samwise84’s profile
Hi there,
what to tell about me? Hmm, well let’s see. Most of my game buys are impulse buys…Well don’t judge me. Other women buy shoes or make-up, I buy video games XD
I will try to beat as many games as I can each month (right now I am at at least 1 each week), but unfortunately I’m a grown up with a job, so my progress usually depends on how much spare time I have.
Since I’m a member of Playing Appreciated all wins of that group have priority (since they need to be played within a month of winning).
What I want to achieve in 2024
- get my SG win played percentage up to 60% (it took a nosedive during the holiday season again due to some crazy friends) at 57,72% atm
- playing the same amount of games that I get (sucked misserably on that account in 2023)
- wrangle my backlog into submission and make him stop screaming 😱
Update 137: October 2024
I don’t know what to say, world’s gone crazy 🤷🏻 at least I’ve beaten more games than I won.
Liked the game, just took me a while to understand how to play it. also controlling the raft was a bit iffy.
It's a good game, but not their best work. Overall enjoyed it. Endings weren't really that different though. And it gets tedious to see nearly the same cutscenes over and over again.
Actually quiet enjoyed this one, though wasn't a big fan of some of the QTE's. Will be probably doing a coop playthrough for some more achievements.
Really enjoyed this one once I understood how the time repeat mechanics really worked. Was a fun little gem.
Loved this one. Just so fun to run around and eating 🧠
Nice little pixcross game.
Overall Backlog Progress:-0,23% change to last times unfinished/never played games (57,11% unfinished games)
Overall SG Wins Progress:-0,1% change to last times unfinished/never played games (43,63% unfinished games)
SG wins:
PoP: thanks to droha & Swordoffury for challenging me Working on DLC's: Trying to compelte another playthrough:
Update 136: September 2024
Lady Luck was on my side and my backlog is in tears again. I have a feeling I will misaerable fail my 2024 goals.
I liked the game overall, but I had a lot of problems with the AI. At two places it would not do the required actions so I could not proceed. Had to switch game into coop mode and play one char on kb+m and the other with controller at the same time. That wasn't fun at all.
This was a fun game. Sometimes it got a bit confusing on where to go, especially in the forrest part.
Really liked the game and will get back to it. Still have some post game win content to clear up and DLC content to play. Had some game crashes when tabbing out of the game that were a bit annoying. Also wasn't the biggest fan of the fast travelling system.
Overall Backlog Progress:+0,37% change to last times unfinished/never played games (57,34% unfinished games)
Overall SG Wins Progress:+1,22% change to last times unfinished/never played games (43,73% unfinished games)
SG wins:
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Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
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Kingdom Rush Vengeance
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TRANSFORMERS: EARTHSPARK - Expedition
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InfraSpace
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High On Life
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Neon Fantasy: Boys
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Hexcells Plus
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SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake
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Jigsaw Puzzle Fever
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Wolfenstein: The New Order
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BLACKTAIL
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Lost Eidolons
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Poly Puzzle: Predators
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Littlewood
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Sakura MMO 3
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The Hive
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Cat Cafe Manager
PoP: thanks to droha & Swordoffury for challenging me Working on DLC's: Trying to compelte another playthrough:
Update 135: August 2024
August came and flew by. Where is this year going?
Decent racing game for kids
Basically a carbon copy of the other racing game, just changed the skins/tracks. Plays the same
Game was okay when it wouldn't randomly crash
Another decent HOG
Another decent HOG
Finally completed this game. Took me ages. Would have been fine without the biggest ones.
Liked the game overall, but it was crashing at random spots which made it annoying af
Overall Backlog Progress:-0,23% change to last times unfinished/never played games (56,97% unfinished games)
Overall SG Wins Progress:+0,09% change to last times unfinished/never played games (42,51% unfinished games)
SG wins:
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Grand Mountain Adventure
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Fresh Start Cleaning Simulator
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Universe For Sale
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The Forgotten City
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GYLT
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Dead Island Riptide Definitive Edition
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aMAZE Valentine
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Quest Hunter
Update 134: July 2024
I made it back to Germany again. Had a great time meeting all my friends in Denver. So many great memories made, but also really sad to had to go again. Miss them all dearly. Here is a picture of me, my friend Sashi and her dog Perry on my last day in Denver.
