Finished a couple, started a couple more.
Far Cry New Dawn is done, and I gotta say, it's incredible how exactly the same the game is compared to the last FC that I played, and that's #3
I felt like playing and expansion to FC3 rather than a completely "different" game released 6+ years later.
Some of the stuff was enjoyable, the gunplay is ok, but through the entirety of the game I felt kinda meh... been there, done that...
I know Ubi games tend to have very little in terms of gameplay innovations, but damn, this takes the cake.
And while we're on the topic of Ubisoft, I finished Watch dogs 1 and I wasn't particularly impressed. Characters are boring and generic, story is there just for the sake of it, gameplay is ok but nothing makes it "pop", and cars felt horrible. So after I finished it, I started WD2 and immediately the game grabs you in a way. I haven't played too much but in the first 3 or 4 hours I had more fun than in the entirety of the first game.
The only thing that kinda grinds my gears (for both 1 and 2) is the amount of thing you can (and need) to press on the keyboard, the prompts, the actions to perform. Makes the games cluttered imo both visually and mechanically.
Metro Exodus. Now this one is a banger. Probably my favorite in the series. The small open world areas were really well made and are more fun to play than for example Far Cry, with a massive single piece of land where you get sidetracked all the time. This has to be for me one of the better non linear level designs in FPS games ever.
Finished main story with a good ending. Finished both dlcs and found both to be enjoyable. It's a nice contrast when you play main story and Sam's DLC with this new level design, and then play 2 Colonels with level design straight outta 1 and LL. The only thing I kinda disliked, and this can very well be to my system, is the constant film grain effect the game has.
Hades.
Just started this the day before yesterday, and already I'm hooked. Probably sunk in 12+ hours by now. Made it to the Elysium boss(es) twice, but got obliterated on the first attempt and actually did ok on the second, but alas... the freaking minotaur got me with his continuous charged attack.
Music is great, combat is crisp, characters are top notch. Also art style is perfect for something like this.
Shadow of the TR. Made to the point were you reunite with Jonah after the plane crash. The game... is just like the first two in this series. Doesn't look like anything new was added in terms of gameplay, but hey at least the game looks amazing, even on low end hardware like mine. I always enjoyed these new TR games, so this one is no exception but it really suffers from the same stuff Far Cry does. At least in it's defense there are only 3 games in the series and no more will be made as far as I understood.
