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The dominant species is astonishing. The things they’ve done in the space of a few hundred generations, and the strides they’ve taken to recognizing and attempting to overcome the natural drive of virtually every known form of life to exploit every niche available to them are incredible. They do all tend to let themselves get led by the nose too easily, and the question of whether any naturally evolved sapient lifeform can actually overcome that exploitative nature while it can still make a difference is still up in the air, of course, but biologically speaking, there’s really nothing that compares that we know about.
Been on an Elder Scrolls kick and I'm dabbling in ESO. ESO Gold Collection (all the content to date) is on sale at Fanatical. It's a record low, $15.89 (or $15.01 with 5% coupon from a previous order).
It's a pay once to play MMO. It has MTX nonsense in it, including one very rude one that is $15/month for access to basically a pocket dimension for crafting supplies, but this gets you access to all the game world story content and classes for the same cost as one month of ESO premium. There are DLC dungeons and events not included, but you'll have a ton to dig through before that's really a concern.
I'm enjoying it so far. Look up guides for solo builds, choose one that looks the fanciest to you, and go nuts. It's been pretty easy so far, the world is fun to explore, and questing is pretty chill. It's not Skyrim 2, but it is a good podcast game, IMO, versus Skyrim itself.
Which I have also been modding Skryim and Skyrim VR; the former for making it look awesome and the latter for most immersion (has higher GPU demand).
Never been a better time to get into any of them since new games are gonna be $70+...
$70 to now $80 for new games is just too much for me unless it's a super high priority (probably just new Persona games at this point and I mean now not remakes). I already contemplating hard for $20 indie games, so I'm contemplate harder for AAA or just new expensive titles. I got a backlog a mile long in just physical games for my PS5/Switch/Others alone. About time I really hit those when I'm likely to not buy as many new games.
Been on an Elder Scrolls kick and I'm dabbling in ESO. ESO Gold Collection (all the content to date) is on sale at Fanatical. It's a record low, $15.89 (or $15.01 with 5% coupon from a previous order).
It's a pay once to play MMO. It has MTX nonsense in it, including one very rude one that is $15/month for access to basically a pocket dimension for crafting supplies, but this gets you access to all the game world story content and classes for the same cost as one month of ESO premium. There are DLC dungeons and events not included, but you'll have a ton to dig through before that's really a concern.
I'm enjoying it so far. Look up guides for solo builds, choose one that looks the fanciest to you, and go nuts. It's been pretty easy so far, the world is fun to explore, and questing is pretty chill. It's not Skyrim 2, but it is a good podcast game, IMO, versus Skyrim itself.
Which I have also been modding Skryim and Skyrim VR; the former for making it look awesome and the latter for most immersion (has higher GPU demand).
Never been a better time to get into any of them since new games are gonna be $70+...
$70 to now $80 for new games is just too much for me unless it's a super high priority (probably just new Persona games at this point and I mean now not remakes). I already contemplating hard for $20 indie games, so I'm contemplate harder for AAA or just new expensive titles. I got a backlog a mile long in just physical games for my PS5/Switch/Others alone. About time I really hit those when I'm likely to not buy as many new games.
SEGA drops their stuff to $20 in rather rapid order. I haven't got Metaphor yet as I'm waiting for either Metaphor Extra Special Edition or the base game to be $20, likely sometime this coming Nov 2025.
Assuming that's still a priority and I'm not hunting pigeons for sustenance. IRL, of course, not in Snake Eater Delta.
True I've gotten P3R and Yakuza all the new ones except the pirate one for $25-$30 each. Pretty much if I'm not going to be playing it right around when I buy it I'll wait on them. Sega/Atlus release updated versions all the time too. I'm behind on so many series, and with the gaming bundles it just doesn't seem necessary to be buying all the new games on release unless they're being played immediately. Also reminds me I have a few demos to try and stuff to try from the backlog to see what's worth playing. I've been mainly preoccupied with Bramble Royale: A Meteorfall Story, which is a good not great game. I'll do a review of it soon as I've beat it a few times now, unlocked all characters and done like 80% of the achievements. I'm getting close to maybe just one more run to close it out for a bit. There are parts of the game that don't lend itself as nicely to a rogue lite game.
