would be a fun post-apoc movie with some good banter in it. Instead it was a snooze-fest of contemporary social commentary and no apocalypse in sight.</p><p>2. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeLsJfGmY_Y">Life (2017)</a></span>. Accidentally watched this twice. The first time we chose it on Netflix and it was pretty alright as far as alien movies go. Calvin was a pretty cool "monster", but if you've seen the movie Alien you know how this one goes as well. The second time we stumbled upon it on TV at my parents' place. </p><p>3. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7afc9gTbVFI">In the Tall Grass (2019)</a></span>. This is an adaptation of a Stephen King story and it shows. It's really weird. I was hoping for psychological horror, but it just ended up being weird. Not that good. </p><p>4. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICydLkeXq3w">Renfield (2023)</a></span>. I was looking forward to this movie! We watched it at the cinema and it was everything I hoped for. Dark comedy with some decent homage to various vampire interpretations. I really enjoyed it!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfFPPb0GSR7iWh2FCAF_KRSHQBzcCcHRfSQTDYMMsnFAJT3YURtxlzs4rqgVViMxq7CSc09uHZe1Q6sSR-NkR62qpJsAJ85SA5xf6HCzNfxWOJAK9rn1XCZ_oxzDfDrG9puq-Erq_bW_EbwMTQDwtEOSZcuGS0M06AZg0FbE7YZ8S0PShU6c7a8GFR6s6/s1080/Screenshot_20230422_212120_Chrome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="1080" height="60" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfFPPb0GSR7iWh2FCAF_KRSHQBzcCcHRfSQTDYMMsnFAJT3YURtxlzs4rqgVViMxq7CSc09uHZe1Q6sSR-NkR62qpJsAJ85SA5xf6HCzNfxWOJAK9rn1XCZ_oxzDfDrG9puq-Erq_bW_EbwMTQDwtEOSZcuGS0M06AZg0FbE7YZ8S0PShU6c7a8GFR6s6/s320/Screenshot_20230422_212120_Chrome.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>5. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82I1ErFD63U"><span style="font-size: large;">We Have A Ghost (2023)</span></a>. David Harbour was brilliant in this! The movie was hilarious and sad and it was such a good time to watch. Totally worth!</p><p>6. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM2F56uK0fs">Murder Mystery 2 (2023)</a></span>. We watched the first one in 2022 and I wanted to watch this one as well. Not a fan of Adam Sandler overall, but in these two movies I've been alright with him. This sequel wasn't as good as the original (as per usual), but it was still a good time.</p><p>7. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Nb7BJAnvI">Population 436 (2006)</a></span>. This movie has been hanging around our Netflix watchlist for ages and we finally decided that it was time. It wasn't good. The entire thing felt stilted and extra theatrical like movies from the 60s or 70s sometimes seem today because acting has evolved. We both thought the movie was at least 20 years older than it was. </p><p>8. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu0O-q7Kf2k">America: The Motion Picture (2021)</a></span>. Extremely over the top and totally hilarious! This movie is a good time. It's about the founding of the US, but not in the way that you know it.</p><p>9. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBnkVJslRGo">Slumberland (2022)</a></span>. Totally heart-warming movie about a little girl that is sent to live with her bachelor uncle after her father passes away. This movie personifies childhood hopes and dreams and adventure. </p><p>10. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf3ALGKgpGU">Next Gen (2018)</a></span>. This was a really cool animated movie that gave us a bit of Big Hero 6 vibes, but very poignant and modern as well. </p><p>11. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_jJiZ2oZgs">Prey for the Devil (2022)</a></span>. We wanted a horror movie, and this one was really great. This was the movie that finally convinced us to dive into the Conjuring universe. See below.</p><p>12. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQO16k5Vdow">Nightbooks (2021)</a></span>. A very cute adventure movie. Probably technically for kids but it was still a lot of fun about a nerdy kid saving the world by telling stories. </p><p>13. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k10ETZ41q5o">The Conjuring (2013)</a></span>. Even after having watched all the other movies in the Conjuring universe this is still probably the strongest one. It had me on the edge of my seat and I was actually terrified towards the end. Strongly recommend. </p><p>14. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLdqc4SFVsA">The Babadook (2014)</a></span>. I had been wanting to watch this one for years because the trailer made it seem oh so good. In reality it was a bust. Such a disappointment. The monster wasn't scary, the ending was just "wut", the characters weren't engaging... Just so disappointing.</p><p>15. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paFgQNPGlsg">Annabelle (2014)</a></span>. I hate dolls. I hate dolls. I hate dolls. This movie seemed very classic horror, but it was good. Really good.</p><p>16. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFsmuRPClr4">The Conjuring 2 (2016)</a></span>. Pretty much the same as the first Conjuring, but in England. I really enjoyed this one as well. This movie has the first mention of Valak. </p><p>17. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KisPhy7T__Q">Annabelle: Creation (2017)</a></span>. This story is incredibly sad, but I felt this movie was better than the first Annabelle movie. Very well made. </p><p>18. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzD9zGcUNrw">The Nun (2018)</a></span>. Heeeeeeere's Valak! This movie was really, really good. I love how the story was told from several perspectives and you never knew which one was true until the end. Also, nice way of connecting this movie to the beginning of the original Conjuring movie. </p><p>19. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOV-xMYQ7sk">The Curse of La Llorona (2019)</a></span>. Easily the weakest movie in the Conjuring universe and the only obvious connection to the rest of the universe is the priest who shows up in both this one and in Annabelle. </p><p>20. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCxm7cTpBAs">Annabelle Comes Home (2019)</a></span>. This one was great. Really amazing. I loved how it's about Annabelle but they incorporated all the other stuff in the Warrens' basement.</p><p>21. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnEwJKVWjFM">Lamb (2021)</a></span>. This one was weird. Me and my mom stumbled upon it on TV when I was visiting and it was just really strange. Based on Icelandic folklore (I believe), a lamb that's half lamb and half human is born on a farm, and things just spiral out of control. </p><p>22. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9Q4zZS2v1k">The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)</a></span>. While this one was cool, it was different from what they usually do. More witches and not so much demonic possession (although there was that too). </p><p>23. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHp3MbsCbMg">Uncharted (2022)</a></span>. This movie got a ton of flak for its casting, but we both ended up liking it. Tom Holland did a good job as Nathan Drake. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5CZQpqF_74&t">The fan movie</a> still gets more things right, though. </p><p>24. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfKO9rYDmE8">The Lost City (2022)</a></span>. I wanted to see this movie since I first saw the trailer, because it seemed like the kind of humoristic adventure movie that I enjoy, and I wasn't wrong. This movie was a riot! </p><p>25. <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOMTh9Jd81w">Love, Rosie (2014)</a></span>. Not the kind of movie I usually watch, but I caught this one on TV when I visited my parents and ended up actually enjoying it. Drama movie about how life happens and gets in the way of your plans, but somehow everything works out in the end anyway. </p>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-2855631695758820662024-01-04T13:00:00.004+01:002024-01-04T13:00:56.515+01:00Games of 2023 - This year has been insane<p>This year has had way too many amazing new games coming out and I've been struggling to keep up tbh. </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u><a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2023/02/game-completed-fire-emblem-engage.html">Fire Emblem Engage.</a></u></b></span> 81 hours. What a start to the year. A new Fire Emblem! Admittedly it wasn't as great as Three Houses, but it was still really, really good. I had an amazing time with this. When's the next one?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOm_Gi_abzfGHZk49Eml60KCGax0UpaAQX5v9rDeNGlSwLZ63IMqX2I1j-kgrTxdSQynOI6QT_yRnOUJfMqQ3exVUh34vCaRiZG69jHhagpSS7r_JctuHDakf1f66aagO2VHmlRAM_pSiI5Dlcd6e80P2c2OZJ5xCgu9UjB7X_bILXwh3llN7WIsFxVb6/s1280/2023022210021100-C71F2BA23713B0380A896115D1AD4717.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOm_Gi_abzfGHZk49Eml60KCGax0UpaAQX5v9rDeNGlSwLZ63IMqX2I1j-kgrTxdSQynOI6QT_yRnOUJfMqQ3exVUh34vCaRiZG69jHhagpSS7r_JctuHDakf1f66aagO2VHmlRAM_pSiI5Dlcd6e80P2c2OZJ5xCgu9UjB7X_bILXwh3llN7WIsFxVb6/s320/2023022210021100-C71F2BA23713B0380A896115D1AD4717.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u><a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2023/02/game-completed-hogwarts-legacy.html">Hogwarts Legacy.</a></u></b></span> 87 hours. Easily my game of the year. It doesn't get any better than this. I cried so many times while playing this. Mostly tears of fangirl and happiness. I've wanted an open world Potterverse game for 20 years and they fulfilled my every expectation ♥</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh04_oua1TR90EnhAjBU8Xzn9zkpYDbvigsBIeWttTJUJqOrBaYaxnl7KLFbGkZB30IDCJx-0SAMRhMtYN4z7leWO_vQ9diok_E2KONpanu2RA8XdrMaWNPFAmC84fjMh4PKl_Z8YAfkTJ-360GZKRBhbS2IpcAhe0-fa7m5iTVB0SCG453wo00LiN01WeQ/s2560/20230223204505_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh04_oua1TR90EnhAjBU8Xzn9zkpYDbvigsBIeWttTJUJqOrBaYaxnl7KLFbGkZB30IDCJx-0SAMRhMtYN4z7leWO_vQ9diok_E2KONpanu2RA8XdrMaWNPFAmC84fjMh4PKl_Z8YAfkTJ-360GZKRBhbS2IpcAhe0-fa7m5iTVB0SCG453wo00LiN01WeQ/s320/20230223204505_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u><a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2023/03/game-completed-atomic-heart.html">Atomic Heart.</a></u></b></span> 20 hours. The overland was annoying and the enemies were repetitive. But story was good and gameplay good and characters memorable. I had fun with this. Might replay it for the DLC, even.</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u><a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2023/09/elder-scrolls-online-necrom.html">ESO: Necrom.</a></u></b></span> I haven't been this excited about a new chapter since Morrowind released. Archanist was a great class addition and the story was good. I really like Torvesaad, although I'm not sure why. Lore implications of this chapter are massive and I really want a continuation of this story.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcvcWOCrbB8Y-UjHdQcr_0Nqrvs8caV6Gh7aTPcKx9yHjSvFKKG9XrDOrdblnO7An5AhsWuGD23-EabkPTnqYfGgHK7hZ-QHw9DQOO3zpwrToXHBoSkF0FSxUZHc4JG7Y1J9BY2P6mpJ0M1ck0DOumgA6rllGDgxqJlk4QFpVdhPhtccGmdgIorJf34NU/s2560/20230830200259_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcvcWOCrbB8Y-UjHdQcr_0Nqrvs8caV6Gh7aTPcKx9yHjSvFKKG9XrDOrdblnO7An5AhsWuGD23-EabkPTnqYfGgHK7hZ-QHw9DQOO3zpwrToXHBoSkF0FSxUZHc4JG7Y1J9BY2P6mpJ0M1ck0DOumgA6rllGDgxqJlk4QFpVdhPhtccGmdgIorJf34NU/s320/20230830200259_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u><a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2023/10/game-completed-starfield.html">Starfield.