It's passed almost a week! What've I done in this time? What've I been playing?
In normal life, nothing in particular; in my videogame journey I'm playing basically Loop Hero, Expeditions and with my girlfriend we're continuing Lego City Undercover.
The Four Quarter's roguelike it's a really big surprise for me. I don't remember either when I took it freely from EGS, but I just want to give it a try and now I'm completely absorbed. I love the structure and the possibility you have to build your map so you can choose what type of enemies or buildings to put. You can experiment with everything and if the journey turns bad, you can always run away with all the resources when you reach the campfire. And when you have gained experience and you reach to defeat the first boss, the game gives the player more items, more resources and more depth in the gameplay.
But this is basically the description of every roguelike, and in fact it's a genre I really like (I have countless hours on TBOI and I bought twice FTL just to play it on the iPad).
Expeditions on the other hand, is a really chill yet challenging game. I like it because it reminds me of Death Stranding (planning the journey and dealing with rough terrain) without the grinding part of SnowRunner. I'm not playing so much because it's a young game and I want to wait for more patch that will add several bugfix or QoLs.
Last but not least: City Undercover. We really love LEGO games (and sets), and I always want to play this game that is a funny GTA-like. Unfortunately this game really came with the one-player-only gameplay concept structure from the Wii U exclusive, because the post-coop added with the release on the other platform didn't work so well like the other LEGO games (like the absence of the dinamic camera above all).
And that's all for this week on this endless journey!
In normal life, nothing in particular; in my videogame journey I'm playing basically Loop Hero, Expeditions and with my girlfriend we're continuing Lego City Undercover.
The Four Quarter's roguelike it's a really big surprise for me. I don't remember either when I took it freely from EGS, but I just want to give it a try and now I'm completely absorbed. I love the structure and the possibility you have to build your map so you can choose what type of enemies or buildings to put. You can experiment with everything and if the journey turns bad, you can always run away with all the resources when you reach the campfire. And when you have gained experience and you reach to defeat the first boss, the game gives the player more items, more resources and more depth in the gameplay.
But this is basically the description of every roguelike, and in fact it's a genre I really like (I have countless hours on TBOI and I bought twice FTL just to play it on the iPad).
Expeditions on the other hand, is a really chill yet challenging game. I like it because it reminds me of Death Stranding (planning the journey and dealing with rough terrain) without the grinding part of SnowRunner. I'm not playing so much because it's a young game and I want to wait for more patch that will add several bugfix or QoLs.
Last but not least: City Undercover. We really love LEGO games (and sets), and I always want to play this game that is a funny GTA-like. Unfortunately this game really came with the one-player-only gameplay concept structure from the Wii U exclusive, because the post-coop added with the release on the other platform didn't work so well like the other LEGO games (like the absence of the dinamic camera above all).
And that's all for this week on this endless journey!
Why did no one ever warn me that Hogwarts Legacy was this good? I borrowed this game for PlayStation 5 from my girlfriend (or rather, I stole it from her library since we live together), and it was a title I had always put off because, even though it’s the best video game dedicated to the Wizarding World, the fact that it was a rather typical open-world game held me back. What a mistake!
I’ll start by saying that the open-world genre offers very few titles that have any real originality or a genuine reason to be open-world, so this shouldn’t be seen as a major downside for the experience.
As soon as I started playing, I was immediately amazed by the incredible care the developers (a team that had only made low-impact titles until then) put into creating each environment. The Hogwarts castle is beautiful in every room, but I was truly blown away once I reached Hogsmeade. Every shop is crafted with unique detail, even though they’re mostly static and not very interactive, but who cares!
I’m really curious to explore every nook and cranny of the game map (which seems quite extensive) and to discover the quality of the main story, about which I know absolutely nothing (except that the game is set in the 19th century, well before the events of the Harry Potter saga).
Obviously, it’s a title that offers little to a player who isn’t a fan of the series, but that’s clearly not my case!
I know I have several games in progress, but fortunately, they’re all different from each other, played at different times, or with varying levels of intensity, so I just need to balance all these experiences.
Now Playing: Hogwarts Legacy - PlayStation 5
I’ll start by saying that the open-world genre offers very few titles that have any real originality or a genuine reason to be open-world, so this shouldn’t be seen as a major downside for the experience.
As soon as I started playing, I was immediately amazed by the incredible care the developers (a team that had only made low-impact titles until then) put into creating each environment. The Hogwarts castle is beautiful in every room, but I was truly blown away once I reached Hogsmeade. Every shop is crafted with unique detail, even though they’re mostly static and not very interactive, but who cares!
I’m really curious to explore every nook and cranny of the game map (which seems quite extensive) and to discover the quality of the main story, about which I know absolutely nothing (except that the game is set in the 19th century, well before the events of the Harry Potter saga).
Obviously, it’s a title that offers little to a player who isn’t a fan of the series, but that’s clearly not my case!
I know I have several games in progress, but fortunately, they’re all different from each other, played at different times, or with varying levels of intensity, so I just need to balance all these experiences.
Now Playing: Hogwarts Legacy - PlayStation 5