On May second all ps plus subscribers will be able to add these three games to their game library. Here is the ps plus line up and what I think about it.
Grid Legends
GRID Legends delivers thrilling wheel-to-wheel motorsport action. Create dream race events, hop into live races, experience a dramatic virtual production story, and embrace the sensation of spectacular racing.
This game is the headliner for this month of ps plus. However for me personally I’m never too interested in racing games. It is kinda interesting what they do with this game. The crash physics and the rival aspects. Of the racing games that have been a part of ps plus in the past I feel like I might be more inclined to try this one.
Descenders
Descenders is extreme downhill freeriding for the modern era, with procedurally generated worlds, and where mistakes have real consequences. Will you lead your team to glory and become the next legendary Descender?
This is a procedurally generated biking game so, for me I don’t know if I’ll ever touch it. The sports titles in ps plus I rarely ever touch. This would be fun if I didn’t have any other thing to play, but with all the awesome games I have in my life, this title isn’t one that will capture my attention in the long run.
Chivalry 2
Chivalry 2 is a multiplayer first person slasher inspired by epic medieval movie battles. Players are thrust into the action of every iconic moment of the era – from clashing swords, to storms of flaming arrows, to sprawling castle sieges and more.
This game is the one I would most likely try out of this month. However, this still isn’t exactly my cup of tea. I’d more play it just for the memes. This game is not about a story or exploring an area with purpose. It’s about killing each other and that’s it.
May is a month of ps plus where I’m likely to skip and not play any of the games listed. That happens a decent amount and it’s unfortunate. However I have hopes that the next month will be better.
Wednesday was my day off and while the morning was chaotic and tiring, after I took a nap and rested, I decided I was going to get the platinum for Doki Doki that day. So I looked at the last trophy I had left for 100% data collection and I set to work.
After about 2 to 3 hours I had my platinum trophy.
I am so proud of completing this trophy. Doki Doki is such a beautifully written and choreographed game. From beginning to end it subverts your expectations and it makes you sit with the horror of what’s going on in front of you.
*SPOILERS FOR DOKI DOKI LITERATURE CLUB*
One of the most uncomfortable pieces of the final 100% data collection trophy is what you need to do to obtain the following photo:
In order to unlock this piece of data you must “In Act 2, make it through the weekend without pressing Skip.” Which essentially means in act 2 you must sit through Yuri stabbing herself in the gut and just lying there dead without skipping the 1 hr plus long scene.
You sit there with her like this for so long with unreadable text constantly on the screen. The overlay colors change and her eyes become more and more lifeless and dead. Normally you press skip and it’ll be over in about a minute. However, without skip this scene is incredibly long and you sit with yourself for a while thinking about how uncomfortable it is to acknowledge what she’s done and just how heavy this scene really is. Even when you go and leave it on auto and watch a movie on your phone or tablet or go make yourself something to eat in the back of your mind you know that she’s still on that screen dead and lifeless. To me it comments a lot on what we do when horrific situations happen and try to cope with their reality. Humans are capable of truly awful things and sometimes there truly is nothing to be done after most truly awful acts are done and over with. Death is hard to cope with for lots of people. It is the definitive end for all of us. In Doki Doki your forced to deal with it and to even have a sense of responsibility for why they kill themselves as well. It’s brutally awful.
This is the essence of a true horror game. Not tiptoeing around the darkest parts of life, but forcing you to face them head on and internally deal with the reality of the horror.
In contrast, something else this game does with its side stories is brilliant.
The side stories are a prequel to the events that take place in the main game. You unlock them as you write poems for certain characters and unlock various events in the game. You eventually read the side stories after you finish the main game and it gives context to the friendships and personalities of each of the characters. Each side story discusses mental health in a different and decidedly positive way. The girls care about each other and have tough conversations and ultimately life each other up. It makes the ending of Monika talking about how she didn’t have the heart to delete everyone for real because they truly were friends to her make sense. You don’t really get the sense of their true friendship in the main game. However, in the side stories you really see how much each cares about the other and how they all learned to be better friends. The very first story as well and the story between Yuri and Natsuki in particular made me teary. It shows the deep sadness the girls carry and the anxiety in their hearts and the lies of how they see each other as well as the lies of how they perceive how others see them.