</a></u></b></span> 175 hours. The most anticipated game of 2023 if I dare say so. The community's expectations were through the roof and unfortunately not many of them were fulfilled. That said I still go that Bethesda feeling from this game and I had a lot of fun with it. My playtime ought to speak for itself.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCbQLQ0Wa5Hyg1OL2IRpTVTDCCpGNCPxFjFe799ov0lTUmBKHIaszpAuQI2q91wCddb6cmAZPAhCgiPM2g3lUAn1fZOr1TkJMZJwiWi_RAwISYUJYjBdRTexonmU7qJZgoptOGHXG6MU6TKblnQ_bgWx3igybfIjA_tKdjn6uuVSviBA53SZ6JOwbcSQu/s2560/20231010151555_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCbQLQ0Wa5Hyg1OL2IRpTVTDCCpGNCPxFjFe799ov0lTUmBKHIaszpAuQI2q91wCddb6cmAZPAhCgiPM2g3lUAn1fZOr1TkJMZJwiWi_RAwISYUJYjBdRTexonmU7qJZgoptOGHXG6MU6TKblnQ_bgWx3igybfIjA_tKdjn6uuVSviBA53SZ6JOwbcSQu/s320/20231010151555_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u><a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2023/10/game-completed-we-were-here-expeditions.html">We Were Here Expeditions.</a></u></b></span> 2½ hours. This game came out of nowhere. It wasn't expected, but it was definitely welcome. We enjoyed the other <a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2023/05/dealing-with-backlog-we-were-here-series.html">We Were Here games</a> and had a lot of fun with this one too!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVidznr6AyU2gAcFcHTaBPLC2MRdmbOsyWbEvUB8NHIZ2FRYK562QRsMFUN6IV8z2XSDceMSe6G8dL188x5g8TApYqwHE7M6nRBaJtQlFrqUwQwuWR9sNvTP8KCPHSPl2tzwVLqrbb0dJSk3DzF4WAucrp_7fwDcgYJtf2zdDjajRtGDHEq8GUWAP7bUT9/s2560/20230916233439_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVidznr6AyU2gAcFcHTaBPLC2MRdmbOsyWbEvUB8NHIZ2FRYK562QRsMFUN6IV8z2XSDceMSe6G8dL188x5g8TApYqwHE7M6nRBaJtQlFrqUwQwuWR9sNvTP8KCPHSPl2tzwVLqrbb0dJSk3DzF4WAucrp_7fwDcgYJtf2zdDjajRtGDHEq8GUWAP7bUT9/s320/20230916233439_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u><a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2023/11/game-completed-assassins-creed-mirage.html">AC: Mirage.</a></u></b></span> So Connect doesn't show the amount of hours played for this, but it does for Valhalla and Odyssey. I dunno what's up. I had a good time with this. They were banking hard on people's nostalgia and pulled out all the stops to make it relatable for people who've been with the series since the beginning. I kept seeing Aladdin while I was playing as Basim running along the rooftops of Baghdad. </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u>Sons of the Forest.</u></b></span> 22 hours (so far). We finished The Forest earlier this fall and started with Sons of the Forest immediately after. We had a blast with the first game and figured this game would be just more of it. Sons of the Forest definitely has its quirks though, and so far it isn't as great as The Forest, but it's also still in Early Access with full release coming in 2024. With the way things are going we may still be playing at that point :D</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMlpbzGpxJqZRgccw4EnwWatrQ8ojy1s4DwPs4KiemLd1LHK1H0HmZdHe9UGU7LN90hBYeLqz8zeCvsjVCAwGSNWgvsSd8hZ8Fr80bv8g1qspSl4K5XlxFehQDdKNAQwKfyLMnDHpBBfwf6ro_SfgZs58l-NRfkFy0L8sX64eZe813DWIwuHw5atoTDOq/s2560/20231208230426_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMlpbzGpxJqZRgccw4EnwWatrQ8ojy1s4DwPs4KiemLd1LHK1H0HmZdHe9UGU7LN90hBYeLqz8zeCvsjVCAwGSNWgvsSd8hZ8Fr80bv8g1qspSl4K5XlxFehQDdKNAQwKfyLMnDHpBBfwf6ro_SfgZs58l-NRfkFy0L8sX64eZe813DWIwuHw5atoTDOq/s320/20231208230426_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u><a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2023/12/i-replayed-cyberpunk-2077-for-phantom.html">CP2077: Phantom Liberty.</a></u></b></span> 110 hours. I haven't played Cyberpunk since February 2021, but I decided to replay the entire thing for Phantom Liberty and Update 2.0 and it's been amazing! This game is fantastic, although I did experience more bugs in the game now than I did in 2021, go figure. Phantom Liberty has a great story with so many twists and turns I hardly knew who to trust at the end, which is the entire point. There were a few badass boss battles and a bunch of cool new gigs. It was quite the ride!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtosAcZnxxM11zNsSnO_gkVXDQsVRQwSyuighA6NJiNTvONV7jp6RMK40JrFLY3tUCIjkjLtoy1uSYZuV9PMH-Z8RrAGEKOTHiGb4Pbz0tOU1mEfwgSP9O4gIAb-LxkIzQdi8YlwL79suq3TegxriecD26ObLJu8vERJm6XqGjhlKfiqATMjziRbmY_uj_/s2560/photomode_30112023_000524.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtosAcZnxxM11zNsSnO_gkVXDQsVRQwSyuighA6NJiNTvONV7jp6RMK40JrFLY3tUCIjkjLtoy1uSYZuV9PMH-Z8RrAGEKOTHiGb4Pbz0tOU1mEfwgSP9O4gIAb-LxkIzQdi8YlwL79suq3TegxriecD26ObLJu8vERJm6XqGjhlKfiqATMjziRbmY_uj_/s320/photomode_30112023_000524.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u><a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2023/12/elder-scrolls-online-endless-archive.html">ESO: Endless Archive.</a></u></b></span> Why does a MMO need a roguelite mode? I knew this wasn't going to be the regular small zone DLC that they usually do in autumn, but I expected something more than a room of spawning enemies, unfair bosses and effects to add to yourself as you went on. I didn't struggle at all until I ran into Z'Baza. A Sload boss that kept spawning AoEs and adds and never remained in one place, making him hard to actually hit with anything. I'm not too excited about this DLC overall, and I suppose it will be added to the ever-growing list that is Maelstrom Arena and Vateshran Hollows that I never complete. But as always, I'll give it a few more tries.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQ_Rlk2_jhIwo_YcMbtd0R0Gxa7z3Rvh-GJXunpyYbqbGHDcu4bCoS7Hu4CC5pEyC_Jn1KJWal2HVVGiZQmYrsGWE9HJ48Vcpk4Byy4gZPDYkatZjB0TB-Ii9a9y00nfKisF1YVES6Ele6p-GuYu5xp_2BCF6YyAnnkHz0_MpJzeON6JxbMlRuK8hdPmH/s2560/20231211164414_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQ_Rlk2_jhIwo_YcMbtd0R0Gxa7z3Rvh-GJXunpyYbqbGHDcu4bCoS7Hu4CC5pEyC_Jn1KJWal2HVVGiZQmYrsGWE9HJ48Vcpk4Byy4gZPDYkatZjB0TB-Ii9a9y00nfKisF1YVES6Ele6p-GuYu5xp_2BCF6YyAnnkHz0_MpJzeON6JxbMlRuK8hdPmH/s320/20231211164414_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><b><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Baldur's Gate 3.</span></u></b> 61 hours (so far). I immediately fell in love with Astarion. I also really like Gale and Karlach, and Wyll grew on me. I played <a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2017/02/dealing-with-backlog-baldurs-gate.html">the first game</a> some years ago and it's been really nice seeing references to what happened in that game. Other than that first game I'm generally clueless about The Forgotten Realms. I'm playing a kinda reckless character, making shit up as I go along. At the time of writing this I'm running around the Shadow-Cursed Lands, trying to infiltrate the Moonrise Towers and being constntly encumbered because I pick up everything that isn't nailed down. Will do a proper post once I'm done, but until then have a screenie of my character sitting on Yurgir's throne:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrWix_jJGZY1Fe7wkhPBvNgXy3k_GXthxtNG8oFfTZCheygOIDC4vXL9GgmB8d9DotzHh_pFf57JA50tBEx2ydQ49MqrGVBjyx4HpiB6BW9zVJHYbSHiaGCru2HHZvzc5fKeEHIQugroCOtGscXAChtSNseS1VzcQcqfDwS2RcX8N3h_rSqUC5dlp7ORu/s2560/20240103210023_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrWix_jJGZY1Fe7wkhPBvNgXy3k_GXthxtNG8oFfTZCheygOIDC4vXL9GgmB8d9DotzHh_pFf57JA50tBEx2ydQ49MqrGVBjyx4HpiB6BW9zVJHYbSHiaGCru2HHZvzc5fKeEHIQugroCOtGscXAChtSNseS1VzcQcqfDwS2RcX8N3h_rSqUC5dlp7ORu/s320/20240103210023_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This post is for games that I played that released in 2023. I started BG3 too late for it to be included and I played Fire Emblem, AC and ESO elsewhere, but here's my Steam Wrapped 2023:<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9A511sHkUkHFm9n6Lzive_rZOQnxdSZII7kfqPE9x5KIviuXKPhgw-xiytYeM_Jz7iHlg4OheAPA9o2-2HSYW7Vzk5dr0SmNQnJf6TAAlbuu1sDU4NtY6QfXB7F_4jNm5fyItjMtXQyhnGD-g205hhlB5eUuiseRMdT_cjH3o-3ZRMCI4Tx5F0ss6j-9F/s1080/6d5688fb-9abc-47ec-8428-708e4cea2fd3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9A511sHkUkHFm9n6Lzive_rZOQnxdSZII7kfqPE9x5KIviuXKPhgw-xiytYeM_Jz7iHlg4OheAPA9o2-2HSYW7Vzk5dr0SmNQnJf6TAAlbuu1sDU4NtY6QfXB7F_4jNm5fyItjMtXQyhnGD-g205hhlB5eUuiseRMdT_cjH3o-3ZRMCI4Tx5F0ss6j-9F/s320/6d5688fb-9abc-47ec-8428-708e4cea2fd3.png" width="320" /></a></div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-13545090731380860252023-12-18T21:19:00.002+01:002024-02-27T00:53:46.531+01:00Elder Scrolls Online: Endless Archive<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmDm5ip5CH8cEM1Asgze16vGEjIMKR2XMlFhzqGK3OuKSXaI3QoB0u-UgMmzNSkd72hu52MUTN4fezID-rZinZ_0SQDpeYb6gZPNGUeVrPS_qa5O7CHQL2uZHknnSfzw5ed4PrcgPTQ-bE1uBUONjwPMoUC8eBWAldticltPOgS1l5S8JXCwETdXJodVs/s2560/20231211164414_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmDm5ip5CH8cEM1Asgze16vGEjIMKR2XMlFhzqGK3OuKSXaI3QoB0u-UgMmzNSkd72hu52MUTN4fezID-rZinZ_0SQDpeYb6gZPNGUeVrPS_qa5O7CHQL2uZHknnSfzw5ed4PrcgPTQ-bE1uBUONjwPMoUC8eBWAldticltPOgS1l5S8JXCwETdXJodVs/s320/20231211164414_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Sorry, <i>Infinite</i> Archive. My bad. <p></p><p>So I was pretty disappointed to find out that the autumn DLC wouldn't be the usual small zone DLC, but rather something akin to a roguelite arena added as a location in Apocrypha. I'm not a big fan of roguelites, but as usual I decided to give it a go anyway. Never say I didn't try. </p><p>So I logged on with my main, which is a healer build with decent dps and the only character I have who's got a companion, and off we went to the Archive. Things went fast and easy until the fifth boss, which is the last one of an arc. The bosses are all randomized nerfed dungeon, trial and world bosses. The fifth one I got for my very first arc was Z'Baza, The Sload secret boss from the Coral Aerie dungeon, which I haven't actually done. This boss summoned lots of adds, covered most of the fighting area in AoEs and also teleported around which made the boss very hard to properly attack while also dodging everything all at once. </p><p>You get three attempts in one arc. After you've died the third time it's off to the start with you and start over. I got Z'Baza down to 50% HP every time, but never further. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVN7iATVvTtdJysqSutrjAEggABatYDhJjDwjtnwtkltVCOPQd-mL8m3kvIGvhouNORBJELKxVuDI4e3fHWE4yeyEfJjDDDh_kFWQMPRjE8o8hzQ-eQ5WyIZJ3L5gAwjFj5g0bWOq-AhRfI9vtZyT5EY5N5Nrg6CVgxW5NEzuUsJI5hE88eUkN3hDZMWp/s2560/20231211163725_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVN7iATVvTtdJysqSutrjAEggABatYDhJjDwjtnwtkltVCOPQd-mL8m3kvIGvhouNORBJELKxVuDI4e3fHWE4yeyEfJjDDDh_kFWQMPRjE8o8hzQ-eQ5WyIZJ3L5gAwjFj5g0bWOq-AhRfI9vtZyT5EY5N5Nrg6CVgxW5NEzuUsJI5hE88eUkN3hDZMWp/s320/20231211163725_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>After every boss you get to pick an effect which lasts you either specific amount of time or until the arc is over. The effects are typically extra damage, extra defense or extra healing, and it works well. I think my favourite effect I got that first arc was the summons of plague rats which would help fight the enemies and once they died they'd turn into plague blobs that could be picked up and thrown at the enemies doing poison damage. Pretty neat. Another great effect I got was the ability to summon a decoy which would distract the enemies and effectively make them stand still in one spot attacking this decoy with a huge health pool, making them easy to kill all at once. </p><p>The Tho'at stuff could prove interesting though. New Daedra Lord! :)</p><p>All in all, not very impressed with this, but I'll keep at it for a while longer.