Yay, borderlands! I think it’s been my favourite franchise for a solid decade now and Borderlands 2 certainly swallowed a huge portion of my life and honestly still does to some degree.
The series has had some gems and some less than great content but the gameplay loop has always been very satisfying!
I quite liked the maps myself and the story whilst perhaps a little to obvious was fun.
My biggest problem was the enemy/mission level scaling which found you falling behind the main story mission quite easily making for some either very tough fights or some less than thrilling side quest farming.
Oh and how long it took to unlock weapon slots 3 & 4. Such a slog!
Not seeing any love for Toejam and Earl Back in the Groove. Reimagining of the 90’s Mega drive classic made by the original dev.
Apparently a possum meme. I’m ok with this.
Never see anyone mention it so I’ll go with Hyperblade!
Futuristic combat skating game that was played in stadiums akin to the inside of a rugby/american football so you had high sides for doing tricks, goals at each end and hazards in the middle.
Hazards I hear you ask? Why yes! Spinning gates with blades on them to hurt your opponents and various other objects caused a small amount of bodily harm and bleeding. This led to a viable strategy of simply killing the opposing team.
Bonus points if you decapitated them too - literally. You could use opposing players heads to score more goals. Hilarious and probably not suitable for an early teens kid but I think I mostly turned out ok.
Huh, that was what 5 years ago now? I will remember telling randy he was wrong (in perhaps an alcohol fuelled rant 🤭) only to get swiftly blocked.
Brick voice ‘Ahhh good times!’
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six. Could be a fun mini series to adapt. The video game never grabbed me though.
Not great. Perpetually exhausted (~4 years, onset), GP just gaslights me into thinking I’m fine.
My friends have all but abandoned me since the pandemic.
I have no job and due to the aforementioned fatigue struggle to find a route back to employment.
On the plus side my cat loves me. Probably something to doo with tuna.
Overall I think I win.
I thump my water bottle down on the desk just hard enough to make my mouse trigger and wake up the PC. By the time I’m sat comfortably it’s awaiting a password :]
Excited might be going a bit far but hopefully getting a referral to General Medicine and a little closer to understanding what’s wrong with me all the time.
Beyond that some D&D I plan to run when I’m better. Planning and plotting as we speak 😎
Oddly pretty good the last few days! Been suffering from fatigue from an unknown source and for the last 5 days I’ve slept well, felt ‘normal’ and been able to get some things done!
Where they the right things? Not really but it’s the thought that counts, right?
No love for Motorhead?
The rest I was going to suggest have been mentioned already!
Ah sadly due to the above happening I’ve been living at home with my folks so we’re all registered at the same surgery. Good idea though!
Where to start? 😅
Short version: been sick in various forms for the last 4 years with leg infections, epididymitis, covid and awful fatigue. Finally got an answer this past week of low testosterone. GP is unhelpful - won’t refer me to endocrinology or urology because things will just go back to normal if I lose weight.
Long version? Eh, on request. Typing on my phone is awful.
How can random folk on the Internet help? I’ve no idea! Is anyone knows how to brow beat the NHS GP service into actually caring about their patients is love to know the secrets.
If you like D&D then I can suggest D&D Deep Dive - roughly hour long videos building weird combos for D&D play but with the smoothest voice ever!
My mum still plays this daily. Had done for years. So can’t get beyond level 6 though 🤣
Came out in 1998 a month or so before Half Life and came with a patch cd in the box 🤣
Interesting take on the fps genre with branching routes/alternate levels that change things in the story deepening on your success. It’s a bit janky now but still a decent game.
So much magic wrapped up in these games. I’m aware of the sequels and what not but I’d love to go back to them completely fresh.
Honourable mention to Deus Ex and Need for Speed Porsche 2000 which missed the cut by months.
Very much so. Pre sequel came out after 2 though which is a tad confusing but I look forward to your impressions!