August Recap
I beat 8 SG wins in August.
Death Skid Marks
★★★★☆ (13 hours | 11 / 30)This was one of the most difficult games I’ve ever played, but also one of the most rewarding. When you first start out, it feels like RNGesus has your balls in a vice grip, but as you learn more and more about the game, you come to realize that if you make the right choices, the RNG is mostly a scapegoat for your own failings. There’s a lot less twitch skill and a lot more knowledge-skill involved than I first expected. This game is very addictive, highly challenging, and fucking awesome.
Sniper: Ghost Warrior
★★☆☆☆ (4 hours | 18 / 24)Far too many bugs and poor gameplay to really enjoy this one. Skip it and play the second.
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
★★★☆☆ (6 hours | 26 / 38 )Enjoyable FPS with pretty simple gameplay. This one greatly improves on the first with much smoother sequences. The visuals are incredible. It’s worth a play for them alone.
The Fire and a Heavenly Sword
Call of Juarez
★★★★★ (7 hours)One of the best puzzle-platform FPS I’ve ever played, and I’m a big fan of the sub-genre. Great characters, story, environments, platforming, and decent gunplay. If you liked Half-Life or games like it, give this one a shot. The game shows its age in some aspects, but don’t let that stop you from one of the best FPS experiences.
Monster Loves You!
★☆☆☆☆ (3 hours | 2 / 14)I thought this game was going to be like a CYOA, and it is, but it’s clearly for young kids. I didn’t enjoy it at all.
Totally unrelated but, may I ask you why (in your score system) you’ve chosen to use small stars to show “score reached” and big stars to show “score not reached”?
I would have used inverted (at first I even thought that scores were ordered right to left!) =P
Congratulations!
I think my friend gave me Call of Juarez. I never installed it, I was planning to, but games happened. I didn’t know it had puzzles in it, as well. That’s cool, I was expecting ordinary shooter. I suppose I could try to find it. .o.
It’s definitely not your typical FPS. I’d compare it to Half-Life but with more story. It’s a mix of shooting, puzzles, platforming, and story.