Kubi's killing the backlog! kubikill’s profile

Hello! I'm Jakub.

I make web things, like to play games and have terrible spending habits. I can play just about any game, as long as it's not either a dating sim, a horror game or Bad Rats.
I usually stick to singleplayer games but I'm down to play something multiplayer if someone's interested.

Game strategy: Complete main story and most (or all) unique side content.
Go for 100% achievements only if the achievements are fun to get and aren't too difficult and time-consuming.

Rating system:

★★★★★★ - Masterpiece! One of my favorites.
★★★★★ - Loved it! Maybe not perfect but still just as amazing.
★★★★ - Really liked it! There were some nitpicks but nothing too major.
★★★ - Liked it! Not a jaw dropper, but not that bad either.
★★ - It was okay. Could've been better.
★ - Not worth playing.

Uplay

100% (14/14)
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Game Playtime/Achievements
Assassin's Creed 0 hours, N/A
Assassin's Creed II 0 hours, N/A
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood 0 hours, N/A
Assassin's Creed Revelations 0 hours, N/A
Assassin's Creed III 0 hours, 0/64
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag 0 hours, 0/60
Assassin's Creed Rogue 0 hours, N/A
Assassin's Creed Unity 0 hours, N/A
Assassin's Creed Syndicate 0 hours, N/A
Beyond Good and Evil 0 hours, N/A
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon 0 hours, 0/19
Far Cry 4 0 hours, N/A
Watch Dogs 0 hours, 0/48
Watch Dogs 2 0 hours, 0/55

GOG

100% (7/7)
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Game Playtime/Achievements
Brigador Up-Armored Edition 0 hours, N/A
Control: Ultimate Edition 0 hours, N/A
Fallout 2 0 hours, N/A
Fallout Tactics 0 hours, N/A
Ghostrunner 0 hours, N/A
Seven: Enhanced Edition 0 hours, N/A
Wasteland 2 Director's Cut 0 hours, N/A

Itch.io

100% (14/14)
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Game Playtime/Achievements
A Dance of Fire and Ice 0 hours, N/A
Button City 0 hours, N/A
Death and Taxes 0 hours, N/A
El Tango de la Muerte 0 hours, N/A
Fit For A King 0 hours, N/A
Flux 0 hours, N/A
Glittermitten Grove 0 hours, N/A
Long Gone Days 0 hours, N/A
LOVE 0 hours, N/A
Pyre 0 hours, N/A
Resynth 0 hours, N/A
Quadrilateral Cowboy 0 hours, N/A
Summer in Mara 0 hours, N/A
Windosill 0 hours, N/A

Epic Games Store

100% (31/31)
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Game Playtime/Achievements
Anodyne 2: Return To Dust 0 hours, N/A
A Short Hike 0 hours, N/A
Ape Out 0 hours, N/A
Axiom Verge 0 hours, N/A
BioShock: The Collection 0 hours, N/A
Celeste 0 hours, N/A
City of Brass 0 hours, N/A
Dark Deity 0 hours, N/A
Enter the Gungeon 0 hours, N/A
INSIDE 0 hours, N/A
Into The Breach 0 hours, N/A
Metro 2033 Redux 0 hours, N/A
Mutant Year Zero Road to Eden 0 hours, N/A
Mutazione 0 hours, N/A
Night in the Woods 0 hours, N/A
Rise of the Tomb Raider 0 hours, N/A
Sable 0 hours, N/A
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun 0 hours, N/A
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition 0 hours, N/A
Slime Rancher 0 hours, N/A
Sundered Eldritch Edition 0 hours, N/A
The Long Dark 0 hours, N/A
The Spectrum Retreat 0 hours, N/A
The Witness 0 hours, N/A
The Textorcist 0 hours, N/A
Thimbleweed Park 0 hours, N/A
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator 0 hours, N/A
Towerfall Ascension 0 hours, N/A
What Remains of Edith Finch 0 hours, N/A
while True: learn() 0 hours, N/A
Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair 0 hours, N/A