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eP5eicOXuZs?si=viW46KFSQk-gG-CX" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-11455485449677095622023-12-10T21:34:00.003+01:002023-12-10T21:34:37.098+01:00I replayed Cyberpunk 2077 for Phantom Liberty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZbqpyVM0GlgV41acGn_U76mKQMKfcqO6JkFiw9MzMYZaCFVPOqMwLB8h3R2jjcZWfITpm0hty5ph6on8xLKYlqqJVUVh04N050AxP_0yI9XkXcA_PGO5K-LL-ZyCjckB7DWie6-AX-5TKqV92w7DN1dLQQTe2Z-qodjqAXa7vqtnqtfjX0MGisAhKrLU/s2560/20231116193115_1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZbqpyVM0GlgV41acGn_U76mKQMKfcqO6JkFiw9MzMYZaCFVPOqMwLB8h3R2jjcZWfITpm0hty5ph6on8xLKYlqqJVUVh04N050AxP_0yI9XkXcA_PGO5K-LL-ZyCjckB7DWie6-AX-5TKqV92w7DN1dLQQTe2Z-qodjqAXa7vqtnqtfjX0MGisAhKrLU/s320/20231116193115_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2021/02/game-completed-cyberpunk-2077.html">I originally played this in early 2021 on my old PC</a> and I had an absolute blast. Hardly any bugs and only a few negligible glitches. Despite everyone's complaints about Cyberpunk's state of release.<div><br /></div><div>Fast-forward to November 2023. I receive Phantom Liberty as a birthday gift and get playing. I resolve to play through the entire game from start to finish and not just do the DLC. That turned out to be a good thing because they have changed so much since my original playthrough. Especially the levelling system, which was a lot more extensive and a lot quicker. There seem to be less NCPD scanner things and less gigs in each zone, which makes completing each zone less of a hassle. I'm disappointed there still isn't any follow-up to Regina's cyberpsychosis research. </div><div><br /></div><div>Ironically, now that everyone is praising the game for being good I'm starting to experience all the bugs people complained about the last time around. I've had CTDs, I've fallen through the map, I've had loot fall through the ground and vanish, quest NPCs getting stuck, calling the car simply not working and being stranded in the Badlands after a gig, having to reload the game to get quest prompts to work, and with a better GPU I could have larger crowds which meant I got to see first hand people's complaints about duplicate NPCs - hell I even had quadruplets attending the Samurai concert:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWsGS_-OmHEHlNprL584F5e2ixuSNh3NTMNW44xAUS0EMw0f7LyuYwqZII-FPcjbMyH9mWQXVJcUIDq3Iesemhyphenhyphenml1RuakymLvhvQeYaL6dqR0KFPQ7oAvZhjCGUVNfEEv6tQXAOgBlr7sBK_uI7uJoYGuPm2LGP7EJGGMnoxRpos-wU4wXbASOZVzeK_8/s2560/20231128235016_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWsGS_-OmHEHlNprL584F5e2ixuSNh3NTMNW44xAUS0EMw0f7LyuYwqZII-FPcjbMyH9mWQXVJcUIDq3Iesemhyphenhyphenml1RuakymLvhvQeYaL6dqR0KFPQ7oAvZhjCGUVNfEEv6tQXAOgBlr7sBK_uI7uJoYGuPm2LGP7EJGGMnoxRpos-wU4wXbASOZVzeK_8/s320/20231128235016_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Complaining done, let's get into the good stuff. </div><div><br /></div><div>I loved all the hints to <a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2023/02/cyberpunk-edgerunners.html">Edgerunners</a> that they've added to the game and until I got Johnny's jacket I ran around in David's. Once I got Johnny's I put David's jacket in my stash because I'm holding on to that ♥<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS6qgJXBa5Dr2OLN1BgXoO1shxl06tP_S3ZG9lcI-gMwqVuHo71xtqJ8unosdJS6ax8SSz5xbHNGJzYH1RVz30whIqcw9MLF31P_EQsCWdhOQQpbo1wx03PuwS4zJgayGokoVh7iojadwihram1aUb59Naid-y7HNMAmAkAq2FTj2eTayfnE7nwS5RyY_w/s2560/20231122143404_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS6qgJXBa5Dr2OLN1BgXoO1shxl06tP_S3ZG9lcI-gMwqVuHo71xtqJ8unosdJS6ax8SSz5xbHNGJzYH1RVz30whIqcw9MLF31P_EQsCWdhOQQpbo1wx03PuwS4zJgayGokoVh7iojadwihram1aUb59Naid-y7HNMAmAkAq2FTj2eTayfnE7nwS5RyY_w/s320/20231122143404_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>I wanted to do all the side content available before I did any main story so I completed Watson before I even got the biochip, and then I did each zone before I moved on with the main quest. Which ended up meaning that I was almost level 50 by the time I started Phantom Liberty and got inside Dogtown. </div><div><br /></div><div>The Phantom Liberty story was overall really great. Starting with a bang (literally), mellowing out as a multitude of questions rose up, before all hell broke loose at the conclusion. I made sure to make several separate saves so that I could unlock and see all the endings, just like I did with the base game back in 2021. The King of Wands and King of Swords endings were less dramatic and chaotic than the King of Cups and King of Pentacles endings. Those last two... My adrenaline was so high my hands were shaking by the time I got to make my final choice. That damn robot piece of shit junk... The new ending to the whole game made me super sad. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6QjbnlNMkW2IdRhhPyqk7pWUI9Zls621bGvWxdevI8jp1nbxdxG0bxSeXZLx8HKjFvg_cJiQaMyjpToSSVIcKfJvALHGeeAcvxEBcl4sEAdz5tIim1H4xs7USbdV0QVs75aMlPXRbuo4mVDxzeYU5bKT4ifhkVwf0KfKh-xiIvL6c_tXalq7ik7Yo_BZ/s2560/20231207004754_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6QjbnlNMkW2IdRhhPyqk7pWUI9Zls621bGvWxdevI8jp1nbxdxG0bxSeXZLx8HKjFvg_cJiQaMyjpToSSVIcKfJvALHGeeAcvxEBcl4sEAdz5tIim1H4xs7USbdV0QVs75aMlPXRbuo4mVDxzeYU5bKT4ifhkVwf0KfKh-xiIvL6c_tXalq7ik7Yo_BZ/w200-h113/20231207004754_1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9qeL8EHBuKrIwI07etYf6omHPhmQ941Og6ijmuHflK6FJ3HbqZ8YPQRylWerkvM40pBuOrEZb_9I34YUO-5xowdETcuHt3Udh0-LViCK5TnOkTNd4zB_DTWVanPurijfs8Iin-ZBdRyq6jOmwbdxgg3cZlKuUXoobtOVdZkogsYw90gg0eEQOPmWEac8T/s2560/20231208195948_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9qeL8EHBuKrIwI07etYf6omHPhmQ941Og6ijmuHflK6FJ3HbqZ8YPQRylWerkvM40pBuOrEZb_9I34YUO-5xowdETcuHt3Udh0-LViCK5TnOkTNd4zB_DTWVanPurijfs8Iin-ZBdRyq6jOmwbdxgg3cZlKuUXoobtOVdZkogsYw90gg0eEQOPmWEac8T/w200-h113/20231208195948_1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunWOIFM8ULF8-kJu_mCQTrOBgDsk9mRYr4DkZWOOgqTuscbukuOUh-c_cuGhhCxRFzXtj2F73RfzMOLoEDHP0ehkOa_jTe6KLOyiTC4f5CSbK_nbF8AhdMzsHB786cKJ6nvsv_4cu_unCvpE8zGXVctjWxQTDCbKkBM77IO8QjqZmnYTb1DaejNS4Yd2N/s2560/20231208212347_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunWOIFM8ULF8-kJu_mCQTrOBgDsk9mRYr4DkZWOOgqTuscbukuOUh-c_cuGhhCxRFzXtj2F73RfzMOLoEDHP0ehkOa_jTe6KLOyiTC4f5CSbK_nbF8AhdMzsHB786cKJ6nvsv_4cu_unCvpE8zGXVctjWxQTDCbKkBM77IO8QjqZmnYTb1DaejNS4Yd2N/s320/20231208212347_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Another thing I really liked about Dogtown was that the gigs there always came with a twist and they were never as cut and dry as the ones from the base game. Always a choice would pop up around the middle that could give the gig an entirely different outcome than you would originally think, sometimes for the better and sometimes the fixer would call afterwards and scold you. But that twist and choice & consequence really made those gig a lot more memorable. Run This Town is probably one of my favourite side quests in the DLC. </div><div><br /></div><div>Last time I played I missed out on saving Takemura so this I made sure of that and then followed through on his ending so I could get that last achievement. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEX2fz406QDJ9If8-DhMrw6ORttu3fyCqqM7elnvO1qiuNMz-PeoGsBBC_dzkAvR685tF7CmTMrOi0f4TcJj-VdM8YYKfoODls2BKxFk6-tBGJck-EUHsJww_nLpkkUKktrKkhKFPC60x8G5VUib5EiEBkTaXJkch7NWwS8BjSmIscuQZKU0rZ_BeQSk4/s2560/20231209214131_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEX2fz406QDJ9If8-DhMrw6ORttu3fyCqqM7elnvO1qiuNMz-PeoGsBBC_dzkAvR685tF7CmTMrOi0f4TcJj-VdM8YYKfoODls2BKxFk6-tBGJck-EUHsJww_nLpkkUKktrKkhKFPC60x8G5VUib5EiEBkTaXJkch7NWwS8BjSmIscuQZKU0rZ_BeQSk4/w200-h113/20231209214131_1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOTyZR4U2oCgplyEeAryM8CPraW39SpqTVYhfFTcck8KqbBhEK_cdZgz3sGNPNdQXWsoItTp5C5nXv9fzsbUJOUK-R2t5N5iN76F8wQeUF5PwXsXRuCnNrzXWs0EpNmD4neRrDRTnrrm__AVZaTPlaS5aigJzeqO9hyphenhyphenyusQtN7LfZRWJxkVbWRQVTdXY9/s2560/20231209220430_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOTyZR4U2oCgplyEeAryM8CPraW39SpqTVYhfFTcck8KqbBhEK_cdZgz3sGNPNdQXWsoItTp5C5nXv9fzsbUJOUK-R2t5N5iN76F8wQeUF5PwXsXRuCnNrzXWs0EpNmD4neRrDRTnrrm__AVZaTPlaS5aigJzeqO9hyphenhyphenyusQtN7LfZRWJxkVbWRQVTdXY9/w200-h113/20231209220430_1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQtgJ5UMMx8jh4LODRgE3si705texObyCjEJPeXXQLYS2f8Yli8aLbZVCnyrBI1oxPisVjd5X4hseO8IeL2pXFlCBwIZvwSVUv8Uu_JVMzxZ5RyhRRWik1cF2NXCJ_04w_Ou2_eqIYU_-fOZ003qvnjp-e8_XZS3AgQLR6e5xp6W199CctG9uOWDI3lJ3/s2560/20231209220453_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQtgJ5UMMx8jh4LODRgE3si705texObyCjEJPeXXQLYS2f8Yli8aLbZVCnyrBI1oxPisVjd5X4hseO8IeL2pXFlCBwIZvwSVUv8Uu_JVMzxZ5RyhRRWik1cF2NXCJ_04w_Ou2_eqIYU_-fOZ003qvnjp-e8_XZS3AgQLR6e5xp6W199CctG9uOWDI3lJ3/s320/20231209220453_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /></div><div>Speaking of achievements, some of them don't seem to work. I know for sure I affected 3+ enemies with one single Detonate Grenade quickhack more than once, but that achi never popped for me. I know I hit 2 enemies with the sname sniper rifle shot more than once, but that achi never popped either. And I rigorously used the Distract Enemy quickhack to get that achi, but that never popped either. </div><div><br /></div><div>Towards the end of this playthrough they dropped Update 2.1 which added hangouts with your love interest, radio for walking, being able to take the metro around the city (sightseeing woooo!) and repeatable car races. I made sure to do everything.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIRFVyScB0PM3mHmzJXxPIPj7dEqjZkxS3gz3w_O__1YQmc5B4rw_mytWQugS1QE8_k9qaSVvtublQ7dbGthuAe85Hpn4E2oWg1WJeJkfefNQnolb2ALg32Evkf0KqHdjoI_Gebto3QeIQ3jApAekyGTKHe0qs9NvRngpon9C12SMm96La3AMhe5Kd1Ks/s2560/20231205231537_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIRFVyScB0PM3mHmzJXxPIPj7dEqjZkxS3gz3w_O__1YQmc5B4rw_mytWQugS1QE8_k9qaSVvtublQ7dbGthuAe85Hpn4E2oWg1WJeJkfefNQnolb2ALg32Evkf0KqHdjoI_Gebto3QeIQ3jApAekyGTKHe0qs9NvRngpon9C12SMm96La3AMhe5Kd1Ks/w200-h113/20231205231537_1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3qZ7AopRthWd3L5T2LnOrVsfnunR1JtTc8hJE2yRLbs-wrxNWq0jYrP9yjo6FokZggVyglkI9Z56e4AZcvzDyKv1ILJ7euLuygegfbexu8WVTxCPeVIquTIIiolE0HJXXLIxAJqUY8nkZsw_L_h-Xsa1EvkN_TnWslEtRCQEDSIQeXYDxZN33prrUBRA/s2560/20231205232135_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3qZ7AopRthWd3L5T2LnOrVsfnunR1JtTc8hJE2yRLbs-wrxNWq0jYrP9yjo6FokZggVyglkI9Z56e4AZcvzDyKv1ILJ7euLuygegfbexu8WVTxCPeVIquTIIiolE0HJXXLIxAJqUY8nkZsw_L_h-Xsa1EvkN_TnWslEtRCQEDSIQeXYDxZN33prrUBRA/w200-h113/20231205232135_1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>I had a really great time with Cyberpunk this time around as well, despite this buggier experience!</div><div><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/reABCMNGM3w?si=8JrjmEHE_vboG801" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-2044042790480310582023-12-09T18:09:00.003+01:002023-12-09T19:32:16.075+01:00The Fall of the House of Usher<p>From the creators of <a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-haunting-of-hill-house.html">The Haunting of Hill House</a> and <a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-haunting-of-bly-manor.html">The Haunting of Bly Manor</a>, still this show came completely out of left field since neither of us had even heard about it. Yet after two great shows ofc we had to watch it and it didn't disappoint.</p><p>Because each of the other two shows were based on one book each, I originally thought this would be a show based entirely on the eponymous work by Edgar Allan Poe, but I soon discovered that each episode was named after a Poe text, and each of the episodes was a retelling of a Poe story with the House of Usher as the overarching plot. It was brilliant.</p><p>I love Poe and I've read a bunch of his work so it was great to see how they transferred the plots of those stories into the overarching plot of the show and make it work. </p><p>There's very little of the "spot the ghost" game from Hill House, but it does happen. There are a few jumpscares, but nothing too bad and usually you can see them coming from a mile away. </p><p>All in all, this was absolutely brilliant.