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August 2021 Channel Update – The Flood Gates Open
🕑 Added 2021-08-20 20:30:50 +0000 UTCHi,
Hope you’ve been well! 😊
Summer’s ending, school'll be back in session soon, etc etc, and the release schedule looks to be kicking into gear again. It's gonna be reaaal busy soon but I definitely can’t complain about lots of cool games coming out!
TL;DR
- Finished: Last Stop, first looks: Forgotten City, Road 96
- Ongoing: ME2, Subnautica Below Zero
- Upcoming: Twelve Minutes,Psychonauts 2 next week
Games Finished Since Last Update
Last Stop (5 parts): A story of how the lives of three London dwellers intersect with some spooky magic shenanigans. Much like Variable State’s last game Virginia, this game is very much on rails and light on gameplay. I found the story pretty entertaining but it may not be everyone’s cup of tea.
I also took first looks at:
The Forgotten City: A time loop mystery in Ancient Rome, where “if one person sins, everyone dies” due to some strange curses placed in the city, and we must investigate using time rewind powers to figure out what’s going on.
This was super interesting and I'd love to have played more, but the devs requested for content beyond a certain story point to not be shared. I don't want to disrespect the dev's wishes nor eventually have to leave the playthrough unfinished, so unfortunately this will stop at the first look.
I have 5 million thoughts on this but I’ve found it quite difficult to comment on publicly tbh – I feel like any type of objection I have will just sound like Ungrateful Let's Player Moans About Not Being Able To Use Other People’s Work lol. Anyway it’s the devs’ game, so they’re allowed to make any requests they want, and so we will honor that. If their policy changes someday, I’d love to consider revisiting it.
Road 96: A procedurally-generated road trip of a runaway teen trying to reach the border of their (presumably Awful) country and escaping beyond. You meet others along the way and keep track of various stats like health and money (kind of like Oregon Trail?) Subject matter seems to lean heavier on the politics side. All the individual scenes were pretty cool although I can’t tell how well it ties into a coherent story yet. I’d like to continue this one, time permitting!
Progress on Current Stuff
Mass Effect 2 Legendary Edition: I’m at the tail-end (70-80%?) of the story now, on the crew’s loyalty missions.
Subnautica Below Zero: I’m also near the closing hours for this too! As I’ve mentioned last time there’s a lot that’s different from the original Subnautica, and I’d really like to reach the end before comment furthering.
Upcoming Stuff
This coming week I’m going to start full playthroughs of:
- Twelve Minutes
- Psychonauts 2
……… I don’t actually know how this is logistically gonna work with ME2 and Subnautica still ongoing, I just know I want this to happen! It might be a slow start but we’ll get there eventually!
Kena: Bridge of Spirits that I mentioned in the last post was delayed to next month, and speaking of which there are about 500000 releases in September too:
- 10th – Life is Strange: True Colours
- 14th – Deathloop
- 21st – Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- 24th – Lost Judgment
- 28th – Outer Wilds – Echoes of the Eye
I think I’m locked down on LIS and Outer Wilds, but the rest I will play by ear (or clone myself, or find a hyperbolic time chamber somewhere 💦)
Just looking at the amount of games I wrote about today is freaking me out lol, but I'm also super excited to jump into these interesting stories. That's all I've got this time! Do feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comments.
Take care, and I’ll see you next month!
Welonz
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Comments
Materwelonz
Oh noo, I hope you're doing okay Liam! Vancouver is okay as it can be (we just had anti-vaxxer protests at hospitals -_-) - thanks for your kind thoughts & I hope you recover ASAP!
Liam McDermott (JeevesBond)
Hey welonz, I've had a bout of RSI so typing is hard, which is good as it means less of my shitposts on your channel! That aside, I wanted to drop a comment to say, 'Hi!' And just generally be supportive. I'm loving the LPs you're doing and you're still great! Hope everything is good in Vancouver
Eric H.
I would definitely keep an eye out for Deathloop, especially if you're in a dire need for an immersive sim fix ala Dishonored/Deus Ex/Prey like me haha. Previews sound pretty positive too.
Materwelonz
It's not "planned" in the sense that I have it slotted for any specific time, but yes it is on my list of stuff to eventually get around to!
A Creative Name
Is Omori still planned for the future? And holy shit, didn't know there is a Outer Wilds DLC coming.
Materwelonz
Road 96's one I likely would've straight up continued at less busy times! Here's hoping some time frees up later on.
marcineus
Guess who just saw an ad for Twelve Minutes, saw the Anapurna logo, and logged right into Patreon to recommend it to Welonz and ... ah, haha. Road 96 is also super interesting - I hope you find some time in the future. The voice acting is so dang charming, you almost forget about the ominous dystopia you seem to inhabit.
Calmmo
Twelve Minutes [PC, XBO] – August 19 Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut [PS5, PS4] – August 20 Psychonauts 2 [PC, XSX, XBO] – August 25 Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous [PC] – September 2 Life is Strange: True Colors [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch, Stadia] – September 10 Tales of Arise [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO] – September 10 Deathloop [PC, PS5] – September 14 Kena: Bridge of Spirits [PC, PS5, PS4] – September 21 Diablo 2 Resurrected [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – September 23 Lost Judgment [PS5, XSX, PS4] – September 24 Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye DLC [PC, PS4, XBO] – September 28 I'm dead and my backlog is screaming
Erik Nilsson
Didn't realize LiS was so soon. Don't feel bad if you delay the start a little so I have time to play it first... :P
Jieting Chen
Can't wait for the Outer Wilds DLC! I still remember how astound I was for the original play through. But basically I could watch you play anything. Wish you well and happy!
Rades
I feel like 12 Minutes is one of those games to play before watching, so time to buckle down and get through it to be able to watch the Welonz playthrough!
Jennifer Barrowman
I am so glad that you have similar tastes in games to me, and that you're so fun to watch! I recently bought a house, so I'm a little tight on money right now, and its nice to be able to see all the games I'm wanting to play from a let's player I really enjoy 😊
