Release Year: 2010/2021
Reading Year: WI2023
Developer/Publisher: BioWare/Electronic Arts
Time to Beat: 33 Hours

Thoughts: And Mass Effect 2 comes to an end. Unlike Mass Effect 1, I staved off the ending as long as I could. It was such a beautiful experience and I am so moved. A longer review, with spoilers, is here “A Love Letter to Mass Effect 2.”

Release Year: 2012/2021
Reading Year: SU2024
Developer/Publisher: BioWare/EA
Time to Beat: 40 Hours

Thoughts: After nearly a hundred hours, I have finally rolled credits on Mass Effect 3. A series that was created in 2007. 17 years ago. A series I grew up around, albeit on the periphery (in my ME1 review below). A series that felt so mature and was endless in scope. A true space opera. A series whose first two games I scored a 9/10 and 10/10, respectively.

Release Year: 2014
Reading Year: SP2025
Developer/Publisher: Ustwogames
Time to Beat: 1 Hours

Thoughts: Short, fun, and free with a Netflix sub! The art is a little dated, but my how far we have come. A much more pleasurable experience than Limbo, which felt so linear and forced. Is there only one way to go in Monument Valley? For the most part yes, but how you get to solve the puzzle feels so much more fluid and as if you actually come to your own conclusions. You can finish it in a sitting and it’s worth playing for the box level alone!