April Review

• Cursed
  

  5 hours playtime

  12 of 12 achievements

• BoneBone: Rise of the Deathlord
  

  3 hours playtime

  18 of 18 achievements

• PAYDAY 2
  

  9 hours playtime

  16 of 1076 achievements

• Rakuen
  

  10 hours playtime

  15 of 15 achievements

• Aeon Command
  

  6 hours playtime

  10 of 10 achievements

• BalanCity
  

  5 hours playtime

  10 of 28 achievements

• Dropsy
  

  8 hours playtime

  30 of 30 achievements

• Runes
  

  14 hours playtime

  12 of 12 achievements

• The Little Acre
  

  3 hours playtime

  27 of 27 achievements

• Hue
  

  6 hours playtime

  12 of 13 achievements

• Dying Light
  

  16 hours playtime

  11 of 68 achievements

Cursed is like a HOG without the HO Scenes. BoneBone is a poor mobile port.

I won Payday 2 after being convinced it was a different kind of FPS, but there doesn’t seem to be a point to it besides having more money. I gave it a try and am considering it beaten because, as far as I can tell, I have seen everything the game has to offer, just not at its hardest levels of difficulty. I’m sure it would be fun if goals were more obvious (I spent most of the time having no idea what to do), and if I had more dedicated time to be able to coordinate scheduled and play multiplayer.

Rakuen was bundled too soon, as I probably would have purchased it during a good sale. I can’t complain about the price, and it was very enjoyable, exactly as I was expecting.

Aeon Command is strategy light, perhaps multiplayer would provide a challenge. BalanCity was quirky but enjoyable, but would crash just too much. The developer has acknowledged physics bugs but apparently hasn’t decided to address or even exception capture them. I would like to play it more, but simply can’t play most levels. Dropsy is intentionally strange and I enjoyed it about on par with other point & clicks.

Runes is a nice, cheap puzzle game that has gotten very little attention. The Little Acre is a little short but still enjoyable. Hue is a fun puzzle-platformer that I would have liked to explore more if it didn’t force you to do everything a second time in order to do so.

Dying Light was a surprise direct gift a little while ago. I once again don’t understand the appeal of the first-person perspective - it’s so much harder to see your surroundings (and your own feet even). I am giving this genre another chance, and while I don’t prefer the point of view, and the game can be painfully difficult with such weak weapons and strong opponents, I am finding it exhilarating at times and overall enjoyable. I have not yet decided if I will play more than the main story.

Finally, I knew I needed to reclassify my unplayed/never played games and was going to wait until I had been fully tracking progress for a year but it was bothering me so much I had to address it. Obviously, there is a significant change in classification, but overall my “finished” games vs “unfinished” games continues to (slowly) get better.

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