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[blog] Eleanora1315's Pandora's Box
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I think that if you're a fan of mini-games in general, like the ones you can find in WarioWare games, you could still enjoy ''Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them!''. It's just that after a couple of levels, the novelty wears off, and since none of these are particularly difficult, it gets boring pretty fast. However, the first few puzzles are still enjoyable.
Plus, since it's already in your backlog, nothing prevents you from playing the game for a bit and putting it down if it's not your cup of tea (except if you're also a completionist. If that's the case, I wish you good luck 😆).
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Am I crazy for playing this much and updating the blog right before my exams begin? Yep, probably. But that's the fun part of living, right?
Anyway, here's a mid-week update because I tackled some of my semi-long-term goals last week and it's worth noting. 😊
So, regarding completed games, we have:
Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them!
This game is one of the rare ones on my "do not recommend" list. I'm a sucker for quick puzzles and wanted to actually play all those games we see too many times in those YouTube shorts ads, but never could because they never really existed. So, I gave this game a try and oh boy, did I regret it!
The puzzles are very, but VERY repetitive. As a minesweeper player, I usually do not have a problem with that, but this game is repetitive and really doesn't bring any challenge to the table. The only difficult puzzle is the money grab, and that difficulty is all but natural. You have to gamble to get any level, and 3-star completions are just dumb luck at that point.
Finally, this game is not made for completionists. The $1 million achievement took me months to finish (and that is including a couple of hours farming)! So, all in all, the game is fun for the first few minutes and scratches the itch of all those little phone games, but it's definitely not worth the price nor your time.
SquareCells
A small Minesweeper variant. Nothing much to say except it's nice. A good puzzle game if you don't mind minimalist appearances. 😊
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
I finally got that last achievement!!! That */%& Shadow Turnip achievement took me literal years to get because my luck is awful and it wouldn't appear no matter how many car trains I completed. 😰 Anyway, it's over now. Great roguelike about vegetables and tax evasion. Very funny and quirky. Would definitely recommend it as a quick game to complete in a night.
Hidden Winter Cats
More hidden cats! 🔥
It's been a disappointing week for puzzle games. Once again, same as last week with some of the 100 Hidden Cats games, the cats are a bit too easy to find in the free level and the DLC one is NOT worth it: half the picture doesn't even contain cats! Also, they're as small as a needle's head. That's just artificial difficulty and is not worth the price.
That's it for the last week and a half. I'm still thinking about the voting/recommendation system. In the meantime, please continue to send me some recommendations; it's very much appreciated. I'll try to update the blog once my exams are over (in approximately 2 weeks). In the meantime, here's the list of new games added to the backlog this week (yes, I cracked, AGAIN 😑, but hey, I'm happy during my finals weeks, so it's worth the trouble 😁).
New games of the week (and a half):
- Cocoon (2023)
- Outer Wilds & Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye
- Subnautica
- Subnautica: Below Zero
- Cats Love Boxes
- ToriDori
- Sudocats
- Zodiacats
- FIND ALL
- FIND ALL 2: Middle Ages
- FIND ALL 3: Travel
- FIND ALL 4: Magic
- Purrfectly Hidden Cats - Kittenrock
- Hidden Cats in Amusement Park
- Hidden Cats in Breeze Village
- Hidden Cats in Town
- Hidden Cats in Santa's Realm
- Hidden Cats in Berlin
- Hidden Cats In Paris
- Hidden Cats in Rome
- Hidden Cats in Spooky Town
- Hidden Cats in New York
- Hidden Cats in London
Beginning of the Journey Backlog: 794 Games + 20 DLCs
Beginning of the Journey Time to Beat All: 1007 Days 19 Hours
Previous Backlog: 827 Games + 29 DLCs
Previous Time to Beat All: 1098 Days
Current Backlog: 846 Games + 30 DLCs
Current Time to Beat All: 1100 Days 21 Hours
Anyway, here's a mid-week update because I tackled some of my semi-long-term goals last week and it's worth noting. 😊
So, regarding completed games, we have:
Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them!
This game is one of the rare ones on my "do not recommend" list. I'm a sucker for quick puzzles and wanted to actually play all those games we see too many times in those YouTube shorts ads, but never could because they never really existed. So, I gave this game a try and oh boy, did I regret it!
The puzzles are very, but VERY repetitive. As a minesweeper player, I usually do not have a problem with that, but this game is repetitive and really doesn't bring any challenge to the table. The only difficult puzzle is the money grab, and that difficulty is all but natural. You have to gamble to get any level, and 3-star completions are just dumb luck at that point.
Finally, this game is not made for completionists. The $1 million achievement took me months to finish (and that is including a couple of hours farming)! So, all in all, the game is fun for the first few minutes and scratches the itch of all those little phone games, but it's definitely not worth the price nor your time.
SquareCells
A small Minesweeper variant. Nothing much to say except it's nice. A good puzzle game if you don't mind minimalist appearances. 😊
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
I finally got that last achievement!!! That */%& Shadow Turnip achievement took me literal years to get because my luck is awful and it wouldn't appear no matter how many car trains I completed. 😰 Anyway, it's over now. Great roguelike about vegetables and tax evasion. Very funny and quirky. Would definitely recommend it as a quick game to complete in a night.
Hidden Winter Cats
More hidden cats! 🔥
It's been a disappointing week for puzzle games. Once again, same as last week with some of the 100 Hidden Cats games, the cats are a bit too easy to find in the free level and the DLC one is NOT worth it: half the picture doesn't even contain cats! Also, they're as small as a needle's head. That's just artificial difficulty and is not worth the price.
That's it for the last week and a half. I'm still thinking about the voting/recommendation system. In the meantime, please continue to send me some recommendations; it's very much appreciated. I'll try to update the blog once my exams are over (in approximately 2 weeks). In the meantime, here's the list of new games added to the backlog this week (yes, I cracked, AGAIN 😑, but hey, I'm happy during my finals weeks, so it's worth the trouble 😁).
New games of the week (and a half):
- Cocoon (2023)
- Outer Wilds & Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye
- Subnautica
- Subnautica: Below Zero
- Cats Love Boxes
- ToriDori
- Sudocats
- Zodiacats
- FIND ALL
- FIND ALL 2: Middle Ages
- FIND ALL 3: Travel
- FIND ALL 4: Magic
- Purrfectly Hidden Cats - Kittenrock
- Hidden Cats in Amusement Park
- Hidden Cats in Breeze Village
- Hidden Cats in Town
- Hidden Cats in Santa's Realm
- Hidden Cats in Berlin
- Hidden Cats In Paris
- Hidden Cats in Rome
- Hidden Cats in Spooky Town
- Hidden Cats in New York
- Hidden Cats in London
Beginning of the Journey Backlog: 794 Games + 20 DLCs
Beginning of the Journey Time to Beat All: 1007 Days 19 Hours
Previous Backlog: 827 Games + 29 DLCs
Previous Time to Beat All: 1098 Days
Current Backlog: 846 Games + 30 DLCs
Current Time to Beat All: 1100 Days 21 Hours
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Thanks, @jayfeather! I'm doing my best to maintain a neat and easy-to-read format for everyone.
