I'm back

I'm feeling a bunch better about stuff now. I've really mostly been doing the same stuff as usual, with the exception that I haven't been starting new games, but have been sulking playing the ones I already play instead. As such, my to-play list has grown considerably, but I've also not missed out on writing about any of the games I've completed. Additionally, I'll switch to a weekly update schedule with an update every Sunday evening.

To be honest, I did finally complete Divinity: Original Sin. Took me far over a year, since it's really hard to find co-op partners who don't ditch you midway through the game. And no one wants to pick up someone else's character, so you got to start over only to have playthrough end midway as well. sigh With the experience as smeared out as it was, I have trouble recollecting everything about the game, but I can assure you it was great. The fact alone that despite other people trying their hardest to keep me from enjoying it, I didn't give up and kept at it for over a year, coming back to continue the adventure.
I've no complaints about the game, and plenty to praise it for. Enough that I don't even know what to mention, what to leave out. Well balanced difficulty, pretty visuals, nice soundtrack, full voice acting, great combat mechanics, non-repetitive story, varied enemies, decent puzzles, entertaining NPCs, and definitely much more. This game gets the top spot in my list of favorite RPGs and RPG-like games, and I hear Original Sin II is even better.
So in case it wasn't clear, I'd absolutely recommend playing Divinity. Although with the next version out already, you might be better off just playing that instead.

I also gave Battle for Wesnoth a try, as per a friend's request. It's a fun open source TBS where you move each unit individually. Kind of like Civ, except there's no city-building, no economy, politics, or any of the other stuff. Just basic unit recruiting and combat with some stuff like daytime and terrain modifiers.

It's nice that it also functions as sort of an engine so you can make your own games or game modes on it, and also has an online server browser, but the game itself felt rather shallow. After playing through the tutorial, and a relatively short match, I feel I've seen most of the game. Sure, there's plenty to be learned in terms of optimal strategies, but there's not enough features to keep it entertaining.

Overall I'd recommend any of the at-least-half-decent commercial TBSes over this thing.

Of other notable news is that SteamDB switched the formula by which they rate games. Why it's noteworthy here, is because the formula they switched to was the one that I made. (I also described it here, some not too many posts ago.)