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2019年11月3日日曜日

[PS4] Little Nightmares (2017)

How:
Found while browsing the PS Store.
Pros:
- Tense, creepy atmosphere
- Simple but functional gameplay
- Excellent graphics and well blended-in animations
- Does a great job at not being repetitive
Cons:
- Impossible to backtrack in most cases, discourages exploration
- Very simple puzzles

2019年10月30日水曜日

[PC] Fallout Shelter (2015)

How:
Was randomly browsing Microsoft Store free games.
Notes:
I didn't finish all available quests, but I'm basically unbeatable. I got 3 Mr. Handy's, almost all dwellers at max level, all available rooms, multiple dwellers on missions, all recipes.
Pros:
- Can get pretty addictive
- Nice post-apocalyptic setting
- Many customization possibilities for characters and vault
Cons:
- Almost no music at all
- Too much based on waiting
- Gets very repetitive after a while
- Enemies can get very tough if leveling is done the wrong way
- Unclear effect of endurance and level on game difficulty

Got Bottle & Cappy in a limited time quest.

2019年10月27日日曜日

[PS3] Life is Strange (2015)

How:
Found by randomly browsing PSN, bought the season pass on a sale.
Pros:
- Very good graphics contribute to setting the mood
- Very fitting, moving soundtrack
- Great storyline and characters
- Several choices make for a very nonlinear game
Cons:
- Gives a misleading sense of urgency that doesn't allow to calmly explore
- Impossible to backtrack and visit locations as desired
- Camera handling can be a bit tedious
- Some distracting graphical glitches
- Gameplay is often just limited to watching the story unfold

2019年7月28日日曜日

[PC] Gobliins 2 - The Prince Buffoon (1992)

How:
Heard of it since Amiga times, got on GOG with a Gobliiins pack.
Pros:
- No more energy bar
- Nice challenging puzzles, with some interplay between the two characters
- Nice graphics and silly humor
Cons:
- Some annoying, illogical puzzles
- Some very annoying control issues

2019年7月14日日曜日

[PC] Her Story (2015)

How:
Got on GOG during a summer sale.
Note:
I uncovered two knock-code messages (BYDHANNAN and LOVEU), but couldn't use them anywhere.
Pros:
- Nice FMV based gameplay, quite immersive
- Interesting investigation
Cons:
- The actress is not very good
- Very difficult to uncover all the tapes, you end up with trying random words

[PC] Gobliiins (1991)

How:
Heard about it since Amiga days, got on a sale on GOG.
Note:
Finished the game with max energy, final password TQNGFVC.
Pros:
- Nice graphics and setting
- Weird humor
- Some tough puzzles with several red herrings
- Good for quick game sessions
Cons:
- Solving puzzles is mostly a matter of trial and error
- Little music and sound effects

2019年7月13日土曜日

[PC] Neighbours from Hell (2003)

How:
Found about it on GOG.
Pros:
- Nice tense puzzle solving; if this was horror-themed, it would be very effective
- The episodic format enables quick game sessions
- Reasonably funny and lighthearted
Cons:
- Once all tricks are found, getting 100% rating boils down to finding out the exact sequence

I got the golden statue in all seasons, but no outro video for me.

2019年2月16日土曜日

[PC] Lilly Looking Through (2013)

How:
Got from GOG during a summer sale.
Pros:
- Gorgeous graphics, animations and mood
- Nice puzzles
Cons:
- Very short
- Slow movement

[PC] Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes (2012)

How:
Got from GOG together with the first game in a Daedalic sale.
Pros:
- Creepy atmosphere
- Nice puzzles
- Super powers
- Some mini-games including a turn-based battle
Cons:
- Annoying music
- Some glitches
- Limited interaction with the environment
- Too much talking

2019年1月18日金曜日

[PC] Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender (1992)

How:
Got on GOG on a Black Friday sale.
Pros:
- Nice sci-fi setting
- Nice minimalistic background music
- Nice graphics and animations
Cons:
- Slow movement, not possible to skip
- Basic inventory-oriented puzzles
- Fonts are large and hard to read

Taking a leak - first time ever in a game?
Cosmic innuendos.

I thought the scribblings would be password or coordinates, but apparently they appear in other Microprose adventures (e.g. Dragonsphere).