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2019 Games Played

by chummy8

Here we go again.

(Year of the RPG edition)

Year of the RPG has been slightly derailed by Warframe.

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Total War: Warhammer II

1. Total War: Warhammer II

Of course I am still playing one of my all time favorite games.

BattleTech

2. BattleTech

I got the season pass so I'll be playing this game off and on throughout the year.

Warhammer: Vermintide 2

3. Warhammer: Vermintide 2

Started in December, I'll also be messing around with this game off and on. It's still fun to jump in a murder hundreds of Ratmen.

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands

4. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands

The game that just won't die. After all my time with this game and all the free missions that get released, I still come back to Bolivia. The main reason is that it is still fun to run around blowing shit up. And I get to help newer players with missions.

For Honor

5. For Honor

Out of all my fighting games, this is the one I tend to come back to the most. Go figure.

Forza Horizon 4

6. Forza Horizon 4

The best open world driving game ever. And one of those never ending games. I will be playing this game whenever I feel like it in 2019.

Final Fantasy XV

7. Final Fantasy XV

Started Dec 2 - Finished Jan 22 I don't have a huge history with Final Fantasy games. But the ones I did play have been some of my most memorable gaming experiences. Final Fantasy XV has a beautiful mix of music, setting, and character that makes you want to jump in the car and drive to the next outpost. It's a fun game that I am taking my time with. After 20 hours of playing this game, and the story going nowhere, I've decided to put this game aside. I only made it to Chapter 5 and I just didn't feel like playing anymore. The combat was kinda boring, I would have preferred FF 13 style over this. The story barely got going and I ended up not caring for any of the shallow characters. The joke about FF 13 was that it took 20 hours before the game got good. But even in the linear hallways of Final Fantasy 13, I enjoyed that game more than Final Fantasy 15. As always, life is too short to force yourself to play boring games. I enjoyed the music and the setting, but that wasn't enough to keep me interested in the story or the characters.

Monster Hunter: World

8. Monster Hunter: World

Started Dec 28 - Finished ... I don't know about this one. I got this for free with the purchase of my new graphics card. I made a dude and his cat and I will give this an honest try. Maybe this will eventually take the place Wildlands has in my rotation; a game that I can hop into Online for an hour and mess around. And if not, well I didn't pay any money for it.

Hitman 2

9. Hitman 2

Started Jan 2 - Finished Jun 17 Basically an upgraded version of Hitman 2016 which is great. I'm taking my time with this game since it's not episodic like the last one and I am enjoying every run. First, this game takes 100 god damn gigs of hard drive space. In this case, the non-episodic format hurt the game rather than helped it. In the last Hitman game, I looked forward to every new release and replayed the levels over and over again before the next one came out. In this game, that is not the case. Every level is unlocked from the start and I tried to do the same thing I did with the first game by mastering every level before moving on to the next one. Doing this started to feel like a chore and I stopped playing by the time I got to the Mumbai level which is like the third level of the game. Also, I mastered every level from the last Hitman game, but I would have to do it all over again in this game. It would have been nice for that progression to carry over or at least be given the choice. There is a lot of game in here, but I felt paralyzed by choice and overwhelmed by the content. That's a good thing, really. But for me, I just didn't feel like playing the game anymore. It's a little too much like the last Hitman, a game I put 90 hours into. And having to face the option of replaying ALL OF IT over again just demoralized me. I recommend this game in the end because it's a solid Hitman game and we should support indie developers like this. But if you played the last game, know that you will have to do it all over again.

Sundered

10. Sundered

Started Jan 23 - Finished Jan 23 This game, despite its great art style and music, made me finally realize that I don't like modern metroidvania type games anymore. Not really a knock against the game itself, but my changing gaming tastes.

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