Yes, I still haven't made progress since last week with this game! I'm still stuck on the Bayou level! This game is way too frustrating to the point I've almost given up; I have no idea how I had the tolerance, patience or skill back in the day to finish this game! I have come to the conclusion though that the Thunder does have the best handling out of the three starter cars (which is all I can afford, unless I'm lucky enough to get one as a prize if I place first in the first race) so if I'm game enough to give Megarace 2 a go next week, that is going to be my strategy. It's still way too easy for the AI cars to gang up on you, flip your car around and ruin your day though.
So one more go at Megarace 2 then I'm throwing in the towel.
Now that XCOM 2 is out of the way, on to the next game picked by Luke: Door Kickers! Despite there being instructions on how to play the game, I still seem to be stuffing up strafing, so the game can be a bit fiddly when you're trying to learn the controls. I was also locked out of the single player campaign until I finished some stand-alone missions (to level up my squad) and I'm still not quite sure how you get three out of three stars on missions.
So far, the game feels like a tactical, top-down strategy version of Rainbow Six Siege or Commandos except with CTs versus Tangos.
Currently all my operators are now equipped with MP5s and Assault armour so they can withstand a few more hits (but are slower too). The game has some neat features like missions where you have sniper support from off the map or where you sometimes have to pick locks or use the sledgehammer to break down doors… speaking of sledgehammers, the weapons in this game seem to be ripped straight out of Rainbow Six Siege (or maybe Siege stole some of the ideas from Door Kickers): there's even Mira's Vector SMG in this game!
I'm having fun so far - it's not a bad little game.
Man Town of Salem is addictive: I've now clocked over 17 hours and I'm unlikely to stop just yet. I've been meaning to try out The Coven expansion before I do a review but sadly only managed to get one game in before giving up on finding more than 7 players to play with in a match.
I did have one funny game this week where a Mafioso almost managed to convince the Medium that I was last mobster (even though I was actually the Sheriff). The other dead mobster (my wife) even argued with him to try and make the lie more believable. It almost worked too: I was voted to get lynched, but thankfully there weren't quite enough votes to put me up on the podium outright.
In another game (where I was playing as Sheriff again) I actually received quite a bit of help from a Lookout and Doctor, so much so that they were pivotal in ensuring the Town won. It's refreshing when you come across helpful allies amongst randoms.