86maylin

Not much games yet again cuz I fell into the hole called Monster Hunter World. xD Thankfully it did make me want to play more games, plus school has started so I don’t feel like shit when playing games since I am doing something productive now.

2018 September update

Cryptocurrency Clicker

89.9 hours of playtime, 51 of 51 achievements
Personal rating: 3.5/10
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It's just a random clicker game with no reset mechanic and (before update when I first played it)no offline progression. What more do you want me to say? :P Playtime mostly idled cuz no offline progression. *shrug*

The Deer

5 minutes of playtime, 0 of 0 achievements
Personal rating: 4/10
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This is a game? Of some sort. There's a total of 3 mini games with about 5 minutes content. You can pass it off as an educational game, but I'm really confused as to the target audience's age. Content wise, it's suited for little kids, but educational wise, it throws lots of professional words at you with large paragraphs(considering the age). I just don't think it works for anyone. I don't dislike it per say, but I don't think it's a good game.

Cube Escape: Paradox Chapter 1

1.1 hours of playtime, 13 of 28 achievements
Personal rating: 7.5/10(6.5/10)
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Another multi-score game, I'll explain down below. I originally found this game on mobile. After finishing it and jumping on here to write reviews, I decided to check if there's a steam version(for the thumbnail, since a lot of the mobile games I covered before has a steam port). It turns out, there is! It's free and it even has achievements~So I decided to play the game again on PC, cuz why not? I'll list my reviews on mobile and PC respectively.

First off, I played the mobile version with no sounds since one, I'm too lazy to use a ear bud(since I was eating dinner) and two, it turns out that this is quite a spooky one so I'm too afraid to play with sounds. This is quite a cool escape room puzzle, with rather direct puzzle logic which I really like. There's also occasional jumpscares and spookieness. To be honest I got quite spooked when playing the game. The last part when you walk in snow reminds me especially of the game "Year Walk" that I started for the last monthly but quickly abandoned due to being too scary. Really liked it.

Now, as for the steam playthrough, since I'm playing on PC, and it's the second time so I'll know where the scares are, I decided to play with sounds on. Oh boy, did I realize sounds make all the difference, and how bad sound effects totally ruins the mood. The major jumpscare parts all uses really old fashion jumpscare sound(not good ones, mind you), and pick up and use item sound effects are all so silly sounding that they took me out of the mood instantly. Voice acting could also use some more work. As for the good part, I really like the background music. It has this chill feeling that soothes you and won't annoy you when you're solving puzzles. It would've worked really well if the game has proper creepy ambiance sound effect, cuz it'll be totally unexpected and you'll be on edge at critical parts(like I was when playing on mobile). There's also some parts that nailed the ambiance sound(like when drinking vials) and the background music is pretty good when you're out in the snow(albeit a bit too strong, making it feel like it's trying too hard). So oddly enough it's a horror game where no sound is scarier than with sounds. Quite disappointed.

Another thing to note is that this is a direct port from mobile, meaning they didn't change any controls for PC. It obviously feels very much like a mobile game, with the arrows clicking to the side and when scrolling through the person's info card you have to drag and it's really weird. Overall not a bad game, especially since it's free. I would recommend playing without sounds(I guess imagination and unknown really is the most scary thing), and preferably on phone. Give it a try if you like these kinda games.

Pixel Puzzles 2: Anime

10.4 hours of playtime, 27 of 27 achievements
Personal rating: 3.5/10
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I really don't like this one. The main reason is it doesn't allow me to turn off piece rotation. I play jigsaw puzzle games just cuz I can assemble the pieces without worrying about its orientation. If I wanted to do one with rotation I would rather go and do one from my actual jigsaw puzzle backlog. Another thing is playing jigsaw puzzles on PC kinda hurts my wrist since you hold left click for so long. For a while I don't really have a proper computer chair so my hands are always slightly upwards, thus resulting in my wrist pain. But now I got a computer chair my posture is much better. Other than that, not much else to say about this. I did use the cheats that I mentioned before.

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Cece09

i know how you felt about pixel puzzles, my wrist is hurting after finished undeadz. so much holding down and with so much looking like each other piece alot of clicking and dragging. whole lot of hurt right now

86maylin

It really does hurt if I play for too long. :/ Wish there’s a toggle drag mode where you click once and the piece sticks to you, and then click another time to drop it so it’s less holding.
My next one is undeadz soooooooo that’s gonna suck. ^^; Thankfully I’ve tuned down on that kinda games and only finish one puzzle from time to time.

Cece09

oh you get to fight zombies while puzzling in that one. so you did anime now undeadz i did undeadz and currently doing anime XD cant say i like the rotation either