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December 2020

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November 2020

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January 2020

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November 2018

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December 2020

HAPPY NEW YEAR! social distance party
I hope you all were able to start the new year successfully and with a pleasant, optimistic feeling despite last year being such a mess :’) Surely 2020 still offered some positive things that happened? So, what happened that you were glad of? I’m really glad that I was able to recover old friendships, my former best friend became my best friend again and we did some pretty awesome things, held a lot of board game nights together, I teached her how to crochet and we crafted side by side :) Also I’m glad for new friends and that they sticked with me into the new year and supported me ^_^ Despite Covid I never had the feeling of being alone only thanks to all those awesome people I met :’)
Please share some of your happy experiences too! Let’s start the year with positive vibes ♥


Gotta Crochet 'Em All!





      Spiritfarer

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      Beautiful game. Lovingly animated, beautiful designed and with an unique story idea. When looking it up it sounds very, very sad. It's not. I mean, releasing the spirits through the Everdoor and speaking your final goodbyes definitely is a sad part of the game but it takes time to get there and the rest of the game is more relaxing and calm. It's meant for leaning back and enjoying your time.

      When I started the game up I thought that this can become my new favorite game of all time. Sadly it didn't bc imho it had a lot of flaws which harmed my experience with it. Most of all it was because of the lack of information given to the player. The characters all were remarkable but the game itself won't tell you how they died, what did they do for a living. Although these stories exist, not ingame but in the digital artbook you can buy separately. :') Tbh the game would have a far deeper meaning if these were included and in fact I even got mad when I heard about that and had to look up their lives myself. Also the order of introduced characters was a bit odd. The game starts with the best characters and ends with the least likable ones. So it ended not with a sad feeling to let them go but instead with a glad one to finally getting rid of them :') And that's a shame! It really had the potential to be one of the best games ever made.

      It's still a great game and one of the best ones from 2020 I've played! I regret nothing :^) Recommended? Highly.

      Poi

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      played on Twitch

      Poi is about two siblings, orphans, who decide to become adventurers. Apparently for one to be one, one has to collect medals of different worlds. So no real story was found, but the gameplay, as simple as it was, made the game shine. Jumping, running, climbing was much fun, as was finding hidden locations or collectibles and solving challenges. Personally I could've missed the enemies which are defeated by jumping on them as the controls are still somewhat clunky and not very precise. Also imo the game didn't need any increased difficulty that justify the enemies. However, the boss fights were a nice addition.

      Was slightly annoyed with the ending vibes. Only one last object. One last world. One last challenge. One last boss fight. So after I enjoyed pretty much the whole game, after all of these 'one last' I kind of was relieved when the game finally was over :d But overall it was an enjoyable time that was spent on playing it.


    Also Played This Month

    • Among Us

      126.9 hours playtime

      no achievements


    • 100% Orange Juice

      237.7 hours playtime

      100 of 232 achievements

    • Pokemon Mystery Dungeon DX

      42.2 hours playtime

      no achievements


    • The Council

      9.5 hours playtime

      22 of 42 achievements

    • Stardew Valley

      86.1 hours playtime

      18 of 40 achievements

    • Hades

      23.0 hours playtime

      no achievements

    • Tle Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past

      10 hours playtime

      no achievements

    • Cyberpunk 2077

      7.2 hours playtime

      no achievements

    Overall Added This Year: 120

    Overall Played This Year: 65

    Overall Retired This Year: 10

    Avarage Added Per Month: 10

    Avarage Played Per Month: 5.42

    Avarage Retired Per Month: 0.83

    End Roll

    Full Full Full Full Full


    Ori and the Will of the Wisps

    Full Full Full Full Full


    Pokemon Mystery Dungeon DX

    Full Full Full Full Full


    Dicey Dungeons

    Full Full Full Full Half


    Smile For Me

    Full Full Full Full Half


18 days ago 8 comments

October - November 2020

One of the positive things Covid caused is that I have met a lot of new people that love to play games as much as I do ^_^ mostly because Among Us brought us all together. My backlog tho isn’t happy about it, as I bought more new Co-op games than finishthe ones I already owned before and hence missed my report for October. Being back on assassination now!
Hope you all can enjoy nice Christmas vibes despite the situation ♪


Gotta Crochet 'Em All!





