Made it to the end of the Wonderlands! Hard to believe we put in almost 60 hours into the game! All that's left is to find any missing dice, grab some missing achievements/trophies and that's pretty much it.
The planets aligned for the first time in ages, and we met on the field of battle, and tons of loot... Completed quests, kicked asses, and scored a couple achiev-o's.
Another successful adventure through the Wonderlands! I unlocked an assassins mask (among other things), rolled some bones, TROLLED some bones, and freed a couple souls from their bones.
All in all a good evening! We even rounded out at Level 30! Good time to call it a night.
Sat down tonight for a surprise game of Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands! We leveled up a couple of times, and did a few sidequests. I'm sure I'll reach an area where I'll get tired of it, but so far we're enjoying the ride. Looking forward to our Sunday Session!
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 9, 2023 - Day 252 - PlayOn Bonus Review 2
Game: Tina Tina's Wonderlands Chaotic Great Edition
Platform: Steam
Release Date: Jun 24, 2022
Library Date: Oct 26, 2022
Playtime: 10h42m
This month's Humble Choice bundle dropped on Wednesday morning AEST, and in an unsurprising turn of events, the first game in the bundle, the "AAA game" is Tiny Tina's Wonderlands Chaotic Great Edition... which I already own.
So y'all get a PlayOn review. I opened it up for a few minutes to show my 11yo ("no, that's not the kind of game I like")... and I was still playing an hour later.
I have a weird relationship with the Borderlands games, and the ad campaign for Borderlands 3 typified my problem. "Guns! Guns! More Guns!!!"
I... don't care. There comes a point that trying to manage and juggle all those weapons becomes frustrating. "Do I keep this gun or this one with slightly different specs?" Which guns do I keep, which do I sell?
It just becomes overwhelming. I've spent almost 45 hours in Borderlands 3, and it feels like about half of that was just inventory management.
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is essentially Borderlands 3 wrapped in a fantasy setting, so a fantasy-themed action-RPG first-person shooter.
The conceit of the game is Tiny Tina (Ashly Burch) from Borderlands is Dungeon Master for a tabletop game called Bunkers & Badasses (wink wink), with you, and two other players, Captain Valentine (voiced by Andy Samberg(!)), and Frette (a robot voiced by Wanda Sykes(!!))
The villain of the campaign is the evil "Dragon Lord", voiced by Will Arnett (!!!)
Honestly, it was the voice cast that got me across the line for Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, and I have no regrets.
Yes, the inventory management is just as frustrating as Borderlands 3, but the switch to the "fantasy" environment and the humour of the interactions between the characters makes it a lot of fun.
If you enjoy the humour of the Borderlands series, and enjoy fantasy games, then you'll probably enjoy TTW. If not...
If for no other reason, if you don't already own TTW, it makes this month's Humble Choice bundle a steal, whatever else is included.