Report #40: March 2024

Beaten This Month

• Alan Wake's American Nightmare
  

  5.1 hours playtime

  5 of 12 achievements

• Kona
  

  12.3 hours playtime

  23 of 35 achievements

Also Played

• Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
  

  66.7 hours playtime

  18 of 129 achievements

• GOD EATER RESURRECTION
  

  106.6 hours playtime

  21 of 33 achievements

• Northgard
  

  10.7 hours playtime

  13 of 256 achievements

• Lost in Random™
  

  3.9 hours playtime

  9 of 40 achievements

• Phantom Doctrine
  

  9.2 hours playtime

  2 of 47 achievements

Report #39: February 2024

Beaten This Month

• Lost Planet 3
  

  21.8 hours playtime

  27 of 50 achievements

Also Played

• Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
  

  55.2 hours playtime

  16 of 129 achievements

• GOD EATER RESURRECTION
  

  85.0 hours playtime

  19 of 33 achievements

• Northgard
  

  5.4 hours playtime

  7 of 256 achievements

• Alan Wake's American Nightmare
  

  2.5 hours playtime

  3 of 12 achievements

• Lost in Random™
  

  0.8 hours playtime

  3 of 40 achievements

Report #38: January 2024

Beaten This Month

• GRIS
  

  4.7 hours playtime

  6 of 17 achievements

• Max Payne 3
  

  28.8 hours playtime

  11 of 67 achievements

• Wasteland 3
  

  79.8 hours playtime

  31 of 86 achievements

Also Played

• Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
  

  38.3 hours playtime

  9 of 129 achievements

• GOD EATER RESURRECTION
  

  75.8 hours playtime

  19 of 33 achievements

• Phantom Doctrine
  

  6.4 hours playtime

  2 of 47 achievements

• Northgard
  

  1.8 hours playtime

  0 of 256 achievements

• Lost Planet 3
  

  2.1 hours playtime

  8 of 50 achievements

Report #37: December + 2023 Afterword

I finished the year by strolling down nostalgia lane with Commandos, which is still fun but definitely shows its age. It includes a lot of game-y design decisions that destroys the suspension of disbelief. It makes little sense, for example, that the marine or driver characters are not able to drag a corpse out of sight, while the spy character can. Or that an enemy officer without batting an eye can pass through an empty camp that during his last walkthrough was filled with soldiers. This game clearly does not compare to newer titles in the genre, like the fantastic Shadow Tactics. Recommended, with reservations.

I had decent hopes for Deadfall Adventures which turned out to be completely missable. Yes, the Indiana Jones franchise owes everything to Allan Quatermain, but making the main character a Quatermain descendant doesn’t make this game any less of a Raiders of the Lost Ark ripoff. Magical treasures? Check. Jungles & pyramids? Check. Evil Nazis? Check. Charming banter between the main characters? Uhh… the banter is actually terrible and completely anachronistic. Add to that simple puzzles and unsatisfying combat - easily not recommended.

Happy New Year, assassins, and thanks, 2023, for the memories.

Beaten This Month

• Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
  

  85.9 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Deadfall Adventures
  

  41.8 hours playtime

  25 of 50 achievements

Also Played This Month

• GOD EATER RESURRECTION
  

  49.5 hours playtime

  18 of 33 achievements

• Max Payne 3
  

  10.6 hours playtime

  3 of 67 achievements

• Wasteland 3
  

  67.4 hours playtime

  27 of 86 achievements

Favorite Gaming Moments of 2023

• Far Cry 3
  

  ? hours playtime

  22/50 achievements

• Don't Starve
  

  32.8 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
  

  23.0 hours playtime

  16 of 48 achievements

• Wasteland 3
  

  67.4 hours playtime

  27 of 86 achievements

Steam Library Snapshot

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End of 2021

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Report #36: November 2023

Beaten

• Life is Strange: Before the Storm
  

  16.7 hours playtime

  34 of 34 achievements

Also Played

• Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
  

  56.3 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Deadfall Adventures
  

  27.2 hours playtime

  12 of 50 achievements

• GOD EATER RESURRECTION
  

  35.3 hours playtime

  16 of 33 achievements

• Wasteland 3
  

  33.9 hours playtime

  14 of 86 achievements

Report #35: October 2023

Beaten

• The Forgotten City
  

  13.7 hours playtime

  26 of 40 achievements

• Wolfenstein: The New Order
  

  18.9 hours playtime

  24 of 50 achievements

Also Played

• Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
  

  10.5 hours playtime

  5 of 129 achievements

• Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
  

  30.5 hours playtime

  no achievements

• GOD EATER RESURRECTION
  

  21.0 hours playtime

  14 of 33 achievements

• Wasteland 3
  

  13.7 hours playtime

  6 of 86 achievements

Added to Backlog

• Lost in Random
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 40 achievements

Report #34: August-September 2023

Beaten

• Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna)
  

