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Log #34 - January 25
Backlog growth: +7
Assassinations of January:
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100 Aliens Cats
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HeartFinder
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FIND ALL: Christmas
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100 New Year Cats
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Return to the Skyway
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Fruit Stand Fortune
I don’t feel like writing much about them, I think they were all free? Favourite was FIND ALL: Christmas. I think the Find All games are a bit nicer than the average HOGs.
That’s it from me, until next month!
2025 January update
Most Enjoyable
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
39.5 hours of playtime, 36 of 42 achievements
Personal rating: 8/10, Date of finish: January/07
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Going to call it beaten since I don't think I'll buy the new DLCs anytime soon. This is a lovely idle game about rubbers ducks floating in pools. :3 It's mostly a pure idle game where you spend time waiting for new ducks to spawn, watch ducks with various different kinds of ducks having different abilities float about and interact with each other/the map. Love it a lot because of the chill vibe, and it also helped me a fair few times when I couldn't fall asleep, so I just got up and listened to the ambient water splashing and ducks, and after a while I can finally fall asleep.
Rusty's Retirement
118.4 hours of playtime, 71 of 71 achievements
Personal rating: 6/10, Date of finish: January/11
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Grabbed this during winter sale cuz it seems like a cozy game. I am a bit disappointed by it, tho I'm unsure if it's because I kinda rushed it, turning it from an idle and chill experience into a micromanage sim. And not a good one since you can't micromanage everything for optimization. The game feels like it's meant to be played in the background, but also requires way too much manual work? And here's where I'm not sure if it's my mindset being not suitable for the game or not, because the game seems to not know whether it wants to be an idle game or not. Especially at the start of a save where plants have short cycles and you haven't unlock Splunk that plants seeds for you yet(tho Splunk is really bad at their job being super slow). Even later on it's just kinda annoying being "I unlocked a seed let me replant and reassign signs to plots, now I gotta wait for the next seed to unlock" and then also "10 minutes timer up and chip shop is back, better check it for better chips for my plants".
Vectronom
3.5 hours of playtime, 20 of 20 achievements
Personal rating: 9/10, Date of finish: January/13
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This game is a pleasant surprise for me because I randomly decided to select it for pagywosg, and it's super awesome and fun. It's kinda got the Crypt of the Necrodancer rule where you have to move with the beat(or half beat also works as well), and the neat thing about the game is the platforms change and move with the beat as well, and your goal is to reach the end warp block. It's got a really trippy style/presentation that might cause epilepsy for some people(tho there is an option to turn that off) so I couldn't really play it for long, but I really like it and I've been playing just a couple of levels a day, so it didn't bother me too much. All in all, an awesome game that I would recommend to anyone who likes rhythm games. :3
Samantha Swift and the Hidden Roses of Athena
3.3 hours of playtime, no achievements
Personal rating: 8/10, Date of finish: January/15
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This is a HOG without achievements which instantly makes me like it more because I can actually use hints. It also has that nostalgia HOG vibe, cuz it's literally an old game that came out in 2008. xD I grew up playing these games and they're the first PC games I've played actually, cuz my mom knows they'll help with my English vocabulary, and they did. :) So even though the objects a lot of times are obvious and stand out, even though the story is cheesy and predictable, I still really enjoyed it. I love how almost every scene is a HOG scene, and I love the object outline scanner(more HOGs should have that) which I only discovered how to use like half way into my playthrough, and I love the high quality artwork in the story segments. Recommend if you're nostalgia for some old school HOG.
Say No! More
8.2 hours of playtime, 22 of 22 achievements
Personal rating: 8.5/10, Date of finish: January/15
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Discovered this game thanks to Longinus' post, and grabbed it during winter sale. The story is pretty cheesy and bizarre in an intentionally comedic way which is both pretty neat but also I did get bored sometimes during it. However, I did not expect one of the most emotional chapter to hit me as hard as it did. ^^; It's honestly really awesome. The ending is a bit cliche and boring tho, and the achievement of getting 100k noes is just overkill. Apart from those I'd highly recommend this little game to anyone, it's a really neat experience. :3
The Pedestrian
3.1 hours of playtime, 10 of 10 achievements
Personal rating: 9/10, Date of finish: January/22
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This game is gorgeous! The art direction is amazing and it's just a joy seeing the environments and where you little person can use as their world to solve puzzles in. Speaking of puzzles, they honestly aren't that hard, most of them I don't need to think for long before finding the answer, but the process is very enjoyable. :3 There's a twist at near the end which gets a bit mind bending, but I'm a little disappointed they didn't have more puzzles revolving that(only 1). It would be pretty neat if there's more. But that's when you know it's a good puzzle game, that you want more after finishing the game. :D
Play a game you won on SteamGifts
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Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~
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Kitty Cat: Jigsaw Puzzles
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Suits: A Business RPG
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Taken Souls: Blood Ritual Collector's Edition
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Hentai Memory - Sexy Couples
Winter Sale Buys
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Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
Plan on continuing
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Tametsi
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Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop
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PowerWash Simulator
Time played | 340 hours 59 minutes |
Achievements gotten | 214 |
Games 100% completed | 6 |
Late post cuz I was on Chinese New Year holiday. :P Happy year of the snake everyone~This month’s playtime is a bit bloated because of idle time on Rusty’s Retirement and Rubber duck game. :3 And Tametsi’s time is also a bit bloated because later levels get very hard and the notes don’t get saved, so when I had to go out with parents and didn’t want to lose my notes I had to left the game open. xD Should be able to finish Tametsi this month, not a lot of puzzles left.
