samwise84

Update 57: 8th of June to 14th of June

Beaten/completed 4 games this week and also beaten two DLC’s in PPU. I would call that good progress.

9 hours
8/10 ⭐

I really like this VN. You are a criminal justice student that solves cases. The puzzles are nice, not too easy and not too hard. Getting all achievements is a hazzle though since you have no walkthroughs and the achievments discription does not help much. The translation is really good for a Chinese VN. One other sad point is that you can only play 2 cases. The third is locked behind a DLC.


Half-Life 2

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

7/10
20.1 hours
41 of 41 achievements

I've read the book so I knew what to expect story wise. Liked the story, tough I sometimes found it too slow paced. Also not a big fan of the QET's Could have done without those.

Half-Life 2

aMAZE Gears

5.5/10
7.2 hours
150 of 150 achievements

It's a good maze game, if there were not the added timer and some of the traps are just crazy, especially since you get one hit killed.

Other things I disliked:

  • no options menu
  • no pause button
  • escape brings you out of the level instantly
  • no ingame-screenshot
  • no window mode
Half-Life 2

This War of Mine

7/10
17.0 hours
16 of 55 achievements

Interesting war/survival simulation from the point of view of civilians that just want to survive. Will definitly get back to it someday for all the achievments I missed.

Pixel Puzzles Ultimate

88.1 hours, 76 of 1866 achievements

Pixel Puzzles Ultimate

88.1 hours, 76 of 1866 achievements





green = PoP thanks to Aldowuj & Laura for challenging me
red = Monthly in a Month
blue = PAGYWOSG
grey = BLAEO monthly theme
orange = completions/for fun games

Overall Backlog Progress: -0,26% unfinished/never played games :)

12.54% (116/925)
11.57% (107/925)
5.08% (47/925)
68.43% (633/925)
2.38% (22/925)
Overall SG Wins Progress: +0,11% unfinished/never played games :(

32.85% (68/207)
21.26% (44/207)
1.45% (3/207)
42.51% (88/207)
1.93% (4/207)
Here are the games I'm currently working on. Reviews will follow once I'm done with the games:
I've won 4 games in the last week and activated a free game from Steam. And I've beaten/completed 4 games, so that makes a +1 for the last week and a total of +1 for June.

SG wins:

Activated free steam games:
Games I want to play within the next few weeks:

BLAEO Monthly: nothing more planned atm

PoP: thanks to laura & Aldowuj for challenging me

PAGYWOSG:
  • Farming World

    0 hours playtime

    no achievements



Just for fun:
Mskotor

I think it was better for me to firstly play Pillars of the Earth, and then read the book. It made game more interesting. Just like I played Game of Thrones RPG before I knew about the books.

It’s like reading game walkhrough or Wikipedia page before playing it. Sadly games lose whole “wow” moment that way.

samwise84

True but considering that I read the book way before there ever was a game I could not undo the order. And yeah I am old enough to have read the book a few years after it came actually out.