Sunday, September 24, 2023

Control: AWE & The Foundation

Control Ultimate Edition was on Prime Gaming to claim, about two years ago now. I did just that (for free too with a trial, I think) because I wanted to play the game's downloadable content. I have to say that I was surprised how girthy both of the expansions were -- I had expected them to be maybe two hours at max each but instead they were several. I replayed the main game too -- and couldn't tell if anything was different (other than better performance on a more powerful GPU) -- because I didn't feel like figuring out if the game pass saves would work with the GOG version.

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Metro 2034 & 2035

There are many years between the publications of Dmitry Glukhovsky's Metro novels. Metro 2033 was first released in 2002 (online -- printed in 2005), Metro 2034 in 2009, and finally Metro 2035 came out in 2015. With over a decade between the first and last, it's not terribly surprising there was a shift in direction -- especially with the final book -- Glukhovsky finding different things more important.

Sunday, September 3, 2023

Tomb Raider: Underworld

Tomb Raider: Underworld was apparently developed concurrently with Anniversary, which led to the team on Underworld being understaffed. I don't think it shows too much in the game. Gameplay has few quirks but also advancements. And there is a good finale to the game.