Legacy/completed backlogs

Xbox Game Pass

92.6% (25/27)
3.7% (1/27)
3.7% (1/27)
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Game Playtime/Achievements
AI: The Somnium Files 4★ 32 hours, 34/15
A Plague Tale: Innocence 5★ ~16 hours, 35/35
As Dusk Falls 5★ 7 hours, 25/50
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling 6★ 43.3 hours, 30/30
Call of the Sea 4★ 3.9 hours, 16/34
Coffee Talk 5★ 4.5 hours, 16/24
Dicey Dungeons 5★ 23.6 hours, 31/53
Donut County 4★ ~2 hours, N/A
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition 4★ ~9 hours, N/A
Hades 6★ 75.8 hours, 43/49
Halo: The Master Chief Collection 1★ ~5 hours, 0/700
Hitman Trilogy 4★ 42.5 hours, 26/83
Katana ZERO 5★ ~5 hours, N/A
Last Call BBS 5★ 10.5 hours, 5/10
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy 5★ 20.8 hours, 50/58
NieR:Automata BECOME AS GODS Edition 6★ 30.5 hours, 31/48
Octopath Traveler 3★ ~64 hours, 65/88
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition 6★ ~10 hours, N/A
Psychonauts 2 6★ ~30 hours, 57/57
Rain On Your Parade 5★ 4.3 hours, 8/22
Tetris Effect: Connected 6★ ~5 hours, 13/42
The Forgotten City 6★ 7.8 hours, 27/40
The Pedestrian 6★ 3.7 hours, 10/10
Unpacking 5★ 4.5 hours, 19/25
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action 5★ ~15 hours, 33/33
Wolfenstein: The New Order 5★ 11.6 hours, N/A
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood 4★ 6.7 hours, N/A

Nintendo 3DS

96.3% (26/27)
3.7% (1/27)
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Game Playtime
BoxBoy! 4★ ~6 hours
BoxBoxBoy! 4★ ~5 hours
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 4★ Also on PC 3 hours
Fire Emblem: Awakening 5★ 60.3 hours
Fire Emblem Fates 4★ 134 hours
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia 6★ 49.1 hours
Gunman Clive 4★ Also on PC 1.1 hours
Gunman Clive 2 4★ Also on PC ~1 hour
Kirby: Planet Robobot 4★ 9 hours
Kirby: Triple Deluxe 4★ Challenge Me! 9.5 hours
Ikachan 3★ Also on PC ~1 hour
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team 4★ 31.5 hours
New Super Mario Bros. 2 4★ 9 hours
Paper Mario: Sticker Star 1★ 3 hours
Picross 3D: Round 2 4★ 41.4 hours
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy 5★ 22 hours
Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask 4★ 21 hours
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 4★ 22.9 hours
Rhythm Heaven Megamix 4★ 7.1 hours
Rhythm Thief and the Emperor's Treasure 3★ 6.5 hours
River City: Tokyo Rumble 4★ 4 hours
SteamWorld Heist 5★ Also on PC 11.5 hours
Super Mario 3D Land 5★ 10 hours
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D 5★ 26 hours
Ultimate NES Remix 4★ 8.8 hours
WarioWare Gold 5★ 9.3 hours
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma 5★ Also on PC 26 hours

EA Desktop

100.0% (9/9)
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Game Playtime/Achievements
A Way Out EA Play 6★ 8 hours, N/A
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Origin Access 5★ ~30 hours, N/A
Brothers - a Tale of Two Sons Origin Access 4★ ~2 hours, N/A
Deponia Doomsday Origin Access 4★ ~11 hours, N/A
Mass Effect 3 EA Play 6★ ~63 hours, N/A
Mirror's Edge Origin Access 4★ ~5 hours, N/A
Mirror's Edge: Catalyst EA Play 4★ 12.1 hours, N/A
The Saboteur Origin Access 4★ ~21 hours, N/A
Unravel EA Play 4★ 7.5 hours, N/A
kubikill on Steam kubikill on SteamGifts

January - March 2024 Progress Jump to next post

Finished games:

Unfinished games:

Upcoming games

Current progress

35.8% (266/742)
12.9% (96/742)
4.4% (33/742)
46.8% (347/742)

does not include games from the "won't play" list and non-Steam backlogs

Notes

I have been struggling with my mental health for the past few months, mainly due to loneliness and not much stuff happening in my life and had to take 3 weeks of time off my job to recover. I’m starting to feel better somewhat and next week I’m going on the first vacation I have been on in a good few years to do something else for once and take a break from it all.

