diff --git a/src/blog/rapid-fire-game-reviews-holiday-2022.md b/src/blog/rapid-fire-game-reviews-holiday-2022.md index 1c83ca6..495a430 100644 --- a/src/blog/rapid-fire-game-reviews-holiday-2022.md +++ b/src/blog/rapid-fire-game-reviews-holiday-2022.md @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Lunacid feels different. There's something about the darkness of it. Everything ![Screenshot of Immortality showing an actress on the left with large hoop earrings twirling her hair and looking at the clapper loader who stands at the right edge of the frame. The clapper loader is about to clap the clapper board which has the following text: "Minsky. Gino DeGiorgio Entertainment. Dir. John DURICK. INT/NIGHT. 7-20-70. 44A. 2." Three other actors stand just behind the clapper board looking at the actress on the left. The caption reads "Scene 44A, take two."](./assets/images/blog/rapid-fire-game-reviews-holiday-2022/immortality.jpg) -I love what this game is in my head, but I'm not sold yet on what it is in reality. Because of the way I play games, I'm scared to death about the prospect of trying to come back to this game in four months when I remember I want to play more of it but _don't_ remember anything that happened in it. I hope the game has a mechanism to ease me back in at that point, but very few games actually do have something like that. At that point, I'm probably going to feel like I need to restart... and there's zero chance I actually do that. The anxiety about the way this game will fit into my life fills me with dread even while I've enjoyed my time with the game so far. +I love what this game is in my head, but I'm not sold yet on what it is in reality. Because of the way I play games, I'm scared to death about the prospect of trying to come back to this game in four months when I remember I want to play more of it but _don't_ remember anything that happened in it. I hope the game has a mechanism to ease me back in at that point, but very few games actually do have something like that. When that day comes, I'm probably going to feel like I need to restart... and there's zero chance I actually do that. The anxiety about the way this game will fit into my life fills me with dread even while I've enjoyed my time with the game so far. **Update:** Played a bit more of this to grab a screenshot for this post, and another layer has opened up. I'm all the way in now. Part of it was that I learned the game will use controller vibration to give you hints. I was playing with keyboard and mouse, so I hadn't been getting these at all. It would be nice if it communicated this to you. @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Tedious and zen at the same time. I love it and hate it. It feels like I'm wasti ## Astalon and Phoenotopia -Both of these were good, but they weren't good enough for the prices they're charging right now. This has nothing to do with the games and more to do with how I play games. I like to sample everything, which means I don't pay very much for most games. These are games I enjoyed but probably won't ever finished. I might like to have them around and pay more when they are cheaper. Both quality games but neither is a real standout. +Both of these were good, but they weren't good enough for the prices they're charging right now. This has nothing to do with the games and more to do with how I play games. I like to sample everything, which means I don't pay very much for most games. These are games I enjoyed but probably won't ever finished. I might like to have them around and play more when they are cheaper. Both quality games but neither is a real standout. The worst thing about Phoenotopia is that I can neither pronounce nor spell its name. 😅 diff --git a/src/feed/rapid-fire-game-reviews-holiday-2022.md b/src/feed/rapid-fire-game-reviews-holiday-2022.md index 9633ca7..286f294 100644 --- a/src/feed/rapid-fire-game-reviews-holiday-2022.md +++ b/src/feed/rapid-fire-game-reviews-holiday-2022.md @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Lunacid feels different. There's something about the darkness of it. Everything ![Screenshot of Immortality showing an actress on the left with large hoop earrings twirling her hair and looking at the clapper loader who stands at the right edge of the frame. The clapper loader is about to clap the clapper board which has the following text: "Minsky. Gino DeGiorgio Entertainment. Dir. John DURICK. INT/NIGHT. 7-20-70. 44A. 2." Three other actors stand just behind the clapper board looking at the actress on the left. The caption reads "Scene 44A, take two."](./assets/images/blog/rapid-fire-game-reviews-holiday-2022/immortality.jpg) -I love what this game is in my head, but I'm not sold yet on what it is in reality. Because of the way I play games, I'm scared to death about the prospect of trying to come back to this game in four months when I remember I want to play more of it but _don't_ remember anything that happened in it. I hope the game has a mechanism to ease me back in at that point, but very few games actually do have something like that. At that point, I'm probably going to feel like I need to restart... and there's zero chance I actually do that. The anxiety about the way this game will fit into my life fills me with dread even while I've enjoyed my time with the game so far. +I love what this game is in my head, but I'm not sold yet on what it is in reality. Because of the way I play games, I'm scared to death about the prospect of trying to come back to this game in four months when I remember I want to play more of it but _don't_ remember anything that happened in it. I hope the game has a mechanism to ease me back in at that point, but very few games actually do have something like that. When that day comes, I'm probably going to feel like I need to restart... and there's zero chance I actually do that. The anxiety about the way this game will fit into my life fills me with dread even while I've enjoyed my time with the game so far. **Update:** Played a bit more of this to grab a screenshot for this post, and another layer has opened up. I'm all the way in now. Part of it was that I learned the game will use controller vibration to give you hints. I was playing with keyboard and mouse, so I hadn't been getting these at all. It would be nice if it communicated this to you. @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Tedious and zen at the same time. I love it and hate it. It feels like I'm wasti ## Astalon and Phoenotopia -Both of these were good, but they weren't good enough for the prices they're charging right now. This has nothing to do with the games and more to do with how I play games. I like to sample everything, which means I don't pay very much for most games. These are games I enjoyed but probably won't ever finished. I might like to have them around and pay more when they are cheaper. Both quality games but neither is a real standout. +Both of these were good, but they weren't good enough for the prices they're charging right now. This has nothing to do with the games and more to do with how I play games. I like to sample everything, which means I don't pay very much for most games. These are games I enjoyed but probably won't ever finished. I might like to have them around and play more when they are cheaper. Both quality games but neither is a real standout. The worst thing about Phoenotopia is that I can neither pronounce nor spell its name. 😅