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I am not playing any video games currently, but I am playing this recent video of @Detective Beauregard's video game metal cover band opening for Galactic Empire:
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Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
So took a break from Diablo II and Kingdom Come. Played Frostpunk like it was my job LOL. Cleared the New Home and The Arks scenarios. The Refugees is next. I was doing fine until everyone started getting sick. I need to focus on health care on my next attempt. That and speed up coal research.
Also went back to Silksong. I did the Dark Souls thing and if one area seems impassible simply go another way. I was stuck in the little cave in which you have to escape an eruption after beating a few flying enemies. I was either struggling with the last few bugs or with the platforming on the way up. Found the double jump and problem solved. I opened up most of the map, found all the tube travel thingies, all the bellway stations, cleared a bunch of side quests and found some goodies. Some were kinda sad. In the original Hollow Knight there is a bug that is always singing and happy to mine away. Later in the game when you revisit she is consumed by the corruption. In Silksong there's a little bug you gamble with and has a pair of dice. If you revisit it you find it has died and you can take its dice.
I am now stuck in four separate battles. The Wailing Mother in the Slab, The fight to get the Conductor's song (got the other two), Some giant dude in Bilewater and the cook in Sinner's Road. I need to pick one and focus on that until I break through.
Also went back to Silksong. I did the Dark Souls thing and if one area seems impassible simply go another way. I was stuck in the little cave in which you have to escape an eruption after beating a few flying enemies. I was either struggling with the last few bugs or with the platforming on the way up. Found the double jump and problem solved. I opened up most of the map, found all the tube travel thingies, all the bellway stations, cleared a bunch of side quests and found some goodies. Some were kinda sad. In the original Hollow Knight there is a bug that is always singing and happy to mine away. Later in the game when you revisit she is consumed by the corruption. In Silksong there's a little bug you gamble with and has a pair of dice. If you revisit it you find it has died and you can take its dice.
I am now stuck in four separate battles. The Wailing Mother in the Slab, The fight to get the Conductor's song (got the other two), Some giant dude in Bilewater and the cook in Sinner's Road. I need to pick one and focus on that until I break through.
Detective Beauregard
Leviathan of Doggerland
Kudos to you for having the fortitude. That game is freaking hard for me! I was talking to a good friend of mine the other day (the one who got me into OG Hollow Knight), but he rarely games anymore due to having young kids. I asked him how far he got into Silksong and he casually said “oh I beat it.” Like damn, I have to git gud!
He also recommended Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, so I’ve been playing through it (thankfully a far more merciful game than Silksong). Great platforming and the ability to adjust many facets of difficulty for a custom experience for wusses like me. I recommend it.
Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
I am an average gamer at best. My biggest achievement was beating the OG Gears of Wars Trilogy on the hardest difficulty. Gears 4 and 5 i did them on Hard rather than Nightmare. Aside from that I'm a normal difficulty type of guy. I have had to "git gud" for several games and even then it's not enough. Take Blasphemous for example. As good as I got I never got the good ending and I didn't have the skill to make it through the last DLC. Blasphemous 2 I got to the last fight or second to last and same thing. Got stuck and went back to some other games. Still stuck on all the Castlevania games I've started in the past couple of years LOL.
Soooo, I'm definitely of the mind that if I can do it, anyone can. Just takes patience and practice. I was telling my brother when I reach a boss fight in Silksong, at first it seems random and impossible. Then I get a little further, then I realize I've made it a little further which is encouraging and I just think, "It's a matter of time now." Then, suddenly, it's like the Matrix, I see everything and it is almost too easy. Quite infuriating at times, to be honest lol
Tom Frezzo
Prowler
Frostpunk will absolutely wreck you with those disease spirals if you're not careful, healthcare is definitely clutch in that game. Nice work on clearing New Home though, that's a solid accomplishment! I totally feel you on the Silksong boss gauntlet, sometimes you just gotta pick one and bash your head against it until something clicks. That gambling bug story is brutal though, why do these games have to hurt us like that? If I had to pick, I'd say focus on the Conductor's song fight since you're so close to having all three, getting that completion feels great.
Detective Beauregard
Leviathan of Doggerland
Damn, that reminds me that I’ve been meaning to go back and play Gears 4 and 5. I got into the series maybe 5 years ago with the remastered original, but I recall liking 4 and 5 more than the others. Isn’t there a new one coming out soon?
That’s a great way to look at it. I’ve never been particularly skilled at platformers, but I still very much enjoy them. At least Silksong and other modern side scrollers don’t have time limits like the Mario games, though. That infuriates me lol.