Well it was nice knowing him.
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The first season of the walking dead game is free on the humble bundle for a day and a bit.
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Iāve been giving too many hours to Windward lately.
I grabbed a four pack back in the summer sale, so if any one is looking for something that almost-but-not-quite scratches the itch for the old Wooden Ships and Iron Men I still have a couple of keys.
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Mobile
My games this week have included Pokemon replacement Pocket Mortys, Fire Emblem Heroes (v 1.7), and Pixel Dungeons. All available free on the Play store, and all of them very good. For a great paid app, try Knights of Pen and Paper 2. (Seriously, itās freakinā amazing)
PC
Guild Wars 2, Nethack, and Super Motherload dominate my time this week.
Portables
Still working on Dragon Quest VII.
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Divinity: Original Sin 2 (what an awkward title) is out on Steam and Iām managing to get myself killed in many creative ways.
Somehow the experience of playing it feels a bit more awkward than I remember, or maybe Iāve gotten too used to racing games and team FPSs and simpler games, all polished experiences where you donāt have to fight the camera or play spot-the-pixel. But the writing is good and thereās a lot of cool game mechanics going on here. Iām having trouble choosing what kind of character to start with for a nice balance of power and fun, so Iām probably going to try a little of everything until I get settled in.
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Metal Gear Solid V was the free game last month on PS+ and while I absolutely loved Metal Gear Solid on PS1 (I borrowed my friendās PlayStation and played it to completion in one coffee-fuelled weekend) I havenāt really got on with any of them since. Too long-winded, hundreds of hours of FMV per game, lore that jumped the shark sometime around the turn of the millennium and hasnāt hit the ground since.
Those criticisms seem true of MGSV, too but I have one thing to say: OHMYGODFULTON!!1
Itās the most addictive, compelling mechanic in a game I have played for a long time. I donāt even care about the storyline or which arsehole is gruffly trying to explain the convoluted backstory to me in any given cut sequence. I am all about sneaking round attaching helium balloons to anything in the gameworld and plan to spend this whole weekend COLLECTING EVERYTHING.
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Anyone else playing Splatoon 2?
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I havenāt played either of them, but I will be getting into Mario Odyssey as soon as I get home.
Iām also strongly considering picking up Wolfenstein II as well. The first one is easily one of the best video game experiences Iāve ever had.
Now you know why I couldnāt put off the move any longer.
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Iām not a huge fan of Mario personally - never really grabbed me. I did like the look of Super Mario Galaxy so Iāve been hoping that theyāll bring that to the Switch. Iām surprisingly entertained with Splatoon - I like the premise and the battles are short enough that I can use them as a reward for getting work done (work for a couple of hours, take a 10-15 minute play break). I couldnāt really do that with BOTW, which is why I guess I havenāt finished itā¦
Iām definitely getting Wolfenstein when it comes out. Thatās a game that goes waaay back for me, so Iām excited to see the latest version.
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It came out today. If you havenāt played Wolfenstein: The New Order, you should go do that first. This is a direct sequel, and that game is excellent.
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I havenāt played that - is it only on PC? You really think I should play that first?
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You should, but you donāt have to.
Iāve played it Xbox One. It looks like itās available for PC, PS3/4, and Xbox 360/One. Itās $20 on Xbox One, or $30 with The Old Blood, a prequel (released afterwards) that I havenāt worked all the way through and doesnāt appear to be as story heavy.
Mild spoilers:
In this game, you jump from one plane into another, storm a castle, escape from a sanitarium, steal super-advanced helicopters, hijack a nuclear submarine, and go to the Moon. Thatās not even everything.
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Okay, Iām enticed. But one reason I got the Switch was because I wanted to get away from PC games. The only other console Iāve had recently was my PS3 which died in a lightening strike.
Itās only $20 on steam so maybe Iāll get itā¦your description certainly makes it seem like something I would enjoy!
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Upon realizing that Iāve been playing Team Fortress 2 for a decade I thought āoh, maybe one of these days Iāll get it rightā¦ā
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I wish I could tell you that I spent countless hours playing TF2, but sadly they are not countless - Steam can tell me exactly how much of my time was lost to that game. I donāt even want to look 
I switched to Hawken cuz I love mechs, but that got old. I was thinking of doing Overwatch or Player Unknown Battlegrounds but both sound like big time sucks. Splatoon scratches that itch now.
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I moved over to Kerbal so I could run a small space program out of the living room, apparently based on the idea of stranding Kerbalnauts in various places and then figuring out how to get them out of there.
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Ooh, mechs, that sounds cool!
āPC servers will shut down on January 2nd, 2018ā
Damn it!
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Wolfenstein II is reportedly coming out for the switch, along with DOOM, at a later date. Iāll assume those will not be the best ports of either game, but the fact that they are coming out at all is remarkable.
Random Switch recommendations:
- Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
- This is sort of XCOM lite with some fantastic movement refinements.
- Golf Story
- Itās an RPG where you play golf, in the style of old-school golf video games. I donāt even like golf generally.
- Picross S
- Itās not a new Picross 3D, but itās still pretty good.
- Stardew Valley
- I havenāt talked myself into buying this on a third platform yet, but the convenience of the Switch might be either the best or worst thing to happen to that game.
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Thats the one with sniper luigi right?
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I have two games on my list right now, but Iām forcing myself to finish BOTW before I get them;
I have a four year-old son who I ostensibly bought the Switch to share with. Any recommendations that would work for him/us? Probably going to get Mario Kart because I think he could handle that. Or I could just admit that I got the Switch for me and buy him a DS.
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