2017 Generic Update Number 2
It’s been just over a month since my last generic update.
Won On Steam Gifts
A lot of progress on sorting my Steam Gifts wins. I now have at least cataloged all my SG wins
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30/36 out of the never played games have a dependency (usually this means they are part of a series and I still need to play a prior game in the series) and two have automatically been added to my backlog as I know from playing previous games in the series I will definitely like them. So that just leaves four wins, one of which is a film which I will watch shortly and another is a game I want to play with my wife so it’s just a matter of finding a time when we are both free and the other two were part of a 3 game pack which I only wanted to play one of the games.
So I now feel the first part of my plan to actually produce a definitive backlog list of my SG wins is complete and I can progress on to stage two - to start playing them in a more focused manner!
Backlog
All the games I definitely want to play are now in my Backlog List This currently stands at a daunting 256 games
Current Batch
The main news here is that I’ve added Baldur’s Gate to my current batch. Now I have history with Baldur’s Gate as I originally bought it circa 2002 in a batch of games which unfortunately (for Baldur’s Gate) also included Diablo II & Dungeon Siege and although I really liked it I found I preferred the latter two. I finished both of those games but by then Morrowind (which became my second favourite game of all time) had come out and so once again Baldur’s Gate was put on hold. I then moved out to Sri Lanka & then Morocco and all gaming was put on hold and by the time I came back (to the UK) in 2006 MMOs were all the rage and I was “addicted” to EVE Online, WoW & then LOTRO .. Wind forward to 2015 and I built a new gaming PC and started to populate my Steam library. I once again picked up Baldur’s Gate (in a GoG sale as it happened) and started to play it but once again Baldur’s Gate lost out to the multitude of games dropping into my Steam & GoG libraries. However, playing (& beating) Sword Coast Legends last year ignited my passion for role playing games again which lead me to playing (& beating) Dragon Age Origins so it was only a matter of time before I got around to Baldur’s Gate. To kick start me playing Baldur’s Gate I have just bought Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear DLC as part of the Bundle Stars offer for Baldur’s Gate: The Complete Saga as an early 50th birthday present to give me the incentive to finally play the Baldur’s Gate series (I already have Baldur’s Gate II & Icewind Dale lined up too). So if ever there was a game I have wanted to complete it is Baldur’s Gate and my mission starts now ..
Completed Games Since Last Update
Hexcells I completed about half the puzzles without making a mistake and so redid the ones I’d made mistakes on to get the Perfectionist achievement. A rare 100% achievement game for me :) Hexcells is a decent game I’ve enjoyed very much. It’s a game I picked up and just played one level for 5-10 minutes. If you like these sort of games I’d recommend it.
Pixel Privateers My top wish listed game for the last 12 months was released the week before last and already beaten it, see my full post
Abandoned Games Since Last Update
Witcher I have to be honest and say that I’ve just got bored with it, at least for now. Stuck on chapter two and all the running about and the sudden increase in difficulty with the fights combined with the clunky controls has worn me down. Love the storyline but even a decent storyline can only take a game so far .. I will return to Witcher but I need a break
Outland My ability with an Xbox controller for the PC was simply not enough to get passed one particular point; full post
I don’t blame you with the Witcher. Everyone I have talked to can’t get through it. Have you played the third one yet?
btw, I know this is a dumb question, but how do you upload your progress bar? I’m crap at coding :/
Sorry about the late reply, I’ve not been on BLEAO recently.
I embedded the following code into my post to get the progress bar: (just change your numbers to match)
I’ve had a quick few hours play of Witcher 3 and loved it; just wanted to play the first two before giving 3 a real go :)
That’s okay I figured as much :)
I figured it out but thank you for the reply!
I hope you get around to the Witcher soon enough. Yeah, chapter 2 is kind of a lull but I really found the whole investigation angle engaging. It helps that you can actually accuse the wrong person if you don’t pay attention. It won’t break the game, but it’s neat it lets you do that. First Witcher more or less operates on the idea that each chapter is kinda its own thing thematically.