ex WoW addict, Path of Exile prisoner trying to fight the steam backlog Carenard’s profile

Lets see if I can finish this backlog…. before 2050.


Welcome to 2026… hopefully this year I can successfully reduce the growth of the backlog even more… for every 1 game I beat I added ~5 last year.
starting this year with a very hefty pile of very long secret santa gifts and SG wins to play… good ones at that so it should be a great year.

Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition

34.5 hours, 19 of 55 achievements

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Honestly… I think I would have been happier just leaving it at the original trilogy, wasn't bad… but other than POP I didn't feel much push to finish it.

its forever out of the backlog at least.


Hollow Knight

34.6 hours, 52 of 63 achievements

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got 4/5 endings, not doing the bring the delicate flower to the npc dude in junkyard just to do the 40+ minute boss rush gauntlet again for a slightly different ending(no achievements attached). 112% completion in 27.5hrs per the in game time tracker.

loved it, apparently the game just clicked for me… I remember going to sleep feeling like I suck and waking up feeling like I played like a pro

did have a couple game crashes sadly… one of them right before the big final battle of Pantheon 5.

… and the best part? I won silksong hours before starting this, will be a little bit before I start that though.


The Banner Saga

13.4 hours, 29 of 39 achievements

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going to be lazy on my reviews this month.


Caravan Sandwitch

11.4 hours, 26 of 26 achievements


Little Misfortune

4.6 hours, 35 of 35 achievements

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This was great


SUPERHOT

5.8 hours, 7 of 26 achievements


Tails Noir

5.5 hours, 7 of 26 achievements


Watch_Dogs 2

13.9 hours, 20 of 55 achievements
ubislop


Langrisser I & II

17.3 hours, 3 of 42 achievements

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honestly… a disappointment, was expecting something a bit closer to fire emblem… what I got was an easy mobile game feeling game.

I won't be doing other route endings or even touching the 2nd game of the collection… Do regret buying this.


Hollow Knight: Silksong

29.0 hours, 46 of 52 achievements

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skillissue.exe came preinstalled with the new down strike being at an angle! I dashed straight into environmental hazards so many times.
then I found the wanderer's crest and uninstalled skillissue.exe, once I got the dash and clawline things were game over for the enemies, I was far to mobile for them!

I may have done many glitches to get into areas I shouldn't be in slightly earlier than intended… blame Team Cherry for giving me flying enemies near double jump locked areas… safer than damage boosting glitches in Metroid games to.

the sound of parrying everything that can be parried is wonderful.


planetarian: Snow Globe

1.6 hours, 12 of 12 achievements

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Nice little prequel to Planetarian


FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION

29.2 hours, 43 of 97 achievements

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its been ages since I touched a final fantasy game… the last one was on a handheld(GBA or DS), FFI and II Dawn of souls, 3 and 4 are the only ones in this franchise I had played before this.

still undecided how I feel about this game as a whole, there was some good and bad aspects… and some pretty noticeable design flaws.


her tears were my light

.5 hours, 7 of 7 achievements
short and sweet


The Butterfly Collector

1.5 hours, 10 of 10 achievements


Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell

1.5 hours, 5 of 5 achievements

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connected to the fault series, do not need to play them first to enjoy them.


Hope everyone had a happy holidays.

Sound of Drop - fall into poison -

13.5 hours, 21 of 21 achievements

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sooo many bad ends, but this was very nice


Stray

5.9 hours, 12 of 24 achievements

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I had a bit of fun with my screenshots
this lovely little kitty snuck in with the bundled game begging thread. Impossible to defend against the cat distribution system. It gave up on me in person, my defenses there to strong.


I Am Legion: Stand Survivors

132.6 hours, 80 of 80 achievements

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so a new update released recently adding another new mode with its own meta progression even

its very enjoyable and addictive….

apparently my net was spotty a few times while playing this, I saw at least 5hrs total across at least 2 sessions get deleted when I closed the game, valve plz fix.


