January: Community Picks
This month the BLAEO community decides which games deserve some extra attention!
The theme includes games that we most enjoyed playing in 2019. It doesn’t matter what the game’s release year is; what matters is that the members of the BLAEO community played it in 2019 and liked it so much that they want to see other assassins enjoy it too.
The list of games is available here. If you haven’t posted your own list yet, you can still do so at any point this month.
If you want to make choosing the games easier, check out Enhanced BLAEO - it will tell you which eligible games you already own.
To participate, reply to this post and tell us which game(s) that fit the monthly theme(s) you’re going to play.
Please use the following (or similar) format to make it easier for me to keep track of everyone’s progress, but feel free to add any extra thoughts about the game(s) to your post!
Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status
:-: | :-: | :-: | :-:
name of game 1 | achievements obtained | playtime this month | unfinished/finished
name of game 2 | achievements obtained | playtime this month | unfinished/finished
name of game 3 | achievements obtained | playtime this month | unfinished/finished
TOTAL: | achievements obtained | playtime this month | Number of games finished
Have fun!
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FAQ
Do I have to participate in this month’s theme?
No, as with every theme, these are merely suggestions for anyone who is unsure about what to play next. If you already have a battle plan for your backlog and/or don’t like this month’s theme, you’re free to ignore it.
What happens if I don’t participate in the monthly theme?
Nothing.
What happens if I play all of my unfinished games this month?
Your backlog will be a much smaller place.
I don’t have any unfinished games - I’ve beaten everything I’ve started.
Really? well that makes one of us… I salute you.
I already finished my entry can I play another?
Go ahead - the goal is to reduce your unfinished games list. The more you can play the better.
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downfall | 30/30 | 8.2 | FInished |
| Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth | 41/41 | 19.1 | Finished |
| Life is Strange | 60/60 | 13 | Finished |
| Life is Strange: Before the Storm | 34/34 | 10.6 | Finished |
| The Cat Lady | 25/25 | 8.2 | Finished |
| TOTAL: | 190 | 59.1 | 5 |
Yay, an easy one for me since I already planned to play RE2. Not sure what else to pick yet though but at least I have one game planned!
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resident Evil 2 | 23/44 | 10h | beaten |
| TOTAL | 23 achievements obtained | 10h played this month | 1 game finished |
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| disco elysium | achievements obtained | playtime this month | unfinished/finished |
| doom | achievements obtained | playtime this month | unfinished/finished |
| my time at portia | achievements obtained | playtime this month | unfinished/finished |
| TOTAL: | achievements obtained | playtime this month | Number of games finished |
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disco Elysium | 8/24 | 21 h | beaten |
| TOTAL: | 8/24 | 21 h | 1 game beaten |
Disco Elysium (family sharing) I 23 hours I 9/24 achievements I Finished
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glass Masquerade | 32/32 | 7.8 | Completed |
| Last Day of June | 21/21 | 7 | completed |
| name of game 3 | achievements obtained | playtime this month | unfinished/finished |
| TOTAL: | [53/53] | 14.8 | 2 completed |
My lovely santa gifted me the game so I figured why not play it this month? :D I’ve refrained myself from adding more to the list cuz I still wanna start small and take baby steps. :3
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cat Quest | 7/12 | 10.6 hours(previously at 1 hours 21 minutes) | Beaten |
| Total: | 7 | 9.3 hours | 1 |
Already started playing this, so why not keep going?
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus | 13/34 | 28 hrs | unfinished |
Let’s start this new decade with great games, can’t wait to play what the other assassins loved this year.
