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September 2021 Channel Update – Everything All At Once
🕑 Added 2021-09-25 18:54:20 +0000 UTCHey!
It’s been (and still is) a very, very busy month...... apologies that this one is on the later end. There’s a lot to cover so let’s jump right in!!
TL;DR
- Finished: Subnautica BZ, Twelve Minutes, ME2, Psychonauts 2
- Ongoing: LIS True Colors, Deltarune Ch 2
- Upcoming: ME3,Outer Wilds DLC, Impostor Factory
Games Finished Since Last Update
Subnautica Below Zero (23 parts): Oceanic exploration experience, Arctic edition. The base Subnautica experience is great: exploring the immersive depths, prettying up the base, etc. But I found Below Zero to be a significant step down from the original narratively: many elements feel incohesive, perhaps due to being worked on and reworked on throughout early access. It’s still good for the aforementioned but I would hesitate to recommend for story lovers.
Twelve Minutes (5 parts): Top-down point and click interactive thriller of a man trying to escape a time loop. The initial 1-2 hours are very engaging when everything is new, but because there's no quick way to experiment with all your ideas it gets repetitive to start from the top every time. It’s hard to talk about the story without spoilers but I think it’s best to treat the whole thing as a “what happens if I try doing this” interactive sandbox.
Mass Effect 2 Legendary Edition (68 parts): Not as big of a focus on the lore as ME1 but the stakes are higher than ever as we get more attached to our squadmates, old and new. In an age where new games come out everyday, ME2 is a welcome, classic, constant. I’ll be continuing with ME3 shortly!
Psychonauts 2 (29 parts): Third-person platformer exploring the minds and mental states of other people. As with the first game, every single level (= somebody’s mind) has unique, creative worldbuilding. There are things to nitpicks but overall it’s a super fun experience with some jaw-dropping plot developments. Also terrible for people with collectathon issues because you will be compelled to collect EVERYTHING :)))))))))
Progress on Current Stuff
Life is Strange: True Colors: (I’ve finished the game but haven’t finished uploading yet.) A girl with the “psychic power of empathy” seeks the truth behind a mining accident. True Colors shines so, so brightly during the small intimate moments especially with the new mocap facial animations. The driving plot is comparatively weaker though, and I think if this game had come out episodically it wouldn’t hold up as well – the individual chapters aren’t really meaty enough on the plot side. At the end of the day it’s LIS and I love the LIS format, so I still enjoyed it very, very much.
Deltarune Chapter 2: A surprise game launch, as if September wasn’t busy enough!! I haven’t made it too far in but it’s the good ol’ Toby Fox-style humour again.
Upcoming Stuff
Five days left in the month and there’s STILL two games I’m interested in coming out, the Outer Wilds DLC and Impostor Factory. We’ll return to Mass Effect 3, and I want to at least take a first look at Kena: A Bridge of Spirits too……… yeah I think I’ve got October cut out already. It’s October though so I wanna play something horror-ish too, but my priority will likely be finishing up all that stuff first. If I don't get to it in October, then definitely before year end!
I can’t believe how many amazing games have come out this month. I feel like I'm drowning, but in like sweets or desserts or something lol. I hope you’ve been enjoying some of them yourself as well! Take care, and I’ll see you in October!
Welonz
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Comments
Materwelonz
Thanks, I'm happy to hear you enjoyed my Bloodlines stuff - it was a great game :D I AM interested in a Malk run, but instead of Halloween I thought it would be a good way to use it to refresh my memory of VTMB closer to when 2 comes out. Here's hoping that it's soon!
Natty Leack
Its halloween very soon and i cant be the only one thinking this but maybe a malkavian run could be on the cards in the future if you feel it changes enough to keep you interested ofc. I might be an outlier with my WOD obsession but your bloodlines playthrough is easily in my top 3 favs of yours ive seen. Its a shame about bloodlines 2 being delayed. Friggin Paradox...
Materwelonz
It doesn't look like there are many new releases towards the end of the year, so hopefully after I've wrapped up the stuff here we can look into that!
Jacob Ward
Any ideas when the next fan voted game poll will be?
polarbark
Keep rocking it! :D
Blue72
September was just nuts! Not just the sheer amount of games but the fact we got Psychonauts 2, the new Life is Strange, and Deltarune 2 right on top of each other. It's been sort of a Materwelonz Greatest Hits these past few weeks and I love it. I'm still pulling for Grim Fandango one of these Halloweens, though maybe you had something more genuinely scary in mind. 😨
Gilderoy Digalot
I see… It‘s on PSNow I think, but no idea if this is good enough for a let’s play. I loved following you through Shadow of the Colossus and did not find a let‘s play of Ico that has this level of story loving I like so much on your channel.
Materwelonz
Hahah I can't write to save my life 🤣
Materwelonz
I have not! I don't believe this game is available on the PS4 or 5 so I can't access it!
Daniel Hanley
the channel has been on fire lately! it's wild that the theme for this year is "characters going inside other characters' minds": LiS:TC, Subnautica: BZ, Psychonauts 2, Cyberpunk 2077. it's well suited for this channel, since you're always good at getting inside characters' heads, even without empathy superpowers or engram shards
Gilderoy Digalot
Hi Welonz, I wasn‘t able to find it on YouTube, so I need to ask ;) Have you ever played ICO on your channel?
Calmmo
Since I believe it's clear you don't have enough games to play you should check out Lost Judgment
Eric Holm
I'm impressed by your reviews Welonz, you're becoming a regular game critic. Perhaps IGN or Gamespot should consider having you as a freelance reviewer. 😄
