Week #17 - 19 (July 24 - August 13, 2017)

Going on vacation tomorrow morning so won’t be able to play anything for the next couple of weeks. I’m not sure how I’ll deal with having no access to the internet, but I should survive. I think.

Beaten / Completed

• Deponia: The Complete Journey
  

  34 hours playtime

  104 of 105 achievements

• Moebius: Empire Rising
  

  16 hours playtime

  30 of 30 achievements

• Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart
  

  3 hours playtime

  9 of 15 achievements

• Nightmares from the Deep 2: The Siren's Call
  

  4 hours playtime

  25 of 29 achievements

• Phantasmagoria
  

  5 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Demon Hunter: Chronicles from Beyond
  

  3 hours playtime

  26 of 28 achievements

• Witch's Pranks: Frog's Fortune Collector's Edition
  

  3 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Phantasmagoria 2
  

  5 hours playtime

  no achievements

• 1,000 Heads Among the Trees
  

  2 hours playtime

  6 of 6 achievements

• Gomo
  

  76 minutes playtime

  no achievements

• Wanda
  

  3 hours playtime

  12 of 12 achievements

• Pixel Puzzles Ultimate
  

  117 hours playtime

  306 of 919 achievements

Currently playing

• Gabriel Knight - Sins of the Fathers
  

  59 minutes playtime

  5 of 51 achievements

I started playing this before I realized how long it is (~18 hours), so I’ll start all over when I get back home. My memory is that of a goldfish, so I wouldn’t remember what I’ve done and what to do next.

Upcoming

• Karaski: What Goes Up...
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 50 achievements

Signed up for Skanda’s challenge with this SG win of mine. Not sure if I have others with 31+ achievements. It seems a bit short but considering that I’ll be away for nearly 2 weeks, I think it’s okay.
Looks like a fun game though, so can’t wait to start playing. :)

New Additions

Week #16 (July 17 - 23, 2017)

A short little update.

Beaten / Completed

• ABC Coloring Town
  

  88 minutes playtime

  no achievements

• Murder Mystery Adventure
  

  2 hours playtime

  no achievements

• klocki
  

  84 minutes playtime

  1 of 1 achievements

• Rest In Peace
  

  45 minutes playtime

  no achievements

Currently playing

• Deponia: The Complete Journey
  

  30 hours playtime

  89 of 105 achievements

Almost done with Deponia: The Complete Journey. I’m more than half-way through (I think?) with the final game in this trilogy. I really can’t wait for it since I need a serious break from Rufus. D:

New Additions

Week #15 (July 10 - 16, 2017)

I know it’s a bit early but I want to give you a head’s up on August, which is when I’ll be on vacation. I won’t have access to Steam, so any gaming is out of the question. That also means that I won’t be making any updates here for 2-3 weeks, since there won’t be any progress whatsoever to report on when it comes to my backlog.

Beaten / Completed

• It's Spring Again
  

  84 minutes playtime

  4 of 4 achievements

• Bayou Island - Point and Click Adventure
  

  2 hours playtime

  no achievements

Not much to report here concerning my beaten games.

Bayou Island left me a bit disappointed though. All I could think when I reached the end was “Was this it? Really? No…” I probably racked up some extra playtime from running back and forth, trying to figure out the code for the fuse box. Shouldn’t have been that hard, but I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed. xD

Also, It’s Spring Again has a wonderful art style, which is why I wanted the game in the first place. Anyone agree with me? If you know other games with similar art style, please, please PLEASE, let me know! I’d love you forever if you do <3

Currently playing

• Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse
  

  3 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Deponia: The Complete Journey
  

  8 hours playtime

  20 of 105 achievements

• Murder Mystery Adventure
  

  23 minutes playtime

  no achievements

Deponia: The Complete Journey is my new choice for the monthly theme here on BLAEO since Rain World didn’t run very well. I’ve previously played the first game, as seen here, so I knew what to do, at least for the most part. I’m really excited to see how the story continues!

Murder Mystery Adventure is plain confusing. I have no clue what to do, really… Sure, the game explains things, but I’m still so very lost. Mark my words, game. I will beat you!

