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April & May 2019 - Late Update Out of the Gate

Added 2019-05-06 17:49:03 +0000 UTC

Hey everyone,

Hope you're doing well! April flew by, and big apologies for missing the update. I had a bunch of stuff going on by the end of the month and didn’t hammer one out in time :( But that means this one'll be even more content-packed!

TL;DR

Finished: Unheard, Read Dead Redemption 2, Downfall, Lorelai
First looks: Escaped Chasm, Whispers of a Machine
Ongoing: Witcher 3, Dishonored 1
Upcoming: Until Dishonored 1 is done, some combination of indie games

Games Finished Since Last Update

Since the last update, I’ve finished:

Unheard (5 parts): An audio-based detective game where you must listen to the sounds at a crime scene figure out who the perpetrators are. Innovative concept and a fun brain teaser, although I think the lack of subtitles (by design) could make this difficult for people without native-level English fluency to enjoy.

Red Dead Redemption 2 (100 parts): Don’t think I need to elaborate too much on this one! From a story-telling POV its critical acclaim is definitely deserved. In hindsight I don’t know WHAT I was thinking to do this while playing Witcher too lol but I’m really glad I did!

Downfall (7 parts): A horror adventure side-scroller; second game of the Cat Lady trilogy with that same grungy artstyle – fans of the first will probably also enjoy this. (FYI – this was in the previous poll but didn’t win; I ended up playing it anyway since the next game was due soon and I had some extra time while doing the poll winner Dishonored.)

Lorelai (8 parts): Same as above – if you enjoyed The Cat Lady (and Downfall), you will likely want to see through to the conclusion of the trilogy.

Also had a quick look at:

Escaped Chasm - short prototype/demo RPGmaker game by Temmie Chang (artist of Undertale/Deltarune) – don’t have too big of an opinion on it since there’s not much in the way of actual story yet.

Whispers of a Machine – Traditional point & click, but with unique forensic and personality trait systems that determine different puzzle solutions. Didn't get far enough fully see all the systems in action, but it seemed promising.

Current Stuff

Witcher 3
Dishonored 1

I’ve just finished the base game of Witcher 3 and will be heading into the DLCs next week (!) Newer patrons might not know that The Witcher is the first series I started playing based off a Patreon vote, so this series is a perpetual reminder of how fortunate I am to have your support – thank you all once again.

I’m also over half done with Dishonored 1 and will likely finish before the month ends. I’ll do the DLCs too but not sure if it’ll be straight after - I forgot to take them into consideration when estimating playtime hours in the previous poll, oops.

Upcoming Stuff

I’ll start another medium-length AAA title when Dishonored finishes so until then it'll be some shorter indie titles. I’m paying attention to these new releases in May: