A few of the things that have us hooked this week.
What have you been playing?
Catch up with the older editions of this column in ourWhat We’ve Been Playing archive.
Blue Prince, PS5
I really admire the layers of this game.
Then you go to sleep and try it all again the next day.
It sounds easy but it’s not.
I’m low-key alarmed at how little progress I seem to be making.
But isn’t it always this way?
It’s only once that’s passed that the more enjoyable gradual incline of discovery comes.
And a sign of a great game, I think, is it having many layers to discover.
-Bertie
Avowed, Xbox Series X
I’m still slowly making my way through Avowed.
If anyone does start something with me, I simply torch them into oblivion.
Check back in six months to see if I’ve hit the end credits.
Quickly, here are the things I have to say about the game.
It’s gorgeous - I’m so eloquent I know.
Two: Olivier Deriviere.
The French music maestro is in literal full swing here.
It’s - and he is - fabulous.
But back to what my partner says about the game.
Simply put, she’s enthusiastic about it.
(She puts me to shame.)