    Smile For Me

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    The game looks really weird but I was curious about it bc of all these positives reviews and they didn't disappoint me. It's a great game which should be known by a lot more players! Sometimes I still wake up to the sound of it in my head and the urge to help these characters out one more time :v

    In Smile For Me you live in an institution that specialized itself in helping it's residents find their smile again. All of the characters have lost their smile and live unhappily and this institute isn't helping them either. So you come in play and help all those in need. The game has a positive atmosphere while you look around, trying to find out how to help them while bit by bit there's also it a strange, unpleasant feeling that there might be more to it ♪

    Cherry Tree High Comedy Club

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    A rather short time management visual novel about a girl who searches for fellow students that join her comedy club. For that you have to find them in town, speak to them and make them your friends. Each day for about one month and a half is divided into three parts where you can choose what to do; talk to a character, improve your skills about a talking topic, work, doing homework. There is a lot to do and even more options what to do and tbh I ignored most of them :v E.g. working is only needed if you want to buy smth, so I never or rarely did and still got the best ending after my second playthrough. Sadly the game hasn't any achievements to motivate one to also try out those other possible things, like buying everything that's available to make the time management more challenging.

    The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope

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    After Man of Medan was a medicore game, my hopes also weren't high with this one. But I was totally wrong as this game truly was something!

    I bought it on Day 1 but managed to keep everyone alive just a few days ago which is because we played it Co-op and then we played it with the Movie Night mode and apparently my friends really suck at QTE x'D Nevertheless I have to admit that it's the Coop mode that makes the game shine. It's not flawless, but playing at the same time though seeing different scenes was so much cool and a very good reason to play the game again but switch characters. As well as Solomode or Movie Night mode which also let you see different scenes you haven't seen in Coop.

    While playing the game with friends definitely makes it better it's still not a bad game to play alone! The story is thrilling and the characters all have their somethings that keep them interesting. Also: less bugs than in Man of Medan. Bugs yes, but less!

    Still trying to get every achievement =3=

    Mo:Astray

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    Usually games like these aren't my kind of thing but it looked cool and had nice reviews so I wanted to try it out. I'm really glad that I was able to! Very much enjoyed the controls, even though sometimes they were annoying if you stick onto something that you didn't want to stick onto, especially on time based puzzles. The puzzles also were really fun to solve and the boss fights too, even if one has to start the whole fight over again if dying once, which usually diminishes my motivation in these kind of games but in this one I was more tempted to win this fight finally!


Also Played These Months

  • Märchen Forest: Mylne and the Forest Gift

    7.1 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Phasmophobia

    11.7 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Among Us

    101.6 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • GRIS

    7.6 hours playtime

    17 of 17 achievements

  • Lost Constellation

    2.7 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Temtem

    117.8 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • 100% Orange Juice

    228.7 hours playtime

    98 of 226 achievements

  • We Were Here

    3.0 hours playtime

    24 of 26 achievements

  • Spiritfarer

    14.0 hours playtime

    10 of 39 achievements

  • Dark Cloud 2

    28.7 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders

    3.4 hours playtime

    16 of 50 achievements

about 1 month ago 0 comments

September 2020

The month really started great for my backlog and didn’t end well. But I deleted some games I have dropped years before and then realised that they are free to play anyway so why even keep them? Also Among Us happened and I gotta admit that I’m slightly addicted. I don’t know why everyone is playing this game now after two years of it’s existence but I’m glad that it was digged out b/c it’s much more fun than I would have thought as long as I’m not the Imposter because I suck at being one.
Also, in case anyone wonders, the last achievement from Marie’s Room is broken so I marked it as completed anyway.


Gotta Crochet 'Em All!





    Typoman

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    I wanted to play Typoman since it's release and I was finally able to. I already tried it on mobile some time ago cause it's for free there but I guess I'm just no mobile-gamer because I deleted it pretty fast.

    Typoman is a really fun puzzle platformer where you have to make your way with the help of crafting words. E.g. activating a switch by crafting „On“. At some points it was fairly difficult for me as a non native speaker, especially when there was a time limit or you first have to find the opposite word to craft the one you need (or only separate letters for it) so I had to look up some solutions. Not too many thankfully so the game still was a fun experience for me and I found it being quite original.

