And there we have it. Guess my initial impression is wrong after all. :v (I think I'm finally ready to do the first trial...after I catch more pokemon along the way)

Starting a new Skyrim bender. Not sure how long this one will last. It's been a while.

Stock up on sweet rolls.

Oh yeah. Never run out of fikabröd... oh wait. THOSE sweet rolls.

Chicken nuggets in the Pokemon world are probably made from Torchic. Spicy. (I just played through the Battle Buffet and the food sounds tasty.)

Anyways, as much as I love how they added trainer customization starting with X and Y, I'm not pleased that you're stuck with cool colors if you have Moon/Ultra Moon unless you dye them with shops you get based on RNG and collect a ton of berries to create certain colors. The ONE time I actually want warm colors, they're denied from me. Also I absolutely cannot afford the fancier clothing right now but I guess I can buy a pair of nice shoes in the meantime lol, but I probably won't Melemele trials done, time to catch all the remaining pokemon i can before moving onto Akala Island.

Stuck on finding an outfit for my mage. She needs to look perfect.

After about 4 years, I finally gave Fallout: New Vegas a retry this past week. I guess expanding my horizons on games in general and playing Fallout 3 and 4 really helped (and perhaps some of the original Fallout), because I am really into FNV this time. I've got a much better feel for how the mechanics work now. Already past the part that I quit at last time.

So that is being played concurrently with Divinity: Original Sin.

Dark Souls Remastered on the Switch. Let's the self flagellation commence.

So Toby Fox, the creator of Undertale, revealed a new game with some relation to it called Delta Rune and released it (or at least its first chapter) for free. I'm loving it so far, though I'm concerned (in a good way) about what's going to happen. :v

The game's meant for people who have completed Undertale, so I guess you can call it a sequel? No spoilers, but it's...difficult to say.

So having finished this chapter and looked up Toby's comments on it, I can now confirm that the game is set in an alternate universe; the same characters but a completely different story. Unfortunately, it seems the actual game will be on hold for the moment, since he notes that this demo took him several years to make on his own (where Undertale took him only a few months, with Temmie Chang helping with art), so he's trying to get a team together to actually make it. Guess I'll wait till then, 'cause I liked this chapter a lot. :V (Also he's apparently been working on the story since before Undertale was even released, based on some of the documents he showed off. Holy hell)

Back to Pokemon Ultra Moon I guess.

After watching all extent episodes Gopher's recently begun Kingdom Come Deliverance Let's Play (he's now a bit past where I was when I stopped playing) I decided to return to the game, picking up from where I left off. That's likely a mistake, as I've totally forgotten what little I knew of combat. Not that it mattered during today's session. My Henry spent his evening and on into the night gathering herbs and flowers just outside Rattay, returned to the Mill to sleep away what remained of the night, walked to Rattay next morning to sell gatherings to an apothecary, and continued on to the weapons training field. I didn't have the guts to watch Henry get trounced so called it quits for the day.

Eep!
Now Sunday morning...I just finished trying a weapon training session. Boy was it pathetic. Even worse than I feared. I couldn't remember anything. Not even how to initiate a sword swing. Blocking? Forget it. I hoped to avoid starting afresh, but might have to. Gonna try a few other things first once I drum up the courage.

Launched KCD a number of times since my last report. Finally came to the conclusion I'm too rusty at combat to get anywhere with my most advanced save. Reluctantly decided to load a very early save, made before the initial combat tutorial, and more or less start afresh. Gotta admit I'm gaming the system a bit this time round, working up a skill Henry shouldn't be interested in this early on. At the same time I've delayed him starting the quest(s) that initiate time advancement until I raise said skill to the point where it gives him a nice perk (not helpful in combat sad to say).

My thought at present is to get used to combat again, then return to my advanced save. We shall see.

I trust you haven't laid your mits on Star Wars: Rebellion, Decrepit? That's a game I used to have trouble coming back to after a great while as I forgot my strategies. Now however it's never a problem as I've learned the game all too well.


It's RTS, btw.

No, no SW:R for me. Speaking of long ago games I'd have problem relearning, I suspect EQ and EQ2 would fit that category. I used to run those with rows and rows of hotkey Icon Banks and never had a lick of trouble manipulating them as needed, all the while typing text in the chat window. (No in-game voice chat in those days, not for me at any rate. Admittedly, it had started to catch on big time by the time I left.) I seriously doubt I could come anywhere close to mastering such complicated UI's nowadays.

