Bangledeschler

October Could have been spookier…
Objectively I would have to say this month was not very successful. I was hoping to get much more into the spook, which granted I put a lot of time into spooky game events (Monster Hunter World, Dead by Daylight), but played very few spooky games otherwise. Luckily I don’t need a month to define when I get my spook on :3 still would have liked to embrace festivity of it. In a slight tangent I did get to finally watch the Halloween movies with Michael Meyers being the only slasher series that I haven’t seen. Looking forward to checking out the recently released one soon! Onto the games!

DEEP SPACE WAIFU

4.3 hours, 69 of 69 achievements

A surprisingly good bullet hell shooter. It's strength is the gameplay itself and the soundtrack, everything past that is situational to the players preference. The premise is that you are "bear" looking to get a waifu and a job. Solution? Go on a tinder app, go on dates with girls/waifus where you shoot enemies while trying to shoot clothes off the girl.[spoiler] As it turns out, this is not the way to do things as you find the date never goes well afterwards. [/spoiler] Though this is geared towards the male agenda, there is a "True Gentleman's Mode" which puts you through the same levels EXCEPT if you shoot off ANY piece of clothing, you lose.


DEEP SPACE WAIFU: FLAT JUSTICE

3.0 hours, 69 of 69 achievements

This is basically just an expansion of the original game. This time you are "bear" the employed undercover cop to exploit corruption and waifus alike. Very much more of the same with some graphical and mechanical changes to some enemy types.


DEEP SPACE WAIFU: FANTASY

2.0 hours, 69 of 69 achievements

For some very odd reason, this game never synced to my BLAEO account. Anyways, a sequel to the original, it follows the main protagonist into a fantasy universe where you battle/date monster girls on a noble ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) quest. Further changes to enemy graphics and some mechanics to fit the fantasy setting were done. Still very much more of the same, though quite buggy this time around. As always I appreciate the gameplay and soundtrack.


NEKOPARA Vol. 2

5.1 hours, 20 of 20 achievements

Continues soon after Vol. 1 and you move your focus from the first two codependent catgirls (Vanilla and Chocola) onto two more sister-like in-fighting catgirls (Azuki and Coconut). This generally felt much shorter than the first and is your standard romance VN (with catgirls). Again, as with the rest of the series, there is a lot of budget put into animation and voice acting which only increases its quality as a whole.


Sakura Cupid

3.9 hours, 16 of 16 achievements

Again I return to this cursed series. Why do I return? These reasons are not entirely clear, but I've made my journey through the majority so I may as well continue along this path… This… uh… this lacked a lot. Perhaps it was playing this alongside Nekopara, but it didn't feel as though there was a whole lot of progression or resolution for most of the endings. Furthermore it constantly went back to and hinged on a joke, which felt forced and repetitive. Definitely ranks lower out of the series as a whole, but what did I really expect overwhelming shrug


Unreal Tournament 2004

11.0 hours, no achievements

This was originally my very first introduction to the series, fond memories. Still the tournament style gameplay and modes only with a team builder mechanic added on. Recruit members, play in battles, fight other teams for their members (or for your own). Generally didn't have a problem with this addition in the series. Decent maps, bunch of different modes, with my only qualm being that the enemy AI always seemed much better than my own (regardless of teammate), and some bugs that could potentially lose you a match depending on the situation.


Betrayer

7.8 hours, 16 of 21 achievements

I believe I got this for free way back, and started a while back but lost some interest. In theme with the spooky month I decided to pick it back up again. The artistic choice of having a map have two different realms was interesting as the main one had everything be black and white (with some red on enemies) an interesting choice that got old all too fast. Being oppressed with a bright light near constantly is a little hard on the eyes, so definitely play in short bursts. Though I appreciate exploration the areas were a little too large with very little in it. Sure there are semi-roaming enemies, but they don't offer a whole lot else. The story itself was long, a little confusing and mostly uninteresting. There were a bunch of mysteries along the way to find out what happened, but it isn't always clear how to progress them correctly and are often short lived. Furthermore finding key items can be a hassle, or take far too long.
Not a terrible game, but leans more on "just alright."


Roundabout

6.5 hours, 27 of 40 achievements

Oh FMV games, how I love you so. Even when the acting is bad, it is still so good, maybe the bad acting makes it better. Aside from my love of live action cut scenes, this games provides a bit of a unique (and mostly corny) gameplay/mechanic. You are a one of a kind limo driver whose shtick is that she is constantly revolving her vehicle with no regards to anybodies safety besides her and her client. The acting and jokes are bad, the gameplay can be challenging, and not for a second will this game take itself seriously AND THAT'S OKAY! It's a fun short little game, that lets you finish early and continue to hone your skills further if you wish.
Recommended with a grain of salt.


Unreal Tournament 3: Black Edition

11.6 hours, 6 of 57 achievements

With this game I will have finished the Unreal series, an interesting experience to say the least. The most peculiar part about this game was that it through out the tournament style setting and put in an actual story with war, but still tried to incorporate all the tournament modes into it. This made me very uneasy. This game also reused a lot of resources from its not so distant relatives, Gears of War. Character models, textures, even the effects and cinematic were nearly identical. Past all that the gameplay is still relatively solid with a new kick, "hoverboard". Seeming pretty cheesy it was actually pretty fun getting around with the new gimmick and playing the game felt smooth. Unfortunately there is still a huge issue (possibly bigger now) with AI where your own team can lose you a match very easily in certain maps. Another odd choice was to have choices in the story, this would affect what type of game mode you took immediately and possibly what available options later. Nothing drastic, just different maps and modes.
**After Thoughts* I genuinely enjoyed it, only made better by my extreme clutch in the final mission. Recommend at a discount.



With this all being said and done, I feel my momentum weakening in gaming. Not that I have a whole lot of time lately anyways, but no game has particularly piqued my palette as of late either. Hopefully a short lived problem as I need something to go to when I’m not constantly working and schooling ;-; Ever so nearing the end of my business I look forward to reading all your updates. ^_^

Vito

For some very odd reason, this game never synced to my BLAEO account.

That is because BLAEO doesn’t pick up games “Steam is still learning about”. You can see this written on the store page. I’m sure mandrill can explain the technical details. For the same reason (steam still “learning” about a game) it won’t show up on your steam profile as a completed game. This was implemented to limit the amount of spam games and asset flips that flooded steam during the last 1-2 years. I don’t know if it actually works the intended way, but probably not. And I don’t know either how exactly that “learning” thing works. Btw, I have the same issue with “Space Pilgrim Academy: Year 3”.

Apart from that, seems like a good amount of games you got done. Keep on assassinating :)

Bangledeschler

Thank you for the explanation! I guess I just have not run into this before, so ran into a little confusion. Thanks for the reassurance of progression as well ^_^