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jecca_mehlota) wrote2012-01-21 09:22 pm
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I WIN.
YES, MORE VIDEO GAMES. I have defeated Uncharted!
Chapters 18-22
All right, I lied last entry, I can't sleep with us still trapped in this nightmare. Or at least with Nate still standing in that hallway where the radio cracked (because Sully tried to call us, which is perfectly innocent, BUT STILL.) I have to at least try. GENERATOR ROOM, IT IS, THEN! Except all my fear, oh my god. Congratulations, game! You have reduced me to a state of gibbering paranoia. That is pretty impressive for something that doesn't bill itself as horror.
Would you like to know how I am moving ahead? I am walking, with my gun drawn and ready to blast at anything that moves, and I am repeating over and over in my head, "please don't be behind me, please don't be behind me".
I am certain this will pass, but for now? I AM TRAUMATISED.
OH GOD MUSIC
What the hell do you think happened here, Nate? I THINK WEIRD AND SCARY ZOMBIE CREATURES CAME IN AND ATE EVERYONE. Or did you forget about those already.
Hahaha oh geez. Nate bumped into a little trolley thing and the bottles on it all clinked and clattered and I jumped a foot.
AND THAT WAS JUST A CHAIR christ CALM DOWN.
… also I am preeeetty sure I got turned around in that room and am going the wrong way now, but I am terrified to turn around because WHAT IF there is one BEHIND ME? Or what if one COMES UP BEHIND ME after I turn around?!
Okay, yeah, this is definitely the way I came. Turn around, this hallway's safe.
That's just a chair again. That's some kind of tank and some shadows from your flashlight.
AHBWSERFKJGLHT legitimately just make high-pitched noises of terror when those things came charging around the corner at me. At least it was high-pitched terror accompanied by gunfire. So, hey, I guess my horror-survival instincts did, at some point, upgrade themselves from "pause the game, throw the controller, and eventually have to reset the system because like hell am I unpausing that" to "OH GOD JUST KILL IT JUST KILL IT"…
… are… are these ones going to get back up, too? D: I'm so scaaared, aaaaa
All right seriously it has been ten minutes, just fucking move. (But if one of those so much as twitches, I am pretty sure I am actually going to die.)
Aaaand disregard that "instinct upgrade" thing, because I just heard a gargle and paused on reflex. BUT! I also unpaused it.
And then died, 'cause, of course, I was pressing L2 instead of L1. Fail.
Oh, what I wouldn't give for my compass or mini-map from either Final Fantasy MMO… (…Well, I tell you one thing, I wouldn't give my guns or ammo.) (But the mob-radar would be so nice. ;_;)
… Hey, Elena, Sully? Seeing as how El Dorado likes to turns people into freaking wendigos (seriously, what the hell else would the cause be), can we maybe just forget about it and go home?
CHAPTER 19. OH, HELL, NO.
And this is where I called it a night, instead, because it was way too late for me to be throwing myself against swarms of the scary zombie things. But now I am back. Not that you'd know I'd left if I'd not just said as much. Be quiet.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaa!!!
@_@
Okay. Haha, my roommate (only one of them's around right now) just asked if I was all right. YES, I AM FINE, I JUST really don't like zombies.
Oh, no! Two directions! The one ahead of me has electricity, but this one off to the right is glowing yellow. Aaaugh. Which way do I go?
I guess I will start with yellow first, and if that is a dead end, obviously it was the wrong way. If it is not a dead end, then I hope there was nothing worth finding the other direction.
Ah, a scene. Great. That means more monsters are coming, doesn't it? XD
A film projector? Still working? Are you kidding me?
OH LOOK EL DORADO AND A ZOMBIE yeah okay yes I know, I figured that out already, game.
There, see, Nate? I told you he didn't waste his life for nothing! (Well, I suppose you could argue he did even more now, what with the thing being confirmed cursed, but MEH. At least he, uh. Destroyed everything?)
AND THERE ARE THE ZOMBIES, YEP.
MORE YELPING FROM JECCA ENSUES. She pauses and informs her roommate that, really, this is normal behaviour for her when she's playing video games. He, as most others, finds it amusing. GLAD SOMEONE'S HAVING FUN.
Oh, god, how the hell do I get out of here??
Ah. A sealed door with no light around it. Of course. Why didn't I see it before?
Oh, NO! Elena!
… on the other hand, I kind of can't blame her for allowing herself to be captured (YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED), since now she is surrounded by people that serve both as armed escorts and distractions to throw at the monsters. And now she's not trapped in that room. Smart move, then!
BUT STILL ARGH.
