10/10/2018
Was going to pick up Spider-Man for the PS4 at the weekend, that or Assassin’s Creed Origins, but thought I’d save my cash & pick up Red Dead Redemption 2 in a couple of weeks, a game I know I’ll put time into and get my monies worth… although not happy about the pre-order content bonus, fuck Rockstar for that. I have been playing Persona 5; completed the first palace,…
26/08/2018
Over the past week I’ve battled through The Old Hunters DLC, and have enjoyed it more than I expected, and thankfully the final foe is finished π This has been my issue with Bloodborne, and the rest of the Souls series; I put the game down, only to consider it too tough to come back to for casual play. Only to pick them back up and drool over the quality…
03/08/2018
Over the past 2 days I’ve ticked off Colossi 11 to 16, then had the pleasure of watching the end story and the credits roll, and see how Shadow of the Colossus is the spiritual predecessor to Ico. Never have I taken as many screenshots… except maybe Final Fantasy XV. Only this time I didn’t want to share them on Twitter as I was scared of spoiling the game for…
16/07/2018
w00t Horizon Zero Dawn complete, and what a journey π I’m a little split on how I feel, perhaps one of the best open World games I’ve had the privilege to play, certainly ranks up there with Skyrim and Ocarina of Time. Deep story, thoughtful various characters, detailed graphics, quality character acting, intuitive combat, and the farming didn’t feel like a grind. After ~70 hours of game play I was…
13/07/2018
Picked up Horizon Zero Dawn to complete today; but the completionist in me came out and I had the need to find the last of the metal flowers, and now I find myself on Hunter Lodge trophy quests. I’d like to unlock all of the skill trees before I finish the game, although from what I understand the map is still playable after the final mission is complete, without having…
03/07/2018
Well nearly complete… With the help of the awesome informative fextralife wiki Game Progress Route, and grinding blood in the lecture building, I made it to the Wet Nurse Wet Nurse. I had a memorable experience of being joined by 2 other Hunters after I’d beaten up the Brain of Mensis, after I’d ‘made contact’… which seemed to take far too long, I thought I was doing something wrong. Daykoh99…
19/06/2018
or do bows make a game good? I started pondering this today, and here are the first ones that came to mind, with Metacritic scores Turok2: Seeds of Evil 85 The Ledgend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 99 Shadow of the Colossus 91 Tomb Raider 86 Horizon Zero of Dawn 89 Far Cry 3 90 Dark Souls iii 89 Bloodborne with DLC 92 Skyrim 96 Something to consider if you’re…
15/06/2018
Motivated by a player I met playing CoD Black Ops iii last night I’ve decided to try and complete Bloodborne He had Platinum trophies in each From Software title, so I can learn to master the parry… and remember the controls again. 8.5 GB download though, it’s been a while since I last booted it up! The OLd Hunters DLC is only 10 bucks, is it worth picking up? I…
notepad plus plus for Linux I use notepad++ at work on a windows machine, I find it great for taking notes, and editing SQL scripts on the go. For a long time Geany has been my goto Linux file editor, but it might now get more limited use in the future now that notepad++ is available in Linux, via snap π Crazy too, that I think this is my first…
07/06/2018
Think I’m close to the end of Horizon Zero Dawn, but don’t want to rush to the last mission… only 47 hours in and 57.87% complete π Think I might try and unlock all abilities before I finish the game, so will look to unlock more locations and side quests. I still have the hunting ground and tutorials to complete, they should be easy exp
03/06/2018
From my post history you can read how I’ve made a pledge to myself to finish the awesome games that I own before I purchase any new ones…. Doom was an exception, but I did complete it within a couple of weeks of purchase π Here’s a list of my outstanding AAA PS4 games collection, limited to non digital versions: Mirror’s Edge Catalyst Bloodborne Dark Souls ii Dark Souls iii…
I’ve been playing Fortnite Battle Royale off and on since it first went free to play on the P, I’m not the biggest fan, but neither have I put in much game time. I game across this guide by Kieth Stuart in the Guardian the other day the other day that has helped me a little… or more curbed my desire to jump out of the bus at the first…
02/06/2018
Not sure what month I picked up Laser Disco Defenders on PlayStation Plus, but in a lull between games I downloaded it today, and I’m happy I did π Each laser you fire stays, so the more you shoot the harder it gets! Novel persistent bullet hell mechanic will keep you on your toes! Choose your look with outfits that change how you play the game Find the balance between…
02/06/2018
Doom 2016 completed, stoked to find a game that kept me hooked from picking it up to completion, great to see Bethesda , and ID, doing what they do best. Love the extensive levels and badass weapons, I’ll be certainly putting more time into the Snap level design mode and multiplayer. [Rating:5]
26/05/2018
Doom (2016) This month I finally got around to picking up Doom for the PS4 after playing the demo. Hard to believe that I left it for so long; I’ve had heaps of fun, loving the simple run an gun format, and exploring the maps Bethesda have put together so well. As I was late to the party the update was huge, 30 odd gig iirc, but kudos to Bethesda…
23/02/2018
w00t Blanka has arrived, he’s more awesome than ever, and I’m up to the 9th Colossus! Edit: Now off to find the 10th π 9th was my favourite so far; the journey to it was cool and a little different, with more steps to taking down the Colossi… although once I’d reached the weak spot it was an easy take down
14/02/2018
So excited, Blanka is coming; release date 20th Feb! I’ve just earned enough FM from playing through survival with each character; it seems like the records are wiped each season, which makes more opportunity to make in game currency. Stoked I don’t have to shell out any cash top play my favourite main from SFiv π βIn SFV: AE, Blanka is living peacefully with his mother, and has adapted well…
Playing a variety of games from my back catalogue; although I’ve wanted to pick up Doom and Persona 5, I’m resisting for just now. So what has been taking up my time… When games are more of an experience As Shadow of the Colossus is due out in the next week I thought I’d make a concerted effort to finish The Last Guardian Not sure why I stopped playing… actually…
30/09/2017
So excited, I managed to reserve a Mini SNES, should have it tomorrow π Looking forward to introducing the boy to all of the classics I loved as a kid, and from what I’ve read (Reddit.com/MiniSNES) Nintendo left it open to load ROMS onto it, as with the mini NES… so many games to play! I’ve been having on and off issues wit h my PC… well mainly off issues…
03/09/2017
Yesterday I fucked up… a little I’ve been playing with a Python script to re-arrange the films in my movie directory; it moves everything of a selected file type from directory and sub-directory to a selected directory. Useful eh? Thought I might use it to group all of my photos too. Last night I ran it on a drives root directory for all *.txt files. Let me rephrase that, I…
