shadowedpillow

Hello all! I’m glad to be joining this community, and I hope to be able to keep up with it. To start off I’ve created a list of games I’m currently playing and have made a write-up about them below. I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Another Farm Roguelike

2.2 hours of playtime, 12 of 46 achievements
Positive reviews: 87%

I started play AFR last night. I really enjoy it so far! I started on easy difficulty as there is no tutorial. The mechanics are simple and the challenges are divided into days with warning of
how each week will go. The art style is cute and easy on the eyes. Overall, it feels rewarding and I've liked it a lot. This is a game I can see myself striving to complete!

Card Survival: Tropical Island

2.4 hours of playtime, 0 of 0 achievements
Positive reviews: 97%

On Steam I only have 2.4 hours, but I would guess it's closer to 7-10 hours. It is way more addicting and fun than I originally thought it would be. The layout of the game interface was a little overwhelming and confusing at first. I watched a few gameplay videos before really diving into the game myself. I love it. It can be incredibly frustrating and difficult if the RNG gods aren't looking in your favor, but the reward of surviving surpasses that. You just end up wanting to keep trying to live one more day. There are no achievements right now, but the devs are planning on adding them in the future!

Two Point Campus

57.7 hours of playtime, 29 of 35 achievements
Positive reviews: 87%

Personally, I think the Two Point Studios team did a much better job with TPC than their previous game, Two Point Hospital. For this game I actually wanted to complete all the levels.
I have gotten three stars on every level and have only a few achievements left. At the stage of the game I'm at now, they will not be hard to achieve (hopefully). The most difficult one will be getting 50 students to drop out. I guess I will just have to make the worst university possible to get that one done! Overall, I would recommend it, but it does take a lot of waiting time for
certain goals to be completed which I see as the main drawback.

Garden Simulator

1.5 hours of playtime, 9 of 33 achievements
Positive reviews: 95%

If you hadn't noticed yet, simulation games are kinda my jam. Again, I have more hours in this than it says on Steam, probably closer to 5-7. This is a well made simulator with a lot of room
for growth (hah!). There is some humor hidden throughout that I appreciate, too. The progression system is great and keeps you wanting to tend to your crops. I like that the game tells you what you need to do in order to unlock the next thing, that way you can work on something specifically and not just wildly plant anything and everything with no progress. If you're looking for something chill I recommend this!

Farm Manager 2021

36.3 hours of playtime, 28 of 32 achievements
Positive reviews: 78%

Don't you hate it when you 100% complete a game only for them to add new achievements?
Me too. I completed this game (I think) the same week-month or so that it was released. While
I was organizing my games for this site, I noticed this was not in the completed category. Thus,
I gotta finish this again!! I like these kinds of games so it's not that big a deal, but this particular one can get tedious and leads to long wait times of just letting it run without interference sometimes. Either way, I do look forward to trying the new scenarios I need to beat!


Have you guys played any of these before? What are your thoughts on them/do you want to try any I listed? I’ll be sure to update what I finish them!

Kyrrelin

Welcome on BLAEO! :D
Can’t say much about the games as I haven’t played any of them, but Two Point Campus looks really good! I will grab in the future. ;)

Good luck with your backlog fight! If you need some inspiration for it you can always try Monthly challenge or let yourself be challenged. :)

shadowedpillow

Thank you for the welcome! I hope my suggestion ends up giving you lots of play hours when you pick it up :)

Zelrune

Welcome to BLAEO! It’s mostly a bit quiet here until the end of the month where people start posting their monthly progress. If you’re interested in clearing your SG wins and backlog, consider checking out pagywosg. (Play a game you won on steamgifts. - https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/9XiXj/october-is-a-play-a-game-you-won-on-steamgifts-month-happy-bday-grandma) The discord is very much active and there are a handful of people from BLAEO on there as well.

I haven’t tried Garden Simulator, but I like walking sims so I might take a peek at it later!
Everything I plant in real life tends to die instantly or has a 3 day survival rate.

shadowedpillow

Thanks for the welcome! I play simulators to compensate for what I can’t do in real life ;P
I’ve seen the pagywosg thread before but haven’t really checked it out, I’ll look into it!

stef

Welcome! Hope you enjoy it here. This place has been vital in helping me organize and find games to play :P

I’ve never played a simulation game, although I’ve always wanted to try some. Do you have any recommendations on your favorite ones?

shadowedpillow

I enjoy building sims - so things like City Skylines or Citystate. Then there are survival ones, like the card based one I mentioned above or things like Dawn of Man, Don’t Starve, or First Feudal. And then straight up simulation I enjoy games like Farmer’s Dynasty, Farm Together, The Guild 3, or Motorsport Manager. There’s tons of games within the genre that have their own subgenres for anything you could be interested in! :)