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Monthly Update #8: December

Happy New Year!!!

This month was a month of highs and lows gaming wise. I ended up getting VR and having a lot of fun. Then my right controller broke Christmas day! So no VR at the moment while I get that sorted. I won A Plague Tale: Innocence after this on the same day from one of you lovely people here (A Secret, Secret Santa), so thank you so much, you really made my day :D

Special thanks to my Secret Santa who gifted me Tilt Brush! I already have experimented with it a bit, and just need to find out how to import reference images to try create something with it :P If you haven't seen them already, some of the screenshots of this game on Steam are amazing!

I hope everyone has had a great holidays and has a happy new year!

Completed

FORM

2.1 hours

8 of 8 achievements

I really enjoyed FORM - fun, short VR puzzle game.

Nonogram - The Greatest Painter

7.5 hours

26 of 26 achievements

Solitaire Mystery: Stolen Power

8/10

1.2 hours

5 of 5 achievements

As usual, not much to see here :P

Beaten

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles

22.4 hours

37 of 38 achievements

Bugged achievement! Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Essentially I need to get to a rock that is hidden under a lake. You can only access this during Summer (people seem to think it should be daytime after 1pm), but the lake isn't draining. sigh
I might have to restart the game and see if I can get it to work, as nothing else people have suggested in the forums have worked…

Otherwise it's a relaxing and enjoyable game to play! Just a minor complaint of there being no way to hide the UI… My screenshot on the first tab of this post was taken by switching to the menu and quickly taking the screenshot in that second the UI closes to open the menu.

Destination Primus Vita

1.8 hours

2 of 8 achievements

First achievement I got before even opening the game, so it seems achievements are a bit bugged for this. Decided to just play through the story and maybe come back if I want to deal with bugged achievements…. Story is average. The whole changing orientation of gravity with the rooms was trippy, but cool.

Played

Halo: The Master Chief Collection

9.4 hours

23 of 700 achievements

Beat Saber

6.7 hours

10 of 26 achievements

A Plague Tale: Innocence

2.8 hours

4 of 35 achievements

Coloring Pixels

20.3 hours

54 of 477 achievements

Space Pirate Trainer

1.0 hours

2 of 10 achievements

I've done a lot of flicking between games to see what I like, especially in VR, so haven't really listed a lot of games I tried less than half an hour of. I did attempt Budget Cuts, but so far have found it underwhelming. Superhot I've also had an issue with and have had to install a previous version due to a known bug where your hands are in the floor! Synth Riders is like Beat Saber except with punching, and you really feel the workout in your legs quicker. Space Pirate Trainer is pretty fun

Mostly this month my time has been in Halo, Yonder and Beat Saber. Some more grinding in Children of Zodiarcs to work towards 100% completion, but at the rate thats going it might be another year :P

Backlog Additions

Secret Santa

Tilt Brush

Steam Gift Wins

A Plague Tale: Innocence
Rise of the Tomb Raider

Bought

Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Budget Cuts
Pavlov VR
SUPERHOT VR
The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day
The Night of the Rabbit
Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy
Gomo
Wallpaper Engine
Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Traded for

Autonauts
Elite Dangerous
Kingdom: Classic
Access Denied
Fujii
Widower's Sky
BOXVR
Synth Riders
PLAYNE
LEGO® Worlds

Freebies

Hot Squat

There are a few other free VR games/programs I have installed, such as VRChat, The Lab, Trials on Tatooine, Waltz of the Wizard and Google Earth VR! Hot Squat is the only game of these that I have tried so far.