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I can now honestly answer you about Devil May Cry as a whole. If your wanting something along the lines of the OG God of War, just skip it, the story and even gameplay aren't really close. If you really want to play a Devil May Cry. The 3rd one is probably the only one worth doing as the story and gameplay is a touch more fun and fleshed out. Hell it had probably the single best Joker riff I've ever seen.

Next up for me, Uncharted 4 and checking out this thing called Auto Chess.

I finished Link Between Worlds and loved every minute. First Zelda game I completed 100% without having to look anything up in a guide.

I also recently finished the main story of Alien: Isolation. That was one of my favorite games of all time. Totally captured the feel of the original movie. I read that it has been blessed as canon to the franchise by 20th Century Fox.

I'm currently cleaning up trophies and trying to get the Platinum trophy, then I'm going to play the DLC that has you play as the crew of the Nostromo.

Apparently there are rumors of a sequel.

Trying to figure out what my next game will be. Probably will finish up Uncharted 3 with my son.

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Mortal Kombat 11 for the switch.
I haven't played it as console yet,just handheld,what does everybody prefer?

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A few days ago I finished the main story (and the Hearts of Stone DLC) of Witcher 3.
I'm gonna rest up a bit, rl and all that, but I will come back asap to finish both Blood & Wine (although I already met Regis) and the rest of the bloody game. I have this word printed permanently on me brain, bloody hell.
Slowly, my english is becoming that of a character in these games.

I really have the 0 words to express how much this game is so bloody good. I think that I came across the "this is the greatest game ever created by man" sentence in my mind a few hours into it.The Bloody Baron quest. That *SQUEE* killed me. I was completely unaware of how good the facial microexpressions have become in gaming, I NEVER expected to be emotional about a scene on a freaking videogame. Dudes, the ritual with the rain pounding hard in the night as a background, the Baron and his baby daughter and f*cking Geralt looking like he's really there, seeing and feeling the pain of the man. Exquisite voice acting, by everyone, but the Baron was out of this world in this game. I think of Witcher 3 and I almost immediately think of the drunk, fat baron sobbing at the rain, lamenting the curses that were thrown at him by... himself. He's as real life as it gets in a medieval fantasy fiction role playing videogame, imho. Terrific moment, and absolutely unforgetable.
But more than drool over this masterpiece, I will only leave a word to anyone interested in getting into the Witcher franchise (lookin at you, jd ). Please, read the books first. After I finished the game I finaly went online and got the feel of the people about this franchise. So, so, so many peeps regret not having read the books first. And it is quite obvious why. The third game in particular, while it is equally fun to play and discover the world, well, it can't be helped that book-readers will get a huge kick from stuff that goes over the head of the gamers-only. Like the Menno Coehoorn running joke or why there's such an emotional weight to the The Last Wish quest. Its an amazing quest by itself, but if you have read the entire series, it will be hard to not feel cheesy sh*t while saying those words to Yen.
Still, the biggest plot point (and on that, I also played the 2 previous games in order, after the readings) is the fact that a huge, huge and I do mean the biggest twist in the Geralt saga is pretty much given knowledge on W3. I'm talking about HUGE SPOILER FOR THE BOOKS and MINOR SPOILERS FOR WITCHER 3 Ciri being the daughter of Emhyr. You see, in the novels, and until the last book's final chapters you "know" that Ciri's dad is a once-cursed and once-helped by Geralt guy called Duny. A pretty sympathetic secondary character that is supposed to have died a few years before the story. Well, the readers - and Geralt - discover in the final part of the story that Duny is Emhyr, who once was cursed by a usurper and kicked off from Nilfgaard. Something like that. It's super gross to put 2 and 2 together and realise that the dad wants to have kids with his own daughter. Its just messed up and a complete pull of the rug.
In the first hours of W3, you know that Ciri is his daughter, and the name Duny is nowhere to be heard (in my playthrough, so far). Maybe if you forget about the game, you can still be wowed.

Its a perfect game to me, its a fantasy rpg (my favourite genre) that surpasses everything I could expect from a "game". Just going for hours saying C'mon, Roach and discover the world is worth the price. I will play this in the years to come, well, until i forget my own name, I think.

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I’ve been playing a ton of Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, the last few months. I find it rather addictive.

Still playing Witcher 3, now on my second and on NG+ AND Death March. Oh, the *SQUEE* insanity.
I never play Super Hard mode or whatever in any game, but this felt right, actually. Fighting monsters like these should not be something that become super easy after some levels. On Death March, I got destroyed by Drowners early because I was just playing the game like I did before. And the good reviews I read on this mode also helped, of course. And that shiny X Box silver, I want one of those elite style trophies.

