Beaten and completed

Oh man, it’s been very, very long since I’ve posted here. I played these shortly before & after my last post (8 months ago!) but never got around to noting them here. I kind of switched my focus from games to anime early this year, and then life happened and I didn’t have time for either, other than the occasional League match. However, this year I traveled a bit and didn’t have good internet, so, being me, I bought a new game instead of playing one of my other 2k unfinished games :) It won’t appear in this batch, but I’ll try to update as soon as I play a few more games, just gotta get through these ones first.

I’ve always seen Undertale as a “whatever” game and I never quite understood why it was so popular. I hate this type of RPGs since, well, forever, but sometime last year I started desperately looking to buy a cheaper key since I could never catch it on sale and I’m cheap as hell. Managed to snatch it during the last winter sale for probably somewhere around 4 euros and I’m glad I did because it’s one of my favorite games now! I’m sure most of the people here have played it by now, but if by some chance you haven’t, definitely try it out without looking too much into it. I never imagined I would get so emotionally invested in a game like this, and although it was hard for me at times (I play everything on easy, I’m always about the story/mechanics and higher difficulty doesn’t make me feel more “accomplished”), to the point where I ragequit the first major battle like… 6 times, it was still worth it. It was such a unique experience that I could never compare it to anything else, and I hope to find more games that make me feel like this. I also marked this only as “beaten” because I didn’t have the heart to play it ever again, although I have watched other playthroughs.

Emily is Away Too was relatively decent and it helped me find a song that, funny enough, would unintentionally make me switch focus when it comes to my favorite music genres and help me find a bunch of awesome bands later this year. While the music was great, the game was inevitably very similar to the first one, and I didn’t feel like it added a lot to the story nor to the mechanics. It’s alright, but I see no point in playing both.

Stories Untold was a very pleasant surprise! I love the way it creates its atmosphere and spooks, and I’ve yet to see any other horror game do it like this. It’s incredibly tense at times and changes games mechanics in a very compelling way, bringing some sort of Black Mirror and Stranger Things-esque elements every now and then. Definitely a game that I dreaded playing because of how uncomfortable it made me feel, but still felt compelled to do so because I needed to know what was going on.

Moving on to the slightly less interesting ones, Alicia Griffith – Lakeside Murder doesn’t have much going for it, but it’s a playable HOG. Great if you’re looking to just play something super casual without focusing too much on it, but only if you already have it in your library from somewhere. Seriously, you’re better off trying Artifex Mundi HOGs if you’re looking to buy any.

I finally finished Castle Clicker and I was really unprepared. I didn’t realize I was about to get the last achievement and it felt really abrupt after weeks of logging in daily for rewards. It’s alright, has some mechanics that other clicker games might not, but it feels kind of ugly to me still, at least the UI if not the game in its entirety. Good time waster, I guess.

Now, I know I’ve basically said “go to Artifex Mundi” for HOGs, but Time Mysteries: Inheritance is an exception. Unless you really want to play the whole series, I can’t really recommend this more than the other HOG I mentioned. I thought it felt a bit outdated and weird, and looking at the reviews, it’s apparently one of the first AM games, which makes sense. Looks old, sounds old, feels too repetitive, not really one of my favorites.

Shame pile

Again, I haven’t “played” any of these in a really, really long time but it’d bother me to not keep track of them in my posts. I can’t even remember much about these by this point and I still have like 30 left.

To be honest, I have no idea what to play next, since the sequels to the one I just played aren’t on sale and I can’t even remember what games I have in my library, but I hope I’ll find something at least half as interesting. Cheers for the read!