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Spalls Hurgenson <spallsh...@gmail.com> writes:

> February is too damn short. It seems that just as soon as it's
> started, it's already over; how am we supposed to get any game-playing
> done in such a short time?

I dunno. Upside is shorter time to payday :)

> * Grand Theft Auto 4 (replay) 
> The satire and humor, on the other hand, are decidedly sub-par; too
> biting and nasty to be enjoyable...

Definitely. I liked the DLCs more, The Lost and the Damned was dark but
perhaps in a more GTA-relatable way plus you got some pretty kickass
weapons early on and the motorbike handling became decent.

Then the Ballad of Gay Tony put some wacky older GTA-style fun back into
it.

> The vehicles control as terribly as ever...

Yes, I think GTA4 was the worst in this. Only some of the better cars
seemed to handle decently, the Porsche-like Comet and Impreza/Evo-like
Sultan for example.

> * X-COM Enforcer (replay) 

I have a vague memory of killing a truckload of Snakemen but I guess I
never finished this. I don't think I ever got far enough to get any
upgrades.

> So what about you? What Have You Been Playing... IN FEBRUARY 2016?

Just Shadow of Mordor, still. I think I'm finally near the end, I'm at
the point where I'm supposed to turn five orc Warchiefs to my side and
then attack some boss enemy. But it's not always as easy at
that. Recently I was ready to brand this non-friendly orc captain but
the game thought I wanted to grab someone else. And of course that
someone else was another orc captain I had already branded and when I
let go he fell off a ledge to his death. Oops. Something to be said for
a targeting reticle.

Then there was this another warchief who was so tough I could hardly
make a dent in his health but he was vulnerable to stealth kills so I
stealth killed him. Downside is, I had previously killed his bodyguard
(possibly he was the guy who took a dive above) so there was no direct
line of succession. Sigh. I think I'm going to have help some previously
branded orc captain to rise in power so he'll be in my team when he
makes warchief. Come to think of it, I might as well brand all the
captains I haven't yet...