There be Dargons in this game…
went in with low expectations, and it met them.
best part was riding dragon.

puzzle game, not much to say.

Cute robo kitty!
I suck at rhythm games… never exceeded 60% on the timing metric for scoring, B ranked most levels… but my hack and slash skills got me to S ranking clear times!
I can see all the love that went into making this game

short game, do wish there was more to the story

game recently released from early access so still has some kinks… like 5 progression achievements being unobtainable >>

very simple ARPG, grind, grind, grind, craft gear, push deeper into endless difficulties, eventually get some aspirational bosses… don't look at my hours please… I don't have a problem(and its definitely not higher than shown here)

super simple idle? clicker? auto battler? some amalgamation of those 3?
under 1hr to 100%, I could have finished faster than I did but I went ahead and unlocked everything in the shop before clicking finish game.

This game… actually exceeded my expectations
The UI is functional… but not great and what is made me go in with super low expectations, the gameplay however is pretty solid, story is super basic and hardly worth mentioning.
Game isn't exciting enough to drag me into endless mode though

Unfortunately I watched the anime so I am spoiled on the contents of the first 2 games to a degree, fortunately it was long enough ago I only remember bits and pieces

on the 3rd case in the 2nd game so far, slowly but surely will get through it all

Short, cute art/live 2D model, to short to have an emotional impact at the end.

translation is very spotty at times

more cute girls!
that ending… 3 when?

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would… one of the rare instances of me taking much longer than hltb times to >>
did encounter some bugs… one of them forced me to look up what to do just to find out my problem was a bug.

cute cat girls that are ninjas serving a normal dude as their master.
and of course they fall madly in love with him instantly

they act a bit more like cats than the Nekos in Nekopara.

+1 to the Neko harem?

+1 not a Neko to the harem?

Nice little auto battler roguelite
game got pretty hard and took many attempts to finally beat the highest difficulty(both learning proper strats… and getting meta progression)
endless mode… turns out its best to just ditch the entire team building… and do a solo assassin/ninja that absolutely destroys everything(also makes it significantly easier to min/max the skills… and attribute book allocation).
not sure just how far into endless I can push… but I am in the 300s on the floor… and only the "second to final boss" portion(game basically repeats the same bosses you get in Hell mode in order… so) is even a threat(it took 1/3 of my Ninjas life!… the others do < 10%)

it only took me 18 years to actually play this… sure I only bought it recently(off gray market… but $5 was… fair(sad I missed the choice this was in)… but I had wanted to play it since its original release on the… PS2
The visuals I say still hold up today(upside of hand-drawn stuff!)

some gameplay elements… don't, the celestial brush(a core mechanic of the game)… can be finicky… missed a pixel in making your circle? now the game won't do what your intending… wanted to do a quick power slash but started your line on fire/ice/water/lightning(once you have the relevant powers)… well guess what…. you didn't do that slash now…. and the worst is the fishing minigame… the 3rd one that you HAVE to do… took me close to 30 minutes to catch the fish since you have to constantly hold the opposite direction the fish is going… but it will swap directions 10 times in a second making you lose all the progress towards getting it to jump so you can slash it with your brush(which can can easily miss making all that time wasted)… and you have to hit it 3x… Arguably the worst fishing minigame I have done yet in a game.

combat was enjoyable(especially enjoyed the glaive weapons… 1-2 tapping enemies with charged hits) if a bit easy(to be fair… I have a ton of experience in this genre… so maybe its just skill), exploration is great, story is great

commit all the sins!
this game… was an experience to say the least
got 16/17 achievements without looking at achievements or a guide! had to do a 2nd quickie run to drink some alcohol for the 100%

simple collectathon with basic combat
personally… the game was to simple for me, while not a bad game… it felt lacking… needing more depth in every department

the start of this game is significantly better than the end. Actually is nice visually and voice acting!
its the platform puzzles with the golems that ruin the game for me… they are slow, tedious… and if you mess up after setting it up… have to do it all over again.

overall… a disappointment to me.