Also I skipped the April-June PoP cycle to focus on games I got as gifts from Secret Santas from PAGYWOSG, TalePlay and the older BLAEO Secret Santas (thank you all, you’re all the best :D ), since some of them have already been waiting for a very long time… I’ve started GreedFall, Pyre and Vampire Survivors a few days ago already and I plan to do as much as I can until the next PoP cycle.

BLAEO+ is taking the backseat for now unless something breaks, hopefully I can come back to it soon.

That’s all for now. Thanks for reading and have a great Easter!

23 days ago* 5 comments

October - December 2023 Progress Jump to next post

Finished games:

Unfinished games:

Upcoming games

Current progress

34.8% (261/749)
12.4% (93/749)
4.3% (32/749)
48.5% (363/749)

does not include games from the "won't play" list and non-Steam backlogs

Progress 1 year ago

36.0% (239/664)
12.0% (80/664)
4.8% (32/664)
47.1% (313/664)

Notes

And with that, another year of backlog fighting has ended! 35 games were completed/beaten but 85 more have been added… I went too crazy with shopping, especially in December and my awesome Secret Santas from TalePlay and PAGYWOSG contributed to that also xD And I didn’t spend enough time playing since this year I’ve also been tackling my movie, TV show and book backlogs. Add TF2 which kept (and still keeps!) a firm grasp on me and all the work done on BLAEO+ and you can easily see why there wasn’t enough progress this year :P

I’ve also recently upgraded my GPU on my main PC and gave Linux a try now that I have an AMD card. The Deck proved to me that Linux handles gaming really well thanks to Proton but now I want to see how it works when I use it as a daily driver. Other than not being able to change settings of my Logitech mouse, it’s good so far :)

As for BLAEO+, more updates are planned this year - such as a Steam store integration which will show more data from Steam (like review scores, tags, categories like Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop etc.), a tag list maker which will let you automatically add games to lists by Steam tags (PAGYWOSG members will like this one!), a way to bulk delete remove games and I will also look into a SteamHunters integration which will let you see median completion times for games as well as use that stat for making lists instead of using HLTB times.

That’s all for now. Here’s to 2024!

4 months ago 2 comments

June - September 2023 Progress Jump to next post

Finished games:

Unfinished games:

Current progress

36.7% (258/703)
12.5% (88/703)
4.6% (32/703)
46.2% (325/703)

does not include games from the "won't play" list and non-Steam backlogs

Notes

I released a new BLAEO+ update in September that adds ProtonDB and Steam Deck Verified integrations, as well as blacklist and auto list sorting features. I’m currently working on a way to automatically categorize games by their HLTB times, something PoP members will really appreciate ;) sadly i was a little too late for this cycle but it will be ready before the next!
After that, I think that will be it for BLAEO+ updates since I’m out of ideas, save for some bugfixes or improvements for existing features. That being said, if you have any feedback or suggestions, I’ll appreciate it if you post it in the BLAEO+ thread on the Steam group.

7 months ago* 20 comments

May 2023 Progress Jump to next post

Finished games:

Unfinished games:

Current progress

36.1% (247/685)
12.3% (84/685)
4.8% (33/685)
46.9% (321/685)

does not include games from the "won't play" list and non-Steam backlogs

Notes

Lots of started new games, but not lots of finished games this month. Other than that, a lot of time went into playing TF2’s Operation Voltaic Violence community event, and I also did some work on the ProtonDB integration for BLAEO+ - hopefully I can release an update with it this month.

That’s all for now. Thanks for checking out my post!

11 months ago 0 comments

March-April 2023 Progress Jump to next post

Finished games:

Unfinished games:

Current progress

36.4% (246/675)
12.3% (83/675)
4.4% (30/675)
46.8% (316/675)

does not include games from the "won't play" list and non-Steam backlogs

Notes

Last 2 months weren’t that productive in terms of my backlog progress, as most of the time went either into playing TF2 or making BLAEO+. Fortunately I’ll have more days off work this month so hopefully I can go back to business as usual.

BLAEO+

Earlier this month I released BLAEO+, a userscript for BLAEO that adds some new features and QoL improvements to the site, including How Long to Beat integration, filtering games by tags or modes (SP, MP, CO-OP), saving/loading post drafts, previewing comments before adding them, QoL improvements for mobile, etc. I’ll be slowly adding new features to it over the next few months, like ProtonDB integration, Steam Deck Verified icons, adding games to tags automatically by playtime or other criteria, etc.
I’d love to hear what you think about it, and if there are any other useful features you’d like to see added.

