MyNameIsAtticus
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Today's game is Shadow of Mordor. I got to what i thought was the final boss fight today after finishing up Gollum's quest line. It was a lot of sneaking around and taking out enemies. I'm kind of noticing each quest giver kind of fits into categories of some sort. With Gollums being Mainly Stealth, That other Ranger guy being Combat with a little stealth, and Ratbag being a tutorial on the Nemesis system.
After fighting the Black Hand and failing too beat him a few times, i managed to take him out with a well placed combo attack and some arrows to the skull. Here is where i thought the game would start wrapping up and we'd move over to Shadow of War. But nope, i guess this is only the halfway point. Because the game opens up a whole second area to play around in, that is uniquely, very green. It provides a nice contrast to the previous area which is only slightly green.
I also unlocked this fancy ability which is basically an AOE to give me some breathing room. It's kind of situational i feel like but i'm thankful to have it. It lets me get through Ghul fights a lot quicker and easier without them ripping out as much health from me.
Before i left to the new area i gathered up the last tower i was missing (i was only missing one) and then headed on. I didn't know how long the quest would take so once i was out of the cutscene i turned it off there. I'm thoroughly surprised to find out the game basically doubled in length. I had expected it to end there, but surprisingly not. I'm excited to explore the new area, especially with all the bodies of water i now have access too. It will be interesting to explore.
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Today’s game is **Batman Arkham Origins**. I was originally going to play this after Shadow of Mordor, but that game has some weird bug where if I Alt Tab the entire game crashes, and my headphones kept defaulting to a profile with *really* low spec audio whenever I open the game. The only way I could find to change it back was to alt tab and go to settings. I’m sure you can see where this is going.
Anyways, so I picked this which I had installed. The entire opening I kind of got side tracked looking at all the details. There’s a letter to Calendar man from Harley Quinn (I presume) in his cell. I had first played this game like 2013, on PS3, at a younger age. So I was more than happy to sprint past all these details at the low resolution to the next fight to beat the shit out of some thugs.
Speaking of beating up thugs, definitely my age has lended me some more skills when playing these. I’m sure having played Asylum and City full to completion helped, but I was blowing through the predator encounters in this one.
I remember being particularly stuck on the encounter on the outside of the cruise ship for a while. This time? A few Batclaws to knockout some thugs and a few stealth attacks and I’m on my merry way.
I ended up making it all this way to the a huge ass block of ice with people in it I had never noticed before. I’m wondering if there’s any lore to it. Unfortunately though my controller died before I could get a closer look. It seems these days I’m trading one error for another. Either a dead controller or no Wi-Fi. Still though, I made it pretty far.
I was hoping to get to the Deathstroke fight before the end of the night but that doesn’t seem to be happening. Hopefully I can get Shadow of Mordor sorted out tomorrow, but we’ll see. Some friends were wanting to play Halo now that I have the Wi-Fi back up so that may be what I end up doing instead. Maybe I’ll try to juggle both?
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Today’s game is **Halo 2**. I’m currently without Wi-Fi (I had to figure out how to upload the screenshots from my hotspot via a tether because wireless was dialup speeds), so I decided to give Halo 2 a try with the CRT filter. It turns out I had the resolution wrong, but I fixed it. After playing it for so long at HD resolutions with a modern OLED flatscreen, It’s really helped to change my perspective to see it from the original intended viewing (or atleast a emulation of a CRT).
I went through the “Players Choice” playlist since I’m not sure I’d have the time to do _all_ the levels. So it took me through the 2 in Mombasa, 1 on delta halo, and the finale. Honestly not a bad selection of levels.
I also got this kill on the hunters that felt so god damn therapeutic after dealing with their BS in Legendary my first playthrough. Maybe I’m just hyping myself up but damn does this game do a good job of making you feel like a bad ass sometimes.
During outskirts I managed to keep the marines in my warthog alive until the end which was fun. I’d never been able to do that until now. They were always sniped by one lucky Beam Rifle shot or something. This time though when the marine said he didn’t think he was going to make it, I made damn sure he did.
I ended with the Great Journey as I had mentioned earlier. Honestly I think this was one of the most interesting to see with the CRT filter. It almost felt like seeing a VHS tape recording of the game with how the colors looked. And the way the landscape kind of blenders together really added to it too.
Someone suggested something that can overlay a CRT Shader without hooking into a DLL which I’m tempted to try. I’d be fun to continue my CE playthrough like this.
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Today's game is Halo Combat Evolved. Me and a friend have been going through it on Normal (Our last playthrough was on Legendary) and during it we lowered the resolution down to 720 x 480 (what, i believe the original Xbox ran on).
We ran through Guilty Spark like that, after that my friend was dreading the library though so he called it stops though. I went and figured out how to setup ReShade with a CRT filter for it too enhance the experience. obviously not the same as just playing the OG but it was an experience. I have a copy on Disk so at one point i'd like to get all the hardware to play it, but for now this was an amazing experience.
Looking at it this way was like playing a new game almost. I could understand how this was the "forefront" of graphics at the time. On the pictures there's scan lines, but in the actual gameplay it's very soft and glowy. It really contextualizes how the original game was supposed to look. I kind of want to go through Halo 2 like this too, but i think the better option is to get a disk copy and play it that way.
I only played Two Betrayals like this because i had to disable Anticheat to play it that way and i didn't want to play that far without my friend but it was a fun experience to play it this way. I wish i could play it that way with him with Anti Cheat. I wonder if there's something i can do with VK Basalt instead of ReShade.
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Today's game is some more Shadow of Mordor. I continued the main story and did the quest where you blow up the big ass statue of Sauron. I ended up just letting Caragors out to handle all the work at most turns, as i could just Load a few arrows into their skull and move on.
I also got up too killing all the Warlords. This one was the first one i killed, and honestly, i feel a little bad. The guy didn't really want to fight. Just wanted me to drink. Unfortunately he's also serving the Dark Lord so... he's gotta go.
Another one of the Warlords i took out i just jumped down and stealth attacked. This guy's life goal was to crawl into a pile of corpses apparently. Weird goal, not sure i trust him in the local cemetery, at least he seemed to mostly be a good sport. He certainly didn't make me chase him like all the others at least.
This guy was the last one minus Ratbag. I went ahead and took him out and then moved on with the story. Overall it wasn't as big of a challenge as i was expecting. The hardest one was where i had to execute 5 of his followers, and after that i just ran and hide and then waited to stealth attack him (after letting a Caragor out to soften him up).
I'm hoping to get more promoted because i'd like to try and do it again. Just to see how many i can take out for the fun of it. It'd be a fun challenge. After that story mission though i got off. It seemed like a good mid point to stop.
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Today's game is some more Halo PvP. We did a match on Capture the Flag and it was awesome. We usually only have 5 players, but we decided to do CTF and offset it by putting two of our skilled players together (Me and Another player), then one skilled player and some of the more beginner players together. It surprisingly was really well balanced. We were in a stalemate for half the game, and even after my team scored we still only won by one point.
We also did VIP on Halo 3, which i was going to pick for the main screenshot, but this is how it come out after capturing it and... i think the fog makes it really obvious why it wasn't my main screenshot.
We ended with Infection on Zealot (the reliable option), as always, it was a blast. I got zombie 4/5 rounds, and my teammates kept feeding themselves too the survivors who were camping out on the roof. It was still a good time though. I had a blast just hanging out and chilling with them even if i got destroyed in the post score.
