mordsmiez’s profile
Hey there!
I joined on September 6th, 2021 because my bargain hunting had gotten worse and it was (and still is) time to defeat my evergrowing backlog. Since I’m bad at choosing and the size of the backlog doesn’t help, I devised a simple strategy: throwing dice! I “choose” most of my games this way. If I am not in the mood, they go back on the pile for the time being. I am also dogmatic about playing games series in order. And I do like playing classics :)
Genre-wise, I like RPGs, roguelikes and farming/life sims like Harvest Moon (and let’s face it, watching numbers go up aka idle games), and I spend quite some time irrationally hunting achievements and cuddling my two cats:)
Click here to see my progress since joining!
Resolutions for 2023 [End of year stats]:
- Reducing the pile of unfinished + never played games to 70% [2021: 83%; 2022: 75%]
- Increasing the total number of completed games to 200 [2021: 39; 2022: 130]
- Increasing Completionist score to 60 % [2021: 47.5%; 2022: 58,3 %]
Log #19
Backlog growth: +11
Belated post and I did not get around to playing a lot of games this month, but exam phase is over for me since yesterday, so hopefully the coming weeks will be a bit more relaxed!
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I commissioned some bees 0
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Doodle God
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Hidden Mars
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IN THE BUILDING: CATS 3
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Card Storm Idle
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Stardander Revenant
Log #18
Backlog growth: +12
I managed to complete at least a bit more than last month, including 2 longer games!
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The Elder Scrolls: Arena
26.5 hours playtime
no achievements
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The Secret Order 4: Beyond Time
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Solitairica
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Wheel of Innocence
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I Frog-ot
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Nova Lands: Emilia's Mission
The Elder Scrolls Arena: I have to say I am particularly proud of actually finishing this one. It was a bit of a hassle and also a bit monotonous, but the guide on steam “How to have fun while playing Arena” helped a lot xD! And since the Elder Scrolls are one of my all time favourite game series (especially Morrowind <3), it was really interesting to see where it all started^^. So next up will be Daggerfall!
The Secret Order 4: Slowly making my way through this HOG series.
Solitairica: I have been playing this game on and off for the last couple of months, but finally managed to beat it with all decks and collect the last achievements. I really liked it. It is simple, but fun and perfect for a quick round inbetween.
Wheel of Innocence: Free visual novel. Visual novels are not my genre, so I don’t feel like I can judge, but I would say it is okay since it’s free^^
I frog-ot: Weird little free game.
Nova Lands: Emilia’s Mission: Free demo. Building a base on a planet. I liked what I saw, so I wishlisted the full game.
Log #17
December + End of year update!
So this post is a little late because I started into the new year with a terrible cold, but I am feeling better now, so here it goes :)
Backlog growth: +12
In December, I only finished 3 games:
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Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories
2.1 hours playtime
no achievements
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The Secret Order 3: Ancient Times
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The Lost Dachshund
0.2 hours playtime
no achievements
None of those were particularly interesting^^, so I’m not gonna write anything about them.
So, as for my resolutions for 2022: I managed to meet all my goals!
I wanted to reduce the pile of unplayed + unfinished games to at least 75% [from 83%], which I just about did. I have a total of 130 completed games now (goal was 55 [from 39]). I think I kind of underestimated how many smallish games I would finish and set kind of a too low goal, oh well. Lastly, I raised my completionist score to 58.3%. The goal was 52.5 % [from 47.5%].
So, all in all, I’m happy with this year’s backlog progress :) For next year, my goals are: Reducing the pile of shame to 70%, reach 200 completed games and a completionist score of 60%! But as always, these are just nice to have, the main goal still is having fun :D
Hope you all had a good start into the new year, until next month!
Log #16
Backlog growth: +16
I completed/finished a few short games and one medium last month! My favourite was Spiritfarer :)
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Spiritfarer
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TOHU
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IN THE BUILDING: CATS
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Fate of Dynasty
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Resonance of the Ocean
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Cube Farmer
Spiritfarer: As I said before, this was definitely my favourite this month! Art-style, dialogues, atmosphere were really top notch. I was also moved emotionally (though not as much as some of the reviewers on steam^^). The crafting minigames felt a bit like a chore, which is the only negative aspect I can find with the game. But since you didn’t have to craft a lot of items to move forward, it was also okay for me. Worked perfectly on steam deck.
TOHU: Short point and click adventure. Was not really to my liking. It was also a bit buggy, so I had to restart from a certain point a few times to be able to continue :/. I somehow missed to talk to one of the NPCs, so I would have to do another playthrough for completion, we’ll see about that^^
In the Building: Cats: Nice, short. Not much to say about it, you have to find hidden cats^^
Fate of Dynasty: It’s a free, short puzzle game.
Resonance of the Ocean: Another free game. Nice art style, very easy.
Cube farmer: Logic puzzle game, where you have to move a cube into a hole (with the right side up). Levels were easy - challenging.