Install BLAEO+
Source code on GitHub
Discussion thread on BLAEO Steam group

That’s all for now. Thanks for checking out my post!

12 months ago 12 comments

February 2023 Progress Jump to next post

Finished games:

Unfinished games:

Current progress

36.2% (241/666)
12.2% (81/666)
4.7% (31/666)
47.0% (313/666)

does not include games from the "won't play" list and non-Steam backlogs

Notes

Made some pretty decent progress this month. Like a Dragon: Ishin! ended up taking most of my attention this month (even though it came out on the 19th…) and it looks like it’s going to remain this way for March too. I’ve also been working on a little interesting project I’m hoping to reveal sometime this month :)

That’s all for now. Thanks for checking out my post!

about 1 year ago 6 comments

January 2023 Progress Jump to next post

Finished games:

83.3 hours
33/40
Screenshots
★★★★★★
Played on Steam

A prequel to Gothic 1 made as a total conversion mod for Gothic 2. Calling it a mod doesn’t do it justice because it straight up looks like a full game expansion or hell, even an entire new game, all made with love, care and passion to be as much of a true Gothic experience as possible, from the prologue on the ship all the way to the ending.

The world feels alive as pretty much everything was placed by hand with purpose encouraging exploration, quests can be completed in many ways and which way to complete them does matter and major changes occur as you go between chapters. There is enough content for multiple playthroughs where you can take different choices, side with different factions or go for a different playstyle.

As for gameplay though, TCoM makes a lot of improvements over Gothic 2. You no longer have to save items that permanently increase your stats for the endgame to get most benefit, you no longer need to unequip stat increasing items to spend less LP on increasing stats, there is better fast travel, you can make food/potions in bulk and so on… Some things just can’t be changed though. Combat didn’t change much from Gothic 2 and the control scheme is still just as cumbersome (but it can work well on a controller if you install a mod for it). Difficulty-wise it seems a bit easier than the Gothic games, however you are still going to get your ass kicked if you’re not careful.

Also I’m really surprised how this game is fully dubbed (only in Polish though, but still), even more so the dub is actually decent, however there are a few situations where the characters’ speech doesn’t fit the situation at hand. The soundtrack is really good as well, some songs are remixes of music from Gothic games and some songs are entirely new.

Unfortunately though this still runs on the janky, ages-old Gothic 2 engine so getting it to run well on modern PCs can be a real pain sometimes, and you may need to do some extra modding for a better experience. For my playthrough I installed the D3D11 renderer as well as Union and a few Union plugins, including zGamePad for controller support, zBugFixes for engine fixes, zMarkItems to mark new inventory items and zNoFriendlyFire to avoid accidentally attacking friendly NPCs. With that setup I could play with very few issues and and 3 crashes.

And if that weren’t enough, the devs are still not done with the game, as they are working on a 2.0 update with new content and improvements as well as hardcore difficulty.

I really love this game, maybe even more than Gothic itself. I even went and donated to them because I just want them to keep up the good work and I’d love to see any future projects if they do end up making any. If you liked Gothic then this is a must-play, but if you didn’t but like similar hardcore RPGs then you’re gonna have a great time with this game. Heavily recommended.


Unfinished games:

Next up

  • The Adventure Pals

    0 hours playtime

    0 of 31 achievements

  • Like a Dragon: Ishin!

    0 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Looking forward to The Adventure Pals, a long time ago I played a Flash game prequel of it which was fun. PoP pick from Andy.
  • Still can’t believe Yakuza EKHEM Like a Dragon: Ishin is coming to the West. I’ve always wanted to play the OG but couldn’t since there was no English translation. Can’t wait for it to come out! PoP pick from emymer.