We did all of this while waiting for our last guy to join us for Baldurs Gate 3. After the Zealot round he joined VC, so we dropped out and ended for the night to go continue BG3 (we got our asses kicked by some spiders and then fought some Living Trees, then i kicked the shit out of a squirrel thinking it biting me was a druid).
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Today's game is **Project Zomboid**. Build 42 finally got a multiplayer version and me and my friends hopped on as soon as we heard the news. I messed with the settings a little to make things easier so we have a bit of breathing room to get comfortable with the changes.
We ended up deciding to camp out at a farm. We each took a different farm house, and one of my Friends took up Farming, another took up raising Animals, and i took up exploring and crafting... and god dammit we're just playing Stardew Valley.
I also made a sword and helped clean out the rest of the neighbor hood for my friends. I don't know how i didn't think of this before, but a versatile weapon crafting system like this is perfect for this game. I The arms system i especially love. I can make my friend a Mace for example (and did). I could either give it a Short Handle or a Long Handle. I did the same with my Friend's axe i gave him. I gave it a long handle and put an axe head on it. I love this crafting system because it let's your weapon customization feel a little more personal. It kind of reminds me of Tinker's construct from Minecraft. The only thing i wish could be added was some unique options for combining parts. I'm not sure what that could look like but i think it would be interesting too see added.
I also went out and helped my friend tend his cows. One of them is pregnant i think so we get to look forward to handling that. We had a bug where one of them got stuck in the fence too, so i had to enable admin commands to pick up the cow, and move it. I couldn't figure out how to disable the commands though so i was stuck with being able to lift a cow like it's a pebble i guess.
Build 42 is a lot of fun though. I'm glad it's got a multiplayer build as i personally get the most fun out of MP. The QOL changes 42 brings is nice and it just overall feels way more responsive in things like interactions or combat. I really like it.
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Today's game is some more **Baldurs Gate 3**. Me and my group got together to play again and cleared out the gnolls that kicked our ass before. I was surprised we made it because me and another party member got penned in away from our support classes. We held our own pretty well though. I cleaved the two blocking us and our Barbarian got the sole survivor of that.
After that we went to handle Karlach's quest, which we did far better on. Our mage dropped a chandelier on them and lit them on fire, then with my new great weapon mastery i swooped in and decked the floor with them. Me and our Barbarian tag teamed the big guy with the sword in two hits and then i got a lucky through with my chest i lug around to toss at people.
Someone got left alive on the roof somehow though, so we went up there and i just shoved her off. Somehow she got a lucky strike on our Rogue and killed her. We brought her back though, not before i shoved a bunch of severed hands and other junk in her inventory though to weigh her down to mess with her.
Afterwards we went back to camp and took a long rest before one of our players had to get off for the night. Right before we got off though i took a swing at our mage after saving and it devolved into us slaughtering each other. I took a swing at Astarion for making me waste a Scroll to revive a player and then got into a armor-less brawl with our barbarian. After one person was left alive we finally got off for the night.
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Today's game is some more Mario Kart Wii Retro Rewind. I went to a concert today so i didn't have much down time in respects too gaming. I did manage to help a friend setup this on his computer though. We played a few rounds and had a blast. I couldn't figure out how to turn on Bots, so it was just us, but it did make things a lot less hectic.
We did a 2 cup match of 500 CC. That was both a fun time and a huge mistake. Me and my friend took off and both rocketed into the wall. Poor Waluigi probably has brain damage.
For our second course we picked one that was a bit more complicated than excited bike. That was even worse. We kind of had to tap the accelerate to keep from flying off, and even then it was a challenge. I saw the picture above way too many times after driving off that cliff.
We followed it up to end the night with 200 CC, which is far more manageable than 500 cc. We tied on this one, as i ended up managing to get braking down so i don't fly off the corner. It's surprising that i tied because my friend is *far* more skilled than me. I've got maybe 40 hours in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and only play 64 for fun, he's got almost 800 hours in 8 Deluxe last i checked. I think if we had everyone else here and were playing on official courses though i would have lost.
We ended on Coconut mall on 150 CC just to have a nice end to the night. I ended up winning this one, barely though as i crashed into one of the cars in the parking lot. Somehow i *always* struggle with those. I ended up pulling through though.
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Today's game is **Mario Kart Retro Rewind**. It took me a bit to get the control setup but after that it worked perfectly. I had a friend send me a mod he wanted me to try of Funky Kong on foot, so i installed it to go along with it. I was expecting him to just run like that Waluigi on foot mod from a few years ago.
But nope, he just fucking sprints on all fours. I honestly kind of like it better though, it makes it a bit more charming. And helps me separate him from the Donkey Kong that i hate.
I did a race on Cheeseland for the Wii U to start things off. Nothing like Cheese Land to really end your day.
I of course, followed that, with Cheeseland for the GBA. If you're noticing a reoccurring theme here, it's that i like Cheeseland. It's one of my favorite Modern (technically classic but i'd hardly call the Wii U version the same track).
I followed this up with Wario Stadium on the N64. I'm... not a fan of this remake of it. I think it keeps the same shape, but i don't know. It's not the same Wario Stadium i know. I think the lack of solid dirt walls is what bothers me. Besides that though it was fine. Surprisingly i didn't get fucked over by a shell on the jump.
I also did DK Pass, which, this course is entirely carried for me by it's Theme. I think if i didn't like it's theme as much as i do, it would be far more forgettable for me. Just another Snow Stage like that Rosalina one.
And of course i had to end off with N64 Rainbow Road. I don't like that this one was shortened too 2 laps, the freakish length is what makes it charming too me, i'd say it's a faithful port though all things considered. I prefer the dark starry void of the original, but that's more personal taste.
I think at some point i'd like to get friends to join me for this after seeing that it has multiplayer. I think it'd be a good time, and honestly with me losing my copy of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (and not being in *any* sort of a hurry to cough up more money to Nintendo), it might be my go to way to play with friends if they're down.
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Today's game is **Mario Kart Wii**. I was originally going to setup Retro Rewind to give it a try (it was suggested to me by [@[email protected]](https://feddit.org/u/Pueblo)). I ended up having some issues though, namely that the mod was downloading at 0.50 mbps and would take an hour. I tried to install it manually but that didn't really work out. So i decided to just play regular Wii, it's not like it's a bad game or anything.
I'm pretty sure i said this last time though, but i always end up forgetting this game is kind of boring to play alone. The game hurls out red shells like it's Halloween candy, which, if you're playing with friends it's fun. You can all collectively go "That's bullshit" but then laugh it off. Singleplayer though, it's just a bit eh. I wouldnt say i got frustrated, but after the 5th barrage of 6 red shells in a row, it got old.
The models have this kind of unique charm to them with how jagged they are. I feel like Waluigi alone could shank someone with his fists. And the more flat terrain is charming too, even at 4k. It's flaws *do* show, but they're not glaring so you can kind of ignore them.
I only did 4 races, kept things nice and short. I did Sherbet Land, Mario Raceway, Toad's Factory, and Coconut Mall. I think it's a pretty good selection of courses to spend the evening on. I was hoping Retro Rewind would be done but the download failed so i had to start over. It only just now finished, so hopefully i can get to it tomorrow. Maybe even get some friends to join me.
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Today's game is some more **Halo: Reach** PvP. I was working on my Solo Legendary run when one of my friends asked to play PvP, we got everyone together and just did some Social Games.
Our first game was a team slayer game on Reflection. It was pretty neck in neck but we ended up winning when one of our players got a well placed Sticky Grenade.
