VinroyIsViral

November 2025

Made a ton of progress this month! Per usual, I also gained a fair number of games, but I’m glad to actually have a bit more time to get completions :)

Scoring Scale
■ Recommended ■ Mixed Feelings ■ Wouldn't Recommend
Games I Have Fully Completed


Half-Life 2

Brotato

6/10
134.5 hours
176 of 176 achievements

This is my rating after playing through the DLC after beating the main game. The DLC requiring you to play every character all over again on the new map, along with the new characters on both the old map and new map, was absolutely ridiculous and ruined my initial enjoyment of this game back when it was only the base game. I'd still recommend it if you don't want to achievement hunt it or if you really like games like this, but the DLC makes achievement hunting it way too much of a slog now and saps all my remaining enjoyment out of the game.

Half-Life 2

Kanon

7/10
32.8 hours
14 of 14 achievements

A classic among romance VNs. It's definitely dated with weird pacing and language for a fair number of the routes. To touch on the pacing more, the slow pacing is fine due to the setting, but I feel like they rush certain events near the climax of routes extremely hard to the point it is jarring (e.g., Mai and Sayuri are prime examples). There are plenty more issues I could talk about, but overall, the game is quite solid and memorable. The atmosphere is amazing, most of the characters are wonderful, and the OST definitely enhances it. Yuichii is a bit of an asshole, though, lol.

Route Ranking: Ayu = Shiori > Nayumi > Mai > Makoto > Sayuri (basically not even a route... she deserved better...)

Half-Life 2

Under The Waves

4/10
13.8 hours
38 of 38 achievements

While the atmosphere and overall message were quite nice, I thought this game didn't respect your time at all; everything moved at a slow pace. The actual gameplay also wasn't very fun after the appeal of the environment wore off, and it felt like the actions they made you do dragged on way too long. I also thought the delivery of the story's main messages was a bit preachy and didn't tell you anything new.

Overall, this was just a letdown, and I kept wondering when the game would wrap things up so I could finally be done with it. I'll make a more in-depth review later, but man, this one sucked more than I thought it would (I even dropped it for a few months before finally finishing the rest of it in one go).

Half-Life 2

Road to Empress I

9/10
13.8 hours
40 of 40 achievements

This was a brilliant FMV game! The drama, the intrigue, and lots more are what make this game a gem! The only downside is the number of paths that lead to death, and the trial-and-error of finding the route to success can be a bit frustrating. Also, unlocking all the achievements after finishing the game is a bit annoying, as some minor things from earlier chapters influence random endings, which you would never figure out without a guide. Still a wonderful game, though, and I'd highly recommend it!

Games I've Made Progress On
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about 14 hours ago 1 comment
coleypollockfilet

Ah Road to Empress ! That’s a rare one ! :D
In the same style i just noticed a steam friend buying this one : 江山北望

Also congratz for your completions !

about 5 hours ago