the first boss… sub boss or whatever was complete and utter BS… cramped indoor area, with mobile strong melee boss and constantly spawning things that explode and gave rot debuff(from what I could tell it just occasionally made you cough stopping you from doing other things)… completely impossible for someone still learning the gameplay so I went to modding, used relaxed mode mod which gives a bunch of armor/life/resists and a little life regen(allows bosses to remain challenging but doable… more of an easy mode) just so I could actually play the game.

mechanically speaking bosses fell into two categories… absolute joke, or clearly designed for multiplayer.

wonderful visual novel, this was the highlight of the choice it came in for me and not the headliners, this was something I considered buying off the steam store a few times.
I loved it

my first game from family sharing to launch
definitely more interesting to watch than play… at least for my first couple runs, will give it another shot someday… maybe, low priority though as I wasn't feeling it

Nothing special about the story(as expected from a Sakura game), but cute cat girls!

Dumb meme autobattler that is highly addictive.
it is very RNG heavy, I doubt I will 100% it… mostly because the last few are locked behind so much RNG to complete

this was a random gift from SG member
will likely get more time/cheevos in this month, but another nice game in this genre.
enemies move differently that most so avoiding them isn't as easy</p>

unlikely I will 100% but I do intent to unlock a bit more than I currently have.

If this is your kind of genre you will love this game, also you can play as Gordon Freeman from HFL2
fitting that I play this right after the HL2 month.
with this I am down to 1 2014 and older win that isn't multiplayer left to beat... and that one is an unknown if I will

short and simple game

took what they learned making the first one and expanded on it… I started to have lag for some reason near the end(prbly a memory leak or something). Also short and simple

short, chill and enjoyable game, I spent a fair amount of time just roaming with no goal in mind even. Has quite a number of mini games I didn't try, wasn't excited for them personally.

fortunately I was playing near the time… of a very time specific achievement so no playing with system time needed!.

wonderful little puzzle adventure game, honestly… wish it was a little longer
a few achievements can be missed but can easily go back to do them after your done with level select, I managed to get it all by chance on my playthrough.

interesting spin on this genre, started to get rough on the last levels… I ended one of them with 1 health remaining… on the easiest difficulty(I suck at these)

this game was hard… imagine that I was playing on hard >>
but I managed to do it!
I would consider 100%ing it… but the Three Musketeers achievement… sounds like a pain even on easy

So this is a recent release… I saw a clip on YT it looked fun, pulled it up on steam saw it had a demo and tried the demo… immediately loved it so bought it… at full price
This is an auto battle roguelike, it set it hooks into my ADHD and did not let go until I had completed it. Is it really backlog if it was in my library for 2 minutes before being played?

A wonderful, long VN, the fifth route(unlocked after the first 4 heroines) is where Key… did their thing and punches you in the gut and makes you cry yourself to sleep.

fortunately the true end unlocked immediately after has a happier end. All heroine routes are great, Shirohas is the best, the start of Tsumugis…. lets leave it at the word boobies was in far to many lines because of other girl on her route.

table tennis mini game was fun, I think I would enjoy it more on mobile because of how it played mechanically… didn't personally love the Islamon stuff.

overall I enjoyed it… but found a few things frustrating.

terrain mapping… is done in a way to force you to only go on specific paths… I once got ontop of rocks the devs didnt want me on… was like a waterfall and it forced me… and lower importance terrains like some rocks in the water… will consider you in the water before your foxes models front paws are off of it… disallowing jumping. Game also made many of the shamans staffs no longer be allowed to be picked up if you left the section it was meant to be used in… and if there was a loading zone it was just stolen from you… I wanted to play the whole game carrying a single shaman staff… there is no real good development reason for this.

also some times using the mid air dash… would go in a direction I was not moving

short with cute art….
story though is weird as hell

This time I did Shinobus route, got true ending on expert! why is this game so much fun.

