July Progress Picks: Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, Tacoma and Wuppo
Seeing as I’ve only just started Fallout 3 and the Play or Pay event has ended I thought I’d do an early post as my progress won’t have changed in a weeks time. I’m happy to report a really good month, perhaps the best in a while, with three fairly long games finished! So without jumping to hasty conclusions Play or Pay has changed my life.
Play or Pay - chosen by Blue Lightning
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Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™
15 hours playtime
30 of 30 achievements
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DmC Devil May Cry
17 hours playtime
36 of 58 achievements
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Wuppo
19 hours playtime
18 of 23 achievements
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider - Usually by the time I’ve reached the end of a game’s story and completed everything I’m more than happy to be done with it… however with the Game of Year packages I tend to have a few extra hours of DLC content that by this point struggle to interest me, including Daud’s missions in the first Dishonored game, yet it doesn’t feel right to take a break either and lose the momentum, so I usually push myself through it and rarely enjoy it as much as the main game. Does anyone else get this? So this “expandalone” entry is absolutely perfect for me. While it’s far more limiting with less skills and no upgrade paths, it’s honestly a huge joy to return to Karnaca and there’s plenty of newness to justify this being it’s own game and not just a few levels of DLC, and it’s absolutely not a weak link either with another especially impressive mission featured here that rivals the best in the series. My favourite aspect of Dishonored are the levels and just the incredible amount of detail and reward there comes to looking and exploring everything, and this remains as good as ever here, the world is fantastic, I want to know where that street leads and what’s in that house with the window conveniently open. Dishonored joins a very small list of franchises I’m actually up to date with and I want more than anything for this series to continue even if it seems there is a certain ending to this game.
DMC Devil May Cry - I’m grateful to have been motivated to play this as there is thankfully a lot more to than just button smashing that I associate with any game that involves hack and slash fighting. Having never played a Devil May Cry game I can’t comment on what they did or didn’t ruin, Dante himself while a bit foul mouthed was a fine protagonist who didn’t get on my nerves as much I feared he would. There’s a good amount of platforming to break up all the fighting and there’s plenty of memorable sequences. I was really impressed with the huge set-piece battles and how intense things got at times, maybe that’s down to me not having much experience in the genre, and while I was terrible at the combat I still had a good time. I’m keen to play the Darksiders games at some point but I’m interested to know how the combat compares, do you have to learn combos as well?
Wuppo - Haha Wuppo. Certainly one of the most unique games I’ve played, you start as a fat blob who can barely jump (not ideal in a platforming game) evicted from the Wumhouse tasked with finding a new home. Along the way you meet several other races inhabiting the world, each with their own settlements and communities, and the main gameplay comes from finding items either by platforming, fishing, or purchasing from stores using Smurt, to complete tasks. Your health is your happiness which increases as you collect and watch films and by making others happy, which is nice. There’s a fair amount of combat too with some boss fights that you defeat with your GumGumGun, none of which were too difficult on normal difficulty although the final boss is horrible before you figure things out, very little of the game is explained to you which I suppose is fair as little makes any sense. What stood out to me was Popo City which I think you reach around the half way point, l found it strangely mesmerising seeing all the other wums going about their busy lives, it is literally full to the brim with activity, they managed to create a truly captivating world. The writing is amusing at times too although I wouldn’t call it a comedic game, more of a cute adventure full of blobs. It just feels so alive, not many games have given me that feeling.
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Fallout 3 - Game of the Year Edition
3 hours playtime
no achievements
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The Silent Age
3 hours playtime
24 of 24 achievements
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Tacoma
7 hours playtime
12 of 12 achievements
Fallout 3 - I had previously skipped this to play New Vegas however I’ve been in the mood for a return to the Fallout world and it felt right to go back to this one.
The Silent Age - A short point and click featuring time travel and a main character called Joe that makes the game much more awesome. It reminded me of taking the pills in Fran Bow to switch between world states to progress that I liked, this time using a device to switch between present and future, and also being a lot easier to stomach.
Tacoma - I felt like the game has plenty of qualities however when it ended I also couldn’t help thinking there was a potential for it to be even better. The storytelling is nicely done, I enjoyed listening to the recordings and following people around, I liked the diverse cast of characters and the relationships they had with the rest of the crew, I liked the spaceship setting, however the story itself just felt lacklustre… making the game a lot less memorable than it could have been.