It was also my birthday. I’m officially old now -_-
Did not buy anything this summersale and still aquired more than enough games thanks to my bday. My backlog is in tears. Let’s hope August will be a good month for playing games.
Overall a good game, but it gets tedious quickly. At a certain time the contracts repeat over and over again. Would have been a great game if it were at least 1/3 shorter.
Cute, chill story about a high powered city woman, that goes on vacation in her hometown, swapping in for her dad, who is a mailman. She is spending her vacation delivering the mail in her hometown and (re)aquainting herself with old and new friends.
Only point of contention for me is the sometimes long streches you have to walk at a snails pace and maybe the AI driving the other smalltown cars.
Enjoyed this game a lot. You are playing as an unwilling fighter pilot in a war. Each sortie has a preset of enemies in the air, on land and sea that you have to destroy or seriously hamper. Though if you are playing the game I would suggest using a controller, found the controls with kb+m horrible.
The game played a lot smoother than the first one, though I still do not really get the story line. As a FPS it's nice enough I guess.
It's a HOG, one of the better ones.
Liked this HOG the best of the trilogy.
Better than the first, not as good as the thrid.
Could be an interesting game, I found it personally too difficult in some levels, but then I am not a native speaker. You get a bunch of letters and have to find somewhere between 1-5 different specific words and all you have is a theme like Sports and it can be anything in that theme.
Another day, another HOG. Still one of the better ones.
Overall Backlog Progress:+0,03% change to last times unfinished/never played games (57,2% unfinished games)
Overall SG Wins Progress:+0,65% change to last times unfinished/never played games (42,42% unfinished games)
SG wins:
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Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition
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Endless Fables 2: Frozen Path
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Blaze and the Monster Machines: Axle City Racers
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Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
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Sticky Business
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ENIGMA:
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Treasure Hunter Simulator
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Starship Troopers: Terran Command
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100 Worlds - Escape the Room
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Lobotomy Corporation
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Doctor Strange Defenders Skin
Bday presents:
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Ghost Files 2: Memory of a Crime
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Far Cry 3
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Far Cry 5
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Far Cry New Dawn
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Family Mysteries 2: Echoes of Tomorrow
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Family Mysteries 3: Criminal Mindset
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Dominions 5
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Marvel's Midnight Suns
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The Inheritance of Crimson Manor
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Stray
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Final Fantasy IX
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Dead or School
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COLORING PIXELS - CELTIC PACK
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COLORING PIXELS - PETS PACK
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COLORING PIXELS - MACHINES PACK
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COLORING PIXELS - LUNAR NEW YEAR PACK
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COLORING PIXELS - SPACE 2 PACK
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JIGSAW PUZZLE PACK - PIXEL PUZZLES ULTIMATE: CUSTOM CARS
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JIGSAW PUZZLE PACK - PIXEL PUZZLES ULTIMATE: CIVIL UNREST
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JIGSAW PUZZLE PACK - PIXEL PUZZLES ULTIMATE: MINI BEASTS
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JIGSAW PUZZLE PACK - PIXEL PUZZLES ULTIMATE: VARIETY PACK 23
Update 133: June 2024
I made it to Denver yay Currently sitting in my friends living room, cuddling with their cats, watching NCIS and writing this here. Have had a lot of fun in the past week and it is great to finally meet all of my online friends IRL.
Another installment in the Hero of the Kingdom series. Nothing new, but a short enjoyable experience.
A time management game, where you clear the roads and build some flowers.
