ninglor03

Ninglors Log 190

03.10.20 – 09.11.20

November Progress:
5/8
PPU monthly:
done
November Additions:
10

Completed Games:
The Council
Missed messages.
Marie’s Room
Among Ripples – how can I even count this?!??!?!
Cateau

Won/Gifted Games:

Bought Games:
10 Free to Play games

Played this week:
Cluedo Steins

The Council

19 hours, 42 of 42 achievements
4/5

The Council is a Detective game - I very much like Detective games. Even if they sometimes make me feel a bit stupid. Worse though when I didn't quite figure it out only to be like: OMG, THAT WAS SO OBVIOUS WHY DIDN'T I GET IT?!? right after looking stuff up. Bc I do that. I try not to, but I do. In this case only twice, which I think was pretty good. I had worse :D
I must say it was not really a horror game for me, but it had a few… unpretty things in it. Like the pictures were sometimes very much on the boarder to "omg i don't wanna look too close!" Which I didn't. But then art wasn't always pretty so that's not really news. Still isn't. Anyways. It had quite a… well I want to say plot twist, but it wasn't that mind blowing in the end. It felt more like it crept up on me while gaming and when it finally came around I was more like "ah, now that explains everything" than the omg version.
I very much liked the game. It doesn't get the highest rating, bc it didn't have me completely hooked in the way I had to play it right through. It had a lot of thinking going on on my part, so having a headache while playing it sucks a lot.
But I need more games like this! (O.O)
Hidden Lewd rating: Uhm, kinda lewd, but she wasn't really naked and kissing was the most that happened - sadly. Also bad kissing, they didn't even manage to make it really fitting. Like how hard can it be to program to face getting that close together and just smooch?
Gay-Ship: Sadly I didn't encounter one D:
Recommendation? Yes.


Cat Story ahead!
Ok, I have a little one: Tizio as a putting new sheets on my bed-helper. Well not really? After I just brushed him, he jumped on my bed and sat down on the blanket so I could maybe play with him. Instead I started pulling the blanket off the bed. With the cat on it. Which he didn’t like. And therefore decided to relocate onto my bed – without blanket! Next step. Ameno helped with removing the sheets of the mattress, which by now he is kinda a pro in. But the real challenge started once I wanted to put the sheets on my blanket and Tizio decided to heroically jump on it, while I shoved my hands in it to grab the blanket and… somehow we got into each others way. So he had to jump off again instead of catching the sheets. Which is such a shame, he is so good with that!

So much from me :)
Have a lovely week!
Queen Ninglor

Zelrune

Ah, Steins: Gate. I have this game but tbh I struggle to play it. I don’t understand what’s going on half the time, and the mc drives me nuts. How do you like it?

ninglor03

I don’t like the MC so far either o.O
I’m only in the first chapter and… I’m dreading the next xyz hours O.O

Zelrune

Have fun. I was zoning out so much I ended up dropping the whole thing in Oct 2019. 25 hours in and I think I only finished half of it.

ninglor03

It’s my long pop game! I gotta at least beat it! Plus if I set it to auto… I can knit while playing it laughs

Zelrune

Ah, I wish I was doing a long VN right now. I’m playing Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 and I didn’t realize how grindy it was. 14 hours and I’m just now on chapter 2 and I still can’t figure out how to use the chips, discs, or set up a combo. I’ll get to it eventually, I guess.

ninglor03

Yeah, never got into that one. I gave up on it pretty quickly.

Cece09

Omg a cat story and a review :o

ninglor03

It’s like christmas all over! \o/

adil

It’s been a year since I bougth The Council and I still haven’t touched it xD
I thought it looked cool that’s why I decided to get it but sadly I kinda forgot I had it. So it’s nice that you reminded me of it and with a positive review. Nice to see you managed to complete it under 20h too! Hopefully I’ll play it soon too now… :D

ninglor03

Ha, happy to help. But yeah, you are right, some games just get lost in the depths of the library. Which really is a shame. When ever I scroll through the lot I always find something I HAVE TO PLAY SOON! And then it doesn’t happen soon, bc there is so much else already going on or it’s too long or… what ever. Reasons! xD

Tiajma

The Council looks like such a fun game but I’ve been really conflicted about trying it (I have the first episode or whatever it was that they gave away for free a while ago). I remember thinking the gameplay mechanics looked interesting so I watched a few youtube snippets of people playing and the voice acting seemed terrible, at least by the lead. It’s awful when great games are spoiled by bad voice acting so I haven’t been willing to give it a try. What was your thoughts on the acting, having actually played the game through?

ninglor03

I think the first Chapter is still for free, but not sure.
Well, the voice acting had it’s… quirks, I guess that’s true. Like sometimes it seems as if they didn’t use the best equipment and it poped or stuff. (Also totally wrong walking sounds compared to the floor!) I was glad though the accents weren’t really bad. Like the british lady did indeed sound British. I decided the MC didn’t sound french, bc he grew up… more global? I dunno. I guess he should have been more french. But it was ok for me :D I didn’t like the mother though. As in her voice. The rest worked for me. No idea if this is in any way helpful to you. I just hope it doesn’t stop you, bc I really think it’s a great game! \o/

Tiajma

That was helpful, thank you. It sounds like the problems you noted were more in accent and overall sound quality and not in voice acting performance. What I recall noticing (although it was honestly a really long time ago that I watched some gameplay videos) was actually bad voice acting. Like the emotional intonation being all wrong for the situation. By your account, it sounds like they fixed that or it wasn’t as prevalent a problem as I feared. I might have to load up at least the first chapter and give it a try =D

ninglor03

I guess… I didn’t have complaints with that thinking