Time Gentlemen, Please!
Had very low hopes upon booting this up, but was pleasantly surprised. A point and click that was fairly challenging, for the novice at least. Couldn’t get it to play in my native resolution, so it was stuck to a small window instead. British humor at it’s finest.
Voxelized
Terrible and buggy. Booting up completes it’s 1 achievement, and even that was too much time spent. Think Minecraft, except take out everything accept mining.
EDGE
Neat little puzzle game. I wouldn’t buy full price, but I enjoyed it for what it was. Having not played many puzzle games, it seemed to innovate with a few mechanics, but that could be my inexperience talking.
Finding Teddy
A cute little Point-and-Click game. I don’t play them often, so for me, a few of the puzzles weren’t immediately evident that they were even puzzles, causing a bit of confusion, but that could be all operator error. Could easily beat in one sit-down.
Monument Builders - Alcatraz
The first few levels were neat enough, but quickly gets repetitive. A jerry-rigged micro-transaction system is still in place, albeit free this time around, however you can not complete most levels without using it. Impossible to complete to the fullest without lots of grinding early levels.
Proxy Blade Zero
Very short, but new enemies are challenging, particularly the final boss. No real story to speak of. Controls could certainly be tighter. While not a bad game, it certainly isn’t a good one in my book. The mechanics of the games it tries to emulate (DMC and the like), and this one’s don’t quite mesh, leaving combat nothing more than kiting.
Teddy Floppy Ear - Kayaking
Watched as the little sister played this one. Great for kids, she loved it.
Teddy Floppy Ear - Mountain Adventure
Sister played this one as well. This bear sure gets himself into a lot of trouble.
Teddy Floppy Ear - The Race
No real connection to the previous titles excepting the titular character. Imagine every go-cart game, except slower, poor controls, useless power-ups, and very unforgiving AI for the intended audience
Fatty Bear’s Birthday Surprise
Who names their teddy bear “Fatty”? Sister loved this one as well she came over the house for a day Also, pro-tip, don’t leave a live puppy wrapped up in a present over-night. Your kid will just wake up to a box of disappointment as at least, the puppy shit all in the box when your kid opens their present.
Insecticide Part 1
A cliff-hanger of a story, because there is no part 2. Actually not that bad. Combat is okay, but the point and click sections are pretty good. Could have made something of itself should it have ever been finished.
Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition
I remember when this was released and everybody freaked out about the story premise. Personally, I thought the story turned out great. Well done combat, almost a mirror of Mortal Combat. Only Issue I had was CONSTANT frame rate drops and general low frame rates, like it kept trying to use my integrated GPU, instead of my dedicated 760, which should have smashed this game easily. I had to turn settings down to even make it playable, when I can run most modern games on ultra, or very new releases, at least high still. Very fun split-screen and multiplayer
ORION: Prelude
No real “ending” to this, as it has no story mode, I just felt that there was enough hours and achievements to be considered “beaten”. I actually liked this, however most of the weapons are no good, nor are they balanced. In the end though, shooting lots of dinosaurs is fun. I only played solo, and the bots are dumb as hell, so you might as well be playing by yourself, even with them. You can get eaten by a T-rex. What more could you want?
Poker Night 2
While certainly not a premier poker simulation, it was good enough for a novice like me. Ash isn’t voiced by bruce Campbell, but you can’t tell for the better part of the dialogue. Speaking of dialogue, after no less than 2.5 hours, you will have heard every quip this game has to offer. The short cutscenes are funny, but unskipable, and will quickly diminish in funniness the 12th time you’ve heard it. Don’t expect this to be your only poker game if you want to play it, but it might not be too bad to go back to every once in a while.
Remember Me
I absolutely loved Remember Me. The controls were tight, and the combat system was fun, and something I hadn’t seen before. The story was compelling. The parkour system was very well done as well, opposed to Assassin’s creed, where you will accidentally run off a rooftop at least once a playthrough. On top of that, the visuals were top notch as well. Definitely one of my favorite games I have completed.
Sweet batch! I also have Remember Me in my backlog but keep forgetting it. Maybe I will pull it into Batch 12. :D
I played Time Gentlemen, Please! quite a long time ago (pre-SG) and agree– it was a fun “classic point-and-click.” The sequel I wasn’t quite as fond of…maybe I’d just had enough of the graphics and humor.
Finding Teddy looks a bit interesting. I should try it out.
I played the Kayaking and Mountain Adventure games with my kids (who were probably 4 at the time). They enjoyed it, and it wasn’t painful to play. The racing one I haven’t tried out, mostly because I have feared it will be exactly as you described above. And it has achievements, so I’d feel compelled to get a lot of them.
I also enjoyed Insecticide Part 1! I played it forever ago (again, pre-SG). It got such a bad rap because it won’t be completed. But it was a lot of fun both in the action and point-and-click sections. Oh well.
And that leaves Remember Me. One of my favorite games, and one of my favorite SG wins. I’d never played a fighting game (anything with “combos” really) so it was a totally new genre for me. It also has one of the best mixes of achievements I’ve ever seen and is one of my proudest 100% games. Glad you enjoyed it too! I’d totally recommend going back to get some of the cool achievements, and using NG+ to complete Memory Hunter Mode.