Finally, a chance to actually play some quality games. When I am home on break I like to play more multiplayer games with my friends. So rather than trying to finish the many games on my back list I play a little more competitively with my friends.

We always start with Civilization V. We have all of the DLC and we all agree it makes the game that much better. This week we haven't all gotten together so I've been playing a game with two of my friends with no AI. It is pretty much the best game of Civ I have ever played. One guy started on his own continent so he got the advantage but I formed a quick alliance with my other friend. Our economies basically depend on each other now so we are attempting a naval barricade followed by an invasion on to the continent. Unfortunately we timed it poorly and he got musketmen just as we landed. He is attempting to win through world congress (he is Alexander) so we are doing everything we can to destroy city states as fast as possible. It's always a good time but this game is working out just perfectly.

Also on the multiplayer side of things I have been playing Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate on my 3DS with the same group of guys. I knew that game was good, but I didn't understand how good until I tried multiplayer. The hunts are a lot more satisfying and interesting with multiple people. In solo hunts your strategy is to make sure you have enough stuff on you to survive. In multiplayer you actually have to form strategies of what you want people to do. It helped the experience to have someone who understands the in depth mechanics of the game to help us out too. I had so much fun that I started playing it solo now too. I want that full set of Jaggi armor!

On my own I have been playing Bravely Default and Lightning Returns. I'll talk about them more in depth later this week but I enjoy both games. I hear a lot of negativity about Lightning Returns but try it for yourself, I'm finding it quite enjoyable. I recently beat Final Fantasy XIII-2 so expect a review of that soon as well.

Also, my apologies for having such a huge gap in writing. College makes fools of us all. If anyone has cool monster hunting tips or great Civ V mod suggestions please comment. I'd love to check them out!

Spring Breakers,

-Chemystery