Smite was one of those games I was considering playing just to try - even installed it - but I never got to it. I don't have anything inherently against MOBAs, but League of Legend's toxicity was just too much for me.
Two weeks into 2024 and I've broken my resolution to spend less on games and non-essential stuff. I was really down yesterday and bought Roboquest on Steam - it's like Gunfire Reborn in that they're both roguelike FPSes with RPG elements. In my brief time playing it Roboquest feels much faster and more fluid, and has a story whereas GR does not.
If you like looter-shooters such as my favorite, Borderlands, then consider Roboquest as a roguelite version of that.
I have limited experience playing WoW, so I never directly engaged with the Elemental Lords. Other media such as Hearthstone or Heroes of the Storm helped shape my image of Ragnaros, and from those he has always seemed like the most entertaining of the four to engage with. In comparison to THE FIRELORD, the others barely have a personality (and/or don't even show up until recently/now). I'm not upset, because I enjoy Ragnaros, but when you put in effort to make one of the Elemental Lords more likeable than the others, of course you'll want to use him more.
Ragnaros is going to be the face of Warcraft Rumble's Raid mode - whenever they get around to releasing it - so there's another example of Blizzard's bias towards him over the others lol.
According to a Facebook post from Riot, apparently Kayle and Morgana are defending Demacia? Maybe one of their forts; back in my day, the faction to whom they swore their allegiance was nebulous at best lol. But I guess they're Demacian now. They've been reworked and retconned a couple times now I believe.
It was really cool to see Kindred though, I agree. And then with Lamb backing down in the end; conceding "not today".
I'll admit I haven't done much in the way of reading lately, but in the interest of contributing I will share that "What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers To Absurd Hypothetical Questions" is a great read. And the first one too, of course. It's by Randall Munroe, the guy behind the "xkcd" website (which has amusing jokes, diagrams, and scenarios, as well; updated three times a week).
If you enjoy his brand of learning-through-humor, he also wrote "How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems". I have all three: they are quite fun and funny, and hey, you just might learn something! Something useless, but still...something lol.
You can get all three in hardcover on Amazon for like $46 total.
Did they ever say why they stopped doing "events" like Venom vs Carnage or the Hero song? The kind where we all participated to earn avatars or variants themed around the event. I liked those - who doesn't want to play for free rewards? - and it encouraged me to keep playing, but they just kinda disappeared seemingly not long after the game released.
One of the few things keeping RegisKillbin connected to Hearthstone was his enjoyment of Duels; will this cause him to leave completely? He rarely has content for it beyond new-card reviews and the opening week...mostly been doing Marvel Snap stuff. I really enjoy watching him, even if I don't play Snap anymore, but we'll be one step further apart if he no longer plays Hearthstone *shrugs*
Bloodfang Initiation is cool, but I'm not sure how strong it is. At a glance it seems amazing for consistency with a Worgen build, especially in comparison to some of the other characters who build around their specific minion types. That said, you do have to pay for the right to buy the minions from the Tavern each time. Maybe that's enough?
Yeah, it's gettin' kinda weird in my opinion. They could've been selling that over the repeated Arthas skin; it's certainly more on brand with the set at large, and Jaina is very popular. Are they waiting for the mini-set?
At least the mecha skins are trickling out again, although not the ones I want (Valeera + Thrall).
I suppose a real concern is that, with Steam being the defacto primary platform many, many people use on their PCs, Valve doesn't have to care about improving their systems. Their supposed main competitor, the Epic Store, still hasn't made a profit, and their platform is arguably even worse. They hand out free games and buy temporary-exclusivity to draw people to them, and it's not enough. So if Epic can't truly be on their level, what drives Valve to care about us consumers?
I say this as someone who owns over 150 games on Steam, likes their games being on the platform, and recently purchased a Steam Deck: Steam could use some work, but first Valve has to care enough to put in said effort.
I purchased a Steam Deck, so what I'm gonna be doing is playing with that :D I need to chill with the whole spending-money business, so I won't be buying anything from the Steam Winter Sale; I'll be continuing my Elden Ring adventures, racking up more hours in Borderlands 3, and getting to my backlog.
DC Dual Force is one of those games I meant to try at some point, but forgot. My contribution probably wouldn't have saved the game, but it could've added up if enough people did that. Guess it don't matter now.
Unfortunately, is entirely possible this project was scrapped.
It had damn well better not have been! Ratchet & Clank is one of my favorite series of all time; you can't leave it without Ratchet and Rivet having a true adventure together D:
I once thought he was acting out some ridiculous performance art-level nonsense, to show people how much some are willing to eat up...but nope: that man is just straight evil.
Baldur's Gate III won Game of the Year and a bunch of others = yay!
No Shadow of the Erdtree, no Hollow Knight: Silksong, most of the trailers I didn't care for = boo. There wasn't a single trailer for a game where I was like "OMG I want that!" like Hades II from last year. Kinda bummed.
Smite was one of those games I was considering playing just to try - even installed it - but I never got to it. I don't have anything inherently against MOBAs, but League of Legend's toxicity was just too much for me.
