The Mind Of OverlordTomala

You Can Do This, Madeline

Made it to Chapter 2 in Celeste tonight! I put the game down quite awhile ago after struggling with the climb.

Celeste is about a girl named Madeline (or whatever you want to name her in the beginning) who has big ambitions to climb Mt. Celeste. There isn’t much to the controls, but the climb itself takes many deaths and skill to overcome if you’re a n00b like me.

Along your journey you bump into, yourself? You have an inner demon that doesn’t think you have what it takes to climb this mountain, and I left off trying to literally run away from myself. At this point it felt right to take a break. While the controls themselves are simple, you have to use impeccable timing in order to get to your target to not die. I might try again later on my Steam Deck, right now I need to give my fingers a break.

Kicked Dracula’s Ass… Again

This Time As Richter Belmont…

I wasn’t planning on beating any games today… but the nice thing about retro games and save states is being able to pick up where you left off, instead of dying and having to rely on passwords and throwing your controller across the room. Despite it all I still had a bit of fun… I think playing the first one gave me enough practice to trudge onward through Dracula X. I probably would have liked it better if they included everything from the PC Engine version “Castlevania: Rondo of Blood”. Maybe Konami will officially release it on all platforms someday, the boss fights look far more superior in that version. That, and you could play at least one other character.

Sunday Rainy Weekend Entertainment

It’s been another one of those rainy weekends. I made a good breakfast and mostly fondled my Steam Deck under some warm covers. Decided to take a break from the second Alice game and go further back in time to the SNES era with Castlevania Advance Collection. Aside from the three GBA era titles that are included, they also threw in Castlevania Dracula X. It plays much like the original Castlevania: Start at Point A, go to Point B, kill annoying boss, etc, etc. I took a break after making it to the third area in the game, needed to charge the Steam Deck. I could have continued playing it on Desktop, but this game seems more appropriate on Deck for some reason. In fact, I’ve been mainly doing my gaming on the Steam Deck, at least last week.

I guess I was just in a Castlevania/Metroidvania like mood today, until…

Yutram and I decided to try out Bokura. It’s a two player puzzle game that you can play in local or online co-op. You and your friend decide to go exploring up in the mountains, then things get pretty trippy. Each player sees a completely different environment, and sometimes one person has to move something from their perspective so that the other one can make it across. I kinda wish both of us were recording, just to add more perspective. It was a really interesting game, with more for us to look forward to!

It’s Laratines Day!

The remasters of Tomb Raider 4 thru 6 released today! I pre-ordered it for myself awhile ago as an early Valentines Day gift to myself. I couldn’t help but go through the start of each one just to see what changed. The newer models are good, though the lighting seems to be a bit off. Some people are reporting that it doesn’t work on Steam Deck, but so far I haven’t seen any issues.

*Sigh* I still need to finish the first three that were remastered… Too many games, too little time!

I Finished Freedom Planet! (Lilac Run)

After what felt like several thousand deaths during the final boss battle in Freedom Planet, I FINALLY finished my Lilac run! Now I’ll have to finish the game as the other three characters and experience all their little differences. That, and the soundtrack makes it worth playing through again, though maybe not tonight. My thumbs deserve a rest. If anyone is bored or interested I did put up the final battle on Mastodon.

Burn It All

There’s just something nice about getting out of the shower after a long day, and plopping onto the bed with my Steam Deck. I made it to Chapter 3 in Alice: Madness Returns. Survived the underwater play, and now I’m in a part of Wonderland that has seen better days.

But on the bright side Alice did get a few good hits in; enemy, hookah or otherwise.

My Annual Visit To CS:CZ Deleted Scenes

Every night when I decide it’s time to settle down and do a little gaming, I look at my library and think “this would be better to play on my desktop.” or “this would be better to play on my Steam Deck. So far I prefer playing Counter Strike: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes on Deck exclusively, since I’m more likely to play it there instead of a bigger screen. If it had cloud saves I’d be more inclined to play between all of my systems. But until that day comes, if it even does, I’ll play with it on my Steam Deck. I’m more likely to finish it there than I am on my desktop. As it is I’ve finished a couple of different scenarios tonight.