#til the elden ring dlc comes out

[s1ithers]

finished rogue trader. loved that so much i think it actually freed me from video games for a bit. i'm satisfied. we draw instead now 💪

[amygdalae]

What do you (and gamer dad maybe 👀) think about the Elden Ring DLC coming out? :>

im looking forward to it!!! it looks super cool, im excited to learn more abt Miquella and i like all the creepy crawlies and scary ghoulies there seem to be in it. definitely gonna play it. holding off on starting another playthru til im closer to release

my dad's also v interested in getting it, he's expressed he'll check it out as well

[foxingpeculiar]

Sekiro Diary:

Oh my god, I did it. I fucking did it.

Okay, so after practicing last night, Genichiro and Isshin phase 1 were basically pretty easy--I learned their attacks and counter patterns and could basically no-hit both of them.

Phase 2 was another matter--I was getting my ass handed to me. But then something clicked. Where, in the first two phases of the fight, the solution was getting up in their respective faces, once Isshin whips out that spear, distance was the key. Basically, run the fuck away, wait til he comes at you. He's either gonna shoot four blasts from the gun, which you can avoid by running sideways and then repositioning, or he's gonna do the jump attack. Dodge under that, turn around, punish him twice and deflect 1-2 times immediately. Then run the fuck away again and repeat. Once the final phase comes around, don't even fuck with the lightning, just keep doing that.

And it worked! It was close going--had to use all 6 of my gourds and a Divine Grass, but I FUCKING GOT HIM. And, I got the Dragon's Tears and the Frozen Tears, so I got the "best" ending.

I have a blister on my thumb again, but I did it. I've now beaten all 6 Soulsborne games, plus all 7 DLC for the DS trilogy and Bloodborne. I kinda wanna do a write up about it--which games/bosses are the hardest/easiest and why, etc. But I dunno.

But now I'm ready for Elden Ring. And I've got Hollow Knight to keep me busy in the meantime.

[thumbscrewgaming]

E3 2019 Rundown with links

Electronic Arts E3 2019

Nothing too new for EA, but they did lay out a straight forward list of the games headlining their event; basically all their larger titles. It is a few hours to sit through all of the round tables, so I’d suggest just watching what you want. a.k.a. Star Wars.

Star Wars JEDI: Fallen Order

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8939aURV9Dc

APEX Legends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCYB1BeDv1w&list=PLnQa3snKdrQrreMf9T6rfwvXTXUBkTxMi

Battlefield V

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9W0RGXmFtc

FIFA 20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E4HMgh7ZsE

Madden 20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMjoohwe1OQ

The Sims 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-LuNtzpvQM

Watch the whole thing here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isvyP3Bu2rc

Microsoft E3 2019

What a packed presentation of games with showings of Japanese games, hardware, Halo, and Cyberpunk 2077. The Halo trailer didn’t provide much other than humanity is kind of fucked and Cortana will obviously be coming back. Cyberpunk got the John Wick treatment and I didn’t expect it to be such a dark game. Project Scarlett means nothing to me as I still feel that my Xbox One S is doing fine and I’m pretty sure I can’t even see in 8K. 12 minutes looked really interesting, and I kind of want to play as a deer in Way to the Woods.

Xbox Project Scarlett revealed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ktN4bycj9s

Halo: Infinite will launch with Project Scarlett

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtgzKBrU1GY

Cyberpunk 2077

A new story trailer presented by Keanu Reeves, and yeah he’s in the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwZByksfC4s

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2reK8k8nwBc

Bleeding Edge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpU8kyX6ae0&list=PL0il2l-B_WwbC7xCGoHoOoNSfpMxMHjm7&index=9&t=0s

12 Minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDgxXMK1r-E&list=PL0il2l-B_WwbC7xCGoHoOoNSfpMxMHjm7&index=31

Microsoft Flight Simulator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReDDgFfWlS4&list=PL0il2l-B_WwbC7xCGoHoOoNSfpMxMHjm7&index=15

Wasteland 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCXdCjpBVA8&list=PL0il2l-B_WwbC7xCGoHoOoNSfpMxMHjm7&index=17

Dying Light 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNeslTb7n7E&list=PL0il2l-B_WwbC7xCGoHoOoNSfpMxMHjm7&index=20

Crossfire X

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq-wlu2pwdw&list=PL0il2l-B_WwbC7xCGoHoOoNSfpMxMHjm7&index=23

Elden Ring

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eco_7d94iU&list=PL0il2l-B_WwbC7xCGoHoOoNSfpMxMHjm7&index=26&t=0s

Spiritfarer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_zC84nMWSQ&list=PL0il2l-B_WwbC7xCGoHoOoNSfpMxMHjm7&index=28

Way to the Woods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDgxXMK1r-E&list=PL0il2l-B_WwbC7xCGoHoOoNSfpMxMHjm7&index=31

