I’ve spent most of the last three weeks replaying Unicorn Overlord - one of my favorite games from last year. I was down with the flu for two solid weeks and that was a nice, cozy game to help me feel better.
However, I am getting close on a couple of other completions. Hopefully I’ll have something to report before too long.
+0 Avowed - loved it, as I have every Obsidian game. Really sad to see it end, but really enjoyed getting to tell a few people where to go and to see others happy 
Combat was fluid and excellent, side quests often presented harder choices and far-reaching consequences than expected, main quests kept interesting (for example I impacted the story in the second area without even realising, simply by getting annoyed at some assholes and wiping them out) and the characters (particularly your team) believable and intriguing.
Enjoyed the story and many of the parallels with our world (and its history) - overall a beautiful, enjoyable game that if they release DLC for I’ll be jumping right back in to given I completed all map markers (just couldn’t be bothered with the totems or treasure maps - did the cartographer and bounty ones though).
Can’t recommend it enough! 
-1 AC Shadows - been getting started on this as it’s from my favourite Ubi developer (the ones behind Syndicate, Odyssey and Immortals: Fenyx Rising), enjoying it decently enough so far.
-0 Blue Prince - have done a few runs on this, been enjoying it so far although it can be frustrating (I really hate the concept of roguelikes so much!) I’m hoping I’ve taken enough notes and understood enough that I can crack some bigger puzzles soon and feel like I’m making progress…
-0 South of Midnight - going to play this alongside the two above, for a more straightforward chill out game
-0 Atomfall - might not get to this one till later this month but want to give it a bit of a try to see if I like it given it might leave GP at some point…
Also need to finish off Rise of the Golden Idol as I bought it on PC before Christmas so it’d get me back up to 1, also turns out I couldn’t finish the final level of Viewfinder so if I could complete that it’d get me up to a high score (for me) of 2!
Looking at the incoming games on Game Pass and what’s in my wishlist I’m really thinking I’m going to end this year in very low figures or a negative though - the new Life is Strange and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage both are calling to me even though I’ve no time to play them!
Another week and it’s still quiet. This time I blame the Series S! 
Well, I hope to see some points soon, good luck everyone!
The Leaderboard:
@Knottian 16.5
@MasterLeePhD 14.5
@Zip 8.5
@profjjj 7
@SilentJay76 5.5
.@ vrinn 4
.@ Mort 3.5
.@ AbhorredGunt 0
@Widey85 0
@APOPHIS1989 -4.5
Total = 17.5
+2: Control + AWE + The Foundation DLCs
Enjoyed the main game more than the DLCs, which kinda dragged on a bit and had some slightly annoying sections which felt like padding.
I should give Control another go, I’m partway through it and stopped.
+1 Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Aside from one achievement I’m having a pain trying to get I’ve done basically everything in the game and had a great time with it. Definitely a great story and great music, gameplay etc. I feel like they’re going to use the light/darkness tech they did here in Hexe as well and I’m absolutely on board with it. This is one of my favorites in the series.
Don’t know when you played it, but they added some assist options with one of the DLCs. I eventually turned on immortality, because dying can set you back quite a ways, which got annoying pretty quickly.
I feel like the default difficulty level is quite high. But you can adjust pretty much everything with the assist mode.
I bought it a few years back and not sure if all the dlc was out at the time, so I’m sure there will be changes. Unfortunately I’ll probably have forgotten everything in the meantime
-1 Boxville
Played a demo a couple of years ago and added it to my wishlist, and it popped up on sale in the spring sale!
BTW, sorry for the lack of posts and completions. I wasn’t home most of March and half of April. Life has just been busy lately!
Which achievement? I haven’t run into any issues yet, except for being stuck using the tanto…
Overdesign iii, the one where you have to daze and poison before a finisher. It’s a me problem, I’ve come close to pulling it off but not quite.
-1 Roki
The only game on TA’s recommendations for the Spring Sale that I didn’t already own.
Not much to say about these. This was my second playthrough of Unicorn Overlord in just over a year. It’s a fantastic game that really scratches a particular itch of tweaking and modifying gear/strategies until you get everything just perfect. Very addictive - but probably not for everyone since there is not any “action” or “gameplay” (it’s an auto-battler in case you didn’t know).
I bought Monster Train on Steam after it left GamePass the first time around. Since then it has been a staple on my Steamdeck then my RoG Ally. It’s a great deck builder / roguelike.
I played Valkyria Chronicles 1 years ago and loved it. I own a couple of the other games in the series, but have never played them. I decided to jumo straight to 4 based on reviews/internet commentary. I think that was a good decision, as I really enjoyed this game. It is basically the same gameplay loop as the first one, but with some improvements and tweaks. There is a new cast, but the core class from 1 is available too after you unlock them in a side mission.
Time for the weekly update! A little bit more activity this time, very nice to see some good completions. No changes to the placements on the leaderboard though, with @Knottian still in the pole position and @APOPHIS1989 digging deeper in the other end
The Leaderboard:
+1 - Helldivers 2 (PC) - So, I put about 40 hours in and unlocked all the content that was present at launch, and several of the additional war bonds released post-launch. Overall, I had a blast when I was able to play with friends and far less so when I was playing by myself; definitely enjoyed my time, but I can’t imagine playing this long-term at the rate and quality of content being released. I’m not entirely sure how or what should be added, but the game also desperately needs new content beyond just new unlockables 
Total = 18.5
+0 Case of the Golden Idol
A short, puzzley point and click.
+1 Peachy Boy
A short puzzle game where you rotate the entire level to solve them
Another week, another update! Quiet, but a couple completions trickling in at least.
The Leaderboard:
@Knottian 18.5
@MasterLeePhD 14.5
@Zip 9.5
@profjjj 9
@SilentJay76 7.5
@vrinn 4
.@ Mort 3.5
.@ ACyberRazorCut 2
.@ AbhorredGunt 0
@Widey85 0
@APOPHIS1989 -5.5
I have a completely empty backlog, can I win?
+1 - Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - Reunion (XSX) - So, I’ve been trying to beat this for nearly 20 years (have the original on PSP), and I finally did it with the remake! Overall, the gameplay is improved from the already solid foundation of the original, the story is almost completely unnecessary, but getting to see Zack and Aerith together has always been a gift for us FFVII fanatics (VI is still my personal favorite, but VII, VIII, and IX all hold a special place in my heart). The reworked voice acting is largely great on the English front, save for the VA for Zack… just feels completely out of place when compared to the other talents. I’ve been working on VII Remake on PC as well (had it on PS4 since launch, didn’t stick with it for a number of reasons) and from what I’ve heard of Rebirth, I’m likely going to dislike it more than I’m already expecting to - rewriting Zack’s timeline renders this game and the entire sacrifice a waste, and I really hate some of the rewrites being done in the Remake trilogy. That aside, this particular game is about 12 hours or so, unless you want to complete all the missions (which arguably double that time, at least). For canon fans of VII, I still recommend this one and the original over the Remakes any day (I absolutely love elements of the latter, but I wanted a proper remake that adds instead of removing entire plot elements and their importance). 8/10
Total = 19.5
Another week and it’s not looking good on the backlog front… I blame Game Pass!
The Leaderboard:
@Knottian 19.5
@MasterLeePhD 14.5
@Zip 9.5
@profjjj 9
@SilentJay76 7.5
.@ TechWendigo 5
@vrinn 4
.@ Mort 3.5
.@ AbhorredGunt 0
@Widey85 0
@APOPHIS1989 -5.5