Two weeks into 2024 and I've broken my resolution to spend less on games and non-essential stuff. I was really down yesterday and bought Roboquest on Steam - it's like Gunfire Reborn in that they're both roguelike FPSes with RPG elements. In my brief time playing it Roboquest feels much faster and more fluid, and has a story whereas GR does not.
If you like looter-shooters such as my favorite, Borderlands, then consider Roboquest as a roguelite version of that.
I have limited experience playing WoW, so I never directly engaged with the Elemental Lords. Other media such as Hearthstone or Heroes of the Storm helped shape my image of Ragnaros, and from those he has always seemed like the most entertaining of the four to engage with. In comparison to THE FIRELORD, the others barely have a personality (and/or don't even show up until recently/now). I'm not upset, because I enjoy Ragnaros, but when you put in effort to make one of the Elemental Lords more likeable than the others, of course you'll want to use him more.
Ragnaros is going to be the face of Warcraft Rumble's Raid mode - whenever they get around to releasing it - so there's another example of Blizzard's bias towards him over the others lol.
According to a Facebook post from Riot, apparently Kayle and Morgana are defending Demacia? Maybe one of their forts; back in my day, the faction to whom they swore their allegiance was nebulous at best lol. But I guess they're Demacian now. They've been reworked and retconned a couple times now I believe.
It was really cool to see Kindred though, I agree. And then with Lamb backing down in the end; conceding "not today".
I'll admit I haven't done much in the way of reading lately, but in the interest of contributing I will share that "What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers To Absurd Hypothetical Questions" is a great read. And the first one too, of course. It's by Randall Munroe, the guy behind the "xkcd" website (which has amusing jokes, diagrams, and scenarios, as well; updated three times a week).
If you enjoy his brand of learning-through-humor, he also wrote "How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems". I have all three: they are quite fun and funny, and hey, you just might learn something! Something useless, but still...something lol.
You can get all three in hardcover on Amazon for like $46 total.
It might never happen, but I say bring back Solo Adventures!
Did they ever say why they stopped doing "events" like Venom vs Carnage or the Hero song? The kind where we all participated to earn avatars or variants themed around the event. I liked those - who doesn't want to play for free rewards? - and it encouraged me to keep playing, but they just kinda disappeared seemingly not long after the game released.
Free stuff isn't profitable, I guess :(
One of the few things keeping RegisKillbin connected to Hearthstone was his enjoyment of Duels; will this cause him to leave completely? He rarely has content for it beyond new-card reviews and the opening week...mostly been doing Marvel Snap stuff. I really enjoy watching him, even if I don't play Snap anymore, but we'll be one step further apart if he no longer plays Hearthstone *shrugs*
Bloodfang Initiation is cool, but I'm not sure how strong it is. At a glance it seems amazing for consistency with a Worgen build, especially in comparison to some of the other characters who build around their specific minion types. That said, you do have to pay for the right to buy the minions from the Tavern each time. Maybe that's enough?
Yeah, it's gettin' kinda weird in my opinion. They could've been selling that over the repeated Arthas skin; it's certainly more on brand with the set at large, and Jaina is very popular. Are they waiting for the mini-set?
At least the mecha skins are trickling out again, although not the ones I want (Valeera + Thrall).
That is an absurd number of new games.
I suppose a real concern is that, with Steam being the defacto primary platform many, many people use on their PCs, Valve doesn't have to care about improving their systems. Their supposed main competitor, the Epic Store, still hasn't made a profit, and their platform is arguably even worse. They hand out free games and buy temporary-exclusivity to draw people to them, and it's not enough. So if Epic can't truly be on their level, what drives Valve to care about us consumers?
I say this as someone who owns over 150 games on Steam, likes their games being on the platform, and recently purchased a Steam Deck: Steam could use some work, but first Valve has to care enough to put in said effort.
I purchased a Steam Deck, so what I'm gonna be doing is playing with that :D I need to chill with the whole spending-money business, so I won't be buying anything from the Steam Winter Sale; I'll be continuing my Elden Ring adventures, racking up more hours in Borderlands 3, and getting to my backlog.
DC Dual Force is one of those games I meant to try at some point, but forgot. My contribution probably wouldn't have saved the game, but it could've added up if enough people did that. Guess it don't matter now.
It had damn well better not have been! Ratchet & Clank is one of my favorite series of all time; you can't leave it without Ratchet and Rivet having a true adventure together D:
I once thought he was acting out some ridiculous performance art-level nonsense, to show people how much some are willing to eat up...but nope: that man is just straight evil.
Baldur's Gate III won Game of the Year and a bunch of others = yay!
No Shadow of the Erdtree, no Hollow Knight: Silksong, most of the trailers I didn't care for = boo. There wasn't a single trailer for a game where I was like "OMG I want that!" like Hades II from last year. Kinda bummed.
If anyone's interest is piqued in Marvel's Midnight Suns, it's on sale: 60% off on Steam until the December 18th (2023) :)
I will patiently wait for the new Justice Jaina (as seen in the Collection), and then never buy another Mage skin again.
When it comes to Brawls with random cards, you've arguably got two choices:
Worked like a charm, even four years later :D