A few of the things that have us hooked this week.
5th July 2024
Hello!
What have you been playing?
The slight uphill struggle I faced this time was that the loot has changed.
It was the same game but it was a different game now too.
This is what happens now: games change.
Spend some time away from them and you might come back to find something considerably different.
SeeCyberpunk 2077, see World of Warcraft, see any live service game really.
And yes, it can take a bit of getting used to, but I also quite like it.
I don’t think I’ll ever tire of the loop that Diablo 4 realises so well.
But things just get worse from there.
The further you climb, the more apocalyptic it becomes.
Eventually, I got there, but even now I ask myself, was it really worth it?
For the sake of my work, of course.
But for my own personal enjoyment?
I’m still working that one out, I think.
-Katharine
Baldur’s Gate 3, PC
Have I evilled myself into a corner?
Specifically, there are climactic battles there I seem ill equipped to deal with.
My problem: lack of spell casters.
I have Shadowheart and that’s it.
I killed Will and Gale - Ididsay it was an evil playthrough!
That’s the totality of my options.
In some situations, it works.
When I fought Astarion’s evil vampire sire, the built-in radiant damage of my paladins was wonderfully useful.
But now that I’m in Hell and fighting fiends, it’s less so.
Worse, I lack the firepower to efficiently deal with the strongest of them.
In some regards, I don’t mind this.
I can build a perfectly balanced party if I want; I can even change my own class.
But I also want to face the consequences of my actions and the evil I’ve done.
I will reap what I’ve sown.
