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Games I'm Playing
Dec. 29th, 2018 07:43 pmAt the moment I'm playing three games.
On PC I'm playing My Time at Portia, which is usually described as a cross between Stardew Valley and Breath of the Wild. Its a crafting and adventuring game where you run a workshop and dungeon crawl. It has charming relaxing music, and beautiful Studio Ghibli-esque art.
Its in Early Access and I don't usually buy Early Access, but I have done so on three occasions. The first time was Planet Explorers (also made by Pathea Games like My Time at Portia is), the second was Subnautica and then this. I was really impressed with Pathea Games handling of Planet Explorers, even though I never ended up playing that much, it wasn't because it was a bad game, it just wasn't for me. So when I was being tempted by My Time at Portia I played the free demo and really liked it. So when the Early Access was released I ended up taking the plunge. I've played about 20 hours and have been really impressed with the way the company is handling the release of new content. There's obviously Early Access issues like bugs, poor optimisation and incomplete voice acting and character story arcs, and the main quest isn't complete yet, so unless you are really keen on it I would actually recommend waiting until the final release. It is coming out soon on Switch and PC and promises to be a very well done and polished product when it does. I'll probably buy it on Switch when it comes out so I can play On The Go.
On Switch I'm playing Pokemon Lets Go: Eevee. My Eevee is named Bunny and she is the cutest thing. I love her. I'm stuck on the Electric gym at the moment cos the game was just so easy up til that point and then suddenly Lt Surge was just mopping the floor with my poor babies. So I need to catch a bunch more pokemon to get my teams level up. And probably not have half my team taken up with water and flying pokemon next time. Its just usually Bunny takes care of business and I don't have to rely on the rest of the team, so I had magikarp there for The Experience, and well, you can imagine how that went.
On my Nintendo 3DS I'm playing Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns. I love that game so much. I don't care what people say about Stardew Valley, Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns is just BETTER. I try to like Stardew Valley, I do, but it just doesn't grip me the same way. I'm part way through my first summer, so not everyone has moved into town yet, but I'm taking things slow and really playing at a leisurely pace this time. Trying not to let myself min-max or stress out about stuff. So far so good. The v1.1 patch finally dropped in the Europe/Australia region too so I can marry Ludus if I want without worrying about bugs. It doesn't look like we're getting the DLC though, which is a shame. I'd probably buy it out of loyalty, but honestly I'm not that heartbroken that we might not see the DLC. Its the bug fix patch I was mostly concerned about.
Anyway, in addition to playing games, I just read a bunch of YA novels by Becky Albertalli, and just started reading The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley which is really good. I'm also watching my way through the original Will & Grace on Stan which is such a product of its time. And I've been listening to Spotify to broaden my musical horizons. Mostly to find thematically appropriate music for these posts because at heart I'm a drama queen who's life needs a decent soundtrack. I've decided that I like the artist 'Bastille'.
On PC I'm playing My Time at Portia, which is usually described as a cross between Stardew Valley and Breath of the Wild. Its a crafting and adventuring game where you run a workshop and dungeon crawl. It has charming relaxing music, and beautiful Studio Ghibli-esque art.
Its in Early Access and I don't usually buy Early Access, but I have done so on three occasions. The first time was Planet Explorers (also made by Pathea Games like My Time at Portia is), the second was Subnautica and then this. I was really impressed with Pathea Games handling of Planet Explorers, even though I never ended up playing that much, it wasn't because it was a bad game, it just wasn't for me. So when I was being tempted by My Time at Portia I played the free demo and really liked it. So when the Early Access was released I ended up taking the plunge. I've played about 20 hours and have been really impressed with the way the company is handling the release of new content. There's obviously Early Access issues like bugs, poor optimisation and incomplete voice acting and character story arcs, and the main quest isn't complete yet, so unless you are really keen on it I would actually recommend waiting until the final release. It is coming out soon on Switch and PC and promises to be a very well done and polished product when it does. I'll probably buy it on Switch when it comes out so I can play On The Go.
On Switch I'm playing Pokemon Lets Go: Eevee. My Eevee is named Bunny and she is the cutest thing. I love her. I'm stuck on the Electric gym at the moment cos the game was just so easy up til that point and then suddenly Lt Surge was just mopping the floor with my poor babies. So I need to catch a bunch more pokemon to get my teams level up. And probably not have half my team taken up with water and flying pokemon next time. Its just usually Bunny takes care of business and I don't have to rely on the rest of the team, so I had magikarp there for The Experience, and well, you can imagine how that went.
On my Nintendo 3DS I'm playing Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns. I love that game so much. I don't care what people say about Stardew Valley, Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns is just BETTER. I try to like Stardew Valley, I do, but it just doesn't grip me the same way. I'm part way through my first summer, so not everyone has moved into town yet, but I'm taking things slow and really playing at a leisurely pace this time. Trying not to let myself min-max or stress out about stuff. So far so good. The v1.1 patch finally dropped in the Europe/Australia region too so I can marry Ludus if I want without worrying about bugs. It doesn't look like we're getting the DLC though, which is a shame. I'd probably buy it out of loyalty, but honestly I'm not that heartbroken that we might not see the DLC. Its the bug fix patch I was mostly concerned about.
Anyway, in addition to playing games, I just read a bunch of YA novels by Becky Albertalli, and just started reading The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley which is really good. I'm also watching my way through the original Will & Grace on Stan which is such a product of its time. And I've been listening to Spotify to broaden my musical horizons. Mostly to find thematically appropriate music for these posts because at heart I'm a drama queen who's life needs a decent soundtrack. I've decided that I like the artist 'Bastille'.