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yvuAWVzP6wI?si=dHrUs6sFqLAMv7xa" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-33790390415875073532023-12-06T21:29:00.001+01:002024-01-30T21:30:06.501+01:00Castlevania: NocturneI really, really, really enjoyed the original animated Castlevania show, so when this finally dropped on Netflix I couldn't wait to get into it! <div><br /></div><div>Setting it in revolutionary France is interesting, but it works out. Richter and Maria aren't as fun and interesting as Sypha and Trevor and I can't really bring myself to care about Annette. But Edouard's fate and plight are both extremely interesting to me (although whenever he bursts into song it feels mostly like filler), and I absolutely loved both Olrox and Drolta. Especially Olrox. </div><div><br /></div><div>The art style of the Vampire Messiah reminds me of Sailor Moon villains though.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's only got this one season so far, but after that ending how can I not look forward to the next season?</div><div><br /></div><div>Comparing it with the original show when this one only has one season seems unfair so I won't do that. </div><div><br /></div><div>The last three episodes of the season were a hell of a lot better than the first five episodes, though.</div><div><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_afpwpbKPs0?si=IWGUvk2RRTMMS978" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-34483757681431457172023-11-26T20:05:00.003+01:002023-11-26T20:05:45.958+01:00My last 5 books: Thriller and adventure<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1594422468i/51477843.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="325" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1594422468i/51477843.jpg" width="130" /></a></div>1. <b><u><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">Troubled Blood</span></u></b>, by Robert Galbraith. This book was brilliant in so many ways. Exploring Strike's feelings for his family, but also for Robin, and Robin exploring her feelings towards her job, her future and for Strike, as well as dealing with a nasty divorce from Matthew. The agency is doing great and they're handed their first cold case: the disappearance of Margot Bamborough back in 1974. This book takes place in 2013-2014 and it's almost 40 years since she disappeared. Strike and Robin are given a year to try to find out what happened to Margot, and it becomes a case that has them delving deep into astrology and psychopathy, with lots of unsavoury men and women who aren't what they seem. There are so many plot points, so many side plots and all of them come together brilliantly in the end. It's extremely satisfying to see the author tie together everything in a way that makes complete sense. The only thing that brings the overall rating down is the fact that it sometimes gets a bit too preachy with the feminist stuff.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388194006i/2292060.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388194006i/2292060.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>2. <b><u><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood</span></u></b>, by James Malcolm Rymer. This is a compilation of a penny dreadful, so it's trash literature, but it's trash literature that has somehow lasted almost 200 years so that's got to count for something. This penny dreadful predates Dracula by half a century and I was so excited to get into another gothic vampire tale. But penny dreadful authors were paid by the word and damn it shows. After 210 pages I just couldn't anymore. In those 210 pages we've had the initial vampire attack and then just 200 pages of reiterated dialogue and back-and-forth actions that didn't lead anywhere. 200 pages in and we're still in the same situation we were 200 pages ago. And it isn't even halfway. As to not completely kill my reading mood I decided to DNF this and potentially come back to it at a later time. There are glimpses of a complicated and interesting character in Varney, but it's all so densely buried in all the useless dialogue and non-actions. The editor's footnotes in this edition are a highlight though, as it seems they might've been a bit passive-aggressive towards Rymer and the Victorian society overall. It's so frustrating because I can see there's a story underneath all the useless words, it just takes an age to get through all the words to find the story. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1657867589i/61447942.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="527" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1657867589i/61447942.jpg" width="132" /></a></div>3. <b><u><span style="color: #baef1d; font-size: large;">The Ink Black Heart</span></u></b>, by Robert Galbraith. These two characters has to be the slowest slow-burn in the history of slow-burns. I need them to stop being so goddamn polite and considerate and just talk to one another! The story in this one revolves around the dark side of fandom, and it's eerily accurate sometimes. Honestly, the most unbelievable thing is that Robin didn't know tumblr or Twitter before she started working on this case. It's 2015, she just turned 30, which makes her only five years older than me, she would've known about both of those sites. Or it's just implied she has spent the last 12 or so years living under a rock while social media evolved online. I get Strike not knowing, but not Robin. I had all sorts of theories throughout reading this as to who the killer was, and once or twice those theories touched upon the truth, but I could always find reasons why someone else was more probable. As someone who spends a great amount of time chatting online while staying mostly anonymous, this was a great and pretty chilling story. One of the best ones in the series!</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1670864864i/65890374.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="518" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1670864864i/65890374.jpg" width="130" /></a></div>4. <b><u><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">The Time Traveler's Wife</span></u></b>, by Audrey Niffenegger. A few years ago everybody talked about this book so I decided to read it. It started out interesting enough, but within 100 pages it was getting obvious that this was all there was to it. This is the story of their lives which are absolutely ordinary aside from the little thing that Henry is so-called chrono-impaired, meaning he sometimes just time travels for no reason at all. Sometimes just for minutes, sometimes for days. It never becomes a conflict and the only major issue it presents is that it makes it difficult for them to have a baby. Throughout the story there's this looming shadow of something that's going to happen when Henry is 43, but when it does happen it's completely underwhelming and I just face-palmed when I read it. It was a very disappointing end to an otherwise bland book. Not my thing.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1402494700i/22456224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="295" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1402494700i/22456224.jpg" width="124" /></a></div>5.<b><u><span style="color: #1ba678; font-size: large;">Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief</span></u></b><span style="color: #1ba678;">,</span> by Rick Riordan. I've been meaning to read this series for years. I love Greek mythology. This book was just as fun as I expected, albeit a bit predictable. I didn't expect Percy to be twelve though, I thought he'd be at least fifteen, but it ended up not being such a big deal. Despite the book being a lot of me figuring things out way ahead of time and me just waiting for the characters to catch up, I had a lot of fun reading it and I'm excited to keep going with this series. Despite having heard of this series I knew nothing about it going in. I knew there was Greek mythology and that was about it, really. I figured out Percy's father long before the rest of the characters. I figured out who was going to betray Percy as soon as the Oracle told him the prophecy. I figured out who the ultimate bad guy was long before they started speculating, but it's a kids book so it was fine. I love all the characters and the story was fast-paced and fun. I'm into it. </div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-84113156431056643162023-11-23T11:02:00.001+01:002023-11-23T11:02:57.042+01:00Game completed: Assassin's Creed Mirage (+ the end of AC Valhalla)This is like the fifth post of mine that's related to <a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2020/12/game-completed-assassins-creed-valhalla.html">Valhalla</a>... <a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2021/06/assassins-creed-valhalla-wrath-of.html">This game</a>... it feels good to finally have completed it. <div><br /></div><div>After I finished with <a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2023/10/game-completed-starfield.html">Starfield</a> I decided to do the last few things of <a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2022/01/game-completed-assassins-creed-valhalla.html">Valhalla</a> before I started up Mirage. So I started out doing the last few Tombs of the Fallen and finished that little thing and then I dove into The Forgotten Saga, which is a roguelite and I'm not the biggest fan of those. But I gave it my best effort. I managed to get all the way to Nidhogg, the poison dragon, and the last boss before the last area and Hel herself. At that point I was breezing through everything up to Nidhogg, and he thoroughly put me in my place and told me to not think so highly of myself in the most detailed way possible - his adds beating me to a pulp while he solemnly watched. The fight was just a whole bunch of AoEs to dodge or I'd get a DoT (which stacked) and there were no healing items in the area - not equipped, not lying around, just nada. I was so done with The Forgotten Saga after that, and decided to just do The Last Chapter update and then move on to Mirage.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_-uSAPCSw8BDd6pLy0p89pqeOhyCOykg_298ZqY-KUVybtL1ckDQFUrFlTUQZ55wAPyUOmd8hv5hdooyTFRCgZpA1s-d2UuOd_5lIO0PtXjP_iwV71C2htNzL8Hn3mMBMwm6lMeP-yyGGydwbz9mQZMadaPKmqQhzp8mzx27OHpEcM5L96wTy6tBPjON/s1734/Screenshot_20231116_020923_Discord.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="1075" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_-uSAPCSw8BDd6pLy0p89pqeOhyCOykg_298ZqY-KUVybtL1ckDQFUrFlTUQZ55wAPyUOmd8hv5hdooyTFRCgZpA1s-d2UuOd_5lIO0PtXjP_iwV71C2htNzL8Hn3mMBMwm6lMeP-yyGGydwbz9mQZMadaPKmqQhzp8mzx27OHpEcM5L96wTy6tBPjON/s320/Screenshot_20231116_020923_Discord.jpg" width="198" /></a></div><br /></div><div>The Last Chapter was a nice little ending to <a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2022/08/game-completed-assassins-creed-valhalla.html">Valhalla</a>, which probably would have had a bigger impact if I hadn't played the base game in late 2020 when it was new, and barely remembered half the characters on the goodbye tour. The Basim stuff was a lot more interesting than Eivor's goodbye tour and half-assed footnote as to how she ended up in North America. The Basim stuff explains how he's still alive over 1000 years later and how they got their hands on his DNA so they could view his memories. It was a pretty decent connection/bridge over to Mirage.