Zeruel

Casual achievement hunter’s progress log #62


Beaten

ICY: Frostbite Edition

8.1 hours, 13 of 18 achievements

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I expected the game to be more of a survival game. Instead it's a post-apocalyptic party based RPG. Usually, that'd make me hate the game. Instead, I enjoyed it a lot. I highly recommend it. Great characters and story. The gameplay's pretty weak by itself, but the percentage of combat to story is so that you barely participate in combat.


Replica

0.6 hours, 3 of 8 achievements

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Simulacra was so awesome that it has made me want another great "phone exploration" game. Aaaand I haven't found one that's good. Replica is just another weak game in that genre. A barebones story that has a serious topic, so it sounds smarter and more serious. An artstyle that gives you leeway for ugliness. This game is a great example of corners being cut at every point possible. I want my 36 minutes back.


Quantum Break

11.6 hours, 29 of 42 achievements
Won on Steamgifts

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The game's beautiful and the story's okay. The gameplay's okay and the acting's fine. But the port… it's trash. It doesn't really support different aspect ratios, it crashes a lot and it runs pretty badly. If they polished this game, it'd be pretty damn solid. As for now, it's just meh.


Total War: SHOGUN 2

28 hours, 13 of 106 achievements

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Empire sucked, so I thought I just didn't like Total War anymore. Turns out, Empire really was just trash and Shogun 2 made me interested in the franchise again.

To Empire: SHAMEFUL DISPLAY!


The Final Station

4.5 hours, 4 of 23 achievements

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A fun, atmospheric, semi-horror title. An interesting concept that's done really well. 4 solid hours of entertainment. Had it been longer, it'd have been too long. So, good job, developers.


Deathtrap

6.8 hours, 7 of 47 achievements

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I was bored and went to SteamDB calculator to scroll through randomly suggested games when this popped up. It looked interesting, so I downloaded it and tried it… it was pretty damn good. Great graphics and fun gameplay. Not sure where I bought it from and when I bought it, but I'm happy I did.


INK

4.3 hours, 7 of 16 achievements

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Another SteamDB suggested game that I decided to install. The game looks great, but there are three huge issues. One is the low framerate. 30FPS lock, in fact. Second is the controls. They're loose and inaccurate. Third are the end-game enemies. You'll meet them around 70% into the game and they'll be annoying as all hell. They're homing missiles that have a massive hitbox. This combination of issues caused me to genuinely get frustrated with the game, something that doesn't happen often. But I beat it. I'm happy I did. Would I play it ever again? No.



Completed

Orbt XL

1.6 hours, 31 of 31 achievements

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Another XL game. I really like them and this one's probably one of the better ones. As with the other XL games, I recommend this.


The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

104.4 hours, 75 of 75 achievements

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I finally got over my burnout for this game and continued my playthrough. Well, halfway through, the game glitched out completely thanks to the Civil War questline. So, I made a new character, this time a mage and got all the other achievements I needed. Still, the "Legend" achievement is awful, like in the normal edition. Needing to grind around 30 levels and then having to find a specific, rare dragon is just dumb. I finished literally all quests before I even reached lvl 50…

But in the end, it's Skyrim.


STAR WARS™: The Force Unleashed™ II

0.8 hours, no achievements

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Don't look at my playtime. It's so low due to me using the FPS unlocker.

I don't know why people dislike this game. I loved it. A great port. Recognizes and works with even the awful gamepads. The visuals are amazing, the combat's great. The story's meh, but this has never been about the story. For what there is, it's good. I really do recommend this game.


QLORB

0.3 hours, 5000 of 5000 achievements
Won on Steamgifts

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Won this from the achievement spam game thread. That's why I got 5000 achievements this month. The game itself was trash.


Sparkle 2 Evo

3.3 hours, 22 of 22 achievements

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A pretty looking "eat smaller stuff to grow bigger" game. It's okay. I think I'd recommend it.



19,890 achievements (+5,190) 72 perfect games (-5) 42% avg. game completion (-2%)
1,269 games (+8) 710 DLC owned (+66) 132 reviews (+1) 1,028 wishlisted (+51)

54% never played (-1%)
19% unfinished (+0%)
12% beaten (+0%)
13% completed (+0%)
2% won’t play (+0%)
Arbiter Libera

Now that you mention it, it’s such a shame Empire had to be the sacrificial lamb for what was clearly a not-yet-ready engine, which I don’t think CA would ever get right to my liking.

I was bored and went to SteamDB calculator to scroll through randomly suggested games when this popped up. It looked interesting, so I downloaded it and tried it… it was pretty damn good.

Yeah, weird how that sometimes happens. :D

Zeruel

For one, the engine was too fresh and underdeveloped. But also that the combat was too boring. With games like Rome, Medieval and Shogun, you have to think of flanks, charges, retreats and other minor details. In Empire, you don’t charge, you don’t have flanks to think of really and you don’t have to retreat cleverly. You make your units attack other units and just sit there. And there were only a few animations to admire because of the limited style of combat.

Plus, the fort siege still don’t really work. Overall, it was underdeveloped.