October '21 Play Log
This month sort of dissappearead for me. Unfortunately that means winter is well on its way :(.
A decent over-the-top shooter with plenty of action and lots of gore.
Pros:
- Interesting variety of guns, including some unusual ones and some pretty neat secondary charged shots
- The leash was really unique and fun to use
- Well voice acted
- The skillshots added an interesting challenge to the game
Cons:
- The story was pretty forgettable (not that games like this are played for their story)
- Some of the cutscenes are unskippable even on subsequent playthroughs
- The humour didn’t do anything for me. I’ve enjoyed several games like this in the past, but this particular one I didn’t find funny at all. This was the biggest issue for me personally .
Verdict: 7/10
SG win played for PoP & PAGYWOSG. I was really looking forward to this and ended being quite disappointed. I was expecting something like Shadow Warrior or Blue Estate Club - over the top action with lots of humour. This definitely had the action, but what was presumably supposed to be funny frequently either fell flat or was just stupid. I have no problem with excessive swearing; with the right humour it can be really entertaining. This felt more like someone trying to get as much swearing in as possible with nothing else, as if the swearing itself was supposed to be funny? I can absolutely see others really enjoying it, but it just didn’t work for me.
I went into this hoping for something vaguely comparable to AER: Memories of Old, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Unfortunately it very much fell flat. I started the game, spent ages flying around, was convinced I went too far and irreparably screwed up my save, then restarted (by manually deleting save files) only to find out that in fact Act 1 was so incredibly large that it just took several minutes of flying to get anywhere at all. I ended up using a walkthrough for the whole thing. Subsequent acts weren’t quite as excessively large, but I still think playing without a guide would be an exercise in frustration due partly to the area size, the frequently slow move speed, and the frequently small things you’re trying to find.
Pros:
- The graphics are unique. Some people my like them, but they didn’t do much for me personally.
Cons:
- Excessively large areas
- Your move speed is frequently slow, especially as a child, even more so in Act 3
- Supposedly there’s supposed to be some sort of story here? If there was, it went completely above my head
- Act 3 was a buggy mess, with me frequently falling through the floor and having to restart a checkpoint
- There are 2 endings (requiring you to replay Act 4 to get). There really didn’t need to be, Maybe this wouldn’t be so bad if I actually understood the story though.
Verdict: 4/10
Played for PoP. One of these days I’ll learn to avoid games that don’t have good reviews, but apparently I’m not there yet. I was hoping for something vaguely like AER: Memories of Old with a slightly different feeling. This could have been like that, but there were just too many significant detractors that killed any potential ejoyment.
Recent Acquisitions
- Ghost Master
0 minutes playtime
no achievements
- My Time at Sandrock
0 minutes playtime
no achievements
- Victor Vran
0 minutes playtime
0 of 90 achievements
Congratulations on your assassinations and for getting My Time at Sandrock! Is it just early access?
Thanks! Kind of. I backed the kickstarter project at a level that gets me an early access key. They’re having some issues with government approval or something so they’re much later launching early access than they were intending to, so they gave the early access backers access to the beta instead. Not sure when it’s actually going to launch into early access but I imagine soon. I’m almost done My Time At Portia then I’ll probably give this a try.