There are games afoot
Oct. 24th, 2020 05:16 pmOh hey, this is still here.
I need to make an end-of-the-year round up post to record the big changes in my life - but that can wait for the actual end of the year.
I finished Ghost of Tsushima a while ago. Without any spoilers: I recommend this one if you like this type of game.
The jokes about it being Assassin's Creed: Japan aren't entirely baseless. There's definitely a formula that both are following. There will be very little about the gameplay that surprises you. That said, Ghost of Tsushima puts its own twist on the formula. I also really liked the design of the combat system.
It's a really beautiful game and the storytelling is better than I expected.
I also finally got back into playing AC: Origins. I started to play it a long time ago and bounced off - I think because I just found Alexandria a little dull, and that's the first major city you travel to. But now I've finished the main story, the first dlc, and almost all of the side quests. I've started on the second (and last DLC) and am actually already feeling nostalgic. I'm going to miss Bayek and the more Egypt-y parts of Egypt.
It's also a really beautiful game, but it took me a while to care about the world beyond the pretty graphics. It takes a while for the characters' connections to their country and landscape to shine through, and that's what really makes world building compelling, IMO. It just took a while to build.
Bayek. ;_;
I need to make an end-of-the-year round up post to record the big changes in my life - but that can wait for the actual end of the year.
I finished Ghost of Tsushima a while ago. Without any spoilers: I recommend this one if you like this type of game.
The jokes about it being Assassin's Creed: Japan aren't entirely baseless. There's definitely a formula that both are following. There will be very little about the gameplay that surprises you. That said, Ghost of Tsushima puts its own twist on the formula. I also really liked the design of the combat system.
It's a really beautiful game and the storytelling is better than I expected.
I also finally got back into playing AC: Origins. I started to play it a long time ago and bounced off - I think because I just found Alexandria a little dull, and that's the first major city you travel to. But now I've finished the main story, the first dlc, and almost all of the side quests. I've started on the second (and last DLC) and am actually already feeling nostalgic. I'm going to miss Bayek and the more Egypt-y parts of Egypt.
It's also a really beautiful game, but it took me a while to care about the world beyond the pretty graphics. It takes a while for the characters' connections to their country and landscape to shine through, and that's what really makes world building compelling, IMO. It just took a while to build.
Bayek. ;_;
