GTFO: R4A1 - Cytology (Extreme)
The steps to clear this are almost the same as doing the normal version, but at the selection of what bulkhead to open pick Extreme, then head to the bulkhead room and setup - mining and foaming the...
View ArticleGTFO: R4A3 - Onwards (Extreme)
Since my notes were kinda lacking from our last visit here (which went really well), I've decided to redo the whole thing here to help with clarity and to fix up some errors last time. The initial part...
View ArticleThe Old Guard
Doesn't have answers you're gonna like.A group of highly trained soldiers is exploited by a research company who are equal parts greedy and stupid. Led by Andy (Charlize Theron) these special...
View ArticleMetal Gear Survive: Hunter Scavenger
[Part of the MGS Diary]Having established a small base camp, the first order of business is to scavenge up supplies. This includes food, water and materials to make crude weapons. Thanks to the debris...
View ArticleHue
A nice idea with bad execution.In this platform world of grayscale, Hue (you) the protagonist is on a quest to complete a "magic" color ring. Each color you acquire can be set to become the background...
View ArticleMetal Gear Survive: The First Defense
[Part of the MGS Diary]Visibility drops considerably inside the wall of dust as does all digital mapping which means its up to me to manually remember the path back out. Worse, the oxygen tank steadily...
View ArticleAER: Memories of Old
It's like one of those flying dreams...Set in a broken world where land masses are mysteriously floating about on their own, you are sent on a pilgrimage to the three temples to learn of the past and...
View ArticleMetal Gear Survive: Miranda is the Bomb
[Part of the MGS Diary]In the dust, little wormholes regularly open up and drop a variety of materials at random but having a helicopter crash right out of one is definitely worth investigating. Sure...
View ArticleHorrified (Board Game)
Save the town from some famous monsters!In this cooperative board game, players (1-5) must work to defeat famous movie monsters - the likes of Dracula, the Wolf Man, Frankenstien and his Bride, the...
View ArticleMetal Gear Survive: Digging the Sky
[Part of the MGS Diary]The previous memory board gives us the location of a "wormhole digger" next to an inactive teleporter, which seems to be the key to escaping this place so I go to fetch it in the...
View ArticleLifeless Planet
Lifeless at first glance anyway.As an astronaut who crash lands on some barren planet you have no choice but to move forward through the more or less one-way path given to you in order to solve a lot...
View ArticleMetal Gear Survive: Hot Potato
[Part of the MGS Diary]Searching for another singularity for Iris energy takes some time, but also lets me unlock more teleporters and expand base camp as I rescue more stranded survivors including a...
View ArticleRoman Empire (TV)
Featuring emperors starting with "C".This show turned out to be my first docudrama experience. For those who don't know what that is, you have actors and a script and scenes like a regular TV show with...
View ArticleMetal Gear Survive: Dark Mire
[Part of the MGS Diary]After the initial food scavenging I don't have much choice but to scout out the dust jungle and quickly find more enemy types: "grabbers" scorpion type bugs that pose as plants...
View ArticleRise of Empires: Ottoman
Because the Roman's can't have all the fun.Much in the same vein as Roman Empire, this docudrama narrated by Charles Dance focuses on the Ottoman Mehmed and his burning desire to conquer Constantinople...
View ArticleMetal Gear Survive: Sahelanthropus Mansion
[Part of the MGS Diary]After making preparations it's time to secure Sahelanthropus in one of the longest defense missions so far (15 minutes). The narrow passage is a great funnel for the first few...
View ArticleNext Up Hero
Only the dead can help you now.This online only game has some rather odd art coupled with rather odd game design. In it you must go on expeditions on randomly player made generated floating islands to...
View ArticleMetal Gear Survive: The Lord of Dust
[Part of the MGS Diary]With the crew working on the rail gun and construction on the traps, I am sent to get the last thing we need: Iris energy to bait the Lord of Dust. Dan gives us the location of a...
View ArticleThe Escapists 2
Because you haven't escaped ENOUGH!I didn't like the first game and the theme in this one hasn't changed at all: you are a prisoner that needs to escape from whatever prison you are placed in. Luckily,...
View ArticleMetal Gear Survive: Aftermath
[Part of the MGS Diary]With the Lord of Dust dead, we are now able to mine Iris energy right at base camp. This obviously attracts wanderers but I can finally let Reeve and the team deal with that...
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