December 2021 Channel Update – Capping the Year Off + The Poll Winner

Hey hey,

The poll finished and the winning game is…

Hollow Knight!

I’m a little surprised by this result! I remember having HK as a poll choice maybe even multiple times and don’t remember seeing this level of support for it. Maybe everyone is dying for Silksong!?

I think this is something a little different from what I usually do (just like how Subnautica, genre-wise, was not Strictly Up My Alley) but it’s also a good chance to try out something new. Some of you may remember I did a first look* of this back in 2018 (omg…) so I’m looking forward to seeing more.

See the end of the post for the full poll results!

*you don’t have to go back to it if you didn’t see it – I’ll be starting from the beginning again!

TL;DR

• Finished: ME3, GOTG, The Forgotten City
• Ongoing: One Hand Clapping
• Upcoming: HOLLOW KNIGHT 🪲
• Full poll results

Games Finished Since Last Update

Mass Effect 3 Legendary Edition (68 parts): Many will have opinions on how the ME trilogy closes out, but playing it all in a row like this was really enjoyable. As a remaster it might be a tad lazy - textures are high-res now but bugs from the original still remain lol. Anyway, this has gotten me very excited for the next Mass Effect and even rekindled my interest in checking out Andromeda sometime!

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (28 parts): I’ve sung praises about this in many places already!! Super engaging, endearing, and so, so alive. Sequel where!?!?!?!

The Forgotten City (12 parts): A time loop mystery set in Ancient Rome where everyone follows a golden rule: if one person commits a sin, everyone gets turned into a golden statue. I did a first look of this in August and I’m glad I went back! Very interesting premise, although a little buggy and definitely feels held back by technical limitations.

I also took a first look at:

Solar Ash: The last of the voidrunners must enter a black hole to find a way to save their planet. A high-speed traversal game by the creators of Hyper Light Drifter with boss encounters and a bright aesthetic. The pace is little reminiscent of The Pathless, another Annapurna game from last year.

SIFU (Preview): Martial arts combat game where a magical pendant can bring our player character back from the dead, only he ages every time it’s used. I’m not the person to look to for comment on how well-designed the combat is, but as an average player I found it smooth and enjoyable. There’s lore present but I don’t expect it to be major. (TBH my impression of the Chinese/Asian stuff is that it’s a little window dressing-y lol)

This next one isn’t a game lmao but I figure some of you may get a kick out of my 4K Remake of the Minecraft Fridge Tutorial video!! (Quick rundown for newcomers: this channel started out as a Minecraft channel 10 years ago, and the original fridge video from is the oldest surviving video of that era 🤣)

Progress on Current Stuff

At the time of this post I’ve just got One Hand Clapping, A 2D platformer controlled by the sound of your microphone input! There’s no great intriguing plot here, it’s mostly a chillaxer for the winter holidays 😄

Hollow Knight will be starting imminently!

Upcoming Stuff

I’m gonna focus on getting Hollow Knight up and running, and the rest of any time left will probably be on LIS: True Colors alt playthrough (yes I am still committed to this lmao) as well as first looks of smaller stuff I missed throughout the year.

Full Poll Results

As usual there were lots of last minute votes and changes in the final hours lol. Deathloop and Celeste came in a very close second! I’ve made note of the popular options so no worries if your favoured pick didn’t win here – I’ll likely get around to it some other time.

Aaaaand with any luck, this should be the last update post of the year! Thanks for your support in 2021, and I hope we can enjoy more cool video game experiences together in the coming year 🥂

Welonz