    Lamia's Game Room

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    This game is so bad. The only thing you do is to play Old Maid with two other NPCs, so it's purely rng. Everyone has two lives so in order to pass the round you have to win four times to complete the chapter. There's no strategy, no hints or anything, you only have to have luck.

    On the shop page it says that you uncover the story as the game progresses. That's not true. There is no story besides you lost your memories and have to win in Old Maid or else you die. And there's not even a cut scene or anything for that but only the Game Over screen. And that's it. There's nothing more to it. It's also horrible translated, the characters are all flat and unlikable. But at least the art was okay.


Also Played This Month

  • Among Us

    17.4 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Marie's Room

    1.0 hours playtime

    6 of 7 achievements

  • Keep in Mind: Remastered

    0.3 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Crecent Bay

    0.6 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Paranoiac

    2.7 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • 100% Orange Juice

    217.5 hours playtime

    95 of 220 achievements

  • Fall Guys

    16.6 hours playtime

    20 of 34 achievements

  • The Darkside Detective Achievement Hunt

    6.1 hours playtime

    23 of 30 achievements

  • This Is the Police Achievement Hunt

    37.4 hours playtime

    5 of 10 achievements

  • Automachef
    Automachef

    32.3 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders

    2.5 hours playtime

    8 of 50 achievements

  • Hollow Knight

    6.6 hours playtime

    5 of 63 achievements

  • The Council

    4.6 hours playtime

    18 of 42 achievements

  • Temtem

    53.8 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Thimbleweed Park
    Thimbleweed Park

    2.8 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Adventure Bar Story

    2.7 hours playtime

    no achievements

4 months ago* 10 comments

August 2020

Somehow the more games I own the less I’m motivated to play them especially when they’re not on steam but were for free on Twitch or EpicGames Store. I’m kind of bored too easily if the game’s not perfect enough and I haven’t paid for it anyway - even if it was wishlisted before. Often I’m not even motivated to at least try them out when they’re not short. How do you guys manage your backlog outside of steam?


Gotta Crochet 'Em All!





    End Roll

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    I'm surprised I never heard anyone talking about that game. It's free and it's one of the best things I've ever come across. I couldn't give it more love and praise ;w; Also I wouldn't have guessed that it'd amaze me as much as it did. It's story may be a bit weird but it's still an amazing experience with awesome characters, cute art style and SO MUCH TO DO! Even revisiting places were fun because they change over time, offer new quests or events or optional bosses. And the music rocks! Man I would've paid so much money for this game.

    If you don't hate RPG Maker games do yourself a favor and give it a try! End Roll is a hidden gem and deserves so much more love!

    Hylics

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    This game is weird and may be the weirdest game I've played so far. But it's also pretty good. Eventually you get used to it's art style and it'll become very relaxing instead. I had a rough start with this game because I had no idea what to do and enemies were far too strong for me, but I realized I had missed an area with less strong enemies. After finally understanding the game and it's combat style it became really enjoyable and fun! It's something different and I loved it. Also dying isn't always bad. I saved and reload each time I got slayed until I realized that you get to another area after death where you're able to increase your max HP. Stupid me.

    Highly recommended!

    AlgoBot

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    Another programming puzzle game. The puzzles were kept simple and I really liked that but the best thing was that if you're stuck and click on the question mark the help was actually useful (no, that's not natural for these kind of games). It's challenging and makes you think hard but not so hard that you sit there hour after hour at each level until you still have to use a guide.

    Sadly the interface was rubbish. First of all I had no idea what the perfect solution for each level was. There's a 'best score' and a 'goal' and I thought... well, a high score is neat, right? So if I'm above the goal I should've scored perfectly, right? In the end I may have been extremely stupid because of course the less commands you use the better and hence the smallest score is the best one. In my defense even some of the achievements were triggered such as “get a perfect score with xyz” which clearly shouldn't have. And some best scores require you to ignore the main core of the level which imo is a bad level design.

    Also you only see the goal and your best shot in the menu before choosing the level or after completing one. And each time you go back to the menu the game won't remember which level you played last but instead goes to the last completed level farthest to the end. So I had to click back and back and back until I found the level I had done previously and check if I had scored above the goal, remember how many commands I used and how many I should have used for the perfect score. Of course this didn't hurt the game much but it was annoying after my decision to hunt for the achievements.

