Cheers, man. I genuinely appreciate you saying that. Sometimes I worry that people want me to just shut up, but it's worth writing a bit more even if just one person enjoys it!
On one hand, I'm massively jealous of Neon Ignition or anyone who absolutely canes through everything and gets to sample all the new games, but on the other, I just ignore all of that and just get into what I'm playing.
Quite often, I'm not really playing a game the way it was intended, but these open world games are open to being approached in different ways. Some of my favourite gaming experiences of all time are Red Dead Redemption 2, GTAV and Fallout 4, where I literally spent months just unfogging the map and seeing what the creators have come up with.
Sometimes there's a real thrill going where you shouldn't be like the missile hangar in Fallout 3 or the taxidermist's basement in RDR2.
Roaming the Wild West and finding hidden messages in remote snowy shacks or infiltrating a Supermutant base by running through the radiation before it kills you (F:NV) are such fun adventures, I really don't regret progressing at a snail's pace.
There's no right or wrong way to play if you're getting some enjoyment from how you're playing, without worrying what everyone else is doing.
Sometimes you can be eating a meal at a restaurant and you're more concerned if other people are having a nicer meal or you're rushing the main to get to the next course and not savouring what you're eating.
It's really tough getting past that FOMO (I wanted to play Elden Ring and Sifu so bad this year), but instead I tried to play a few games I already owned or could get for a bargain price.
I really enjoyed the tight structure of Resident Evil 2 after spending months on longer games and I'm eying up The Order for another shorter experience, but I then enjoyed doing the second scenario with all the weapons, which made it a lot of fun.
I'd love FROM Software to do some more Armo(u)red Core games as I'd love to see some of the creativity applied to their grotty monsters to something a bit less 'orrible!
I know if a game has got its claws into me because I find myself daydreaming about what I'll do when I get to play it next or watching tips videos to learn how to do something. No, you've been researching if there's an easier way to get a Somber Smithing Stone (7)! :lol
There's no denying this is a beautiful game though.
Just last night I was in this subterranean cave, with ethereal castles in the distance, or traversing blustery mountaintops, or navigating misty bear-filled forests, or spooky abandoned cities and so on.
It's so beautiful, it seems rude not to drink it in every so often.
That first pic I posted above, I tried to mimic the Castlevania boxart because I love how it's framed with the hero looking onwards to where his quest must take him.
On one hand, I'm massively jealous of Neon Ignition or anyone who absolutely canes through everything and gets to sample all the new games, but on the other, I just ignore all of that and just get into what I'm playing.
Quite often, I'm not really playing a game the way it was intended, but these open world games are open to being approached in different ways. Some of my favourite gaming experiences of all time are Red Dead Redemption 2, GTAV and Fallout 4, where I literally spent months just unfogging the map and seeing what the creators have come up with.
Sometimes there's a real thrill going where you shouldn't be like the missile hangar in Fallout 3 or the taxidermist's basement in RDR2.
Roaming the Wild West and finding hidden messages in remote snowy shacks or infiltrating a Supermutant base by running through the radiation before it kills you (F:NV) are such fun adventures, I really don't regret progressing at a snail's pace.
There's no right or wrong way to play if you're getting some enjoyment from how you're playing, without worrying what everyone else is doing.
Sometimes you can be eating a meal at a restaurant and you're more concerned if other people are having a nicer meal or you're rushing the main to get to the next course and not savouring what you're eating.
It's really tough getting past that FOMO (I wanted to play Elden Ring and Sifu so bad this year), but instead I tried to play a few games I already owned or could get for a bargain price.
I really enjoyed the tight structure of Resident Evil 2 after spending months on longer games and I'm eying up The Order for another shorter experience, but I then enjoyed doing the second scenario with all the weapons, which made it a lot of fun.
I'd love FROM Software to do some more Armo(u)red Core games as I'd love to see some of the creativity applied to their grotty monsters to something a bit less 'orrible!
I know if a game has got its claws into me because I find myself daydreaming about what I'll do when I get to play it next or watching tips videos to learn how to do something. No, you've been researching if there's an easier way to get a Somber Smithing Stone (7)! :lol
There's no denying this is a beautiful game though.
Just last night I was in this subterranean cave, with ethereal castles in the distance, or traversing blustery mountaintops, or navigating misty bear-filled forests, or spooky abandoned cities and so on.
It's so beautiful, it seems rude not to drink it in every so often.
That first pic I posted above, I tried to mimic the Castlevania boxart because I love how it's framed with the hero looking onwards to where his quest must take him.
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