ninglor03

Ninglors Log 156

10.03.20 – 16.03.20

March Progress:
5/8
PPU monthly:
done
March Additions:
3

Completed Games:
Cradle
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Crush Crush – OMG, I FINALLY DID IT!
神明的一天世界(God’s One Day World)

Won/Gifted Games:

Bought Games:
Queen of Thieves

Played this week:
HITMAN Cities Sky

Star Trek

12 hours, 25 of 49 achievements
3/5

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I originally got this game to play it with a friend. I even got a copy for said friend. Guess what happened…
So now I played it all by my lonesome. It was fun. At times I wished I'd played it with somebody, but yeah, I didn't.
So I played as Kirk. Bc I wanted to play it a second time as Spock. But here we are, I'm not (right now) replaying it. Bc I won't manage the hard mode. So I don't care that much. It was not mind blowing good. It was nice enough. Lots to shoot. Stuff to scan. Things to learn.
Hidden LEWD rating: No? No.
Gay-ship: Dunno….
Recommendation? Yeah, I guess a ST fan should play it! xD


Purrfect Date - Visual Novel/Dating Simulator

20 hours, 32 of 32 achievements
4/5

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Oh. My. God.
So I already dated birdies. And semi-cats. And animal men. Who weren't animal, obv. The birdies were birdies, unless you deactivated the birdie part. I also had a thing with a goldfish - it's still haunting me though.
But here. Cats. Full time cats.
I should just end the review here, shouldn't I?
Ok, no. More. MORE!
Cats for the most part.
We land on an island, which is almost impossible to get at, apart from one entry point at sea. No birds can get here and fish… apart from that one point neither. Nor human. So stranding there is almost impossible. Though they didn't manage at some point. And now science. We try studying the cats. But it's getting weird from the first night on. And after that time is very limited, bc… we turn into a cat. Luckily there are six scientists we play! So fear not, we can still solve this whole situation and curse and stuff! And date all the (six) cats! There are more, bc… oh my, there are only cats on this island! Don't ask me what they ate until humans came by to feed them :D
I really didn't like the drawing style, bc I'd normally would go for more pretty. But it certainly grows on you. It really does! And the clouds and water might have inspired me to try out some clouds and water in my painting :D
Big negativ thing - which didn't influence my rating through - there. is. no. skip. button! There is NO way to see what choices you already made - unless you keep a list right from the start. There is something in the guides. Take that and be happy! :D
For Ravenpaws sake I had to do it even one extra time. Which is a lot, bc you already do it…. er, 2 happy endings, 1 super short bad one, one longer bad one, another long bad one… yeah, so at least 5 times. No skipping. Five. Times. Well, even six. Or more. Oh well.
Hidden LWED rating: …. cats?
Gay-Ship: Well I liked McMurphy best with the third vet, who is male. So there you go. Btw, I liked the whole thing best with queer couples :D
Recommendation? Yes. Period.


Tomb Raider: Anniversary

16 hours, no achievements
3/5

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As far as I understood, this is the remake of the first Tomb Raider game. It's not my first game with Lara Croft, but… yeah, back to the origin. I like the newer games better. Mostly bc the controls are better. But also bc the enemies make more sense. I just don't get how any animal would survive in a sealed of location. A snake - ok, maybe. Or spiders or anything small and wriggly. OK! But wolves, bears, big cats? Yeah, sry. I don't get it. Weird, weird, weird. I prefer the reanimated dead monsters. They don't make sense to start with, so nothing to explain here anyway. But keep the wolves! And bears! Ok, I guess I made my point.
How is Lara not freezing her butt off? I'll never get it. In the newer games she at least sometimes wears a bit more. But this? At the start of the game? Yeah, I'm freezing, just looking at that. Not even her nice butt helps keeping warm…
I'm not good at jumping games. Another genre I'll probably never master and I'm happy to live with - I really should stick to HOGs and VNs I guess -.- - so I had a few problems with this girl. Lots of frustration and lots of miss jumps. Also LOADS of deaths. I kinda collected them. Sadly I didn't take notes on how many I collected by the end. It were a lot. The game didn't tell me either. Which is kinda sad. I guess most ppl wouldn't wanna know though :D
Topping the jumping off, I was even worse at fighting. This slow motion, jumping to the side and bam - headshot? Yeah, total disaster. We'll not talk about this.
Still I liked the story. It will not be my favourite Lara Croft game - not my favourite in general - but that's ok. Been there, done that!
Hidden LEWD rating: Look at her. She sacrifices body warmth for boobs and butts.
No gay-ship included
Recommendation? Uh… maybe? I guess? Probably yes, if you like Lara Croft. But then you already played this :D


