man i got ranked 40 on the first day, and the highest I have been is 42, but then again I am always solo queuing, so that probably impacts that.
I do win about 50% though, more lately, so I am OK with that.
Just found out I could farm the mission that has three waves of red ants as the air raider with Walking Fortress Balam. And it is satisfyingly fruitful. Just stomping around in a towering titan of steel punching at the ground as the ants go splat. Got a nice power walker that handles much better and has vertical missiles. Air Raider has some really fun toys. Just wish I could find a decent limpet gun so I’m not as defenseless out side of a vehicle and don’t want to die to my own support calls.
I have been playing Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando. Im well thru it, dont think there is much left. I played this as a child, when it was new. This is HD and sometimes the cutscenes fuck up. I have never found these games very funny for the most part but I have found them fun, all this time. Still fun. I could never complete this one in 2003. Jesus Christ, I was nine years old. I couldnt finish Up Your Arsenal, either. The final few levels were too hectic for my tiny hands to keep in pace with. I did finish Deadlocked but I may have been a year or more after it came out before I could get a copy. The only challenge Ive found playing this game as an adult has been the first starfighter sequence.
I am playing Ridiculous Fishing. This is the second time Ive purchased a game on a smartphone. The first was ZiGGURAT on my mother’s iPhone, which I gave her a toonie for. I have reached the arctic waters. What a blast. Totally get why this was a hit.
When I get the chance, I play VIDEOBALL. Ive bought it twice on different people’s consoles. Ill probably do it again. I havent played in a while cos Ive been sick. Maybe its VIDEOBALL withdrawal 
Just as a head’s up, the weapons you unlock in EDF are tied to the difficulty and what level you play so you will not unlock as good weapons playing a lower level (IIRC that one is 24 (I played it a lot to test out weapons)) over and over again .
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I played through this last night in one sitting with my five-year-old nephew, who does not seem to have had much exposure to video games prior to this visit. (He also really likes watching me play Starbound.) We took turns with the controls. It’s a good game.
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Yeah, lower difficulty levels are for armour grinding and getting silly prototype weapons that are fun to break out for multiplayer shenanigans. For the former now that EDF is on the PC I’m a big advocate for Cheat Engine boosting your max armour because the grind is never fun nor interesting. You can stay on top of it if you play through the missions on Hard but Hardest and Inferno require significantly more investment because of all the incidental damage.
I have been playing the Hell (guitar riff) out of both ye olde DOOMe and nu DOOM. Nu DOOM might be my GOTY. So many little details are packed into it. The later stages thrown in level design akin to the old DOS DOOMs, with boxed-in arenas laced with powerups and mancubi. Reminded me a lot of DOOM II’s Map07: “Dead Simple”. Just checked Google, apparently I’m not the only one who caught that.
Glory kills give fights great pacing, there’s demon infighting, and the humor is just all over the place? I was also consistently surprised how, despite how red a Mars setting is initially going to be, there’s quite a bit of color going on. They could have just gone for dark and gritty guns and mortar but there’s bright greens and blues everywhere during fights.
The glory kill and chainsaw mechanics are so good for the pacing of fights that I wish there was an endless mode. The harder the game gets, the more satisfying the mechanics are. Nightmare mode is a wild ride. I almost wish there was a combo system, having that would really push it into Platinum Games territory.
The first time I made it into the hell dimension, in the midst of a firefight, I heard a strange, unfamiliar roar. I turned to see two adorable cacodemons hovering my way, and I actually yelled out in excitement. It’s such a feelgood game.
I like reading old, simplistic game narratives as little myths and folklore, so seeing that nu DOOM embraces that same mindset and makes that the main thrust of the story was probably my favorite thing. Doomguy is a mythic being of anger and vengeance, and there’s no use characterizing him beyond that, there’s only getting out of his way.
On another note, I went and bought all the Wolfenstein and Quake games (and downloaded about 20 years worth of DOOM wads oops), so maybe I’ll git gud through exploring those. Mostly I’m not gud so far.
(also also Wolfenstein 3D is a pretty adorable arcade ancestor to DOOM 1’s eventual trendset)
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iirc there’s one room in particular that is super blatantly “dead simple” and it’s great. nu doom is for sure a fine choice for goty! are you about to play neu wolf for your first time? i loved that one too and it’d be interesting to hear from someone going to that one after nu doom.
i’m kinda tempted to pick up quake 4 and/or return to castle wolf myself, but they look a bit drab when i could be replaying the aforementioned games or any of myriad doom wads i have yet to try…
ha haa nice i get it
I’ve heard a lot of good things about The New Order (particularly about its writing) and I’m super excited to try it out! I was tempted to go through the series in order of release, but that kind of planning always leads to me putting things off for years, so I think I’ll jump in on TNO (and The Old Blood, which I’m excited about as a return to old form as well).
I tried Wolfenstein (2009) once upon a time, but it’s kind of bland. Recently I decided to watch a playthrough of it, and it was all things considered the better option. If anyone’s curious, here’s a link to a playthrough by speedrunner DraQu (who has speedrun nu DOOM on the permadeath difficulty). He’s really understated and funny and ends up legitimately enjoying the game’s quirks. Lots of hitting nazis in the head with hammers during W(olf)itch Time.
this is still a pretty fun game! i’m not sure about quake 4. ive been tempted to go back to that one too
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I am very happy I went thru Wolf3D.
these last few posts have me all nostalgic for the days of going through as many quake mods/tcs as they could fit on pc zone cover discs
Sorry for the delayed response. I haven’t played through the entire thing yet so I’ll reserve my judgement until then, but there are some interesting decisions being made with the characters throughout the first few chapters.
In particular, there’s a sequence where Rebecca Chambers has a nightmare in which the giant snake coils itself around her body that comes off as unnecessarily fetishistic. However, I like the idea of Rebecca taking a nap in the mansion because she always seemed to be the most vulnerable of the group, so to take stage a scene where she has a nightmare is a nice way to add depth to what is essentially a lolita character.
Also, I believe Cavia developed the Sergei Vladimir character because I’m pretty certain he doesn’t appear in any other game in the series. This particular character is of interest because he’s a hilarious Russian stereotype dressed in military garb that wields a sickle and commands a BOW named IVAN that just so happens to look like “The Thing” in the Howard Hawks version of the movie; which is a neat decision considering the film essentially functioned as cold war propaganda at the time. So yea, I’m having a good time so far.
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The demo for Tearaway Unfolded was sure pretty lovely and if I had the budget to shell out $20 for the whole game I just might. It’s very simplistic, basically never demanding, but it marries your inputs with what you see on the screen in ways which are just novel enough to restore a little of the old magic to pushing buttons.
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I didn’t play anything because everytime I sit down for videogames lifes commitments take hold
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yeah, if it felt just a little less like a kids’ game I might’ve been tempted. also if grow home hadn’t come out of nowhere and actually semi-revitalized that genre compared to tearaway just doing the same thing but really nicely.
That reminds me, I ought to go back to that game and play the rest of it. I think I’m somewhere around 40% through it
imo it’s fun and rewarding up until 60-80
The New Order was (still is, I haven’t finished it) an absolute delight to me because it takes its ridiculous premise so seriously with a genuine sense of enjoyment that the game really earns it!
Also the cinematography of the cutscenes is actually really good! Good enough to make me not care about the fact that the game will just straight up rely on cutscenes to move the plot forward and not give a shit
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