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Plague Tale: Innocence | 25/35 | 13h | beaten |
| Please, Don’t Touch Anything | 11/15 | 2h | beaten |
| Yoku’s Island Express | 17/31 | 7h | beaten |
| Bridge Constructor Portal | 2/16 | - | unfinished |
| Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series | 0/30 | - | unfinished |
| TOTAL: | achievements obtained | playtime this month | Number of games finished |
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glass Masquerade | 32/32 | 4.6 h | Completed |
| Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth | 30/41 | 17.2 h | Beaten |
| HuniePop | 9/20 | 11.6 h | Beaten |
| Icycle: On Thin Ice | 6/33 | 2.1 h | Beaten |
| The Journey Down: Chapter Three | - | 2.9 h | Completed |
| Supreme League of Patriots | 35/35 | 2.8 h | Completed |
| Supreme League of Patriots - Episode 2: Patriot Frames | 21/21 | 2.3 h | Completed |
| Supreme League of Patriots - Episode 3: Ice Cold in Ellis | 21/21 | 4.0 h | Completed |
| TOTAL: | 154 | 47,5 h | 8 |
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen | 26/59 (previously 26) | 47.9h (previously 43) | unfinished |
| Highway Blossoms | 0/20 | 0.0h | unfinished |
| Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi | 0/14 | 0.0h | unfinished |
| TOTAL: | 0 | 4.9h | 0 |
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status | HLTB for Last.M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Layers of Fear | 13/27 | 5.5h | completed | 3 Hours |
| MouseCraft | 23/23 | 8.7h | completed | 6 Hours |
| Resident Evil 0 | 47/47 | 29h | completed | 9½ Hours |
| Resident Evil 2 | 44/44 | 58h | completed | 8 Hours |
| The Tiny Bang Story | — | 4.7h | completed | 3½ Hours |
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOOM | 0 | 0.0h | Unfinished |
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOOM | 16(18)/54 | 10h (11,2h) | finished |
| The Room Three | 10/10 | 5,5 | finished |
| Blasphemous | 8(15)/45 | 4,3 (9,9) | finished |
| TOTAL: | 34 | 19,9 | 3 |
| Name | HLTB | Achievements obtained | Playtime This Month | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assassin’s Creed Odyssey | Main Story (40 hours - Very Long) | 31/93 | 42 hrs | Beaten |
| Hollow Knight | Main + Extras (36½ Hours - Very Long) | 54/63 | 58 hrs | Beaten |
| The Tiny Bang Story | Main Story (3½ hours - Short) | Screenshots | 14.7 hrs (20 hrs on record) | Completed |
| TOTAL: | 2 Very Long, 1 Short | 85 | 114.7 hrs | 3 |
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost in Harmony | 0/58 | 0.2 hrs | Abandoned |
| Murdered: Soul Suspect | 11/48 | 1.2 hrs | Currently Playing |
| Dicey Dungeons | 45/53 | 45.1 hrs | Beaten (Just 3 hardcore levels left/mods) |
| Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell | 5/5 | 1.8 hrs | Completed |
| A Book of Beasts and Buddies | - | 0.6 hrs | Completed (entirely filled out each page) |
| Gris | 11/17 | 4.0 hrs | Beaten |
| Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition | 24/47 (+11) | 6.0 hrs | Beaten |
| Rabisco | 18/18 | 2.5 hrs | Completed |
| The Cat Lady | 3/25 | 2.0 hrs | Abandoned (for now at least) |
I bought Lost in Harmony during the sale after seeing the recommendation because it looked great! But there’s no rebindable keys in game sadly. :(The options on launch aren’t doing anything (tried changing arrow keys to wasd and there’s no option at all to change the ‘guitar hero’ notes - s d f g is too uncomfortable/hard for me to play with). Am bummed because the art and music was cool, but after beating 2 levels ik it’s not gonna be enjoyable.
Gris was so incredibly beautiful. I think it’s the first game to ever make me tear up from happiness, let alone sad ones as well. Stunning art, music, story…cannot recommend enough. Minor complaints is not being able to backtrack after certain areas and having to redo a handful of platforming areas which were a slight pain, but the pros absolutely outweigh any ‘cons’ if you can even call ‘em that. The atmosphere is unreal.
Just finished GRIS and it leaves me spechless. Such a beauty of a game. Play this! It’s really, really close to perfect.
