August 2020
Gotta keep up my trend of posting once every ~8 months. I do still visit the site regularly to check out the stats n things, but it just takes a lot of effort to post. I have also gotten a good amount of the backlog completed in that time, so I’ll just post about a couple big ones.

• Rebel Galaxy
  

  50 hours playtime

  37 of 37 achievements

• Insurgency
  

  30 hours playtime

  54 of 100 achievements

• ORION: Prelude
  

  20 hours playtime

  94 of 251 achievements

• Town of Salem
  

  70 hours playtime

  96 of 361 achievements

Rebel Galaxy
I had gotten really close to beating this before abandoning it for a while. When I decided to revisit it, I got hooked all over again! Completing the achievements wasn’t too hard - only required a moderate amount of grinding after finishing the main story. You do, however, have to enjoy the grind - I can imagine this game might get a bit repetitive and boring for some. The progression system is great and feels rewarding. Controls can be a bit annoying at times, but you do get used to them. Overall really solid game, and I’m happy to be ticking off such a big one! 9/10

Insurgency
Not a fan of FPS games, but I wanted to give it another go because I’m not big on abandoning Steamgifts wins. I discovered the co-op mode required very little skill and was a great way to earn a large chunk of the achievements, so I stuck with that. I ended up enjoying the game a lot more than I thought I would, but I’m happy to cross it off and put it aside for now (or for good).

Orion: Prelude
The classic $1 dino shooter. Bought it a few years ago and played it with my friends a little bit, but had barely touched it since then. It was yet another game that hadn’t reached my self-imposed rule of earning minimum 25% achievements. (I’ll explain later). For a while I was put off by the sheer amount of achievements the game had (251!) and thought that getting even just a quarter of them would be impossible. However, with a little work, it wasn’t too hard to hit just over a third of them, which I’m happy with. With no real reason to keep playing, I’m glad to be throwing this one on the “beaten” pile.

Town of Salem
Another game where I was put off by the number of achievements, but was still able to hit 25%. I do really enjoy this game and I’m still actively playing it - which is why it’s labelled as “unfinished” for now. The majority of the achievements for this game are simply “win X games” with each role. So as long as you keep playing (and winning!) the achievements come naturally. ToS is vaguely similar to the party game “Mafia” or board game The Resistance/Avalon. I would often play these in-person with friends or people from church, however, due to the lockdown we haven’t been able to do this. ToS really scratched the itch for playing those sorts of games though!

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My “rule” for having to earn 25% achievements comes from this Steamgifts tool that quickly shows how much someone has played their SG wins. Handy for assessing your own wins (or judging other people, up to you). Recommend getting it if you don’t have it already. Anyway, one of the more important stats shows the % of games that you have earned >25% achievements in. For me, it’s currently 45.1% (32/71). I feel like this is a good benchmark to show that you have properly attempted a game. Obviously, this will differ depending on the game, but overall I think it’s a good estimation. This is why I aim to earn 25% on not just my SG wins, but all my games. I’m not going to beat myself up on games that have awfully difficult/grindy achievements, ones that require DLC, or if I just really don’t like the game - but it’s a solid goal that I keep in mind.
Until next time!