QuentinCallaghan

QuentinCallaghan, 8 dni temu

Finished the main story of Enderal. Impressive for a total conversion Skyrim mod, I wish there were more like this! Feels like I may touch this game again after five years or so.

QuentinCallaghan, 24 dni temu

This time I have only been playing Super Smash Bros Ultimate on my Switch. I feel like there is always a lot to learn in that game.

QuentinCallaghan, miesiąc temu

Randy Pitchford being a walking PR problem and a condescending prick towards gamers isn’t really helping the situation. He alone doesn’t want me to play any of the games in the series.

QuentinCallaghan, miesiąc temu

Enderal and Tetris 99

QuentinCallaghan, miesiąc temu

The bigger your backlog of games is right now, the better. No need to buy new games for a looooong time.

QuentinCallaghan, miesiąc temu

Been playing Enderal for the last three weeks or so. Downright impressive RPG, blows Skyrim out of the water easily. Made by indies, but AAA quality, and free of all things!

QuentinCallaghan, 5 miesięcy temu

20 years ago this would have been April fools.

QuentinCallaghan, 6 miesięcy temu

Been playing Splatoon 3 for the first time in half a year or so.

QuentinCallaghan, 7 miesięcy temu

That certainly doesn’t make the game more appealing.

QuentinCallaghan, 7 miesięcy temu

Started playing the first Watch Dogs for the first time in six years after learning about the wide variety of mods. As a Linux gamer I of course had to do a bit of tinkering. Ubisoft Connect would only make a black screen and take me to the login screen. I read that had something to do with Wayland and Proton not handling Electron apps really well. After switching to Wayland I could finally use Ubisoft Connect and download the game.

Performance-wise the game does well. After setting geometry and LoD levels to High instead of Ultra, the frame rate stays above 60 FPS. This may be mainly due to me using Linux and the game’s optimization as hardware is well above the recommendations.

Modding is currently annoyingly janky, as I had to create an XML file for each zipped mod for Disrupt Manager. Still I couldn’t get that working, as I got a weird error message. Interesting to know if that tool works all well on Windows. I resorted to installing The Worse Mod with Living City, so the game’s graphics get overhauled and more randomness and chaos is added to the game world. The graphics get more closer to the infamous E3 2012 demo, but as a downside the depth of field effect is closer to the player, as if Aiden Pearce were near-sighted.

QuentinCallaghan, 8 miesięcy temu

God dang it, apparently he has now stated how he is “going to dedicate more time for making music and reduce the amount of work”, so he’s not entirely retiring. I’d say to him “make up your mind!”

QuentinCallaghan, 8 miesięcy temu

• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
• Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
• Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
• James Bond: Everything or Nothing

QuentinCallaghan, 8 miesięcy temu

Can’t say anything about that, as I played the game on GameCube.

QuentinCallaghan, 8 miesięcy temu

Just finished Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Got it five years ago but got frustrated and uninstalled it. Then I played it on-off for some time. But after lots of tries I got the final boss killed. Yes, there is an option for New Game Plus but nope, time to play something else. Brilliant game, hard but rewarding.

QuentinCallaghan, 8 miesięcy temu

Just finished the main story of Yakuza 0, now it’s time for all the side content.

QuentinCallaghan, rok temu

• 8bitdo SN30 Pro
• GameCube controller
• Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
• Super Famicom controller (mainly the face button colors and layout)

QuentinCallaghan, rok temu

Ergonomics, NFC support and gyro. Of course the rumble could be stronger but I have gotten used to it.

QuentinCallaghan, rok temu

Most Switch games support gyro functionality, and of course the Joy-Cons also have gyro.

QuentinCallaghan, rok temu (edited rok temu)

For me the way has been using gyro aiming. It provides a mouse-like precision for aiming, which is really good for FPS games. It is supported on Steam nowadays. Of course on Steam Deck it may be not the best option in terms of playing experience, as turning the console also turns the screen.

QuentinCallaghan, rok temu

Holy hell.

QuentinCallaghan, rok temu

Been playing Vanquish. The game feels like a Japanese take on then-popular cover-shooters like Gears of War, but with faster pace and mechanics like sliding that incentivize not relying on covers too much. Like with Platinum’s titles, there’s deep mechanics and really getting into the game starts when replaying the game’s missions.

QuentinCallaghan, rok temu

What could possibly go wrong?

QuentinCallaghan, rok temu

Tomb Raider Anniversary was dirt-cheap on Steam so I bought it. As a remake it feels a whole lot smoother to play compared to the 1996 original, no tank controls. I also installed ReShade and a couple of texture upscale mods to make it more pleasant-looking, with add-on enhanced ReShade I could also use ray-traced global illumination.

I played BattleBit Remastered for the first time since August and I really need to hone my skills.

I also several demos on Steam, News Tower really got me hooked with its gameplay. The full game should release on Early Access in a couple days, might as well buy it.