Jaded

Monthly Update: October 2023

Very productive first half of the month!
I completed Starfield, went back to Baldur's Gate 3 to get the last 5 achievements I needed, and completed Mass Effect 1 in ME:LE.

I 100% Mass Effect 1 in ME:LE, but lost interest in playing once I got to 2... So once I rage quit from Mass Effect 2, not much gaming happened for the second half of the month :D


Played


Completed

Half-Life 2

Baldur's Gate 3

210.3 hours
53 of 53 achievements

Great game - I even replayed the game to the end twice, and halfway through again with a multiplayer campaign. I rarely replay games, even shorter games for achievements.


For my last BG3 achievements, this meant another play through as the Dark Urge which I originally didn't know I needed for an ending achievement..
I managed to breeze through it on easy mode in about 20 hours. I did run into trouble in the last battle because of how under-leveled I was, and as I didn't gather allies from quests, I had no allies to call upon for the final battle which made life hard...this ended up being the hardest fight I had, even compared to my Tactician run!

I highly recommend that people play as the Dark Urge character. My very rushed second play through as the Durge was very interesting with the expanded story.
There is also a lot of mods available now, so that was fun to do cosmetic mods for this second play through!

My screenshot folder ended up with 4,782 screenshots.. just a few…

It was well worth being the only game that I have paid full price for this year.
I will be shocked if it is not GOTY.

Half-Life 2

Starfield

97.9 hours
50 of 50 achievements

Mediocre all the way through.

I wouldn't recommend at the current price for what it is.

Played

Half-Life 2

Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition

38.3 hours
39 of 127 achievements

First game is complete on Insanity!

I originally finished 1 and attempted 2 years ago… 2 feels so dated as they fully lean into the cover shooter mechanic. First game, I could go full biotic, and with the overheating mechanic (and not having to collect ammo) didn't really feel like a straight FPS. Biotic seems nerfed a lot in 2.

I'll hopefully get into 2… maybe..

Going from Starfield to this, really emphasized how mediocre Starfield is for a new game..

Backlog

SteamGifts Win

  • Planet of Lana

aonrao

OH wow, those are some really cool screenshots!
Good job on your completed games!

Adelion

210 hours O.o That is the reaon, why I have such a hard time to start RPG games. Underrail took nearly the same time to complete. And for BG1, I also needed over 120 hours and at least three playthroughs. That is why I haven’t activated BG2 yet ^^’

Congratulations on your tenacy.