Log #15
Backlog growth: +11
This has been the least productive month since I joined BLAEO. Only three games completed… and they aren’t even long!
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Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 2
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Evan's Remains
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The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
1.1 hours playtime
no achievements
Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 2: I have a strange addiction to this series that I cannot even explain-.-‘ And what can I say? I liked this part as well.
Evan’s Remains: I liked the riddles, but the story was meh and there was way too much (not too well written) dialogue for my taste. Played it on Steam Deck which was fine, until a certain achievement led to the display of a certain error message and I just wasn’t able to continue. I started over again on PC. As everything is skipable, it didn’t take long, thankfully. A few days later I saw a fix for the situation on the steam forum, so I guess there was a way around starting over.
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit: Was very nice for a free demo and I guess it gives a glimpse into the Life is Strange 2- Universe?
I hope my report will be a bit longer again next month, until then happy backlog assassinating to all of you!
Log #14
Backlog growth: +22
Gamingwise, not much has been going on this month, but a lot of social stuff happened, which was also nice! And my steamdeck arrived and so far I am really happy with it (I haven’t been playing extensively on it yet, thou…)
Assassinations of the past weeks:
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100 hidden turtles
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Ever Seen A Cat?
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The Secret Order 2: Masked Intent
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Pickle Clicker
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Aperture Desk Job
0.5 hours playtime
no achievements
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Wordle 4
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Solitairica
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Annie and the Art Gallery
Ongoing:
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BioShock 2 Remastered
So 100 hidden turtles was nice, Ever seen a cat? was not too great. both are simple HOGs. Secret Order 2 was also not very exciting and where is the first game anyway? Pickle Clicker is a free, rudimentary clicker, where you have to - you can probably guess this - click a pickle, can’t really recommend it in its current state, but the dev is still working on it, so who knows? I enjoyed Aperture Desk Job, which is a short, but lovely made demo for the steamdeck. Wordle 4 was by far the easiest entry of the series so far and thus a bit boring. Solitairica has a quite simple mechanic, but I got hooked immediately and will definitely go for the full completion here! Annie and the Art Gallery is the only other free game that I finished this month: gameplay was okay, but the story was very lacking in my opinion. For the rest of the achievements, you would need another playthrough so I just might not get them^^. Bioshock 2 is really nice, but I didn’t quite get in the mood this time, so i might postpone this one a bit more.
That was relatively much complaining from my side this month :D But anyway, I hope you all will have a nice Spooktober!
Log #13
Backlog growth: +25
So… in 5 days is my first BLAEO anniversary, time to check out what has happened this year gaming-wise! These were the stats from 6th September 2021:
As it appears, my backlog nearly doubled in size -.-‘ But oh well, I guess I can just admit that I like collecting games^^ And I am really happy with the growth of the completed section! I am also really happy about finding this website with its challenges, events and of course fellow assassins :)! And I think you have really motivated me to add more games to my backlog ähm finish some games for once!
Assassinations of the past weeks:
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100 hidden hares
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Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
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Assassin's Creed II
24.5 hours playtime
no achievements
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FIND ALL 2: Middle Ages
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Sprout
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The Purring Quest
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Portal 2
100 hidden hares: not much to say about this one. It’s pretty much the same as all the other games from this series. But I like the animal-themed ones more, for some reason. So that was good :)
Brothers: A tale of two sons: I had played this together with my boyfriend before, but we kinda stopped playing at some point. So when this came up in the Challenge me event, we just finished it and it turns out, we had stopped playing right before the end^^ so this was a quick finish! my bf was completely stunned that they let the story end this way, he just couldn’t believe it. But I really liked the game and would recommend it, if you haven’t tried it yet!
Assassin’s Creed 2: Longest game this month, also done for the challenge me. Had a lot of fun here and I think that there quite a few improvements compared to the first one: It felt less repetitive and I really liked the idea of collecting/buying stuff and equipment to renovate your uncle’s villa. Now I’m debating whether I should get the next part or not. I would like to, but with the stuff that has been going on between ubisoft and steam recently, I don’t know…
Find all 2: The middle ages: Cute little HOG, I like that the picture slowly gets more colorful, as you find more items! And I also that you need to find different things. Additionally, it features a whack-a-mole mini-game!
Sprout: Short, free, what can I say?
The purring quest: Also done as part of the challenge me event. I personally am not a big fan of platformers, but this one featured cats, so what can I do but play? I actually really enjoyed it, but I had to play it nearly twice as I accidentally deleted my save game just before the last chapter. This was due to the menu, where it is really hard to recognize which option is selected -.-
Portal 2: Also part of the challenge me! I really enjoyed it. So far, I have only beaten the single player campaign, so I will definitely go for the coop campaign and maybe see if there is an achievement or two still waiting to be hunted…
If you have actually read this text and paid attention you might have noticed that I am a game short for the 5 challenge me games. This was meant to be Bioshock 2, which I am still planning to play next! This is actually the pick I am most looking forward to, but I haven’t gotten around to playing it yet.
