Bio
Hello I'm Turq and I like highly saturated baby games. Old enough to remember renting games at Blockbuster.

If you want my full game library, please visit my Backloggery!

https://www.backloggery.com/turquoisephoenix
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GOTY '21

Participated in the 2021 Game of the Year Event

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Played 500+ games

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N00b

Played 100+ games

Favorite Games

Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Kazooie
MediEvil
MediEvil
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Dynamite Headdy
Dynamite Headdy

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Total Games Played

061

Played in 2024

000

Games Backloggd


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Gurumin 3D: A Monstrous Adventure
Gurumin 3D: A Monstrous Adventure

Mar 29

Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion
Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion

Mar 29

Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack

Mar 29

HarmoKnight
HarmoKnight

Mar 28

Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World
Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World

Mar 27

Recently Reviewed See More

I'm not sure why they made a game called Tales From Space: About A Blob about an alien blob that eats things to become a bigger blob and made the focus of the gameplay "frustrating physics-based precision platforming through spikes and lasers like the later levels of LittleBigPlanet" instead of "rolling around and eating things", but to be fair on the dev team, they immediately realized their mistake and course-corrected in the sequel. Just play Mutant Blobs Attack instead, you'll miss absolutely nothing by skipping this.

You have to beat the entire story mode in order to unlock the scoring system (aka one of the most important features of a rhythm game) BUT Stitch dabs at the end of each song so it kinda evens out.

Owlboy is a visually stunning, beautifully crafted pixel art showcase with a wonderful soundtrack and a cute cast of fun characters that lure you into a false sense of security until you try to actually play the damn thing and learn that your little mute owl friend has glass bones and paper skin and his main weapon is a peashooter that takes multiple hits to kill even the lowliest cave bat.

Owlboy is beautiful, yes, and I like the idea of an avian character having to carry people around to do their fighting for them, but it wasn't exactly...well, fun. This is a very tedious game. As you play it, you start think "Oh I'm sure the game's gonna get better..." as the stealth missions and various maze-like dungeons beat you down in an ever-increasing volley that wears on your patience. Soon, you'll ask yourself "Am I having fun?" when you know the answer is "No", and that's usually before you realize that this game wants you to treasure hunt for over 2000 finite coins across a playing field that has zero warp or map options available.

But at least the art is really nice. It's a shame about the whole "gameplay" part.

UPDATE - Okay this is the first game I've played on my PS5 that actually hardlocked my system. I had to manually shut down my PS5, have my USB drive repaired, and use a back up save because the Owlboy save file got corrupted in the process. Because I...walked through a doorway wrong? I guess?
Fuck you too, Owlboy.