As to KCD, I spent the evening watching Henry collect just about every harvestable plant in his home town. By session's end he was a level 11 herbalist, which allowed him to take the level 10 perk that gives him modest Strength level increases as he collects plants. My hope is that he will get at least one Speech level up while selling those plants.

Thursday early morning addendum:
Played a quick KCD session soon as I crawled out of bed. Henry sold a number of harvested plants. Made a tidy sum (by earn game standards) and earned a SPEECH increase. Also gave him the STRENGTH perk Mule I (extra carry capacity), which I somehow overlooked yesterday.

I played EQ2 off and on for 6 or 7 years.

Met my husband there in 2005.

Fun game but all my friends quit in 2010.

<nods> Was hooked on MMO's some twelve years. Played little else during that time. Abandoned the genre after acquiring TES:Oblivion in 2009. Never looked back.

One prime factor that caused me to gradually lose interest in them... I never cared for raiding. Small groups, yes. Raids, no. Back then, raiding was THE big emphasis of most player, at least those I associated with.

I enjoy raiding. I run with a pretty good Aussie crew these days, so I'm not complaining. Wow has plenty of stuff to do if you don't. EQ2 not so much. I still follow the game though. Just was sad everyone quit because of the raid or die thing.

My guild leader over there died, too, so it just wasn't the same then.

I still go on Skyrim benders. Haven't played Oblivion in years.

KCD wise, Henry found several pockets of heretofore undiscovered harvestable plants that extended his stay in Skalitz into this afternoon. He got a few level ups and a Perk in the process and made decent cash selling harvests. Finally reached to end of the line. Nothing else to do there other than report back to his father and set the final Skalitz phase in motion. Decided to hold off doing so until either after supper or tomorrow morning, when I'll have time to relearn horse riding during the "escape." I expect it to take a number of attempts, as it did first time round.

Thursday Evening Addendum:
Dang it, dang it, dang it. I knew I'd be rusty at horse controls. But nothing like this. I swear I was able to get it to work last time by using arrow keys for left and right turns. But those don't respond now. Leastwise they don't seem to. Poor Henry dies before the ride gets underway as I flounder trying to turn the horse in the right direction. Maybe I'm forgetting something??????

Thursday Evening Addendum 2:
Henry attempted that bloody horse ride more times than I care to think about, without success. I knew I had to be forgetting something, but what? Finally, at about the end of my patience, I got to wondering if, besides using left & right arrow keys instead of A & D for movement, I might also need to use UP ARROW rather than W. Voila! Everything locked in place. Henry succeeded on my first UP ARROW attempt. Not the most polished of rides to be sure, but he reached safety. Question is, will I remember next time Henry needs to ride a horse? An iffy proposition at best.

Experienced a graphic glitch not encountered first time round. In a scene where Henry is talking with someone while sitting on a bed, he instead appeared to be sitting in mid air to the side of said bed. First glitch of any sort I've noticed since starting afresh.

One tiny nit pick complaint. At launch the game defaults Henry to Run mode rather than Walk. Those who know me know my view that characters should always walk unless there is a compelling immersionistic reason to do otherwise. No biggie as it's easy enough to switch him to Walk first thing. Just wish I didn't need to.

Am almost at the end of KCD's "prelude." Glad I decided to start more or less afresh. Picked up on a number of things I was clueless about during my first go round. Still can't melee worth squat. But...I worked Henry's STRENGTH stat a good six points higher this time before he returned to Skalitz. That gives him a decent advantage in that his landed sword blows deliver a good bit of damage despite being clumsy at melee.

Getting more comfortable with horse controls, though the way it works best for me is something of a compromise that entails some loss in functionality when traveling at high speed.

An oddity???? After exiting the game my internet is slow as molasses for a while. Prolly not all THAT long, but it sure seems it when trying to access sites. I suspect it might have something to do with Steam??????

