Favourite Xbox Games of 2021
I have been playing a lot of computer games during 2020 and 2021. I prefer to relax indoors rather than venture outside to be honest. I have long loved computer games! I think it was 2011 or 2012 that I bought my first Xbox though. Prior to that I was a PC gamer. Anyway the games below are my favourite of 2021 so far.
Dead By Daylight
This is my current favourite game. I am absolutely obsessed with it at the moment and can’t seem to get enough. I think the gameplay is original; merging the objective of completing generator repairs, with running and hiding from the killer. The survivors can also block and sprint whilst the killers can set traps and temporarily become undetectable. Computer games are usually some form of RPG, shoot-em-up or strategy game. I find it very refreshing to play a game that doesn’t shoot a gun, or attack anything else for that matter. If you play as a survivor, that is. If you play as the killer then you injure the survivors and place them on to hooks as a sacrifice to the entity.
I always kind of like thriller films, as you experience anxiety and the thrill of the jump. That is also what I like about this game. It can help when I am feeling anxious in real life, as it focuses the anxiety on something actual.
When the developers added the Stranger Things chapter, that’s when I decided that I needed to try the game! The characters all start with their individual ’perks’, the benefits that they have in the game. There are four slots available for all characters in the game. The is a bloodweb where you can spend points earned or bought on items or perks. The characters can learn other’s perks, the items are universal to either a survivor or killer.
The best way to get a feel of the game is to watch a YouTube video of the gameplay.
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Now I am very late to this scene, this is the first COD game that I have owned and played on my own console! I have the Xbox Game Pass and had been hoping that this number would end up on the list of games. I was advised by my friend that sadly this was unlikely to ever happen, so when I saw that the latest version was on sale, I jumped at the chance to buy it. As it is so popular, there will always be a lot of people to play with. Although I like playing solo on computer games, it is nice to be social sometimes. My favourite gameplay mode is zombies. As a newbie I really struggle with player vs player multiplayer. Zombies can get a little scary when playing without a friend talking to you though.
Through the Xbox Game Pass, I’ve also played Conan Exiles, Dragon Age: Inquisition and Warhammer: Endtimes – Vermintide. I used to love Final Fantasy X so now that it has been released on Game Pass I hope to actually finish it this time round! I’ve also played Risk of Rain 2 with my siblings, but it isn’t on Game Pass.
Keep gaming,
Amy xx
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