Feel free to steal some games! I'm actually playing some of those hidden cat games with my mom, and she's a fan, so I'm sure yours would enjoy them too. XD What type of puzzle games do you enjoy the most?
Also, thank you for your recommendations! I've created a Steam collection for them, so I'm sure to bump these up higher on my to-play list. 😁 I'm still brainstorming about that recommendation/voting system, but I'll definitely keep those in mind!
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Hi everyone! Sorry for the delayed post; March has been a rough month for me due to personal matters in real life.
Despite that, I'm still pretty proud of the results! 😊
Since my last post, I completed 13 1/2 games, but I caved during the Steam spring sales. 😭
To be fair, I adhered to my 2024 rule: do not buy new games if I've not maintained or diminished my backlog.
For better or worse, I had caught up with my new titles from February, so yeah, new titles, yeeaah?
Anyway, I'll come back to that later. For now, here are the completed titles from the last few weeks! 😁
Once again, the hidden cat games are omnipresent! : 100 March Cats, 100 Funny Cats, Cats and Seek : Dino Park, A Building Full Of Cats, A Castle Full of Cats, & An Arcade Full of Cats (including the DLC)
At this point, I don't think it's a surprise that I've completed a few of those this month too. Regarding feedback, the "Full of Cats" series and the Cats and Seek game are the best hidden cat games out there. The cats are well hidden while still looking cat-shaped, and the amount of content in each of them is great! You can even modify the colors to help you look in some of them!
The 100 March Cats and 100 Funny Cats, on the other hand, are very disappointing. Cats are easy to find, and the backgrounds are not very original and so simple. Go for the free level if you want to, but the DLCs are not worth it in the slightest.
20 Small Mazes
A quick free game offering 20 mazes that force the player to think outside the box. Nothing fancy, but it's sometimes not as simple as it seems. If you like quick and original puzzles, this one is for you.
Martial Law (2021)
Once again, it's a quick free game. This one explores a story centered on Poland during its communist period and the difficulties of a divorced father during such times. The story itself isn't bad, but it's definitely lacking some depth and nuances. Also, with such context, some routes were not realistic at all, and the pace is quite slow. Not really my cup of tea here, but it could be yours.
Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
Put simply, Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling is an anxiety/depression simulator. It is, in my opinion, well-written and adequately demonstrates how an individual living with such conditions can feel in overwhelming moments. It's quick, cheap, and very interesting to play. If you like psychological simulations and questioning the reality of others, this game could be quite enjoyable.
Dogs Organized Neatly
A puzzle game letting you place cute doggies in predetermined forms. Simple, adorable, and quite tricky sometimes, it's a good game.
Hexologic
For all the Minesweeper and Sudoku lovers out there, Hexologic is great. You must combine the dots inside the hexes in a way so that their sum matches the one given at the edge of each line. With a normal mode providing you some assistance and feedback and a hard mode where you're on your own, these puzzles have a wide range of difficulty and are a good challenge if you like mental gymnastics.
P.S. Huge thanks to @blindly for the awesome gift! It was a real treat and much appreciated!
Boxes: Lost Fragments
Boxes: Lost Fragments is very similar to the "The Room" series, more particularly the first game which consisted of a series of boxes to open with intuitive mysteries to solve. In Boxes, there are 12 boxes to go through each with their own riddles and theme. The problems are original, and the boxes are beautiful as well as quite satisfying to open. 9/10 since the story is a bit lacking and seems a bit copied from The Room series.
Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
That's the half completed game I was writing about earlier, as I have only completed 1 playthrough and this game requires multiple ones to complete 100% of it. In Refind Self: The Personality Test Game, you're incarnating a little android in a post-apocalyptic world with limited interactions with the world which will define your personality. Indeed, all 100 interactions you can make will be recorded to determine which of the 23 types corresponds the best to your thought process.
The game is again pretty short, but the assessments it makes are quite on point. After approximately one hour, I got my 3 most fitting personality types which really fit me like a glove. The story and the interactions are compelling and there are so many mysteries to uncover as well as many perspectives to explore. I love this little gem and can't wait to complete another playthrough.
Logiart Grimoire
Logiart Grimoire has been my obsession for the last month or so. This game just got out of early access! You need to complete Minesweeper puzzles to form images filling Edward's grimoire, a little magic being conserving the stability of the universe. It's pretty simple and straightforward, but I do appreciate the fusion mechanics letting you create combinations of various items to create new puzzles + the amount community puzzles which is humongous! I've finished the main grimoire, but I'll definitely come back to clear the remaining community puzzles.
It was a small month, but it's all right. By playing less, I had the opportunity to spend more time on myself. 😁
Regarding the titles I've played recently and that I am planning on continuing during April, I have in mind:
- Lords of the Fallen (2023) (in coop with my boyfriend. We didn't clear any new big boss, but we collected a lot of eyes and other rare currencies to buy new skins!)
- Baldur's Gate 3 (I started a new gameplay save with my boyfriend. The mechanics in the second arc made it very unenjoyable for me, so I preferred to start over and experience the game with another build. I'll probably continue my solo playthrough later, but for now, it's on the back burner.)
- Backpack Battles (a game in early access about fighting other players with a combination of items you can buy in the shop. It's pretty chill and very fun for any puzzle enjoyer since you need to manage your inventory and the shape of it at the same time. 100% would recommend. It is still in early access like I said earlier though, so it has regular updates to balance the different classes and items. It is also very repetitive, so don't buy this game thinking it has a story or anything more than puzzle fights (at least at the moment when I'm writing those lines).
Needy Streamer Overload, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, and Shady Part of Me are on hold for now as I have reduced my playing list for now + I didn't touch those in the last month or so.
