Earlier today, I managed to crash Yoshi's Mysterious Book Club. In the exploding chestnut stage, I just scooped one up out of the water and the game froze. It never happened again after a reset though, so I assume it was a very rare accident. Still in Chapter 4, I just haven't played as much because
I really got into Visions of Mana this week. The game flows so much better in its second half! Having a real villain definitely helps, so does finally having access to all elements as a mage. There haven't been any large open areas lately to slow me down and there were finally some larger indoor areas that have been sorely missing so far. And each of them had two bosses, which have been my favorite part of the game! Though one of them glitched out somehow, making me unable to cast my spells. It wasn't Silence, I was able to swap characters and tell my mage to cast their spells remotely, but when I controlled them nothing would happen! So that's two games that broke this week...
Fallout 3 breaks a lot, being a Bethesda game, so I'm not counting that for a triple! I finished the main story of the Point Lookout DLC and I can't say I liked it. The location is great though, and I'm looking forward to exploring the corners I haven't been to yet before going home to D.C..
Some enemies have blood effects and attacking the walls of Jabu Jabu's insides does the same. Those aren't 'changes' in the Ganondorf sense as there is no version where those are red, but they made the conscious decision to have blood effects in a softened form, which I consider a change.
Huh, looks like they already toned it down for the 3DS, it's been too long since I played that version (and only once). He looks like the took a shower before the fight compared to the original.
Alright, you got me. If they had just announced Xenoblade 4 I might have skipped it, but a new beginning hits different. Plus the world looks sick, reminiscent of the Underworld in Terranigma!
Blood and very direct allusions to torture. The Shadow Temple was strangely unaffected by all other changes to blood color in the game, but it won't be hidden in muddy textures this time.
I wish they had shown just a little more! I'm mostly curious if they're going to tone down the Shadow Temple because with this fidelity it's going to affect the age rating for sure.
Mostly played Yoshi Mysteriously Harasses the Wildlife. I was wondering if there were going to be 'boss' stage equivalents and World 2 tells me yes! It was fun until I tried to complete it. Lining up those shots got really annoying with how slow he is. I'm two stages into World 3 now and we're reaching a point where I have a harder time figuring everything out.
Picked Visions of Mana back up. Maybe the game has more content left than I expected, we finally got to meet who I assume is the true villain! The guy we had before was not being very good at his role, what with him being absolutely right about everything he says and barely showing up.
The game is also being very weird about its side quests. You beat a chapter and a few places you have no reason to go back to have a new quest that ask you to go to a place you have already explored to kill a few enemies that are the same level as they were when you first went there. Interesting quests are few and far between.
In Fallout 3, I did the iconic Tranquility Lane quest, my favorite part of the game that I know from my first half-playthrough. Which brings me to a point in the story where it felt appropriate to take a vacation to the Point Lookout DLC, which I know absolutely nothing about! The lever-action rifle is a nice upgrade, using the very common 10mm ammo but being much stronger than the default pistol. I've been sitting on 1,500 of those bullets. Plus 1,000 Railway Spikes, 1,100 Shotgun Shells... This would be a very different game if ammo had weight!
Truth be told, I don't even notice most flowers. I paid extra attention today and most flowers are directly tied to research, so I just end up picking them up and a minute later I won't remember where I got them.
I just watched it last week myself and I was so happy that they fixed up the music. I still can't believe the first movie thought taking a Kart track to the Kong Kingdom needed 'Take On Me'.
I really only played Yoshi's Mysterious PhD on Behavioral Biology and I can't believe how much this game is exactly what I expected. I was worried I overhyped it for myself but whoever created the original trailer apparently did a banger job explaining it. I'm halfway through the second world right now, but I also make sure to complete every level. Usually the silhouette hints are enough, sometimes I need to buy a hint and once I had to actually look something up. I hope there's a level on the seagull enemies at some point, those were my favorites in Yoshi's Island and they seem versatile enough to be featured here.
Visions of Mana is very linear, this is intentional.
From what I know of Fallout 4, you're not missing out on anything. The max level of Fallout 3 is 30 and I'm on 21 already. In Fallout 4 the limit is technically 65,535 but that's only because the game crashes past that point. You'll be able to max out the SPECIAL stats and any other perk loooong before that.
Played more Visions of Mana. Got the final party member and I'm surprised he joins this late. Especially since he's the dedicated healer! Well, my party is established and I really have no use for him at this point. It's hard to tell how much longer the game is, but I think I could power through this weekend. Except of course...
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is finally here! Only played the first two levels to completion today and it's exactly what I expected. I got very strong Pokemon Snap vibes! I'm curious how the general reception to the game is going to be, though. Anyone who wasn't paying too much attention and is expecting an actual platformer is bound to be disappointed.
My Fallout 3 journey is now taking me southwest. Taking care of an unmarked quest I've had for a long time on my way to the next story segment, which I remember very well from my first attempt of playing the game. I'm looking forward to doing Tranquility Lane again, easily my favorite part of the game (that I know of).
Explored the desert area in Visions of Mana. It's a good thing I like the style of the game, because there are long stretches where really nothing interesting is happening. But I was also really happy that Vuscav the turtle still makes the same weird sound that he did in Trials of Mana on the Super Nintendo. Back then I assumed the sound was bugged because it's just so strange!
Did a little grinding in Monster Hunter Wilds, worried I got rusty after not playing for a few weeks. I'm fine, and I got two Lagiacrus Sapphires in a single hunt. I did complain a good year ago that this game made the rare drops too easy to get and they really overfixed that with the monster added in updates later. 1% carve, 2% quest reward, no other sources, I needed 13 to make all the equipment. Only one more...
Played some more Mario Kart World, Free Roam. Some of the challenges are really insane. I had to look up one of them because I didn't even understand what my fingers were supposed to do to jump across multiple pillars sideways in a wall-ride.
In Fallout 3, I finally got the last part I needed for the Railway Rifle. I've picked up 800 Railway Spikes so far, so I'm set for a long time. I don't think I used this gun on my first attempt to play the game and the description says it can pin enemy limbs to the wall, which sounds fun.
Kofi seemed like a lifer at this point, so it's exciting to see him free. I've been waiting for The New Day and The Young Bucks to meet for an eternity! It's a real shame Big E can't be a part of this anymore.
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Earlier today, I managed to crash Yoshi's Mysterious Book Club. In the exploding chestnut stage, I just scooped one up out of the water and the game froze. It never happened again after a reset though, so I assume it was a very rare accident. Still in Chapter 4, I just haven't played as much because
I really got into Visions of Mana this week. The game flows so much better in its second half! Having a real villain definitely helps, so does finally having access to all elements as a mage. There haven't been any large open areas lately to slow me down and there were finally some larger indoor areas that have been sorely missing so far. And each of them had two bosses, which have been my favorite part of the game! Though one of them glitched out somehow, making me unable to cast my spells. It wasn't Silence, I was able to swap characters and tell my mage to cast their spells remotely, but when I controlled them nothing would happen! So that's two games that broke this week...
Fallout 3 breaks a lot, being a Bethesda game, so I'm not counting that for a triple! I finished the main story of the Point Lookout DLC and I can't say I liked it. The location is great though, and I'm looking forward to exploring the corners I haven't been to yet before going home to D.C..