June’s Stats

• Faces of Illusion: The Twin Phantoms
  

  3 hours playtime

  13 of 13 achievements

• Plague Inc: Evolved
  

  5 hours playtime

  11 of 179 achievements

• Lost Grimoires: Stolen Kingdom
  

  3 hours playtime

  13 of 13 achievements

• Fallout Shelter
  

  49 hours playtime

  32 of 35 achievements

• World of Goo
  

  16 hours playtime

  2 of 8 achievements

• Pictopix
  

  19 hours playtime

  11 of 18 achievements

• NEKOPARA Vol. 0
  

  2 hours playtime

  13 of 13 achievements

• NEKOPARA Vol. 1
  

  2 hours playtime

  14 of 14 achievements

• Virginia
  

  3 hours playtime

  16 of 17 achievements

• NEKOPARA Vol. 2
  

  3 hours playtime

  20 of 20 achievements

• Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery
  

  3 hours playtime

  12 of 12 achievements

• Catch a Falling Star
  

  9 hours playtime

  42 of 45 achievements

• Ghost Files: The Face of Guilt
  

  4 hours playtime

  22 of 22 achievements

• Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride
  

  9 hours playtime

  21 of 24 achievements

• The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
  

  13 hours playtime

  30 of 30 achievements

• Emily is Away
  

  56 minutes playtime

  20 of 20 achievements

• Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood
  

  6 hours playtime

  31 of 36 achievements

• Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala
  

  6 hours playtime

  34 of 34 achievements

• World Keepers: Last Resort
  

  4 hours playtime

  8 of 8 achievements

• Gremlins, Inc.
  

  2 hours playtime

  6 of 100 achievements

• Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan
  

  9 hours playtime

  29 of 29 achievements

• Grim Legends 3: The Dark City
  

  5 hours playtime

  36 of 36 achievements

• Questerium: Sinister Trinity HD
  

  6 hours playtime

  23 of 23 achievements

• Adam Wolfe
  

  5 hours playtime

  27 of 27 achievements

• Vampire Legends: The True Story of Kisilova
  

  3 hours playtime

  10 of 10 achievements

• The Saint: Abyss of Despair
  

  3 hours playtime

  8 of 8 achievements

• The Emerald Maiden: Symphony of Dreams
  

  3 hours playtime

  13 of 13 achievements

• Mythic Wonders: The Philosopher's Stone
  

  4 hours playtime

  24 of 24 achievements

Thanks to my picker for PoP7, I got around to finally play Virginia, which had been sitting in my backlog for quite some time. It was such a weird yet interesting experience. I might be stating an evidence, but fans of Twin Peaks, you should play this game. I'd call it an interactive visual novel, and you don't really have choices but you still get to control the character around. I think what made me feel wierd at first was the fact that you play a series of scenes and not the whole story in a go, and it's one of those game where you have to figure out the plot by yourself, yet I really enjoyed it.

Biggest Disappointment of the Month goes to... Very mild spoilers, if you wanna avoid them, feel free to skip to the next game report. Still here? Ok then. Having loved the first two seasons of TWD by Telltale, I had high expectations when this game first got out, but wanted to wait for the whole season to be out to play. I kept away from all spoilers but I was reading here and there, that this 3rd season was really weak, and now that I've played it, I agree. Even if you disregard the technical bugs (hello infinite rays going out of the main character and shitty import of my saves from the previous games), there are still some major flaws. The first one being that you do not play Clem this time. You're playing Javi, and neither him nor any of the new characters were interesting/lovable to me. And here comes the second flaw. Even if you don't play Clem, she's in the game and it creates a very hard situation. As the player, if you've played the previous seasons (which I assume if you go play season 3) then you've already formed an opinion about Clem, and most of us got kind of attached, let's admit it. But you're playing Javi and as such, you're supposed to care more about your family than a stranger you just met and not in the most trustworthy circumstances. Yet, being offered the choice between siding with your loved ones and that new comer, as the player we tend to side with Clem rather than those useless new characters. Anyway, enough of the renting, I could go on about the plot too but I don't wanna spoil that much (feel free to talk about it in the comments under spoiler, I'll be glad to discuss it).