Cradle

7 hours, 22 of 25 achievements
4/5

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Remember how I suffer from Motion Sickness? This is a first-person game, so I started out with my wristbands, but eventually stopped wearing them, bc I somehow didn't need them. I never felt nauseous. So whatever they did, they did good!
First time around I ofc tried using everything, but things didn't really work out. You can only use, what you need at a certain time in the game. Which was a bit irritating. Also up to the end I mixed up using E (inventory) and clicking to use something. So whenever I wanted to interact with something I instead opened my inventory. Wooooow.
I missed three achievements. Or more like: didn't play the game a second time to get them. Most reason: Not sure I can do the time limited one and I don't think the game is that good with counting. Or I might be wrong and you do indeed need two playthroughs to get it. Well, I'm not doing it. This is me trying to not care about every achievement *cringes*
As to the game itself. I really liked it. The story totally got me. You're starting out with loads of questions and slowly things become clearer. Until the end appears out of the blue and there doesn't seem to be an explanation. So lots of guesswork - and Steam discussions. I'm still not really sure what to make of the whole end. Non the less I liked the game a lot and I might think about it a while :D
Hidden LEWD rating: She's basically naked and you take off her breast and look inside - she's mechanic, so nothing LEWD there :D
No gay-ship included
Recommendation? Yes!


Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

13 hours, no achievements
3,5/5

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I once already tried playing this and stopped for some reason. So when I started this, it felt soooo familiar, like coming home in a way. Not quite, but, yeah very familiar. Doing the first missions was pretty easy and then I came to the point where I last stopped and I realized why I did. I still had trouble getting there. (It was the part in the tunnel, which last time made me give up btw.) So yeah, still half way to go and encounter new missions. Sadly towards the end the saving failed me, sooo that was uncomfortable.
I'm glad I did this. But I still like the newer ones better. Yes, mostly bc of graphics. I'm that shallow :D
Recommendation? Yes. I'ts Hitman after all!


神明的一天世界(God's One Day World)

5 hours, no achievements
3/5

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Ok, this was quite unexpected tbh.
Firstly I had trouble getting into it. At least a bit. Not knowing what this was about it was irritating and a bit slow to get into it. Then there are loads of ways to fail. So that's… uhm, interesting xD
I can't really say that much about the game it self, bc what ever I'd say after finishing, would be spoilers. So… mhm. Yeah. Nothing to say about it :D
I liked it in the end I guess, although the whole God thing is not my forte and I encountered a few annoyed moments, bc it just seems the same (for me) ridiculous stuff. I don't mean do belittle religion or anything, it's just not my thing. Plus in the end it's not even that hurray and nice and noble and what not, but rather selfish. Ok, yeah, I was not gonna talk about it! Right, I'll shut up.
Sadly there are a few writing errors in the english version. Mostly words being weirdly torn appart, but also missing words and sometimes wrongly put together to form sentences. Luckily the riddles should all still work out. Maybe the understanding of the game not all the time though :D
No LEWD rating nor gay-ship included
Recommendation? Kinda, yeah?


So I thought about giving myself a day to play whatever I feel like. With making all these plans what to play in a month and stuff, there sometimes seems to be something missing. Games, I want to play and put off, bc they are too long, they will take too much time and just stop my progress on the backlog.I don’t know yet what day I’ll take, but I already know what games it’ll be. Atm obv HITMAN and Cities: Skylines. But in truth, there are a lot of games I’d like to play and just can’t seem to make time for bc of… well plans. Maybe I should just not do that anymore. I dunno. I’m sometimes frustrated with the whole thing. And then I’m glad things are already laid out and I don’t have to really think about what to play next. Difficult really…

Cat Story ahead!

