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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag New Game - No Upgrades / No Harbourmaster / No General Store (Challenge)

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How I ended up after completing this mental challenge In this playthrough of the gorgeous Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag , I am doing a raw, insanely mental "classic mode" challenge gameplay without any upgrades for Edward or the Jackdaw. I am not buying any ammo either, and don't open any chests, except for when this is required for optional objectives (namely, in "Nothing Is True" and "Diving For Medicines"). For ammo, I loot bodies and also hunt animals so as to have bones available to craft darts. And I use only Edward's default inventory until the end. I do not buy anything either from the Harbourmasters or the General Stores, and strictly use the market the times that are obligatory by the plot itself, specifically: -to buy the first pair of swords in "Lively Havana", which the game requires as part of the story -to get the intermediate hull in "Prizes and Plunder" as the first obligatory upgrade -to buy the inte...

Murdered: Soul Suspect Playthrough

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A playthrough of Murderd: Soul Suspect, a beautiful mystery game by Square Enix. You play as Ronan O' Connor, detective and ex-rogue, who finds himself investigating the case of his own murder which is connected to the morbid actions of a serial killer in Salem. The game has very simple and straightforward gameplay, its strongest point being the several investigation quests that you have to do, leading up to the final revelation. It has the overall feel and atmosphere of an action game, but in practice it is more close to the adventure genre and, thanks to the lead character's unusual status, is based almost exclusively on stealth.