Games Finished on 2013

Gametime: 17h
Completed: Story + DLCs

I really loved this one. Only downfall was that with all the dlc's it was getting extremely exhausting! I was expecting about 10-12 hours of gameplay but 17(!) is a little too long. Especially when it starts repeating itself too much after 8 hours.

But all in all, very good storyline, quite awful combat system (not so big loss if you are not into fighting) and pretty smooth running around.

Gametime: 2.4h
Completed: Story

Way too short in my opinion. A lot of the puzzles were too easy and suddenly it changed to way too hard.

Like everyone have said, it looks a lot like Portal. Even when you progress it goes a little bit like Portal. But the game mechanics are way different.

Would recommend if someone is into first person puzzle solving (AKA if anyone loved Portals puzzles).

Gametime: 84min
Completed: Story

I've never played shmups before, but spotted this one in some winter sale for 2€ and decided to give it a shot. One playthrough took me 84 minutes, which is not much, but I can see that the point is also to get a lot of score, play arcade mode, beat on harder difficulty etc.

For one playthrough it impressed me with its visual style and huge boss fights. On the downside, the time between the bosses seems like wasted time. There was no difficulty at normal enemies. Only a few boss fights were a little challenging.

All in all, nice shmup with lovely visual style.

Gametime: 4h
Completed: story

This one took me by surprise! The gameplay was pretty much like Gears of War. Third person, running to covers etc. Even though Spec Ops doesn't do it as well as GoW. The "world ended because sand" -setting was very well done, eventhough I think they could've used that advantages of sand more. The shooting was fun and I loved the fact that you could one-shot enemies.

And then the story, which was amazing! I don't want to spoil anything, so seriously, play this game. The moral choices which you have to make are amazingly done and actually make you feel bad if you choose wrong.

I would recommend to everyone who loves shooting games with great story.

Gametime: 92min
Completed: Story

I was quite surprised on this one. I didn't really like the aspect where there were unusual powers on Sherlock and it wasn't really explained in any real way. (I don't really know does the actually Hound of the Baskervilles contain any super natural abilities.) But it didn't quite feel like Sherlock since nothing were explained in a "logical" way.

But if you put that aside, the puzzles and story otherwise is quite interesting. Since it's hidden object game, you have to find certain objects from a picture the game shows you. So "of course it's there, how didn't I spot it" -feeling will come often. And to be honest, I did use walkthroughs in some of the puzzles. After about 0.5 hour of clicking puzzle and getting nowhere got me quite frustrated.

In this Sherlock Holmes game you wont be able to control the character. Which I found actually quite a lot better than the other option. I tried some earlier Sherlock game which was pretty much point-and-click -game. And it got me so annoyed how slowly the character moved around. So I liked this one so much better, since you could move between rooms just by clicking them.

As a first Sherlock game which I've played through, I really liked this one. It some how got me hooked right at the start with it simplicity and easy moving around.

Gametime: 3h
Completed: Story

I didn't really like this one as much as I liked the Hound of the Baskervilles. But still I found it quite amusing. Some how I found it a little bit annoying that some items that were hidden, were nearly impossible to find with bare eye. So you had to use hints. Which I personally hate.

But that put aside, I again loved the easy moving around in this one. No need to wait for Sherlock to slump around. And puzzles were again very well done only couple where I had to use help.