Just played some of Senuaās sacrifice. Itās a bit of a head fuck game. Weird visuals and constant whispering voices(play in a dark room with the volume up).
No map. No checkpoints, so once youāve used up your available lifes(the darkness slowly eats you up) itās back to the beginning.
Part game, part story, thatās relatively slow compared to a lot of games, but iām only at the beginning. Liking it so far.
A mate & I made something similar to this for a game jam last year.
Top tip, making games like this will only piss off the judges. Youāre going to win no prizes (or friends doing this). If you are ok with this, sneakily make sure the camera is also running so you can capture their frustration and flash it back at them when they die.
Iāve been in the land of expansions recently. X-COM 2 : War of the Chosen came down in price a few weeks ago, so Iāve had a wee go on that.
Whatās really taken the time is Civilization IVās new expansion, which is a lot deeper than the game it overhauls. Brand new is something called an Era Score, counted up at the end of each age. Civs get Era points depending on how many firsts they manage. Golden Ages trigger for top performers. Dark Ages loom for the little Lebowski urban under-achievers ( and not very proud of them are all of we ).
Moaning bastards will complain that āit should have been like that from the startā, and while Iād have a measure of sympathy with that (Vanilla Civ 6 is pared down in complexity compared to many of the others), I had something like 200 hours on that thing before this expansion. It was clearly good enough.
My eldest daughter is a big fan of this too, so sent her a copy. Got an āomg. youāre amazing.ā and a heart emoji. Worth Ā£25
I got full on sick of war of the chosen, the port for consoles is fucking horrible, crashes all the time deleting all your saves as it does so. Such a shame for what is essentially such a great game.
Curiousity got the better of me, and I have given it a go too. Kind of feel I should at least try the latest crazes.
Not ordinarily much of an online player, nor much of a shooter player either. Gotta admit itās a pretty fun game though, can definitely see the appeal.
Along with the rest of the woke gaming world, I am playing Dead Cells. Itās a procedurally generated rogue-like Castlevania. It plays fantastically well, and has a lot of elements and weapons which just really work nicely together.
You have to start from the beginning each game. You only have one ālifeā; once your energy bar depletes, thatās it. However, you can get permanent upgrades which make subsequent runs more fun.
I think itās out on pretty much everything. Three thumbs up from me.
Playing the games is better than sitting on a couch with the occasional moan of āitās not realā
My kids donāt go to school anymore. All I will really notice is an increase in traffic. My morning run is as blissfully underpopulated as Grand Theft Auto right now.