Fallout 4

Hello all!

I've been wondering... should I keep this blog entirely games related? I do like to write about my personal life too, but I think that so many of my posts have been about video games that it should also be the main theme of my blog. This post will also be about video games :'-)

Fallout 4

What a view, right? I recently bought new memory to my PC and all of a sudden all of my crashing problems disappeared! What a feeling, I'm so happy that I can finally play games properly. During the time my PC had problems I thought Fallout 4 was a shitty game - of course if your game keeps crashing every 10 minutes or so you can't get a lot out from a game. But now I've been playing for 30 hours or so non-stop. And hey, the game's not that bad after all.

Let me tell you a bit about my adventures in the Boston Commonwealth through pictures.

That's my character, named after me of course. Her house is quite simple; it has everything you need. I was thinking of expanding a bit, but I haven't enjoyed crafting that much in the game.

This was a fun quest. I was supposed to fetch some... hallucinogenic gas?? It was hallucinogenic something, requested by a drug dealer living in Goodneighbor. I enter the building and it's full of gunners. It took me a while to realize that they were hallucinating by the gas leak in the building and that's why they were fighting each other instead of me. At the end of the building I found this poor guy speaking gibberish.

 Explosions. Always a good reason to take a screenshot. In the picture you can also see my companion/romantic interest, Hancock. Originally I was supposed to woo Deacon but then I found out he's undateable. Shame, but Hancock has charm, too.

My first time in the Institute. It's a beautiful place! I ended up doing the Institute ending but I saved well before so I could finish other quests as well. SPOILER ALERT: I hated having to kill all my friends in the Railroad, I felt so empty afterwards. I didn't mind getting rid of the Brotherhood - a bunch of small minded fools.

Looking classy! This was part of an Institute quest, which spawned another quest. In it I was welcomed into the building by a Mr. Handy kind of robot. I was immediately being interviewed for a job! What a nice surprise, of course my character needs a job. So once I was properly attired, my task was to ummm... collect some isotopes or something? Otherwise I wouldn't be allowed outside. I ended up finding everything but accidentally found an alternative route out - in which all the robots in the building attacked me. Well, I got the job done.

Goodbye Brotherhood of Steel! Getting rid of them was actually the best part in the Institute route, it was loads of fun! Plus, my award was this beautiful scene of everything blowing up.

Yet another picture of my character doing a job for the Institute. My task was to fetch a synth with no recollection of his origins. The synth had become the leader of a bunch of raiders. Synth, if you don't know, is a robot made by the Institute but they are very human-like. So, I made my way up to that sunken ship which was their base while killing everything in my way. Like I do 90% of the time in the game.

Overall I'm very pleased with Fallout 4. It's a lot more like an FPS rather than an RPG, but that doesn't make it inferior to the earlier games. It's just a bit different and evolved. I really like the leveling up system and I hope they stick to it with the future games. 

Sleeping Dogs

Hey there!

You may have noticed that I changed the layout of my blog a bit. It's much better now isn't it? I'll probably change the background to something more personal soon but for now it will do. The reason why I wanted to change the theme of my page is that I've been studying HTML/CSS on my own. So of course I was curious how the page was made and to my horror the code was so complex that I had no idea what half of the elements do. When you modify the colours and fonts of your page you can also add your own CSS-code. I could do that but what's the point when all I can do is change the size, colour and font, what you can also do without adding any code. Soo, I guess I know the basics but it requires much more to be able to create a layout from scratch.

One of my favourite PC games!

So I got a bit bored with Stardew Valley and I had no idea what to play next. I went through the games I haven't played yet when I noticed Sleeping Dogs. I played it around three years ago and remembered how much I really enjoyed it. So the heck with all my unplayed games, I want to play Sleeping Dogs!

The genre is similar to the GTA-series; an open-world action game. But the thing with Sleeping Dogs is that it's WAAAY better than GTA IV, for instance. I won't compare the game to GTA V since I haven't played the latest GTA enough to have an opinion of it. So you basically go around driving cars, doing missions and beating people either with your bare knuckles or a weapon. Sounds real simple but Sleeping Dogs is way more than that.

The story goes as follows. Your main character, Wei Shen, is an undercover cop in Hong Kong, trying to take down as many triad gangs and their members as possible. Through childhood connections he gets inside a mob that controls a small part of Hong Kong and that's where it all begins. Wei rises in the hierarchy and the rest is a secret. The first time I played I tried to be on the side of the cops but now I'm being as evil as possible. But like I experienced in my first playthrough you easily get attached to the characters, even when they're one of the bad guys.

I'm a big fan of character customization. There are various styles you can choose from. Sets give you an advantage in combat for instance, but once you're confident you won't need such advantages go ahead and mix clothes to your liking. My favourite styles I've created for Wei are the handsome mob boss, drunken homeless guy, wannabe Uma Thurman from Kill Bill and swag gay hipster. Notice also that you have so called face-value on the streets: by helping out civilians, whether it's driving their car into the harbor for insurance money or driving a get-away car from the scene of a murder. By helping out Wei gets street cred which unlocks different parts of the game.