And unsurprisingly, I continued to farm for Globesweeper, Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them!, & Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion + completed the usual dailies (A Little To The Left, Hexcells Infinite, & Pokemon Picross (2015))
Regarding the new titles added to the library, we have:
- Balatro
- Blood Domination
- Umineko When They Cry: Question Arcs & Umineko When They Cry: Answer Arcs
- The Higurashi When They Cry Collection
- Magical Otoge Ciel
- Slay the Spire
- SPEAKEASY
- Espresso For The Demon
- Not Tonight 2
- Palworld
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey (with all its DLCs)
- Assassin's Creed Origins (with all its DLCs)
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla (with all its DLCs)
- Bride of Darkness
- Shrouded in Sanity
- Cyberpunk 2077 & Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (Created my avatar, ready to start playing 😊)
- Dragon's Dogma II (Created my avatar and my pawn, ready to start playing 😊)
- Dot to Dot Puzzles (Started and completed some puzzles 😄)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - Gauntlets of Strength (I'm stuck on some bosses at the moment, but I'll come back to it later Lady Butterfly & Gyoubu Masataka Oniwa (the one on a horse) 😄)
- Backpack Battles (Playing (a bit too much XD) 😄)
- Refind Self: The Personality Test Game (Main Story already completed 😁)
- 20 Small Mazes (Already Completed 😜)
- 100 March Cats (Already Completed 😜)
- Cats and Seek : Dino Park (Already Completed 😜)
- 100 Funny Cats (Already Completed 😜)
- Boxes: Lost Fragments (Already Completed 😜)
- An Arcade Full of Cats: TimeWarp Trouble (Already Completed 😜)
For those who stuck around till the end of this post, thank you for taking the time to read all this. Your time and attention mean a lot to me, whether you're actively engaging or quietly reading along. So thank you for being here!
Moving forward, I'll try to post more frequently once my finals wrap up. I realize these long posts might not be everyone's cup of tea, so I'm brainstorming ways to make the blog more accessible and enjoyable for all, including those of us with shorter attention spans (like myself XD).
Lastly, I've been thinking of implementing a little voting or recommendation system. It's still just an idea though, so any input would be very helpful and I'd love to hear your thoughts on this! If you'd like to see me play a particular game from my library, let me know! It will help me determine how I should build this little system! 😁
Beginning of the Journey Backlog: 794 Games + 20 DLCs
Beginning of the Journey Time to Beat All: 1007 Days 19 Hours
Previous Backlog: 796 Games + 20 DLCs
Previous Time to Beat All: 1017 Days 5 Hours
Current Backlog: 827 Games + 29 DLCs
Time to Beat All: 1098 Days
Despite that, I'm still pretty proud of the results! 😊
Since my last post, I completed 13 1/2 games, but I caved during the Steam spring sales. 😭
To be fair, I adhered to my 2024 rule: do not buy new games if I've not maintained or diminished my backlog.
For better or worse, I had caught up with my new titles from February, so yeah, new titles, yeeaah?
Anyway, I'll come back to that later. For now, here are the completed titles from the last few weeks! 😁
Once again, the hidden cat games are omnipresent! : 100 March Cats, 100 Funny Cats, Cats and Seek : Dino Park, A Building Full Of Cats, A Castle Full of Cats, & An Arcade Full of Cats (including the DLC)
At this point, I don't think it's a surprise that I've completed a few of those this month too. Regarding feedback, the "Full of Cats" series and the Cats and Seek game are the best hidden cat games out there. The cats are well hidden while still looking cat-shaped, and the amount of content in each of them is great! You can even modify the colors to help you look in some of them!
The 100 March Cats and 100 Funny Cats, on the other hand, are very disappointing. Cats are easy to find, and the backgrounds are not very original and so simple. Go for the free level if you want to, but the DLCs are not worth it in the slightest.
20 Small Mazes
A quick free game offering 20 mazes that force the player to think outside the box. Nothing fancy, but it's sometimes not as simple as it seems. If you like quick and original puzzles, this one is for you.
Martial Law (2021)
Once again, it's a quick free game. This one explores a story centered on Poland during its communist period and the difficulties of a divorced father during such times. The story itself isn't bad, but it's definitely lacking some depth and nuances. Also, with such context, some routes were not realistic at all, and the pace is quite slow. Not really my cup of tea here, but it could be yours.
Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
Put simply, Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling is an anxiety/depression simulator. It is, in my opinion, well-written and adequately demonstrates how an individual living with such conditions can feel in overwhelming moments. It's quick, cheap, and very interesting to play. If you like psychological simulations and questioning the reality of others, this game could be quite enjoyable.
Dogs Organized Neatly
A puzzle game letting you place cute doggies in predetermined forms. Simple, adorable, and quite tricky sometimes, it's a good game.
Hexologic
For all the Minesweeper and Sudoku lovers out there, Hexologic is great. You must combine the dots inside the hexes in a way so that their sum matches the one given at the edge of each line. With a normal mode providing you some assistance and feedback and a hard mode where you're on your own, these puzzles have a wide range of difficulty and are a good challenge if you like mental gymnastics.
P.S. Huge thanks to @blindly for the awesome gift! It was a real treat and much appreciated!
Boxes: Lost Fragments
Boxes: Lost Fragments is very similar to the "The Room" series, more particularly the first game which consisted of a series of boxes to open with intuitive mysteries to solve. In Boxes, there are 12 boxes to go through each with their own riddles and theme. The problems are original, and the boxes are beautiful as well as quite satisfying to open. 9/10 since the story is a bit lacking and seems a bit copied from The Room series.
Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
That's the half completed game I was writing about earlier, as I have only completed 1 playthrough and this game requires multiple ones to complete 100% of it. In Refind Self: The Personality Test Game, you're incarnating a little android in a post-apocalyptic world with limited interactions with the world which will define your personality. Indeed, all 100 interactions you can make will be recorded to determine which of the 23 types corresponds the best to your thought process.
The game is again pretty short, but the assessments it makes are quite on point. After approximately one hour, I got my 3 most fitting personality types which really fit me like a glove. The story and the interactions are compelling and there are so many mysteries to uncover as well as many perspectives to explore. I love this little gem and can't wait to complete another playthrough.
Logiart Grimoire
Logiart Grimoire has been my obsession for the last month or so. This game just got out of early access! You need to complete Minesweeper puzzles to form images filling Edward's grimoire, a little magic being conserving the stability of the universe. It's pretty simple and straightforward, but I do appreciate the fusion mechanics letting you create combinations of various items to create new puzzles + the amount community puzzles which is humongous! I've finished the main grimoire, but I'll definitely come back to clear the remaining community puzzles.
It was a small month, but it's all right. By playing less, I had the opportunity to spend more time on myself. 😁
Regarding the titles I've played recently and that I am planning on continuing during April, I have in mind:
- Lords of the Fallen (2023) (in coop with my boyfriend. We didn't clear any new big boss, but we collected a lot of eyes and other rare currencies to buy new skins!)