    Overall the game was pretty neat and enjoyable but also easily forgotten. It's sadly pretty short and I would've liked to play some more levels. Especially the last area was done pretty fast.

    The Red Strings Club

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    I loved this game and can't even say why because this would already spoil any experience. It's very philosophical and makes you think about a lot and may question your beliefs. You have to play it for yourself, but it's highly recommended!

    The Sand Man

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    I wasn't really fond of this game I gotta admit but I also had completely different expectations because The Sand Man is no horror at all. This hasn't to be bad but considering that it's a part of the Something Man series which is a horror series this was unexpected and therefore I thought the beginning to be pretty boring also because the map is HUGE and I often had no idea what to do next. The second part was somewhat better as the map was smaller and it's also finally about the Sandman himself. It's also finally more like the other games with choices to make that decide the ending you'll get. Still I just couldn't get warm with the main character Sophie. I already knew her from the sequel The Boogie Man where I thought she was around 8 y/o because of her childish behavior hence I was so confused about her age in TSM where she at least is a bit more mature but I thought her to be around 10 or something? In the end I learned she is 17 and in TBM 18 y/o! Whaaaat.

    Also the endings made like zero sense. Definitely not my favorite RPG maker game but it was okay-ish I guess.


Also Played This Month

  • Home

    5.1 hours playtime

    12 of 12 achievements

  • Whispering Willows
    Whispering Willows

    2 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • PictoQuest
    PictoQuest

    5.4 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Mermaid Swamp

    4.6 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • 100% Orange Juice

    211.7 hours playtime

    94 of 220 achievements

  • TLoZ: OoT Randomized

    Too many hours

    no achievements

  • Fall Guys

    6.8 hours playtime

    12 of 32 achievements

  • Temtem

    46.1 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Hollow Knight

    4.0 hours playtime

    3 of 63 achievements

  • Automachef

    21.2 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town

    19.8 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Chronicles of Teddy

    2.1 hours playtime

    9 of 60 achievements

5 months ago 8 comments

July 2020


Gotta Crochet 'Em All!





    Dicey Dungeons

    Full Full Full Full Half

    This will be one of my favorite games I will have played this year. I never would have guessed when I grabbed it in summer sale, in fact I was skeptic about it because I don't like rogue-like games. But this one? Heck I love it! I also was afraid about bad luck but it's really rare that you loose because of that – it may be a bit luck based about your rolls and the rolls of the enemy but overall it's more about tactics.

    Dicey Dungeons is like Slay the Spire. You collect equipment, upgrade it, buy new one etc and when in battle each equipment needs a dice to be activated. Depending on the dice an effect is triggered, so just imagine Slay the Spire but without mana and dices instead.

    I liked Slay the Spire but somehow it didn't motivated me to play it endlessly which Dicey Dungeon did indeed. There are six different Dices – or characters – and each one plays differently and each one has six episodes (or seven if you count hard mode). The only one I didn't like (tbh I hated her with full heart) was the Witch which is also the only reason why I don't give this game a full rating.

    After completing you get access to mods that are actually quite enjoying, especially the Halloween Episode which again adds three more modes and... well the Witch was actually the most enjoyable one.

    Srsly, if you enjoyed Slay the Spire, get this game. It's totally awesome and addicting. I could not recommend it more.

    Kingdom: Classic

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    Rogue-like again but with a relaxing style. Kingdom is the best if you aren't too good informed about it. Basically you're playing a Queen or a King (randomly chosen and I liked that) and have to built up a city and protect it with building walls and hire people to fight the demons which attack every night. But it's not stressful at all and instead has a very calm atmosphere.

    Imo it could have been slightly more difficult. The enemy gets stronger every night but when you figure out what's the main factor which keeps you alive it becomes a piece of cake and you figure that out quite fast. But I really enjoyed it's atmosphere and gameplay idea.


