Ended up my 2007-9 retro gaming and began 2010-2012.
Two last things I played for '07-'09. One was the PS3 version of Bioshock. The loading times before playing were annoying. I'd forgotten about that part of the PS3 experience. I played maybe half of it and unlocked a lot of trophies. Wee, trophies! Second was the remastered version of Batman Arkham Asylum on XSS. I got even farther than on the 360 version from last week, the Batcave. On the remaster, I beat Scarecrow several times, wrapped up Harley Quinn and was on the trail of Poison Ivy when I ran out of time. Such a great game. I had to drag myself from it to start the next list.
To start the next month I played my rented copy of Super Mario Galaxy 2 on Wii (number 1 on my list). I love it. I'm shopping for a copy of my own this month. I was surprised to not get stuck anywhere yet like I remember happening to me years ago. I love all the gravity twisting gameplay and it looks fantastic. When are they going to remaster this for Switch?
I tried to play Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword that I rented for Wii but discovered I needed a Wii Motion Plus adapter. I'm shopping for that right now, although, maybe I could pick up the HD Switch version. . . However, I just want to try it first. I'm a little picky when it comes to Zelda games. So far I've only really enjoyed Wind Waker and Ocarina of Time.
First up on XSS was Mass Effect 2. I played the remastered version as part of the ME Legendary Collection. I got solidly hooked on it for a whole afternoon, getting a little too obsessed with scanning planets for resources. I automated leveling for myself and squad members in this playthrough. I want to get into the details slowly. I started to research new gear. My favorite is to try on new suits of armor for my Shepherd, but I'm not sure how to change up my squad mates yet. I really enjoy the story, exploring, hacking data pads, and unleashing the flame thrower on enemies that get too close. It's a blast. I'm already wondering, when I'm done with the remaster, if I'll replay the original version on both 360 and PS3 for further achievements/trophies. I think one playthrough will take me a while though. I played this game years before this after finishing the first game, but I never completed it.
Back to Game Pass
My Xbox account gave me my reward automatically even though I couldn't find the option anymore on the system. I had thought the auto-rewards had been removed. Then, I was able to redeem the 1-month GPU reward with no issues. Surprise. So, I'm back earning points via Bing and the Xbox App on my phone and playing GP games on console. This week I played The Case of the Golden Idol. This is a murder mystery game, 2D in the style of point-and-click adventures. You examine people and things in a scene and piece together the story to complete it and move on. I did several of them before it started getting pretty complex. I was a little tired that day and stopped for fear of my brain exploding. I liked it though. Fun and a quick download. That's my plan with GP games right now; I play the one with the smallest file size first.
Purchases
I just got Bioshock 2 Remastered for $5 on the current sale on Xbox. It might come up on my list later in the month.
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