This year hasn't been going well. Worse, it's not even half way over yet. Part of me feel that I need a break from all the craziness across the country. You'd think most of it is common sense, but I guess it's not so common these days.
Instead of worrying about what is to come in life this weekend, I will choose to recoup my sanity. I will start by doing things I know I would enjoy. To make it easier, all the following games are available on Valve's Steam.
You aren't imagining it. The Command and Conquer™ Remastered Collection is out today. The franchise defined the RTS genre. I'm going to try to speed run through the missions through a massive nostalgia trip.
As the description suggests, it goes beyond remastered game play. I will be looking forward to hear how Frank Klepacki remastered the soundtracks. Map editors in the past have had a rather steep learning curve. I hope the new one is much easier to use.
Since I'm going for blasts from the past, I decided to look up if there are any other remastered games I should check out. There are actually a good number of them, but I'm not about to spend more money on dozens of things this time.
Did any of you play Forsaken? It was a FPS on a hover bike. I played the N64 version as a kid. It was a fun multiplayer experience with my siblings. I'm definitely looking forward to checking this out as well. I do believe this mirrors the Playstation version of the original game.
I still remember how I got bamboozled by the N64 version. The extra "bikes", or characters, were only available for the Playstation version. I recall how my siblings and I could not figure why we couldn't unlock some characters on N64. Turned out, you can't have them.
Remaster might be a misnomer for this game as there aren't many changes to this version. The most important thing is that the game is now compatible with newer systems. In some way, calling a special edition might be more appropriate.
It's not like I don't care about what is happening in the world. I am too burned out dealing with work (understaffed). I am too burned out looking at the horrors of the recent protests. I need a break from looking at the ugliness of my country.
To my fellow Americans, stay safe and we will fight another day.