What are you playing now after finish ME:A?

Already on my second playthrough and may go for a third as I write my novelization. Waiting on Dawn of War III later this month and still need to finish Horizon Zero Dawn.

I just watched 2 plot summaries on YouTube before playing TW3 & I got everything I needed to know. I hated the 2 previous games & only played the 3rd because another person who hated them recommended it.

The game is rather unforgiving early on and surprisingly difficult. BOTW really encourages you to rely on other strategies to kill enemies and not just focusing on weapons. I know initially I would use the sheikah slate abilities quite a bit (magnesis, bombs, stasis, etc.) to make it easier to take out enemies. I'd always blow up any TNT near enemy camps that I saw to help clear them out easier. I'd also constantly pick up and use enemy weapons and try to conserve my better weapons for harder fights. Do you happen to remember what the tier of the test of combat was in the shrines? If it was a "Major Test of Strength," I'd avoid those until you have better gear, more hearts, and are used to initiating perfect dodges for flurry rushes and initiating perfect guards for counterattacks.

I definitely agree that swapping between melee and range can be awkward. I never owned a Wii or a Wii U, so it took me some time to get used to the motion controls on the Switch. Keep at it though and eventually you'll, at the very least, be used to how it works.

Yeah. You'll need to find stables, and then you can summon any of your horses there, regardless of where they are in Hyrule.

I think what Nintendo intended was to break away from the conventions of Zelda and really take players out of their comfort zones. They didn't want the game to be a straight up hack and slash like the previous games. They want players to think out of the box and try to be creative. I do think early on the game is perhaps too hard, especially for those who want a more forgiving experience.

You shouldn't give up on the game though. I just finished it after 100 hours and did virtually all of the content. The game ends on a very high note and sets up the new story coming in the expansion pass. I can only speak for myself, but this is my favorite Zelda game of all time, and I never thought any game would surpass Ocarina. It gets much easier once you have more hearts, stamina, and better gear.

After MEA I need to take a break.
Probably will go back to BF1 with premium pass.

I'm itching to start another playthrough but putting it off until I've got further with some assignments, got to be responsible and all.

At the moment I'll hop on Battlefield for half an hour here or there.

Normally, Id agree with you but MEA is lacking nearly everything that made Mass Effect what it was. However, I do feel the urge to go back and play the trilogy again, might do that once I finish this slog.

TW3 was the first Witcher game I purchased, as well.  I was on the fence about even starting it because I got it in a Steam sale, too.  But, it's the best game I've ever played and I liked it so much that I played through the main story twice and all the DLC three times.

And I still haven't even picked up all the collectibles and side content.

I now compare almost all RPG's to TW3 to see how they stack up.  They did almost everything damn near perfectly in my opinion.

Reading ME:A Uprising and playing Warhammer: Total War.

Started a new game plus, but I decided to wait a couple months for more patches to be released before I jump back in and restart the game+.

What does W3 GOTY cost when it goes on sale on Steam? I buy everything through Origins, normally, and it is $70 there fairily steadily. I have a 15% code, but it's still way too much. I'd pay $15-20 for something like W3 (becauseI have a 75% certainty I won't like it). Does it ever go into this range? I am okay waiting for a few more years.

Okay, I'll check back in a coup,e of years. I wish I could put a price alert on it in Origins, lol.

I keep hearing that over and over from various people that it's literally the best RPG ever.  That's what prompted me to get it on steam sale but the main drawback for me is the static player character.  I really like being able to make my own characters - it's actually been a very long time since I've played a game where I couldn't do that.  Not that I can't or won't do it, of course, but it's a bit of a downer.  I know the reason why he's static (books and all) but nonetheless, it's one of the reasons why I'm dragging my feet.  Another reason is that I don't really find Gerault attractive, I guess?  I mean, if I'm going to be stuck playing a dude, lets make him good looking.  (Yes, I realize that's shallow.  I don't care. Ain't nothing wrong wanting to play hot characters, male or female.) Maybe my opinion will change once I play it though.  For now, he looks like a cross between Gandalf and Aragorn.  A grizzly "Strider" Aragorn, not the well kempt King Aragorn. 

That said, y'all have convinced me to give it a go after I finish my second playthrough of ME:A.  I want to romance Jaal before it's ruined for me by stumbling across something really spoilery.