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First Impressions Of Deus Ex: The Fall

A few years ago I decided to pickup Deus Ex: The Fall during one of the many Steam Sales. It is one of the most negatively reviewed games on Steam, but for a few bucks I figured someday it would pique my curiosity. It received a lot of flak for being a port of a mobile game. As a result the graphics aren’t exactly polished, and the game itself leaves off with a “To Be Continued” message upon completion, as repeated in the many reviews I’ve read. So, how bad is it?

Deus Ex: The Fall takes place in the same universe and timeline as Deus Ex: Human Revolution. You play the role of Ben Saxon; a mercenary in hiding after some shit goes sideways. After going through a basic tutorial in the form of a flashback your friend and partner Anna Kelso in a safe house. Both of you are augmented, and there is currently a Neuropozyne shortage; something augmented beings need to prevent cybernetics and other body augmentations from being rejected. Saxon has to set out to find a supplier, or even an alternative that isn’t quite legal yet.

The graphics aren’t really anything to write home about. Granted, this is a port of a mobile game that was ported to PC minus the microtransactions. There is no jumping, which is weird for an FPS, and the NPC’s are slightly more diverse than the original Half Life. As I walked through Panama city I found multiple NPC’s that were identical all the way down to the shirts they were wearing. Other than that it handles quite similarly to Deus Ex: HR. It offers the same options for combat, multiple dialog choices and reading material like in the previous games… making me wonder why I didn’t choose to play those instead?

As I read in the reviews, this game only has about four hours of gameplay total. So this will be another one that I’ll be taking very slowly, just to savor the few dollars I pissed away to be able to play and tell a short story about. 😛 I’ve already left a note for my future self so that I’m hopefully not too lost.

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The Hunt Was Strong In This One

I traded getting pummeled by an annoying corrupted spirit for running trials and other adventures in Horizon Zero Dawn. Killed 10 Frostclaws, made it to Level 58 and have most of the trial awards. It would be nice to get that wrapped up before continuing the main story line. We’ll see what happens on the next playthrough. 😛

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Love, Fear and Regret = Buttfuckery

Yesterday I advanced in Kena: Bridge of Spirits. I haven’t touched the game since last March, but ended up gaining a few achievements, found a few more Rots and hats, and made the story along to a boss battle against the most irritating one yet.

I’m able to make it through the first half of the boss battle, but I always falter during the second part. There were a few points where the boss was beaten down to only a quarter of their health, but I always ended up having my ass served to me on a silver platter. Two fucking hours and nothing to show for it other than sweaty palms and a seething rage from within.

I haven’t decided if I’ll try again tomorrow, or if I’ll trail off into something completely different. The amount of time I spent on this boss battle is ridiculous, and after seeing how other people on YouTube were able to defeat it so easily just makes me want to throw my controller out the fucking window. Note: I would never do that to my controllers, as I care about them too much, but it doesn’t stop me from fucking thinking about it.

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Okami 2?!

If this actually happens I might even pre-order..

Game developer Ikumi Nakamura, who rose to fame in the industry after her energetic unveiling of Ghostwire: Tokyo at E3 2019, tweeted a video of herself and Okami creator Hideki Kamiya at the Platinum Games offices. In the video, Kamiya says plainly, “Okami is going to be back,” and gives a thumbs up. Nakamura acts surprised and says, “Really?” Kamiya responds, “Really,” and then Nakamura says “wow” and walks off screen. This, of course, has led many to believe that the video is a genuine Okami 2 announcement.

It took me a looooong time to finish the remastered original, but I loved every moment of it. I would love to see a sequel! Heck, maybe even port Okamiden over to other platforms? Assuming there isn’t any direct ties to Nintendo…

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Kickin’ Those Tires

It seems not many gamers look for the Relics in the Crash Bandicoot games, at least on PC. I got the “Kick the Tires!” achievement/trophy for earning 5 relics from time trial mode.Apparently, only 5% of players took the time to play in time trial mode. Kinda weird to think that something as easy as playing time trial to get an achievement for a handful of relics isn’t even taken into consideration. Gathering ALL of the relics? I could see that one getting skipped… but just five?

I called it quits after gathering 6. They’re all sapphire rank, not sure if I’ll have enough patience to get the gold or platinum ones.

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Essence Of The Shadows

Ending my zen weekend with a zen game. Finished a mission in Aragami 2 without any detection or murders whatsoever, plus grabbing additional in world booty (not what you’re seeing in the photo). Only had time for one mission tonight, but I made it count! I’m one achievement richer.We’re still having nice warm summer days, so when the evening hit it felt nice to feel the cool wind drift through the window as I drank some cherry blossom green tea. Needless to say it helped with the atmosphere a bit.

Meanwhile, on Steam Deck last night I started Aragami in NG+ to set myself up to gather more achievements. On my first playthrough I did a mix of stealth with a bit of killing here and there. This time around I’m going to go for the murder medal. Surprisingly killing all the enemies is harder than you might think, especially when you’re trying not to get detected. There’s also an achievement for killing 100 enemies, all in due time.

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Summer Self Care Sunday

There’s something nice about waking up to a purring orange furball and fondling my Steam Deck before getting up to start my morning with an amazeballs brunch. Decided to go for a tamago sandwich with fresh veggies and some miso soup with a satsuma on the side to end the meal with something sweet. Also cooked some rice for sushi bowls. I don’t have any fish, but tamago (Japanese Omelettes) mixed with some veggies make for a nice and colorful rice bowl… when I can be bothered to take pictures, of course. I was far too hungry to take pictures today. 😛

Meanwhile, I’ve made podcasts part of my working around the house ritual. It’s been awhile since I’ve gotten back into listening in on Welcome To Night Vale, but so far I’ve made it to Episode 53. I can’t even begin to explain everything that has transpired, I’m impressed with the overall plot consistency, will probably listen to an episode or two tomorrow. Until then…

Goodnight, Internet. Goodnight.

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Off To A Good Start

With the help of two friends, they helped me get things started in Blender tonight! The model I’m working on has bones that are slightly off, so we’ve been focusing on correcting them starting with one of the hands. I probably won’t have any images to share for awhile, at least until I have a successfully ported model to show off, but things are at least moving in the right direction. It was fun to learn something new, and why knows? If I become good at it I might make even more nightmarish creations… but first I’ll need to focus on un-nightmaring the current project.

Not sure how long it’ll take me to get to the finish line, maybe a week or two? I don’t want to jinx it. If I keep a slow pace I should be ok though. Will try to find other things to blog about, preferably with images or videos, preferably after a good night’s sleep after being up for almost 24 hours.

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Putting My Head Into The Blender

Talked with a couple friends tonight about 3D Modeling in Blender; I’m thinking of tinkering with it over the weekend. Thanks to Yutram I already have a model that’s a good chunk of the way together. I’m probably going to be bombarding my friends with a bunch of questions relating to it, and looking up bunches of tut’s to get half of an idea of what I’m doing. Unfortunately it’s getting late, and I have an early day tomorrow. The brain fog has come to claim me for another night of hopefully decent sleep.

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Early Evening Open Thread

Ever since I’ve started my new video hiatus my head has been spinning with all the other things I want to do, or try. It’s the curse of wanting to do ALL OF THE THINGS but only having so much free time in a day to pick a couple. I spent some time with a friend in Resonite this evening, and also looking at stuff relating to Blender (the two may or may not be related). I enjoyed good tea and company, and found the last flower and vantage point in HZD before calling it quits. That brain fog is rolling in now, which can mean only one thing…

Open Thread!