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Well I have played some games this month although none of them for more 
than a few hours. I normally try and avoid playing multiple games at the 
same time all of them do have that quality that I can play them in small 
chunks and I don't find that takes away from the enjoyment.

XCOM 2
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I finally picked this one up as it was yet again offered at a deep 
discount (-95% although admittedly it hardly ever seems to be full price 
now). I did enjoy XCOM: Enemy Within but found that after a while the 
missions just got too the samey and I'd really rather the whole base 
building part just wasn't there.

So far I've rather enjoyed it and my understanding is the missions are a 
bit more varied. One thing I did find was I played it on normal 
difficulty and I don't remember XCOM1:EW being quite so difficult. I 
have decided though that, no I'm not going to replay missions just to 
get the 'perfect' result so if a squad member dies then that's it. I 
look at it as learning from the school of hard knocks.

Pale Beyond
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This is quite a strange game as it starts off feeling like a choose your 
own adventure but then adds in resource management survival elements. 
It's rather good so far with it's background of an Antarctic expedition 
stuck in the ice. I just no there are going to be bad things to come.

My one compliant it that the UI and resource mechanics don't always seem 
that clear.

Dredge
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I've had my eye on this for quite some time and as it was offered for 
free on Amazon Prime I had to pick it up. I'm not that far in yet but 
like Pale Beyond it does have a strange mix of elements. So you have the 
resource part based op fishing and small quests plus a strong narrative. 
It almost comes across as a bit of a walking sim but in a boat.

Oh and it is labelled a lovecraftian although I'm not really sure why 
beyond it's a bit dark!