MyNameIsAtticus

Today's game is Far Cry 3. I've been wanting to play this for the longest time after hearing so many positive things about this one specifcally, and after picking up 5 while on sale, and i guess this came with the bundle so i decided to play it after Red Dead 2.

I didn't get very far out of the opening, but my first impressions of the villian were that i really like him. He's that kind of deranged i feel like we don't get very often, and when we do i feel like they usually get a redemption arc of some kind. I really like how unhinged he seems, it really makes him feel intimidating as a villian (which is honestly something Far Cry seems to do well from the other ones i've played).

Graphically it looks awesome too. At the native settings it would have had around 2012 it didn't look to great, but after raising it to the max it looks really good. It can be crazy how future proofed older games are with graphic options. Ubisoft around this time especially seemed to do this with their games. I remember Black Flag being the exact same way

I have finished Red Dead 2's story completely. This has got to be one of my favorite games in recent memory. They could have just stopped it at Arthur's death and brushed over everything that happened to John in between the games, but instead they gave us this amazing 2 Epilogues that perfectly tie the two games together.

I got this final screenshot at the very end, after which the game crashed on me which it wouldn't be complete without for me. Irc this is John and Abigail's final resting spot at the end of the first game. I love how they end at the same spot in every game. It's an amazing detail i love.

While doing American Venom, i also got this picture of Micah scurrying out of the tower:

And then also this shot i'm proud of with Arthur confronting Micah's Henchmen. This shot is probably one of the ones i see floated around the most so i wanted to try recreating it:

During the mission where Abigail and John go to Blackwater, I got a ton of fun photos too. I like the repetition of Arthur's Date with Mary to a theater, only this time Showing that John got out of the life (or at least a lot closer than arthur did).

I think this game probably is in my all time favorites. It's the kind of game where after you beat it you kind of feel empty after beating it. Those are the best games and a way of measuring how much i enjoyed it.

I've finished up the Arthur chapters of Red Dead 2 and started on John's. As odd as it is, I think I'm glad I waited this long to finish it. With my age I think has come a better understanding of the ending, when before when I was younger I would have just been sad about Arthur. The killing of your horse is downright diabolical too and I love it. I even knew it was coming and thought it wouldn't affect me, but nope. It hit me really hard, especially knowing what was going to happen shortly after.

During Epilogue 1, I got this fun picture of all the horses on the ranch. I don't think I've ever seen a proper ranch in the story with this many cattle, so it was a fun sight.

Another screenshot I grabbed was this one of the mission where you go to rescue Eagle Flies at the oil field. I liked whole mission strand because it mirrored Red Dead 1 in so many ways (Dutch's cliff scene, and foreshadow's how he exploits Native American Tribes too further his own goals), and I also liked how it highlighted a lot of the mistreatment of Native American Tribes. That's something I feel like a lot of Western's I feel like brush off or purposefully exclude.

I'm hoping to finish the epilogue tomorrow, which is exciting. I've never made it this far before.

Today's game is Halo Infinite. I picked it up while it was on sale (along with gifting some copies of MCC to friends). I mostly got it for Campaign, but me and my friend also played some of the multiplayer too. It's interesting. I can't say i'm a fan of the battlepass or micro transaction system, but the gameplay is a bit fun. I think the older games are my favorites still because Infinite feels a bit too like all the other live service shooter with all the flashy stuff and high paced speed, but it's still a lot of fun. The maps look cool and some of the new weapons are cool.

We played some of the campaign today too. It's a bit like Far Cry. Honestly, if they were going to try to do something different, it's not the worst thing to try. I found myself gravitating to the reliable battle rifle and AR combo though. Me and my friend went straight to legendary for the campaign, i think this might be the easiest we've done though (though we've been able too bring a tank with us everywhere so that might be what's making it difficult).

The hardest things so far has been the boss fights, we fought this guy who turns invisible. We ended up using the shock crates to stun him and then sticking the fuck out of him. It worked really well and once we broke his shield we just ran at him and started punching him.

