Mskotor

October update

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Overall backlog progress:
27% completed
50% beaten
4% unfinished
3% never played
16% won't play

Pros:
- Good dynamic FPS
- Story is ok
- Relation between mech and it's pilot
- Parkour elements
- Singularity-like level

Cons:
- Dumb enemies
- Easy boss fights

Conclusion:

People complained that TitanFall 1 didn't have single player campaign, so devs created nice short experience to fill this void in sequel. It lasts 6 hours, isn't terribly hard, teaches game basics nicely and has nice graphic. Just don't expect amazing and deep story, as it wasn't point of single player mode. It's still mainly multiplayer game. But interactions between you and mech are entertaining, so it doesn't feel like lame bots shooting range.

Parkour sequences are really Mirror's Edge-like, so fluid and gameplaywise easy to learn. And singularity-like level where I could use gauntlet to move back and forth in time was really well made and funny.

Next month gaming:


- Mass Effect: Andromeda - Started to play when they added it to Origin Access on PC. I'm like 35 hours in-game and well - it could have been so much more if it wouldn't be made by people who focused previously on DLC and multiplayer mode of ME3 ; _ ; . But I like it. Esp combat and fact that it takes place in my favorite universe, so learning more about it is always fun. Also references to ME trilogy are cool. Sadly they won't release any DLC and fate of Quarian ark will be explained in novel >_>. Just like other plot holes will be filled with books. Otherwise I'd buy GOTY for 15€ to learn full story. And I'm not into reading books about games.

- Secret World Legends - I was never into MMO games. Had proposition to beat this with 2 other people like year ago when it still had Buy2Play model and was part of Humble bundle. I was reluctant, but I thought "If story is as good as they say I may beat it with them". Then 1 person drop out, so I was like "meh". But recently I started to play it in co-op and it's fun. Even though I don't know what's happening sometimes xD And I use mic, so I'm starting to beat my problems with talking in english. Which is nice even though my attention divisibility is small, so when I have to walk around and say something I'd name half of in-game objects "this thingy".


I also started going to driving school, but so far I had only theory on lectures. So I couldn't try to drive someone over so far D:

Vito

Nice list of games you have beaten :)

I agree, Gat out of Hell feels like a DLC for SR4. I was pretty disappointed in it, was hoping for at least some new gameplay additions. For me it is the weakest part of the SR games. The (few) cutscenes were enjoyable though.

God luck with driving school and your english talking skills…I find talking much harder than typing too ;)

Mskotor

Thanks! :D

And yeah. If Agents of Mayhem is as similar to Saint’s Row series, as Gat out of Hell is, then I’m not surprised why it has mixed reviews.

LastM

Just played Inside and couldn’t agree more. I didn’t understand why after getting attack by that humanoid creature and “dying” underwater the main character became the new aquaman. It made no sense at all. Other than that, the I kinda liked the puzzles. Maybe because I prefer them easy. xD
Anyway, you seem to have had a great month! A bunch of good games beaten. Congrats! :)

Mskotor

Death animations are quite long in Inside, so in this “transition” moment I thought that game bugged. Because I was dragged down deeper and deeper, and I wasn’t dying. Then I thought I will need to restart game, as I was really deep so game had to derp quite badly. But nah - surprise, you’re immortal and immune to enemy attacks from now on! Ugh.

Thanks! :D

ninglor03

MASS EFFECT!!!!!!!!
Sry, but that had to happen!
Still gotta go on with my… second go! And yes, I would love to have DLCs for it. Meow :(
Luckily I don’t mind reading that much. It more of a question if I can put down gaming to read a bit. Buuuuut ME should have a higher chance of that happening I guess :D

Good luck with driving! On my first try behind the wheel I run an imaginary old lady over - actually I was too far off to the side and… well the bushes made a bit contact with the car. And my Teacher was like: “That could have been an old woman, yk?” Yeah, pretty reassuring I tell ya :D

Have a great time!
Happy backlog killing :)
Also: I love the rainbow happening on top ^^

Mskotor

Ass Effect! Too bad that Ryder looks kinda childish and innocent…

I play on hard, so it’s easy to get killed. But I plan to play in NG+ on medium, to wreak havoc with more meele-oriented build. Like deep freeze + meele shatter or smth :3 And then maybe on Insanity for achievement.