I have never really vibed with this games aesthetics, giving myself a few runs to get used to the controls and it became easy, almost every single enemys pattern was easily read(which isn't a bad thing… if I tried hard mode most likely)

the fight against Mom and her heart were fairly interesting, same with the demon thing in the area after moms heart(although it was to easy… but maybe I had great luck that run as I was melting things)… the rest of the bosses were pretty boring to me.

honestly this game would be far far more enjoyable… if it just reduced the timers on things
multiple times I was just waiting… for something to restock so I could get it for a combo, or didn't have enough stamps so just waiting for it to be delivered.
I failed to hold onto something required for an achievement… and did what many people did in this game… burned it.

This is a fairly mediocre point and click game, I recommend not playing it.
I only did so because it was a SG win >>
next SG win… Half-Life 2, expecting a much better time with that one.

I am mad at myself for putting this off… for what is this… 11.25 years after winning it.

Had a great time for the most part, I did get lost a few times and had to reference a walkthrough, but that is the magic of older games not slapping yellow paint and arrows telling you where to go. The snipers and turrets that pop out of the ground are by far my least favorite enemies.

this is just a short little tech demo… featuring HDR and some dev commentary on a few things.
since I finally beat the main game I allowed myself to play through this so another SG win on BLAEO is marked as beaten!

I intended to finish this one before the anime started, but I was slow and 2 episodes aired before I finished.
this is a wonderful and emotional VN… I swear I didn't cry over yet another anime robot.

I originally started this… in late 2014, I have no idea why I stopped… I assume either World of Warcraft or Path of Exile… both are/were addictions.

great game… only thing I disliked are the teleporting dudes who summon tons of zombie things(occasionally ones that explode and set me on fire!)… you have to use fidgets(the little fairy fox thing) attacks and your special to hurt them… when I encountered them I had invested nothing into it… so each hit was doing about 4 damage… where my attacks were easily doing 50x that.

one more ancient backlog done, and it was a good one!

more half life!
pros: more of a great game, can beat the game letting your friends do all the work and never fire a bullet
cons: flashlight levels, my internet went out while playing so proper time played/achievement tracking is wrong >>
Onto Episode 2!

short and enjoyable puzzle game. a few levels stumped me for a bit, but most I was able to figure out fairly fast.
has a little story with cat pictures between works.
only needed a guide to find the hidden level(faster than just looking for it)

and this wraps up the Half-Life 2 games… now I just need to play the first one… well more like Black Mesa(some day) so I can enjoy a more modern game.
I was getting ready to go find a Gorden get to the 'choppa meme right at the end, but things happened and credits rolled before hand.

This game is incredibly difficult, fortunately you can mod it and Mod the Gungeon includes console commands, so I have been giving myself a nice little handicap…. of a chunk of armor so I have been having a blast actually clearing it instead of getting stuck in the 2-4th chambers(I remember why I stopped playing in on the switch now… I wasn't progressing(skill issue))

this will eventually get 100%'d… maybe, will at least play enough to get more of the achievements

Short, Cute(and bloody to!), I had a good time with it.

If only the scrap generation while not playing the game worked… required a server connection… that is shut down.
so 100%ing this game will likely require afking the game just to get the scrap camps generate every 20 minutes.
also means its going to be near impossible to have all the vehicle upgrades/skill unlocks while doing the story.

Overall game is great, didn't enjoy the forced death race run… but at least I could win just by blowing all the other racers up. Melee ombat was really enjoyable, as long as you could hit a very generously given timer on parry/counters and an occasional dodge you were practically immortal… also shotgun OP, 1 shot, 7 kills.

maybe I should consider watching the mad max movies… I haven't watched any of them

You get to play as a cute little fox!
this game does poorly for some indicators of where something appears at(oh this thing you just made appear is somewhere that you won't remember where is!)… or what to do(that Cicada puzzle…)
7/10, could have been better

and it is officially 100% completed.

I really enjoyed a bunch of the DLC weapons… paranormal scan from among us DLC is busted

This was allright, I don't have the complete collection DLC so maybe the rest is better.

