Monday 13 May 2024

Little of this, little of that....

Alien Theory had an update video on the upcoming Alien documentary; Sigourney Weaver is signed up for it. Should be an excellent watch when it's out.
 


  
gameranx had a good video on more of the Micrsoft studio layoffs.
 

 
 
 
Stardew Valley gamplay has been more co-op than my own solo farm; Fun all round.
 
 

Planet Crafter is a 'done' game for me. I just can't do any more in it of any meaning to drive gameplay. Portals or not. That and co-op isn't happening there sooooooooo......
 
 
 
Interesting to see the new Star Citizen changes in the latest version vX point 10 million decimal places.
An actual character creation 'mode'. I could go from waffle to rant but to be realistic there's not much I've read that makes me want to interact with this iteration; I'm sure that it will be altered changed, tweaked or replaced...... In the next iteration, version or point release/update. I'll wait till they have a product instead of an R&D test bed. I'm not bitter.... Just constantly disappointed. 
To quote "Star Citizen raised $104 million in 2023, total of $644 million in crowdfunding."; What game would you expect after all that? 
Is Eye tracking really the way forward for the whole playerbase?
Over the last 5 years alone I've had more fun playing Freespace and Freespace 2 via GoG than anything in Star Citizen. 'Heck' Rebel Galaxy Outlaw has been developed launched and been out for years and  was a blast to play!
 
There was an old 'character creator?
 
 
Star Citizen may talk about their expectations but gamers expectations have been on a rollercoaster to say the least. One of my fist posts about it seems like a world away, naive?



Worth a watch is Accursed Farms with another update on the ongoing journey of game(s) and gamers rights to own/use......


 
Heading Out has released and the initial reviews all seem to be good. I've purchased it with it's launch sale price. A game that's been on my wishlist for a few years. So I'll be happy to get into it properly once I can claim some time from this real life lark. Other games do tend to take up time.
 
 
 
Another Crab's Treasure is a game I've been pottering about with on Xbox via gamepass. Not much but a dabble here and there, fun if a bit harsh on some combat levels. Maybe even a game that's by gateway drug to playing Elden Ring...... Time will tell......



 
Fallout New Vegas is a game at least in my mind that's too akin to Fallout 3(looks/feel) and not Fallout 4; That going from Fallout 4 to it seems 'wrong'. I guess I've been spoiled by Fallout 4; Maybe too used to it that going to New Vegas  from it is too much of an immediate downgrade. Not a nuanced explainer but the best gut, quick take I can give.  So gameplay went up and then faded away.... More gameplay to come?
 
 
 
After some faffing about, I did take a look at some of the new stations for No Mans Sky. It's a big improvement. A lot more natural in feel than the cookie cutter, cut and paste of the past of the old versions. Good to see but not in a bring me back to stay kind of way. While not interested to play I'm hesitant to remove the game. The cycle continues. I've waffled about it for years on this blog. Uninstall solves all quandaries? Yea back to that old question again.
 
 
 
 
Star Trek Online is as always a stable daily on both PC and Xbox. The more things change the more they stay the same. Daily event run and daily endeavors. Fun for fun's sake rather than any kind of all out charge to complete etc. That and seeing whats recommended by you-tubers and seeing what I can work in on my characters without too much fuss. What works works(for me). 
 
I was surprised to see that right clicking on Phoenix prize tokens and clicking use allows you to spend them.... I really thought that was only possible during the prize event and the vendor was there to offer the service.... I've wasted time in the past waiting for such events...... When all I needed to do was right click and use....  Not really an event in my mind now, and that kind of feel bad in a less special way...

 
 
For the most recent KDF recruits on both platforms It's the Xbox version that's ahead for once.
 
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Monday 6 May 2024

Just game'n....

In a bid to 'keep things normal' with regard to 'posting' in a timely manner; Here's a minor update till next week....
 
