It is I, the great Syniax! Yep back at it again. Got a lot on my mind when it comes to gaming and now with the free time I’ve gain for streaming I’ve been getting back to that. If you don’t know I am a streamer over on twitch.tv/syniax go ahead and check me out while I try out most games I can get my hands on. I am a variety streamer and have been since 2014. I’ve tried to do the one game thing for the stream at one point but it didn’t work out because usually as far as having time to game and stream usually they happen at the same time. So variety streamer it is.

This year has been rough when it comes to gaming and trying to keep focus. With my grandmother passing away this year it really threw me off my game no pun intended. The only titles I would play is Final Fantasy VII and X with my brother (OH and Man of Medan), especially when we got a chance with the rest of the family to be under one roof (vacation home) for about two weeks. I really enjoyed that time that time with the family.

Recently I’ve been able to get back on my grind with gaming. Last year I completed I think 35 games all together. The year before that I completed 20. This year not so much, I had random goals, like trying to get at least 10 platinums and 10 JRPGS. The JRPG goal was a bit much… I recently cleared Tales of Arise and that was an amazing game. I even did the plat for that game and it was awesome. The only issue with so many games in the backlog is this title took over 50+ hours maybe into the 60s if I remember correctly. Moving forward I will try to complete more games as we roll into december. I will be happy if I can atleast do 10 games completed and 10 platinums for the year. Next year we will beat more games and clear out more of the backlog that I have going for myself.

The channel itself has become a bit more focused on my Playstation games but I will be playing some Nintendo and Xbox games. For example Halo Infinite is set to drop in the beginning of December I think and I will tackle that and see how that goes. I might even play the campaign. Call of Duty Vanguard and Back 4 Blood have been amazing games with friends. I’ve been messing around with those titles here and there to break up the pattern of gaming I have set for myself.

This has been pretty much what has been going on as of late. A lot of streaming and trying to finish out games, some of them I will even plat for Playstation. I will try to be some what productive and consistent with my blog. At least one post a week if I can. Maybe I will start doing video blogs. We shall see how everything goes. Thanks for the support and I am out! Always remain epic!

Syniax

Hey everyone… I am back once again. Not gonna lie I saw a charge on my card renewing my site name and hosting. I won’t say that I forgot about my page but I will say that it has been a while again since I’ve updated this. With everything going on in life, work, wife, kid, cat, life… I have been trying to maintain beating my record of 2019 and 20 games done. I got off with a strong start this year for 2020 but with Covid-19 running around and most of us having to stay home. I got my schedule reduced so I have a bit more time to game. Usually, I get about a good 3 hours a day on my off days now.

I usually take 2 of those hours from 1 to 3pm Tuesday through Friday and I stream on twitch.tv/syniax . I’ve been streaming games like Modern Warfare and FFXIV. Also streaming the games I am trying to complete. Currently working on Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order. I recently finished Far Cry Primal and I might a little peace about that and my two cents on being forced to play a full game when I feel like I should only play the main story… but that’s a different topic altogether. Right now I am currently at 15 out of 25 games I want to finish this year. I plan afterward to just take it easy with gaming and put some time into playing games like FFXIV get my social life somewhat a jump start.

I usually don’t hang out with people out in the Florida area and it’s very rare if I do. Most of us play games together for the most part and I have friends from New York that I love playing games with. I would like to maintain those social aspects of life if I can. I have been brushing away a lot of people with this 25 game goal when it comes to multiplayer games. Part of the reason is because of the 25 game goal. The other part is basically watching an almost 2-year-old destroy my office and everything in the house so I gotta keep eyes on her all the time. Don’t get me wrong shes a blessing and a half but she is a handful and If I am trying to squeeze an hour or two of gaming while having her around I gotta get a game that I can pause. I can’t be in a party game and letting people down mid raid because I got my responsibilities. So I choose to play single-player games mostly.

