June'23 overview

Kinda proud of myself this time

Date	Games owned	Added this month	Never played (monthly change)	Beaten/Completed during month
June'23	381	+4	132 (-6)	7

I was very focused this month in terms of not getting new games… But still bought my self some unnecessary games: “Mister Burnhouse” (because it was bloody cheap on sale and it is a really short game (although not yet finished by the developer) and I like style and why not to support a small indie dev from my region…) and “Submerged: Hidden Depths” (because I thought it was a price glitch when I saw the sale price for it, also game seems really decent to play on Deck and reviews are good).
Also I won “Curse of the Dead Gods” on SG and got “Remnant: From the Ashes - Complete Edition” as bonus from the same person (the generosity of people never ceases to amaze me).

Also I was fortune enough to get some extra free time for gaming in the second part of month and finished 7 games (5 of them were started and finished in last two weeks).

Games highlights of June:

• Röki
  

  8.4 hours playtime

  24 of 32 achievements

• FAR: Changing Tides
  

  4.6 hours playtime

  25 of 35 achievements

• Transistor
  

  4.5 hours playtime

  9 of 33 achievements

• INSIDE
  

  3.9 hours playtime

  14 of 14 achievements

Röki: Nice interactive Scandinavian fairytale in the form of point and click quest. Far from perfect, but satisfying. History, sound and graphics - there are no complaints, everything is very smooth and pleasant. But the gameplay itself, although in general it almost never puzzled me, is sometimes “stuffy”: a lot of unnecessary repetitions when you already figured out what to do, but have to do exactly same thing 3-5 times in a raw. Also there are some very slow animations that don’t make the game any better, only longer. In fact, the game took me about 12 hours (Steam Deck wasn’t always online), and out of these 12 hours, at least 3 hours is an empty delay in the gameplay where I watched how MC slowly moving or doing something. I don’t like such stuff. But overall it is a good game I enjoyed. 6/10

FAR: Changing Tides: That is a disappointment of the year for me. The game is not that bad, but when compared to FAR: Lone Sails (which I liked a lot) it is totally dull and empty. I wasn’t engaged while playing, I had close to zero emotions… There is no need at all to do resources management or keeping up speed high. Whole game gave me a filling like I’m watching a YouTube walkthrough but with the need to press buttons to role the video. I wasn’t there. Game had nothing to engage me and entertain. 3/10

Transistor: Stylistics, visuals and especially sound - just a bomb. But the gameplay itself turned out to be boring for me: I gave up on tactics and just put together a combo of an uber attack that brought down any opponent with 2-3 pokes (including bosses) and pumped a little dash in order to effectively run from enemies while the uber-atack is on cooldown. As result all the fights for me we the same as a carbon copy and the game wasn’t able to captivate me enough to make me change anything or study it deeper. But I liked it, it was very pleasant gaming experience I’m not sorry for. 5/10

INSIDE: One of the first games I installed on my Steam Deck in Februarary and only got to it this month. Very atmospheric. Immerses and creates such a good oppressive tension (as in Little Nightmares, when you are always on the lookout - but not scarried). Easely beaten without any hints and spoilers from web in three hours and once beaten it only requires 30 minutes to complete it with minor tips (after cheking up in what chapters you have missed the collectibles). In general, if someone has not played yet, I recommend it. Brief and very immersive experience. 10/10