What PlayStation games are you playing ?

Hours of Darkness was good. I think they did a good job of making you feel like you were stuck in an area full of enemies. You can’t always go in guns blazing like in the main game.

Only started Lost on Mars, but it’s definitely a shift in time! Much more over the top.

Two very different games there! I've started both but finished neither. Outer Wilds is an unique experience, and was very interesting for while I was playing it. Some people won't like the loop, it happens every x minutes (I think it's 11?) regardless, and that can be annoying if you're about to do/find something, but it's quick to get back in and get to where you were (usually). Greedfall is a serious RPG (imo) that will take far longer and is completely different!

I'd recommend Outer Wilds simply because it needs to at least be experienced and is far shorter! I'd probably prefer Outer Wilds.

I started Days Gone - I just really enjoy open world games - I've gone from Ghost of Tsushima to Horizon: Zero Dawn to Assassins Creed: Odyssey to Final Fantasy VII and now onto Days Gone, and I just picked up Assassins Creed Origins in the recent sale.

It's very good so far. It's definitely not an action game so far. You can fight but so easy to get swarmed. I'm just after getting to the second area, and starting to get some bike upgrades, primarily the biggest fuel tank - that's one of the biggest pains. The constant refueling.

I'd go right into the Horizon DLC first while you're in the mood. It's different enough to the main game, and it does add to the story.

FC5 seems good, but I'm not a big fan of FPS. I got a few hours into it and I wasn't feeling it. I might try it again in the future. Days Gone is good, as I said earlier, but controls a bit different to Horizon (no climbing here!) - FC5 might a palate cleanser after Horizon.

I'm about midway through FC5 and am loving it. Have defeated two bosses and chipping away at side quests too. Challenging enough by times but the different approaches one can take to clearing enemy camps along with some great NPCs keep it fresh. Won't ever get near a platinum on it as there is just far too much to do but I'm having fun with it.

I didn't even get to the second boss before giving up, it was too repetitive at that stage. Looks amazing though.

Yeah the push for realism really killed RDR2 for me. Down to little things like changing your equipped weapons if you've been on your horse because for "realism" Arthur puts his rifle into the horse saddlebag while riding and might not take it back out if you get off the horse too quickly. Or the time it takes looting enemies. Just adds a consistent and persistent nuisance to the gameplay.

GoT I absolutely loved but I did feel was a bit "samey" as the game progressed, go here, kill this person, clear this enemy camp, follow this fox etc. However as you said, it wasnt nearly as unwieldy as an Assassins Creed or indeed, Far Cry. GoT will likely become a franchise though and will get bigger as sequels are released. Similar to the modern incarnations of Tomb Raider, they got progressively larger with more side quests / filler.

My feelings on FC5 are probably driven partly by the fact its the first FC game I properly played. AC Odyssey was the first AC game I played and I loved that, clocking up over 150 hours. I got Valhalla on day one, got about 40 hours into it and just got bored. Most likely as it was very formulaic and essentially ACO in Viking pants.

I wouldnt say its bad, its AC with Vikings. I just found it very clunky in comparison to Odyssey. Last year I played Odyssey (150 hours) then Origins (80 hours) then got Valhalla on launch so there was likely an element of burn out. You can get it on Smyths for 45 on the PS5 currently. Worst case scenario you buy it and hate it, youd be able to sell it on adverts and lose little to nothing.

In fairness it's almost always on sale during every sale or promotion they have.