Overall, i'm really enjoying it though. I think i'll stick to MCC for multiplayer for now but i might pop in for a few games of infinite every now and then

Today's game is Halo Infinite. I picked it up while it was on sale (along with gifting some copies of MCC to friends). I mostly got it for Campaign, but me and my friend also played some of the multiplayer too. It's interesting. I can't say i'm a fan of the battlepass or micro transaction system, but the gameplay is a bit fun. I think the older games are my favorites still because Infinite feels a bit too like all the other live service shooter with all the flashy stuff and high paced speed, but it's still a lot of fun. The maps look cool and some of the new weapons are cool.

We played some of the campaign today too. It's a bit like Far Cry. Honestly, if they were going to try to do something different, it's not the worst thing to try. I found myself gravitating to the reliable battle rifle and AR combo though. Me and my friend went straight to legendary for the campaign, i think this might be the easiest we've done though (though we've been able too bring a tank with us everywhere so that might be what's making it difficult).

The hardest things so far has been the boss fights, we fought this guy who turns invisible. We ended up using the shock crates to stun him and then sticking the fuck out of him. It worked really well and once we broke his shield we just ran at him and started punching him.

Overall, i'm really enjoying it though. I think i'll stick to MCC for multiplayer for now but i might pop in for a few games of infinite every now and then

Today's game is minecraft PS3 Edition. I dragged my PS3 over to my friends house again today. Last time my PS3's fans were screaming for mercy just from minecraft, but i opened it up and repasted the CELL and RSX and the fans were a lot quieter.

We played some more on the world from last time. I started a public works "committee" and built various things such as bridges and roads connecting things. My mascot is the Slime above. I set up a communal chest just for people to dump various things they don't need into it. My friend tried to build a construction hat on it too.

This bridge is one of the things i built. It connects mine and my friends house. I had setup a whole quarry to mine cobblestone just for it.

for myself i also setup a sheep farm (for the slime) and a crop farm. The crop farm i spent longer than i should have on because i was trying to fit it around the path.

Over by the farm, there's this chicken stuck on a floating island. We ended up fencing him in because we want to keep it safe. It's been there for a while though.

Finally, i got this screenshot while we were playing splitscreen. My friend penned in a zombie with his dogs, and it was just chilling there. He ended up killing it because it would stop him from sleeping, but we built a grave to remember him by.

I made a little bit more progress on Red Dead 2 today. Not much due to my progress being stopped by a crash. I moved the gang to Beaver Hollow though and went fishing as well.

While i was fishing i got this fun photo of some ducks. This game has some really good models for the animals. Very few games i feel like have their creatures modeled well enough that they look good in photo mode too. The only other game i can think of off the top of my head is Alan Wake 2, and even then that's just deer.

On the subject of animals, i got this shot of the deer that appears after Arthur finds out he has TB. I really liked this scene and how it kind of recaps all your honor choices to you. It's a good decision that i feel like kind of acts as a judge upon the players actions. I imagine it would be way more impactful though if i didn't know how it ended.

Finally, i ran into Gavin's friend again. I ran into him for the first time in Saint Denis, and then again right outside Camp. I stopped to say hi to him and then let him go on his way. It's a shame Gavin isn't in the game, because i imagine it would have been amazing to find him in quest or something

I knocked out a huge chunk of Red Dead 2 today. I finished up Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 in one blow and started 6.

Chappter 5 is a fun chapter. I see a lot of people say it draws out too long, and i kind of get that. But the feeling of going into Chapter 6 after chapter 5 really feels like coming home after a long trip and getting to relax, only for the game to say psyche and take it away from you. Not to mention the environment is really pretty. It's a shame they never got to implement the island to it's full scale, it would have been amazing to see. Below i attached some of my favorite landscapes on the island.

At one point it makes you fight off a battleship with a single cannon. While super fucking unrealistic, i love it for the cool factor alone. It was so fun to get handed this overpowered cannon for a brief second just to be able to use it to take down something of that scale.

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The ship can be seen in the very foreground of the fog. Sadly the game never lets me get a good look at it.

The water in this chapter is a 10/10 for me too. It's like a perfect shade of blue. I would honestly love to see it in person if it was a real island (and obviously not a sugar plantation anymore).

