Quick update on a few games I’ve been playing lately:
Deathloop- Took me forever to understand the gameplay loop (pardon the pun), but once I got advice on here to focus on the arsenal leads the game started to make a lot more sense.
It’s a fun game, but I am shocked at the critical reception it received. I had high hopes after seeing all of the perfect review scores and game of the year nominations, but this one fell a bit flat for me compared to other Sony exclusives.
The developers give you lots of options on how to attack each level, but you are never forced to actually switch up your strategy. The game acts like it’s going to be this massive sandbox for taking down the visionaries, but at the end of the day it is actually quite linear. The make it super complicated too with such a clunky UI.
The story felt like a bit of a mess to me too. I can appreciate what they were going for, but so much of the story is told through picking up transcripts and audio logs I felt like I never really had a good grasp on what was happening.
Gameplay is tight, the art direction is interesting, but this is more of a 8/10 for me. I would recommend picking it up on sale if you can. Fun game but, far from game of the year.
Guardians of the Galaxy - Picked this up for $25 dollars on an Amazon sale and thought I would give it a try. I’ve never watched the movies and am pretty far removed from the Marvel universe in general, but this was a fun game.
Pretty typical action/adventure game that has some fun dialogue choices to make. The soundtrack is great. I found it refreshing to play through a relatively quick single player campaign. Not very polished, but I still had fun. If you are a Marvel fan or an action/adventure fan it’s worth checking out even if it isn’t anything groundbreaking.
Halo Infinte - I’m only about 25% into the campaign I would guess, but it’s been a ton of fun so far. Classic Halo feel with an open world structure. The grapple hook is done really well and gives the game a modern feel. You just can’t beat Halo gunplay and physics and the open world only makes those things better.
I’ve never been interested in the lore or storytelling of Halo and this one hasn’t changed that for me. I have to call out the open world though. Every part of this game looks and feels the exact same. You’re either in some spaceship looking corridor or out in the mountains/trees.
I just wish there was more diversity in the open world. Comparing this one to RDR2, Horizon, GTA, Forza, Ghosts of Tsushima, etc it just feels very dated and stale.
Maybe my opinion will change the more I play, but I don’t think this a game of the year contender for myself either.
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