Gears of War: Judgement - They really should have stopped this franchise at 3.

I was under embargo till Friday for Desperados 3. So freaking cool, if you liked Blades of the Shogun, or the old Commandos games, you have to get this.
https://invisioncommunity.co.uk/desperados-iii-pc-review/

Horizon Zero Dawn Frozen Wilds DLC - So much fun, a really awesome add-on to the base game. Adds some nice challenges as it's obviously for higher level players. I also enjoyed how it fleshed out the overall lore/story of the game as well. New machines are just difficult enough to keep things interesting.

Marvel's Spider-Man - Even second time 'round, it's still such an "Amazing" game.

Gave Mortal kombat 11 a try. Graphics was great and suprised the story was longer than I thought. The fighting reaction time is just not as fast as I wanted but not bad for a fighting game.

Project Warlock

Been playing the console port for the Xbox One and it's fantastic, bar a few levels that have a bit of slowdown. Retro-style but modern in design, it does a great job of capturing the brutal speed of old FPS games.

Metal Slug X.

Rise of the Tomb Raider

I still enjoy the second, 2013-2018 Crystal Dynamics trilogy more than the 2006-2008 trilogy overall (TR: Anniversary still takes top spot). While it loses the tight focus of the 2013's Tomb Raider, the epic scope of the environments, narrative, and addition of sizeable tombs - that require more than 1.5 brain cells to solve - remains impressive. That said, it's still way too bloated with endless fluff drawing you away from the fleshed-out main missions and challenge tombs. I quickly grew bored of backtracking through the two main hubs, with incessant "objective" pop-ups and caches of supplies to dig up - and preferred to more linear, set-piece heavy sections. Finally played some of the DLC content and the story-oriented Baba Yaga and Blood Ties DLC was great, as was the compelling roguelike-ish Cold Darkness mission.

The Last of Us 2: Naughty Dog has delivered the most incredible experience. I was totally engrossed from the start. I loved the Journey. The game left me disturbed and satisfied. It was the ending i wanted, It was the story i wanted. I cant wait to jump back in. Highly recommend it. 10 out of 10!

Darksiders: Genesis.

Yakuza 4
PS4 41hours 56 sub stories 34% complete.
Really enjoyed that, great story!
Was not expecting much, always thought this game was gana be lame. With the switching between the four characters, but it worked out very well.

The Last of Us Part 2
26hours 40mins
LOVED this game!
It looks amazing, the detail!!!!! & runs like a dream!!
The gameplay, although almost untouched from the previous game is great!!!
Loved the exploration, the maps were great!!!
Abby's levels were way more fun! Some of them gave off a strong Resi vibe!
Now the story. First off, I loved Abby. Don't know where all the hate comes from.
The ending was...okay. Could have been really bad, but was okay.
SPOILERS below...


So Abby kills Joel, because Joel killed her father. Can't hate her for that??
Yeah he died early on, but that creates the plot for the whole game.
The ending was not great. If Ellie had killed Abby, I would have been pissed!!
Ellie should have saved her & gone their separate ways. Hell, Ellie should have never gone after Abby the second time! She lost everything after that. & again, Abby was not the bad guy. She let Ellie live...TWICE!!

Shadow of the Tomb Raider -
Enjoyed this so much more the second time around and the DLC, while perhaps adding too many tombs, was great integrated into the single-player experience, though mediocre in multi-player. My favorutite of the 2013-2018 trilogy, just behind TR: Anniversary..

Darksiders: Genesis -
Despite being a shameless fan of this IP - even enjoying Darksiders 3 a second time around when they added the non-Soulslike combat option - this was a case of great ideas but bad implementation. It's basically a level-based Darksiders in top-down form when it comes to movement, puzzles, and combat, though Strife allows you to play it as a twin-stick shooter. However, the plot and levels are stretched thin (it was 16 hours for me on normal difficulty doing story and most secondary objectives), and every element of the game gets tedious by the end. The final plot point is also stupid, or at least stupidly presented. Clearly they wanted it to tie into the other games but it's a massive moment in the lore told through a handful of simple animated frames.

Far Cry 3 -
Down sick for a few days (thankfully not Covid) finally gave me the excuse to push through to the end of this game. A good opening sequence, a few great mission highlights. but ultimately dull. I liked the mental unraveling of Jason after key moments but it just takes too long to learn enough skills/earn weapons to make the combat click. Perhaps if I stuck it out at the time I'd have been more impressed, but now I just view it as the progenitor of Ubisoft's increasingly formulaic, genre-blending output since then.

Far Cry 3 Blodd Dragon -
Proof that the open-world formula, when condensed and sporting a unique aesthetic, can be good, even great. Short, stupid, glorious to look at and listen too, I'd sooner replay Blood Dragon's 5-hour campaign 4 times than replay Far Cry 3 once.

Ghost of Tsushima: GOTY! absolutely loved it. Every Character has you completely invested in them, you want to finish there side missions because they relevant to the story even after you finish the main story, The open world begs you to explore it, its a beautiful world to explore. The main ending left me so conflicted (in a good way) because of a Choice i had to make, felt like i really needed to talk about it lol. anyway great game, very addictive, beautiful story, and being a Samurai really makes you feel bad ass.

Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet - Garbage. Couldn't finish it.

Streets of Rage 4 - Gorgeous artwork and 2D sprite animation. Plays exactly like the old school beat-em-ups so expert a lot of cheapness.

Disintergration - This is crap, plain and simple. Looks and feels low budget and last gen with some really poor game design. The loading times are abysmal too.

Bioshock 2, more of the same of Bioshock 1, not much new ground broken, but still loved it

Marvel's Avengers Beta.

Ghost of Tsushima
What a great game!
Story is a slow burn, but gets much batter as you go on & that ending! Can't say anything for spoilers, but damn!
Side quest are also a lot of fun. Including the Shrines & other collectibles!
Game is quite big, but every point of interest you find is a fast travel location.
Combat is good, stealth is good. Lots of fun, not hard just got to get the timing down.
Game looks great, & those load times