Horizon Zero Dawn and other Notes

Tonight we banged out a bunch of trophies tied to exploration and side activities in Horizon Zero Dawn, plus several side quests, including the big one tied to the Thunderjaw known as Redmaw. If everything plays out right, we should be able to get enough skill points via the main story quests, since at this point that is the main things we have to focus on. At the moment, Horizon Zero Dawn is slated for Friday night, but I might put it on Saturdays to finish it out, with Persona 5 Tatica in four of the dive weekday slots.

Out next stream will feature Overwatch, haven't played it at all this week due to getting a bit sick and sleep getting thrown out of whack because of it.

For the raid we dropped in on Kalenal who was playing Final Fantasy XIV!

Horizon Zero Dawn Trophies

• Cleared all the Bandit Camps: Took back all settlements from the bandit clans.
• All Corrupted Zones cleared: Killed all the corrupted machines in every Corrupted Zone.
• All Ancient Vessels found: Found all the Ancient Vessels.
• All Banuk Figures found: Found all of Arnak's figures.
• All Metal Flowers found: Found all of the Metal Flowers.
• All Vantages found: Found and accessed all of the Vantage datapoints.
• All Acquisition machines killed: Killed at least one of every type of Acquisition machine.
• Hunted Redmaw with Talanah: Rose through the ranks of the Hunters Lodge and helped Talanah defeat Redmaw.

 Had a hard time knocking out a Resident Evil related commission, basically having to rewrite everything that was slated for it and take things in a different direction.

I know have back to back WWE related commissions and will be getting started on the first one shortly, as the queue is now up to nine stories. Depending on how wonky work gets this week with the Thanksgiving Holiday I might be knocking out a couple on in a day (or at least the ones that do not involve more than two characters)

Good night!

 

Persona 5 Tactica and other notes

We started Persona 5 Tactica today, and while it certainly takes a while to get going because of the long opening, this game continues all of the usual charm that I've come to expect from the Persona franchise, The fundamentals are clearly easy to learn but really tough to master, as I'm a complete novice when it comes to tactical based RPGs. The music and voice acting is top quality I fell.

Unlike everyone else, I elected not to the do the DLC story first because I wanted to understand how to play the game, because even on Safe Difficulty, I feel like I have to be very mindful of what moves I make.

We'll continue Persona 5 Tatcia on Monday's stream!

Our next stream will featured Horizon Zero Dawn as I decided not to continue playing Starfield, because at least with HZD I feel like I'm engaged with the content!

For the raid we dropped in on djparticle who was playing Splatoon 3

Persona 5 Tactica Achievements

• Lavenza's Aid: Gained the ability to fuse Personas.

Word was solid today, a few friendly folks to interview is always nice.

I'm currently working on a Resident Evil commission request, and that should be finish tomorrow... kind of over though out to use some elements of Resident Evil 3 and the chapter is turning out a bit lackluster.

Following it on a back to Back WWE related commissions requests, followed by Batman, Jimmy Neutron, Rooster Teeth, a 3rd WWE story and Star Wars tale. In a way I'm glad I'm off for Thanksgiving, and that some of these are concept that should only get around 2500 words, but of course I'll shoot for 3000 as always.

Good night!

Horizon Zero Dawn and other notes

Tonight's stream of Horizon Zero Dawn was a pretty smooth affair with the big thing being accomplished was overriding the final Tallnecks and Core as well as closing in on finding the remaining vessels, vantage points and metal flowers, which we should easily knock out the next time we play it next Friday. 

Once that's out of the way, the then we can focus on the main story quests in order to progress towards finishing the game out right. At this point we have put in nearly 40 hours into HZD, granted a good 10 to 12 hours was spent in the Frozen Wilds.

Of course Friday's stream will feature Persona 5 Tactica, and I'm so excited! We'll be putting that on the Xbox Series console to have as smooth an experience as possible, even though it appears it can be played on Xbox One consoles.

