How come a game with only 3h playtime has… 31 achievements? I know, it's not rare, I just noticed it while filling out and was like: why? Why not 10 or I dunno. Also: Why not one for playing the game on the "hardest" difficulty? Why don't I get that? Ok, I didn't use it. But I don't use it, since there is no achievement for it. Which probably is a stupid reason. (Just so you know: I play on expert.)
Right, so another quick AM. I honestly am a bit confused. Am I getting better at these games or are the games getting shorter? Bc I'm pretty sure the older ones were longer? Maybe I'm wrong. Am I complaining? For poor completions sake - no. For enjoying a game - yeah, maybe. Although in this case not so much. I didn't really enjoy it that much. The humans looked rly bad imho. And that one cat. Can we maybe put a little effort in this?
(I'm bitching, ain't I? o.o)
The game was… well, a HOG. Straightforward, luckily not as confusing as other HOGs (yk the ones I can't seem to manage without the map…), nice enough puzzles and HOS. So yeah, no complaining on that part :)
Hidden LEWD rating: Nope
Gay-Shipping: NOPE!
Recommendation? Eh, sure, why not? Grab it in a bundle and be happy :)

I guess this is the end of the Longest Journey. Remember the day it all started? With April Ryan having an underwear dream? Throughout Dreamfall Chapters we stumble across the whole story over and over again. Which is very nice. April might not have been our heroine since the first game, but she still is very present - nor as much as in the second though I guess.
We start out with Kian being in a tight spot - understandable after the ending of two - and Zoe being in the world between waking and sleeping. Not by free will, but rather being forced. Can I just say how complicated this is? I can't really say stuff, bc you might not even know the second game and I don't wanna spoil you. Soooooooo, yeah tough one!
Since the second game was a while ago, I totally wasn't sure anymore about this one dude in Zoes life. I constantly felt conflicted - only to be reassured at the end of the game! Trust your gut feeling, it's worth it. Zoes story was btw again way more intense then Kians. At least in my opinion. She had a few twists I totally didn't see coming. (Also flying Teacups! We want them!)
And I totally love Saga. From her baby steps to her blue hair! I love how cool out of the world she is. And at the same time totally at home everywhere. I absolutely didn't love how we as the gamer somehow don't get a conclusion with her parents though. (And who the hell is "Uncle" Gallath? It seems as if he is somehow important - if you look a bit deeper - but we never meet him. At least I think so. I might be wrong, bc he might just be someone else, right? But that would be weird, so probably not… Well, see? I'm thinking too much about that.)
And Kian. SPOILER maybe. Just wanted to say this, bc yeah, it might blow your mind. See I can't really say how long ago the second was - yeah, I could look it up, but nope, lazy - and therefore I can't remember everything. But I am pretty damn sure I would have remembered Kian being gay. I would just know this! Which I didn't. He wasn't even on my Gaydar. And that is me, who ships every two guys are working out nicely. (Like remember Watch Dogs 2? Yeah, I totally shipped Marcus and Wrench. I know they weren't gay, but I can still do this, so hush.) That being said I got this feeling very soonish in the game. Little hints. Yeah, I remember Kian not being to intimate with woman, but I thought he was into April. But maybe he just adored her as the symbol she was. That might absolutely be the case. Bc Kian states very early in Dreamfall Chapters, how he never really had time for women and got into them. Including awkward search for words and giving no clear answers. Until he had this conversation with Likho and I was all: OMG, YOU DIDN'T JUST SAY ALL THAT! nosebleed And later one, stating it even more clearly when Crow asks him if he and April ever where a thing: "I am gay." So there we go. Kian is gay. Although I didn't see it coming I love it! <3
I wanted to write something else just now but… I forgot. Yeah, sad world.
Let's move on. I think this was a nice wrap up of things - although Saga mentioned things in the end which made me wonder if there will be another part. There could be, but probably not, bc it's "only" a civil war. And Saga wraps that up in a way anyway, so not that much need for another part.
All in all I liked the game, BUT it is absolutely not replay able. Or it wasn't for me. I hated having to play it twice to get all cheevos. I hated how I couldn't skip cut scenes. Yes, I could speed dialogues up, but that's it. And ofc it's getting quicker if you know where to go and what to do. Still. Way too fixed to let you smoothly redo this.
Hidden LEWD rating: Very low. There have been one or two ambiguous sentences but that's about it.
Gay shipping: Kian/Likho
Recommendation? Yes!

