October 2023

Steam

• Blue Fire
  

  12 hours playtime

  21 of 22 achievements

• Munin
  

  10 hours playtime

  11 of 18 achievements

• Hue
  

  6 hours playtime

  12 of 13 achievements

• Tulpa
  

  2 hours playtime

  3 of 10 achievements

• Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition
  

  21 hours playtime

  33 of 47 achievements

• Batman: Arkham City GOTY
  

  55 hours playtime

  38 of 64 achievements

An enjoyable set of games this month

• Blue Fire: Zelda meets puzzle platformer. Combat is a bit anaemic. Platforming mostly feels good – a bit like the Mario Sunshine packless levels – once you get the additional movement apart from the rather brutal last few optional levels.
• Munin Solid puzzler, occasionally brainbending towards the end.
• Hue Solid puzzler marred by an insistance on narrative tell-don’t-show during walking sequences.
• Tulpa Stylish weird puzzle game. I have some suspicions about what some of it means, but it is deliberately mysterious.
• Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Finished on hard (previously finished normal). Good, but the improvements from Arkham City were repeatedly missed.
• Batman: Arkham City GOTY Finished on NG+ (previously finished normal). Still great, but surprisingly short because you start with previously collected Riddler trophies and upgrades (including max gliding speed).

Game Pass

• Cocoon
  

  
  5 hours playtime

  12 of 17 achievements

• Cocoon: Started out strong, but I came to like it less than Inside and Limbo, with later puzzles more devious than fun.