Irdra

This will be my last post for the year.

I joined back in October when I wanted help/encouragement to complete more games. October and November had me completing 5 games while packing/moving. So for December I was ready to make more of an effort and join the monthly theme.

I managed to complete 13 games (3 SG Wins)!

Belladonna (won on SG)
Nice point and click game with an interesting story…tho I wish there was an alternate ending (if you played it I’m sure you know why)
Ending

Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
By far the best game I played this month! I can’t believe I didn’t play this sooner. The graphics and story are just beautiful and I had no problem completing the game with just the keyboard. There was one point where you steer a boat on the river and that gave me trouble. No matter how many times I tried I could not get the boat to steer straight while going forward. One of the whales knocked me totally around and I realized I had perfect control going backwards so I completed the whole river section driving backwards lol. I recommend everyone play this game.
Ending
Ending

SPOILER DO NOT READ/LOOK UNLESS FINISHED GAME!
I was really shocked when the big brother dies!
Ending

Crime Secrets: Crimson Lily
Your basic Hog game

Lost girl`s [diary]
This is a visual novel with no interaction except clicking thru to next dialog…I admit this made it boring to go thru it all because I prefer vn with choices.

Midvinter (SG Win)
This is an SG win that I hadn’t touched and honestly forgotten about. It’s a very short and easy game…think it took less than an hour to play 3x for all the ending achievements..but it was an enjoyable game.

Puzzle Agent
I usually love puzzle games but I was not fond of the puzzles in this game..probably why I didn’t immediately start puzzle agent 2 even tho it ends on a cliffhanger.
Ending

Richard & Alice
I enjoyed this depressing game the first time I played it but it gets a little tedious to play multiple times for all the achievements…
SPOILER
I kept hoping one of the ending would include a way to save barney and that she was in jail for killing someone else instead like a polar bear

Sakura Santa (SG Win)
What can I say?….nice short Christmas VN lol
Ending

Ending

Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa
First Sam and Max game I have ever played…so I probably lost out on some of the character connections from previous games. I liked this puzzle type game and will definitely get the rest of the series played sometime in the future.
Ending

Secret Santa
I was eager to start up this “fun” looking game…it quickly becomes a pain in the butt. You have to avoid kids, traps, cats, dogs, grannies with shotguns,lasers etc…which sounds easy enough but on some levels I really got frustated with the hitboxes and I admit I ragequit a few times lol. This is not a relaxing game at all to me.

I see now the dev has updated the game concerning the hitboxes so maybe it is easier now lol.

Stargazer Christmas
I haven’t played Stargazer yet but figured I would go ahead and play this one anyway. Its an easy find/collect type game that plays Christmas music in the background. It would not let me take screenshots using F12 and I couldn’t figure out a way around that?

Solitaire Christmas. Match 2 Cards
I know I now hate solitaire lol! There is a certain amount of skill involved but also alot of luck so you have to replay several times just to get a winnable hand. I highly doubt I play any of the other solitaire games in my library for a long time. On the plus side it has some really pretty Christmas steam backgrounds like the one I’m using on my profile at the moment.

Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa’s Rampage
This was a different experience for me since I don’t normally play first person type games. As a result the beginning was a little rocky and I had a steep learning curve resulting in much longer completion time than most people probably need. I really don’t feel compelled to play the other viscera cleanup titles in my library either.

I Attempted

Santa’s Big Adventures
I started this mario type santa game and I really enjoyed it but encountered a game breaking bug around level 21. As seen in the screenshots the level is missing clouds in the background and you instead see “right click to edit text.” I ignored that and tried to complete the level but walking halfway across the screen triggers a new screen that has an error message and locks up my computer to the point that ctrl/alt/dlt is needed to exit the game. I posted in the forum but haven’t gotten a response back yet.
Missing Clouds

Error

Xmas Santa Rockstar HD
I attempted this game with a keyboard only. On the levels that only need 3 colors I can easily get 84% accuracy but I’m obviously going to need to either get a guitar or rekey the keyboard to play 3+ note levels. I really enjoy this game and will come back to it but just didn’t have time to finish it this month.
Rocking Santa

Lucky Thirteen

Congrats on 13 games beaten this month! The luckiest number of them all haha :)
I still got Brothers: ToTS and Belladona in my library btw, still unplayed. Gotta do something about that some day!

Yindy

Uuurgh, I know the feeling with Christmas: Solitaire.
I generally enjoy solitaire games, but with this one the ruleset seems different (instead of higher/lower you need to find pairs, which feels so wrong for me) + it’s to random, so I keep getting annoyed and rage quitting :x

xMas Santa Rockstar:
I’ve got this one, too, and tried it on 4… The handsetting didnt feel right, so i kept failing, too :(. Thanks for reminding me its possible to rebind keys

LastM

That’s a lot of winter games! That guitar hero : xmas edition looks fantastic! xD

Fnord

That sprite for Santa’s Big Adventure looks really familiar… I think it might be stolen from Funcom’s first game, The Daze before Christmas.

Irdra

there is a thread saying the same thing and people talking about reporting it steam and the other game maker.