#dragon age demo vs final game

[thessalian]

Thess vs Games Collections

There are a few things that my friends know about me:

They know I have fibromyalgia, which leaves me with a lot of chronic pain and occasional focus issues

They know that I almost certainly have undiagnosed ADHD

They know that I have somehow managed to turn a lot of my ADHD stuff into assets, or at least ways to offset everything else that’s wrong with me. I let my impulsivity fight it out with my executive dysfunction, but most of all, when the painkillers aren’t working, I let hyperfocus stand in, focusing past the pain on something fun but not too demanding while the painkillers kick in properly

They know this means I need a lot of Zen games - largely sims of the farming / crafting / colony creation / business-running variety

And finally, they know my Steam account

They know all these things. Because they know all these things, and love me enough to want to be of whatever help they can as I limp my way through life, and most of all because they are generous little buggers, they have a tendency to fling Zen games at my head at random intervals. Thankfully, most Zen games aren’t the most expensive ones, and are generally done by indie companies so I don’t have to side-eye the AAA gaming companies of the day by encouraging more money going to the abusive sons-of-bitches.

Side note: checking over my wish list, there’s, like, four games on there that aren’t indie - Tales of Arise is Bandai; like three or four of them are Square Enix (Nier and a couple of FF games), but mostly indie. I mean, obviously I’m waiting for the Horizon: Forbidden West PC port, but while Sony Interactive is obviously in the AAA space, at least Guerilla hasn’t had the kind of horrible noise made about it that companies like Activision Blizzard, Ubisoft, EA, and even CDPR have. Though on the subject of EA, I am still waiting on the next Dragon Age game. The franchise means a lot to me.

Anyway, the point is that I have had a couple of games flung at my head in the last week or so. And at least one of them has proven very helpful in the hyperfocus stakes. I’m a little behind the curve on Spiritfarer - I seem to remember that there was a fair bit of discussion about it when it came out but that was August 2020 and lockdown was in full swing and I was unemployed and on benefits and I had enough new games to power through so I tried very hard not to pay any attention to any new shininess I might like until I had a job, at which point it was no longer in the buzz. However, I was still trawling for demos on Steam and happened to trip over this one and thought, “Oh, this looks cute; I’ll give it a go”. And then the demo was over and I was going, “Wait! No! More game!” Buuuuut I am wary and I wanted to be sure that it belonged in a pride-of-place position on my wish list, so I asked the one person on my Steam friends list who had actually played the thing what they thought. Responses were: 1) “It’s fantastic!”; 2) “I should play that again since the last spirits were added in the last patch”; 3) “Here; HAVE GAME”. (I mean, payday was only a few days away but hell with it; it just means I have a bit more fun money floating around to throw the new Solasta DLC at his head.)

Anyway, yes, I have been loving it, and the balance between story and faffing about doing crafting / gardening / building and exploring the world is perfect for hyperfocus without any particular task getting too dull and taking me out of it. Also, it’s sweet and sad and lovely, as well as being funny and silly. It’s grand in its way; a game that’s both big and small at the same time. The world is big but there doesn’t always seem to be much in it, while your ship is comparatively small but it’s also huge with not just your building efforts, but also the inner lives of everyone aboard. You’re this little nexus of vibrant life floating around a big but somehow empty world, and it balances it so well. I think the only issue I could possibly raise against this game is that some of the crafting-related mini-games are fiddly as hell. However, I did manage to tamp down my perfectionist streak when I realised that even if you mess up, you still get something at the end of it, so the goal isn’t “do all of this perfectly or you lose”; it’s “do this thing the best you can and get as many crafted items as you can in the process”.

The same cannot be said for Potion Craft: Alchemy Simulator. This is so sad because it was given to me because of the personal associations between me and blending things until magic comes out (perfume, cookery, candy making etc). However, its mechanics are fiddly as fuck. It requires the kind of finesse the controls don’t really allow for and the tutorial doesn’t teach right off in any case. If someone wants a strong potion when you’re on day 1 and you’ve had no teaching in exactly what ratio of ground to whole ingredients you need to add or exactly when to stop grinding the grindables and they tell you to experiment but your ingredients are limited so that’s not actually feasible... No. Just ... no. I will probably poke at it a couple of more times just in case, but I have a feeling that one’s being relegated to the NOPE collection.

Yeah, I have a NOPE collection. It’s not for games I don’t like, exactly; it’s for games I literally cannot play for one reason or another but might try again one day. I mean, okay, Disco Elysium was one I didn’t like and didn’t get (mechanically it was very clever! I just found the intro frustrating as hell), and FFXIII is there because after about a half-hour of running down a corridor broken up with “Press X To Perform Combat” mechanics and overlong cutscenes that do not exactly move me to root for the characters or take an interest in their story or motives, I just got fed up. But mostly, it’s literal inability to play. Most of my first-person perspective games are there because migraine issues, particularlly the first two Borderlands games (though Far Cry 3 is also there because I died in the fucking tutorial and don’t know what I did wrong so screw that, and Remember Me was third person but the camera angles came out of Escher and you had limited camera control so I ended up flattened with a week-long migraine after about 20 minutes). The original Saints Row and Beyond Good and Evil got relegated to the NOPE collection because I could not manage their vehicle sections. Basically, most of the games relegated to that collection have some combination of “frustrating controls”, “migraine”, and “...the fuck is this?” Unfortunately, Potion Craft might be relegated to the NOPE collection sooner rather than later.

...I haven’t relegated the Dishonored games to the NOPE collection yet. This because I am assured from multiple sources that the franchise being all about stealth makes the shifts in gaze perspective easier to manage. However, I had to relegate Raising Petals to the NOPE collection and that was a fucking walking simulator because someone decided that they were really going to sell the fuck out of that “jounce because foot hitting ground” thing that most games only really do to any great degree when running. So even with the new medication really helping with the migraines, I’m wary of trying it again. So ... not NOPE. Just ... maybe when I’m feeling brave and have a few days where I can take to bed with a headache. Just in case.

I should have a MIGRAINE collection.

[bahamutgames]

Games Played in 2023

New year, new post where I humiliate myself by posting everything I played this year! And actually? I'm pretty proud of myself this year! If you look at 2022, I bought a LOT of games! A crazy amount! But this time, I actually didn't spend nearly as much this year. My purchase list is pretty short, and I actually barely bought anything during Steam Sales! I actually did not buy ANYTHING during the autumn and winter sales and I'm genuinely proud of myself!

And I managed to play a BUNCH of stuff! I really tore through a lot of games and had a lot of fun even with the ones I had to play on super easy difficulties cause I suck at games lmao. If you're curious what I spent time playing, you can take a look under the read more!

Key

Present - Game was given to me by someone else

Gift - I gave the game to someone else, but I can still play that copy

Free - I got the game for free

And as always I only put games on here that I played for the first time or had the intention of beating for the first time or reached a big milestone in for the first time. I won’t include Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for example, I played it a lot this year. But I played it a lot last year too.

I also removed stuff like itchio bundles and subscription services because it bloats the list and... I'm a little embarrassed haha.

Games purchased in 2023 ⦁ Skullgirls Season 1 Pass (PC) ⦁ Tightrope Theatre (PC) ⦁ Asura's Wrath (Xbox 360) + All DLC ⦁ Halo 2 (Xbox) - Disc Only ⦁ Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) - Gift ⦁ Dead or Alive 4 (Xbox 360) - Gift ⦁ Dead or Alive 5 (Xbox 360) - Gift ⦁ Pizza Tower (PC) - Present ⦁ Ninjin: Clash of Carrots (PC) ⦁ Chenso Club (PC) - Free ⦁ Rotund Rebound (PC) - Free ⦁ Daily Dadish (Switch) - Free ⦁ Lila's Tale and the Hidden Forest (Switch) - Free ⦁ Portal 1 & 2 Bundle (PC) ⦁ Hatmania (PC) ⦁ Grand Hike (PC) ⦁ Dead or Alive 6 (Xbox One) - Gift ⦁ Mighty Switch Force Collection (PC) - Present ⦁ Super Mario Wonder (Switch) ⦁ Sludge Life 2 (PC) ⦁ Super Kiwi 64 (PC) ⦁ Dead or Alive Ultimate (360) - Gift ⦁ Fight Club (PS2) - Gift ⦁ Super Mario RPG (Switch) ⦁ Half-Life (PC) Free ⦁ Crystal Chip Collector e (Switch) - Free ⦁ Golf With Your Friends (PC) - Present ⦁ Donut Dodo (Xbox One) - Free ⦁ Sonic Superstars (Switch) - Present ⦁ Wario Ware : Move It! (Switch) - Present

Saints Row (PC) - Free

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Games beaten in 2023 ⦁ Megaman Legacy Collection (Switch) - All Games ⦁ Puyopuyo Tetris (Switch) ⦁ RPG Time: The Legend of Wright (Xbox One) ⦁ Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (Dreamcast) Emulated - Easiest settings - Venom/Shuma Gorath/Amingo ⦁ God of War (PS2) ⦁ Tightrope Theatre (PC) ⦁ Kirby's Dreamland (Switch) ⦁ Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (Switch) - Replayed ⦁ Gargoyle's Quest (Switch) ⦁ APE OUT (Switch) ⦁ Chained Echoes (Xbox One) ⦁ Scribblenauts (DS) ⦁ Cuphead (Xbox One) - Normal Difficulty/Ending ⦁ Fortnite Battle Pass (Xbox One/PC) - Reached lvl 100 woohoo!! ⦁ Cairn (PC) ⦁ Final Fantasy 2 (PS1) - Emulated ⦁ Pizza Tower (PC) ⦁ Kuru Kuru Kururin (GBA) ⦁ Pokemon Crystal (Gameboy Color) - Emulated ⦁ Yoshi's Story (Switch) - Replayed ⦁ Starfox 64 (Switch) - Replayed ⦁ Pokemon Snap (Switch) - Replayed - All Pokemon ⦁ F-ZERO X (Switch) - All Cups Novice ⦁ Dr. Mario 64 (Switch) - Dr. Mario + Wario Story Modes on Easy ⦁ Kirby's Dreamland 2 (Switch) - Bad End ⦁ The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (PC) ⦁ Pokemon Stadium (Switch) - Gym Leader Tower ⦁ Pokemon Puzzle League (Switch) - Easy + Hard Mode ⦁ Pulseman (Switch) ⦁ Street Fighter 2 - Championship Edition (Switch) - Blanka Arcade Mode ⦁ Super Fantasy Zone (Switch) ⦁ Ristar (Switch) ⦁ Hi-Fi Rush (Xbox One) ⦁ The Pigeon Post Principle (PC) ⦁ Rocket Knight Adventure (Genesis) ⦁ Debbie's Diner Derby (PC) ⦁ Super Mario Advance 2 - Super Mario World (Switch) ⦁ Dragon Quest 2 (SNES) ⦁ Metagal (PC) ⦁ Kitsune Zero + Super Bernie World (PC) ⦁ Paradise Marsh (PC) - 100% Complete ⦁ Anton Blast New Demo ⦁ Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 (PC) - Arcade Normal/Very Easy with lots of characters ⦁ Marvel vs Capcom Infinite - Arcade Very Easy (Gamora / Venom / Power Stone) ⦁ Super Smash Bros. Melee (Gamecube) - Mario Normal Classic + Adventure Mode ⦁ Pikmin (Gamecube) - All Ship Pieces ⦁ Sonic the Fighters (Gamecube) - Sonic Easy Arcade ⦁ Pokemon Emerald (GBA) ⦁ Soul Calibur II (Gamecube) - Nightmare Easy Arcade ⦁ Super Monkey Ball (Gamecube) - Beginner Stages / Advanced Stages / Expert Stages ⦁ Wario Ware Inc: Mega Party Game$! (Gamecube) ⦁ Capcom vs SNK 2: Mark of the Millenium (PS2) - Easy Arcade (Morrigan / Cammy / King) ⦁ Guilty Gear X (PS2) - Sol Normal Arcade ⦁ Super Mario 64 EX CO-OP (PC? N64?) - 31 Stars ⦁ Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) - Pokemon Trainer Normal Classic ⦁ Project + (Wii) - Charizard Normal Classic ⦁ Super Mario 64 Star Road (PC) - 80 Stars (Played in EX CO-OP) ⦁ Pac-Man World 2 (Gamecube) ⦁ Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch) - Charizard / Hero 2.0 Classic Mode (as well as some others on 5.0 which is SO hard to do with characters you don't know well let me tell ya) ⦁ Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (3DS) - Charizard 4.5 Classic ⦁ Super Smash Bros. 64 (N64) - Mario Normal Classic ⦁ Super Smash Bros. 64 REMIX (N64) - Bowser Normal Classic ⦁ Super Smash Bros. Melee Akaneia Build (Gamecube) - Charizard Normal Classic + Adventure Mode ⦁ Project M EX Remix (Wii) - Geno Normal Classic / Hero Easy Classic ⦁ Super Smash Bros. Crusade (PC) - Heracross Normal Classic ⦁ Super Smash Flash 2 (PC) - Krystal Normal Classic ⦁ Super Smash Flash (PC) - Sonic Normal Classic + Adventure Mode ⦁ Super Smash Bros. For Wii U (Wii U) - Charizard 4.5 Classic ⦁ F-ZERO GX (Gamecube) - All Grand Prix (Novice Class) / Story Mode ⦁ F-ZERO CLIMAX (GBA) - All Grand Prix (Novice Class) / All Survival Mode ⦁ F-ZERO MAXIMUM VELOCITY (GBA) - Pawn Grand Prix (Beginner Class) / Knight+Bishop GP (Standard Class) / Hot Violet Championship Ghost ⦁ Street Fighter Alpha (PS3) - Sagat Arcade (Easiest Settings) ⦁ Street Fighter Alpha 2 (PS3) - Sagat Arcade (Easiest Settings)

