Untitled Goose Game
Untitled Goose Game might be honking perfect! It’s a short game where you play as a Goose and it came out quite a while ago now—and has won multiple awards, for good reason. At first when I saw the game I thought it was cool but overtime I had sort of grown to dislike it, thinking I likely wouldn’t play it. However, having played it now, I can say that it definitely lives up to the hype and the love this game has received is most deserved.
Yakuza 7 Gaiden
A great game that builds upon an already great story, from a different character’s perspective. Yakuza 7 Gaiden’s story is, absolutely banging, as Yakuza stories are—the emotional hits in this one though are strong as Kiryu (Joryu) is in this game. The story is a retelling (kinda) of the Yakuza 7 story, from the perspective of Joryu, AKA Kiryu. It really is great to see the story from this perspective, and it adds a lot that otherwise we just didn’t get to see in Ichiban’s side of the story. The game also does away with the turn based combat of Yakuza 7 and goes back to the action beat-em-up style that we’ve come to love from the Yakuza games, and with a new brand fighting style as well. The agent style allows Joryu to use a bunch of different gadgets that, once upgraded become super overpowered. This game makes you so overpowered that, the secret boss you unlock after completing the coliseum and 4 kings storyline… is kind of a pushover if you know what you’re doing. I killed him only using like 4 heat actions which is just absolutely insane.
My thoughts on achievement hunting
Achievement hunting is one of those peculiar hobbies that I think people don’t quite get. And I completely understand why, at a certain point it does become somewhat of a “completing a checklist” type of thing. But that’s the whole point.
What’s the point of achievements then?
I think achievements in games serve two different purposes. One is to be a little reward for the player and give them that very teeny tiny bit of dopamine that we all crave. Achievements like these, in general are my favorite types of achievements because they not only serve the casual enjoyer of the game—but are a blast as an achievement hunter. I would consider completely unmissable achievements (such as story achievements) to be in this category, along with silly achievements like—Stray’s Boom Chat Kalaka achievement which has you “dunk” a basketball in one of its levels.
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
Out of all the Dishonored games, I liked this one the most. I think it’s the best one, despite being a short spinoff game. It’s a sequel to Dishonored 2, where you play as Meghan Foster, AKA Billie Lurk. I think this game was made to cap off the Dishonored series so it’s no doubt that this is the last game in the series. I think the endings, both good and bad complete the story of the series in a satisfying way.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
This game is a peculiar one. I had a lot of fun with it. There’s a lot to this game even though the amount of playtime you get out of it is uh… not that much. I platinumed the game in about ~14 hours and I did mostly take my time playing through the game at a considerably slow pace. You could clock in about 20 hours max but the price makes it absolutely not worth buying. $70 dollars for a game such as this is just too much! The game itself is awesome and a lot of fun but the price is not at all justified. It’s worth like, 30-40 dollars at best. I got the game for “free” with PS Plus Extra, but if it weren’t for that I wouldn’t have played it. The game does seem to go on sale often but just strictly judging it off of base price, I wouldn’t buy it.
Stray
Stray is THE game with the absolute best atmosphere I’ve ever had the pleasure of experiencing in a game. It’s what made me fall in love with the game instantly from the moment I entered into the slums in chapter 4 to the moment I reached the end in the control room of chapter 12. The game’s atmosphere and level design, coupled with the beautiful art style and sound design, all of these together form an amazing experience and work to pull you right in and keep you right there, immersed in the world of Stray.
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, also known as peakborne is just as that second title implies: it’s fucking peak. This shit is peak!
I played base World like a year or two ago, and never actually finished it—since I didn’t have Iceborne at the time. Well I got Iceborne now and it’s truly peak. Finished the story and I’m now planning on moving on to the guiding lands and all the other content the endgame has to offer! Obviously with that comes crown hunting and getting all of the achievements for base World and Iceborne. Which surprisingly has a separate platinum from World which I didn’t expect. Sunbreak didn’t have a platinum so it took me a bit off guard.
Monster Hunter is a series you can fall in love with 14 times
I love Monster Hunter. It just instantly hooked me from the moment I first played rise. And it’s kept hooking me and might very well keep hooking me many more times. Playing Wilds I realized just how deep this franchise goes, I may have not played the older games (yet), but I can say for certain that from the beginning it was destined to be an amazing franchise.
14 February 2014
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14 February 2014
Experiment has concluded successfully. Currently writing this entry in the year 2014. Present year is 2025.
Machine is operational, however there seem to be certain hiccups. There are… side-effects. USER OF THE MACHINE may experience the following side effects: nausea, pain in the lower extremities, appendix swelling, sense of smell alterations (constant smell of roses). There may be more, unsure.
What I've Been Playing
I’ve been kinda slacking off this month, but that’s okay. Here’s what I’ve been playing this month:
- Silksong
- Watch Dogs
- Assassin’s Creed Origins
Obviously I’ve been playing Silksong, I’ve waited for this game for I don’t know how long and it for sure hasn’t disappointed. I’ve been taking notes here and there about my thoughts on the game, first impression was that the game is HARD and that still reigns true even 33 hours in, even more so now in fact. I’ll for sure write a post on it when I’ve completed the game. I’m not even in act 3 yet, I’ve just been taking my sweet time enjoying what the game has to offer!