This week I tried to get into an older game that combines two of the best things in the world. I was extremely hyped to start playing this game. Lego and Star Wars in one package, what could possibly go wrong?
Video Games
I do this for a living and for fun.
The Battle of the Cloakwood
The Troupe have descended to the lowest level of the Cloakwood Mines and find themselves face-to-face with Davaeorn’s entourage. Their assault doesn’t go well, and they are forced to retreat for a short while. But now reinforcements are arriving through the upper levels and there is no escape.
Minion Masters Monetisation
Minion Masters is a “free” game on Steam that is free in all the ways you would expect it to be free. It creates a unique experience by combining card-collecting with tower defense gameplay, but it fails to provide an interesting enough experience to justify its pay-to-win mechanics.
Ye Olde Baldur’s Gate Manual
There’s an experience I used to have as a kid that you don’t get in the modern age. Video games would come in a box with a cartridge or a disc inside, alongside a game manual.
Davaeorn, Master of the Mine
The Troupe have made it deep into the Iron Throne’s mine in the Cloakwood Forest. They are close to Davaeorn, the leader of the mine. Yet Aegon’s visions of death linger, and there is uncertainty if they can survive the final encounter with Davaeorn and succeed in flooding the mine.
The Slow Death of a Queendom
I kept playing Kingdom: Classic this week in an attempt to see if I could complete the game. I didn’t get that far, but a run I had showed me how to play it better.
Strange Place for a Wedding
The Troupe make their way through the deeper parts of the Iron Throne’s mine, cleaving their way through hobgoblin guards. Now they have entered into a room filled with mutilated corpses, and a dark booming voice taunts them. What invisible foe awaits them in the torchlight?
Going Back to Kingdom: Classic
I’m back in the default world, so back to playing through my Steam Library once again. I already played the sequel to this game, so it’s interesting to go back to the original and see where it started.
Hobgoblin Guard’s Quarters
Aegon and the Troupe make their way deeper into the Iron Throne’s mine, encountering wave after wave of armed guards. After a short battle with hobgoblin guards, they are aware they are entering a trap. Unfortunately they have no choice but to keep moving forward.
The Husk of a Horror Game
This week I played a game that started out great, with a dark and creepy atmosphere. Unfortunately, though it gets the lift-off right, it fails to deliver on the landing. The horror is quickly lost, and the game devolves into a tedious slog that loses its grip on the player.