January 2025
New month, new year, new house, new country! Managed to beat some beefy wins, and I’m ready for some new ones as well :)
SG Wins
Gone Home
6.5 hours, 1 of 10 achievements
Grindstone
30.5 hours, 46 of 49 achievements
NAIRI: Tower of Shirin
4.2 hours, 20 of 20 achievements
Backlog
SG Wins
Keys received as a gift
Purchases
None!Freebies
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Feb 03 2025
Log #10
Ninglors Log 381
January Progress:
5
PPU monthly:
done
January Additions:
4
February Progress:
PPU monthly:
undone
February Additions:
Completed Games:
Won/Gifted Games:
Bought Games:
Currently playing:
So much from me :3
Have a lovely week!
Queen Ninglor
Feb 02 2025
A really silent month
Another month low in gameplay, moving from houses, work, pets, there is so much right now around me to sit and play properly, but managed to at least put proper time on a game this month yay!!
This post makes sense #3 - January 2025
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18/20
7 Playthroughs? Really? Well this will take me several hours considering that even rushed it can take like 4 hours each... maybe
February game plans:
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#4 of 2025
February 2, 2025
January 2025 Update
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Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition (Q4 2015) ⭐️⭐⭐☆☆
RPG63h | 48 of 54 (89%)
The bad 👎
Conclusion:
Predictable story without "badass companions" or any NPC. Ancient gameplay, where someone thought to move a turn-based table-top physical boardgame too directly into a PC interactive environment. And very good combat, if you don't mind lengthy animations and high tactical difficulty. I value story way more than combat, so even on the lowest difficulty level, it was an unnecessary drag for me. It is not necessary to know events from the 1st game to understand the plot in 2nd, so if you are not focused on complex combat I would skip it in favor of the sequel. It does look like devs ironed out a lot of those bad and tedious mechanics from the original game.
Details
☐ Bare-bone ☑ Average ☐ Good |
It is such a disappointment! Minor spoilers ahead. Two Source Hunters (members of an ancient guild, which has a holy mission of killing black-magic-wielding mages) are sent to investigate a murder in a small town. On the suspicion that black magic was involved. It quickly turns out that the city is under siege by the undead skeletons and orcs. Not long into the story, we find a star stone, which teleports us to a historian-imp, who records the whole of history. He tells us the story: Once upon a time TWO generals stopped the Void Dragon from devouring the reality. And they became guardians of a box, in which the dragon was trapped. Our true goal is to stop the Void Dragon, the imp says. We are chosen by gods, but he has no idea why. If we fail the universe will be lost! Half of the game focuses on uncovering the story of the mighty generals while trying to have a "big revelation moment" that we are the generals. It feels so weak and shallow, that I'm surprised anyone would be shocked by the "revelation" 😐 There is some backstory of a powerful mage/villain who goes insane and tries to release the Void Dragon. But yawn. The main villain is shallow and predictable after all. |
☑ None ☐ Skins ☐ "Time-savers" ☐ Direct purchase ☐ Custom currency (gems etc.) |
☐ None ☐ Story progression ☐ Few collectibles / easy to get ☑ Grindy collectibles / hard to get ☐ Require multiple playthroughs |
☐ No saves ☐ No saves, progress carries over ☐ One checkpoint, too rare ☐ One checkpoint, frequent ☑ Manual saves |
☐ Can run on potato ☑ Medium requirements ☐ High requirements ☐ Too low for what is visible on screen ☐ Optimization disaster |
☐ May look good 10 years ago, but not now ☐ Blurry textures / geometry problems ☑ Average ☐ Good ☐ Beautiful |
☑ Nothing to remember ☐ Good voice acting ☐ Good weapons & effects ☐ Good OST ☐ Music flows well with the action |
☐ Resolution, volume only ☑ Basic graphic settings ☐ Advanced graphic settings ☐ Adjustable HUD ☐ Accessibility options |
☐ No map ☑ Basic ☐ Detailed ☑ Minimap ☑ Fast travel |
Side note
This game does not have 2 stars only because I see how deep and enjoyable the combat can be, for the people who enjoy micromanaging the battlefield. I will start to play the second one by looking for QoL mods, to remove as many “leftover” drag mechanics as possible 😅
I’ve beaten Cyberpunk 2077, which will count as Feb game. And even when combat feels lackluster (or I just get OP by doing all side missions), the story is good and engaging. The ending is not great though.