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schneefinkI'm very tired. Both weekends since my exam have been full of classes for the next exam; tomorrow is my first day off in a while, and I already made plans with my family and with friends so while nice it's not going to be a free day either. At least I can finally sleep in for a little bit. LB wants to go ice-skating tomorrow but I told him I don't think I'll have the batteries for that, even though it's a shame.
L is on a short notice two week work trip, silver lining that that's happening while I have little time anyway. I'm very glad for modern communication.
A few quick reviews:
New Hades II major update! I played several hours after the last major update in October, so I was surprised that this time I only played a couple of runs. I think it's because with the last boss they added I also loved what they meant for the story, while the new new boss is a cool fight (I won on my first try but only because of god mode and it was still very close) but a less interesting character. And the few new plot progression dialogues I got were a reminder that naturally I remember less after not playing for several months, and that's even more relevant in Hades II than it was in the first one because the plot is a lot less straight-forward and there's also quite a few character and relationship developments that I want to watch closely. I might change my mind (and there's at least one more major update planned before the full release), but right now I think I won't play that much more in EA for now; but then probably start a new save in version 1.0. I'll definitely have an advantage because I already played over a 100 hours (though also an adjustment to not have all the upgrades anymore) but they're still changing boons anyway so figuring out the best combos now would only be temporary anyway.
I don't regret having played in EA so far though, I've had a lot of fun and I got to discover things myself and already have many cool theories about how the story will go.
Flow (2024 film): L and I watched that in the cinema and enjoyed it a lot. Great atmosphere, beautiful visuals, kinda, hm, dream-like storytelling that I loved. (At times it almost seemed like the animation had a low frame rate, not that I know anything about animation, but it didn't really bother me.) Not much is explained, which fits very well. L and I had completely different initial theories on the ending and I like both of them.
I thought the animals were very well animated with their body language etc., but I'd be curious about the takes of cat people in particular.
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett:
The only thing I was spoiled for was that this included a protagonist/faerie romance, which made me hesitate to pick it up, and I was delighted to discover that that romance played out very differently than I'd imagined. Overall it was fun and I enjoyed it. But I never quite managed to connect to Emily, and after some thought I think it's because her history doesn't really make sense, or more, it doesn't feel, hm, tangible? Can't quite put my finger on it. Especially her past relationships with other people. But I definitely want to read the next one(s), already on hold at the library.
L is on a short notice two week work trip, silver lining that that's happening while I have little time anyway. I'm very glad for modern communication.
A few quick reviews:
New Hades II major update! I played several hours after the last major update in October, so I was surprised that this time I only played a couple of runs. I think it's because with the last boss they added I also loved what they meant for the story, while the new new boss is a cool fight (I won on my first try but only because of god mode and it was still very close) but a less interesting character. And the few new plot progression dialogues I got were a reminder that naturally I remember less after not playing for several months, and that's even more relevant in Hades II than it was in the first one because the plot is a lot less straight-forward and there's also quite a few character and relationship developments that I want to watch closely. I might change my mind (and there's at least one more major update planned before the full release), but right now I think I won't play that much more in EA for now; but then probably start a new save in version 1.0. I'll definitely have an advantage because I already played over a 100 hours (though also an adjustment to not have all the upgrades anymore) but they're still changing boons anyway so figuring out the best combos now would only be temporary anyway.
I don't regret having played in EA so far though, I've had a lot of fun and I got to discover things myself and already have many cool theories about how the story will go.
Flow (2024 film): L and I watched that in the cinema and enjoyed it a lot. Great atmosphere, beautiful visuals, kinda, hm, dream-like storytelling that I loved. (At times it almost seemed like the animation had a low frame rate, not that I know anything about animation, but it didn't really bother me.) Not much is explained, which fits very well. L and I had completely different initial theories on the ending and I like both of them.
I thought the animals were very well animated with their body language etc., but I'd be curious about the takes of cat people in particular.
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett:
The only thing I was spoiled for was that this included a protagonist/faerie romance, which made me hesitate to pick it up, and I was delighted to discover that that romance played out very differently than I'd imagined. Overall it was fun and I enjoyed it. But I never quite managed to connect to Emily, and after some thought I think it's because her history doesn't really make sense, or more, it doesn't feel, hm, tangible? Can't quite put my finger on it. Especially her past relationships with other people. But I definitely want to read the next one(s), already on hold at the library.
