June Roundup
Hey Assassins,
it’s summer (sale) time! So my backlog is getting higher and higher (oh great, I just make myself an earworm ).
Let’s get to the real important things – the games I’ve finished in June. First of all, as usual, the games that BLAEO doesn’t show up.
Tales of Sorrow: Strawsbrough Town
7/10 – 3.2 hours playtime – No achievements
A solid Hidden Object Game with some curious characters. You play as Alfred, who wants to celebrate his first wedding anniversary with his wife melissa. But something goes teribbly wrong and he needs to safe Melissa from an old curse.
If you want to read a detailed review (in german), I wrote one on steam .
Hidden Animals: Photo Hunt
8.5/10 – 0.6 hours playtime – 4/5 achievements
As you maybe know, I really like the HOGs from Crisp App Studio. They make a new game every few month and I’m always happy, when I see it.
This one is really great, cause they relinquish the sometimes weird story in their games and you can just search some cute animals. The replayability is high, there are always different animals to find in each level. Recommended!
Vampire & Monsters
7.5/10 – 1.2 hours playtime – 4/5 achievements
Another game from Crisp App Studio. It’s the newest one. And with a weird story again, but that bothers me not, I just like to search the objects. And there are a lot of well done Hidden Object scences. I’m really curious about what they’ll do next.
Games from June Monthly Theme – Lost at sea
Braveland Pirate
18.1 hours, 17 of 26 achievements
7/10
I started this game many, many month ago, but the BLAEO June Monthly Theme finally managed me to finished it. Thank you BLAEO! :)
It's the third part of the Braveland Trilogy. It's a nice game, but I like the others a bit more. But it's worth to play anyway. A casual, round-based combat RPG with a story not worth to tell it - well, ok, you got a map and you're shipping through the sea to find the hidden treasure marked on the map - that's it. But I like the combat and the game is all about it, so it's fine for me.
Nightmares from the Deep 2: The Siren's Call
8.3 hours, 23 of 29 achievements
8/10
One of the better Artifex Mundi HOGs, even if they're all good. The story is good, the HO-Scences are well done and there are extra things to find. Recommended to all HOG Fans.
Nightmares from the Deep 3: Davy Jones
7.6 hours, 26 of 32 achievements
8/10
And Part 3 from "Nightmares from the Deep". It was really good, especially cause it has a lot of Hidden Object Scences, and this is why I play these games. ;) I recommend the complete trilogy!
Games from the PoP-Group
Subsurface Circular
2.7 hours, 10 of 13 achievements
7/10
It's a really interesting and thrilling story but you need to speak english very well. There's only text and a lot of them, including many specific words. I need to make a break often, but finally it's done. And it was worth it. The story has a great final, that I really didn't expect. I would really appreciate if the Devs would make some localizations in different languages.
Best Game in June
Demonheart
8.5 hours, 22 of 34 achievements
9.5/10
I experienced the VN-Genre not long ago. I thought, this was not my type of game, but if it has decision-making and it's not "only" a kinetic novel, it's really fun! But sadly I had to realize, that most of the VNs have no german translation. I mean, it's ok, to play a game in english, but as you hear it in the name "Visual Novel" it's more like a book than a game, so I rather play or read it in my mother tongue.
Well, long story short, I found this game. And I totally fell in love with it right from the beginning. The graphics are so beautiful, the story is so well written, I love the characters and it has a german translation. I highly recommend this game. If you're already a fan of VNs or if you want to try it out - this game is for everyone. And it's not so full of (sometimes pathetic) erotic and romance than many others.
This year they planning to release some kind of RPG in this universe, if someone's interesting, go ahead and take a look on steam .
I would really appreciate if someone of you could name me some good VNs with decision-making. Or if you knew other VNs with german translation. I'm new to the genre, so I'm not very familiar with it. Thanks in advance. :)
Other Games I’ve finished in June
Shtriga: Summer Camp
3.7 hours, 6 of 8 achievements
6/10
Another HOG - people could think, that I really like playing these Games. And you know what - They're right. I love a lot of Genres in the Gaming Industrie, but Casual Games are one of my favorits. Solide Game,I recommend it to HOGs Fans - nice little one :)
Queen's Quest 4: Sacred Truce
5.0 hours, 21 of 24 achievements
7/10
My favorite Puplisher of HOGs. Yo can't do HOGS much better, so I really like to play them all.
Alice's Adventures
1.5 hours, 6 of 7 achievements
7/10
The last Hidden Object Game for June and the last one from Crisp App Studio. I you are a fan of HOG an don't want to play the same Artifex Games all over again, try one from Crisp App Studio.
That was all for June
I wish you a great July – I love the MonthlyTheme, really beautiful what some of our users create for lists. Check out the Monthly Theme Ruby.
For now, I‘m super tired and go making a siesta. And whem I’m goign to wake up, I’ll start right now with a game from my Ruby List.
Keep on assassinating!
Thanks for bringing Vampire & Monsters to my attention, looks like it could be a decent HOG :)
Also I’m not a big fan of VNs, but I agree that if a VN has some form of “choices and consequnces” and if the story is well written (and has some actual plot other than “date these characters”), then it’s actually enjoyable. Demonheart looks very good indeed, I’ve been keeping an eye on the game, waiting for a really good discount or a nice bundle.
The RPG thing set in the Demonheart universe looks like it could be pretty good, too.
I didn’t go through your list of games so you might already own it, but I suggest you take a look at A Foretold Affair and Lake of Voices. Those are two VNs that I personally enjoyed very much. Perhaps you’ll like them, too :)
Thanks for the tips! Lake of voices was already on my wishlist but I added A Foretold Affair, looks very nice! Demonheart has the lowest price ever on steam at the moment (but it was in a high price Indie Gala Bundle), just for info ;)
Alright, thanks for the info :)
Hey! If you’re interested in reading more visual novels, I’m always happy to help out! Here is a nice site called VNDB, where you can find info on many, maaany visual novels from around the world - I’ve already filtered them with German in mind for you :D
Ah that’s really kind of you thanks! Are all these games available on steam?
You’re welcome! For that, you’ll just have to search for the VN on Steam or look at its page on VNDB - most of the ones that are originally published on Steam take their descriptions from there too. If you find something you want to try out, but can’t find it on Steam - most often, the releases have their own external links (small blue button on the right side of the screen) - from there you can check if a VN is available through itch.io, LemmaSoft, Patreon, or anywhere else. :)