</div><div><br /></div><div>I don't like sand. Every time a game asks me to play through a desert I'm instantly bored. Sand is just boring. I don't like it. And I knew the landscape of Mirage would bore me even before I went in, which was a contributing reason for why I shelved the game for two weeks before I finished it. </div><div><br /></div><div>That said I did enjoy the game overall. They were hitting people's nostalgia as hard as they could but implementing a lot of polished up mechanics from the earliest AC games. I hated pickpocketing in AC2, but in Mirage it was a lot of fun, especially Darvish's collectables. Being at Alamut made me half expect Altaïr to show up, except it would be a few more centuries before he's even around. That tutorial climbing scene with Basim is a direct translation of the tutorial climbing scene in the original Assassin's Creed with Altaïr :3 And those are just two examples, there are many more ways that Mirage attempts to throwback to the earliest games of the franchise. It's great fun. </div><div><br /></div><div>As always I made sure to get every single collectable and do every bit of side content and uncovering the entire map before I completed the story.</div><div><br /></div><div>As for the story itself, I feel like it was pretty predictable. I had figured out Nehal's circumstances way before that reveal even came. The only thing I hadn't figured out was the purpose of the djinni and I was dreading it as a final boss of the game, instead... nothing. So that was a bit disappointing. I also feel like they established the characters of Roshan and Basim in the early stages of the story only to throw it all out in the end scenes and have them become complete stereotypical tropes, which kinda ruined the end a bit. And as much as the current time portions of any AC game kind of feels like filler, I did miss having it in Mirage. Even as filler it's an integral part of the games' universe. </div><div><br /></div><div>But all in all it was a good game and as much as I love massive open world RPGs it was nice to play something smaller for a change. </div><div><br /></div><div>And I forgot to take a single screenshot.</div><div><br /></div><div>And young Basim just reminds me of Disney's Aladdin. </div><div><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRNOoOYVn80?si=YWxKD-SCf8SWCKSO" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-41679219684323329592023-11-09T18:44:00.004+01:002023-11-16T01:59:58.199+01:00Good Omens S02I don't know why we didn't watch this season sooner considering we both loved the first season (which I know realise I never wrote a post about, oops). <div><br /></div><div>So the script for this season was allegedly based on an unfinished-but-practically-finished manuscript that Gaiman and Pratchett had written as a sequel to the novel.</div><div><br /></div><div>I feel like the original will always be the best version in terms of sequels etc, but this season was really damn funny. Shax was great (who knew Rita Skeeter could be that funny?) Jon Hamm was fabulous as a confused and blundering dude and then as hopelessly in love. Every role I've seen of him he either plays stoically handsome or strong-but-sad (strong man refuses to accept he is currently broken, i.e. still stoic), so it was very nice to see him in something more comedic :3</div><div><br /></div><div>New Beelzebub was better than old Beelzebub.</div><div><br /></div><div>I did not like that ending T_T</div><div><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9GljnUA6Ll0?si=BG9ow6hX5tv-E0r5" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-34028785233984956842023-10-30T15:08:00.001+01:002023-11-12T17:31:17.667+01:00Young Sheldon S01-S06We're both fans of The Big Bang Theory so when we saw that Young Sheldon had come to Netflix we decided to watch it.<div><br /></div><div>Sheldon himself is great as usual and so dimwitted despite being so smart. It's great :3 Missy, Connie and Paige are amazing characters, whereas Mary is just a big facepalm for me, but she means well. Georgie is dumb but street smart. And George is just always trying so hard and it never gets him anywhere. </div><div><br /></div><div>Paige's storyline alongside Sheldon's storyline shows two different sides of the same coin and I always enjoy the episodes with Paige in them, because it shows just how damn lucky Sheldon is throughout his whole childhood. </div><div><br /></div><div>Season 6 ended at a bit of a cliffhanger and season 7 keeps being delayed due to the strike shenanigans going on, but I really can't wait for season 7 :3</div><div><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FStMMcj-RiA?si=dfqJIenSFA4rK4w0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-88184261185026106222023-10-15T17:56:00.004+02:002023-10-15T17:56:41.297+02:00Game completed: We Were Here Expeditions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxqdpcZ7Hi-4aw8UmrcC4DJFKOjZ7blxvd9iOLNSUafQQ61gVX8bVHoKac-f4w_tGWaMYcQG8oS59a0d7gcLLcYHcceOHzQVMfrkToISuskKyWOPShpn7ISjSClwd5wsA_X-mg8eKNMZ85VSC5Xm_-bCl5anJMUZspBcKVDmSJ8Rfu-D9hdlJ70EPpFbv/s2560/20230916233439_1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxqdpcZ7Hi-4aw8UmrcC4DJFKOjZ7blxvd9iOLNSUafQQ61gVX8bVHoKac-f4w_tGWaMYcQG8oS59a0d7gcLLcYHcceOHzQVMfrkToISuskKyWOPShpn7ISjSClwd5wsA_X-mg8eKNMZ85VSC5Xm_-bCl5anJMUZspBcKVDmSJ8Rfu-D9hdlJ70EPpFbv/s320/20230916233439_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>After <a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2023/09/game-completed-grounded.html">Grounded</a> we discovered that there was a new We Were Here that just released and it was free. We jumped on that and immediately got it downloaded and started to play. It was really nostalgic to be back in the roles of our Arctic explorers/rescuers even though it wasn't all that long ago <a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2023/05/dealing-with-backlog-we-were-here-series.html">we played through the series</a>. <div><br /></div><div>This time the setting was more piratey than the medieval/castle/knights/royalty/magic kind of theme the rest of the series had going, but there is a tiny reference to previous games in the very beginning, in the intro, so that's cool. </div><div><br /></div><div>Just like the original We Were Here our only complaint is that this game is too short. It took us just over two hours to complete and that's with us redoing several of the puzzles just for fun and to try to get better results. Why is it that a puzzle always goes better before we're really sure of what we're doing and when we know what we're doing we somehow end up doing worse? </div><div><br /></div><div>The puzzle where one player is drugged to see paths that aren't there or paths that are there have turned invisible, and the other player watches from above, mind unmuddled, and guides them through what's real or not was a really cool puzzle and we had a lot of fun with it. </div><div><br /></div><div>I also really liked the puzzle where you had to coordinate between each other to make the best and most color combinations. </div><div><br /></div><div>We did both of those puzzles so many times xD Which the short little shareable/downloadable clip at the end showcased xD</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxuT9elwEkLJERwFKm0vIQdII0Qbij2QdtVOv7okB3ssCFRgnwsD0gpiCBsawko1rKW5vb92mNAb1H-vyjZkw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div>All in all, this was a really fun adventure. Could've been longer, but that's honestly the only nitpick and for a free game it's negligible. </div><div><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VLACZ9KGNu4?si=nKz6SMmrCDLIgmRc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-91830295567647667602023-10-10T21:23:00.003+02:002023-10-10T21:23:29.633+02:00Game completed: Starfield<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAhFBi-v2bP7lm-Qi4fgj7hdIaPb1nJa3kI8iKlWb-a3SEBINuEweAPuYVYdnen9Kor2c-jDb8QkVbnUtSdAfVMZYJVATL7LbqdlUxSd6N8sde73hne7JU5BQgqIjhq0iLCNYjN6ENuDigogmqb2LBlYCVDJwcRSbC7L3oGTKJnJ26k6mKugjca3M1y_V/s2560/20230915210436_1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAhFBi-v2bP7lm-Qi4fgj7hdIaPb1nJa3kI8iKlWb-a3SEBINuEweAPuYVYdnen9Kor2c-jDb8QkVbnUtSdAfVMZYJVATL7LbqdlUxSd6N8sde73hne7JU5BQgqIjhq0iLCNYjN6ENuDigogmqb2LBlYCVDJwcRSbC7L3oGTKJnJ26k6mKugjca3M1y_V/s320/20230915210436_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Alongside <a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2023/02/game-completed-hogwarts-legacy.html">Hogwarts Legacy</a> this was my most anticipated game of the year. So when September 1st rolled around I immediately started to play even if the time was 2am. I didn't do much aside from creating my character that night, but at least the game worked and for me it has been mostly smooth sailing throughout all of my 174 hours. <p></p><p>I'll keep this post very vague so as to avoid spoilers and you'll mostly be getting my overall thoughts and feelings rather than any details of companions or quests.</p><p>I put off doing the main quest for so long, which I realise now was a bit of a disservice to the game. I was probably level 30 before I even encountered the main antagonist. That first encounter adds a lot more to exploration and I recommend getting to at least that point in the main quest before heading off whichever way to explore.</p><p>So for my first character I chose traits that were pretty much all useless to me, but that I thought sounded cool. Neon Street Rat was very useful, but Alien DNA I had removed with a doctor almost immediately. I chose the Adoring Fan perk because of nostalgia and then I never used him because he was just as annoying as I remembered. I just stuck him at an outpost in the middle of nowhere and never saw him again. </p><p>Surveying planets became tedious if it was done too much and too often, but as someone who enjoys ticking boxes it was very much my thing - if done sparingly. Every time I visited Earth I got sad.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiI80lPEIMK1XZzYnHsZN76sOFy3I3j__NEZlEF_hO8q1NBja-lUi4bGaMdWs7QHCyL7e2-cj-pxG95QoPisFb-lTpkCBFG2SCx1VZ48bkMK6ScBlBrZx5R-3qIJR6HogFDGtf5AChQiDyu3n6Y_M1-KJoq6WsheU0A0mYiKQzOZ6JAHx01X6NHHm4M5cY/s2560/20230902143503_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiI80lPEIMK1XZzYnHsZN76sOFy3I3j__NEZlEF_hO8q1NBja-lUi4bGaMdWs7QHCyL7e2-cj-pxG95QoPisFb-lTpkCBFG2SCx1VZ48bkMK6ScBlBrZx5R-3qIJR6HogFDGtf5AChQiDyu3n6Y_M1-KJoq6WsheU0A0mYiKQzOZ6JAHx01X6NHHm4M5cY/w200-h113/20230902143503_1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnRO3fMPw8oMh6A72fyvV-u61Bcb85V0Wy5f1wCdXYEqH3fGPJh0QL-rqJJZEsj5NRs_tEr6GgiJhgnbmgdxIeU4j_pD26lfA0buhn54A0b2mNy46gEqvH_H7p1COtPDriF9p5QlMLLUgac90iVNAeeGTR0rUfz2LppXfNGNbuUS3q_7YMYlpH3s3AZZy/s2560/20231010130559_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnRO3fMPw8oMh6A72fyvV-u61Bcb85V0Wy5f1wCdXYEqH3fGPJh0QL-rqJJZEsj5NRs_tEr6GgiJhgnbmgdxIeU4j_pD26lfA0buhn54A0b2mNy46gEqvH_H7p1COtPDriF9p5QlMLLUgac90iVNAeeGTR0rUfz2LppXfNGNbuUS3q_7YMYlpH3s3AZZy/w200-h113/20231010130559_1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><p></p><p>As for the side quest lines, my favourite was easily the Crimson Fleet. I always try to do a good character so navigating the Fleet questline via Persuasion and Bribery instead of murder and robbery was a lot of fun and actually made me think more specifically how I would get through a quest. </p><p>I also enjoyed the UC questline for the sheer amount of wow moments. Revelation after revelation, it was great! I really liked Hadrian when she was part of her questline. Too bad she lost all her personality afterwards when she became just another follower. </p><p>The Ryujin questline was a slog to start with, but once I gained access to the Executive floor things became really interesting and the last few quests were pretty cool. I ended up having more fun with this one than I initially thought. Unfortunately those early quests are indicative of the kind of missions you get from their mission board post-questline, and they aren't very engaging. Still a lot of easy credits though.