Last (or the one before that) week I was like: Who is Kojima? This week I was: I just rescued Kojima! \o/
So I finally got around to crawling stealthily around in the mud and dust. Rescue prisoners, eliminate bad guys - mostly not, bc I try to not kill ppl who don't have to be killed. I identified aliens and got rid of them. I even set up a photo op. Only thing I didn't do: sniper! o.o
And here I thought this was a sniper game! I really, really though I was going to sniper everybody just out of my way! Probably my inability to find one hindered me. And also the fact I can't get that good ratings in the game. But I already knew that from the start. I also never aimed for it. I just wanted to play this, have fun with it and move on. And it worked out just like that for me. So yay!
Hidden LEWD rating: -
Gay shipping: -
Recommendation? You like stealth and shooting? Do it! :]

So I had this error at first. With red text all over (in case the screenshot is showing up, you can look at it :] ). Turns out it's bc I sometimes simultaneously pressed RT and LT on the controller. Turns out the game does not like that. Good to know, right? Well also good to know in case you like red text on your screen :] (Just in case you don't like it but it happens to you: press them a few times - well yk like first the one and before letting go the other one. Solved the problem for me. And totally avoid pressing them together. It's annoying…)
Alright about the game: It's been a while since I played Yesterday. Since it has no cheevos, I can't tell when I played it, but I got it 2012, so could be a while ago :D
In short I didn't remember everything. Bits and pieces but not the whole story. I do know though, I liked it. In it's twisted and bizarre way. So I expected nothing less from this one. And! It delivered! It cleared up a lot of questions, it shows you a lot of past thingies - sadly my game didn't show me at some point the mirror images. It's interesting how we try to overcome the constant memory loss and move forward. Only to realize… oh, right. That might be a spoiler :D
We are traveling back to New York - we even have a reference to the bad guy from the last game which is funny enough. Well if you do it right that is :D We get to hear a lot of "Shit" - also refreshing :D And then there is the end, that I never expected that way. I like it, when games do stuff like that :)
All in all: I liked it! Did I say I'm over Point&Click adventures? Certainly not, if they turn out like this one :)
Recommendation? Yep, well, but play Yesterday first

Yes, maybe I am indeed giving up way too easily on old games. Maybe I lack the motivation to fight myself through it - or even get it running properly to start with. This could all be true. Needless to say that the tutorial seemed nice enough - until I had to do the final mission. Which is not about the mission in itself, but more the circumstances which made me unlike it.
I couldn't get it bright enough to see anything rly. Yes, I saw different shades of gray - 50 maybe? Harhar - and I definitely saw the robot. But everything else was… yeah, black. I stumbled around in very much black indeed. Until the robot shot me. Suddelny the world was although tinged in red pretty clear to see! Somehow I doubt though I should run around and get shot by everybody just so I can see things. I tried following the instructions on the discussions. I failed. In the end I wanted to restart the game only to get an error message. So that was the point I stopped at. I never even got into the game. Yes, I gave up rather quickly.
I might retry it though, since kubikill pointed a mod out which might do the trick. Gosh, yes, I shall retry it. After I've beaten all my PoP games. I promise. So there will be another review on it. That is, if the mod works out for me :)

So I know some ppl think this game is heartbreaking. I can agree a bit. Not totally, but a bit. While it is indeed very sad to get swept away by a river. And loose your mom that way. Yes, that is sad. And the other part at the end is also… intense. I might have felt a bit heartbroken at first, when I realized I accidently picked the wrong side. Well at least for me there was only really one choice.
Apart from that it was a bit of a motion sickness struggle - yes, I totally forgot to use the wirstbands right from the start - and it was very beautiful again. In it's unique way. One thing that really confused me were the stars. Bc when you go out with your mum in the night and watch the stars, they look like stars, but once you're running around on your own they look like symbols. Mum = stars. Alone = smybols. What's going on here? thinking
So in the end I wasn't that emotionally involved as I expected. Still I enjoyed it. So in the end, all is fine :)
Recommendation? If you played the others, YES! <3

