Finally got the ng+ ending for Dead Space (2023), and… I’m not sure that I like it? It’s not bad per se, but at the very least I wish it had been presented a little differently. There’s something about it that doesn’t sit right with me, and it makes me worried about a remake for 2. I thought about replaying it (again), but I think I’m going to let it simmer for a while so I don’t get burnt out on it.

I’ve been trying to utilize GamePass a lot more lately. Thought Those Who Remain seemed interesting, but the controls were so jank and stiff that I couldn’t enjoy it properly. Because of this, I thought it was an older game. Nope, 2020. After I kinda got used to the controls, I got bored. Just when I was thinking of quitting, I died. Which led to the nail in the coffin, the shit save system. I had to start all the way back at the beginning of the level I was on. No, thank you, I’m not running through all those rooms again.

Decided to try out Scorn even though I initially hadn’t heard very many good things about it. Honestly it’s way more fun than I thought it would be, but in a weirdly abstract way. The graphics are amazing, and the setting is fantastic, but that might be because I’m a fan of H.R. Giger. I’m not sure if it would have benefited more or less if there was a more fleshed out plot than… whatever was going on. Most of the game was me just going around doing “stuff”. No other motivation other than to progress in its purest form. It’s pretty nice if you dream about existing inside Giger’s work, like an interactive art piece first, and then a video game second. The more I think about it, the more I like it lol. Although I will say in case anyone is thinking about playing it, the last act has a whole lot of what-the-fuckery for a game based off of Giger, plus some. It’s definitely not for the faint of heart or those with certain triggers.

So I have been getting bored of Minecraft but felt like having a twist on my own new single player survival world.

So last week I started out in Minecraft 1.5.2, which was the version I started playing on, and I intend to slowly upgrade the world, along the way collecting mobs, blocks, items and world generation not possible in later versions (dubbed Discontinued Items).

My latest endeavour was actually switching to the 2013 April Fools version, Minecraft 2.0, and obtaining things like enchanted signs, creating setups for floating blocks (ladders, torches, floating sand/gravel, etc.), things that will survive the upgrade to 1.6.

I played Terra Nil, which was really enjoyable, but way too short! It only has four levels, and I would have played much more than that.

Also playing Against the Storm, which I stumbled across on Steam looking for something else to play after I finished Terra Nil so quickly. Really liking this one as well! The city building itself is fun, and the added aspect of the metagame/cycle outside of the city builder is a twist that I think works really well.

Also still working on Cyberpunk 2077!