October 2020 Progress Report

This might be one of the more varied months in terms of game choice, and in real life as well. I was hoping to go to a local PC store for the RTX 3070 launch but unfortunately my area was hit by Tropical Storm Zeta (Hurricane before it hit me), causing us to lose power & internet for a day and for friends to lose power for days. So it was important for me to get my generator going for the fridge, microwave, and several other things. After stopping it to refuel, the generator battery died and I wasn’t able to start it up until I replaced a spark plug, but all was well except for having to chop up a 50 foot tree branch with a max thickness of nearly one foot.
At least I got a new den which I personally wired for cat 6 to future proof the wiring for multi-gigabit if the networking hardware to support it will ever come down in cost. The rough topography of my home network is visualized here. It basically guarantees speedy 5 GHz coverage throughout the entire house.
Here’s hoping I can snag an RTX 3070 in time for the holidays. I’m watching stock notifiers and retailer pages like a hawk.

Updated Stats

958 games (+13)
75% never played (+0%, 721)
6% unfinished (+0%, 58)
11% beaten (+0%, 108)
2% completed (+0%, 15)
6% won’t play (+0%, 56)

I got Humble Choice this past month, but not much else.

On Going Games

Fallout 4

172 hours

32 of 84 achievements

I'm continuing my work with the Railroad but while infiltrating another faction its tough not to turn on the Railroad. So I'm going to have to try to find a way to warn the Railroad despite not getting a mission objective option that says so. Hope to "beat" the game in the coming month - Its been a fun romp in the wasteland.

Beaten

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection

11.6 hours

14 of 50 achievements

The best kart racer I've played for PC. It's over 10 years old, so the graphics & Windows 10 compatibility could be better, but it has solid gameplay & variety. Vehicle types include land, air, and water with many different races and challenges.

Risk of Rain 2

12.2 hours

no achievements

I've enjoyed this action roguelite bullet hell-type for several playthroughs which has yielded one win on easy. I'm working on normal difficulty, but don't expect to beat it on hard. This is heavily praised for its co-op ability as well.

Playing

EVERSPACE™

10.5 hours

5 of 33 achievements

Well worth what I paid in a Fanatical sale for this space FPS roguelite - Decent story, fun & addictive gameplay, alright enemy & environment variety, and space is awesome. Makes me curious what this would be like with my sidewinder joystick if I dug it up. This makes me excited for the sequel.

Subsurface Circular

1.8 hours

7 of 13 achievements

Narrative driven game with mystery elements about robots in a human world. Kinda slow but interesting story. Only 1-2 parts of 6 remaining. Its getting interesting to play robots against each other in a way.

Stuck

Hacktag

8.9 hours

4 of 42 achievements

Great co op hacking game, but I'm playing it single player and its really tough for certain concurrent activities where both the stealth person and the hacker have to be at the same terminal at the same time.

Next Month’s Queue

Going to start some more lighthearted games, because I figure I’ll need more of that with how crazy things may get in the US with the upcoming election.

Fallout 4

172 hours playtime

32 of 84 achievements
EVERSPACE™

11 hours playtime

5 of 33 achievements
Subsurface Circular

2 hours playtime

7 of 13 achievements
Slime Rancher

4 hours playtime

0 of 57 achievements
A Hat in Time

7 hours playtime

0 of 46 achievements