Games beaten01]
Snow Bros. Special: Anniversary Edition (STM, 2024) |2 Jan| For some reason the Switch version of this made me froth, but I've loved it on the PC after finally figuring out how to beat the new bosses, lovely jubbly.
02]
Maiden Cops (STM, 2024) |7 Jan| SoR2 style beat 'em up, playthrough with Meiga the cow-girl, the game works much better now with blocking available and after some updates.
03]
Dead Space (2023 remake) (STM, 2023) |8 Jan| A few irritations at 'modern audience' stuff and for some reason they turned Nicole into her own mother, but a solid remake of one of my favourites.
04]
Maid of the Dead (STM, 2024) |11 Jan| Bullet heaven with aspects of twin-stick shooters, maid cafe girls repel an onslaught of zombies in Akihabara
Not bad at all.
05]
Metal Slug X (STM, 2014) |11 Jan| Apparently just a tweaked version of MS2, still enjoyed it very much! MS games are always good stress relief.
06]
Resident Evil: Revelations (STM, 2013) |13 Jan| Oof! This certainly hasn't aged as well as its sequel, still functions fine as a standard third-person action game.
07]
Warriors of Fate (STM, 2018) |16 Jan| Probably my least favourite of the Capcom arcade beat 'em ups, despite the Three Kingdoms setting, hence got it done first, still enjoyed it though.
08]
Armored Warriors (STM, 2018) |19 Jan| Did this one next because I'm forever forgetting how good it is!
09]
Battle Circuit (STM, 2018) |22 Jan| After an abortive re-try of Tormented Souls it was time to get on familiar ground, wholesome lizard-smashing in space, lovely.
10]
Echo Generation: Midnight Edition (STM, 2024) |25 Jan| Snack-sized turn-based RPG with either voxel or similar graphics, evidently influenced by Earthbound and Stranger Things. Not bad. Got the full Steam achievements as well as beating the game.
11]
Plants Vs Zombies (STM, 2009) |29 Jan| Jr has slowly been building up to playing this for a year, helped him through adventure mode.
12]
Final Fight (STM, 2018) |1 Feb| Should have played this one first or second, the baddies can whip your health in half so easily.
13]
Infectonator 3: Apocalypse (STM, 2018) |8 Feb| Nothing better than a good, goofy zombie game to lift my mood, perfect.
14]
Hidden Realm of the Enchantress (STM, 2025) |22 Feb| Short NSFW old skool dungeon crawl game, surprisingly good battle mechanics, enjoyed.
15]
Infectonator 3: Apocalypse (STM, 2018) |1 Mar| Second playthrough to unlock all but one steam achievements.
16]
Plants Vs Zombies (STM, 2009) |2 Mar| Jr managed to delete the save file so I've flown through the game to make up some lost ground.
17]
Recall: Empty Wishes (STM, 2025) |10 Mar| Horror adventure game, enjoyed it.
18]
Is It Wrong to Try to Shoot 'em Up Girls in a Dungeon? (STM, 2020) |18 Mar| Freebie mini-SHMUP, not bad at all.
19]
This War of Mine (STM, 2014) |18 Mar| Good to return to this again, seems like a long time since I played it through.
Games Tried/Disliked/Got Rid Of01]
Tevi (NSW, 2024) |5 Jan| Bullet-hell/metroidvania from the developers of Rabi-Ribi, a hot mess of overcomplicated control systems and sparse locations. Absolutely hated every aspect of it apart from the character art.
02]
Tails of Iron (STM, 2021) |10 Jan| Basically a 2D combat game with platform elements. Fetch quests, padding, simplistic combat, lots of poor game design, no thanks!
03]
Sea Salt (STM, 2019) |11 Jan| Major letdown, controls sloppily, the creatures you 'control' do their own thing and they scamper around and get picked off.
04]
SteamWorld Dig 2 (STM, 2017) |14 Jan| The graphics and the almost throw-away nature of the worldbuilding repels me every time with SteamWorld.
05]
Cathedral (STM, 2019) |14 Jan| Don't mind a fair thing, but I wasn't into 'Nintendo Hard' in the 80s and I'm not now.
06]
Streets of Rogue (STM, 2019) |15 Jan| Does an admirable job of applying some (randomized) structure to a randomized city sandbox, but i yearn for curated gameworlds.
07]
Mario & Luigi: Brothership (NSW, 2024) |20 Jan| AKA 'My First Mario & Luigi'. None of the charm or fantastic music of earlier titles. Brothershit.
08]
There is No Light (STM, 2022) |20 Jan| Bog-standard hack and slash thing with a bog-standard setting and plot punctuated by incessant yapping by uninteresting NPCs. Christ.
09]
Tormented Souls (STM, 2021) |21 Jan| There's nothing wrong with this beyond its budget limitations, it's just that it's a carbon copy of a game I'd rather remember fondly than actually play these days.
10]
Night Slashers: Remake (STM, 2024) |7 Feb| I could live with the presentation being so sucky, but not "you failed, restart the level" in an arcade beat 'em up. It's not 1987.
11]
Gryphon Knight Epic (STM, 2015) |11 Feb| Inoffensive side-scrolling shooter which bored quickly due to being so S-L-O-W.
12]
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record (STM, 2015) |23 Feb| KK, that's me finally through with DR after a 2-decade long rocky relationship, just isn't fun.
13]
Bite the Bullet (STM, 2020) |23 Feb| Slow and horrid.
Previous Years2024 -
38 beaten,
5 tried and discarded2023 -
37 beaten,
14 tried and discarded2021 -
18 beaten,
9 tried and discarded2020 -
33 beaten,
20 tried and discarded2019 -
45 beaten,
34 tried and discarded2018 -
44 beaten,
41 tried and discarded2017 -
37 beaten,
9 tried and discarded2016 -
21 beaten
