Okay, first for the big ones. I upgraded my portable gaming to the Vita. I also upgraded my home console to PS4 (while still being joyfully neck deep in a wonderful library of PS3 games). My first PS4 beat, Outlast, was a great experience in both a good and a bad way and the latter only as intended. It had a few control issues and the enemies are dumb enough that it took away some of the fear that the game otherwise would have delivered. But it surprised me. Twice. That's tough for a game to do as I think they're generally quite predictable.
My daughter, who just turned four, is now a gamer and is actually getting pretty good. She seriously does impress me on occassion. Her go-to's are Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse HD and Sonic 4: Episode 1 (she'll be delighted to learn there's a second episode once I get that last trophy...) She also plays shooters. It's fun for us to sit down together and work on them and it reminds me of what I had been doing at her age with the Atari 2600. Ya'll had made fun of me for my Resogun high scores not being mine. They weren't - they are now but I'm sure they are still not competitive
I'm pretty awful at shooters but I like them anyway...Finally, I had some great beats this year. I got platinum in Uncharted 2, which I think was a nearly perfect game in execution. I have nit picks but they are minimal. I beat the most difficult and complex Fighting Fantasy book I've ever been through in Creature of Havoc. It'll be a while before I go back to that one...sheesh. It was stressful yet engaging. I also played through Phantasy Star again for my third time (I later learned I did so right around its 27th birthday). I had a blast. It still holds up well to this day, in my opinion. And, last but certainly not least, I finally, finally beat Fatal Frame. That took me a good eight years or so and four starts. What a fantastic game, though. Oh my goodness.
I've also gotten a pretty epic short list of new games near the end of the year, including Samurai Warriors 4 (PS4), Dragon Age Inquisition (PS4), FFX / FFX-2 HD (Vita), Assassin's Creed Unity (PS4), Dark Souls (PS3), and Murdered: Soul Suspect (PS4). I hardly know what to play on any given day. Hehe. I'll get through them all and look forward to enjoying them for what little remains of this year and throughout next year.
