Thief: Deadly Shadows.  Although I rate Thief as my favourite game and have played many fan missions, I've always avoided the 3rd game.  Always ran like crap, and the loading zones absolutely ruined the experience.

God like people have since fixed the performance and the stupid character animations (looked like fields were being played the wrong way for those of you who remember interlacing), removed the "I'm a console game" vivid highlighting of objects, doors, etc, and got rid of the load zones in the main missions.

And it's actually a reasonable game now.  Still not in the same league as the first two but not bad so far.

The 3rd game or the more recent thief (the one that stopped people hating the 3rd one)?

Go to ttlg and install the thief 3 mods. Won’t massively improve the game if you don’t like it already though.

I was disappointed to see that level right near the end

Bloodborne (again, thanks Mikemsp).

Father Gascoigne down on about the seventh attempt overall, not as bad as I'd feared but my heart was actually beating a fair bit harder by the end of the fight.

Oil and fire, baby, oil and fire. Time for the cycle of pain to begin anew.

Started Broforce on Switch yesterday. It's bloody great fun so far, lots of nice little touches and raised a few chuckles. The levels are just starting to get a bit trickier so hoepfully a bit of challenge to it.

I did wonder if the option to switch between the bros for particular sections would be better than cycling through them randomly but I guess maybe that's part of the difficulty. Either way, really enjoying it so far.

I've started Into the Breach. The sale price was too hard to resist. I still need to play Zelda, but it's probably best to leave that till the weekends so I can focus on it properly.

Done an hour of ITB so far and it seems like my kind of thing.

I really enjoyed it.
Headache inducing though.

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With ashen done, I needed another non Rogue to be going on with.

Started Seven: Days long gone.

Barely out of the tutes, but it could be something.

Heavy on the RPG, a lot of old school mechanics and platforming with a diablo view means it shouldn't work. But it's USP appears to be its ability to disappear the landscape so you can see in real time when you move camera.

Appears to be very open and deep.

Fingers crossed it holds up.

Also, dipping toe back into dark souls 3. It's kicking my ass and reminding me how much tighter it's controls are than ashen.

Anyone else dabbled? Some really strange choices going on. Apparently reloading a quick save means you get electrocuted (in game. )

And I'm quick saving a lot, because the shit fight that happens when stealth fails is insta death.

There appears to be the potential for old school dues ex/hitman variety, but hmmmmm.

The hold a to climb and hold b to crouch/tap to roll functions seem a little flakey too.

Anyone else played for more than an hour?

Yakuza0 (w10)
Still loving it but the karaoke sections have got me stumped. I'm shit at it, a karaoke bozo. I need either more practice or more booze to get better. That real estate lizard guy is kicking my arse:-(

Quantum Break(w10)
Very pretty game by Remedy. The time effects are neat and the action is polished. I like how the game tries to mimic a TV show complete with AAA cast which must've cost a small fortune. It certainly looks the part. Luckily the gameplay holds up so far. Better than their previous work Alan Wake.

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Yakuza0 (w10) Still loving it but the karaoke sections have got me stumped. I'm shit at it, a karaoke bozo. I need either more practice or more booze to get better. That real estate lizard guy is kicking my arse:-( Quantum Break(w10) Very pretty game by Remedy. The time effects are neat and the action is polished. I like how the game tries to mimic a TV show complete with AAA cast which must've cost a small fortune. It certainly looks the part. Luckily the gameplay holds up so far. Better than their previous work Alan Wake.

Quantum break is great, I enjoyed Alan Wake more though for its atmosphere. Though who can forget the classic ‘I’m Alan Wake, i’m a writer’.....*shoots his way through a small army* brilliant.

And Kassabian in American Nightmare was the worst.

I have finished Alan Wake and really liked it.
I still haven't touched American nightmare tho.. Is it worth playing or should I move on?

I haven't played it, but from what I've read it seems so, yes.

Hellblade - Loving the atmosphere and the audio. Not quite so keen on the shape finding door puzzles.

It's also digital only at this stage, which is odd considering it's £30ish.