Tackling my Wont Play list

I actually forgot to put this on the theme page, whoops.

Anyway I put Blues and Bullets in my "won't play" list because the game is abandoned. I think two chapters were released and then the developers moved on. Technically I only have chapter 1 so it's not beaten, but I'm going to count it as beaten anyway.

It's such a shame it was abandoned because I really enjoyed this game. Blues and Bullets plays like a dark gritty Telltale game. From the first moments of the game the story had me intrigued and I wanted to know more.

The story follows Eliot Ness (voiced by Doug Cockle, funny enough). A former detective who is hired by his old enemy, Al Capone, to find his missing niece. Meanwhile there are other missing children who may been taken by something not human… (I'll never know)

The game plays out like an interactive crime thriller with some crime solving mixed in. There are some interesting choices in the game, but we'll never know how they effected the rest of the story.

The settings in this game are beautiful. The way the game shows them off proves that they put a lot of work into them with the little budget they had. I love the color scheme too. A mostly black and white game with red mixed in to show off the important elements.

Overall I obviously cannot recommend this game since it's abandoned and the story will never finish. It's just a shame because I would have gladly purchased the season pass.

Instead of leaving this review off on a sad note, I'll ask a question. What is your favorite interactive movie type game? It can be something from Telltale, Life is Strange, Quantic Dream or something else entirely.

Before it was abandoned: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✩

After it was abandoned: ⭐✩✩✩✩

I really wanted to like this game but there was so much holding it back from being great. I enjoyed the art a lot. It was cute and lovely. The premise of the game is also unique. You play a blind girl who is looking for her cat. The sounds she hears while you explore opens up the world around her. Everything goes from white to colorful as you walk.

Unfortunately, in my opinon the game gets tedious real fast. My biggest complaint is Rae's walking speed. She walks sooooo slow. It takes an insane amount of time to get from point A to point B. That's not really an issue for a walking sim, except that she's blind so you can't see where you're going. There's no sense of navigation in this game so you have to walk aimlessly until you find the right way to go. Combine that with the slow walking speed and it can be excruciating. Especially in parts like chapter 4, where it's a big open area with only one path to find.

I know the story is personal to the developer, but looking for your cat is not story enough to excuse two hours of aimless walking.

There was a part that really frusterated me. I got to the end of chapter 4 only to find out (spoiler) ~I couldn't get passed the dog because I didn't pet the dog in chapter 3. I know that was mostly my fault because there was an indication with the ball that I should interact with the dog. Still, I wish they didn't allow me to finish the chapter unless I did pet the dog. Because I didn't pet the dog, I had to not only restart chapter 3, but also chapter 4 again. Which took a very long time and was incredibly boring.~

Overall I really wanted to like this. This game was suggested to me so I hate to say bad things. I'm still grateful though because I got it off my "won't play" list into my "beaten" list, and that's a great accomplishment for me. I think this is a love it or hate it kind of game. Therefore II would say give Beyond Eyes a try if you have it. If you're able to get past 30 minutes and still love it, then I think you'll enjoy the game!

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Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball (woo, that's a mouthful) is a pretty fun game! I don't remember why I put it on my "won't play" list, but it probably had something to do with me having no friends to play with and being bad online.

This one was also suggested to me (thanks, JaffaCaffa!).

Disco Dodgeball is basically a dodgeball game where you skate around a big arena and try to hit the other players while dodging the balls yourself. It has different games, but I mostly just enjoyed the typical team deathmatch. The game encourages trickshots, but I usually just ran up to one of the bots and pegged them in the face.

The game feels a little clunky, but the controls were not that bad and didn't deter away from the fun. The online is dead (the peak being 20 people today) but it's still fun to play with bots. I may even come back and visit this game every so often.

⭐⭐⭐✩✩

This game was just…. mindless.

Honestly this game provides nothing. It's a runner game where you have to jump over the spikes. It's also clunky and ugly. The layout is almost the same in every level and the character never jumps exactly when I hit the jump button. In one of the levels the spikes blend in with background items and it's hard to tell what can kill you and what can't.

The story is poorly written and hardly a story at all. When I finished story mode I went to endless mode. Every so often when I hit continue after dying, it would switch out my character with one I didn't even pick.

Overall, I saw someone in the reviews compare this game to the dinosaur game you get on Chrome when you lose internet. That's basically what it is, but way less fun.

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So this is one of those artsy games. I think I put this one in the "wont play" list purely because of how weird it was.

The Grandfather is a puzzle game with a very very disturbing story, with some dark hand-drawn art to back it up.

Some negatives are lack of subtitles and somewhat quiet narration. Also the game doesn't explain anything and throws you in abruptly.

Really all I can say about the game is that I didn't like it. It was pretty unsettling and the story didn't grab me.

I got this in a bundle but it's now free to play if you enjoy disturbing artistic games.

⭐⭐✩✩✩