Shelldiver

3.3 hours, 13 of 13 achievements

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and the snowball war has begun, the first piece of snow finished is a wonderful incremental game


Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales

7.7 hours, 16 of 50 achievements

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surprise, its spider-man again, this time I didn't push myself to do alot of the collectibles/tasks. Imagine that the game was even more enjoyable since I wasn't doing the small things to pad game time.


UNCHARTED™: Legacy of Thieves Collection

21.0 hours, 25 of 101 achievements

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honestly I am surprised I didn't enjoy this as much as I expected I would(it had even managed to be full wishlisted!) especially since I love similar games, these were my first… and last 2 games of the uncharted franchise for me, while the stories were solid the gameplay just didn't do it for me. Both games were solid 7/10s for me, good but not great.


and now the stuff I am still working on

Noobs Are Coming

6.4 hours, 35 of 138 achievements

If you like brotato you will probably like this, brotato + dlc is the better option if your trying to decide between the 2.

the items in this one… just feel less interesting for some reason. Still fun


Dungeon Clawler

6.6 hours, 13 of 34 achievements

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so much has been done to this game since I last touched it in the demo/very early release into EA(I had refunded it before to wait for more development, and I feel like I was right to do so!)

its much better now than it was before and its still being worked on!


Mass Effect™: Andromeda

6.9 hours, 8 of 55 achievements

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its decent so far, No where close to the original trilogy though.

suspect it will be a forgettable experience.


I may have been playing Path of Exile alot this month… hince the reduced backlog slaying

NekoMiko

3.9 hours, 19 of 19 achievements

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cute cat girls, do I need to say more?


A Kiss For The Petals - Remembering How We Met

3.6 hours, 8 of 8 achievements

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cute anime girls, need I say more?


NEKO-NIN exHeart 2

7.3 hours, no achievements

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im starting to see a theme this month of cute anime girls

are you?


NEKO-NIN exHeart 2 Love+PLUS

3.2 hours, no achievements

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deja vu


fault - milestone two side: above

6.7 hours, 9 of 9 achievements

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and the story continues!


Mouthwashing

2.2 hours, 7 of 18 achievements

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this was an interesting experience


Prodigal

8.3 hours, 9 of 40 achievements

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nice 2D zelda like game, you can even get married :)


Crysis Remastered

8.7 hours, 40 of 40 achievements

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after playing this one I don't think I ever played this one in the past… just 2 and 3. Was fun, I played on Delta difficulty mostly because I couldn't help laughing that enemies speaking korean was part of the difficulty modifiers, made for a fun challenge. only had to do a few more things to 100% after beating it… so I did.


There Are No Orcs

8.0 hours, 3 of 10 achievements

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neat little mix of auto battler + city builder with roguelite RNG involved(building rolling, relic choices)

theres 3 races, humans are the simplest, demons are interesting… and I have no idea how to play the 3rd properly


Spooky month!
also played a bunch of Demos from Next Fest, will have some highlights at the bottom

Still Wakes the Deep

5.0 hours, 22 of 59 achievements

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I am not really a horror person but this one seemed like it might be interesting, wasn't really my type of game.


Dark Fairy Tale: Dreamland Survivors

12.1 hours, 9 of 50 achievements

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an interesting take on the genre with the egg stuff(deciding to activate(within limited numbers) for a bigger stat buff or mechanic change or devour things for permanent buffs in a run(although usually alot lower than the equip effects).

my main issue is how extremely important the meta progression is, generally games like this the meta progression helps shape builds or push you over a hurdly a certain difficulty might have but its still doable without it… this one I don't think it is…. also pickup radius is a negative stat because of one of the tarot card events… since it can drop positive or negative money things… pickup radius makes it harder to avoid the negative ones.


