Gaming: What Are You Playing?

I don’t really buy NBA games anymore because they just don’t seem to put as much into them as they used to, seems to be about micro-transactions as much as anything else. That said, the standard edition of NBA 2K19 (digital download) is $2.99 right now on for PS4 and XBox One. For $3 you really can’t complain, I got the PS4 version today. The special edition one that’s usually $100 is on sale for like $33 too, but I don’t care about those extras.

 

I'm probably going to buy a month of Game Pass for Xbox and play it that way. I loved New Vegas and KOTOR 2.

I'm playing Modern Warfare now. The campaign had some amazing moments, and some super frustrating moments, like the level where you played as a 10 year old girl... seriously. The multiplayer is fun with the addition of Ground War which is more like the big Battlefield maps. It's a bit fast twitch for my old thumbs, but I'm having fun with it.

 

I think Super Mario Odyssey is a must play. Smash Bros Ultimate, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe if you can get it for cheap. This list is pretty good overall too, points out what you’ll like if such and such is your taste

https://kotaku.com/the-best-games-for-the-nintendo-switch-1794881447

 

I've gone back to play 7 Days to Die. It's not really supported any longer, but I've put a lot of time into that game. It's a ton of fun when you crank up the difficulty and start off nude in a field surrounded by zombies.

 

Zombie Army 4 has been fun on multiplayers and solo.

 

I signed up for MS Gamepass a few days ago due to the lockdown. Damn, there is some good stuff on there. Both of the Ori's are on there. Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps are two of the best games I've played in a while. Beautiful platformers. When I signed up there was a deal on Amazon where you got 6 months of Gamepass Ultimate (their top subscription at usually $15 a month) for 45 bucks. Not being able to leave the house for another couple months, I'll get my 45 bucks worth in a week. Heck, I already beat both Ori's that together cost 50 bucks retail (and together they're worth 50 bucks).

 

My platforming kick continues. I am now playing Hollow Knight which is also available on Gamepass. I honestly do not work for Microsoft, but this Gamepass thing, in a time like this where we are on lockdown, is the best deal in entertainment.

 

I played the heck out of DS1 and DS2. Loved both. Bought DS3 and never got around to starting it. How does it compare to the first two for you?

 

Mario Odyssey and Breath of the Wild are straight up masterpieces. There is no other way to describe them. It's games like those that make me wish Nintendo would become a gaming studio and stop with the consoles.....because those games are so good it forces me to buy an extra console.

 

I’ve finally saved up enough to buy a Switch (I haven’t owned a Nintendo console since the Wii), because these games are so good again it’s time. That and the rumored release of games like Mario 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy for the Switch for the 35th anniversary of Mario make it very appealing. All that said I haven’t been able to find an actual Switch in-store for months now, so I can’t even buy one now that I want one. Sure you can get one on Craigslist or eBay for $500 if you’re rich and money is like toilet paper to you, but I am not, and even if I did have that amount, I wouldn’t pay these price gougers buying up all the systems just to rip people off a penny more than they paid, f*** them. Hopefully I stumble across one someday browsing at Target or Nintendo can get a handle on this nonsense.

 

I finally got a Switch! I check at least twice daily, and yesterday for the first time since like March or so Best Buy was letting you add them to your cart, but then when I tried to check out it went back to “sold out”. Then I checked once this morning, nothing, and again this evening sometime after 5. It gave me an option to “check stores” or something like that and when I did a store about 7 miles away had ONE in stock. I immediately added it to my cart and checked out. Can’t pick it up until tomorrow though as they close at 6 these days and with the traffic at the time there was no way I could have gotten there. This will be my first console since the PS4 in probably like 2014, I don’t play as many games as I used to, but I love playing handheld these days more than anything else (I still play mostly on my PSP and mobile games on my phone), so this is the perfect console for me. Can’t wait to get back into some Mario games