Adelion

Long, long overdue

Not this post, as the last one was …. recently. But I finally found the motivation to activate a key I received as a gift from a Steam Year ….. I think years ago. I always kept it in mind but postponed it over and over again. But last month i then finally activated, installed and completed the game. Hurray for issues:

  • Gemini: Heroes Reborn

    5 hours playtime

    21 of 21 achievements

  • Minit

    6 hours playtime

    27 of 27 achievements

  • The Darkside Detective

    8 hours playtime

    30 of 30 achievements

Gemini: Heroes Reborn: So Gemini is the game of a Heroes Reboot that I never heard of. And even the main series I only saw like half a season? Well, you play Cassandra on search for information for your family in some kind of totally abandoned facility because a friend told you that there are totally information about them there. Basically, it is a fairly linear First Person “Platformer/Superpower” game. While it has a lot of gimmicks, somehow they don’t have any impact. Something is missing everywhere in the game. If I had to choose the gravest problem though I have to agree with a review. The main protagonist does take it in very well that she has superpowers (okay Heroes Universe so there is at least context) and has no problem randomly killing people. All characters in the game appear to be quite lifeless and even the most dramatic/tragic scenes just “happen” without you caring at all. Overall, a lot of wasted chances. And yea, time paradoxes. I hate them -_-

Minit: Wanted to have this and traded for. Minit is a puzzle game with rather simple graphics. Gimmick here is that after picking up the cursed sword in the beginning you just live a minute (“Minit”, you get it?) and then die. But you keep all your items. So it is more of a nuisance/gimmick. Your goal is to solve small puzzles, get new items and with them access new areas with new small puzzles, kinda like a metroidvania in very small. The main route of the game is fairly easy but there are some kind of extra puzzles for total completion. I admit that there have been two or three which I couldnt solve on my own and looking at the solution I understand why. At least one puzzle I probably wouldnt have got on my own. After completing the game once, you get a New Game+ with only 40 seconds and some rearrangements which is quite a bit harder. Overall, an enjoyable experience although the main gimmick sometimes feels tedious.

The Darkside Detective: A point and click adventure game which has kept itself simple and is really amusing. You are playing Detective McQueen solving weird cases with his trusty sidekick Dooley. You chose a case in the beginning, and then just transit from screen to screen, talking to people, collecting items and getting to the end. All cases have to do with the Supernatural which is kinda accepted in the world as you are paid by the police. Cases take from 15-40 minutes most for completion and have witty one liners, lovable and funny characters, is constantly breaking the fourth wall and has lots of references to other games. Overall, a really good game, sadly ending on a Cliffhanger. But I saw there is a season 2. Have to wait for it though :P
While the game is very good and mostly on the easier side, there are some minor things which I didn’t like. One is that some of the achievements are a bit tedious (not much but they are). For example in one case you have to read all books, but you have to read some twice and there is no indication that you have to do this. And you will hardly get this yourself. And one case (the Christmas Shopping) I had no idea what I was doing most of the time. I clicked around randomly and still couldnt solve one step. Still, I really liked the game and the dynamic between McQueen and Dooley. REcommandable if you enjoy pixelated adventure games with some humour.

Welp, and now back to the old “What will I play next” game -_- Well, for the moment I still have Heroes of Hammerwatch to complete and maybe I will revisit 100 % Orange Juice for some more achievements. Or revisit an older game for completion. Or buying something in the sale. Or activating one of my keys from Humble or Fanatical. Especially the Fanatical are quite good but long games.

Vito

Congratulations on beating almost every game in your backlog. Very impressive!

I’ve heard so many good things about Darkside Detective, will definitely have to add it to my backlog at some point. Although the genre is not really my favourite one…

Adelion

Well, it is only the games I have activated. There is still my shadow backlog. Should finally decide if i gift, trade or activate all those keys.

Formidolosus

I played heroes reborn a few years ago and at the time I also thought the same thing. It was a bit unrealistic to have this girl who was scared just moments before instantly turned in to a killing machine. I don’t even think it’s Ludonarrative dissonance, being as even in the story she seems to embrace it rather quickly and gleefully. It was fine to have her as the main character, but it’s just bad writing to have a character who shifts so dramatically without some kind of narrative journey to get there. But the powers were cool, so I think it could have been a lot better. I think quantum break was more like the game heroes reborn was trying to be.
Oh and how was that install size? 20 gigs for not such great graphics or game length, I don’t know what the devs were doing.

Adelion

22 GB, one reason I hesistated so long to install. I mean the graphic is okay. If you stand still you can get some beatiful screenshots. But in motion the game can’t keep it up and even then 22 GB is still ridiculous. Well, it was a gift and I finally played it. It was okay but nothing much to remember.