⦁ An NPC's Odyssey (Switch) - NPC / Reversal Endings ⦁ Virtua Fighter 5 Online (Xbox 360) - Venessa Arcade (Easy) ⦁ Super Ghouls N' Ghosts (SNES) ⦁ Lila's Tale and the Hidden Forest (Switch) ⦁ Fighter's History (SNES) - Ray Arcade (Easy) ⦁ Magical Drop II (SNES) - The World Arcade (Easy) ⦁ Earth Defense Force (SNES) ⦁ Wild Guns (SNES) ⦁ Altered Beast (Genesis) ⦁ Zero Wing (Genesis) - Easy Ending 1 ⦁ Enchanted Arms (Xbox 360) ⦁ BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend (PS3) - Ragna Normal Arcade ⦁ Rayman Origins (PS3) - Both Endings ⦁ Mortal Kombat 11 (Xbox One) - Scorpion - Easy/Novice Kombat Tower ⦁ Dracula X (SNES) ⦁ Sea of Stars (Xbox One) ⦁ Venba (PC) ⦁ Metroid : Zero Mission (GBA) - 3:17:01 - 52% ⦁ Punch-Out!! (Wii) ⦁ Sonic Frontiers : The Final Horizon Update (Xbox One) - Hard Mode (except for the boss rush) ⦁ Donkey Kong Jr. (NES) ⦁ Pikuniku (Xbox One) - Replay ⦁ Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd (PS Vita) - All Songs Cleared (On Easy) ⦁ Super Mario Wonder (Switch) - All Medals ⦁ Digimon Story : Cyber Sleuth (Switch) ⦁ Paratopic (Switch) ⦁ Sludge Life : The Big Mud Sessions (PC) - 100% Complete ⦁ Mario Kart 8 Deluxe + Booster Pass (Switch) - All Cups Gold Trophies + 3 Stars on 50cc ⦁ Super Kiwi 64 (PC) - All 50 Power Stones ⦁ He Fucked The Girl Out Of Me (PC) ⦁ Sludge Life 2 - 100% Complete ⦁ Hello My Name is (Val)iant Or Val's Guide To Having A Broken Vag (PC) ⦁ Sonic 4 - Episode 1 (PC) ⦁ Sonic 4 - Episode 2 (PC) Base game + Episode Metal ⦁ Super Mario RPG (Switch) Story + Max Level Party + Boss Rematches ⦁ PORTAL (PC) ⦁ Fire Emblem Three Houses (Switch) - Black Eagles ⦁ Crystal Chip Collecter e (Switch) ⦁ Dead or Alive 1 Ultimate (Xbox) - Tina Easiest Arcade ⦁ Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate (Xbox) - Tina Easiest Arcade ⦁ Dead or Alive 3 (Xbox) - Hitomi Easiest Arcade ⦁ Dead or Alive 5 (Xbox 360) - Hitomi Rookie Arcade ⦁ Dead or Alive 6 (Xbox One) - Hitomi Rookie Arcade ⦁ Cthulhu Saves Christmas (Switch) ⦁ Little Inferno (Wii U) ⦁ Bayonetta (Wii U) ⦁ Wario Ware : Move It!! (Switch) ⦁ Sonic Superstars (Switch)

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Games played in 2023 ⦁ Fraymakers (PC) ⦁ Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master! (Xbox One) ⦁ Theatrhythm Final Bar Line (Switch) - Demo ⦁ Pyo (PC) ⦁ Powerwash Simulator (Xbox One) ⦁ TetrisSweeper (PC) ⦁ My Familiar (PC) - Demo ⦁ Donkey Kong Land (Gameboy) Emulated ⦁ Duolingo (Mobile) - Spanish (does this count as a game? It's a self described game) ⦁ Toe II Toe (PC) ⦁ Bullet Bunny (PC) ⦁ Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (Switch) ⦁ Sonic Spinball (Switch) ⦁ Omega Strikers (Switch) ⦁ Cross Impact (PC) - Demo ⦁ Rotund Rebound (PC) ⦁ Chenso Club (PC) ⦁ Evoland (PC) ⦁ Project M (Wii) - Charizard Normal Classic (It crashed before Master Hand lmao) ⦁ Brawl - (Wii) - Charizard Normal Classic (also crashed before Master Hand) ⦁ BEYOND MELEE (Gamecube) - Doesn't have Classic Mode yet ⦁ Street Fighter Alpha 3 (PS3) - Sagat Arcade (Easiest Settings) I couldn't beat Bison, I gave up lol ⦁ Go! Go! Hypergrind (Gamecube) ⦁ Sonic R (Saturn) ⦁ Star Soldier (NES) ⦁ Xevious (NES) ⦁ Wario's Woods (NES) ⦁ Collumns (Genesis) ⦁ Thunderforce 2 (Genesis) ⦁ Virtua Fighter 2 (Genesis) ⦁ Street Fighter 2 HD REMIX (PS3) ⦁ Resident Evil 4 (PS2) ⦁ Blazblue Cross Tag Battle (Xbox One) - Doesn't have an arcade ladder??? I played as Ragna and Hyde lol ⦁ Peggle 2 (Xbox One) - hated it so much I dropped it it fucking blows compared to Peggle 1 ⦁ Jojo's Bizarre Adventure : All-Star Battle R (Xbox One) ⦁ Gyromite (NES) ⦁ Stack-Up (NES) ⦁ GROUNDED (Xbox One) ⦁ Rogue Galaxy (PS2) ⦁ Ice Climbers, Balloon Fight, Wrecking Crew, Donkey Kong 3 (NES) ⦁ Slime Rancher 2 (Xbox One) ⦁ Headbangers: Rhythm Royale (Xbox One) ⦁ Dead Estate (PC) - Demo ⦁ Golf With Your Friends (PC) ⦁ Dead or Alive 4 (Xbox 360) - Hitomi Normal Arcade (couldn't win cause I couldn't play on easy u_u) ⦁ Disney Speed Storm (Xbox One) ⦁ Suika Game (Switch) - I MANAGED TO GET A SINGLE WATERMELON!! LET THE RECORD SHOW!! ⦁ Final Fantasy 3 (NES) ⦁ King of Fighters XIII (Arcade) - I didn't win but it was my first time playing so I thought I'd mention it!

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And there you have it! Everything I bought, beat, and tried through the year! As always, I'm certain there's stuff missing that I didn't intentionally axe. I keep track of this stuff kinda closely cause I'll completely forget otherwise but even I make mistakes or play stuff that's forgettable lol.

As for next year? There's a few things I'd like to play in 2024, a couple of series I want to continue and a couple of new things to try, as well as a lot of games I wanted to play THIS YEAR but didn't get around to it! My only real gaming resolution is to play less Fortnite. I'm serious!

Looking back at my goals for 2023 I actually did get through a lot of them. Megaman, God of War, and Enchanted Arms were all games I mentioned wanting to play. And I said I wanted to play more meaty RPGs and wouldn't you know it, my top 5 old games I played this year were ALL RPGs! So I think I did a good job!

I also did a lot of emulating this year and had a GREAT time with it! I experimented with a ton of consoles and it's interesting to see how certain things work for more complicated stuff like PS3/360. It really did open up what I can play and I can't believe I just stopped doing this for a while! Glad to be back! NOW I CAN MAKE GIFS!!

That should be that for 2023! Here's to a fantastic year full of fun and video games for everyone! Let's head into 2024 blazing!

[jackdawyt]

Dragon Age: Inquisition is one of my favourite games of all time. I love everything about this game, from the compelling hero’s journey, to the roster of lovable characters, to making the Inquisitor my very own unique protagonist. Few games compare to the experiences and tremendous moments that Inquisition provides, not to mention the Trespasser DLC which revealed the true intention of the game’s villain, and paved the story forward for future titles.  

I think it’s rather telling how good this game is, considering we’re still talking about it nearly 6 years later after launch, discovering new theories and mysterious hidden deep within the lore. Heck, if Dragon Age: Inquisition was a mediocre experience, I don’t think I’d have a YouTube channel today with thousands of recurring views weekly talking about the game, and where the story is going to go since the events of Inquisition.  

However, there is something critical that I feel is necessary to discuss regarding Dragon Age Inquisition’s original marketing demos and the expectations they set for the finished game.  

Following up to the launch of Dragon Age: Inquisition, I used to obsessively re-watch the first original gameplay demo shown at Pax Prime 2013. At the time the game was in its pre-alpha build, however, there were many impressive features and dynamics showing just a glimpse of what we’d come to expect once we got our hands on the game.  

In retrospect, these promises were scrapped before the finished project released.

This post is not meant to be a negative outlook, poking holes at BioWare’s effort, but an investigation and critique into BioWare’s game design, more specifically, the cuts the developers made tackling Inquisition’s complicated release, and how they’ve learned since.  

For the uninitiated, Dragon Age: Inquisition released in November, 2014, a month after the next generation of consoles launched. As the game was jammed in-between two gaming generations, it was designed to ship on both the previous generation of consoles (Xbox 360/PS3) and the current generation (XB1/PS4).

In order for the game to predominantly run on the lower spec consoles, many gameplay cuts, downgrades and setbacks were made to the final project.  

I’m not talking about conceptual ideas in pre-production that were drafted for the game, like The Architect making a cameo appearance in a “Here Lies The Abyss” alternative twist, or the Hero of Ferelden, Hawke and The Inquisitor meeting up in a potential drafted prologue. Of course, there were plenty of ideas, concepts and story threads that were canned and reworked because the developers had better, and frankly more relevant plans for the game.

I’m talking about actual features and mechanics that were incorporated and designed into the vertical slice demo that was shown off to the fans at Pax Prime 2013, and then were removed later on just before launch.

I would like to point out that the gameplay I’m going to show was alpha footage, and the developers made sure we all understood that it could easily change, nobody lied to us. If anything, BioWare were so eager to show off the next Dragon Age game, that perhaps this was the biggest detriment to the project.

I’ll have the full Pax gameplay demo linked for those who want to watch it fully. But without further ado, I’m going to be revealing the Dragon Age: Inquisition we almost got.  

Cut Content:  

The demo starts with a significant cut, originally Dragon Age: Inquisition would’ve featured stunning party member cutscenes when entering new areas for the first time.  We see Varric, Cassandra and Vivienne discussing how prepared they are since the Inquisition formed. Varric banters that he’s outnumbered by the ladies once again.  

We can assume that these dynamic banter cutscenes based on your party members were replaced with Scout Harding’s area report.  

The models and textures for the characters and armours look very different too. Cassandra has a more angled facial structure, like her original concept art. And, the Inquisitor’s armour and textures don’t even exist in the final game, I remember attempting to recreate this look, a thousand times over, however, no fabrics in the game have this orange texture.

Helmets also appear in conversations, which is a huge pet peeve of mine, I’m still upset to this day that we can’t see helmets in conversations and there’s no mod to fix it. However, they added this feature in Mass Effect: Andromeda, so maybe we’ll see it in the future.  

In general, this demo showed that there was going to be a lot more cutscenes when entering new areas, in party banter, and for minor conversations with smaller characters.  

Upon inspecting the gameplay, we can see the camera’s placement was significantly adjusted. The demo had a third-person feel, whereas the game ended up with a pulled back camera, probably to suite the tactical camera for combat. Fortunately, there are mods that actually fix this issue.  

The UI has evolved since the demo, there used to be a Skyrim-esqe navigation compass that was replaced with a radar. And the party member icons are different, but that’s just nit-picking.  

The combat is more or less the same, however, it does seem more reactive and heftier in the demo. Most likely because the camera is more zoomed into the action. There are some tweaks though, the enemies react more to the Inquisitor’s attacks, the stumble, flail and even run away, as opposed to just taking the damage and then attacking you back.  

However, minor these cuts may seem to you; they did change the game a fair amount adding more immersion to the overall experience.  

Even so, the most obvious and upsetting cut when watching this demo regards the entirety of Crestwood, the area has been dramatically reduced in the final game.  

In this demo, the Inquisitor is given a conflict. One of the Inquisition’s soldiers asks the player how does the Inquisitor want to handle their armies' movements throughout the area.  

The Inquisitor could send the Inquisition army to save the town of Crestwood.  

They could lead the soldiers to tend to the nearby wounded.

Or they could bolster every solider to the Keep, leaving both the wounded and the town of Crestwood.  

Each choice had a consequence, and both Mike Laidlaw and Mark Darrah spoke on having multiple ways to approach the situation. For instance, in the demo’s scenario the Inquisitor decides to leave the town while it’s under siege, instead, they find a secret entrance towards the Keep. Using Antivan Fire, they burn the invaders’ boats which would prevent them from escaping after their attack. The Inquisition take the Keep, and head back to the ransacked town filled with newly fresh corpses. A dynamic cutscene of Varric mourning the dead plays out, adding emotional impact and weight to the decision the Inquisitor just made.  

And this was just a side questline...