For the raid we went over to abenonymous who was playing God of War

Horizon Zero Dawn Trophies

• All Tallnecks Overridden: Scaled all of the Tallnecks and accessed their information.
• All Cores Overridden: Reached the Core of every Cauldron and accessed the information within. 

Dropped in on Kalenal's stream where they were trying to do a raid in Final Fantasy XIV while wearing a blindfold, it was hilarious!

Nearly finish a Star Wars related commission story, really wish I knew more about the character of Mara Jade, but hell, everything I write has an alternate universe slant to it anyway, so it wouldn't matter.

Beyond that one story, I have 7 more in my current commission docket to write, so in a way I will be covering lost earnings for the two off days last week because of the General Election as well as a bit next week in regards to Thanksgiving. 

And I say seven commissions, because there is one Resident Evil, three WWE/Wrestling, one Batman, one Jimmy Neutron and one Rooster Teeth related tales.

Work was solid tonight, four interviews done, even if one guy was a complete asshole where I double-talk my way through his questions to get them to take part in the research.

Good night!

Journey to the Savage Planet and other notes

Tonight's stream of Journey to the Savage Planet saw Iceman and I knocking out quite a few achievements, finding all the collectables in the DL-C1 area and then focusing on finding all the goodies in the main area of the game. I do feel Iceman got cheated out of one achievement I earned, unless it's specific to something a player must do themselves. Either way we'll be back at it in finding stuff next Wednesday as we really want to find every thing possible! 

We also talked about an old show he watched as a kid called Captain Power, and just looking at the commercials and opening credits I'm wondering why and how did that show not air in the United States! Cause it looked awesomely cheesy!

Our next stream will feature Horizon Zero Dawn, yes we're playing it a day early this week because of the release of Persona 5 Tactica on Friday!

Journey to the Savage Planet: Employee of the Month Edition Achievements

• For Science!: Complete the first set of Science Experiments. Science: It's not just for nerds!
• Power Underwhelming: Craft all the new upgrades unlocked via exploration of DL-C1
• Coastal Postal: Collect all the scattered postcards of DL-C1
• Jewel of the Bargain Bin: Complete the entire DL-C1 Kindex
• Deleted But Not Forgotten: Read all of the previous explorer's emails. Kinda nosy if you ask me.
• Build It Up: Gather half the Alien Alloy on AR-Y 26. I'm half-impressed!
• Pinball Wizard: Kill 5 creatures with a single Charged Shot. Because aiming is for chumps!

For the raid we went over to zonesama for some retro TV watching! 

Work was alright as we were doing a feedback study on local utilities in the midwest.

Didn't finish the Spider-Man related story commission I had on the docket for today, but it's like 90% finished will back that out before I go to sleep.

Following it will be a Star Wars related commission, then Resident Evil, two WWE and Batman.

So on that note good night!

Dead By Daylight and other notes

Tonight's stream featured Dead by Daylight for the first time since 2019, and thank goodness I did the tutorial off-stream to get a feel for the game, because we certainly got back in the flow of things rather nicely, managing to escape three times out of the survivor matches I played, plus we did one match as a killer.

Now does this mean DBD will be returning as a feature? Not really, I see it like Smite, a game I can throw to in order to fill a night if needed, but at least I know I have a fighting chance for the most part.

I will say this, the Ellen Ripley character model looks awful in comparison to many of the other license characters. I get that they couldn't make her look like Sigourney Weaver , but they made the character look rather chunky!

Tomorrow night, Iceman and I will be back at it with Journey to the Savage Planet to see if we can find stuff needed for achievements!

For the raid we dropped in on SweetLindir who was playing Baldur's Gate 3

Dead by Daylight Achievements

• No one left behind: In a public match, rescue someone after at least one gate has opened.
• Survival Treasures: In a public match, escape while bringing a new item to the campfire.
• Make Some Noise: In public matches, scream 50 times.
• Sorted: In a public match, spend most of the trial injured (more than 50%) and live to tell the story.
• Preemptive Strike: Hook a Survivor in a public match before any generators have been fully repaired.

