Quarantine Game Binging Update!

First off, I didn't know this giant banner things was a feature. I only noticed when I saw everyone else using it. It's really neat.

I've already beaten and reviewed Stardew Valley. It's one of my favorite games and I didn't even know I liked farming sims. It's just so much fun. Making friends, mining for materials, growing crops and buying animals. Discovering new places, attending events, waiting for each update, etc.

I'm on year 3 on my single-player profile so I decided to see if my boyfriend and work friend wanted to play it with me. They agreed and the rest was history. We are having a blast and getting through quarantine together. Stardew Valley has been a huge stress reliever for me and I'm glad.

The multiplayer is just as good as the single-player in almost every way. You can choose to share the money, but you also have to each seperatly buy house upgrades, tool upgrades, etc. They days go by faster since you can't pause at any point, which is why were already on year 4. Each player that isn't the host gets their own little cabin that they can upgrade and decorate. Each person can also date a spouse meaning extra extra help on the farm. Overall, its fun to be able to sort out our tasks separately and get things done.

There have been several updates since I last played. There are new monsters, new items, and new story quests. Mods are now aplenty. We downloaded the Stardew Valley expanded and a lot of other mods.

Overall, this game is a gem. A kind soul bought it for me when it was barely out of early access and it's amazing to see how far it's come. If you haven't bought this yet, I definitely recommend it!

This is one of the free games that was given out due to Covid. I installed it because, why not? It's free.
As soon as I loaded up the game it asked me if I want to enable achievements. Hell yeah, why wouldn't I?

BOOM 100 ACHIEVEMENTS SPAM!

all joking aside this is an achievement grabbing game. As soon as you load it up you get around 100 free achievements for doing nothing. Letters, numbers and symbols. The rest of the game is… not great. It's a racing game but it plays like an old flash game. It's clanky, not fun and way too easy. I got all the achievements and beat more than half of the levels in 30 minutes.

As far as achievement games go, this one at least has gameplay, but it's not enjoyable without the promise of all the achievements.
Personally I wouldn't recommend this even for free because I really don't like these games. I'm not an achievement hunter but I still think it takes the fun out of earning one. Everyone has their own opinion though, and if you're looking for a game to decorate your profile then check it out. It was free after all.

This is another good game if you want a lot of achievements. It does have some pretty fun gameplay though.

There isn't really anything special or unique about Lovers' Smiles, but it can be a fun relaxing game. It's a puzzle game where you have to draw line's to get one smiling emoji to the other. Sometimes the smiles are in the air so you have to draw a single line to connect the two. I'm awful at these physics games, but that made it fun to figure the puzzles out.

For free, the game was a nice little break from my more intense games. For one dollar, it's still worth it. You know what you're getting into when you watch the trailer. Nothing less, nothing more.

I tried to play magicka on local multiplayer with my bf years ago and it wouldn't work. It kept kicking us over and over. My friend and I just beat it on online multiplayer, and sadly it was even worse.

Magicka is a fun little fantasy game where you can combine different elements to make spells. The game is comedic, goofy, and a lot of fun. Fighting enemies while trying out different spells was a unique experience. Friendly fire was a thing which made the game harder but way more hilarious. The story was pretty non existent but it didn't really matter because it was just fun to go around blasting things with thunderbolt.

Speaking of thunderbolt, that spell was. the. best.

We would thunderbolt like 90% of the enemies and it would kill them instantly. It was still hard because of the amount of enemies it threw at you, but thunderbolt was our best friend. We legitimately both thunderbolted the final boss to death before he could even attack. Than we went back and played the normal way to see what his move sets were.

but enough of the rambling. Magicka is a very fun, but sadly it's very broken. It had a lot of bugs. We couldn't see our spells some times, we'd die randomly, we wouldn't be able to move, we'd turn invisible, we'd disconnect CONSTANTLY. I think he got kicked twice a level.

If you are going to purchase magicka, due it at an insanely discounted price. It's a lot of fun but its so broken. It's sad to see. I wish the developer could go back to fix it, but I know budget could be an issue. Hope they can get to it one day.

And the saga continues…

This time my bf joined in so we had a three person game. Fortunately this game didn't have a connectivity problem or that would have been triple the pain.

