jullebarge

January 2019 report

A great start for the new year !

In good resolution of the year 2019, I decided to stop TESO for a while in order to progress on my backlog. As a result, I played more than 20 games this month and finished 12, including 4 of my ABC Challenge! So the year is off to a great start!

I finished some very good games that impressed me (Hellblade, Quantum Break, Last Day of June) but also a whole series of smaller games not necessarily interesting....

I passed some time on flight simulators (FSW and XP11), one of my passions among many others. I am doing a tour of Europe in a small light plane, with one-hour stops, just to visit. I also progressed on Epistory, which I like very much, and which I play with my 6-year-old son next to me: he has to read the words so that I can type them, so he can work on his reading at the same time !

I managed to contain my game purchase, even though I fell for a bundle to get Homeworld Remastered and Immortal Redneck. I was also gifted Just Cause 3, which I started and which I like very much. It replaced Jydge in my ABC Challenge, which I dropped because of the grind needed to unlock the levels.

One thing that will grow my backlog is that I bought a WMR headset (Lenovo Explorer) and I start to look at VR games on Steam. So much things to try !

 

Played Beaten Completed Backlog+
21 6 6 6

ABC Challenge Progress (15/26)

Finished this month: 4 (Wow !)

27% never played
15% unfinished
35% beaten
23% completed

Most Satisfying Finish

Most Exciting Addition

  • Faerie Solitaire Remastered

    12 hours playtime

    25 of 30 achievements

  • X-Plane 11

    44 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Quantum Break

    11 hours playtime

    28 of 42 achievements

  • Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

    7 hours playtime

    13 of 14 achievements

  • Just Cause 3

    5 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Last Day of June

    4 hours playtime

    21 of 21 achievements

  • Passpartout: The Starving Artist

    3 hours playtime

    18 of 25 achievements

  • Flight Sim World

    17 hours playtime

    19 of 96 achievements

  • Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~

    6 hours playtime

    27 of 85 achievements

  • Epistory - Typing Chronicles

    3 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek

    9 hours playtime

    14 of 19 achievements

  • Linked

    5 hours playtime

    12 of 12 achievements

  • Caster

    2 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Redout: Enhanced Edition

    4 hours playtime

    11 of 34 achievements

  • World of Goo

    54 minutes playtime

    0 of 8 achievements

  • Forgotten, Not Lost - A Kinetic Novel

    49 minutes playtime

    4 of 4 achievements

  • Killer is Dead

    44 minutes playtime

    3 of 48 achievements

  • Dinosaur Hunt

    41 minutes playtime

    1080 of 1080 achievements

  • Tyler: Model 005

    55 minutes playtime

    2 of 11 achievements

  • Hidden Paws

    2 hours playtime

    8 of 8 achievements

  • Distant Space

    33 minutes playtime

    44 of 44 achievements

Faerie Solitaire Remastered

Faerie Solitaire Remastered

7/10
12.1 hours
25 of 30 achievements

Nice solitaire game with some cool features. I didn't know I could like a game like this, because I'm not a big fan of card games in general. I spent 12 hours to finish the main story and had a good time.

Quantum Break

Quantum Break

9/10
10.8 hours
28 of 42 achievements

I loved this game, and especially the time-based story, very coherent and engaging. The game is beautiful, the series that is interspersed between the acts is also well done (the actors are great!) and the mix of the two pleased me, I would like to see other games use this mechanism. The gameplay of the game is very pleasant with the different powers at our disposal. I had a little trouble beating the end boss, but after 10 attempts I managed it!

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

10/10
7.0 hours
13 of 14 achievements

Hellblade will have been complicated for me to finish. I started it a year ago, but the atmosphere of the game and the gameplay of the beginning didn't make me want to continue. I played it in 30-minute increments in 2018, and then in January, I decided to finish it because I was more than halfway through. And I did the right thing, because the second part of the game is much better: more interesting, more varied, the battles are finally tough and the environments crossed are breathtaking.
In the end, it's a real masterpiece for me, a unique game of its kind. By the theme of course, and by the fact that everything in the game is done to make the player feel what Senua feels: the absence of hud, the sound and voices, the absence of tutorials (I only discovered at the end that you could kick in combat…), the slowness of movement.
A great game then, which I am very happy to have finished!