 
The big news of the week was about Helldivers and the Playstation/Sony account link debacle which saw Sony pile on then fall off their hill. Funny to see the playerbase go from awe to venom spitting bugs re the steam reviews etc.... Yeap I was smug when I recalled my refund way back when(yea I'm milking that for no reason other than I can). Still, talk about Sony biting the hand that feeds it. 
I'd have said what trust but 'trust' has been lost. 
There were a few articles writing about players getting and being denied refunds.  I know a real world friend who still had the game tried to do so twice in the fiasco.
 

 
 
Stardew Valley has seen less gameplay on my own save and a lot more on my wife's co-op. Which has been fun. Least of which to me is the constant reminder of things I've played well past and take for granted. Like my Scepter of return. But also the 'low key' replacements farm totem. So swings and roundabouts as the saying goes. All fun. Since Planet Crafter's final update Stardew is now our goto game, not even co-op in Planet Crafter has saved it's place with us.

 
Fallout 4 has seen me do some more pottering across my 3 characters and completely ignore my 'mess about' with save. All in a final 'done done' way.  Fallout New Vegas saw me do dome minor gamplay but the idea of it's gameplay is way more than my 'want' to actually play it. 


World of Warcraft saw me briefly return to do the gear boost on characters not played in however long that system needs characters to not log in...... Then a brief trip to memory lane on my mains and that was enough. 


Chorus is a another new to me game I've gotten to do a bit more in. A great space fighting game. Fun is fun.



No Mans Sky was so very very close to getting me to load up a save. The new space stations were at the very least a look. The game is still installed so there is hope. I've too much history with the game(good and bad) to really think about restarting from scratch; Not sure I can bite that bullet. 
 

 
Needless to say I've still been pottering about daily with StarTrek Online on both PC and Xbox. Again mainly on Xbox as both my newest KDF recruit and my Jem'Hadar Breen cosplayer are both in need to attention. The current iteration of KDF recruit on both platforms is still about endevours and events.

 
 
Eve Online is still a bit of a launcher mess with error messages, verifying itself then failing itself. Launching clients then not doing so.... Unreliable to say the least.

 
 
Never mind the broken chat channels in game. I've been avoiding it's error message pointing to the forums.
Just doing daily login's, claim any goodies worth claiming(if the game lets me) and then moving on....

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Monday 29 April 2024

Gaming and not....

Two and a half(plus) real wold weeks that've been 'real world busy'; But also where the act of playing games for enjoyment was more a 'need' to me than blogging about it. Till now.... Besides all else having two corrupted hard drives and gameplay was indeed 'most needed'. 

 

Gaming stuffz of interest worth sharing on....
 
 
 
 
 
 
Two takes for the 40k recent changes of 'interest'.
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Iconic nostalgia for me. Great to see them all....
 


 
 
 
Onto my own 'gaming'(lots of screenshots).... 

 
 
 
The open source remake of the 4X real time space strategy game Open Imperium Galactica (Open-IG) has had more updates. Even after getting the original game from GoG; Open-IG has so many modern game tweaks and updates that it's an interesting kind of 'remaster' version bringing love to the game. I've waffled before about the game on this here blog so not to get too into the weeds with it but well worth a look. A definite blast from the past with modern improvments.  
Main page for information for Open-IG: https://www.facebook.com/OpenImperiumGalactica
 


 
 
No Plan B nearly made it onto my buy list; I'm 90% sold on it so it's on the wish-list for now.
 
 
 
 
Chorus is a game I've picked up. Way more RPG than EVERSPACE was to me and so far I've been really liking it; More than Everspace(much as I liked that).
 



Fargone is another new pickup in the last week. A single player zombie 8-bit ish game that isn't as 'easy' as it's looks may make players think.
 
 
 
Splattercatgaming has been keeping his eye on this game and I on his videos of the game. It's his latest vid that prompted my own purchase. A Punchy 5 Dollar Zombie Apocalypse RPG I Keep Coming Back To - FARGONE
 
 
 
Despite what I've said previously about not getting BattleBit Remastered, I did pick up the game with it's current last sale... The general hype about the game may have died down but the gameplay seems to have improved; So long-term it's seems a better game so now 'worth it'. With luck it'll continue to improve and gain a broader long-term player base.
 



