Hey everyone,
We’re smack in the middle of release season and everything is chaos (ಥ◡ಥ) This’ll be a succinct one - bear with me!
TL;DR
- Finished: RE4 Separate Ways
- Ongoing: DAI, CP2077: Phantom Liberty
- Upcoming: Alan Wake 2 first, then Spider-Man 2
Finished Stuff
Resident Evil 4 Remake Separate Ways DLC: Great fun - short, sweet, and reminded me how enjoyable the core RE4 gameplay loop is. It definitely makes me want to check out other/more RE games when things aren’t so busy (don’t talk to me about the first person ones though l o l…)
We also had a first look of VIDEOVERSE, which caught my attention as it’s the third highest rated game this year on OpenCritic with a 92/100. It’s an indie visual novel-esque adventure focusing on Internet and gaming culture of yore (= early 2000s 😂). Just from the beginning part it felt very genuine, wholesome, and true to the time it’s trying to emulate. It's something I think I definitely would've liked to see more of if time allowed.
Current Stuff
Dragon Age: Inquisition: I’ve moved into Act 3 of 3 now. Honestly I’m pretty numbed by the fetch quests but as usual the core story is still nice. The romance front has been kinda interesting - in previous games, you could only indicate romantic interest to people who are interested back, so flirting success is 100% guaranteed. However that’s not the case with DAI, and it’s created a variety of Very Interesting Situations where I’ve been getting rejected, people are sending/received mixed signals, etcetc… basically a nightmare scenario for people who try to flirt with everyone (me) 😇
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty: I already enjoyed my time with 1.0 a lot a few years back, but 2.0 + Phantom Liberty ups the quality in every department. All side quests are thoughtful with difficult choices – even for someone who normally tries to be pacifist, Night City draws out a very "every person for themselves" type of survival instinct in me. Haven't made it to the end yet but I think I'm near!
Upcoming Stuff
Last week, patrons+ were able to vote on whether Spider-Man 2 or Alan Wake 2 should be the next focus after Phantom Liberty (given that I can't realistically get to both in such a tight release window), and surprisingly the results were fairly one-sided:
I took some time off work this week to relax and digest all this, so I should be able to get to Alan Wake 2 right at release. Hopefully it’ll be a good Halloween thing too! I’ll loop back to Spider-Man 2 as soon as capacity allows as well.
Miscellaneous Stuff
Some of you may already have noticed Patreon rolled out a bunch of changes in the past month (new logo, web interface, big focus on the mobile app, etc etc). To be honest I haven’t had the time to look into it deeply, although everywhere I look people seem somewhat unhappy (eg. on the creator side, posting has been made more cumbersome, the new “free” tier they force you to have is also causing confusion.) I’ve changed nothing about how this page operates at the moment and there’s nothing you need to do either, but I wanted to keep you in the loop that Things have been Happening. Please feel free to let me know how the experience is on the patron side too – I think most of us understand Patreon to be a middleman between you and I, and we certainly shouldn't be tied to it if they overstep their role esp. negatively.
With that it’s back to the “trenches” for me!! Thanks for your support as always, and feel free to comment any suggestions/comments/whatever else below. Have a great Halloween next week as well 🎃
Cheers,
Welonz