Blair Witch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdTB4YNvOps&list=PL0il2l-B_WwbC7xCGoHoOoNSfpMxMHjm7&index=26

A few other games in the presentation:

Gears 5 – no gameplay shown

Forza Horizon 4 Lego Speed Champions

Age of Empires II

The Legend of Wright

Riverbond

The Outer Worlds

Tales of Arise

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

Minecraft: Dungeons

Battletoads

Watch the whole thing here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Ad09MNdMg

Bethesda E3 2019

They go into a rough patch as 76 did not get the best of receptions, but they address it. My brother plays 76, so he should be psyched for the new update that brings in NPCs. Nothing new was said about the new standalone Fallout or Elder Scrolls games.DOOM grabbed the spotlight and ran with it most of the time. #GhostWireTokyo and #Deathloop both sound pretty awesome.   

Fallout 76

Fallout 76 has a big update coming October 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2XdwS4lcZM

Nuclear Winter is the latest addition to the battle royal formula.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4NbPbkNUbc

Ghost Wire: Tokyo

Spooky? Supernatural evil? Conspiracies? A bow! Hell Yeah!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qrXLQqHkJk

The Elder Scrolls

     No new words on the standalone Elder Scrolls games.

     Online - A few DLC’s are announced

     Legends - New stuff announced

Commander Keen

A new-ish IP for mobile. The game’s title apparently comes from another game made by ID Software from the 90’s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14ZD9_tLwgA

Rage 2

New Rise of the Ghosts DLC announced

Wolfenstein

Youngblood is coming out July 26th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6K_ZzMWTTo

Deathloop

A new IP from the makers of Dishonored, and it looks pretty fucking awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXv5IDp8y74

ORION

A software solution that helps developers stream games better.

DOOM: Eternal

The game releases on November 22.

Battlemode is the new DOOM multiplayer mode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HOClc6Svg4

Ubisoft E3 2019

They come out strong with the leaked Watch Dogs: Legion. (I feel everything is god damn leaked lately.) Legion presents a world in which there are no NPCs. NPCs have now become APCs or All Player Characters. It’s a crazy idea that I hope pays off. Legion still looks like it will take the ‘angry teenager’ approached to the storyline, but I hope there is some depth to it. We didn’t get any new gameplay from Ghost Recon during the conference, but I’m sure new videos will pop up during the week. God and Monsters looks like a wannabe Zelda and Roller Champions looks like a play on Rocket League.

Watch Dogs: Legion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbokXaPTk38

               Legion 101

               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crubKIFUytQ

Ghost Recon: Breakpoint

               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASfUcaVTOpI

The Division 2 Year 1 update

               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th-qvZwoc4w

Roller Champions

               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PYfi7DqJZ8&list=PLpwyzkZha0Z5PNI4c8qm53vPufElg0PX9

Gods and Monsters

               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egzb6_HCqQw&list=PLpwyzkZha0Z5Ouc4jhTCLvAwa1WzyQ56N

Watch the whole thing here:

The press conference starts at 1:10:00.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKbKx2JHQ8s

 Square Enix E3 2019

There was lots of Final Fantasy. A decent amount of time was given to the Final Fantasy VII remake. Rightly so, it’s been one of their most highly anticipated games. The demoed presented a mix of real time and selection based combat. Final Fantasy VIX: Shadowbringers had a lengthy trailer that looked dark and dirty. A Final Fantasy VIII remaster was announced, and Square Enix is also releasing all of the Final Fantasy soundtracks. Outriders is announced, it’s a drop in, drop out shooter that involves monster killing. The biggest surprise was an Avengers AAA action game in a new story with new faces. We only got a trailer, but it looked pretty good.

Other games:

The Last Remnant: Remastered

Dragon Quest Builders 2

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Battalion: 1944: Eastern Front

Kingdom Hearts 3 DLC

Dying Light 2

Romancing Saya 3

Life is Strange 2

Oninaki

Watch the whole thing here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4fW5Exwzak

Nintendo E3 2019

How the hell does Nintendo end up with a guy named Bowser? That is some black magic stuff right there. Though Doug Bowser came off a little stiff the games he helped announce did not. Luigi’s Mansion 3 was a great surprise. I’m always exciting for Zelda content and we got two with Link’s Awakening and a teaser for Breath of the Wild 2.

Luigi’s Mansion 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEq2JCIspvs

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHwhTv-LdPY

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEh3MPy4GAU

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fr1Z07AV00

Empire of Sin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT0UydyFD_s

The Sinking City

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAeoEIeLg_A

Watch the whole thing here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr9eAtwcYlo&list=PL2JiZAV5BmDWVDUiOFUFpOAL5Sn0eIOWB&index=38&t=0s

Many of these title will no doubt have more to show during the week, so keep up to date on their respective developers and publishers to see more.

And as always

Game til it hurts!