The Deed
If I was questioning if the 2 hour games were questionable to count off then this takes the biscuit. 31 minutes. To be fare though, the idea is to try and complete it in all the ways possible, and I did play it twice, to no avail. This is definitely an RPG maker game, fact, and it's about a guy going back to visit his arsehole family to kill his arsehole sister to get the inheritance he deserves for being the only at least semi normal human being in the family (I think that's the idea, yeah?). It's kind of like an interactive version of Cluedo, instead of guessing it's the maid in the drawing room with the candlestick, you can make it the maid in the drawing room with the shard of glass and well positioned panties. Actually, you can't. That's the scheme I played out the second time after initially getting the 'unknown murderer' ending so even though I got away with murder, no inheritance. I tried to set it on the maid and their none existant lesbian relationship, but that got the same ending. Did I even properly finish it? Well, I got away with murder so I'm going with yes. Especially given the fact I totally did the obvious set up to the maid, fuck that bitch.
Her Story
This one kicked up a big fuss last year as everybody loved it. It's a database game on Steam where you are trying to solve a murder by watching interview clips with the above woman, then based on what she says get some key words to search the database to get more information. There's hundreds of different clips, ranging from a couple of seconds to a few minutes long and even though there's not anything that tells you the ending it's pretty easy to figure out, provided you get enough of the clips and don't assume what it is, because my initial thought was wrong.
Point is, even tough I like the idea of the game and am always a fan of new ideas in games, what actually happened is ridiculous. I'm not going to spoil it here, but it seems like the kind of plot that got The Bill cancelled (I assume, I haven't seen it since I was 8). Good idea, stupid story. Top tip, get some of the clips from the final session as it reveals all. Oh the wind and the rain...
Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga Temple of the Witch
Okay, so this is DLC so won't be included in the count but it's the best damn thing I've played this week. You may already know my love of the game as it was in my nominees for game of the year, as was its predecessor in 2013 so I was expecting good things, and it delivered. I don't want to talk about the gameplay or those things as I've been there already. The story is delivered brilliantly though. They aim to go down a horror route to separate it from the main game before pulling that all away to reveal the truth behind the mind altering drugs to make sense of it. Then they add it all in again as you run out of antidote. It's a great way to add in some crazy scenes and frankly one of the best boss battles I've ever played (though you should know how I feel about those by now). It may only be a couple of hours long but it's a near perfect piece of downloadable content, if you loved the main game like I did, then, just like L'oreal, it's worth it.
Gauntlet
Speaking of co op centric games (I was last week anyway) we move on to Gauntlet. A remake of an 80's classic that I rented on several occasions from the infamous 'Oscars video' for my Sega Master System some 25 years ago. The spirit lives on here in many ways. They try their best to pay homage to the original games, repeating the enemies, the keys to continue the game, eating Turkey to heal and I appreciate all this. The biggest issue I have though is how anti single player it is. I've had to set it to easy now (how embarrassing) as I got to a point where I was dying enough times to have to restart the level (though I can't figure out where it says how many lives you have) and for me, repeating 15 minutes you've just played isn't my idea of fun. I'm so glad we've moved on from that now. Anyway, this one is a long way from finished yet, but it seems like a game to play on the side while listening to music or podcasts or whatnot, if I can force myself away from Rocket League that is.
Anyway, Xcom 2 is out now and if I can't run it I'm going to lose my shit. Expect much on that, and that only next week
Completed
Transformers: Devastation
Unmechanical
Pneuma
Killzone: Shadow Fall
Killer Instinct
Teslagrad
Defy Gravity
Cibele
Oxenfree
Out There Somewhere
Breath of Death VII
WWE 2K16
Gears of War 3
The Deed
Her Story
Underway
Xeodrifter
Gauntlet
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