Quickhits - Super Maion Odyssey, Evil Within 2, South Park, COD WW2, Shadow of War

Super Mario Odyssey

• I defeated Bowser, sorry for the spoiler, after 8 hours of play but there are tons and tons of stuff still left to do.
• Really good Mario game that has has huge levels filled with secrets and hidden passages that encourages exploring so you are not just playing through level after level. 
• You can feel they looked at the design of Zelda and infused it into Mario and it works.  
• The hat mechanic, where you can transform into just about everything, is really cool.  I'm not sure how they keep finding new ways to improve Mario games, it's pretty amazing.  

The Evil Within 2

• Finished the game at around 25 hours.
• A great horror action game from the maker of Resident Evil 4.
• This has a lot more action than the previous game so it does feel quite a bit different which I'm so-so on.
• The action is good but I miss some of the horror aspects of the first game.
• You do see some pretty crazy stuff. 

South Park; The Fractured But Whole

• ​Nobody should play this game and everyone should play this game.
• If you are into South Park then it's a no brainier.  It's a 15 hour South Park episode. 
• They did change the combat from the first game and I really liked it.  It was grid based and had some decent strategy built in that made the fights fun.
• You are able to mix and match your party and they had dialog for all the different combinations, it's amazing how much content is in the game.  
• Be prepared to be offended.

​Call of Duty WW2​

• Rented and beat the campaign in about 6 hours.
• The WW2 setting didn't feel restrictive and I did like going back to basically guns and grenades.  The last couple of games had a ton of options and gadgets that could be overwhelming.
• The story was decent but I wish they did a bit more to show the camaraderie of the team to make the story have more of an impact.

Shadow of War

• Put about 20 hours into the game and not even halfway through.
• I have mixed feelings.  I really liked the first game and they expanded on every aspect for the sequel, but there is just so much that it's overwhelming and seems to have lost some of it's magic.
• The Nemesis systems is still great and enjoyable.
• Loot boxes.  Ugh.