Following that one of our players got booted from our party and thrown into a CE game by himself. Somehow he ended up carrying his entire team. Meanwhile we tried to keep busy with a game of Halo Ball.
Only... none of us could figure out how to play Halo Ball, so we ended up just turning it into Slayer until our friend was done with his match.
After we got back in we got a game mode called Dino Blasters. We lost 18:25, but it was still good fun. This was our first brush with this game mode and we had never experienced it before so it was a bit of a challenge.
We ended up going back into matchmaking though, only to be met with the same gamemode... on the same map... with the same guys. We lost again. We entered matchmaking again only to once again be met with the same game mode. Luckily it was a different map, but still. After it became evident we weren't getting any other matchups we turned it off for the night. Two of the players went to play Halo Wars together, while i went back to Reach Legendary Solo.
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Today's game is some more **Baldurs Gate 3**. I ended up going to recruit Karlach while the other players handled some shopping. I was *going* to go handle her whole quest but the enemies one shot me, so that's a no go right now.
I ended up robbing the basement out of spite and made out with 200 gold. I just smashed down all the doors. I accidentally set off the poison trap though and had to jump out.
After that i went and met up with the rest of the party who were fighting the Gnolls (we lost). We got our assess absolutely handed too us by the last guy. Surprisingly i held my own pretty well while hitting him with my Great Axe. I got him down to 20 hp and then died. One of our guys was falling asleep on call so we all got off to save the rest of the game to play with them. I *did* explore around with photo mode a bit by myself.
I took a portrait of Nyla (my Tiefling character for those who missed that last time) while messing with it which i like how it turned out. The reflections in this game really stand out.
On the subject of the games quality. I took a look at her tail, and they really went above and beyond on it. You can see the skin folds and wrinkles, and in some place even see veins, it's a really good attention to detail i wasn't expecting.
I also took a peak down Wyll's pants, and i mean that literally. I noticed i could see through while looking at his face and looked down, and there's nothing down there. It must be terrifying to have a void where your lower body should be.
Astarion has some bite marks on his neck. I wouldn't be surprised if everyone else already knew this though. I'm just now finding this out though and thought it'd be cool to share even though i never use Astarion.
I also took a look at the eye reflections. I was wondering whether they changed at all or not. The answer? I think they change? I'm not 100% sure but i think there was a different structure in the reflection of one character's eye as opposed to another.
But after that short session i just kind of messed around in the photo mode. The last thing i did was get a portrait of my friend's character because he asked for one, which he asked me to share for today's screenshot. I wasn't sure where to squeeze it in so i guess it gets to be the closer screenshot for today.
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Today's game is some more **Shadow of Mordor**. I got around to finally finishing the quest where you poison the grog. While doing it i had noticed that this Adaptation of Mordor is weirdly green. It's an interesting take (and not one that i'm opposed too) but i thought it was interesting too see. I feel like as far as i remember the games portrayed them as just black rock as far as the eyes could see.
While doing the mission, i was struggling with the 5 stealth kills mission. I ended up releasing the Caragors around the area to soften them up. That let me take out the snipers while the Caragors took them out, then the isolated groups i'd drop down and take out.
At one point i dropped down on an enemy and it got me wedged in a group of NPCs, and somehow i couldn't get unstuck. I ended up struggling for a good few minutes. The crowd movement in this game definitely is rough. I had to mash the A button to sprint and shove them out of the way.
The mission ended up taking me a while. The reason for that was the side objective i mentioned earlier. Any time i got spotted I had to start all over with the stealth kills and the grog count. So by the time i was done i had been playing for upwards of an Hour. Surprisingly it wasn't that frustrating though. Time just kind of flew by with it. Due to that time constraint though it was the *only* mission i could get done. So i had to get off then and start taking care of other things then.
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toThe waiting does get painful lol. On the upside it makes for some fun moments when playing with friends. One of my friends was talking to Astarion, and i got bored and was curious if i could do anything to him while in a cutscene, so i just hurled a Chest at him and accidentally killed him. We ended up rolling back the save just in case but we all thought it was funny to see him cut off the conversation and attack me for that.
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toI’m thankful to have them to play games with. We all went to highschool and when me and my best friend were doing our Halo 2 Legendary run and about to move onto 3 we mentioned it to one of our other friends and they offered to join for 3. Then the 4th guy joined and by then we had kind of gotten a group together. I’m glad we were able to reconnect in that way
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Today's game is **Baldurs Gate 3**. Me and my some friends finally decided to beat this (Me and One of my friends have never made it past the first act, the other quit at Act 2). I accidentally discovered the game had a photo mode while trying to remember the controls and got this group photo while there. My character is in the Background.
I made a Tiefling fighter I named Nyla (I named her after my Halo Spartan; it seems fitting, and I ran out of time to pick a Tiefling name). I usually just play myself, but with Jerry Attricks and now Nyla in Halo, I've kind of developed a soft spot for OCs. I was going to experiment with the body type more besides the default body type too, but I was already slowing down the party, and switching body types jacked up like *all* the customization I had already done, so I left her like that. Not that's bad, I suppose. It does make it infinitely funnier when she absolutely decks people with her 17 Strength.
I wanted to try and give her some character, so she's got a scar on her right cheek. I feel like the asymmetry really adds to her. I want to try and think up some headcanon for it. I'm still deciding though. I can't decide if I want it to be serious or not.
Somehow she has a knack for anything *not* strength-related. Wisdom? Dex Checks? All pass. She tries to brute-strength a lock? Instant fail with a 2. Considering my D&D characters of the past have all been dex-based, it's ironic that even now I can't seem to escape it.
I also got her a cat familiar (because cats are great obviously). The little guy seems so damn fluffy. I want to pet it in real life.
I also accidentally threw a rat at a fire in the Tiefling village. ( meant to pick up a chest but wasn't paying attention and accidentally threw a rat instead. I had to pay a poor shop keep 10 gold, and apologize for the emotional trauma of a small rodent going splat right in front of him.
That was where we stopped for the day after one of our player's Steam Deck died. We hope to pick up soon and continue from there.
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Today's game is some more **Halo: Reach PvP**. While I was finishing up the last of my moves to CachyOS (I only backed up my CompatData, Halo, and Skyrim), I took a break to play with some friends. We played Infection on Zealot (a staple of our games). I did really well up until the end where I got cornered as the last one alive and without any ammo. I tried to fight my way out, but when you're facing three guys with energy swords, though, that's kind of impossible.
I put up a damn good fight the entire match though. I racked up over 38 points I believe. I penned myself in on the rooftop since there are only 3 entry points and prayed for the best. That was when I ran out of ammo and dropped down hoping to lose them in the corridors.
We also did Infection on Ivory Tower, which I absolutely kicked ass on. Somehow all the ramps and stuff clicked, and I absolutely dominated on it. In the above screenshot, I was the last one alive and got jumped by everyone at the last few seconds. I somehow just barely made it out alive. I got *really* lucky with all my shots. I think if one of my friends had rolled a second later I wouldn't have survived.
We ended off our custom games with a game of Oddball, which turned into Slayer really at the end. That's how these things go. One of our friends teabags another, then they start a rivalry, then someone else gets sucked in, and before we know it, we're just playing slayer again.
To end off the night though, we went into social games for Reach. When I spawned in, my time was basically all wiped at the start as 3 of the 4 Red Team members stormed us. Somehow, just barely, I survived. It felt like I was storming Normandy because we basically rushed them and through the mess of grenades and corpses flying I lived... only to promptly be taken out by a needler rifle round to the skull when I hopped down to help my teammates.
