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Some games
May. 13th, 2021 10:41 pmGames I played recently:
Some more of Yono and the Celestial Elephants, which is still so sweet. I solved the last puzzle that had eluded me, got some more great outfits for Yono, and did some more side quests, where I found ( spoiler )
I started playing Abzû, playing as a diver exploring ocean worlds. It was very pretty, but I had a lot of trouble with the movement and found that very frustrating, and after the game crashed for the third time in an hour I stopped.
LB and I started playing Divinity: Original Sin together, which is… fine? It hasn't really grabbed me yet, though I'm not exactly sure why. The RP mechanics are odd (probably because they're very new to me), there are some interesting story elements, combat is fine… It'll probably just take a little more time for me to actually get into it. Playing a video game together while LB is abroad was a good idea, but I underestimated how hard it would be to find time to actually play. It's hard enough to find time just to chat.
I also played Bastion and enjoyed it a lot. The art, music, and narration were great. The level design was varied and interesting, the world building itself under my feet was cool, and I enjoyed the story too. Combat was a bit cumbersome, especially at first before I found my favorite weapons (the Fire Bellow and the Galleon Mortar), and even later more often than not I much preferred to dodge and run past enemies when I could.
It took me six hours to get to the ending (the only thing I didn't finish, because I died several times and got impatient, was Zulf's dream.) Now I have the option to play in "new game plus" mode, i.e. with more upgrades from the beginning, and I think I will at some point, just to experience the different levels and music again.
Some more of Yono and the Celestial Elephants, which is still so sweet. I solved the last puzzle that had eluded me, got some more great outfits for Yono, and did some more side quests, where I found ( spoiler )
I started playing Abzû, playing as a diver exploring ocean worlds. It was very pretty, but I had a lot of trouble with the movement and found that very frustrating, and after the game crashed for the third time in an hour I stopped.
LB and I started playing Divinity: Original Sin together, which is… fine? It hasn't really grabbed me yet, though I'm not exactly sure why. The RP mechanics are odd (probably because they're very new to me), there are some interesting story elements, combat is fine… It'll probably just take a little more time for me to actually get into it. Playing a video game together while LB is abroad was a good idea, but I underestimated how hard it would be to find time to actually play. It's hard enough to find time just to chat.
I also played Bastion and enjoyed it a lot. The art, music, and narration were great. The level design was varied and interesting, the world building itself under my feet was cool, and I enjoyed the story too. Combat was a bit cumbersome, especially at first before I found my favorite weapons (the Fire Bellow and the Galleon Mortar), and even later more often than not I much preferred to dodge and run past enemies when I could.
It took me six hours to get to the ending (the only thing I didn't finish, because I died several times and got impatient, was Zulf's dream.) Now I have the option to play in "new game plus" mode, i.e. with more upgrades from the beginning, and I think I will at some point, just to experience the different levels and music again.
