Redwolf's Journal (continued)

Elex is one of those games that I noticed when it was released (probably because of Steam promotion or something), but it didn't generate enough interest for a buy. I glanced at some early reviews, and reports of technical issues turned me off. But it's had a good amount of time to be patched, and I was sort of in the mood for something along those lines, so I gave it a shot. The game is a not-top-tier RPG. It has some interesting ideas and worldbuilding, but it's sub-par in a lot of ways that pull it down. I didn't run into much in the way of bugs, per se. But the graphics and reused assets do nothing to impress. An effort has been made to add some depth to combat, but it went from ridiculously difficult in melee to arguably-too-easy using a ranged weapon with AOE/knockback (go go trusty plasma rifle). The setup involves humans on another world of not-too-distant-future technology when the world is hit by a comet. It's not quite an extinction-level event, but it&

So I "finished" another couple games recently... The Darkness II was offered up recently for free, so I picked it up. It's a stylish, mediocre shooter with an above-average story that's fairly compelling. It's relatively short, wrapping in maybe seven hours of play time. Gameplay ranged from okay to clunky in places, but I only hit one real issue (a clipping error that prevented progress until vsync was turned on, oddly). There are several good characters and the story, though almost completely linear, felt pretty good. Far Cry 5 , meanwhile, is a very solid shooter with a sprawling sandbox filled with neat mechanics and a lot of characters and side missions that are pretty cool. The main story, though... well... I would say the main story goes from edgy with a little potential to becoming downright laughable to having one of the most flatly disappointing endings I've seen in a game. It's a very minor spoiler to go into this in a general sense, but I