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Clean Up Time!

I just realized this year I’ve been getting way more games than I’ve played, so may is going to be a “clear up your backlog as much as possible” month. So far I beat the following games:

Sonya: The Great Adventure

4.9 hours, 26 of 31 achievements

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This was a decent HOG (though it’s pretty lackluster if you compare it with any Artifex Mundi HOG). One thing I liked about it is how the hint actually just gives you a hint instead of pointing out what to do or where to go. Of course not everything was positive; the “go back” button is set on the side of the screen instead of below, making things unnecessarily confusing, and also the lack of a map makes the backtracking quite annoying.

All in all it’s not a bad game, but it’s not better than many HOGs out there. Grab it if you find it in a cheap bundle, otherwise skip it.


Ember Kaboom

3.1 hours, no achievements

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This one was a short, simple and somewhat easy (save for one thing I’ll mention later) platformer. The art was cute and the music was nice (except the track that plays in the title screen, that one was painfully generic). The only issue I had with this game (and it was a big one) was that you’d randomly lose 2 lives instead of 1 in the second half. I don’t know if it’s a bug or something the devs made to make it artificially harder, but it annoyed me to no end and it’s the only reason why I’d tell you to not bother with this game.


Lamia's Game Room

4.2 hours, 12 of 12 achievements

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I have some mixed feelings about this game. On one hand they really nailed the game mechanics and the atmosphere (who would have thought the Old Maid could be so nerve wracking?). I also happened to like the titular character quite a bit. She’s such a sassy asshole you can’t help but like her. The game could have used an english native speaker to check out for grammar/spelling mistakes though, because there were a few times it was a bit hard to tell what they were trying to say and it broke the immersion.
It’s still a good game. Its length makes it ideal to play when you have some spare minutes or when you feel like playing a game but you’re not in the mood to commit to a medium-long game.