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Finally got around to playing the RE5 DLC episodes. They weren't amazing but they were fun. Desperate Escape was more combat heavy and more exciting overall but I really liked the nostalgia and attempt at classic-style RE in Lost in Nightmare. I'm really glad Capcom ended up finally porting them to PC but at the same time I'm glad I held off for a sale because two okay 1h long chapters really aren't worth 15 bucks lol.

 

Anyway, October is nearing its end, so I think I'll only have time to do one more. I ended up getting distracted from my list way too much. First by Shenzhen I/O and Slime Rancher but I've also been getting back into Spelunky out of nowhere the past couple weeks and got pretty addicted to it. I was originally thinking of capping off the month with Amnesia but I think I'm gonna do Outlast instead. Mainly because they just announced PS4 ports of all the Amnesia games and they're going to have to implement trophies for those. I'd be a bit annoyed if I played the game now after all this time and just a month later they added achievements, so I'm gonna hold off just in case they decide to patch them in.

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Started Alien Isolation tonight, got about an hour into it. It's definitely on a slow burn, there's only been one jump scare so far (though it was perfectly timed, right as I was thinking how safe I felt they scared the poop out of me).

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Only got about an hour into Outlast a couple nights ago and didn't touch it last night because JoJo is too good. So, uh, Outlast marathon tonight, I suppose! It's not a very long game, so it's definitely doable. The early levels weren't as stressful as I remembered, but it's hard to say if it's because my tolerance is higher or just because I actually remembered them pretty well. Oh well, should make for a fun Halloween night either way.

 

edit: Yay, didn't think I'd manage to finish it before midnight but I did and with 15 mins to spare! Was hoping to do the DLC as well but whatever, I can play it some other time. Anyway, so, uh, that got... weird. The game switches gears big time in the last 30mins. I think I vaguely recall some people criticizing it for that but I kinda loved how it went full b-movie at the end there. I don't know if it's intentional but it felt like it dropped all pretense of being scary. That last section was still pretty cool, though. Not tense at all but there was a sense of urgency to it that made it pretty fun. 

 

Anyway, so I only ended up playing through 3 games from my list (4 if we count Shadow Warrior) but whatever, that's still 4 games scratched off the backlog. Plus, I fucking beat Spelunky, which is worth at least 3 games all by itself! That leaves me plenty of games for next year, too. This was pretty fun, so I'll definitely do it again. And maybe next time I won't get distracted so much...

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I was originally thinking of capping off the month with Amnesia but I think I'm gonna do Outlast instead. Mainly because they just announced PS4 ports of all the Amnesia games and they're going to have to implement trophies for those. I'd be a bit annoyed if I played the game now after all this time and just a month later they added achievements, so I'm gonna hold off just in case they decide to patch them in.

Ha, looks like I assumed correctly on that one. Both Amnesia games now have achievements lists. Doesn't look like they're active yet but yeah, pretty glad I ended up holding off on playing them.

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