And now more monsters – and probably some zombies, too, hahaha i are clever
Really, though, how on Earth did they get over here? I mean, they must have seen those things, and so if they have seen those things, they should be aware that there are bigger problems at hand than one lowly human male, yes? Seriously, guys, don't waste your ammo on me.
Ah, well, at least they prioritise the zombies over me when we're all in the same room. I guess they've not complete imbeciles.
Chapter 20. Can I be done with the creepy things, now?
(Also, can I just say how GLAD I am to be back above ground in the light? Man, seriously.)
HI SULLY glad you're still around. Man, you are not gonna believe what we found down there.
GOD DAMN IT HOW DID THEY EVEN KNOW I WAS GONNA BE RIGHT THERE? NATE. GET THAT TRACKING DEVICE REMOVED.
Though, man, it's nice to be able to just punch things to death again.
Also, Sully, could you at least pretend to be trying to hit those guys?
Noooo, not back underground. D:
Oh, hey! Rats! Hi, rats! Glad you're apparently immune to that curse, at least. Would hate to have to try and pick you off, you're awfully tiny. And fast.
… Why is this place so devoid of people shooting at me.
I BET MY ASS YOU DIDN'T PLAN FOR ZOMBIES, YOU FREAK.
C-could you, perhaps, not open it?
Or, y'know, not. What do I know, anyway?
…Wow, that was fast-acting.
(Eugh, good riddance.)
Man, why are all but one of the bad guys non-caucasian? It's kind of awkward.
FUCK. MORE MONSTERS? I haaate that sound, argh!
… oh! I guess there was a monster in that water. Whoops, haha. Sorry, Nate! Also, Sully? Now might be a good time for you to RUN LIKE HELL, yeah? I know you want to help, but considering how crap of a job you did both out and inside the church? Seriously, man, just get outta here.
Shit, haha. I'm glad I was right about needing to jump into the statue like that. I was a bit worried there was more path, BUT NO!
Ha! Nice one, Elena!
Oh, poop. I was really hoping that this might be in, y'knw, stages. Clear the first three, don't need to beat 'em again, you know?
But no. XD Damn, this is gonna take me for everrrr.
God damn it! NAVARRO. Stop one-shotting me! It's grossly unfair! I WAS BEHIND A CRATE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW YOU HIT ME.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME I TOTALLY HIT O UUUUGH
Ah, thank goodness, at least they've included a checkpoint there. Geez. I was possibly about to inflict violence upon my PS3 controller.
… aaaand I guess we'll be meleeing the final boss of the game! Good thing I've been practicing. XD; Also, I REFUSE TO DIE ONE-ON-ONE, NAVARRO, so you are going down. IMMEDIATELY.
PUNCH! KILL! BRUTAL COMBO! YAAA, now neither of us have a gun! Though, to be honest, I was kinda hoping that'd kill you the way it did all your minions. LET'S TRY IT AGAIN. Since, uh. Noooot like there's much else I can do, here.
That worked!
… Are we done now? (Please?)
Woot!
AND GOOD RIDDANCE.
Yaay, Sully! You escaped the zombies!
Empty-handed. Nate. You've picked up how many treasures? I THINK THE ANSWER IS "ALL OF THEM" (I replayed the second chapter, since I assumed - correctly - that I'd missed a few before finding the silver llama way back when, and then I was very, very thorough through all the rest of it. 60/60, woohoo!). WHINER.
Aww, Elena! You saved the ring! I'm glad.
OH, SUUUURE. Appreciate the treasure Sully picked up.
I am just going to pretend it is all the same treasure.
AND THEN WE ALL SAILED INTO THE SUNSET AND LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER!
Until the next time. Naturally.
Man, those credits were boring to watch.
DEATH LIST!:
Silent Hill (chapter 18): 1
ZERG RUSH!! (start of chapter 19): um, 0. Guess I jumped the gun a bit, adding this.