Knocked off two story commissions today, one was the WWE related one I intended to finish on Monday and the other was Ant-Man related.

Next story on the docket ties in with Spider-Man, after it there are Star Wars, Resident Evil, and at least a pair of WWE related stories (oh... joy...)

Work was okay, solid, if annoying with having to ask for listed individuals because some people have names that are impossible for me to pronounce.

Not sure what Thanksgiving is looking like for next week.

And on that note good night!

 

DuckTales Remastered and other notes

Tonight's stream featured DuckTales Remasted, namely the Xbox 360 version of the game, and I was reminded as to why it's been so many years since I last played it, in particularly, the DMCA issue with the game and it's music. I look forward to seeing at how many trips through the editor it's going to be on the YouTube side.

Gameplay wise, it's a fine two button platformer, and I should've played it on easy from the start because I forgot how punishing DuckTales can be on timing jumps to get through enemies and obstacles. In fact we probably wasted close to an hour on the Amazon stage alone before I restarted and switched it from Normal to Easy.

The big difference is that on Easy, each hit you take counts for a half a heart, and you get unlimited continues. On Normal, you're limited to a fixed number of lives.

It was great that the original cast from the DuckTales cartoon was featured one last time, June Foray as Magica Da Spell is always a treat

Our next stream will feature Dead by Daylight, which will be the first time we've played it on Twitch since 2019.

For the raid we went over to lilmoolah_ who was playing Baldur's Gate 3

DuckTales Remastered (Arcade) Achievements

• Work Smarter Not Harder: Defeat Big Time Beagle using your noggin
• Healthy Appetite: Eat some of Mrs. Beakley's delicious treats.
• Sink or Swim: Dive into the Money Bin
• Art Aficionado: Buy art in the gallery
• Extravagant Housewares: Collect the Sceptre of the Incan King
• Superstitious Hocus Pocus: Collect the Coin of the Lost Realm
• Garbage Collector: Collect the Giant Diamond of Inner Earth
• Any Crash You Can Walk Away From: Collect the Lost Crown of Ghengis Khan
• Where No Duck Has Gone Before: Collect the Green Cheese of Longevity
• Pogo A Go Go: Defeat 5 enemies in a row with pogo jump without touching the ground
• Luck o' the Ducks: Get back what Magica stole

Woke up with a bit of a head cold today so I didn't finish the commission WWE/MMA story I had on the agenda for today, I will be knocking that out before I got to bed since it's about 90% finished

Tomorrow will be a full day as I have to record my review of DuckTales Remastered and also start work on the next commission story based on Ant-Man

Following that story, I have three commission this week based on Spider-Man Star Wars and Resident Evil, with the last two being very similar in nature which will be a pain to make different.

Work was solid, even if the entire Israeli / Palestinian conflict is going to be a tough subject for many people to talk about.

Good night! 

 

Overwatch 2 and other notes

Tonight's stream featured some unusual problems with my microphone that took a few minutes to resolve. Apparently everything but my voice could be heard. 

We did have a wild night of Overwatch, plenty of wins and way too many losses that were due to questionable choices made by the random teammates we had. 

Big thanks to PandaSweet for being apart of the fun as always!

Picked up two plays of the game (as Junker Queen and Orissa), also put in time as as D.va, Reinhardt, Bastion, Sombra, Ashe, Lucio and a few others.

Big thank you to Redneck_23 for the raid during the stream!

Out next stream will feature DuckTales: Remastered, it will be our second time playing, but the first time playing it on console. 

For tonight's raid, we went over to MissCammi316 who was also playing Overwatch 2.

Finished two commission stories, one was related to Arrow and the other was tied in with Resident Evil

Next story on my docket is WWE/UFC related, which unfortunately will have the same gimmick as quite a few stories this one person asked for.

Other stuff in the commission story queue are related to Ant-Man, Spider-Man and Star Wars.