Lot on my plate at the moment.
Amnesia: The Bunker - about an hour in and i'm shitting. First Amnesia game i've played, I really like the setting as it reminds me of exploring abandoned old bunkers when I was a kid. Still to even see the monster but the sound design is incredibly good.
Baldur's Gate 3 - completely deserving of its high praises and a GOTY in the making for me. Just an amazing sense of adventure, ultra high production values that won't be topped for a very long time, witty writing and an actual sense of player agency that you don't see often.
Final Fantasy XVI - I have only just gained the second eikon power but it's been transformative. I was getting concerned with the combat system - "is this it?" I began to think as I used the same couple of abilities over and over, but suddenly I have a host of new abilities AND I can hot swap between them and chain them into my old ones. A lot of seething has been done over the transition to real-time action combat but as it opens up it's incredibly well done.
Quake Remastered - had this in my library for a long time and the new Quake II remaster prompted me to finally check it out for the first time. I've so far finished the campaign and i'm now onto the expansion which Machine Games made for the remaster. Insanely fun stuff and some very creative level design on display.
Tetris Effect Connected - unwinding with this in PSVR2 at night, it's as much a work of art as it is a Tetris game. In fact the Tetris gameplay almost feels secondary to the amazing audiovisual experience. It's just stunning. When i'm feeling competitive, the online multiplayer is pretty addictive too (playing that in flatscreen mode).
Yakuza (PS2) - I wrapped up Yakuza: Like a Dragon earlier this year and it was one of the best games i've ever played. Took just over 100 hours and i'm excited for the sequel. However, given that things are going to start getting Kiryu heavy again, I wanted to catch up on the series as i've only played bits of it here and there. So i'm starting from the start - the PS2 original. I'm using the recently released Yakuza: Restored mod which functions as a Japanese undub. Some people might say just play Kiwami, but comparisons i've seen showed that it loses some of the character of the PS2 original. The plan is to do 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, Kiwami, Kiwami 2, 6, Ishin remake (I started this earlier in the year but abandoned after a couple of hours to do this series run), and then play Yakuza: Infinite Wealth. There is no way I will be able to do all of this in even a year, but I can wait to play Infinite Wealth if I need to. It's not like "you gotta buy Yakuza otherwise Sega won't bring more to the west!" is a thing any more.
