What am I playing? [December 2018]

Written by PET on 03.December.2018. Posted in Games

Like usual, the end of the year get’s crazy with cool games coming out. It’s a bit of a challenge to prioritize what to play next. So this is what’s currently on my list.

HiTMAN 2

The HiTMAN from 2 years ago was a pretty good surprise. I remember that I told myself that I will only buy one episode to see how it is, considering that I burned myself with the Hitman that came out in 2013. Well, I got that first episode, then the second, then the third … and just like that I bought the full game right before the autumn sale. Oh well, I regret nothing! You can read my HiTMAN 1 impressions in this video.

HiTMAN 2 brings out more levels and continues the story from HiTMAN 1. Not only that, but if you own the first game, you can play it in this improved engine, basically you have the same HUB for both games. Good stuff. A small down side is that your progress from the first game does not get imported, so if you unlocked something hard, it’s not going to be there. For me this is fine since I only scratched the surface of the first game.

So, what about the levels in HiTMAN 2? I enjoyed them but I didn’t had that “wow” moment like I had with Sapienza in the first game. But that’s fine. It means I’m more mature. Haha

You can see the locations in this article.

I loved the 1st map (Hawkes Bay) because it was small. It was a good introductory level. Miami the 2nd map is also pretty amazing. The 3rd map (Colombia) was so so. Mumbai was an ok map. U.S.A was lovely. Another smaller map with a nice autum american look. I would like to go back into it to unlock the rest of the challenges. The last map is the Isle of Sgail. A beautiful looking castle with lots of things to explore. Maybe my 2nd favorite map.

Red Dead Redemption 2

November 2018 was a trully beautiful month because I got to play this beauty of a game. By far my favorite game in 2018. The world was beautifully crafted, I didn’t felt that I had to go all over the map to pick up “Crafting resources”, the minimap didn not feld like a Trello board where you pick up tasks to do. Arthur was a much better written character than John. A trully beautiful game.

Battlefield V

Normally I would have skipped this, but EA has Origin Access, a service where for 15$ a month you get access to a lot of games, including the latest from EA, including BF V 🙂

So yea, since I burned myself with BF1, I didn’t want to spend full price with it so a 15$ tryout feld ok. The game is pretty enjoyable.

Crusader Kings 2 – Holy Fury (DLC)

Even my favorite Paradox game got an update. Holy Fury DLC brings out a lot of fun improvements like the shattered world, the randomizer, etc. Didn’t had to much time to play it.

Battle Brothers – Beasts & Exploration (DLC)

Even Battle Brothers got a DLC with new events, bigger map, new weapons, new monsters. This was my “go to” game in the past 3 days. You can read more about Battle Brothers in the review I made last year.

Other Games …

I got Middle Earth – Shadow of War on sale. 59 lei … on PS4. I have to try this out.

Parkitect version 1.0 is out. I have to try this out.

Football Manager 2019, like every year (almost) I feld into the trap and bought FM. I started playing with Notts County. I’m in the 4th season in The Championship. I would play more but it feels a bit of a waste of time right now. Not in the right “state” of mind & there are games that distract me a bit better 😀

Pinball FX3 – We got Williams tables. I played a lot of Medieval Madness! I even prepared a video that I didn’t released 🙁 And … guess what. Tomorrow we get another pack of 3 tables! I’m super exited to play Attack from Mars.

Kingdom Rush Vengeance – My go to game right now on iPad. I love Kingdom Rush! I actually have a review I did in 2013 on the frist KR. A review on the Steam release of Kingdom Rush Frotniers.

I just realised that after years and years I started to play the Wolf Among Us. I totally forgot to continue play it. Last time I logged into the game was 2 months ago 🙁

Steamworld Dig 2 – Currently Playing

Written by PET on 02.October.2017. Posted in Games

Oh well. It seems that I really got into platformers lately. I’m almost done with Sonic Mania, I bought Shovel Knight for PS4 since I didn’t had a chance to play it, I played a bit of A Robot Named Fight and I have CRYPTARK in my backlog and now Steamworld Dig 2 is out.