- Baldur's Gate 3 (I started a new gameplay save with my boyfriend. The mechanics in the second arc made it very unenjoyable for me, so I preferred to start over and experience the game with another build. I'll probably continue my solo playthrough later, but for now, it's on the back burner.)
- Backpack Battles (a game in early access about fighting other players with a combination of items you can buy in the shop. It's pretty chill and very fun for any puzzle enjoyer since you need to manage your inventory and the shape of it at the same time. 100% would recommend. It is still in early access like I said earlier though, so it has regular updates to balance the different classes and items. It is also very repetitive, so don't buy this game thinking it has a story or anything more than puzzle fights (at least at the moment when I'm writing those lines).
Needy Streamer Overload, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, and Shady Part of Me are on hold for now as I have reduced my playing list for now + I didn't touch those in the last month or so.
And unsurprisingly, I continued to farm for Globesweeper, Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them!, & Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion + completed the usual dailies (A Little To The Left, Hexcells Infinite, & Pokemon Picross (2015))
Regarding the new titles added to the library, we have:
- Balatro
- Blood Domination
- Umineko When They Cry: Question Arcs & Umineko When They Cry: Answer Arcs
- The Higurashi When They Cry Collection
- Magical Otoge Ciel
- Slay the Spire
- SPEAKEASY
- Espresso For The Demon
- Not Tonight 2
- Palworld
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey (with all its DLCs)
- Assassin's Creed Origins (with all its DLCs)
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla (with all its DLCs)
- Bride of Darkness
- Shrouded in Sanity
- Cyberpunk 2077 & Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (Created my avatar, ready to start playing 😊)
- Dragon's Dogma II (Created my avatar and my pawn, ready to start playing 😊)
- Dot to Dot Puzzles (Started and completed some puzzles 😄)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - Gauntlets of Strength (I'm stuck on some bosses at the moment, but I'll come back to it later Lady Butterfly & Gyoubu Masataka Oniwa (the one on a horse) 😄)
- Backpack Battles (Playing (a bit too much XD) 😄)
- Refind Self: The Personality Test Game (Main Story already completed 😁)
- 20 Small Mazes (Already Completed 😜)
- 100 March Cats (Already Completed 😜)
- Cats and Seek : Dino Park (Already Completed 😜)
- 100 Funny Cats (Already Completed 😜)
- Boxes: Lost Fragments (Already Completed 😜)
- An Arcade Full of Cats: TimeWarp Trouble (Already Completed 😜)
For those who stuck around till the end of this post, thank you for taking the time to read all this. Your time and attention mean a lot to me, whether you're actively engaging or quietly reading along. So thank you for being here!
Moving forward, I'll try to post more frequently once my finals wrap up. I realize these long posts might not be everyone's cup of tea, so I'm brainstorming ways to make the blog more accessible and enjoyable for all, including those of us with shorter attention spans (like myself XD).
Lastly, I've been thinking of implementing a little voting or recommendation system. It's still just an idea though, so any input would be very helpful and I'd love to hear your thoughts on this! If you'd like to see me play a particular game from my library, let me know! It will help me determine how I should build this little system! 😁
Beginning of the Journey Backlog: 794 Games + 20 DLCs
Beginning of the Journey Time to Beat All: 1007 Days 19 Hours
Previous Backlog: 796 Games + 20 DLCs
Previous Time to Beat All: 1017 Days 5 Hours
Current Backlog: 827 Games + 29 DLCs
Time to Beat All: 1098 Days
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[blog] Research Findings Of A Gaming Kitsune
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I'm so ready for this! Congrats for making the jump and starting your blog!
I can't wait to see what you will come up with! 😊
I can't wait to see what you will come up with! 😊
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Giving away a bunch of Steam keys through Humble Bundle
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Thank you for this opportunity! It is very appreciated! 😊
If Hexologic is still available, I would be really interested. 😁
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[blog] Eleanora1315's Pandora's Box
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Oki, so after one month, there are good and bad news:
Good news is, I've played and completed more games than I originally thought despite the mid-semester exams (I've even passed the 91% remaining bar, which hasn't happened in a while!)
Bad news is, Valentine's Day and free interesting GOG games have completely destroyed my progress 😭 (which is a good problem to have! I just feel a bit conflicted since even with my best efforts to stick to my resolution, it just seems never-ending, for better or worse 😅).
Anyway, here is the rundown for last month:
Completed Games
A lot of hidden cats games (those are definitely my weakness XD): 100 Hidden Cats, 100 Ninja Cats, Cat Search In The Wild West, 100 Robo Cats, 100 Dino Cats & Cats Hidden in Georgia.
Amongst all of these, I was pleasantly surprised by Cat Search In The Wild West and Cats Hidden in Georgia. The first one uses a lot of color schemes to hide the cats, and the rogue cats appearing after you click on their wanted posters is a nice addition. The second one is more complex than I thought! Still pretty easy, but some cats are very difficult to find compared to others in this franchise. I recommend them both if you like hidden object games, as they are either very cheap or free on the Steam store.
On the other hand, 100 Robo Cats and 100 Dino Cats were big disappointments for me. I'm starting to think about stopping buying cat games from 100 Cozy Games as they just seem copy-pasted from one another. The cats are very cute and everything, but it's not worth it if I can find all 100 cats in 2-3 minutes in a level. Maybe I'm just not the right audience for these, but they just seem like cat games and not hidden cat games. Do not recommend.
Orwell
This is one of the first games I completed on Steam. I only finished one playthrough at the time though, so I gave it another shot in the last weeks and completed my second and third playthrough to collect the remaining achievements. I'm so glad I did it! In this game, you read and analyze a lot of documents (newspapers, blog pages, social media, etc.) and decide which ones to give to inspectors to stop potential terrorists. So your perspective and what you feed to the machine determines the ending and the fate of the characters. Now mix that with a modern setup and a ''Big Brother'' surveillance vibe and you've got Orwell. Loved that game a few years ago and still love it now. Can't wait to play its sequel!
First Bite
I hesitated to put this one in the completed list, as I only completed the main routes and didn't play the DLC yet, but hey, it's both in the completed and the playing category so everything's fine. Anyway, great indie vampire dating sim! As the MC, you're a vampire expert, as in vampire modern nerd. You stumble upon a house that is rumored to be haunted and you decide to take a peek. In reality, you just stumbled into a vampire's nest. Good luck surviving and convincing them to not make you their meal. 😉 Gamewise, the variety of personalities and the synergy between characters is very interesting, and the many death flags add a touch of realism to the scenario. If you like dating sims with an 18+ touch, gender diversity, and vampires, this one is for you.