In between the games of Reach there was a game of Ninjanaught on Halo 3 which I won (I'm an absolute menace on Halo 3 Ninjanaught), but for some reason Halo 3 MP Theater needs the campaign installed which I have still yet to grab, so for now that's lost in the air I guess.
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Today's game is some more **Project Zomboid**. It turns out who I *thought* was Cable was actually Carley Mangrove. I had forgotten my friend wanted to try a different build, so Cable is on a "Apocalyptic Bible Cult Retreat", which explains how he lost all his skills. Anyways, we had gotten Carley a prosthetic, and she looks bad ass as fuck with it. She's still getting used to using it, but my friend who controls her is glad to have her back to full strength.
We made a quick run to the pharmacy near town. We took trash bags and basically just grabbed whatever we could get and then drove off. Town was a lot more crowded than usual. We might have to steal a cop car and stock up on shotgun shells to clean up a little bit.
We spent the entire rest of the day cleaning up the base. I built a second floor to the shack and even plastered and painted it, which is nice. It was lacking a window, and I *just* learned I can install windows on buildings I make myself. I had assumed you just couldn't, but nope. It is an option. You just steal them from another house with a crowbar. Now that I think about it, you could really fuck up another player’s build just by stealing their window. Though, at that point, you could just sledgehammer it down too.
We ended for the night by installing some furniture for him. We've got to get him a Lamp next time but we put a fridge in there, a bed, and a table. He was going to put some "ambient clutter" on the table and stuff too later.
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Today is some more **Halo: Reach**. I just haven't gotten enough I guess, so i'm balancing this with Shadow of Mordor. Right now i'm going through Legendary on Solo and *trying* to make the sub 3 hour achievement. So far my time has been okayish but it needs to be better. I did the first 2 levels and got 25~ each.
Oni Sword base was a challenge because its far more packed. I kept getting blown up, or shot, or shot and then blown up. I severely underestimated Reach's Legendary difficulty after struggling through Halo 2's.
My first strategy i skirted up to the bridge with the shotgun, which is what seems to be the recommended strategy. That didn't work out too well though. I had better luck with a Plasma Pistol and DMR.
Once out of the base itself i made a run past the tanks and for the Ghost. I used a plasma pistol to Hijack it and then run over the elite.
From there i used the airstrike to clear the Telecom Base and it was a cake walk from there. I made a dash for the button, then hopped in the Ghost again and headed off towards the AA battery. The rest of the level was surprisingly a cake walk. I air striked the AA Battery and sped over too the end of the level.
Of course, i couldn't let PvP go unplayed. It's like leaving the Jelly off a PBJ. We did a round of infection on Reach and i got this incredibly lucky kill when one of my friends tried to go after me and the only other survivor.
We also did a game of Oddball of course. This one was *really* close. We all were neck in neck by like 80 points. Someone only won because the timer timed out. Without the timer i think we would have gone for quite a while.
One of my friends got stabbed in the dick by my Spartan. I didn't know that was one of the back stab animations, but damn does that have to hurt. It made me clench up a little too. Knowing some of the things my Spartan has done in the past though... something tells me she enjoyed it.
And finally, to end off, we did Death Island in CE with the 5 of us. I ended winning by dominating the hill top with a tank. It was a cheap strategy but really fun. Somehow the match was close too surprisingly.
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toIt’s a staple of any time i play with mods. Plus i feel like it adds a bit of “lore” to the character if they lose an arm. Especially on multiplayer with friends it can build their characters “lore” too.
I’ve thought about week one, but afaik there’s no multiplayer. I love this game and the NPC mod added a lot of life to the game, but multiplayer is where i have the most fun
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toThe amputation was a mod, but besides that it’s all vanilla. I really like it because it feels like surviving an actual zombie apocalypse.
Honestly, i think the way it looks kind of helps all the features. If it was full on 3D like Skyrim or something i think there would be a lot less stability due to how much is going on. Plus the top down keeps me from getting overwhelmed
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Today's game is some more **Project Zomboid**. Cable's hand had to come off today. His right hand to be more specific. He got bitten and we had to rush for a emergency procedure. Jerry sawed it off and we had our friend on stand by. Cable just barely pulled through. I prepared everything in advance. Bandages, anti septic, the saw, and a warmed up stove. I sawed the arm off, bandaged it, and then we were going to use the stove, but Cable would have to do it himself and he was too shakey. So we let it do it's thing naturally.
Jerry knew how to make a prosthetic so we had to rush him into a car and go to pick up the supplies. I gave Cable a hatchet so he could defend himself and wouldn't be defenseless (he only had a crowbar) and we went to a nearby factory.
We found everything we were missing, but while searching for he last Steel Pipe i accidentally set off an alarm. Of course then was when my network decided to crash and Cable and our Friend got booted. I got back into the main building safely but they still need to escape. I'm going to clear the area ahead of time for them to hopefully help.
Speaking of Jerry, his mustache grew into a beard. I like to imagine it's like the opposite of Murder Jacket Rick. He's actually more Sane with the beard. Maybe something like Kratos's character arc?
I found a corpse that looked something suspiciously like jerry with the mustache. In a TV show this could be a metaphor.
Before cable's hand had to go, Jerry had his own little adventure too. He walked too the other side of town, broke into the fancy gated community and camped out in their home. That's where he spent the night until he had to rush back to cable, kind of bringing us full circle.
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toThank you! It’s been a lot of fun doing these. I’m just glad I’ve gotten a chance to talk about games I play. I like to help people broaden their horizons, and I think in a way this has helped me broaden mine too. There’s been so many people who have suggested new games and other stuff that it’s helped me try new experiences (ironic considering all the Halo it’s been lately though).
So, uh, I guess what I’m saying is fuck you too!
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Today's game is Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor. While i was doing my ACIII playthrough, i was watching the LoTR trilogy with my younger siblings. And you know what it reminded me of? This game. It feels like the Arkham Games meet Middle Earth. I never got very far into it though years ago when i first played, so i wanted to try and finish it now.
I'm really liking it, except Tallion's face. It feels off somehow. I don't know what it is but something feels weird about it. For like 75% of the game though i don't look at his face so i can ignore it.
I like the quest it had you do where you help Ratbag. It's a good introduction to the Nemesis system i feel like and it gives you a sort of trial to work the system with.
I really like the stealth, though i wouldn't say Tallion is exactly stealthy. He lands on an Orc screaming. I'm thinking the Orcs are just deaf.
I'm especially fond of the drop attack. Drop onto an enemy and take them out, then clamber back on up. It makes quick work of enemies and is satisfying for me to do.
At one point i went Orc hunting and stormed a fortress. I killed 3 captains and got as far as killing a few enemies before i missed an arrow QTE and got downed. It's kind of surprising how tanky the combat can be. As long as you hit your blocks and dodges you can kind of keep going forever. I was kind of expecting it to be a lot more reliant on stealth.
I'm enjoying the game a lot though. I'm glad i'm finally getting to sit down and play it. Growing up i was a big Tolkien fan and i've heard people praise this game so i'm excited.
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Today is some more Halo: Reach. Me and some friends decided to hangout and just play some PvP matches. We did a few social games too (Namely 8v8 CE), but those don't have a theater and i don't want to blast anyone's name online so i don't have any screenshots of those. What we *did* do was a bunch of Private games in Reach. I was going to have some other games but in the move to CachyOS Steam didn't backup the files for the DLC, only the base game, which i forgot it did.