The demo ends with the developers reiterated the tactical and dynamic approaches when showing the Inquisition taking over the Keep at The Western Approach.  

According to Mark Darrah, you could weaken enemy defences by doing things like drawing out the troops or poisoning their wells.  

Then, once you claimed the keep for yourself, you’d get a quest called ‘This Water Tastes Funny’, in which your Keep's well was poisoned and you’d have to go find fresh water.

The Keep’s themselves were originally designed to have a lot more influence and reactivity throughout the world. Once captured, the Inquisitor could choose a dynamic choice for the Keep’s overall goal, if you had enough Inquisition agents. 

The Keep could be specialised based on the Inquisition’s advisors. You could choose to run your Keep as a Military outpost, boosting fortifications. It could be a Keep of espionage and secrets, for information gathering, or you could make it a Keep of connections and merchants for diplomatic purposes. Each different speciality had a different advantage and aesthetic to suit its purpose.  

Adding more choices and roleplaying values for making the Inquisition your own army, having a say in what aspects it should grow in.  

That sums up the majority of the cuts made since this demo. I will say it’s unfortunate seeing these unfinished features that shaped the game in a completely different direction, that inevitably couldn’t make it into the finished project.  

But I think it’s wrong to pin the blame of this cut content on anyone because the developers were tackling a console generation shift, and they wanted everyone to have the opportunity to play the game without having to get a new console. Can you really blame them for that?  

Perhaps many of these features may be designed into a future title since the developers wanted them so much in Inquisition? And speaking of the future title, at least the next Dragon Age game won’t be coming out in between a console generation, it is being designed strictly for next-gen, so there shouldn't be any console setbacks and limitations.  

Even still, when Dragon Age 4 does eventually get a gameplay reveal, don’t set your expectations in stone based on that reveal. The finished project will look very different. These days gameplay previews aren’t always accurate, and that’s just a dilemma of the entire games industry, not just EA and BioWare.  

Wrapping up on a positive note, BioWare have learned from this experience, and they’re approaching Dragon Age 4 with a “show, don’t tell” strategy. They will be proceeding with caution when marketing and revealing the next Dragon Age game, and that may play a part in why we haven't and won't see anything official for a while.  

I don’t think I could end on a better note then the Narrative Director, John Epler’s message about Inquisition’s development. John said: “A good 90% of 'bad' decisions are, in fact, the best decision at the time. Game dev is all about making the best decision you can at the time, with the resources you have. A lot of stuff you thought was weird or awkward came down to a gut call of 'this is the best I can make this and I trust it's good enough'. Sometimes we're right, sometimes not.”

BioWare decided to make these cuts to Inquisition because they realised it was the right thing to do for the entire project, perhaps they felt they couldn’t deliver these features to their full capacity, or they wanted a change of direction. They believe these decisions were made for the greater good of the game, and I commend them for that.  

Dragon Age Inquisition is an incredible RPG with tons of personality, that not many games can even mimic. Although the game had some minor setbacks with the fair amount of content that was cut, the game is just as amazing without those initial features.  

Like I said, perhaps we’ll see these mechanics in the next game, if not, then at least it has been a learning experience for BioWare, that they can utilise for the development of Dragon Age 4.  

In any regard, let me know your thoughts down below on this gameplay demo relating to the finished game, and don’t forget to check out my latest news update!

[my-km-me]

My Top Video Games of 2010s

Bolded = My GoTY

2010

999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

Alpha Protocol

Atelier Rorona

Castle Crashers

Chaos Rings

Deathsmiles

Donkey Kong Country Returns

Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition

Dragon Quest IX

Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City

Fairy Wars

Fallout: New Vegas

Guwange

Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley

Infinite Space

Knights in the Nightmare

Mass Effect 2

Mega Man 10

Mega Man Zero Collection

Monster Hunter Tri

No More Heroes 2

Pac-Man Championship Edition DX

Persona 3 PSP

Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver

Professor Layton and the Unwound Future

Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

Sin and Punishment: Star Successor

Splatterhouse

STALKER: Call of Pripyat

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom

Xenoblade Chronicles

2011

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy

Dark Souls

Deathsmiles II

Dragon Quest VI

Hard Corps: Uprising

Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns

Kirby's Return to Dreamland

Marvel vs. Capcom 3

Pokémon Black

Rayman Origins

Saints Row: The Third

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked

Sonic Generations  (HD)

Star Wars: The Old Republic

Ten Desires

The Witcher 2

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

Valkyria Chronicles III

2012

Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Chaos Rings II

Dishonored

Dodonpachi Maximum

Dragon’s Dogma

Final Fantasy XIII-2

Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time

Gungnir

Harvest Moon: A New Beginning

Hatoful Boyfriend

Long Live the Queen

New Super Mario Bros. 2′s coin rush mode

New Super Mario Bros. U

Pokémon Black 2

Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask

Puzzle & Dragons

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2

Spelunky

Sumioni: Demon Arts

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

Twisted Metal

Way of the Samurai 4

Xenoblade Chronicles

Zombi U

2013

Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate

Deus Ex: Human Revolution-Director’s Cut

Double Dealing Character

Dragon's Crown

Dungeon & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara

Dynasty Warriors 8

Papers, Please

Rayman Legends

Rogue Legacy

Rune Factory 4

Shin Megami Tensei IV

Tales of Xillia

The  Cave

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

The Stanley Parable

2014

Atelier Escha & Logy

Broken Age

Divinity: Original Sin

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Dragon Quest IV (iOS)

Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends Complete Edition

Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster

Mario Kart 8

Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

Phoenix Wright trilogy

Pokémon ORAS

Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy

Super Smash Bros. 4 3DS

Tales of Symphonia Chronicles

Tales of Xillia 2

The Last of Us Remastered

Ultra Street Fighter IV

2015

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy

Bloodborne

Broken Age: The Complete Adventure

Dariusburst Chronicle Saviors

Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom

Pillars of Eternity

Rare Replay

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker

Shovel Knight  [Xbox One]

Story of Seasons

Super Mario Maker

The Age of Decadence

The Witcher 3

Undertale

Until Dawn

Way of the Samurai 4

Yakuza 5

Yoshi's Woolly World

2016

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Dishonored 2

Killer Instinct: Supreme Edition

Pac-Man Championship Edition 2

Pokémon Sun/Moon + Special Demo

Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Moon Dwellers

The Witcher 3: Game of the Year Edition

Touhou Genso Rondo: Bullet Ballet

Tyranny

2017

ARMS

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

Cuphead

Divinity: Original Sin II

Hidden Star in Four Seasons

Horizon Zero Dawn

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Night in the Woods

Romancing SaGa 2

Sonic Mania

Star Fox 2

Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns

Super Mario Odyssey

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

2018

428: Shibuya Scramble

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

Dead Cells

God of War

Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux

Sonic Mania Plus

Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

Super Robot Wars X

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

The Walking Dead: The Final Season

Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

Vampyr

Yakuza 0

Wario Ware Gold

2019

Castlevania Anniversary Collection

Collection of Mana

Darius Cozmic Collection (International/Special Edition)

Disco Elysium

Dragon Quest XI S

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Pathologic 2

Romancing SaGa 3

SaGa: Scarlet Grace

Sekiro

Shovel Knight: Showdown

Six Ages

Space Invaders Invincible Collection

Spyro Reignited Trilogy

Star Ocean: First Departure R

Super Mario Maker 2

Super Robot Wars T

Tetris 99

Wily Beast and Weakest Creature

Misc.

Any Super Robot Wars game translated (official or fan)

[iamvoid0]

New Tomb Raider Game, Unreal Engine 5 released, Rainbow Six goes mobile!

Rainbow Six now has a mobile game, Epic Releases Unreal Engine 5 to developers, THQ Nordic sets date for show case, and Nintendo might be doing something with their new updates.

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🕹️ The Console War Rages On

Return To Monkey Island by Devolver Digital & Lucusfilm Games set for release sometime in 2022. (Source)

Sony removes the PS Now annual subscription package from their PSN Store. It is now only available as a monthly subscription. (Source)

Rainbow Six: Mobile now has a new site, and more information available on their site. The game is a mobile game targeting Android and iOS, and looks very detail from the videos demoed. You can register for more news about the game as it happens on the official site. (Source)

Unreal Engine 5 has officially been released to developers. The Engine was previously in beta, and it had been sent across to various development studios. The engine is now live for all developers to poke at it and see what is what. They also announced a new starter demo game that will help show off what is capable. (Source)

Crystal Dynamics also announced that the new Tomb Raider game has gone into production with Unreal Engine 5. (Source)

Nintendo has released a new update to the Nintendo Switch firmware which adds support for Unclaimed Platinum Points to generate notifications. (Source)

THQ Nordic, has announced a Save the Date event for 12th August, 2022. The trailer shows off games that have been confirmed with more to come. This digital showcase will provide updates and announce new games. (Source)

Remedy Entertainment has partnered with Rockstar Games to remake Max Payne 1 & 2. The game is set to be developed as a single game title using the Northlight Engine. It is set for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series. (Source)

Splatoon 3 gets new screenshots, as the Nintendo Japan website has been updated to include more information about the game. (Source)

Gran Turismo 7 gets its newest patch, and the community seems to agree that the changes has made the credit system better than it previously felt. (Source)

Nintendo will be bringing the original Mario Golf from the Nintendo 64 era into the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion pack. (Source)

Square Enix continues to dip into their legacy franchises, as they have trademarked Tactics Ogre: Reborn in Japan. The first game in this franchisor was released in 1993 with the final being released in 2010. (Source)

✨ Going to Events Spiritually

Bandai Namco has a pretty big sale on Nintendo Switch. (Source)

Amazon has a Buy Two Get One Free sale on video games. (Source)

New Games including Cricket 22, is coming to Xbox Game Pass. MLB The Show, Dragon Age 2, and Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare comes to the pass as well. (Source)

🎮 Where's My Controller?

Haven't played much this week.

🎵 Turn it up to 11!

Nothing is more iconic of the 90s than Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. The franchise had several outings on the Super Nintendo, but the sound  track is absolutely a masterpiece. It majestically kept the energy of the original theme song, while expanding and crafting something new. The Boss Theme track is a thumping expression of pure rush. Check it out here. The entire soundtrack is fantastic and worthy of a many listens. Here is the YouTube Playlist.

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[diversegaminglists]

Eldrich/Cosmic Horror/Lovecraftian Themed Games

Still a WIP and not everything has been sorted yet.

Major Theme (Serious/Horror):

Alan Wake

Alone in the Dark Franchise

Alpha Polaris : A Horror Adventure Game

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

Anchorhead

Aquaria

Arcane Mystery Serial (Link goes to the first episode, the rest of the series can be found in the sidebar)

Arkham Nightmares

Astray

At the Mountains of Madness (Early Access)

Ayumi: Enhanced Edition

Bayonetta (The creator the angels keep going on about isn’t an Abrahamic god...)

Blackbay Asylum

Bloodborne

Bloodrayne 1 & 2

The Breach

Call of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game (Upcoming game due 2018)

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (Basically an adaptation of the Shadow Over Insmouth with slightly less racism, the PC port is very buggy because it was made by literally one person after studio closures, but there are fan patches to help.)

Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice

Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet

Cards of Cthulhu

Cata Cthulhu

Chronicle of Innsmouth

Chrono Trigger & Chrono Cross

Chzo Mythos (Yahtzee’s adventure series)

Clive Barker’s Jerico

Clive Barker’s The Undying

Clockwork Express

Conarium

The Consuming Shadow

Crawl

Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason

Crysis Franchise

CTHON

CthulhuMud

cthulhu fhtagn

Cthulhu Realms

Cult of Cthulhu (Mod for Plague Inc. Evolved)

Daily Chthonical

Dark Scavenger

Darkwood (Early Access)

The Dark Stone from Mebara

Darkest Dungeon

The Darkness Within Franchise

Dark Souls Franchise

Dawn of War

Dead Space Franchise

Deadly Premonition

Demon’s Souls

Dead by Daylight

Deathstate

Demonbane Franchise

Demon’s Souls

Discworld: Noir

Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh

Downwell

Earnest Evans Franchise (Hastur)

The Elder Scrolls Franchise (Most obviously with House Dagoth in Morrowind and Skyrim’s Dragonborn DLC)

Elder Sign: Omens

Elder Sign: Portents

Eldrich (Roguelike where you explore a library and enter worlds inside several Lovecraft books)

Eldritch Hunter

Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem

Euclidean

Eversion

The Evil Within

Evolve

Fallen London

Fallout 3: Point Lookout (DLC)

FEAR Franchise (Alma herself)

Ghostbusters: The Video Game

Gloom (2017, not to be confused with the 90s Amiga Doom clone)

Green Mirror

Grim Dawn

Half-Life Franchise

Haunted Hotel 4

The Hound of Shadow (Text Adventure)

The Hunt for the Red Cthulhu

The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker

Inner Voices

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

The King of Shreds and Patches (Text Adventure)

Kingdom Hearts (The Heartless, The Nobodies and Kingdom Hearts itself)

Kingdom of Loathing

The Last Door Franchise

Layers of Fear (This is really up to interpretation of the game’s plot but it uses many of the traditional story devices associated with “lovecraftian” horror and there are rats in the walls.)

