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Casual achievement hunter’s progress log #63


Beaten

Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™

49.4 hours, 41 of 72 achievements

Paid a fair bit for it, but I didn't regret it at all. Such a great game. Basically what Shadow of Mordor should've been. If you like Shadow of Mordor, you'll like this even more.

The microtransactions pose no issue any longer either.


Renowned Explorers: International Society

9.7 hours, 42 of 165 achievements

I used a random Steam game generator to see what I should play. This popped up.

I remembered wanting it a long time ago and decided to give it a go.

It's okay. The combat's very simplistic and the overworld isn't much better either. But the story is interesting enough to be interesting and the resource management has somehow turned into something quite fun.

Overall,only get it if you're a fan of these types of games. Those looking to get into this type of stuff might be disappointed.


Orcs Must Die!

7.2 hours, 11 of 27 achievements

Once again, was looking for a random game from my library and this popped up. I remembered wanting to play OMD 2, but being stopped by the fact that I hadn't beaten the first one.

So, I played it solo. It's one hell of a satisfying tower defense romp. I really liked it. If you're itching to play a TD game, then look into your library, you probably already own it. Play it and have fun.


Hotline Miami

4.5 hours, 11 of 35 achievements

I was thinking of playing Hotline Miami 2, which I had won a while ago from SG. But I hadn't beaten Hotline Miami 1 yet. I didn't even own it. Just 2 days before that, Chrono.gg added it to their store. I had the choice of collecting coins to get it for free or buy it during the discount for 2,5€. I don't have a lot of money to throw around, so if I have the option to get something for free, I'll do my best to get it that way. So, I collected coins every day for around 10 days and finally got the legendary chest, which gave enough coins to let me buy the game.

3 days playing and I finally beat the game. Was it difficult? Not really. It was more unfair than anything. Sometimes enemies were completely unaware of you, sometimes they were aware of you before you even entered the door. It was that randomness that made the game difficult. But that's not to say it's not tough. The game's harder than most others. But due to my years of gaming, I was used to this type of speed.

It's a fun game and you can still get Hotline MIami from Chrono.gg. There's still more than 60% of the keys remaining.


Organ Trail: Director's Cut

7.2 hours, 5 of 28 achievements
Won on Steamgifts

Once I won this, I immediately downloaded it and started playing it.

It was a rough start. I couldn't get into the game and it was pretty shallow for my taste. Once you saw the first area, you saw them all. Nothing new to be seen. The 15 minute loop repeated over and over again.

So, I loaded up a Joe Rogan podcast, listened to that and played the game. Finally, I got into the groove of it. It's passable as a simplistic game, where you don't have to focus. As a game to focus on and play? You'll be left wanting for anything. Just, anything. Organ Trail won't give you more though.

I don't recommend it unless you are in the mood for Oregon Trail.


The Fidelio Incident

1.7 hours, 13 of 14 achievements
Won on Steamgifts

Another win from Steamgifts, it's a game that I was planning to buy anyways due to the cheap price and my new computer, which is able to run it.

Damn this is a fun game. The music's great, the voice acting is top notch, the graphics are very pleasing to the eye. But because it's purely a walking simulator with no choices, it can only be that good. They made best of what they could as a walking sim, but that's also their crutch.


INK

4.3 hours, 7 of 16 achievements

Once again, a randomly picked game. It looked great. Using trial and error to light up the platforms to finally make through it. In reality, the game runs at 30 fps. The controls are clumsy and the later enemies, mainly the homing missiles, are unbearable.

This is for the hardcore genre fans. Not for people like me, simply interested gamers.



Completed

GRID

32.5 hours, no achievements

Ayyy, finally completed it.

Grid is a simulation and arcade mixed racer with beautiful visuals, solid driving, a whole lot of variety and a ton of grinding.

Most people have it by now. Either through cheap bundles of free giveaways. Give this game a try.


Store Simulator 2018

1.6 hours, 1010 of 1010 achievements
Won on Steamgifts

Another win from SG. Won this from the achievement spam event.

I'm fine with achievement spam. I really am. But god damn, this one is so full of itself. It claims to be a parody, but all it is is a terrible piece of trash. This developer and game angers me more than it should, but the guy is such a self-righteous ass that it just angers me.

Don't get this game. Stay away.


Meteor 60 Seconds!

0.6 hours, no achievements

An awesome free game.

What would you do if the world ended in 60 seconds? Well, feel free to try it out here. It's such a fun, cute little game that has a lot of heart poured into it. I highly recommend you spend the 30-40 minutes it takes to complete the whole game.

It's free, so what do you have to lose? Other than, well, time…



21,068 achievements (+1,178) 73 perfect games (+1) 42% avg. game completion (+0%)
1,283 games (+14) 1,248 DLC owned (+538) 134 reviews (+2) 1,055 wishlisted (+27)

53% never played (-1%)
19% unfinished (+0%)
12% beaten (+0%)
14% completed (+1%)
2% won’t play (+0%)