ABC CHALLENGE – DELAYED KILLING
Hello, Friends! I have to tell you that I need a pitstop in the backlog killing. While I truly enjoy playing a lot of very good small games, there are a lot of other ones that are lacking something or are straight bullshit. As you all know this can be very tiring, even when you just ditch the crappy ones to the bin like I do. So I’m afraid I will slow down a bit on ABC challenge.
Let’s start overviewing a bit the last letter I killed: “V” for Valiant Hearts.
It has overwhelmly positive reviews on steam, and it was supposed to be an emotional little puzzle game with a story about WWI. This is an underutilized theme in videogames, and I like that they decided to go with that part of history, but the overall sensation it left me is that is very lacklustre. While characters are charming and story is not totally bad, the mood is totally broken by insultingly easy puzzles and too comical sections/bosses, which are totally out of context. This IMO wrong choice of pace makes the game feel non-cohesive and uninteresting, And for the emotional side… Well… It’s not on the same league as “To the moon” or “This war of mine” in terms of feelings.
It’s not a bad game, and the graphics and soundtrack are nice, but in the end it’s by no means a good game, I felt it’s overrated.
FINAL SCORE: 5/10 – DECENT
As I said, I grew tired of playing one indie/small game after another, and need to rest for a bit with a “stronger” title, so I decided to play the Nº 1 game from my “to play list”: The Witcher 3. So far it’s been an amazing experience, even with its flaws this is probably going to be one of the best games I’ve played in the recent years.
On the bright side, I took a very seriously look at my backlog list, and ditched another 15-20 games that I am not really interested in playing to the “Won’t play” category. This was very important for me because at this stage of the backlog killing I still want to play most of my list, still consisting in around 120 games. I also managed to reduce a bit the income of new titles to the library, which is also good.
I will try to get some ABC killing in between witchering sessions, but this game will probably take most of my gaming time until the end of the year.
So have fun, friends! I leave you the ABC farm picture!
Ahhh no how could you say mean things about valiant hearts, it has an adorable dog! Seriously though, I appreciated that they set a story during the events of WWI, but they couldn’t quite decide if it was a whimsical story with a cartoon villain or a serious commentary on life for ordinary citizens during WWI. But I still really enjoyed it…
Sorry mate! :(. Bur I felt that way about it, as you say it mixes badly seriousness with silly stuff, and that was totally uninmersive for me. Don’t hate me :(
Ah man, bleak that you were not that keen on Valiant Hearts. I thought it was an incredible little game :D Although everyone is different :D
The idea of killing games for each letter is a cool idea, makes choosing much easier.
I am on a journey to The Witcher 3, keen to finish 1 and 2 before though.
Good luck with the rest of the letter man :D
The witcher 1 and 2 are indeed very good games! Very recommended, althought 1 might be a bit older for modern times.