I’ve been going through my very long and old Steam library, because I’ve got a PC for one. And also because I want to try do something a bit more intentional in terms of understanding storytelling and creativity. Games have always combined it very well, and I know that from personal experience.
Thronefall is a tower defense game in the best way possible. There are areas for income building, and for defense building, of course. The path of which to focus on at which time is always the fun of the strategy. But I’m hooked onto the part where I can grab the troops and run to specific enemy locations. That’s very fun because I can actually deploy for a specific enemy type. Being the military officer I am, I enjoy the strategy for sure.
I’ve just started, as the picture shows. But it’s hooking me in! I feel excited, and I find myself rolling over mistakes, not getting too worried about them. I focus on how to get better and quicker at defeating the waves of enemies at their different moments. There are perks based on the different difficulty hurdles I can add on, and the perks make future battles easier. Or harder, depending on the perk you chose.
Maybe after another 10 hours of gameplay might give a different review, but for the first hour, I think it’s an absolutely beautiful game with simple gameplay. A great skin with great tweaks of a very standard format.
Another part of me is wondering where I will go with all these reviews and experiences. The pessimist in me asks what’s the point, and who will even care when I’m dead about how the different games play. The optimist says, I should explain even more what I enjoy, so I leave the world with my take on it. But truthfully, I should write just for my own enjoyment, and review these games for my personal processing.
Even though I carry my friendly demeanor, I have days like today where I think everything I do isn’t worth doing, and perhaps I ought to just sit down and rot away.
But I know the right thing to do is to actually act, and to do something. If I recall correctly, this has something to do with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Honestly, I think the act of being busy helps a lot on the days when I feel a little out of it. At the very least, I can look back on the events I’ve thought about, whether they’re a game, a book, a movie, or whatever else I’ve written about on this blog.
I will keep on doing my thoughts, my reviews, because I can, and because I want to. These reviews also give me a chance to expose my thought patterns and my mental journeys for the different portions of my life I go though daily. Maybe someone might find it helpful to their life in some way or another. Who knows?
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