June/July Gaming Check In

 

Ellie, Joel and the giraffes in The Last of Us

I did go back and finish The Last of Us on the Playstation 5 in June.  It was very well done and there is good reason it is considered a classic.  The only real negative is that there did seem to be too much killing in some sections, though some of that might have been because I'm not very good a stealth.  There were a couple of sections where I used the hint feature and I'm grateful to have it.

I've been looking for then next PS5 game and tried out Jedi Fallen Order and briefly opened up God of War but neither are compelling me to play.  Watch my daughter platinum Dredge. It was fun to watch pieces of it, but I think I've seen what I need to there.  I saw the preview for Lego Horizon and since both my daughter and I have enjoyed the Horizon games I think it would be a fun way to play together but it isn't available yet.  I downloaded Lego Hobbit and Lego Harry Potter as other co-op games but after playing Lego Hobbit with my daughter some I think we'll just wait to play Horizon.

Possibly the last of my Dragonflight Achievements

I decided to resubscribe to World of Warcraft early in the month thinking I'd like to try the Pandaria remix and see the last of the Dragonflight quests.  June was successful in both but I did a lot less of Pandaria than I expected.  After playing some I decided to go back to Kanter and work on finishing off the achievements above, all of which I enjoyed.  I played briefly on my Warrior and might work on the side quest achievements with him.  I did keep my subscription for July but have already cancelled it in August so I can't forget.  At this point I have a pattern of waiting until the first discount (as long as I have time) for the expansion and plan to do the same for The War Within.

After I finished Unicorn Overlord on the Switch, I downloaded both 13 Sentinels (from the same developer, Vanillaware) and Celeste.  Celeste definitely isn't my kind of game (I've never really played platformers).  13 Sentinels was fun but just not as much fun as Unicorn Overlord so I put it aside.  I haven't played Animal Crossing since starting Unicord Overlord so I think I'm done with that.  We'll see if something new brings me back to the Switch but I haven't played it for weeks at this point.

Really nothing is pulling me in right now on any of the platforms.  That happens but it'll be nice when there is something new (or old) that brings me back.