Also Played This Month

  • Humanity Must Perish

    1.6 hours playtime

    8 of 8 achievements

  • Mad Father

    5.8 hours playtime

    27 of 27 achievements

  • Misao

    2.9 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

    38.5 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Rune Factory 4 Special

    75.9 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • 100% Orange Juice

    199.1 hours playtime

    89 of 220 achievements

  • while True: learn()

    4.3 hours playtime

    17 of 31 achievements

  • Bridge Constructor Portal

    22.5 hours playtime

    19 of 26 achievements

  • Minit
    Minit

    1.5 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Kitty Powers' Love Life

    39.5 hours playtime

    7 of 30 achievements

  • Hollow Knight

    2.7 hours playtime

    3 of 63 achievements

  • PictoQuest

    3.7 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • The Red Strings Club

    1.6 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

    2.3 hours playtime

    no achievements

6 months ago 6 comments

June 2020


I finally want this semester to be over because I need a break uù Studying online is a lot of work and I already do much less than I did in the beginning which is also why I don’t want this semester to be over soon :’D Procrastination at it’s best~
Also my cat is ill. Again. I went to the vet like every week and every time she has a new illness uù A few months ago she started to scratch up the whole area of her ears and a very rare infection got through her wounds causing her ears to even more itching. She had to wear a collar for WEEKS (although it was cute and sad at once because she always bumped against the wall and therefore thought that she can’t get through the wide open door.) Now this was finally treated and healed but then she got a huge wound on her back I have no idea where she got that from. And now she has something with her eye ._. My cat never was the healthiest and we visit the vet a lot but the last few months were horror. She could be alright for a week at least, could she not? :’)
Beside that everything is fine. I found someone who loves my crochet work and he wants to buy a lot. Rn I’m working on an Arcanine for him which is already the third Pokemon he wants from me. I don’t care if I get money or gift my work away but it always makes me happy if my work brings someone joy :3 I also crochet a lot more if I know that it makes someone happy instead of me just decorating my own apartment.


Gotta Crochet 'Em All!





    Gods Will Be Watching

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    This game had a really great concept. Solve point & click puzzles while under pressure of time or other circumstances, each one harder than the one before with different consequences of each of your choices. Srsly I loved the idea.

    BUT the game is really hard. And I was so confused in the very first chapter what the heck the game wants me to do and because I died a thousand of times after only clicking two things without noticing why I died, I played on an easier difficulty. I'm not sure if this was good or bad. I kind of regretted my choice after I finally understood what was going on but I also read those many opinions about the game being too fucking hard and I totally can imagine why especially because it's huge amount of RNG (which you can at least turn out but I didn't).

    Anyways, Gods Will Be Watching was a very nice experience and something new to it's genre of point and click games. Every chapter was enjoyable and I always was impressed by their ideas of puzzles to solve (and it's got a chapter with playing mastermind and I truly love playing mastermind, brownie point).

    White Night

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    Why the heck am I still buying horror games? Won't I ever learn that I'm a huge pussycat?

    Still White Night was a nice experience. Although everything I loved about the game was also a reason for hating it... Like I really liked it's style with it's simple black and white design but this also made things pretty hard to recognize and especially if you try to solve a puzzle or have to avoid ghosts it becomes a pain in the ass. Still it was hard for me to close the game – it also was hard for me to pick it up again. So it's kind of a love-hate relationship.

    To escape the darkness you have to use matches. I truly hate being limited to resources I need to survive (again because I'm a pussycat). And the game even throws out some randomness because of course not every match ignites. I never really ran out of them though, so I guess that was fine. Although I didn't even need more stress thanks to me being too afraid of ghosts but I can imagine that it is a nice feature for people who aren't that easily frightened like me (?).

    The story was great. It also wasn't. It's mostly told though newspaper articles and letters so prepare to read a lot and get somewhat bored half way through. It has a nice twist tho which at least I didn't see coming. But I also didn't get the whole story... :^)

    Overall it's sad the developers aren't working on their game anymore. It could really shine! Most complaints could be easily fixed to make the player less frustrated. I still enjoyed it pretty much despite it being horror; else I probably wouldn't have played it until the end.

    Farm Your Life

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    How I love farming games! I just can't get enough from them °^° Farm Your Life is a bit different, not only because it's fairly minimalist and without time management but it also contains zombies you have to fight by throwing your vegetables at them in the night.

    There exists no money in this game. Instead you trade your veggies for more seeds, recipes or cows and chicken. You also run a restaurant where you can cook for your customers and also won't earn any money from them but materials you can trade for upgrades. Especially the restaurant was a nice new feature I haven't seen yet in any other farming game and I liked that. But as soon as you get some workers you don't have to water and gather your crops by yourself anymore or manage the restaurant aside from taking customer's orders. Imo that didn't hurt the game much. I focused on trading and let my workers do all the rest, although I have to admit that I would've liked it otherwise too.

