I have held off on publishing this game log entry for a long time, because I couldn't write it in a spoiler free manner. This entry deals with a major story-line spoiler. I can redact some details and hide them behind a link, but I cannot remove most of the content, because otherwise this game log would not make any sense. So, readers be warned. This post contains major plot-line spoilers.
Character Name: Edgewater
Class: Soldier
Playthrough: 1st
Uhm… we just got attacked by the Starborn. <See spoiler...> is dead. The Starborn Hunter attacked The Eye first, then came into The Lodge. We had to run away with the artifacts. The Hunter actually decided to let us go. We used the opportunity to try and help everyone at The Eye. Everyone survived except <See spoiler...>. I kinda feel like its my fault.
Every few months, I see a post online (usually on YouTube or Reddit), about someone who has “spent hundreds of hours playing Skyrim.” They talk about the freedom, the exploration, the endless quests, and the world that never seems to run out of surprises. And they can't get enough of it.
I tried to be one of those people. I really did. But it just doesn't work out for me. For one reason or another, I find myself switching to a different game and never really feeling the urge to get back to Skyrim.
My 5 year old son has been playing Marvel Spider-Man for the past few weeks on the PlayStation 4. He greatly enjoys the game and it was going well for him, until the PS4 started throwing out this “Cannot continue using the application/The data for the following application is corrupted” error.
I tried the following solutions but these did NOT work for me:
A battle with a BMW M2. The Lexus RCF, with its brawny big V8, was usually the one passing cars in a long straight. Imagine my surprise when I almost got passed by this BMW M2 on a straight.
Finished Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 last Tuesday. Best part was having my kids with me for the final battle. What a game! Game of the year material for sure in my opinion. If you were going to play or buy only one game this year, make it this one. You won't be disappointed!
Leaving you with an amazing YouTube video that is spoiler free, but still showcases the beauty of this game.
Ran into the first tough enemy/boss in the game. It is called the Chromatic Troubador and it hits like a truck. The first fight against it, my party of three (Gustave, Lune and Maelle) were wiped out rather quickly. The next few fights I tried to focus on keeping everyone's health up. Still my party kept getting wiped out. In the fight where I managed to defeat it, I did not focus on healing at all. This is because even with my characters at full health, not being able to dodge 1or 2 of its attacks still renders one of my characters dead. So, there's no point in healing. Plus, healing ends your turn, so you don't get to attack or do anything to help take the enemy down. So yeah, I stopped trying to heal my characters and instead just revived them when they went down using revive tints. I focused doing as much damage as I could using skills. It helps that in this last fight, I've gotten more familiar with the enemy's attack patterns and were able to dodge a majority of its attacks. So yeah, managed to take it down.
Not the toughest fight I've had, but my favorite because it looked spectacular. Love the fiery effects from the skills used by Candlemass. Careful with his multi-missile fire attack, that can kill you pretty quickly.
It's been awhile since I've written gamelogs on this blog. I've been too busy playing and just do not have enough time to blog. Still I wanted to put out an update, if only to prevent me from falling further behind on my backlog of gamelogs to post. I'm going to do it a bit differently this time. Instead of the usual one post per gamelog format, I'm going to bundle them together in this one big post. I'll add some quick links below so you can get to the game you're interested in.
But first, some random thoughts on videogames at the moment.
It feels pretty good to be an Xbox Gamepass subscriber right now. Not only did The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remaster become available to play right after Bethesda shadow dropped the game, but Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was available on Gamepass one day after. I know everyone is talking about the Oblivion Remaster, but I will argue that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the game to play.
Also Path of Exile 2 is a great game! I did not include gamelogs for it in this post, but will do so in my next post.
Also my brother let me borrow his unused Playstation 4. I finally got to play Gran Turismo 7 for the first time ever and oh man I've missed the feel of Gran Turismo games.
A quick pose at Gatefront Ruins showing the equipment you could get from defeating enemies there: the Brass Shield and the Godric Knight Armor.
After I was satisfied with my ability to clear the Gatefront Ruins, I then moved on to fighting these enemies on horseback to the east of Gatefront Ruins. I died multiple times as well, until I realized that the weakness of these enemies, is that they are slow to attack. They are also vulnerable to attack while they're trying to turn their horse around. If you charge ahead and hit their horse, you can take down the horse or knock them off their horse, which will cause the enemy to fall down, giving you a chance to perform a critical hit. If you somehow miss this chance, the fight is still easier then on because it is now a 1v1 on the ground.
Some videos showing early game combat in The Division.
Even after all these years, this game is still fun. Yes there are bullet sponge enemies in this game. But I made peace with that fact a long time ago. This game is not a tactical shooter, even if it might look like one.
