Valley

Vacation Day 5: Words This Time

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99% of the day was enjoyed outdoors… with a gaming laptop… for science. I tested a few more games under Proton, and 99% of what I tested actually worked! Mortal Kombat 9 ran as if it were native, Hard Reset Redux worked just as well as on my main desktop, and I even tried a freebie! I played Particula for the first time, and it ran perfectly from what I can tell. I might have to run it under Windows though just to compare grapical details. Framerate was excellent, but I’m not familiar with the game’s graphics, and I couldn’t tell if the enemy emotions on the map (I’ll explain later) were rendering correctly or not… that nerd stuff.

I did play the native port of Valley, which strangely ran better on the laptop than it did the desktop. On my desktop install of Linux it seems to run sluggish, though I might have to double check my settings to make sure it wasn’t something like Motion Blur causing issues. A GTX 1070m should not be outperforming a Vega 64… especially when I know the game runs flawlessly under Windows.

Miso Soup And a Hidden Valley

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Been awhile since I’ve made a good miso bowl, figured this morning I’d do a different kind of breakfast. It might seem weird to have miso soup for breakfast, but from what I’ve read it can be an accompaniment to breakfast. I added some shiitake mushrooms to mine and it had a nice robust flavor. I also made fixin’s for chirashi sushi (scattered in a bowl instead of pressed). Maybe I’ll use the leftover miso soup along side it at breakfast tomorrow with a tamago.

For my weekend game I decided to play Valley and a little bit of Quantum Break. I was more interested in Valley today, despite it giving me motion sickness a few times… fortunately puffing the vape pen seemed to help calm my stomach. I think I’m nearing the end of the game, but I’ve been taking my time exploring any area I could find. It’s a big place with many places to go and the more you run around the more upgrades you can find for your robo suit (or as it’s called in game a L.E.A.F Suit). It grants you the ability to give and take life to sustain your suit, and most of the life around you is vegetation.

There are also these weird spirits with horns and weird masks… I think you can consume them into your suit but I haven’t tested that theory. There are plenty of blue orbs around to sustain my suit, so I haven’t really felt the need to take life from anything. I think I’m almost to the end mainly because I’ve gotten like, 13 achievements on the game today. I wanted to play something relaxing today, and it seemed to fit the bill with keeping me thoroughly entertained. Plus it’s quite different from other games in general. I love running around (especially when on rails, you generate a nice bit of electricity for a super run), double jumping in the air, grappling from place to place when applicable, and my most recent suit upgrade lets me walk on magnetic surfaces!

Something tells me that I’ll be giving this game a thumbs up when I finally finish it.