A fun little horror romp. It has a fun premise and environment, although it's not as deep as it first appears to be. I was expecting something like Five Nights at Freddy's meets Not For Broadcast but in reality it was more like a series of environmental puzzles. The puzzles that are there are pretty neat, and I really like the premise and most of the execution. I'll have to play through it again but in my first playthrough I saved everyone but one person. I wish it was more dad gamey and there was more to do in the game as well. The biggest strengths of the game are the environment and for the most part, the writing. It is a little cliche but it is funny at times and kept me guessing. One thing it fails to do completely though is be scary; don't worry if you were expecting jumpscares, even though there's a very telegraphed one at the start. Worth a couple more playthroughs, but I don't see myself picking it up again after that.

I played Skyrim back when it was released - on PS3 - and then got it again on PS3 when Legendary Edition came out for the DLC, and was also gifted vanilla on PC but could never play it due to not having a good enough PC. I put Special Edition on my wishlist, and when it went on sale I bought it. I decided to approach the game fresh (as much as I could) and play it as if I was playing it for the first time. The Anniversary Edition content was genuinely new for me, so I had to experience that for the first time, but the stuff I'd already done on PS3 I decided to roleplay a little and not speed through it. So I dug in and played for over 100 hours, going through all the major quests - including DLC - and doing everything I could, clearing out my quest journal. And I gotta say, even with all the memes about the game, Skyrim is genuinely a good game. I installed a bunch of QOL mods but nothing that added significantly new content, so it was pretty close to the unmodded version. It's the perfect game for just chilling and playing something when you want to play a game but don't know what to play or you don't want to get deep into something; I have a bunch of games that are really good games but I don't want to play them because I just want to hop into the game and play without rooting myself into their systems, but also the "pick up and play" games I do have don't have the right energy to chill out in - shooters and the like. Skyrim's relaxed and calm enough but just surface level in what you're getting yourself involved in that it hits the perfect intersection of these two vibes for me to enjoy it.

The Forgotten City is one of the most enjoyable video game experiences I've had in a while. It's based off of a Skyrim mod, and while it still has some of the trappings of Skyrim, it manages to find its own identity and become a game with way better writing than Skyrim and made me feel invested in the characters. I was genuinely happy when I interacted with them at the end of the canon ending and it was the perfect way to wrap the game up. It wasn't as intensive as some other detective game but it made me feel very clever and made me pleasantly surprised at times.

Received in the itch.io Ukraine bundle. The art style immediately reminded me of Clusterfuck at first, but it's a lot more shiny - like everything's made of glass. Definitely not a bad looking game. The gameplay, however, is pretty bad; beyond the initial dopamine boost you realize how one-note and pretty unfulfilling it is. Eventually so many objects are put in your way it's impossible not to hit one all the time and you lose. The thing is, the game can be broken by running up against the side walls and letting your health refill. This is the way to play the game if you want the highest score, and that is very unfun. Still, worth a couple of normal runs.