Kyrrelin

May 2022 report


I have started some new longer games, so not much completed this month.

Enough of small talks and now to the actual assassinations! Good luck in a new month and enjoy your games!

Half-Life 2

Tiny Tales: Heart of the Forest

4/5
3.2 hours
20 of 20 achievements

Short and rather cute HOG played from a perspective of tiny humans living in a small kingdom hidden deep in the forest. Whole country is being endangered by a spreading drought and ruthless king's tax collectors… but not everything is as it seems. Old grudges from the past are resurfacing and threatening the lives of the kingdom's peaceful citizens. And here we come to save the day!

Really nice HOG with good puzzles and hidden object scenes. There were few moments where I wasn't sure what to do next, but nothing too frustrating. One of the few HOGs where we get to play as man instead of woman.

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The Last Dogma

?/5
4.7 hours
no achievements

This was a weird experience. As it would be complicated to describe the story I will just leave a developer summarization here if someone would be interested in it. Or try looking at other reviews on Steam, few are very thorough.

If the author took it a little bit more seriously and created a more consistent world it could be a pretty interesting game. There are some good ideas and apt comments, but most of the time I don't have a clue about what's going on. I like searching for secrets in games and breaking their 4th walls, but I am not fond of constant "insults" pointed at players… the first time it could be laughable, but not again and again.
There are also bugs, almost non-existent menu or settings. You can't save, so if you fail you have to redo the whole chapter - luckily, they are not long and if you don't enjoy exploring the surroundings you can rush quickly through them.

I don't want to totally disgrace it, because it has/had some potential, but for me it's not polished enough.

Half-Life 2

Mad Max

5/5
48.1 hours
28 of 49 achievements

Gutgash's area is on zero threat, so moved to Pink Eye's territory. Fight for her stronghold was pretty good! Will drive around a little and will see what to do, I have a few side missions so probably that.

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Godhood

5/5
25.6 hours
10 of 59 achievements

First run completed and almost made it to the top, but there will be enough time for it later. ;) I really like the visuals full of soft colors. Also the music is perfect. The gameplay is different, challenging and will be hard to master, but it’s not frustrating. Beware, it's pretty much addictive.

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Planet Zoo

5/5
8.8 hours
10 of 38 achievements

I am done with the tutorials and I am going for my first Zoo campaign. There are so many things you can play with, it's really amazing and the animals feel so alive, fluffy! Gah, I am gonna spend a lifetime with it. I am just not fond of the way terrain modification works… old Zoo tycoon still rules in this. ;)

Bought on Steam

Other

Humble

Resisting was futile. ^^

GoG

April 2021 - the list was made
6% (9/149)
4% (6/149)
6% (9/149)
84% (125/149)
December 2021
8% (13/154)
4% (6/154)
7% (11/154)
81% (124/154)

Uplay

4% (1/23)
13% (3/23)
83% (19/23)

Origin

33% (7/21)
14% (3/21)
52% (11/21)
Traqie

Did I just moved back in time?

Kyrrelin

Yep, and my other post from two days ago would take you even deeper down the rabbit hole. :P

stef

Congrats on the progress! I also bought Cattails (but on last steam sale) because it looks too cute.

Kyrrelin

Thank you. :3
Yeah, I just couldn’t resist the cuteness. ^^