Bungie Activision split

Yes you read that right and it’s pretty much the talk of the town bungie announced on twitter that they were splitting from Activision and in the divorce there taking along destiny which in my opinion yes that is awesome now let’s see what happens in the future.

If you played both destiny 1 n 2 then you will know the game has had a hard life and many pointed fingers at Activision myself included simply because all they wanted was the money back for there investment, I remember many rumors that went around after the release of taken king that it was part of vanilla destiny and Activision made bungie cut it to be made into DLC. Now I know how much drama went on with destiny the fact that dlc took forever to arrive and the fact that the game had no real story except for the lore that you discovered throughout the game. Destiny 2 even though it had a story and decent lore suffered the same as the first game as in not having enough end game content and to be honest even now after forsaken and the annual pass things are slowly moving in the right direction.

Now what does this mean for destiny in general? Easy it means bungie doesnt have big brother pressuring them to release this now and to do this as well dont get me wrong I’m fine with paying for a season pass as long as the content in it is worth it and even tho many people hated curse of osiris me and many people I’ve spoken to agreed that if bungie had done more with the infinite forest it could have been a huge success and even now I feel bungie should go back and let us travel through time and visit historic moments in history. This also means that any issues that come out with future installments of the game will be strictly on bungie if they hit or miss and personally I hope they learned from all there mistakes and I hope that what they start to offer will be awesome.

I also hope that the PC community doesnt get affected to much considering d2 is on battle.net I hope bungie can find a way to keep us going o PC I admit I am nervous about that.

I want bungie to succeed even though I have a love n hate relationship with destiny I still want the future of this franchise to blossom and I cant wait to see what bungie starts bringing to the table thanks everyone have a great day.

No Post

Hey everyone I’m sorry I dont have a blog post ready for today I’ve been sick all weekend with a really bad stomach bug and now my little one is getting sick as well I apologize for no post today but I will be back on friday with a post, again I apologize and have a great day everyone

Raids in a game

Hello everyone hows it going? Hope everyone had a fun and safe new year and to commemorate the first blog post of the year I wanted to talk about Raids. Now if your into online games like world of warcraft and final fantasy 14 then you know that games similar to this style offer end game content, and by that I mean content that unlocks after you complete the story of the game this is where most people have fun and meet others to play with if they haven’t already made there friends along the way.

But what is raid? They differ from game to game in style and appearance but deep down there all the same, A raid is a special end game area where that hardest monsters and bosses reside as well as the best loot in the game, a raid is made of many rooms and each room having it’s own mechanic to progress or it’s own boss fight to open up the door.

Raids not only vary in size and difficulty but as well as how many players can enter the raid at one time for instance many of wow’s old raids had 20 people going in and working together to defeat the bosses. In final fantasy 14 when I played and reached the end game areas raids were made of 8 players total until a new raid was brought in which the name eludes me that had a player cap of 24 I think it was then theres games like destiny where end game raids are fought in 6 man teams. Now I’m not sure for wow since I never made it that far but in final fantasy almost everyone got to do raids simply for 1 reason and that was match making which thankfully helped out many players who were either socially awkward or were solo players. I cant speak for wow but I know destiny doesnt have match making and it has been a feature that many in the community have wanted and I cant blame them as not everyone is great at meeting new people and making friends.

I’ve done my fair share or raids in final fantasy and destiny and yes there time consuming and make you work to figure out the next step but I feel that if final fantasy can make an awesome match making system to do raids then I feel other companies should do the same cause there is no better learning experience then actually going out to do a raid, I mean yes you could go watch a video but I feel that watching a video and actually experiencing the raid leave different impacts on you as it’s easier to learn from your mistakes then it is to copy what someone else does down to the second. The one thing I loved in final fantasy was you hit the lvl cap you had the best gear equipped and went and did the raid you didnt need to worry about if you did enough damage for the simple fact everyone knew that as long as the Tank had the bosses full attention you let loose on him in destiny it’s not like that for the simple fact that as new weapons are discovered and brought into the game the meta keeps changing but that I feel is a handy cap and forces players to demand that others have this or that and I feel that isn’t fair.

I understand though why some systems work better for one raid and not another but I feel if companies worked on a match making system that could detect and match veteran raiders with newer raiders it would be a win win for everyone I personally have a very hard time meeting new people making friends and even tho it hasn’t gotten easier I do my best but I’m sure others are worse and I do hope that one day raids will be made easier to access for everyone thank you all and have a great day

Super Mega Baseball Extra Innings

Hello everyone hows it going? Today I wanna talk to you about an indy I’ve been playing called Super mega baseball extra innings. Released on August 21, 2015, by publisher and developer Metalhead Software Inc. this game is what I call the perfect time killer to play with friends and yes I did say, friends, as the game offers a variety of co-op modes which considering it’s a pc game caught me completely off guard.