We did Oddball on Zealot which was fun. Towards the end it kind of devolved into a game of Slayer though after we started focusing on killing each other.
One of my friends got his hand on an Energy sword and decimated the entire match. He ended up winning by like a 30 point difference.
We did Slayer on another map, and i got my hands on a shotgun. Someone rounded the corner and i blasted them. Then someone else rounded the corner and... i blasted them. Then again. By the end i had gotten a free triple kill basically.
We did one final match and it was a blood bath. For some reason we all spawned near each other or got to each other fast. The result was a whole bunch of death. The match lasted about 6 minutes and there were a ton of grenades.
We especially kept coming back out to the outer area to fight. It seemed especially popular and high traffic.
All in all, it was a nice way to spend our evenings. We were down 1 player so no team based modes, but besides that it was nice.
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Today's game is **Mario Kart 64**. I was going to have a bunch more Halo screenshots setup for today, but i got fed up with Bazzite and suddenly hopped ships. I have officially switched over to CachyOS. I'm sorry to Bazzite, but i'm in love. This literally works so much better. OS Troubles aside. In the move i lost the Theater Clips. So... i didn't want to finagle things so i just stuck to my idea of a nice evening.
I mixed things up and drove around as Luigi. I'm not sure how i feel about this because it kind of feels like cheating on Toad. I've played Toad like everytime for the past 2 years i think. Still, i had a nice time driving around and racing as Luigi. He gives me awkward older brother vibes. Like he's just happy to be there.
I did Koopa Troopa beach of course. I even hit the shortcut. There was something going on with the clouds where one of them was just static and constantly rotating with the camera.
I also do Choco Mountain. This is the only course on here that i avoid. Not because it's bad, but just because I just like to avoid falling down the side and losing a ton of time.
I kind of stopped for a minute and just watched the water and the boulders fall down. It was a nice time. Overall that's all i kind of got up too. I wish i had gotten those Halo screenshots as i rather liked some of them, but oh well. It can't be helped. I at least had a good time here.
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Today's game is some more Assassin's Creed III. I've been working on 100% it. It's tedious. I *almost* considered quitting. One of the side missions just has you fighting off enemies for like 3 minutes. I got most of them though thankfully. I just need to do the feathers and forts i think.
i tried to go back and finish up the story but that didn't work either. I got maybe 2 done before calling it quits. This game has some missions where you need to complete *all* optional objectives to get the 3rd optional objective. Furthermore a lot of these have really easy to activate conditions to change.
For example the one above, i was trying to kill the captain without getting in open combat. I got shoved off by the damn parkour system and fell into the water which ends the mission.
My game has also started behaving weird. I think the clip kind of speaks for itself what i mean by weird (unless New Yorkers just have this ability?), but also I've been seeing invisible battalions and such. It's weird.
I got the last Collectibles in New York and decided to stop there after i saw Connor get shoved off a roof top and flop onto his stomach. It seems like a perfect spot to end for the day.
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Today's game is some more **Assassin's Creed III**. I finished the story today and even got some of the collectibles done.
I've got a grand total of 72% of the game done. I'm gonna grab the collectibles and go back and get constraint goals. Then i'll move on to the DLC.
After Achilles' death in the Homestead missions, i donned his robe before killing Haytham and Lee. It feels appropriate. You know? My first go around in this game on PS3 way back in the day, i didn't do this until post game. Part of me was conflicted, as Achilles is one of my favorite of the characters. It's almost like a paarthurnax situation for me.
I still need to do the epilogue missions so i'm going to do those before deciding to dive deeper into this. But i will end off by saying getting 100% on the Last mission was hard. I wanted to grab it in one go because that's how i did it back in the day. So, to respect the tradition, i committed to it. The burning ship part was the hardest for sure. It was worth it though in the end, at least for the gratification it brought me.
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Today's game is **Halo: Reach**. I got my friends together to get the Par Time and Scores for the campaign. We did it without much hassle. We only had to redo New Alexandria and even then it wasn't too bad. It was a fun experience to do. I also went through Solo to get all the Datapads, but that's way less entertaining and only took a few minutes.
Playing New Alexandria, i went a *little* wild with the screenshots and took over 40. I meant to bundle them all together in groups of 20 with my fancy new `pfup` command (it uploads pictures in a directory too pixelfed), but i got the flags mixed up. (so if anyone's feed gets cluttered up by a total of 64 Halo Reach screenshots, my bad). I did at least have the courtesy of compressing them to JPEG before uploading them (I'm hoping for JPEG XL support someday though). Though i suspect Pixelfed already compresses screenshots themselves.
I got these group shots with me and my Friends which i like how they turned out. I did a few with the Falcon's and in the elevator (Before my friend accidentally blew us up with his fuel rod).
I tried getting a few screenshots of the Falcon in a smaller frame. I really wanted to try and capture the hopelessness of Reach. The first attempt during the glassing? The lighting was off. The second attempt? Not too bad, i feel like it's missing character though.
At one point i tried to do a sick airdrop by dropping my friend Lavender into the field. The actual drop went well. Pick up? Well... you can see the results above. I got hit by the explosive blast of a Banshee and taken out.
We also did the Package too for the Par Score (Did it first try!). I got this group shot of the opening level, featuring a random ODST who deserves to be their. Poor guy somehow made it through the whole level.
I piloted the Scorpion while my friends all took Revenants. At one point i got stuck on some Ghost-bits and my friend needed to get past. We weren't sure if we could get the tank unstuck in time so he ramped off of me. It was both practical and looked sick as fuck.
The final level i had to do was the first one. I've done this so many times now the opening bit lives in my head. It really is interesting how the Halo games had such memorable opening levels. They really knew how to make an entry.
This run was rather uneventful. I was going to get a clip of my friend fighting the birds like they themselves were doing Reach, but my OS has been acting funny as fuck with Halo, so no dice. The theater clip vanished after a crash. It's making me consider switching from Bazzite to regular Steam OS (or Arch or something). Maybe i'll just wipe and restart. But anyways, punching birds, here's a screenshots instead.
I also was playing with Camera Angles. I did one that put my Spartan in focus, but to be honest i'm not a fan of it. I don't feel like it fits Reach's vibes. If it was Master Chief i think it'd work better. Still, out of context i don't think it looks too bad. I just wanted to fit this in as the last screenshot as i don't think it's too bad all together.
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Today's game is some Mario Kart 64. I had a long day and wanted to take it easy, so i did a few races. It was easy up until Banshee boardwalk. Still, it was nice. I've always had a soft spot for DK Jungle Parkway especially (i have a soft spot for like *all* the tracks though) because of this bridge + waterfall. For some reason younger me was enamored with waterfalls. No clue why, though it would later bloom into my opinion on different game's waters.
I also did rainbow road (of course), my absolute favorite of all the tracks. I've said it before but i love how long it is. I put myself on time trials so i wasn't racing anyone, then i could just kick back and enjoy the drive. It was relaxing. It's like my version of going for a drive in the rain, you know?
And of course, if i'm doing Rainbow Road, i couldn't forget about Toad's Turnpike. I love the original, something about it feels nostalgic for some reason. Like driving in the car late at night on the highway. My family traveled a lot growing up so i suppose im familiar with the sight.
