Activities
Yesterday
- Here i close december already as not much time with the incoming festivities. This was a good year with 95 games beaten (not a completionist, i prefer to have a chance to try as much of my backlog as possible).
Letβs sail to next year ! Merry Christmas to you all π and happy new year ! π₯³ wish you a lot of fresh gaming experiences, a lot of fun and discoveries !
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Mostly completed or played - December 2025
- Puzzleforge was a really nice alternative to Triple Town, not exactly the same but interesting too, will probably play it again for fun occasionally
The pedestrian
6 hours, 10 of 10 achievements
Urban Jungle
5 hours, 23 of 23 achievements
Puzzle Forge Dungeon
9 hours, 6 of 18 achievements
Won on steamgifts
- Batman : Arkham Origins - proof : (part of review that i wrote to the gifter) Iβve been very surprised by the game. A really good one, much better than expected, mix of stealth that i like a lot like SplinterCell, and beat-em-all really difficult for me, as itβs basically rythm phases pushing buttons really quick withβ¦ my foot (from a disability). It was still extremely fun ! In fact i forgot the time. The story and characters were truely really dark but that was an extremely good story. Frightening but really great. Strangely, probably the most similar game to beloved Watch_Dogs 1 : justice, stealth, hacking, semi-open world, even the βUbisoft-like towersβ that we have to turn on as checkpoints. Though i almost gave up multiple times, fighting extremely strong boss. Then the game was an almost Nioh, and i was like WTF.
In the end i finished the main scenario, and most of the secondary missions : anarky, penguin, deadshot, mad hatter, bird, shiva, black mask. Just remains a loooot of fedex : Enigma and escaped prisoners.
Last surprise, the game was very Christmas-themed with a lot of christmas trees and decorations. Funny as Christmas comes really soon.
Batmanβ’: Arkham Origins
33 hours, 17 of 60 achievements
December/January theme - Mind your business
- Ship inc was a chore
- Ale Abbey was grindy but interesting and really relaxing, much better than Potioncraft
Ship, Inc.
10 hours, 48 of 48 achievements
Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon
28 hours, 50 of 56 achievements
In progress - plan for next month
- Occasionally : CoH3 (still intend to slowly finish this one), Swat Commander & New Heights (early-access), Isonzo (multiplayer), Top Spin 2K25
Company of Heroes 3
23 hours (no playtime this month), 10 of 24 achievements
SWAT Commander
8 hours (no playtime this month), 16 of 51 achievements
Isonzo
4 hours (no playtime this month), 5 of 49 achievements
TopSpin 2K25
7 hours, 5 of 39 achievements
New Heights
4,6 hours, 9 of 47 achievements
Need for Speedβ’ Unbound
2 hours (1h this month), 3 of 41 achievements
Two Point Museum
21 hours, 12 of 44 achievements
Have fun for next month !
Dec 22 2025
Ninglors Log 420
December Progress:
6
PPU monthly:
done
December Additions:
43
Games finished this week:
Cats of the Yuan Dynasty 
1 hours, 100 of 100 achievements
Present from 2025
Blackthorne's Manor
1 hours, no achievements
Free - obv as a different Pic -.-
Cats of the Tang Dynasty
0 hours, 100 of 100 achievements
Gift from 2025
Stray Cats in Cozy Town
1 hours, 10 of 10 achievements
Won/Gifted Games:
Shashingo β Ty Senses <3
Faircroft Antiques: Treasures of Treffenburg β Ty Sword <3
Faircroftβs Antiques: The Heir of Glen Kinnoch β Ty Sword <3
Fearbonding β Ty Marisa <3
Furry Shades of Gay 3 β Ty Vot4l <3
Hidden Cats in Berlin β Ty xxxka <3
Hidden Cats in Santaβs Realm - Ty Jaded <3
House Ghost β Ty Santa Cece <3
Killer Frequency β Ty Sky <3
Shy Dogs Orchestra β Ty Vot4l
Tales of the Shire β Ty Santa Cece <3
Escape Machine City: Airborne β Ty Adam <3
Marvelβs Guardian of the Galaxy β Ty Scarlet Bunny <3
Nobodies: Silent Blood β Ty Mortvie <3
Clai Obscur: Expedition 33
Bewitching Sinners
Plot Twist
On your Tail β Ty D-Dino <3
HIDDEN CATS IN TOKYO β Ty Menels <3
HIDDEN CATS IN RIO DE JANEIRO β Ty Menels <3
TRAP SHRINE β Ty Care <3
STAR TREK: RESURGENCE β Ty Kubi <3
Alpha Protocol β Ty Sam <3
Fossil Corner β Ty Sam <3
Cats oft he Tang Dynasty β Ty Sam <3
SherloCAT Holmes Nonogram β Ty Sam <3
Seashell β Ty Vinro <3
Pawsome hidden cats β Ty Kyog <3
Cats in the forbidden City β Ty Kyog <3
Hidden Cats in Paris β Ty Tewam <3
Lies of P β Ty Moony <3
The Technomancer β Ty Sword <3
Strange Investigations: Becoming CE β Ty Sword <3
House of Legacy β Ty Nunya <3
Bought Games:
Blackthorneβs Manor
Strange Antiquities
Currently playing:
Ps: Counter might be wrong. I give up.
Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays!
Queen Ninglor
Dec 20 2025
20 December 2025 | S25E10
Dec 19 2025
December Assassination #5 (SG Win)
Please consider liking my review on Steam - it means a lot to me!
F.E.A.R. 3 is a disappointment, both as a FEAR game but as well as a standalone shooter. Released six years after the original, it manages to look worse and play worse, so kudos to Warner Bros for managing to mangle such a fantastic series. You know it's a 2011 shooter when they introduce you to cover mechanics before they teach you to slow-mo, because now there's regen health, and because of that piss filter and bloom plastered all over your screen.
If FEAR 1 is perfect and FEAR 2 is decent, FEAR 3 is waste of your time. Gone are the tactical elements that marked the first game, and the horror elements that were strong throughout the entire series. In are more non-humanoid enemies that are, again, a chore to deal with, and humanoid enemies that have no sense of self-preservation and sometimes are just bullet sponges requiring four or five headshots to go down. Gone is your own sense of survival, replaced by regenerating health bs. Gone are the three weapon options that allow you to be ready for any range of combat, in are two weapon slots with ammo constantly running out. Gone is the booster systems that reward exploration with improved combat options, in is a pseudo-ranking score / forced-challenge crap that rewards you with things you should have from the start. It feels that walking forward grants you achievements, then turning left unlocks a new one, and then turning right unlocks a level up. All of that super meaningless, undoubtedly inspired by the AAA gaming trends of the day. Give me a break.
If there's one addition I need to praise here is the slide kick - if almost reminds me of good movement shooters, and allowed me to imagine what this game could have been. The level design lacks the looping characteristic of the original game, but they are varied and pleasant enough.
Ah, there's an attempt at a plot, but at this point no one cares (including the writers) and neither should you
Dec 18 2025
Two-Week Report: December
KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX- 
Kingdom Hearts 1 Completed, Re: Chain of Memories Beaten. I've already done these two before so I decided to go a bit harder this time and do the Unchanging Armor achievement alongside Undefeated on Proud Mode. I'll never look at equipment in this game the same way again after that. The numbers in this game are deceptively small, and you wouldn't think they'd matter so much, but they do. You'll be doing chip damage and dying in two hits the entire game even if you picked the shield, which I did. Not getting MP Rage until level 90 is suffering. Dying at the very end of Hades Cup, Final Rest and World of Chaos/Ansem 3 is suffering. Everything is a slog, even more of a slog than Re: Chain of Memories. I'm proud of the achievement but man did it just⦠take a long time.
Given that it feels like one out of every three games on Steam is a roguelike deckbuilder now, I wanna ask if people who enjoy those games think Re:CoM is any good. It's by no means the worst game I've ever played but I'm pretty sure I'd still rather play Devil May Cry 2. Riku is pretty fun to play, duels clicked with me, but with Sora (whose entire story you have to play first to unlock Riku) it feels like the entire premise of the game is learning how to cheese bosses for free. If you try to actually play Kingdom Hearts, and let the bosses do things, you're not going to be allowed to have any fun because your cards will get broken randomly and you'll take damage instantly. If you solve that problem, you're hitting a sandbag until you win because only one attacking card or sleight can be "in play" at once. I never found a style with Sora where winning actually felt deserved. I did it, in the end, but it still feels like I'm missing something, because playing without sleights almost feels like playing Kingdom Hearts, but if revenge values randomized every second just to troll you, and playing with sleights makes the boss fights free unless they get lucky, draw a lot of zeros in a row and deck you out. Maybe people who like card games enjoy luck being a primary factor, but I generally don't. Level 99 with two characters is going to be a huge grind, too.
Update #7: October-Decemberr 2025
Itβs been a while! Iβm so close to finishing The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, but I think it wonβt be over until next year. Iβve palying Necesse and obsessed over Astrea for a little while. Hereβs my last update for the year.
