Update Three Hundred and Twenty-One… and Twenty-Two: 8 July 2019

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I saw this game bouncing around on SG a decent amount, and it was a point and click adventure game, so, what the hell, let me get it. And then it was like a dollar in some sale, so I got it… and…

It was pretty close to being something, but I think it missed the mark and landed in the ‘well, okay, that just happened’ zone. It’s a spooky horror game, right? So there’s a lot of spooky horror imagery - everything’s falling apart, people are warped, there’s blood and monsters and dead people and… it’s a game about a guy feeling guilty he works for a company that evicts people from their homes.

That commentary, that guilt, it’s fascinating, but nothing in specifics is done about it. It’s treated like any other horror game, which, after a while, got pretty underwhelming. Decent writing, decent ideas, meh execution… easy 100%, though!

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On a whim, I decided to boot this up and just zone out flippin shit last night. I finished it this morning.

It’s… a puzzle game! Sure is! You flip tiles, though unfortunately no satisfying ‘rippling’ happens. There’s a method in the ‘guide’ sections that showed me the trick to it and I followed that and just… blitzed. I was feeling anxious yesterday/today, and this helped. It’s been raining here a lot lately and I hope it stops.

Phew… reviews so short two can fit in one post? I think I’m gonna pick a sliiightly longer game next.

Next up: How about this? It’s been in my backlog for a WHILE.

See you soon!