April fails

Ugh, what a month. Haven’t really had the time to play anything and the great list Daerphen gave me for this month’s theme sits largely untouched…

The Challenge

Tiny and Big: Grandpa’s Leftovers - HLTB Time: 2 - 11h
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter - HLTB Time: 4 - 5h
Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition - HLTB Time: 11 - 30h
Destiny Warriors RPG - HLTB Time: 10h
To the Moon - HLTB Time: 4h

Beat Tiny and Big: Grandpa’s Leftovers like half an hour before the deadline. x) I started the game way back when, probably pretty soon after winning it (over a year ago…) but couldn’t even complete the tutorial. The camera and controls as a combination were really hard and annoying for me. Now that I picked it up again, the gameplay was pure torture. Yup, mainly because of the camera but also a little thanks to the save checkpoints. Ugh. The third level out of the six was The Worst. xp However, I did like the art for the most part, I loved the soundtrack and I really liked the scenes and mythology. Overall, very frustrating experience. Wouldn’t have gotten the game if I had known.

Completed The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. I had actually played some of this previously, but gave up since the graphics didn’t work for me (everything was red polygons). Couldn’t find a solution quickly so gave up. For the challenge this was my shortest game, so went back and somehow got the graphics to work. :o Such a gorgeous game, nice puzzles and all. However, the story was a letdown. The buildup and the atmosphere gave to expect something better but eventually it did fall flat. Still, a powerful experience!

Didn’t have the time for the others, but my next game would have been To The Moon. I’ll keep this list handy and work on it later. :)

“Play a game you won on SG month”

Picked The Uncertain but didn’t have time for it. :( Wanted to play The Way out of the way first, but I’m still playing it… Oh well, next month?

Other completions

Finally decided to kill Heaven Island VR MMMO which I’ve had for ages. Don’t know why I never got around to it before now… I like this type of “explore and find” games, but this particular one just isn’t much to talk about. Poor to mediocre graphics, mediocre sound and no story and little to discover. I really wish this would have been more. Also killed Heaven Forest VR MMO and Heaven Forest Nights VR MMO which are the same game in different colour. Yay. And I mean literally: the map is the same and the location of items is the exact same. I don’t even want to sell the cards for these games so as to not encourage this kind of lazy game ‘making’. If you want to try one of these, Nights is the best.

• Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala
  

  5 hours playtime

  34 of 34 achievements

• Heaven Island - VR MMO
  

  4 hours playtime

  12 of 12 achievements

• Oik 2
  

  42 minutes playtime

  365 of 365 achievements

• Heaven Forest - VR MMO
  

  75 minutes playtime

  24 of 24 achievements

• Heaven Forest NIGHTS
  

  4 hours playtime

  24 of 24 achievements

• Linked
  

  2 hours playtime

  12 of 12 achievements

• The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
  

  7 hours playtime

  14 of 14 achievements