Hegel does suck, but shares an interesting symmetry with one of the optional bosses in the game, which (I feel) ties into the story of the machines' time on Earth in quite a clever way.

For the record, I also do EVERYTHING each time. I pretty much have the location of every treasure chest and loot find burned into my brain at this point. All to see if I can find some rare sword I've never found or something.

I'm on my fifth play and just hit 1000 hours. Taking it all on will be 150-200 hours tops.

Isn't it easier just to hack him?

The dynamic aspects are great as well; example: the vocals in the Resistance Camp don't start until you talk to a certain person. Great stuff to just listen to and enjoy.

Cardboard Box Pod FTW.

Push yourself beyond your limits. Just remember, I'm in your corner.

"MY GOD….THAT'S KANE'S THEME MUSIC!!!!"

Well, it's barely over 50%, so I don't know how viable it is in the long run. I just get tired playing the same thing over and over. They need to release more cards sometime soon, ha.

I just controlled one of those, so it might be time to give it a go in the arena, along with +9 level with Hijack Boost., haha.

It's pretty much a classic axemen deck from closed beta, but with frost instead of archers and stammelford's for the damage. Oh, and a couple of bears. Because bears. Silvers are White Frost, Decoy, Donar, Gremist, Aeromancy, and Decoy (although Udalryk might go back in).

Skellige rules Gwent right now. I am okay with this. Although I did try Nilfgaard and Northern Realms in casual games this week. Interesting, but not enough to take me away from the isles and my HARALD deck. That's right, HARALD. That guy is great.

You could look at Gwent. It can be free-to-play, but you could also plop down about $50 and have just about the whole collection of cards (non-premium). The collection is still a little small, so it's not hard to collect.

Also, the audio options in Gwent allow you to turn it up to 11.

Everything I've read states that PS+ is not needed for those items, just internet connection.

Ha, nice. I'm currently on a small losing streak (only two losses) after a GREAT run, so I'm fighting the 'there's must be something I can tweak to make this work' urge. That's the clear way to start losing some more. Ha.

Wish I could upvote numerous times for Pod C.

There were two challenges in the desert that I had to remap my controller for: no evading (which is just habit at this point) and no light (because I can't take a step in NieR without turning on the pod light with L3).

Oh gosh, Renew. We never saw it until this week, now everyone is using it! (Myself included). Hjalmar twice in a game? Yes, thank you very much.

Oh, just the usual two, NieR: Automata and Gwent.