The Nocturnal Rambler

Cyberpunk 2077 won the latest Member/Patron poll for what game I would play next, with pretty decisive results. I have since started a full "Let's Play" series, which will be available for all supporters at the "Regular Viewer" level and higher to get a head start on before the playlist goes public later (with ads). I'm still early in Act 2 with also the Phantom Liberty DLC yet to go, and of course my usual playstyle involves being thorough in trying to explore and experience as much content as possible, so there's still plenty more left to play before starting the review. As I get closer to finishing the playthrough, I'll post the new Member/Patron poll for what game to cover next, most likely with the three options that didn't win from this poll carrying over to the next, but I'll be considering other options as well. There is, however, a chance that the Gothic Remake may release within the next few months, in which case that would become a priority over anything else, so we'll just have to see how things play out with that. I'm also working on a couple other videos that I hope to release later this month (if all goes well), which I think will be of interest to some people. So that's the current roadmap for the start of 2026 -- Happy New Year to you all, and thanks for your continued support over the years!

1 month ago | [YT] | 27

The Nocturnal Rambler

My video review for The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos is nearing completion. While not intending it to be a thorough dissection of every little thing, it's still over two hours long just detailing my final thoughts on what I consider to be the main, important subjects regarding its overall enjoyability and how well I feel it serves as a legacy sequel/prequel to a beloved classic. The full written review is already available to all Patrons and Members if you'd like to read it early, along with a sneak peak of the video from the intro section; the completed video will soon be available for exclusive early viewing to all "Regular Viewers" and higher, once it's ready, and will go public some time thereafter.

In other news, I recently published a 48-minute video ranking some of my most and least favorite quests in Archolos -- if you haven't seen it already (and I'm guessing most of you haven't, considering the viewing metrics are significantly lower than average) then be sure to check that out as well. It might also be a good time to catch up on my "First Impressions" and "Second Impressions" videos; all three of those go into more detail on certain subjects that I chose not to cover in my full review since they weren't relevant to any greater points I was trying to make. I also just didn't want to be redundant in repeating too many things I've already said, or needlessly stretch the full review out longer than it already was with excessive minor details, so there is still relevant (albeit less essential) info in those previous videos that isn't rendered obsolete by the full review.

Meanwhile, it's not too late to vote on the Patron/Member poll for "what game you'd like me to cover next," where Disco Elysium is still holding a slight lead over Arcania, Drova, and Control. I will close voting once I finish editing my Archolos review, and the winner will be bumped up in my priority list, so if you haven't voted already now is your last chance to do so. (The poll is a few months old at this point so you'll have to scroll down through other Member/Patreon posts to find it.)

I also have a 20-minute review of Slay the Spire up for exclusive early viewing, which all "Regular Viewers" can watch in the process, as an added bonus. That review will be going public within the next week.

That's all the news I have to report for this update; thanks for your patience and support thus far. I leave you with an amusing image I put together after my playthroughs of Archolos have left me permanently compelled to react to seeing certain stimuli in the environment.

6 months ago | [YT] | 81