Jaded

Monthly Update: July 2023

So it's been another month already.. feels both very short and very long somehow.

Spent the majority of the month playing on the Steam Deck, with Fable Anniversary, Slay the Spire and Going Under.

Also bought two games this month!
So I guess I'm at 0 again in progress this month 😆


Played


Completed

Half-Life 2

Fable Anniversary

32.2 hours
50 of 50 achievements

I played the original version at release…nearly 20 years ago.
I don't remember much from then, just slaughtering the village to be able to buy the real estate haha.

Was actually a really fun game, and was a great experience on the Steam Deck.
I originally tried to play it on my PC, but the graphics really bugged me (and the black border on an UW monitor).

Heroic mode was painful in the first couple of hours, but was fairly simple after you get a few things (which means slaughtering villagers for EXP..). I abused the drain life skill for a lot of the game. Skorm's Bow made the last boss of the game really easy as well.

Beaten

Half-Life 2

Going Under

7.1 hours
13 of 23 achievements

Another fun game to play on the Steam Deck.
However, I do not have the patience needed to try 100% this game… likely another 15-20 hours, at least, to complete the game.

Played

I played approximately 20 hours of Slay the Spire this month, which I also played on the Steam Deck. Just very easy to pick up and play. BG3 play time so far is mostly just me trying the character creation...and a quick test with friends at using multiplayer, which has already ended in disaster. Not sure how we will manage to beat the game if this is representative of how it will go!

Backlog

Bought

So I bought a couple games this month.. Avengers on sale with GMG credit I had, and BG3 a friend said to get.. peer pressure!
  • Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition
  • Baldur's Gate 3

9 months ago 4 comments
Zelrune

Congratulations on all of your assassinations!!
Fable was so painful until I looked up the item duplication glitch. Collected some special potions and absolutely abused that feature! HLTB says I saved 10 hours and I believe it. At least it’s done!

What kinda games are you looking forward to playing next month?

9 months ago
Jaded

Oooh I don’t know about that glitch!
I tended to just murder spree, use the XP to level, buy a couple of houses then go back constantly to get my money. Which I used to buy potions.

I tended to hoard the health potions and use the drain life skill unless my health went down really quickly in a fight.

I found it really easy to steal at a certain spot at the armorer in Bowerstone South as well, so got a few pieces of chainmail/plate armor there!
Crime really does pay in Fable..

I’m not sure yet, I’m hoping BG3 is good and won’t be to stressful to play multiplayer. I find that I’m horrible at making plans for games to play, and impulsively pick something I’m in the mood for. I did put a couple of games down for the Play a game you won on steamgifts event, such as Submerged and Paperbark.
Small games I hope I can get off the backlog.

Do you have games planned for this month?

9 months ago
Zelrune

Soooo many.

Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell, Like an Angel, Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk, Oxenfree, Blades of Time, Waste Walkers, Lemon Cake, and Wander No More.

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