Current progress

36.2% (241/666)
12.2% (81/666)
4.7% (31/666)
47.0% (313/666)

does not include games from the "won't play" list and non-Steam backlogs

Notes

Time to get back in habit of regular BLAEO posts. I’ve started this year by joining Play or Pay and completing a few of assigned games, and spending a lot of time playing Pre-Fortress 2 (14h according to in-game stats). Feels like I’ve discovered TF2 anew and it’s so much fun… which isn’t good if I really wanna focus on my backlog lol

That’s all for now. Thanks for checking out my post!

about 1 year ago 4 comments

Year 2022 Progress Jump to next post

Finished games:

  • AI: The Somnium Files

    32 hours playtime

    34 of 45 achievements

    ★★★★☆☆ GAME
    PASS

  • As Dusk Falls

    7 hours playtime

    25 of 50 achievements

    ★★★★★☆ GAME
    PASS

  • A Way Out

    7.5 hours playtime

    no achievements

    ★★★★★★ GAME
    PASS

  • Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling

    43.3 hours playtime

    30 of 30 achievements

    ★★★★★★ GAME
    PASS

  • Coffee Talk

    4.4 hours playtime

    16 of 24 achievements

    ★★★★★☆ GAME
    PASS

  • Dicey Dungeons

    23.6 hours playtime

    31 of 53 achievements

    ★★★★★☆ GAME
    PASS

  • Dishonored RHCP

    25.6 hours playtime

    35 of 80 achievements

    ★★★★★★

  • Judgment

    94.6 hours playtime

    47 of 47 achievements

    ★★★★★★

  • Kirby: Planet Robobot

    9 hours playtime

    no achievements

    ★★★★☆☆

  • Last Call BBS

    10.7 hours playtime

    5 of 10 achievements

    ★★★★★☆ GAME
    PASS

  • Lost Judgment

    112.2 hours playtime

    56 of 56 achievements

    ★★★★★★

  • Mafia: Definitive Edition

    12.1 hours playtime

    32 of 43 achievements

    ★★★★★☆

  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

    20.9 hours playtime

    50 of 58 achievements

    ★★★★★☆ GAME
    PASS

  • Max Payne 3

    10.5 hours playtime

    24 of 67 achievements

    ★★★★☆☆

  • McPixel 3

    6.0 hours playtime

    93 of 93 achievements

    ★★★★★☆

  • Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

    14.9 hours playtime

    27 of 60 achievements

    ★★★★★★

  • Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance

    14 hours playtime

    no achievements

    ★★★★★☆

  • Say No! More

    2.1 hours playtime

    18 of 22 achievements

    ★★★★☆☆

  • Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)

    44.3 hours playtime

    66 of 76 achievements

    ★★★★☆☆

  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated

    10.7 hours playtime

    32 of 32 achievements

    ★★★★☆☆

  • The Henry Stickmin Collection

    5.6 hours playtime

    82 of 82 achievements

    ★★★★★★

  • The Pedestrian

    3.7 hours playtime

    10 of 10 achievements

    ★★★★★★ GAME
    PASS

  • The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

    7.0 hours playtime

    9 of 11 achievements

    ★★★★★★

  • UnMetal

    8.7 hours playtime

    35 of 40 achievements

    ★★★★★☆

  • Unpacking

    4.5 hours playtime

    19 of 25 achievements

    ★★★★★☆ GAME
    PASS

  • Uplink

    16.1 hours playtime

    no achievements

    ★★★★★☆

  • Unravel

    7.5 hours playtime

    no achievements

    ★★★★☆☆ GAME
    PASS

  • Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

    16.3 hours playtime

    28 of 80 achievements

    ★★★★☆☆ GAME
    PASS

Unfinished games:

Current progress

36.0% (239/664)
12.0% (80/664)
4.8% (32/664)
47.1% (313/664)

does not include games from the "won't play" list and non-Steam backlogs

Progress 1 year ago

48.6% (291/599)
1.8% (11/599)
4.0% (24/599)
45.6% (273/599)

Notes

There goes an another year of backlog fighting. This year saw me mostly playing (and trying, but never finishing) a lot of Game Pass games, finishing my 3DS backlog (by cutting it short - I’ve lost interest in a lot of its games) and starting a new era of backlog fighting as the Steam Deck is now here to help me. Since my Game Pass subscription is ending and I’ve played everything of interest on the 3DS, I am going back to my Steam backlog full-time for this year, and I joined Play or Pay to have an extra incentive to keep playing. I also want to go back to regular monthly progress reports, as I didn’t write a single report in 2022 aside for this one.

That’s all for now. Thanks for reading and have a happy new year!

over 1 year ago 5 comments

December 2021 Progress Jump to next post

Finished games:

7.8 hours
27/40
★★★★★☆
GAME
PASS Played on XGP

An adventure game with emphasis on narrative. It is based on a Skyrim mod of the same name and inherits some of Skyrim’s features and quirks, but is now a complete, standalone game with its own assets and also additional content, improvements and polish. I’ve never played the original mod version, but I did hear that it got a lot of praise.