The Talos Principle

24.3 hours, 29 of 40 achievements

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solid game, I did have to use a guide quite a few times throughout, but got 3 endings(all levels, all stars, and in the dlc stuff to)


Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered

15.9 hours, 31 of 78 achievements

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Spiderman is a menace!
throws peoples off buildings, webs them up then throws them into the ocean, climbs a building above a gunfight to get a backpack, then takes a picture of a nearby building, jumps behind someone right as someone else starts shooting at him so the other guy gets hit.

also wishlisted miles morales


Piczle Lines DX+α

16.3 hours, 11 of 16 achievements

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the puzzles themselves are enjoyable… the game has some very annoying bugs, especially in the tutorial section(and outside of it…. just not as bad)… those bugs make it hard to recommend to pick it up.


Gori: Cuddly Carnage

7.0 hours, 15 of 34 achievements

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was completely unsure what to expect from this looking at the steam page when I won it, it was enjoyable… but the humor just fell flat for me. Was fairly easy as well… I played on what would be considered the normal difficulty, probably should have played on a higher difficulty. 7/10


Lone Ruin

0.6 hours, 4 of 12 achievements

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I can't call it bad… but its definitely lacking the extra charms other games of the genre it has.

gameplay loop being fairly solid and a nice graphical style alone can't carry every game.

managed a win on my 3rd? 4th? attempt, at the start you get to pick one of a bunch of weapons and a few come with a free upgrade, the winning run was chain lightning… its biggest benefit is no manual aiming required. helped carry me… on top of all the random healing dropped/buyable from shop(on top of shop being a free safe room every run!).

there is definitely more to be done in the game(mostly higher difficulties)… I just don't feel interested enough to do it.

The game definitely has potential to be great if the dev would put more work into it.


DOOMBLADE

12.4 hours, 35 of 52 achievements

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solid metroidvania game, its KBM required, don't bother if you only play with a controller


CloverPit

1.7 hours, 10 of 30 achievements

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from family share, technically beaten(1st run was a win, my total had letters in the number)
probably won't play much more of it, not my kind of game was just somewhat interested because the attention it was getting

also has my biggest complaint with games like this… RNG becomes to big of an issue after the first run because it gives you a bunch of unlocks making it harder to get a synergy going, but since the first run has so little at the start you go fairly far(and unlock better synergy throughout the run)


Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

58.3 hours, 194 of 300 achievements

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I had a great time with it… however hazard 5 is rough and I feel like I need to get another legendary piece of gear or 2 to really push further into it… other than the weekly(or is it bi-weekly) challenge run getting legendary gear items is just complete RNG(and then it not being useful >>)

calling it here, I'm happy with my purchase


Megabonk

16.4 hours, 92 of 102 achievements

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its a nice mix of vampire survivors and risk of rain 2… but I feel like I have watched to many runs on YT pushing me to try and go for high score runs breaking my enjoyment(since those runs rely on RNG some and very specific setups… so more failures)


Hades II

104 hours, 50 of 50 achievements

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Supergiant games is worth supporting at full price.

100%d out of respect for a great game.


TROUBLE JUICE

0.5 hours, 11 of 26 achievements

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was probably wrong to play this directly after hades 2, probably better than I felt it was… but how do you go from playing a great game to something in a similar genre that is only a good game.


Saga of Sins

5.1 hours, 8 of 15 achievements

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interesting game overall, the art style was the most appealing thing to me.


Meg's Monster

3.8 hours, 19 of 19 achievements

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cute, enjoyable story, way to easy.


and now the Demos, going to be lazy on formatting, these managed to keep their place on the wishlist after trying the demo, for the most part I only played each for ~30-60mins(maybe even less, just 1 run for most the roguelites)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3657180/Skigill/
What if the path of exile skill tree was what you played on during an action roguelite, I like the concept, will have to see how meta progression and stuff works out in the long run

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3372060/Hell_Maiden/
absolutely gorgeous art style for the game, meta progression not implemented in the demo yet but will supposedly be there, waiting to see how it looks post launch

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3017760/Relic_Abyss/
another vampire survivor like game, need to play it a bit more tog et a good read

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3176500/Wizard_Cats/
Wizard cats, do I need to say more?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2433850/Arcane_Tower_Survivors/
has a nice art style, skill system felt fleshed out, unsure why its getting mixed reviews post release, will need to check back on it later.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3470500/Ember_and_Blade/
this one I am still unsure how I truly felt about it

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3219180/Cursemark/
an interesting one for sure

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4005560/Maktala_Slime_Lootfest/
a cute looking incremental game

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2374670/Duncrush/
another incremental with a little more active gameplay

Its September

Overlooting

42.3 hours, 32 of 32 achievements

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nice little auto battler, I loved the demo so I got it hour 1(basically cost me a choice headliner!)


