August Wrap-up

So it’s September 1st, which means August is done! I had a fairly productive month, killing a bunch of titles for the monthly. Here’s a list of games I finished after my last update:

• D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die
  

  17 hours playtime

  78 of 78 achievements

• Doctor Who: The Adventure Games
  

  12 hours playtime

  30 of 30 achievements

• Life Is Strange
  

  23 hours playtime

  60 of 60 achievements

• Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
  

  6 hours playtime

  24 of 24 achievements

• The Secret Order 2: Masked Intent
  

  5 hours playtime

  24 of 24 achievements

• The Talos Principle
  

  24 hours playtime

  36 of 40 achievements

• BioShock Infinite
  

  38 hours playtime

  38 of 80 achievements

First three being SG Wins, so especially happy to knock those out of the park. D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die was an interesting game to say the least. Crazy characters, crazy gameplay.. but well I had fun! I even 100%-ed the game, which I didn’t expect, and only the last achievement (earn 100k credits) was a bit annoying, but the rest were pretty fun! Doctor Who: The Adventure Games wasn’t the best adventure game I’ve ever played. Puzzles were really easy and the stealth scenes a bit annoying. Though, if you like Doctor Who, it’s definitely worth playing. The first 4 episodes are a bit lacking gameplay wise, but the Gunpowder Plot I actually enjoyed a lot. Area’s are larger and the back story was pretty interesting.

Then Life is Strange… I went in with high expectations. Did it meet all of them? I don’t know.. It was an awesome experience.. the visuals and atmosphere are amazing. The characters were really memorable as well and the choices actually made me think (although like with all those “choice” games, they don’t have an extremely big impact). But I guess this whole high school setting is not really my thing, and while the game mechanics are intriguing in the beginning, it gets a bit repetitive. Overall really great game but not as super duper awesome as I expected ;-)

Then for the non SG wins: Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today and The Secret Order 2: Masked Intent. Both of these games were decent, but nothing special. Oh well, two games which can be 100%-ed in 5 hours while not getting annoyed is good in my book ;-)

The Talos Principle is a different thing. I played a lot of it in 2014 but got sever cases of motion sickness like I mentioned in my update. I tweaked a lot with the setting and finally got it so that I didn’t feel like throwing up after 15 minutes of playing.. I still felt a bit wobbly but it worked and I could finish the game with all endings last night! Yay! Loved the puzzles! The 4 achievements I’m missing are from the Road to Gehenna DLC, so I might have to pick that up if it’s on sale some time in the future!

I also played a bit of Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea and I’m probably going to finish that in September since I ran out of time in August. I’m on vacation for 2 weeks this month, so I probably don’t have much time to do the September Monthly, so I might as well finish some August games!

Then for my proudest achievement this month……..

• Renowned Explorers: International Society
  

  106 hours playtime

  148 of 148 achievements

Oh yeah I did it!!!!! I 100%-ed renowned explorers!!! It took me 106 hours but it was so worth it! I love this game to bits! I have some giveaways up for this game on steamgifts.com (ending today), so you might want to check those out:

Group Giveaway
Public Giveaway

And to top that, Abbey Games announced they’re going to make another DLC, so I’m really excited! The developers are from The Netherlands like me (their office is actually like 20 minutes from my home) and the game’s amazing, so you should really check it out if you haven’t!

That’s it for now..Talk to you guys later! :-)