Mid March Post
Happy Pi Day, btw. Or was it yesterday? Nah, I never was good in math anyway.
It's a middle of the month and according to my own shedule I must write a post. Since for now I'm full of hatred and depression at the same time I don't want to do anything include this same post. As if I ever felt differently, heh... But at least some useless HTML practicing would take me bussy a little bit so it's worth it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Let's get tabseption started.
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Another World
2 hours playtime
13 of 13 achievements
Another World is a short masterpiece from beginning of 90s. It has simple plot and basic gameplay but it use them on 100%.
There are no 2 similar levels, I mean they are all completely different. You run from animals, explore caves, solve puzzles, clamber in vents, kill enemies in 2D shooting, take a part in a tank battle.
Back in the days it was one of the hardest platformer, but difficult wasn't in pixel accuracy or clicking gamepad until you break your fingers. Difficulty was about finding out what to do to survive, cause game situations always changes. Today with youtube it's too easy to find playthrough and beat game in no time.
But still it's excellent game.
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12 is Better Than 6
10 hours playtime
46 of 46 achievements
12 is Better Than 6 is top-down shooter. It's like Hotline Miami when you or enemies will die from single shot, but it takes place in Wild West and has interesting art design which looks like ink on paper.
Protagonist is former bandit who turns against himself almost everyone in Texas in his tries to return his lost memory. Plot isn't very complex, but its okay and enjoyable.
Gameplay is similar to Hotline Miami and you will die a lot. But it's normal since you will restart in no time and levels are really short. Kinda interesting feature is old weapons where you should always pull a cock before make a shot.
Game is good and I kinda surprised that russian indie developers can make such decent thing. Yes, I know that russians can make good indie games, but it keeps surprise me.
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Dyscourse
12 hours playtime
31 of 31 achievements
Dyscourse. I had to play it due to March event and it is outstanding game.
It started like a cute game about aircrash survivors but things drastically changed when characters start to die due to my own action. This game about choises and their consequences. Player have to decide whom to help, who deserve food, where to go to have more chances to survive. And characters constantly suffer and dying.
But also here is decent humor, deep characters, cute art style. 1st playthrough is short but I played many times to find different paths. This game is still way better in consequence of your choices than most Telltale games, despite there is no option to save all characters.
Downside is repetitive actions. When I tried to find different routes I had to repeat same things over and over again. But, tbh, it's not that bad.
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Outlast
10 hours playtime
8 of 14 achievements
Outlast is another game from the same March event.
Everyone already know what it's about, so I don't wanna bother to much to describe it. I liked plot and kinda liked stealth.
Game isn't scary, especially when I understood how AI work and used it. I expected more after reading others opinion. Even insane playthrough isn't so difficult if you use some tricks.
I don't have DLC so I didn't get all of the cheevos. So in general it's okay.
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Zenge
80 minutes playtime
1 of 1 achievements
Zenge is good relaxing puzzle game. Nothing more, nothing less. Despite it's short and easy I really like it.
Goocubelets. Ok, they are puzzle games and they are kinda enjoyable. But I don't like them. I tried to beat them but soon it became too boring, so I skipped it till the end for the cheevos. If you want easy 100% game - feel free to try. But if you want decent puzzle game I wouldn't recommend them
And I even don't wanna bother to make screenshots.
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GooCubelets 2
4 hours playtime
11 of 11 achievements
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GooCubelets: OCD
3 hours playtime
11 of 11 achievements
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GooCubelets: The Algoorithm
3 hours playtime
11 of 11 achievements
These are just free VNs. And I don't like VNs at all. It's not my kind of games. And beating free games doesn't affect my backlog at all. They are just easy for 100% cheevos. Shame on me.
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Elisa: The Innkeeper - Prequel
15 minutes playtime
11 of 11 achievements
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Once Upon an All Hallow's Eve
6 minutes playtime
4 of 4 achievements
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The Thing With Mistletoes
14 minutes playtime
5 of 5 achievements
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100% Orange Juice
3 hours playtime
2 of 97 achievements
100% Orange Juice
It was the third game from March event. I wanted that game and was happy when I won it from Ambidot. But I read about it and decide it would be difficult to complete it and put it into backlog for a while.
And I was challenged to beat it, so I played a lil' bit and... I don't like. Tbh, I hate it.