</p><p>Finally, the Freestar Collective questline wasn't my thing at all. I struggle to remember what it was even about and had to look it up to even write this post. The final confronation was kinda cool I suppose. Unfortunately the final confrontation of this questline was at the same place I had a Ryujin stealth mission at and it wouldn't let me sneak past the final confrontation to complete the Ryujin mission before going back to do the final Freetstar quest... So I ended up getting a pay deduction from my Ryujin mission -.-</p><p>The main quest proved a lot more interesting than I normally expect from a Bethesda game and at one point even heartbreaking. Literally sat crying in front of my PC until I could reload an earlier save so I could change the outcome because I was <i>not</i> ok with that! It didn't hurt that the main quest had some of the most beautiful visuals in the entire game. Temples did get slightly repetitive though. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZtSyfuGsXwzlTtnKJYWxcj-kmZ05-1e2-qy_PpLoIpxJ51JALWvHPlJP50uQDGVS0uWQX969hyphenhyphenxpvRsJNuqZP8cT4n3eWoS-e9X8-F7ktzwBQgdSHGry9pkhdFk0iWJzLV7ZsYxTg5UF-Q6c1yPib-YrJxFenO_Qtog46q3C1BZXpVvmziZKOEb_ftHtK/s2560/20231010151555_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZtSyfuGsXwzlTtnKJYWxcj-kmZ05-1e2-qy_PpLoIpxJ51JALWvHPlJP50uQDGVS0uWQX969hyphenhyphenxpvRsJNuqZP8cT4n3eWoS-e9X8-F7ktzwBQgdSHGry9pkhdFk0iWJzLV7ZsYxTg5UF-Q6c1yPib-YrJxFenO_Qtog46q3C1BZXpVvmziZKOEb_ftHtK/w200-h113/20231010151555_1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VkVJACLfAGU7IbBQd8NKva-vw3QFRKNMK5PcpZtk5dm5imsxYAHx2_KfU7yeGBACZmePcjGxvtYrXOYeDmk7C-rIlJTP69iJfJh2PmzUv5sMd9xzhl94-c1ivhKCf3SiMDtKjGzjxhevvH4byJZ9tfBAe6dRLq7BRXUnisDMeIykxheh7ZL-xI2S35Yi/s2560/20231010152607_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VkVJACLfAGU7IbBQd8NKva-vw3QFRKNMK5PcpZtk5dm5imsxYAHx2_KfU7yeGBACZmePcjGxvtYrXOYeDmk7C-rIlJTP69iJfJh2PmzUv5sMd9xzhl94-c1ivhKCf3SiMDtKjGzjxhevvH4byJZ9tfBAe6dRLq7BRXUnisDMeIykxheh7ZL-xI2S35Yi/w200-h113/20231010152607_1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PfdymHJWZMcWGsSfOoxMJKaiqKRVj3cipHXgwG7IGSPy5MJsMkSkgnEf3uctmcXKaJ2RQJAC4dLs-PWTsDSmZnJ3JSjaoDBio_VlbAknFTcAe_4VFtdI4peM71Y4Hl656sTBUiUSR5fXs0QOWzFN8ylv2lRw_77Q_ydmFk786IxZlBnxLbPzPZ8NEkzr/s2560/20230916160545_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PfdymHJWZMcWGsSfOoxMJKaiqKRVj3cipHXgwG7IGSPy5MJsMkSkgnEf3uctmcXKaJ2RQJAC4dLs-PWTsDSmZnJ3JSjaoDBio_VlbAknFTcAe_4VFtdI4peM71Y4Hl656sTBUiUSR5fXs0QOWzFN8ylv2lRw_77Q_ydmFk786IxZlBnxLbPzPZ8NEkzr/s2560/20230916160545_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PfdymHJWZMcWGsSfOoxMJKaiqKRVj3cipHXgwG7IGSPy5MJsMkSkgnEf3uctmcXKaJ2RQJAC4dLs-PWTsDSmZnJ3JSjaoDBio_VlbAknFTcAe_4VFtdI4peM71Y4Hl656sTBUiUSR5fXs0QOWzFN8ylv2lRw_77Q_ydmFk786IxZlBnxLbPzPZ8NEkzr/w200-h113/20230916160545_1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dLznaaeAakKJXL2bBAHz-k1LvCMUvJwNYU2zR_bRjP6rNHWLghBdymYc9iyyEWgdui7aIrpOmha7ye6BrBPcsIRAR2O4TPhs6_6ZKWQJ6OYeres3oEL1uCwdha259LdjFcipXMwnPQFdY1kHtltjnSqVBdFrMG0wqfhkEPIFDBwsYAzeKOFeeEhaZwsz/s2560/20230915185302_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dLznaaeAakKJXL2bBAHz-k1LvCMUvJwNYU2zR_bRjP6rNHWLghBdymYc9iyyEWgdui7aIrpOmha7ye6BrBPcsIRAR2O4TPhs6_6ZKWQJ6OYeres3oEL1uCwdha259LdjFcipXMwnPQFdY1kHtltjnSqVBdFrMG0wqfhkEPIFDBwsYAzeKOFeeEhaZwsz/w200-h113/20230915185302_1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><br />As for the companions, I adored Sam. He became my best friend and my husband (and he made me smile like a doofus every time I talked to him after we got married). Andreja, despite being the last Constellation member I picked up, quickly became my favourite after Sam. Both Barrett and Sarah annoy me. Barrett is too silly and Sarah is too high and mighty. That said, I still got a ship that could fit all of the Constellation followers at once and they all became sort of like a family. I also made sure to do all of their companion quests. Everybody's except for Barrett's were pretty interesting tbh. I liked Sarah's and I hope there'll be more to Andreja's at some point. Sam's felt oddly high-stakes but that's probably due to Cora's presence. <p></p><p>I'll end this by addressing some of the complaints I've seen regarding the game. Some of them are just too stupid to address though, so I'll just leave this here:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ypa-TdATWVXTPChkdzBOr2g1oUM3tcmt40J0DQ2WEl77JIHLed_GSVuDI9OAKb8SpYQW-_ddV_eDoPihsnU7OF-Wxg-pNSkGVZcnQAVQpuMVYUNnZUQEIvvav_9ZMtY0sLmyDGPTGBK4Wok8LE2MyS8VStvATMomdO-xu8s1Ydj7mq71CpzAsuaUd0U4/s1187/Screenshot_20230910_224714_Discord.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1187" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ypa-TdATWVXTPChkdzBOr2g1oUM3tcmt40J0DQ2WEl77JIHLed_GSVuDI9OAKb8SpYQW-_ddV_eDoPihsnU7OF-Wxg-pNSkGVZcnQAVQpuMVYUNnZUQEIvvav_9ZMtY0sLmyDGPTGBK4Wok8LE2MyS8VStvATMomdO-xu8s1Ydj7mq71CpzAsuaUd0U4/s320/Screenshot_20230910_224714_Discord.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><p></p><p>Complaints about graphics and crashes and optimization, I can't do much about. The game worked well for me (rtx 3060). I had two CTDs in all my 174 hours. The game didn't like when a download was running in the background and became laggy whenever Windows Update decided it was time to download an update, otherwise it worked great. </p><p>People complain about desolate worlds and I can't help but wonder if they only ever landed on moons or planets without an atmosphere. There was an abundance of planets that had all sorts of life and were beautiful to just wander through.I have so many screenshots from both desolate and vibrant moons and planets.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmzLGUfAKlNNO5Jc9HDxUfUtXjQOBXseUX0Fc4-8vU2mYClTVlQjtYKsltDZpGXimhqOGLYnscLgP07Yjf-gR6VLGV-0xjgcJXOTMPvomBeuxbcgp3zzUK6g8hP9egDwUPh9P59YnxcaYOJTpQdsr8NF9cENIdQWpM9O4LjZ5BYmGJ0gF28Nbo8Jpw02T/s2560/20231001144525_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmzLGUfAKlNNO5Jc9HDxUfUtXjQOBXseUX0Fc4-8vU2mYClTVlQjtYKsltDZpGXimhqOGLYnscLgP07Yjf-gR6VLGV-0xjgcJXOTMPvomBeuxbcgp3zzUK6g8hP9egDwUPh9P59YnxcaYOJTpQdsr8NF9cENIdQWpM9O4LjZ5BYmGJ0gF28Nbo8Jpw02T/w200-h113/20231001144525_1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpr321LKcccPdw3Bdr4QP2swP6bFf5r4xg6srUo287gx8tkxEhyphenhyphen_qDeJClQeW00iZJGSazdIAiNuMMqCJjr7qwI888jFJEkG2yrNOk5QIVuyulrOPrGVNLdyT1MgmAvYeqEESbsqXJ4BdDuAlKFAksXFW8WxtKv1cLPNxjX4ViE3gJpw3r1-HU87rcqQGa/s2560/20230930153421_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpr321LKcccPdw3Bdr4QP2swP6bFf5r4xg6srUo287gx8tkxEhyphenhyphen_qDeJClQeW00iZJGSazdIAiNuMMqCJjr7qwI888jFJEkG2yrNOk5QIVuyulrOPrGVNLdyT1MgmAvYeqEESbsqXJ4BdDuAlKFAksXFW8WxtKv1cLPNxjX4ViE3gJpw3r1-HU87rcqQGa/w200-h113/20230930153421_1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFT4O1gDHSApjg_wtWhcYWUOJwoK0JSewNthqd6VwHkYdsJ_mZirvL29JD6tQ-qCTUeJn1bI366aa0e4-NJpvHN9M_lTAHN2w7rCf05qW59kFOXUBjujHCVPIFhyphenhyphenov4noZCRFnvYPkZwgcdyjzKY_Xhgn2yHnE0DsX5eXYKRiv-5Adn5bcnMbw3rJzz6Rn/s2560/20230926201752_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFT4O1gDHSApjg_wtWhcYWUOJwoK0JSewNthqd6VwHkYdsJ_mZirvL29JD6tQ-qCTUeJn1bI366aa0e4-NJpvHN9M_lTAHN2w7rCf05qW59kFOXUBjujHCVPIFhyphenhyphenov4noZCRFnvYPkZwgcdyjzKY_Xhgn2yHnE0DsX5eXYKRiv-5Adn5bcnMbw3rJzz6Rn/s2560/20230926201752_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFT4O1gDHSApjg_wtWhcYWUOJwoK0JSewNthqd6VwHkYdsJ_mZirvL29JD6tQ-qCTUeJn1bI366aa0e4-NJpvHN9M_lTAHN2w7rCf05qW59kFOXUBjujHCVPIFhyphenhyphenov4noZCRFnvYPkZwgcdyjzKY_Xhgn2yHnE0DsX5eXYKRiv-5Adn5bcnMbw3rJzz6Rn/w200-h113/20230926201752_1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1dFFB8r5EJ85eOeW1VTywVBTSRk4yHyVv60EuopZEo5gMYzegkkDEtc7rTVVepz0rMe2G1bJrJU22SR4MIx4cr2WFntqxWKP0rM95C2js3neVTnU89_bXOptXVPmn4laoCXtfVheGBqJzzRyF2nFAoLYprKuztI-fYTxpiEJkHls9yUvDg_BPRIvKgzc/s2560/20230916152952_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1dFFB8r5EJ85eOeW1VTywVBTSRk4yHyVv60EuopZEo5gMYzegkkDEtc7rTVVepz0rMe2G1bJrJU22SR4MIx4cr2WFntqxWKP0rM95C2js3neVTnU89_bXOptXVPmn4laoCXtfVheGBqJzzRyF2nFAoLYprKuztI-fYTxpiEJkHls9yUvDg_BPRIvKgzc/w200-h113/20230916152952_1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div></div></div><p></p><p>The achievement disabler was buggy, though. Which is probably the only major issue I had with this game. I had to use the console to no clip through a door that remained [INACCESSIBLE] even though the quest was supposed to open it to be able to progress a quest. I was hoping that achievements would only be disabled for that session (like in New Vegas) and then be enabled once I restarted my game. No such luck though. I wasn't too far in so I figured I'd make a new character and start over. It wasn't too bad. Except the game marked my brand new character and saves as modded too. Despite me never touching the console on that character. It's supposed to not do that on new characters :P So I downloaded the mod that make achievements work even on modded/console playthroughs. Problem solved.</p><p>Another complaint is that locations are copypaste. Unless you do a lot of mission board bounty quests you probably won't even notice this much. But every single Abandoned [...] on planets are the exact same. So when I was running through my probably 50th Abandoned Cryo Lab to get that outlaw bounty I was pretty sick of them. All Cryo Labs look the same, all Relay Stations look the same, all Robotics Labs look the same... Which I can kinda, sorta justify by them all being UC and UC probably had a model they built things after, but damn it gets tedious.</p><p>Finally, the end of the main quest leads you right into NG+, but you can choose to not play through the main quest in the exact same way all over again. So now I'm kinda excited to play through it once more just to see how much will be different. Probably not a lot though, so I'll be moving on to other games, but keeping a lookout for DLCs because I really don't feel done with this game.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kfYEiTdsyas?si=OJIwwrpePdbEsgNJ" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-2133070913732128372023-10-02T17:17:00.001+02:002023-11-12T17:17:07.817+01:00Disenchantment S05The final season! Time for all the loose ends to come together and for Bean to say goodbye! We've both really enjoyed this show and this last season was no exception.<div><br /></div><div>Mop Girl was a welcome addition to the team and I love her with Elfo.</div><div><br /></div><div>I enjoyed seeing Luci embrace his goodness when he was with Jerry visiting God. </div><div><br /></div><div>The shenanigans with bad Bean alongside Bean's relationship with Moira, and Bean finally embracing her weird-ass family were all highlights of the season. </div><div><br /></div><div>The ending gave a sense of finality, but also left things slightly open-ended should they wish to make more Disenchantment. </div><div><br /></div><div>Such a great show.</div><div><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_4YP-lD6R_M?si=Y35J1fWi3oVLVUbT" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-83353504863565105432023-09-19T17:31:00.002+02:002023-09-19T17:31:55.480+02:00Game completed: Grounded<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7f8r8x9YP5JCK1HouBxLPYS_cDh1T1QluExJkrip1KVw7K9nrpdX_EIxgmPdwCjuyJFn64Xf11hcVga6uIjcnRir88tFJOwejidrfDWU94h1flMqO5XSMzlhEzpEAmW2lYtIBr5Zqt7SlGuoN9eQ_AQlRDpGk8fvJF0pjiP2KFUdc56eUyOdj3zkWc7Rh/s2560/20230806015837_1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7f8r8x9YP5JCK1HouBxLPYS_cDh1T1QluExJkrip1KVw7K9nrpdX_EIxgmPdwCjuyJFn64Xf11hcVga6uIjcnRir88tFJOwejidrfDWU94h1flMqO5XSMzlhEzpEAmW2lYtIBr5Zqt7SlGuoN9eQ_AQlRDpGk8fvJF0pjiP2KFUdc56eUyOdj3zkWc7Rh/s320/20230806015837_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Our next co-op game after the <a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2023/05/dealing-with-backlog-we-were-here-series.html">We Were Here series</a> became Grounded. It's a survival crafting RPG and we had a lot of fun with it.