The Room Three & The Room 4: Old Sins
Yeah yeah, I know, puzzle games again. It's kind of a recurring theme of mine (and they are the easiest for me to complete, so why not). Anyway, those two are good sequels to the first two games. Sadly, they are a bit underwhelming compared to their predecessors though (especially the last one). The third game takes place in a mansion where you have to navigate the different rooms to escape. The multiple endings are a nice touch, but achieving them is way less intuitive than the main one (looking at you clock, you really made my brain work hard). The puzzles are nice. I don't have much more to say about this one. The fourth game of the series, though, is a mess. Again, you have to go through rooms to be able to escape a mansion (kind of), but this time, you have to go back and forth between places to use all your items, and boy does this give me nausea. Also, the puzzles are a lot easier than in their other games; the only difficulty is to remember everything going from one room to another. Despite all that, the story of the house's inhabitants is peculiar and it piqued my curiosity enough to finish the game. If you really appreciated the first two games, then go ahead. Otherwise, look away.
The Symbiant & The Symbiant Re:Union
Those ones, I'm mitigated. As much as the first game is an awesome and sweet BL story, the sequel feels rushed and empty from its meaning. Let me explain.
This visual novel follows three individuals: a spaceship captain, his second in command, and a mysterious alien passenger asking for a ride to his home planet with an unknown cargo. During this 3-4 week trip, a love (and horny) story develops between the captain and the alien passenger, but the unknown cargo causes suspicion and threatens the trust between the two. Will they be together at the end of this trip or will the mysterious sarcophagus keep them apart?
The first story has great pacing, interesting developments, twists, and turns. It's well-written, and I was really rooting for the ship to sail!
The sequel, though, is a whole other story. It follows two of the endings in the first game. Sadly, the way the relationship develops feels empty, and this sequel really felt like a Naruto filler: good for more content, but not significant one. The art style is also less satisfying in my opinion. But yeah, if you appreciate BL love stories, just play the first game (and carefully look at the warnings on the page, the NSFW patch isn't for everyone (I should have looked more myself 😓)).
Polimines 2
I don't have a lot to say for this one except that it's the hardest minesweeper variant I've ever completed. There is no guessing needed in any puzzle (despite what you might think or feel) so if you usually breeze through this type of game and are looking for a challenge, Polimines and Polimines 2 are good bets.
Super Mario Bros.
ScarletKitsune's conversation and their love for older gems gave me the push I needed to attack my classic backlog. At first, I thought I 100% completed Super Mario Bros., but then I read online that there are some new things in a second playthrough, so back to the playing list it goes. XD
Anyway, like I said, it's a classic, you can't go wrong. The last level makes me think of a haunted house level where you're always searching for the way out though (not my favorite level). It was interesting to see the origin of such an everlasting franchise (especially with Super Mario Wonders that recently got out and modified a lot of the usual Mario mechanics). Bowser definitely had a glow-up over the years, though. XD
Here it ends for the completed games in the last month or so. Regarding other updates, here is my new playing list as of late:
- Lords of the Fallen (2023) (my most played game as of late. The coop aspects are great! I've purified 2 beacons out of 5, so it's progressing at a good pace. Definitely my favorite souls-like as of now!)
- Needy Streamer Overload (I've almost reached the end of my first playthrough. Now I just need to get back to it 😁)
- Lil' Guardsman (had a great premise, a bit like papers please, but I feel like there is too much of a luck aspect to it and as an unlucky completionist, it bugs me a little. I'll have to continue it if I want to confirm or infirm my suspicions, though).
- Mass Effect Legendary Edition (nothing new for that one)
- Baldur's Gate 3 (nothing new for that one either)
- Shady Part of Me (Didn't find the solution yet. I'm starting to think about using a guide for that one part.)
Continuing to farm for achievements on / 100% complete:
- Globesweeper
- Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them! (reached 750 000 / 1mil, it's not much but it's honest work)
- Dogs Organized Neatly (almost over with that one)
- Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (can't seem to encounter that d*mn shadow turnip on the Infinity Train 😭)
- The usual dailies, of course (A Little To The Left, Hexcells Infinite & Pokemon Picross (2015))
Previous Backlog: 794 Games + 20 DLCs
Previous Time to Beat All: 1007 Days 19 Hours
Current Backlog: 796 Games + 20 DLCs
Time to Beat All: 1017 Days 5 Hours
Good news is, I've played and completed more games than I originally thought despite the mid-semester exams (I've even passed the 91% remaining bar, which hasn't happened in a while!)
Bad news is, Valentine's Day and free interesting GOG games have completely destroyed my progress 😭 (which is a good problem to have! I just feel a bit conflicted since even with my best efforts to stick to my resolution, it just seems never-ending, for better or worse 😅).
Anyway, here is the rundown for last month:
Completed Games
A lot of hidden cats games (those are definitely my weakness XD): 100 Hidden Cats, 100 Ninja Cats, Cat Search In The Wild West, 100 Robo Cats, 100 Dino Cats & Cats Hidden in Georgia.
Amongst all of these, I was pleasantly surprised by Cat Search In The Wild West and Cats Hidden in Georgia. The first one uses a lot of color schemes to hide the cats, and the rogue cats appearing after you click on their wanted posters is a nice addition. The second one is more complex than I thought! Still pretty easy, but some cats are very difficult to find compared to others in this franchise. I recommend them both if you like hidden object games, as they are either very cheap or free on the Steam store.
On the other hand, 100 Robo Cats and 100 Dino Cats were big disappointments for me. I'm starting to think about stopping buying cat games from 100 Cozy Games as they just seem copy-pasted from one another. The cats are very cute and everything, but it's not worth it if I can find all 100 cats in 2-3 minutes in a level. Maybe I'm just not the right audience for these, but they just seem like cat games and not hidden cat games. Do not recommend.
Orwell
This is one of the first games I completed on Steam. I only finished one playthrough at the time though, so I gave it another shot in the last weeks and completed my second and third playthrough to collect the remaining achievements. I'm so glad I did it! In this game, you read and analyze a lot of documents (newspapers, blog pages, social media, etc.) and decide which ones to give to inspectors to stop potential terrorists. So your perspective and what you feed to the machine determines the ending and the fate of the characters. Now mix that with a modern setup and a ''Big Brother'' surveillance vibe and you've got Orwell. Loved that game a few years ago and still love it now. Can't wait to play its sequel!
