Frogwares is now publisher of The Sinking City
Looks like they'll also be releasing a new DLC as well, according to this post on Steam. Nice to see they still have more content for the game.
Diablo 4: Season 2 - Still working on farming for Midwinter Blight. I'm 70 proofs away from having all the items.
Alan Wake 2 - I chose this over the Dead Space remake as the first game to play on my new Xbox X, and I'm so excited to finally get to play it. I'm a huge fan of Remedy's library, with the exception of one or two games that I haven't played. One of my best friends, who loves the first game, has also been playing this as well, and we've had so much fun going back and forth pointing out pieces of lore and references to each other.
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It's insanely hilarious to me that Sam Lake decided to do a self insert as one of the characters. It's a meta on meta bit, and even though it probably won't happen (I say probably because I haven't finished the game yet), I'm almost waiting for a moment where it's revealed that Alex Casey was inspired by Max Payne's antics, since both Max and Alan both lived in New York at one point.
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And hearing James McCaffrey's voice has been bittersweet. I enjoyed his work with Remedy, and it seems I've picked up this game at the right time to really appreciate it.
Mine got this silicone steamer(?) brush. Not sure if it actually works or not, but I guess I'm going to find out.
Diablo 4: Season 2 - Still working on farming for Midwinter Blight. But I finally hit level 100 in doing so, so I'm pretty happy about that.
Slender: The Arrival - Apparently I got around to this just in time for the 10th year anniversary update, and I must say I was super impressed with the overhauled graphics. There were a few areas that I wished hadn't been very chase heavy, because I would have loved to explore the surroundings more. I guess they also added a chapter or two. It wasn't a bad play overall, and there was some great tension and scares, even if a few of them were cheap jumpscares. I've read that the devs will be expanding on it over the next year with new DLCs and multiplayer (of all things, after ten years lol), so I'll have to keep my eye out for whenever those drop.
Today for Christmas I finally got an Xbox Series X, so I have a nice little line up of games that I've been nearly dying to play. Right now I'm trying to decide between playing Alan Wake 2 or the Dead Space remake first. Dead Space is one of my favorite franchises, but I also adore the first Alan Wake game. Either way, I think I'll be looking at a good time this week.
ah, I mistyped, it's 30 lol
Yes.
Mine were 7 and 14, respectively, and then I had Diablo 4, so I understand.
And DOOM hit 25 this year.
Edit: I'm stupid at math, it's actually 30 lol
I cannot play unless Ben Franklin himself has endorsed it.
My goal is to ignore irl goals for in-game ones 😤
Dang, I was really hoping this wasn't true. I was just talking with a friend a couple days ago about how great and iconic James is as Max Payne.
These are two that might be well known, but I don't really hear people talking about:
- I use Map Genie quite a bit. It's just a bunch of interactive maps for a lot of different games, but it's really helpful when looking for that one item you're missing, or waypoints in general. It's mostly geared towards open world games.
- I also use How Long To Beat if I looking to play a new game but don't really want to spend over a certain amount of hours playing. (Although I'm a bit of a slow player, so whatever completion times are listed I have to multiply by 2).
The other reference sites I use like NeoSeeker and Game FAQs are pretty well known and have been around for ages.
I always have fun with Don't Starve until the winter season/section comes along. Then unless I very closely follow a guide or customize the world heavily in my favor at the beginning of the game, I always end up dying.
Diablo 3: Season 29 - Completed the Guardian chapter! Now I have only one more objective/conquest to finish out the season. I was going to try to go for the one of completing the campaign under 1 hour, but I quickly realized I would not be good at that by any means. So I'm working on the one for going through a level 55 greater rift with 6 different set bonuses. Sounds easy enough, but since I usually only use one character per season, I'm having to level up another for their set run.
Diablo 4: Season 2 - Still working on reaching level 90.
Gray Dawn - I've played my fair share of bizarre games, but I'm not sure if I've ever said "wtf" so many times while playing a game. So much so that I just kind of gave up on trying to figure things out about halfway through and was there for the ride. Before I actually started it, I read it described as a "priest simulator", and that it did seem to be at times. I'm not really into structured religion, so there were probably a lot of symbolism that went over my head and/or didn't make sense. (I also got a strange feeling towards the end that I wasn't actually the target audience? Like this was a horror game, but not for people like me.)
Apparently I got the "good" ending, which didn't really seem that good at all, so I went and got the bad ending... which was just as much 'meh' as the other ending was. Overall, the pacing was a little slow and at times it seemed to drag on at times. Some of the voice acting also left something to be desired, but it wasn't horrible, and the main redeeming factor is that the imagery was really cool.
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Even though some of the imagery isn't explained? Like there is what looks like a bloody wax child with one eye in a glass case in this dude's library, and it's just... never talked about? I mean there's a lot of things in this game where it's just, oh something spooky! Satan's out to get you! Blood and guts, bleh! But like I was sitting there wondering, is this dude just not going to mention it? Has it always been there? If it has, why? If it hasn't, why isn't he saying anything about it!
Also there's a lot of Latin in this game that whenever I tried to look it up it just ended up being lyrics to old metal songs, which in itself is kind of hilarious to me, given the subject and themes of the game.
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I also did a quick run through the original Dead Space (2008) since I'll be jumping into the remake soon. I've only heard good things, but I'm eager to see for myself how the new one compares, since it's one of my favorite franchises. I'm stoked that they brought back Isaac's voice actor from 2 and 3. I can't imagine anyone else but Gunner Wright as Isaac Clarke.
This is what happens when you don't have tortillas.
For sure, this is the recipe I used as a baseline, although I modified it as follows:
- used ziti pasta instead of macaroni
- used Mexican style four cheese shredded cheese instead of just cheddar
- used diced tomatoes in addition to tomato sauce
- did not use Parmesan cheese or green onions (although obviously you can if you want)
- mixed the ziti and meat before spooning it into the pan
I think next time I may use more meat, but it still turned out great!
I did it, and I am still alive to tell the tale (so far).
It was absolutely delicious.
That might be the case, especially since Nacon messed things up and DLCs are all over the place depending on what platform you look at.
But with the way that announcement is worded, it sound like they may have more plans for the game in the future too. I hope so, because it really is a fun game imo.