[blog] Hack's Huge PC Backlog or: when did I add that to my collection?!?

These are just the Steam VR games. I'm not sure I have others in other launchers.

CLOUDBORN
FILTHY, STINKING, ORCS!
The VR Mods for HALF-LIFE, HALF-LIFE 2, HL2 EPISODE 1 and HL2 EPISODE 2
MUSEUM OF OTHER REALITIES
REPUBLIQUE VR
THE TEAR
WADDLE HOME

I'll start with the good first... actually more average than good and then the bad... and by bad I mean close to Red Banner bad. I did play one more game and this will get it's write-up when I finish everything... or ragequit if I can't. Funny thing is, if I do ragequit, this is all on me!

FROG CLIMBERS (2016)
Rock Climbing Co-Op Game
TeamCrew
A co-op multiplayer game that is played by 4 players controlling a frog with controller climbing a mountain. The controls are odd and this is the type of game I rage quit but I did the tutorial and the Daily mountain (single player and every day has a new mountain). That's where I call it a day. WIth friends, the game looks like it could be fun though is no longer sold on Steam. I currently have a messed up finger and this actually made it hurt and well as my other hand. Other than that it's not the worst thing ever.

If you wanted a game to play with friends that more likely than not would have got you all angry then yes, I would have recommended this. It's no longer on Steam though.

GOLDEN AXED: A CANCELLED PROTOTYPE (2020)
Side Scrolling Action
Sega Studios Australia, The Eccentric Ape
This is a prototype of a new Golden Axe game in 2.5D. The game was originally developed in 2012 and cancelled. The prototype is only 5 minutes long, has no magic system and repetitive combat though character models and backgrounds were decent.

Calling in Golden Axed was a dick move bt Sega though, as was the original marketing for it that basically called the game a joke. Imagine working on a game, having it cancelled (it actually looked like it had some potential) and then the company cancelling it releasing your prototype and basically telling people that this is janky crap. An original developer called them out (rightfully) and the game was removed from Steam. When you start it now, the intro blurb is a lot nicer to the game.

If this was still available then I would have recommended this. It's only 5 minutes long but an interesting look at a game we could have had.

INDECISION (2018)
Platformer
bilge
A small platformer in which you kind of make decisions and try to get all achievements... I have 6 of the 31 left. I will use a guide for the rest but onnotes noes want to work so I might be doing something wrong. There are a few minor issues. Once you do one of the screens, you need to finish the game off before starting from the beginning. I messed up the first platforming section twice so had to wait for playthrough 3 to get the achievement. Another is having to do the game over and over to get some of the achievements (the game is really short though).

I'd recommend this as it's short but it won't be everyone's cup of tea. Get it on sale though.

WANBA WARRIORS (2019)
Fighting Game
Wanba Studio, Beijing Big Puteng Technology Co., Ltd.
This is more multiplayer focused but I decided to try the single player. I could not get a hang of the controls at all... they absolutely awful!

Not recommended at all.

And the above isn't the really bad game...

NOTTOLOT (2024)
Puzzle Game
Bandai Namco Studios Inc., Bandai Namco Online Inc.
Just because a game is short, free, has good graphics and sound, it doesn't automatically make it a good game.

The graphics and music are nice. The robots are nicely designed and there are some interesting puzzles. To need to hack robots to get to solve puzzles. My little robot sometimes couldn't do this and would die causing a restart of the level.

Stage 1 was good. The puzzles were interesting. I got 2 out of 3 collectibles and would have gone back later to get the 3rd.

Stage 2 was were the problems started. The last part of the stage was confusing but I finally figured what to do. I did die due to bad controls but decided to try again. I then restart the third part and I get stuck in a wall and then fall in a void... I rage quit. I gave it some time and went back and... I had to do Stage 2 from the start. I easily did it. Again I missed a collectible.

Stage 3 is when my blood began to boil. On the first part I died once due to controls but this was fine. What wasn't fine was having an enemy push me until again, I get stuck in the terrain. I just had to restart the second part. I then had to control a robot that climbs walls and I finally was going to progress until I ended up falling through the terrain again. I then finally did it. The next part involved a robot that sucked at moving over platforms. When it did work, I had to go over platforms that would fall... There was a collectible near one. I failed over and over trying to get it so skipped it.

I get to the final part and the puzzle game decided to be a game of reflexes... this I could do perfectly lol.

What sucked as well was cutscenes (they were really short) not being skippable. I did watch a Youtube video and he did get the collectible first attempt so some of these issue might just be me sucking. Falling a few times through the level in such a short game though is totally on the game.

I don't recommend it but people wanting a short free puzzle game might actually like this because as I wrote earlier, some of the puzzles are decent.