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I basically speed ran through Assassin's Creed Valhalla to finish it before my Playstation Plus subscription ran out. Still took 70 hours. Managed to get the full ending and kill all the order members. Definitely weaker than Origins and Odyssey, but still worth finishing.

I enjoyed the original, but they did change a lot for the sequel. Both of these games are way better than the studio's third game Ghostwire: Tokyo. I got Playstation Plus to play Humanity, but didn't like it so I tried some other games. Been grinding through Assassin's Creed Valhalla. It's not as good as the last two games Origins and Odyssey, but still fun. I got past halfway through Sifu and gave up. Too much dying and replaying same missions. Too many combos to memorize to get better.

Gave up on Sifu on the fourth boss. I couldn't understand why my avoids and parries weren't working. Hate the age mechanic.

Been trying out Sifu. Third level boss's second form is messing me up.

I am also interested in Pacific Drive, but plan to wait a bit as I have concerns it will be a little too tedious to get to the cool parts. A favorable review compared it to Outer Wilds and Subnaitica, neither of which I finished due to the controls. But it looks so interesting and new.

Started The Talos Principle II. Not what I expected so far, but it's pretty early.

I started Humanity, a puzzle game on PS Plus. I just beat the first section. It's definitely well designed, but hasn't grabbed me yet.

I didn't like the controls of Jusant, so I switched to Chants of Sennaar. I really liked it. You have to learn the language of all the peoples in the game. There aren't many interesting games coming out this year, so I should clear my backlog pretty easily.

There are two separate levels in Dishonored 2 that are absolutely peak video game design. It's been weird to watch the studio go downhill after this. I loved Prey overall, but it won on better atmosphere, storytelling, and enemy design. And Deathloop's visual style, music, and acting was top notch, but level and enemy design were not near as good as Dishonored 2 and Prey. And then they followed Deathloop with one of the worst releases of the year.

Only played Automata and got all the main endings. Don't think you need to play Replicant to understand it. It's a cool game, with decent amount of repetition to get to all new content. So just be prepared for that.

That's a bummer. I loved the first and the narrative of it too. I never played the DLC though.

I beat Cocoon. It's a perfectly find puzzle game, but it just didn't feel special to me. Gonna take a break, then either jump into Pikmin 4 or The Talos Principle 2.

Rewatching Mr. Robot.

I beat Tunic. I was skeptical going in, but it's a pretty good game. I didn't do the full ending because that's pretty crazy with frustrating sleuthing. I just started Cocoon. It's a new game from two of the designers that did Limbo/Inside. It's pretty good so far.

Been playing through Tunic. I was cruising through it, then faced a huge difficulty spike in facing the Boss Scavenger. Took like two hours of trying to beat him.