Games MyNameIsAtticus • 20h ago • 87%

Day 95 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

Today’s game is Alan Wake. I finally started on Episode 6. I was hoping to clear it in one go and nab the Gunless wonder achievement too. So far I’m doing good. But I got stuck on this section in some woods where I don’t have any flares or flashbacks, and since I can’t use guns or I’ll lose the achievement, I’m basically at the hardest challenge yet I’ve had yet I think. On top of that my battery almost died so I put my console to sleep and plan to finish the last 10~ Minutes tomorrow and start on DLC 1 & DLC 2. The after that I think I might do American Nightmare before Alan Wake II. It’s not too long of a game so I should be able to clear it easily. This screenshot I took right outside the Majestic Motell. I want to also use this to talk about the games awesome attention to detail as well. While trying to avoid as many spoilers as possible, In one of the books we follow a protagonist who stays in this hotel, and he stays in the same room Agent Nightingale stayed in. He finds Agent Nightingale’s notes in the Air Vents while looking for a place to store his Dream Journal. Lo and behold. What do I find in the Air Vents in Agent Nightingale’s room?  Anyways, I love this game’s attention to detail. I really hope Alan Wake II has the same because it’s something remedy does well at on top of original gameplay imo.

Games MyNameIsAtticus • 2d ago • 85%

Day 94 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

Today’s game is Borderlands the Pre-Sequel. Me and a Friend are getting ready for something tomorrow. So we were low on time. We ended up playing some Borderland to save on time. I played claptrap. I don’t have much of a story this time due to just not playing very long, so instead I’ll talk about the game. I can see why this game was so well received back in the day. A lot of the humor still stands up well, at least imo, and the gameplay cycle is fun. One of the guns I had I could throw when I reload and they explode which is incredibly satisfying to do. On top of that Claptraps special perk is fun, especially when it irritates the people I’m playing with, such as one that makes them continuously fire according to my friend. Overall I had a lot of fun just playing around in the game with my friend and doing some side quests.

Games MyNameIsAtticus • 3d ago • 87%

Day 93 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

Today's game is Just Cause 4. I wanted to take it easy after an exhausting week of work. At this point i doubt i'll make much of a dent in Alan Wake II by Halloween, but it's better than burning myself out and not having fun. I picked Just Cause 4 because it was the one i had installed. I have more nostalgic memories of Just Cause 3 and dicking around in that. But Just Cause 4 is a lot of fun too with the balloons and stuff. I ran around and did a few missions and tethered some guys and their cars to some Balloons. You're seeing the after effects here. I also had a lot of fun strapping the boosters to the bottom of a car with balloons and getting in and turning it on. The car took flight and would crash into other cars. Has the same kind of chaotic feel as Red Dead Redemption and Wagon Surfing.

Games MyNameIsAtticus • 4d ago • 88%

Day 92 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

Today's game is Phasmophobia. Me and my Friend decided to celebrate finishing our midterms by playing this. We found out we actually have *turn on* the motion sensors, and then i watched my friend stumbler out into the front yard and get choked to death (I took a photo of the ghost while it happening and got some extra cash though! So really *who* won?). In another job my friend was bitching me out for taking photos because they're "useless". Jokes on him though because the $12 dollars we got after failing to guess right came from my photos of the sink. Here's a bonus photo of my friend up in my face while i'm trying to steal a cat photo from the house: 

Games MyNameIsAtticus • 5d ago • 87%

Day 91 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

Today's game is Lethal Company. We recently got back into the game after a few updates. When we landed on this planet we were faced with what can only be described as the wrath of god and the U.S. air force teamed up, as my friend was nearly struck by an explosion. We barricaded the door of the ship until we figured out what was going on. The screenshot is of me peeking out of the barricade. We also got Bee Suits which is the best part of this game. Sadly we lost them though when we failed to meet quota after getting hit by these weird insects, and then i had my neck snapped by this baby thing while backing away from the bugs. Right after the insects latched onto my friends face and killed him. Then after we could only afford one flashlight, so my friend went in while i watched the monitor. He got a ton of things but got killed by a plant man. We couldn't afford another flashlight so he went in blind and i had to navigate for him without one. He fell to his death. After that we had to go back because we ran out of time and we failed our quota. We got the joy of leaping into the ocean though since we were going to fail anyways.