First Bite
I hesitated to put this one in the completed list, as I only completed the main routes and didn't play the DLC yet, but hey, it's both in the completed and the playing category so everything's fine. Anyway, great indie vampire dating sim! As the MC, you're a vampire expert, as in vampire modern nerd. You stumble upon a house that is rumored to be haunted and you decide to take a peek. In reality, you just stumbled into a vampire's nest. Good luck surviving and convincing them to not make you their meal. 😉 Gamewise, the variety of personalities and the synergy between characters is very interesting, and the many death flags add a touch of realism to the scenario. If you like dating sims with an 18+ touch, gender diversity, and vampires, this one is for you.
The Room Three & The Room 4: Old Sins
Yeah yeah, I know, puzzle games again. It's kind of a recurring theme of mine (and they are the easiest for me to complete, so why not). Anyway, those two are good sequels to the first two games. Sadly, they are a bit underwhelming compared to their predecessors though (especially the last one). The third game takes place in a mansion where you have to navigate the different rooms to escape. The multiple endings are a nice touch, but achieving them is way less intuitive than the main one (looking at you clock, you really made my brain work hard). The puzzles are nice. I don't have much more to say about this one. The fourth game of the series, though, is a mess. Again, you have to go through rooms to be able to escape a mansion (kind of), but this time, you have to go back and forth between places to use all your items, and boy does this give me nausea. Also, the puzzles are a lot easier than in their other games; the only difficulty is to remember everything going from one room to another. Despite all that, the story of the house's inhabitants is peculiar and it piqued my curiosity enough to finish the game. If you really appreciated the first two games, then go ahead. Otherwise, look away.
The Symbiant & The Symbiant Re:Union
Those ones, I'm mitigated. As much as the first game is an awesome and sweet BL story, the sequel feels rushed and empty from its meaning. Let me explain.
This visual novel follows three individuals: a spaceship captain, his second in command, and a mysterious alien passenger asking for a ride to his home planet with an unknown cargo. During this 3-4 week trip, a love (and horny) story develops between the captain and the alien passenger, but the unknown cargo causes suspicion and threatens the trust between the two. Will they be together at the end of this trip or will the mysterious sarcophagus keep them apart?
The first story has great pacing, interesting developments, twists, and turns. It's well-written, and I was really rooting for the ship to sail!
The sequel, though, is a whole other story. It follows two of the endings in the first game. Sadly, the way the relationship develops feels empty, and this sequel really felt like a Naruto filler: good for more content, but not significant one. The art style is also less satisfying in my opinion. But yeah, if you appreciate BL love stories, just play the first game (and carefully look at the warnings on the page, the NSFW patch isn't for everyone (I should have looked more myself 😓)).
Polimines 2
I don't have a lot to say for this one except that it's the hardest minesweeper variant I've ever completed. There is no guessing needed in any puzzle (despite what you might think or feel) so if you usually breeze through this type of game and are looking for a challenge, Polimines and Polimines 2 are good bets.
Super Mario Bros.
ScarletKitsune's conversation and their love for older gems gave me the push I needed to attack my classic backlog. At first, I thought I 100% completed Super Mario Bros., but then I read online that there are some new things in a second playthrough, so back to the playing list it goes. XD
Anyway, like I said, it's a classic, you can't go wrong. The last level makes me think of a haunted house level where you're always searching for the way out though (not my favorite level). It was interesting to see the origin of such an everlasting franchise (especially with Super Mario Wonders that recently got out and modified a lot of the usual Mario mechanics). Bowser definitely had a glow-up over the years, though. XD
Here it ends for the completed games in the last month or so. Regarding other updates, here is my new playing list as of late:
- Lords of the Fallen (2023) (my most played game as of late. The coop aspects are great! I've purified 2 beacons out of 5, so it's progressing at a good pace. Definitely my favorite souls-like as of now!)
- Needy Streamer Overload (I've almost reached the end of my first playthrough. Now I just need to get back to it 😁)
- Lil' Guardsman (had a great premise, a bit like papers please, but I feel like there is too much of a luck aspect to it and as an unlucky completionist, it bugs me a little. I'll have to continue it if I want to confirm or infirm my suspicions, though).
- Mass Effect Legendary Edition (nothing new for that one)
- Baldur's Gate 3 (nothing new for that one either)
- Shady Part of Me (Didn't find the solution yet. I'm starting to think about using a guide for that one part.)
Continuing to farm for achievements on / 100% complete:
- Globesweeper
- Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them! (reached 750 000 / 1mil, it's not much but it's honest work)
- Dogs Organized Neatly (almost over with that one)
- Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (can't seem to encounter that d*mn shadow turnip on the Infinity Train 😭)
- The usual dailies, of course (A Little To The Left, Hexcells Infinite & Pokemon Picross (2015))
Previous Backlog: 794 Games + 20 DLCs
Previous Time to Beat All: 1007 Days 19 Hours
Current Backlog: 796 Games + 20 DLCs
Time to Beat All: 1017 Days 5 Hours
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That's definitely a solid gaming approach. Even if I play a multitude of games at the same time, I try to always focus on one main game at a time.
And it's great that you're trying to collect games for your family. Aren't you scared that Steam will shut down someday or that your account becomes unavailable after you pass though? The same concern could come up with the obsolescence of physical games and consoles, but I don't know, it just feels easier to address that scenario by repairing them. 😅
Also, with "3000 years worth of games" in your backlog, it seems like your family and yourself are set for gaming eternity! XD
Good luck with going through that! 😁
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Hey! Thanks for sharing your gaming journey with me! It's nice to hear about your experiences with Parascientific Escape and Rhythm Thief (now I want to play them too XD).
Your perspective on older consoles is intriguing. Experiencing the evolution of gaming across different generations must offer a unique appreciation for the industry's evolution. I wished I could have experienced the same thing, but I didn't have easy access to consoles and games in my earlier years.
Your time as a community moderator for Sega sounds like it was quite a ride! And I didn't know those games had lots of references. Do you think I can play Sonic Colors on Wii without prior SEGA experience?
As for starting a blog, I understand the hesitation: I'm in the same boat! XD But hey, I think what's important is to share the fun, no matter if it's in weird bursts or consistently!
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Woah! I can hardly imagine going through all of that. On the bright side, you have enough games to play for the rest of your life!
Are these all titles you would like to play, or does your list include bundled games? Do you have a priority system, or do you simply play what strikes your fancy?
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Games Beaten - January 2024
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I've completed a lot of games in the last month. Those were all short ones, though, but I really needed a little boost at the beginning of this year to start a little cleanup of my list.