And man I am happy that is out. You know, playing Sonic Mania really made me appreciate SteamWorld Dig 2 even more. More exactly it made me appreciate the OLD SteamWorld Dig which I reviewed back in 2014 (YouTube Review) . Wow, looking back at that video… what a bad video…

But back at the game, it made me appreciate the OLD SteamWorld Dig because I’m only about 2 hours in into Steamworld Dig 2 so I can’t form a proper opinion, but my god there are so many improvements. New mechanics and the whole world is much bigger. Even combat is posing a little bit of a threat because I don’t know how to engage those damn birds. I remember that on the first game, all you did was mostly dig down then go into various caves that are more puzzlish like to try to unlock them and get whatever it’s in. But now, new cities, new maps… a lot of characters to talk…

Anyway. I was saying why after playing Sonic Mania it made me appreciate SteamWorld Dig more. Well, Sonic Mania was a fun experience, but it was also a very frustrating one. Steamworld Dig 2 manages to allow you to really enjoy the platforming aspects of the game. The music is chill. You get a little bit cozy and claustrophobic because you dig and dig and dig and you are still wondering, what else will I find in those depths!

So I’m going to try to enjoy this one and make a proper article & review later.

P.S. I’m also playing Divinity: Original Sin 2… my god what a game that is!

Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition – Currently Playing

Written by PET on 21.August.2017. Posted in Games

Recently I received an PR email that was saying that the game Halcyon 6 is getting an update under the name “Lightspeed Edition“. The update comes as a “new game” that is given free to all the old owners. All Right! I remember checking this game ago and I somehow liked it. However it was a bit slow. I also read some Steam reviews and a lot of people complained that the game is a little bit grindy.

Well, this new Lightspeed Edition fixes exactly that! They spend some good months thinkering with all the numbers, all the variables in order to make things more engaging and entertaining.

The game managed to keep me engaged in those past couple of days and this is a big thing 🙂 I have been having problems in the past year getting into new games. I keep playing Heroes of the Storm because that allows me to do “something else” while I also play the game. With Halcyon 6 it’s a bit of the same. The game is deep enough but not to deep that requires my full concentration.

Anyway, Halcyon 6 manages to combine a couple of genres that I enjoy a lot. I enjoy management games where you have “something” and you take care of that “something” and you enhance that “something” making it better. Basically the game is an RPG game where you manage your crew, you build ships that have abilities, you have tactical combat, you level up your crew, you research stuff to improve your ships, base, crew, you take care of your outposts that give you resources … while at the same time you have a story that keeps giving you stuff to do, stuff to defend.

So give the game a try!

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Games I skipped – Episode #1

Written by PET on 28.May.2017. Posted in Games

In the past years a lot of interesting games came out. Way to many games for a person to be able to play them and to make an article on them. There are so many games in my backlog that it actually clogs my mind. “On this game is cool I have to try it out. I want to play X game but I will only do it after I cover Y game, but I already started to cover the Z game so I have to bedone with that“.

This is a really annoying process. I started to not enjoy games that much, and games that I enjoy, I play them a bit than I move to the next one because I have to check other games to.

So I decided to just draw a line and be like… “I’m done with this game” and move on with my life.

Clockwork Empires

I have always loved tycoon & management type of games. Settlers 2 & 4, the Cultures series are some of my favorite games. I like this idea of having a group of people that have stats, that can improve. A group of people that are your people. When I saw this game I was a bit excited but then the game got out and I was a bit like… meh. I never liked the textures. The game just looks ugly! And yes I know that graphics arn’t everything. I play a lot of games with bad graphics because the gameplay is amazing, but here… I always found the gameplay a bit to slow and it was hard for me to get into the game.

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