Jaded

Monthly Update #20: December 2020


Happy New Year to everyone! Hopefully the next will be better than the last!
I spent most of this month on two games - Spiritfarer, a gift from my Secret Santa, and Assassin's Creed: Odyssey which I bought Christmas Eve. Yes, I've logged 60 hours since Christmas Eve... 0.o'
Both beautiful games. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey I've only finished 4 out of 9 episodes - I keep getting distracted by the photo mode! For those friends with me, sorry about the screenshot spam on your activity feeds lol.

Stats

End of December
14% (104/731)
6% (44/731)
15% (113/731)
63% (461/731)
1% (9/731)
End of November
14% (102/716)
6% (43/716)
16% (111/716)
63% (451/716)
1% (9/716)

Completed

Half-Life 2

Spiritfarer

34.3 hours
39 of 39 achievements

Lovely relaxing game. Thank you to my Secret Santa for a wonderful choice!

The environment design in this game is beautiful - I took a fair few screenshots throughout. I just wish I could hide the characters so that I could get just the environment!

It also really goes to show how much I love 'chore' games - my favourite parts are working on collections. The story was great once I looked into it further with Stella and her relationship with the characters. I'm not really the emotional type so some of the storylines really didn't impact me as it seems a lot of people praising the game did. The ending also felt inevitable and appropriate, so that part of the story didn't impact me as it seems to a lot of people who have reviewed the game.

There is also a lot of minigame type events to collect materials, and to craft every activity is slightly different so it doesn't feel to monotonous.

The only thing I didn't like with the game was how lost I was a certain points and not sure how to progress - because people do things at different points, some of the discussion forum hints didn't help either haha. (Eg. you need certain things to unlock progression). At these points, I tended to work on my collections while trying to figure out how to progress.

I really recommend the game, especially for people who like similar style games in the farming sim genre (Stardew, Portia, Farm Together etc).

Half-Life 2

Rover Mechanic Simulator

13.2 hours
24 of 24 achievements


Beaten

Half-Life 2

A Short Hike

1.2 hours
3 of 8 achievements

A lovely game, but for some reason it felt like I played this game for hours, even though it was barely over an hour.
Maybe one day I'll go back to complete it, but i wasn't feeling it after reaching the peak!


Played

Backlog

Thank you to my BLAEO Secret Santa! ♥

Thank you to my Secret Santa who made a wonderful choice for me - Spiritfarer!
  • Spiritfarer
  • Steam Sale

So uh I gave in to the temptation of the sale and used up some of my Steam Funds - worth it!
  • Assassin's Creed Odyssey

  • Trades

  • Control
  • Beyond: Two Souls

  • SteamGift Wins

  • Silence
  • Humble Bundle

  • Shining Resonance Refrain
  • Zwei: The Arges Adventure
  • Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection
  • One Step From Eden
  • Path of Giants
  • Still There
  • Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard
  • Overcooked! 2

Zelrune

I loved Assassin’s Creed Odyssey! 382 hours to 100% it, have fun!!!!

Jaded

Oh wow that’s a lot of hours haha! I guess I’m looking at that many with the amount of times I pause to take screenshots as well :P

Traqie

I like pretty screenshot so I didn’t mind seeing yours in my feed! 😊
And I was lowkey hoping to get Spiritfarer too, as it looks lovely and not something I would buy myself as a first priority. (But I got something awesome too!)
Happy New Year!

Jaded

Haha thanks!
I really enjoyed Spiritfarer, but it won’t be a game for everyone, so I’d wait for a sale if you’re unsure on it :P
Happy New Year! :D

Elvidur

I’m 60h in to Odyssey as well… And still a lot of malákas to kill….

Jaded

Haha yes, soo many left! Only 4 episodes in so far….

aonrao

I love Odyssey screenshot spam. That game is pretty and I loved playing it so much. If I had it on Steam, I would also be spamming screenshot every time I played it. It also makes me really happy to see you enjoy it so much.

Congrats on managing to trade for Control! And a happy new year!

Jaded

Yes you said it was good, so I’ve been meaning to try it since you said that haha
And yes, hopefully Control will also be good! Probably be awhile until I play it at the rate Odyssey is going though!

Happy New Year! :D

aonrao

Yeah especially because it was me who said it’s good, I’m extra happy that you like it so much lol
And playing slow and taking your time is valid if you’re enjoying it! :D