A Strategy Guide for your Strategy Guides
I put it up for vote this week for what I would stream with a strategy guide in hand, and Gears of War 4 won the vote handily. You guys like watching me suck at killing things. I’m on Act 2 at this point, and I’ve found nearly every collectible but one from the first Act. I will warn you; I pause a lot while I’m looking up the collectibles in the guide.
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I received both strategy guides to Gears of War 4 and Dragon Quest Builders, and I’m pumped about both. I’m going to take a vote for the Wednesday stream for which game I will play with the strategy guide. I really hope I don’t have to start over my whole DQB game, but if I have to, I will.
But before I could get too much into either one of them, this review copy showed up and well, everything has been tossed out the window. I’m the worst person, confirmed.
It’s amazing to get a review copy of a game so early. And it’s been amazing so far. That’s all I can say, that and it’s full of puns and it’s a cute overload. So essentially, it’s my Game of the Year.
Since my 3DS is so easy to play with the kids around, or during karate lessons, I got through some more Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney. The drawings are killing me, but this style of puzzle solving I just love. I just have to ignore the fact that it violates all types of courtroom procedure, just like every court TV drama does. Courtroom trials are actually very, very, very boring. There’s a reason why the OJ Simpson trial, which kept everyone captivated for eight months, was reduced to 8 episodes in the fantastic drama American Crime Story: OJ Simpson Trial. There were some exciting pieces to that courtroom, but not enough to last for longer than 8 episodes.
That said, it’s time to get back to these lovely reviews I love so much, between the strategy guide reviews and reviews for work. What a horrid problem to have, right?
As you will hear me ramble quite a bit, I was not expecting to obtain a Gears of War 4 collector’s edition strategy guide. Apparently this was a hot and heavy preorder, and Prima Games is completely out of stock. But hooray, I was able to get my hands on one after all, and now I know why so many people bought it. Obviously me saying this will ruin any reason of watching the video below, but I strongly believe that this CE is worth every extra penny over the standard edition.
Now if you’re curious why, then please check out my full unboxing video below.
Now I think it’s time to play more Gears of War 4…
Going to attempt to start live streaming a guide I’m currently reviewing each week, and this week I have Gears of War 4. Who’s ready to watch me slaughter horrendous enemies with a chainsaw lancer and most likely die numerous times while I try to get back into my Gears groove? It should be fun!
We’re offline now, but the streams will be archived on the YouTube channel!
It’s a long story why, but I’m not able to play games at night right now. As such, I’m getting a lot of handheld gaming in and I’ve had plenty of reading time. On Sunday, the eldest was playing at a friend’s house, and while the youngest napped, I thought it would be the perfect time to finally finish Victory Road and beat the Elite Four. Victory Road was a pain in the ass, I can’t lie there, but nothing prepared me for the Elite Four.
Pokemon Yellow has that sharp spike in difficulty at the very end, something that most RPGs of this time period suffer from. It was some developer’s way of thinking it would be “fun” to suddenly force grinding upon players. Oh, did you get through the entire game with little difficulty? Well, prepare to be punished. Come back when you’ve earned 20 more levels. Yeah, no, that’s not fun, and that’s exactly why I dropped Final Fantasy III (Japanese, not American). Unlike FFIII, I did not do all of the side quests in Pokemon Yellow. There were two I skipped, the hunts for legendary Pokemon Articuno and Zapdos. In hindsight, I should have gone after Zapdos. I was overly confident in Pikachu, and that was a mistake.
My second mistake was not buying enough Revives at Indigo Plateau. I limped through my battles with the Elite Four, surviving the final one with only Blastoise, Sandslash, Venusaur, and Moltres. But like the Inquisition, I did not expect Gary to swoop in at the end for a fifth battle with no break or time to heal. I had never lost to Gary before, and yes, it would hurt my pride if I lost to him now. It would doubly suck if I had to go through the Elite Four all over again. I thought I was super prepared for the water types with the first of the Elite Four, but her Lapras destroyed Pikachu in a hurry. I did beat Gary the first try, and only Blastoise and Sandslash were still alive, although barely.
A win is a win, right? Good God I’m glad I’m done with that game. So much about it was great, especially the story behind the ghosts at Pokemon Tower, but that’s one game I will not play again. It’s really hard to go back to those old games. I admit we’re spoiled now with the amount of hand holding, and you know what? I’m fine with it. Perfectly fine.
One thing I will say about that experience though is I’m super eager to see how much has evolved since these first games! I really wanted to rush out and buy Pokemon Alpha Sapphire, but I remembered I have other games on my 3DS I should get through first, like the Phoenix Wright games I bought during a PW sale. That first PW game? Wow it is ROUGH. The drawings are so bad, but it’s still so much fun.