Man, Big Hero no 6 and Wreck it Raphā¦
Every time I read about the differences between Civ V and VI, I always circie back to: āWhy donāt I just play Endless Legend instead?ā While not completely identical, Endless legend has a similar City-Building style. Itās not made for Multiplayer, but that really isnāt a requirement for me.
In other news:
I kind of wish the SRW games would get away from Cross Ange though. Itās a really ugly series, and I donāt mean that in a visual way.
So in other news,
Valveās Artifact gameā¦ escaped today. ā¦Yay?
Sadly Dead on Arrival. If only they had a different payment model, it would be my number one game right now. Instead Iām paying attention to the new Hearthstone expansion.
Been a lot of hype around keyforge, Not a videogame I know but still.
For sure. I really want to play it, but I refuse to engage in this awful business model.
Well after several month of sub-par sales and low population, expect a rework of the monetization scheme, along with rolling of several heads.
Acquired a free Artifact key, tried it a little.
Honestly even the CCG business model aside, itās just not that interesting mechanically. Most cards donāt ādo cool thingsā outside of a very narrow possibility space. While itās not versus, Slay the Spire even makes better use of the card game framework to come up with interesting gameplay.
Havenāt played Hearthstone so I canāt compare. Thereās probably an element of nostalgia here, but when I think of the good olā days of MtG I remember how many rule breaking/changing cards there were. Artifact by comparison is just ā¦bland.
Hearthstone is the exact opposite. The cards are just so ridiculous. Check out this card from the upcoming expansion:
Competitive serious Hearthstone players who want a game where skill and decisions made in-game are what determines victory do not like Hearthstone. Also, Hearthstone is extremely accessible and easy. People in the community often refer to it only half-jokingly as āchildrenās card game.ā
Games like Artifact and Gwent I think are a direct response to Hearthstone. Theyāre trying to say "ok, you want a game where itās about skill and not random zaniness and the game is hard? Ok, here is a boring, complicated, less random card game for you.
Some of Artifact I donāt quite understand. Mostly the trash creeps and how they choose to attack heroes. It seems random? Maybe itās not but the game hasnāt explained it.
Judging Artifact having only seen 1 screenshot of it, I can say it looks like a boring game.
How can it be boring if you play three games at the same time in it?
Honestly, as a person who is too stupid to even play card game with one table, Iām not even considering trying Artifact.
Iām not even sure why but Iām really looking forward for Smash Ultimate coming out this week, and Iāve been quite hyped for a while. Sure I have fond memories of playing Melee and Brawl with friends back in the day, but I wouldnāt say there is anything special in the series for me. And now I just want my hands on that bundle of fan service. I guess Nintendo pr has succeeded on their job, at leas on my part.
WELP
Thatās a bit too late to the game, but Iāll be interested to see what they bring to the table.
They buried the lede. CS:GO is also free now.
Eh, itās been free since August or September, they just took the No Online restriction off. Possibly because someone at Valve realized āHey, maybe we shouldnāt stop people from playing online multiplayer in the free version of this Online Multiplayer game because thatās fucking stupid, and the āwatch streams with it!ā idea was dumb because external streaming sites exist already.ā
Itās actually pretty good. Thereās a variety of objectives. If it was scaled up to PUBG size, that would be awesome.