September 9, 2016 – I completed the Assassin’s Creed Unity DLC, “Dead Kings.”
I liked the insight it gave into Arno’s character and how he was trying to live with the loss of Élise; it was not a must-have add on but I enjoyed it.
The setting was as spectacular as the rest of Unity and I can never get enough of that.
Assassin’s Creed: Rogue was completed on August 21, 2016. I played the game more after that to finished up some objectives of course but that’s when I conquered the main story.
The story wasn’t the tightest in some places where it should have been, but overall a great addition to the long-standing battle between the Assassins and the Templars.
The addition of a winter climate, more sailing and Templar gear all added up to this being a fun ride.
The girls and I beat Shovel Knight on August 27, 2016.
I mention that we beat it because they were cheering me on the entire time 😀
A fantastic game and beating all of the Order of No Quarter in a row before the Enchantress what something I didn’t think I could do.
Major gaming milestone for the girls on June 5, 2016 as we played capture the flag on the original Halo: Combat Evolved.
Their first Halo map ever, Sidewinder
This was their first trip into Halo and we had a great time!
On April 30, 2016 I did a walk through with the girls on some of the maps from Halo: Reach (“Anchor 9” pictured below).
This was a precursor to them actually playing them game, which has since happened 😀
During March 18-20 of 2016 the Halo Championship Series of 2016 had its finals and we watched some of them as a family.
It was great to enjoy the event together and see the matches unfold in real-time – there were some great games and all of us awed by the play.
Good times!
I completed Transformers: War for Cybertron back on March 6, 2016.
I had stepped away from it for awhile but came back to finish it, and what a finish – the game retold everything I loved about the original cartoon but in a way that my adult self really enjoyed.
Playing as both Optimus Prime and Megatron through an Autobot and Decepticon campaign, seeing a clear origin story, spending time on Cybertron, the art style and level of details and explosions, inter-party banter with whatever group of transformers you were with, the large-scale battles with Omega Supreme and Trypticon (including his fall to the surface), and I could go on and on.
This game delivered big time on everything I’ve enjoyed about the franchise, and I look forward to the sequel.
Thanks to my wife clearing out the evenings, I played and finished Batman: Arkham Asylum in a week on February 28, 2016.
Here are a few (few!) quick thoughts about the game; there’s so much that could be said:
The game started me down the Arkham road and has let to some of the best story, combat, and all-around enjoyment I’ve had with this hobby.
February 21, 2016 – I finished my play through of Assassin’s Creed Unity.
That sentence holds a lot of weight when I think about all the hours and adventures I had in Paris.
The girls and I played (for the first time together) Castle Crashers: Remastered on September 9, 2015.
This was the first type of this kind of game that they have played, and I was glad to introduce it 😀