Overall Backlog Progress:+0,12% change to last times unfinished/never played games (57,17% unfinished games)
Overall SG Wins Progress:-0,32% change to last times unfinished/never played games (41,77% unfinished games)
SG wins:
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YumeUtsutsu Re:Master
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Empyrion - Galactic Survival
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The World Next Door
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Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin
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The Tenants
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Wordle
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Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector
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Steelrising
PoP: thanks to mateot93 & Lexbya for challenging me
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Red Faction: Armageddon
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Lake
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Metro 2033
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F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
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Resident Evil 6
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut
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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Update 132: May 2024
Apparently I am a bit crazy and have decided that 3 weeks is enough time to prepare traveling to the US to visit a friend, while I am also working full time 😱
Nice little puzzle game, enjoyed it just as much as the first one
I enjoyed it, getting all cheevos was a bit annoying though. Too much repeating.
A simple game mostly geared towards children, some of the achievements are a bit tricky to get.
Loved all the little puzzles, some where rather tricky. Also loved how they were introduced and gradually became harder. Just once ran into a bug where near the end one of the robots was "dead" and would not do it's part. Had to redo a whole section of the game.
Liked the game. Some of the dialoge could have been a lot shorter though. Not a fan of having to press buttons for 20 min just to advance through some talking and there is no way to skip it. Also some grinding might be required to get some of the bosses. I found I had to go back to earlier dungeons to collect enough food, to be able to fight the bosses, which was a bit annoying. You can't buy food
Overall Backlog Progress:-0,1% change to last times unfinished/never played games (57,05% unfinished games)
Overall SG Wins Progress:-0,32% change to last times unfinished/never played games (41,77% unfinished games)
SG wins:
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Quell Memento
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Quell Reflect
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Eternal Edge
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Yakuza: Like a Dragon
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SuchArt!
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Ben 10
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Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 2
PoP: thanks to Moony1986 & ChocolateVC for challenging me Working on DLC's: Trying to compelte another playthrough: PAGYWOSG:
Update 131: April 2024
Where is the year going 😱
Load of garbage game, can't be completed cause lvl 3 throws errors
You have a collection of 5 popular games, but none of them really good:
Sudoku: I guess it works, one of the only ones with some kind of problem.
Mahjong : very weird version of Mahjong that ends in the middle of play after some timer runs out
Pirate Solitaire : suits are all wrong here, took me a while to find out how to play it
Bayou Words : kinda like scrabble, once the timer runs out you see your score but you don't see the words you have missed
G-Tris : a really bad Tetris clone
Worked absolutely fine on my old laptop and was actually fun. Once I tried playing it on my good gaming PC it was an absolute shit show. Controls went haywire
I'm not sure what to say about this game, just don't play it
Okay fighting game, not much to say about it
Did not really like the first two games. No maps or fast tavel system. The third one was the best imo, but overall pretty meh.
I'm not sure what to say about this game. I thought it would be better, but the endless dialouge got boring quickly. Guess it is an okay game if you do not mind all the walking and talking.
I appear to be very bad at this game -_- Since I did not try to kill civilians
I liked the game, though the beginning levels are rather tough since you do not have the correct equipment unlocked.
Liked this HOG, though some of the HOG scenes were weird and needed some getting used to, when you had to look for shapes. I rather have it written down somewhere instead of guessing what they mean.
This game is absolutely adorable and I liked the story. It's darker than it's cute astethic would suggest.
You are a bee and you fulfill bee tasks. Really cute game. Though it is not a simulator. You fly through bubbles representing flowers. Some of the challenges can get quiet repetetive.
Loved the game, thought it was actually too short. Wouldn't have minded some more cases.
Overall Backlog Progress:-0,62% change to last times unfinished/never played games (57,15% unfinished games)
Overall SG Wins Progress:+0,38% change to last times unfinished/never played games (42,09% unfinished games)
SG wins:
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Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered
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Mythic Ocean
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Bee Simulator
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Coromon
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Encodya
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Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
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Brunch Club
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Youtubers Life
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ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN
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Overpass™
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Homestead Arcana
Bought Games:
PoP: thanks to Moony1986 & ChocolateVC for challenging me Working on DLC's: Trying to compelte another playthrough: PAGYWOSG:
Update 130: March 2024
Can’t believe Easter is already past. Where is the year going?
