Be Excellent To Each Other

*nods knowingly*

Spot on, Giphy.

21. Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise
22. Samorost 3: pointy clicky puzzley game by the makers of Machinarium. As with all their games it looks and sounds beautiful but some of the puzzles in this one were inscrutable even by the standards of the previous games so I spent a decent amount of time being frustrated with it.

1) Hidden My Game By Mom (iOS)
2) Hidden My Game By Mom 2 (iOS)
3) Toast Girl (iOS)
4) Nyardle (iOS)
5) Escape Game: Cave House (iOS)
6) Escape Game: Dwarf House (iOS)
7) Escape Game: River House (iOS)
8) Can You Escape The house (iOS)
9) Escape Game Jail Escape 2 (iOS)
10) Escape Game Resort Escape (iOS)

I've added these last two to my wishlist. I loved Machinarium.

I loved the first Samorost game years ago but never clicked with the second one and didn't like Machinarium. Maybe I've just gone off point 'n' click adventure games though. I bought both DOTT and Grim Fandango remasters and haven't touched them.

1) You must build a boat. I built a boat.

The original Samorost game is fully playable in a browser her:

http://amanita-design.net/samorost-1/

and the first level of the second one here:

http://amanita-design.net/samorost-2/

21. Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise
22. Samorost 3
23. Enigma: another point-clicky thing who's conceit this time is you're a British soldier in WW2 carrying out some kind of sabotage mission in German occupied territory. The art style is very nice and reminiscent of the lovely Tiny Thief; it even has a similar sense of humour about it. The generally logical puzzles are only marred slightly by a sometime lack of clarity in what objects can be interacted with.

21. Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise
22. Samorost 3
23. Enigma
24. The Secret of the Necromancer: another nice looking and well done pointy-clicky thing about children have to escape from a video game they get sucked into. There are three characters to choose from and each one gets a slightly different path through the game but apparently not enough to make it worth it sadly.

Sing it!

21. Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise
22. Samorost 3
23. Enigma
24. The Secret of the Necromancer
25. What Remains of Edith Finch: a woman returns to her childhood home to explore the circumstances of the individual deaths of her family members. So far so Gone Home, and indeed in the opening minutes it does seem like this is going to be a walking simulator by the numbers. The exploration of the house is just a framing device though and when you get into each family member's room it kicks off a playable vignette that tells their story. These vignettes vary wildly in length, mechanics, mood and even graphical style but they're all engaging and excellent. You never know what each story will entail and the compellingly fanciful nature of them pulls you through the game in a way no other 'walking simulator' has ever managed. There was even a lovely little nod to the studio's previous game, An Unfinished Swan, that made me smile when I came across it. The way interaction is handled throughout makes it another example of something that just could not be done in any other medium which is always nice to see. The absolutely only criticism I think could be levelled at it is that £15 for a few hours is maybe a bit steep. Frankly I couldn't give a shit and thought it was worth every penny because but undoubtedly others will moan about that. Anyway, it's fucking awesome: go play it.

1. Hidden My Game By Mom (iOS)
2. Hidden My Game By Mom 2 (iOS)
3. Toast Girl (iOS)
4. Nyardle (iOS)
5. Escape Game: Cave House (iOS)
6. Escape Game: Dwarf House (iOS)
7. Escape Game: River House (iOS)
8. Can You Escape The house (iOS)
9. Escape Game Jail Escape 2 (iOS)
10. Escape Game Resort Escape (iOS)
11. Escape Game Jail Escape (iOS)
12. Escape Game Jail Escape 3 (iOS)
13. Escape Game Jail Escape 4 (iOS)
14. Escape Game Jail Escape 5 (iOS)
15. Escape Rooms 1 (iOS)

1. Hidden My Game By Mom (iOS)
2. Hidden My Game By Mom 2 (iOS)
3. Toast Girl (iOS)
4. Nyardle (iOS)
5. Escape Game: Cave House (iOS)
6. Escape Game: Dwarf House (iOS)
7. Escape Game: River House (iOS)
8. Can You Escape The house (iOS)
9. Escape Game Jail Escape 2 (iOS)
10. Escape Game Resort Escape (iOS)
11. Escape Game Jail Escape (iOS)
12. Escape Game Jail Escape 3 (iOS)
13. Escape Game Jail Escape 4 (iOS)
14. Escape Game Jail Escape 5 (iOS)
15. Escape Rooms 1 (iOS)
16. Escape Rooms 2 (iOS)

1. Hidden My Game By Mom (iOS)
2. Hidden My Game By Mom 2 (iOS)
3. Toast Girl (iOS)
4. Nyardle (iOS)
5. Escape Game: Cave House (iOS)
6. Escape Game: Dwarf House (iOS)
7. Escape Game: River House (iOS)
8. Can You Escape The house (iOS)
9. Escape Game Jail Escape 2 (iOS)
10. Escape Game Resort Escape (iOS)
11. Escape Game Jail Escape (iOS)
12. Escape Game Jail Escape 3 (iOS)
13. Escape Game Jail Escape 4 (iOS)
14. Escape Game Jail Escape 5 (iOS)
15. Escape Rooms 1 (iOS)
16. Escape Rooms 2 (iOS)
17. Can You Escape The Lighthouse (iOS) - Yes I could.

You're really reducing our options for your Secret Santa now.