Welcome in my newly found corner of shame. Well not yet actually, it'll start in the next review, but this is the game that initiated the whole thing. So a friend convinced me to give a try to Nekopara as he has those spare keys from the recent Humble Bundle, and to do so, he first gave me this one, certifying that I probably had a wrong impression about the game being some perv thing, and that it was all innocent. And yes, Vol. 0 is a sweet innocent slice of life prequel to the 2 others. It's actually the only one I'm ok with.

Now the real corner of shame and uncomfort. It turned out that this game series has a really disturbing premise, that apparently doesn't bother a lot of people seeing how popular is that series (but I've also seen I'm not the only one with that particular opinion). In that universe, there is such a thing as "Cat girls" that the game literally describes to you as women bodied + cat ears and tail, but with the mind of cats. So basically they are your pets. And then, the plot turns out to rapidly only be that the said catgirls have the hots for you, their master, and end up coming on to you (and yes, having sex with you). They're stated as "having the mind of cats" remember? I'm not even sure what the game is implying about your pets but hey, that was too weird for me.

More of the same. Thanks for being able to fast skip some parts.

I discovered this game thanks to Selby. This was short but a quite different experience, I think it does especially work if you were already on the internet in the early 2000s, it gave me quite a nostalgia kick. It's free, so I highly recommend you check it out, you only need about half an hour to complete the game, the rest of the time was spent to get the cheevos.

I had some nostalgic moment earlier this month and reinstalled World of Goo. It was nice to replay it but I had forgotten how hard the cheevos were on this one. Rip completion rate I guess, but I'll get back to it.

And now with the HoGs, which was obviously this month's main focus. Adam Wolfe was not the first one I completed this month, but it was indeed my favorite of all the ones I played (maybe ever). Sure, some of the puzzles were quit easy, but there is a lot of things this game is doing right. First of all, I really loved the graphic style, quite Noir-movie style. The story was nice, and at least more original than most Artifex games (even if I admit I'd have loved it even more without the surnatural part). The hidden object scenes were making more sense too. A++ in my book, I will have to investigate about the other games from this dev.

I was lucky enough to win this one from Ninglor's giveaway for the monthly theme, and was quite excited to try this new Artifex series. I liked the new Alchemy book mecanics they introduced in this series and the quality overall is on the good artifex ones. Nothing really special to add, but a nice discovery.

Later in the month, I won the sequel from Artifex themselves and it was as enjoyable to me as the first one.

This game was given to me by Jeff a few days ago, and I wanted to complete it before the month ended as part of the challenge. It was an interesting discovery as it's a mix between drawed scenes and FMV acting for the characters. The acting is very over-the-top and cheesy, let's be honest, but to me it adds to the character of the game. Puzzles and hidden objects scenes wise, they were actually pretty solid. Some users were complaining about some bugs but I didn't encounter any so it was all good. A hidden gem if cheesiness doesn't make you roll your eyes but rather laugh at it.

In the average group of your Artifex game, on the theme of the phantom of the opera. Nothing special but not bad either. Yes.

One of the recent Artifex game where you're a cop and it entangles a regular crime investigation with some ghost stories. I enjoyed it, goes on the top category pack for me, but probably because I enjoy those police procedural shows. I wish sometimes Artifex would leave the supernatural part out of it though.

I resumed playing the Enigmatis series. It's one of my favorite Artifex series, and the second game is my favorite in the trilogy. Of course the 3rd one is more shiny but story wise I thought this one was the best as it develops the whole plot of the first game into a bit more complex mystery. A+

The more polished one of the trilogy, obviously, as it's the most recent. The art is really great, and the games introduces a few new mecanics and puzzles. It concludes nicely the series, with a little Tomb Raider feeling. Solid series for a HoG.