Next month - chosen by Verd
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A Hat in Time
7 hours playtime
0 of 31 achievements
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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
3 hours playtime
0 of 63 achievements
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BioShock Infinite
4 hours playtime
0 of 80 achievements
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INFRA
8 hours playtime
0 of 74 achievements
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Little Nightmares
3 hours playtime
0 of 22 achievements
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SUPERHOT
5 hours playtime
0 of 26 achievements
Next month is already a bit different with a trial run of 6 picks instead of 3, offering a couple of options in each length category, with the playing requirements remaining the same, that I think isn’t a bad idea… it just takes me back to the dilemma of choosing for myself again lol. I don’t know when I’ll have finished Fallout 3 so I’m going to be cautious and say I’ll try to fit in A Hat in Time, INFRA and Little Nightmares.
I’m really glad that you found Play or Pay so useful! I loved Wuppo. More than anything I loved the fact that their world has their own logic. Everything makes sense when you examine their world. The train and the city tram have a schedule, all the wuppos have jobs, they discuss things in their city hall, etc. Above all the world doesn’t revolve around the player, it’s the player that accept their schedules and rules and decide to take part in it.
The vote to change for 3 to 6 games was really close, so it’s definitely not final. I’ve heard a couple people saying the same, that giving more option brought back the “what should I play next” dilemma and I do agree with this argument. Besides, some people have also point out that this change makes it harder to play all games in just 1 month, something a couple people were very fond of. Well, I guess, I’ll have to wait until the end of the month to see how it goes.
Thanks for your time and effort in making everything work and setting things up! I definitely need some extra motivation at times to go outside my comfort zone so it’s perfect for me. I quite liked targeting all three to play this month so I agree with you there that it’s much harder and if I choose to play a game like Fallout it’s going to be really difficult, which is a shame as the Verd’s picks are fantastic and I’ll feel bad not being able to try them all before moving on to the next challenge. Hmm it’s a tough one, maybe you could create an option where you can choose either 3 picks or 6 picks, then if someone like me prefers the limitation nobody else is affected and can still get their 6? Just a thought!
Yeah that’s a great way to describe Wuppo, I struggled to put it into words lol. That feeling is rarely there in most things I play, usually everyone is just waiting for you.
The fact that the group is divided between the 2 choices doesn’t help at all. It feels like there will always be someone disappointed in whatever choice you take. In that regard, your idea is definitely not a bad idea. On the other hand, I’ve been thinking about adding extra challenges for a while now, and having 2 different groups (3 and 6 picks) will definitely make it harder to introduce these challenges. Mod life is hard. xD
Ah fair enough, well I guess the hard version is 3 and easier version being 6, so if people choose to make things optionally harder then if you have a challenge to get the “hat-trick” then nobody who has 3 games chosen can complain since they wanted the limitation anyway. I’m happy with whatever really, it’s not too much of a big deal having multiple choices so don’t count me as someone in the disappointed category, the group is great :)
I played Wuppo last month as well and I have to say :3
it was cute and there was lots to do and ran well and stuff…
but moving from place to place was sooooooo slow.
and meh if you want to go back to the wurmhouse once you reached popo city.
I like how it made everything feel more alive but having to wait for trains and trams and sit on them for ages got annoying by the end (I got all the scrolls but can’t be bothered to get 200hp)
Also agree about DMC!
It wasn’t a masterpiece but I had alot of fun for the whole main story- all the people who hate how dante was written seem to be fan’s who’ve played the other games and dislike how its not the same…my favorite parts were the grappling hooks.
it was alot of fun to fly through the air from hook to hook or fly up to a enemy and slash them then pull other demons up to you to continue to slash.
did not decende into button mashing too often
Thanks for the fun month :)
There was this teleportation device you unlock right at the end that you use to take you to the final boss that you can also use to travel to all the main areas too, that made getting the last few collectables less of a chore as I agree travelling around was quite hard going if you missed something and needed to go back. Yeah the fighting was really well done which is a relief considering the amount of it, hooking from enemy to enemy, especially those annoying flying demons, really did feel great!
Nice games! I also enjoyed DMC and I also haven’t played any of the other games. It’s probably better enjoyed if fans think of it as a side game instead of a reboot because they aren’t making any sequels for it anyway. It’s super fun to play and I also love the huge sets.
Verd picked so great games! I just finished Hat in Time and Bioshock Infinite is a great one. I hope you have fun!
Thanks :) Yeah I don’t even think it deserves that much hate considering its a reboot, it’s not a direct sequel so just judge it on its own!
Really looking forward to A Hat in Time especially, the upcoming Spyro remaster has reignited my interest in these games, glad to hear you enjoyed it. I’m not sure about time but I absolutely want to fit in Bioshock Infinite too, only heard good things about it!