LIMBO

Lobotomy Corporation (Early Access)

Lost Souls (MUD)

The Lurking Horror (Text Adventure)

Lusternia (free 2 play MMO)

Magrunner: Dark Pulse

The Majesty of Colors

Mansions of Madness (free steam version of the board game)

Marathon Franchise

The Moaning Words

Monria (MMO)

Mystery Of Mortlake Mansion

Mystery Stories: Mountains of Madness

Mythos: The Beginning

Muv-Luv Franchise

Nasuverse Franchise (This includes games like Fate/stay night and Tsukihime)

Necronomicon (An old Japanese game, haven’t found an English translation yet, but including for completeness)

Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness

The Necronomicon & Necronomicon - Book of Dead Names

Nexus War (defunct) & Nexus Clash

Nightmare on Azathoth

The Nightmare from Beyond

NoseBound

Oracle of Tao

Oxenfree

Pandora's Tower

Parasite Eve Franchise

The Park (Set in the same universe as The Secret World)

Path of Exile

Pathways into Darkness

Penumbra Franchise (From the same developer as Amnesia: The Dark Descent)

Phantasmal: Survival Horror Roguelike aka Phantasmal: City of Darkness

Phoenix Point (Upcoming 2018)

Poacher

Pony Island (It’s the Devil rather than a Lovecraftian style monster, but it features many of the usual devices)

Prey (2006)

Prey (2017)

Prototype Franchise

Quake (Shub-Niggurath)

Quest Fantasy

Red Haze

Resident Evil 4 (others in the franchise may qualify but 4 is the most obvious)

Reveal the Deep

The Rise of Cthulhu: Demo

Robert D. Anderson and the Legacy of Cthulhu

Rogue Stormers

Sanity: Aiken's Artifact

Saya no Uta (A man has an accident that makes him perceive normal people as horrendous eldrich monstrosities and then he meets a girl who... looks like a pretty girl. Rape and sexual assault warnings.)

SCP Foundation Games

The Secret World (MMO)

Secret World Legends

Shadow Hearts Franchise

Shadow Over Isolation

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened

Shikkoku No Sharnoth (Looking at screenshots I think this one might involve tentacles. Possible sexual assault warning.)

Shin Megami Tensei Franchise (including Persona 1, 2, and 3)

Shoggoth Rising

Shrouded In Sanity

The Shrouded Isle

Silent Hill Franchise (The town itself is alive even before you consider all the other thingies)

The Sinking City (upcoming game)

Siren (aka Forbiden Siren) Franchise

Skullgirls

Sons of Uruzime

South of Real

Splatterhouse

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Franchise

Strife

The Suffering Franchise

Sunless Sea

System Shock 2 (The Many)

Tales From the Void

Tattletail

The Terrible Old Man

They Bleed Pixels

They Breathe

This Book Is A Dungeon

Tormentum - Dark Sorrow

Transistor

Twisted Lands: Shadow Town

Undertale

Utawarerumono Franchise

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

VHS

Wait - Extended

We Need to Go Deeper

The Whisperer in Darkness

The Worry of Newport (Mod for Crysis 1)

X-COM: Terror From the Deep

Themed but Comedy/Non-Horror:

Army of Tentacles Franchise

Baobabs Mausoleum Ep. 1 Ovnifagos Don´t Eat Flamingos

The Bizarre Adventures Of Woodruff And The Schnibble

Cthulhu Saves the World

Flappy Monsters of Lovecraft

Hearthstone: Whispers Of The Old Gods

Howard Phillips Lovecar (Early Access)

Leave Cthulhu Alone

Lovecraft Word Search

Magicka: The Stars Are Left (DLC)

Mormonoids from the Deep

Pray For Death (Playable Cthulhu)

Project Starship

The Rapture Is Here And You Will Be Forcibly Removed From Your Home

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse

Tesla vs Lovecraft

Where is the Lovecraft?

Wynken, Blynken, Cthulhu, and Nod

Minor appearances:

Age of Decadence

Ancient Domains of Mystery aka ADOM

Baldur’s Gate 2 (Planar travel, the Demogorgon, and probably the final boss)

Battleborn

Beyond Good and Evil

The Binding of Isaac Franchise

Blood Franchise

Borderlands Franchise (Some of the vaults have big nasties in them, some of the raid bosses also qualify)

Bravely Default

Breath of Fire IV

Castlevania Franchise

Cookie Clicker

Copy Kitty

Crusader Kings II (Yes, really)

Cultist Simulator

Deadly Rooms of Death aka DROD Franchise

Destiny (The Vex and The Darkness)

Destiny: The Taken King (Raid bosses)

Dishonored Franchise

Defense of the Ancients aka DotA Franchise

Dragon Age Franchise

Drakengard Franchise

Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun

Dwarf Fortress

Pikmin Franchise (Final bosses)

Elona

Epic Mickey

Etrian Odyssey Franchise

Everlong

Fable (Jack of All Blades)

Fable III (The Crawler)

Fable: The Journey

Fatal Frame 2 (An optional boss in Survival Mode is the malice from the hellgates made manifest, rather than a ghost)

Final Fantasy Franchise (It would be easier to list which games don’t have some kind of cosmic horror eldritch abomination things in them. The most obvious ones are Jenova, Sin, and The Cloud of Darkness)

Five Nights At Freddy’s Franchise

Grey Goo

Guild Wars Franchise

Half-Life Franchise

Halo Franchise

Hatoful Boyfriend Franchise

Homeworld: Cataclysm

Immortal Defense

Jak 3: Wastelander

Knights and Dragons

La-Mulana

Legacy of Kain Franchise

League of Legends

The Legend of Spyro: Dawn Of The Dragon

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

LittleBigPlanet 2

Lunar: Eternal Blue aka Lunar 2

Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis

Mass Effect Franchise

Metroid Franchise

Minecraft: Story Mode

Mother Franchise

Mugen Souls Franchise

NeverWinter Nights 2

Paradigm

Pathologic

Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium

Pokemon Platinum

Return to Krondor (The God of Evil)

Rift (MMO)

RuneScape

SaGa 3 aka Final Fantasy Legend III

Scribblenauts Franchise (You can summon Cthulhu and Shogoths)

Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator

Shadow of the Colossus (becomes more and more obvious towards the end of the game)

Slash Em Extended

SMITE

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

SoulCalibur Franchise (The Soul Edge and SoulCalibur themselves)

Stories Untold

Terraria

Thief: The Dark Project & Thief: Deadly Shadows

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines

Warcraft 3

The Witcher (Dagon)

World of Warcraft

Xenogears

Xenosaga Franchise

Easter Eggs only:

Civilisation VI (A steam achievement)

PAYDAY 2 (A Cthulhu mask)

Dating Eldrich Monsters (both serious and non-serious):

Cthulhu Saves the World

Demonbane Franchise

Dra+Koi

Saya no Uta (A man has an accident that makes him perceive normal people as horrendous eldrich monstrosities and then he meets a girl who... looks like a pretty girl. Rape and sexual assault warnings.)

Unsorted:                                                                                                                 

Sonic Adventure

Sonic: Unleashed

Space Station 13

Spectrobes Franchise

The Stanley Parable

Star Control Franchise

Starbound

StarCraft

Star Wars: The Old Republic

Stellaris

Sundered

Sword of the Stars Franchise

Tales of Vesperia

Tentacult!

Turok Franchise

Touhou Franchise

UFO Afterblank

Warcraft Franchise

Warframe

Warriors Orochi

We Know the Devil

Ys Franchise

[frozendoorgaming]

Morning Mist #50

Announcements, Releases, Trailers

Fortnite Chapter 2 Leaked Via App Store

Europeans will be able to train their brain on Switch early next year

Luigi's Mansion Japanese overview trailer features six minutes of ghoulish action

Starbreeze says it will release Payday 3 in 2022-2023

MediEvil video series offers guidance to surviving Gallowmere

A new trailer for The 13th Doll showcases some very '90s FMV acting

Chorus is a musical murder mystery from Dragon Age writer David Gaider

The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature Lurching Its Way To Switch

You can get a feel for Doraemon Story of Seasons with the Switch demo

This box set is the only Mega Man collection you'll ever need on Switch

Sega is remixing old Sonic Adventure music, so people think a remake is coming

Milestones, Industry

Hi-Rez Studios Joins Epic Games In Expressing Support For Free Speech

As the fallout from #BoycottBlizzard continues, video game companies plead with players and staff to keep politics private

After a week of protests, Blizzard issues statement on pro-Hong Kong Hearthstone player ban

Anonymous Blizzard employee cites lack of internal communication: ‘It’s pulling our teams apart at the seams’

Riot Games sues esports organzation Riot Squad over trademark infringement

Mark Kern didn’t just quit WoW Classic: He accused his old Firefall studio of corruption

Daybreak Games makes multiple layoffs, including on Planetside Arena team

Deals, Freeware

This Steam game from Ittle Dew devs Ludosity is free to keep this weekend

World War 2 shooter Hell Let Loose is free for the weekend

Save $150 on this budget gaming laptop from Best Buy

This case will make your PC look like a Mac, if that’s your thing

Rounding up the retro mini console deals

Humble Store Call Of Duty Weekend Now Live

Information

Microsoft Flight Simulator alpha testing begins soon

GWENT iOS Beta Arriving on First Come First Serve Basis

TF2 turns twelve, celebrates with Scream Fortress XI

Apex Legends' Charge Rifle will be nerfed soon

First look at Apex Legends Firing Range training area coming in Season 3

Path of Exile promises a new metagame and ‘risk vs. reward’ in its upcoming expansion

The next Fallout 76 event is Halloween related, please clap

Dungeons and Dragons Online’s Night Revels Halloween event returns (with a pretty large bug)

Daemon x Machina update brings PvP combat, Duel mode and bug fixes

Destiny 2 reduces heavy ammo spawns in PVP, Iron Banner coming next week

New Final Fantasy XIV site shows us what New Game+ looks like

Star Citizen is going spelunking

Five More Games Join Apple Arcade

Etc

Mega Man is getting a six-disc vinyl soundtrack collection

Believe It Or Not, A Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Halloween Costume Exists

This fan-made character creator for Untitled Goose Game lets the goose be a detective

The math behind predictable projectiles in games

Blizzard Forcibly Changes Gay World of Warcraft Guild Name

The island where you can't play Pokémon Go

[aurimeanswind]

Post Microsoft E3 2017 Write Up

Another E3 press conference, another write up of my thoughts and opinions, feelings, all the things.

Shoutout to the IP Boys and some special guests who got together without me to discuss and breakdown the Xbox E3 briefing. You should definitely check it out!

So let’s get into it.

Xbox One X

So personally, as I said in my predictions piece, I thought they’d go the Xbox One Elite route for things, since it’s consistent with their branding up until now, especially with the Xbox 360. But the Xbox One X is a fine name. It sounds kind of cool, it plays into that whole “X is cool” branding which I think is a little bit old school. It feels very much in the vein of a “my system is better than yours” branding philosophy, almost harkening back to Sega vs Nintendo. It at least gave me those vibes without being overly patronizing or talking down to the consumer. I get frustrated when I see people saying that they wish it’d been named Scorpio, that that was a cooler sounding name. It really wasn’t. It was a name we’ve been used to, and as people on the inside of things, codenames appeal to us. It’s like spies: they have that secretive nature, making them feel more like exclusive or secretive ideas. But that name means nothing to the consumer that doesn’t follow along with these insider pieces of news and rumors. The Scorpio, as a public product, would be confusing and branding. The “X” sitting alongside the “S” is easy to understand, and makes one stand as an elite or stronger piece of hardware, and I think it’s easy to see and understand.

As for $499. Yeah, it’s expensive, and it’s a bummer, and I feel the same way about the PS4 Pro. At the very least I feel like I’d get a significant difference out of the X than I would from the Pro. Also, I’m not disappointed because this has what I’ve thought the price would be from the absolute beginning. It’s a tall ask, and obviously I think it’ll not sell as well as the Xbox One S, but I feel that after the protracted opening to the conference, Microsoft made a good pitch as to why you should just get in on the Xbox ecosystem of consoles in general.

The Games

I really loved the series of games that came through. There were quite a few that I am very interested in, and I know there has been a lot of lukewarm talk around the games they showed, but many of them are what I’d call “Alex O’Neill-ass picks”. I don’t want to go through all of them, but I’ll discuss the ones that stick out.

The top two are the Life is Strange Prequel and a new Ori game. Seriously, hearing there is a new Ori game coming is maybe the best announcement, for me personally, from that conference. That is a game that genuinely touched my soul, and is one of my all time favorite Metroidvanias. It skyrocketed itself to the number two spot on my favorite games of 2015 list, a year that was very competitive. It even outpaced The Witcher 3. Life is Strange was the number one for me that year, so just going back to that story with Chloe and Rachel this time has me so excited. It’ll be interesting to see that world through the lens of a new character without superpowers, but boy am I excited to see it at all.

After that is Tacoma, which is one of my most anticipated titles now that we’re out of the Persona 5/Zelda torrent that was early 2017. Gone Home wrecked me and hit me in ways that I’ve never seen in a game before, and Tacoma is so within my realm and I’m just endlessly excited to see not only what Fulbright has learned from Gone Home itself, but the several games that have followed in its footsteps in the years since. It’s so close too, and it’s one of those titles that I just want to lock myself in a room with and not speak to anyone until I’ve finished.