Port Zombies: 1
Church Humans: 2
WATER ZOMBIE WHOOPS: 1
SHOWDOWN! round 1: 21
FUCK YOU QUICKTIME: 1
SHOWDOWN! round 2: 1
Cumulative Death Lists:
Oh shit rocket: 1
GRAVITY: 38
Evil Accent Man's Evil Minions: 4
JUNGLE BADDIES: 10
lolwaterfall: 12
Surprise Quicktime Impalement: 1
WATER CANNAL TURRET: 2
Jetski Barrel Failure: 2
SNIPED OFF THE JETSKI: 6
GONE SWIMMING (gravity over water): 2
CITY RUINS BADDIES: 4
Cathedral baddies (previous known as "Shot"): 14
Grenade: 1
Chandelier: 5
AMBUSH IN THE MAZE: 2
WHAT THE HELL WHAT THE HELL: 4
OH GOD JUST RUN: 1
Silent Hill (chapter 18): 1
Port Zombies: 1
Church Humans: 2
WATER ZOMBIE WHOOPS: 1
SHOWDOWN! round 1: 21
FUCK YOU QUICKTIME: 1
SHOWDOWN! round 2: 1
…Or, to further consolidate it:
GRAVITY: 40
lolwaterfall: 12
JETSKI (baddies and barrels): 8
Surprise Quicktime!: 2
BADDIES: 40
Chandelier: 5
Zombies: 8
Final Boss Battle: 22
TOTAL!: 137
Now I get to decide if I want to start the second game (knowing if I beat it that I do not have, and cannot currently afford, the third game) or if I want to play around with some of the games I got for Christmas. Choices.
Chapters 18-22
All right, I lied last entry, I can't sleep with us still trapped in this nightmare. Or at least with Nate still standing in that hallway where the radio cracked (because Sully tried to call us, which is perfectly innocent, BUT STILL.) I have to at least try. GENERATOR ROOM, IT IS, THEN! Except all my fear, oh my god. Congratulations, game! You have reduced me to a state of gibbering paranoia. That is pretty impressive for something that doesn't bill itself as horror.
Would you like to know how I am moving ahead? I am walking, with my gun drawn and ready to blast at anything that moves, and I am repeating over and over in my head, "please don't be behind me, please don't be behind me".
I am certain this will pass, but for now? I AM TRAUMATISED.
OH GOD MUSIC
What the hell do you think happened here, Nate? I THINK WEIRD AND SCARY ZOMBIE CREATURES CAME IN AND ATE EVERYONE. Or did you forget about those already.
Hahaha oh geez. Nate bumped into a little trolley thing and the bottles on it all clinked and clattered and I jumped a foot.
AND THAT WAS JUST A CHAIR christ CALM DOWN.
… also I am preeeetty sure I got turned around in that room and am going the wrong way now, but I am terrified to turn around because WHAT IF there is one BEHIND ME? Or what if one COMES UP BEHIND ME after I turn around?!
Okay, yeah, this is definitely the way I came. Turn around, this hallway's safe.
That's just a chair again. That's some kind of tank and some shadows from your flashlight.
AHBWSERFKJGLHT legitimately just make high-pitched noises of terror when those things came charging around the corner at me. At least it was high-pitched terror accompanied by gunfire. So, hey, I guess my horror-survival instincts did, at some point, upgrade themselves from "pause the game, throw the controller, and eventually have to reset the system because like hell am I unpausing that" to "OH GOD JUST KILL IT JUST KILL IT"…
… are… are these ones going to get back up, too? D: I'm so scaaared, aaaaa
All right seriously it has been ten minutes, just fucking move. (But if one of those so much as twitches, I am pretty sure I am actually going to die.)
Aaaand disregard that "instinct upgrade" thing, because I just heard a gargle and paused on reflex. BUT! I also unpaused it.
And then died, 'cause, of course, I was pressing L2 instead of L1. Fail.
Oh, what I wouldn't give for my compass or mini-map from either Final Fantasy MMO… (…Well, I tell you one thing, I wouldn't give my guns or ammo.) (But the mob-radar would be so nice. ;_;)
… Hey, Elena, Sully? Seeing as how El Dorado likes to turns people into freaking wendigos (seriously, what the hell else would the cause be), can we maybe just forget about it and go home?
CHAPTER 19. OH, HELL, NO.
And this is where I called it a night, instead, because it was way too late for me to be throwing myself against swarms of the scary zombie things. But now I am back. Not that you'd know I'd left if I'd not just said as much. Be quiet.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaa!!!
@_@
Okay. Haha, my roommate (only one of them's around right now) just asked if I was all right. YES, I AM FINE, I JUST really don't like zombies.
Oh, no! Two directions! The one ahead of me has electricity, but this one off to the right is glowing yellow. Aaaugh. Which way do I go?
I guess I will start with yellow first, and if that is a dead end, obviously it was the wrong way. If it is not a dead end, then I hope there was nothing worth finding the other direction.
Ah, a scene. Great. That means more monsters are coming, doesn't it? XD
A film projector? Still working? Are you kidding me?
OH LOOK EL DORADO AND A ZOMBIE yeah okay yes I know, I figured that out already, game.
