The non-ME3 games recently enjoyed by ME3MPrs

Can confirm, Witcher 3 = Amazing!

Games I've played this year, all several years old because I'm a cheapskate and always one console generation behind:

• Tales of Symphonia
  
• Portal (couldn't finish it, gave me motion sickness)
  
• Star Ocean: The Last Hope
  
• Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World

Next in the queue is Tales of Graces. I recently started an ME1 replay as well.

Was gonna play Metal Gear Solid V, started it last night and everything, but I figure I'll wait until any new news is out just to be on the safe side (not that I expect much).

So, now it's time to finally beat Tales of Symphonia HD, seeing as I've owned it since day 1, and started it twice. As a side note, Tales of Graces f is my favorite game in the series. I actually enjoy the game's cheesy dialogue, because it revels in it, and it's just a blast to play, while mixing light drama and a lot of comedy.

As a matter of fact... I may skip Symphonia and replay Graces =p

I've played and finished both still not all the DLCs though.  Done it all mostly solo but also with a friend at times.   It's one of the few games I've finished and started again with a new character.

I can't agree with this more. BL1 is a game I just do not enjoy. Never even beat it. I can understand why people like it, but it's just not my kind of game. BL2 is one of my favorite games ever. The writing's extremely sharp, so even if you're not a big fan of the gameplay (which is much better in the sequel), then the story, an awesome villain, and the comedy alone can keep you entertained.

As for Tales. I've been playing the series forever (since Destiny on the PS1). I really do like Symphonia, I'd rate it as objectively the second, or third (depending on what day of the week it is), best entry in the series but it just hasn't aged well. The HD version's new coat of paint is nice, as is the PS2 version's bonuses we never had in the west before, and the new costumes from the modern games are sweet.

The issue is, the game still lacks free run, still has a spell queue (so action pauses when high level spells are used), and the skits, awesome as they are, aren't voiced in English. It's still a classic example of JRPG goodness, packed with content and good characters. But it's also missing a lot of the refinements from the stuff after it. Dawn's just not my type of game.

Anno 1404 Venice.I installed and played it a lot.

I play Destiny occasionally with some of my old ME3MP friends, but I'm mostly bouncing between DS3 and Bloodborne.

Over the last year, I enjoyed GTA 5 and Witcher 3 a lot.

GTA 5 had so many details done right, hidden eastereggs and hilarious moments. While I still consider GTA San Andreas the greatest in the series, 5 was a worthy successor.

The Witcher 3 showed how to combine Storyline with a vast open world. There is great room for closure when it's up to decide the fate of Geralt and his friends, and his love interest(s). To me it was a great emotional gaming expirience. Two great expansions on top that really deserves the name expansion, Blood and Whine alone has a big world with an intense storyline that offers more content than some full priced games.

I have gotten into playing Saints Row 3, because it is easy/fun to blow up things in the game engine and because it was free.

There are a lot of games that I wish had a MP community like me3mp.

Did you get the DLC for Star Wars Battlefront? I loved the game but there was no way I was going to pay for all those DLCs. Did it break up the player base?

The early part of the year was Fallout 4 but I've not been so often to the Commonwealth just recently. Still haven't finished and have no idea who this 'Shaun' character is supposed to be. My settlements are looking fine and there are no deathclaws north of Boston. Just recently I've picked up Dishonored again in preparation for the autumn release of Dishonored 2. I keep meaning to get back to The Witcher. I still haven't bought 3 mainly because I got half way through 2 and stopped. Not because I didn't like it or anything but because I wandered off and did something else.

This was the last game I beat;