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December: Best of

Theme #1: Best of 2019

Play games released in 2019 and then nominate them for the BLAEO Game Awards if you think they’re worthy of a nomination!


Theme #2: Best games played by assassins in 2018

In January we made a list of games we most enjoyed playing in 2018. If you don’t have any games that qualify for theme #1, you can participate by playing some of our old favourites. The list of games that qualify is available here.


To participate, reply to this post and tell us which games that fit the monthly theme you’re going to play.

Please use the following (or similar) format to make it easier for me to keep track of everyone’s progress, but feel free to add any extra thoughts about the game(s) to your post!

Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status
:-: | :-: | :-: | :-: | :-: 
name of game 1 | achievements obtained | playtime this month | unfinished/finished
name of game 2 | achievements obtained | playtime this month | unfinished/finished
name of game 3 | achievements obtained | playtime this month | unfinished/finished
TOTAL: | achievements obtained | playtime this month | Number of games finished  

Have fun!


Challenge me

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Theme song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vRlJrkxsqo


FAQ

Do I have to participate in this month’s theme?
No, as with every theme, these are merely suggestions for anyone who is unsure about what to play next. If you already have a battle plan for your backlog and/or don’t like this month’s theme, you’re free to ignore it.

What happens if I don’t participate in the monthly theme?
Nothing.

What happens if I play all of my unfinished games this month?
Your backlog will be a much smaller place.

I don’t have any unfinished games - I’ve beaten everything I’ve started.
Really? well that makes one of us… I salute you.

I already finished my entry can I play another?
Go ahead - the goal is to reduce your unfinished games list. The more you can play the better.

EvilBlackSheep

Great theme, and perfect for the end of the year catchup. Thanks, hopefully i won’t fail like last month (at least i’ll play stuff from this year so there is hope)

Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status
MISTOVER 19/64 2h unfinished
Cat Quest II 9/9 (+7) 11h completed
My friend pedro 20/30 5h beaten
Lonely Mountains: Downhill 10/47 11h unfinished
Encased 3/15 2h unfinished
SteamWorld Quest 34/44 37h beaten
DemonCrawl 39/100 (+15) 92h beaten
TOTAL: achievements obtained playtime this month Number of games finished
Kaleith

Something something this month will be better than the complete failure of the last :sweat

Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status Theme
Minoria 12/15 6.5 h beaten #1
In the Pause Between the Ringing - 0.3 h completed (?) #1
missed messages. 4/4 0.3 h completed #1
Backbone Prologue - 0.6 h completed #1
macdows 95 12/13 2.2 h beaten #1
ART SQOOL - 1.6 h completed #1
She Sees Red 15/15 2.3 h completed #1
How To Cope With Boredom and Loneliness 16/16 0.4 h completed #2
Aviary Attorney - 2.8 h completed #2
A Bewitching Revolution - 0.8 h completed #1
DemonCrawl 41/100 35.1 h beaten #1
Dicey Dungeons 11/53 7 h “beaten” #1
TOTAL: 112/216 59.9 h 12 games beaten  
EvilBlackSheep

Something something this month will be better than the complete failure of the last :sweat

Tu quoque, catti?

Kaleith

Yes I cook

EvilBlackSheep

patpats

skanda

Finishing all the heckin games, Brent!

Kaleith

Padding stats

malabagaa

It’s been a while since I’ve had so many eligible games :O (unfinished+unplayed=48 ..understandable, given the theme) let’s see if I get to beat any ^^;

Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status
Rise of the Tomb Raider 27 now + 13 before: 40/143 little more than 28h Beaten
       
TOTAL: 27 28h+ 1
murkotlyvo
Name Achievements obtained (before) Playtime (before) Status
Pathologic 2 (8/50) 0 hours (10.2 hours) unfinished
TOTAL: 0 0 hours 0
murkotlyvo

T_T ok shame on me

skanda
Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status
Cat Quest II 1/9 achievement obtained (+0) 1.5h playtime (+0) unfinished
Lost Ember 22/33 achievement obtained (+22) 7h playtime (+7) finished
Planet Zoo 10/35 achievements obtained (+0) 12h playtime (+0) unfinished
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order 7/39 achievements obtained (+0) 6h playtime (+0) unfinished
TOTAL: 22 achievements obtained 7h playtime this month 1 game finished
86maylin

I’ll only do one game since I’m easing up on participating events now since it’s taking a toll on my passion in playing games. :<

Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status
Reventure 54/100 3.3 hours(previously at 5 hours 35 minutes) Unfinished
Total: 54 3.3 hours 0
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emymer
Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status
AER Memories of Old 20/20 5h4m finished
Epistory - Typing Chronicles 41/55 13h4m finished
fault - milestone one 12/12 6h3m finished
TOTAL: 73/87 24h11m 3
samwise84

