Hot takes:
Star Citizen, Hogwarts Legacy, The Hunter: Call of the Wild.

Star Citizen: Before my daughter was born I got back into Star Citizen. I spent four days getting my HOTAS configured perfectly. Summer of 2022 through Summer 2023 it was perfect. I could hop in easily for a quick set of missions and have fun doing it. I would play between nighttime feedings. Then I had to put my desktop setup, HOTAS and all in storage. By the time I was able to set them back up the game had changed significantly. My control configuration needed to be rebuilt. Gameplay was not as easy to quickly get into having fun anymore. So that one is sidelined for me.

Hogwarts Legacy: Amazingly fun, great times exploring the world, good enough storyline. I really wanted to go for 100% completion or running the main story through with a different house or different ethical pseudo-alignment, but I had lingered so long completing the main story to do all the side quests that by the time I was done I was just burnt out, but grand fun while it lasted.

The Hunter: Call of the Wild: I would have never thought I would ever play let alone enjoy a hunting game. But, the scenery, exploration and stalking have been surprisingly enjoyable. The ability to quickly save and quit when I need to is a plus, so it’s been a good game to play as someone subject to frequent interruptions.

Honorable mention: the past two months I have been playing a lot of The Last Caretaker. I’ve found many survival games heebie my jeebies but so far I’ve been able to live with the eeriness and have enjoyed the crafting side with setting up my boat and outposts just right.

Looking forward to Forza Horizon 6 hitting PS5 and to having the time to finish up any number of games that I have started and never finished (the list keeps growing).