I could consider reading books… but it’d be a little off. In game I can decide if I want to respond snarky, clever or assholish way. Books have one line of narration, so they are stiff and not-changeable. That’s my main concern about them.

And it’s super lame that Orign doesn’t support screenshots. Some views are so nice… like bits of planet that was supposed to be Turian homeland and their ark floating in the distance *_*

I thought that Germany is country of following the law. And those bushes obviously ran in front of your car. Don’t mind them, they are assholes.

I have rainbow avatar, so it was time to add rainbow accent to my posts! \o/

ninglor03

Well Ryder is childish and innocent, right? He/She doesn’t have the experience Shep does. But yeah, I know where you are coming from with that ;)

I played ME3 on every difficulty level but I don’t think I wanna do that again. ME3 challenged me to do it, I so far don’t have that with Andromeda. Guess I have to spent a bit more time there until that happens. Yeah, I should definitely find soon some time to get back to it nod

Yeah, no choices. You are right about that. At least I don’t think they will make it as a choice book, because there are things like that and that would be pretty fitting and funny for ME, but… nah, I don’t think that’ll happen :/

Huh, I’ve put it into Steam and then took Screens over Steam Overlay! :] <3

Yeah, but bushes are like spiders: They don’t read rules nor laws! (I set up Spider rules. Like don’t crawl right over my bed or something. They just don’t listen and later complain I kick them out for it… or let the cats eat them O.O)

Hurray to rainbow!

Mskotor

Any tip how you forced Steam Overlay to work here? I try to add ME:A shortcut to Steam, but it doesnt’ work ; _ ;

ninglor03

Oh right. I had to quit Origins before I started it. Otherwise you still mainly start it with Origins. But that way Steam opens everything and then it should work. At least that’s how I did it :)
Tell me if it helps you :)

Mskotor

Nope, don’t work. Steam opens Origin and there is no overlay in game. I can force Steam to open Origin and I can use overlay there. But it’s kinda pointless to open overlay in my origin library >_>

Mskotor

Nope, don’t work. Steam opens Origin and there is no overlay in game. I can force Steam to open Origin and I can use overlay there. But it’s kinda pointless to open overlay in my origin library >_>

ninglor03

So, had a test start and it still works: see?
I had to wait a bit for ME:A to open, but it eventually did by itself. So… uhm… yeah, sry, that’s all the ideas I got :(
Maybe ask Dr. Google?

Mskotor

Tried D:

Adding Origin to overlay, changing shortcut properties. Nothing works ; _ ;

ninglor03

No, not Origin, but ME:A to steam. And then start ME:A via steam. While having Origin closed at the start. That way it should first open Origin and then ME:A.
But meow :(

Mskotor

Yeah, I know. But it doesn’t work. I can see FPS counter in main Origin window, but not in-game :P So starting ME:A via steam, origin starts, I can see that Steam shows FPS in origin windows, but when game starts there is no overlay there.

ninglor03

Aw, that sucks. I’m sorry :(
Some said they had to start it as admin or what ever, but… I dunno about that. Really, ask google, I can’t help out anymore at this point. I had hoped it would be as easy as it was for me :(

Fnord

I was kinda excited for Mirrors Edge Catalyst when I talked to one of the Dice people, and they kinda confirmed it being worked on, but not really confirming it. It was not going to be an open world game back then. I don’t dislike open world games, it’s just that the current crop of open world games… the Ubiworld games… it’s been so overdone. So while Mirrors Edge might have the first person parkour, the structure of the modern open world games is just not something I like…

Gat out of Hell.. I would have rated that even lower. It was just the least interesting parts from SR 3 & 4 made into a short game…

As for MMOs, they’re really dependent on the people you play them with. Playing them solo is rarely fun, but there are plenty that are nice to play with friends! And TSW is nice as it does not require you to really grind.

Oh, and only a few more months until you can drive over a priest!

Mskotor

I thought you encourage me to positive thingies, not killing people :33:

Fnord

But would killing a priest be such a bad thing? ;)