Mermaids Drowned in Dark Coffee During a Candy Storm
This week has been a bit hectic so I couldn’t play as much as I wished (and Dark took a lot more of time to beat than I expected)
CAFE 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~
2.8 hours, 21 of 21 achievements
This game is fairly mediocre to be honest. I honestly had a hard time trying to care about the plot and the characters to the point I ended up activating the "Skip: All Messages" option for all the endings except the true one which was somewhat decent.
The art ranged from "barely decent" to "Is this Gakuen handsome?". There were bits that were terribly drawn and makes you wonder wether they were really short of time or the artist got paid in cold drinks and donuts.
At least the voice acting was decent.
DARK
14 hours, 24 of 31 achievements
This game is as good as it's frustrating. The game is mainly a stealth game and, while it's good in this regard, the combat system sucks to the point that etting yourself detected by your enemies pretty much means game over. Also depending on the difficulty you choose you may count with no quick saves, just 2, or unlimited ones but since the difficulty-related achievements are bugged you can just play 1 minute on hard, another one on normal, and then play rest of the game on easy and save-scum your way to victory (I swear I discovered this by accident lol).
I also took part in the “Challenge Me” challenge and, while I may or may not bit more than I can chew, I’ll still try to finish all the games on time. So far I beat one of them.
Christmas Adventure: Candy Storm
1.7 hours, 23 of 23 achievements
This was a nice HOG. To anyone who has more experience on the genre this game might feel a bit too easy (or casual depending on who you ask) but it's ideal for beginners.
On an unrelated note, A friend convinced me to play Stardew Valley and I got hooked right away, so if I dissapear you now that happened =P
I appreciate how you put together your title. It seems a lot of stealth games have the same problems that Dark has, obviously a focus on stealth should limit combat capabilities, but one should be able to get by on some combat to keep some sense of immersion rather than going to last checkpoint/save. Thanks for your update!
Indeed. Tenchu for example has a decent combat system that lets you fight your foes fairly; this game in the other hand kinda forces you to hide and wait a shit ton of time until things calm down or go suicidal against your enemies (you can only kill them either by using your powers or pressing X when you’re close to them while they shower you with bullets)