Christmas in games

Hello Kitty Island Adventure

In the game Hello Kitty Island Adventure Christmas gifts have been delivered all month long to help adorable Cinnamoroll. The suspense was whether I could keep the game over Christmas and open my own presents, or if someone would reserve it from the library so I couldn't renew my loan.

 

 

Red Dead Online 

Famously, the month of the year when it's snowing in Red Dead Online is my favorite, and I usually only play it then.

This year I was afraid that the Christmas tree wouldn't show up at camp before my PS Plus ran out, but it did.

 

 

Moonshine shack also has a tree and festive lights.

 

 

It was a shock to realize that the band can only play one Christmas song. For the first time ever, I stayed to hear what song they would play after the first one. Well, the same one, Jingle Bells again! Boo.

 

Little Kitty, Big City 

Now the game Little Kitty, Big City got a Christmas update, which I don't think is very special.

A bow hat for a cat who itself is a gift!

 

 

Christmas decorations for photo mode.

 

 

And it's even snowing a little in that big city...

 

Red Dead Online: 46 idiot free days

I had been playing Red Dead Online every day for 46 days straight until someone finally killed me for the first time.

And who is the person who got the honor? A player on Playstation named FLFIH-. Congratulations, you are an idiot. This person also did some suspicious things, like moving abnormally fast, summoning an alligator next to me and teleporting to my new spawn location.

 

I had been in cinematic mode when they had killed me and my poor horse. When I came back to play they killed me again, and when I parleyd with them and set up a camp to fast travel to my destination, they still tried to kill me again with explosives.

Well I do have a saying: Assholes will be assholes. And unfortunately the world is full of them.

This is the reason why I hate online games and multiplayers. Because I hate people, and multiplayer games make me hate people even more.

I always play Red Dead Online peacefully, minding my own business, staying away from other players, just collecting collectibles and doing daily challenges. Even now I was in defensive mode. Still there's always gonna be grievers who ruin the fun for everyone. Even now I had to change sessions and the counter for a daily challenge resetted because of that.

 

 

I know I was exceptionally lucky to survive this long. Usually I'm killed and hogtied and carried around far more often. So thank you for all the nice players of Red Dead online!

Breaking news: Red Dead Online

The dream is over. This is a sad day for mankind.

Starting from today, January 9th 2024, there's no more snow in Red Dead Online.

 

 

The holiday season is always special to me, because then snow arrives to Red Dead Online. During this time I play Red Dead Online every single day, doing daily challenges. I have to limit my gaming because I so easily get addicted to REO, it's very difficult to me to stop playing it. Hence the limitation to snow time only.

So when the snow season ends the clock is ticking for me. I'm allowed to finish the current daily challenge cycle to the maximum, then I have to force myself to stop.

 

 

Luckily now I'm only on the first week of daily challenges, so that means there's still over three weeks of playtime left. I really wish the snow season would last longer. This time it did arrive surprisingly early, and I missed the start of it.

I have been playing now every day since December 8th, and no other player has killed me yet! It's a miracle. No one has hogtied me and carried me around. There are lot less shitheads in Red Dead Online than GTA online, but still this is amazing.

 

 

Something strange did happen to me this time around. For the first time ever other players where in my moonshine shack, without invitation. At least 3-4 times when I entered my moonshine shack some other player was there, to my surprise. I don't know if it is a bug, or did these players do something to make this happen.

 

Can you pet cats in Red Dead Redemption 2?

There are cats and dogs in Red Dead Online, but you can only pet the dogs, not the cats. How unfair is that? I'm looking at you, Rockstar!

 

You can also get a camp dog, but not a cat. Of course even the camp dog is totally useless, but at least you can pet it. It's especially useful when petting a dog is a daily challenge, so then it's easy gold.

Enjoy the high quality photos of cats in the game?

I only play Red Dead Online during snow time. I get so easily addicted to it, and when snow ends I have to force myself to quit. Just doing the daily challenges could be a full time job.

 

So what is Red Dead Online all about? And how it compares to Red Dead Redemption 2's story mode? In my opinion they both have their pros and cons. In story mode you don't have to suffer from other people, but Arthur's ending will most likely break your heart.

In Online there are different roles to choose from. Collector, moonshiner, bounty hunter, trader, naturalist. These all require gold to start. And when you first start the game, getting gold is a frustratingly slow progress. Some years ago it was much easier and faster to get gold in Red Dead Online, but then it was nerfed. So that players would buy gold with real money. Best way to get gold early on is to keep doing daily challenges, and keep that streak going for a maximum of 28 days. Before even that was better, it didn't go back to zero after 28 days...

Common opinion is that Red Dead Online has been dead for years now. Rockstar doesn't update it anymore, so don't expect any new content being released. Nonetheless there are still lots of people who play it and enjoy it, myself included. And every Tuesday something "new" arrives to the game... be it more exp for some role, or even a new piece of clothing... which all suck, by the way. Even the very few dresses.

In general I hate online multiplayer games, because people are so mean to each other. Luckily in Read Dead Online this is a less common problem, and most of the time I'm able to roam freely, without being killed by evil players. But when it does happen I'm once again so disappointed in humanity. Why can't you be nice to each other? Even if you own life sucks, don't spread the hate around. And most of the time the killing even happens when I'm afk. What's is so much fun in killing idle, helpless players? I just don't understand it. I'm always so surprised and even shocked if someone treats me nicely.