New Additions

I know, I know! Too many new games in just a week, but come on… Let a girl have her shopping sprees, especially when she has to improve her group stats on SG!:D

Week #14 (July 3 - 9, 2017)

I really want a slight tan this summer, and that has interfered with my playtime a tad bit. So far it has been raining for the most part so when they sun shows up, I’ll take the opportunity to get some color. People always complain about how pale I am, and sometimes even argue what’s paler, me or a white sheet. Not this year! You can crack jokes about my stupidity, that’s fine, but I will not tolerate ones about my skin tone. xD

Beaten / Completed

• Pixel Puzzles Ultimate
  

  110 hours playtime

  304 of 917 achievements

• 9 Clues 2: The Ward
  

  4 hours playtime

  36 of 39 achievements

• Dark Heritage: Guardians of Hope
  

  5 hours playtime

  23 of 25 achievements

• Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Collector's Edition
  

  6 hours playtime

  34 of 40 achievements

• Theatre Of The Absurd
  

  3 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Bathory - The Bloody Countess
  

  3 hours playtime

  no achievements

July’s PPU challenge was too easy this time, as I finished it in a couple of days. Come on devs, give us a real challenge, like last month! :D
Now, if only I could win the lottery so I could keep up with all the DLC for PPU. Not too long ago, I was about half-way with my achievement hunting but now I’m very far away from my goal which makes me kinda sad. (I know I’m silly, but I like my perfect games on Steam.)

Currently playing

• Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse
  

  3 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Paws
  

  2 hours playtime

  5 of 19 achievements

Currently on episode Sam & Max 302: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak and I’ve enjoyed the adventure so far. I do however think that I’ve missed ALOT of the story by not having played season 1 & 2 out of the series. At least that’s how it feels…

I’m not really sure if it’s my PC or if Paws: A Shelter 2 Game is buggy, but I can’t make much progress after I lose mama Lynx. I just get stuck in bushes or something. I’ve tried to tinker with settings and whatnot, but I always get stuck in the same area. I’m giving up on this game for now, but will try in a week or two again. By then I’ll only have a few of days finish since I won it in a Playing Appreciated giveaway, but what’s a girl to do?

Upcoming

• Rain World
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 21 achievements

I picked Rain World for my first monthly theme here, and I’ll get right on it tomorrow, Monday, as I’ve felt a bit too distracted during this weekend. I’ve heard that it’s quite difficult, so hopefully I can manage to complete the game within the next 2.5 weeks. From the little gameplay I’ve seen of it, I suspect that I’ll have a hard time putting the controller away when it’s bedtime. Or food time. Or time for anything else of importance. xD

New Additions

Generous friends are generous. I owe them a small fortune by now, yet they keep gifting me all kinds of games. STOP!

Week #3 - 13 (April 17 - July 2, 2017)

First off, I’d like to apologize for my inactivity, but I had some personal issues to take care of. Now that I’ve dealt with those problems, I can continue dealing with my backlog, which has grown tremendously in the past 3 months. I have nothing but time on my hands though, so I think I can do a good job during the summer.

I’m going to keep this quite short, and not do much formatting, since I need to get some sleep very soon. Keyboards are never comfortable pillows.

Beaten / Completed

• Pixel Puzzles Ultimate
  

  104 hours playtime

  303 of 917 achievements

• Vampire Legends: The True Story of Kisilova
  

  3 hours playtime

  9 of 10 achievements

• Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink
  

  3 hours playtime

  15 of 19 achievements

• Eventide 2: The Sorcerers Mirror
  

  3 hours playtime

  25 of 30 achievements

• Agent Walker: Secret Journey
  

  3 hours playtime

  14 of 16 achievements

• The Secret Order 2: Masked Intent
  

  4 hours playtime

  22 of 24 achievements

• Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery
  

  3 hours playtime

  12 of 12 achievements

• Fairy Tale Mysteries: The Puppet Thief
  

  2 hours playtime

  14 of 17 achievements

• Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala
  

  4 hours playtime

  31 of 34 achievements

• Russian Horror Story
  

  44 minutes playtime

  2 of 12 achievements

Currently playing

• Escape The Past
  

  13 minutes playtime

  1 of 10 achievements

• Dark Heritage: Guardians of Hope
  

  84 minutes playtime

  9 of 25 achievements

I’m probably just very dumb, but I got stuck in Dark Heritage after I got through the maze. Time to hunt down a walkthrough I guess. At least the game isn’t giving me blue screens like Escape the Past did. Twice!

New Additions (April 17 - July 2, 2017)

I’m way, way too tired to make a table this time, so I’ll just post a list and mark all SG wins with an asterisk (*).

