Mister Jack

Well I beat the Evil Within's DLC, including that silly arena mode with the Keeper. It does fill in most of the holes with the story...not all of them, but most of them. That boss fight against that one monster wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it was going to be. I mean, I did die a few times before I figured it out, but I had a way easier time with it than just about any of the bosses from the base game.

Well the good news is that as far as mandatory bosses go, she's one of the hardest, so if you can beat her then you can probably beat the rest of the game. I can only think of one or two bosses in the story who come close to her in difficulty. If we're talking about side missions, however, that's a whole different story.

That's out? I thought that wasn't coming until 2018. Geez, Nintendo really must have learned their lesson from the Wii U launch.

I know exactly which boss you're talking about. After I got super leveled and figured out all her tricks I practically made it a hobby to go back there and help new players kick her ass.

Something about Evil Within's plot is bugging me, and since the thread for the game is archived I have to ask it here.

What are some good alternatives to CDkeys? I'm not necessarily unhappy with them, but I'm trying to start shopping around for the best deal when I buy PC games so it would be nice to know what the most reputable sites are. I can't really buy everything directly from steam for 60 bucks a pop these days. Shit gets expensive, son. I know about Greenmangaming, but what else is there?

Just finished The Evil Within. I liked it, but it was unfortunately full of bullshit ideas that really dragged it down for me. The premise is good, but the story is told rather sloppily and is hard to grasp. Combat is fine, but why do enemies get to use machine guns yet I can't pick them up after they die? Why am I being pulled into so many animations where I'm forced to take damage when I haven't even been grabbed? Why are there so many god damn one hit kills? The gameplay is way too based on trial-and-error, and that can be a real problem when the game decides to be stingy with checkpoints. I also hate that running is disabled when your health is low. Sure, it makes sense logically, but that's when you need it the most! Even Resident Evil would at least let you limp faster, so this drew me into a lot of unavoidable deaths. Finally, the bosses are WAY too fucking hard and are total bullet sponges with one hit kills galore. If it makes sense, it feels like the game is mostly balanced like RE4, but whoever made the boss fights seemed to think they were making RE6. So yeah, that's a lot of complaints, but I still didn't hate the game. When everything lined up just right it could be pretty enjoyable. All these frustrations ended up dampening my enjoyment though, so I'd say it's decent, but not great. Does the second game fix these problems?

Another thumbs up for Thor: Ragnarok. This is easily the best movie in the Thor trilogy. I don't know anyone who would disagree with that. I just love that they decided to go full ham with this one. Someone said "You know what? Thor is kinda silly as a concept so let's just have fun with it" and that's what they did. This movie was completely over the top and it felt like I was watching an extended story from Heavy Metal or a remake of Flash Gordon, and I mean that in a good way. Great performances, a kickass soundtrack, good action, and jokes that were actually funny for a change! It's kind of a shame it took 3 movies for Thor to really hit his stride, but better late than never.

I'm not sure the Republicans will react much at all. They might convince themselves they are, but their whole ideology is based on resisting change. I don't think they are capable of adapting to a shifting climate and have gotten by recently on low Democrat turnout, Anti-Obama sentiment and the fact Trump is not an establishment Republican, which let people fool themselves into thinking he was the people's candidate even though he's one of the most egregious examples of the 1% in the entire country. It'll be like when Trump tried to win Hispanics over by saying they made great burrito bowls at Trump tower.

Experimenting with the stances in Nioh made a huge difference for me in dealing with the difficulty. Fighting in the high stance does more damage, but it also affects your dodging in addition to your attack speed. Me personally, I stuck with low most of the time because you can not only dodge faster, but also farther, which is a huge deal. In theory you could also take a hit and run approach by quickly switching stances to get a few strong hits in when you have an opening, then switching back to quickly get away. Ki bursts are an essential skill to master. Human enemies also use stances, and there's a rock/paper/scissors mechanic in play with that. You don't have to use the opposing stance, obviously, but it will help your stamina attack and defense. I love this combat system. There's so much depth to it. You definitely want to think of it more like Ninja Gaiden than a Platinum game, though.

The Evil Within. How 'bout that plot?

Invisible enemies. Fuck 'em in every game they're in, especially survival horror.

If your primary concern is directly supporting the original studios, then buying merch is probably the best way. From what I've seen, Japanese studios care a lot more about how much merch a series moves than the actual television ratings.

How am I the only one who sees this? I see it probably a dozen times whenever I decide to watch youtube videos.

It's been a while since I played TNO, but from what I remember...kinda, yeah.

I really dislike how youtube now shows related videos while the video you're watching is still playing, putting the links right in the middle of the picture and obstructing your view. I don't know if this is an automatic thing or if the user has to deliberately put them there, but it's annoying as fuck and as far as I know there's no way to get rid of it.

Wolfenstein II This was a pretty good sequel, though a pretty difficult one too. I played on "bring it on," which is one level higher than the game's default. I might be remembering wrong, but I feel like there are more difficulties in this game than the last one. There's definitely more compared to classic Wolfenstein. The story is pretty good here. There's a lot of great moments both in and out of gameplay that I don't want to spoil here. The gunplay is about the same, so don't go into this expecting huge changes. The final level is a bit of an anticlimax, but at least it doesn't end on a cliffhanger. I enjoyed it, though I dunno that I'd say it's worth 60 bucks. Maybe rent or wait for a sale.

I can tell Shadow of War is going to take way longer to get through than I can justify on a Redbox rental, so I put that back for now and got Wolfenstein 2. The story and writing are quite good so far, especially for an FPS. However, I don't know if it's just me or the game is harder than most shooters but I'm getting my ass kicked hard. In my defense, I'm only on the second level and they're already throwing heavily armored enemies at me as regular encounters. Also, for some reason my max health is 50, not 100. Was that a thing in the last game? Do I have to upgrade it or something? I played the last game but it was a while ago and I can't remember.

Gamestop is bringing back rental shops. Their program is going to be unlimited rentals for six months for sixty bucks and you get to keep the most recent game you rented at the end of those six months. The only catches seem to be that it only applies to their used games, so you'll have to probably wait a bit for new releases, and you have to be signed up to their rewards program. I like this, though. I miss the days of being able to rent games at Blockbuster and would like to see it come back. Redbox is alright, but you have a pretty limited selection.

12.49 on steam. I'm curious about the sequel but I still need to play this one first.

I've spent quite a while trying to find an alternative to Tubechop, which no longer seems to work, and I think I've finally found one. Youtubestartend.com. I don't know why it was kept such a secret. I had to do quite a bit of digging to learn about its existence. But if you need a tool to share specific clips, there you go.