Let’s see some shorter games I own that were released in 2019 and some from the 2018 list:

Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status
Alice in Stardom - A Free Idol Visual Novel 6/6 3.9h completed
Blooming Nightshade 15/15 5.2 completed, rest of the achievements are broken
missed messages. 4/4 0.8 completed
Paths Taken 4/4 6.3 completed
Gardens Inc. 2: The Road to Fame no achievements 24h completed
Serial Cleaner 26/28 20h beaten
TOTAL: 55/57 60,2 h 6 beaten/completed
SolubleCrow
Name HLTB Achievements obtained Playtime This Month Status
Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy N/A 105/105 62.5 hrs (86 hrs on record) Completed
Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe Main + Extras (10 hours - Medium) 23/25 29.5 hrs (40 hrs on record) Beaten
Dex Completionist (17½ Hours - Long) 32/32 9.4 hrs Completed
Kathy Rain Completionist (6½ Hours - Short) 20/20 6.3 hrs (7.6 hrs on record) Completed
My Memory of Us Main + Extras (5½ Hours - Short) 22/23 40.9 hrs Beaten
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You Main Story (4½ Hours - Short) 17/27 7.3 hrs (11.2 hrs on record) Beaten
TOTAL: 1 Long, 1 Medium, 3 Short 219 / 232 155.9 hrs 6
Tempête Joachim

Theme #1: Best of 2019

Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status
A Short Hike 5/8 1.7h beaten
Reventure 100/100 10h competed
Disco Elysium 10/21 31.6h beaten
TOTAL: 115/129 43.3h 3/3

Theme #2: Best games played by assassins in 2018

Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status
Epistory - Typing Chronicles 35/55 4.3h beaten
OneShot 11/11 4.2h completed
Subsurface Circular 13/13 1.8h completed
The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game 6/6 0.7h completed
The Room Two 7/7 2.8h completed
The Sexy Brutale 14/18 4.4h beaten
TOTAL: 86/110 21.2h 6/6

List

Moony1986
Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status
Almost There: The Platformer (#1) 9/24 4.4 h unfinished
Minit (#2) 18/27 4.8 h Beaten
INSIDE (#2) 14/14 5.1 h Completed
Splasher (#2) 25/47 13.3 h Beaten
Kathy Rain (#2) 20/20 3.8 h Completed
Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered (#2) 17/17 10.6 h Completed
Pyre (#2) 33/51 17.6 h Beaten
Finding Paradise (#2) 1/1 1.3 h Completed
Zenge (#2) 1/1 2.0 h Completed
Link Twin (#2) 11/11 1.7 h Completed
DuckTales: Remastered (#2) 14/20 5.6 h Beaten
Day of the Tentacle Remastered (#2) 54/58 4.8 h Completed
TOTAL: 217 75.0 h 11
ninglor03
Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status
Under Leaves 29/29 2h finished
name of game 2 achievements obtained playtime this month unfinished/finished
name of game 3 achievements obtained playtime this month unfinished/finished
TOTAL: 29/29 2h 1
JaffaCaffa

This is a perfect theme. :D Was hoping it’d be the best of 2018, the other day remembered this list, will have to work on it more next year. And I’ve been playing as much 2019 as I can. Lots of choices!

Game Achievements Playtime Theme Status
Unheard 10/12 5.2 hrs 2019 Beaten
The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game 6/6 0.7 hrs 2018 Completed
Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition 13/47 4.3 hrs 2018 Currently Playing
Not For Broadcast: Prologue - 0.7 hrs 2019 Completed
Gato Roboto 9/12 5.5 hrs 2019 Beaten
Must Dash Amigos 15/26 / gold trophies 4.8 hrs 2019 Beaten
Misadventures of Laura Silver: Chapter I 20/20 5.9 hrs 2019 Completed
Her Story 13/13 3.2 hrs 2018 Completed
Subsurface Circular 13/13 2.2 hrs 2018 Completed
Heave Ho 5/23 1.3 hrs 2019 Currently Playing (also played elsewhere)

A Hat in Time, Murdered: Soul Suspect, The Fidelio Incident

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Trilled Meow
Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status
ART SQOOL 0/0 0 hours never played
Yooka-Laylee 30/35 21 hours Beaten
The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game 6/6 1.8 hours Completed
A Bewitching Revolution 0/0 0 hours never played
Aviary Attorney 0/0 21 hours Completed
TOTAL: 36/41 43.8 hours 3
Janediel
Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status
-KLAUS- 31/41 12.5h finished
Elon Must - Road to Respect 6/6 12.6h finished
Almost There: The Platformer 20/24 26.1h finished
One Finger Death Punch 2 39/63 26.1h finished
AER Memories of Old achievements obtained playtime this month unfinished
Pathologic 2 45/50 30.3h finished
TOTAL: 141 107.6h 5
Bangledeschler

Originally, I was going to set up for both themes, but with such meaty big title games, I don’t expect to make much progress this month. In particular, because of the release of Halo Reach this month. Hopefully I can still get through a few of these (and then some) since I am usually pretty bad at actually playing the newly released games I buy.