+++ Excellent writing and story with many twists and fleshed-out characters.
++ Well-designed puzzles. I had no problem solving them on my own by staying patient and exploring as much as possible, and the in-game task-list prevents you from being lost as you’ll always know what still needs to be solved and done.
++ Impressive voice-acting. How’d they manage to find such great voice actors??
+ Respects your time when it comes to chores. Once you figure out certain tasks, you won’t have to do them again and again on each loop as the game will give you a way to skip them.
+ Good visuals (that can be captured with the game’s own photo mode)
● The combat feels tacked on, and the ability to kick enemies away makes it trivial, but it’s serviceable. I’m guessing they kept it from the Skyrim mod. Fortunately, the combat is used in only one segment (which is optional at that, if I recall correctly?).
- The game crashed or freezed a few times on me when loading saves.
- It doesn’t seem well-optimized. On a GTX 1660 Super with max settings 1080p/60fps, the game would nearly max out my GPU, regardless of whether I’m walking around the city or talking to someone without much happening in background.
- Some characters clip through their own clothing.

This is a fantastic game - I heavily recommend it if you like unraveling mysteries or just like history or philosophy. I would also recommend going in blind. I’m excited to see what Modern Storyteller does next as this is a great game to debut with.


  • Baba Is You

    10 hours playtime

    no achievements

    ★★★★★☆

  • Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

    3 hours playtime

    no achievements

    ★★★★☆☆

  • Hades

    76 hours playtime

    43 of 49 achievements

    ★★★★★★ GAME
    PASS

  • This Is the Police 2

    ~22 hours playtime

    no achievements

    ★★★★☆☆

  • Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

    8.1 hours playtime

    no achievements

    ★★★★☆☆ GAME
    PASS

Unfinished games:

  • A Way Out

    2 hours playtime

    no achievements

    GAME
    PASS

  • Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling

    4.3 hours playtime

    2 of 30 achievements

    GAME
    PASS

  • Dicey Dungeons

    13 hours playtime

    16 of 53 achievements

    GAME
    PASS

  • Kirby: Planet Robobot

    5 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated

    5.4 hours playtime

    12 of 32 achievements

  • I started playing A Way Out with my friend a couple days ago and so far we’re having a blast! I’m also surprised at how well the game works with poor network quality - the weak connection icon shows at all times but we haven’t experienced any lag yet.
  • I didn’t play Bug Fables for long, but my first impressions are very good so far, and it feels like a proper successor to the first 2 Paper Mario games.
  • Still going through Dicey Dungeons. Managed to complete first 3 episodes with each character so far.
  • I received SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom as a Stealthy Santa gift from Cece09 (thanks again :D). I used to watch the show back in the day so it was nice to return to it by playing this game. I’ve never played the original so I don’t know how the remaster compares to it, but the visuals look nice and the gameplay seems good (though I wish you could move a bit faster). What I didn’t like is that some voice lines get repeated A LOT so it gets annoying after a while. Still, I’m looking forward to seeing more of this game.

Current progress

48.6% (291/599)
1.8% (11/599)
4.0% (24/599)
45.6% (273/599)

does not include games from the "won't play" list and non-Steam backlogs

Progress 1 year ago

38.7% (229/592)
6.9% (41/592)
4.1% (24/592)
50.3% (298/592)

Notes

Another year of backlog fighting completed. This year my Steam backlog didn’t get as much progress as before, mainly because I spent a lot of time playing games from Xbox Game Pass and also on the 3DS, but at least my wishlist grew smaller thanks to it. This will continue for this year as my XGP sub ends mid-January 2023 and I want to play all of the games I’m interested in before my sub ends or they get removed from XGP entirely (currently there are ~30 games left, but that number will most likely increase as new games are added to XGP each month). I will also try to complete the 3DS backlog this year (10 games left currently) so I can pass the console to its next owner and make room for the Steam Deck (assuming I can get it this year… but I’m not 100% sure of it). I’ll also continue limiting my game purchases to a minimum because of Game Pass.