I'm not saying it's because of the cute outfit I put together, but ever since I put together a cute outfit in Pokemon Ultra Moon, people have been bugging me to trade with them. That said, Gothic Lolita probably isn't the best thing to wear while hiking in Hawaii

Reached Ula'Ula island a few days ago, and just recently finished catching all the Pokemon that are found on Mount Hokulani. At this rate idk when I'll reach the end of the game, and I'm constantly worried about finding another Poipole for my Living Pokedex, or even get a Blacephalon. Might have to bust out my extra Legendary Pokemon to barter on the PTS. (I think Blacephalon might be easier if I put up a Stakataka for trade myself. idk, we'll see)

Getting back to Diablo 1, but nostalgia's not what it used to be.

Playing Starlink (aka No Man's Skylander) and Fire Emblem Warriors on the Switch.

I tried to play that once, after I bought the battle chest.

Couldn't do it. Went straight back to D2.

Played my demo of Contract JACK just now. It has two stages, one training area in summer in some ruins and one proper mission during winter in a military installation. Played the latter one. And would you believe it; this demo from 1400 B.C has a thousand times better fist attacks and handgun than Doom 3. Not to mention, reload time is superfast for the handgun.

Guess fighting demons is such a walk in the park for Doomguy he doesn't even care to reload fast. Or bring a fast-firing pistol

In KCD Henry is about to begin two mandatory combat challenges (assuming the main quest line is followed). First time round he stank at both. Not even close. I suspect he won't do well this time either, especially the first challenge, as he's done absolutely nothing with archery up to this point. He might last longer during the second, sword fight, challenge, but I seriously doubt he'll win. I begin to think part of my problem with melee is that mouse sensitivity is set too loose, so that it takes too much time and effort to move a weapon into positive before unleashing an attack. Course it might also be that, at this early stage, Henry is simply too slow by design to be overly effective.

ADDENDUM: Well, that's a surprise. Henry easily won the archery contest! On the other hand, he did worse at sword fighting than my already ultra low expectations. It was totally one-sided. Henry landed no more than two blows the entire fight, and the second was iffy. It didn't help that this was his first combat using a short-sword and shield rather than a long-sword sans shield. We've never practiced blocking with a shield. It showed.

I've spent the evening playing bits of Spyro Reignited Trilogy, the remasters of some of the old Spyro the Dragon games. It is absolutely fantastic, looks gorgeous, sounds gorgeous, plays really well.

I adored Year of the Dragon back when I was younger, and to see it in all its remastered glory is just wonderful.

That was one of the first games I bought for my son!

If they could port Diablo 1 and 2 for the mobile (instead of that ... thing they desecrated long-time Diablo fans with), I’d be a happy man. Scheeeeeeeeeeise, if Rome Total War could do it, so can they. Probably not in the foreseeable future tho (although I’m maintaining a fool’s hope) since Activision-Blizzard is all about them Dead Benjamins.

Speaking of, I’m playing Rome: Total War again. Actually I never stopped. I just wanted to post this to for giggles tbh, and to encourage you to play such a magnificent game.

ROMA DELENDA EST

Played KCD much of the day yesterday. Had a blast. Henry's finally getting some decent armor (mostly bought, not won in combat). Not high quality gear, but not bad for a this stage of his development. I don't think it spoils things much to say that he earned a decent portion of the funds used to buy said armor via harvested plant sells. And now that he's better able to take down some low grade enemies he can at last earn a bit of money selling their gear.

Though it has mundane tasks too, many of KCD's quests are well thought out and implemented. Some remind me of the better Oblivion quests, including bits (and more than bits) of humor thrown in when appropriate. In fact the more I play KCD the more certain aspects of it remind me of Oblivion. That said, KCD is not TES. If you go in hoping it is there's a good chance you'll be disappointed.

Henry / I still suck at combat. I suspect that will hold through until the hopefully not so bitter end. My hope is that I can develop his skills to a point where brute force of arms partly compensates for lack of expertise. Despite being inept at it, I still love KCD's combat mechanics. Just my bum luck the game released at a stage when neither my mental nor physical reflexes are as responsive as they once were.

As for today, I made a save with Henry paused a short distance from a bandit camp he has been tasked to obliterate. I suspect the enemies there might be more powerful than he can handle. We'll see how it goes.

I'm actually looking forward to Diablo Immortal.

>.>

I must declare war on you and your soul, TRAIIIITOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR. Your bones must sing me a lullaby, your skin must be the canvas for my falcata. Your spirit must be dust.

BS aside, it’s good that at least one of the Chorrolites is looking forward to that game. Not me tho, unfortunately. That looked like one of the countless Asian-style freemium hacknslash apps I’ve encountered in my time.