Glass Masquerade

3.9 hours, 32 of 32 achievements

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nice and pretty puzzle game


Tacoma

3.5 hours, 12 of 12 achievements

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decent overall, was more interested in it since it was a short choice game for MiaM(only so many of them out there), otherwise I would have completely ignored its existence.


Desert Child

4.4 hours, 15 of 23 achievements

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was interesting, but not great, mostly the same as Tacoma feeling wise(and that it was a short game for MiaM.


Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp

4.8 hours, 3 of 49 achievements

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I didn't vibe with this one like the first, I won't come back to this(still plan to do more in the first… someday)


Disfigure

2 hours, 3 of 41 achievements

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nice free action roguelite.
still messing around in it some, its definitely worth giving it a try.


Tandem: a tale of shadows

5.2 hours, 9 of 24 achievements

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neat little puzzle platformer


Black Mesa

18.1 hours, 10 of 50 achievements

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great game overall…
I did have some crashes in the final parts of the game(after I left the planet)… seemed to be related to the save system(maybe because I made a TON of saves because there were multiple soft locks possible in the earlier parts of the game(mostly the fire doors that close when an explosive is set off)
Was not a fan of how the final boss was designed
kind of disappointed that the difference between the 2 endings in minimal.


Moonlight Pulse

6.0 hours, 9 of 16 achievements

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short metroidvania game, I found it enjoyable.

I also feel like I am getting lazier and lazier on these reviews


Lyca

4.6 hours, 12 of 12 achievements

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I couldn't sleep, so loaded up loaded up an incremental game, once you pass prestige 3 you can let it play itself(albeit it does it inefficiently)


Children of Silentown

7.5 hours, 21 of 26 achievements

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getting to lazy to write reviews out of 10


Slay the Spire

12.8 hours, 14 of 46 achievements

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I suck at this… or there is just to much RNG around getting things to get RNG to work better.
I have cleared ascension 3…. which means I have won 4 times total…. in closer to 50 attempts.

I will stick to physical deckbuilders or…. monster train for now.


Machick 2

15.4 hours, 71 of 77 achievements

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this was fun, its fairly short, meta progression isn't scarce and animations for all sorts of things!


Army of Ruin

46.2 hours, 221 of 221 achievements

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and another vampire survivors like game this month.

this is pretty good, the start is fairly slow as the game really doesn't give you much currency for meta progression, once you can start doing ruin and completing multiple challenges at once you will start earning a respectable amount of currency to get the meta progression.

a few of the achievements were tough, the no hits went faster than I thought they would


Access Denied: Escape

1.5 hours, 14 of 14 achievements

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not sure what I was expecting, but I found it to easy.


A Park Full of Cats

0.9 hours, 24 of 54 achievements

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meow


AK-xolotl: Together

8.4 hours, 17 of 27 achievements

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decent one, enter the gungeon is definitely far better(and harder)


Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions

8.1 hours, 35 of 40 achievements

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similar to the first one, this one I felt was darker and sometimes it was hard to see the empty spaces(maybe this was a setting I forgot to change on this one, idk)

the final level gives you no super easy to place pieces to start with, didn't add much of a challenge(tbh I would like that on all of them)


Glass Masquerade 3: Honeylines

4.1 hours, 7 of 7 achievements

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and that is #3, I liked this one the most, it got rid of the world UI that could make it a little more difficult to find the puzzles you still need to do, it also introduced new cuts for the pieces(or well…. at least defaulted to having them show up, can't be bothered to see if 1/2 had a choice I never noticed)


Mosaique Neko Waifus

4.1 hours, 100 of 100 achievements

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We all know why I played this.

