Sméagol

So finished this a few days ago.. Great ride overall, with some great looking setpieces. Controls were great, but gameplay overall, well, was fine, but I wouldn´t rate this game a Game of the year (of last year..). I enjoyed the rollercoaster ride, although I wouldn´t have mind if they went a little less over the top. It´s unbelievable how Lara keeps finding herself in more trouble.. Then looking at the skeletons and streams of blood under the monastary I believe.. I mean, how many people get stranded on that island? Looks like a small country had been sacrificed .. Reminded me of something like Resident Evil 4 with all the over-the-top-ness. After all the talk about Metroid influences, I was hoping more of that, but the game´s still quite linear. There´s no real need to backtrack. I have no real desire to pick up the rest of the collectibles after finishing the game. Anyway, I enjoyed it and I´m looking forward to the sequel (and film perhaps), but I´m done with this one.

@mods, the game is unlikely to come to WiiU at this point, so please move the thread to "other consoles". Anyway, I´ve played this a few hours before the official release, but it´s now generally available on Steam and GoG for € 30,- (or € 35,- for the special edition). Is it worth it? I´d say absolutely. Few technical issues aside, the gameworld is incredibly detailed and polished.. Art design and setpieces are lovely. I walked for quite a bit (as opposed to running) through the city, soaking up the atmosphere. Listening in on people´s discussions. There´s even a hilarious singer songwriter I spent at least 5 minutes listening to. The gameplay is similar to Dreamfall. If you´ve played that, you feel right at home mostly.. For those who haven´t; it´s a 3rd person point & click adventure. You click on things or persons to interact with them, and solve puzzles. Works fine overall, although since you don´t have a specific pointer, it´s sometimes a bit confusing what stuff you can interact with and what stuff you can´t. Also the icons aren´t explained at first, but you can figure them out through trial and error. The music is amazing. Check the trailers to get a taste. The soundtrack is available with the special edition, and I´d say the price is worth it for the soundtrack alone. There is the aforementioned singer songwriter (apparently a real artist) who has 3 songs before he starts to loop, the soundtrack itself is amazing, and then there are various other bits of music like stuff you hear outside of the clubs and bars, making the city feel alive. Then of course there´s the story and dialogue. I haven´t replayed the previous 2 games (yet), and I have a bad memory, so even for me a lot of references went over my head. The good news is that the game is fully enjoyable without the knowledge. Furthermore, they´re working on some sort of recap of the previous 2 games, in a similar vein to Mass Effect I suppose, so you won´t have to play the games if you don´t want to. I still recommend you do, you´ll miss some of the intrigue. Book 1 (out of 5 total) contains 2 chapters and a prologue and interlude, and it´s the last 2 that will benefit the most of having knowledge of the previous games. The game generally follows Zoë and Kian, both from Dreamfall, but the interlude has a 3rd (and new) playable character, in a setting that will be familiar to those who have played The longest journey. Telltale games had some influence on the direction of the game, the focus on storytelling (although of course the games already had this), but now the episodic structure, and especially the choice & consequence factor. For those who were a bit disappointed with this in The walking dead, I have good news: Red Thread games seem to take this seriously and offer some real branching lines. After looking at their forum after playing Book 1, it seems I totally missed some characters and puzzles, based on the first major choice I made. Anyway, I can wholeheartedly recommend the game. Go buy it if you like adventures and good stories and dialogue.

My brother got retweeted by Will Wheaton #jelly [tweet]525124812596051968[/tweet] (Not sure how you can easily see this, but you can see the tweet in Will´s timeline a little bit further down:https://twitter.com/wilw)

Stream is available again, so there I go .

Is this still going on? I forgot all about it, and just came home. I clicked the stream, but it starts in the middle of something, not at the beginning.

Not exactly movie news, but I just needed an excuse to post this picture: Emma Stone will be on Broadway playing in Cabaret. I really wish I had the money to go to New York on short notice..

Finally went for it myself. I still want to get a retail version, but I won´t find it this cheap.

I was really looking forward to Peter Capaldi, but this season has been a bit hit or miss for me.. But last episode was great, and my favourite so far. That cover is awesome too.

What the turtles in the film should´ve looked like : Although even that wouldn´t entice me to go see the film. (Besides, I´ve seen everything I wanted to see from the film in the trailer..)

Got my first package from Amazon.co.jp today (I´ve had .us, .co.uk, and .fr before, and I´ve been eyeing things on .de). My first time forwarding a package is a success. (and BiJ were nice enough to put a lower value on the package, resulting in no custom charge, making the total cost comparable to a non-forwarded Nendoroid).

Those synonym rolls look disgusting by the way.. More like Bukkake rolls.

Can be fixed with a window, like normal Japanese figure packaging.. But I prefer to see the artwork on the boxes. I just hate those silly plastic packaging in general. They´re annoying to open, and annoying to store if you want to keep the boxes (but you have to destroy the packaging, so that´s not an option in this case).

Those should´ve been the Amiibo boxes.

This game looks cool & all, but at this point I can´t imagine not playing this with Oculus Rift. I´ll get the inevitable bundle eventually.

A promo for a (droolworthy) Sony TV, but they show something cool I´ve never seen before: Ice bubbles (and sorry, it´s a facebook video).

I´m genuinely surprised someone still hasn´t heard of [GIMP]. Anyway, good luck getting tickets. I hate camping, but it seems like something you have to have experienced at least once.. My friend expressed interest in going, so we might try for 2016.

Quick but important update: Releasedate is 21 October. But some changes have been made during production, for those who haven't kept up with the news: the game is going episodic. I also don´t know what the status of the Wii U port is, since (regarding consoles) the game will be a PS4 exclusive for a while. I´ll create a better OP in the weekend, and include all the new and relevant info. Edit: @mods.. Perhaps it´s better to put this in the other consoles thread for the time being. If a Wii U port ever sees the light of day, we can put it back.

I hope that in all your excitement, you don´t forget which stick to use.

Those are some nice DS´s. Makes me realise that I don't have any real collector items, though I wonder what would be the the most valuable item in my collection.. It might be the Play-yan micro. Seems to go for $ 100,- + easily used.

That is actually the first Blackberry I like (design-wise). I thought the form factor would be weird when you use it to actually call someone, but the thing is smaller than I thought. Ah good, from the e-mail I got I was under the impression they all were limited. But if that´s not the case, I´ll get one later.. The white one, yeah, is slightly nicer, but currently I´m not in the market for a $ 150,- pluche unfortunately.

Not sure if I like premise (though not much is known anyway), but the animation style is great. I´ll see if I can spare something next month, even if it´s just a little.. Use the kickstarter tags by the way.. [kick ]xxx[/kick ] and [kickcard ]xxx[/kickcard ].

Haha I saw it, I want it.. But I want so many other things, and so little money!! Aww.. Think I have to pass.