Games I've been playing lately

     Here's something rare. A blog post written during the day instead of being at 1 or 2 in the morning. I usually reserve writing for the blog for evenings after work. Anyways, here we go: Games I've been playing lately.
     Heroes of the Storm. HoTs has been the meat and potatoes of my gaming experience ever since the beta came out. I would say I'm a veteran by now and I have around 800 games played. That's not a lot compared to some other hardcore players but for me I consider 800 games a hell of a lot. There are certain characters I prefer playing in HoTs. I really like playing support characters, mainly Lt. Morales, Uther, and sometimes Malfurion. I gotta say my favorite healer is Morales because she's the medic from Starcraft Broodwar and I just find that super cool. Her healing is very good but you have to be careful with positioning with her because she dies so fast if she gets hit. At level 10 she can get the medivac transport ship or stim. Personally I go for stimpack every time because its just so good. It increases damage on any ally you use it. Sugoi! And then there's Uther. Now can you not love Uther. The best thing about him is his stun. Oh how I love that stun! It gets me so many kills and its so effective. And then at level 10 he can get his ultimate stun which is even better. He's probably the best healer in the game because he can take a hit or two and also dish out more damage than all the other healers. Lately I've been messing around playing a lot of other characters. Like focusing on playing tanks like Muradin and Johanna but also playing assassins like Tycus and Valla. This game never gets old to me. I would say the main reason why I find this game so good is that the matches are short (unlike League and Dota), the game is easy to learn and pick up, and it makes you focus on teamwork and objectives rather than solo laneing and carrying your team.
     Next, probably my favorite game of our modern time. Super Smash Bros 4 for Wii U. I've been playing a lot online on the For Glory mode. Let me say that I know that tons of people think you can't get better by playing For Glory and that I'm wasting my time. I think that's completely wrong because sometimes I run into people online who are way better than me and they give me a chance to play them multiple times over and over and try to learn from my mistakes, thus getting better in the process (or so I'd like to believe). Last night I played the best player I've ever come across online. He was a Ryu player with the tag Edwin. This guy was amazing with Ryu. He literally power shielded pretty much every attack I threw at him. He was so good at first that I thought he was hacking somehow. I kept playing him over and over again getting my ass whooped. But I did learn a lot by playing him! Because he blocked all the time I learned that I had to go for grabs a lot. And then when I started spamming Zero Suit Samus' plasma gun on him I noticed that he couldn't block every single shot. Eventually I kept getting closer and closer to beating him. My frustration was at a super high level definitely. But at the same time I was astounded by how good this guy was. I felt like if he went to a tournament he would do great. I eventually got good enough to combo him hard in the air with down throw grabs but somehow he would always come back on his second stock and finish me. The only times I beat him was when he killed himself. But I take those as a win! Haha. I feel like in order to become better at Smash you have to be like a Super Sayian. You have to get your ass beat to the point that you feel like you have no chance, and are on the brink of death. Then you can discover your true power and go Super Sayian level 3! That's the way I see losing. When I lose in tournaments I don't really mind because I've been getting better and doing better at the weeklies at Fire and Dice. I would say when I play at a tournament my mind is more relaxed and focused than when I play online. When I play online I get annoyed and frustrated really easily. One thing I need to learn is to not get that way when I play online. Then I will be playing at my full potential.
     Also, I've been playing a lot of shooters. The new Ghost in the Shell Standalone Complex multiplayer shooter has been a blast. I've only played team death match so far but its so fun! I had the greatest game of my life in any fps game yesterday. I got 31 kills in ten minutes with a positive kill death ratio. I have no idea how I did it but it was a small room game with only about 8 people. In the end my team still lost even though I was carrying them. I guess my twitch reflexes have gotten better because I've been playing a lot more fps games lately. In addition, I've been messing around on Team Fortress 2 with my friend. Its been great because I got some cool new items like this plasma gun that vaporizes enemies in 1 or 2 shots depending on where I hit them. And then there's Battlefront 3. I finally discovered that the best game mode is Heroes and Villains. Its a blast running around as Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader and taking people out in this 6v6 multiplayer game mode. I'm still not very good at it but I am getting better.
     Lastly, I've been playing a bit of Skullgirls. This is a 'real' fighting game whereas Smash is a very un-traditional fighter. Skullgirls plays a lot like Street Fighter. But it looks more like Marvel Vs Capcom 2. It's a very good game with insane sick combos. I'm still learning the ropes but I think I can 'git good' at it with a little more practice. I focus on just playing single player and arcade mode for now.
     Well that's all folks! Let me know what games you've been playing lately in the comments section. Is there any games that I should be playing? I know one of them is definitely Undertale, I might pick that up before the Steam Winter sale ends.