Carenard

Since the odds of me beating Ratchet and Clank today are about 0%, early weekly update!

today was a bit…. unproductive, to much refreshing of reddit and youtube shorts…. not even making progress on my seasonal anime! … Oh and watching gameplay for a new upcoming early access release(buyable and likely bought tomorrow!) https://store.steampowered.com/app/2334730/Death_Must_Die/, looks like a perfect blend of Vampire Survivors, Hades and Diablo…

now for the games!

Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy

20.4 hours, 45 of 105 achievements
Remastered history!

Click to expand

Finally got a chance to play old classics that got remastered, I had played one in the past as a kid when I stayed over at a friends house so never really saw alot of the game. I have now beaten 6 games of this franchise… and 3 of them are in this trilogy.

Spyro The Dragon: Good old first game in a franchise greatness, I mostly disliked the boss stage as any little mistake meant redoing the entire level. Won't really complain to much about some of the other jank, that is classic game goodness! Only one major bug… caused by enjoying more than 30fps, I am glad modern game design doesn't tie as much if anything to fps.

Riptos Rage: More of the same, but not as good… and it introduced underwater levels! the 2nd bosses predictive targeting took me to long to learn… and Hunter is a traitor and deserves prison time for feeding Ripto power ups. Technically there is a few levels I didn't touch as I was able to just walk over to Ripto and do the boss when I got to the final area.
This is the one I played as a kid, I remember the first hub area and one of the first levels.

Year of the Dragon: Would have enjoyed this one more if it wasn't for the other characters you control, Spyro is fast and fun to play… the others are slow and tedious. I avoided doing things at them where possible. I felt the portals allowed lazier level design since they could just make another map to get more collectibles in.
Bosses in this one are a joke with how easy they are.

Overall I had a great time, thanks for the gift, I will let you out yourself if you want to :)
overall average was around 70% completion of all collectibles.


Unpacking

4.8 hours, 25 of 25 achievements

Click to expand

overall enjoyed this… I just want to know who packed the boxes for the final level… why are baby blocks in separate boxes… these are solid cubes, stack them and put into a single box!.

also don't look forward to the day I have to merge belongings with someone… I have quite a bit of stuff.

also please don't look at that moving box in my closet, yes its been there for a decade and I am not going to unpack it… I swear though if my Gamegear is in there…


Scanner Sombre

2.3 hours, no achievements
enjoyed this far more than I thought I would

Click to expand

The way this game tells its story is great, the horror tag had me worried for a bit but it really wasn't scary for me at all.

I recommend giving this game a go if you have it. Its only a couple hours, closer to an hour if you follow a walkthrough(don't… maybe reference one if you need a guide!)


A Juggler's Tale

2.0 hours, 10 of 18 achievements

Click to expand

I enjoyed the concept of this game far more than the game play… mostly the stealth segment with the apple cart I did not enjoy… only time I really enjoy stealth parts of games is when I am given the option to skip the stealth and blast everyone… or I am far away with a sniper rifle.

rest of the game was really enjoyable though


Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

1.6 hours, 25 of 37 achievements

Click to expand

Fallout series side story, this time the vegetables are coming to life!

Time to rip everything up for achievements, I will start with all the books from unpacking.


Old Man's Journey

1.6 hours, no achievements

Click to expand

I did enjoy how the story is told… but the gameplay… point and click adventure game nonsense… but double it.


OMG! Not Another Isekai

2 hours, 6 of 6 achievements

Click to expand

Wait this releases Dec 1st 2023! Welcome to reddit giveaways, dev was looking for testers/reviewers and I raised my hand.
I did my job and reported some spelling/grammar issues. So those will be fixed up for those who actually spend money on this when it releases(hopefully its only a couple of dollars).

2 character routes, 2 sex scenes, a secret ending that isn't a harem ending(sadge), no VA/animation, good for those that enjoy their simple short visual novels, but if you want a great story, or amazing tier artwork you will need to look elsewhere.