Activities
Today
- A better month than expected, the heat wave is going to hit in the next few days but we now have shutters to keep us from roasting like fried chickens
Mostly completed or played - July 2026
- Finally finished Company of heroes 3 ! It was weird. Fun in short sessions, but hard to get motivated to finish it. Italy campaign is like a Total War without scenario. There is though a good North Africa side-campaign.- Short but really good board game K2, once you understand the rules it feels like climbing.
Dogpile
16 hours, 19 of 19 achievements
Company of Heroes 3
49 hours (15h this month), 19 of 24 achievements
K2: Digital Edition
6 hours, 13 of 15 achievements
AIRHEART - Tales of broken Wings
14 hours, 26 of 42 achievements
June/July theme - Beach Read
- Little Mouse’s Encyclopedia is a short walk with a few animals and plants. Every time you click, a short summary pops up, just like in the magazine “La Hulotte.” The little mouse is cute. I had to play twice to unlock all the achievements, and it was much faster and easier with a controller.- Storm Boy is a little story about a boy and his best friend a pelican. Short but very touching. On point game for this month theme.
- Beyond Blue, i was happy to see fish just like at the aquarium. Grinding through scanning fish isn't exactly thrilling, but great soundtrack though !
Little Mouse's Encyclopedia
2 hours, 20 of 20 achievements
Storm Boy
33 minutes, 11 of 11 achievements
Beyond Blue
5 hours, 30 of 30 achievements
In progress - plan for next month
- Received KCD2 from a friend for bday, so i jumped right into it, and also into another game he'd given me a long time ago Star wars squadrons (that is cool but multiplayer is empty now my fault i waited too long) - Tailor simulator is a win from SG, still early access with obvious issues but fun and original
STAR WARS™: Squadrons
12 hours, 2 of 47 achievements
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
17 hours, 5 of 83 achievements
Trench Lord: Eastern Front
2 hours, 5 of 78 achievements
Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
11 hours (no playtime this month), 14 of 45 achievements
Tailor Simulator
8 hours, 10 of 18 achievements
Have fun for next month !
July Assassination #2 (SG Win/ PoP Pick)
Please consider liking my review on Steam - it means a lot to me!
Black The Fall is a good, not great 2.5D side-scroller puzzle game that is decent, competent, but yet, probably not worth your time.
Starting with the pros -- the game has an incredible art direction and very frequently looks great. It is also short enough that it feels respectful of your time, and the puzzles frequently are quite good (not always thou), with gimmicks evolving as you move further into the game (from standalone laser pointer to controlling the robot, for instance). Most of the puzzles are physics-based and the physics are generally fine. All in all, it gives you a good time and is over before it gets too old.
That said, the flaws are very hard to ignore. Narrative-wise, the game is quite minimalistic, which is a nice way to say it has the shell of a story and that`s it. And I think that's a shame, because the universe is quite interesting and well realized, but the game refuses to explain who you are, what you are doing there, and why you should care, which lower the narratives stakes and leave a lot of value at the table. While I mentioned most puzzles are good, some are incredibly obtuse and sometimes hampered by the same great art direction, which obscures elements of the solution in plain sight. I ended up using a guide a few times (mostly on the second half), sometimes just to figure out the movement part of it (since movement in this game is reaaaally janky). It's a shame, because there are few things as frustrating as failing a puzzle because of poor movement (looking at you, Hue).
The game is not incredibly well optimized, frequently hovering around 30FPS in the same rig where I played Elden Ring and RDR2 at 60FPS. Soundtrack is basically non-existent and most cheevos are impossible to figure out in your first playthrough. Actually, I saw many comparisons between this game and Limbo/Inside, but for me the best comparison is with the Oddworld series -- both series ask you a lot of mechanical precision on a puzzle game yet fail to deliver a satisfying movement system, and both series ask you to die a lot in order to learn enemy movements and timing, which is a really cheap progression system.
All in all, if you have this game in your library you might as well play it, but if you don't, I wouldn't buy it.
Jul 25 2026
#423
#33 of 2026
July 26, 2026
Jul 22 2026
#422
#32 of 2026
July 22, 2026
So head into the comments and get challenged to get some games removed from the backlog before the next big title gets released (or delayed)
For Pickers. Just copy paste and complete the data :)
* [GAME#1](http://store.steampowered.com/app/GAME#1-ID/) - HLTB Time: GAME#1-HLTBTIME
* [GAME#2](http://store.steampowered.com/app/GAME#2-ID/) - HLTB Time: GAME#2-HLTBTIME
* [GAME#3](http://store.steampowered.com/app/GAME#3-ID/) - HLTB Time: GAME#3-HLTBTIME
* [GAME#4](http://store.steampowered.com/app/GAME#4-ID/) - HLTB Time: GAME#4-HLTBTIME
* [GAME#5](http://store.steampowered.com/app/GAME#5-ID/) - HLTB Time: GAME#5-HLTBTIME
- Please make sure your games are sorted by completion before applying.
- If you so desire and you have at least 5 unplayed SG wins, the 5 games can be picked out of your SG wins (instead of only 2/5). Just note it in your application comment.