I’ve been playing this game the last few nights to get away from my grind sessions in destiny and i gotta say the game is extremely fun to play even against the computer it offers both exhibition games which are short 5 innings games as well as a season mode which can be set to as many games as you want, the only issue I came across with season mode so far is you can’t seem to save so that you can continue later on unless maybe its user error which might be highly likely.

what makes super mega different from other baseball games is the more cartoony feel all the characters come standard with big heads and small bodies very close to the good old goldeneye days on N64 and i for one love the big heads they add humor to a game and along with the funny team names derived from everything and anything you can tell the devs wanted this to be strictly fun and not extremely serious like actual baseball games and I for one feel they executed it perfectly.

the game also offers an ego meter to every character which is affected by every action so if your a pitcher and give away 12 hits in a row you start doing worse or vice versa if you send the next 3 batters back with straight strikeouts you do better and the batters do get nervous everytime they come up to bat and you can tell cause they start sweating bricks no not literal bricks but you see the sweat falling off them as they’re cracking under the pressure.

the batting I say will be a tiny bit more difficult depending on the settings of the game for the fact that the computer is always spot on when going for the ball and I admit they always seem faster then you but then again I feel that may be normal. but being at bat if fun especially when you get those awesome home runs and give a huge ego blow to the pitcher.

if you love indy games and are a fan of sports games check out super mega baseball its a cheap game on steam and is fun to play its not hugely over the top but its a game done just right and I gotta say the time I’ve spent playing it has been a blast and being able to have fun while I’m winding down from the grind of other games is worth it thank you all and have a great day.

Game Dev Tycoon

Hello everyone and a late Merry Christmas to all. Hope the holidays were wonderful to all. Today we will be talking about another tycoon game called Game Dev Tycoon released August 29 2013 by developer and publisher GreenHeart Games. In this game which the title says it all you get to start your own development company so you can climb the ranks and be the top developer.

The game is simple it starts you out 35 years in the past when gaming was still young and it was mostly PC and I’m assuming the games version of atari. Of course for copy right reasons every console name is changed but by their pictures its obvious what they are. You progress slow and steady slowly unlocking new consoles and working through the game until you reach the end of the 35 year journey.

This game has a lot to offer I’ve played this multiple times having logged 30 hours it’s one of my most played tycoon games.

You start out alone in your garage prompted to pick a name for your company and yourself as well as your gender and the clothes you will wear for the duration of the game. After that the game enters the tutorial faze telling you what to do and how to start off and it’s a great tutorial it carrys you through your first game and the actions you perform from naming the game to the time invested in each aspect to the release of the game which shows you how much experience you gain at the end of every game developed and then the big release and off to the races, and just like in real life the game has 4 critics that judge your game on a 1 to 10 scale at the end the 4 scores are added up for your final score which yes it does impact your games sales the better the score the more you sell and the more fans you gain which we all know is the life essence of the gaming industry.

This game has a big variety of topics thankfully trying to reflect off real life as much as possible. You start out with 4 topics and unlock the rest using research points that you gain during development cycles each topic cost 10 research points if your lucky you have 1 good topic to use until you gain more. From all the times I’ve played the game offers 5 genres they are action, adventure, rpg, simulation and strategy and everything you do impacts your games in a big way so even though you will need to do a lot of experimenting to find good combos. Don’t be scared to go wild cause the game does help you out offering a little section called game report where it gives back advice on the game released telling you not only if the combo you picked out was good but if the PC or console you released it on was a good match and trust me there are games that work well on one and not the other.

There’s a lot to research in the game that helps you advance your products like creating your own game engine or better graphics and sound this tycoon game is really well made and in my own personal opinion I feel it is very close to real life minus coding and stuff lol.

Your able to progress past the garage and being a single worker once you start bringing in the big money you will also get to go to the big E3.

The game is a great time killer in short burst I’ve tried playing it for long sessions and got bored after a while but if you need a good time killer and love tycoon games check this one out.

Down below will be some pictures from the game enjoy. Thank you all and have a great day

Rainbow 6 Siege

Man this is a game I have history with as well as a love hate relationship but will remain as one of my most favorite games I have ever played.