Anyways enough with the life randomness and what is going on. My goals this year are obviously the 25  games first. I feel like I am on a roll when it comes to that goal as of right now with 15 games. Currently, I have Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 on the side for my Nintendo switch that is going smoothly so that will add on to the number. Also, I have a few Playstation VR titles that I want to look into since I have the free time from 1-3pm most weekdays. Blood and Truth is a lot of fun but also just 5 hours. That makes for a quick game to knock out. After all, this is said and done I would like to start 100%ing / Platinum my games on Playstation. It’s pretty obvious that I favor the PlayStation over Xbox so I will be focusing my trophy hunting at some point but in a casual way while streaming games like FFXIV and Modern Warfare depending.

Thanks for everyone who stopped by to read my bit of randomness… again I will try to maintain blogging and possibly vlogging. Goodnight and always remain epic!

Hey everyone! Syniax here with another blog/half-ass review on the game Resident Evil 2. I remember when around the time Resident Evil 2 Came out the only games I cared about was Final Fantasy games and Resident Evil games. I was so obsessed with the ins and outs of both of these franchises. I could go on and on about Final Fantasy but this blog today, it’s about Resident Evil.

I remember playing the original one on the Playstation one and thought this was one of the greatest games of all time. When they finally released Resident Evil 2 I had to get my hands on it. I begged with my grandmother to get me this game for the longest time but I did the same thing I did with Final Fantasy 7 and was use my allowance to rent the game to death and have the guy at the little video store just give up on me and give me the game with all the inserts and case. The same thing worked for Resident Evil 2.

I remember playing this game over and over and trying to see if I can beat my original time and a friend of mine was in a league of trying to do the same. Trying to finish the extra modes including the Tofu one. Now fast forward into 2019 and they released the remake version and wow, just wow! I am truly amazed at how they redid everything from the ground up and basically kept the game intact. What did bother me though was some of the small things that I wanted to see in the remake but what I thought at the time didn’t really make it. Such as the shotgun guy. Apparently, he makes a whole new appearance that I won’t spoil.

The gameplay of this game is amazing. It almost feels exactly like playing Resident Evil  7 but in the third person. The reason why would have to be the RE Engine that is being used. UI and movement are basically the same. You can’t move to fast and keeps it at a certain pace just like Resident Evil 7. What they kept from Resident Evil 7 was the lighting and feel of an actual horror game. After the previous installments of Resident Evil 4-6 going into the direction of an action horror game. You couldn’t help but miss the terrifying moments of Resident Evil 1-3. Luckily with this remake, they brought it back and we can only hope for more down the road.

The story is practically the same with a few things changed around for a smoother experience. The part I really loved most about this game was how it captured the same game back in 1998 and was able to put it on a modern level that fans and newcomers can both enjoy. Capcom has definitely set the bar when it comes to remakes. Hoping that Nintendo takes notes on that remake of Link’s Awakening. In my opinion, they should have done a BOTW look with Link’s Awakening storyline and randomness. I completed this game and I still go back to it from time to time to play because it is so good. I should concentrate on my backlog though.

The next game that was in my backlog was Ratchet and Clank but being that I love to procrastinate, I finally got to writing this blog and now I gotta write Ratchet and Clanks blog soon after since I already beat that game.  The game I am actually playing as game #5 is Minecraft Story Mode. Stay tuned for another blog with yours truly. Always remain epic!

Hey everyone. Syniax here with another blog post and trying to remain active just like I said I would. This one is about Kingdom Hearts 3. A game that was technically not in the backlog but I had to get it done once it dropped. This game was truly amazing but at the same time, I felt it could have been better in some areas and other areas were completely unnecessary.

So let’s start off with the bad of this game in my opinion. One of the things in the beginning which I thought was cool that got really repetitive quickly were the attractions. These are skills that you gain over the course of the battle which turns into a little mini cinematic. For example, one attraction is you summon a pirate boat that swings side to side attacking the enemies with water splashing or the boat nailing them. You can skip or possibly turn off the cinematics but the attack in on itself is cinematic which takes you from the fighting and combat that you are familiar with when playing with Keyblade wielders.

