A few of the things that have us hooked this week.
13th December
Hello!
Catch up with the older editions of this column in ourWhat We’ve Been Playing archive.
To be clear, I have not yet finished The Veilguard.
And I’m already at 45 hours.
Have I really spent nearly two days playing?
But what have I actually been doing?
Is everyone else taking this long?
Plus, of course, I’m doing all the sidequests.
So, yes, 45 hours in and probably another 45 to go.
But that’s fine - I’m enjoying my walking!
I don’t really want it to end.
There’s so much good thinking across the game.
Number one: they have a cool setting.
You just talk to an equally mysterious NPC - who you recently fought in battle - and head in.
It’s eerie, it’s dark, it’s foreboding.
Number two: the Trials change the rules, and I adore this.
And should your Honour reach zero, you will fail.
Therefore, you have to be much more careful and respectful of enemies.
But I’m getting closer - it’s slow going but I’m getting there.
But I’m enjoying it - that’s the key thing.
I’m learning, and that’s what Path of Exile 2 is about.
In essence, the game has found a way to teach me more, and I love that.
But, oh no!
This is the premise of my advent calendar this year.
I definitely felt like I had earned my chocolate that day.
This year’s advent calendar is easily my favourite advent calendar to date.
It even trumps last year’s coffee one, which is something I never thought I would say.