Back into Fallout 4. No surprise given the TV show. I've 3 main save playthroughs which I've waffled about a lot over the years on this blog. So a revisit to each has been had. Not much other than pottering about till the new patch hit and with it the new missions. Which all lead to me picking up the Steam version of New Vegas. So that's on the 'to be played' list as well. Sometimes sales can be 'good'..... Right?
So.... I've gone through each save(BOS/Institute and the do everything mainly good save); But none needed any regard to each saves 'role'. Makes no difference at all; The new missions are regardless of old content decisions,/choices or play-style. Good additions but if your hardcore BOS or not won't matter etc.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 





 
Stardew Valley has seen me game on with my pottering. Mainly doing the Wallnut room tasks in order to gain gems to buy the items I'm after in an island finalization kind of way. Nearly there.

 


 
 
On Star Trek Online CasualSAB had an interesting vid on How to Setup Keybinds in Star Trek Online

The next expansion and event is coming. The Demon Slayer Event! An event that offers rewards that are both sides of the coin for me. ship weapons great but melee weapons... Not so much. Anyway the event itself should be somewhat interesting to do... I hope.... kind of.....
 
MC Stu

The Star Trek Online Wiki's Twitter(X) has posted an article from 2010's Star Trek Magazine about the Iconians introduction to STO which was interesting to see:
 
 
 
My gameplay is as usual all about events, endevours and whatever for fun in the moment. 
 

 
Mainly on Xbox more than on PC as there's a lot more that 'needs' doing.

Yea maybe there's not that much more that needs doing beyond 'dailies'; Not when my time is used to give my second Xbox KDF recruit her Orion Boff's; And then 'set' them up. It's a good game to faff about in for lots of reasons.





Eve Online's gameplay for me is more same'ol same'ol; Despite what the 'Meta' is doing or whatever wars are going on. Skill training, PvE, P.I. casual carebearing. Guess I wouldn't have it any other way.
 
 
 
I'm still pretty much generally ignorant of the general on-going's of the 'story' of the universe.
Even if he is more PvP than PvE, and more multiplayer than solo(I am so far out of his gameplay demographic), Captain Benzie had a good vid on what is coming: Revamping Nullsec With Equinox!! || EVE Online
 
Capsuleer Day XXI is here for a month of login goodies. If the end of the month still see's the weekend pack available I may 'splurge' and use that on a few characters to claim the goodies. Time will tell.

I didn't tale part in the sales, but I was tempted. OZ_Eve did a good video on the pro causes to it. 2 for 1 extractor sale - The Oz Report (Apr 19th, 2024) - Eve Online Market Insights
That said a sale is only a sale if you already wanted these..... Which I kind of did but I'll be more long-term and not do anything this time round.

While I'm glad I can have my own version of gameplay in Eve Online I'm not sure I am happy at the direction of the game via CCP's 'vision' or should that be monetization... When it comes to CCP I find my paranoia is real.... 99%... maybe.

EVE Online


Planet Crafter has seen me do a whole lot more. With the 1.0 release I've very much 'finished' the game. Seen all the endings and all the new content.
 
In a push to both finish the narrative and gameplay changes I didn't for once take my time. Doing much with mammals was pointless as my Terraform index was already complete. 

The new areas as I've waffled previously do look good and I'm glad I got my base tear-down done.




 
That's not to say the mammal system isn't interesting. It's more complex than any DNA manipulation previously but to me if felt too late to be meaningful. I've no motivation to play to such levels in my other saves. Again maybe with my wife in co-op but even there we both haven't reached the need to play the game together. Maybe more subconscious but the ends does not seem to justify the means.
 
Animal pics first.
 
 




 
 
 
 
The endings are cut-scenes seeing you in a pod(that you make) to reach a pickup ship form the corp or smugglers. All pretty 'meh' for an end considering the long journey and emotion over the years of gameplay.
 




 
The third ending is a long slog of hidden boxes which I chickened out of finding myself so watched a vid online to guide me...












 
 
 
 
 
 
The End
 
 
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