I finished Quake 2: Call of the Machine. It’s definitely my favorite of the Machine Games campaigns, for Quake 1 and 2, and probably my favorite Quake campaign in general. It’s still the same formula as the others, a hub that connects a bunch of different levels, where you need to collect items to unlock the final boss. This campaign is a bit more challenging than the other Q2 ones, but not that hard. It’s also not as confusing, so that’s a plus for me as well. I think I’ll skip Quake 64 and Quake 2 64, since they seem to just be kind of remixes of the PC game. I’d rather play Doom 64, since that’s a whole different game.
While I was waiting for the Quake 2 patch the past few weeks, I tried out Wolfenstein 3D and finished the first episode, but it was kinda boring. This week I played through the second episode and it’s pretty much the same. I think the game is a bit too basic for me. It’s crazy that Doom came out not even two years later and is just such a massive improvement. I’ll probably play through the third episode as well, just to kill Hitler, and then I’m done with the game. Since the Steam release just used Dosbox, I swapped that for the ECWolf source port, which has a few more modern features and QoL improvements.
I’m also done with Pillars of Eternity: The White March, the two expansions to the game. I wasn’t really that into it, but I knew if I didn’t play through them this week, I’d probably never do it. Taking that break for Divinity 2 just killed all my enthusiasm I still had for the game. There were some good moments, but I’m not a fan that this was just slotted in the middle of the base game. While you’re on the clock and deal with some world ending threat, you just take a few months off and do the same somewhere else. Still glad I can finally put this game down and eventually play Pillars 2.
Lastly, I started Pathfinder: Kingmaker. It’s my first time with the Pathfinder system, and I had a really tough time deciding on my character. In the end, I went with a Scaled Fist Monk, because I want to punch people. I’m still really early, I made it out of the tutorial yesterday and saved the merchant from the Bandits earlier today. I’ll take it slow for now and get used to everything.
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I finished Quake 2: Call of the Machine. It’s definitely my favorite of the Machine Games campaigns, for Quake 1 and 2, and probably my favorite Quake campaign in general. It’s still the same formula as the others, a hub that connects a bunch of different levels, where you need to collect items to unlock the final boss. This campaign is a bit more challenging than the other Q2 ones, but not that hard. It’s also not as confusing, so that’s a plus for me as well. I think I’ll skip Quake 64 and Quake 2 64, since they seem to just be kind of remixes of the PC game. I’d rather play Doom 64, since that’s a whole different game.
While I was waiting for the Quake 2 patch the past few weeks, I tried out Wolfenstein 3D and finished the first episode, but it was kinda boring. This week I played through the second episode and it’s pretty much the same. I think the game is a bit too basic for me. It’s crazy that Doom came out not even two years later and is just such a massive improvement. I’ll probably play through the third episode as well, just to kill Hitler, and then I’m done with the game. Since the Steam release just used Dosbox, I swapped that for the ECWolf source port, which has a few more modern features and QoL improvements.
I’m also done with Pillars of Eternity: The White March, the two expansions to the game. I wasn’t really that into it, but I knew if I didn’t play through them this week, I’d probably never do it. Taking that break for Divinity 2 just killed all my enthusiasm I still had for the game. There were some good moments, but I’m not a fan that this was just slotted in the middle of the base game. While you’re on the clock and deal with some world ending threat, you just take a few months off and do the same somewhere else. Still glad I can finally put this game down and eventually play Pillars 2.
Lastly, I started Pathfinder: Kingmaker. It’s my first time with the Pathfinder system, and I had a really tough time deciding on my character. In the end, I went with a Scaled Fist Monk, because I want to punch people. I’m still really early, I made it out of the tutorial yesterday and saved the merchant from the Bandits earlier today. I’ll take it slow for now and get used to everything.