Update #4

I got quite a bit done since last time!

First I replayed through Rayman Origins. Not part of the Steam backlog, but I’ll still count it since it’s still PC. I played it back on Wii when it first came out and it’s just as good as I remember. Ending stages are a little frustrating, but the game’s super forgiving.

I played about half of Poi. It’s a little plain and definitely doesn’t scratch my N64 3d platformer itch I’ve got. It just doesn’t have the same feeling or charm, but between that and replaying Mario 64 or something, I should be able to tide myself over until Yooka Laylee.

Lastly, I recently was gifted the third one from a friend for my birthday, so I finally got around to playing and completing Dark Souls for the first time. I gotta say though, I just don’t get it. I probably only died 10-15 times and most of those were dumb things like forgetting to equip the ring you need before falling to fight the Four Kings or getting hit by Silver Knight’s great arrows on a narrow walkway as opposed to dying from combat. I dunno. I just didn’t enjoy myself. And, holy hell, some places are just entirely too dark even after popping up the brightness. If I have to strain my eyes to the point of migraine just to be able to see what’s less than 5 feet in front of me, there’s a problem. Also didn’t much care for how progression is handled entirely in a “wander around until you figure it out” type of way. I mean, of course I don’t want you to hold my hand, but some things are completely ridiculous. The worst offenders of this are definitely the invisible paths in Crystal Caves and the aforementioned Four Kings fight. Because of all this, I probably won’t really be bothering with the sequels unless they’re pretty different.