2 is definitely better. Still a solid game, running around with my tactical long range shotgun with great success.

but since I upgraded to an xbox elite series 2 controller I no longer have input issues like I did with my old 360 controller and I could finally play an old SG win from 2013, removed from technical problems, moved to beaten!

maybe I will like it more after beating the others in the series as its little story feels incomplete.

wish there was a better guide, I was going to 100%… but there is a platform puzzle, guide said its completely random, achievement requires making minimal mistakes… apparently it has 2 patterns and the guide creator didn't list either of them. Other achievement I missed is right at the start(didn't realize they weren't guiding me to the achievements, just how to do them and achievements conditions in a box nearby)

a not so great HOG

completely different game than I thought it was, went with keyboard controls… one complaint it was easy to get stuck on your own not on the safe line line making you lose a life…. oh and that dang black dragon sticking to me like glue… and failing the 3rd area of a zone and having to redo the 2 easy ones to get back to the one you failed at. Was able to capture the boss on the final level…. with like 40% of the map, feels good.

another 2013 SG win done(you may notice a pattern with alot of my backlog slaying this month… other than a few backlog games for POP(and finishing off vampire survivors)… its alot of OLD SG wins(slowly progressing towards qualifying to join PM)

very simple logic puzzle game… honestly the levels were to symmetrical… figure out half of the level odds are you have the solution for the other half sitting on your screen.
Think I will start avoiding games like this completely… they aren't challenging me at all.

have the same feelings as the first one
suspect I will feel the same about the third… mostly yawning my way through them because they are wins and I am nearing the criteria to get into PM finally(these cursed 2013-14 wins!)

this game is bad… I only entered GA's for it because it was a SG meme to do so… I got cursed with it
now its beaten, no longer holding its spot in the red bars of shame

do yourself a favor, avoid it!

same feelings as 1 and 2… at least the trilogy is done now!
onto the next game… and it starts with the word alien… again

very basic game, not much to it
boils down to picking upgrades and spawning units on cooldown
steam isn't tracking my time on this correct... having to idle it back to my play time

so many SG wins being slaughtered this month, yet another from 2013 beaten
enjoyable little golf game, some levels were rough.
I thought all the worms game were multiplayer only so when going through my won't plays and seeing this had a single player career mode I decided to turn a red bar green

This one is very cute… but I just couldn't get behind the story, guess I just prefer older characters… or something.
only parts I really liked was when the older demon showed up for the bad endings. probably won't bother 100%ing... if I do I will likely skip text just to trigger the achievements

Excellent game… I guess I watched a full lets play before because as I played through I had vague memories of the entire game

I will eventually replay going for a different ending(a less peaceful ending… there will be blood… red blood)

Reddit win! can't decide if I preferred this one or coteries more
Definitely do prefer anime VN's more
just text skipped through the dead/bad ends to get them done with.

I was inefficient in leveling in item worlds…
both on constantly working on lower tier items so low lvl runs… instead of pushing a little higher to have significantly faster levels(getting occasional bonus gauge bonuses of 100k+ exp for everyone… instead of 3k kind of deal) … and not properly managing residents on items(stat bonuses) so I spent more time grinding than needed to beat the game.

while I had fun this isn't something I will continue playing after, would rather replay final fantasy tactics or a similar game in same genre instead.

really hated how in item world the randomized layout could and somewhat frequently did create extremely annoying or even outright impossibly layouts to clear… including at the 10th/20th/30th level of items which has the item general/king you want to kill(straight impossibly to reach them)… maybe this is possible once you do a ton of grinding, max ranks you get further throw range… idk I am not grinding anymore. I will give my camera/mouse control complaints a pass since I know this is a port of a handheld game designed for use with a dpad

I enjoyed this, didn't get to use enough fire though, sure I could replay where I have access to the flamethrower… but this kind of game doesn't have replay value to me.

not very difficult, but neat little game with a bunch of mini puzzles.
+1 SG win beaten

I am told this is the worst LiS game, overall I enjoyed it… only thing I disliked I felt the kiss between Sean and Finn was forced… I thought the option was hey were bros, the action was definitely not what I intended.

I debated at the end between surrendering and pushing forward, we went to Mexico, no amount of cops was stopping super wolf.

