The yearly list of mostly chronological games played.
In order to show up on this list I should at least have played 3-4 hours of the game. Hopefully most will be completed, or at least with an indication of if i plan to complete them.
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The game got a look, reminds me of a cyberpunk take on the Runaway adventure games by Pendulo. I have just started it, and I am a bit unsure how the feelgrid works. The story so far seems like it might go some interesting places so I will get back to this.
Never played the Legend of Grimrock, but I have a softspot for turnbased strategy games. I like that you can take one characters action, followed by moving another character/doing their action, and then jump back to the first character and finish their turn. The writing doesn't seem too strong in this game, which makes me wish that e.g. Obsidian would do a turnbased game.
Gave this one a spin after a big part of the gb crew liked it. I had considered buying it, but since the steam sale was over I kind of dropped the idea. I then discovered that it was on Xbox Gamepass. Initially I was not sure I would actually like this game, but man it is a lot of fun to run around and explore, while gathering new shards. So many shards I have not yet tried, but let's see. I have unlocked 98% of the map so far and gotten to what seems like the main boss of the game, but still haven't cleared any of the side bosses behind the different doors. I might not get through the "final" boss, who knows, maybe I figure it out at some point. I should have known I would like this game since I also liked Dust an Elysian Tail. It was probably the Castlevania part I was not so hot on, since I never really played the games.
Picked it up some time back in 2019, but did not get around to actually start playing it until January. I quite like that they use their fake Tokyo precinct Kamurocho to tell a different story in the same setting. I think I like the questioning system a lot, since it does not punish you for picking a "wrong" option, and instead rewards you for not wasting time. The tailing is not too bad, and after figuring out that the chases are really just QTEs, and holding the direction does not work, you have to tap it to the side it shows. I'm getting better at the drone flying as well. Currently finishing out chapter 11, the Keihin gang is getting very annoying, actually all the fighting is grinding me down. It was kind of fun to begin with, but now it is just managing the EX gauge, and doing Triangle finishers, or just 4x square 2x triangle combos. It might just be me that cannot figure out doing anything else. The story is quite good, though I would say the Yagami the protagonist is a very lucky person in regards to getting off the hook a bunch of times. The characters are in general likeable and I had a blast, sans the repetitive fighting.
Will 2020 be the year I finish the last chapter in this trilogy? Maybe, at least I have started to chip away at the chapters. And its finished! It is a damn goofy game with goofy characters, but damn if they don't grow on you. The cases are interesting, and there are not too many moonshotish puzzles. Overall I am glad I played it, and I am kind of interested in playing some of the other games now... Maybe they will come to PC, maybe they will come to the Switch. Who knows?
Got into Xcom 2 again, damn it is such a big improvement over the first game in everyway... well except for performance. The worst aspect of this game hands down is the lagging and freezing. I will probably not complete it, but I am having a blast even if I am save scumming.
Comfort game for a time when you cannot decide what to play. Most maps take less than 15 minutes especially if you don't go for the pause mania that is getting a sub 10 min.
Bought the Elsweyr expansion during one of the steam sales, and have been enjoying doing 1 or 2 missions at a time then quitting. Would still very much like my own instances of caves, such that you dont get half way through without any enemies, and then suddenly they all respawn. The setting is nice enough and they have some fun missions right out of the gate, loved the cat detective who i hope to meet again. I wish they did away with the bank storage limit, and that you had a component pouch where you could have all the small stuff like spice etc.
I stopped playing this last year when I got to the "this is the final mission" part. Not sure the ending has a lasting impact, but it reminded me how much I hate the quicktime events, where you just die over and over again because you cannot figure out where to go. That being said I still kind of liked the game, it has a lot of flaws but the bow shooting and stealth is still very enjoyable.
Gave this a spin, unfortunately it did not really catch me, only got to the hospital, and I am not sure if/when I will play this again.