getting the last achievement for using one of the skills 50 times… was not worth it… like 1/3 the playtime was just getting it after everything else was done, was not worth it.

at least I get to keep the weeb card


Gotham Knights

17.8 hours, 16 of 61 achievements

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didn't excite me, didn't bore me


Rise of the Tomb Raider

23 hours, 25 of 143 achievements

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I originally started this in 2017, unsure why I paused it… was I working alot of overtime then a Path of Exile league drew me in or???

had a great time… with exception to the bugs I encountered… especially in the challenge tombs where things just weren't working as they were supposed to

now to acquire the next game in the series…


Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition

11.5 hours, 25 of 47 achievements

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inserts batham theme song


Backfirewall_

5.5 hours, 19 of 35 achievements

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I am getting lazy on comments here


It gets so lonely here

2.9 hours, 12 of 12 achievements

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Its free, its fairly short, and its well reviewed, probably worth your time


Anodyne

9.4 hours, 4 of 6 achievements

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reality is… I probably didn't sleep a good 6 nights this month


and now the negatives of the month, mostly from family share or free to add games so once they are out of the recently played(in October), they will be removed from my games list on Blaeo!

MONMUSU

0.1 hours, 1 of 12 achievements

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I definitely added this because cute anime girls published by Nekoworks… I failed to look at the type of game it is…
its just an idle game… with some spicy(supposedly short) scenes… I didn't have it in me to deal with the idle game portion to get to the fun stuff.

free to add game, removed from account, gotta improve the blaeo stats somehow


One Deck Dungeon

0.3 hours, 0 of 72 achievements

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this was from family share, I enjoy the physical version of the game… the digital version just feels… lacking in comparison.


Arrogue

1.4 hours, 3 of 60 achievements

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this definitely felt like someone played peglin and wanted to make something similar… theres something here for someone, just not me.


Backpack Hero

2.6 hours, 2 of 35 achievements

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and more from family share…

while the overall gameplay loop is somewhat enjoyable, the runs I have access to are very short and fairly easy, I know cooler things get unlocked later… but I don't have it in me to do the town portion(biggest negative of the game for me) to get there.


Trolley Problem, Inc.

0.1 hours, 2 of 12 achievements
ADHD said no

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simply put… I made my choice and found no way to speed up the timer… when a good portion of my time was spent waiting on the timer my ADHD wanted to get away from it after a few choices.


FEZ

1.1 hours, 1 of 12 achievements

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its a good game… just makes head hurt with its puzzles… I just don't think the way this game needs me to, I gave up.


and Finally the stuff I put some progress in on

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

51.8 hours, 188 of 300 achievements

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you might say I like it


Megabonk

7.8 hours, 58 of 102 achievements

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overall I enjoy this, I have MAJOR problems with the highest difficulty boss design, I will argue its the worst boss design of the genre.


August is here.

Eventide: Slavic Fable

3.0 hours, 22 of 25 achievements

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its a HOG, not much to say.


Sub-Verge

0.7 hours, 0 of 20 achievements

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neat little game… shorter than I thought it would be, not interesting enough to do another playthrough… achievements were broken when I played(/sigh)


PMC Promiscuity

11.8 hours, no achievements

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2 horny kitsune, a horny snek and a horny elf "kidnap" a dude via employment for pleasure.

very very horny, my screenshots are fairly tame compared to the stuff that happens in this

can't decide if Snek or kitsune are best.


Songs of Conquest

14.8 hours, 11 of 66 achievements

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I really really really sucked at manual combat in this, fortunately the game had an auto quick fight option which played significantly better than me… downside… the progress bars on the achievements… are lacking.


Spirit of the North 2

13.0 hours, 21 of 36 achievements

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quite a bit different from the first one, I personally found the open world to big… sure it was beautiful at most places… but when you could be running for minutes with nothing to do in between… bleh.

also fox character editor…. and a village of foxes.

big bad was disappointing…. I also got lost… ALOT


Astronarch

2.8 hours, 12 of 47 achievements

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I was in an auto battler mood one day this month, this one is interesting and has alot to do, just isn't for me.


