This week I played a game that started out great, with a dark and creepy atmosphere. Unfortunately, though it gets the lift-off right, it fails to deliver on the landing. The horror is quickly lost, and the game devolves into a tedious slog that loses its grip on the player.
Playing My Steam Library
So many unplayed games in my library… Let’s play them all!
Finding A Hidden Tutorial
I’ve been playing more Cthulhu Realms lately, attempting to learn how to play better by finishing the hard campaign. It was only after beating my head against the hard campaign that I discovered the achievements are the real way to learn how to play.
Death of the Android Race
The Space Crew fight their way across Alpha Centauri against androids left behind by the Phasmids wiped out near Earth. Seeking revenge for the death of their creators, the androids are a threat to humanity’s colonies in a new solar system.
Space Crew Versus Androids
The Phasmids have reprogrammed cyborgs originally created by humans, and now those androids want revenge! A new Space Crew must battle its way through the Alpha Centauri system, against a new foe with new abilities and an unknown end goal.
Building a Base in Africa
Despite playing X-COM: UFO Defense a lot more than other games when I was a kid, I’ve never actually made it this far. Bad things are happening in my campaign, but I’m having some successes as well.
X-COM: Resist Restartitis
I’m making some progress in my X-COM campaign. I’ve had some great victories, but some things are starting to go south. I really want to start over, but I’m trying to resist that instinct. Because you never know how a campaign will go until the end.
A Month in X-COM: UFO Defense
I’ve been revisiting an old classic. One of, if not the earliest PC game I ever played. As a teenager I would plan out bases and send soldier on missions in an attempt to repel the UFO invasion.
I Completed Miracle Sudoku
I’ve been playing the puzzles in this game on and off for months. Now, after 74 hours in this game, I have completed all 100 puzzles. This will now be the 8th game I’ve full completed in my Steam Library. Only 430 to go.
Learning Forged Battalion
I’ve been relearning how to play strategy games old-skool style, thanks to Petroglyph’s Forged Battalion. It’s not been an easy game to get into. It has a steep learning curve, but once you start to understand some basic strategies you’ll find there’s a fun experience hidden within.
The Remnants of Isolation
Remnants of Isolation, developed by KOMODO, is a JRPG-style game centered on two characters attempting to escape a magical prison. While its story is simple and serviceable, the game truly shines due to its inventive twist on RPG Maker’s core combat mechanics. Mechanics that reinforce the characters and the story.