With - a bit of pride - I finally completed Code Vein in 43h (with 76% achievements). I am not saying I have - beaten - the game. Simply, because it was surprisingly easy to get through, and beside some choke points, with a lot of dirty cursing on my side, it was a quite pleasant ride. Mainly, because you are not alone on this journey and you can have a partner with you. Seemingly, this made a big difference.
The first post on surveying my pile of games can be found here. I will try to track changes – e.g. additions, completions, stalls, delays – and also update play times to keep my process a bit more transparent. I also try to track playtimes a bit on various titles. Update – 30.03.2020 Completed Code Vein (43h, 76%) – 29.03.2020 Stalled Division 2 – 03.03.2020 Stalled Monster Hunter World – Iceborne – 28.02.2020 Update – 07.03.2020 Started Code Vein (2,5h, 4%) – 03.03.2020 Started Division 2 – 18.02.2020 Started Monster Hunter World – Iceborne – 07.02.2020 Completed Darksiders: Warmastered Edition…
This is another difficult one. Difficult, because I loved the first game (Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor) and I tried to love this one too. But, it simply did not work out for us this time. And I think this game explains in its overall experience, what is wrong with monetarization and 'open-world'ish' game design in general.
There are games, that you just find interesting and follow along because of their art style, their world or story premise, weapon or armor design, the game play loop or simply because you have a friend who is a huge fan of this game. My story with Destiny is long and intertwined with passive and active times of play, so please bear with me on this one. When Destiny was released for consoles in 2014, there were several aspects that teased and interested me. The world looked fantastic, the avatars looked fantastic, and the story’s told surrounding this game were…
Considering my previous resolution, I would I say I did not that bad. Still, a new year seems to call for a new resultion, and as such I did what probably everybody who is considering new years’ resolutions is doing: I reflected on my last months and how to move forward. Good things accomplished From August to December I actually completed a whooping amount of three(!) games: The Wolf among us (9 hours, 85% achievements)The first Telltale-Formula game by … uhm Telltale. Quite a good game with a good story, but some drag in the middle. Loved the atmosphere though.…
Update: 09. February 2020 Deleted Aarklash: Legacy (moved to maybe list) Added Darksiders 3 (found on PS4) Added Shadow Tactics Added Frostpunk Added Okami HD Added Pathfinder Kingmaker How to select my next game In order to find the next game I decided for the following process for my selection. My libraries have been pooled and categorized in the following scheme: All games on Steam were categorized as followed: Games I really want to play (to-play), Games I completed (complete), Games I probably will start (maybe), Games I will start somewhen/never (somewhen), and Games I do not care/ignore (don’t want…
When Battletech was announced via Kickstarter, and released in April 2018, I was rather hyped and (of course) pre-ordered the game in its Deluxe Edition; Harebrained Schemes should get all the money they deserve! When starting the game on release day, I thought – damn, I cannot remember anything! Yes, there were these five houses, but who were they? What about the Battlemechs and their different weaponry? What was that with heat management? I felt so disconnected to the world of Battletech, and so… I immediatly stopped playing. But why should I actually remember anything about Battletech; how comes? Well,…
Oh well… so much for my proclamations and what I wanted to achieve game-wise over the summer.So boasted to recapture my pile of shame, and as result I did nothing of what I boldly proclaimed. Although, not true! I DID start Hellblade and I did start Wolf among us. I just did not finish both. And there is only one game to blame: Final Fantasy XIV – Shadowbringers What an awesome expansion, what an awesome MMO. I got so hooked and added 330h from start of July until the writing of this sentence. Unbelievable. I am shocked. Good thing is…
Today I announced – sponeanously and without considering the consequences – that I will not buy any more games for the whole rest of this year. So this is what may happen to you during an inconspicious coffee break. Funny enough – during my proclamation – I really believed in the achievement of this recapture, so let’s see how I can make this reality. #KingofmyPileOfShame My second sentence after this optimistic proclamation above was, that ‘I have so many awesome games in my library, that there is no need to buy any new games‘. So let’s see, what is in…
Oh wait… but can you actually – complete – Monster Hunter World? Of course not… but I reached a certain point of completeness, and this point was reached surprisingly sooner than expected. Funny enough, ...