It’s like if you took some of the good mood bits of Silent Hill 2 and smooshed it together with the survival aspects of the old Fallout games, the vision mechanics from Endless Sea, all in combination with some very simplified aspects of the survival craft genre. Oh, and Poland. That ends up being the perfect recipe for…
King’s Quest
No, not that one. And no, not the other seven or eight. This King’s Quest is a reboot/continuation/prequel of the classic King’s Quest games in an updated graphical style. I was told that all of the textures are based on oil paintings which were scanned and applied to the game – it works, though not as grandly as I had hoped. If you haven’t heard of King’s Quest, you probably aren’t a fan of point-and-click adventure games and can feel safe skipping this one. If you have, I need to preface this with the information that I haven’t actually played the originals – they’re on my list, but I’ll first need to get them working in Windows 10.
Downwell (Completed)
Well, yeah, I mean I could write you a review or you could just watch my video. Or you could just buy the game. Would you rather be happy or $3 richer? Yeah, I thought so. Tier 1 vid and Steam link below.
Alto’s Odyssey
Endless runners are probably one of the few casual game types as old as Tower Defense. They have been done and perfected in every way and in every style: from the sublime futuristic to the flash game classic to the puzzle version to the mobile modern to the ridiculously popular. Any new entry must stand up to these and the thousand others which already exist. Alto’s Odyssey looks pretty, but doesn’t have much new to add to this tired genre.
Japanese Study Accomplishments
New Game+ (Or, 100% Complete)
I’m a math guy – let’s start with some numbers:
597 days (292 days after Chezni).
978 games in total.
229 in Tier One (23.4%).
216 in Tier Two (22.1%).
Now it’s done. I have…far too many Steam games. What’s more, I now know that even with unlimited time, more than half of them are not worth playing. You might think that depressing (I’ve specifically avoided calculating exactly how much money I wasted), but it’s a remarkable feeling to look at all the Tier One games I have and know that I enjoy each one of them. I can pick any game in my library and have a good time. That was the point. I no longer feel an obligation to play video games. I can have, you know, fun.
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Let me be clear: I went into Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition thinking I could just knock a quick game off my list, sure I wasn’t going to be particularly interested in it. It looked like a vaguely Mexican-themed Smash Brothers ripoff. What I got was a fun and (mostly) intuitive game about a man named Juan who gets killed by an evil skeleton on Dia de los Muertos, but is given a second chance by a mystical luchador mask. I look forward to playing far more of this – here’s to hoping the initial glow doesn’t wear thin. Tier One.
Dust: An Elysian Tail
The character above is responsible for this game going into Tier Three. I feel a little bad about that, but there are just so many games out there that I just can’t see myself coming back to this one.
Crypt of the Necrodancer
This is a difficult game to get screenshots of, since it’s a roguelike rhythm game. You crawl through a dungeon to the rhythm of your own heartbeat, matched to the beat of the song (awesome songs, and apparently you can add your own as well). It took me a little bit to “get”, but as far as roguelike gimmicks go, this one is amazing. Tier One.