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June '19 Play Log III

Well, the year is now half over so time to take another look at my goals and see how badly I’ve done. First though, some more games beaten.

Overall:

13%
19%
12%
47%
9%

SG:

19%
43%
5%
20%
13%

ABC:

15%
37%
11%
37%
0%
Lost Chronicles of Zerzura

Lost Chronicles of Zerzura

6/10
7 hours playtime
no achievements

Decent puzzles if sometimes difficult/counter-intuitive, the story isn’t terribly interesting though.

Pros:

  • Decent puzzles
  • Being an inventor means combining collecting and combining random items actually makes a bit of sense, unlike most games of this style

Cons:

  • Desperately needs a hint system. I ended up using a walkthrough for a lot of it because I would get stuck
  • Shift+tab to open Steam overlay can cause you to skip cutscenes/discussions
  • Alt+tab doesn’t cooperate, can crash the game
  • Some parts at the end have to be figured out and done quickly or you’ll die and have to reload your last save, which I’m not a fan of for this particular genre

Verdict: 6/10

Old SG win on my ABC list. Overall meh, not bad but nothing about it stands out as particularly good either.


Odysseus Kosmos and his Robot Quest: Adventure Game

Odysseus Kosmos and his Robot Quest: Adventure Game

7/10
16 hours playtime

I found this slow to start, but it picked up in the second half. Overall I enjoyed it, but if the first 2 episodes where more interesting it would have been far better. If you enjoy point and click puzzle games you’ll likely enjoy this. If story is important to you as well you could do worse than this game, but you could also do better.

Pros:

  • Towards the end of the game the story gets interesting
  • The puzzles are very good for the most part, neither too easy nor too hard
  • The hint system is generally pretty good
  • I really liked the song that was played at the end of each episode

Cons:

  • Slow to start, first 2 episodes were boring story-wise
  • I got the feeling there were parts that were supposed to be funny, but for the most part they weren’t
  • The very last puzzle was very confusing. It took me forever to figure out what I had to do, and even longer to do it. In the end it was sheer luck that I managed it.
  • There were points where (I thought I) had completed everything the hint was indicating but it didn’t change, and I had trouble figuring out how to proceed.

Verdict: 7/10

Picked this up recently in a trade. It doesn’t start off terribly strongly but it does get better in the later half. Overall I enjoyed it, but it wasn’t as good as I’d hoped.


Added to the Backlog

  • Immortal Redneck
    Immortal Redneck

    0 minutes playtime

    0 of 44 achievements

  • Goals

    So far it seems that my revised goals should be achievable, but not easily.

    70% beaten SG wins ratio: Started the year at 50% and I’m now at 62%, so perfectly on track for this one.
    Max 30 40 Wishlist Unplayed games: This one will be the most difficult, I’m failing to even tread water here. With my recent purchases it’s gone up to 49. I think I’ll focus on driving this down August and September, hopefully that’ll get me caught up.
    Much fewer (55) abandoned games: Down from 66 to 62 so making progress here, though there were some short ones so getting to 55 will still take some work. I’m focusing on this this month. It’s possible I’ll beat this target if I can get caught up on wishlist unplayed.