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Probably should. But I do want to know how cloud game saves and all that works so I can play on the mothership and the steam deck as I would the Switch (or close enough to it).
Steam deck uses something called Proton, which makes Windows games compatible to run on Linux.
I bought Kingdom Two Crowns and Kingdom Eighties, set in the 80s.
I'm now more familiar with the series and various versions.
So the basic game of Kingdom is fairly similar, the difference is mostly the aesthetics.
The other games are actually DLC like, or themes if you like.
I started with the cheapest option, Kingdom New Lands, on sale for £1.30
It's a really enjoyable micro sim indie game. I don't play sims or strategy games anymore, but this is so stripped back and easy to work with. So you can chill and still feel like your choices matter. You throw coins about to do various things like to recruit a peasant.
Then throw a coin to get a hammer, your recruit auto picks up a hammer, then you throw a coin at a mound of dirt and your dude goes to build a watchtower.
You do the same to build farms, watermill, hire archers etc. They generate cash for you, they literally throw coins at you as you visit them. You use your earnings to continue building your Kingdom.
However there is a portal with monsters that spawn and attack your Kingdom every night. So they will destroy your walls and fences and your subjects will die and respawn as peasants.
So I'd buy New Lands as I did to see what it's like.
The main game is Kingdom Two Crowns, it has 3 different themes, one of which is a Japanese one with lush bamboo forests. It's also Two player.
It has a few DLCs, Norse Lands and a Greek one called Olympus.
Then they did Kingdom 80s, set in a Stranger Things like setting. You ride around with your buddies building stuff to defend from the monsters. I haven't played much but there seems to be a story and you have to fulfil certain conditions to recruit your main buddies.
Kingdom 80s and New Lands are separate games.
Kingdom Two Crowns is the main game to get, it's better value as it has 3 included themes, but then you can buy the two other DLCs.
They all seem good to me and when the prices drop I'll nab the dlcs.
Today I learned:
1. The Steamdeck can be used effectively for streaming from your PC (big plus, takes away most of the storage concerns).
2. Steam has a built in tool to allow you to transfer games on the same network, and this works on Steamdeck just fine.
3. The base level OLED is $900, the LCD is $650. It's not quite a no-brainer to go with the the OLED but it kinda is.
This would be a lot easier sell to the family if I had not gotten a $600 watch earlier in the week (before I knew this was happening).
I did not research it before I bought it, and it turns out it does not (I should have looked into it).
It does have an OLED screen though.
So has 2024 been long enough for us to be comfortable that we'll soon be living in 2025?
I'm on both sides of the fence on this one. I want to tell you to do it because you play so many driving games, but also the one time I bought a driving wheel it was novel, but I went back to controllers pretty quick.
To support my first view, I have played GT on a PS5 with a logi driving wheel and racing seat in a store and it was mind melting. I can only imagine what that would be like with a PSVR2.
They should have done the sensible thing and fired one more, just to be on the safe side.
VR2 is my preferred way to play GT7 by far. In fact, it's the only game I've played in VR since late July. A good wheel would certainly elevate that experience even more. Logi G29 is the most compatible force feedback wheel available supporting PS3, PS4, PS5, and PC; third-party adapters can make it work on Xbox and Switch as well. With a good fold up stand and stick shifter accessory, the G29 would be around $400-450. My interest in other gaming genres has been declining for years, so I've been playing more and more driving games instead. Like the VR2, good wheels are an expensive pill to swallow, but I'd likely love it once I have one. Maybe it's time to seriously look into it.
Got off the first island in Kingdom New Lands.
I thought that would be the game finished but we sailed to a new island.
I'm still learning how everything works. Only thing that annoys me about the game is your horses stamina, you run out of breath and have to walk very slowly till it recharges.
Farms seemed to give you the most money, so chopping down trees and expanding your farms is the way to go. I'm curious to see what the new island has in store.
It's been a lot of fun to read. It's kind of like getting a new issue of Nintendo power. Some games get spotlighted a little bit more than others, particularly if they were a little more story heavy. Sometimes game art from the manuals is included. And the author provides some thoughts and opinions on some of the endings as well.
For me this is almost like an opportunity to go back and look at the ending to games I rented or just couldn't complete. I definitely recommend picking this up if you still have appreciation for the 8-Bit era.
Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection? Yes. I like it a lot.
I picked it earlier this year and had a lot of fun with it. Definitely not an easy game, but probably still easier than the classics.Any problems with it?
Controls, difficulty etc?
No. I played it on switch and it ran just fine. Arthur moves a little slowly by design; some people don't like that, but I didn't have any problem with it.
It has lots of difficulty options so you can tailor the game however you like. And it has multiple pathways through each level, so it has replay value.
Um, okay. 👍
Awesome, thanksNo, Pallyed the horrible PS2 re-vival and the super hard original on SNES. Not my cup of tea at all! (that is I suck at it).
I like that very much.