Craymen Edge

Death's Door (PC) The Procession To Calvary (PC) What The Golf? (PC) Hitman 3 (PC) Far: Lone Sails (PC) SteamWorld Heist (PC) NORCO (PC) Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (PC) The Gunk (PC) The Forgotten City (PC) Bowling Cross: Dark Legacy Of The Devil Bowler (Final Frame) (PC) Yakuza 4 (PC) Thimbleweed Park (PC) Psychonauts 2 (PC) Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure (PC) Citizen Sleeper (PC) Strange Horticulture (PC) The Darkside Detective: A Fumble In The Dark (PC) Stories Untold (PC) Tinykin (PC) Life Is Strange: True Colors (PC) Beacon Pines (PC) Unforeseen Incidents (PC) Echo Generation (PC) Grid Legends (story mode) (PC) The story mode is this weird thing with races either side of FMV cutscenes set as a Drive To Survive-like behind the scenes documentary, following a team in the GRID championship. It's fun and silly.

I've never been able to progress far past medium in rhythm games like Guitar Hero/Rock Band. A few songs into the hard level you reach a tier where I just can't visually process the patterns coming at me.

Death's Door (PC) The Procession To Calvary (PC) What The Golf? (PC) Hitman 3 (PC) Far: Lone Sails (PC) SteamWorld Heist (PC) NORCO (PC) Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (PC) The Gunk (PC) The Forgotten City (PC) Bowling Cross: Dark Legacy Of The Devil Bowler (Final Frame) (PC) Yakuza 4 (PC) Thimbleweed Park (PC) Psychonauts 2 (PC) Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure (PC) Citizen Sleeper (PC) Strange Horticulture (PC) The Darkside Detective: A Fumble In The Dark (PC) Stories Untold (PC) Tinykin (PC) Life Is Strange: True Colors (PC) Beacon Pines (PC) Unforeseen Incidents (PC) Echo Generation (PC) Gorgeous looking 3D adventure game with turn-based RPG style combat. Run around, fight stuff, collect things for people to get things to help you progress further etc. you know the drill. Fun and short enough not to outstay it's welcome (about 6 hours maybe?). Generally it kept you progressing at a decent pace, but might have benefited from some extra pointing in the right direction or just a reminder where I'm supposed to be heading next, because I wasn't particularly observant and missed what turned out to be the entrance to the area I needed to proceed with the story during one session. My one complaint would be there's too much backtracking. The different areas aren't large and there are a couple of shortcuts eventually, but a way to fast travel would have been appreciated.

Death's Door (PC) The Procession To Calvary (PC) What The Golf? (PC) Hitman 3 (PC) Far: Lone Sails (PC) SteamWorld Heist (PC) NORCO (PC) Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (PC) The Gunk (PC) The Forgotten City (PC) Bowling Cross: Dark Legacy Of The Devil Bowler (Final Frame) (PC) Yakuza 4 (PC) Thimbleweed Park (PC) Psychonauts 2 (PC) Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure (PC) Citizen Sleeper (PC) Strange Horticulture (PC) The Darkside Detective: A Fumble In The Dark (PC) Stories Untold (PC) Tinykin (PC) Life Is Strange: True Colors (PC) Beacon Pines (PC) Unforeseen Incidents (PC) A decent point & click adventure game where you control a handyman teaming up with a journalist and a scientist to investigate and cure a deadly virus. I imagine it hits a bit differently now in 2022 than it did in 2018 when the game originally came out. Great art, good writing and voice acting.

Death's Door (PC) The Procession To Calvary (PC) What The Golf? (PC) Hitman 3 (PC) Far: Lone Sails (PC) SteamWorld Heist (PC) NORCO (PC) Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (PC) The Gunk (PC) The Forgotten City (PC) Bowling Cross: Dark Legacy Of The Devil Bowler (Final Frame) (PC) Yakuza 4 (PC) Thimbleweed Park (PC) Psychonauts 2 (PC) Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure (PC) Citizen Sleeper (PC) Strange Horticulture (PC) The Darkside Detective: A Fumble In The Dark (PC) Stories Untold (PC) Tinykin (PC) Life Is Strange: True Colors (PC) Beacon Pines (PC)

I played this on game pass, having tried the demo during one of those Steam events and liking it. Beacon Pines is a cutesy storybook adventure with darker undertones. The big conceit is you find "charms" through talking to characters, looking at things in the environment or overhearing other characters etc. At certain points in the story you're presented with the option of choosing from 2-3 of these charms to decide what action take in that situation. The story branches off according to the choice you make, you might die a grizzly death or head off on a completely different version of the story. You can go back to any of these branches and try the other options, sometimes you'll find another charm down one branch that lets you make a different choice in an earlier decision. The branching thing is more superficial in the end than how the game initially presents it to you, you end up exploring most of the decisions on the way to getting the ending anyway, but it's fun and engaging. It's about 5 hours or so in length, which is just right. It doesn't overstay it's welcome. The presentation and art style are top notch.

I had a go on the demo this morning, then bought the full game.

If Space Giraffe and Thumper had a baby, and raised it on a diet of hallucinogens.

Apparently not. They say that price changes come with a temporary price freeze so waiting until v1.0 could stop them being able choose to take part in future seasonal sales.