Solid old FPS, found it easier to play than the predecessors, though the story was weird.
on okay puzzle game, not the best, not the worst. Only loading the tips is annoying af, since you have to click on countless little bugs on the screen until the meter is topped off again.
Not very good to outright bad HOGs, unless you like to torture yourself with HOGs don't buy these.
Super cute puzzle platformer. The controls take some getting used to, but once you know how to use your webs efficiently a really fun game.
An okay HOG, story is a bit rushed. Had better, had a lot worse
An okay HOG
I really enjoyed this one, though using Strife in the beginning was hard cause of his gun. Took some getting used to. Overall really liked it.
really bad match 3 game. Endless. No point. Don't buy it.
Like Homeworld Remastered, was a good RTS game, not so sure about the second part. Like the first more for story.
Another old HOG, only redeeming quality: it is rather short.
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Coloring Pixels Skystead Ranch DLC
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Lucky and a life worth living
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Alice in Wonderland - a jigsaw puzzle tale
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Jigsaw Puzzle Pack - Pixel Puzzles Ultimate: Cats 2
Overall Backlog Progress:-0,5% change to last times unfinished/never played games (57,77% unfinished games)
Overall SG Wins Progress:-0,05% change to last times unfinished/never played games (41,71% unfinished games)
SG wins:
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Desperados III
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Soulstice
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Saints Row
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Putt-Putt Enters the Race
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Beacon Pines
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Mask of the Rose
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Snowtopia
Free Games:
PoP: thanks to Moony1986 & ChocolateVC for challenging me
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Uncharted Tides: Port Royal
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Gardens Inc. – From Rakes to Riches
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The Talos Principle
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World's Dawn
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Afterparty
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Weird Park Trilogy
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Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection
Update 129: February 2024
This year is flying by. February already done D:
Loved the game overall, some of the quests get quiet repetitive. Some of the tasks could be better explained, there were some Merlin trials I had to look up what to do cause it did not make any sense to me. And all the extra collectibles all over the map get quiet annoying since you have to stop every few meters to get some other collectible thing done. And you will be constantly casting revelio to see where the collectibles or anything important is. But overall it is a great game and I will definitely go back to the game to mop up the rest of the cheevos.
I don't understand why there is so much hate for the game. Did it age well, not really. But then what do people expect from a 16 year old sniper game. Did I curse a few times at the game, yes of course, but considering the age it is an okay game.
A near little puzzle game with a raunchy theme. Could explain better that you have to play the vanilla version to get all the cheevos and some of the cheevos are RNG based, aka they need specific traits to happen, so you either will play a lot of unnessesary levels or reload a lot.
Cute little adventure game, perfect for your little ones.
Nice addition to the Hero of the Kingdom series, a few times I was a bit stumped on what to do next, but usually cause I had overlooked sth.
Overall Backlog Progress:-0,1% change to last times unfinished/never played games (58,27% unfinished games)
Overall SG Wins Progress:-0,01% change to last times unfinished/never played games (41,76% unfinished games)
SG wins:
PoP: thanks to HoLYAssAsIN & greatmastermario for challenging me Working on DLC's: Trying to compelte another playthrough:
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Lucky and a life worth living
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Alice in Wonderland - a jigsaw puzzle tale
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Hidden Object 6-in-1 bundle
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Chronicles of Magic: Divided Kingdoms
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Demon Hunter 2: New Chapter
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The Longest Journey
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Webbed
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The Tiny Bang Story
Update 128: January 2024
Where has the time gone? Wasn’t it just Christmas?