Name Achievements obtained Achievements This Month Playtime (Before Month - End of Month) Status
Catherine Classic 3/50 3 (0h - 2h) unfinished
Gorn N/A N/A (0h - 2h) Completed
Halo: The MCC - Halo Reach 82/700 82 (0h - 40h) Finished
Neptunia Shooter 4/13 4 (0h - 1h) unfinished
Resident Evil 2 32/44 32 (0h - 26h) Finished
Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy 0/105 0 (0h - 0h) unfinished
Yakuza Kiwami 0/55 0 (0h - 0h) unfinished
TOTAL: 121/967+ 121 71h 1/2/4/0
goplayer7

Some games I may play this month [likely 1 or 2]. While I do have some games “released” in 2019 all but one are ones that were in early access before 2019 or is a remaster of an older game and the one other game is one that I think (not 100% sure though) makes sense to play the previous games from the developer before playing that one.

Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status
AER Memories of Old 0 0h unfinished
Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe 0 0h unfinished
fault - milestone one 0 0h unfinished
TOTAL: 0 0 0
escollo

Theme #2:

Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status HLTB for Last.M
American Truck Simulator 21/58 45h beaten
Glass Masquerade 32/32 5.2h completed 3½ Hours
Human: Fall Flat 33/63 10.5h beaten 5½ Hours
Rise of the Tomb Raider 85/143 44h beaten
Serial Cleaner 28/28 13.8h completed 5 Hours
Shadow Warrior 89/92 19.7h beaten 12½ Hours
juhaszandor

A bit late but i just realized i’m playing games fitting this month’s Theme #2 anyway

Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status HLTB
STAR WARS™ - Knights of the Old Republic™ 0/0 42.6h beaten 29h
Bully: Scholarship Edition 0/0 18.7h beaten 15h
Puzzle Agent 0/0 3.4h beaten 3.5h
10 Second Ninja X 7/12 3h beaten 2h
Glass Masquerade 32/32 3.7h completed 3.5h
Kyrrelin

I have two weeks of vacation, so let’s play some games. ;)

Theme 2: Best games played by assassins in 2018

Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status HLTB
Under Leaves 29 / 29 2.0 hours Completed 2 hours
Gardens Inc. 2: The Road to Fame none 12.7 hours Completed 10 hours
TOTAL: 29 14.7 hours 2  
AlvinCanCabbage

Alright here we go:

Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status
I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator none/ending Screenshot 1.4 hrs finished
name of game 2 achievements obtained playtime this month unfinished/finished
name of game 3 achievements obtained playtime this month unfinished/finished
TOTAL: 0 1.4 1
AlvinCanCabbage

Alright here we go:

Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status
I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator: My 2019 GoTY nomination none/ending Screenshot 1.4 hrs finished
name of game 2 achievements obtained playtime this month unfinished/finished
name of game 3 achievements obtained playtime this month unfinished/finished
TOTAL: 0 1.4 1

That 1st one is definitely the weirdest franchise game I’ve ever played.

Janediel
Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status
SYNTHETIK: Arena - 13.7h finished
Cat Burglar: A Tail of Purrsuit 22/57 16.4h finished
Almost There: The Platformer 20/24 26.1h finished
-KLAUS- 31/41 12.5h finished
One Finger Death Punch 2 39/63 26.1h finished
Pathologic 2 45/50 30.3h finished
Blair Witch 25/25 13.5h finished
TOTAL: 182 138.6h 7
weissnichts vom Leben
Name Achievements (before) Playtime this month (before) Status
We Were Here 26/26 (0/26) 2.5 (0) hours completed
The Sexy Brutale 18/18 (0/18) 7.3 (0) hours completed
Bastion 5/24 (1/24) 3.8 (0.9) hours beaten
TOTAL: 48 achievements 13.6 hours 2 completed, 1 beaten
Trent
Name Achievements obtained Playtime Status
The Whispered World Special Edition 20/20 17h34m completed
Bastion 17/24 26h59m beaten
TOTAL: 37 44h33m 1 completed, 1 beaten