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lizardjayI've been playing a lot of Sky: Children of the Light lately. According to Wikipedia it's "an open world social indie adventure game". I find it very relaxing! Sure it's an MMO, but you can really engage with people as much or as little as you want. When my sister's online I play with her, and usually I'm around some strangers and we help each other with tasks, but there's no chat unless you friend people so it's not too stressful.
I probably spend half of my time in the game taking pictures... it's just so pretty! The only downside is you can't turn off the UI on Switch (you can do it on iPhone/Android though). Sometimes I try to arrange my pictures so I can either crop out the UI or have it in a single-color zone so I could theoretically edit it out. But I have so many pictures idk if I'll do anything with them.
I should probably talk about the gameplay too. You fly!! The mechanics are pretty easy to grasp and they're really fun. They recently added an update so you can swim! After you peel off the adventure stuff and the quests*, the game is really about cosmetics collection, so everyone has such fun outfits. I've settled on the sunglasses and swoopy hair (see icon) for myself but people put together some fun looks.
*Don't get me wrong, the adventure stuff and quests are genuinely fun, with new areas or content every few months. But in terms of day to day play, you're gathering in-game currency so you can collect different capes and pants and accessories.
There's also a fair number of glitches and out of bound areas you can have fun with, especially if you have another person
Anyway! Pics!
(The other player featuring in many of these is my sister.)
And since I'm already linking to twitter, here is my pride and joy in Animal Crossing. The sound is essential, it's so relaxing! I still have some work to do on the room but we'll see if I ever get around to it. I've been playing ACNH a lot less lately
I probably spend half of my time in the game taking pictures... it's just so pretty! The only downside is you can't turn off the UI on Switch (you can do it on iPhone/Android though). Sometimes I try to arrange my pictures so I can either crop out the UI or have it in a single-color zone so I could theoretically edit it out. But I have so many pictures idk if I'll do anything with them.
I should probably talk about the gameplay too. You fly!! The mechanics are pretty easy to grasp and they're really fun. They recently added an update so you can swim! After you peel off the adventure stuff and the quests*, the game is really about cosmetics collection, so everyone has such fun outfits. I've settled on the sunglasses and swoopy hair (see icon) for myself but people put together some fun looks.
*Don't get me wrong, the adventure stuff and quests are genuinely fun, with new areas or content every few months. But in terms of day to day play, you're gathering in-game currency so you can collect different capes and pants and accessories.
There's also a fair number of glitches and out of bound areas you can have fun with, especially if you have another person
Anyway! Pics!
(The other player featuring in many of these is my sister.)
And since I'm already linking to twitter, here is my pride and joy in Animal Crossing. The sound is essential, it's so relaxing! I still have some work to do on the room but we'll see if I ever get around to it. I've been playing ACNH a lot less lately
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Date: 2022-03-15 02:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-03-15 04:18 pm (UTC)It's incredibly peaceful! There are a few dangerous areas but I usually just avoid them :D I have SO many screenshots and videos that I don't know what to do with them because the scenery is so pretty. Also, I didn't feature it here but the music and sound design is really nice too.
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Date: 2022-03-16 07:37 pm (UTC)I'll keep that game in mind, too!
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Date: 2022-03-16 11:41 pm (UTC)Thank you! The rest of my ACNH island and house are... definitely less fancy :D
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Date: 2022-03-17 02:47 am (UTC)My ACNH house is a mess definitely. But MY mess. Every letter from Happy Home Academy has me shaking my fist in the air. I wish I could write a letter back to them, telling them I'm changing all my locks so they can't get in anymore LOL
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Date: 2022-03-17 11:36 pm (UTC)Isabelle though, she's never going to rate my island well and I'm not even going to try. I have entire sections dedicated to dropping things on the ground...
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Date: 2022-03-17 02:11 am (UTC)or fall offthe seemingly never-ending Elden Ring, haha. Thank you! I'll definitely put a pin on this one.no subject
Date: 2022-03-27 03:00 am (UTC)Not being able to switch off the UI is a bit annoying :/ I always end up taking a million pics too in games. Every time a game has a built in camera system I am like oh what equally wonderful and horrendous news for me!
Different post but I also wish you well with the certification process!
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Date: 2022-03-28 11:46 pm (UTC)Different post but I also wish you well with the certification process!
Thanks! He already sent me the reference with the typical professor email of "sure, sent from my iPhone" so now all I need to do is get my degree verified and send in the application! So many forms...
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Date: 2022-04-01 11:30 pm (UTC)Oh awesome! One step down :)