Luck be a Landlord

2.2 hours, 21 of 186 achievements

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I didn't think I would enjoy this when I had a key so I didn't keep it, it happened to be in family share so I gave it a shot… I just feel like its to dependent on RNG(as expected). Its technically beaten so I am done with it


I Wani Hug that Gator!

14.4 hours, 6 of 6 achievements

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enjoyed it a bit more than I thought I would(was slightly worried with it being a "dating sim" with reptilian characters, but the writing was very enjoyable, ending 1 the bad end was not that enjoyable with both characters being shitty, endings 2 and 3 are more neutral ends and enjoyable since the characters felt like they were trying, and ending 4 was the best and is the true end, epilogue is very short nice ending to the story.

do recommend if you are interested


Welcome to July… its to damn hot.
posting early as about to be on a family trip

NEKOPARA After

4.9 hours, 17 of 17 achievements

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more cute cat girls!

Fraise and the sister join the harem… so some probably won't enjoy this because of that. To note this isn't canon, its a what if story.


Khimera: Puzzle Island

14.6 hours, 24 of 24 achievements

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decent nonogram game… however it gives you to much information at times… making it easy to know if there is no cells needing to be filled on a side.


What Remains of Edith Finch

2.1 hours, 6 of 9 achievements

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a nice walking sim, I may go back to this and 100% it later.


Torn Away

4.3 hours, 27 of 35 achievements

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has some issues like every point and click does, but this was interesting.


Tactical Breach Wizards

11.1 hours, 22 of 61 achievements

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great tactical game, also has some amazing QOL features… like letting you skip the levels that are to hard for you without penalty(… outside of related achievements for that particular level, I did have to skip a couple myself)


EMMA The Story

0.2 hours, no achievements

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not much to say… its extremely short(an anime episode is longer)


Baba Is You

8.1 hours, 5 of 18 achievements

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my brain was releasing steam… im to dumb for this game.


ANNO: Mutationem

15.7 hours, 23 of 36 achievements

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for some reason this game did not launch with english text as a default… I had to navigate some runes to set to english.


God of War

19.5 hours, 18 of 37 achievements

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Its my 2nd God of War game… I played the original only(in fact its one of the 2 games I have beaten on the PS3… my least played console that I own)

no QTE's(yay!), slower pace though, still a great game, I wishlisted the next title to.


Heavy Rain

11.6 hours, 29 of 56 achievements

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great story, gameplay is a little slow… controls are overly complicated for no good reason…. controls are one of the big reasons it took me so long to finish it


RoboCop: Rogue City

10.7 hours, 25 of 27 achievements

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honestly… I would label this for robocop fans only, was rather boring for me.


June 2025 part 2… I may have finished the no life part of Path of Exile… to play the other POE

Pillars of Eternity

30.4 hours, 17 of 48 achievements

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this is a game that had my interest… since it was in kickstarter, never picked it up myself but got it in 2023's begging thread(shame it took me this long to get to it).

much shorter than the HLTB time makes you believe(I probably would have it done in around 15hrs if I didn't force myself to go extra side stuff)… all those 80hr no note submissions

I thought the turn based update for this had come already, but apparently that was for the sequel and its in the works for this so I played on how can you fail mode(lowest difficulty)


Call of the Sea

7.4 hours, 34 of 34 achievements

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this was nice, might have enjoyed it more if I didn't force myself into 100%ing it for POP(have to 100% at least 1!)


Timelie

5.8 hours, 9 of 22 achievements

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normally don't like stealth games at all, but this is more of a puzzler using stealth as the puzzle and I really enjoyed this, great game.


Zwei: The Arges Adventure

20.6 hours, 5 of 22 achievements

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was alright, next one is supposedly alot better.


Necrobarista

7.7 hours, 11 of 11 achievements

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this was enjoyable… I am getting lazy with reviews again.


Its June… the Month Path of Exile 1 finally woke up from hibernation to get an update

posting early… as unlikely I will finish much else this month between playing POE and working on little busters slowly.

