PIT STOP

 

As we draw closer to the one year anniversary of the Resurrection of Rants & Raves. I decided to do a quick pit stop before continuing down the road.

First; this type of format used to be called 'UPDATE' but Updates are now on the side bar of the blog. These are what I used to use twitter/ x for but since we are not twitter as much anymore I feel its better to incorporate it into the blog. These are also dated and will be regularly updated. Now what was previously 'UPDATE' becomes PIT STOP and PIT STOP are much more detailed updates. Think of it like this Update < Pit Stop < Blog aka RANTS/ RAVES. This system will help keep the weekly content more often in the form of Updates and Pit Stops and it saves the RANTS or RAVES for when I feel something deserves it.

Starting with DNF Duel. I am still pretty enamored with it but I seriously doubt me going to tournaments for it or even playing online competitively like I used to with other fighting games. I honestly think my time as a competitive fighting gamer is in my past and I am okay with it especially with the current crop of new fighting games really do not appeal to me. I have spoken about Tekken 8 before but I am also very meh about Mortal Kombat 1 and SF 6 looks fun enough but I do not see myself wanting to compete in it. Right now I am just enjoy learning combos, doing trials and just muck around in it. I will also revisit once I purchase the Character Pass but I will not be doing that till the end of the month.

Next up is Dredge. As a game I had on my radar for a long time I was excited to finally dig in and play it. Dredge is a fishing sim/ narrative mystery with heavy Lovecraftian influences. Now I am not a fisher but the premise alone attracted me and I've been playing it and enjoying it but I must say, compared to Inscryption, the last indie game that caught my eye this one feels more like a slow burn. I am taking my time with it too compared to Inscryption where I played it non-stop for days on end. I think I will eventually get caught in its net but so far, I have not gone completely in with it.

It is far too soon to really put down my thoughts of the other 2 new games I've picked up, those being Narita Boy (a 2D side strolling hack n slash with a nice synth-pop soundtrack) and Dead Island 2 (self explanatory this one) but both are fun so far as well.

Well that is our first Pit Stop. Look forward to more 'updates', Pit Stops and Rants & Raves as well as the big anniversary blog where I'll go into depth my plans for this blog.

AV