July'23 overview
Not Great, Not Terrible
| Date | Games owned | Added this month | Never played (monthly change) | Beaten/Completed during month |
| July'23 | 389 | +8 | 132 (0) | 4 |
Taking into account that it was a Summer Sale Time - I think I managed to be reasonable in getting new games to my library. I just bought 5 games*: Control Ultimate Edition, Pizza Tower, Death’s Door, One Hand Clapping and Rayman Origins. The chances these games won’t be buried in my backlog are big - all of them were on my radar for a quite some time and I’m firm I will like playing them! Though, as all of them are purchased by myself - they can wait, while I can still keep focus on my SG wins and gifts from others. And regarding the gifts…
I showed an iron will and did not accept a single gift. Generous kind people tried to seduce me more than 20 times this month! Thank you all and do not be offended by my “closeness”.
Only one SG win: “Intravenous”. And only one grab-it-while-it-is-free game: “Dungeon of the ENDLESS™” - looks like something I can enjoy playing.
*I bought 1 more game just one day before the month ended… But I was forced! Little woman (a.k.a. sweet daughter) forced me to buy the “I commissioned some cats” at the full price (never do it, unless you are 3 y.o. crying girl and buying it can make you stop crying… In any other case wait for 50% discount at least)!
So, again, I’ve failed: +8 new games to my library.
But! I also managed to play some games and even finished some of them + dug my library for multiplayer games I don’t plan to play to reduce an amount of unplayed games. Found “Half-Life Deathmatch: Source” - I played it years ago and don’t have plans to do it again; found “SpellForce 3: Versus Edition” that doesn’t have any single player content and I don’t see my self playing it either; also found “Knightfall: A Daring Journey” - nor have idea when and why I got it to my library nor have plans to play this miltiplayer-only game. Just -3 to “never played” count but out of fin air - that is sweet taking into account how many new games I got :3
My resolution for August is to avoid buying any big games… But short games and games that I might buy because of the little woman shouldn’t be counted…
Games highlights of July:
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Curse of the Dead Gods
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Half-Life 2
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Intravenous
Curse of the Dead Gods: lazy-mode-activated: copypasta from my SG comment: It was pretty challenging to get to the final boss and beat it, I almost gave up to be honest (not only game need some skills that I seem to lack, like being able to make perfect parries, but also need a ton of luck). At first I was trying to beat the game by pumping up dexterity, it felt like I was close every time - just needed to get more DPS to bit it… But after almost giving up I red some tips on the internet and people said it is better to pump up perception to get more gold during runs. So I refocused on that and OH BOY! That was a game changer. I was able to buy more and better upgrades during runs! On my final run I had 75 points of perception (90+ after upgrades before final boss) + both my main weapons got % of damage for each point of perception + i got relic +6% for base damage for every 1k gold I had (and after paying for upgrades I managed to save 9k!) and on top of that I got a relic that healed me for crit damage. The final run was really unrealistically good! Probably emotions I got in the end paid off for all the hours of repetitive actions I did :D Maybe you depend on RNG too much in this game and there are too much of grind - but it is solid 7 out of 10.
Half-Life 2: Not my first playthrough, but finally I made it on Steam! After so many years, even taking into account that it is not my first playthrough, the game is still good. Of course, without the WOW effect, but in terms of graphics and gameplay it is very worthy. No worse Better than many modern games. 9/10
Intravenous: lazy-mode-activated: copypasta from my SG comment: It was more challenging than I expected, but I enjoyed it anyway :) Initially I was planning to play it on Steam Deck but I sucked so bad with controls that I played it on PC. This game is 10 times better with keyboard and mouse. But on a PC I had wired graphical glitches every time there were something laying for pickup on a ground or near doors - that added another layer of challenge to my playthrough 😅 Nevertheless, it was interesting and without any “coercion” I went through the main story and even hunted for some achievements after beating it. That was very interesting gaming experience, can’t remember playing anything alike (top-down shooter with a bias towards stealth) ever. 6/10
Congratulations on all of your assassinations! I’ve never played any of your highlights but Half-Life always looks interesting. :)
Thank you! HL is really good game that have so many things packed inside (action, puzzles, exploration, story, driving) and everything is good :) You should try it one day ;)