BLAEO — Backlog Assassins Extraordinaire

Six Series 24.1

For more flexibility and readability, I've decided to post about my assassinations in groups of six for a while.

Sea of Stars

37 hours

JRPG 2023 Game Pass Beaten 46%

Love letter to the likes of Chrono Trigger, Sea of Stars is solid even though the story meanders a little too much and most characters lack depth. The pixel art is amazing though, so I suppose that's where most of the budget went.

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

≥ 15 hours

Action-Adventure 2019 Switch Beaten

True to the original, the new visual style is lovely but the game suffers from occasional but annoying framerate drops which doesn't really surprise me as this remake was done with Unity.

Still Wakes the Deep

4 hours

Horror 2024 Game Pass Beaten 50%

A Lovecraftian survival journey set on a old rig off the coast of Scotland, the attention to details and the voice acting are second to none. I enjoyed how fear slowly overtook me and gave me true moments of cold sweat.

Dragon Ball Advanced Adventure

6 hours

Beat'em up 2004 Game Boy Advance Beaten

Cool blend of side scroller and one-on-one fighter, the game is super pretty, smooth and tight. It has nice replay value as beating the game unlocks new modes and collecting items open news areas within the levels.

Blacktail

11 hours

Archery 2022 Steam Beaten 15%

Quite impressed for the first few hours but the more I played the more I got confused by the story and the lay of the game world. Many side quests are easy to miss and the ending was very poor.

80's Overdrive

6 hours

Racing 2017 3DS Completed

I can't say if the Steam version is better but the 3DS port is pretty meh. There are many performance and visual issues, the gameplay is simplistic, upgrading your car makes little difference and repair costs are outrageous.