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Resident Evil 6

Wolfenstein (PS3) - I was curious to see the difference between the PS4 and PS3 versions and when I found this in the bargain bin going for a few bucks I grabbed it. It goes without saying if you plan on getting this get the PS4 version, the PS3 version was worse than I imagined. I enjoyed the game on PS4, but all I can really say about it on PS3 is that it was playable, just. Load times were a bit long, and while I expected some graphical differences, the texture pop was quite incredible. Nazi soldiers would be having their features popping in even as they died, and turning around fast would cause the game to almost shit itself trying to render everything. Trophies were also prone to delay. The first time it happened I thought it had glitched but every trophy would pop long after the conditions were met to get it. It's a great game, but looks rubbish on PS3. It feels like they didn't even try to optimise it. If you're looking for a good shooter on PS3, there's plenty of others to go for before this. 8/10 on PS4, 5/10 on PS3.

The Evil Within 2 (PS4) - Straight after the first game I dived into the 2nd, and experienced mixed emotions. Unlike its predecessor, which was a pure linear experience, the Evil Within 2 is a semi-open world game, made up of smallish sandboxes linked together by a tunnel system. You're no longer alone throughout the game, as there are a few NPCs holed up in safe houses around the map who offer side missions and rewards, and opportunities for Bioware style dialogues but without the depth, choice, or consequences. The story is still kinda bonkers, and follows on from the first game. If you didn't play the first game, or rather if you didn't play the DLC of the first game, a lot of things won't make much sense, but not to worry, as this game dives into WTF-land pretty quickly regardless. There's not many boss fights, and towards the big finale every boss from the first game is recycled in a throwback battle that feels cool yet lazy at the same time. But given how few people got through the first game, most of these bosses will be new for most players. What new bosses there are however, are pretty cool in terms of design, but the bosses in EW2 are simple affairs. Shoot them until they die. In EW1 the bosses were almost puzzles, which I miss. EW2 is also a LOT easier than the first game, far fewer insta-kills and more direction as to where to go and what to do. There are no more matches to burn bodies, once a bad guy is dead, he's dead for good this time. It's interesting that the EW2 is seeing a lot more praise than the original game did after it dumbed itself down into a more generic open-world, easy, zombie game. Everything that made the original unique is gone, and while this game is getting the praise the first game didn't, I wonder how a 3rd game would fare (which is coming if the ending is anything to go by). It's a good enough game in its own right, but the Evil Within was never intended to have a sequel, and I see here what I saw with Mass Effect 2. A sequel dumbed down for the muggles which saw much acclaim, but which to me signalled only the beginning of the downward spiral. 7/10

I've been hearing good things about Ass Creed Origins. I might pick it up eventually, but I still haven't played Black Flag, Unity, or Syndicate. The last game I played through was AC3 I think. Is the story anywhere near concluding yet? 

The Surge + DLC (Bone) - Underappreciated Souls-like gem. It's not as big or deep as a From game, but it's still a lot of fun. The Surge is a single player only experience, having neither co-op nor pvp, and it does not allow for character creation or modification in any way, aside from the rig (power suit) you acquire. What you do get though is a fun little action game that offers a Soulsy take on the dystopian sci-fi genre. There is a plot about a plan to save Earth gone horribly awry, and the game never loses its dark tone even in the DLC, which offers a twisted take on Disneyland in which the robotic mascots in the park have gone insane and begun killing the staff and tourists. The combat is fast and fluid, comparable to Bloodborne in speed and execution. Light weapons are fast, heavy weapons are slow and feel as weighty as they would do. The one complaint with combat I had was that despite the number of weapons you end up finding through your playthru, most of the same weapon type feel very similar, and there are only 5 weapon types. Also, for most weapon types you will have one that clearly outperforms all the others, and once you get it and invest resources levelling it up, you will hesitate to change. This is compounded by the fact that the game has no skill trees for your character, and rather uses a system wherein each weapon type has a skill ranking, and the more you use a certain weapon type, the higher that rank will be. It's a nice idea in theory, and you can get some good damage bonuses out of levelling up, but it also deters you from switching weapon types. And there are the rigs, your power suit which can be equipped with mod chips granting various abilities, and different armour types that also grant various set bonuses. These are all a lot of fun to play with. Going out and chopping off various enemy appendages to forge and level new gear is where the bulk of this game's farming element takes place. Another huge difference in this game compared to a Souls game is that, rather than smashing through what are mostly fodder mobs to get to the next boss, The Surge has very few bosses (only 5 in the main game, 2 in the DLC) and instead has regular mobs that can mess your shit up. The bosses also often have some trick to defeating them, or a special kill condition which if achieved, grants you special boss loot - a feature carried over from Lords of the Fallen. Having said that, once you figure out a certain enemy's moves or weakness, they become a lot easier to deal with. If you like Souls games at all, or sci-fi action games, and are not afraid of a challenge, give it a try. 8/10.

I just finished kizi free. Well, or at least the new story line that is made up of nine chapters.
There is more to the add-on than that like an entire additional story
arc and a new quest hub that you will arrive at after the completion of
the story.

No rating but Stellaris is fun and punishing. It didn't at all click at first and I jumped into Ironman mode. I recovered from a slow start to be a reasonably powerful and advanced empire only to have the most powerful declare war on me and stomp me. Whoops!

I haven't played video games in a bit. Tried meddling with Shadow Warrior for an hour on Xbox One but found it to be a bit shite.