Roundup

Life is video games, video games is life.

Horizon Zero Dawn

Liked this game way more than I expected. At a certain point the main story becomes gripping, where you want to find out more at every turn, and the way both Aloy's story and the main questline go hand-in-hand is well-done. Aloy is also a great protagonist - curious, sometimes impetuous, often compassionate, with an inherent skepticism in the face of tradition over knowledge or practicality.

Gameplay wasn't too bad of a learning curve. Only one fight where I dropped the difficulty, and in retrospect, I should have just used that one weapon I forgot I had. Game makes sneaking up on enemies very rewarding.

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I still need to come back to this game sometime to finish the DLC and side quests. After a certain point, I focused solely on the main story so that I'd finish it before...

The Last Of Us 2

It's here! 10 hours in and I'm still terrible at combat! Melee combat as Ellie has its pros and cons. Pro: Unlike Joel, Ellie has discovered the concept of a knife and doesn't need to constantly craft shivs to kill clickers. Con: Unlike Joel, Ellie does not simply punch her enemies, defaulting to her knife when there's no melee weapon equipped.

Leaving the chapters numbered below in case their titles are spoilers.

Chapter 1

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Chapter 2

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