Death's Door (PC) The Procession To Calvary (PC) What The Golf? (PC) Hitman 3 (PC) Far: Lone Sails (PC) SteamWorld Heist (PC) NORCO (PC) Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (PC) The Gunk (PC) The Forgotten City (PC) Bowling Cross: Dark Legacy Of The Devil Bowler (Final Frame) (PC) Yakuza 4 (PC) Thimbleweed Park (PC) Psychonauts 2 (PC) Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure (PC) Citizen Sleeper (PC) Strange Horticulture (PC) The Darkside Detective: A Fumble In The Dark (PC) Stories Untold (PC) Tinykin (PC) Life Is Strange: True Colors (PC)

It's out on Netflix tomorrow.

Death's Door (PC) The Procession To Calvary (PC) What The Golf? (PC) Hitman 3 (PC) Far: Lone Sails (PC) SteamWorld Heist (PC) NORCO (PC) Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (PC) The Gunk (PC) The Forgotten City (PC) Bowling Cross: Dark Legacy Of The Devil Bowler (Final Frame) (PC) Yakuza 4 (PC) Thimbleweed Park (PC) Psychonauts 2 (PC) Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure (PC) Citizen Sleeper (PC) Strange Horticulture (PC) The Darkside Detective: A Fumble In The Dark (PC) Stories Untold (PC) Tinykin (PC) A nice, straightforward little game that was just fun to play.

Tinykin is a 3D platformer collect-em-up, reminiscent of something from the N64/PS1 era (but a smoother, more modern experience, naturally). You travel around the levels amassing a bunch of different coloured pikmin-like critters which have different abilities, solve some very light puzzles to complete a bunch of tasks to earn an object and open the way to the next level. It's cute and plays well, it just keeps you going without putting obstacles in the way of your enjoyment. It's nothing earth-shattering, just a simple fun game. I played it on game pass, starting on Thursday night, and completing it the next evening. It felt like time well spent.

Death's Door (PC) The Procession To Calvary (PC) What The Golf? (PC) Hitman 3 (PC) Far: Lone Sails (PC) SteamWorld Heist (PC) NORCO (PC) Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (PC) The Gunk (PC) The Forgotten City (PC) Bowling Cross: Dark Legacy Of The Devil Bowler (Final Frame) (PC) Yakuza 4 (PC) Thimbleweed Park (PC) Psychonauts 2 (PC) Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure (PC) Citizen Sleeper (PC) Strange Horticulture (PC) The Darkside Detective: A Fumble In The Dark (PC) Stories Untold (PC) Great stuff. Loved the way the old tech interfaces looked and felt, and the slight sense of "something's not right" dread weaving through the stories.

Black Thought and Danger Mouse put out an album a couple of weeks ago

At some point having a service full of cancelled unfinished series has got to harm them, right?

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I really liked Her Story, I didn't get around to playing Telling Lies, and I'd never heard of this until just now:

Death's Door (PC) The Procession To Calvary (PC) What The Golf? (PC) Hitman 3 (PC) Far: Lone Sails (PC) SteamWorld Heist (PC) NORCO (PC) Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (PC) The Gunk (PC) The Forgotten City (PC) Bowling Cross: Dark Legacy Of The Devil Bowler (Final Frame) (PC) Yakuza 4 (PC) Thimbleweed Park (PC) Psychonauts 2 (PC) Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure (PC) Citizen Sleeper (PC) Strange Horticulture (PC) The Darkside Detective: A Fumble In The Dark (PC) A couple of the puzzles were perhaps a little "old school" (obscure and not logical), but otherwise a fun and funny 2D point&click adventure just like the previous installment.

Death's Door (PC) The Procession To Calvary (PC) What The Golf? (PC) Hitman 3 (PC) Far: Lone Sails (PC) SteamWorld Heist (PC) NORCO (PC) Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (PC) The Gunk (PC) The Forgotten City (PC) Bowling Cross: Dark Legacy Of The Devil Bowler (Final Frame) (PC) Yakuza 4 (PC) Thimbleweed Park (PC) Psychonauts 2 (PC) Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure (PC) Citizen Sleeper (PC) Strange Horticulture (PC)

Can't say I love the art style right now, but maybe it'll grow on me. Looking forward to seeing more of the game though.

Death's Door (PC) The Procession To Calvary (PC) What The Golf? (PC) Hitman 3 (PC) Far: Lone Sails (PC) SteamWorld Heist (PC) NORCO (PC) Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (PC) The Gunk (PC) The Forgotten City (PC) Bowling Cross: Dark Legacy Of The Devil Bowler (Final Frame) (PC) Yakuza 4 (PC) Thimbleweed Park (PC) Psychonauts 2 (PC) Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure (PC) Citizen Sleeper (PC)

I only owned a PS2 and PS3 so it's not going to be a massive list. I often used the PS2 for the more quirky games which weren't necessarily great but were interesting, and didn't actually play a whole lot of exclusive stuff on the PS3. Frequency/Amplitude Shadow Of The Colossus Ico Gregory Horror Show Grim Grimoire Okami Sly Cooper We Love Katamari Persona 3 and 5 (I like 4 better but I didn't play it until it came to PC) Some might have been ported elsewhere later, but I think they were only on playstation when I played them.