Welcome to the Game
Bayou Island - Point and Click Adventure *
Agent Walker: Secret Journey *
Paws: A Shelter 2 Game *
Hiiro *
Unmechanical *
Mr. Shadow
Road to Ballhalla
Reflection of Mine
Chronology
Doors
The Secret Order 2: Masked Intent *
Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery *
Karaski: What Goes Up… *
Solstice
Dark Years *
Eventide 2: The Sorcerers Mirror *
Rain World
Beastiarium *
Refunct
Grab the Bottle
Eclipsed
After Life - Story of a Father
Candle
Back to Bed
The Butterfly Sign *
Mirrored - Chapter 1
The Descendant - Complete Season (Episodes 1 - 5)
Jotun: Valhalla Edition
Event[0]
Maize
Good Archer
Poncho
The Land of Eyas
One Upon Light
Lumini
The Marvellous Miss Take
Munin *
TurnOn
Small Radios Big Televisions
SteamWorld Heist
Root Of Evil: The Tailor
The Deadly Tower of Monsters
Metrico+
The Turing Test
GoNNER - Press Jump To Die Edition
Dark Heritage: Guardians of Hope *
Owlboy *
Costume Quest 2 *
ISLANDS
Calvino Noir
Sheltered *
Mortificatio *
Wanda *
The Lost Valley *
A Trip to Yugoslavia: Director’s Cut
THE BUTTERFLY SIGN - Chapter II
SnarfQuest Tales, Episode 1: The Beginning
Algotica - Iteration 1
A Pixel Story
Fairy Tale Mysteries: The Puppet Thief *
INSIDE
Heaven Forest - VR MMO
Langoth *
Construct: Escape the System *

Week #2 (April 10 - 16, 2017)

This week has been busy and a lot of stuff has gotten in the way of my backlog assassination, but I’m really, really hoping that I will have more time for that in the near future. I also realized that I forgot to add new games to my previous post, so I’ve added it for both weeks. Anyway, let’s move on to my current progress:

Beaten / Completed

• Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride
  

  6 hours playtime

  20 of 24 achievements

• Kentucky Route Zero
  

  7 hours playtime

  no achievements

I’ve marked Kentucky Route Zero as unfinished, despite listing it as beaten in this post, simply because I will not be able to continue until act V is released. I’ve gotten as far as I can for now, so in that regard, it’s ‘beaten’.

Currently playing

• Pony Island
  

  34 minutes playtime

  4 of 20 achievements

• Stardew Valley
  

  38 minutes playtime

  0 of 40 achievements

Both games seem really, really fun and I can’t wait to continue both. I can already tell that Stardew Valley is going to be a real challenge, mainly because I’m not the least bit experienced with these kinds of games. There’s just so many things to keep an eye on and I have no clue if I will be able to become the great farmer I want to be.

New Additions (April 3 - 16, 2017)

Besides being busy, I’ve also managed to get some new games through trading or being very lucky on SG in the past 2 weeks. Gotta start beating games faster if I want to make a dent in my backlog, I guess.

Week #1 (April 3 - 9, 2017)

I’ve enjoyed my first week here on BLAEO and managed to feel extra motivated to deal with my backlog. Learning how this site works by reading guides and posts by other members also took some time, but it was fun and interesting. I just wish I could post such lengthy and well-written reviews / progress reports myself, but oh well…
But enough of my rambling, let’s get down to business:

Beaten / Completed

• Désiré
  

  4 hours playtime

  no achievements

• The Last Dream: Developer's Edition
  

  4 hours playtime

  13 of 13 achievements

• Time Mysteries: Inheritance - Remastered
  

  3 hours playtime

  10 of 10 achievements

• Crime Secrets: Crimson Lily
  

  3 hours playtime

  24 of 24 achievements

• Dark Arcana: The Carnival
  

  3 hours playtime

  13 of 19 achievements

• The Pit And The Pendulum
  

  2 hours playtime

  no achievements

All of these were such short games that it doesn’t feel like such a huge accomplishment to have beaten them all in my first week. I mean, The Pit and the Pendulum took me a mere 20 minutes to finish (after which I just waited for my card drops).

Currently playing

• Kentucky Route Zero
  

  4 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride
  

  2 hours playtime

  3 of 24 achievements

I could have sworn that I beat Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride a long time ago since the game is extremely familiar but the achievement progress tells a different story. Anyone know if achievements can reset on their own?

Upcoming

• Stardew Valley
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 40 achievements

As I’ve picked such short games for this month’s must-play list, I decided to start playing Stardew Valley very shortly. Not sure if I can manage to beat it before the month is over, but I’ll give it my best. :D