August 2023
A bunch of very mediocre games. Oh well, I cannot play masterpieces every month.
Best game of the month: Havsala
Finished games:
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Chicken Assassin: Reloaded
3/10
13 of 13 achievements
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Skyborn
5/10
17 of 24 achievements
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Havsala: Into the Soul Palace
7/10
17 of 21 achievements
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Shieldmaiden
5/10
22 of 27 achievements
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Manual Samuel - Anniversary Edition
6/10
15 of 28 achievements
New games:
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Havsala: Into the Soul Palace
2 hours playtime
17 of 21 achievements
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Demon Turf
36 minutes playtime
1 of 40 achievements
Quick thoughts:
Chicken Assassin: Reloaded
3/10
Basically an idle game, with nonsensical story and not much charm. You need to train your character by clicking and collecting coins, upgrading stats, and when he is strong enough you can beat a level. I finished it thanks to my good old friend autoclicker.
Skyborn
5/10
I am not a fan of RPG maker games and this one is not changing my mind. It’s a basic RPG with linear plot and cliche story. Plus it basically soft lock me at the bossfight, because to beat the final battle, I should have one of 2 or 3 skills, and I didn’t unlock those particular skills by any of my character. Previous fights were easy for me, so nothing told me, that I am underlevel. And of course I couldn’t back up and grind. I had to lower the difficulty to beat a game.
Havsala: Into the Soul Palace
7/10
Escape room game. Quite nice one. The plot is about reincarnation and finding your previous lives, the riddles are not bad, there is a hint system… It was short, and it is DEFINIETELY not The Room but I liked it.
Shieldmaiden
5/10
Platformer. A bit junky. I feel I died more times because I was fighting the controls, than because of the real threads. The idea of the shield, which is absorbing attacks and let you use them against your opponents is neat on paper, but too many times I was basically standing still catching bullets and being bored, before I could one shot everyone on the screen.
Manual Samuel - Anniversary Edition
6/10
It’s basically an easier version of Octodad in 2D - you need to control every part of your body to do tasks, such as walking a stairs, or driving a car. It was allright, I guess. At least the plot had some creativity in it, although the jokes were hit and miss.