August 2019 - Mid Month Update
Making okay progress this month.
In my queue, I swapped out Aporia for When Ski Lifts Go Wrong in my queue, as Ski Lifts became my first Playing Appreciated win on SG thanks to the MouseWithBeer ššŗ
PA requires playing won games within a month. So far they put me at a playing score of 94%, so hopefully Iām on track to 100% it as far as PA is concerned by the time Iāve tried all the levels.
Games I Beat
I recommend the game on sale with all DLC if you who wants basic simulation of 911 calls and are ok with micromanaging location/dispatch of emergency vehicles. If you expect an RTS game or advanced simulation, you might have a bad time. I only used āUnique Storiesā and custom cities mode since Unique Stories was recommended for a first playthrough and progresses through the different cities. It does some things well and others I wish it did better but nothing that breaks gameplay for me, on Hard difficulty. That doesnāt make me eager to play it much more.
Basic 6 DOF space fighter with a relatively dead multiplayer community but has decent bots plus thorough tutorials. I loved older 6 DOF games like Descent, but there's nothing to do other than basic pew pew here - Not even a campaign mode, hence why I marked this "beat" as a multiplayer only game. Would not recommend buying unless you have friends to play with who are really into that kind of game.
Games Iāve Been Playing
Nails the Road Rage vibe and satisfying combat with good progression early to mid game. Roguelite fits okay, but in mid game to get enough XP per run to get meaningful unlocks requires lots of replay of very early levels. So Iāve labelled this as āStuckā for now and playing other games instead. Procedural missions & tracks are okay, but dont add a lot to gameplay.
Seems like one of the more unique bridge building games available which not only has bridge type building, but also different kinds of ski lifts, in winter & summer. Iām through 60 of the 100 levels. After that I may try some non-expert custom levels available through the workshop. Thereās a good variety of people, who you can sometimes move or control: Snowboarders, snowmobiles, bikes, BMX, etc.
Made it through Act 2 and got most of the way through the beginning of Act 3. Iām still really enjoying the story while the time effects are getting bigger and weirder. Now for some minor technical gripes: The one time I want to skip an in-game cutscene (not sure if its pre-rendered or not) before a boss-type battle, cutscene skipping results in a loading screen that took just as long as the damn cutscene! That is despite the game being on an SSD and having plenty of RAM & VRAM. Also, I started noticing that the show video between acts isnāt great visual quality when it comes to darkest of colors & blacks. Not sure if thatās because the Steam version streams the video instead of downloading it or not? Bandwidth shouldnāt be an issue since I have 100mbps down. Streaming via Steam presumably saves ~100 GB of storage compared to non-Steam versions given that the Steam version only takes up 70 GB. I wonder if the streaming is Steam/Valve hosted, or Microsoft hosted? That would suck if Microsoft decommissioned streaming (no different than decommissioning other gamesā hosted online lements) and Steam owners would miss out on the show videos.
Games Still Queued for This Month
- Mercenary Kings
5 hours playtime
0 of 26 achievements - Human: Fall Flat
6 hours playtime
0 of 55 achievements
Ups, wasnāt even aware there was such a page for PA. But well, looking good for myself, so all is fine :)
Glad to see youāre making progress on QB, althoughā¦ itās a shame youāre having technical problems. Canāt recall having had any. So that sucks :(
Hope you can still enjoy the rest of it :)
First off have fun with PA and secondly your game was already approved. When the background turns to green you are in the clear concerning the playing requirements. This can be set by either a PA admin or the GA creator. Which of course does not mean that you need to stop playing ^_^
And always remember to thank the GA creator, because should you for whatever reason not be able to complete your game on time, you will get a warning from an admin ;)
Good to know since this wasnāt in their FAQ, thanks!
No problem. By the way blue means that the GA was unfollowed, which basically means they are not enforcing the rules because e. g. the game might have been also won through a different group or whitelist (if it is a multi group or whitelist GA) and red means that the member who won was kicked due to not following the playing rules (then all GAās that they won and have not yet sufficiently played turn red).
:)
Hmmm I always thought it was pretty intuitive with the green color but I can totally see how it can not be if you only have only won one game and canāt see the difference in colors. I will poke Reforced and ask if anything can be done to make it more clear although I donāt really have any ideas except maybe adding some āapprovedā text somewhere. If you have any I would love to hear them :)
As for the playing score. That one is calculated automatically based on some science fiction looking formula and it can be often times wrong so take it just as a vague suggestion about how much it was played. General rule is that as long as you played half of the game and both the playtime number and achievement number are green it should be fine (it is more specifically described in the FAQ). And if you are ever unsure if some playtime is enough/have any trouble with any game please feel free to contact me!
Yes, thatās me being a noob to winning from PA.
Thanks, that or just something brief in the FAQ would help.
Iām not too worried about it, and I do think the FAQ explained it well.