Assassin’s Creed Origins actually looks interesting to me. The combat looked like a big step up for that series, and loot/RPG mechanics, while generally overplayed in most modern games today, do still have a strong appeal to me. I’m really interested in what a new, take-your-time AC game looks like in this day and age. Still a lot of unknowns there, but a Bow is a big get for me.

I am all aboard the Anthem bandwagon. Like, all the way. As a complete and total Destiny-convert, I got both Destiny vibes of that, with a little big of wide-scale Titanfall feel to the way the exosuits looked and feel. While I can only hope the game plays as well as it looks, and it looks outstanding, I wonder what the story of that world will be. Bioware are obviously infamous for their design, narrative, and storytelling, but we only got such a small taste of that in this Anthem demo. It looks, at its most base, like a game I want to get lost in and explore with friends, something I love doing in Destiny, and hopefully there is something very deep behind that too. This was a total showstopper for me.

All those games super appeal to me, and here are some quick fires:

Metro looks amazing. At least, graphically, and a possibly-open-world Metro could be good for that series. It makes me wish I had taken the time to get into it, but we’ll see what happens.

Forza is real pretty. Still don’t care about cars.

Sea of Thieves still looks incredibly promising. I don’t want to get too excited yet, but man does it appeal to my swashbuckling adventurer side.

I really, really want State of Decay 2 to be good. I reeeeeally do. I hope it is.

Player Unknown Battlegrounds is a massive get for Microsoft. Xbox Games Preview is working in their favor here. Can’t wait to play it.

Cuphead has a date, let’s hope that game is dope.

Dragon Ball FighterZ, at least visually, looks INCREDIBLE. Man those Guilty Gear folks know how to make anime in motion.

I am now more interested in Crackdown 3 than I was before, even if it was still, overall, underwhelming.

I will play Black Desert Online, if only to make a bunch of anime-ass characters.

Super Lucky’s Tale looks SO FUCKING CUTE OH MY GOD

Looks like Shadow of War got quietly delayed?? I’m really bummed about that, since I thought it’d be a perfect summer game. It had a ton of personality though, and I can’t wait to play it.

The Pitch

I think the pitch for Xbox One X is rough. It’s just another higher-end version of a console you can get for cheaper, and as much as I do want it, it’s always a hard sell when you know you can save a bunch of money for games by buying the weaker, more affordable piece of hardware. But this appeals more to me than the PS4 Pro does. I think it was just presented better, announced better, and utilized in a Presser better. And that honestly goes a long way.

The pitch to get into the Microsoft ecosystem of consoles was really strong. Microsoft didn’t lean on any of their easy-hitters. No Gears. No Halo. Nothing cheap, nothing big on crowd pleasing, and they even said their brining original Xbox games into the backwards compatibility program. It really unifies their consoles into one thing, and I imagine that compatibility will continue on forever into the future. They look poised, and consumer-friendly, and I think they had a game up there for everyone.

Even if the Xbox One X doesn’t appeal to you, I think generally they strengthened the appeal for the Xbox in general. While I agree with some sentiments out there that there was no “home run” here, save for maybe Anthem, I think Xbox really kicked ass as a show in general.

Stay tuned here for all my written thoughts on all of the press briefings, and come back Tuesday where I am finally going to do a Sunday Chats, just on a Tuesday. I’m off to go watch Bethesda’s conference now!

[cosplaysoulbackups]

[ NUMBERS ]

.Flow

10 Count

19 Days

101 Dalmations

[ A ]

A Certain Magical Index

A Foreign Love Affair

Ace of Diamond

Adekan

Adventure Time

Aikatsu!

Air

Air Gear

Akame ga Kill!

AKB0048

AKB48

Aldnoah.Zero

Alice in the Country of Hearts

Alice in Wonderland

Alice: Madness Returns

Amagi Brilliant Park

Amnesia

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu

Angel Beats!

Angel Sanctuary

Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.

Anthropomorphic Animal

Ao no Exorcist

Aphorism

Assassination Classroom

Atelier Escha & Logy: The Alchemists of Dusk

Atelier Meruru

Attack on Titan

Axis Powers Hetalia

Ayakashi

[ B ]

Bad Medicine: Infectious Teachers

Bakemonogatari

Bakuman

Batman

Batman Returns

Battle Royale

Beatmania IIDX

Beauty and the Beast

Berserk

Beyond the Boundary

Big Hero 6

Biohazard 4

Bioshock Infinite

Black Bullet

Black Butler

Black Butler: Book of Circus

Black Butler 2

Black Lagoon

Black Rock Shooter Animation

Blade and Soul

Blast of Tempest

Bleach

Blood-C

Blue Exorcist

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai

Bokura no Hikari Club

Brave10

Bravely Default: Flying Fairy

Brothers Conflict

Brynhildr in the Darkness

[ C ]

C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control

Cardcaptor Sakura

Carnival

Case Closed

Catherine

Chaos Online

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Chinese Paladin 3

Chobits

Choco Strawberry Vanilla

Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!

Clannad

Clannad: After Story

Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion

Code Geass Side Story: Akito of the Ruined Land

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2

Cookie Run

Corpse Bride

Crest of the Royal Family

Cyphers

[ D ]

D Gray Man

D.N.Angel

Danball Senki W

Danganronpa

Danganronpa: Another Episode

Danganronpa Kirigiri

Danganronpa: Kibo no Gakuen to Zetsubo no Kokosei

Darker Than Black

Darkstalkers 3

Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors

Date A Live

Dead or Alive Ultimate

Death Note

Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko

Diabolik Lovers

Divine Gate

Dota 2

Dragon Age: Origins

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

Drakengard 3

DRAMAtical Murder

Dream of Doll

Drifters

Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka

Durarara!!

Dusk Maiden of Amnesia

Dynamic Chord

Dynasty Warriors 8

[ E ]

Elfen Lied

Elsword

Elvira

Ensemble Stars

Eureka Seven

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

[ F ]

Fafner of the Blue Sky

Fairy Tail

Fancy Lala

Fantasy Frontier Online

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly

Fate Extra

Fate Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya

Fate Stay Night

Fate Zero

Final Fantasy 7

Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children

Final fantasy 8

Final Fantasy 10

Final Fantasy 13

Final Fantasy 15

Final Fantasy Type-0

Finder Series

Fire Emblem: Awakening

Fisheye Placebo

Five Star Stories

Freddy vs. Jason

Free!

Frozen

Fruits Basket

Fushigi Yugi

[ G ]

Game of Thrones

Gangsta.

Gantz

Gatchaman Crowds

Gazette

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki Kun

Gintama

Girl Friend Beta

Girls Und Panzer

Go! Princess Precure

Gosick

Gravitation

Guardians of the Galaxy

Gugure! Kokkuri-san

Guilty Crown

Guilty Gear

Guilty Gear XX

Gurren Lagann

[ H ]

Haigakura

Haikyuu!!

Hakuouki: Shinsengumi Kitan

Hanafuriro Series

Hanasaku Iroha

Happy Tree Friends

Harry Potter Series

Hell Girl

Hellsing

Helter Skelter

Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko.

Hero Warz

Highschool of the Dead

Highschool DxD

Hiiro no Kakera

Homestuck

Hoozuki no Reitetsu

How To Train Your Dragon

Howls Moving Castle

Hunter x Hunter

Hybrid Child

Hyperdimension Neptunia

[ I ]

IB Games

Inu x Boku SS

Inuyasha

IS: Infinite Stratos

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?

[ J ]

Jian Xia Qing Yuan Online 3

Jianxiaqingyuan Online 3

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Battle Tendency

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Diamond is Unbreakable

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Jojolion

JoJos Bizarre Adventure Phantom Blood

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean

Jormungand

Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance

Junketsu no Maria

[ K ]

K

K Project

K-on

Kagerou Project

Kamigami no Asobi

Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne

Kancolle

Kantai Collection

Karneval

Katekyo Hitman Reborn!

Ken ga Kimi

Kigurumi Guardians

Kikis Delivery Service

KILL la KILL

Kimi ni Todoke

Kingdom Hearts

Kingdom Hearts 2

Kiniro Mosaic

Kiniro no Corda: Blue Sky

Kiniro no Corda: Primo Passo

Kirby's Dream Land

Kotonoha Project

Kuroko no Basuke

Kuroshitsuji

Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus

Kuroshitsuji 2

Kyou Kara Maou!

Kyoukai no Kanata

Kyousou Giga

[ L ]

Laichi Hikari Club

Lamento

LC5

League of Legends

Leon: The Professional

Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII

Line Characters

Litchee Hikari Club

Little Busters!

Living Dead Dolls

Lollipop Chainsaw

Love Live! School Idol Project

Love Stage!!

Lucky Dog 1

Ludwig Revolution

Lychee Hikari Club

[ M ]

Mabinogi

Macross Frontier

Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

Magic Kaito

Magic Knight Rayearth

Magical Angel Creamy Mami

Mahou Sensei Negima!

Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei

Maid-Sama!

Mairunovich

Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro

Makai Ouji Devils and Realist

Malice Mizer

Maoyuu Maou Yuusha

Marginal4

Marvel vs Capcom

Mass Effect

Mawaru-Penguindrum

Meet the Robinsons

Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch

ME!ME!ME!

Million Arthur

Mirai Nikki

Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny

Monster Hunter

Mujihi na Otoko

[ N ]

Nagi no Asukara

NANA

Nanatsu no Taizai

Naruto: Shippuden

Nekomimi

Nekopara

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Neuro: Supernatural Detective

Nico Nico Douga Jikkyou Play

Nintama Rantarou

Nisekoi

Nisemonogatari

Nitro Super Sonic

No Game No Life

Noblesse

Noragami

NORN9

Nourin

Nurarihyon no Mago

Nyotaria

[ O ]

Odin Sphere

One Piece

Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji

Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai

Oreimo

Orenchi no Furo Jijou

Original Character

Oumagatoki Kaidan Romance

Ouran High School Host Club

Overwatch

Owari no Seraph

Pandora Hearts

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt

[ P ]

Pandora Hearts

Paradise Kiss

Persona 3

Persona 4

Persona 4: Dancing All Night

Petshop of Horrors

Pinocchio

Pocahontas

Pokemon

Pokemon Black Version 2 and White Version 2

Pop n Music

Pop n music 16 PARTY

Princess Monoke

Prison School

Prunus Girl

Psycho-Pass

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Puri Para

Puzzle & Dragons

[ Q ]

Quan Zhi Gao Shou

Queen's Blade

[ R ]

Rage of Bahamut

Ranma 1/2

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Reiko the Zombie Shop

Reines des Fleurs

Repo! The Genetic Opera

Resident Evil: Revelations

RG Veda

Riddle Story of Devil

Rise of the Guardians

Rozen Maiden

Rozen Maiden: Traumend

RPG Maid Lounge Bar

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan

RWBY

[ S ]

Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata

Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend

Saga Frontier

Sailor Moon R

Sailor Moon S

Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars

Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas

Saiyuki

Saiyuki Reload

Sakizo's Illustration Artwork

Samurai Warriors 4

Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal

Sankarea

Scissors Crown

Scrapped Princess

Searching for the Full Moon

Sekaiichi Hatsukoi

Sengoku Basara

Sengoku Basara 4

Seraph of the End

Shaman King

Sheep Farm in Sugarland

Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso

Shiki

Shingeki no Bahamut

Shingeki no Kyojin

Shining Blade

Shining Hearts

Shining Tears X Wind

Show By Rock!!

Silent Hill

Silent Hill 2

Skullgirls

Sky Doll

Sleeping Beauty

Sora no Otoshimono

Soul Eater

Sound Horizon

Space Battleship Yamato 2199

Spice and Wolf

Spirited Away

Starry Sky

Suicide Squad

Super Danganronpa 2

Super Mario Bros

Super Mario Galaxy

Sweet Pool

Sword Art Online

Syokugeki no Soma

Syunya Yamashita’s Figurine

[ T ]

Tales of Vesperia

Tales of Xillia

Tales of Zestiria

Tamako Market

Tamen de Gushi

Tangled

Tarzan

Tasogare Otome x Amnesia

Tekken

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Ten Count

Their Story

The Cain Saga

The Chiral Night

The Devil Is A Part-Timer!

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

The Exiled Realm of Arborea

The Familiar of Zero

The Flower We Saw That Day

The Idolm@ster

The Idolm@ster 2

The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls

The Irregular at Magic High School

The King of Fighters

The Last Story

The Legend of Zelda

The Little Mermaid

The Maid Fuku to Kikanjuu

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Pale Horse

The Prince of Tennis

The Riddle Story of Devil

The Seven Deadly Sins

The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants

The Touhou Project

The Tyrant Falls in Love

Thor

Tiger & Bunny

To Aru Kagaku no Railgun

To Love Ru

To Love Ru Darkness

Togainu no Chi

Tokimeki Restaurant: Koi no Recipe de Tsukamaete

Tokyo Ghoul

Toradora!

Touhou Fuujinroku Mountain of Faith

Touhou Niji Sousaku Doujin

Touken Ranbu

Tower of Saviors

Toxic

Trinity Blood

Trickster

Tsubasa Chronicle

Tsukiuta

Tunshicangqiong On Line

[ U ]

Ultra Street Fighter IV

Un-Go

Unbreakable Machine-Doll

Ungo

Unlight

Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger

Urusei Yatsura

Uta no Prince-sama

Utau

[ V ]

Vampire Knight

Vocaloid

[ W ]

Wand of Fortune

Warm Bodies

When They Cry 3

White Album 2

Wolf Girl and Black Prince

Working!!

