This week it's clearly Halloween-style games on Game Pass rewards. I recall now that I've played a lot of horror games chasing rewards points over the year. I realized it when I got into a conversation with a Gamestop salesman and knew every game he, a horror game fan, was talking about. I did, at times, have some trouble differentiating one from another. It's what happens when you play a dozen or so games but just an hour or two each. I would probably play very few horror games if it weren't for Game Pass rewards quests. It's not my favorite genre.
Five Nights at Freddy's: I played this not knowing what the heck I was supposed to do. You are in a fixed location in an office. You listen to the previous night watchman tell you about the job and then you start. You can't move. You have a light and door switch to your left and right and a power meter. I fumbled around with the controls until I figured out how to bring up the display that shows you the security camera feeds. You watch them for those animatronic animals that have a murderous life of their own. I would notice one show up on a feed from time to time. I figured, since you have door switches, it must be that you watch for the creepy dolls and shut the door to the office if they get too close. After a while, I noticed one in the hall to my right. I exited the camera feed screen to return to the view of the office and BANG!. I got a very significant jump scare as the animatronic animal was right in my face and instantly killed me. Good job game. Haha. It got me good.
The Evil WIthin 2: I started from the beginning because I had forgotten what to do after so long a break. It's survival horror. You have to find your daughter in some strange psychic parallel world where someone is killing people with a camera and control over time. I got to the part where a bizarre humanoid creature made up of body parts, babies and a giant buzz saw arm chased me around a maze of rooms until it killed me. That was enough for me for now.
Wargroove: I used the map creator to get an achievement. It's pretty cool. You can make your own maps and play them. I didn't play the one I made. I just experimented with all the things you can place and looked at the menu screens to see what you can adjust. There's a lot you can do to create a very specific type of game. Next time I might see what user-created maps are out there and play one.
Minecraft: Played creative mode with a friend and got into a tizzy over how to create track switches. It's devilishly difficult to make a switch that behaves like a real-world one. All I wanted to do was be able to create stations along a long rail route. I wanted to stop at a station and not lose my cart. It shouldn't have been that hard, but I couldn't quite figure it out, darn it. Minecraft has some pretty strange notions of how circuits work too. It's got its own rules that make no logical sense to me sometimes. I had to stop for my sanity.
Peggle 2: Tried to get an achievement but to no avail. Some of the trial levels are devilishly difficult. I'm approaching a point at which I may not be able to make any more progress.
Darkest Dungeon: Started over on the most difficult setting figuring I'd get party-wiped pretty quickly. Surprisingly, I didn't and got an achievement for bringing back 30 artifacts from one trek into the ruins. I love all the psychological effects that occur to your characters over time. I sent one to the church to heal her selfishness. Another has hopelessness but has to wait for her to finish since I only have one spot for prayer as of yet. I stopped after upgrading some weapons, adding some new skills, and recruiting some new party members because I'm going through a lot of games and use getting a new achievement as a stopping point. I really love this game though.
Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard: I really like the Hotel Transylvania movie series. I haven't missed a single one in the theaters. This is the first game I've tried. It was on super sale today. I got it for $6 or something like that. It's just like Pikmin or Overlord. You have imps that you use to perform tasks on the desert islands you are marooned on. You can start as either Drak or his daughter. All the voice work is done by sound-alikes to the movie actors. It's just fine so far. I love Pikmin/Overlord, so I'm good with this. I'll likely continue it tomorrow. I'm sure it's not a long game.
Oh, that's a day.
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