I first experienced Siege during their alpha testing and being new to the search and destroy 1 life method it took me a bit to get the train rolling. After that I took part in the beta then all was silent. I admit I lost track of the game with other releases at the time and am pretty sure destiny was sucking away my soul during that time period. Then boom rainbow 6 siege released I wasn’t able to purchase it right away due to financial issues but I waited about 3 months after release. I bought the game on PS4 and slowly worked into learning everything I could from it. I remember dying time after time, again and again, getting discouraged but I didn’t give up. I worked hard and saved my Renown until I could purchase my first operator and then the grind continued.

When siege launched it had 11 maps and considering how much work went into each map I gotta say it’s really impressive. You see there are maps that go from 3 to 4 floors and about 85% of each map can be destroyed. Don’t quote me as it’s just a rough guess but the fact that you had windows, wooden door barricades and steel wall reinforcements you had a great amount of destruction per map.

But siege didn take off right away and many thought it was another failure for ubisoft who at the time was fighting against a hostile take over but that didn’t stop the development team as the season pass promised plenty of goodies. Each season added 1 new map and 2 new operators. 1 on each side of attack and defend and the fact was the team was pouring everything into this game which you can see from the maps alone how much work goes into them.

I remember putting hours into the game, grinding away, leveling up in a system that seems to have infinite levels cause even to this day I’ve seen players pass the 270 level mark and going and my dedication didn’t stop there. There was a time where online mode couldn’t be accessed on ps4 to play so I bought the game again l. This time on my xbox 1 and grinded away again since I knew what I was doing it was much easier to attack and defend. Many rounds I would walk away with an ace and for those that don’t know an ace is when you kill all 5 players on the opposing team by yourself. The sad part though is I never got any hate mail from other people. I grinded on xbox until level 76 then I ended up selling my xbox and went back onto my ps4 to grind some more.

Year 2 arrived and with it a new season pass, more maps, and operators and the best part of all this is if you didn’t have the money for the season pass and didn’t mind grinding many hours you could buy the operators with the ingame currency which is one reason I loved siege so much. It didn’t force you to buy a season pass. Ubisoft really made a great game. By year 2 the game was already rolling with plenty of traction as rainbow 6 siege had it’s own esport league.

But siege was failing, becoming plagued by the things that plague every online only game: cheaters and toxic players. And it wasn’t in small doses either. People team killing or instantly knowing where you were really made ubisoft think of how to save their game. By this time I had made the official jump from console to PC and yes I had bought siege for the 3rd time. And the community toxicity was bad there to and even worse the ingame chat was there for all to see which was both an awesome feature and a curse as trolls used this to piss people off and blatantly saying they would TK you at the start of the round.

Now don’t let that scare you away. Ubisoft has been hard at work since the games release fixing it and implementing ways to keep games clean as well as eliminating as much toxicity as they could but I still feel they need to implement a better way of reporting people and actually showing that something was done with the report filed.

This game I have loved and hated for a long time and my experience across 3 different platforms really didn’t change much after sinking close to 1000 hours into the game. I had finally called it quits simply put I couldn’t handle how toxic the game had become. Don’t let my words scare you away the game is still a great game and I still have plenty of friends that play the game and maybe one day soon I’ll return to the game and try to enjoy it again. Thank you and have a great day.

Aftercharge Beta

So I was recently sent a key to participate in the beta for aftercharge from checking it out on steam the game puts you into 3 v 3 matches of search and destroy with being ramdomally thrown to the side of enforcer or workonics, those are what each side is called.

Now I didn’t get to spend a ton of time on the beta I admit do to playing other games but the time I did spend on it was to say pretty fun, to say the least. The game only offered 1 game mode search and destroy where you’re tasked with defending the generators or destroying them and for the beta, they only had a quick play option even though it seems they’re working on competitive to bring it to the table I assume during early access on steam.

Each side has 5 characters to choose from thankfully when 1 is picked it cant be picked again so there’s not doubles in matches and they each bring there own abilities to the table to help you protect and destroy the one team is called the workonics there tasked with destroying the generators to win the match, the other side enforcers protect the generators and hunt for the enemy team at the same time which isn’t an easy feat you see workonics run around invisible the whole match and only become visible if they attack or take damage this gives them the stealth advantage for a few seconds they also have the ability to share there own power with teammates so that you don’t go into the match without being able to trigger your special ability. Enforcers I feel have it a bit on the harder side their guns aren’t really accurate with a random spray effect and attached to there guns is a little detector that flashes when the enemies pass you which you then have to move around looking for them or wait till you hear the banging of them destroying the generators I will say this there win mechanic isn’t as bad though in order to win as an enforcer you have to knock out all 3 players which I guess makes up for the crappy detection system the workonics tho have to destroy every generator on the map in order to claim victory and from the matches I played there were players that refused to do anything so it’s a bit hard.