He’s kinda trying to block my laptop screen. While the board was implanted to stop him from walking over the keyboard, he totally abuses it now though…

So much from me :)
Have a lovely week!
Queen Ninglor

Jaded

Yay cat pics! He is adorable ♥

I’m in a similar situation.. I have so many longer games I want to play but don’t, due to a lack of time. Then I try play my smaller games so I feel like I’m making progress.

ninglor03

He sure is. So for the most part I can’t even be angry at him and since I can type without looking at my screen - or my keyboard, what ever I need rly - it’s for the most part not even a problem… unless I’m chatting. He really doesn’t like chatting. Or when I tried to read some writing stuff. But then he is also no big fan of gaming. If he wants love. In that case he doesn’t like either one :D

I know, right? I mean, I still try to do longer games, still it’s… complicated. I’m just lucky I did rather good these first two months so far, so I don’t feel the pressure that much. Still. Pressure :D
I sometimes would like to have the times back,. where I played WoW (or any other game rly) without feeling guilty for spending forever in it. I can’t even think about playing Sims without feeling a certain panic creep up to me D;

Hope you’re doing good anyways and enjoying gaming! Even with small games \o/

Jaded

Haha awww. He seems a bit high maintenance :P

Hmm yeah I also spent so many hours in some games.. Guild Wars 1 10k+, Guild Wars 2 6k… eeek. I think my issue is getting into games. I find it hard to get into non-multiplayer games so that’s where I’ve been having issues. Once I get into a game though, I really enjoy it.
I’ve just created a category of longer games - my aim will be to beat at least one this year. https://www.backlog-assassins.net/lists/4b3z7zd

I haven’t played the Sims in years - I used to spend so much time just building houses in it! We just need to forget the backlog and play what we want to play. This month and last I’ve pretty much been focused on just Stardew Valley with a friend which has been fun!

ninglor03

Ah, no. He’s actually fine and super sweet. He just loves hanging out with me at my desk - which I love and wouldn’t want any other way. I actually miss him, when he’s chilling some other place - so, I kinda totally exaggerated. Although it’s partially true. Still. He’s sweet and cute and lovely. If only he would like lying on my lap… cries

Yeah, I know. Sometimes it seems so booooring doing everything all alone. Still I try to stay - for the most part - clear of games I have to play with others. Bc I know how addictive they can become for me.
Oh, like that list! And reminds me: I really, really want to get back to Mass Effect. Maybe I’ll try to shorten everything next month and just do that :)

Yeah, sometimes the backlog just have to wait I guess. So I’ve played today some more HITMAN, took me ages to complete the mission, but I loved it! <3
Never really tried Stardew Valley with a friend, but I’m happy you enjoy it \o/

devonrv

I’m not good at jumping games. Another genre I’ll probably never master and I’m happy to live with - I really should stick to HOGs and VNs I guess -.- - so I had a few problems with this girl. Lots of frustration and lots of miss jumps.

Wait, does this game have actual platforming, or is it Assassin’s-Creed-style parkour (where you just hold a direction and maybe a button and the character jumps automatically upon reaching a ledge or other point of interest)?

ninglor03

No, no platforming but not like Assassin’s Creed either. Well not completely. I guess that’s thanks to being older and all that. I find AC easier to handle. But maybe that’s the trick: I always play AC with controller, didn’t do that with Lara. Now I kinda wonder how I played the (new) Lara Croft games. Not sure. But since there is shooting I guess with mouse. I really can’t shoot with controller o.o

Cece09

Wow reviews and something to do with the cat. You dying?

ninglor03

Super sensitive cries
Actually I don’t think my last thing would be writing reviews or an update. So nope, not dying. I’m fine, apart from mental stuff. I just felt like writing and once I started I just delivered the once I promised, so here we are \o/

Cece09

yeah that would be a weird thing to do last

ninglor03

Ok, so we won’t do that with our last breath :D

samwise84

Damn woman, I asked for 1 review and got 6 and a cat picture 😱
You are killing us 😅

ninglor03

Aw, didn’t even mean to do that. Just wanted to let you know about the (mostly?) good games I played. Hope you liked the reviews :D

Vee

Is this Star Trek game a removed game? I love Star Trek so I went to look on the store and couldn’t find.

samwise84

Yeah, seems to be. Could not find it either.

Vee

Ah, that’s too bad. Thanks for confirming:)

ninglor03

Sam already told you. Sadly removed bc the license ran out? Or something?
But you can get it on Amazon - atleast in Germany you can. Search for Star Trek game and you should get it. I hope :)

Live long and prosper! \o/

samwise84

Need to see if I am harcore enough ST fan to get it via Amazon.

🖖

ninglor03

Questions over questions :D

Vee

You’re right I just looked and they have some physical copies:)