Main Listbold games are games that have been beaten, previously beaten, or are unbeatable.
italicized games are in progress.
standard games are games I am not currently trying to beat.
strikethrough games are games that have been abandoned.
I'm starting to move my notes over to backloggery. I haven't decided if I'll keep posting my notes here to move over there or if I'll just cut out the middleman so to speak and just work over there. For now I'll try and post here until I'm done collating the information.
1.
Dreamland Solitaire (PC)
At the beginning of this year, I was having some health problems and was spending a lot of time laying in bed. Working from home in bed, playing games in bed, not bedridden, just spending a lot of time in bed. Eventually I did PT and got better, but I was laying in bed when I played this game. Real simple tri-peaks style solitaire type of game. Not really worth playing, but I always enjoy solitaire games.
Rating: Soft pass
2.
100 hidden fish (PC)
Same as all the other 100 hidden games, takes about 10 minutes to complete, enjoyable waste of time.
Rating: Soft pass
3.
Astro Bot (PS5)
I really enjoyed this game. I went for the platinum, and I still need to go back to it for the trophies they added in updates. The levels are relatively simple, some of the additional levels can be quite a chore, but overall the game is immensely enjoyable and all of the themed astro bots add a little something special. Entirely possible that this game will stick out as GOTY for me. I had some hopes for NightReign, but it's definitely not GOTY material.
Rating: Solid recommendation
4.
One Finger Death Punch (PC)
I won this game on steam gifts like 10 years ago or something and it had just been sitting and it finally got picked for me in a PoP cycle, so I played it. This is while I was still laid up in bed, but the game is playable with a controller with its basic controls. Overall a really enjoyable game, if not really really difficult to master and complete. I stuck with just beating the game because anything more seemed like it would make me hate the game, but overall it's a really enjoyable sort of rhythm combat game.
Rating: Soft pass, curious if the sequel is better
5.
100 hidden snails (PC)
Another 100 hidden game, all of these are a blur to me despite them having differing mechanics from time to time which do make the games better or worse. I could make the effort to check before I write these reviews, but let's be honest, it doesn't make much difference, the games are worth or not worth playing all the same.
Rating: Soft pass
6.
Cats Hidden in Georgia (PC)
Another hidden object game. These are just one big scene with cats hidden about. I don't care for this style of hidden object, 1 really big screen that you have to zoom in on, but it's still enjoyable.
Rating: Soft pass
7.
Finding Paradise (PC)
I can't recall if this was a PoP pick or if it was just a giveaway I won under the condition that I earn a single achievement (The game only has a single achievement :shakes fist:) Anyway, the game is really enjoyable, though it being the final entry in the To the Moon series, I wish I had been able to play the first 2 titles in the series first, because there are some call backs to previous entries though I don't actually know how important the call backs are as I've not played the previous entries. Overall enjoyable, but the game is a bit of a slow moving slog until you start getting into the tail end story which is always unfortunate for story driven games.
Rating: Soft pass
8.
100 hidden frogs 2 (PC)
Another 100 hidden game, I swear I am running out of these to play, but yeah, I'll continue to keep playing these... especially as they leave the profile limited status on steam.
Rating: Soft pass
9.
Minit Fun Racer (PC)
I don't recall, might have been a roll on Backlog Dungeon, but I enjoyed Minit and looked forward to playing whatever this little racer is. It is just a little left to right scrolling racer game where you collect things and avoid obstacles in an attempt to finish a race in a minit, I mean minute. Overall enjoyable and dare I say maybe worth playing given the proceeds go to charity. That said it's not much substance, but it has replay value
Rating: Soft recommendation
10.
Hidden Cats in London (PC)
I really enjoy these styles of hidden object games as the map colors in as you find everything in the area, so you know you don't have to look there anymore and that is such a great quality of life feature making the game much more worth playing over the other hidden cat/animal games.
Rating: Soft pass, but better than others lol
11.
Cats Hidden in Bali (PC)
Another hidden object game akin to the previous in Georgia game. Same rating.
Rating: Soft pass
12.
Double Cross (PC)
A steamgift win that got picked for me on PoP. I relatively recall enjoying the game, but I didn't go for the 100% because I'm pretty sure it either had missable achievements or required multiple playthroughs, which is generally a no go for me. Artwork was good, characters are interesting, story was a tad tropey and I think it wound up fairly obvious who the bad guy was, and I feel like some of the gameplay mechanics were frustrating. I will say, before I finish up this review, I'll go watch some gameplay clips to jog my memory. Okay, yeah, I recall enjoying the platforming, though some of the split paths might have encouraged replay or something to get missing collectibles and the combat I recall being frustrating because enemies would respawn frequently, and I feel like I recall some of the boss fights being frustrating. Overall a decent mega man clone, better than Mighty No 9 lol
Rating: Soft pass
13.
Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath (XS)
I had bought the ultimate edition or the DLC or something at some point, but had never come back to the game to check out the DLC over the years and decided to finally jump back into these games. I did load up Mortal Kombat XL to check out the extra content, but realized that it didn't actually add anything of value or I had already done the content and just didn't remember doing the content, so I was pretty quick to just move on to 11. Now I had played through 11 years ago, well before the Aftermath DLC came out, but this one for sure added more content, IIRC it did add almost sequel-esque story to the game showing what Lui Kang did with his new god powers... honestly at this point I'm at a blank for what the story was, I really need to be writing this stuff as I play these games and not literally months later when I can't recall for the life of me. Anyway, regardless, the added story is definitely worth checking out because it should link directly to MK1. Now I haven't played MK1 yet, but I am looking forward to it. I have the game and all of the DLC I believe. The rating for this is strictly for the DLC, I will say, for me personally, I will always find MK series to have the best stories for fighting games.
Rating: Soft recommendation
14.
Vulcan Venture (PC)
Oh boy, I'm not gonna remember crap from any of these Konami Arcade classics. I sat down while in bed still and tried to play through the arcade games in the collection and this was the one first one I played through, I think. All of these games are just get to a certain score, earn the achievements, and then you're done technically speaking.
