The last few games you beat and rate them 5

[x Tame Impala]

For what it's worth, Blood & Wine won the Best RPG of the Year award in 2016, the only DLC to ever do that. I spent a lot of time with it when I played the first time, but I loved the new map and really didn't want my Witcher 3 experience to end so I was dragging it out.

I'll reiterate the others: HoS has an outstanding story and should be done first (and before end game ideally), Blood & Wine should be last and after the main story. Both can be done after the main story though without any issue, it just fit better for me to tackle them that way.

Also I love one of the 'new' (to the game, not the world) characters you meet in B&W, one of my favorites of the whole game.

I should do HoS before deciding what to do with Cirri?

 

[Frankie Spankie]

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - 8/10
I kind of blew this game off on release, picked it up at some point, maybe in a bundle, and forgot about it. Seeing the success of Space Marine 2, I wanted to finally give it a shot and I'm glad I did. I really don't know much about the Warhammer universe but it was fun going through this one.

The game is fairly repetitive but it basically plays like a dated third person Doom. You go out there and you ♥♥♥♥ orks up. You will grind them into a red paste, kill tons of enemies that come running towards you with whatever you have in your arsenal. Rifles aren't fast enough as hordes rush you? Time to bust out the melee weapons! Everything transitions really well.

I was interested in playing Space Marine 2 with all the praise it has received, after playing this, I am now excited to play it. It's a little dated, it's a little repetitive, but sometimes this kind of mindless action is what you need to have some fun!

 

[Bocephus86]

I should do HoS before deciding what to do with Cirri?

That's what I did when I replayed after the DLC came out. I started a new play through after I got both DLC. Its been a few years, but I think I switched to HoS right before the point of no return in the main story. I can't remember if I purposely traveled back to take it on or if there was a reason I was back in Novigrad that late game.

It doesn't hurt to do it after either.

 

[Jovavic]

Dave the Diver - 8/10

I finished the story and I guess you can keep playing to get trophies you missed or whatever. Anyway, fun game with great gameplay loop of diving then sushi bar. The characters are pretty good for what they are and most of the 5-10 seconds clips that would show for various things had me cracking up. Some things aren't explained very well but I guess that's what internet guides are for.

 

[Tw1ster]

Final Fantasy XVI - 8.5/10

I really enjoyed this game. As I’ve said in another thread, I found it quite a bit better than Rebirth and think it’s incredibly underrated. The combat was probably the most addicting I’ve experienced this year and it got better as the game progressed. The dark tone of the story was a welcome change from the over the top quirkiness of past Final Fantasy games and I found Clive to be one of the strongest protagonists in the series yet And might end up being my favorite. For negatives, the story was a bit convoluted at times and the side quests were pretty shallow for the most part even if some of them had some great world building. The last dump of side quests before the final quest was a huge slap in the face especially to someone with OCD like myself who has to clean up the map before moving on, with that said, it wasn’t nearly as bad as the Chadley bullshit from Rebirth. Overall great game that I will likely never play again

 

[Jovavic]

Another 16 fan! Did you happen to try out the DLCs?

 

[Tw1ster]

Another 16 fan! Did you happen to try out the DLCs?

Actually no, I’ve totally forgotten about those, are they worth it? I’m moving onto Metaphor this weekend but if the FFXVI DLCs are worth it, maybe I’ll return to the game after all