Jaded

Monthly Update #39: July 2022

Bats and Cats and Telling Tales


The extra tabs are back this month!
I actually played, and completed, games. Am I alright?? Who knows.

My backlog appreciates me this month :D

I played the last season of The Walking Dead and the Batman telltale games, which means I've nearly completed all the Telltale games I got within that Humble Bundle exactly 2 years ago now. I think this is the most games I've completed in a bundle I've bought.. Just Heaven's Vault and Oxenfree left. I've now decided to try the other Batman games in my backlog..

I've exclusively played on my TV this month. I guess I needed that break from my desk.

6 Completed games, 1 beaten this month!


Completed/Beaten

Half-Life 2

STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™

44.9 hours
39 of 39 achievements

I finally completed it this month. It's only taken me like a year from when I first started the game…
I had fun, except for when I accidentally missed a collectible, then had to redo the whole map to get back to where I started…
(Kashyyyk & Dathomir I'm looking at you…)

I hope the next game has fast travel once you have finished the game, and that the map is better.

Half-Life 2

The Walking Dead: The Final Season

13.6 hours
48 of 48 achievements
Half-Life 2

Cat Quest II

10.9 hours
9 of 9 achievements

Slight confusion playing straight after the first Cat Quest, with the Y and B keys being swapped for interact!

Fun game, and reasonable achievements for this game, so easy to 100%.

Half-Life 2

Batman - The Telltale Series

7.8 hours
30 of 30 achievements
Half-Life 2

Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series

8.8 hours
30 of 30 achievements
Half-Life 2

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

3.1 hours
37 of 37 achievements

I really enjoyed this game!
Linear, some interesting boss fights, very short. Lots of meme references.

Half-Life 2

Cat Quest

9.3 hours
6 of 12 achievements

Enjoyed it so much I moved onto Cat Quest II this month!

Achievements however require playing the game another 4(?) more times with various modifiers. I enjoyed it, but not enough to replay the whole thing 4 more times on a harder mode… :D


Played

So I flicked between a fair amount of games this month. I focused mostly on playing on my TV, so some games I opened to play then realised I didn't want to play it for whatever reason, so they were quickly replaced with another game instead of trying to troubleshoot it in the case of some games (Pumpkin Jack, Vane, Fable Anniversary had issues with resolution or some compatibility thing that required more effort than I was willing to attempt, Beyond Two Souls I somehow got stuck near a door at the party and just went, meh, I'm out, and Q.U.B.E2 I feel like I would prefer using k/m. )

Backlog

Nothing!

Zelrune

Congratulations on your assassinations! Also on not adding anything to your backlog? Woah. Good luck with Oxenfree! There was a jumpscare with a lightswitch and I noped out of the game back in 2016. Still haven’t touched it.

Jaded

Thank you! Yes its definitely an achievement not adding to the backlog haha
Oh interesting, I haven’t looked into Oxenfree at all. Its kind of higher up my to play list, just so I can say I’ve played a whole bundle before 😂

Zelrune

mmhm! I’ll keep an eye out for your post with Oxenfree in it if you get to it, I’m still as much of a coward as I was back then but I’m open to giving it another shot if other people enjoy it.