March Final Report

During the month of March I beat 5 sgwins. I didn't manage to get as much gaming time as during the previous months since I went with my family to visit my parents and decided to spend a larger part of my free time reading books. No regrets on both counts :)

• Nex Machina
  

  6 hours playtime

  13 of 39 achievements

• Owlboy
  

  13 hours playtime

  4 of 12 achievements

Nex Machina - sgwin. A great arcade twin-stick shooter. Nonstop action, nice soundtrack, good graphics, great enemy variety, inventive bosses, and a very challenging and rewarding gameplay. The only negative for me is that you have to play it in one sitting as there is no save system (understandable since it is an arcade game but, being the father of a 2 year old, I prefer to be able to stop whenever I want without losing all my progress). This is mitigated by the fact that the game is fairly short if you don’t die too much. Beat it on easy and am playing it on Medium. Totally recommended.

Owlboy - sgwin. A charming platformer with a good story, nice characters, and great art and soundtrack. You play as a mute owlboy that is trying to save his homeland from being attacked by pirates and then goes on to save the entire world. The game is quite competent and I found it above average in almost every aspect. The biggest problem with the game is that your main character can fly and therefore the platforming does not feel good. It compensates with some ingenious level design but I found the gameplay somewhat lacking because of that. Still, I would recommend you give it a try.

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• Grow Home
  

  3 hours playtime

  7 of 26 achievements

• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
  

  13 hours playtime

  14 of 14 achievements

• Mr Shifty
  

  8 hours playtime

  10 of 14 achievements

See you next time and happy backlog assassinations :)