<div><br /></div><div>Storywise this game takes place in the late 80s and you play as 1-4 school kids who mysteriously get shrunken to ant size and find themselves in a garden. Your job is to find out how you ended up there (because you can't remember) and how to get back to normal size, all the while exploring the garden, fighting insects and figuring out how to better survive. </div><div><br /></div><div>You start out with nothing, but as soon as you get your first axe things start to move along. Berry leather became the first hurdle, but via exploration we found out where there was a bunch of berries and I could easily shoot them down with my bow and arrows while climbing around inside the berry bushes and Toni picked them up as they fell. The next hurdle was underwater exploration which took a fair bit of time to overcome and in that time I expanded our modest shelter into a grass fortress with the help of Toni cutting grass and weeds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpLeDw82yvAQuI4QzoAc6fhHtoLQcmAB4HsNXWmUBZz663h_ufnXD1PwmGMq1NUDfa8iWHaipAI7N9WBkx6Hhs_-A-Nni75NnD7hlFgY5R2QPFenyTXMCVO_CieFw3r6cKxKVkBXUnUfq44I-Q83JcE26moWHDx68xEt1uCcdq5GVc9tkDjtldKfVSmgQ6/s2560/20230806022324_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpLeDw82yvAQuI4QzoAc6fhHtoLQcmAB4HsNXWmUBZz663h_ufnXD1PwmGMq1NUDfa8iWHaipAI7N9WBkx6Hhs_-A-Nni75NnD7hlFgY5R2QPFenyTXMCVO_CieFw3r6cKxKVkBXUnUfq44I-Q83JcE26moWHDx68xEt1uCcdq5GVc9tkDjtldKfVSmgQ6/w200-h113/20230806022324_1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0e3dJTH3AbO6GBGd9vkwypFEjllgp26c6O4fFOpcoAO3AmgvqJ_xibmL7ybW9v-oBeQOSYWUZlmOeXkzLNhlp_Q0u4ht4_R3wyIi7HugZXpaDJERgqbSDrtQDc21riBpBUeEs2NePGcsNMOAUmmTWG-fhhZ6izNWEVvY3uPMUxJbgXdnOKI7Q6MQr6zbN/s2560/20230806022344_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0e3dJTH3AbO6GBGd9vkwypFEjllgp26c6O4fFOpcoAO3AmgvqJ_xibmL7ybW9v-oBeQOSYWUZlmOeXkzLNhlp_Q0u4ht4_R3wyIi7HugZXpaDJERgqbSDrtQDc21riBpBUeEs2NePGcsNMOAUmmTWG-fhhZ6izNWEVvY3uPMUxJbgXdnOKI7Q6MQr6zbN/w200-h113/20230806022344_1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Eventually we had ziplines across the entire yard to easily traverse it.</div><div><br /></div><div>The most annoying boss fight was easily the robot assistant manager in one of the labs. Took us three attempts and a guide to defeat it, but otherwise we managed the game well and there were no hurdles too big so as to not overcome them. </div><div><br /></div><div>Spiders were very scary in the beginning, but in late game they were easy enough. Except that one scary infected wolf spider by the oak, that one was still scary even though we defeated it. And the black widow never stopped being scary. </div><div><br /></div><div>MIX.Rs ended up being simultaneously annoying and fun to me. They're like tower defense things spread throughout the yard and once you activate it you have to protect it from insects trying to attack it until it's done. Towards the end we had so much crafting mats that we just brought a bunch of stuff with us to the MIX.R and built walls and roofs around it to keep the insects from even reaching it while we fought them. Mushroom brick walls and feather roofs are great. </div><div><br /></div><div>So while we finished the game storywise and decided to move on from it, I kept it installed on my computer because I can really see myself playing around with crafting and building some more at some point.</div><div><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_BqgJ9nW468?si=VHtEqPZiZSzmr_Bh" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-2847158348934759092023-09-11T11:13:00.001+02:002023-10-02T02:40:15.073+02:00Black Mirror S06This season was very morbid. It wasn’t futuristically dark like the previous seasons, but rather it explored darkness in other settings aside from dystopian futures.<div><br /></div><div><b>Joan Is Awful</b> is about people signing the rights to their lives away via the Terms & Conditions nobody reads before signing up to a service. In this story a Netflix equivalent has taken over Joan's life and an AI produces episodes of her life as they happen. As a result she loses her relationship, her friends, her family and her job. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Loch Henry</b> is about a couple studying movie-making, returning to the small seaside town where the guy grew up to make a documentary. The girlfriend discovers the dark past of the town and convinces the guy that they should do a documentary on that instead. So they start digging and discover something really dark. I enjoyed this one.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Beyond the Sea</b> is a futuristic story about two astronauts living in space, but they can transfer their consciousness to body-doubles (androids made to look like them). When one boyd-double is destroyed by cult activists along with his entire family getting murdered, his colleague agrees to let him borrow his body-double so as to not go crazy from the isolation of being alone in space all the time. It starts out as a nice gesture and ends up going very, very wrong.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Mazey Day</b> is about a paparazzi photographer in 2005 always on the lookout for the next big scoop to sell to the magazines. She finds out about an actress called Mazey Day who has quit acting and is hiding out at a secret rehab facility in the mountains and along with her friend she goes to investigate. What they find is incredibly dangerous and life-altering.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Demon 79</b> is about a mousey immigrant girl in 1979 Britain who accidentally summons a demon and now has three days to kill three people to stop the world from ending. It's really interesting to see this girl embrace her inner rage and attempt to fulfill her contract. The character growth is immense in this one. </div><div><br /></div><div>All in all we had a good time with this. My favourites being Loch Henry and Demon 79. All of the stories were really dark in true Black Mirror spirit, while still taking a step away from the usual theme of slightly futuristic but still oh so relatable. </div><div><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5jY1ecibLYo?si=Pke6ZGkRFg2cxe9U" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-81712420897938607992023-09-02T11:11:00.022+02:002024-02-27T00:53:38.337+01:00Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrA-GOJKF4a3jc9bPbCsJHqkM5lPoKNMdcqXRmpi6Cs1_9xOukrk9-PnSrpylr_JjJcO1hZsxW7O2qTr0rTQEVrXWWinO9YNNkvSe5OxKdh47FLipeNy9e0T4WUuXrXeE4m4gTopBwSQHazmoU3YITUkXsGkNp1bU9akGsDmcIqBhi8NujYRHROdxy101Q/s2560/20230830160019_1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrA-GOJKF4a3jc9bPbCsJHqkM5lPoKNMdcqXRmpi6Cs1_9xOukrk9-PnSrpylr_JjJcO1hZsxW7O2qTr0rTQEVrXWWinO9YNNkvSe5OxKdh47FLipeNy9e0T4WUuXrXeE4m4gTopBwSQHazmoU3YITUkXsGkNp1bU9akGsDmcIqBhi8NujYRHROdxy101Q/s320/20230830160019_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Last time I was this excited for a chapter was <a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-elder-scrolls-online-greymoor.html">Greymoor</a>, and before that <a href="https://elinchan.blogspot.com/2017/08/elder-scrolls-online-morrowind.html">Morrowind</a>. We're back in Morrowind and it’s all about my beloved Hermaeus Mora. <div><br /></div><div>I didn't like Leramil in the prologue, but she really grew on me as the chapter went on. I loved Scruut! Gadayn is super cute. </div><div><br /></div><div>The story offers some pretty strong implications for the entire lore with Torvesard and Ithelia, and if Mora could do that, then what else has he covered up in his endless pursuit of hoarding knowledge?</div><div><br /></div><div>Peryite never gets to take much space in the games so it was pretty interesting to see more of him. </div><div><br /></div><div>I originally played through the chapter with my main and then I created a new character in the new Arcanist class and played through the chapter once more. The Arcanist class has potential to be one of my favourites, so much fun to play! </div><div><br /></div><div>As for the zone(s), it was pretty much the same deal as usual: world bosses, skyshards, tiny little things discoverable in the world that count towards exploration achiecements... The Bastion Nymic daily quest was entirely too much work for a daily and probably the one thing I wasn’t a fan of. To start with you have to run around the map looking for 3-4 world boss level Seekers, defeat them one after the other and then bring their ichor to specfic locations where you can open a portal to Mora's Bastion Nymic. Which is sort of like a weaker group dungeon set up like the public dungeons in Blackwood/The Deadlands in that you enter from different places each time and get different bosses. I entered my first one by myself and managed to get all the way to the last boss on my own, which I then constistently got to 50% HP but then couldn’t get any lower. I continued to be in groups consisting purely of DDs every time I did this, and once I did it just me and another guy when we couldn’t find any others to join. Nymics are too much work and so not worth it. I did it four times while I was playing the chapter as my main, comparatively I did the delve and boss dailies six times each in the same time frame. </div><div><br /></div><div>I loved the look of Apocrypha. First time you enter as part of the story Scruut tells you to not lool up as their sky can be disconcerting. 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But I really loved exploring every place in Apocrypha. Azandar is an Arcanist so cool by default, but I can’t stand his personality. Sharp on the other hand quickly gained my approval and he became my Arcanist's steadfast companion.</div><div><br /></div><div>The story played out pretty expectedly, but I’m still happy with it and I can’t wait to see what will happen next! This one had some pretty cool fights at the end :D</div><div><br /></div><div>I love Meln.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qY2z8NFVAJk?si=bIoZpj1TG4b5axs-" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-75720776513365647522023-08-28T23:07:00.001+02:002023-08-28T23:07:30.961+02:00Dealing with backlog: Red Dead Redemption 2<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGC8fzWbnSvBoCdr7SUcSgd95yC_ZtBEEGD6U6vO6Y_XCAggVNYsgH28k1ofr9pXng75sUHTqnDjqP5uiBrJmAg5qUOBAGqpqSE3DuQlW7wShyAP_F0IROhudgV4h0hm_sLDOED62S5mqawlmtR7Q-CZwDmAULVC-PbdM8SjCWA6QbiBE_sbzmANHHx6j/s2560/20230707163123_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGC8fzWbnSvBoCdr7SUcSgd95yC_ZtBEEGD6U6vO6Y_XCAggVNYsgH28k1ofr9pXng75sUHTqnDjqP5uiBrJmAg5qUOBAGqpqSE3DuQlW7wShyAP_F0IROhudgV4h0hm_sLDOED62S5mqawlmtR7Q-CZwDmAULVC-PbdM8SjCWA6QbiBE_sbzmANHHx6j/w320-h181/20230707163123_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Once again I'm the last person to the party! xD <p></p><p>I watched Toni play it when it was first released because it wasn't announced for PC at first. So I wasn't sure I'd get to play it. With the result that I knew the broad strokes of the story going in. </p><p>Being mostly used to RPG games, this game offered a few initial challenges. Like I couldn't find anywhere in the game (even in the help section) that told me how specifically to raise my HP and so struggled for a while with Arthur dying every time he met an enemy... Until I properly figured out the take cover mechanic and the dead eye. </p><p>Aside from the initial hiccup in learning mechanics, the most continuously annoying thing was steering the goddamn horse, and I don't know if it's just poorly implemented on PC or what. But usually the horse was steered by moving the mouse (similar to the stick on a controller I assume), with nudges in either direction being possible with the A and D keys. All okay. Except if I entered the map while the horse was moving or otherwise paused the game, when I'd return to the game the A and D keys wouldn't nudge in any direction but just cause the horse to do full 90 degree turns, which more than once caused me to fall off a mountain or off a bridge. And if I was driving a coach or a wagon the mouse wouldn't steer at all, but it was exclusively the WASD. After spending so many hours on horseback steering with the mouse, it was always jarring to suddenly not be able to do that. </p><p>I decided early on that I'd do my best to 100% the game, and not just what the game considered 100%, but what I considered 100%. So I did all the camp upgrades and all the trapper clothing. I completed the compendium and every entry in the compendium is at 100%, including horses, fish and plants. I did every treasure trail and every challenge, every stranger quest and every honor mission. And most of the time I had a blast. