Games I Finished in 2019

In 2019 I beat about the same number of games as in 2018 but I paid for them only about half as much. That is largely thanks to the various subscription services now available. They're great value if you want to play a game just once. Great ones I still prefer to own outside a subscription though. Being able to play games for so cheap has also made normal prices seem really expensive to me. A game's discount now needs to be even deeper before I buy it.

Blackguards 2

Years ago in my Blackguards post I said wasn't going to buy Blackguards 2 but then it was on sale on GOG for next to nothing at the end of last year and I thought I might as well buy it after all. Although, had I waited just one more day, I could've played it on Origin Access for completely free.

The Surge

Here's another of them methodical third person action roleplaying games. I actually played The Surge a bit last fall already during my second month of Game Pass but then ragequit and uninstalled after dying and dropping a considerable amount of scrap which is the game's main resource. I had just spawned the first boss who appears between you and the level's medbay which is your respawn point. I thought there was no way to get to the scrap in time with how I would need to beat the boss first. I now know it would've in fact been quite simple to go around, although I don't remember if I had unlocked a particular shortcut then.