SEGA drops their stuff to $20 in rather rapid order. I haven't got Metaphor yet as I'm waiting for either Metaphor Extra Special Edition or the base game to be $20, likely sometime this coming Nov 2025.
Assuming that's still a priority and I'm not hunting pigeons for sustenance. IRL, of course, not in Snake Eater Delta.
Yeah we all know Metaphor will get another version eventually. Probably with a new mysterious female character if the pattern holds. It'd surprise me if it didn't given their affliction to doing so. It is why I've not even nibbled on p3r. Honestly they are going to hurt themselves just like Nisa se gust and bamco did years back if they don't stop. As you're training customers to not pick up stuff at launch either waiting for it to drop or get the later edition. And nobody wants to become the next ubisoft.
Walter Sobchak's Rankings/Mini-reviews from the Bunker (The Post-Pandemic Years: Jan, 2023 - 2025)
Time to come out of my hole before there is 3 months of nuclear winter.....
Last time I checked in with this list it was 2023.
There are a few "currently playing" quick reviews down below, If you want to know some detail on something I completed and/or just tried out, let me know and I'll give you a ranking and a few sentences....
Here are my new 2025 rankings:
Rankings are 0 (Burn it with fire) - 10 (Most Awesomest awesome you could ever awesom)
New Rankings :
1. Red Dead Redemption II (9.8)
2. Mass Effect 2 (9.5)
3. Assassin's Creed II (9.3)
4. TIE:Skyrim/Witcher 3: Wild Hunt GOTY (9.2)
5. Red Dead Redemption (9.1)
6. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (9.1)
7. Days Gone (9)
8. Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut (9)
9. Far Cry 3 (9)
10. Tomb Raider (2014) (9)
(These are a little bit fuzzy in the order, although 11 is definitely KCD2....)
11. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (150hrs) (8.5)
12. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (12hrs) (8.5)
13. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (59hrs) (8.5)
14. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (16hrs) (8.2)
15. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (8.2)
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Past Rankings as of Jan 2023:
1. Mass Effect 2
2. Red Dead Redemption II
3. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
4. TIE:Skyrim/Witcher 3: Wild Hunt GOTY
5. Red Dead Redemption
6. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
7. Assassin's Creed II
8. Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut
9. Far Cry 3
10. Tomb Raider (2014)
Currently Playing
Assassin's Creed: Shadows (6) - I'm about 30hrs in, not sure I'm gonna finish...looks great (except for the character faces), story is meh (assassin brotherhood? what's that? like my hidden blade doe???? and I don't really like the 2 characters approach and combat feels jerky/weird)
Rogue: Genesia (8) - If you like Vampire Survivors, mix in a little "Slay the Spire" (no, not cards!) movement on a grid to get to the boss monster, I think you'd like this...
On Deck
Call of Duty: Black Ops (5) Cold War
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
(Story...not 100%) Completed Games
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - (8.5 - I'm feeling quite hungry....FOR MORE KCD!!!!! Damn there is a bit (or more) of jank in this game...the mini games are jank (alchemy I'm looking especially at you), the economy is wack, combat control is just weird...but damn if I can't wait for more....)
Balatro (8) - Fun Game. Give it a try if you like poker...or even if you don't
Dead Island 2 (7) - Surprisingly OK.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (8.5 - I'm not sold on the first person aspect. That knocked it down a bit in my mind...However, Troy Baker is the GOAT. Damn if he doesn't have Harrison's Indy voice down....Looks great, feels like an Indy Movie. This is IJ5 (Dial of Destiny doesn't exist...except for the first 25min flashback))
Man of Medan (Dark Pictures Anthology) - (6 - Interesting little "horror" game"....ok but not great)
Little Hope (Dark Pictures Anthology) (6 - See above)
Starfield (4 or 5) - Yikes...probably the biggest let down....I'm not sure what they were thinking here....