    The game is pretty short. There are only a few upgrades to make the story progress and the hardest part of the game is to gather new seeds and the animals because they cost quite a bit. And I didn't see why I should play endless mode after the story was completed. There are no new tasks and no money and therefore the further goal is missing. Especially if your workers do everything for you there is no point in standing around and watch them do their work. But that's fine. Farm Your Life is a short, nice game and not every farming game has to be an endless time killer. But now I'm in the mood again to play one that is u.ù (two days later I started Rune Factory 4)

Also Played This Month

  • Kitty Powers' Matchmaker

    43.0 hours playtime

    31 of 31 achievements

  • A Wild Catgirl Appears!

    8.0 hours playtime

    5 of 5 achievements

  • missed messages.

    0.8 hours playtime

    4 of 4 achievements

  • Death Coming
    Death Coming

    5 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
    Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

    12.8 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Q.U.B.E. 2
    Q.U.B.E. 2

    5.3 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Samsara Room

    1.6 hours playtime

    8 of 8 achievements

  • Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative

    4.2 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Kingdom: Classic

    3.3 hours playtime

    6 of 34 achievements

  • The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day

    0.7 hours playtime

    7 of 32 achievements

  • Rune Factory 4 Special

    75.9 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Crossing Souls

    0.9 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Deiland

    1.7 hours playtime

    2 of 24 achievements

  • Outland

    0.7 hours playtime

    0 of 12 achievements

7 months ago 17 comments

May 2020


Gotta Crochet 'Em All!





    Grimm's Hollow

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    Lovely, cute and sad. I didn't expected this game to be that beautiful considering that it's free to play. I instantly fell in love with it after the first minute because the characters look so cute. The story too is great and original. I would've loved this game to be longer and I even would've paid for it ;-; Recommended? Absolutely!

    The Crooked Man

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    Because I was stupid enough to play The Boogie Man before the first games of the series I now have to compare them to it. I enjoyed The Crooked Man and despite my fear of being too much spoiled because The Boogie Man contains characters from previous games I was not and rather happy to meet David again, the protagonist from TCM.

    The game starts with David who moved into his new apartment. Things start to get spooky right ahead because it seems that a poltergeist lives in his apartment. Every night David is being waked up by crying people, weird sounds and phone calls. He then discovers several notes which he believes belong to the previous tenant. And as he doesn't have anything else to do he decides to search for him and visits lost places, gets to understand himself and his life better the further he goes on, and is followed by a monster named the Crooked Man which seems to try to kill him.

    TCM is far easier than TBM. There are none fairly hidden secrets you need to find in order to get the best ending, everything you need to do is always clear and the locations aren't too big so I never got lost in case I had to search what to do next. Also the achievements can be achieved in one playthrough easily except for the last one which requires to play the whole game again. Except for the last part I really enjoyed TCM over TBM. I like games being simple and that I don't need a guide to find everything for a good ending. The last achievement though was annoying. The second playthrough adds nothing new except for the very last part where two extra scenes were added which... were pretty disappointing and totally not worth it. But if you know where to go and what to do next the game is finished in about one hour and a half so it was totally fine to do everything again.

    Story-wise TBM was far better. I have to say that. I also preferred it's characters, although David was my fav in TBM too lol. TCM wasn't really horror either. It just wasn't spooky enough. But I'd rather have a horror-themed game than a real horror game with jump scares =3=

    I still love Uri's art and I always looked forward to the next scene with a picture =3= I really like her style.

    So far: TBM > TCM

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8 months ago 4 comments

April 2020


Gotta Crochet 'Em All!





    Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?!

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    Oh I looove shop games! I seriously don't know why I retired this years ago because this time I had quite fun. Although you don't search for your materials yourself (like dungeon crawling or whatever) and can't choose your own prices.

    For about the first half of the game it wasn't that easy either. You have to pay each month for your worker's salary, your “boss” wants to have his share, you have to pay for the materials or have enough spare time to send your workers to search for some, pay for their vacation and still have to manage to forge good weapons you can sell. But I don't know what happened in the second half. Suddenly I was that rich that nothing was a challenge anymore and I made more and more money without ever worrying about it anymore. My weapons became that good that there wasn't any competition anymore and I won every price each year (and got even more money). The game also offers a lot of details to it's system but somehow they just don't matter. For example there are events but I never did pay attention to them and they were more annoying than useful.