Finally, i wanted to end off with Yoshi Valley. I love that this map doesn't know how to keep track of the racers. It basically throws it's hands in the air and goes "i don't fucking know man" and leaves you to figure it out yourself. It makes for a fun challenge and when you've got friends playing too the challenge amps up with how hectic the curves and stuff can get.
I wouldn't be surprised if this is all nothing new, i'm sure this is nothing new to anyone, but this game was such a foundational part of growing up even though i'm removed from the generation it was made for. I just have a lot of praise for this game i suppose.
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Today's game is some more Assassin's Creed III Remastered. I went through New York and got some more collectibles. I need to really set down and get them because besides that i just have to grab the feathers and do the Story (and naval missions). The liberation missions are more annoying though in New York. It feels like there's far more of them here than in Boston, so every time i so much as look at a British Soldier wrong it turns into an all out brawl.
If you look at the mini-map you'll see *exactly* what i mean. I trespass *once* and bam, like 20 soldiers up my ass. I just wanted a chest man.
My favorite so far has been the Small Pox ones, because no one gets angry at you for carrying a sick person. So while slow, it's far less of a hassle. Plus doing a public service like this is nice, though Connor touching them without any sort of protection perturbs me.
But basically, all I've been up too is collecting collectibles. An easy, yet monotonous day.
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Today's game is some more **Assassin's Creed III**. My 3 day Halo streak has been broken *(Though, those are some of my favorite screenshots i've taken yet. I keep going back into theater to take more)*. Speaking of theater though, you know what i wish would become normalized in Remasters? Photo modes. I would love to have a Photo Mode for the Assassin's Creed 3 Remaster. I legit wanted to talk about the relfections on the floor looking good, but Connor and his damn coattail are blocking most of it.
There was also a screenshot i thought would look cool to get of the moon here, but there's the fugly UI elements and the awkward camera angle. Anyways, basically, i want more photo modes.
I went through the story *finally* (after mistaking a naval mission for a Story Mission) and it was surprisingly easy. I can see why some people criticized the naval combat of this game, it can be very rudimentary sometimes. And the Player's ship is really OP.
I spent the rest of my evening chest hunting. Exciting, i know. Luckily there's only like 30 chests in this game in total. It's weird, because when i think Ubisoft i always think "that company that shoves 800 chests down the player's throat without a second though". It's a change i wish they'd embrace. Granted, the RPG titles didn't really have any chests (at least in the traditional one and done sense). so maybe they need a middle ground of Some chests, but not *too* many.
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Today's game is some more **Halo** (Mostly Reach). More? Yeah, we had some friends who weren't able too join last night so we did some more rounds today. It was fun. We got some friends who are new to Halo joining us too. I think though it may have been unbalanced (I've done all the campaigns on Legendary, they touched CE on Normal for maybe a few minutes?). We all had fun though which is what really matters here.
We played a round of infection in Reach, and damn. I love Reach, but the Shotguns in that game can sometimes feel a little ridiculous. I could get sniped from across the map with one by a friend and get my shit kicked in. Still, it resulted in some funny moments.
If you look at the cubby in the above screenshot, my friend also figured out that cubby is actually *really* broken in Infection, because he could just camp up there and wrack up kills from everyone trying to get him. It was funny, but when he got to 30 kills i had to stop my teammates and go "Okay, guy's, you're just feeding him kills". The issue was that they're all going at once and soaking up the Shells. What i had them do is instead sacrifice a teammate and then send someone up while he was mid shotgun cocking.
I ended up domination on Beaver Creek with a Sniper Rifle. I perched up there with a Armor Lock. What that did was allow me to tank really any power weapons or grenades thrown my way.
I ended up meeting my end though when i jumped down into the river and got cocky, and was quickly humbled with a stray grenade that took me out.
I did get a sick ass grenade kill though against a friend who took cover on one of those cubbies. I'm pretty sure they're literally only there for this reason (which, if that's the case, it's great level design), but still. It was a satisfying kill.
The final match we did was another Slayer. This one was a bit more balanced, especially since one of our players couldn't get his controller to work and had to play with Mouse and Keyboard. Not much happened, but the final kill of the round was satisfying. I lobbed a grenade and took both me and another player out. We both got flung into the barrier which was hilarious to me.
We also did a bit of Halo 3 (The *Mixin' It Up* playlist to be specific), and it was fun. We were looking for the Moa statues or whatever. Looking at Wort.gg i only have *Wheels, Wheels, and More Wheels* and *LASO Campaign* left to do, so i'm kind of tempted to finish these up myself. Me and a friend have been wanting to do LASO together, but it takes so long and is damn near impossible with the time we have, so this might be a fair way to handle it. Then me and him can go back and do it together. This i think is a "Later" kind of thing though, i'm already balancing AC3. I probably shouldn't add more too my plate.
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Today's game is some more Halo: Reach. I had a bunch more screenshots, but the game has been buggy lately under proton and I had to do some finagling to get it functional. Good news is the game runs perfectly on my rig at 5120 x 2880. Bad news is that the theater modes all decided to corrupt half of all the films. The only one i *really* got was one on Halo: Reach. I got a few others though luckily, just not as many.
I *did* get this video though of me Tea Bagging my friends (we're all friends so it's all in good humor). I had a way better one that I wanted to share but that unfortunately got lost.
Moving back to the main post, I like playing Reach's multiplayer because it has by far my favorite armor customization (Infinite is a close second). And the armor design is just awesome. I like how great it looks with my spartan crouching in wait to ambush one of my friends (I say this, but she ended up getting snuck up on instead). She's really living up to her tiger themed paint job.
While i didn't end up winning this match, I *did* come in second which is pretty good. One of my friends is old halo blood, and while i wouldn't say he's a sweat, he's pretty good. So losing 24:25 is pretty good in my book.
We did another match of Slayer too (Along with infection and a round of Team Slayer, those films were *gone* gone though). This one I *did* win which was great. I used the cheap strategy of energy sword and invisibility. The tight corridors made it hard for my friends to track me down, and then I'd lunge at them. Rinse and repeat for a bit and there's my victory. One of my friends. Who's been struggling to get good at the game got a kill he was proud of too. He got a double kill with a sticky. We all stopped to congratulate him. I've got to make sure everyone is having fun and all that.
Also, can i point out, for how deranged my spartan can be sometimes, she can be dramatic too. I got this one on a Slayer Match with my friends. She looks like she's fainting like in an old Drama. The death poses are something I love about Halo, they're so damn dramatic. Especially when we get to the rag doll era? They can get hilarious with falling over the railing and other things. CE is pretty great too with the dramatic spin and fall. Master Chief decides to go out in style I suppose.
Here's another one of my friend dying. He looks like he got sucker punched in the gut, and i suppose in a way he did because i meleed him to death. The way he's flying backwards i love. I like to headcannon that before the whole War-Games thing or whatever the explanation is, the Spartans are all just being dramatic and playing dead. Like some playground game.
That was kind of all we got up too today. I'm kind of disappointed that i lost so many of the Theater tapes, because their were some genuinely great moments i wanted to capture, like one during infection where me and one of my friends momentarily made peace before i was killed by one of the Non-Zombies, or a screenshot of my corpse being flung around after dying.
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Today's game is Halo 3. I had this whole thing planned for today like i did with Reach, but the Cloud Flare outage stopped me from getting on (as of now pixelfed is *still* offline). I suppose i spent the time being productive at least. I wrote a few commands, one too upload pictures to Pixelfed from the terminal, one too sort my screenshots, and i revamped my compression command. So at least it wasn't a total waste.
