Wow, I haven't posted an update on this thread in a while, have I? No, I have not.
Well, for starters, I'm happy to say that the PC port of GTA 5 for PC is perfectly fine. There were some phenomenally stupid bugs in the launch build (like not being able to play if your Windows username had a character that wasn't a Roman glyph or number...I'm sure the people in regions that use Cyrillic or accented characters were pleased), but now that those are a non-issue I ended up taking the plunge and making a purchase. Yes, I am sincerely glad that my cynicism was misplaced.
The first-person mode is surprisingly awesome. I'm honestly amazed at how far they went with it. They could have just tacked it on real quick-like, but instead Rockstar took the time to ensure that you literally see
everything. If you do a dodge roll you will literally see your character tumbling in first-person. It certainly makes you feel much more empathy toward your character if you take a nasty spill off of a bike. Woooo boy.
Another thing that impressed me is how well it handles controllers. I prefer to use the keyboard and mouse when running around and shooting (PC master race, yadda yadda) and the controller for driving. It's absolutely seamless in this game. Use the controller, the button prompts change over to Xbox prompts. Use a keyboard, it changes back to keyboard/mouse prompts. I'm not sure if it supports non-XInput controllers, though, so bear that in mind if you want to use a racing wheel or something like that.
It's kind of hard for me to really judge how the port performs, but everything seems pretty smooth. I have noticed an increase in framerate drops ever since I upgraded to NVIDIA's GTA-ready driver, oddly enough, so I'm probably going to roll back before I play next time. Before I upgraded to that version the framerate never dropped below 60 with everything except for the additional options maxed out.
Still playing through the Mass Effect trilogy. Currently on the second game, just sort of slowly making my way through it.
My friends and I have been playing Dying Light. Holy shit does the story get stupid. I could have settled for merely cliche, but it's actually kind of painful. Not to mention some of the awful design elements that become more and more glaring as you continue to play through. We're basically killing time until Killing Floor 2 hits early access at this point.
I ended up finally picking up a PS4. Gorgeous console! I've primarily been playing Bloodborne, which I've been having a blast at. I'm surprisingly less bad at it than I thought I'd be. I used the cane when I started my original run, but that really doesn't seem like a very newbie-friendly starting weapon to me (or, at least, it didn't match my play style particularly well). I ended up quickly starting a second game with the axe and I've found that I'm having a much better time with it now. In general I haven't been seeing "YOU DIED" all that often lately. Then again, I've been verging on paranoia whenever I move around, so that probably helps.
I'm still playing Elite: Dangerous off-and-on between all of that. It's pretty much my podcast game at this point. I've primarily been focusing on exploration in order to save up for a combat ship. Just to give you an idea of how ginormous that game is, I'm a filthy casual and was the first person to sell data about certain systems. Yeah.
Also, the Talos Principle. It's sublime. Play it!
Now I just need to stop taking on so much work so that I actually have a hope of finishing one of those games. :s