Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
This game was a very nice surprise! I didn't know anything about it when I started playing but the gameplay was really fun. I didn't get into the story until halfway into it then I was hooked! After I beat the game I started it again now knowing the story and characters better.
I want to check out the older games and the novels now!
Adam Jensen's voice is how I wish Geralt from The Witcher games sounded like. Because to me, Geralt's voice sounds so forced and fake while Adam's voice sounds more natural as a "tough guy" voice.
I kept thinking about Geralt while I was playing this game because Adam is treated like a freak because he is augmented and has lots of implants. And Adam is one of the very few who can handle augments no problem while everyone else has to have their bodies get used to it. It does make him more rare in his world than Geralt is in his. But it's close as to show that their bodies can handle more pain than others could.
(Also, I'm still really obsessed with The Witcher as much as I am with Mass Effect so any new series I get into, I'll be looking for anything to remind me of them.)
Overwatch 2
I am so excited for a new Overwatch game! I know a lot of hardcore players are upset or tired of the game but I'm not. I only play quick play and arcade mode, so I actually have fun with the game. Anything new they add to it will make me so happy.
The only thing that sucks is there's no release date yet...
The Walking Dead Season 10
I still really love this series. I hope it keeps going with way more seasons. I really love the character development that's happening to a character I used to hate. Now they're one of my favorites.
I love Rick's daughter so much, she's such a cute, little badass. She smart and friendly, I hope to see her grow into a main character.
I don't talk about this show with anyone because I feel like everyone hates the show but me.
Can't wait to see what happens the rest of the season!
Control
I watched my favorite streamer, Trisha Hershberger do a full playthrough of this game. She read all the notes she found and paid attention while characters were talking and paused if someone in the chat wanted her attention. She does such good playthroughs of story based games that I fucking wish other streamers would do. It's so annoying when people play a game for the first time but don't pay attention because they are too busy trying to be funny for their chat. And most times, other streamers don't bother reading notes or doing side missions then complain if the game was too short or didn't explain the lore that well.
More streamers should be like Trisha.
I really love this game! It's my game of the year for sure! The story is so strange in a way that catches your interest that makes you want to understand it. And you do understand the world by piecing the story pieces together. The game doesn't treat you like a child. If you don't understand then too bad. You either have to reply it and think about it or go online to have fans explain it to you, which is how it should be. But it should be easy to understand if you're a big sci-fi fan.
The characters are well written and awkward/weird in a realistic way that doesn't make you cringe. It just makes you smile.
The game's unique monsters are so interesting and creepy. There are different ways to defeat each one. It's so fun gaining new powers to use on them.
The game doesn't just stay as a shooter, it makes you want to use your powers more than just using you're shape shifting gun.
The building shape shifts too that it's easy to notice the great level design the game has.
This game isn't straight up horror but it is still very creepy. Throughout the game, you can hear whispers and chanting. And you can see dead bodies floating around the offices.
It even has a very satisfying ending that also makes you excited for a next game.
This game was perfect. It deserves more love.
The bad stuff
Death Stranding was a big disappointment for me because I thought I was going to like it. It treats players like children by spelling out the metaphors and over explaining shit. It's like a Visual Novel. I hate them because they are so verbose and I hate Death Stranding for this same reason.
I also hate the characters, they are all so annoying because they all want to be best friends with Sam and come off as really cringy.
Making every character an open book is such a lazy way of giving us their backstory. Sometimes it's okay for only the players to know something about a character that other characters will never know. Characters don't have to be so fucking nosy and know every little thing about each other to be close friends.
Kojima thinks the main reason most Americans don't like his game is because it's not a shooter or that it's "hard for Americans to understand". Well, I'm telling you, the real reason is because the writing and character development is really bad.
Also, it's not hard to understand this game at all because the characters force the info down our throats. There's no need to even use our brains to think about it, the characters tell us all the thoughts we should be having. Over and over and over again. Characters repeat the plot so much that the only way someone wouldn't understand this game is if they had it on mute and closed their eyes until the cutscene was over.
I wish this were a quiet game. It acts like it's such a dead world but Sam is never left alone. Someone always has to fucking call him with common sense information. The only reason I finished this game was because I liked the game play. Anytime I had to finish a delivery though, was hell. Just please accept the quest without having to thank Sam and tell him how he's doing a good thing every time I hand something over.
I liked cutscenes with no dialogue and just showed creepy stuff but sadly the game doesn't keep to this style. It goes right back to "Lets connect America and make friends!"
The ending was so long and boring.
Fuck those annoying emails infested with emojis.
Fuck all the character's names.
Fuck the forced funny moments that just don't fit at all.
Fuck puns.
Control is a better unique, creepy and mysterious game but it was overshadowed because Kojima has bigger actors in his game and fanboys that will defend his writing with their lives.
"Don't say in 100 words what can be said in 10."
The other thing that sucked this season was Lee Newton being fired from The Valleyfolk. It really sucks finding out that a friendship wasn't that great as it looked. It's SourceFed all over again. It seemed like such a fun job but after everyone got fired, the hosts all started saying how stressful it actually was and that so much of their jokes were edited out of videos. And they were limited in how creative they could really be.
I was so confused and angry but I'm glad the boys explained themselves a lot better about this choice. I hope the boys continue to be close and hopefully become friends with Lee and her husband again in the future.