There, see, Nate? I told you he didn't waste his life for nothing! (Well, I suppose you could argue he did even more now, what with the thing being confirmed cursed, but MEH. At least he, uh. Destroyed everything?)
AND THERE ARE THE ZOMBIES, YEP.
MORE YELPING FROM JECCA ENSUES. She pauses and informs her roommate that, really, this is normal behaviour for her when she's playing video games. He, as most others, finds it amusing. GLAD SOMEONE'S HAVING FUN.
Oh, god, how the hell do I get out of here??
Ah. A sealed door with no light around it. Of course. Why didn't I see it before?
Oh, NO! Elena!
… on the other hand, I kind of can't blame her for allowing herself to be captured (YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED), since now she is surrounded by people that serve both as armed escorts and distractions to throw at the monsters. And now she's not trapped in that room. Smart move, then!
BUT STILL ARGH.
And now more monsters – and probably some zombies, too, hahaha i are clever
Really, though, how on Earth did they get over here? I mean, they must have seen those things, and so if they have seen those things, they should be aware that there are bigger problems at hand than one lowly human male, yes? Seriously, guys, don't waste your ammo on me.
Ah, well, at least they prioritise the zombies over me when we're all in the same room. I guess they've not complete imbeciles.
Chapter 20. Can I be done with the creepy things, now?
(Also, can I just say how GLAD I am to be back above ground in the light? Man, seriously.)
HI SULLY glad you're still around. Man, you are not gonna believe what we found down there.
GOD DAMN IT HOW DID THEY EVEN KNOW I WAS GONNA BE RIGHT THERE? NATE. GET THAT TRACKING DEVICE REMOVED.
Though, man, it's nice to be able to just punch things to death again.
Also, Sully, could you at least pretend to be trying to hit those guys?
Noooo, not back underground. D:
Oh, hey! Rats! Hi, rats! Glad you're apparently immune to that curse, at least. Would hate to have to try and pick you off, you're awfully tiny. And fast.
… Why is this place so devoid of people shooting at me.
I BET MY ASS YOU DIDN'T PLAN FOR ZOMBIES, YOU FREAK.
C-could you, perhaps, not open it?
Or, y'know, not. What do I know, anyway?
…Wow, that was fast-acting.
(Eugh, good riddance.)
Man, why are all but one of the bad guys non-caucasian? It's kind of awkward.
FUCK. MORE MONSTERS? I haaate that sound, argh!
… oh! I guess there was a monster in that water. Whoops, haha. Sorry, Nate! Also, Sully? Now might be a good time for you to RUN LIKE HELL, yeah? I know you want to help, but considering how crap of a job you did both out and inside the church? Seriously, man, just get outta here.
Shit, haha. I'm glad I was right about needing to jump into the statue like that. I was a bit worried there was more path, BUT NO!
Ha! Nice one, Elena!
Oh, poop. I was really hoping that this might be in, y'knw, stages. Clear the first three, don't need to beat 'em again, you know?
But no. XD Damn, this is gonna take me for everrrr.
God damn it! NAVARRO. Stop one-shotting me! It's grossly unfair! I WAS BEHIND A CRATE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW YOU HIT ME.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME I TOTALLY HIT O UUUUGH
Ah, thank goodness, at least they've included a checkpoint there. Geez. I was possibly about to inflict violence upon my PS3 controller.
… aaaand I guess we'll be meleeing the final boss of the game! Good thing I've been practicing. XD; Also, I REFUSE TO DIE ONE-ON-ONE, NAVARRO, so you are going down. IMMEDIATELY.
PUNCH! KILL! BRUTAL COMBO! YAAA, now neither of us have a gun! Though, to be honest, I was kinda hoping that'd kill you the way it did all your minions. LET'S TRY IT AGAIN. Since, uh. Noooot like there's much else I can do, here.
That worked!
… Are we done now? (Please?)
Woot!
AND GOOD RIDDANCE.
Yaay, Sully! You escaped the zombies!
Empty-handed. Nate. You've picked up how many treasures? I THINK THE ANSWER IS "ALL OF THEM" (I replayed the second chapter, since I assumed - correctly - that I'd missed a few before finding the silver llama way back when, and then I was very, very thorough through all the rest of it. 60/60, woohoo!). WHINER.
Aww, Elena! You saved the ring! I'm glad.
OH, SUUUURE. Appreciate the treasure Sully picked up.
I am just going to pretend it is all the same treasure.
AND THEN WE ALL SAILED INTO THE SUNSET AND LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER!
Until the next time. Naturally.
Man, those credits were boring to watch.
