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Thoughts on: Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

31/12/2016 22/12/2019

I seem to be a bit slow with Wolfenstein series in general. Played almost every game in the series a year or two after they got released. Have I ever told that my first ever FPS experience was with the Spear of Destiny? Dad brought me along to his friends’ office in October Palace in Kyiv, and they had a 486 IBM PC there with that standalone new episode to Wolfenstein 3D installed. Doom already was out, but I didn’t experience that one yet. Funny, I’ve even played Corridor 7 before I’ve played Doom…

So here I am again, just finishing a standalone DLC/expansion to Wolfenstein: The New Order almost two years late on an old dirty MX518 that I really need to update to some newer cleaner mouse. Thinking about how Old Blood reminds me of things that remind me of other things that remind me of other things. A perfect end of the year game to play, I suppose.

Disapprove: DreadOut and Keepers of the Dark

17/12/2016 28/06/2019

Ever since the original teaser demo in 2013, I consciously avoided DreadOut. Back then it felt like an unoptimized complete lack of understanding of what actually made Fatal Frame an interesting game, an attempt to cash in with the jump scare linear horror-themed titles that got extremely popular back then due to the scarecam craze. But recently, I decided to give it, and it’s standalone DLC Keepers of the Dark, a try. I mean. What if I was wrong?

I wasn’t.

Thoughts on: 3 Stories from the Sea

10/12/2016 28/06/2019

This time, I’ll be talking about 3 games that are somehow connected to seas or oceans. More specifically: Song of the Deep, The Sea Will Claim Everything and ABZÛ.

Thoughts on: ADR1FT and ZOMBI

30/11/2016 17/09/2017

I’ve recently played a lot of games, but among those, two require some talking on them, but don’t really need separate posts. I’m talking about ADR1FT and ZOMBI (also known as ZOMBIU).

Owlboy. The [un]forgettable adventure

26/11/2016 17/09/2017

Owlboy is a 2D adventure action platformer game that has been in development for 9 years with fantastic pixel art and undeniable feel of adventure. Is it enough, though?

4 games: From highs to lows

05/11/2016 17/09/2017

It is time again to write about several games that I want to talk about, but don’t have much to talk about. This time it’s POSTAL Redux, Oxenfree, The Room Two and Saints Row: Gat out of Hell.

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Dark Souls III – Ashes of Ariandel. Faded colours

29/10/2016 17/09/2017

Back in April, I loved Dark Souls III. It had beautifully written but underwhelmingly less lore expanding story. Had some frustrating technical hiccups, but amazing feel and mechanics. And now when we know what poise actually does (“hyperarmor” during attack and roll animations) a lot of issues have been fixed and some things rebalanced, the core game is better than ever. So what’s the first DLC all about?

Shadow Warrior 2. Tsunami of stupid

24/10/2016 28/06/2019

The remake of Shadow Warrior was pretty unexpectedly good. At least for me, since the first game of Warsaw-based Flying Wild Hog Hard Reset wasn’t very good, in my opinion. And yes, Shadow Warrior 2013 did feel more like Serious Sam or Painkiller than a classic FPS, but it still also felt good. So I had high hopes for the sequel, even after it was announced that there will be randomized level elements in the game and coop and other things that pointed, that the game might go the loot shooter way, something I’m not particularly a fan of. Yet, now the game is out, I’ve spent more hours with it when I ever needed and parting with it is a bit sad. Even if it’s not a fantastic game, really, this Wang entered deep into my very being.

About Tick Tock Isle and The Girl and the Robot

02/10/2016 17/09/2017

From time to time I stumble across the games I have something to write about, but not enough to warrant a separate review. Both Tick Tock Isle and The Girl and the Robot are games like that.

Dreamfall Chapters. End of the Journey

19/09/2016 28/06/2019

Ahh, The Longest Journey… Despite the original and Dreamfall being pretty flawed adventure games in their own ways, there was nothing like it in terms of stories. Mix of cyberpunk and fantasy in such a magical way that feeds your imagination. A tale that feels so unique, doing “it’s own thing” and in such a good way too, despite some clear influences. These worlds of Stark and Arcadia, technology and magic, were always something I wanted to see more of. Besides, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey didn’t really have a proper ending, with Dreamfall Chapters being planned from the start to continue from when that game left of. But those plans were shelved for… how long was it? Almost 8 years? And if you count the release of the final chapter (released just a few months before me writing this), it’s been 10 years since Dreamfall was released. And it’s such a strange feeling that this continuation is a tighter budget, community funded (via Kickstarter) project too… So, then, how is it? Is it a proper ending to all the story threads that were started before? Let’s find out.