The non-ME3 games recently enjoyed by ME3MPrs

Great review. 

I have the two preceding games, but have never played them. Would you consider it majorly beneficial to play them first? Or would you consider XCOM2 to be so good that you could go back and play the earlier ones later? (Bearing in mind I came to Mass Effect via PS3, so started with ME2)

I've had Hitman on my PS4 for a year, and had never got past the training mission. I had a blitz this week and finished it yesterday, and had a really great time. Some of the AI is utterly dumb, but for the most part it's pretty sharp and you have to be as sneaky as John Turturro in Mr Deeds. I also have all of the earlier Hitman games but hadn't played them either, though I think I will now - Blood Money at the very least. I used to joke that I had become a professional hitman when I met people from school - Martin Q Blank is one of my absolute favourite film characters, and I looked a little like John Cusack when we were both younger. As it stands too much hair has gone down the plughole and I now shave my head irl, but I'm thinking the beard might have to go too! 

I'm waiting on my water to heat up for some tea before starting my fave area in Mass Effect 1;

I'm still mostly playing Mass Effect these days, with some Mass Effect mixed in here and there, but tonight I thought I'd take a short break and play some Mass Effect instead for once.

Back to modding Skyrim here and there.

It's an addiction for me most of the time.

I'm stuck in Gayday 2 Ultimate edition. Robbing banks is hell of a fun.



I need help.

Started Shadow of Mordor GOTY as it was uber cheap in a 24-h psn deal thing.

I played it at EGX before it was released and quite enjoyed it, I outlasted my friends before they died at that time so its not too hard to pick up, but now I'm playing I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm enjoying listening to all the banter between the orcs etc

I also have Witcher 3 started, and DAI, but I'd rather pewpew than choppy choppy with a sword so I've been doing the Destiny 2 beta the past couple of days.
I need to play a bit more ME3 though, I was down to 80% the other day, and I still have 161 UR to get!

Just for fun I started up the old Dragon Age : Origins yesterday and I was totally hooked from the start, this game truly have aged with grace and it's more than just nostalgia that keeps me playing, it's a real master piece.

Must have done 5-6 playthroughs back in the day and now it's time for one more, meaning that I won't have much time for much ME3 in the coming months.

This game really makes me remember the good old days when Biovar were capable of developing high quality games.

Finished Bloodborne for the first time yesterday. Had it since a week before Andromeda when I bought the PS4, partly because was busy with Andromeda and partly because I'm not a fan of the Victorian Age setting. I'm a big Dark Souls fan and only other online game I play next to Mass Effect, so I always bounce back between these two online series to recharge batteries. As you may have guessed, Bloodborne is a Dark Souls spin off, right down to using same recycled sound bites. Unfortunately I was very let down with Bloodborne.

It's like this was an experiment from both Sony (publisher) and From Software to see how mainstream they can make the Dark Souls series, because sadly publishers like your EAs, Ubisoft wiener and Sorny rule the gaming world. So how do you make a game like Dark Souls more mainstream? Easy. You make the action faster/more button mashy friendly, simplify RPG mechanics and add... guns!

The less said about this game's frame rate, the better. But I will say this, no other video game in recent memory ever irritated the eyes before, making this game literally an eye sore (especially for this game's faster pace). The issue is not just frame rate, but frame pacing too (many duplicates of the same frame - see frame time bar in video below). From Software never bothered to patch fix this issue for Bloodborne like they did for their followup Dark Souls 3. Probably because it's not the multiplatform money maker DS3 is. Would explain why this game also got only one DLC.



Anyway, not as bad of a game to trade in like Andboringda. And I'm a Dark Souls fan, so there's a chance I might enjoy it more in replay. But dat frame rate...

I think you'll be satisfied either way; you can definitely jump right into XCOM2, but Enemy Unknown/Within is a classic that has aged quite well. Hard to go wrong either way.

Frogging around in my first survival game; Dark and Light. It's ok, enjoyable, mostly mindless.

Haven't quite finished Shadow of Mordor, but Hellblade:Senua's Sacrifice was preordered, and dropped yesterday.

Gave it a go today and ooooh blimey it is soooo different to my usual games of pewpew and choppy choppy. But it looks amazing, the sound is incredible, and it is just so intense!

It's good its a shortish game as I am not sure my nerves can take it! Atmosphere is something else! Might do a brief recording without spoilers to show it tomorrow.