CLOAK OF TITANS and Starfield

Now on Chapter 14 of 25 of CLOAK OF TITANS.

Eagle-eyed readers will note that the chapter count has expanded from 24 to 25. Regardless of how many chapters the book ends up having, I am over the halfway point of the book.

Meanwhile, in the answer to last week’s Question of the Week about Xbox games, I think I am going to try Starfield.

It reminds me a great deal of Wing Commander Privateer from the 1990s. If you remember the Wing Commander games, they were basically TOP GUN but IN SPACE!!! Privateer took the basic flight gameplay but changed it so you were an independent privateer captain, and you had to make your way through the Gemini Sector as a mercenary, a merchant, a pirate, or some combination of the three. You had to buy your own equipment and weapons, and find a way to turn a profit on your jobs. If you played the main plot, you got involved in a conspiracy involving a lost alien relic, but you don’t have to do any of the main plot at all – you can just fly around making credits, fighting pirates, and trading.

Starfield basically feels like someone took Wing Commander Privateer and then added on a Skyrim-esque roleplaying experience for when your character is on the ground.

I know it got middling reviews, but I’m enjoying it so far. Perhaps because it feels like a massively updated version of Wing Commander Privateer.

-JM