The game itself isn't bad… its just that either it takes to long to get to interesting things or this game just expects you to have better reflexes than I do currently. If I managed to make it to the first boss of a run(which I was able to maybe half the time)… the boss(outside of the ice ones at least) would just kill me in a matter of seconds… they are all fairly fast and hit hard.

Thanks but no thanks, will find something that I feel like I am making progression on and isn't a perfect reflex simulator.

decent game

Thank goodness this game had an assist mode for scrubs like me… I got skill checked on the first level(not the tutorial starting area at least), The previews definitely don't make you think its as hard as it is. Assist mode used… for the entire game :/.

hated the levels that took away your glide ability

If anyone knows how to get a controller to actually work in this game(tried both a PS3 controller on USB and my XBOX elite series 2 wireless controller)… both worked as far… press any key to continue… but beyond that nothing(other than switching to controller icons on UI instead of KB)

I am a sucker for cute anime girls and especially fox girls.
this was short and cute… just wish it would go on sale… just ever… I had to pay full price

art leveled up from the first game, and this one goes on sale!

I need more cute fox girls!

Fox girls must be protected

… expectations met for this, you know what your getting into with the Sakura VN's.

Time to break the trend of Fox games(sadly)

Overall I did enjoy this… it was mostly the lack of fast travel from anywhere that made me enjoy the game less, ultimately it was only a few minutes of running at worst each time. The RPG elements definitely made up for it. I had to play on one of the easier difficulties… it was the one I was on… or getting absolutely crushed just one difficulty higher :/ (I will need to get good when I get to tackling these souls likes in my library)

I decided to RP as myself not the character….
so want me to take your cat to the vet? sorry on the clock… and so on.

I have one complaint about this game… the very brief highly political message that was inserted into game(effective men are the worst)… it was out of place with the rest of the game.

I enjoyed this game alot, I saw a recommendation to go in blind first playthrough(I usually follow a choice guide on VN's… to experience the story at its best and in the right order) and am glad I did… sure I have to do another playthrough as I missed a few achievements(might see if I can find a save file to download for the ending one…. might not, undecided). Making this review before doing 2nd playthrough and won't update it after.

A simplistic vampire survivors clone, while enjoyable it definitely doesn't have the longevity to get me to consider doing all the unlocks… let alone the achievements. Biggest issue is there is no limit to the number of passives or skills you can get… so runs can start to feel a bit to similar. Only true variable is the class/heritage you pick for baseline skill/passive ability and which pet you bring along(which carry a set of passives to… my favorite being the raccoon as it drags chests and such to me)

The story continues from the captured and exiled ending of the first game.
also Goats vs Vampires

Decided to play some more as I wasn't feeling well(just give me a pint of ice cream and I WILL have a fever now(add some cookies… and it will get near high grade fever ranges)… yay for life without a gallbladder)… at least I know now.

I have now unlocked everything possible without DLC, with 2.3M to spare... can grind like 10M gold an hour or more on endless mode with certain setups.

apparently my choice right at the end robbed me of a secret final boss, that's fine though… what puppet could refuse being turned into a human.

I did have to cheat a little vs the Door Guardian… used the infinite perfect guard grindstone against him… then swapped back to my damage ones for the rest of the game(which were unmodified)… not a fan of gimmick bosses that have essentially only one way to beat them(outside of death by 100000 cuts).

that final boss(Simon) had my adrenaline pumping… no pulse cells/life potions or w/e left, a sliver of life for both the boss and me and both us swinging our attacks… mine connected about .05 seconds before his and I won!.

one more SG win marked as beaten

This one is great, all characters voiced, actual full on lets be an anime segments, tons of art, etc…
Do recommend, some no/very low spoiler SS's uploaded.

I only did a few runs of this, the only "meta progression" appears to be class unlocks, no permanent power bonuses or anything so I started to get bored pretty quickly.
does have one of the more interesting weapon mechanics though. I might play some more eventually, but its not scratching the itch for the game I am looking for atm.

enjoyable simple and short game, practically have to follow a guide if you want to 100% though… since it uses one of the items that you will likely use in the wrong place.

cute little puzzle game, unfortunately it was far to easy… only a few levels posed much of a challenge at all.
easy 100% game for those who like to do that, 17/20 are just beating the game… the others are small little things that can be done within a couple minutes at most.