Assassin's Creed: Mirage (7) Better than Valhalla and maybe better than Odyssey...although maybe not...definitely didn't outstay it's welcome
<Call of Duty Games...err...can't really remember ratings...I would say the top CoD campaigns I played were BLOPS 1 & 2, World at War, and Modern Warfare (earlier ones)....Infinite Warfare sucked, Ghosts was completely ridiculous...but I liked it nonetheless...>
Call of Duty
Call of Duty 2
Call of Duty 3 (PS3 Emulator...shhhhhh)
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Remastered)
Call of Duty: World at War
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (7.5)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (8.5 - Damn that was fun....love Nolan North...and the rest of the voice cast....When you're done playing Tomb Raider and Indiana Jones games....you need to find Uncharted series...or before those others...play them ALL!)
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (8.2 - Another strong Uncharted game....)
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (8.2 - Sticks most of it's landing...seem to downplay Nathan Drake a bit to some other characters (that appear in a follow-up game (SHOCKER!), but add in Troy Baker as Sam Drake...damn....)
Days Gone (9 - Damn what a testosterone filled, good-ol-boy, 'MURRICA!' game...but damn it if I didn't enjoy riding my chopper around, killin zombies, saving my friends...don't think too much, crack a Miller High Life and go with the flow)
Dead Space 1 (8 - Fun game...love the ending....
Dead Space 2 (7.8 - Not as good as 1...but still fun)
Resident Evil 2 (Remastered) (8 - Normally hate Resident Evil (based on the Original Tank character movement and typewriter ribbons....), but the remake/remastered version was cool...I enjoyed it...but Mr X....oh hell naw....)
Resident Evil 3 (Remastered) (7 - What could be worse than Mr. X haunting your dreams.....Nemesis you say?.....yeah....a big FU to him and the horse he rode in on)
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (8 - Slower than RE2/3....but still pretty good...kinda like a Texas Chainsaw Massacre type adventure....)
In Process - Will Finish???
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Assassin's Creed: Shadows (see above)
Eternal Strands (6 - Take ICO and mix in some open world shenanigans....the ICO part is pretty jank and not quite ready for prime time...and the story is weak....but has some potential)
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (7 - Pretty entertaining for an old (2013) game....If you like first person westerns, you may like this)
Resident Evil Village (?? - Seems ok...need to continue)
Resident Evil 4 (6 - I'm stuck, the control scheme is kicking my ass....I may let the zombies win)
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
House of Ashes (Dark Pictures Anthology) (6 - Started this...I was kinda tired after 2 Dark Pictures games prior...not sure I will go back...but maybe)
Anal Wake II (?? - I just can't get into this game...who is this agent? Where is Alan Wake? the game is named after him?!?!?)
In process - Never Ending/Won't finish
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Avowed (5 - Played on XBOX Game Pass - Eh....gameplay feels chonky...story is weak/thin....pass)
No Mans Sky (7 - This one is hard...like I like a comeback story as much as the next person and it's fun...I guess? Too damn grindy for me....I need an endgame)
Control - (5 - After Anal Wake 1, was fired up to play this before AW2.....eh, the gameplay "powers" while initially cool, wear thin and I got bored...)
Dead Space 3 (2 - WTF - what is all this crafting BS???? Damn, I just can't get into this one)
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (4/5 - Yeah, these aren't the characters I would pick if I wanted a non-Nathan-Drake Uncharted....)
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (2 - Jetpacks...aw.w.....hell naw....I ain't got time for dat!)
Aska/Valheim/<others> - (can't really rate...I'm really pulled in by the building/exploring/crafting loop...but I don't want it too grindy and there has to be something else and a drive to an endgame....so yeah, not really the games for me)
Have you played Mankind Divided? If so, I'm curious where you would rank that. I initially didn't care for it and couldn't even get through the prologue. Picked it up again to actually play it through completely and managed to like it despite its seemingly more condensed playground. After replaying HR, I actually appreciate MD much more than I thought I initially did and am getting ready to play through it again.
Have you played Mankind Divided? If so, I'm curious where you would rank that. I initially didn't care for it and couldn't even get through the prologue. Picked it up again to actually play it through completely and managed to like it despite its seemingly more condensed playground. After replaying HR, I actually appreciate MD much more than I thought I initially did and am getting ready to play through it again.
Not yet... It's on my digital to-be-played stack. Maybe I'll have to bump it up and play it...it will give me a reason to put down AssCreed Shadows... (I'm just playing to finish it and get my money's worth of my 1 month of PoopySoft Premium)
