God of War Ragnarök is a very good game, but I have to say I really could have done without the Young Adult sections with the insanely boring combat where you pilot Kratos' son. Let's hope there is a payoff at the end of the trilogy for having me suffer through those hours long sequences because it made this game worse.
Just played through "A way out". Its an older title, but thought I'd give it a try given the hype around the recently released Split Fiction, made by the same studio. Im a single player type of person. I have never played a co-op game, well at least not like this. Having played the game with a buddy of mine, its clear it couldnt have been done any other way than co-op. And it was a blast. Even if some of the game mechanics like the shooting feels rather rudimentary. Highly recommend the game! Its like a six hour experience. We played it in one sitting and lost track of time. Im definitely getting Split Fiction.
Finished Split Fiction the other day on PS5. What a game... Not going to spoil anything, but the level design is beyond anything I have ever experienced, and particularly the end levels left me in awe. I have a hard time grasping as to how it was even possible to do, its a brilliant feat of game engineering. I can not sing this games praises enough. It truly needs to be experienced, and I would suggest you play it with a fellow gamer, preferably with a with headset and mic. Its not that hard per se (not for anyone who playes video games on regular basis), and I guess it can also be enjoyed with a family member or friend that dont traditionally play video games, as long as you have patience and willing to carry the other one. To sum up, this game is a reason why I play video games. From this point onwards, every new Hazelight game is a guaranteed day one buy for me. I went right ahead and bought It Takes Two on PS5, which I have not played yet.
Nintendo blew the dam open with their price announcements of Switch 2 and the games, with Xbox now raising the cost of their consoles. We are past mid-life of the generation and the prices are going up lol Not sure how much the tarrifs have got to do with this. But it looks like games, regardless of form be it physical or digital, are also going up in price to 80 dollars. Im not going to be a doom-sayer and be all "this industry is going to crash". Although I think that we are definetly seeing an ongoing decay in the AAA-space, with publishers coming down hard on studios and laying off people, unless their games make good enough profits. And they are most certainly influencing how the end-product ends up being, which explains why many games are just bland and soulless open world titles (Anthem, Andromeda, Starfield) , if they are not live-service games, online FPSs or various sports games etc. But I think there might be a "saving grace" in smaller and more independent AA-developers. Im playing through the newly released Clair Obscure Exp 33, and man what a title. Im only 4 hours in but Im hooked. The story, atmosphere, graphics, everything is top notch. Its hard to imagine this game being made by a small studio consisting of 30 people! I think this game can turn out to be very pivotal and important. It shows the way to other developers, that you dont always need a big publisher breathing down your neck and killing your creativity. I can see more smaller studios being formed from this, after the enormous success of not only this game, but even titles such as Split Fiction, made by Hazelight. And we will all be the better for it, with not only their games costing less (50-60 dollar range) but more importantly the soul and sheer quality going into those titles. Now Hazelight is backed by EA Originals, but it is evident from interviews with Josef Fares (founder of Hazelight) that EA has zero say in the types of games they make or how the final products end up. So its another AA-developer that is creativally independent, and will stay that way as Fares is on record saying that they will never pitch and "get a green light" from EA before doing what they want to do. The Indie scene is still alive and well. But yeah, Im kinda starting to give up on big AAA-developers. There are exceptions, but not many.
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Luckily as a PC gamer you have so many fairly priced quality games to choose from on Steam that the game price hikes don't really affect me. I am currently playing the two Horizon games and those two combined on sale cost me less than Nintendo is asking for a single $80 Switch 2 game. Due to the lack of growth on the console market, Sony, Nintendo & Co. are increasingly going to milk their existing install base for all their worth. If I buy a handheld it's going to be the Steam Deck 2 whenever it comes out. The better value is simply on PC.
Yeah my PC and Steam game library is quite huge, Im only recently starting to go through my backlog. Played through Portal 2 some months ago, which I had gotten on sale for less than 5 dollars, and it was one of the best gaming experiences. Also played Ori and the Blind Forest on the Steam Deck, and that too just amazing.
I hadn't played anything since Baldur's Gate III came out. Decided to jump back in, looking for something like XCOM2. I saw some refer to Classified France 44 as XCOM2 meets Commandos so I was intrigued. A few missions into it, it's kind of not really hitting very deeply as an experience. Definitely lacks the depth of gameplay and immersion of XCOM2. And even the original 1990s Commandos has better and more original level design. A bit of a letdown so far, will give it a few more missions probably but if it doesn't pick up, might not even finish the campaign even a single time. Some of the controls are pretty janky too, with perspective changes when you execute an action (meaning that sometimes you don't see your character carry out the command) and occasional impossibility to apply buffs to characters also due to environmental elements.
Finished Classified: France 44's campaign. Did not really change my mind in terms of my original assessment.
I played Ghost of Yotei. I finished the campagin but did not do all the side quests. Good game, but I was kinda burned out by the end. I have recently (after ghost) been on an Indie games binge on my Steam Deck. Shorter titles that have so far been an absolute joy to play (Limbo, Jusant, Cocoon). Cocoon in particular was incredible and had some mind bending puzzles. I have said this before, but Im probably going to lose more interest in big open world AAA-titles, and be more selective with what I invest time and money in, going forward. The indie games and AA-titles are luring me in in a big way.