I'm doing everything I found "wrong" to do on the firstie, meaning romancing Triss's Bewbs ) and just being the deadbeat dad that Ciri never thought she had. I want [spoiler]her to be Empress of Milfgaarden, grab some coin from the bad guy and just give Geralt the equivalent of a "she's not the one, but you know, she's in awe of me and we're really close friends... and man, those bewbs" kinda relationship. [/spoiler]

Also, freaking Gwent. I did not play this almost at all in the first playthrough, now I'm only missing the 4 last from the Passiflora. I went there earlier but the fact that I was knocked out of my *SQUEE* by a stupid half-elf/full sore loser after I beat him on cards, made me realise that it is better to level up before that quest. Guy had a red skull on his health bar, 2 punches and I was out. Death March's fistfights are freaking brutal.
Gwent is addictive and is no surprise the minigame actually became a standalone game AND a serious competitive "sport" a la MTG online.

But I have to say, so far, this has been even better in parts than my previous game. By that, I'm mostly talking about the monster contract's fights; even if you are out-levelling whatever you are fighting, if you don't prepare and actually THINK in a battle, read the bestiaries, all the oils/bombs/potions stuff, you'll be dead in a few hits. There's a sense of actually thinking like a Witcher for a need, instead of just easing the carnage you do after some levels of good ability picking.
But there was a particular fight, I think it has got to be the most intense boss fight I have played in a long time. Took about 10 tries and I only did it in 10/15 minutes.

That f*cking Ice Giant in Skellige, where Hjalmar's bud is trapped.

That guy destroyed me in secs for the first 5 or 6 times, until I gave up and actually leveled up a bit more and - with a bit of sorrow - started using anything other than my Grandmaster Manticore black armor from the beginning of Death March. I did 19 levels with it, but it had to go. Using Legendary Wolven, waiting to get Legendary Manticore of course.
I (we) defeated it after releasing seriouly-complete-loon friend named Vigi, The Loon- I actually laughed out loud when he goes "I'm just gonna kill him first" and then when you are expecting him to drive a sword on the heart of the SLEEPING thing, he kicks it, wakes him up, and just screams at the monster like he's gonna f him up. Most optimistic dude ever.

But then we had to fight this thing. I did not land a single blow, just Pierced him, Northern Wind and Fire. All the while, always checking Quen and running/dodging the guy because you know... it takes one, ONE hit from this dude to off you, if you are careless for a second. Most intense fight so far.
When it was oveR and the 2 dudes start laughing heartily at the deed and at the crazyness of Vigi, I laughed out loud again, this time, the old "I *SQUEE* KILLED A GIANT" sort of laugh, heart still racing. Epic does not define it right, seriously.
I love this mode of the game, even if it can be super punishing in many many situations.
Wolves? GTFO. Seriously, Wolves will kill you more easily than the Wild Hunt.
Bandits? Run, unless you know your surroundings and again, PREPARE a lot. And on that, the first time I got to Novigrad, wearing my fancy armor from previous game, having beaten dozens of monsters, I was killed in one hit by a dude with a mace. Not kidding, there's some sort of bug, that gives mace wielding humans severe Hit power.BOOK SPOILERIt actually fits the story of Geralt, if you have read the books. He dies by peasant with fork. But I haven't fought those *SQUEE* dudes yet, because I don't want to see the load screen again and again.

Just one more little tidbit I experienced.
Oh boy, you know those times in games where the camera and the movement combinations just give you a view of something unforgettable? I still remember the first time I saw a Rancor in KOTOR, just peeking from a corner and when I look BAM there's a Rancor in that place. Gaming Goosebumps.

This thing that happened, well, I think players of the game can understand this way better. No words do justice to what CDPKRT did with some of the creatures here.
So, I was near Oxenfurt, decided to go and check that far off ? that I thought was a Place of Power. I still have no idea what it is, because of what happened.

I was running, Roach free, sunny day and the whole thing, great stroll.
Out of nowhere, the sky goes dark and cloudy, and I notice I am surrounded/about to be chased by what seemed, some 30 wolves. A huge red blot on the map, with me in the middle, I swear they were dozens. Wolves kill you in seconds in DM, like I said, unless you have the patience, and even then.

And then, crows or ravens, clouds of them chasing me, along with wolf army. I start running, but the nerves got the better of me (I could not make a save in the moment of course, and didn't do it in a while, so lots of stuff had to be redone ) Camera starts rolling,
fingers did not do what the brain wanted, and IT happens.

