[bhurst99]

With PC/XBox Game Pass and PS Plus Extra, I don't think there's ever been a better time to be a non-sports gamer. Only downside is that everyone will always have a crazy backlog with so many games to choose.

2022 Games Currently Playing

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (PS5 Plus -- Hard)
Deathloop (PC Game Pass).
Eden Ring (PC) – Level 50. Got burned out on it after being completely addicted when it first arrived.
Far Changing Tide (PC Game Pass)
Far Cry 6 (PS5 – Hard). Love the Far Cry series but I’m finding this one a bore.
Forza Horizon 5 (PC Game Pass)
Immortals Fenyx Rising (PS4 – Hard). The puzzles are fun.
Ori and the Blind Forest (PC Game Pass)
Ratchet and Clank (PS5). Not feeling it. Came with the PS5
Spiderman (PS4 Plus -- Amazing Level)
Watch Dogs 2 (PS4 Plus)

Wish List

Cyperpunk 2077. I’m going to get the PC version soon. Probably after I finish Deathloop.
Disco Elysium Feel like I need to complete some other 2D games like Tyranny and Divinity: Original Sin 2 before picking it up.
Dying Light 2
God of War Ragnarok
Horizon Zero 2 Forbidden West
Sniper Elite 5

Games Finished in 2022 (Only 3!)

Stray (PS5) – Best Game ever about being a cat. Yes, it’s a very tiny genre. It had actually an engaging story, some decent puzzles and an interesting art style. I don’t think it would have worth a full price but definitely a great value with a PS Plus membership. (6.5/10)

Last of Us 2 (PS5/PS4 – Hard – Platinum Trophy) – It gets a lot of hate here but I loved it. Showing the events of the first game from a different perspective was brilliant. So many emotional and memorable scenes. The part in the rocket ship was amazing.
Nevermind the astonishing graphics on the PS5, the sound -- and the importance of sound in the gameplay -- was unlike anything I've ever experienced in a game. Definitely a Heart of Darkness feel to the main story with the descent into maddening violence. (10/10)

Watch Dogs (PS4 – Hard -- 93.8 per cent, Level 50) –Always a great feeling to complete a game that was on the backlog for years. I think I started this in 2016 or 2017. The police chases at the start of the game on hard level were relentless and turned me off. It wasn’t until I got some skills that allowed me to evade the police that I returned to the game. Interesting fresh story and many have commented about how it’s a modern day Assassin’s Creed. I always enjoy a good puzzle in a game rather than gun fighting so I enjoyed the hacking and many of the mini games like the drinking games. Chicago was an interest setting. Definitely looking forward to get Watch Dogs 2. (9/10)

Backlog Monster (tm)

Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey: (PC -- Hard) – Level 34, 28 per cent completed
Detroit: Become Human (PS4) – Completed Chapter: Zlatko
Divinity: Original Sin 2 (PC) – Level 2
Fallout 4 (PC -- Hard) -- Level 48
God of War (PS4 -- Completed; Playing for Remaining Trophies)
Greedfall (PS4 – Hard) – Level 5
Hitman (PS4) – Paris Mission Complete
Horizon Forza 5 – (PC Game Pass -- Normal) -- Level 16
Immortals Fenyx Rising (PS4 -- Hard)
Ni No Kung II: Revenant Kingdom (PS4) – Chapter Two
Tyranny (PC -- Hard) – Level 6
Vampyr (PS4 – Hard) – Chapter 2, Level 5
Yakuza Kiwami (PS4 -- Normal) – 14.06 per cent

Sports Games

FIFA 22 (PS5) – Manchester United (4-1-2)
FIFA 20 (PS4) – Fulham (13-1-1 in Championship)
FIFA 19 (PS4) – PSG (Second Season: 6-0-1, Won SuperCup)
NHL 19 (PS4) – Toronto (1-7). Holy cow am I bad.
MLB 21 (PS5) – Toronto (15-10), Buffalo (9-12)
MLB 20 (PS4) – Montreal (21-7)
MLB 19 (PS4) – Milwaukee (28-28)
MLB 17 (PS4) – NY Mets (10-13)
MLB 16 (PS4) – Toronto (48-39)
MLB 15 (PS4) --Washington (41-44)
MLB 14 (PS3) -- Los Angeles (25-15)
(I Play on All-Star level, every pitch

The old MLB games really hold up well even years later. Such a great series