Jaded

Monthly Update #45: February 2023

You can't imagine how inconvenient travel was before I invented Floo Powder!

The month of Hogwarts Legacy. It was fun! Although there are some phrases that the characters say...many times...
I was tempted to download the Silencio mod to mute it, but decided by that point I was nearly done with the game.
It was fun to 100% a character, less fun 100%ing the game by having to replay the first 2 hours of the game another 3 times for the house specific achievements.
Was also a great game for taking screenshots. No photo mode however, so just used Nvidia Ansel.

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I finally got my Steam Deck!


So I played Coromon for about a week... then Hogwarts Legacy released and well... I've been playing on desktop for the screenshot sim.

I tested a lot of games that I installed on the Steam Deck. Ryse Son of Rome which I dropped (last?) month, works great, so I'll be able to play that without it constantly breaking on me.


Completed/Beaten

Half-Life 2

Hogwarts Legacy

82.7 hours
45 of 45 achievements

I really enjoyed Hogwarts. The combat and exploring was fun and the game is beautiful.
A lot of little references that shows the Devs cared about the source material.
The small events/characters talking were great around the castle, but after playing through for 80 hours you did notice repeats, such as the suits of armor that annoyed each other until one ends up smashing the other to pieces.

The main story is so-so. I liked Sebastian and Poppy's quests, but Natty's not so much.

There was also the issue with the huge body count your character accumulates, and the way that you can turn an enemy into an explosive barrel, throw that barrel at their friends and blow them up, and everything is OK. Except don't you dare use an unforgivable in Sebastian's story. I kind of think it's best to go into the game role playing as either:
A. An aspiring Dark Lord that everyone is terrified of.
B. An undercover(?) auror, that is pretty terrifying so people let you break into their homes/rob them etc and have no reaction..


I did have issues with lagging/crashing a fair amount which sucked, but this did get better.

So many beautiful screenshots!

Half-Life 2

Aperture Desk Job

0.4 hours
no achievements


Played

Backlog

Bought

  • Hogwarts Legacy
  • Traded

  • theHunter: Call of the Wild™
  • Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands
  • Free

  • Aperture Desk Job
Zelrune

I’m glad people are liking it so much, I figured Hogwarts would either absolutely crash and burn or get overwhelmingly positive reviews, I never trust store videos with those types of pretty graphics unless it’s from a company known for it. What was your first house? Did you chose or did the game choose it for you?

Jaded

I went Ravenclaw!
The game asks you what you value most in a single multiple choice question, so you pretty much choose your house. It also gives you a chance to change it after this to what you want anyway.

I think if I played it again, Slytherin makes sense for the Sebastian storyline, and to role play more as an aspiring dark lord!