As I said before some of the matches I played were really fun teammates working together to win, although I did have 1 match where the guy did absolutely nothing and cost us the win cause he refused to save us and also refused to try and break the generators I didn’t see any type of kick feature when I played so I hope the devs add this for there early release I don’t think it’s fair for some to do all the work and others get a free ride.

There’s also the drawback that enforcers are able to move a

Aftercharge felt really peaceful a fun game to play the beta was super stable while playing I didn’t have any connection issues I would like to see what else will be added into the game when it gets closer to release and if your looking for something fun and simple then check out aftercharge thank you all and have a great day.

Gamer Career Tycoon

Hey everyone today I want to talk about a new game I just picked up a few days ago on sale from steam. The game is called Gamer Career Tycoon. I love tycoon games they’re fun, simple, and sweet so I couldn’t wait to try this one out. The game comes from raptor claw games and they have done 2 other games but this is the first one I’ve played.

So the game centers around streaming or being an esport gamer which I think is pretty awesome. The start is slow with low energy juggling between working and streaming as you need money to pay your rent and bills which I’m glad they have real life aspects in the game to keep it a bit on the realistic side otherwise it would be boring.

The esports side offers most of what you would expect. You pick a game in the popular categories between fps, moba, mmo, rts, fighting, racing, and the digital card genre. After you pick where you want to make your impact you can play ranked matches for your game and work your way up the ladder and wait until you get noticed by an esport team or you can go out and hunt for a team if you so choose. From there you follow a path you have your try out match and work up from amateur to the heights of being a pro. You get offered contracts to sign with a team. I’m not sure how many teams the game offers since in my experience I’ve only had 4 offers but when you play ranked matches you do see more names so I’m sure theres a lot more then the ones I have encountered. I will say this the only negative I’ve found from trying to do the esport route is that you reach pro contracts and the money you make is chump change compared to streaming.

Now the streaming route I will have to admit is more fun. It gives you choices in the games you play and theres pop ups with different actions that reflect upon your stats which help your stream to be a success or dud. I personally feel the streaming aspect of the game is broken by that I mean way to easy, by the 30 day mark in the game you should have enough subs that you won’t have to waste energy working to make money and by then your making 15 to 20 times what you make working which yes is a big plus because you can finally buy the best computer equipment in the game and the best services for drinks food and internet but at that point I feel it’s pointless to continue for the fact that now your streaming so you can level up and get more resource points to unlock all the other hidden things in the game. Don’t get me wrong I understand the point is to become an awesome streamer, have a huge following, and tons of subscribers but it breaks the game from how easy it becomes I’m on day 75. I have everything equipment and service wise unlocked and now the only thing left for me is to move to a better home but why bother when there really is nothing else at that point.

But according to the steam page there is and it’s as follows below this part is taken directly from their steam page.

Key Features:

Create your gamer and develop your own playstyle.

Develop your own gaming stream channel.

Broadcast your content and gain worldwide fans.

Gain new insights in game trends or research improvements to your stream.

Start your esport career and choose to compete in MOBA, FPS, Digital Card games, MMO, Fighting, RTS, Sports or Racing.

Buy furniture, decorations and gaming gear in the shop.

Work IRL to gain extra credits.

Upgrade your way of life with better food, drink & faster internet.

Special Events – StreamCon and Esport Championship.

Build and manage your own gaming organization, hire staff and sell merchandise.

Now as you see there seems to be a fair more to the game but if all of this is unlocked using research points then the devs really need to rebalance the xp gain as well as how many points you get but it seems that the points do increase as the most I’ve gotten was 21 points but I don’t know if that was a flook or intentional.

This game is a sweet gem and I say with some balancing in small areas and maybe add a small arena where you go to actually do the esports stuff this game is a fun time killer but it really needs some rebalancing so that when you do make it up there in days the game itself doesn’t get boring. Thank you all and have a great day.

AER Memories of Old

Hello everyone hows it going today we talk about AER Memories of Old, this game has been in my library for a few months now so I decided to play it to try and make a dent to my backlog I admit I didnt know what to expect I dont play very many indy games since they never really catch my attention but I made sure to go into the game as open minded as possible and to finish it and man the game really made me love it I also admit that most of the story of the game left me a bit lost since it’s not really talked about much.

The story of air I will do my best to explain it from the segments I saw of it. You play a human girl named Auk who sets out on a pilgrimage to save the world from the impending evil like most games you have no idea what evil is chasing you or how to defeat it.

