Pnwpotato
2023
I played this one over a few sittings, and it ran great on the Steam Deck. Playtime clocked in at 3.6 hours after credits rolled. I think the game was super cute, and the platforming was fun without ever being too difficult.
2019
I wanted to like this one more, honestly. I usually love games like this! The slow movement speed was a bit of a pain, but maybe a practice on patience. And I liked exploring different islands, choosing which thing I wanted to do each day even if it felt a bit up in the air. But ultimately what I couldn't handle was the fact that game game would crash at least once while playing it each evening. I don't mind an occasional hiccup in a game but when there's a consistent crashing problem, it's a no go for me. Especially if there's times where you lose progress after the crash. So this one will unfortunately be marked as Abandoned for me.
2020
Shelved for now. A neat game, with really calm vibes. I think the idea of the player being the AI that controls the characters suit and is being directly spoken to is a cool thing, that I've seen in a few of the games I've played lately. Breaking the fourth wall but intentionally? Active third person? I'm not sure what the phrasing would be for that but I think that's cool. I'm putting it down for now since I think I want to save it as a "chip away slowly" game, and right now I'm looking for something a bit different.
2018
I played this game for about half an hour on the Steam Deck before I felt like I had gotten about all I could out of it. HLTB says it takes five hours to complete, but maybe the type of puzzle just wasn't for me.
2020
A fun game to spend a few evenings with. I thought the story was interesting, and while the game would probably go faster if I didn't stop to find all the hidden grenkin, I liked those puzzles too. If You're looking for a narrative based, hidden object type game you may like this one. My small pet peeve was how the audio didn't match the text speed very well. But I just clicked through and read instead of waiting if I was getting impatient.
2017
Shelved. After a few sittings, I found it felt like I just wasn't having fun. The story wasn't pulling me, but also waiting through the slightly too long loading screens, and feeling like my spells weren't really improving or getting easier to use just put the low-key frustration level too high. I wonder if this may be a case of playing a game that's just showing it's age and me being used to newer/smoother experiences. A lot has happened in games since 2017, and I'm writing this in 2024. But I put it down around the time I was on my way to my 2nd large area.
Not my typical kind of game, but it had the same theme and great jams as the first one. Took me two evenings to complete.
Picked this one up after letting it hang out on my wish list for a few years. Unfortunately, it's going to be an Abandoned mark for me. The platforming is just a bit too fiddly and slippery for the precision it asks for. I got to the point where the game glitched and I was stuck in a falling animation while on normal ground - I tried to fall off the ledge to reset and it just had a neverending fall with my camera pointed at the ground. That was enough for me.
2023
I enjoyed it, but there are some QOL improvements that could be done. I also would have appreciated the heads up about the end of the game choice - I got a sudden "bad" ending and since it's auto save only I couldn't go back to see the other option.
Aesthetically, I liked it. The story line for the second one was a bit slow, and then a bit of a head scratcher. It also felt like I wasn't exactly sure if I was the target audience for these (maybe for a younger audience? Idk) but it was alright. The first game goes directly into the second and took me about 14 hours.
2023
I played this for a handful of settings - it's fun to somewhat mindlessly run through and build outfits for whoever you find. A bit of a bummer that clothes are gender locked though. I without trying reached the highest level of influencer, or whatever the story line was, and rolled credits. I might pick it up again when I just need something easy and non confrontational to play.
2023
It's a bit hard to figure out what I should be doing at times, and got a bit repetitive. It also sucked to have glitches like my broom completely not working unless I closed the game entirely. I shelved for now and may pick up again later.
2023
I played this game over two evening sittings, so the HLTB at about 5-6 hours seems right. I really liked the look of the game, as well as the music. Combat wasn't too difficult but could get repetitive at times.
I played this one over a few sittings before I got the "thanks for playing this early access game!" Pop up. I had fun with it, but felt at that point there wasn't much else to do (without trophy hunting or repeated playthroughs.) It was at around 200 in game days. Overall though I had fun with it! I would definitely play a full version of this game, or if the devs made a similar game like this. Small gripe is that I wish it had a button to just move something I've built, though I understand why they might not put one in there.
Upon reading other reviews, I agree that the music whips
Upon reading other reviews, I agree that the music whips
Picking up the DLC so long after playing the initial game, felt like I was getting my butt handed to me. That and we just practically needed the hard drive space for other stuff, so shelved for now.