I've started another run at Control, after someone on Discord mentioned its accessibility options—so now, with one-shot kills and snap auto-aim enabled, Jesse is stomping around The Oldest House, cooking fools like a paranormal John Wick.
I'm still not convinced I'll see it all the way through, though. I would appreciate the weirdness more if the game wasn't so terrified of leaving things unexplained. I've gotten turned around by or lost in the environments more here than I ever did in Expedition 33. And, perhaps most offputting, I'm getting the sense from the achievements I've still not unlocked that it's a much, much longer game than I anticipated…
Downloaded the Switch 2 demo of Dragon Quest VII Reimagined yesterday and reached the end of the demo at lunchtime, so that's gone right on the Want pile. I'm a little wary that I can already see the full outline of the structure, but part of me wants to believe that it's got something up its sleeve.
It still bothers me how much Keifer looks like a Team America puppet, but I think I can get past that.
I keep thinking of going back to Hitman but I know that I'd struggle to get into the mindset required to stalk around and re-learn everything (not to mention finding the time). Might redownload it anyway, see if the icon on the dashboard guilts me into that over Arkham City or Sleeping Dogs.
Starting off strong with, erm, Arkham Asylum (which I already played years ago on… PS3?). There was a ridiculous sale on this and the Arkham City remasters at the end of last year, which seemed rude to refuse. It was much shorter than I remembered, and the character designs have aged like milk, but getting that combo flow in combat is still chef's kiss.
Stupid amounts of stuff still left in it—the challenge maps, a little under half of the Riddler stuff—but I think I'll probably leave it there and give City a go next.
Additional Read: my 13th Age 2e books arrived today, totally unexpected. I've already poked through the PDFs, but the way these are written doesn't make for a good digital reading experience. I'm half wondering about getting back into running a 13A game, but with Eem ongoing and Coriolis percolating, Christ only knows when I'd get to it.
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