To boldly go where no man has gone before! You’ve probably heard that saying before but I grew up with Star Wars, and And Star Trek. I even Grew up with Buck Rogers or even The Million dollar man. I love the fact that there were new technology and new ways to deal with problems. I would go to cons in my area whenever there was one and I still might when they start doing it again. I can remember the days that I would watch every single episodes of the original Star Trek and want to meet some of these people myself. I can’t imagine I am no the only one. This is why I listen to all these audio books because I just keep imagining meeting different aliens and knowing what the world will be like or how different it will become.
Technology
It’s all in how you see the world. Yes it so much more better seeing the world when I know that there are possibilities that we have never imagined. I see companies that are trying to innovate and then I see companies who just like to keep the things the same. Without innovation we would not become even better. I could talk about technology until the day I am out of breath but I wouldn’t stop just for myself. I even like to know what they will do in the future and I imagine them to be so much better than before. After everything we’ve seen, can it not get even more better than we could possibly imagine?
Games
The cake is a lie! Lately I have been playing old games that can easily be played on my newer systems because the games reminds me where I came from and why I did what I did. It’s all in how you approach the problem and figure out the problem. I simply love to problem solve and see what I can do with the games. I guess that’s why I love puzzle games like Portal, Subnautica, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, Half Life Series and Terratech or anything that lets me build or problem solve. I can’t imagine I am the only one who likes these types of games because it is just fun to be able to do things and try new ways to play a game or solve a puzzle in the game. I hope the game developers get even more creative in the way they will allow the player to solve the game or let the player figure a problem out in several ways.
These are just a few things I can talk about and still do whenever I see Something that I want to talk about on my blog. These are only a few topics that I enjoy to write about and even might even make more topics as I see more things that I need to write about. What are some things you like to talk about and why? Let me know what you like and don’t and we can discuss them in the comments below.
Subnautica even the original isn’t what you would want to give someone who hasn’t ever played the game because there are scare sequences that might not make for the best impression to people who has never played the game. I’ve played both Subnautica and Below Zero through the whole game and come to realize that that there is something off on the game. I wanted to talk about it and tell you my thoughts on the whole idea.
The story line
Now Let’s face it if you haven’t played subnautica original or this one and don’t want spoilers, please be warned this is going to have spoilers in it about the story line.
You’ve Been Warned!
The original subnautica, You crash land on the planet in an escape pod. Then you have to gather resources and get yourself up and about to survive the environment. Of course you need food and water and even a nice bed to sleep to make it look real and feel like you are actually living it. The storyline in the game on the original was just really well done and you had to explore and find out how to save yourself from getting even more sick and that didn’t come all at once, you found out over time that you were sick.
Finally once you figured out how to get yourself well you had to help a giant leviathan who was trapped and dying due to be locked up and all she wanted you to do is let her babies go free who will help stop the virus in every plant and fish. They seem to leak the antidote and it helps to cure plants and fish. Finally you do that and the next thing you have to do is create a rocket to launch yourself up and away to go home. This was the storyline for the original subnautica and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I loved the exploration of it all and being able to go really down deep and to find the resources that I might need to survive. The Base building was always the fun part, you could make big or small bases when you needed it and also make them however you liked and customized them your way.
Subnautica Below Zero
We find Robin getting off the ship with a drop pod and she wants to find out what happened to her sister(Sam). The opening sequence was well done but the voice actors were changed, I am not sure why they changed but I was playing this game in beta and I don’t know why they wanted to change the actors but it was really well done. So we find Robin trying to gather resources first like usual and building a base is something that needs to be done. You’ll come to a point in the game where you will find a distress call(in morse code) and find out there is an living entity in a cave who takes over your brain because it needed help to survive. We’ll come back to him in a second. You do the things you need to find out what happens to Sam and why she dead. You explore and find out that Sam has an antidote for the big frozen leviathan and you are to find it and administer it to prevent Alterra from using the Kharaa Bacterium for research or who knows even a weapon. Along the way you find out what happens to your sister and even some pictures and stuff that helps bond the player to want to know more and more. Anyway once that storyline is done you have another storyline to complete.
The Talking Entity
So Now you have Alan(or Allen) in your head and there are occasional times where you two are talking to each other. Either way you develop a need to get him out of your head and put him into a body or container. He tells you what you might and even shows you where there might be some at. You’ll definitely need to go deep like the last one. I figured that I’d need to go deep again, it seems to be a constant with the architects. They really do love to go deep don’t they.
You’ll get him a body but first you need to build the resources to build be able to build his body. You’ll want to bring those resources that you gathered with you to the places far down below when you’re ready to make his container or body. You make his body and he tells you the story of how he got into this predicament. He tells you he’ll go back to his home world and ask for forgiveness and try to make right what he did wrong. He offers you to join him and you do since you have no other way off the planet. I really liked the ending sequence to this because you saw the space outside and it looked really nicely made.
Ending it
I really didn’t like the fact that there were two storylines in the game and the game just felt a little bit off but it might just of been me. I do hope what we see in the ending sequence is a precursor to another part of Robin’s journey we will get to play. After all, I am really curious as to what happened to the architects. Does Robin get to help them or are they dead? I really think Unknown Worlds is going to continue this game in the coming months. We’ll probably see another game about the architects and it will hopefully be the one where we are still playing Robin and she has to help this being out to figure out what happened to his people.
Do you think they will create another game to continue off where they left or is this just the end of the game series? Let me know what you think? I’d love to hear your thoughts on this.
I am going to talk about the tech side of what you can do while you are bored and can’t go out. I know it is difficult for some of you even me. I tend to want to be more socialized but that isn’t good right now. It varies from person but some of us are just way to bored and want to something to do. You can only clean your house so many times a week before you just can’t do it anymore. So here’s what I’ve been doing to get over the boredom.
I’ve been playing a lot of Minecraft. You can play it on A lot of different platforms from PS4, Xbox, PC, Mac, And even Linux. Each platform is a little different. I personally like PC and Linux because of the controls and what your PC needs to play it. Minecraft doesn’t require much PC resources and can be played on a lot of older systems. It might not be fast or great but it will keep you busy. I am challenging myself to make the best house or something like that for my own little world.
I really like the games that let you build your own world and work on it on your own. It’s a Single player game and your goal is to get off the planet. It has some great story lines and you can explore this really big world. You can play it on PS4, Xbox 1, PC and Steam platforms. I won’t spoil it for you but you will need a really good graphics processing Unit to play it on your PC and I really like how it plays! It is nice way to relax at home and not have to worry about this darn Covid-19 issue. Although the game does have it’s own infection in the single player where you will need to heal yourself before you can get off the planet. You can see the video of the gameplay on YouTube if you are are really interested in finding out what this game is all about.
Is only offered on Steam and is an early access. It is also another story line from Subnautica and has new game mechanics. I’ve not delved to much into this game because I really want to finish Subnautica first before I start this exploring this game. You will also will be playing a woman this time. It can be a little different and I don’t exactly know what the story line is all about and I am guessing it is another one for survival and getting off the planet. It however is a great way to forget why you are home and can’t be out and about.
Terra tech is another one where you have control over building your world. You probably get were my focus lately is due to the Covid-19. I am finding games that I can control because I don’t want to think about how I have no control over the virus or what is happening. I like this one because you can explore and upgrade your machines. You can play multiplayer with others for another goal. I usually like the single version and play by myself. TerraTech is available on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Steam, and Nintendo Switch. These are the games I have been playing to keep me busy while I am having to stay home and not worry about the world.
Got your own favorite game? why not leave a comment and tell me your favorite games and tell me why you like it!
