Now I Am Become Death

Keeping the ongoing blog content commitment whilst I wait for KOF XV to finish its download on my Steam Deck. Man, this thing is taking forever even hardwired. Also definitely a RANT about the Steam Deck (the big RAVE is coming tho) is how it does not do background downloads aka the minute your Steam Deck goes to sleep. It just stops and it is very annoying and surprisingly something Playstations and Xboxs do much better in this regard.

Enough about that through, we are here to talk about two things and both are sort of tied together which is nice. First is our title. Yes I know its not grammatically correct, however that is the title of this song by my new favorite video game composer Chris Christodoulou

Feel free to play it in the background if you want some music whilst you read this blog :D

I, of course stumbled on the insanely talented Chris whilst I was doing research on Risk of Rain 2. If you have read my previous RAVE about Risk of Rain 2, you'll know Chris' 'The Rain Formerly Known as Purple' was one of the reasons why I really wanted to play it and to this day, it is top 5 in my favorite tracks from him and boy I've been listening to some tracks. I found out he collaborates a lot with Hopoo games aka the makers of RoR series. Hopoo also made the game which the above song and title of this blog comes from, 'Deadbolt'. 'Deadbolt' is unique and I feel the best way to describe it is to let it speak for itself so... the trailer!

Well, now I'll be experiencing it myself. I was in two minds in what Hopoo game I should get next and surprisingly I decided the original 'Risk of Rain' would not work because it'll be remade soon in 'Risk of Rain Returns' and I'll definitely get that one. That left me with 'Deadbolt' and I think we will have fun playing it. I see a longer blog/ RAVE about it after I get into it. Speaking of future RAVES expect a longer one about Chris Christodoulou too.

Now this nicely ties into my second topic of discussion in this blog. More Risk of Rain 2!! Now I know you guys might be like damn Phil can you talk about something else but sorry, I can not. This is my blog and I am not getting paid for it so I can get to talk about what I am passionate about and with a 129.2 hrs into it, it is Risk of Rain 2.

Since our last update I've unlocked all the artifacts and their respective challenges, some which were pretty unique and challenging and I've unlocked the Commando, Artificer, Loader and Bandit's mastery skins.

Speaking of, in a roundabout way, we are back to the beginning of this blog

This is the Bandit and his mastery skin which he actually cosplays the main villain from 'Deadbolt' Ibzan and well, let me just say, Bandit kind of rocks. I love his playstyle and he has a passive where he does more damage if he hits something from the back. He has a cool shotgun and a precise rifle that reloads all his skills when he kills something with it. I actually feel like a reaper dealing out death with his acurate shots and the sound they make when you get them is like audio candy. His gameplay loop is probably the most fun I've had with a RoR 2 survivor since Captain. In all honesty, he is now probably my third favorite character to use coming just behind Huntress and of course, Captain.

It is also rare but I think I might switch between his skins too cause unlike the normal color palette swaps it changes his look completely and I like his original skin too. I've always enjoyed Gunslingers (I even have a KOF combo video called 'The Gunslingers') which kind of ties this back to the beginning of the post too funny enough.

So this blog is a whole ass Genesis Loop (RoR 2 item, told you I am obsessed) now. Crazy enough tho, I have 'Deadbolt' I have a backlog of other games including other Rougelites I promised I would play for my Roguelite blog but I still want to play more RoR 2. I have other Survivors to learn and master. I have secret hidden bosses whom are the only thing that I have not beaten yet and well, I am just having too much fun.