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I’ve been really looking forward to this. I started playing tonight and I’m digging it so far. I love the “single player mmo” feel of the gameplay, perfect to sit back and grind while watching Netflix or listening to podcasts. I’m interested in the story and I love overly complex battle systems to dig into.

That said, I’m definitely not digging the character design. A lot of it is the more anime look just isn’t my thing, but man some of the female character designs... Brings back memories of Dragon’s Crown. I don’t think it’s crazy to want the female characters to be designed as people and not scantily clad cartoons with laughably absurd breasts. As a dude who loves Japanese games this is a trade off I have to make a lot.

I’m still really into the game and excited to pour 100+ hours into it, I just wish I didn’t have to be embarrassed every time someone saw me playing it.

I didn't stop to count how many times it's been recommended already, but I had to pop in here with yet another recommendation for Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky. It's so good, the music, the characters, the writing, the world building. Start to finish I loved it.

Recently started Pillars of Eternity and I'm pretty sucked into it. I'm finally getting a grasp on the combat and the writing is really pulling me in. Really great world.

I'm also thinking of starting Final Fantasy XIV soon. I haven't played an MMO since WOW but I like everything I've heard about it, plus I love Final Fantasy. I know if I jump in now though I won't finish Pillars of Eternity so I'm trying to knock that out first.

Speaking of Final Fantasy, I'm super excited about the FFXII remake in a couple weeks. I started it back in the day but my PS2 died in the middle. Gah, so many games!

I ended up going with Phantom Inc.

Ugh, every time this happens it hits me really hard. If this is what Drew wants then I'm happy for him and wish him all the best.

But on a personal note I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate this. =(

Thanks for all the well wishes duders! I'm super sore and tired basically all the time but otherwise seems like things are going a-okay.

I had picked up Skyrim for the Xbox One a while ago and ended up getting deep into mods. So much so that I've basically just been researching and downloading them, but not actually playing it. Luckily I think I'm set up now and ready to dive in.

@magmamud: I'd definitely recommend it. I played through that and SC a few months ago and loved it. I also just finished Trails of Cold Steel just a couple weeks ago at about 110 hours. Those games are great.

Thanks for the replies. My problem is I feel like I've already played everything. Witcher 3 would be the obvious choice but I just did a complete Death March playthrough of the game and both DLCs a couple months ago. No more mountains to climb there.

And yeah, as a couple people have mentioned, recovering, not sleeping, and being on pain meds fills your reaction time. I was going strong in Nioh but had to put that on pause because it's hard to keep up with.

Over the weekend I just poked around at stuff. Played a little Skyrim, Mass Effect, Stardew Valley, and Darkest Dungeon.

I just thought it'd be fun to see how other Giant Bomb peeps would spend their two weeks. I'd give ANYTHING to have Persona 5 right now.

So Thursday I had my gallbladder and appendix out at the same time, and I've got two weeks off work for recovery. While I don't feel good enough to do much, I feel plenty good enough to play video games.

If you had two weeks off work and couldn't do much more than play video games, what would you play?

Mary Kish x 1,000,000