I had the camera with Geralt facing me, so I was seeing the pack chasing me, the clouds in the sky and some 50 meters away in the back (in real life, that felt like the distance) the responsible for this scenario, out to kill me- yeah, it was a Leshen. A damn Leshen, sending the entire forest after me. I only saw him in that half second, shat my metaphorical gaming pants and RAN, RAN, RAN. I only stopped when I saw civilization, was actually on auto mode, that mode being running as fast as poor Geralt can run.

Leshen are the coolest monsters in the entire franchise of the games. But I will not see one again out of my own will, until I rule this game on this mode and might stand a chance against what seems impossible, actually.

Weird, that I never had a problem with them before in normal mode, even if underleveled. But Death March is where the stuff like this is even more amazing. One-hit-kill monsters are where this game actually is its best when it comes to combat.

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... and my Witcher 3 NG+ Death March challenge is done.

This was actually becoming easier as i kept playing, save for some particular fights. Boss fights, to be precise. And to be exact, the last 2 of them. Caranthil and Eredin.

I spent at least one hour with each of them, just downright frustrating. Until it wasn't, but honestly, full campaign on this mode, NEVER again. . I will still play the Monster contracts on every future playthrough in DM, but that's it. Died too many times from wolf jump at my throat, club in the head, not to mention the OP stuff in places.

Got the trophy, achievement done, but damn me I I did not considered giving up and lower the difficulty. Glad I did not, but there were some serious rage quitting thoughts. Like I said, I am not a gamer guy, just love some games real hard.

Caranthiltook me a night of sleep and rest and I did it on my first try after it. I had spent a good chunk of time the day before, but it got easier as I started figuring his pattern and got focused. Next day, on a first try "just to get warm", I did it. One of those things.

Eredin... *SQUEE* this guy on this mode. Its insane. I too found his fight on normal mode waaaaay easy and fast, and despite the fact that I get why he was such a wuss (he's just a punk elf with some fancy teleporting tricks and scary armor/weapons- BUT HE'S STILL A PUNY ELF. ), he still one-hit killed me, easy. I had to repeat this to myself while this guy made me load a save for an eternity.
One time, I got him to - literally - about half/one third of 1/10 of his health. I swear he should be dead- and then I got nervous for a sec, he offs me in 2 hits. I was a pat on the forehead away from the "most difficult to get" xbox achievement. I almost shed a tear.

Because that's the thing. Eredin got seriously upped on this mode (NG+DM). He does not have a pattern that one can easily get around here, i'm not the only one who thinks this, lots of people experienced this hardcore Eredin mode. A regular DM game is not like this- in NG+ he is a bit OP if one wants to be precise, actually. Dude is a completely different antagonist. This time, yeah, he was getting to my nerves. When I finally offed him, I got the satisfaction of "really" having the fight of my life as Geralt against the King of the Wild Hunt.

Ciri's fight against the Crones... oh, this is hard. Not impossible at all or anything, but patience is the key. You are bringing a potato pealer for a gun fight. This fight was hard on my first play, this time, i only died 2 times, but the fight was about 15 minutes. You get it, if you have played it. And that Vesemir advice - WAIT for an opportunity. I loved how this actually affects you as a player in this place.

The other 2 bosses from the Hunt were easy, Nithral is SUPER easy if you know your "witchering" and let Keira do the job for the most part and Imlerith was actually a joke. I have yet to die one single time in any mode against this dude. Super scary and menacing looking boss, yeah, sure... but he's slow as a snail on Indica with that huge weapon.

I am alreay replaying the expansions (HoS) because I want all of the Gwent cards in the game, but lowered the difficulty because I am not a masochist and the Toad and the Caretaker-Iris-Nightmare sequence on Death March are for crazy people.

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I started Detroit Beyond Human the other day as it's the PSN free game from last month. I'm really enjoying the story. It really interesting.

I'm liking the Kara storyline the most. It's more choose your own adventure type interactive movie like Until Dawn, but I've found this gameplay mechanic is one of my favorites.

The motion controls for remote play are a little wonky and I'm currently stuck until I can play directly on my console because I cannot get one of the motions to fire correctly to progress. Other than that it's been great.

Speaking of Until Dawn, that studio released their next game that has the same mechanics. I'm looking forward to playing it. I'm going to finish Detroit first, then Man of Medan.

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So, I'm really enjoying this game. It really wraps you up identifying with the characters you play as and now the story lines are starting to overlap which is causing internal conflict (in myself) because one character is trying to catch another and I don't want that character (my favorite) to be caught. (I ran slow so I wouldn't catch them.)

Games are weird in how they make you identify with the characters you play.

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