Iāve been in the land of expansions recently. X-COM 2 : War of the Chosen came down in price a few weeks ago, so Iāve had a wee go on that.
Whatās really taken the time is Civilization IVās new expansion, which is a lot deeper than the game it overhauls. Brand new is something called an Era Score, counted up at the end of each age. Civs get Era points depending on how many firsts they manage. Golden Ages trigger for top performers. Dark Ages loom for the little Lebowski urban under-achievers ( and not very proud of them are all of we ).
Moaning bastards will complain that āit should have been like that from the startā, and while Iād have a measure of sympathy with that (Vanilla Civ 6 is pared down in complexity compared to many of the others), I had something like 200 hours on that thing before this expansion. It was clearly good enough.
My eldest daughter is a big fan of this too, so sent her a copy. Got an āomg. youāre amazing.ā and a heart emoji. Worth Ā£25
I got full on sick of war of the chosen, the port for consoles is fucking horrible, crashes all the time deleting all your saves as it does so. Such a shame for what is essentially such a great game.
Curiousity got the better of me, and I have given it a go too. Kind of feel I should at least try the latest crazes.
Not ordinarily much of an online player, nor much of a shooter player either. Gotta admit itās a pretty fun game though, can definitely see the appeal.
Along with the rest of the woke gaming world, I am playing Dead Cells. Itās a procedurally generated rogue-like Castlevania. It plays fantastically well, and has a lot of elements and weapons which just really work nicely together.
You have to start from the beginning each game. You only have one ālifeā; once your energy bar depletes, thatās it. However, you can get permanent upgrades which make subsequent runs more fun.
I think itās out on pretty much everything. Three thumbs up from me.
Playing the games is better than sitting on a couch with the occasional moan of āitās not realā
My kids donāt go to school anymore. All I will really notice is an increase in traffic. My morning run is as blissfully underpopulated as Grand Theft Auto right now.
Bethesdaās games have been getting progressively worse which is a big shame, easily put 100 hours each into Skyrim, Fallout 3 and New Vegas, probs played Fallout 4 for 30-40 hours tops, played 76 for 3 hours (thankfully I never payed for it) and that was enough to establish how poor it was, should have stuck with RPG format rather than try and jump on the PVP platform. I hope for Elder Scrolls 6 they realise what a clusterfuck 76 is.
As to your original question I think 76 is the only release in 2018 I have played, I am still invested in Xcom 2 which takes up most of my playtime (I need help).