1. 100 Christmas Cats + DLC [1h00]
2. Not For Broadcast: Prologue [26 min]
3. Class of '09 [3h08]
4. Class of '09: The Re-Up [5h24]
5. Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them! [6h54] (I'm still missing one tiny achievement, but I'm working on it).
6. Cats Organized Neatly [5h48]
7. Polimines [1h26]
8. Cats Hidden in Maple Hollow [18 min]
9. Cats Hidden in Paris + DLC [16 min]
10. Cats Hidden in Bali [17 min]
11. Cats Hidden in Italy [7 min]
12. Depanneur Nocturne [40 min]
13. Cats and Seek + DLC [35 min]
14. BAD END THEATER [1h40]
15. 100 Capitalist Cats [14 min]
16. The Room [2h00]
17. Room No. 9 [8h24]
18. The Room Two [2h28]
19. Home Safety Hotline [3h34]
I completed all this during the last month or so, except for a couple of hours on Cats Organized Neatly, which are from December 2023.
My favorites this month are, of course, the hidden cats games (those are my guilty pleasure as of late) and Home Safety Hotline. Even if this last one has no replayability per se, the concept is new and interesting (despite the weird ending). I've been disappointed in BAD END THEATER though. For a game that had been recommended to me countless times, it wasn't really my cup of tea: too much repetition for predictable endings. Anyway, all that free time before classes has been appreciated and used to the fullest! 😁
1. 100 Christmas Cats + DLC [1h00]
2. Not For Broadcast: Prologue [26 min]
3. Class of '09 [3h08]
4. Class of '09: The Re-Up [5h24]
5. Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them! [6h54] (I'm still missing one tiny achievement, but I'm working on it).
6. Cats Organized Neatly [5h48]
7. Polimines [1h26]
8. Cats Hidden in Maple Hollow [18 min]
9. Cats Hidden in Paris + DLC [16 min]
10. Cats Hidden in Bali [17 min]
11. Cats Hidden in Italy [7 min]
12. Depanneur Nocturne [40 min]
13. Cats and Seek + DLC [35 min]
14. BAD END THEATER [1h40]
15. 100 Capitalist Cats [14 min]
16. The Room [2h00]
17. Room No. 9 [8h24]
18. The Room Two [2h28]
19. Home Safety Hotline [3h34]
I completed all this during the last month or so, except for a couple of hours on Cats Organized Neatly, which are from December 2023.
My favorites this month are, of course, the hidden cats games (those are my guilty pleasure as of late) and Home Safety Hotline. Even if this last one has no replayability per se, the concept is new and interesting (despite the weird ending). I've been disappointed in BAD END THEATER though. For a game that had been recommended to me countless times, it wasn't really my cup of tea: too much repetition for predictable endings. Anyway, all that free time before classes has been appreciated and used to the fullest! 😁
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[blog] Eleanora1315's Pandora's Box
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Thank you for the well wishes!
Regarding Parascientific Escape and Rhythm Thief & The Emperor's Treasure, it's my boyfriend who found them for me. He's more of a collector than I am and always discovers interesting titles for me to try out. 😁 With the eShop closure almost a year ago, I bought a lot of DS/3DS games that would be otherwise unavailable or way too expensive for me to buy. A good chunk of my backlog comes from this period.
I noticed that a significant portion of your games comes from earlier consoles. What aspects of those mediums interest you? 😊
I hope your backlog won't get the best of you either. If you ever start a blog too, give me a heads up, and I'll follow your adventure too! 😁
Regarding Parascientific Escape and Rhythm Thief & The Emperor's Treasure, it's my boyfriend who found them for me. He's more of a collector than I am and always discovers interesting titles for me to try out. 😁 With the eShop closure almost a year ago, I bought a lot of DS/3DS games that would be otherwise unavailable or way too expensive for me to buy. A good chunk of my backlog comes from this period.
I noticed that a significant portion of your games comes from earlier consoles. What aspects of those mediums interest you? 😊
I hope your backlog won't get the best of you either. If you ever start a blog too, give me a heads up, and I'll follow your adventure too! 😁
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Oh man, I don't know how to do this, but if I never start then how can I hope for actual progress. XD
So welcome everyone to this pandora's box that is gaming to my poor wallet!
Hi! I'm Eleanora1315 (you can call me Ele, Eleanora, etc. I really don't mind 😊).
I'm more of a casual player that tries to squeeze in as much gaming time I can while tackling university courses. Therefore I'll try to keep up regular updates, but it will all really depend on how much time I'll be able to dedicate to video games.
For now, my main objective is to maintain or reduce my backlog. So I have a policy of maximum one game bought per one game completed in 2024. 😁
Let's see how long this will last . . .
Also, I'm working on old games I've started but never finished / long term goals. I'm more of a 100% completionist type of person, so it's really hard for me to mark a game as completely finished without getting all the achievements and the tiny itty bits of contents. 😅
At the moment, I'm playing the main story / part of the following titles:
- The Room Three (currently working on the 3rd chapter)
- Mass Effect Legendary Edition (currently playing the first game, I've cleared all the side missions I could + Noveria. I've just started Feros.)
- Amnesia: Later x Crowd (completely cleared Kent's parts of the fandisk during the holidays and now I'm trying to get through Ikki's)
- Baldur's Gate 3 (mid act 2 I guess? Hard to say since this game has so much content and side quests)
- Fantasy Life (cozy and quasi infinite game 💛)
- Shady Part of Me (I'm stuck on a puzzle in chapter 3. Let's see I can find the solution any time soon!)
I'm also farming achievements / alternate endings for those games once in a while:
- Globesweeper
- Slay the Princess
- Yeah! You Want "Those Games", Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them! (that 1m dollars' achievement is going to be the end of me . . . 😤)
- Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight
- Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
- Dogs Organized Neatly
- Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (my luck is trash and even after a while I can't seem to encounter the shadow turnip on the Infinity Train 😭)
- A Date with Death (I've only completed one ending for now, the DLC's one, and I can't wait to see the others! 🖤)
- Cooking Companions (really loved the ambiance and the characters, but I can't seem to get back to it! Argh, one of my biggest challenges at the moment 😓)
All while trying to keep up with some mobile games + the daily puzzles of those three:
- A Little To The Left (100% completed, I just like the daily puzzles 😊)
- Hexcells Infinite (There are 10 000 puzzles available in the infinite mode, let's just say I'm trying to chip that bit by bit)
- Pokemon Picross (2015) (Since I started that one after the eshop closure, the limited amount of picrites I can farm everyday blocks any significant progression, hence why I'm playing a bit daily)
I didn't put everything up there, since I kind of go back and forth between a couple of titles, but those are my most frequently played ones as of late.
