We Do Still Play

Well I last posted in March, we're almost in October, by my maths (math for Americans) that's over half a year! So appologies, excuses and reasons abound. We hope to do a little better in the future, let's call this a wip.

In the past almost seven months there has been a lot of gaming and modelling though. The Highlights include Pandemic Legacy: Season 1, Sushi Go Party, over 6000 points of 40k built, and about half of that finished painted and based, some AoS & 40k has been played, the Marvel Super Hero game was tried out and we've completed all four scenarios in Mansions of Madness 2nd. Ed.

On top of that Mari's broken a finger, we've been to Disney World, Sweden, Cornwall and Stavanger. Life has been great, and now I'm just starting on my #Dreadtober and Tim has recently gifted me Destiny to try out (Level 17 Titan already).

I'll be in touch again soon, some details about all of the models I've been building and painting and a few photos of some of the games played.  

The Destiny Principle of Rocket Cars

I managed to get back into some gaming last year after not having to travel so much for work. These games are all on the PS4, as that is my preferred gaming platform. The console works best for me as having to use a PC during the day it’s nice to sit back and be further from the screen.

Basing this on the most fun I have had two games come out equal top are The Talos Principle and Destiny.

The Talos Principle really hit the spot with the a great story, think Matrix levels of introspection. Its got nice tight handling controls when combined with the first person view point giving a good feeling of interaction, the level of freedom given in the game world means you get enough choice not to feel enclosed and have enough to do but not so much free reign as to feel lost. 

The game world works well with the many puzzles there are to solve, as when played over time you up skill and learn the systems so you get a great feeling of success from beating some of them and a sense that you yourself have improved. The personal feeling of progression with wanting to learn more about the story really are the two key things which push you through to see the end.

I saw the latest version of Destiny on sale on the Playstation store, and after reading the feedback on the latest patch and expansion thought it was time to give it another go. This is after getting the original release on the xbox 360 then getting it again in a bundle with the ps4. The graphics upgrade from the 360 to the ps4 did make this worth it.

Originally after reaching max level then getting bored of the grind for light levels it fell out of interest and I stopped playing before any of the expansions were released. They did not seem to offer good value or much content. 

The current version of Destiny is the original game plus three expansions, with the latest The Taken King being the largest, altogether it is a much larger game then when first released. The amount of content makes it great value now, they have also rerecorded much of the in game voice work and redone the cut scenes, making the story more detailed and easier to follow.

Its said that the Diablo 3 team gave advice to the latest work done on Destiny (Diablo 3 Team) and it really shows. Both Diablo 3 and Destiny are much better games than when they first released.

Basically if you liked the old Halo games or Borderlands 2 or Diablo 3 you should get on well with Destiny.

The last pick from the last year goes to Rocket League. I got this inclusively from Playstation plus, or I don’t think I would of tried it but it really is a little gem. The prequal for this, by the same developer, had such a great name, Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars.

 

It’s just a nice game to play, the clear graphics with the style of little remote control cars suits it well, the matches are not too long and even when on the losing side its not annoying and you can still feel good. Its much less annoying than being on the losing side in Destiny PVP. For a quick blast of fun it really hits the spot.