Anyways, me and some friends played through Halo 3 (again). We only made it through a few levels but i had fun. I was doing my usual skull run when i lost it in the drainage basin. It looks like Master Chief is cradling it like a baby.
I took a few of these cool looking screenshots with the Thermite master chief was throwing at a brute. The lighting made it look sick. I like how the orange of the Thermite lights up his mask. It reminds me of like promotional art.
The actual photo though? I think it was a bit more comedic than anything. Still though, i like how both turned out. They both have different but good tones.
The entirety of Sierra 117 we spent trying to kill each other. Usually with sticky grenades, but sometimes we'd hit each other with melee or guns. I think we're kind of each other's worst enemy in this game. We were responsible for killing each other far more than the enemies were i think.
We ended off after Crow's Nest. It was late and my friends had work in the morning and i have class in the evening, so we decided to put it off to the side for another day (maybe tonight). It was a good time playing with them, and though the outage has left me drained, i still got some fun new tools to use while doing my screenshots.
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Today's game is some more Assassin's Creed III. After yesterday's post, i went back to this game. I'm going to try and 100% this one like i did with Black Flag. I think my younger self would be proud. It shouldn't be too much work, this was before Ubisoft's "Here's 800 chests and 300 side quests with the consistency of Sink Water" era so it should be way easier. The feathers are like the worst offender here.
I found this cat out in the frontier. I followed it for a bit to see where it goes. It didn't go much of anywhere once it hopped down from the fence. I was surprised it *hopped* down though. I didn't think it'd have an animation for that. But it did. I pet the kitty a little bit and went on my way.
On a similar note, i found these snowmen at the homestead. I just thought it was a cool little detail that the children made snowmen during winter.
Speaking of the homestead, i've been doing all the sidequests for it. I got up to the wedding today before starting to focus on the Naval quests too secure trade routes. The trade system is surprisingly complex, so i figured i'd want to secure everything to make it easier for me.
The last thing i did was the Captain Kidd stuff. It's surprising this is all base game stuff. It always struct me as the kind of thing to be like those tacky Gamestop preorders or something like that. But nope, it's just chilling here in the base game.
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Today's game is **Halo Reach**. And when i say Halo Reach, i mean the entire campaign on Heroic in one night. It was a fun experience. I've already talked tons about Reach before, so instead i wanted to do today as a little montage reel of moments with my friends from it instead. We redid our spartans for this and even made our own little lore for them off of the things we did in game.
We have my Spartan who is a rampant arsonist and she *may* be a little bit of a war criminal **(We say this because she pinned an elite into a wall with a Banshee and fired on them for a solid minute)**, she's the one with the spartan armor colored like a tiger *(Because tigers are the best big cats, obviously)*. We have Great Value Master Chief (GVMC) who is a little too quick too fire *(He's named that because he looks vaguely like master chief but not quite)*, he's of course, the one who's all green. Then we have my friend who we're pretty sure is just an old person or a Lizard they shoved into some spartan armor and called it a day *(we say this because his sense of direction was abysmal and he couldn't remember how to drive). he's the one in the lavender armor *(He's lavender because he likes the color lavender)*.
In the *main* screenshot i'm air striking GVMC, who just meleed Lavender. I was originally aiming for the tank, but then saw an opportunity to air strike my teammates *and* the tanks, and went for that instead.
Later in the game i blew up Lavender in a Forklift for fun. He of course, killed me in revenge and took my sniper. So i killed him back. I didn't want him taking the sniper so i threw myself off the ledge to stop him from getting it.
He later got revenge by convincing GVMC to ram me off a cliff in his Ghost. I managed to switch things up though and slip GVMC off the cliff instead, before Ramming Lavender with the truck for revenge. If you'll notice something, it's that we have an issue of keeping the fight going. It's all in good fun, but we very much fought until the end of the game.
Like here for example at the mining Depot. Lavender hopped in the turret to take out the Zealot, and me and GVMC started fighting again. I accidentally stickied Lavender. And of course, he joined in the scuffle. It's a miracle we all 3 didn't die and have to reload from a check point.
During Exodus me and Lavender were playing Sniper while guarding the lift. I was spotting him and a Jackal came in, so i meleed them. And then meleed them again, and again, and again, and... you get the point. This was because my control died and the input got stuck being held down. We chalked it up to my Spartan's own actions though.
Finally this brings us to Pillar of Autumn. Somehow, we laid aside our grudges and actually worked to achieve the goal. I chalk it up to the vibes being so perfect we couldn't help but go "This is the moment". This of course, lasted a whole 5 minutes as Lavender promptly drove me off the cliff in a Mongoose and we went back to fighting. BUT! We made peace and kept on our goal of delivering Cortana. And you know what? We did it. All in record time for us. We even made par time on some levels. We're just missing Par time on 4 levels now.
There's a whole bunch of screenshots i didn't post here if anyone wanted to see them. Most of them arent great but i did want to share them just in case. They're [here](https://pixelfed.social/p/MyNameIsAtticus/895608685572930577) and [here](https://pixelfed.social/p/MyNameIsAtticus/895609319580929365) (Both are pixelfed links).
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Today's game is some more **Assassin's Creed III**. I did the Brazil section today, and i noticed something. I'm sure like, *everyone* else noticed this before me but during Desmond's segments there's a lack of UI elements because he's *not* in the Animus (except the notification indicators. It'd be cruel to not have those), I noticed this because i was stuck in this section fighting some guard's and i was thinking to myself "Man, i wish i had Connor's health display. Why doesn't Desmond- ohhhhhh".
I also wanted to talk about the crowd. It's crazy they did this on PS3 hardware. There's just a crazy high count for the system at the time. That's something the game's have been weirdly consistent about. Sometimes they're shitty bug filled messes, but as far as i know they all have pretty good crowd systems. it's just crazy to me they were able to pull this off on PS3/Xbox 360 without any sort of billboarding.
There was the prison section too, which i honestly don't really have much to say about it. I like the chapter, but damn it went by fast. The final mission was straight up "Just push the L button, now run after this guy and kill him before he kills washington".
The quest did really make me think, which surprised me. I guess with Ubisoft's reputation of late i forgot that even they can have deeper themes. The specific scene i'm thinking of was Thomas Hickey's death where he basically says Connor has nothing to show and will have nothing to show for his more intrinsic and philosophical pursuits, while Hickey has physical things to represent his simple pursuits such as money and that he doesn't care about impeding on humanity's freedom.
Maybe it's just the people i'm surrounded by, as every day i meet people who shock me with how willing they are to impede on their humanity and the humanity of those around them for cash. So, i guess in a way, i'm saying it spoke to me. I'm sure this is all really basic and somewhat shallow in a way (especially with the lack of proper citations), but i was just surprised is all. I guess that thing about meaning of something being made the viewer is true to an extent.
One last thing i wanted to do was complain about this mission where you cross the field. One of the objectives is too air assassinate Pitcairn. so i go through all the steps of getting set up for that. And of course, one of the enemies sees me as i'm going in for the lunge, causing me to fail the don't get seen objective.
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Today's game is some more **Assassin's Creed 3**. After finishing up the modern segment (which was surprisingly short) I headed down to the basement to look at the new costumes the Remaster Provided. They had them on racks that were there in the first game. It made me wonder if they removed costumes for the racks or they added more costumes. Just an interesting thing i got thinking about.
I also noticed Connor's shoulders were weirdly broad. I don't know what it is, maybe it's just me, but for all the free running he does he has weirdly broad shoulders in his assassin outfit. Like its a size too big for him or something. I think it's just the outfit because i didn't notice this with any others.
