Elvidur

SHORT UPDATE!

Hello there! I am advancing in some games, but some problems happened IRL and I have a lot of work, so not a lot of time…

Half-Life 2
BLACKLISTER #99

Train Valley 2

9/10
36 hours
0 of 63 achievements

I LOVED this game! I received it for free with a bundle choice last year, and I did not think about it, but it seems I was totally wrong. This is a management/puzzle hybrid, in which you must send trains with resources to fulfil the demands in each level. For example: Send people to log camp –> Send logs to board factory –> Send boards to city. This seems very simple at the beginning, but starts getting fairly complex by mid-end game.

GOOD

  • Graphics are marvelous, animation is kinda childish, appealing directly to your inner child. I played all game in normal time speed, only to see those trains run along the tracks, those little factories expelling smoke…

  • Game is very long, with 50 levels + 20 levels in a DLC (Did not play). Also have a lot of community created levels in the workshop, increasing replayability

  • Gameplay is simple but fun, and scaling difficulty makes it good for everyone. Excepting some very few levels, it’s not possible to lose a scenario, so skill entry level is low, but it can be quite challenging to get those 5 stars in some of the levels.

  • Music is quite nice, again with playful tones. Those train sounds are really cute.

BAD

  • Track placement can be finicky and obstrusive some sometimes

  • Due to previous point, some of the extra challenges in some levels become very annoying (Don’t destroy any tracks, for example)

I really recommend this game to everyone.

I also abandoned 2 games from the 100 challenge :_(

Half-Life 2
BLACKLISTER #39

Spintires®

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0 hours
0 of 77 achievements

I checked on this game and it seems it’s an old version of the newer MudRunners, which I also have. The game is conceptually the same (Developer created a new IP due to some shady stuff from the distributor), so I will just support and play only the developer current version.

Half-Life 2
BLACKLISTER #29

Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor

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0 hours
0 of 44 achievements

I did not understand this. It’s ugly, confusing and annoying to play. Uninstalled very fast, this game was obviously not for me : )

That’s all for today, happy gaming!

Lengray

I did not understand this. It’s ugly, confusing and annoying to play.

Exactly my impression when I played this game last year on itch.io. How it gets a “mostly positive” rating is beyond me.

Elvidur

I think it’s rating is due to low review count in steam, but still weird…