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RE: holoz0r's A-Z of Steam: Consortium
I've grabbed this game! It's on my "Bought But Never Played" List alongside 200 odd other games, haha. ~ Bought it because of the promise of a dialogue-heavy, make-choices, your-choices-matter, consequences!!! :D But as with anything, there's never enough time or it's impossible to immerse myself as I want to be immersed.
Have the urge now, but school holidays and a rowdy 5yr old = not the best time. :)
Twiddles fingers.
The second episode is just too pricey, even though it looks much more polished. It's incredibly, incredibly dialogue heavy. It makes Baldur's Gate, or Pillars of Eternity look like a picture book, although the writing quality isn't on that level.
I do love me some dialogue!!
Pillars of Eternity... you've just reminded me that I really need to finish that too, haha. :D I only made it to, I think it was the start of Act 2 -- stopped for one day, then could never get back into the groove. And I NEEEEEEED to finish it before I open up Pillars of Eternity 2.
The game play was so unforgiving in Pillars. My first mistake was playing a hardcore character as my first one... that didn't last very long. I ended up playing a crazy, chaotic evil dwarf. There was so much fun to be had, but I did see the "You have died" screen far, far too often.
I haven't picked up PoE2, and I don't think I will. I'm trying to go through every game in my Steam collection before I buy another PC game (excepting Cyberpunk 2077, and Vampire Bloodlines 2!)
I have a long way to go. I used to review video games professionally over a decade ago, and it is difficult to look at games without a sense of disdain. Doing these reviews on Steem for fun, instead of money, has made me realise how much I miss deconstructing games.
It also made me realise how much I wish I could construct "better" games. They're such excellent vessels for telling stories, but such complicated and dense ways of delivering them.
Oooooooh, yes, I can imagine! I took to save-scumming heavily in Pillars. A hardcore character was not for me. There was a bit in Act One, when you're fighting Raedric, if you choose not to join him -- I think, just had a quick google -- and that fight took several hours. Many, many deaths! And I'm certain I won finally by sheer luck. I loved my singing companion so much, if it wasn't for him and his voice... no chance.
Urge to play, rising! :D Eee!
Going through every game in your Steam collection sounds like quite the task. (I have about 260 - have played substantially less) I've been following along for a while, silently. :) Had to speak up in this one though because Consortium is just one of -those- games that I would love to play, but I'm unable to immerse myself. At the moment I'm playing games I can just pause and run off and come back later and not really have to pay much attention.
Mostly mind-numbing things that I can do on auto-pilot while my subconscious thinks.
Being a professional game reviewer also sounds like a pretty spiffy job! But I can imagine the simple fun of playing a game would disappear quickly while trying to play from a critical approach. :( Must be nice to enjoy them once more. :)
Thanks for your in depth and genuine conversation on this post. I followed you, not realising a few things - my profile says "I like words", and that you're a writer. I've been looking for new content to enter my feed, so I look forward to seeing your ongoing work. :)
I was frequently asked to "dumb down" my reviews, because I like to use a lot of a words and write pretty long sentences.
I'm also glad to find another Australian among the tangled weeds of the Steem blockchain, it's even better when engaging with locals!
Steem is all about the community and there's so much stuff to consume, yet quality stuff to support is so difficult to find.
Keep steeming on and have an amazing day!
Allow me to introduce you to part of my author bio...
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No worries about the convo! Happy to finally speak up. :) It's something I need to do more of here - slowly climbing out of my shell and interacting more.
Always happy to find other Aussies on here! Alas, I'm a dastardly Queenslander and no-where close to where all the action happens. Maybe one day! :)
Cheers for the follow - I hope you enjoy what I have to post! It's mostly just five-minute freewrites, the occasional babble, and maybe the odd gaming related thing. Doing a Sims Legacy Challenge at the moment. :)
Hope you have a wonderful day, also! :D