1. Hidden My Game By Mom (iOS)
2. Hidden My Game By Mom 2 (iOS)
3. Toast Girl (iOS)
4. Nyardle (iOS)
5. Escape Game: Cave House (iOS)
6. Escape Game: Dwarf House (iOS)
7. Escape Game: River House (iOS)
8. Can You Escape The house (iOS)
9. Escape Game Jail Escape 2 (iOS)
10. Escape Game Resort Escape (iOS)
11. Escape Game Jail Escape (iOS)
12. Escape Game Jail Escape 3 (iOS)
13. Escape Game Jail Escape 4 (iOS)
14. Escape Game Jail Escape 5 (iOS)
15. Escape Rooms 1 (iOS)
16. Escape Rooms 2 (iOS)
17. Can You Escape The Lighthouse (iOS)
18. Can You Escape The Lighthouse 2 (iOS)

1. Mad Max
2. XCOM 2
3. Victor Vran
4. Dragon Age: Inquisition
5. Endless Legend
6. Ys Origin
7. Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power
8. Shadow Complex
9. Technobabylon
10. Dust: An Elysian Tale
11. Ori and the Blind Forest
12. The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone
13. Odallus: The Dark Call
14. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
15. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia


Some random thoughts:

Mad Max is one of the most underrated and is probably the best GTA clone i've ever played. Some parts are of absolute beauty and memorable, like the church in the middle of the desert and the airport.

Symphony of the night is not as good as most people say. It's too easy, and the second part really drags on. The Aria games and Order of Ecclesia are much better.

The first Witcher 3 expansion keeps the high standards of the main game. Absolutely sublime writing and characters and puts all the other AAA developers to shame.

1. Hidden My Game By Mom (iOS)
2. Hidden My Game By Mom 2 (iOS)
3. Toast Girl (iOS)
4. Nyardle (iOS)
5. Escape Game: Cave House (iOS)
6. Escape Game: Dwarf House (iOS)
7. Escape Game: River House (iOS)
8. Can You Escape The house (iOS)
9. Escape Game Jail Escape 2 (iOS)
10. Escape Game Resort Escape (iOS)
11. Escape Game Jail Escape (iOS)
12. Escape Game Jail Escape 3 (iOS)
13. Escape Game Jail Escape 4 (iOS)
14. Escape Game Jail Escape 5 (iOS)
15. Escape Rooms 1 (iOS)
16. Escape Rooms 2 (iOS)
17. Can You Escape The Lighthouse (iOS)
18. Can You Escape The Lighthouse 2 (iOS)
19. Can You Escape Warehouse (iOS)

12) Hollow Knight (PC)

A stunning and beautiful metroidvanian Dark Souls.

Not for casuls cause it's absolutely rock hard; especially that true boss. Actually I'm ashamed to admit that I didn't even kill him. I accidentally triggered the middle ending (there's 3) trying to wack the first of the two bosses so I could grab some magic for the last fight, like a dick. I kinda lost interest after an hour of the same guys so, y'know, I don't care. 39 hours and 90% completion biches.

*removes from wish list*

21. Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise
22. Samorost 3
23. Enigma
24. The Secret of the Necromancer
25. What Remains of Edith Finch
26. Burly Men At Sea: a sort of point-and-click-adventure game but really more an interactive story with multiple paths through it. It looks and sounds lovely and is genuinely quite funny, but I wasn't motivated to get all the assorted endings because they mostly meant playing the same thing over and over with just minor different decisions. Not least because the further in you get the less obvious what those different decisions actually are so you could end up spending time going through all the same content and not even getting a different ending because you missed something.

1. Hidden My Game By Mom (iOS)
2. Hidden My Game By Mom 2 (iOS)
3. Toast Girl (iOS)
4. Nyardle (iOS)
5. Escape Game: Cave House (iOS)
6. Escape Game: Dwarf House (iOS)
7. Escape Game: River House (iOS)
8. Can You Escape The house (iOS)
9. Escape Game Jail Escape 2 (iOS)
10. Escape Game Resort Escape (iOS)
11. Escape Game Jail Escape (iOS)
12. Escape Game Jail Escape 3 (iOS)
13. Escape Game Jail Escape 4 (iOS)
14. Escape Game Jail Escape 5 (iOS)
15. Escape Rooms 1 (iOS)
16. Escape Rooms 2 (iOS)
17. Can You Escape The Lighthouse (iOS)
18. Can You Escape The Lighthouse 2 (iOS)
19. Can You Escape Warehouse (iOS)
20. Escape Rooms 5 (iOS)
21. Escape Rooms 4 (iOS)
22. Escape Rooms 3 (iOS)

I think Russ may have found his niche.

It's nice to have some games that have a definite start and end point, as a lot of the games I play seem to never have an end, or release more levels all the time.

Have you tried things like "Quiet, Please"?

That's a puzzle game (is there a better name for this genre? Things like Dizzy and stuff) that's only short.

I will have a look at it now.

I don't mind longer puzzle games, I currently have Day of the Tentacle on the go, but I find it difficult to remember where I was sometimes.

At least do them in order, for pity's sake. How can you keep track of the story?

Recommendation for Russ: http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Android/ ... sp?c=73944

I'm only a couple of levels in as I only started it this morning but so far it's quite pretty and good fun.