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Completed
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PictoQuest
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We Were Here
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Cats Organized Neatly
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Meow Moments: Celebrating Together
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Beaten
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Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
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SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER
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An Arcade Full of Cats
Dec 17 2025
Canβt get more Noir than strict black and white
White Night is a short-ish adventure horror game. Set in (where else?) a haunted mansion, you spend most of your time solving adventure-style puzzles, and reading notes about the history of the place and its inhabitants
The unique feature here is the art style, which is (almost) purely black and white. The gameplay is fundamentally designed around this too, requiring you to constantly light matches in order to navigate around. Some of the puzzles get creative with this mechanic of light and shadow, but not really as much as they could have
The dark atmosphere is well done; claustrophobic design & moody soundscape, backed by limited character actions and restricted saving. Unfortunately, the jank cuts in to this with frustration, mainly centered around controlling the main character
The fixed camera angles is the main - but not the only - cause of this. It's a shame, because i understand that fixed camera angles were probably so useful for crafting the oppressive atmosphere here, but so often it felt like i was fighting to control the main character between those camera angles
Overall, a decent game, with good atmosphere, but with some frustrating controls, and perhaps a bit bare in the "stuff-to-do" area
Completed December 2025:
157.3 hours playtime
19 of 19 achievements
Dec 16 2025
Ninglors Log 419
December Progress:
2
PPU monthly:
done
December Additions:
7
Games finished this week:
Anno 2205
76 hours, 164 of 198 achievements
Won/Gifted Games:
Monster Lover 2 β Ty Zel <3
Bought Games:
Currently playing:
So much from me :3
Have a lovely week!
Queen Ninglor
Dec 12 2025
Report #77
Well, I gave up on beating my backlog and activated all keys from my hidden shadow backlog of unused keys. My completed games shrank from 60% to 17% :D
Ultimately it was a good thing though, because some keys did not work anymore and that surely would not have improved with more time going by. And now Iβm completely free of any kind of hidden backlog. In addition, even with my old backlog I was not expecting to finish my backlog in the next decadeβ¦ Consequently I adjusted my goals. From now on I will concentrate on reducing my unfinished and beaten games, without taking my unplayed games into consideration. I think thatβs still a big task but much more realistic than finishing more than 1000 unplayed games! At the moment Iβm at a combined 98 games in the unfinished and beaten category. For the remainder of 2025 my goal is just to stay under 100 games. For 2026 I donβt know yet. Iβm unsure how to handle games with broken achievements though, like Omerta for example, where the Multiplayer does not work anymore and the corresponding achievements are unobtainable. Those games would stay forever in the beaten category, but if there is no legitimate way to get remaining achievement, arenβt they completed by all means?
In the last months I played quite a few free demos and prologues to test out a few interesting looking games. Anyways, here is my list of games from the second half of 2025:
Completed Games
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Survival Horror #8,436
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Intravenous 2: Mercenarism
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Caribbean Crashers
0.3 hours playtime
no achievements
Rating: β β βββ
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Deiland
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Summer in Mara Prologue
0.4 hours playtime
no achievements
Rating: β β β ββ
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The RPG: My First Dungeon Smells
3.1 hours playtime
no achievements
Rating: β β βββ
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Hero's Hour
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SiN Gold
13.4 hours playtime
no achievements
Rating: β β β β β
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Puzzle Chambers
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Away
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Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue
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Escape from Ever After: Onboarding
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Half-Life: Cross Product
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Day of the Dino
0.7 hours playtime
no achievements
Rating: β ββββ
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Warlander
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt
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Tiny Battles: Prologue
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Sherlock Holmes: The Secret of the Silver Earring
7.5 hours playtime
no achievements
Rating: β β β β β
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Darwinia
9.9 hours playtime
no achievements
Rating: β β β β β
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Portal 2
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Death Roads: Tournament Prologue
0.9 hours playtime
no achievements
Rating: β β β β β
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MirrorMoon EP
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Dungeon Tycoon: Prologue
1.9 hours playtime
no achievements
Rating: β β β ββ
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My Friend Peppa Pig
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Uplink
4.7 hours playtime
no achievements
Rating: β β βββ
Some games stood out to me:
- SiN, an ancient shooter from 1998, which was great fun despite its age.
- Darwinia, a RTS which is really unlike any other RTS. The age definitely shows and I think it's good that the game is rather short, but it is some really unique gameplay.
- Portal 2, where I finally managed to finish the Coop after almost 12 years!
Iβm happy to elaborate further if you have any questions, but Iβm trying to cut down on meta-gaming, so I wonβt do longer reviews anymore.
Happy backlog clearing,
Vito
2025 goals -> Unfinished + Beaten: 98/100