Yeah, I have my runes equipped, I'm using my special attacks, I'm upgrading my skills, I'm mixing up what weapon I use based on what enemies I'm fighting, etc. I'm also replacing and upgrading my weapons and armour, equipping attachments/accessories, etc. 

but I'm not dealing nearly as much damage as I feel I should be and taking a lot more than I feel I should be. 

I did manage to fight the three on one berserker fight (Which is a level 7 berserker) when I was only just a level 5. So that felt nice. 

FFVII Rebirth is GOTY. It's my favorite game ever above FFXVI.

Please report to your nearest Super Earth Reeducation Center, civilian.

Is anyone else going to replay Nier Automata shortly before Stellar Blade releases?

Why?

SB is openly inspired by NA, Director isn't shy about it plus the music is from the same composer. So playing NA helps get in the mood for more.

Finished Days Gone main storyline recently. The game so far has been much better than I thought it was going to be, especially considering zombie type games aren't my cup of tea. The game is only AA at best though. It's not up to AAA quality, but that's ok, it was still good for what it was.
The story has some flaws and plot holes, and doesn't always flow the smoothest, but works overall. The controls are a bit clunky and unresponsive at times as well. The graphics are pretty decent and the gameplay overall is fun. Dealing with the hoards in terms of planning on how to strategically take them down is something I wasn't expecting. I thought it was just going to be gun them all down, but that wouldn't have been near as engaging.
Sounds like a sequel isn't in the cards apparently. I'm a little sad to hear that. Bend certainly could've continued the story and improved upon what they already had accomplished. I am now interested in whatever Bend has coming next either way. I guess it's supposed to be a GAAS title, which also isn't really my jam, but after Days Gone I could totally see them being able to make something worthy. There's plenty of content in Days Gone. Way more than I was expecting.

Finished God of War Ragnarok. Great game. but man it coulda been about 1/3 its length and I woulda loved it a whole lot more.

I know they're aching to give players more bang for their buck and I admire that...but a lot can be said about shorter games. There's a time and place for 100+ hour epics but mostly linear, story based games don't need to be 40-60 hours (when side questing is factored in). It was so exhausting by the end. I was mentally 'done' less than halfway through.

Such a hard topic to bring up, though, because it's VERY hard to argue against more value for your money. But me, personally...shit like this is why I champion shorter games like Portal 2 and the recent Ratchet & Clank game.

Ghost of Tsushima, for as much as I loved it, gave me the same vibe. It coulda been 1/3 the size and length that it was and I felt it would have been a more appropriately tight.

Ironically, both games are Sony exclusives. Anyone else have thoughts on this?

I agree with you. I only have so much time to game and can only play so many longer games in a year. I would rather bigger games be 20-30 hours rather than a game that is 50+ hours that feels like they dragged out the story. Ubisoft is the worst when it comes to stretching out games and adding random side quests that adds nothing to the games.

Yeah its a shame. The pacing for 2018 was perfect. And (imo) a lot better written too. Didn't really jibe with Ragnaroks story and characters for the most part. The gameplay improved quite a bit though.

I had the same kind of issue with the Last of Us 2 where the game could've ended 2/3rds the way through and been a better game for it.