- Note in your post if you're ok playing multiplayer only games.
- Same for Early Access (I know some people want to wait for release).
- When you finish one (or more) of the games picked for you, please post an update by replying to your picker's comment.
- If the game has achievements, you can link to either the Steam or Astats page corresponding to your progress.
- If the game doesn't have achievements, please post a screenshot showing your completion.
- Finally, if you have completed all the games that were assigned to you but want another go at it, feel free to post another application.
- You can pick for/challenge up to 2 fellow assassins, please refrain to pick more so everybody who wants get a chance at it.
- You can pick for anybody who has applied and hasn't been given a list yet, unless they specified otherwise (see next point). It is recommended to signal with a "reserved" comment that you're currently picking for that person. This way it'll avoid the situation where you spend time picking games just to come back to somebody's comment 2 minutes prior.
- Please use the following criteria when picking a list for somebody.
- Pick exactly 5 games
- Length-wise: at least 2 short games (under 10h to beat) and 2 medium (under 15-20h). You can use HLTB to check the time, or more conveniently the Enhanced Steam browser extension (it shows the HLTB time directly on the game's steam page). That rule can be overridden by the bottom (i.e. pick 5 short games) but not the other way around, as not everybody has the same time to dedicate to gaming.
- Pick two SG wins unless the person specified SG wins only, in which case pick only in the applicant's SG wins list.
- Quality-wise: at least 3 of the 5 games should have a positive (or above) rating. You can use this site to quickly sort games in a user's library by ratings (thanks to JaffaCaffa for the suggestion).
- Please, respect the applicant's choice regarding multiplayer-only and Early access games, as well as other requests (exclusion of certain genre etc.).
- Please use the code below to post your comment, it's already formatted, you just have to copy/paste & complete the data.
Do I have to participate in this event?
No, this is an event to help you reduce your backlog. If you already have a plan and don't want anyone to pick games for you, you're free to ignore it.
What happens if I don’t participate in the event?
Absolutely nothing.
What happens if I play all the games picked for me this month?
Still nothing. (You might get a shiny profile badge at some later date. And you can come back for another batch.)
What if I don’t have time to play 5 games?
Don’t worry, one is enough, we’re just asking the pickers to select 5 to give the player a little choice.
One of the game picked for me won’t run on my computer for X or Y reason, what do I do?
If this happens, please notify the picker by replying his comment and ask them to pick a replacement. If the original picker don’t give you an answer within 24h, don’t panic, just leave a comment and we’ll pick one for you. Meanwhile, you could try one of the other picked games if you haven't played them all yet.
I played all 5 games that were picked for me and I want more!
If you have completed all 5 games and reported your completion to the original comment, you can make a new request for another list.
When picking for other people, can I only pick “never played” games?
Not necessarily, you can also pick games that seem to have been abandoned but haven’t been categorized as “won’t play”. No beaten or completed games, or games being currently played obviously.
Why are there so many rules for picking the games? I can’t be bothered!
We’re trying to make this enjoyable for everyone so if you decide to pick games for others, please read and follow the rules. I’ve tried to make it as easy as possible for the pickers too, but if it’s bothering you too much, remember you don’t need to pick games for others to join the challenge.
I’m new here, can I join the challenge?
Yes of course (and welcome to BLAEO). Please just be sure to have your games sorted by progress before signing up for the challenge, to make it easier for your picker.
Jul 20 2026
kingdom hearts 3 + remind stuff
128 hours, 51 of 51 achievements
but why?
TLDR: Probably the worst kingdom hearts out of all 3 (in comparison), still a good game.
Been wanting to buy the entire kh trilogy on steam for a long time, ended up doing it on summer sales, it was like 40-50€ for the complete collection which is nuts (and it was the ONLY game I bought on summer sales which is crazy).
Played the original and 1.5 2.5 on consoles so got some knowledge of the series, but had 0 knowledge of kh3.
In comparison, kh3 literally has everything the other kingdom heart games have, barely anything new.
My initial purpose was to get 100% achievements but started a normal difficulty save and figured out 60 hours in that I would have to throw that one into the bin due to exponential danger.
The biggest threat in terms of achievements for kh3 are the data battles. Late game 1v1 battles against overpowered enemies (organization XIII based) which puts your skills to tests.
KH2 data battles were fun, fair, enjoyable.
KH3 data battles are like x4 times harder than kh2 by default, and they "FORCED" the achievements community to use "PRO" codes (that enchance gameplay difficulty by another x10 by adding triggers like HP, MP drain, no ultimate combos.. no magic… 0 DEFENSE….) in order to get those achievements.
Also the game has 350 collectibles that u must get for the achievements (chests and stuff).
I spent like 4 days only for the data battles on BEGINNER MODE and lvl 99.
I also did 100%d kh1.5 but that's another future story.
I'm a little bit burn from kh rn so I dunno if i want to do another kh 100% yet.
Jul 19 2026
Another 100%. Great game.
#421
#31 of 2026
July 19, 2026
Jul 18 2026
#420
#30 of 2026
July 18, 2026
Jul 17 2026
Fun game and finally 100%ed.