Thanks for the heads up on the controller hagatha. I started with the mouse/keyboard but will switch and see how it goes.

Lex, I found driving round uneven terrain very difficult with a mouse and keyboard in Death Stranding. That said, in the last year I've played cyberpunk and Days gone extensively, and both of those games require travel on bikes (or cars, in Cyberpunk) so I might be more adept at it now. We shall see.

For some reason I can't get into Red Dead Redemption2, though. I've started it twice now. So far it's completely scripted and linear with commands flashing when you need to do something. Boooooring!

Hagatha, just wondering if you have gotten past the prologue in Red Dead Redemption 2 where you are stuck in the snow. Because that part is linear and is more or less a prologue (for about three hours). After that, there is a whole open world to explore that is every bit as open as Skyrim and that holds true for about 90% of the rest of the game.

Players who never get past the prologue aren't really seeing what most of the game is like, thus my query.

Marian, I suspect that's the case, but I got stuck on one sequence where clicking the wrong pixel on another character lost us a sneak fight and after about four tries I got fed up.

Plus I wanted to use a different strategy from the scripted one, which required us to sneak up on enemies from their front instead of from behind them, which, you know, any RPG/Action player will tell you is the best strategy for a surprise attack.

The game is still on my computer so I haven't given up on it yet, but I really don't enjoy heavily scripted games and this prologue is agonizingly long.

Yes, that all makes sense. Just letting you know that if you can get past the prologue I think you would find the game *much* more to your liking.

You aren't the first person who was put off by the prologue. Later on you have a lot more options with sneaking, etc.

Well, I had to quit Alien Isolation. I was about 3/4 through. There is a minigame that gets harder as you progress and with my husband's help we were even able to do it at the hardest level, but it took quite a few tries. This time I got one try (8 seconds) and in the next couple seconds there was an explosion and that was the end of my game. I couldn't find a way to get by the glitch. I really liked the game except for that one minigame. There were some others that were easy. I would still highly recommend the game. I didn't hear of anyone else with my glitch, but there were a few with a different one that was possible to get by.

I just finished a replay of Fable The Lost Chapters from 2005. Such FUN!

I've just started to replay Gothic III Forsaken Gods (enhanced) - having nearly finished my first play of it at the weekend.
I really like this game and on a second play through will feel better able to attempt more quests.
A ploy I often use with an RPG 😊

I'm still working on Death Stranding. I took a break for a few days, went back for a third game of Days Gone, which is fast-moving and like second nature to me now.

Elex II has dropped so once I'm done with Death Stranding I'll probably start that one.

Morrowind for the (?) time !!

Having just finished Gothic 3 Forsaken Gods (enhanced version) which I absolutely, thoroughly enjoyed

I've been trying to get back into Red Dead Redemption 2, but I keep being foiled by the controls, which on the PC version are appallingly bad, the worst console port I've ever seen. I consider myself to be a pretty experienced gamer, but this is defeating me.

The game also makes you play things over and over endlessly if you fail the mission, the hints it gives you in the middle of a fast-moving event aren't correct or are simply not there when you need them, and I'm STILL trying to get past the intro chapter.

I guess I'm destined never to play this game.

Now, that does NOT sound like fun, hagatha!

I just finished Ghost of a Tale. Ran into a glitch towards the end of the game and couldn't get any help for developer or multiple forums. Naturally it wouldn't let me proceed to finish the main quest! I just kept messing with it and all of a sudden after a couple of error screens, it went through and I got to finish the game. I liked it.

Also recently finished Metro Exodus. I love the Metro games, but the second one is still my favorite.

I'm glad you liked Ghost of A Tale, Drac. Some day I will get back to it.

Thank goodness you were able to finish Ghost of a Tale! It does look like a good game.

My son absolutely loved Red Dead Redemption 2 and had none of the problems that hagatha has experienced. Different strokes for different folks!

Thank goodness you were able to finish Ghost of a Tale! It does look like a good game.

My son absolutely loved Red Dead Redemption 2 and had none of the problems that hagatha has experienced. Different strokes for different folks. He did play the game with a controller, though!

I haven't completely given up on RDR2. I started playing again a little while back and got farther in, though not to the end of the Prologue part. It's still on my computer, ready to be played.

Hopefully someday you will feel that your persistence paid off. And maybe you will - after all, you have to be pretty intrepid to play Death Stranding.

I'm not finished Death Stranding, either. I'm quite a long way in, though. It's...different. I like it! But sometimes it feels like work, and if I'm after something a bit fluffier and less taxing on the brain I'll always start a new game of Skyrim or Fallout 4.

I've discovered that rather than abandoning a game, I should leave it on my laptop -- plenty of room for several large games there -- and just pick up again when I feel like it. Right now I'm playing the entire Mass Effect series, which falls into the "fluffier" category.

That all sounds very sensible to me.

Having purchased it in a sale several months ago but struggled to get into it at that time, I am now having fun with Hollow Knight: has anyone else tried this platformer?

My son played it and really enjoyed it.

... I believe one of my granddaughters is also playing it...

He said he hasn't played the DLC yet. It is supposed to be even harder. My son thinks it's the best rogue-like game in the last 10 years, period. The sequel may finally come out next year; it is called Silksong.

My life circumstances got in the way of gaming, and because I've been feeling rather mindless, I defaulted back to another game of Fallout 4, which I can play in my sleep, with a few new mods; notably the entire Point Lookout DLC from Fallout 3. It's a bit glitchy but playable, and it really is the entire DLC.

Soon I'll be getting back to my Mass Effect marathon.

Ya know, when the brain and emotions are not firing on all cylinders, I can't think of anything better that a good old game like Fallout 4!