Acquisitions
- Odysseus Kosmos and his Robot Quest: Adventure Game
- Pickers
- Samantha Swift and the Golden Touch
- Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders
- Home Is Where One Starts
- Final Fantasy XII
- Bear With Me (Episode 1)
Challenge Me!
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Adam Wolfe
16 hours playtime
27 of 27 achievements
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Oxenfree
12.5 hours playtime
9 of 13 achievements
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Stacking
12.5 hours playtime
21 of 21 achievements
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Home is Where One Starts...
5.9 hours playtime
8 of 8 achievements
Adam Wolfe
An SG win. I thought this game looked different for a HOG. The male main character and splitting the game into episodes are some of the most outward aspects. But this game really just does what it wants at any given moment and feels like a breath of fresh air for the genre. It's also darker and has more gore and creepiness in some parts than I see in most HOGs. Really easy though.
Oxenfree
Max Thunder and I played this for the monthly theme. It's a slow-paced ghost game in which you use a radio to interact with ghosts and explore St. Edward's Island, a (fictional) former US military base. As usual, the game sat minimized for long periods of time, so my playtime doesn't reflect the actual playtime.
You can use your radio to tune into a station that hosts a walking audio tour tied to signposts scattered around the island at interesting locations. The story is pretty good (and creepy), but you have to go around everywhere again to collect optional letters to reveal the whole story. I beat it once, but it seems like it will need at least 3 times to get all the achievements, so I'm not sure I'll do that any time soon. I got all the collectables already, so at least subsequent playthroughs will go faster. I started a second playthrough immediately after finishing just so I would have something and noticed several changes.
Stacking
ABC List 27 games
A Challenge Me! and ABC List game. This felt kind of like playing a Lego game. There are different dolls with various abilities you can stack into, and a lot of goofy things you can do with those abilities to pass challenges in your way. It has a nice late Victorian/early 20th century setting, and the story is told through silent film-style scenes. The poor working conditions and use of child labor the era is known for play an important role in the story. The atmosphere of the game is really great
Home Is Where One Starts...
I don't know what to say about this one. It's really short, so I didn't spend much time thinking about it. It's really sad to see the narrator's childhood bedroom was so sparse, with basically a sleeping bed on the floor. It made me feel appreciative for the better position I started in.
child labor eh…you have my attention. that sounds horrible what am I saying
I had a slight interest in it but had written stacking off as childish but if it has a slightly darker atmosphere it might be nice.
There’s a certain….working relationship in the contrast between children with black lung disease and fart jokes that Stacking pulled off admirably, even respectably.
You should play through Oxenfree at least one second time since there is a major change to the playthrough. The rest are more or less just nuances. Depending on the end you wish for getting some of the collectibles again might be necessary.
Thanks for the tips. I got all the collectibles the first time and didn’t know some might be needed for other endings.
Well, it is only the letters I think which can be collected in about 15 minutes. You probably don’t need all of them but it doesn’t hurt. They are necessary for some convincing in the final confrontation.