Month: November 2020

Well, I was able to nab the final two achievements of Streets of Rogue and I can say it was a much deserved completion.  Not my favorite game of the year, but in the top 5 for sure (still think Sparklite or Yoku’s Island Express are probably my favorite games of the year).  Since then, I haven’t played a thing.  I’ve watched some movies, read some books, and kinda taking a week off along with Thanksgiving.  After November is done, I’m sure I will start on something else but it’s nice to have the break.

Here are the current sales for the week – https://majornelson.com/2020/11/23/this-weeks-deals-with-gold-and-spotlight-sale-plus-black-friday-cyber-monday-sale/

If you sort by DWG (Deals with Gold) which separates the Black Friday sales I mentioned last week, you’ll be able to see the new sales games.  All of the Rayman games are on sale as well as Brothers in Arms along with some non BC games like Omerta and Arcania.  Port Royale 3 is also on sale at $3.99 and BC which isn’t on sale very often so it might be worth the pickup.  But be warned on that game it is a long completion (50-60 hours according to estimates) and it does have three pieces of DLC as well ($2.99 each).

Do not pickup Stacking as it will be a Games with Gold next month.  I unfortunately picked up that game a long time ago and never played a lick of it.  Shame on me I suppose.  Anyway, have a great holiday weekend if you are in the US like me, hopefully others get some fun out of this time of the year as well.  Enjoy.

This week, outside of being ridiculously busy, I decided to hold back the sales post until the Black Friday sales were a part of it which I knew were coming.  Furthermore, it’s taking me a lot of effort to put in these sales and I think a simple link would probably be best going forward.  Besides, I plan to revamp the site a bit soon and this will probably be one of the causalities.  I honestly am not sure if anyone really appreciates it and it might be better if this just serves as a blog for reviews, writing, and random thoughts.

I am still playing Streets of Rogue, I am up to 48 of the 50 achievements leaving just a couple at this point.  Basically, it will just require beating the game one last time to get the bad ending and then I’ll be done.  I don’t really have a “next” game in mind currently.  I would like to find time to go back and finish off Broken Sword V and Tell Me Why properly (at least the former), but we’ll see what happens.  I might just jump into another game where I can play it for 20 to 30 minutes at a time instead of trying to find time for a 2 hour session (which I never seem to have these days) which is what Broken Sword and Tell Me Why are going to require.

I will say the site does have an Instagram now (click the link at the top) but will be mostly dedicated to various media purchases I make.  However, some might find it interesting as we move forward.

Alright, so here are the sales –

https://majornelson.com/2020/11/16/this-weeks-deals-with-gold-and-spotlight-sale-188/

A general warning, be sure to check previous pricing if possible….some of these I believe have been cheaper (or the same) in the past and these kind of sales usually are for the casual and not the one who has been hoping for “X” game to go on sale.  With that said, the Oblivion prices for the DLC are probably the best I have seen at a mere $2.99 for Shivering Isles (and $1.49 for Knights of Nine).  Lots of Tom Clancy and lots of Fallout are also here.  But as I say many times, if you don’t have the Fallout GOTY/Ultimate discs, something is seriously wrong with you (or you are just not able to collect physical media perhaps).  Anyway, just go slow, make a list of what you want and then do some research before finalizing your purchases.  Have a good week and enjoy.

So I was able to finish Town of Light over the past week.  As mentioned, I didn’t go all the way through the second playthrough just long enough to get the remaining three achievements.  It just didn’t seem worth it to be honest despite enjoying the game.  I did start a new game called Streets of Rogue which is wonderful GTA (think the originals) throwback with rogue lite/procedural type levels which almost always hook me in.  I actually already have 32 of the 50 achievements but the last 18 are going to require some work certainly.

Here are the sales which certainly has some interesting ones if you are willing to take the time to look at it.  MX Unleashed is actually finally on sale when all of its sequels were on sale in previous weeks.  A couple of DLC packages are also included which is appreciated (wish one was Costume Quest but I digress).  So it’s probably worth taking the time to go through it, have a fun rest of your week.  Enjoy.

Well, I did finish Town of Light over the weekend in terms of first time through the story.  Chapter 15 was incredibly brutal, it was one of those I could have lived the rest of my life and did not need to see that ending sequence.  That leaves 3 achievements which are received for going a different path after Chapter 5.  I will be stopping after those achievements, I don’t really need to go through Chapter 15 nor that school sequence (Chapter 13) again regardless of any changes it might have on the story.  I should have that done this weekend.  After that, I will move on to something else, it’s a good walking simulator but I have enough issues with bad dreams.

So, we do have some sales this week.  Okay, not really it just sounded good in my head when I put it on the page.  Just de Blob 2 which was a GWG a while back and Frontlines which arguably could be one soon.  Perhaps look at some of the Xbox One sales and see if anything interests you.  Take care and have a good week.  Enjoy.