Today I packed up Gamefly's Just Cause 3 and joined Game Pass. I started the download for Sea of Thieves and, while I waited, played about 35% of Quantum Condundrum in tandem with Mark. Then I played Sea of Theives for a long while, and then I played Letter Quest the rest of the time. Details below. 

Quantum Conundrum: This is a 360 game that was free this month with Games with Gold. It came out in 2012. It's a puzzle game very much like Portal. Q from Star Trek narrates. I forget the actor's name. Nerds would know. And I should know, but I was never into Next Generation. I was nerdy about other stuff. Anyway, it's good. Environmental puzzles abound that feel unique and interesting. I really wanted to know more about the story too, but, once Sea of Thieves was ready, I left the game and didn't return. 

Sea of Thieves: This game looks amazing and plays great, thing is though, it really has to be played multiplayer to be enjoyed best. I tried to get in there on a big ship with 3 other people, but I don't have a mic or headset and so had to use the preset responses. The other players didn't communicate with me though. They ran around doing things I couldn't understand, so I dropped out and started on a small sloop by myself. I was hoping I'd meet other players even playing solo, but I never did. 

This game does not give you a tutorial or anything. So I eventually had to read some stuff online to figure out how to accept missions. I kept looking at my map in the captain's quarters but the start mission thing was on a desk on the other side of the room, which I missed because it was so dark down there. So I started a mission to find some treasure. I got to the island just fine. The ship navigation is easy. Even solo I could do it: raise the anchor, set the sails, and steer. The water looks amazing with real time weather and everything. Fantastic! Anyway, I got to the island I needed to be at and immediately got shot at by cannon emplacements which sunk my ship. I swam ashore and found out it wasn't real players but skeleton warriors. I killed them and started digging where the "x" shows on the map. It's a general area and there were no hints on the ground as to where the chest was. So I kept digging around and never did find it. I gave up after a while and started a different mission. 

This one was for a merchant who wanted me to capture wild chickens and deliver them. I got the cages and left for an island. I couldn't find any chickens, only pigs. Then it was night time and I couldn't do anything but wait. I got tired of waiting and left the game. 

I guess if I had a bunch of friends to play with, things would've gone more smoothly and these missions would've been completed. Alone I felt I was just wasting time. Darn it if this game isn't the greatest ship sailing sim I've ever seen though.

Additionally, I got spit on by a cobra, eaten by a shark and sunk in bad weather. No problem though, I got respawned on the nearest island with a new ship. Fantastic! I may read up on the game some more, or try it again. I just want to sail those ships. 

Letter Quest: I started the Mad Max download, but it would take awhile, so I downloaded Letter Quest. If you remember Book Worm from PopCap years ago, this is very much the same. 2D questing with a Boggle battle system. I got really into it and then so did Mark, who had played it before. I'm going to finish it as much as possible. Great word game rpg. 

That's a week. Be back to my XBO next Tuesday or Wednesday. Easter is coming. 

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