Forgot how fun the angel murder ride was. Running nicely on Steam Deck btw! It's Playable Status but it may as well be verified, no bugs thus far. I tweaked the official config a little more to my liking and it's just as efficient as on desktop now! :laptop_parrot:
I keep meaning to finish this one... maybe with the power of Cloud Saves and Steam Deck I can finally make that happen. Already did that with a few other titles this year! 😎
Today I finally updated my #Darksiders fanfiction! It takes a lot of time and effort but I haven't abandoned it. I have also installed a desktop Wattpad app, which is a bit obsolete but it does the job.
Updated my Darksiders fanfic today! It took a while for me to get this chapter done but my health must come first and I need to also have the motivation. No point working on something if I don't feel like it!
I'm not one for "New Year's resolutions", but I am one for overly ambitious projects.
For 2023, Project365 is "One New Game Per Day".
Given that I have 634 unplayed games in my Steam account and {mumble} unredeemed bundle Steam keys, there's a reason my unplayed collection is tagged "Pile of Shame".
I'll pin this to my profile, and give a brief summary here each day (or x, if I miss x days due to work or stuff).
I'll play 15-30 minutes of (at least) one new game I've never played before (or played less than 15 minutes of). I'll give every game at least 15 minutes, even if I hate every minute of it.
I'm also open to suggestions; if you reply to this thread with a game, I'll schedule it, or tell you what I thought of it.
One of the things that's come up is that I have a bunch of games that I've played once, and not touched again.
August 18, 2023 - Day 230 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 250
Game: Darksiders Warmastered Edition
Platform: Steam
Release Date: Nov 30, 2016
Library Date: Dec 4, 2018
Unplayed: 1718d (4y8m14d)
Playtime: 27m
Darksiders Warmastered Edition is a remastered version of the original Darksiders released in 2010. It's a third-person hack-and-slash action-adventure.
The game opens with a explanation of the universe of the game; For eons, heaven and hell were at war, until "The Council" brought the war to a standstill. The Council had their own four-person army to take down anyone from either side who broke the law.
The army? The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
After a period of time, humans arose, and it was predicted that one day Heaven, Hell, and Humans would engage in a final battle when the seventh seal was broken (a lot of repurposed religious imagery here).
The game opens to a scene of world wide devastation, as meteor strikes across the planet turn out to be monster demons attacking humans, angels attack monsters, humans running around and dying a lot, and then you show up.
"You" being one of the Four Horsemen: War.
Angry looking dude with glowing eyes, long blond hair, and a huge sword. You take down demons and angels left and right, until you get smushed by a big demon in a boss battle.
Then you show up in front of the council, and they're kind of unhappy, and blaming you for the battle, as you weren't supposed to show up until the seventh seal was broken, and the seventh seal is intact.
Basically, War has been set up.
Playing with keyboard and mouse, the controls feel a little bit sloppy, and habitually going for the shift key to sprint doesn't work well when the shift key is set to focus fire.
With a little bit more playtime it might feel a little bit better, but I don't know if it's because it's a seven year old remaster of a thirteen year old game, or it's just overly bombastic, but it's not grabbing me and yelling "keep playing", but there's something interesting there.