I've only done a little bit of gaming during the past couple of weeks, but... oh boy, here goes:
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Fallout 76 (PS4) - Yes... there are problems and the game doesn't feel "finished". The robots / audio logs aren't as interesting as meeting characters and, for me, directions on how things work is lacking. Fighting and aiming with guns is awkward and tricky; VATS aiming barely seems to work. Building is good
and bad; lots of creativity but it seems remarkably difficult to re-build your home in a new location as it never seems to "fit" (thankfully this is to be made easier in the next patch through the introduction of a land-levelling capabiiity). Overall, it is pretty clunky.
But..
but!... when it clicks, it's great. Exploration is wonderful; a vast, intricate landscape that looks good and has real height and depth to it. The sense of being "alone" is terrific. When you do meet other players, things vary; I've bumped into a high-level plonker who was shooting at me and trying to get me to fight with him by walking in front of me for a while (I just fast-traveled away) but I hooked up with another higher-level player and we had a great time teaming-up to tackle some super-mutants in a town.
Despite the clunkiness, I still see potential in this and I hope that Bethesda improves upon the current version; and I think that they will.
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Pokemon Let's Go! (Switch) - This is the first time I've played a Pokemon game and this feels like a great place to start for newcomers to the series. It's a lot of fun journeying through the vibrant towns, meeting folk and battling a range of Pokemon. The music is varied and excellent. I like being able to put different outfits on my character and my lead Pokemon (Pikachu, so obvs I've bought the wrong version etc
). I felt like I was taking a bit of a gamble buying this game but I've been pleasantly surprised so far!