December 2023

End of the year and suprisingly small amount of new games. At least in quantity, because we all know how HUGE BG3 is.

Game of the month: Chicken Police

Finished games:

• SCARF
  

  4 hours playtime

  17 of 25 achievements

• Yesterday Origins
  

  10 hours playtime

  22 of 36 achievements

• Exo One
  

  3 hours playtime

  7 of 28 achievements

• Chicken Police
  

  10 hours playtime

  22 of 31 achievements

• pureya
  

  6 hours playtime

  5 of 9 achievements

New games:

• Baldur's Gate 3
  

  7 hours playtime

  no achievements

• pureya
  

  6 hours playtime

  5 of 9 achievements

• Luck be a Landlord
  

  27 hours playtime

  95 of 186 achievements

• Aces and Adventures
  

  5 hours playtime

  11 of 67 achievements

Quick thoughts:

SCARF

6/10

Action-adventure-platformer game. Very short, and honestly a bit dissapointing - I hoped for something more interesting. Four levels, some classic mechanics, some abilities to unlock, and plot which may be interesting, but is shown in poor way - there is a twist, which should be revealed in the end, but collectables are spoiling it waaaay earlier - I feel like the story was made with the idea, that the player whould play it once, be shocked, and then play it second time, collecting optional stuff - this is not how players work…

Yesterday Origins

6/10

A sequel of an older adventure game. I didn’t play the first one, but still understand the plot. It’s a classic adventure game nothing groundbreaking, but well made. Unfortunately there plot is not entirely concluded, and there are no chances for the third part.

Exo One

7/10

A game in which you have to go from point A to point B, and you have some mechanics to make this journey look epic. Or not - there is nothing that forcing you to utylize the mechanics of movement, you can go slowly, and you will propably finish the game too. It is more like a toy that a game, quite relaxing. The story is giving me strong 2000 Space Odyssey vibes, and I don’t mind

Chicken Police

8/10

A visual novel in noir style, with very little actual gameplay, in city of animals, Zootopia style. I really like the writing, it has this classic noir style, and banters between two main characters were quite fun. The story is OK, a bit too convoluted for my taste, but it served its purpose. The art style is weird - most of the characters looks like people with animals heads replacing human head - egiptian gods style. Including a snake with arms and legs. And there is some nudity, so you can clearly see that below neck there is a human, with a tail. I prefer Zootopia style, with more animalistic bodies…

pureya

7/10

A set of quick minigames to play in short bursts, without much of a plot. Quite nice and relaxing.