Streamlined, I guess?

Burned-through Titanfall 2's single-player campaign in about five hours, and it was even better than I'd heard! Some truly inventive mechanics and setpieces in there, but so much of it only ever appeared once. Similarly, there were the beginnings of some great worldbuilding and character development, but there was absolutely zero padding so everything was over so quickly that it didn't really have time to coalesce. Thankfully, it was all so good that suspending my disbelief and enjoying those five hours immensely was no challenge at all. Might go back and look for the rest of the collectibles... Might even dive into multiplayer for a little bit. Regardless, well worth the $13 :)

Anyway, Night in the Woods is next; wanna cleanse the palate a bit more before tackling Arkham Episodes.

My bad!

Figured-out why I couldn't log-in to Origin after resetting my password, and did it in time to get-in on the Titanfall 2 sale! I'd mismanaged my password manager; was totally my fault. Crisis averted, I purchased and downloaded the Standard Edition of the game, tweaked the recommended video settings 'cause they were insultingly low, and promptly watched the video freeze randomly during gameplay... Though the audio and the rest of the PC kept on working just fine. My own troubleshooting proved useless, the suggestions on support forums were worse, and in the end I was able to play the game smoothly at 1080p with absolutely all video setting maxed-out... As long as ambient occlusion is turned off. Cool game! The first one was kinda disappointing 'cause even though it was awesome and I experienced some downright magical moments with it, the multiplayer-only design resulted in me missing content and experiencing things in weird orders. I was there for the world, not the grind :(

Also, re: Arkham Knight, while I finished all of Most Wanted (save for The Riddler) and Season of Infamy, I completely forgot about Arkham Episodes; so far, I'm almost done A Matter of Family, and it's pretty neat.

My credentials have expired!?

I think I'm done with Arkham Knight. Super-slick, suitably epic, and some killer moments; but also just felt kinda stale well before I was finished - à la Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. Too much to do, all padded-out... Like, I spent a solid 30 hours with the game and the DLC and completed all but the final few missions and I'm not unhappy about it, but I doubt I'll ever be going back to it. Asylum was something special with a stupid ending, City was ridiculous but fun, Origins was a cool story but all kinds of bland, and Knight is really well-made but ultimately kinda forgettable. Huh.

...Now to see why I can no longer log-in to my Origin account before the $13 Titanfall 2 sale ends.