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BATMAN!
So, bats is on the loose again! Or not again, but he just started! Which shocked me at first a bit, bc I suddenly doubted playing the games in the proper order. But no! It really is this way. Arkham Origins takes place ahead of the other two games! And was released later. No error on my part, just plain and simple fact. Ok, I can handle this - in fact it was nice to see the start of things. I hereby confess to be no Batman comic reader nor a big Batman movie watcher. I remember having seen some Batman movie as a kid - but can't rly remember it, apart from the cape and the car. Then there was catwoman (Halle Berry) and now the new Batman movies, which I indeed watched, but since I'm not rly familiar with the whole thing… it's mostly just a movie O.O
In short: I have no idea how this rly started. How Batman first met the Joker and all that. I mean, yes, I know bits and pieces, but not the whole picture. Same with Harley Quinn, I knew she was the Jokers psychiatrist, but I was not aware the Joker talked about his "relationship" with Batman and made her fall in love with him that way. I mean, I am pretty sure she fell in love with him bc of the story, bc she thought it was about her. Right. Anyway! Didn't know that.
So. We are flying around a lot - yes, I love flying around with Batman! Maybe I overdid it a bit, but I DON'T CARE! \o/
Lots of Riddler stuff to find, lots of bad guys to beat up - ugh, including multiple ways to day, Batman… - and story! I really liked the game! So far I liked every Batman game, so yay! But I hate the fighting. No, that's not true. I don't hate the fighting, I'm just incapable. I manage to get Batman killed. I manage to get him shot, stabed, beaten, electrecuted… yep, I totally did that. I guess I would even drown him… if he wasn't clever enough to grapnel himself out of the water. Go, boy!
Let's just face it. I am not good with fighting games. Fact. Period.
I might not be able to 100% games like this, but I think I can live with it. It's becoming less and less of a problem just letting it go. I take out of these games, what's fun for me, I do the not so fun parts to get the story done and it's fine. So yes, even with the fighting, 4 stars for Batman!
Btw: Why are all the Bat games so far in the winter? O.o
Recommendation? Yes!

What a journey! Well quite "literally". Around the World! In 80 days - or less. And sometimes even more, but we shall not dwell on that too long. At this point I can't even say how many times I did travel all around the world, but… it's been a lot! And since some Achievements exclude each other… well, even a few more restarts without going to the end, bc why would I, right? Oh, unless I need different items on the market or different prizes. Bc both change every time you play the game. No, not quite. It doesn't change if you only restart. You have to reach London - doesn't rly matter if you make it in time or if not. You just have to get there. So once that is done, you get different things to work with. Honestly? Buying wine in Paris and getting the most out of it in Vienna, was always the best thing for me. Everything else at the start wasn't that much in my favour, but whatever.
Funnily enough I had trouble killing Monsieur Fogg off. I had him a couple of times on 0 health, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's dead. Sometimes you're just stuck with him being on 0 until you give in and get him a doctor. In the end I made him freeze to death, there was no other way - sry, Monsieur Fogg, I would have rather given you a death somewhere warm and pretty.
I never managed to see all places - sad truth. But I've seen a lot. I also learned, that while one might travel the whole world, one doesn't automatically see everything. And least of all a closer look. We had a tight schedule, no idling around! Still one can fall in love in a couple of days and get to be with that love in the end. Which is pretty. I didn't figure out how to make Monsieur Fogg fall in love with Passepartout though. Shame.
By the end I… was… maybe a little annoyed by the game. It might have taken me forever to figure out the rext speed is adjustable. Sadly the time not. Well not rly. You can speed things up in a town, but while traveling… not so much.
Recommendation: Yes, also you can totally finish this in…. a couple of hours? Not much rly, can't say how much exactly though.

Vampire! Stealth! Killing! And Blood!
Well what is there not to like? ;)
I mean, apart from the thing, where I was constantly reloading stuff, bc somebody saw me. It IS after all a stealth game, right? So no way, they can see me! Oh, right, and the ghouls freaked me out a lot! And I totally don't get why there where a few ghouls/vampires totally different. Well apart from the factor where they are supposed to make things tougher.
I like the occasional challenge (hides HITMAN at this point), but this one didn't trigger my 100% drive. Bc I can't see myself doing this a second time on hard mode. I mean, yeah, it might be possible, but imagine how much more time I'd need with this one. Like even MORE reloading and stuff. And I'm pretty sure I'm not allowed to save on hard mode. So nope, thank you. I'm out :]
Spoiler ahead? Story wise I had a few problems though. Apparently we are looking for some old blood source, bc if we can't get the blood from our creator it's the only way to not turn into a ghoul. So… we didn't get that blood. Now what? It doesn't really look like we are turning into a ghoul be the end of the game. Which probably has something to do with the… company. Dunno the name, whatever. The bad guys. But then again it was a trap and the hero was bitten by a vampire, not artificially made. Yeah, I don't get this. Like at all. Which is a shame. Having such a huge gap in the story. Or no conclusion.
Hidden LEWD rating: Nope
Recommendation? Yes

