Continuation of our Space Marine 2 playthrough!
It’s hilarious that a year from the playthrough date, my brother barely had any idea what 40K was. Honestly, I still feel that way about myself as well. And now we’re speculating on who’s chaos or not.
2025
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 – #1.5 – The Machine Spirit was Angry with the RTX
Got this game a year ago via gift, but I finally got it through my editing queue. My brother and I have slowly been going through co-op with it.
The first part of this playthrough got screwed up recording, it did the “black screen of death” while doing the entirety of the first mission (up to the satellite dish), then magically started recording properly when we got to this point. It actually is maxing out my system, so there may be more tech errors over most of my other playthroughs.
We’re planning on going back and redoing it at some point.
Otherwise, enjoy the few videos for the holidays with this playthrough; we’ve taken a hiatus from the moment.
Monument Valley 3 – Garden of Life DLC
This took a little longer than I liked to get this out upon release, but I do hope you enjoy!
I don’t know if I triggered the playthrough right with the Memories section, but I ended up with a credit roll before that quest became available. Still, I was able to do this out in one sitting save a replay of the last puzzle.
I was unable to trigger the last in-game achievement for a 100% while recording, but all you have to do is replay one of the Memories in the hall to trigger “Reminiscence”.
My Monument Valley playthrough has been one of the more positively received content that I’ve made for my channel for 2025. Thank you so much for the support, and I hope you stick around!
Earth Fare to the Sky
When I was out doing the Thanksgiving run, I noticed the good contrast between the sign and sky while walking in. I decided to pause and take the shot; this was the end result. Honestly, I was impressed.
I miss having a non-iPhone camera, like a Rebel T3i. I’ve never been able to buy one since I got out of college, but I should get on that funds willing with how far I’ve come in life so far. Thank goodness for the iPhone though, otherwise I would’ve had a lot less photos bouncing around.
As much as I hate the newer models, you have it to thank for the trip I’ve tried to bring you guys along with since 2011. While there’s a lot more that doesn’t make it to the blog, it helps make a living record of what I’ve went through to a point.
The Pedestrian 06 – A Twist Ending
Now this was an interesting way to making things come about. A real world angle? Manipulating both sides of the world?
This first part did not help with my fear of heights. But the second part? Nice cozy spot. I loved the room and ending. I wished there was more stuff to explore in the room, and the concept of him inventing a thing to “jump” someplace isn’t too far off from my writings.
There was supposedly a deeper story planned according to the art book, but the devs realized that it was hampering the gameplay and development. They settled on this mix that would give something abstract, but wouldn’t be in the way for someone just playing.
I know I missed a few secrets, but I got a 100% completion rate in Steam. So I think these were cosmetics rather than missed Easter eggs.
For respect of the people that got mixed up in this game, I’ve included the credits.
We’ll see what the next game holds.
The Pedestrian 05 – Skyscraping
This was certainly an interesting level, although I liked the sceneries of where I was before. I felt less that I was in a familiar city, and more like I had gone someplace out of Mirror’s Edge or Stolen.
This one I had to stop and start a number of times due to interruptions, and even had to pick it up a few days later because of this. A revisit with new eyes helped a little.
The Pedestrian 04 – Sesame Street Lookalike
Maybe not the entire city block here is like this, but Bronx and Sesame Street is what immediately came to mind here.
I will say save some of the hurdles, it was really satisfying to hook up those wires and see it green lights go on.
The Pedestrian 03 – Visiting College Park
When I got to this specific level, it reminded me of The Witness quite a bit. That’s one game I’ve never touched for a playthrough, and honestly had to do a lot of it with a walkthrough. Maybe I will visit it one day.
This still had the NYC vibe here, but more like Kew Gardens or someplace in Manhattan. Or maybe a generic city from a Mavis Beacon typing game.
The Pedestrian 02 – Street Sign Maze Downtown
For a moment, I forgot why I actually got this game in the first place. As soon as I got to this spot, then I remembered why.
I’m not an expert on New York City by any means. But I got that NYC/New Jersey vibe from this specific level. It didn’t help that my dad used to have a NJ driver’s handbook back in the 90s, and a lot of the signs and colors seemed to match up with this.
I did flounder with the game years later, and I seem to hit a roadblock with figuring out some of the puzzles. You’ll notice that some of the gameplay has been cut throughout this entire playthrough. If something seems to be taking too long, feel free to skip ahead. I apologize for the inconvenience. I’ve done my best to cut out dead space without being obnoxious or apparent.
The Pedestrian 01 – Brand New Slate
I’ve had this game on the backburner for a very long time, and honestly didn’t get to focus on it like I wanted with it in 2021. Let’s change that.
With the death of Windows 10 looming, I’ve been reaching into my game collection for simpler, older games that I’ve been hoarding since I started to collect games on Steam. This was one of them. The trailer had me hooked, and I really loved the idea of a street sign character going about its business.
I did flounder with the game years later, and I seem to hit a roadblock with figuring out some of the puzzles. You’ll notice that some of the gameplay has been cut throughout this entire playthrough. If something seems to be taking too long, feel free to skip ahead. I apologize for the inconvenience. I’ve done my best to cut out dead space without being obnoxious or apparent.
Who Am I?
My name's Janeil.
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Moonlight game dev, creative writer, sharing my personal experiences.