World of Warcraft

[ X ]

xxxHOLIC

[ Y ]

Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches

Yosuga no Sora

Your Lie in April

Yowamushi Pedal

Yumeiro Patissiere

Yuri Kuma Arashi

Yuri!! On Ice

[ Z ]

Zankyou no Terror

Zone-00

[storyofadventures]

[ NUMBERS ]

.Flow

10 Count

19 Days

101 Dalmations

[ A ]

A Certain Magical Index

A Foreign Love Affair

Ace of Diamond

Adekan

Adventure Time

Aikatsu!

Air

Air Gear

Akame ga Kill!

AKB0048

AKB48

Aldnoah.Zero

Alice in the Country of Hearts

Alice in Wonderland

Alice: Madness Returns

Amagi Brilliant Park

Amnesia

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu

Angel Beats!

Angel Sanctuary

Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.

Anthropomorphic Animal

Ao no Exorcist

Aphorism

Assassination Classroom

Atelier Escha & Logy: The Alchemists of Dusk

Atelier Meruru

Attack on Titan

Axis Powers Hetalia

Ayakashi

[ B ]

Bad Medicine: Infectious Teachers

Bakemonogatari

Bakuman

Batman

Batman Returns

Battle Royale

Beatmania IIDX

Beauty and the Beast

Berserk

Beyond the Boundary

Big Hero 6

Biohazard 4

Bioshock Infinite

Black Bullet

Black Butler

Black Butler: Book of Circus

Black Butler 2

Black Lagoon

Black Rock Shooter Animation

Blade and Soul

Blast of Tempest

Bleach

Blood-C

Blue Exorcist

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai

Bokura no Hikari Club

Brave10

Bravely Default: Flying Fairy

Brothers Conflict

Brynhildr in the Darkness

[ C ]

C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control

Cardcaptor Sakura

Carnival

Case Closed

Catherine

Chaos Online

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Chinese Paladin 3

Chobits

Choco Strawberry Vanilla

Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!

Clannad

Clannad: After Story

Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion

Code Geass Side Story: Akito of the Ruined Land

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2

Cookie Run

Corpse Bride

Crest of the Royal Family

Cyphers

[ D ]

D Gray Man

D.N.Angel

Danball Senki W

Danganronpa

Danganronpa: Another Episode

Danganronpa Kirigiri

Danganronpa: Kibo no Gakuen to Zetsubo no Kokosei

Darker Than Black

Darkstalkers 3

Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors

Date A Live

Dead or Alive Ultimate

Death Note

Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko

Diabolik Lovers

Divine Gate

Dota 2

Dragon Age: Origins

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

Drakengard 3

DRAMAtical Murder

Dream of Doll

Drifters

Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka

Durarara!!

Dusk Maiden of Amnesia

Dynamic Chord

Dynasty Warriors 8

[ E ]

Elfen Lied

Elsword

Elvira

Ensemble Stars

Eureka Seven

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

[ F ]

Fafner of the Blue Sky

Fairy Tail

Fancy Lala

Fantasy Frontier Online

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly

Fate Extra

Fate Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya

Fate Stay Night

Fate Zero

Final Fantasy 7

Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children

Final fantasy 8

Final Fantasy 10

Final Fantasy 13

Final Fantasy 15

Final Fantasy Type-0

Finder Series

Fire Emblem: Awakening

Fisheye Placebo

Five Star Stories

Freddy vs. Jason

Free!

Frozen

Fruits Basket

Fushigi Yugi

[ G ]

Game of Thrones

Gangsta.

Gantz

Gatchaman Crowds

Gazette

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki Kun

Gintama

Girl Friend Beta

Girls Und Panzer

Go! Princess Precure

Gosick

Gravitation

Guardians of the Galaxy

Gugure! Kokkuri-san

Guilty Crown

Guilty Gear

Guilty Gear XX

Gurren Lagann

[ H ]

Haigakura

Haikyuu!!

Hakuouki: Shinsengumi Kitan

Hanafuriro Series

Hanasaku Iroha

Happy Tree Friends

Harry Potter Series

Hell Girl

Hellsing

Helter Skelter

Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko.

Hero Warz

Highschool of the Dead

Highschool DxD

Hiiro no Kakera

Homestuck

Hoozuki no Reitetsu

How To Train Your Dragon

Howls Moving Castle

Hunter x Hunter

Hybrid Child

Hyperdimension Neptunia

[ I ]

IB Games

Inu x Boku SS

Inuyasha

IS: Infinite Stratos

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?

[ J ]

Jian Xia Qing Yuan Online 3

Jianxiaqingyuan Online 3

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Battle Tendency

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Diamond is Unbreakable

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Jojolion

JoJos Bizarre Adventure Phantom Blood

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean

Jormungand

Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance

Junketsu no Maria

[ K ]

K

K Project

K-on

Kagerou Project

Kamigami no Asobi

Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne

Kancolle

Kantai Collection

Karneval

Katekyo Hitman Reborn!

Ken ga Kimi

Kigurumi Guardians

Kikis Delivery Service

KILL la KILL

Kimi ni Todoke

Kingdom Hearts

Kingdom Hearts 2

Kiniro Mosaic

Kiniro no Corda: Blue Sky

Kiniro no Corda: Primo Passo

Kirby's Dream Land

Kotonoha Project

Kuroko no Basuke

Kuroshitsuji

Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus

Kuroshitsuji 2

Kyou Kara Maou!

Kyoukai no Kanata

Kyousou Giga

[ L ]

Laichi Hikari Club

Lamento

LC5

League of Legends

Leon: The Professional

Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII

Line Characters

Litchee Hikari Club

Little Busters!

Living Dead Dolls

Lollipop Chainsaw

Love Live! School Idol Project

Love Stage!!

Lucky Dog 1

Ludwig Revolution

Lychee Hikari Club

[ M ]

Mabinogi

Macross Frontier

Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

Magic Kaito

Magic Knight Rayearth

Magical Angel Creamy Mami

Mahou Sensei Negima!

Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei

Maid-Sama!

Mairunovich

Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro

Makai Ouji Devils and Realist

Malice Mizer

Maoyuu Maou Yuusha

Marginal4

Marvel vs Capcom

Mass Effect

Mawaru-Penguindrum

Meet the Robinsons

Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch

ME!ME!ME!

Million Arthur

Mirai Nikki

Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny

Monster Hunter

Mujihi na Otoko

[ N ]

Nagi no Asukara

NANA

Nanatsu no Taizai

Naruto: Shippuden

Nekomimi

Nekopara

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Neuro: Supernatural Detective

Nico Nico Douga Jikkyou Play

Nintama Rantarou

Nisekoi

Nisemonogatari

Nitro Super Sonic

No Game No Life

Noblesse

Noragami

NORN9

Nourin

Nurarihyon no Mago

Nyotaria

[ O ]

Odin Sphere

One Piece

Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji

Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai

Oreimo

Orenchi no Furo Jijou

Original Character

Oumagatoki Kaidan Romance

Ouran High School Host Club

Overwatch

Owari no Seraph

Pandora Hearts

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt

[ P ]

Pandora Hearts

Paradise Kiss

Persona 3

Persona 4

Persona 4: Dancing All Night

Petshop of Horrors

Pinocchio

Pocahontas

Pokemon

Pokemon Black Version 2 and White Version 2

Pop n Music

Pop n music 16 PARTY

Princess Monoke

Prison School

Prunus Girl

Psycho-Pass

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Puri Para

Puzzle & Dragons

[ Q ]

Quan Zhi Gao Shou

Queen's Blade

[ R ]

Rage of Bahamut

Ranma 1/2

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Reiko the Zombie Shop

Reines des Fleurs

Repo! The Genetic Opera

Resident Evil: Revelations

RG Veda

Riddle Story of Devil

Rise of the Guardians

Rozen Maiden

Rozen Maiden: Traumend

RPG Maid Lounge Bar

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan

RWBY

[ S ]

Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata

Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend

Saga Frontier

Sailor Moon R

Sailor Moon S

Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars

Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas

Saiyuki

Saiyuki Reload

Sakizo's Illustration Artwork

Samurai Warriors 4

Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal

Sankarea

Scissors Crown

Scrapped Princess

Searching for the Full Moon

Sekaiichi Hatsukoi

Sengoku Basara

Sengoku Basara 4

Seraph of the End

Shaman King

Sheep Farm in Sugarland

Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso

Shiki

Shingeki no Bahamut

Shingeki no Kyojin

Shining Blade

Shining Hearts

Shining Tears X Wind

Show By Rock!!

Silent Hill

Silent Hill 2

Skullgirls

Sky Doll

Sleeping Beauty

Sora no Otoshimono

Soul Eater

Sound Horizon

Space Battleship Yamato 2199

Spice and Wolf

Spirited Away

Starry Sky

Suicide Squad

Super Danganronpa 2

Super Mario Bros

Super Mario Galaxy

Sweet Pool

Sword Art Online

Syokugeki no Soma

Syunya Yamashita’s Figurine

[ T ]

Tales of Vesperia

Tales of Xillia

Tales of Zestiria

Tamako Market

Tamen de Gushi

Tangled

Tarzan

Tasogare Otome x Amnesia

Tekken

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Ten Count

Their Story

The Cain Saga

The Chiral Night

The Devil Is A Part-Timer!

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

The Exiled Realm of Arborea

The Familiar of Zero

The Flower We Saw That Day

The Idolm@ster

The Idolm@ster 2

The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls

The Irregular at Magic High School

The King of Fighters

The Last Story

The Legend of Zelda

The Little Mermaid

The Maid Fuku to Kikanjuu

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Pale Horse

The Prince of Tennis

The Riddle Story of Devil

The Seven Deadly Sins

The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants

The Touhou Project

The Tyrant Falls in Love

Thor

Tiger & Bunny

To Aru Kagaku no Railgun

To Love Ru

To Love Ru Darkness

Togainu no Chi

Tokimeki Restaurant: Koi no Recipe de Tsukamaete

Tokyo Ghoul

Toradora!

Touhou Fuujinroku Mountain of Faith

Touhou Niji Sousaku Doujin

Touken Ranbu

Tower of Saviors

Toxic

Trinity Blood

Trickster

Tsubasa Chronicle

Tsukiuta

Tunshicangqiong On Line

[ U ]

Ultra Street Fighter IV

Un-Go

Unbreakable Machine-Doll

Ungo

Unlight

Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger

Urusei Yatsura

Uta no Prince-sama

Utau

[ V ]

Vampire Knight

Vocaloid

[ W ]

Wand of Fortune

Warm Bodies

When They Cry 3

White Album 2

Wolf Girl and Black Prince

Working!!

World of Warcraft

[ X ]

xxxHOLIC

[ Y ]

Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches

Yosuga no Sora

Your Lie in April

Yowamushi Pedal

Yumeiro Patissiere

Yuri Kuma Arashi

Yuri!! On Ice

[ Z ]

Zankyou no Terror

Zone-00

[thessalian]

Thess vs Next Fest 2023, Pt 3

Well, okay, the bacon cheeseburgers have to wait because apparently it’s cold enough that my beef hasn’t defrosted adequately yet. So onward to more demos!

Interior Worlds: This is a walking simulator with a bit of a difference. It promises no jump scares ... but apparently underestimates how much jump scare you can actually get when you’re walking in a tense creepy environment and there’s anything like a sudden noise when they promise that. Anyway, point is it’s a “walk around through creepy liminal spaces taking pictures at specific points” kind of game. I don’t know if the full game will be more in-depth, but either way, I think I like it. It’s not a Zen game, though. It’s a “I will play this with the lights off at 3am because I apparently just need to be terrified and tense in a way that doesn’t involve the current mess the world’s in” kind of game.

Cynthia: Hidden in the Moonshadow: I don’t get a lot of feel about what this game’s about from the demo, but it definitely gives a feel for the mechanics. Character has a weapon but has so far only used it to solve puzzles and access areas; the only enemies we see get stealthed past in a way that gave me some Horizon: Zero Dawn feels, for all the setting is very, very different. There’s some hints at Shit About To Go Down, but the tutorial (which was the extent of the demo) doesn’t indicate what or how, exactly, and honestly I’m mostly seeing this thing waving a big Standard Hero’s Journey sign. Plus the controls weren’t the best (intuitive to a point, but movement was a bit sticky) and the colours were so bright. So it’ll stay on the wishlist but I think I want to see more about what this one’s about first.

Right. Now I will take my meds, have an early bath, make my cheeseburgers (I think the stupid beef is defrosted now) and then probably more demos. Or maybe something I can metaphorically sink my teeth into. I did actually pick up Dragon Age: Inquisition again the other day, dragging my Meep!Herald a little more through Jaws of Hakkon at least partly so I can get it finished, move on to The Descent, then finish the base game and finally do Trespasser on a Cullenmancer, and on an elven mage. I’ve only seen the endgame romance with Sera so far, that on a human rogue, so there’s stuff surrounding travelling through the eluvians I haven’t got to see yet. Still ... Jaws of Hakkon, for all its good moments, is cataclysmically annoying sometimes.

[daydream-gaming]

Pitches

For the first 3 weeks I spent making my pitch, Game Logo and pre-production. I focused on these because I knew to get my game green-lighted. I also knew that I would have to show the college that I would be able to do this, so I searched up some of my old projects and found my first project was showing some of the skills I would need. 

