tso184

Short September report

I’m a bit late, but I was away on a trip during the start of the month. Better late than never? :)

September was a pretty good gaming month for backlog slaying. I finished six games, and went back to two previously finished games and got 100% achievements by playing the DLC (Dead Rising 3 and Mark of the Ninja).

  • Dead Rising 3
    Dead Rising 3

    61 hours playtime

    88 of 88 achievements

  • Mother Russia Bleeds
    Mother Russia Bleeds

    6 hours playtime

    24 of 33 achievements

  • Mark of the Ninja
    Mark of the Ninja

    18 hours playtime

    38 of 38 achievements

  • Project Highrise
    Project Highrise

    10 hours playtime

    73 of 88 achievements

  • Merchants of Kaidan
    Merchants of Kaidan

    14 hours playtime

    22 of 22 achievements

  • Metro 2033
    Metro 2033

    13 hours playtime

    37 of 48 achievements

  • Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
    Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

    10 hours playtime

    14 of 14 achievements

  • Tomb Raider
    Tomb Raider

    19 hours playtime

    33 of 50 achievements

After adding a few gameplay hours in October, this is also the second time I finish five games from my Selection category, one of my “pools” I choose what games to play from (read more about it on my profile). These five games are now done:

  • Mark of the Ninja
    Mark of the Ninja

    18 hours playtime

    38 of 38 achievements

  • Project Highrise
    Project Highrise

    10 hours playtime

    73 of 88 achievements

  • Merchants of Kaidan
    Merchants of Kaidan

    14 hours playtime

    22 of 22 achievements

  • Tomb Raider
    Tomb Raider

    19 hours playtime

    33 of 50 achievements

  • TRANSFORMERS: Devastation
    TRANSFORMERS: Devastation

    13 hours playtime

    13 of 30 achievements

…and I will put these five games into the pool for the games I consider to play the next time I’m done with a game.

  • DiRT Rally
    DiRT Rally

    0 minutes playtime

    0 of 170 achievements

  • BioShock 2 Remastered
    BioShock 2 Remastered

    0 minutes playtime

    0 of 53 achievements

  • Mafia II
    Mafia II

    6 minutes playtime

    0 of 67 achievements

  • RAGE
    RAGE

    0 minutes playtime

    0 of 60 achievements

  • Saints Row 2
    Saints Row 2

    42 minutes playtime

    no achievements

Witcher Trilogy status report

I mentioned in a previous post that I’m taking on the full Witcher Trilogy, playing all three games back to back.

I’ve made my way through the first three acts (of five) in the first game. I can see how the game must have been revolutionary in its day, but some parts of it haven’t aged all that well. I still enjoy the game, but as I find some parts of the gameplay not all that fun, I’m focusing on the main story and not doing that many sidequests. The sidequests in this game can often come with an interesting story, but the gameplay and rewards don’t make a good enough job at tempting me to actually perform the sidequests… and I’m a player who normally likes to do everything you can do in a game.

So far the first game feels like a weak 7/10 from me, judged with modern standards. Which is still quite good for such an old game. I’m guessing I’m done with it during next week, then on to more familiar territory - The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings - although this will be my first time playing it on PC.

Vito

Wow, some great games you have finished in September respectively added to your Selection list. A lot of the games I want to play myself one day. Have fun with them :)

tso184

Yeah, there were some excellent games last month :) Really looking forward to playing every game in my current selection list!

Checked your profile here on BLAEO, nice layout/idea, looks really good! Hope you will have some time to relax with games in between studying hours :)

Vito

Thank you for your kind words!

I started playing Metro 2033 myself yesterday, really curious how it will turn out.

Formidolosus

Good month for you seems like! :-)

tso184

September was good, but followed by some slow months, time to get back to backlog slaying business in January :D

Trent

I really enjoyed The Witcher 1, but I played it back in July 2012 (had to look that up)…so maybe it didn’t seem so “dated” back then.

Some nice progress this (well, last) month!

BTW, you need to update the links on your profile to backlog-assassins.net.

tso184

Thanks, updated :D

Trent

It’s about time!! j/k :p