Gaming

Uthgerd doesn't seem to like certain roads too much.
I walked for quite some time before realising that she wasn't behind me and then had to backtrack past loads of other characters that were walking the same way as me.
"Excuse me, Imperial Soldiers escorting Stormcloak prisoner. You haven't seen a woman wearing Orc armour and a chef's hat have you? No? Forget I mentioned it."
Anyway I eventually found her next to that little turn off to Brittleshins but she wouldn't go past that bit of road. She would only move if I went on a cross-country route. So... we went on a cross-country route.
And even when you know the landscape it's still easy to get lost when you're avoiding roads. Ended up on the wrong side of a mountain and had to backtrack again.
Eventually we ended up at the place I wanted to be with the earthquakes. I didn't expect earthquakes and it was quite scary. I was expecting some large things to burst out of somewhere to kill us as I kept looking around in a panicky way waving my sword around.
Once inside I suddenly realised that this probably wasn't the best place to bring an awkward follower...

 

Please get out of the way, these funny little climbs are ever so narrow. I was praying for another earthquake to shake her off.

"I remember when a cutpurse tried to rob me..."

It is a bit hard to hear what they're saying.... but still.

Yes, they don't seem to have those natural pauses in the sentences which would make it easier to understand. And then there's the awkward silence at the start as it processes what to say. "Hmm, let me think........"
Sounds like my clumsy conversations.

There's also weird intonations and pronunciations... Or maybe I just don't know how to speak English

But just imagine if you could actually ask those imperial guards if they've seen someone in orc armour with a chef's hat and they'd go "yes, we passed a woman such as you describe some distance back. She seemed unwilling to set foot on the road. And understandably so, as if you step into the Road, and you don’t keep your feet, there is no telling where you might be swept off to."

Some fisticuffs by the fireplace.

 

Nothing like a warm, homely brawl.
This is the third punchy fight I've had in recent days and they're not my favourite kind of fight. But even normal fights are a bit of a challenge at the moment. I seem to have hit one of those points where the baddies level up against you as I got killed far too easily tonight. First some Stormcloaks in a Civil War skirmish took me out, then a Forsworn Briarheart killed me very quickly with some instant finishing moves then I had a rather persistent battle with a remarkably well-armoured "Scavenger".
But after a few reloads I've got to my destination to deliver Uthgerd to the Blades. And it took me a while to work out how to get to Sky Haven again.
I'm sure there must be a better route than the one I stumbled along. Yes, I know you can just Fast Travel there.
But...

Elsewhere I completed a heist in GTA that gave all the characters a decent payout, which is nice for Franklin. He never seems to have as much as the others and I work really hard trying to boost his bank balance so now he (erm... I ) won't have to do quite so many taxi jobs

And up in space, where no-one can hear you scream... I've been screaming.
I'm finding it rather difficult to hide from The Alien whilst trying to find a particular keycard. I climb into lockers, cupboards, cabinets and boxes, and I cower there for ages peeking out of the little gap and every time it seems to strut straight over and open up the doors.
How is it finding me? Does Little Ripley smell or something?
 

Alien is a super monster. It can see, hear and smell anything and nothing can kill it. It's boring.

Valence wrote:

How is it finding me? Does Little Ripley smell or something?
 

Because it learns 

After many attempts (many ) I eventually defeated the "new" beastie in Lords Of The Fallen and was delighted to find a much needed save point.
Naaah, just kidding. Of course there wasn't a save point.
Instead I had to fight another of those fat things with their own health potions, then descended some stairs to be greeted by another new guy, this time it's some mage/wizard thing with a collection of devastating range attacks that killed me to death.
Back to the beginning of the current map again.

There MUST be another save point in this level somewhere!
Please?