For my Pitch I started  with research and looked for what type of game I wanted to make, after looking at the themes of my last games I decided to do an RPG sequel to my last game with different characters. A game that does the same is the Final Fantasy series. I found this while doing my research, the final fantasy series is 14 games long. The game itself uses the same world but different characters.

I made my logo using the Golden Spiral. I found out many companies use the Golden Spiral in logos and posters making it effective. For example a Logo that sued the Golden Spiral is a well know company called Apple. The way it works is the way most people look at things is that they will always fixate on a small property of the logo/poster first, their eyes then change to to look at the rest of it slowly following a spiral.

The spiral can also be put sideways to fit the logo's size. I find this good to use because It shows what has the most impact in the logo/spiral. I like this as it makes me be able to see where to put the most attention grabbing section of my logo. I also like the fact that it gives you a guideline to put where to put things like in most logos and posters the main image goes first and then the spiral goes down towards the writing. 

I started by looking at logos to do with eyes and I knew of a game with an eye logo. I really wanted to have an eye logo because IT would go with the name “Ellika Watcher”. Watcher obviously being a huge influence on the logo. The logo that influenced me the most was the Dragon Age Inquisition logo. 

I liked how the logo has a murderous vibe and monstrous look to it. I also like how the sword went through the eye making it look like the monster was damaged by the sword. The symbol also has a unique coloring, the eye itself is colored red symbolizing the evilness and hostile behavior it may have therefore it got slain. I also like the use of the black and white. The white represents the pureness of the sword that has the monster putting the aura of it. It also shows that the blade may be angelic. The black shows the fear and darkness within the monster that the white is trying to extinguish but its obviously surrounded by blackness making it a unfair fight. The fight between darkness and light, Evil vs Good with the good at a disadvantage. This represents that the good hasnt given up hope yet and wants to defeat the evil and gain strength. 

This is why my logo has the same color scheme, I also tried to make it look like the eye was getting stabbed by the sword because it gives of a symbolic feel of hope for the player. It also shows of the type of game it is going to. A sword normally represents a more medieval era and that means it would be and RPG game. 

I started my pre-production by making a gant chart, this allowed me to get my time framing right for everything else e.g production, secondary and primary research. I then started to look into beat maps and writing up My proposal on word, by using the book Level Up! By Scott Rodgers. It gave me an Idea about what I would have to write up on my beat map, GDD and one sheet. I did these because it helps me create a sense of what the game is going to be like, I also looked at his narrative theory and applied my story to it. I tried to make a story that can impact the consumer. It is related to drug abuse and showing the repercussions of abusing them. 

The pitch was the hardest to make because I had to come up with a general idea and look at what I could do in a general time. I took inspiration from my very first project. I learnt the basic movement system, attacking system and a few more mechanics in the process which I decided to reuse. I decided to reuse these skills because It made sense to make having a basis for an RPG that I already knew How to do without having to research new mechanics. I think It would also be okay since I did not really make my own characters and just revamped their texture as I acquired them from an online source. furthermore, I was going to be doing an RPG it would be easier to complicate things less. I put a video of my “demo” or alpha looks for the game on the end to show the teachers what I could do to get my idea green-lighted. My pitch also contained details about my skills, what software’s I could use and where I am going to be looking for my research. 

[releasesomesteam-blog]

The Big List

As far as I can tell there is no application to put my library into plain text so I’ll have to do this all manually... 1,255 Games*. Here we go (in Alphabetical)

*Actual amount is less due to hidden games and the such.

Now how did I do this? Well I used https://steamdb.info/ to get a list of all my Steam games. From there I just copied everything into Notepad++. I then deleted the easy bits (AppID, game) using find and replace. In find and replace I then used this code snippet \:.*?% and  \r\n\r\n to get rid of the rest of the useless filler. From there I got this usable text. This was a lot more enjoyable than going through and typing my whole library in manually.

16 Bit Arena

1954 Alcatraz

1Heart

404Sight

7 Days to Die

8BitMMO

9 Clues

911

A New Beginning - Final Cut

A Valley Without Wind

A Valley Without Wind 2

A-men

A-Men 2

A.V.A. Alliance of Valiant Arms™

Abducted

Aberoth

Absconding Zatwor

Absent

Abyss

ACE - Arena

Ace of Spades

Advent Rising

AdVenture Capitalist

Aerena

Age of Conan

Age of Conan

Agricultural Simulator 2013 Steam Edition

Agricultural Simulator

Aion

AirMech

Airport Simulator 2014

Alan Wake

Alan Wake's American Nightmare

Alex Hunter - Lord of the Mind

Alganon

Alice

Alien Shooter

Alien

Aliens vs. Predator

All Is Dust

Altitude

Always Sometimes Monsters Demo

Amazing World

America's Army 3

America's Army

Amnesia

Amnesia

Among Ripples

Among the Sleep

Ampu-Tea

Anarchy Arcade

And Yet It Moves

Anno 2070

Anno Online

Anodyne

Anomaly Warzone Earth

Ant War

Antichamber

APB Reloaded

Aperture Tag

Arcane Saga Online

Archeblade

Arctic Combat

ARK

Arma 2

Arma 2

Arma 2

Arma 2

Armed with Wings

Army of Tentacles

Ascend

Astro Lords

Atlantica Online

Audition Online

Aura Kingdom

Avalanche 2

Avenging Angel

Awesomenauts

Back to Bed

Back to Dinosaur Island

Badland Bandits

Banished

Batla

Battle Battalions

Battle for Blood - Epic battles within 30 seconds!

Battle for Graxia

BattleBlock Theater

Battlegrounds of Eldhelm

BattleSpace

Battlestations: Midway

: 6870, Game

Battle for Blood - Epic battles within 30 seconds!

Battle for Graxia

BattleBlock Theater

Battlegrounds of Eldhelm

BattleSpace

Battlestations

Battlestations Beasts of Prey

Bejeweled 3

Besiege

Betrayer

Between IGF Demo

Big Pharma

Bionic Commando Rearmed

BioShock

BioShock 2

BioShock 2 Remastered

BioShock Infinite

BioShock Remastered

BIT.TRIP RUNNER

Bitweb

Black Fire

Blacklight

Blast Em!

Blender 2.78

Block N Load

BLOCKADE 3D

Blood Omen 2

Bloodline Champions

BloodRayne

BloodRayne 2

BloodRayne

BloodRealm

Bloodwood Reload

Bloody Streets

Bloop

Blue Estate Digital Comic

Borderlands

Borderlands 2

Borderlands

Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat

BRAWL

Brawl Busters

Break Into Zatwor

Brick-Force

Brick-Force (US)

Brilliant Bob

Brink of Consciousness

Broken Age

Brütal Legend

Bullet Run

Bunker - The Underground 

Burstfire

C.R.E.E.P.S

C9

CaesarIA

Cakewalk Loop Manager

Cakewalk Sound Center

Call of Duty

Call of Duty

Call of Duty

Call of Duty

Call of Juarez Gunslinger

Camera Obscura

Cannons Lasers Rockets

Car Mechanic Simulator 2014

Card Hunter

Castaway Paradise

Caster

Castle

Cat on a Diet

Cave Story+

Centauri Sector

Champions of Regnum

Champions Online

Chaos Heroes Online

Chivalry

Chompy Chomp Chomp

Chroma Squad

Chronicles of a Dark Lord

Circuits

Cities in Motion 2

Cities

City of Steam

Clicker Heroes

Clockwork Tales

Close Your Eyes

Clown House (Palyaço Evi)

Cobi Treasure Deluxe

Codename CURE

Cogs

Coil

Collisions

Color Symphony

Combat Monsters

Combat Wings

Comedy Quest

Company of Heroes

Company of Heroes (New Steam Version)

Company of Heroes

Company of Heroes

Company of Heroes

Company of Heroes

Conflicks - Revolutionary Space Battles Demo

Construct 2 Free

Contagion

Contraption Maker

Cook, Serve, Delicious!

Copa Petrobras de Marcas

Corporate Lifestyle Simulator

Cosmic DJ

Cossacks II

Costume Quest

Costume Quest 2

Counter-Strike

Counter-Strike Nexon

Counter-Strike Nexon

Counter-Strike

Counter-Strike

Craft The World

Crash Drive 2

Crash Time II

Crayon Physics Deluxe

CrimeCraft GangWars

CroNix

Crookz - The Short Movie

Crusaders of the Lost Idols

Cry of Fear

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Crystal Towers 2

Crystals of Time

CS

CS

Cubic Castles

Curse of Mermos

Cute Things Dying Violently

Dark Arcana

Dark Matter

Dark Quest

DarkBase 01

Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition

Darksiders Warmastered Edition

Darkstone

Darkwind

Day of Defeat

Day of Defeat

Days Under Custody

DCS World

Dead Effect

Dead Island

Dead Rising 2

Dead Rising 3

Dead Space 2

Deadbreed®

Deathmatch Classic

Deepworld

DEFCON

Defiance

Dementium II HD

Demise of Nations

Democracy 3

Demon Hunter

Demons with Shotguns

Deponia

Depression Quest

Destination Sol

Dethroned!

DEUS EX MACHINA 2

Deus Ex

Deus Ex

Deus Ex

Deus Ex

Deus Ex

Dev Guy

Devils & Demons

DiggerOnline

Dino D-Day

DiRT Showdown

Disciples III

DiscStorm

Dishonored

District 187

Dizzel

Dogs of War Online - Beta

Don't Starve

Don't Starve Together

Doodle God

DOOM 3

Dota 2

Dota 2 Test

Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald

Dracula

Dragon Age

Dragon Nest

Dragon's Prophet

Dragons and Titans

DRAKERZ-Confrontation

Draw a Stickman

Dream Chamber

Dream Of Mirror Online

Driver Booster 3 for STEAM

Dropsy

Duck Dynasty

Dungeon Defenders II

Dungeon Fighter Online

Dungeonland

Dungeons & Dragons Online®

Dwarfs F2P

Dystopia

EAC eSports

Eador. Genesis

East India Company Gold

Echo of Soul

Echoes+

Edna & Harvey

Edna & Harvey

Eldevin

Eldritch

Electric Highways

Elsword

Empire

Enclave

Endless Sky

Enemy Mind

Enforcer

Enigmatis 2

Enigmatis

Epic Arena

Epic Cards Battle(TCG)

ePic Character Generator

Escape

Esenthel Engine

Eternal Fate

Euro Truck Simulator 2

Eurofighter Typhoon

Everlasting Summer

Everlasting Summer DLC "One pioneer's story"

EverQuest II

EVGA Precision XOC

Evoland

Evoland 2

Evolution RTS

Evolve Stage 2

F.E.A.R. Online

Face of Mankind

Fallen Earth

Fallout 4

Fallout

Famaze

Fancy Skulls

Far Cry Primal

Far Cry® 3 Blood Dragon

Farming World

FarSky

Fiends of Imprisonment

Fiesta Online

Fiesta Online NA

Fight The Dragon

FINAL TAKE

Fingerbones

Fire & Forget - The Final Assault

FIREFIGHT RELOADED

Firefly Online Cortex

Fishing Planet

Fistful of Frags

FlatOut

FlatOut 2

Flatout 3

FlatOut

Floating Point

Football Superstars

Forge

Forsaken World

FortressCraft Evolved

FortressCraft Evolved Multiplayer

Frederic

Free to Play

Free To Play (Streaming)

Freshman Year

From Bedrooms to Billions

Frozen Free Fall

Frozen Synapse Prime

Fuse

Gabe Newell Simulator

Galcon 2

Dev Tycoon

s of Glory

Garry's Mod

GAUGE

Gear Up

Gems of War

Get Off My Lawn!

Ghostbusters

Glorkian Warrior

Go To Bed

Goat Simulator

Gold Rush! Classic

Golden Rush

Goodbye Deponia

Goosebumps

Gotham City Impostors

Grand Chase

Grass Simulator

Gratuitous Space Battles

GRAV

Grey Cubes

GRID 2

Grim Fandango Remastered

Grim Legends 2

Grim Legends

Grimm

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition

Guardians of Victoria

Gunpoint

Guns and Robots

Guns of Icarus Online

Guns'N'Zombies

Gunscape

GunZ 2

H1Z1

H1Z1

H1Z1

Hack 'n' Slash

Hacker Evolution

Hacker Evolution - Untold

Hacker Evolution Duality

Hacker Evolution Source Code

Haegemonia

Haegemonia

Half Minute Hero

Half Minute Hero

Half-Life

Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2

Half-Life Deathmatch

Half-Life

Half-Life

Half-Life

Hammerfight

Happy Wars

Haunted Memories

Hazard Ops

Headcrab Frenzy!