Magicka 2 changes some things up from the original game. The graphics look better and the spells are a lot cooler. There is a quick slot now so you can quickly cast a spell if you're bad at memorization (me). You don't really find the spells as much now and they are just given to you at the end of each chapter. It is kind of a bummer but you do get more spells.

and you wouldn't believe it… they took out thunderbolt. Our favorite OP spell was just… gone. It took me half the game to get over it.

Magicka 2 is a lot less broken though. There are some bugs but not many and it functions a lot better as a game. I was really excited about it, but it turned out to be… less fun? It had less charm and it threw way to enemies out at a time. It was stressful as hell. Every battle felt like a boss fight. The first game had some problems with pacing. It was too easy and too hard at times. But this game just throws a million enemies at you after every step you take. It was more exhausting then fun.

There is an actual story in this game, and it's alright. Not the main focus but I was glad they added one. The outfits are more unique. We were a little sad it didn't have the same type of outfits though. Like, in the first game my friend wore one that let him heal by electricity. I wish they had something like that. I did like how they looked though and you could change the colors. The Robin Hood outfit was a personal favorite.

Overall the game is okay. It's just a crap ton of battling and then its over. It's a lot shorter, like 6 to 7 hours. The final boss is more unique (but so hard and frustrating!). But I liked it, it was different.

Overall Magicka 2 wasn't as fun as the first one imo. It is a better game as far as functionality though. Both are fun, and it's the one that works, so I'll take it. I'd recommend it on sale. I got it for three dollars and I think that was a fair price.

I played this for my PoP challenge. This is my first Tomb Raider game (since the N64) and it was really good!

You play as Lara Croft as she sets off on an expedition. Problem is, her and the rest of the group get stranded on an island. Just like the tv show Lost, this island just aint right and they find themselves fighting for their life.

First of all, no spoilers but this game is darker then I thought. I thought Tomb Raider was like a cute exploration game. I didn't realize it had a much darker tone. I really liked it though, felt more realistic.

The graphics still look beautiful. It must have looked fantastic back in 2013, because it still holds up today. The gameplay is enjoyable. I played the Uncharted series so I already love climbing and high stakes action scenes. I love the levels that have you running away from a collapsing building or a large fire. You could customize your weapons and abilities which I loved. I actually prefer a lot of linear games over open world so this fit that criteria perfectly.

The story was interesting and the characters were likable. I wish I got to know the characters more. Even though it's an origin story, I felt like I was thrown into the middle of the story a little bit. Everyone knew eachother well and I didn't get to really learn about them. But they were all unique and I didn't want anything to happen to any of them.

If I had to have one gripe with the game it would be the puzzles. A lot of them were illogical, downright difficult, or just didn't give enough hints. Once I looked them up I was like ooooooh, but before then, it's really hard to figure them out. Some were downright tedious. But with google available, I didn't care much.

Overall I really enjoyed Tomb Raider. I might have to check the sequels out. Does anyone know if they new one that just came out part of this series or was there another reboot? I recommend this on on sale or off. it's a fun game. If you got it for free like I did, then give it a try!

yay, I finally did it. I played the first Mass Effect. Dragon Age Origins is one of my all time favorite games, so it's about time I played this.

Mass Effect is a space rpg where you command a ship and crew and have to save the world. Meanwhile your choices effect the story.

I loved loved loved this game. The story was so engrossing I couldn't put the game down because I had to know what happened next. The characters were likable and some of the choices were hard but fair. I didnt love the gameplay. I didn't like the type of gameplay to begin with, and it felt old and outdated on top of it. I did love the futuristic feel though. I absolutely adored the amount of lore that went into each planet and species.

I loved learning about each character because each alien had a different culture. I really grew to love some of my crew because of how exciting their stories were. Tali was my favorite character. I also really liked Liara and Garrus. There were a lot of very annoying bugs, but I managed to look up a fix for each one

Sadly I didn't get to play any DLC because I got the games on steam. I also won't be able to play the Mass Effect 2 DLC's unless I rebuy the game on origin.

If anyone hasn't played yet and they enjoy choice based rpg's, then really give this a shot! It is outdated but the story and characters still hold up. Buy the games on origin though so you can get the dlcs.