It’s been a while. I went through my back surgery in March. All went well initially, then I suffered a CSF leak that had me messed up for another month. I couldn’t even sit up without vomiting or crying in pain because the headache associated with it was that bad. After the headache subsided, a large lump formed on my back at the site of the surgery further impeding my healing. This was a psuedomeningocele filled with CSF fluid. That has only gone away in June, so now I am truly on the road to recovery. While I was playing games a little when I wasn’t feeling too bad, I generally just let my backlog grow even more. Gonna try and pick up where I left off and actually play some of my games. lol.
So since last time I’ve been playing…
Won on Steamgifts. I am probably never going to get the achievements for this since they don’t register for MacOSX users, but I have most definitely played it. Another problem with the mac version is the leaderboard. It doesn’t work, so you can’t keep track of high scores to beat. I like the game, it’s nice, but the lack of leaderboard kinda takes away my enthusiasm to play endless hours.
Snowball!
1.6 hours, 0 of 9 achievements
A nice little Hidden Object game. The story was actually pretty decent, the art was lovely and the voice actors were pretty good too. One thing I’d say though is that the puzzles are quite easy. Completed the game in 4 hours.
Kingmaker: Rise to the Throne
4.1 hours, 18 of 18 achievements
More HO games.
Mythic Wonders: The Philosopher's Stone
7.4 hours, 24 of 24 achievements
Lost Grimoires: Stolen Kingdom
3.8 hours, 13 of 13 achievements
As for Crimson Lilly, I’d say it is one of the worst Artifex Mundi games in terms of story. It was so friggen confusing and dopey, I don’t even. But… I finished it regardless.
Crime Secrets: Crimson Lily
8.6 hours, 24 of 24 achievements
I won this game in a Steamgifts giveaway a few months back and I’ve only gotten around to playing it now. I’ve always liked good solitaire card games anyway. They are relaxing. This one is a nice take on the classic game. I didn’t really care too much for the story to be honest. It felt a little irrelevant/disconnected from the game itself. In order for me to care about the story, it would need to be integrated into the gameplay somehow. However, I suppose kids would love that side of it since it adds a cutesy element. Anyway, I’m looking forward to the upcoming Mac option for the Remastered version, so I can play that too. (Them two last achievements though…. >.>)
Faerie Solitaire
28.1 hours, 28 of 30 achievements
I loved the first Glass Masquerade. I had to buy the second one. They are just so beautiful. Sure, it’s just a jigsaw game, but it’s simply gorgeous, relaxing soundtrack. Everything you could want from a game that you can relax on the couch with a cup of coffee and play at your leisure.
Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions
9.3 hours, 33 of 38 achievements
I have been playing a LOT of Armello. Over 100 hours worth. My friend gifted me this game because he wanted more people to play it with. And figured I’d like it because according to him, I gravitate toward cute things. (I think that may be true lol). I sorta got hooked on the game. XD I haven’t really been aiming to get all the achievements, but might do that soon. Game is a little CPU intensive for a board game though, that’s my only gripe.
Armello
107.9 hours, 36 of 50 achievements
You and I have the same achievements in Faerie Solitaire– those last two just weren’t worth it to me. I played it back in 2013, before I came to SG.
My kids and I certainly enjoyed the first Glass Masquerade, though I don’t have the second one yet.
I wanted to get a closer look at your avatar, so I went to your Steam profile. Kitty does NOT look happy! =)
Also, my family and I are going to Ireland in three weeks! Yay! And I hope you get well soon…sounds like it’s been a rough road, but it looks like the you’re past the worst of it? Good luck!
Oh the second one of Glass Masquerade is equally as nice. They’ve made some higher difficulty settings which you have to do for some harder to get achievements. Adds a little bit of challenge to it. I will finish those achievements eventually. Didn’t bother going back to play at the higher difficulty.
Ah enjoy your time in Ireland. =) August/September is usually fairly okay weatherwise, but… pack the light rain jackets, especially if visiting the west coast. It can be pretty unpredictable. lol.
Hah! It’s not my kitty, I wouldn’t do that to them. Thought it was kinda funny when I saw it. Someone actually stopped talking to me when I put that avatar. He said it was intimidating. Best feckin laugh I had in ages, so I kept it.
We’ll be flying into Shannon and touring primarily Doolin and the Ring of Kerry. We’ll be sure to have some kind of raingear.
Never been to Doolin myself. Ring of Kerry is really gorgeous though. Been at AIMS musical awards in Killarney several times and took the opportunity to check out the Killarney National Park/Gap of Dunloe one of the years. Didn’t have much time to explore that area of the country further since they had events kinda mapped out for us the entire weekend each time.
Played Faerie Solitaire and the remastered version last month. And I can tell you to get the last achievemtns is crazy in both. Still not done with it. And Armello is fun. Though I have only played against AI so far.
Yeah, Armello is nice with friends especially. Since the new update though, it is really CPU intensive on my machine. Like, I play other board games like Hearthstone, not a whisper out of the fans because it’s coded properly. Armello is a mess tbh. The fans go mental within 2 minutes of starting it up. Nice gameplay, but no reason it should cause my machine to max out 10GB RAM from the menu screen even before you go in-game lol. It’s not like it’s some big RPG or whatever.
Heh! They have some new features in the remastered version though?
Yeah I know what you mean about the CPU usage. My machine was going crazy too.
New features in the remastered version? Not really. They changed some of the achievements. What was before “do x in z amount of time” is in the remastered version “get x perfects in one location”. They also fiddled with the drop rate. What they changed is the bonus card system, where before you got specific cards you now just get fewer “Joker” cards that can be used for anything.
And I’ve read in the forums, that they are planning on bringing out a re-re-mastered version sometime soon.
Hah crazy considering he is releasing other games in the franchise. I know they are currently beta-testing the mac build for the re-mastered version. Unless they’re planning to update the entire thing once it goes live. I saw something about a new game engine.