samwise84

Update 151: October and November 2025

Still struggeling with recovery after my hospital stay and not much energy for gaming sadly.

Half-Life 2

Anna's Quest

7.5/10
12.5 hours
28 of 39 achievements

Anna’s Quest is a charming little point-and-click adventure with a sweet fairy-tale vibe and a dark edge underneath. You play as Anna, a brave girl with telekinetic powers, trying to rescue her grandfather while dealing with witches, weird scientists, and plenty of quirky characters. The puzzles are mostly logical and never too frustrating, making it friendly even for players who don’t usually play the genre. The art style is cute, simple, and cozy, which fits the tone perfectly. The story has heart, a few emotional moments, and enough humor to stay light. Overall, an enjoyable adventure worth playing.

Half-Life 2

X-COM: Enforcer

6/10
6.9 hours
no achievements

X-COM: Enforcer is a strange entry in the X-COM series, but taken on its own it’s a surprisingly fun third-person shooter. It’s simple: run in, blast aliens, rescue civilians, repeat. The levels are short and fast, and even today the shooting feels fairly smooth for such an old game. Don’t expect deep tactics like the main series, and the story is basically just “aliens bad, robot go pew pew,” but the arcade style keeps things entertaining. Visually it’s dated, yet there’s a certain charm. If you enjoy retro action shooters and don’t mind repetition, it’s an oddly satisfying throwback, though by the end I found it too repetitive.

Half-Life 2

Sakura MMO

6/10
6.7 hours
15 of 15 achievements

Sakura MMO is a very typical Sakura-style visual novel: light fantasy plot, cute anime girls, and a heavy focus on fan-service. You play as a modern woman transported into an online world, and most of the story revolves around meeting magical girls and getting involved in suggestive situations. The writing is simple, the choices mostly cosmetic, and it leans strongly into flirtatious scenes, including a bit of mild BDSM tone, but nothing too explicit. If you already enjoy Sakura games, this gives you exactly what you expect. If not, the repetition and predictable story might put you off. Overall: playful, niche fun.



Overall Backlog Progress: +0,05% change to last times unfinished/never played games (57,35% unfinished games)

22.13% (399/1803)
19.08% (344/1803)
3.38% (61/1803)
53.97% (973/1803)
1.44% (26/1803)




Overall SG Wins Progress:+0,35% change to last times unfinished/never played games (46,03% unfinished games)

28.94% (237/819)
24.66% (202/819)
1.83% (15/819)
44.20% (362/819)
0.37% (3/819)
Here are the games I'm currently working on. Reviews will follow once I'm done with the games:
I've won 8 games and 1 DLC. I've beaten 3 games +5 for the months of October and November. So my yearly count is at +44 games. I did not beat X-COM Enforcer, so my count on beaten old games is at +7 for the year. Need to beat some more old games.


SG wins: DLC win:
  • Tropico 6 - Lobbyistico

    0 hours playtime

    no achievements

Games I want to play within the next few weeks:

PoP: thanks to Moony1986 & adam1224 for challenging me Games I'm planning to play this month: PlayTracker games: Working on DLC's: Trying to compelte another playthrough:
fernandopa

I was inspired by the amount of times you submitted PAYDAY 2 over the last few months and I’m playing it right now! Hoping to beat that and FEAR 3 this month :)

samwise84

I actually do enjoy Payday 2 and should get back to it. And FEAR 3 from what I played so far was quite good too, considering how old it is

Kyrrelin

Are you playing FEAR 3 alone or with someone else in co-op?

It’s okay, the games won’t get away, take your time with the recovery! <3

samwise84

Playing it alone.