samwise84

Update 80: Januar 1st to 15th

Well the first month of this year started about as “bad” for the backlog as the last month ended. Oh well. Can only get better^^

Half-Life 2

PLANET ALPHA

6.5/10
8.2 hours
5 of 16 achievements

I really liked the game visuals, but to be honest I found most of the game to be too hectic since you were chased around by robots or whatever else on the planet was chasing you to enjoy it more. The puzzles once you got the hang of it were not too hard. The standing around to wait until emenies disappeared or looked away where sometimes annoying. Overall it is an okay platformer. Still have not really figured out how to get all the achievements without consulting a guide. They are all somehow connected to collectables so you could possibly do a runthrough without getting any.

Half-Life 2

Felix the Reaper

7/10
4.3 hours
8 of 26 achievements

A fun, sometimes quite complecated puzzle game. Enjoyed it once I understood how it worked. Will probably get back to it to play the harder levels too.

Half-Life 2

Dead Island Definitive Edition

8.5/10
41.1 hours
29 of 57 achievements

After playing all the HOGs in December I needed something completely different. So I decided to go with one of my oldest unplayed wins and hack and slash some zombies. And that was exactly what I did. I loved to hack and slash their legs and arms apart. I am evil, I know ^^
I actually enjoyed getting in the thick of it far more than blowing their brains out XD
I enjoyed my time with this game immensly. Can't say anything about coop though, except one random stranger joining in, and they mostly just stood around doing nothing. Might get back to it to do some arena stuff.



Overall Backlog Progress:+0,01% change to last times unfinished/never played games (69,06% unfinished games)

15.66% (166/1060)
13.11% (139/1060)
4.91% (52/1060)
64.15% (680/1060)
2.17% (23/1060)


Overall SG Wins Progress:+2,25% change to last times unfinished/never played games (43,97% unfinished games)

34.83% (101/290)
22.07% (64/290)
1.72% (5/290)
40.00% (116/290)
1.38% (4/290)
Here are the games I'm currently working on. Reviews will follow once I'm done with the games:
I've won 8 games and 1 DLC since the last update and was gifted 1 game and won another in a group event. And I've beaten 3 games, so that makes a total of +7 for that timeframe and a +7 for Janaury.

SG wins: And a gift from adam1224 and a win from the QGG special winter games


Games I want to play within the next few weeks:

BLAEO Monthly: nothing atm will be busy with other games

PoP: thanks to CalculonJones & Laura for challenging me

PAGYWOSG: :

Monthly in A Month:

Just for fun:
Cece09

Oh gosh sam

Went and read your dead island one I did coop with the boss and it wasn’t bad but then they had to do a phone call and some random joined in. They killed us and it just ruined the whole mood

samwise84

I can imagine XD

Elvidur

I could not bear finishing Planet Alpha, and I am unsure why. Something seemed off in the gameplay, but the visuals are really good. About Dead Island, I have an unclaimed copy of it, maybe I should give it a chance?

samwise84

In my opnion gameplay on Planet Alpha has mostly the problem that the game does not know what it wants to be really, is it a walking sim, a puzzle platformer, a stealth game or an action game? It’s kinda everything and nothing and not getting anything really explained wasn’t the greatest either. I played it mostly for the visuals tbh.

And at least for me Dead Island was a lot of fun and a great way to vent some frustrations XD

Elvidur

I’m trying to get a second copy now so I can play with a friend : ). I hope there will be zombies with my boss face in it!