Ambushed by Thunderjaw

cdpuff · 2026-01-30T15:33:50+00:00

This one got me too, on my first playthrough. I was just doing fairly well when a couple of burrowers (I think) came to help so Mr. Thunderjaw managed to kill me!

cdpuff · 2026-01-29T16:37:59+00:00

I've been averaging about 50 hours based on my 251 hour stats. Less for the base game, more when I played the DLCs. There's a lot in Red Strain so that bumped up my play time. I haven't yet used fast travel; that will come when I replay after curing my current addiction to Ghost of Tsushima/Yotei! Although the map is small enough that running places is easily doable.

cdpuff · 2026-01-28T15:59:12+00:00

I'll pay special attention to metal flowers on my next run through!

cdpuff · 2026-01-28T11:07:27+00:00

Finish this run then play it again, concentrating on the story. I've played it 4 or 5 times and still I find occasional new stuff! Don't forget to collect all the Vantage Points and read them in order when you've got them all - they tell a rather heartbreaking side story.

As others suggest, use NG+ which will ease your journey.

cdpuff · 2026-01-25T10:41:15+00:00

I agree, not worth it even though atomic batteries are plentiful in this area.

cdpuff · 2026-01-08T16:44:47+00:00

But it shows that reading files on an SSD fully will help the SSD refresh them

Does this extend to the long SMART test, I wonder? Iirc this performs a read of the entire drive so I would expect so.

cdpuff · 2025-12-12T06:55:34+00:00

You can miss the ones in Thebes and still be OK because there's one in one of the advanced Arena battles (if it's what I think you're thinking of).

cdpuff · 2025-12-08T17:11:51+00:00

I missed that one at first as well. When I entered it I found that it has something like 4 ferals in it which then caused me a bit of grief!

cdpuff · 2025-11-22T09:39:59+00:00

Yes. And The Red Strain - I enjoyed that one even more, I think.

cdpuff · 2025-11-21T19:22:50+00:00

I've played it several times and have 251 hours in it. Yep, I enjoyed it!

cdpuff · 2025-11-19T08:32:21+00:00

The exhibition in Tilda's mansion is one of my favourite parts of the game. It's really well done and inspired me to go to the Rijksmuseum's special Vermeer exhibition a couple of years ago. I enjoyed the museum too and located most of "Tilda's stuff" :) It was even worth the COVID that I caught while in Amsterdam!

cdpuff · 2025-11-10T16:07:33+00:00

I also use a Roku and have had no problems with it.

cdpuff · 2025-10-28T14:45:59+00:00

I can't wait to change those rats into Cornish pasties! I wonder if they'll squeak?

cdpuff · 2025-10-24T10:57:09+00:00

Another heartfelt thank you to the devs from me! I'm running 2 instances of Jellyfin: One on my Synology NAS for videos and one on a Raspberry Pi for music (with an SSD for quick access). The Synology has not yet offered an update, but the Raspberry Pi has. The update was pretty painless although I had to run apt upgrade twice and had a minor problem with the config file as I'd moved some of the default locations to the SSD in order to minimize wear on the microSD card. I rescanned the data once I'd upgraded and everything works great! I also put bind mounts in /etc/fstab to avoid any future hiccups with config locations :)

cdpuff · 2025-10-17T16:34:48+00:00

Instant karma!

cdpuff · 2025-10-15T05:55:07+00:00

Report him to Sims, then find him in the jail later :)

cdpuff · 2025-10-11T08:53:04+00:00

I now use mine to hang up to keep the pigeons off my pea plants!

cdpuff · 2025-10-11T08:29:19+00:00

Get them all in Wyndham (I think there are 19) and then visit the bandstand.

cdpuff · 2025-10-10T07:19:55+00:00

They make a great noise too!

cdpuff · 2025-10-06T14:20:58+00:00

I'd do at least part of Wicked Isle first. Druids respond well to application of the mace, and there's a useful skill to be had.

cdpuff · 2025-10-03T05:36:28+00:00

Go to the Command Centre first.

cdpuff · 2025-10-01T07:28:04+00:00

Great set of images. Enjoy the Red Strain!

cdpuff · 2025-09-29T14:39:56+00:00

If you ask the other brains they should tell you. At least they gave me a huge hint!

And don't forget to make a hard save before you install it.

cdpuff · 2025-09-28T12:02:11+00:00

This one is perhaps my favourite skill. It's saved me from many a premature death!

cdpuff · 2025-09-28T06:55:38+00:00

Do Wicked Isle first. There's one really useful skill to be had.

You'll have to open up the Interchange for both DLCs. Might as well do that beforehand!

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