So I'm one month in to my Pile of Shame challenge (for more info check out these articles Part 1 -
http://grview.grcade.co.uk/articles/tac ... -of-shame/ and Part 2 -
http://grview.grcade.co.uk/articles/the ... -of-shame/ ). Essentially I'm trying to go through the year only playing 8 games (with the option to swap out a game once it has been platinumed).
July has been about playing just 2 games.
Horizon Zero Dawn - I'm around 35 hours into the game and I reckon I'm probably around 60% completed. I've not been rushing the main quest line but I'm now slightly concerned I'll hit level 50 (I'm currently 35) without maxing out my skills which I think triggers one of the trophies. Still have a lot of fun with the game, the combat is astounding (aside from those strawberry floating Glinthawks, it's like Morrowind's Cliff Racers all over again), it looks incredible and, after investing in a decent headset, I'm finding out that the audio is unbelievable. The only negatives are juggling the weapons a little and the fact that the weapon tutorial mission targets only ping if that is the active mission.
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate - This choice was a slight gamble as I've always gravitated back to Monster Hunter Freedom Unite after playing later versions. The newer ones never really clicked with me in the same way as MHFU. But putting MH4U in the list (and as my only handheld title at this point) meant I had to persevere. I'm now around 20 hours into my current game and have just hit the first real difficulty hump. I've only solo'ed all the missions up till now but the Gore Magala is kicking my arse so I'm thinking I need to boost my online HR and maybe craft some better kit (current got Tetsu armour with the Flick Switch Axe). I think I need a fire weapon so probably need to do some Kut Ku runs to get flame sacs.
Going forward, my plan is to play HZD to completion and then maybe switch to either Resi 7 or Stardew Valley as a palate cleanser before going back into something open world (either Witcher 3 or BoW). Still got 2 open slots on my list (one is almost certainly reserved for Everybody's Golf) and I did buy Steep in the recent Amazon promo. Haven't decided whether to drop that in as the other open yet, might swap it in for HZD but that'll mean I can't play the DLC until July 2018 (once a game is swapped out then it's gone for the year).