Oh man, I'm pretty sure I should tell you the stupid talks I had with a friend while playing this one. First one: "I gotta save lifes! No time! Ok, well at least AI lifes, but I gotta do this!" Second: "Oh god! I have to kill one of my ppl and they just refuse do die!"
Yeah, this happened - btw the achievement with one off my ppl dying and still completing the mission, was the thoughest for me. So lots of intense moments. Even more so while playing the game on extrem. At some point they just bombard you with emergencies and calls and everything. And there are never enought ppl working for you! So eventually I had the game on slow, bc it was just too much input. Still, I didn't manage to get one off my ppl killed on that one.
Is this game repetetiv? Sure is! Let's face it, even if you play the missions where no call is repeating itself, you'll eventually get the same calls while playing another one off the missions or the free game. So yes, it sure is repetetiv. But! Even if you at one point know how to react to calls, that doesn't change the coordinating thing. And that's imho the main thing about the game. Coordinating your ppl. It took me ages to figure out, that it might even help to send police with a fire extinguisher to a fire instead of ignoring the whole thing bc your firemen are all over the place trying to do their jobs - for some reason I never had enough firemen o.o
Sadly I was stressing myself out a bit too much, bc I hadn't finished 6 games yet - only to realize later one… last month had 31 days. I kinda feel stupid, but yeah. Two days in the safe zone :D
Recommendation? If you like ordering ppl around: Do it!

First off all: I have not done everything there is to do in the game! I raided the Castle, fought the final battle, tried to catch the empress… and then decided, that having all the achievements is enough. There was still story left. But honestly? Since I couldn't read the full text half of the time - couldn't scroll somehow -, I really didn't care that much. I mean, it's pretty obv by then what's going on. Yeah, maybe there is still a surprise hidden in the rest of the story, but it doesn't really matter.
31h in I can say, I played it. I can also put it aside without feeling bad or anything. Since I played at the same time (still playing tbh) the free game "Lost Lands: A Hidden Object Adventure" I could constantly compare them. And sadly this one is not that good imho. Why? Well first of all: The scrolling of the text didn't work. Secondly: I was constantly a bit stressed while doing the HOS, bc with this one you try to find all the objects in a streak. Obv you get more coins, exp or energy, the more objects you can find, while the other game works by time only. If you manage to find the objects in a certain amount of time, you get x things. The more time you need, the less you get - or such. Ultimalety that also lead to me not managing all the HOS in Mystic Saga. I still can't just click around in the Swamp and find everthing, just doesn't work. While the scenes in Lost Lands are way more familiar to me. So yeah, Mystic Saga looses with that. ALSO if you manage to find objects in a row, the coins/exp/energy start blocking your view, which makes it even harder finding the next thing. TOTALLY ANNOYING if you ask me. So I didn't like that. Although the achievements vor Mystic Saga are obv way easier to get… bc you don't need to do EVERYTHING, but just like: visit 5 times every places and interact 5 times with every creature and stuff. So that's far quicker to achieve. Still I had a good enough time with it :)
Recommendation? Kinda, yes?

So maybe I have never had the right Kinetic Nove, bc this one was very smooth, very easy to read and quite nice. Although I kept asking myself if I had missed something - with how suddenly ppl from the castle appeared and it seemed as if there was something with their relationship we should know. Which I didn't. So it seemed as if I was missing something. So dunno what was going on.
But apart from that it was nice to see how the story went on. How the three girls continued the journey home. But oh man! If it's gonna be all the way? I'm not sure they'll ever make it. Getting involved with though situations, trying to solve them, getting even more involved. Wow. Yeah, we might just start everywhere a revolution. Which would also be pretty funny, tbh :]
Hidden LEWD rating: Yeah, no. It's still not that kinda game - yes, we totally have an achievement for that :)
Recommendation? Yep, keep going

So I was at the point of either spending the rest of my life loads of hours on the rest of the achievements or… well, not even try to complete it. I decided to go for the later. Easy to explain really: I already failed with on of the catwoman riddler challenges and just couldn't do it. And if I already fail with that one… I just know I can't do the fighting extras. At least not complete. I am not good at the fighting part in this game. Fact.
So yeah, here I am, giving up on completing the whole thing. But I played the main story and the extra story. So I think that's pretty good - also I already spent A LOT of time on the riddler challenge…

The game. What can I say. I like Batman. I've never read the comics, it took me ages to start watching movies. I really don't think I'm a Batman pro. I know nearly nothing about him. So I guess it's totally normal it seemed like I was missing some part of the story. I remember the last one ended with Joker being massive bc of… Titan, I guess? But somehow the start of this one felt as if I lacked some information.
But that's ok. The story in itself was good. I liked the sidemissions - althought I always feared the ringing phone, so I mostly ignored it while doing something rly important. I was actually conflicted about playing both as Batman and as Catwoman. I liked playing as Catwoman, but her sensory thing wasn't that comfortable aaaaaaaand with her I had a bit of trouble. Yk the good old motion sickness stuff. But I never had to use my wristbands, so yay to that!
Also I really don't think he's dead. Bc that wouldn't make sense. And it's just not… how the story works, right? They just don't die. Never. Bc if they would Batman would ultimately have no more enemies - also the reason why he never kills - and that would be the death of a series, right? So he's still alive. Don't ask me how he did it, he just did :D
Recommendation? Yes