There are still some very big inconveniences remaining though, such as the aforementioned derailing.
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That was very, very frustrating, but the dev team did step up and release an update with a rudimentary progress saving feature within a day or two. That's a bit of a problem in a game based on progression and missions that last at least 45 minutes. First, and the most egregious, was the lack of any kind of save game functionality. I mention this because I was actually quite astonished at some of the features that are not yet done.
Now, I am by no means a stranger to "early access" and everything that it implies, but I do not believe that I have ever purchased a Day One early access. Alas, the early access date had been pushed back a week, but three of the days had already gone by. That game is called Derail Valley, and I'm here to tell you that both of the words in the title are descriptive, but the word "derail" is absolutely the one you need to pay attention to.
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We’re starting the preliminary stage of pre-move packing, so I’m going to take advantage of what free time I have now to lose myself in Hyrule again.Īfter two weeks-plus another couple of days while we waited for the weather to get at least one notch above "abysmal"-of being unplugged, which for me just means "limited to a PS4 and five games, so not exactly roughing it," I arrived home with one thought in mind: buy the early access version of a game that I have been desperately waiting for after playing with a very intriguing demo last year. Then it just sort of.faded from my attention. I never actually beat it I was going the completionist route, so even though I’d long since finished all four Divine Beasts, I had no intentions of heading to Hyrule Castle. So, naturally, I got a hankering to play again too. My fiancee had a hankering to play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild again. For reference, the last time she played was almost exactly a year ago, judging by the date on the save file. Lovecraft's Untold Stories is no Eternal Darkness, but the developers still clearly understand the source material, which is a lot more than I can say for the vast majority of games that slap Cthulhu on the cover and call it a day. Oh, and if you neglect your sanity and peer too far beyond the veil, your character will blow their brains out. This is the first Lovecraft game I've played where you can make positive mental health decisions for your character, which is huge it demonstrates player agency, something sorely missing from artsy "message" games ostensibly about mental health. If you look into a mirror and think "I look terrible," it will hurt your health, but if you think "I look okay, considering the circumstances," you'll actually regain health and sanity. Conversely, how you respond to certain things is also important. This isn't a game where you interact with every little thing just because it's there-you have to think twice.
Reading a book written by a madman negatively affects your sanity, and poking at a giant Venus flytrap will get your fingers nibbled off playing smart is all about being cautious and exercising some common sense. It's easy to die in Lovecraft's Untold Stories, but only if you act stupid and brash. Granted, it's out now, but after suffering through so many so-called Lovecraft horror games that turned out to be cumbersome point-and-clicks or worse, walking simulators, it's nice to have a game that takes direct inspiration from Lovecraft's books and is actually somewhat stressful and scary. The other one is Lovecraft's Untold Stories, the first game I've ever bought in early access. The wife and I are trying out Utopia 9 for review and well.you can read my review when it's done. I'm knee deep into a couple of roguelites right now. And Saturday Night Live gets a laugh out of rapper Soulja "SouljaConsole/SouljaGame" Boy's ill-advised dip into the Nintendo emulator market. The listicle-happy The Gamer looked at 22 pieces of Fallout concept art that could've changed everything. Club wonders why the thought of more Ghostbusters always provokes so much anxiety.