God of War: Play like a god even if you suck

A carefully designed game is a game that makes you feel you're good even when you suck.  And God of War is just that.

HollowKnight: “Nail master Oro and the delicate flower”

Master Oro… whom I first found intimidating. Obviously he has his own problem that torments him all the time. What happened between three brothers, I can only guess. He doesn’t act kind, but he’s not unkind, either.

The Last Guardian: Love conquers all

When we first met, Trico’s eyes were glowing pink. When I pulled out a spear on his thigh, I was kicked to the stone wall. I fainted. The title reads he’s a man-eater. He may not try to eat me after he owes me, but I was still scared thinking I might witness his bloody meal. When bumped into him in a dark corridor, the big beast scared me.

Do I stink? Yes!

Don't you just love the way Hollow Knight is so perfectly finished in such incredible detail?

The game play itself, fascinating world, profound story, attractive characters, rich music etc. They go without saying, as they are quite noticeable.

Cheap’s Exodus from Crystal Peak

Isn’t the lantern’s way too expensive? 1800 geo when I work hard to afford a compass of 200 geo? So I tried to see if I can survive the Crystal Peak without the torch. The result? As seen in the comic below, disaster.

Comic Diary of a Portal Knight 1. Let there be me!

Well, I’ve played countless games so far in my life with more to come. But of all games coming and going, one always stand still as my place to live: Portal Knights, that’s the only game where I live. I literally live there, as I built my home there, and cozy home it is. If I ever move, that must be the time when I move to Portal Knights 2.

An excuse to play Hollow Knight endlessly

I don’t even remember how many times I’ve played Hollow Knight. As I stopped counting after 10. You may ask why I’m not bored playing the same title again and again and again. It’s simple. Because every time I play it, something’s different. Because I’m not a good player and am still improving.

O Witcher 3! O Gwent!

O Witcher 3! How I love its gorgeous world! The cool sword play, the simple but thus convincing magic, and look at the towns, houses, trees and flowers!

One thing bothering me though: Gwent, the card game. In this game, with wider audience being targeted, you can even skip the action altogether to indulge the story..... Then why not Gwent? I’m not just cut out for any card games.

Hollow Knight White Palace Final Area Map

White Palace sure is tough. What makes it even tougher is its lack of the map. Our Cornifer doesn’t seem to hack into the king’s dream after all, although he beat me beyond the black barrier in the Fog Canyon.

I desperately searched the net to find the maps of the sub area 1 and 2, with the levers to activate the elevator to the Final Area. Unfortunately no map for the very final area, which is tougher and larger than those two areas.

I managed to make it trough the palace after all but not without tears. The palace sure is tough enough to deter timid players from “The True End,” which I find great and with many people reach there.

So I decided to draw the missing map of the Final Area, hoping to help fellow Knights survive the Saw-blade palace. Good luck and hope it helps!

First, here’s the whole picture. Notice how vast the last area alone is. I decided to draw this map partly because I wanted to see how each zone come into one piece.

White palace as a whole. You need to hit two levers, one each at the end of the areas 1 and 2, to activate the lift up to the Final Area.

Zone 1

Zone 2

Zone 3

The “right point”to start at M above. Check how your horn sit on the wall behind. But don’t get too nervous. You don’t have to be that exact.

Zone 4

Super dash all the way to the left and you beat the White Palace. Congrats!

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