RikkiUW

August '20 Play Log

Not much progress. I haven’t been in the mood for games for the last few weeks. I’ve been reading a lot instead. I finished the entire Enchanting Enquiries collection by Sam Cheever. They were absolutely hilarious and I highly recommend them. Recently started the Ministry of Curiosities series.


Depopulation

Depopulation

3/10
56 minutes playtime
  no achievements

I think the goal of the game - to show that we have to live in harmony with the environment - is a noble one. I also thing this this game falls far short of that. Your goal is to take over the world before pollution reaches certain limits. These limits appear to be arbitrary. On easy mode this game quickly turns into little more than a clicker. The interface is also very bad. Trying to find the few tiny countries you haven’t taken over is like looking for a needle in a haystack. The ‘happiness’ requirements also don’t really make much sense.

SG win played for PAGYWOSG. Pretty bad. The only game I beat this month.


Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin

6 hours playtime,  3 of 38 achievements (7.89%)


Unfinished and abandoned ages go. I liked the idea of this game, but I dislike frustrating games which was exactly what this was. It wouldn’t have been so bad except that enemies/bosses in the game have been changed since released, which as far as I’m concerned is a huge no-no. Sometimes it felt less like skill and more like luck. Either way, I wasn’t enjoying it so I dropped it.


The Walking Dead: Season Two

3 hours playtime,  0 of 40 achievements (0%)


Started for PoP. I think this is the 4th time it’s been selected. Yes, I dropped it despite everyone loving it, and before even getting any achievements. It was sitting in my to-play-soon pile for weeks before I finally forced myself to start it. The very opening scene is like ‘hurray, things are looking up a tiny bit… NOT’. I dislike depressing games. I realized I just really didn’t want to play it. So despite it supposedly being good, into the won’t play pile it goes.


Moved to Won't Play

I also went through my Never Played list and marked a bunch I knew I was unlikely to enjoy as Won’t Play. There’s no way I’ll ever be able to finish all of my unplayed games anyway, so no point wasting time on those.


That’s pretty much it. I got the last achievements I had missed in Life is Strange: Before the Storm and Rusty Lake Roots. I’m still playing Mad Games Tycoon and Aragami. Hopefully I can beat them both this month, but TBH I’m not holding my breath.