    The most disappointing part however was the achievement hunting. After completing the game I wanted to forge each type of weapon 50 times which took a long amount of time. And wasn't fun at all as you just sit there, wait for your workers to complete the forging and choose the next weapon. I didn't even sell them anymore. It took about 4 years ingame to complete every achievement (well except for the DLC as I don't own it), paying each month about 90k to the workers and still I ended the game with 8 million left. o.ö

    The Swords of Ditt

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    Played on Twitch

    Every hundred years a hero is chosen to defeat Mormo, an evil queen of monsters and darkness. Each hero only has four days to gather the needed tools and destroy her anchors until the time for the battle has come. If the sword fails the kingdom has to suffer another 100 years. So basically it's a roguelite Zelda.

    It was fun tbh. The first run didn't go well at all but based on HLTB and it's recorded time to complete the game this seems to be normal. As you progress through the game, search for the toys and complete quests your sword levels up and gains strength so you have an idea how well prepared you are for the final battle. Still you don't have the time to slay every monster that comes in your way or pay each optional dungeon a visit. To me that was a bit sad as I really liked that for once I had a reason to kill the monsters and not only run past them as I often deal with them in any TloZ game. I also love to explore and find everything there is which was sadly not possible.

    The game has a high replay value! Although I beat Mormo in my second try I played some more runs only because there are a lot of different heroes to choose from and each one starts with different resistance and skills and also the map you play on is randomized each time new. Still I'm far away from having seen everything from the game.

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9 months ago* 6 comments

March 2020


Wow, what a month… March was expensive! Many great games came out like Ori, Pokemon and Animal Crossing, two of my favorite shows got their new season finally arrive to Germany and… well yes. Corona happened. And because of that there are sales everywhere and free stuff so people would stay more indoors. I’m a bit glad March is over because of all the new stuff I bought x_x And I truly hope that the pandemic will find an end soon b/c I’m honestly annoyed of it and also a bit afraid of what will still happen.
Also! I got a tattoo! (I put a picture under Crochet ‘em All) It’s my first one and I truly do love it! I always wanted something with Pokemon and Zelda as they both accompany me my whole life and influenced me. So it turned out to be a Dragonite that eats the Triforce :3c Dragonite always was my favorite Pokemon and it always will be so it was perfect for that motive. Also people asked me why the heck pi floats randomly around but in fact it’s not that random at all. My favorite character of all time Sho Minamimoto of The World Ends With You is deeply in love with math and also got the nickname Pi-Face. When I fell in love with him I was so obsessed that I tried to memorized Pi as far as I can (and I got pretty far tbh) so it also has a deep meaning for me. Without the game TWEWY and without my love to Sho I wouldn’t have met my best friend who also is a cosplayer. And if that isn’t enough: my Dragonite or Dratini when I catch him always carries the nickname “San-Ichi” which stands for the japanese numbers 3 and 1 which are the first digits of pi. :3 So not that random anymore right?


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    Pokémon Mystery Dungeon DX

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    If you loved the first PMD Team Red/Blue you definitely will also love DX. It's true that the game don't offer many new things but it improved it's old mechanics and... well the story was already awesome then so it still is. The graphics look really nice and the music is also still the same but with better sound. So seriously. I don't have anything to complain at all.

    When I played the demo I was pretty disappointed. You starter Pokemon already have four pretty strong attacks and you can walk automatically. You see, PMD R/B is one of my favorite games of all time, so I was thinking what the heck happened to the series? It felt so easygoing for a game that could be pretty hard. But don't judge the demo! Like I said I thought it was bland too but the remake is indeed even harder than the original! Pokémon doesn't have to be easy and PMD Red/Blue and now DX prove that. You have to think really tactical to make it through each dungeon and the bosses take a lot of time and thinking to get them down.