Games MyNameIsAtticus • 6d ago • 89%

Day 90 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

Today’s game is Zomboid. The screenshot is of a Shed that I built. Me and my friend took Jerry and Cable to look for some Nails because we were running low and I wanted to get Jerry’s Carpentry Skill up by building a Shed (as all Suburban Dads do). We went by a Storage Unit and ran through all the open units trying to find a box, but didn’t end up finding any. My friend *did* find a blue Taxi he ended up taking home and I found a storage unit full of Zombies I nearly died in. We went next door to a Factory next and searched there too. We found 5 boxes of screws and also a few things of food we went ahead and took home. After that we drove home and I got to work on the shed. Nearly 2 days of tireless work later of decimating the local ecosystem and sawing it into logs and I built this wonderful shed. I couldn’t put a roof on it yet due to needing a Staircase, but that’s okay. I still love my shed regardless.

Games MyNameIsAtticus • 7d ago • 91%

Day 89 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

Today’s game is Alan Wake. I got back to it and finished Episode 5. Tomorrow the power will be out and I’m hoping to clean through Episode 6 entirely and start the DLCs (possible thanks to my Steam Deck). Episode 5 ramps up the difficulty a lot I feel like, but not to an unfair level. I think the only part I struggled with to an unfair degree was a jump while being chased by the tornado in the screenshot. The power plant is also really fun to play through because you can push enemies into powerlines to kill them. I also found another red chair out of bounds in the start of Episode 6. The player could never see it in normal play through I think. I’m wondering if maybe it’s a twin peaks reference or a developer in joke. 

Games MyNameIsAtticus • 1w ago • 90%

Day 88 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

Today’s game is Animal Crossing New Horizons. I was stuck in a car for 6 hours and when I got home just wanted to relax. So this is what I turned on. I caught a tilapia I named Todd, and took this screenshot out front of my home after putting him in my home. I don’t spend much time on this game as I struggle with games that need commitment (I think that much is obvious though), so my game is not very far along even half a year in. I just got to the point where I can construct the house for the three villagers moving in today. It’s a shame though I can’t stay with this game. Because I love the early game. Pole vaulting around is awesome and satisfying. The wild but chill vibes I get from the game are nice too. I have the soundtrack saved to my iCloud music library just so I can play it while working.

cats MyNameIsAtticus • 1w ago • 98%

I got my cat from outside

Link’s now been an indoor cat for 7 years

Games MyNameIsAtticus • 1w ago • 88%

Day 86 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

Today’s game is Zomboid. Me and my friend continued the adventure of Cable and Jerry. We went and looted a farm building for crops and hoping to find a watering can. Sadly we didn’t find any but we did walk away with 8 sacks of stale potatoes. After that we decided to gear up for Louisville and make a journey to the Military Base there. The car we were going to use had a broken window though so Jerry cruised into town and ripped apart all the cars he saw to get his mechanics up and then got into a scuffle with some zombies at the police station after they caught him stealing their car seats. After that we spent all (in-game) night looking for a single fucking window for the car that wasn’t already destroyed in a wreck. Finally nearly a hour later we found the right one outside a school. I stole the window and sped off home to install it to our cargo car. After that we packed the car and drove off for Louisville. We had to briefly make our car a train because the bridge was covered in burned out wrecks so we turned onto the railroad bridge. After merging back onto the highway and plowing our way through zombies, we made it to the military base. It was surprisingly empty, but we loaded a ton of Ammo and Guns into the car and an extra generator. On the way back we made a trip to a gas station, filled up our Gas Tanks, we got lucky and found the Watering Can where we didn’t expect, and then robbed a liquor store and sped off because the alarms on the window called the horde. Once we got home, I got to work leveling up my carpentry. I built a shelf in Cable’s rooms, and he put his pet Rollypolly he called Pipsqueak on the shelf. I took a screenshot of the shelf and if you zoom in far enough and look past the JPEG artifacts you may be able to see Pipsqueak (the gray speck on the bottom left corner of the shelf)

Games MyNameIsAtticus • 2w ago • 92%

Day 85 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

Today's game is Slime Rancher. I just came home from a concert, and i was wiped. So i decided to take things easy and just play around in my Slime Rancher Save. As you can tell, I *clearly* don't have a favorite slime. And they *totally* don't have a entire dedicated chicken farm next to their pen that i use to feed them every morning (I then proceeded to fill the pen with a ungodly amount of Tabby Slimes shortly after)