Regarding my monster of a backlog, all of it (with 2-3 exceptions) are all games I'm planning to play. There is no iffy or random bundles there sadly / happily. My time is based on 100% completion at average speed though, and since I have some very long games there like Civ VI and Fire Emblems games, it may seem bigger than it actually is? No, I'm not trying to cope here, don't know what you're talking about.
Some of the sorts of games I love
- Otome Games
- Puzzle Games
- Visual Novels in general
- Hidden Cats Games 😻
- Story-driven Games
- Mario and Zelda Series
- Information Games (don't know how to explain that one. Good exemples would be Home Safety Hotline, Orwell and maybe Papers Please?)
- Rythm Games
- Little Horror Games made with RPG-maker like Ib
Some of the sorts of stuff I play here and there / with others
- Souls Games
- RPGs
- Platformers
- Adventure Games
- Anime Inspired Fighting Games
Some of the sorts of stuff I tend to avoid
- FPS
- Games using Street Fighter's style
- MMOs
- Racing Games (Mario Kart is the exception 😉)
- Farming Simulators
- Space Setups
- Bullet Hells
- Sport Games
- LEGO Games
I'm relatively new here, so don't hesitate if you want to discuss a bit, I'm a bit shy / slow on the answers though, just be warned.
I'm also taking recommendations if you have some, preferably already in my library so I can continue to fight the backlog 😅 (but you can also be very cruel and expose me to new games you think I would enjoy 😈).
I'm mostly a PC and Switch user, but I also have at my disposition most modern consoles except for Xbox devices.
Hoping this won't be a scream into the void and that I'll actually continue to go through this insane backlog. 😅
Thank you for embarking on this journey with me!
Current Backlog: 794 Games + 20 DLCs
Time to Beat All: 1007 Days 19 Hours
So welcome everyone to this pandora's box that is gaming to my poor wallet!
Hi! I'm Eleanora1315 (you can call me Ele, Eleanora, etc. I really don't mind 😊).
I'm more of a casual player that tries to squeeze in as much gaming time I can while tackling university courses. Therefore I'll try to keep up regular updates, but it will all really depend on how much time I'll be able to dedicate to video games.
For now, my main objective is to maintain or reduce my backlog. So I have a policy of maximum one game bought per one game completed in 2024. 😁
Let's see how long this will last . . .
Also, I'm working on old games I've started but never finished / long term goals. I'm more of a 100% completionist type of person, so it's really hard for me to mark a game as completely finished without getting all the achievements and the tiny itty bits of contents. 😅
At the moment, I'm playing the main story / part of the following titles:
- The Room Three (currently working on the 3rd chapter)
- Mass Effect Legendary Edition (currently playing the first game, I've cleared all the side missions I could + Noveria. I've just started Feros.)
- Amnesia: Later x Crowd (completely cleared Kent's parts of the fandisk during the holidays and now I'm trying to get through Ikki's)
- Baldur's Gate 3 (mid act 2 I guess? Hard to say since this game has so much content and side quests)
- Fantasy Life (cozy and quasi infinite game 💛)
- Shady Part of Me (I'm stuck on a puzzle in chapter 3. Let's see I can find the solution any time soon!)
I'm also farming achievements / alternate endings for those games once in a while:
- Globesweeper
- Slay the Princess
- Yeah! You Want "Those Games", Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them! (that 1m dollars' achievement is going to be the end of me . . . 😤)
- Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight
- Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
- Dogs Organized Neatly
- Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (my luck is trash and even after a while I can't seem to encounter the shadow turnip on the Infinity Train 😭)
- A Date with Death (I've only completed one ending for now, the DLC's one, and I can't wait to see the others! 🖤)
- Cooking Companions (really loved the ambiance and the characters, but I can't seem to get back to it! Argh, one of my biggest challenges at the moment 😓)
All while trying to keep up with some mobile games + the daily puzzles of those three:
- A Little To The Left (100% completed, I just like the daily puzzles 😊)
- Hexcells Infinite (There are 10 000 puzzles available in the infinite mode, let's just say I'm trying to chip that bit by bit)
- Pokemon Picross (2015) (Since I started that one after the eshop closure, the limited amount of picrites I can farm everyday blocks any significant progression, hence why I'm playing a bit daily)
I didn't put everything up there, since I kind of go back and forth between a couple of titles, but those are my most frequently played ones as of late.
Regarding my monster of a backlog, all of it (with 2-3 exceptions) are all games I'm planning to play. There is no iffy or random bundles there sadly / happily. My time is based on 100% completion at average speed though, and since I have some very long games there like Civ VI and Fire Emblems games, it may seem bigger than it actually is? No, I'm not trying to cope here, don't know what you're talking about.
Some of the sorts of games I love
- Otome Games
- Puzzle Games
- Visual Novels in general
- Hidden Cats Games 😻
- Story-driven Games
- Mario and Zelda Series
- Information Games (don't know how to explain that one. Good exemples would be Home Safety Hotline, Orwell and maybe Papers Please?)
- Rythm Games
- Little Horror Games made with RPG-maker like Ib
Some of the sorts of stuff I play here and there / with others
- Souls Games
- RPGs
- Platformers
- Adventure Games
- Anime Inspired Fighting Games
Some of the sorts of stuff I tend to avoid
- FPS
- Games using Street Fighter's style
- MMOs
- Racing Games (Mario Kart is the exception 😉)
- Farming Simulators
- Space Setups
- Bullet Hells
- Sport Games
- LEGO Games
I'm relatively new here, so don't hesitate if you want to discuss a bit, I'm a bit shy / slow on the answers though, just be warned.
I'm also taking recommendations if you have some, preferably already in my library so I can continue to fight the backlog 😅 (but you can also be very cruel and expose me to new games you think I would enjoy 😈).
I'm mostly a PC and Switch user, but I also have at my disposition most modern consoles except for Xbox devices.
Hoping this won't be a scream into the void and that I'll actually continue to go through this insane backlog. 😅
Thank you for embarking on this journey with me!
Current Backlog: 794 Games + 20 DLCs
Time to Beat All: 1007 Days 19 Hours
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To all Anigamers, do you think your gaming and anime tastes overlap?
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Yep, there's some overlap! Started gaming after participating in an anime con and got immediately hooked on otome games and their adaptations, but anime-wise, I'm more a fan of thrillers and psychological stuff, so it can get tricky when it collides with romance games. Keeps my entertainment balance in check though!
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