This week has been a whole lot of nothing.
But as of writing this, I was looking at steam and saw Heroes of Hammerwatch II. I don’t know anything about it other than it released today and is a roguelike. I’m very fond of roguelikes, so I’m going to try the demo later.
What’s everyone else doing this week?
Pre-existing condition: my mouse is going out, apparently.
Let’s get one thing straight from the beginning: Final Fantasy is *not* the first console RPG, or JRPG…but it *was* inspired by the early ones. It *was* the first to use the format of enemies lined up vertically on the left side of the screen and home team lined up vertically on the right, for what it’s worth. This format is broadly associated with the concept of early console RPG’s, despite Final Fantasy being one of the few that used this idea. Dragon Quest, debuting a year earlier, used a first-person fight screen then switched to a second-person hybrid screen with Dragon Quest 7. This view would also dominate HD and 3D remakes so thoroughly and effectively that people associate that particular view with the series as a whole, now. The Phantasy Star series, another early hit for Sega-based systems; used a second-person view set right behind the protagonists. You would see their back and hair which set an early standard for that series’ focus on the avatars’ designs. Most earlier RPG’s used some variety of first-person point-of-view. So at least in one regard Final Fantasy did do something different.
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “Final Fantasy 1 (part 001)”
This week I’ve not done much.
I’m pretty much burnt out on They are Billions. Mostly due to it not really giving a sense of progression aside from a new enemy every once in a while, and working through the tech tree. I guess you could argue that the larger population requirements and increased enemy quantity could be considered progress, but it just felt tedious.
Other than that, I’ve just been watching YouTube and staring at my steam library.
So what’s everyone else doing this week?
I’ve been listening to a lot of Tolkien universe (I know the common term is “legendarium”) over the Christmas holiday. This has prompted me to re-install Lord of the Rings Online in a final attempt to “enjoy” the storyline into the post-Rings gameplay Standing Stone has been putting out for years now. I had to give a bit of thought to how to do this, actually. I think I have made it to a point that would have facilitated “moving on” to a new story, except I always seems to get stuck or confused. One thing is easy to straighten out: skip side quests until you have to level. The “Epic Quests” are the storyline of the game, and I *do* remember hitting a dead-end at one point by not being able to beat one chapter. Doing side-quests is *highly* repetitive, with only a handful of starting quests available. Let me rephrase that: there are *a lot* of side quests, but you preform them in all of the same areas. There are only a few starting areas, then after that they all concentrate into the same quest lines. You really need to just focus on getting one character through the storylines.
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “A Last Try at LotRO”
This week I’ve been playing more They are Billions.
My opinion of the game hasn’t changed since last week, I like the game, but it’s frustrating when a mistake can lead to up to an hour of time lost. Also I’ve had the game crash sometimes when I change tabs, it might be due to having the game in full screen, but when it crashes it becomes stuck. Unable to be closed by task manager, or shutting down windows.
Other than that, I’ve not really done much.
Anyway, what’s everyone else done this week? Also, happy new year!
C++ is a wonderful language for making horrible code.
Be careful what you learn with your muscle-memory, because it will be very hard to un-learn it.
I scoured the Steam database to figure out what words were the most commonly used in game titles.
Fidget spinners are ruining education! We need to... oh, never mind the fad is over. This is not the first time we've had a dumb moral panic.
A music lesson for people who know nothing about music, from someone who barely knows anything about music.
Even allegedly smart people can make life-changing blunders that seem very, very obvious in retrospect.
Ever wonder how seemingly sane people can hate popular games? It can happen!
Bethesda felt the need to jam a morality system into Fallout 3, and they blew it. Good and evil make no sense and the moral compass points sideways.
An attempt to make a good looking cityscape with nothing but simple tricks and a few rectangles of light.
I was trying to make fun of how Silent Hill had lost its way but I ended up making fun of fighting games. Whatever.
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