There's so much more you can do next to the regular missions. My favourite being karaoke! Once you've done enough missions you unlock karaoke in the Club Bam Bam. The gameplay is quite simple, but addicting! I also like doing camera hacks; you hack a camera and use it to your advantage to arrest drug suppliers. Since driving is a vital part of the game there are also car and motorcycle races all over the game map. I won't even start to explain all the collectibles in the game but there's a lot to collect!

Despite Sleeping Dogs being almost 5 years old and the graphics not being comparable to newer games like Witcher 3, the game looks absolutely stunning in my opinion. That's what I love about open-world games; You go to a new place and notice that wow, this place looks amazing and instead of going around, doing missions you end up enjoying the views.

I would say that if you're a fan of the GTA-series you have to try Sleeping Dogs! It's an amazing game and taking into account how cheap it is now-a-days, there shouldn't be any obstacles in purchasing Sleeping Dogs. If I remember correctly on PS3 it costs around 3€ on sale. I recommend buying it on PC only if you have a controller. I guess it depends on what you're accustomed to, but controlling a car for instance while using a mouse and keyboard is a real pain in the ass. The regular price for Sleeping Dogs on Steam is 20€. But don't forget the Definitive Version for 30€. It's a remaster of the original game and all the DLC is included. Damn, why don't I have it already?

Anyways, go play Sleeping Dogs and feel free to share your experiences in the comment section!

Feeling excited!

Hello all!

Look who's decided to be a more active blogger! Actually I'm just waiting for lunch hour and there hasn't been many tasks this morning, so I decided to do something fun while waiting for the day to end, ha ha! I'm not joking, this week has been so quiet and I've barely had any tasks *yawn*

Tyranny

So I just read about the upcoming game Tyranny and I'm so excited! I haven't been excited about any upcoming games in a while so it's a great feeling. I hope it comes out soon!

So from what I understood the game happens in a world where evil conquers and the good guys have lost the fight. Your character is a part of the Evil Overlord's army and your choices matter - your acts can either inspire loyalty in other people or fright. All in all I think the game looks great and I can't wait to play it in the future!

I'm still playing Stardew Valley but I'm starting to get a bit bored since I've already played around 50 hours. So I'm trying to look for new games. I have tens of games I've never tried in my Steam library but none of them fit my current mood. Or who knows? Perhaps I should pick something blindly and maybe I'll like it!

I've also considered buying The Sims 4. I tested the game briefly once but I wasn't sure whether I liked it or not. Now suddenly I have a feeling that I really want it! I wish it was on Steam already since I hate using Origin.

That's all for now. I wish I had something else to write about since I'm sooooo bored. 

Not much is going on...

Hi all!

So it appears that I only write every two months or so. Oh well, at least I am writing now!

Not much has happened, really. I go to work every weekday and all the weekends I mostly spend with friends. I only have three weeks left of my internship. Time is going so fast... Well it appears that I've really enjoyed my time there since it feels like I just started :-) I have to say that IT-support is something that I'd like to try again in the future. I know there aren't many positions for an IT-tech person like me in our city, but I hope I'll find something after I graduate! If I don't get employed within half a year or so I'll definitely do my masters in software engineering (if I get accepted in!). The future does feel a little scary but I'm sure that once I graduate and figure everything out it'll be just fine.

Le weekend

I agree that we've been drinking a lot lately but last weekend was so much fun! Me and my fiance went to see Deadpool on Friday and I must say that even though it was quite perverted I really enjoyed the film! I wasn't even that embarrassed to laugh out loud since some father and his two boys were cracking up all the time. And seriously I felt a bit ashamed for liking all the kinky jokes.

Afterwards we met up with some friends. We were supposed to see a band but one person in our group was being too loud and appeared more drunk than he was that we couldn't go in with him. So no band but we went to this small hipster-like bar that was quiet and we could properly talk. After a while I got this crazy idea that I want to go dancing so to a club dancing we go... And I got so tipsy drinking gin and tonic and whatnot. Saturday was terrible but after sleeping a little I was fine by the evening. One of my friends from Friday called and we went for drinks again. This time I couldn't drink that much but gave up an hour before closing time. Maybe that's for the best because apparently one of my friends almost got into a fight with some other guys. I don't like fights, I think they're scary :'-/

So yeah, a lot of drinking. We even drink during the weeks but not 'til we're drunk. I think it's been a bit excessive recently and I wish to cut back on the alcohol. But it's so darn fun to sit and chat in our favourite pub!

What else I've been up to?

Surprise surprise, I've been gaming. This time I'm addicted to a game called 'Stardew Valley'. Seriously it's the best game of the year so far. The concept is pretty basic... A relative of yours has left you a farm that you're supposed to tend to once you get tired of city life. So in the beginning your character has had enough of everything and moves to the village Stardew Valley. You plant veggies and fruit, collect stuff, fish and fight monsters in the mines. On top of that you can build relationships with the villagers by doing quests for them or giving gifts. You can even get married and have kids! My character is trying to woo a lonely man called Elliott who is a writer and lives alone in a beach cabin. And he enjoys the beer I give him so that's something!

 

Anyways I'll try to write more often but it's difficult since not much is happening!