Starting at the end of last year, I've had access to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and so have been experimenting with different styles of games than I've played in the last decade. The first game I...
Starting at the end of last year, I've had access to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and so have been experimenting with different styles of games than I've played in the last decade. The first game I tried was Hollow Knight. The last Metroidvania-style game I played was one of the Castlevanias on SNES, so it's been a long time and took me a while to get into the game's rhythm, building "reflexes", and adapting to the mindset of "failure is learning". The art style originally drew me in, but the music and story were unexpectedly quite moving.
I started Elden Ring last week, my first Souls game. I'm 45 hours in and am just now leaving the first map area. Side quests and map filling/exploring I enjoy most in games and tend to leave main quests for last. This has worked against me like when I played Fallout 3 and accidentally skipped several steps in the main story by finding an area and NPC early, but is very rewarding in ER so far. I am dying a lot, but finally beat Crucible Knight so feeling pretty good!
Starting at the end of last year, I've had access to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and so have been experimenting with different styles of games than I've played in the last decade. The first game I tried was Hollow Knight. The last Metroidvania-style game I played was one of the Castlevanias on SNES, so it's been a long time and took me a while to get into the game's rhythm, building "reflexes", and adapting to the mindset of "failure is learning". The art style originally drew me in, but the music and story were unexpectedly quite moving.
I started Elden Ring last week, my first Souls game. I'm 45 hours in and am just now leaving the first map area. Side quests and map filling/exploring I enjoy most in games and tend to leave main quests for last. This has worked against me like when I played Fallout 3 and accidentally skipped several steps in the main story by finding an area and NPC early, but is very rewarding in ER so far. I am dying a lot, but finally beat Crucible Knight so feeling pretty good!