There is no universe in which I purchase the new Ubisoft Star Wars game for $70 much less $200 now that they just delete games you bought from your library. This is especially frustrating considering I’ve been playing a lot of old games recently, specifically racing ones. Going back and playing these decade old games made me realize how much I dislike the new “festival” design for these sorts of racers. The Crew Motorfest and Horizon both want me to believe that I’m participating in some kind of sanctioned event and compared to games like NFS or even the original Crew it’s just super boring. I’m having a blast with NFS Payback and NFS 2015 right now which sadly is another of these Always Online games meaning that EA could pull the plug on it at anypoint. It’s wild because they still look and play better than many modern racing games. Just because a game is 10 years old doesn’t mean it’s no good anymore especially when you look at the current state of triple A games.
The Fallout series has been great so far. I’m only about halfway through but it’s clear everyone involved loved the source material. If the show has you craving more stories about the vaults I would encourage you to check out the one we made about Vault 77. This was an official project we did back when Fallout 3 came out and they let us make our own Vault. It has since been canonized in the official lore! Maybe if they get a second season we’ll see the puppet man!
I played about 20 hours of Planet Crafter over the weekend and I can’t stop. The basic hook is that you have crash landed on a barren planet and you must use your crafting/gathering skills to terraform the world. You need to collect resources to build yourself a habitat while also constructing machines that will bend the planet's ecosystem to your will. The first time it rains on your planet is a great feeling and then before you know it the ice caps are melting and you’ve got lakes. I’m currently working on getting moss which I know doesn’t sound exciting but you have to trust me it’s rad.
Here's a tip if you decide to give it a try. Don't build your base in the low lands. My first outpost ended up underwater when the rains started. Key learnings!
-Gabe Out