Its pretty.
not my favorite walking sim.

the music at the start makes me think I am getting discord pings all so often. I enjoyed this(rest of review cut due to spoilers)
need to do part 2 soonish… parts 3 and 4?(or is Silence the Pedant a side story?) announced but not released yet… can't let myself get behind now can I

Decided I would go ahead and 100% this… got the last few achievements before the complete all achievements… when it didn't unlocked I googled it… have to max the fandom rank of every single character(talking a good 3-5 20 minute runs each to max… assuming you don't screw up and die)…. so I got a while to go for the last achievement.

still a great F2P game with no monetization on it.

Sale finally happened on the DLC and now I have now truly completed highway blossoms
More story around Cassi(the candy shop girl), the main Duo and the Trio with a focus on Tess.

I enjoyed it, don't want to say to much to prevent spoilers.

game itself is decent… I do feel that the adventure mode should have been shorter or have additional things showing up throughout it… the music while not bad…. needs more variety for how long the campaign is.

Act 2 dropped and I remembered why this game is dangerous to me(it tickles the ADHD brain)… I had 50hrs within a few days added to my play time.
the new update is incredible

gave the post launch game a try since having not touched it for years, it definitely looks better and has a bit more content… I will likely stick to Path of Exile for my regular ARPG though(was expecting this result).
Will definitely check back in occasionally during future cycles.

I am enjoying this game… main complaint is that… I have to run around alot and sit there doing nothing while waiting(why isn't a button to wait X time a default in every game with this)

inserts standard HOG game complaints
this one doesn't really have a hey you won screen… I finished it… clicked next and was back at title screen

nomnomnom delicious anime trash.
Of course I will prefer the fox girl over the childhood friend… why? Tail and ears!

another puzzle game, another its just to easy for me :/

Now I have to wait for a long time for Vol 5.
but all the girls are extra adorable this volume, and we have a new cutie!
Azuki still best girl.

decent little choose your own adventure game, it just wasn't interesting enough for me to go through the chore of 100% completing and unlocking every scene. Managed to get the Hero route on my blind playthrough

Door to Phantomile: the 1st game… overall a disappointment, most of the levels are very easy then suddenly a large difficulty spike nearing the end(didn't try the bonus… it looked like a PITA), bosses are a joke or just annoying.

Lunatea's Veil: much much better than the 1st game, you can tell they saw the issues of the 1st and improved upon them, there were a few annoying aspects to it… but nothing major. Bosses were still way to easy… also game you don't need to tell me how to do everything before I get a chance to figure it out :/

This was better than I thought it was going to be be.
what you see on the store page is definitely what you get.

I have my issues with it(what game do I not?)… fake saves on some things… expecting me to deal with a horde of undead on a location not well suited for it(at least once you fail 3x your offered a skip which auto kills them)… AI snipers have perfect aim and can take out the engine of a motorcycle boosting through the area at max speed totally wrecking the engine, forcing you into combat quests without giving you a chance to change your loadout… but hey the game never crashed, pretty impressive for a AAA game these days.

Overall I had a great time… wish the heavy machine gun was…. just better… a SMG was doing so much more for me in all cases… yes even against a horde of undead… a SMG was beating out a heavy machine gun in clearing them out.

+1 SG win beaten!

Its more Higurashi… what else can I say without spoiling anything?
plenty more chapters to go, I own the next 2 atm… hoping the others steadily get to the 50% discount to make them worth buying.

Technically speaking I haven't beaten everything yet… I am at the point of just grinding out the characters that start with evolved weapons and grinding out the last bit of gold… need to figure out how to get the 2nd item when you picked its to easy/hard as well.

But I have done enough to be happy with marking as beaten, might grab some of the DLC when it goes on sale… might not and just play the other games that played with this game formula(I want to pick up deep rock survivors… its sooo tempting)