Not an Artifex one, but I had read good things about it, so I tried to win it on SG. The game is clearly not as polished, mostly because it doesn't have voice over, but to me it was not a problem. I actually forgot about it after the few first minutes of the game, and enjoyed the overall experience. It has a nice plot and some cute little characters you're helping, which honestly seemed a bit of a rip off from Little Big Planet design wise. (That being said, almost all Artifex games design/plot are ripped off from famous video games). I'd recommend it if the lack of voice acting doesn't bother you.

Another enjoyable series from Artifex. I wouldn't call it a trilogy as they're not linked between each other, neither by the story or the protagonists. I guess the common theme is just the grim fairy tales. This first opus was quite nice even if the game is a bit dated, I liked the story. One of the interesting game mechanics from this series is that you get a pet to help you with certain tasks/puzzles.

My favorite one of the 3, and I'm not just saying that because you get a pet otter. YES an otter. Or because the game features some kind of sheep. Hum...

The 3rd installation was quite a thing achievement wise. I had to restart it after completion to get the last cheevo: "Complete a HoG scene in less than 20s"... Yes you read correctly. Other than that, it was a really nice HoG even though I got an Assassin's Creed rip off feeling from the opening scene. Artifex, please stop, just get original work done.

Nothing much to say about this one, pretty average.

I wanted to try another Alawar game after liking World Keepers: Last Resort but even though this one has voice acting, I enjoyed it less overall. Not bad, just average I'd say.

It was an ok Artifex one, very much Bioshock rip off (which surprised me as they already had a bioshock rip off with Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden).

Another average Artifex game. I didn't enjoy it that much but I think it's because I've reached a temporary overdose of HoGs for playing so many of them in a row.

• Westerado: Double Barreled
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 79 achievements

• Plague Inc: Evolved
  

  5 hours playtime

  11 of 179 achievements

• Maize
  

  0 minutes playtime

  no achievements

• The Saint: Abyss of Despair
  

  3 hours playtime

  8 of 8 achievements

• Lost Grimoires: Stolen Kingdom
  

  3 hours playtime

  13 of 13 achievements

• Steampunk Syndicate
  

  0 minutes playtime

  no achievements

• Gochi-Show!
  

  0 minutes playtime

  no achievements

• Dropsy
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 30 achievements

• fault milestone two side:above
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 9 achievements

• Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 49 achievements

• NEKOPARA Vol. 0
  

  2 hours playtime

  13 of 13 achievements

• WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.02
  

  0 minutes playtime

  no achievements

• NEKOPARA Vol. 1
  

  2 hours playtime

  14 of 14 achievements

• Outland
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 12 achievements

• WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.03
  

  0 minutes playtime

  no achievements

• Highway Blossoms
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 17 achievements

• NEKOPARA Vol. 2
  

  3 hours playtime

  20 of 20 achievements

• Vampire Legends: The True Story of Kisilova
  

  3 hours playtime

  10 of 10 achievements

• Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery
  

  3 hours playtime

  12 of 12 achievements

• Project Highrise
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 88 achievements

• The Sexy Brutale
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 18 achievements

• World Keepers: Last Resort
  

  4 hours playtime

  8 of 8 achievements

• Prey
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 48 achievements

• Oxygen Not Included
  

  0 minutes playtime

  no achievements

• Pit People
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 15 achievements

• ASTRONEER
  

  0 minutes playtime

  no achievements

• Battle Brothers
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 70 achievements

• Solitairica
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 27 achievements

• Gremlins, Inc.
  

  2 hours playtime

  6 of 100 achievements

• Sniper Elite 3
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 77 achievements

• Primordia
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 29 achievements

• Cats are Liquid
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 16 achievements

• Space Pirates and Zombies 2
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 11 achievements

• Questerium: Sinister Trinity HD
  

  6 hours playtime

  23 of 23 achievements

• Brink of Consciousness: Dorian Gray Syndrome
  

  0 minutes playtime

  no achievements

• Technobabylon
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 40 achievements

• Shovel Knight
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 85 achievements