Author Archives: SynCaine

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About SynCaine

Former hardcore raider turned casual gamer.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance – The combat system is awful

Posted on February 28, 2020 by SynCaine

I have a longer post brewing about Kingdom Come: Deliverance (KC:D), but I needed to get this out today because its infuriating, and also because we might all be quarantined from the Coronavirus by Monday (but don’t worry, Pence will … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant | 4 Comments

WoW Classic – Ding 60

Posted on February 25, 2020 by SynCaine

A few days ago I hit 60 on my human rogue, which officially closes the book on the leveling game of Classic for at least that character. It was, as expected, an enjoyable run and a reminder of what Blizzard … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Site update, World of Warcraft | 1 Comment

I’m going to be a very happy, very busy gamers shortly

Posted on February 24, 2020 by SynCaine

So much happy gaming goodness coming my way shortly. First up Battle Brothers is getting another expansion soon, and that will mean diving back into that game for at least a few playthroughs. Not all of the details have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Mount and Blade: Warband, Random | 3 Comments

Netflix Witcher, Way of Kings book, Parasite movie

Posted on February 18, 2020 by SynCaine

Non-gaming blog post for today. First, I finished watching The Witcher series on Netflix. Overall felt it was good to great, but watching it with someone who has not played the games, they were VERY confused. Hell I was confused … Continue reading →

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Reason one million one why Steam gets my money

Posted on February 15, 2020 by SynCaine

Downloading Pathfinder:Kingmaker (29gig) off Steam : 5 minutes Downloading Kingdom Come: Deliverance (66gig) off Xbox Game Pass PC : I don’t know, will update this post in the morning when hopefully the download is done chugging along at the 2006 … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 3 Comments

CU and Crowfall – So many years and so little to show for it

Posted on February 11, 2020 by SynCaine

I haven’t done a 2020 predictions post. I should, and most likely will ‘soon’. Today I want to talk about two games that have been a feature of said prediction posts for… 7 years? Crowfall and Camelot Unchained. Two Kickstarter … Continue reading →

Posted in Camelot Unchained, Crowfall, Kickstarter, Rant | 1 Comment

Early impressions of Riot’s Legends of Runeterra

Posted on January 28, 2020 by SynCaine

Riot released their online card game, Legends of Runeterra (LoR), last week. Since then I’ve played it a bit and have some thoughts. This is by no means a review. First off, LoR in many ways is very similar to … Continue reading →

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Kenshi – Exploring the past

Posted on January 20, 2020 by SynCaine

Just when I think I have Kenshi figured out, it throws me for sure a loop it makes my head spin (analogy mixing!) I’m on day 60 or so now in-game, and have a roster of 28 characters. The roster … Continue reading →

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Kenshi – Trip to some local ruins goes just great!

Posted on January 10, 2020 by SynCaine

As I mentioned in my review, Kenshi will give you a whole lot of WTF moment. I had one yesterday, and would like to share. I bought a map from an NPC vendor, which revealed that a ruin was somewhat … Continue reading →

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Kenshi review – Quickly becoming one of my favorite games of all time

Posted on January 9, 2020 by SynCaine

Kenshi had been on my Steam wishlist for, literally, years. It was initially placed there because of the promise of a sandbox RPG, at a time when just those two terms got you on my wishlist. I never pulled the … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, EVE Online, Housing, Life is Feudal, Perma-death, Review, Steam Stuff | 2 Comments