Miscellaneous
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They Could Have Called This Game Can’t Starve – The Survivalists Gameplay
I expected a survival game to make surviving somewhat challenging.
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I Should Have Known Better When I Saw The Studio’s Website – Mato Anomalies [JRPG Time]
Low budget, low experience, high effort mediocrity.
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Microids Is Too Small To Have An “Indie” Label – Murder Mystery Machine (Mystery Mondays)
But I guess they needed somewhere to put the games they don’t have any confidence in.
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First Impressions Are Important – Yesterday Origins (Mystery Mondays)
This game really makes you feel like you’re stuck in a jail cell waiting to be tortured.
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This Game Would Be Bad if it Came Out in 1999 – Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy (Mystery Mondays)
Imagine my surprise when it came out in 2007.
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You Don’t Need to Know My Name Because I Need You to Know My Name – Let’s Play Shadow Warrior
Luckily, everybody in this game is good at remembering names.
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I Hope It’s Not – The Last Hope [‘Orror October]
The real horror is the idea that somebody paid for this.
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Drawer Opening Simulator – Let’s Try Layers of Fear [‘Orror October]
That’s not fair. There’s cabinets too.
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Oddworld’s First Try at 3D – Let’s Play Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee
I was expecting an Xbox game and I got a PS1 game (for the Xbox).
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Archeologists Don’t Have Face Piercings – Let’s Try Heaven’s Vault (Mystery Mondays)
I refuse to allow it.
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I wasn’t expecting a gravity platformer – Let’s Play In Between (Mystery Mondays)
I often wasn’t expecting what things are but this is one of the least expecting I have been.
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How Not to Pace a Game – Let’s Try Narita Boy (Mystery Mondays)
Gameplay first, lore dump later. I don’t know why this is so hard for devs.
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An Absolute Mess – Let’s Play PGA Tour 2K21 [Wildcard Wednesdays]
Sports fans have absolutely no standards for video games anymore.
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What if Hexen Was a Girl? – Let’s Play Hedon Bloodrite [Wildcard Wednesdays]
I wanted more shooting.
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On the Subject of Screensaver Games – Let’s Play Earthtongue [Wildcard Wednesdays]
I like games that play themselves. (Download the demo for my pinball game: https://alecmachet.itch.io/rolled-a-pinball-nightmare)