The game opens with you and your grandfather exploring a cave where you find a mythical lamp after saying a prayer to the lamp nothing happens so you turn away to leave as you do the lamp lights up and floats to you after it floats to you the cave your in starts to collapse making you run to the exit once outside your grandfather is waiting for you relieved that you made it out safe and sound he tells you where to go that he will catch up to you officially setting you off on your journey.

Now this little area introduces you to my favorite aspect of the game… Flying, yes you read that right flying you see your character Auk is a shape shifter with the power to transform into a truly majestic eagle at least I think it’s an eagle might be a falcon dont quote me on it lol as you take off you see the beautiful world open up around you flying high in the sky as you see floating islands and clouds everywhere my favorite part is the fact you can fly through the clouds which just adds to the fun of being able to fly and I will admit there where times where I wanted to forget the game and just fly around the map enjoying everything since not many games let you transform to an animal and fly around.

So after you learn to fly you make your way to the settlement the little area where the rest of the humans are waiting there also the ones talked with helping you on the way to complete your pilgrimage and seeing as theres no waypoints in the game you have to make sure you remember all the key details of what they say so when you leave the settlement you can fly away to continue.

The art style for this game reminds me of journey a calm relaxing game with amazing music that’s what memories of old delivers and it only gets better as you progress through the story.

Now the story is a bit weird it takes place in a dying world after the great divide where land was shattered and sent floating to the sky the gods who were charged with watching over the land disappeared no reason no clues nothing explaining why but it’s your job to find out what’s going on by finding 3 temples hidden around the world where more mysteries and questions await you see each temple has a guardian tasked by the goddess karah with protecting a stone fragment which our player needs to make there way to the end and it happens that these guardians are also gods who only connection to the world is the key fragment which once you take they disappear after the first fragment is where you get the glimpse of the evil that awaits you as you only see a pair of glowing red eyes walking towards you.

This game offers lots to explore which I sadly admit didnt do any exploring as I wanted nothing more then to figure out the story and what happened and why, now this game i promise you is not religious in any sense at all even tho one would probably think it was with the game talking about a creator and life being born from his actions but I for one never found any religious acknowledgements in the game.

Later on as you keep progressing more of the story is found as many areas have stone tablets with writing on it that talks about the past you will also see some white floating symbols if you approach them with the lamp turned on they show human sillouets and many of them will be accompanied by some writing giving some small details to either the area or of things happening to the world of humans.

This game has a big story hidden in the world and it’s worth playing and exploring to find what is going on and what happened if your into indy games and love to explore then this game is for you I was left blown away with this game and ending that left me with so many questions and I hope that you give this gem a try thank you everyone and have a nice day.

Humble Bundle

Hey guys today I wanted to talk to you about humble bundle. A great place to get games for your steam library but humble isn’t just games no there’s much much more.

I first discovered humble bundle from one of the Facebook groups I’m in. Being new to the PC world at the time I decided to check them out and explore what they offered that steam didn’t.

Most of their discounts in the store line up close to the steam store but that’s not where humble bundle shines. Nope their biggest and best feature is their bundle section and their monthly subscription.

You see humble bundles monthly subscription is pretty awesome for $12 a month you get a small bundle of games. The way it works is you get 2 or 3 titles at the start of the month and then after the month is finished you get anywhere between 4 to 7 random keys of games from steam. Now these let’s call them monthly bundles range in price from $130 upwards close to $200 in game keys ranging between some good triple A titles and some hidden indy gems. Every month a new random cycle and the best part.. you’re only paying 12 bucks for such a huge amount of games price wise and that is a good bang for the buck. The best part ie you can cancel any time. They also offer a 6 month subscription and a full year as well.

The next place that humble shines is their random bundles that they drop which happens randomly so you don’t know what will be in them till they drop. These bundles are called tier bundles. They offer 3 tiers of products, each tier at a set price. The best part is if you buy tier 3 at $20 you get everything that’s included in tiers 1 and 2. These bundles are awesome because they’re not limited to games. They offer books as well as programs ranging from security programs to editing programs. They even offer digital books for people trying to learn coding. The tier bundles are always different and sometimes they offer amazing deals at super low prices.

The last part I’ve noticed that makes humble a great place is being able to donate to charity. You see at some point during check out humble lets’ you put part of the money you’re spending to the charity at the time with no extra cost to you and that is awesome knowing they are working hard to help everyone out, which in my book makes humble bundle worth it. So if you are a gamer on PC or want a great deal on computer programs that range then check out humble bundle. I’ll provide my partner link below. Enjoy everyone and have a great day.

https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=sirfeliciano