Heal

2.1 hours, 9 of 14 achievements

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neat game, fairly short.

< 22 min speed run cheevo which I am not bothering to get.


Avowed

26.5 hours, no achievements

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decent overall… had a few annoyances I had to mod out(things like lockpicks not being plentiful enough and such)

7/10 game, not bad… not didn't love it, story was decent.


Strange Brigade

11.7 hours, 21 of 60 achievements

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I played this solo, it was decent, definitely feels like a game where you get a group of people in and its great.


1000xRESIST

9.1 hours, 19 of 32 achievements

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this was great… do wish the map was better for the main area… but at least it was thematic for what the game is.


Where are the star wars games this month? I feel like a slacker this month… going to a convention didn’t help…. nor is getting sick(tbd if cold, flu, covid… bronchitis(again…))

almost 1/3 the month is going to be useless game time wise… posting early since I am sick and doubt I will start anything… let alone finish anything.

斩妖行 Eastern Exorcist

6.3 hours, 19 of 40 achievements

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combat in this was simpler than expected, more of a souls-lite instead of a souls-like :P
did love the art style
don't think I will do the other characters campaign, just 1 is enough for me on this.


I commissioned some bees 0

0.9 hours, 11 of 11 achievements

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professional click to exterminate bee gamer here.


I Am Legion: Stand Survivors

42.8 hours, 56 of 70 achievements

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really good game that took the vampire survivors formula and changed it quite a bit, the meta progression is slow but is fairly impactful. I did the earliest part very early so I don't recall the slowest parts but I was getting multiple points worth in the tree every run… took 40ish hours with my demo progress porting over just to max that meta progression tree and leveling all the characters to 10… fortunately here you don't have to play each character while they are weak, just farm a little with your leveled characters to get a general xp pool to level whoever you want(which is good because the fortune cat at least is pretty mediocre compared to the others until its level is maxed).

I don't want to think how long it would take me to 100% this… could probably


Puzzle Agent

3.3 hours, no achievements

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story was to silly for me to enjoy
but puzzles were enjoyable enough.


Puzzle Agent 2

1.9 hours, 50 of 52 achievements

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see notes on first game… I screwed up 1 puzzle by mistake and can't 100% it in a single playthrough
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Sea of Stars

29.9 hours, 35 of 48 achievements

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I was considering committing blasphemy here and renaming all the characters to their golden sun inspirations… but I am getting lazy

This was great, I knew I would probably love it because I loved Golden Sun and I kept hearing comparisons to the two… and guess what I loved it

main thing I disliked was needing to get all the rainbow conchs(at least there is a tracker for it!) to get true ending.

supposedly a dlc is coming soon so I will be watching out for it.


Stella of The End

11.5 hours, 22 of 22 achievements

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absolutely wonderful VN… and ofc Key does its thing and makes you cry near the end.


Karate Survivor

5.5 hours, 16 of 22 achievements

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I like this conceptually… but it doesn't have the long term viability other survivor games have for me, part of being all the attacks are directional… you know the worst kind of attacks in survivor like games… admittedly you don't have a few hundred enemies swarming you every second either.


Heart of the Woods

13.7 hours, 12 of 12 achievements

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I wasn't expecting the supernatural stuff, just the female romance.
was great


Peglin

11.3 hours, 17 of 48 achievements

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its decent, I feel alot of the orbs don't get enough bounce… and some of the level layouts while neat looking aren't really great for a peggle like experience as it causes the orbs to just ultimately fall to the bottom. The 1st area is by far the worst… but you eventually get some relics and special orbs that make things interesting.

final boss can have some hilarious results based off your relic combos.

probably won't play much more after making this review.


OPUS: The Day We Found Earth

1.6 hours, 18 of 31 achievements

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simply game, try to find earth!
now I can move onto the sequels


  • Sea of Stars DLC, took me a little over 8hrs to do all the story content, maxing most of the mini games(all except shooting one) and collect all time runes for that cutscene unlock.