That’s all for now. Thanks for reading and have a great year! :D

over 2 years ago 7 comments

August - November 2021 Progress Jump to next post

Finished games:

  • Blaster Master Zero

    6.5 hours playtime

    no achievements

    ★★★★☆☆

  • BoxBoxBoy!

    5 hours playtime

    no achievements

    ★★★★☆☆

  • Gears of War: Ultimate Edition

    ~9 hours playtime

    no achievements

    ★★★★☆☆ GAME
    PASS

  • Gunman Clive 2

    1 hours playtime

    no achievements

    ★★★★☆☆

  • Lara Croft GO

    ~8 hours playtime

    no achievements

    ★★★★☆☆

  • Mirror's Edge: Catalyst

    12.1 hours playtime

    no achievements

    ★★★★☆☆

  • NieR:Automata

    36.5 hours playtime

    31 of 48 achievements

    ★★★★★★ GAME
    PASS

  • One Finger Death Punch 2

    10.2 hours playtime

    50 of 63 achievements

    ★★★★★☆

  • PC Building Simulator

    7.3 hours playtime

    13 of 74 achievements

    ★★★★☆☆

  • Psychonauts 2

    31 hours playtime

    57 of 57 achievements

    ★★★★★★ GAME
    PASS

  • Rain on Your Parade

    5 hours playtime

    8 of 22 achievements

    ★★★★★★ GAME
    PASS

  • Rhythm Thief & The Emperor's Treasure

    5 hours playtime

    no achievements

    ★★★☆☆☆

  • Risen

    29.4 hours playtime

    no achievements

    ★★★★☆☆

  • Shadow Warrior

    18.1 hours playtime

    50 of 92 achievements

    ★★★★★☆

  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

    68.2 hours playtime

    no achievements

    ★★★★★☆

  • Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward

    29.4 hours playtime

    no achievements

    ★★★★★☆

31 hours
57/57
★★★★★★
GAME
PASS Played on XGP

A third-person platformer. This was a long-awaited release, as the original game released in 2005 (and there was also a short VR spin-off that released in 2017, but it was more of a point-and-click), and many have waited for a proper continuation of the story. Now, after years of accumulating hype, the sequel is finally complete and honestly, it surpassed my expectations. It was an amazing experience to play it from start to finish.

+++ Cleverly designed, mind-blowing levels brimming with creativity and surprises. PSI King's Sensorium was easily my favorite. I mean, come on, it has a Jack Black song in it!
+++ Well-written story with great comedy. I exhausted every single dialogue option I had.. the dialogues were so good, I didn't want to miss out on any of them!
++ Great soundtrack that surpasses the original game's music
++ Beautiful artstyle, modernized while still keeping the charm of the original art
+ Combat was OK, definitely not the game's strongest suit since you're not going to play the game just for the combat anyway, but it's serviceable
| Accessibility options available which can disable fall damage, enable invincibility or make combat sequences easier and faster to complete. There are also options for larger subtitles, easier-to-read fonts and color-blind modes.
| There are minor stuttering issues when breaking some objects, it doesn't really happen often though. Also that recent update might've fixed it but I'm not 100% sure.
- Having only 4 slots for 9 powers total made switching between a bit inconvenient. Fortunately, the game at least lets you enable additional controls that allow you to use a certain power without having it equipped, freeing up a slot for one of the 8 other powers.
- Finding all figments is still quite a pain, just like in the original. Actually, not anymore! A recent update added some extra tools to make it much more convenient.


Psychonauts 2 deserves all of the praise it got in their entirety, and I think it has a fair shot at becoming the GOTY 2021. I absolutely would love to see more of the Psychonauts series, and if they need an another 16 years to make a game of such quality, then so be it. A must-play for anyone.


5 hours
9/22
★★★★★★
GAME
PASS Played on XGP

A comedy puzzle adventure game. The game calls itself an "unique blend between Untitled Goose Game, Donut County and Katamari" and I don't think that there's a better way to describe it. I found this game to be a good stress-reliever and it hasn't failed to improve my mood yet. I might just replay this game the next time I'm feeling down - I happen to love the kind of humor this game has :D

+++ It's filled to the brim with great jokes that can get even the saddest to chuckle.
++ None of the jokes overstay their welcome, and the game keeps that up from the beginning up to the very end!
++ Creative levels, full with variety when it comes to objectives. At no point in the game I felt like the game was repetitive.
+ Lots of references to other games and various other media.
+ Simple, but cute artstyle.
| Starts out a bit slow, but it picks up after you gain the thunder powerup
| Short, but the game makes up for it by primarily focusing on quality over quantity
| Very easy, accessible for everyone regardless of their age or skill level


Heavily recommended if you're looking for a game to chill with and have some quality laughs while at it. There's also a DLC coming out for it this month with more levels and powers if you end up needing more!


