[PS4] Catherine: Full Body (2019)

How:
Wanted more after finishing the first Catherine, got it on PSN during sales.
Endings:
- I got the Rin true ending.
- I got to Rapunzel stage 22.
Pros:
- Sympathetic and likable characters
- Cool setting and overall style
- A very good challenge with clever puzzles
- Tons of level variations with high replay value, including the new blocks and Remix mode
Cons:
- A bit too silly in the finale

[PC] Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within (1995)

How:
Heard of it since Amiga times, got on GOG during a Halloween sale.
Pros:
- Relaxing gameplay, nice mysterious atmosphere
- Good acting with authentic German speakers
- Some nice puzzles
Cons:
- Many puzzles are just a matter of going back and forth talking to people
- Overly slow cutscenes
- Extremely tedious arcade sequences
- No subtitles
- Some aggravating pixel hunting
- Handwritten letters have keyboard-specific typos, completely ruins immersion

Ending scene, with my tiny 679/679 score in the top-right.

[PC] Amerzone (1999)

How:
Heard of it after playing Syberia, got on GOG during an Anuman Games sale.
Pros:
- Relaxing gameplay
- Nice environments and adventurous atmosphere
Cons:
- Motion sickness caused by the camera movement
- Very easy puzzles and little exploration

Somebody thought this is nice face modelling.

[TV] Bandersnatch (2018)

How:
Found it on Netflix.
Pros:
- Very good shooting, player choices fit smoothly in
- Cool and authentic overall feel
Cons:
- A big conspiracy theory
- Unlikable actors
- Overall underwhelming

The Bandersnatch game is a first-person blobber!

[PC] Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice (1995)

How:
Read about it on magazines, got on a Black Friday sale at GOG.
Pros:
- Nice tense atmosphere throughout the entire game
- Old school graphics, with pre-rendered 3D animations and drawn backgrounds
- Some nice cutscenes
Cons:
- I skipped a cutscene because I did actions in a different order
- The monsters are laughable
- Very easy puzzles
- Rushed-up unfolding of the story, weak characters

The Necronomicon!

I found the first part of the code via trial and error. This broke some parts of the game.

[PC] Anna's Quest (2015)

How:
Got it from a GOG winter sale.
Pros:
- Very nice graphics and smooth in-game animations
- Some nice cutscenes
- Quite lengthy with nice variations and quite adventurous feeling
- Overall good puzzles
Cons:
- Annoyingly naive main character
- Very bad and unfair ending towards Winfriede
- Several open threads are never explained (e.g. who's the fox?)

The chapter with Winfriede as a playing character is actually better than the rest of the game. Also, this explores the connection between magic and science!

[PC] Journey of a Roach (2013)

How:
Got with a winter sale on GOG.
Pros:
- Nice, simple and relaxing puzzle adventure
- Some good puzzles
Cons:
- Some motion sickness due to the camera movement

A cameo from Harvey!

[PS4] Root Letter (2016)

How:
Found on some youtube game review channel.
Notes:
I got 2 out of 5 endings.
Pros:
- Very nice graphics and compelling story
- The Phoenix Wright-like questioning part is fun
- Relaxing gameplay
Cons:
- Hardly any actual gameplay at all, freedom of movement and action is reduced to zero
- Max-mode is just trial and error
- As is often the case with visual novels, the protagonist is not a very likable person

You get to see 7 actual dishes from the city of Matsue.

[PC] Goblins Quest 3 (1993)

How:
Heard about it since Amiga times, got on GOG with a Gobliiins pack.
Pros:
- Some quite challenging puzzles
- Fun and silly fantasy setting
- Quirky graphics, sounds and overall atmosphere
- Nice connection with the previous game
Cons:
- Some weird puzzles promote trial & error attitude
- The story is not easy to follow
- Game-breaking bugs at the chessboard level where you get items in the inventory before actually finding them

An amusing moment in which you play from inside a crystal ball.

Transformed into a werewolf!

[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