Absolutely bananas video where a couple of folks recreate the parkour moves from #MirrorsEdgeCatalyst, all of which turn out to be shockingly plausible.
I'm not one for "New Year's resolutions", but I am one for overly ambitious projects.
For 2023, Project365 is "One New Game Per Day".
Given that I have 634 unplayed games in my Steam account and {mumble} unredeemed bundle Steam keys, there's a reason my unplayed collection is tagged "Pile of Shame".
I'll pin this to my profile, and give a brief summary here each day (or x, if I miss x days due to work or stuff).
I'll play 15-30 minutes of (at least) one new game I've never played before (or played less than 15 minutes of). I'll give every game at least 15 minutes, even if I hate every minute of it.
I'm also open to suggestions; if you reply to this thread with a game, I'll schedule it, or tell you what I thought of it.
One of the things that's come up is that I have a bunch of games that I've played once, and not touched again.
September 7, 2023 - Day 250 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 271
Game: Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Platform: Steam
Release Date: Jun 7, 2016
Library Date: Nov 26, 2022
Unplayed: 285d (9m12d)
Playtime: 24m
Mirror's Edge Catalyst is a first person parkour & melee game.
Today I also learned, after giving in and playing it without playing Mirror's Edge first, it is not in fact, a sequel. It's a reboot.
I use a Logitech G13 Gameboard for my gaming, which has a terrible design flaw in the thumb button, which causes the activation lug for the microswitch to snap off.
I have the thumb button set to "jump".
I've had some replacements 3D-printed, but they usually don't last more than a few months.
This one didn't last the game.
The thing about this game (which looks gorgeous!) is that learning each of the moves feels a little bit frustrating to try and pull off, but once I started to "get" it, it felt good.
When I managed to start stringing them together it felt great.
But then when you get into that flow state, where you start anticipating the moves just before you need to pull them off, that feels amazing...
...until the jump button stops working.
Anyway, looks like I'm pulling my G13 apart again tomorrow to swap out yet another activation lug.