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BioShock 2 Remastered
And that’s it from me, looking foward to another year of happily wasting my time gaming :)
Log #12
Backlog growth: +19
This month was a bit better than last month, but still quite busy and I didn’t have the energy for any bigger or more demanding games.
Assassinations:
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Roy's Rugs
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SPACE / MECH / PILOT
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Hidden Cats in Paris
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Ballads at Midnight
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Voodoo Garden
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Plants vs. Zombies: Game of the Year
So, I completed a couple of free games: Roy’s Rugs: I liked the design, but it still doesn’t have a lot of content for a clicker game/was kind of boring. Still, I plan to check it out again in a while to see if it has been further developed. SPACE/MECH/PILOT: Cute, but gets very repetitive after a while. The last achievement requires you to reach level 5000 which can be done more quickly by resetting the story several times, but after 3 resets I really didn’t feel like clicking through the story AGAIN so I just left it running in the background… Ballads at Midnight: Interactive fiction isn’t really my thing, but it was free and short and I think not badly made.
Now for games with a price tag: Hidden cats in Paris: Just feeding the simple HOG addiction. Voodoo Garden: Very similar to Planterra with the added mechanic that you automatically craft potions from your harvests to earn money. Plants vs. Zombies: GOTY Oh the nostalgia! Definitely will go for the whole completion and play some more. I got this from the BLAEO stealthy santa event, so thank you again, samwise!
I expect to be a bit more relaxed in August and decided to participate in the challenge me-event again so I am looking forward to the picks :)
Hope you all have a good month!
Log #11
Backlog growth: +25
This was definitely the most unproductive month backlog-wise. I have too much group work for uni, which is very time- and joie de vivre-consuming and I didn’t have much motivation to start with a new game. So I only really managed to beat Tomb Raider and I probably won’t go for completing all the achievements, since most of the ones that are left are pertaining to the dead multi-player :/ But I had a lot of fun playing, so much in fact that I picked the following game up during the sale. Futhermore I completed Wordle again, as achievements have been added. And I finally collected all missing achievements aka pictures in Life is Strange. That’s it.
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Tomb Raider
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Wordle
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Life Is Strange
…And I just realized I dropped below 20% completion again :’(
Log #10
Backlog growth: +30
More hidden object games and another classic: Gothic. Futhermore, I reserved a SteamDeck (I miss gaming in bed since my laptop died last month :’( ), so I would be curious to know if anyone here has already tried it and what your thoughts are? :)
Oh, and I reached 2 milestones this month: 20 % percent of games completed, and also my 100th completed game, so yay me ;)
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100 Hidden Animalnaults - Felicat & Laika
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SEARCH ALL - POTIONS
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SEARCH ALL - SEASHELLS
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SEARCH ALL - SPIDERS
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SEARCH ALL - STEAMPUNK
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SEARCH ALL - SUSHI
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SEARCH ALL - ANIMALS
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SEARCH ALL - CANDY
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SEARCH ALL - CATS
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SEARCH ALL - RUNES
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100 hidden cats
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100 hidden cats 2
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100 hidden eternals
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100 hidden snails 2
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FIND ALL
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Samorost 1
0.2 hours playtime
no achievements
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Our way down
0.5 hours playtime
no achievements
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Endless Furry Pinball 2D
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Wordle 3
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Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions
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Gothic 1 Classic
33.5 hours playtime
no achievements
So what can I say about this month’s games? From the HOGs, I liked Find All best, as you had to find specific different things and the game gets more colourful as you find more objects. Samorost 1 and Our way down were two free, short and easy games. I finished a Steamgifts win (Endless Furry Pinball 2D) as the dev finally fixed the broken achievement for quitting the game, lol. I cannot recommend it, which was kind of obvious from the beginning, but I have trouble resisting anything with the magic word Pinball in it :D. Wordle 3 was tougher than Wordle 2, at least the flower section was really hard for me^^. Glass Masquerade 2 was enjoyable, but I think I liked the first one a bit more. Gothic was my favourite this month by far and I think it still holds up! But maybe I’m biased because I used to play it back in the day (but never finished it back then, because I used to be even worse at finishing games than I am today…).
That’s it from me, hope you all had a good month!
| 659 | games |
| 55% | never played |
| 19% | unfinished |
| 3% | beaten |
| 22% | completed |
| 1% | won't play |
- Won on SteamGifts 3
- October 2021 8
- November 2021 12
- December 2021 14
- January 22 11
- February 22 4
- March 22 19
- April 22 18
- May 22 21
- June 22 3
- July 22 6
- Multiplayer? 3
- August 22 7
- September 22 9
- October 22 3
- December 22 3
- November 22 6
- January 23 6
- February23 6
- March 23 3