Super Mega Neo Pug

no achievements, 4.2 hours

If that green helicopter game took acid, this would be the result.

This game doesn't have Steam achievements but it's one of those games that would benefit more than many if they were included. Being an endless game I did a few test runs then set myself some goals to achieve before I considered this game "finished". These goals were:

• Earn 10,000 High-Score
• Unlock all Characters
• Collect all Snowglobes

Controls are relatively simple, only one button of your choice ever needs to be used as the game automatically propels your pug across a range of biomes, in appearance they're incredibly varied but the gameplay and even patterns remains the same. It doesn't matter what biome you're in, the bosses are the same and appear in the same order, I only ever saw three but they were at least unique to each other. The worst offender for predictability were power-ups, they could always be picked up in the exact same spot on the screen, unless there was an object that blocked that part. That brings me to another problem where coins and other object would spawn on top of each other preventing the collection of the coins needed to unlock characters. Getting all those coins is one massive grindfest or repetitiveness. Not worth it as the only character that do anything useful are the last to be unlocked (including one that makes coins easier to collect). Surprisingly this game has some really nice pixel art but again in places objects became difficult to see and in a game about dodging objects that's nor particularly fun. The snowglobes were hard-to-miss collectables that showed up in levels, some only to a particular biome, others were random, once they were collected they were never to be seen again.

If you click here you will see I managed to achieve all my goals. Perhaps you'd like to try and match them or show off and beat my highscore.

The Adventures of Fatman: Toxic Revenge

no achievements, 7.7 hours

Somewhere in an alternate Universe, Batman really let himself go.

Occasionally funny, Fatman looks dated, feels bland, juvenile and is quite boring parts when compared to other P&C adventure games though my understanding is that when it was first released, back in 2003, it was very well received. Maybe it's just me but after the umteenth fat joke I stopped caring, heck even the terrible voice acting is far more hilarious than any of those. The majority of the game is quite straightforward to progress, there were a few points where I got stuck because I was too slow to write down vital piece of information or because I miss something from an obtuse or pixel hunting however this game also features "death" so making sure to save often was a priority and not a problem to reload saves even with only 6 slots available. As you might expect there are plenty of references and jokes about Batman and Superheroes in general.

Some "special features" are included with the game including audio commentary, outtakes, soundtrack and "pizza quest".

Think To Die

11/11 (100%), 0.5 hours

You'd probably think there would be nothing to say about this game given that you can literally skip all the content and get all the achievements without actually trying to solve the levels. The aim of the game is to commit suicide, very macabre but it's not the first game to do it, I remember play the eerily similar Karoshi many years back, albeit this game has flashier art direction. A puzzle-platformer with 144 levels total (and some bonus stuff), new mechanics are continuously being introduced right up til the end. Although it is a little different and whilst quite fun the game has its flaws and fair share of bugs. For a F2P game it's not bad.

In some ways Karoshi makes more sense as a game as it translates roughly to "overwork death", usually associate with heart attack brought on by stress. You play as a business man in Karoshi but just some random person, in Think To Die, unless there is something far more sinister with the game that I initially missed. There is a wiki article about the phenomenon and it's spread to other countries here.

True or False

12/12 (100%), 0.7 hours

Pretty sure this is /r/todayilearned in game form but with less agenda pushing. So in the spirit of things, TIL Koala's Teeth are strong enough to bend time and space. Hang on, wait a second, that's not true! Alongside that one, many of the false "facts" are something outrageously silly. The game does what it says on the tin, gives you a question and you have to answer whether or not it's True or False, with some cute animal guides holding up the question cards. there's only one thing I'd ask for with this game and that is would it please say what the real answer is on those that are false. Also it has some really nice designs on the acheivements!