Heaven Island - VR MMO

Heavy Bullets

Heckabomb

Hero Siege

Heroes & Generals

Heroes of Legionwood

Heroes of Scene

Heroes of SoulCraft

Heroine's Quest

Hidden Object Bundle 4 in 1

Hills Of Glory 3D

HIS (Heroes In the Sky)

HIT

Hitman 2

Hitman

Hitman

Hitman

Hitman

Hitman

HOMEFRONT Demo

Hospital Tycoon

Hostile Waters

Hotline Miami 2

House of 1,000 Doors - Family Secrets

House of 1000 Doors

House of Snark 6-in-1 Bundle

Houston, we have a problem

How to Survive

HunieCam Studio

Hunting Unlimited 2010

Huntsman - The Orphanage Halloween Edition

Hyperspace Pinball

I am Bread

Idle Civilization

Iesabel

In Search of the Most Dangerous Town on the Internet

Infinite Crisis™

InMind VR

Inquisitor

Insurgency

Invisible Apartment

iPi Mocap Studio 2

Iron Brigade

Iron Grip

Iron Snout

It came from space, and ate our brains

Jagged Alliance Online - Steam Edition

Jet Racing Extreme

Jigoku Kisetsukan

Just Cause

Just Cause 2

Just Cause 3

Kane & Lynch 2

Kane & Lynch

Karos

Karos Returns

Kerbal Space Program

Kill Fun Yeah

Kill The Bad Guy

Killing Floor

Killing Floor - Toy Master

Killing Floor 2

Killing Floor 2 - SDK

Killing Floor

Kingdom Rush

Kingdom Wars

Kingdoms CCG

King’s Bounty

Knights and Merchants

Knights of Pen and Paper +1

KnightShift

Kung Fu Strike

Kung Fury

L.A. Noire

La Tale

Lambda Wars Beta

Lambda Wars Dedicated Server

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

Layers of Fear

Leadwerks  Launcher

Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead 2

Left 4 Dead 2 Beta

Legacy of Kain

Legacy of Kain

Legacy of Kain

Legena

Legendary

Legends of Solitaire

Lego Harry Potter

LEGO Harry Potter

LEGO® Jurassic World

LEGO® Pirates of the Caribbean The Video 

LEGO® Star Wars™

LEGO® The Hobbit™

Leona's Tricky Adventures

Let the Cat In

Life Is Strange™

Lifeless

Lifeless Planet

Lift It

Little Farm

Little Racers STREET

Loadout

Loadout Campaign Beta

Lost Planet 3

Lost Saga North America

Lovely Planet

Lucius

Lume

Luminosity

LUXOR

Mabinogi

Mad Max

Mad Max System Test

Magic Barrage - Bitferno

Magic Duels

Magic

Magicka

MapleStory

March of War

Marvel Puzzle Quest

Mass Effect 2

MASSIVE CHALICE

Match 3 Revolution

Max Gentlemen

Max Payne

Medieval Engineers

Medieval Engineers - Mod SDK

MEDIEVAL

Melissa K. and the Heart of Gold Collector's Edition

Memoir '44 Online

Memoria

Merchants of Kaidan

Metal Gear Solid Legacy

METAL GEAR SOLID V

Metal Reaper Online

METAL SLUG DEFENSE

Metro Conflict

Microsoft Flight Simulator X

MicroVolts Surge

Midnight Mysteries 4

Mightier

Millionaire Manor

MIND Path to Thalamus E.Edition

Mind Snares

Mini Motor Racing EVO

Mining & Tunneling Simulator

Mirror's Edge

Missing Translation

Mitos.is

Modular Combat

Monstrum

Montague's Mount

Monument Builders

Moon Breakers

Moonbase Alpha

Morphopolis

Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition

Mortal Kombat X

Mortal Kombat

Mortal Kombat

Mortal Kombat

Moto Racer Collection

Mount & Blade

Mount & Blade

Mount & Blade

Mountain Crime

MoW

MX vs. ATV Reflex

My Lands

My Name is Mayo

NAM

Napoleon

Narcissu 1st & 2nd

Natural Selection 2

Navy Field 2 

Nearwood - Collector's Edition

Nebula Online

Neverwinter

Nicolas Eymerich The Inquisitor

Nightbanes

Nightmares from the Deep 3

Nightmares from the Deep

NightSky

Nihilumbra

No More Room in Hell

Nova-111

Nuclear Throne

Nyctophilia

Octodad

Odyssey Reborn

One Final Breath

One Finger Death Punch

One Hundred Ways

One Manga Day

One Way To Die

Only If

Operation Flashpoint

Orborun

Orcs Must Die!

Orcs Must Die! 2

ORION

Ostrich Island

Out There Somewhere

Outlast

Overlord

Overlord II

Overlord

PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX+

Painkiller Hell & Damnation

Painkiller Overdose

Painkiller

Painkiller

Painkiller

Painkiller

Paint it Back

Pandora Saga

Passing Pineview Forest

Path of Exile

Pay2Win

PAYDAY 2

PAYDAY

PAYDAY

Penarium

Penumbra

Pilot Crusader

Pinball Arcade

Pinball FX2

Pink Heaven

Pink Hour

Pirates, Vikings, & Knights II

Pixel Puzzles Ultimate

Pixel Puzzles

Plague Inc

PlanetSide 2

Please, Don’t Touch Anything

Plush

Pocket God vs Desert Ashes

Poker Night 2

Poker Night at the Inventory

Polarity

Port of Call

Portal

Portal 2

Portal 2 Sixense Perceptual Pack

Portal Stories

Post Master

POSTAL 2

Postal 3

Pox Nora

Predator Simulator

Prime World

Prime World

Prison Architect

Professional Farmer 2014

Project Root

Proto Raider

ProtoGalaxy

Psychonauts

Puddle

PulseCharge

Puzzle Kingdoms

Puzzle Pirates

Puzzler World

Puzzler World 2

Pyramid Raid

Q.U.B.E.

Qora

Quantum Rush Online

Quintet

RACE 07

RACE 07 - Formula RaceRoom Add-On

RACE On

Rack N Ruin

Radium

Ragnarok

Ragnarok Clicker

Ragnarok Online - Free to Play - European Version

Ragnarok Online 2

RaiderZ

Reach for the Sun

Realm of the Mad God

Reckless Ruckus

Red Faction

Red Faction II

Red Faction

Red Faction

Red Stone Online

Redemption

Regimental Chess

Relic Hunters Zero

Relive

Remember Me

Renaissance Heroes

Requiem

resident evil 4 / biohazard 4

Resident Evil 5 / Biohazard 5

Resident Evil Revelations / Biohazard Revelations

Resident Evil Revelations 2 / Biohazard Revelations 2

Retro/Grade IGF Demo

Reversion - The Escape

Reversion - The Meeting

Rexaura

Ricochet

RIFT

Rise of Flight United

Rise of Incarnates

Risen 2 - Dark Waters

Rising Angels

Rising World

Rising World Dedicated Server

Rock of Ages

Rocket League

Roller Coaster Rampage

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3

RollerCoaster Tycoon

Rome

Rome

ROSE Online

Royal Quest

RPG MO

Rumble

Run and Fire

Runespell

Running Shadow

Rust

Rustbucket Rumble

Rusty Hearts

SAGA

Saints Row 2

Saints Row IV

Saints Row IV Inauguration Station

Saints Row

Saints Row

Saints Row

Saira

Sakura Clicker

SanctuaryRPG

Sanctum

Sanctum 2

Savage Lands

SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel

Schein

School of Dragons

Seduce Me the Otome

SEGA Mega Drive & Genesis Classics

Sentinels of the Multiverse

Serena

Serious Sam 3

Shadow Hunter

Shadow of Kingdoms

Shadow Warrior Classic (1997)

Shadows

Shank

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

ShareX

Shattered Haven

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective

SHOGUN

Shoppe Keep

Sid Meier's Civilization V

Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic)

Sigils of Elohim

Silver Creek Falls - Chapter 1

Simply Chess

Sinless

Sins of a Dark Age

Ski-World Simulator

Skyrim Script Extender (SKSE)

Skyscraper Simulator

Sleep Attack

Slender

Small Town Terrors Pilgrim's Hook Collector's Edition

Smashmuck Champions

Smugglers 5

Sniper Elite

Sniper Elite 3

Sniper Elite V2

Sniper

Snowcat Simulator

Soccer Manager 2015

Soccer Manager 2016

Soldier Front 2

SolForge

Sonic Generations

Soulbringer

South Park™

Space Engineers

Space Hack

Space Pirates and Zombies

Spacebase DF-9

Sparkle 2 Evo

Spartans Vs Zombies Defense

Spellsworn

Spiral Knights

Spiral Knights Preview

Spore

Spore

Spore

Sprint Cars

Stacking

Star Conflict

Star Trek Online

STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II

STAR WARS™ Empire at War

STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga

STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight

STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II

STAR WARS™ Rebellion

STAR WARS™ X-Wing vs TIE Fighter

STAR WARS™

STAR WARS™

STAR WARS™

STAR WARS™

STAR WARS™

Starship Rubicon

Starship Traveller

State of Decay

Statues

STCC

Stealth Inc 2

SteamDB Unknown App 243870

Stick RPG 2

Stikbold!

Stranded Deep

Strider

Strife

Strike Suit Zero

Stronghold 2

Stronghold Crusader Extreme HD

Stronghold HD

Stronghold Kingdoms

Stronghold Legends

Subnautica

Subspace Continuum

Summer Sale

Sunrider

Super Crate Box

Super Cyborg

Super Death Arena

Super  Jam

Super Monday Night Combat

Surgeon Simulator

Survarium

Switchcars

Syberia

Syder Arcade

sZone-Online

Tabletop Simulator

Tactical Genius

Tactical Intervention

Take On Helicopters

Takedown

Tales Runner

Tango Fiesta

Tap Heroes

Tap Tap Infinity

Tap Tap Legions - Epic battles within 5 seconds!

TDP4

TDP5 Arena 3D

Team Fortress 2

Team Fortress Classic

Teeworlds

TERA

TERA

Terrain Test

That Old Time Religion

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Banner Saga

The Bluecoats

The Cat and the Coup

The chronicles of Emerland. Solitaire.

The Crew

The Culling

The Dark Eye

The Desolate Hope

The Detail

The Dolls

The Elder Scrolls V

The Elder Scrolls V

The Escapists

The Escapists

The Expendabros

The Extinction

The Few

The First Templar

The Forest

The Forgotten Ones

The Four Kings Casino and Slots

The Gate

The Guild Gold Edition

The Guild II

The Guild II - Pirates of the European Seas

The Guild II

The Inner World

The Knobbly Crook

The Legend of Tango

The Long Dark

The Lord of the Rings Online™

The Lost Island

The Magic Circle

The Making of Grim Fandango Remastered

The Making of Grim Fandango Remastered

The Old Tree

The Park

The Plan

The Room

The Secret of Tremendous Corporation

The Settlers Online

The Ship

The Ship Single Player

The Ship Tutorial

The Sources of Tremendous Corporation

The Stanley Parable

the static speaks my name

The Sun and Moon

The Talos Principle

The Way of Life Free Edition

The Weaponographist

The Whispered World Special Edition

The Witcher

theHunter

theHunter

There Was a Caveman

They Came From The Moon

Thief

Thief 2

Thief Gold

Thief

Thinking with Time Machine

This War of Mine

Three Dead Zed

Tiki Man

Time Clickers

Time Mysteries

Titan Souls

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms - EU

Tomb Raider (VI)

Tomb Raider I

Tomb Raider II

Tomb Raider III

Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider

TOME

Toribash

Total War Battles

Total War

Total War

Total War

Tower Wars

Tower Wars Editor

TrackMania Nations Forever

Transformice

Trash TV

Trash TV (demo)

Tropico

Tropico 2

Tropico 3

Tropico 4

Trove

TY the Tasmanian Tiger 4

Tycoon City

UberStrike

Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe

Ultra Street Fighter IV

Uncharted Waters Online

Universal Combat CE

Universe Sandbox

Unturned

Valkyria Chronicles™

Vanguard

Velvet Sundown

Victory Command

Villagers and Heroes

Vindictus

Viridi

Viscera Cleanup Detail

Viscera Cleanup Detail

Viscera Cleanup Detail

Voices from the Sea

Volume

Voyage

VVVVVV

WAKFU

Walkover

War Inc. Battlezone

War of the Immortals

Warehouse and Logistics Simulator

Warface

Warframe

War

War

War

Warhammer 40,000

Warhammer 40,000

Warhammer 40,000

Warhammer 40,000

Warhammer 40,000

Warhammer 40,000

Warhammer 40,000

Warmachine Tactics

WARMODE

Warside

Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic

Wasteland 2

Wasteland 2

Waves

We Happy Few

Weird Park Trilogy

Weird Worlds

Who Is Mike

Why So Evil

Why So Evil 2

Wild Warfare

Wind of Luck

Wizardry Online

Wooden Floor

Wooden Sen'SeY

World of Battles

World of Guns

World of Soccer online

Worms

Worms Revolution

Wrath of Athena

Xam

Xotic

YOU DON'T KNOW JACK HEADRUSH

YOU DON'T KNOW JACK MOVIES

YOU DON'T KNOW JACK SPORTS

YOU DON'T KNOW JACK TELEVISION

YOU DON'T KNOW JACK Vol. 1 XL

YOU DON'T KNOW JACK Vol. 2

YOU DON'T KNOW JACK Vol. 3

YOU DON'T KNOW JACK Vol. 4 The Ride

You Have to Win the 

Your Quest

Zeno Clash 2

ZOMBI

Zombie Army Trilogy

Zombie Driver HD

Zombie Driver HD Apocalypse Pack

Zombie Driver HD Tropical Race Rage

Zombie Kill of the Week - Reborn

Zombie Shooter

Zombies Monsters Robots

Zombillie

Zoo Park