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVWz0aU25AUxRCJNrqCQsxuLjHrqLOMM2vBppF54TqQo3ZHJufcdSrfLaQf-QtaPE4NQ66xFO5sUdNdbc6EJj17A1iFQ3yfSFfdrWnfHsNuyeeBGQvqPHzw4ILcVHGWuZ-4deaiP-meBF7yi5jn6prsbwRAxEjnhu3dQ1GjGP99L5XlgO-Aa-J9_5FIXn/s2560/20230820221213_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVWz0aU25AUxRCJNrqCQsxuLjHrqLOMM2vBppF54TqQo3ZHJufcdSrfLaQf-QtaPE4NQ66xFO5sUdNdbc6EJj17A1iFQ3yfSFfdrWnfHsNuyeeBGQvqPHzw4ILcVHGWuZ-4deaiP-meBF7yi5jn6prsbwRAxEjnhu3dQ1GjGP99L5XlgO-Aa-J9_5FIXn/s320/20230820221213_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Some animals have a really unfair spawn rate though. I struggled for ages to find a moose with horns until one time I was at Wallace Station paying off a bounty and then just turned around the the moose was just standing there behind me. I've never pulled out my rifle so quickly. The American Robin for the Hunting Delivery was a bastard to find too, until I found a guaranteed spawn point at Ringneck Creek in Lemoyne. The Guarma-specific animals were surprisingly not too difficult, but nothing had me tear my hair out like the Carolina Parakeet. omg I wanted to call it quits so many times, but my stubbornness won out every time and I reloaded my save just one more time, just one more time, just one more time... Until I finally found the goddamn green bird so I could study it and then shoot the fucker to oblivion. Nothing was as annoying as the parakeet. Not the hunting deliveries, not the gambling challenges, not even Algernon's exotics quests. Fuck those birds.</p><p>I had a lot of fun trying to find all the secrets and easter eggs in the game. Two of my favourites were the vampire in Saint Denis and the Witches' Cauldron up in Ambarino :3<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPLbHu9GIoX5V4KBuenbf2YUWh1tzMcgvaoe3Ch8TjNPtfYKQ6iNcK5sWQqF0D3b3_R9XrfVzlzo_IehZ7cKRqM_cKAc8cHtniu81o4Pfv2A9McD94JwzyzFht17BfhefBFwlAmsi1jq919JKW-nWNFoN_ayZxTpy9VejLfjMR0ovSV2ka2wm9b8KBSgv/s2560/20230708145340_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPLbHu9GIoX5V4KBuenbf2YUWh1tzMcgvaoe3Ch8TjNPtfYKQ6iNcK5sWQqF0D3b3_R9XrfVzlzo_IehZ7cKRqM_cKAc8cHtniu81o4Pfv2A9McD94JwzyzFht17BfhefBFwlAmsi1jq919JKW-nWNFoN_ayZxTpy9VejLfjMR0ovSV2ka2wm9b8KBSgv/s2560/20230708145340_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpXGh-jC7S7Ak5i_I14I4-26i4h6SHrEiiOOJjhWvn08a_t5HKB_QXBTz3iBq-pZFi1IE3G0TeXSoHhofaj4XCbq1zgQ9w6_IzXaXfDXd2RZpcAPxTWzaVks68D1hIQxO1-D6w-gIxh6ibLx4zM9YpmIxLEzsuax5m4w2ZEVf0CUWFvG04zLJqFJqsU-r/s2560/20230710003225_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpXGh-jC7S7Ak5i_I14I4-26i4h6SHrEiiOOJjhWvn08a_t5HKB_QXBTz3iBq-pZFi1IE3G0TeXSoHhofaj4XCbq1zgQ9w6_IzXaXfDXd2RZpcAPxTWzaVks68D1hIQxO1-D6w-gIxh6ibLx4zM9YpmIxLEzsuax5m4w2ZEVf0CUWFvG04zLJqFJqsU-r/w200-h113/20230710003225_1.jpg" width="200" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPLbHu9GIoX5V4KBuenbf2YUWh1tzMcgvaoe3Ch8TjNPtfYKQ6iNcK5sWQqF0D3b3_R9XrfVzlzo_IehZ7cKRqM_cKAc8cHtniu81o4Pfv2A9McD94JwzyzFht17BfhefBFwlAmsi1jq919JKW-nWNFoN_ayZxTpy9VejLfjMR0ovSV2ka2wm9b8KBSgv/w200-h113/20230708145340_1.jpg" width="200" /></div></div><p>I hated Micah from the start. That first line out of his mouth and I wanted the game to give me a reason to hurt him. My feelings toward Dutch were more chaotic. The first two chapters I believed he was trying his best, but from chapter three onwards it gradually became obvious that he had no idea what he was doing and was just making it up as he went along. "I got a plan", sure you do, buddy. I've read fan theories that Dutch lost his marbles when he hit his head in chapter four, but the more I played the more I came to believe what John says in the epilogue to be true; which is that Dutch's real character was coming out after years of carefully hiding it. He's a narcissistic egotistical asshole and always has been. </p><p>I cried a bit at the end of chapter six, even though I knew it was coming.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyBHzOykdGSptO8Kqd2rHCU-O2qsBtb-l2iAD84FWJ2ip5YqFeYKjajrg7Zg30cdiV3FcgCoYXtEHIQSfAMsg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p>Building a home with John in the epilogue was a nice change of pace from the rest of the game and I really enjoyed it. </p><p>Still kinda pissed the rdr1 remaster wasn't ported to PC.</p>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-70549453919895946222023-08-16T22:29:00.001+02:002023-08-21T00:59:22.545+02:00Manifest S01-S04This show has been one hell of a ride. A ride that concluded only in recent months and it's been so worth it. <div><br /></div><div>The show revolves around the passengers of a plane that simply vanished out of thin air, only to return five years later. The passengers haven't experienced any time passing, but they returned to a world that had written them all off as dead. </div><div><br /></div><div>As they all struggle to return to the lives they had left behind five years ago, they also start experiencing Callings. Visions and/or sounds that won't let them rest until what it asks for has been resolved. </div><div><br /></div><div>Naturally people become suspicious of how these passengers always end up being somewhere at the right moment and it isn't long before hate-groups emerge. As time goes on the passengers get increasingly persecuted.</div><div><br /></div><div>History and mythology get involed in trying to figure out what happened and why to them and the plane. Turns out mythology is intricately and intimately related to what happened to them, and this isn't the first time this kind of thing has happened. </div><div><br /></div><div>To raise the stakes... If they don't figure out what, why and how before the time is up, the entire world will come to an end.</div><div><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kegEcTwSRhg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-45684018844442251202023-07-31T22:29:00.001+02:002023-08-21T00:26:11.061+02:00The Witcher S03<p>Going into this season felt kind of bittersweet, knowing it would be Henry Cavill's last. </p><p>Just like previous seasons it was pretty slow going up until the last couple episodes. As much as I enjoyed seeing the family stuff between Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri, most of it wasn't very exciting. </p><p>As much as this season tried to be all about Ciri, the story revolved more around the mages. Tissaia pays the ultimate price for their involvement in everything. Fringilla's character arc in this season is one of the most interesting things to watch unfold. </p><p>I loved watching Ciri grow as a person and more as a witcher than as a mage. </p><p>The fight against the Experiment was easily the most disgusting horrific fight of the season. </p><p>Half of me wants to continue watching season 4, the other half wants to boycott the entire thing. We'll see how it goes...</p><p>Geralt at the end though... T_T</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SzS8Ao0H6Co" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-57719388042181923972023-07-23T22:28:00.001+02:002023-08-20T23:27:34.618+02:00The Boys S01-S03<p>I had been recommended this show by several friends and I started watching it on my own, but nowadays I suck at watching shows on my own and only got to S01E06 before I roped Toni in to watching it with me. </p><p>Needless to say, we both had a blast watching it. </p><p>The first season sets the theme and builds the base of the story pretty well. Butcher's wife, Compound V, Starlight's disillusionment, Homelander's behaviour... These are all themes that continue throughout the seasons and pop up in every season. </p><p>Stormfront rubbed me the wrong way even before we knew about her past.</p><p>Deep just can't catch a break. Ever.</p><p>Maeve is used, abused, and tossed aside and I LOVE HER.</p><p>Noir is cray-cray. </p><p>Kimiko and Starlight are absolute badasses. </p><p>I hate A-Train.</p><p>Hughie looks like a cinnamon roll, but could actually kill you.</p><p>Frenchie looks like he'd kill you, but is actually a cinnamon roll. </p><p>I'm really excited for the fourth season! So much going on! Shit's about to implode! Can't wait!</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tcrNsIaQkb4" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237122139915736138.post-221738491168870802023-07-05T08:25:00.001+02:002023-07-06T15:40:25.329+02:00Sweet Tooth S01-02When we picked up this show we didn't expect it to be a post-apoc show, but post-covid it hit really hard and just drove home the point that covid could have been so much worse.<div><br /></div><div>The show is a story about Gus, who's a human-animal hybrid. At around the same time that the virus started, human-animal hybrid babies were the only babies being born. Nobody knows why or how, only that suddenly no more human babies were born, only hybrids. </div><div><br /></div><div>The virus subsequently wipes out around 80% of the human population worldwide. </div><div><br /></div><div>Fast-forward 10 years and we have Gus leaving the confines of his home to explore the world and trying to find his mother. The US no longer exists and what's left is broken up into tribes. The militaristic Last Men are desperately looking for a cure for the virus, which is still around, while also trying to round up and wipe out any and all hybrids in an attempt to save humanity. </div><div><br /></div><div>On the other side we have Aimee who takes in every hybrid child she can find and raises them in an old zoo (ironic) until the Last Men move in. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9zG9RuJb3QU" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </div><div><br /></div><div>The second season is a prolonged battle on several fronts. We have the kids trying to break out. We have Aimee trying to break in to free them. We have Dr Singh fighting himself while trying to save his wife and subtly oppose General Abbott, and we have General Abbott fighting for control and trying to emerge as the leader of all of the tribes, not just the Last Men.</div><div><br /></div><div>Through the course of the second season a lot is revealed about the origin of the virus and the hybrids and a lot is resolved in the end, but not everything.</div><div><br /></div><div>Bobby is best boi.</div><div><br /></div><div>The third season will also be the last and it promises to be very interesting.</div><div><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/69rdBVs4u4c" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Elinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148993579559101635noreply@blogger.com0