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRIS | 7/17 | 2 | beaten |
| Dicey Dungeons | 6/53 | 2.7 | unfinished |
| A Plague Tale: Innocence | 1/35 | 1.6 | unfinished |
| TOTAL: | 14 | 6.3 | 1/2 |
So, let’s see what goes next. Maybe Disco Elysium?
This list is very tentative.
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analogue: A Hate Story | 0/14 | 0 hours | never played |
| Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc | 0/38 | 0 hours | never played |
| Kingdom Come: Deliverance | 9/82 | 0 hours | unfinished |
| Layers of Fear | 0/27 | 0 hours | never played |
| The Cat Lady | 19/25 | 12.9 hours | beaten |
| TOTAL: | 28/186 | 0 hours | 1 |
I started this new year with DOOM. Having finished the literary saga of The Witcher in 2018, so I’m finally start The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOOM | 28/54 | 27h | beaten |
| The Witcher 3 : Wild Hunt | 10/78 | 32h | playing |
| Cook, Serve, Delicious | 25/52 | 17h | playing |
| TOTAL: | 62/132 | 76h |
I have picked some games from the list, will update it once I start playing them. :)
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status | HLTB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart’s Medicine - Time to Heal | 18/18 | 13.4 hours | Completed | 12 hours |
| The Journey Down: Chapter Three | none | 4.3 hours | Completed | 4 hours |
| TOTAL: | 18 | 17.7 hours | 2 |
Info to Journey Down - Behind the scenes open once you finish the game only, also have posted some pics from the end intro on my profile. :)
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status | HLTB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orwell | 16/27 | 4.6h | beaten | 4.5h |
| The Tiny Bang Story | 0/0 | 2.7h | beaten | 3.5h |
| Old Man’s Journey | 0/0 | 1.2h | beaten | 1.5h |
| Yoku’s Island Express | 31/31 | 11.5h | completed | 6h |
| HIVESWAP: Act 1 | 38/44 | 2.8h | beaten | 2h |
| Torchlight II | 67/119 | 21.4h | beaten | 21h |
| Layers of Fear | 20/27 | 7.9h | beaten | 3.4h |
| Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition | 20/30 | 7.6h | beaten | 7h |
| TOTAL: | 192 | 59.7h | 8 beaten |
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Day of June | 21/21 | 5 hours | completed |
| Paradigm | 18/18 | 5.1 hours | completed |
| A Short Hike | 5/8 | 5.8 hours | beaten |
| Glass Masquerade | 32/32 | 5.2 hours | completed |
| TOTAL: | 76 | 21.1 hours | 3 completed, 1 beaten |
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLANET ALPHA | 16/16 | 9h39m | completed |
| Life is Strange Before the Storm | 34/34 | 24h40m | completed |
| TOTAL: | 50/50 | 34h19m | 2 completed |
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOMA | 10/10 | 15h | finished |
| name of game 2 | achievements obtained | playtime this month | unfinished/finished |
| name of game 3 | achievements obtained | playtime this month | unfinished/finished |
| TOTAL: | achievements obtained | playtime this month | Number of games finished |
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Chef Brigade | 25/25 | 90.5h | finished |
| Age of Empires II (2013) | 241/294 | 98.5h | finished |
| Cat Quest | 12/12 | 22.8h | finished |
| GemCraft - Chasing Shadows | 170/419 | 90.6h | finished |
| Unexplored | 17/119 | 28.4h | finished |
| TOTAL: | 465 | 411.4h | 5 |
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth | 41/41 | 16H | completed |
| Baba is You | 13/18 | 34H | beaten |
| TOTAL: | 48/59 | 35H | 1 completed, 1 beaten |
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action | 23 | 8(13)hrs | finished |
| Cook, Serve, Delicious! | 16 | 4(20)hrs | unfinished |
| Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series | 30/30 | 11.2 hrs | Finished |
| Bear With Me - Collector’s Edition | 65/65 | 8.3 hrs | Finished |
| Evergarden | 21/21 | 16.2 hrs | Finished |
| SOMA | 10/10 | 5 hrs | Finished |
| TOTAL: | 126 | 40.7 hrs | 4 |