I finally got around to getting Horizon Zero Dawn! I'm only at level 19, but I would like to talk a bit about how it's going so far.
When I got it, the cashier said it would have won several game of the year awards, if it hadn't been for Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. He however conceded that, when a Zelda game comes out, it makes it harder for other games to compete. But name-dropping a legendary series in comparison had me more intrigued.
It is an amazing game! The setting is some post-apocalyptic future, where any surviving members of humanity have started civilization over again, and have re-entered the late neolithic or early bronze age. However, machines from the past have also evolved, so in addition to natural wildlife, there is mechanical wildlife roaming the world. Technologically advanced relics that still work seem to be treated like magic.
The heroine of the story is a woman named Aloy, who is now my first video game crush. And yes, I know that makes me sound like a geek. But anyway, she's an ass-kicking tribal woman. She wields a spear, traps, and bows; and I do like sniping. The combat system within this open world is intuitive, once you get the hang of the controls.
In addition to combat, there's a technique that is available called override. With a device that dropped after a boss battle, you can take control of some machines. After exploring some caves known as Cauldrons, you learn to take control of more types of machines.
Roleplaying is a fun aspect of HZD. You talk to various people from your own and other tribes, who give out missions. Missions are divided into Main, Side, Errands, Cauldrons, and Tallnecks (overriding a huge mechanical dinosaur to discover more of the map).
I think, when I get home, I'm going to search for more Cauldrons and Tallnecks. Right now, I'm writing this at work, and it just makes me want to get home more.
Monday, February 25, 2019
Friday, February 15, 2019
Gaming over the past year.
It's hard to believe it's been a year since I last posted in this blog. Nothing posted in 2018. So, I guess I have a lot to say, if I can remember it all.
As a Christmas present in 2017, I got Sims 4 for the PS4. I like it quite a bit. It's not open-world, like Sims 3 is, but it has a lot more detail. Of course, like many, I made a Simself as my first character. And he's married to a Sim-Denise who already had a son.
The first sims have aged and died, and now her great-grandsons are adults. One's a musician and the other is an E-sports competitor. Six live in a mansion whose bottom floor is based on an amalgam of various Clue mansion boards.
This past Christmas, I got myself the expansions City Living, Vampires, and Get to Work. I reused my original characters in the new city setting, San Myshuno. So far, I like it.
I've been playing Grand Theft Auto Online with someone in Utah. I've been using the resulting heist money to do the biker and nightclub updated content. So, I have a flying motorcycle and a Bugatti-like car. It's pretty cool.
I've gotten back into playing Borderlands 2. I've been playing it at times with someone in England. I started my first combat-oriented character, Axton the Commando, and gotten through the Captain Scarlet expansion story. His special attack is pretty cool. It's a turret that shoots at all enemies within range; and I've upgraded it with rockets. I mostly rely on machine guns for him, and I have multiple ones for each type of energy attack. With the help of the guy in England, whose Maya the Siren is level 72, my commando jumped from 21 to 23 within 15 minutes.
Speaking of energy attacks, I've found something cool while playing BL2 on PS4. The glowing bar on top of the controller changes color, depending on which type of energy is used; standard blue for none, light blue for electricity, orange for fire, green for corrosive, purple for slag, and yellow for explosive.
Thanks to finding the books for less than half-price on Ebay, I've gotten into Dungeons & Dragons, 5e. I have the three core rulebooks. I already love the idea of getting rid of prestige classes in favor of expanding existing core classes with class archetypes. Archetypes are a way of differentiating the various members of a class. A thief rogue is different from an assassin rogue, for example. I also have the campaign setting Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica, which is based on the popular Magic: The Gathering setting.
Speaking of Magic, I've completed a few decks. So far, I have a discard control, a mill control, and a burn-counter. My next one will either be the zombie or demon deck. Now, after completing a deck, I've been buying $2 deck-boxes for them, instead of relying on flimsy paper-board.
Out of boredom, I decided to re-install Sims 3 for my computer, for the boring overnight shifts. It works. It's fun, but makes me want to go home to play Sims 4. My main character, Beavis Meeseeks, is a time-traveling ghost-hunter. Makes a good TV show, or a brief SNL sketch.
So, anyway, that's pretty much it. I just got Horizon Zero Dawn, but I haven't started it yet. I probably will after work, and before I take my nap.
As a Christmas present in 2017, I got Sims 4 for the PS4. I like it quite a bit. It's not open-world, like Sims 3 is, but it has a lot more detail. Of course, like many, I made a Simself as my first character. And he's married to a Sim-Denise who already had a son.
The first sims have aged and died, and now her great-grandsons are adults. One's a musician and the other is an E-sports competitor. Six live in a mansion whose bottom floor is based on an amalgam of various Clue mansion boards.
This past Christmas, I got myself the expansions City Living, Vampires, and Get to Work. I reused my original characters in the new city setting, San Myshuno. So far, I like it.
I've been playing Grand Theft Auto Online with someone in Utah. I've been using the resulting heist money to do the biker and nightclub updated content. So, I have a flying motorcycle and a Bugatti-like car. It's pretty cool.
I've gotten back into playing Borderlands 2. I've been playing it at times with someone in England. I started my first combat-oriented character, Axton the Commando, and gotten through the Captain Scarlet expansion story. His special attack is pretty cool. It's a turret that shoots at all enemies within range; and I've upgraded it with rockets. I mostly rely on machine guns for him, and I have multiple ones for each type of energy attack. With the help of the guy in England, whose Maya the Siren is level 72, my commando jumped from 21 to 23 within 15 minutes.
Speaking of energy attacks, I've found something cool while playing BL2 on PS4. The glowing bar on top of the controller changes color, depending on which type of energy is used; standard blue for none, light blue for electricity, orange for fire, green for corrosive, purple for slag, and yellow for explosive.
Thanks to finding the books for less than half-price on Ebay, I've gotten into Dungeons & Dragons, 5e. I have the three core rulebooks. I already love the idea of getting rid of prestige classes in favor of expanding existing core classes with class archetypes. Archetypes are a way of differentiating the various members of a class. A thief rogue is different from an assassin rogue, for example. I also have the campaign setting Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica, which is based on the popular Magic: The Gathering setting.
Speaking of Magic, I've completed a few decks. So far, I have a discard control, a mill control, and a burn-counter. My next one will either be the zombie or demon deck. Now, after completing a deck, I've been buying $2 deck-boxes for them, instead of relying on flimsy paper-board.
Out of boredom, I decided to re-install Sims 3 for my computer, for the boring overnight shifts. It works. It's fun, but makes me want to go home to play Sims 4. My main character, Beavis Meeseeks, is a time-traveling ghost-hunter. Makes a good TV show, or a brief SNL sketch.
So, anyway, that's pretty much it. I just got Horizon Zero Dawn, but I haven't started it yet. I probably will after work, and before I take my nap.
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