Finally, While playing, i got some fun bugs too that i think would make Todd Howard proud. My favorite is when Arthur got his arm stuck in this wagon and got dragged away from dutch

There's also this one though of the Boat just filling with water:

Today's game is Mario Kart 64. I spent all day working on Red Dead 2, but after a crash i decided to kick back with Mario Kart 64. I ran an entire course through the first cup.

I've mentioned this before but this was the Mario Kart me and my sister grew up on. We had it on Wii VC and later the legit Cartridge for N64. I always have chosen Toad because i love his voice. He sounds like a menace to society which makes it fun.

For almost the entire cup i had Yoshi right up my ass. I kept having to use Bananas to spin him out and remove him. Yoshi always seems to be a constant rival in this game for me.

At one point I managed to lose him though by taking a shortcut through the train tunnel Kalimari Desert. I lost the race because it didn't count the lap, but i was happy just to get Yoshi off my back. Luckily the game lets you redo the race if you fail which is unexpected. I never knew it did that.

After redoing the race though i came in first place and got the chance to show Yoshi up. Mario came in third after i watched him shove Luigi out of the way on the final course. Up until that point they seemed to have been neck and neck

I spent about an hour today playing some Red Dead 2 (i promised the rest of the evening to my Siblings for Halo and my friend fore L4D2). In the time i played though, i got this sick nature shot of a Gator eating a Hog during the Albert Mason side quest.

I headed back into town after that, and i got this random encounter where a man runs out into the street being chased by the law. He ran out in front of the wagon above and the Wagon freaked out and shot into the air and did a 360 like it was in a tony hawk game before landing like in the screenshot. The poor horses died in the process, but at least the got to go out in the sickest way i imagine a horse can go out.

I also stumbled on the viking helmet while out in the wild to buy a Skunk Hat i want. I'm sorry to arthur, but the thing looks absolutely dorky on him.

Finally, i went and did one of Eagle Flies missions. That entire plot line is one of my favorite in the entire game, so it's nice to play it again. I got this screenshot right as he blew up the oil field that belonged to Cornwall.

I've been slowly chipping away at Red Dead 2 today. Mainly i did the Garden Party and the mission where you rob the River Boat. The river boat you have to board is the one above. The whole mission was a lot of fun and felt like a Ocean 11's style heist kind of. I liked having to watch Strauss's face to tell what poker move to make, especially because i don't know shit about poker.

There's one point at the end where it's out in the middle of the river like whats above. After the robbery goes wrong, you have to fight your way out and Arthur and Co. jump off the side of the ship. When they did that i had a little panic attack because Swimming in this game drains your stamina like crazy.

The garden party mission was also a nice, slow, change of pace from things too. Not much action, the most it had was this section where you sneak around to steal a paper. It was really pretty and i appreciate it for not making you do any shooting.

Finally, i went back to Valentine to finish up a stranger mission, and bumped into Mickey. He's one of my favorite encounters in this game just because of how nice he is, even if he can be a bit odd.

I continued through Red Dead Redemption 2 today. I spent the entire evening doing Honor Missions and Stranger Missions. Upon returning to camp i got this sight of a rainbow over the swamp that i thought was pretty and wanted to share.

During the Arcadia for amateurs side quest, i too also took a picture of the horses as they ran past. This is the first Horse based picture i've taken that i think actually turned out good. I've taken a few of Arthur's current horse in the past and i feel like they always come out looking like the horse is hovering on all 4 legs.

I also went and did Mary's side quest. I let Arthur go and enjoy the theater with her because he deserves it. and i got some fun pictures of the play.

I also went by that abandoned town to pick up a book for Jack and grabbed a picture of the door. Back when this game first launched i remember hearing crazy theories that this was teasing undead nightmare 2, because it was similar too the door in the first episode of the Walking Dead and supposedly you could hear noises on the other side. I gave it a try for fun and didn't hear anything though lol.

Finally, there was this picture of a storm i took. It's very mundane but it really capture the feeling of a storm on the plains for me. It really was an amazing example of how much detail Rockstar put into this game, because it's not often a game gets me to stop and say "wow, this feels so familiar". One of the few recent games i can think of that did the same thing was Silent Hill 2, which really captured the town feeling it was going for.