Games MyNameIsAtticus • 2w ago • 87%

Day 84 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

I got back to the Grindstone today with Alan Wake and started Episode 5. The screenshot is of the Diner. I wanted to get an achievement where you complete the entire segment without dying, but I was cursed to fail by walking backwards and somehow through an invisible wall and dying (not before getting Alan stuck on some scaffolding though and trying to break him free). I have too say this episode is my third favorite (First being Episode 4 with the Lodge and Farm and then Episode 1 just for being an Amazing introduction), the whole fight through the town and then the ending is amazing. Tomorrow I’m going to take it easy so I probably won’t be playing Alan Wake, but after that I will go back to part 2 of Episode 5, and then get to work on Episode 6 and the DLC levels.

Games MyNameIsAtticus • 2w ago • 91%

Day 83 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

Today’s Game is Old School RuneScape. I felt like shit after pulling an All Nighter last night for an Assignment so I didn’t want to start Nightmare mode of Episode 5 of Alan Wake. Don’t get me wrong, I love the Challenge. But I wasn’t in the mood for it today. On top of that my Usual Friends I play multiplayer were gone, so I decided to dick around in OSR by myself. I don’t play very often (as you can see by my amateur armor and equipment) but I like the vibe of the game, and the Soundtrack is one of my favorites. I love how it sounds, specifically Newbie Melody, Yesteryear, and Sea Shanty 2. And the graphics have a charm to them I love with their rudimentary polygons. I took the screenshot in a little village market I spawned in, before teleporting back to the usual spawn, and did a quest where I had to help this chef guy gather some things. Then I ran around the castle stealing boots. I then took a walk over to a big city and fought some bandits. Overall I think I got my relaxed day. I’m hoping to get back to Alan Wake tomorrow, but the day after I think I’ll probably take it easy again because I’m going to a concert that’s running late.

Photo Mode MyNameIsAtticus • 2w ago • 100%

Rock Concert Stage

Alan Wake - Screenshot - PC

Games MyNameIsAtticus • 2w ago • 84%

Day 82 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

I finished up Nightmare Mode Episode 4 of Alan Wake Today. For the screenshot I picked the Old Gods of Asgards Rock concert (I was going to take a screenshot *during* the concert but couldn’t get a good one because the flares and a 800p resolution made it blurry). Without diving too much into story spoilers for those who haven’t played the game, this whole moment is one of the most memorable to me. The excitement of fighting off taken during a rock concert is euphoric and exhilarating, and it gives me the same feeling as Left 4 Dead 2’s Dark Carnival Campaign with *it’s* rock concert. Then there’s the battle with the combine right after which is almost as fun as the concert. Furthermore I almost got the “Child of the Elder God” achievement on Nightmare Mode, which requires you to “Have a rock'n'roll moment without dropping to a low health state”. But sadly Alan took a Flying hatchet to the face at the literal *last* second and dropped to low a health state, which was disappointing. I’ll probably go back on Normal mode and try again, because as fun as it would be to do it on Nightmare, I just want the achievement right now.

Games MyNameIsAtticus • 2w ago • 88%

Day 81 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

Today’s game is Alan Wake. I wasted no time getting back too it and went through the first half of episode 4. I would have done the second half but the game crashed sadly. I’m hoping to complete it soon, though with the Silent Hill 2 remake on the horizon i’m considering swapping my plans for Alan Wake 2 with that because i’ve been excited for SH2’s remake for a while and just remembered it’s coming out here in a few days, i’m not 100% sure on if i’ll do that though. I originally accidentally posted this screenshot to the *wrong* gaming community, but The screenshot is of the Lodge at the start. I think this game does a really good job of leveraging it’s landscapes, Particularly at this part. The whole game does an amazing job of capturing it's landscape, especially for a game of it's age where i feel like the landscape can sometimes show it's age. Episode 4 is probably one of my favorites because i feel like it has a good balance of action moments and story pacing moments. Not to mention i love the lodge section. The escape from the lodge itself is great and it has a lot of cool lore elements, and then the hedge maze and garden outside i love too. It is probably one of the most memorable parts too me. Breaking Episode 4 into two parts may have been a blessing though, as it will let me talk about my other favorite part of Episode 4 in more detail tomorrow without drawing out the post

