Formidolosus

Quick February Update

Better later than never

Beaten in February 6 Games

    Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?!

    Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?!

    3.5/5
    52 hours playtime
    50 of 50 achievements

    Holy grind batman! This was a fun little game at first, where you crank out weapons and sell them to heroes in different areas, but then they had to include achievements for making 100 of each kind of weapon and it started to feel like a real grind. And so the quirky humour and fun I was having started to wear a bit thin. But I’m still up try the other games in the series some time.

    Quell Reflect

    Quell Reflect

    3/5
    2 hours playtime
    38 of 38 achievements

    Another month, another puzzle game. Nothing really much got added from the first game in the series, so the drill is the same, move things around, pick up gems in the least number of moves. A decent enough distraction for a coffee break

    The Spy Who Shrunk Me

    The Spy Who Shrunk Me

    3.5/5
    13 hours playtime
    30 of 30 achievements

    A perfectly decent little ‘stealth-em-up’ with more than a passing nod to the likes of No one lives forever. Which is also part of the problem. It just made me wish even more that whatever legal red tape is holding NOLF back would get cut, as even today those games are some of the best 60s spy hijinks you can get. Anyway, back to the spy who shrunk me, it’s got definite indie ‘vibes’ and could do with some polish, but it is still fun, and the weapons at your disposal give a variety of ways around the problems.

    My Brother Rabbit

    My Brother Rabbit

    4/5
    4 hours playtime
    30 of 30 achievements

    HOGs get a rep for being very similar and with contrived storylines, but My brother rabbit is definitely different to those and a breath of fresh air for the genre. Great animations, a cure story and a nice spin on the usual hidden object gameplay, where the objects are hidden in the world you explore, instead of just in fixed ‘scenes’. Recommended even if you don’t normally like HOGs

    Ballpoint Universe: Infinite

    Ballpoint Universe: Infinite

    3.5/5
    10 hours playtime
    27 of 27 achievements

    A game that can’t quite decide what it is. Great hand drawn characters and great bullet hell type game play, but then interspersed with awkward platforming sections. But it’s not too challenging at least, so frustration never sets in.

Well this update is now a month late, so I won't talk too much now, but save it for the next post. A bit of a quieter month all round, but no harm in that.

Other stats

Achievements Gained 276
Most difficult (according to TSA) 'FLAWLESS.TENACITY' in Bit.Trip Runner
Games added 15
Number of different games played20
Achievement streak 1406 days
Average Game completion 76%
Total number of completed games 460
Games completed in 2020 13