Dragon Writer Luc

Game Plans

Sundays:

A set of games I can play while watching the other streamers on the multistream and interacting with chat. Must fit the format of shorter (2-hour) streams.

 

  • Super Mario (current: Odyssey)

  • Picross S (when I need a break: S2)

  • Power Wash Simulator (between games)

Choice Games:

A set of games I really want to play, whether by express choice or a sense of obligation. Twitch viewers can populate this with a points redemption. Presently, I am finishing series that I started earlier and then gained further access to series entries after finishing the set.

This set is on Mondays & Saturdays.

 

  • Final Fantasy

  • The Legend of Zelda (on deck: Twilight Princess)

  • Metroid

  • Pokemon
  • Wonder Boy
  • Xenoblade Chronicles (current: X Definitive Edition)

Event Games/Etc.:

Games and other streams voted on by the community for certain events. Most often, this is for annual events such as my Twitch Affiliate anniversary and my streaming anniversary, or as a break between finishing game series. There can be more of these if Twitch subscription milestones are hit.

 

  • Between Twitch series: model building
  • First Saturday monthly: Hollow Knight Randomizer

 

STORY BLOCKADES

 

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition - https://youtu.be/1ByOi9JJuDw

 

This game really doesn't pull any punches.

 

One critical thing about Xenoblade games is that you generally get experience for whatever it is you're doing: exploration, quests, or (obviously) combat. However, just like in Xenoblade 1, this game has so many quests that each really doesn't give much in the way of rewards. I hope side story quests are the exception, but even then, that doesn't help much if I can't finish the first one! I have no idea what caused all my health to drain instantly in that last fight. I think I'll do a little more exploration and then try it again.

 

We haven't met all the story characters yet at this point, but we do have our full "main party" now. No, Tatsu doesn't ever actually fight. That marks the only Nopon party member in any of the games that never picks up a weapon―despite the fact that he's carrying Biters on his backpack! Why does he even have them? Maybe he meant to sell them? But he's not much of a merchant, either. As far as I recall, he's just there for everyone to antagonize. To be fair to the rest of the party, he's a freeloader.

 

As far as I recall, this story has ten chapters, but as each is initiated from the same spot, you have other requirements than "reach the story location" to start the next chapter. Generally, it's to reach a certain character level and exploration percentage. Similarly, you will never simply stumble across story markers while exploring unless you have an active story quest. If you do find a relevant object, it will have none of the triggers associated with the story event. (Yes, that "significant object" I swam past was a piece of the Lifehold. But that won't come up for quite some time, even though I'll be finding those things all over the place just randomly.) I don't intend to make use of the Follow Ball too much, but at these low levels, I'd really rather avoid dying to things I just come across while looking for the path forward. Maybe when I'm closer to about levels 40-60 I can ditch it.

 

Oh, and those squad missions are a lot less formal this time around, as far as I can tell. Maybe the more formal ones simply haven't shown up yet as an option. I'll take the free stuff I can get passively since it's there, though.

Weekly Streams

Sunday

1-3 PM EST

Super Mario Odyssey

Monday

5-9 PM EST

Xenoblade Chronicles X:

Definitive Edition

Thursday

5-9 PM EST

Xenoblade Chronicles X:

Definitive Edition