A few of the things that have us hooked this week.
14th June 2024
Hello!
This week its caverns, knowledge and doors.
What have you been playing?
Spelunky 2, PC
Im back inSpelunky 2and trying to spend more time in each individual area.
I had an uncanny week in Tidepool and was left with a sense of spooky melancholy.
Now, working backwards, Im in Volcana, which may be my favourite area in the whole game.
Volcanas deadly, but its engagingly deadly.
Dying here by complex accident feels just right.
-Chris Donlan
Elden Ring, PS5
Its happened again.
The Two Fingers wont let go.
It started with theElden Ring concert I attended recently.
I spied a cool looking twinblade and had to try it.
And so began another playthrough of the game, when Id only intended a brief dabble.
I cant wait to see what Malenia makes of it, but for now it feels incredible.
But this time Im also armed with something far more potent: knowledge.
I know the areas and what to expect.
I know the order of bosses.
I know the most important items to sweep up.
Ive never felt so confident in a Souls game, boisterously charging into danger.
Will this strategy still work in theShadow of the Erdtreeexpansion?
Come back to me in a few weeks.
It was a bit rundown and it was hard to get to, but it was proper Poirot material.
Our side ended up with the attics and the dining room, their side got a ballroom!
The thing is, they split the cellars, which were expansive.
They both had roughly half.
Thought of this recently when playing the Blue Prince demo.
Its one of those games where youre always running out of things.
You need footsteps to keep building, and certain rooms grant them in large quantities.
Then there are keys and gems and room-based puzzles to think about if you want to keep going.
A surprising number of games make me think about R - the card game Bandido is another.
But when Im not thinking about R and playing Blue Prince Im thinking of my step-aunts mysterious shared cellar.
And Im wishing that some unknown relative would leave me a massive, weird old house in the country.