Other attractions put you into a seat of a blaster cannon, wherein which you shoot enemies with a blaster vehicle and again taking you away from the actual keyblade gameplay. It also tends to make some of the battles a bit easier once you were able to trigger such an event but that could easily be remedied by increasing the difficulty.

The story was pretty good. It’s really hard to go into detail about the ending and a lot that was going on without giving out spoilers but the game was pretty good when it came down to its story. It keeps you wondering and also giving you tidbits of the past to keep you informed about what is going on and your mission in the game.  They also have a video for you to watch to brush up or even catch you up on the series but that didn’t do too well as far as information. It got the surface details out of the way but as far as deeper situations it didn’t really cover in my opinion and from what I remember.

The combat was amazing. Each keyblade had its own skill set wherein which you can summon new powers for each keyblade depending on which you were using. My favorite would have to be the keyblade obtained from The Carribean. Its first skill you can use is “Highwind” and turns your keyblade into a spear. Immediately it clicked for me as an easter egg paying some respects to Cid who is known to use a spear and also flies the Highwind.

The one thing I will say that was a huge improvement for me was the gummi ship scenarios. Finally, they made it where you don’t have to deal with it so much to get from world to world. And even if you had to do combat it was actually a lot better than its previous renditions.

Overall this game is amazing. The story amazing and the combat amazing. Some areas could have used a little bit of work but overall, epic! Anyways I am out and will be getting that Resident Evil 2 half ass review out soon! Always remain epic!

Hey everyone! Syniax here with my first completed game of the year and one step closer to cleaning out the backlog! The Witcher 3, quite the amazing game but not going to lie it had its moments where I felt like omg… please hurry up!

So the game starts off pretty slow for me with the crazy introduction of the characters along with the Wild Hunt. The basis of the story is basically trying to find Ciri. Pretty much a daughter figure to Geralt the main character. In all honesty, I’ve never played nor read any of the books previous to this game so I don’t actually know any of these people. I just know that the game was said to be a really great story and a lot of fun.

The quest in the game was another factor that bothered me but at the same time had me going for more. Some quest would be apart of your main quest line. I love to go through the mainline like I would if I was on a Netflix binge. I hate filler episodes though and that’s what side quests feel like to me. In The Witcher 3 it was very different how they did their side quest though (not all of em) Going into a mainline story quest and having it become interesting as the quest unfolds, just to turn into side quest and having the option to continue that little branch of the story. It might not have anything to do with anything but at that point during the main quest, you are already hooked. You need to know more and that’s what kept happening to me. I enjoy the game for the most part.

I really didn’t like the weapon durability even though it wasn’t like Breath of the Wild where you take 3 swings and your sword is done. The combat in this game at first was weird because it didn’t feel like it connects. Games like Batman Arkham Asylum had combat that “connects” and felt amazing. This game didn’t do that. After a while, I actually got used to the game’s combat system and started to enjoy it even further. When I got the whirlwind ability, it became a lot more interesting fighting bosses and regular mobs. The combat almost felt like a very watered down version of Dark Souls with rolling and taking swings at the precise time.

The story itself was amazing once I started to understand what was going on with the quest lines. After a bit, it started taking more of a linear approach to the quest even though some of them will still branch off into a series of quest just for the one quest. I don’t want to call it padding but it almost felt as if that was the case yet the quest still proved to be interesting. Anyways this game definitely took a long time to get through. I think started this a week before new years and I am just finishing it up. Usually, I can get maybe 1 or 2 hours a night but some nights I don’t even bother, hanging with my family and all.  Alright, now its time to go for my next game. It’s looking like with the timing that will be getting ready to play Kingdom Hearts 3! Always remain epic!