okay, so i’m pretty shit at video games, right? really new to it. and my poor beloved bestie has to put up with me crawling into our text messages, covered in blood and sopping wet like,
“alex. i fell down the well again. also i got mauled by a bear in the forest. yeah, the forest u said not to go into at night. in my defence, there was a shiny thing in the bushes and i wanted it”
artistic rendition for your consideration:
my poor tav’s been stabbed by her own party so many times. and set on fire. a lot
I was joking with @mutantenfisch about Witcher!Columbo doing some sleuthing and really getting on the nerves of shitty nobles in Novigrad/Nilfgaard/[insert location here]
Not long ago, The Witcher III was patched with a feature I loved; the cross progression option. With this you can go from one device to another. Play Witcher on the toilet with the Switch and then move to the PC, Xbox or PlayStation. The only problem was that once you moved from the Switch before, you couldn’t go back. I made a YouTube video on the topic here.
Today the game now supports cross…
I think the most disappointing thing to me about The Callisto Protocol being met with such a mixed lukewarm reception is that it feels discouraging for new IPs.
Obviously within the last decade there's been much more "nostalgia" bait than in past decades, especially where films are concerned. Movie franchises that have been cold for 10, sometimes 20-25 years are suddenly given a new sequel.
It's obviously just anecdotal-- I haven't pored through data to determine any trending outcomes, but I feel like the same thing is happening within the games industry.
A lot of what's out there in the AAA market are established franchises. I loved GOW Ragnarok, but it was pretty much guaranteed to succeed just by history alone. I am looking forward to the Dead Space 1 remake and will definitely get it for the fun, but it's an experience I have had before.
Obviously if a game fails to reach a good criteria then it should be fairly criticized. I just worry about the state of new successes, whenever you have one that had so much good faith from the gaming community, and it just falls short once again. It's nowhere near the blunder of Cyberpunk, obviously, since Callisto Protocol is a complete and playable product-- even if frustrating for many. But I can't help but think of them together, in this instance. Both two big games representing new IPs with lots of anticipation... only for it to fall so flat, either by sheer incompetence or just bad design philosophy.
Meanwhile, for people who want "better" versions of both those games, your most comparable experiences to look forward to are... the Dead Space remake, hashing out an old IP, or the next-gen upgrade for the Witcher III, an upgrade for a well established and loved game in an existing franchise.
I guess what I'm saying is, it feels like for a while now, there just hasn't been any new blood to stand out in the gaming world at large. I'd really love to bite into something a little different, ya know?
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I finished the main story in the Witcher 3 today! Got a different ending than I did 5 years ago, still the good ending but the other choice for Ciri, and successfully romanced someone (Yen) this time! Tomorrow we start the first DLC... or maybe not? I still have a bunch of map cleanup to do in Skellige, and I'm not sure when I was planning on doing it, on or off stream. So what do y'all think?
How To Bring Your Witcher III Save Over To The Nintendo Switch
CD Projekt Red finally gave The Witcher III the necessary update that includes cross progression saves. Up until recently, the Nintendo Switch could export the save, but could not import a 4.0+ save. I explained the process in a YouTube video.
Yesterday, I released another video where I go through the process of loading synchronized GOG saves:
The Steps
If you don’t want to watch a 53 second…