3 November 2020 / Using the long weekend to catch up with games
So, here in Lithuania we had a free Monday (public holiday) and I decided to finally finish up the batch I left abandoned for so long. I also made some progress with my bad ABC challenge, where I try to give a chance for games that are mostly garbage.
I have finally righted the wrong of never finishing HL2 before and oh boy do I wish I had done it earlier. The game is excellent as expected, even Water Hazard and Highway 17 didn't upset me that much, although I usually hate driving games. Seeing the ending I can now fully understand the HL3 meme. Of course I still have Episodes 1 & 2 to finish - looking forward to finishing the saga.
Morphblade
Clunky controls + dying sends you back to the start of the level. This combo ain’t lasting more than 3 runs (I didn't last for 3 hours - that's from farming cards). Also for a stickman game one would expect to see tons of blood and guns blasting. This, however, has level 2 as stealth level. Nope.
Caelus Trident
Upon turning it on, I immediately thought it’s just a badly made arcade game. It was lame and I thought “I’m gonna see the first boss and then uninstall the hell out of this”. Turns out, the first boss is the last one, so I beat the game, yay. I can’t believe this was ever sold for any amount of money, it looks like an assignment for college someone made overnight just to stay out of trouble. Jeez.
Batch:
Will continue my achievement hunt for these:
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Trailer Park Boys: Greasy Money
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Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!
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Heroes of Might & Magic III - HD Edition
I actually started playing Half-life 2 in August apparently (time is flying this year) and stopped right at the beginning of Highway 17 because I didn’t want to endure another act like Water Hazard was.
Compared to Water Hazard, Highway 17 was better for sure. It seemed shorter (at least the driving parts) and less difficult for me. Can’t confirm if it was only an illusion as I wanted to get over it ASAP. But in the end it was definitely worth playing through those two torturous acts to get to the last acts and finally the end of the game.