29.4 hours
None
★★★★☆☆
Played on Steam

Risen is an action-RPG, created as a spiritual successor to the Gothic series made by the same developers. Apparently there was a dispute that caused Piranha Bytes to lose the rights to the Gothic series temporarily, resulting in Gothic 4 being created by a different studio, while Piranha Bytes went on to start a new series. And honestly, this game should've been the true Gothic 4, as it inherits a lot of merits and flaws the Gothic games had.

++ Very satisfying progression. You can feel that you're getting better with each lesson you take from a teacher.
++ Large, beautiful world, worthy of exploring every nook and cranny
+ Good replayability - there are 3 factions and you can choose to side with only one per playthrough, there are different fighting styles as well
+ While not without flaws, the combat is challenging and quite fun
+ Quests with lots of different ways to complete them
| Little to no handholding
| English voice acting isn't either particularly good or bad. It's just kinda there.
| The story isn't anything special, but it's good enough for you to care about it
- Choices don't really have any consequences in the long run
- Requires a lot of savescumming, as you'll die very often. Even if you don't mind that, it'll get annoying real quick, since...
- ...loading times are a bit long, even on a modern powerful PC with a SSD.
- Some bugs and general clunkiness is to be expected, especially without mods/patches. You need to cap the FPS to 60 (or 120?), as jumping and climbing tends to break if your frame rate goes higher than that.


I recommend playing this game if you like hardcore RPGs like Gothic. It could also serve as a good starting point for those who want to get into hardcore RPGs.
Thank you Cece09 for the gift!


Unfinished games:

  • Baba Is You

    ~5 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Cookie Clicker

    208.6 hours playtime

    452 of 532 achievements

  • Dicey Dungeons

    3.5 hours playtime

    4 of 53 achievements

    GAME
    PASS

  • Hades

    37 hours playtime

    26 of 49 achievements

    GAME
    PASS

  • Kirby: Planet Robobot

    2 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Baba Is You turned out to be really good, even if it makes me feel dumb in some levels. GAME IS FUN!
  • Damn it Cookie Clicker, I thought I freed myself from you already, until you showed up on Steam of all the places… and now I’m stuck in this rabbit hole again. Oh well, at least I can run it in the background while playing something else.
  • I’m surprised to see Dicey Dungeons actually making RNG fun… or maybe I’m just lucky? I only completed the first episodes for all characters so far, so my luck may still change. Either way, I’m enjoying it so far.
  • I thought I wouldn’t like Hades… which ended up being one of the biggest lies I’ve ever said. This game is a goddamn masterpiece. I already got to the credits but I’ll continue playing until I see the epilogue and complete a run with Extreme Measures 4.
  • Haven’t played too much of Kirby: Planet Robobot yet, but it seems like more of the same, but with an extra gimmick. It’s still fun to play, though.

Current progress

49.40% (289/585)
1.88% (11/585)
4.10% (24/585)
44.62% (261/585)

does not include games from the "won't play" list and non-Steam backlogs

Notes

It’s been 4 months since my last post and honestly, I’m disappointed in myself that I’ve let procrastination take control of me again, so I’ll work on getting the monthly schedule back up and running to stop the blog post backlog from pilling up again. But hey! It was JUST 4 months since last post! Not 7 months like with the previous one! That’s still an improvement! xD And I’ll have to wrap up this year somehow so that’s a nice way to force myself into making a post next month :D

I’ve changed the way I write reviews, starting with this post. Writing reviews takes me too long, even if I want to write something short, so I’ve been looking for a way to make it easier - so I decided that I’ll now write the pros, mehs/neutral traits and cons of a game in a list. I found it faster to do it that way, and it has a nice bonus of being more concise.

Also I added the XGP and Amazon platform icons to BLAEO Generators yesterday. I didn’t bother making a changelog since it’s such a small update, but I figured I’d at least mention it here.

That’s all for now. Thanks for reading!

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