    The only sad thing (beside the story itself T^T) is that critics don't give this game much points (in fact no PMD did ever) and I just can't see why but my guess is that they just don't like dungeon crawlers? Because if you like Pokemon, an awesome story with awesome soundtrack and a challenge in it's gameplay PMD DX was made for you. It's also a far better game than Sword/Shield (which is btw loved by the critics?) Finger's crossed they'll do a remake of Explorers of Sky too :^)

    Ori and the Will of the Wisps

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    I was expecting so much nostalgia but I didn't feel any. While playing I didn't get the feeling of how much I loved Ori and the Blind Forest but how much I love this sequel. It's as awesome as it's prequel, maybe with a slightly better story (only cried three times, check). I don't know what else to say. The gameplay was awesome, the music was awesome, story, art, … The ending totally destroyed me. And I'm left speechless.

    The Boogie Man

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    A horror RPG Maker game with a surprisingly good story? Definitely wouldn't have expected that! The controls were just fine for a RPGM game and there aren't even many jump scares – at least none of them is really making you jump high.

    You play as a detective, who got an invitation for vacation in a castle with his wife and at the first night already the Boogie Man appears, kidnaps everyone except for the detective and wants you to chase him down before he kills them all off. Tbf the story wasn't the greatest, it has so many flaws and holes and cliches and the ending is pretty predictable but it was still pretty alright and very enjoyable. The art is awesome, I loved every one of them and at some point of the game I was hoping for seeing some more CG, especially as they make it's main character far more lovable (I mean he looks like Levi. How could I not love his design?). The biggest problem I had with the game was it's voice acting. The voice of the main character was horrific! He didn't got any sound in it's voice, no emotions and it drove me crazy. The detective was designed to be a emotionless dude but his voice actor couldn't even give him some variation when they were needed. The whole game he just reads out loud what he was supposed to read x_x No wonder I tried to turn the whole voice acting off before until I gave up (it's not possible). The other characters are just fine. Most of them have a really nice voice, some were semi. But the voice acting of the MC ruined a lot; especially the ending would've been so much more emotional if it wasn't for his voice.

    I'm kind of pissed off by myself for not playing the other three games before because some characters were returning and it may have spoiled something for me. Anyway I look forward to playing them!

    Divide by Sheep

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    Divide by Sheep is a good puzzle game if you're into puzzle games. Sadly I am not. But tbh I didn't even honestly tried and after a few levels with 1 out of thee stars completion I decided to follow a guide to get at least a +1 at perfect games. Still I'm pretty sure someone who loves those kind of games will have plenty of fun with it because it's not that easy, it's style is really cute, every few levels a new mechanic is explained and it was for free once!

    Kingsway

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    Twitch

    Seems like this is the month of awesome games to play? I usually don't like rogue games at all but this one got me so hooked! It simulates a desktop where you play the game Kingsway. You choose your adventurer out of four classes, give him a starting stat and try to save the word in a limited time. Everything is a little desktop window; the map where you choose where to go next, your inventory and of course the battles. The battle windows will float around your screen so it's sometimes hard to hit the button to attack or block or use an ability.

    I needed a few tries to get into this game, getting out how do do things, which options are useful and which are not how much time there is to level up and how far east you can go without being underleveled and so on. But even figuring out and dying a lot of times was fun and as soon as you get the grip the game gets even more addictive when you slay each monster until the very end :'3

    Recommended!

Also Played This Month

10 months ago 9 comments

February 2020


Not much here this month! I finally finished Darksiders II again, this time on Deathinitive which indeed was not that easy. Overall I more focused on getting some achievements of games I already played before and… well, Temtem. We almost finished the story there is so far and I’m already thirsting for more. For fans of Pokemon it’s really a great game you shouldn’t miss out!


Gotta Crochet 'Em All!





Played This Month

  • Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition
    Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition

    39.1 hours playtime

    no achievements (Epic)

  • Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
    Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    0.8 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Nonogram - Master's Legacy
    Nonogram - Master's Legacy

    7.1 hours playtime

    6 of 6 achievements

  • 100% Orange Juice
    100% Orange Juice

    115.3 hours playtime

    74 of 207 achievements

  • Temtem
    Temtem

    41.2 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • AMPLITUDE: A Visual Novel
    AMPLITUDE: A Visual Novel

    2.8 hours playtime

    1 of 10 achievements

  • Divide by Sheep
    Divide by Sheep

    0.6 hours playtime

    4 of 19 achievements

11 months ago* 16 comments
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