DEATH LIST!:
Silent Hill (chapter 18): 1
ZERG RUSH!! (start of chapter 19): um, 0. Guess I jumped the gun a bit, adding this.
Port Zombies: 1
Church Humans: 2
WATER ZOMBIE WHOOPS: 1
SHOWDOWN! round 1: 21
FUCK YOU QUICKTIME: 1
SHOWDOWN! round 2: 1
Cumulative Death Lists:
Oh shit rocket: 1
GRAVITY: 38
Evil Accent Man's Evil Minions: 4
JUNGLE BADDIES: 10
lolwaterfall: 12
Surprise Quicktime Impalement: 1
WATER CANNAL TURRET: 2
Jetski Barrel Failure: 2
SNIPED OFF THE JETSKI: 6
GONE SWIMMING (gravity over water): 2
CITY RUINS BADDIES: 4
Cathedral baddies (previous known as "Shot"): 14
Grenade: 1
Chandelier: 5
AMBUSH IN THE MAZE: 2
WHAT THE HELL WHAT THE HELL: 4
OH GOD JUST RUN: 1
Silent Hill (chapter 18): 1
Port Zombies: 1
Church Humans: 2
WATER ZOMBIE WHOOPS: 1
SHOWDOWN! round 1: 21
FUCK YOU QUICKTIME: 1
SHOWDOWN! round 2: 1
…Or, to further consolidate it:
GRAVITY: 40
lolwaterfall: 12
JETSKI (baddies and barrels): 8
Surprise Quicktime!: 2
BADDIES: 40
Chandelier: 5
Zombies: 8
Final Boss Battle: 22
TOTAL!: 137
Now I get to decide if I want to start the second game (knowing if I beat it that I do not have, and cannot currently afford, the third game) or if I want to play around with some of the games I got for Christmas. Choices.
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I remember doing this. And I hated those weird tank things so damn much, their shadows were the absolute worst. I think I shot at one by accident once.
I was so annoyed at the fact that the humans started shooting me after they took care of the zombies. DAMMIT YOU GUYS CAN'T YOU SEE THESE ARE ZOMBIES, WE HAVE TO TEAM UP! No? Okay, new plan: you shoot all the zombies and then I snipe you because you're all asses.
Man, why are all but one of the bad guys non-caucasian? It's kind of awkward.
I surprisingly didn't really have a problem with this, considering that we were in South America and it's kind of their treasure to begin with. Besides which, the majority of the dudes we've been shooting have been British, I feel like. Or, uh, there's been a good mix of them? Or something. And I did like that Navarro turned out to be more on top of things than Roman! IN YOUR FACE, WHITE GUY ROMAN.
Also, I had an 'oh shit' moment of awe when I realize that Navarro didn't want the statue for the gold, he wanted it to sell to the highest bidder for what a devastating weapon it could be. That was quite possibly one of my favorite story-telling moments in the game.
You should totally play the second game with me! I've enjoyed getting to hear your thoughts while playing it. :D?
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I definitely took some kind of perverse glee in letting the zombies just claw their way through the humans. Whichever side came out on top was usually a few men down, and then I just had to pick off the stragglers. See, jerks? This is why we should have been working together.
It didn't bother me for pretty much those same reasons until someone pointed it out to me (between this entry and the previous Uncharted entry), and then they started on about how it's just TYPICAL that OF COURSE the minorities are all bad guys and the good guys are both tough white men and on and on and then I couldn't stop thinking about it and feeling like a terrible person for not feeling bad about it earlier (er, disclaimer, I'm not in the greatest of brain-spaces at the moment, been on a downward slide for about a week now, so my thought processes are not all very rational).
It was really awesome that Navarro got Roman the way he did, though. I was momentarily torn between clapping for him and knocking his head off. (... obviously I opted for the latter.)
I will probably start it soon. It is calling meeeee.....
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Ha! Nice one, Elena!
I know exactly what moment you're referring to here, and it's one of my favourites.
I am impressed by your treasure-finding ability! (The Precursor Orb amused me so much.) And I would love to watch you play a videogame in person one day; it sounds like a hilarious experience.
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How is she so awesome? I think I have asked that before. But it is really great! SHE IS THE BEST.
Well, I have no money, so clearly the solution here is for you to convince your family to visit Vermont (or just New England in general. I suppose New York would do in a pinch). REALISTIC!
Though! Actually! Do you use the Playstation Network? (I...think those work world-wide, right? Maybe?) It is not exactly the same, since there would be no visible flailing, but I was playing a co-op game with a friend last night. We also were using Skype and she (like most others) kept laughing at me. So that sort of is an option?