Bird vs. Backlog
Jan. 21st, 2021 07:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pshaw_ravenI try not to get involved with too many games at once, since that can get overwhelming for me. But I usually have three or four I'm playing at any given point as I work my way through my Steam library.
Last night I finished a playthrough of Hollow Knight - finally! I fully intend to start a new game, but it was immensely satisfying to get to the end. And I'll go ahead and admit I'm an achievement hound and a completionist, so obviously there's plenty more to do there.
I'm also currently playing a point-and-click, Demetrios: The BIG Cynical Adventure! which promises "eight to twelve hours of fun!" It's from a French developer and so far it's just hilariously wrong. Plenty of gross humor, and the puzzles and such are challenging but not overly so. I have not gotten so stuck on anything that I needed a walkthrough guide. The game also has a built in hint system, so that's helpful. I'm enjoying collecting "game overs," where if you see an opportunity to do something stupid and kill yourself or go to jail, you get a game over screen. But then you can just continue where you left off. Usually the game over screen says something snarky about what an idiot you are.
I started playing Bendy and The Ink Machine, which ... holy shit. That game went from 0 to 100 real fast. I kind of wanted to save this one for when Hollow Knight was done, both games being pretty immersive and engaging. I want to give each more of my attention, rather than pondering strategies for one while playing the other. I forget which chapter I'm on here, but I know my next objective was "Save Boris," so I guess I gotta go save Boris. Actually I was kind of getting to like Boris, he seems nice, unlike every other bloodthirsty psycho cartoon I've met. I also picked up an achievement for squeaking an absurd number of Bendy dolls, which was absurdly fun to do.
And I want to finish up The Talos Principle, which I started playing in 2016 and dropped for some reason. For a couple of years there I was just not doing much gaming. Anyway, I know I'm fairly close to the end of this one, and given the huge gap, I think it would be worth my while to just finish up and start a new game to play through without a five year hiatus. I started again and remembered what I liked about it so I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. But I also really hate those floating attack orbs - WTF. I'm trying to get through a maze right now where you basically have to try to outrun the stupid things and needless to say, I keep dying.
Last night I finished a playthrough of Hollow Knight - finally! I fully intend to start a new game, but it was immensely satisfying to get to the end. And I'll go ahead and admit I'm an achievement hound and a completionist, so obviously there's plenty more to do there.
I'm also currently playing a point-and-click, Demetrios: The BIG Cynical Adventure! which promises "eight to twelve hours of fun!" It's from a French developer and so far it's just hilariously wrong. Plenty of gross humor, and the puzzles and such are challenging but not overly so. I have not gotten so stuck on anything that I needed a walkthrough guide. The game also has a built in hint system, so that's helpful. I'm enjoying collecting "game overs," where if you see an opportunity to do something stupid and kill yourself or go to jail, you get a game over screen. But then you can just continue where you left off. Usually the game over screen says something snarky about what an idiot you are.
I started playing Bendy and The Ink Machine, which ... holy shit. That game went from 0 to 100 real fast. I kind of wanted to save this one for when Hollow Knight was done, both games being pretty immersive and engaging. I want to give each more of my attention, rather than pondering strategies for one while playing the other. I forget which chapter I'm on here, but I know my next objective was "Save Boris," so I guess I gotta go save Boris. Actually I was kind of getting to like Boris, he seems nice, unlike every other bloodthirsty psycho cartoon I've met. I also picked up an achievement for squeaking an absurd number of Bendy dolls, which was absurdly fun to do.
And I want to finish up The Talos Principle, which I started playing in 2016 and dropped for some reason. For a couple of years there I was just not doing much gaming. Anyway, I know I'm fairly close to the end of this one, and given the huge gap, I think it would be worth my while to just finish up and start a new game to play through without a five year hiatus. I started again and remembered what I liked about it so I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. But I also really hate those floating attack orbs - WTF. I'm trying to get through a maze right now where you basically have to try to outrun the stupid things and needless to say, I keep dying.