Gaming MyNameIsAtticus • 2w ago • 100%

Day 81 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

Today's game is Alan Wake. I wasted no time getting back too it and went through the first half of episode 4. I would have done the second half but the game crashed sadly. I'm hoping to complete it soon, though with the Silent Hill 2 remake on the horizon i'm considering swapping my plans for Alan Wake 2 with that because i've been excited for SH2's remake for a while and just remembered it's coming out here in a few days, i'm not 100% sure on if i'll do that though. The screenshot is of the Lodge at the start. ::: spoiler spoiler I took it at the moment when Alan is supposed to go back to his room. I wandered outside to talk to the painter again, and took this screenshot of the landscape. ::: I think this game does a really good job of leveraging it's landscapes. I also got a bonus freecam screenshot of the water of cauldron lake.  Episode 4 is probably one of my favorites because i feel like it has a good balance of action moments and story pacing moments. Not to mention i love the lodge section. The escape from the lodge itself is great and it has a lot of cool lore elements, and then the hedge maze and garden outside i love too. It is probably one of the most memorable parts too me. Breaking Episode 4 into two parts may have been a blessing though, as it will let me talk about my other favorite part of Episode 4 in more detail tomorrow without drawing out the post

Games MyNameIsAtticus • 2w ago • 88%

Day 80 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

Today's game is Zomboid. I took a break from Alan Wake to play with a friend, and we continued the story of Cable And Jerry. We went and hunted down a gas can today, but had to hike back after i crashed the car into a wreck. After a close encounter in an office building with a room full of zombies, we ended up splitting off after we got surrounded and my friend was hauling supplies. So i made a path through the horde with my pickaxe, and fought them off while my friend made an escape with all our stuff. I ended getting out too and led them too a house. While they funneled in, i shut the door and used the extra time to escape. Once we got back to our house, we ended up going down the road the other way to look for gas to scavenge for the (non crashed) car and generator, and we ended up finding a gated community by a pond. After investigating the mystery of the house with all the windows on the left side broken, We ended up moving there. I spent most of them time chopping trees, turning them into planks, and boarding up the windows. There's no zombies out there but it's better to be safe than sorry, plus it gets my carpentry skill up. I made a spear and started fishing too. I only caught 3 fish, but i was very proud and cooked them. The screenshot is of two of the fish, a Catfish and a Crappie.

Games MyNameIsAtticus • 2w ago • 84%

Day 79 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

I continued with Episode 3 of Alan Wake today. I took quite a few photos, as the free cam mode i feel like really let me explore the game. The primary screenshot i picked was of the FBI helicopter, as with the freecam i felt like it allowed me to get an up close angle of the helicopter i wouldn't normally see.  I thought this menu was a neat attention to detail, as in episode 1, Carl Stucky mentions this is one of his voice lines. Specifically, this one: > "Paul makes the best hot dogs in the state! Belly Buster is the best no contest. Monster dog... is second best". I think it's cool that this attention to detail was added. I find it fascinating that i'm finding new things like this even so many playthroughs in. ::: spoiler spoiler it's also cool because Paul is also the guy at start of Episode 3 that shows you to roses trailer :::  I also took a screenshot of Pat Maine, as during my playthrough i remembered why he's one of my favorite characters. I find him very fun to listen to on his radio show, and i'm hoping he appears in the sequel.  This screenshot i discovered that the Freecam is buggy while i was exploring out of bounds with it. when i returned to Alan he clipped through the ground and fell into the void and died. I thought it was funny and grabbed a screenshot right before i fell into the void.  While wandering around in the daytime i also stumbled across this chair in the woods sitting on a cliff. It had a thermos in it, but the placement of it felt very abstract to me. I'm almost wondering if it's a reference to something, but if it is, then it escapes me.

Games MyNameIsAtticus • 3w ago • 90%

(Actually) Day 78 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

I did Episode 2 of Alan Wake today. The screenshot is of the sawmill in the park. My assumptions were right about it ramping up in difficulty on nightmare. I found myself dying a lot more in this episode, and enemies are bullet sponges I feel like. Rusty alone took up about 3 clips of headshots. I think it may have been a lot harder if I didn’t use actual strategy (saving ammo by running away, not always hard pressing the flashlight to aim, and using the flares to chokepoint areas to escape, etc.). Overall though I found the difficulty a fun challenge, especially since I usually play on Normal Mode. I ended up taking a detour and also collecting all the Manuscript pages. I’m hoping to wipe out a good chunk of the Achievements and finally 100%. Something that has evaded me in all my past play throughs.