October 2023 game summary
All I can say about October is “free time? never heard of her”. I didn’t even have time to put together a prettier summary post!
It has been a bumpy month with a lot of things to do and general life ups and downs. I have at least been working on managing my time better, so let’s see if it paid off.
A 10 minute classic that I'm not even sure I didn't play at some point before. My idea was to play Samorost 1 and then pick the other two in the Amanita Design anniversary sale, but I completely forgot to do so before it ended. Oh well. Less backlog to take care of.
A short, simple puzzle adventure that while not fully polished and without a very fleshed out story, still has its own charm. As a person who is naturally bad at puzzle games, this one walked the fine line between having me thinking for a few minutes and not frustrating me so I end up just finding a guide. I did use the guides to get all the secrets and get the 100%, though. Overall enjoyable enough.
And look at that! Finally playing SG won games, lol. Hope to keep at it.
Another of Amanita Design's… weird things. Happy game is less a game and more an audiovisual experience. It's pretty short (few hours), and there isn't a real puzzle element to the various scenes, you just click around until the next thing happens. Nonetheless, it was a very enjoyable experience, creepy and brilliantly animated, if a little tropey. The whole "smiley face" thing isn't exactly an innovation in horror, but I don't think that was the intention anyway.
The game is a little unpolished stability wise, which makes me think this was more of a little side experiment than an actual big project from Amanita. But some of the imagery genuinely made it hard for me to play with the lights off, and certain settings/compositions were nothing short of amazing.
I was only able to make some progress thanks to the monthly theme, in which I listed Tandem and Happy Game along with OMORI and Lust for Darkness. As you can see, I only managed to do the first two. But Tandem was a SG win, so I got that at least.
Baldur's Gate 3
32.6 hours, 5 of 53 achievements
Last month, I was tasked with playing and reviewing BG3 for SGM. I only started it this month, thinking I had more than enough time. It can't be that long, right? ,,boy :') This game has eaten all of my free time, which was none at all to begin with. And I'm not past act 1 yet.
What is SGM?
Oh and thank you for the review of Tandem. It’s my kind of game, the kind I used to play with my kids who are now too old to play with Dad. Added it to wishlist.
SGM is how we refer to the Unofficial Steamgifts Magazine, a project in which me and a bunch of other ppl put together a monthly digital magazine! We make giveaways on steamgifts, and the person who wins has to write a review of the game in question for it to be featured in the mag. If you want to see the end result, you can take a look through the latest issue!
And I’m glad I brought a new game to your attention! When I first won it I saw a lot of people complaining about various aspects of the game, but I had fun with it ^^
Congratulations on all of your assassinations! I see so many people playing BG3 it’s making me envious - maybe next year! I still want to get to Elden Ring.
It really is a great game and I totally understand why it got so popular. I was very skeptic of it at first as it’s far from my kind of game, but it charmed even me!
I fell ya on nice bundles :D
Is there a premade design for the one you are using here with completed/started/shopping? It seems very cool, and I could def use something like that when I get up to speed with my bought games until this month :)
I’m using some HTML codes that a friend gave me! You can find the ones I’m using in this post here, and you can find more in this profile, in the last tab of the bio :3