Make it Stinky!

Finished Quake II: Ground Zero. The ending was silly. The rest was ambitious and mostly successful, but Xatrix made the overall-better Mission Pack - it was just a tighter package that was more fun to play. Ground Zero looked better, felt more organic, and was a bigger undertaking, but it all felt so cumbersome by the end and then just sputtered-out.

Played a few minutes Unreal 'cause it's free on GOG.com right now... S'alright... Which is kinda sad 'cause it absolutely blew my mind when it first came out.

While on GOG.com, I also grabbed American McGee's Grimm 'cause I keep meaning to finally play past the first episode, and yeah... It's simple and kinda fun, I guess. The gameplay's not exactly challenging, the story's pretty juvenile, and the exploration is rudimentary... The presentation is the highlight, but I dunno if it's enough to keep me going.

Don't call it a reboot...

Wrapped-up Strider (2014), and I loved it. A little on the easy side, but I think that's also why it worked so well; all that fast-paced badassery I mentioned in the previous post. So which Metroid clone should I tackle next? Headlander? Ori? Momodora? Outland? ITSP? Other M? I've fallen behind :(

Otherwise, it occurred to me that I can now run higan comfortably, plus the added hard drive space coupled with the ability to download Windows Store purchases to any drive meant it was time to grab Forza 6: Apex, Halo 5: Forge, Killer Instinct, and Phantom Dust again :)

Strider returns! ...No, no that one.

So what've I been doing with my "new" X-Series i7? Playing Strider (2014) and wondering why I let it sit for so long :\ Seriously, this is a unique take on the Metroid formula with all kinds of fast-paced badassery through a sweet eastern-European setting that's just way too much fun. I got it when it was released, played through the first few areas, put it on hold for something else, and then it sat for four years... My bad.