Last Day of June

Last Day of June

7/10
3.5 hours
21 of 21 achievements

This game attracted me at first because I'm a big fan of Steven Wilson, who is the author of the game's music. I had no idea what I was getting into and was pleasantly surprised. First of all, by the graphics, magnificent and poetic. By the music of course, even if I already knew the songs, instrumental remixes of SW songs. Finally, by the history, which touched me a lot, to the point of having a little tear shed at the end.
However, the gameplay is very average, with passages to review several times without being able to accelerate or pass them. I ended up using a guide to avoid unnecessary loading.

Passpartout: The Starving Artist

Passpartout: The Starving Artist

6/10
3.5 hours
18 of 25 achievements

An original game where you have to paint paintings in a particular style to please the customers. There are apparently 4 possible ends, but I finished the game with the easiest end to get, because painting with the mouse with Paint tools is not what I like most…..

Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~

Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~

6/10
5.6 hours
27 of 85 achievements

Nice game, but there’s a lot to read and not so much choices to do. It’s a great game if you want to travel to Japan as is explains everything on this country (even how the train ticket works…)

9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek

9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek

4/10
8.9 hours
14 of 19 achievements

1st hidden objet game I play, it was OK, but it’s not my cup of tea.

Linked

Linked

5/10
4.8 hours
12 of 12 achievements

Simple puzzle game, there’s a lot of levels and they all look the same, it’s really repetitive, but short to finish

Caster

Caster

3/10
2.3 hours
no achievements

Small game where you shoot ennemies to get orbs to save the world. Really ugly but the gameplay is somehow fun with the jetpack.

Forgotten, Not Lost - A Kinetic Novel

Forgotten, Not Lost - A Kinetic Novel

6/10
0.8 hours
4 of 4 achievements

Another game where you read without making any choice. The story of this one is great, as well as the subject (old person who lost memory). I had a good time playing it.

Dinosaur Hunt

Dinosaur Hunt

2/10
0.7 hours
1080 of 1080 achievements

Low budget shooter where you have to kill some small dinosaur until a boss come. You have various weapons to try and 1080 achievements to get ! Not a good game, but it’s short…

Distant Space

Distant Space

5/10
0.6 hours
44 of 44 achievements

Arcade and old-fashion Space invaders game, which require some skills to progress and get all achievements. It was fun !

  • Just Cause 3

    5 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Immortal Redneck

    0 minutes playtime

    0 of 44 achievements

  • Homeworld Remastered Collection

    0 minutes playtime

    no achievements

  • Jalopy

    0 minutes playtime

    0 of 23 achievements

  • Figment

    0 minutes playtime

    0 of 23 achievements

  • Deponia: The Complete Journey

    0 minutes playtime

    0 of 105 achievements

Kulfy

Good luck for the bonus fights on Epistory :D
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/271713845549741673/AC60F3E9A06DAC4DB1AC7F53F12CED35AF58174F

(Your Finished tab stat is wrong anyway : 6 -> 12)

jullebarge

I have 6 completed + 6 beaten = 12 finished ;)

Trent

How on earth did you beat World of Goo in 54 minutes?!?!?! Offline time? I finally ragequit that game. Physics and I never did get along.

jullebarge

I beat it on a non-Steam version, the time indicating here is only some playing with my son ;)

Trent

Oh, phew…I was about to have to reassess my life choices. :p

Vito

Nice progress, congratulations :) Nice to see, that you found a game you could play together with your son :)

jullebarge

Thanks :)

Formidolosus

Nice Progress!
I also enjoyed Quantum break. I wasn’t sure if the story would make sense as I knew it had time jumps and twists, but I think it was very clearly laid out, so it all made sense in the end. I know it’s unlikely to have a sequel, but that ending sure seemed to set up one
I played ‘Last day of June’ last year with my wife, and I agree with your assessment. Sad story, told with slightly awkward ‘game’ mechanics.