It’s beautiful and it hurts so good. This horror game tackles obsession, depression, anxiety, and what it means to be aware of being in a reality where you have no control. It’s truly art. An expression of disturbed emotion unapologetically on the screen and I took in every moment of it.
The other truly notable trophy in this game is called “She will never be real”
At the end of the game where it’s just you and Monika she monologues a lot. Through sitting and reading a lot of what she has to say for 10 to 15 minutes you then get this trophy. However, what you also get is a weird understanding and like for Monika. She seems to care about a lot of things and she’s clearly struggling in a reality she would’ve never chosen for herself. I started to feel bad for her. One part she talks about for you to be there for your friends and loved ones because their real and just checking in on them could save them from falling deeper into any depression they may have. She also asks if you drank enough water that day. She also talks a lot about missing the club and her friends that she “deleted”. I didn’t fully blame Monika anymore even though what she did was truly fucked up. Sitting there and listening to her humanized her a lot and it was kinda cool to see. She became a relatable and misguided villain instead of just outright evil. Which is typically how villains show themselves in our day to day lives. It doesn’t excuse the behavior but it makes them human.
All in all I can’t ever fully express in words how much this game means to me. It’s near and dear to my heart and I can’t wait to collect all the nedoroids this game has. It brings so many serious topics to the forefront and shows people talking about them and engaging them in both healthy and extremely unhealthy ways. It’s so well balanced. I’ll never forget my experiences with Doki Doki Literature Club. It’s a wonderful one.
My partner got me Stray for my birthday/ Christmas this year. So of course I immediately put it into my ps5 and started to play. I have to say even from the 30 minutes of gameplay I got to enjoy I can already say it is the best cat game out there. The world and atmosphere is so visually stunning. The love and understanding of cat behavior. It is so beautiful.
So it is no surprise that I will be streaming and getting the platinum for Stray starting tomorrow morning at https://www.twitch.tv/starswolfe ! I have taken a look at a little guide and I hope to explore everything I can on my first run and hopefully at the end of that be able to set up my two hour speed run as the final trophy. If you miss out on any of my streams you can catch up on my YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@Starswolfe It will be a week or so cat nap kind of break before I continue on streaming God of War Ragnorök on Give Me God of War Mode once more.
After I get the platinum I am planning on sharing a full story analysis and discussing all of my favorite parts of the game as well as what it is like to get the platinum for stray. I hope you all enjoy tuning in and being a part of one of the cutest little journeys I’ll ever embark on. It’ll be full of love, humor, robots, and of course cats. This is going to be the best boost to my mental health there could be yet!
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One of my favorite things to do for many years to get myself feeling more positive has always been to watch people stream and play video games. For a long time it felt like a pipe dream. I was very aware of the things I didn’t have that would make streaming in the first place impossible. Things like a camera or a good computer I could edit on or even simply the time to stream at all.
However, after many life issues popping up I decided to myself to focus on what I do have. I have a ps5 and a tv I can play it on. I don’t need to have the rest of the supplies just yet to rig a character I can start vtubing as. To start, when I have the time in the mornings to play I can stream it. Over time it can build up on its own.
I have plenty of games I want to play and try to platinum. On my own I’ve been playing and working on getting the platinum for God of War Ragnorok on Give me God of War mode. Streaming the rest of that journey will be so much fun.
Currently I am 18% of the way to getting the platinum for it and there’s plenty more to go. My goal is that every morning for 2 hours or so I’ll be able to stream. Sometimes I’ll stream alone playing single player games and sometimes I’ll be playing with my best friend whatever game she’s excited about playing.
I know I have to take it day by day. However, everyday when I get up now I feel the excitement of doing something that feels so good. Doing something I always wanted to do. Something that had always been a comfort to me when I’d watch videos online. Starting to be able to do that for others and giving people something positive and fun to attach themselves to is a joy to me.
I feel like for the longest time now I’ve been just living my life without forcing myself to do or act or say anything I don’t want to. I do have to be honest because one of the things I hadn’t wanted to do was blog. I’d think that I wanted to, but it would urge on a sense of anxiety in my body to try and recreate that old routine of a time that is nothing like now.