There is no normal story or even decent tutorial. Good games use rule "easy to learn, hard to master", but not this one. I had to read manuals and guides just to understand what the fuck is going on. Whole game is based on pure luck and it has really frustrating gameplay. So to complete it I have to grind and pray for Great God of Random. And I don't wanna waste my time on this.
Sorry, when I won it I really hoped that it would be great game, but now I only hope that developers will die from ass cancer. And their relatives. And pets too.
So for now I don't have any plans as usual. Month theme doesn't fit me. I don't say it's bad. I think it's just great, but I don't like such kind of games so I skip it.
I tried to create list of games that was on my wishlist, but still I don't know what to pick next.
Also I wanna say that I played all 3 games from March is "play a game you won on Steamgifts" month challenge. Feel free to suggest me another 3 games if you want.
So, I scrolled randomly down your never played games list and first game I stopped at is:
Costume Quest
Frederic: Evil Strikes Back
Race The Sun
I don’t really challenge you (and I didn’t pick them, that was just randomness). So maybe you wanna play them or you don’t. It’s totally up to you. But you could update me on your choice about my randomness :D
Ok, I’ll try them. Thanks =D
I’m totally stealing your post layout for my next one, how do you always make such pretty codes? D:
Glad to see 2 out of 3 of the challenge were enjoyed, even if the 3rd apparently was a horrible fit, sorry about that :3
Unfortunately haven’t played any of the rest(yet) so no opinions on those.
There’s some great titles in your “Was on wishlist” list. I highly recommend Alpha Protocol, This War of Mine and The Walking Dead. And there’s also a bunch of games I wanna play too like Oxenfree, Dead Synchronicity and Divinity!
But if we go from SG wins then the challenge is:
-Belladonna (oh c’mon, easy :P)
-Mars: war logs
-Asdivine Hearts
I like your tabception :D
Wait, Outlast isn’t scary?? I only tried to play it at night/in the dark (on purpose) though…
Horror movies never scare me so I thought it would be the same for horror games but I guess I was wrong :P
As soon as I understood game mechanics it stopped being scary.
Try Alian Isolation if you can. It’s way better in everything.
I have to give my +1 to those who liked your tabception.
As for new games to play, wow, that’s a lot of SG wins, and I can’t really tell what you might be inclined to play. So let me list a few games I’ve played and can personally recommend: The Walking Dead, Season 1, Driftmoon, The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav, Costume Quest 2, and Belladonna.
Of those, you should definitely play TWD…Driftmoon and CQ2 are charming, fun adventure/RPG games; Dark Eye is “high point-and-click” and Belladonna is”low point-and-click,” which I don’t mean as an insult, it’s just not as rich or deep– but short and sweet.
Anyway, good luck deciding!
Thanks for suggestions! And about lots of wins - well, I’m greedy person ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Also I wonder why didn’t you suggest Gods Will Be Watching =P
Absolutely! To the top of the list with that one!
Really good progress!!
Another World was such a good game back then (I haven’t played since the original release), I’m glad to read it remains good through the test of time.
100% orange juice can be fun depending with who you play, but the RNG is ALWAYS infuriating sadly. On the plus side, you played all 3 of your challenged games and enjoyed 2 of them.
As for a pool of 3 other games… I’d say:
- The walking dead
- Oxenfree
- This war of mine
Nice progress ‘escollo’ Yaaay! Congratulations :D
I played Outlast a long time ago, it didn’t even have achievements yet, and I found it a bit scary, probably because every 5 minutes an ex-friend came and screamed to scare me hahaha :x
Did you play in insane difficulty? I wanna play it again to 100% the game, but I still need to buy its DLC too. And I also need to know more about this insane run… I thought it would be something almost impossible x.x
100% Orange Juice hahahah we all hate it D: it’s sooo much RNG. I didn’t play much, but it’s a game totally based on luck what I don’t have, of course. But I did enjoy it, even more playing with friends.. it’s pretty fun. Sad you didn’t enjoy it at all D:
In Outlast on insane difficulty I used dirty trick: when I squated fast enough multiple times enemies stopped seeing me. I think it’s some bug in AI.
Nice looking post : )
I keep trying to win 12 is better than 6 so I can give it a try. Most people keep saying good things about it. Outlast has been on my list of wanting to play for a while. It’s a bit disappointing to hear the AI gets predictable, but the story still looks good. I’ll get to it one of these days.
Heh, I had no idea about 12 when I won it.
And in Outlast I constantly compare AI with Alien Isolation and alien is way more smart and unpredictable enemy.