QueenNioiclin

Member of the Dtoid Exile.

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Writer of Queer Fantasy & Narrative Designer. Gamer. Tá mé ag foghlaim Gaeilge. Lover of great stories. She/her 🏳️‍🌈 / Amateur artist


Mastodon (mainly writing stuff)
writing.exchange/@Ink_Soul
Mortal Kombat and Horizon fanfics
archiveofourown.org/users/Inkwoman/works

Apparently, everyone on the European side of the globe is busy today, so here I am with this weekend's What Have You Been Playing! :D

Nioh: I gave the game another chance... and then I discovered that there's another path to follow in that first area; one that doesn't lead me straight to the group of enemies that kept murdering me 🙃 I found a bow and arrow, which made a big difference (I do love my bows and arrows!), and thus manage to advance until after the first boss. I also understood how the whole Ki mechanic works (I think), but I still need to figure out how to use my spirit animal. Or what those icons on my screen mean. I feel like this game has so much information going on 😅

I'm progressing, buuut I'm not quite feeling this game. It's good, but I'm not in love with it. The main thing that pisses me off is how many hits enemies take to die, even the simpler ones. And from what I read, this is the norm in this game. I'm not sure if I have the patience for that. But I'll try!

Horizon: Forbidden West: I returned to the game because I saw a lovely picture of Aloy and Talannah and remembered that I hadn't spoken to her again after we completed her questline. Nice scene - and another hug to the collection! I hope we'll see a lot more of Talannah in HZ3. She's one of the best characters in the series and definitely deserves a place on Aloy's team. I was honestly surprised she didn't give Talannah a Focus right there and then.

After that, I started hunting machines again to upgrade my Legendary weapons lol I want to upgrade them a little more to maybe then challenge the NG+ on the hardest difficulty.

What have you been up to, folks? Let us know in the comments section! :D



Now that I've done most of what I wanted in Stray Gods and my will to play through the other branches is dwindling (sorry, Apollo), I'm wondering... where in Hades is Hades II?! Supergiant said we'd get news "early 2023," and we're almost at the end of 2023 😅

I know they're working hard on the sequel. I know every minute of wait will be worth it. And I know that, if the game released now, I wouldn't have time to play it with Ashrah ready to dominate all my waking hours. But I'm thirsty for more info! More gameplay! More screenshots! And, most importantly, I want to know if I can romance Nemesis! 👀



The Saoirse fan page I follow posted the trailer for her new film, and anything that has Queen Sersh immediately captures my curiosity! (And Paul Mescal is a great actor too!)

At first, I wasn't sure if this was going to be my cup of tea as the thumbnail made it look like a common rural romance. But the trailer went on, and things started getting interesting...! Knowing this is based on an Iain Reid book makes me quite excited. I've only read his I'm Thinking of Ending Things, but that alone was a fantastic experience!

My only complaint is that you hire two amazing Irish actors to have a story set in the US 👀