What? Don’t you have a phone Uleni?

Ah yes nothing like slamming your fans for not liking your idea eh Blizzard/Activision .

They royally screwed themselves by treating the announcement like it was their next huge game. Blizzard should have taken a leaf out of Bethesda's book, re Fallout Shelter.

Yup. “We are working hard on the next Diablo, but in the meantime, here is a bonus mobile game to play while you wait!”

That said, BGS could’ve faced this kind of fire with TES: Blades. Good that they had the foresight to announce TES6 and avoid the outrage.

This is probably why I VERY seldom have idols in celebrities or gaming companies. They get so full of themselves that they whine up forgetting it was the fans that put them there to begin with, then have the nerve to act surprised when they get pissy at said fans and they end up going out of business cause all their fanbases have dried up.

Honestly, Khajiit finds the “hero worship” The Todd gets to be a bit much. He’s just a man folks. A man who may even be leading his studio down a bad path. This one has stated before, Starfield’s quality will speak volumes about the direction BGS are going. Khajiit thinks it needs to be really good.

I take Diablo Immortal at face value. NetEase taught them how to monetise mobile so now they're all up in it.

I think it looks nifty, but I probably won't play it much. I tend to not get involved heavily with freemium games that block progress unless you pay, which is basically every mobile game ever.

I hear Fallout76 is getting some trash reviews though. Lol. Sad.

Gamers tend to be stupid and let brand loyalty make their decisions. :v

Unfortunately, Bethesda's taken all the memes and jokes made at their expense and rolled with it as if it were charming at this point instead of actually working on preventing the disastrous bugs they're (in)famous for.

The new studio hopefully means they're actually working on it, but I'm not holding my breath. Especially after all the horrible issues with Fallout 76 lmao including but not limited to the glaring security issues

That said, all this whining about the mobile Diablo game is also stupid. Just....don't buy it. Don't give them your money. Geeze.

Ooh, what issues with Fallout 76? I haven't heard anything; is there some juicy gossip you can share about it?

(drool, drool)

Not only did Henry clear that bandit den, he later cleared another! The first was rough going at first. What he ended up doing (both times) that works is let the camp see him at distance, let them chase him until all but one gives up, then fight that lone bandit one on one. Even that's iffy, but a heck of a lot better than trying to take on multiple enemies.

(He did end up fighting at least one two-on-one battle, but thankfully those bandits weren't heavily armored.)

He made a good 700 off weapons and armor looted during those cleansings. Too, one dead bandit camp leader wore better head and leg protection than Henry's! Sadly the new helm is one of my least favorite medieval helmet styles. Can't have everything I reckon.

A problem now is that neither Henry nor his horse has a great deal of carry capacity available for loot hauls. He can get a PERK that gives his horses extra capacity in exchange for lessened speed, but I'm not yet willing to accept that trade off.

Shades of Oblivion! Now that Henry is starting earn reputation with the populous of Rattay they have begun greeting him with "Welcome Henry," Greetings Sir Knight" and suchlike.

Think he's gonna need to progress the main quest a bit staring next game day.

There's always the usual "beta messiness", but as far as actual serious things go, I've also read about issues with the installation, particularly with deleting it. As in, the installation either disappears completely, or you can't remove it at all (though the latter is apparently from pirated copies lol). There's also some concerns about security after people looked into the game files.

Needless to say it's...troubling...
I thought they'd have experience with this sort of thing by now.

What a great link, thanks for posting it! Somewhere down on the page was this sub-link I found really interesting:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi8PTAJ2Hjs

Those security claims were debunked a couple weeks ago.

Apparently Boy Genius Todd suggested that 6 is going to made with the aging Creation Engine. I mean, what’s up. What’s going on. I’m confused. And scared.


And concussed and sleepless and hungry and sad and kinda strange.

I don't get the hate on the Creation Engine. Yeah it's been a round for a while, but it always gets upgraded. I don't think there is another engine out there that could do what it does.

I think it'll be fine.

Just bought Skyrim for the Switch. I'd get Breath of the Wild again but I've already beaten it AND got the good ending.

I almost want it for the Switch, just so I can Skyrim in bed, but I can't bring myself to play it without mods.

What happened to the Gambryo they always used before?