  15.6 hours playtime

  19 of 19 achievements

• XCOM: Chimera Squad
  

  50.3 hours playtime

  27 of 40 achievements

• Far Cry 3
  

  ? hours playtime

  22/50 achievements

Also Played

• Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
  

  4.6 hours playtime

  no achievements

• GOD EATER RESURRECTION
  

  13.1 hours playtime

  11 of 33 achievements

• Wolfenstein: The New Order
  

  1.4 hours playtime

  4 of 50 achievements

• Baba Is You
  

  6.4 hours playtime

  1 of 18 achievements

Added to Backlog

• Disco Elysium
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 45 achievements

• The Forgotten City
  

  0.1 hours playtime

  1 of 40 achievements

• Papers, Please
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 13 achievements

• Phantom Doctrine
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 47 achievements

Report #33: July 2023

Until this summer, Klei’s Don’t Starve had been glaring menacingly at me from my library for five years. I had been intimidated by the combination of crafting, procedurally generated worlds, and assured & permanent death, none of which are really up my alley. (Especially assured & permanent death - I’m not a fan.) But as with Mark of the Ninja, Klei has taken a concept that might sound only mildly appealing and perfected the gameplay to create a really rewarding experience. Your character wakes up in a strange land with nothing but the shirt on his back (figuratively, that is, since he is also wearing pants) and needs to start collecting food and resources to survive as many days as possible. The first craftable items are easy to make - an axe to cut down trees, for example, requires two easily found resource items: a stick and a piece of flint - whereas others requires more or rarer resources, so you start exploring to find them. You need to keep an eye on three wellness meters: hunger, health, and sanity, and not let them go too low. If this sounds a bit boring, I hear you. I’m not sure I can capture in words how fun it is to attempt to extend my last living days by one or two. Sorry, I had ChatGPT write this review three times, and it only got worse so I had to write it myself. It’s an enthusiastic recommendation from me, just be aware it will probably ruin other survival games for you.

“Beaten”, i.e., I was beaten enough

• Don't Starve
  

  32.8 hours playtime

  no achievements

Also Played

• XCOM: Chimera Squad
  

  4.3 hours playtime

  2 of 40 achievements

• ENDLESS™ Space 2
  

  12.9 hours playtime

  0 of 115 achievements

• GOD EATER RESURRECTION
  

  11.7 hours playtime

  10 of 33 achievements

Report #32: June 2023

Greetings Assassins,

Not a whole lot of meat to this report. As usual in the summer months gaming time goes way down for me, but I managed to finish one title.

In May, I spent quite a bit of time on Civilization: Beyond Earth, but wasn’t able to bring the campaign to a close until early June. As with most Civ games I’ve played, I have the most fun in the beginning of a game, as my colonists explore the virgin lands of the new planet. Little by little, it turns into a somewhat different game - less joyful discovery and more tedious administration. Or maybe I’m just projecting on the game my own journey through life… Of course, you can automatize a lot of actions - and end up largely watching your computer play against itself. After having won one game, close to 500 rounds, I have now uninstalled it and don’t know if I will play it again. It’s a good game, don’t get me wrong, but it is a time-eater of a magnitude that doesn’t really work for me anymore.

Until next month…

Beaten

• Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
  

  56.5 hours playtime

  14 of 90 achievements

Also Played

• Don't Starve
  

  22.5 hours playtime

  no achievements

• ENDLESS™ Space 2
  

  12.9 hours playtime

  0 of 115 achievements

• GOD EATER RESURRECTION
  

  9.6 hours playtime

  8 of 33 achievements

• XCOM: Chimera Squad
  

  1.0 hours playtime

  1 of 40 achievements

Report #31: May 2023

Greetings assassins,

The one game I finished in May was Snake Pass, which I had unsuccessfully tried to play with a keyboard and mouse in the past. It’s a series of obstacle courses where you guide your snake avatar to some magic well or whatever. The game doesn’t nominally require a controller, but in reality it kind of does, at least for those of who like to keep our (relative) sanity. Even so, Snake Pass is at times frustratingly difficult, which is more than a little incongruous with the toddler-friendly art and story. Of course, my prejudice is showing - I bet any five-year old today could finish this game between snack time and dinner. Some mixed feelings: I’m glad to have knocked it off my list since it was one of my oldest wins, but it probably shouldn’t have been on the list to begin with, since it doesn’t have any of the qualities that I look for in a game.

Beaten

• Snake Pass
  

  26.0 hours playtime

  15 of 33 achievements

Also Played

• Baba Is You
  

  5.7 hours playtime

  1 of 18 achievements

• Far Cry 3
  

  ? hours playtime

  3 achievements

• GOD EATER RESURRECTION
  

  6.5 hours playtime

  6 of 33 achievements

• Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
  

  46.0 hours playtime

  6 of 90 achievements

I don’t know how these got added to my account 🙈

• Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 55 achievements

• Titanfall® 2
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 50 achievements

• Unravel
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 26 achievements

• Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 150 achievements