However, I miss this. I also feel like it’s the place where my thoughts would be settled instead of chaos and where I connected with so many amazing people. So here I have returned.
One of the biggest changes of my life recently is becoming more of a gamer then any other hobby. I wanted to have the future of this blog reflect that. This month I was to talk about games and my journey into getting platinum trophies and explore that side of myself I’ve been having the most fun with recently.
A goal I have for this month is getting the platinum trophy in Batman Arkum Asylum. Next post I make is going to be detailing what I’ll have to do and my experience with it so far.
I’ll always love reading and writing and I know I’ll try to figure out how to add more of that to my schedule and balance my life more. However, I’m not pressuring myself to do any particular thing. Just what makes me happy. What makes me happy right now is to play video games.
The most important thing for me right now is to stay on top of my school work. So my classes will take number 1 priority. I’ve been trying to wake up early to do class work and it does help a lot with giving me more time in the day for other things.
All in all, September is going to be a test of a new era of blogging for myself. Talking about gaming and other things that I love and not forcing myself to do any one thing.
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I hadn’t played Genshin Impact in months. Hearing all the excitement about Inuzuma has been amazing! Surprisingly though I have been actually focused on completing the chapter quests instead and finally unlocked a new chapter after ages of putting so much into it before I stopped playing.
I made sure to do a 10 pull when I got back:
Obviously, nothing exciting, but sometimes that’s how Genshin is. Hopefully, the next 10 pull I’ll get something great.
I finally did some of the story quests and I’m still needing to continue some to get to explore Inuzuma.
Currently, I’ve been doing the Reunion quests.
I wanted to keep up with this because it’s been fun and it’s helped me very much to start completing more of the chapter quests too. An all around win win situation.
So, so far it’s been pretty much that. I have some grinding to do to get into Inuzuma and start really enjoying what Genshin is all about, but so far it’s been doing things I’ve always done.
When I finally get to Inuzuma I’ll make another post and share my thoughts. I know it’ll be so much fun.
Genshin Impact is the best mobile game I’ve ever played. The fact they made it free is amazing and I’m so happy about it. I’ve played almost from the very start of its release and I’ve loved every moment of exploration and every event and enjoying pulling for the characters I’ve wanted most.
Definitely my two favorite moments where this:
Pulling Ganyu on the first 10 pull on her banner!!! I remember when I first saw Ganyu was going to be a character and instantly I got so much excitement. She’s so beautiful and I kept telling my boyfriend how much I wanted her. Then, was so excited to show him that I got her and on the first 10 pull too! It was a great moment!
And this:
So this pull was somehow even more special because it was pulled during the picture event and I needed one last thing for to unlock the last trove and my boyfriend sent me the very last color I needed. Then those primogems were just enough to do one pull. That pull got me Xiao. I swear I was on such a high after this pull because it fell into place so perfectly and it’s like with that one little gift my boyfriend sent me he got me Xiao. Plus, the odds of that happening are astronomical, but it did and I felt so much joy and love and awe in that moment and for so long after. I’ll always treasure Xiao a bit extra just because of how he came to be on my team. 🙂
My two favorite events have been the most recent Theatre Mechanicus.
And the event that got me my little seelee buddy:
The tower defense was so awesome. Along with all the lantern rite tales that gave so many great primogems! Definitely the best event so far. I just really love that I have a little buddy following me everywhere so I’ll forever love that I got to do that seelie event.
Already I’ve made so many great memories because of this game. It’s so gorgeous and fun and so massive and I know it’ll continue to grow over time and I’m so excited to see what comes next! I know I’m excited to see Rosaria and Hu Tao to come to Genshin! I’ll definitely be pulling for both when they arrive. As it stands right now my most wanted characters are QiQi, Keqing, and Klee. I love all the girl character what can I say? I have my two most wanted of the male characters Razor and Xiao. I do admit I’ll love to get Dainsleif when he comes out too.
I’m just so excited about this game and all that’ll be added to it! I know it’ll all be amazing!
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The Book Raven 