Backtracking too the Modern section, it was surprisingly quick. I seriously wish we got more. I'm not sure how it would work with the parkour, but doing an Assassin's Creed game in a big city would be awesome. It's so cruel that we only get this little segment.
I stopped after killing William Johnson. I snuck up to the objective for the bonus goal, but there was this one enemy stuck in the bush in classic Ubisoft fashion. He couldn't see me for some reason, but it's hilarious to me that i get bugs like this. I suppose for having paid for it i should be a little upset, but it's not game breaking so i guess i let the humor of it get to me.
Surprisingly this one Chapter took a long amount of time. I did take a detour to get some collectibles and do some side quests, so that probably affected things, but still. It took a while.
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Today's game is some more **Assassin's Creed III**. I got to the first modern section. These sections make me wish we got more of them. I honestly wouldn't mind a game fully in modern times. Though Watchdogs kind of felt like that.
Speaking of this section. It's like the 1/3 point, right? It's so weird how short this game is. Ubisoft really has become horrendous lately for just stretching out their games to absurd lengths. That was the primary issue i had when playing Shadows. The opening? Great. I loved it. The End? Also great. also loved it. The middle? I was constantly asking myself "Jesus christ, when does the story pick up again?". It dragged out *way* too long. There's something about playing something this short after something that was that long thats kind of comfy. I like it.
Night time Boston was gorgeous. This was a PS3 game? I know it's the remaster but still, i don't think they changed that much. The ambience is cozy. Im a sucker for dark snow and warm lighting scenes. It's something Max Payne 1 did that made me love it.
This also brings me to Achilles. Absolutely my favorite character in this game. When i was younger i remember crying after doing his last mission. I like how he takes on a sort of surrogate father role for Connor. It really i feel deepens their relationship beyond just "Student and Mentor".
Finally, there's the sailing missions. Having come from Black Flag a while ago, the Travel Speed in that game i sorely miss. It's a godsend and i didn't realize I'd miss it. Black Flag definitely refined the formula too in a way that makes it pleasant to play.
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Today's game is Max Payne 2. I did the fun house today. Made Mona shoot a flamingo. Surprisingly the game went by really fast tonight. It took me a total of 40 minutes to do the funhouse and then manor sections, which i *think* are a total of 3 levels. I forget how short these games can be once you kind of know what you're doing. It *almost* makes me feel ballsy enough try another playthrough on the highest difficulty. Almost.
While going through the manor this guy dove into the wall. I like to think he saw Max, and decided he'd rather take his chances with the wall. This was the only clip i've really been able to get from this game. Something is up with Steam's Clip function unfortunately.
This particular section i also struggled with, until i realized i could just shoot the explosive barrels *before* hopping down. Before i'd hop down and they'd blow up and kill me with them. This way i stand far more of a chance.
A similar thing happened with this section where you have to run for the panic room. It took me a little while to figure out i had to wait for the Panic room to drop down. Once it did i locked myself in and waited out the explosions.
Before turning off the game, i got a screenshot of the exit message. I don't know why, but something felt appropriate about capturing this. For all i know this could be the last time i ever turn the game on. And i guess, "i was afraid to go on", with in this case Going on being the higher difficulties.
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Today's game is some more Max Payne 2. I did the escort mission where you guide Vinnie around to safety, and man, i love this game but also fuck this mission. There's like no way to heal him (at least that i know) so near the end he's a glass cannon. But the decorative kind of cannon.
On the upside i was dorking around with the free cam and posed it to look kind of like Max was sitting on the couch watching TV with Vinnie. Even Max needs a break every once and a while. I did it by positioning the free cam at an angle and jumping backwards while spamming the screenshot button. It came out looking better than i thought.
The criminals you have to escort down the street i ended up retrying a few times to keep them alive. I know they turn on you, but still, i'd like to try and keep them alive for just a little bit longer. It's like this game's version of the Halo marines for me, if the Halo marines peddled drugs and lived in New York.
Before i stopped playing, i took the free cam outside the fun house. It has quite a bit going on for something i don't think we really see. Like all the signs and even the funhouse next door (that ironically has fake fire covering it). I wonder if they initially had *really* early plans to let the player out here at least a little bit? An amusement park section would have been kind of fun to play on. Then again, it might stand out despite the Funhouse.
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Today's game is some Assassin's Creed III. This was what i had lined up to play after Max Payne 2, and initially i was going to play some more of that. But i had decided to set this up ahead of time. Then... i decided to make sure it works... and i kind of lost track of time. These games are kind of my Guilty pleasure. I pick a time period that sounds interesting to me, and then get lost in it. I wish we'd see more modern ones. I personally love to see things closer to modern times rather than ancient times.
This game was actually my very first PS3 Game. I remember moving around a lot when i was young, and that's when i finished the game. It was like 3 AM and i was up in the living room, having Connor chase after Charles Lee. Too this day Connor yelling for Lee is still burned into my head. I still have my disk copy on the shelf next to Black Flag, God of War Trilogy, and Fallout New Vegas.
Going back to this? It's... a little rough in some spots. This is the remaster so i'm sure some things look better. But Haytham feels slow. Maybe Connor will be better. But the Parkour is a little hard for me to wrap around too, and the combat... well. It's a lot like The Arkham Games, that's all i really have to say. It's still fun despite these flaws though. Though, i am sure i am biased due to growing up with this game (it legit helped me pass my History Quiz).
As for the remaster? It looks great. There's still some spots where you go "yep, that is definitely a 360 game" but it still looks pretty good. Especially, look at this kid:
**That** is a 360 era child if i've ever seen one. It'd fit right at home in a Elder Scroll's game i think.
The plot twist with Haytham i'm surprised i missed growing up. I know i probably wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed as a child, but he has a literal sign on his cloak showcasing it. Then again, PS3 wasn't 1440P, so it's possible i missed it.
Tomorrow, will be more Max Payne 2. I *will not* be side tracked. No matter what. Childhood Nostalgia can wait.
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Today's game is Max Payne 2. I discovered the `-developerkeys` flag so you know i had some fun with that while playing. I did this shot of Max diving over a landing which i really like. My steam keeps doing this weird bug where it crashes and reopens so i only got this shot and one of him nearly hitting the ground, but i still like how it came out. It's accurate too because every time i hit this staircase i do the Dive. Is it a bad move? Yes. Does it look sick? Definitely.
(Here's the bad take for refrence):
While raiding Vlad's bar i snuck up on these guys. I was just going to lob a grenade in there, but then one of the other NPCs came in and accidentally set off the trap themselves. I don't think it was intentional, but i love that the enemies can do that. It adds an extra layer too the gameplay i kind of like.
During Max's dream sequence, one of the doubles of Max was inside the bed. I'm going to take a guess this was a bug. Maybe something tied to proton, or too the fact that my hardware is way overqualified to be running this game. It could also be the Widescreen patch. Who knows?
While slightly less interesting, i was dicking around with the free cam and taking some Photos. None were as "active" as the one above, but i still enjoyed messing with these to get the hang of how to use the Free Cam. I'm guessing these are the tools they used to get promotional materials, which is really cool to get to play with. I wish more games left these unlocked for the player to use.
No, that’s a totally respectable opinion actually. I’d say it’s tied with City for my personal favorite. It hits the themes differently than the rest of the franchise but still is a great time. It makes a clever reuse of assets too which i love. I always love seeing a reuse of assets in games