Another one of the hidden xyz games. Sadly they reset the cheevos for some reason after I played it and now I can't get them anymore without resetting everything and you need DLC for 100% -_-
Another one of the hidden xyz games. Works nicely and it's free
Ideal for anyone who has a cleaning obsession or loves order. Sometimes the placement of things doesn't make sense (why should it be placed under the bed) or it's not clear what it should be and where to put it. The initial levels are fun, but later in the game you have to organize a whole house over several floors and the game gets a bit long-winded. Could have been a bit shorter. Was overall fun though.
Good time management game, similar to the 12 Labours of Hercules series. Nothing super new, but it was fun.
What can I say about this game. Has very negative reviews in the Steam store and after playing it I can understand some of them. Try not to play the game with mouse and keyboard. In my experience it is almost impossible. It works with a controller, but it's no walk in the park either. You have to climb up giant Ravenii, huge titan-like monsters that try to kill you and the civilians around you and destroy the city, while swarms of small monsters try to kill you too. Depending on the level, you either have to kill these Ravenii (by decapitation) or you have to save civilians or the city. Some of the levels are randomly generated, some have fixed objectives. To be able to decapitate Ravenii you have to fill up your meter by saving civilians or killing small monsters or smashing armor on the Ravenii. Only then will you be able to decapitate the Ravenii. The levels with a time limit are the worst. I got stuck on them a few times
Trials of The Illuminati: Animated Christmas Time Jigsaws
One star is already too much. Strange puzzle game where the pictures on the puzzle pieces move. Gives all achievements for opening the game. Not recommended.
First Sniper Elite game. Playable but has not aged well. Unfortunately I only have this version and not the remastered one. You can tell the game is from 2005.
Nice puzzle game. Some levels are super difficult, others are super easy. Strange behavior when unlocking achievements/levels. Some levels were skipped. I then unlocked the levels in the txt file to be able to play them. Then the achievements also popped.
Cute, relaxing puzzle game. Some of the 3D dioramas were quite difficult because you couldn't clearly see what went where. Especially the giant ones.
A bit like an interactive cartoon, relatively funny and entertaining. You accompany two losers through their experiences in the zombie apocalypse. Can they survive and still make a profit? Who will you let die?
WHY?!? Anyone expecting ghost stories here is out of luck. You are in a house where you have to search for random things while being chased by a headless ghost, if he catches you, he kills you. Suddenly appearing ghosts (jumpscares) are the order of the day and you are suddenly warped to another location. Hardly a game.
The puzzle game itself is good, with beautiful motifs. What was annoying was the music, which you can't switch off or turn down. I'll never understand why they don't use the 5 extra minutes in development to include these basic functions. Would make this decent game into a good one.
I found it quite amusing. I can imagine that it can be a lot of fun with friends. Alone with AI players, it was okay, but nothing special.
Normally I'm not a big fan of trivia games because they're either impossible because they're too hard (too focused on a specific theme) or too easy. This one has just the right mix. You can choose between different themes and game modes or a mixture of everything. The devs are very proactive and are constantly developing new modes and theme categories. If it continues like this it will be a very good game
Typical HOG. Only cheevo I hated was the solve HOG scene in under 20 seconds.
Overall Backlog Progress:-0,69% change to last times unfinished/never played games (58,37% unfinished games)
Overall SG Wins Progress:-0,51% change to last times unfinished/never played games (41,77% unfinished games)
SG wins: Games I activated myself: Gifts from friends:
PoP: thanks to HoLYAssAsIN & greatmastermario for challenging me
1659 | games |
54% | never played |
3% | unfinished |
19% | beaten |
23% | completed |
1% | won't play |
- SG Wins 727
- Games where I'm stuck 6
- not working properly on my PC 5
- Queued for playing short wins 57
- Queued for playing medium wins 58
- Queued for playing long wins 69
- Queued for playing very long wins 141
- Currently installed 69
- One or more parts/DLCs beaten 8
- Gifts from friends 132
- Queued for playing no HLTB wins 10
- HBC 206