August 4, 2023 - Day 216 - NewPlay Bonus Review
Total NewPlays: 236

Game: Blasphemous

Platform: Steam
Release Date: Sep 10, 2019
Library Date: Aug 4, 2022
Unplayed: 365d (1y)
Playtime: 17m

Happy Birthday to Blasphemous. I didn't realise that I activated it one year ago today. I know that at the time, I took one look at it, didn't even open it. To be honest, I'm glad I didn't.

It's another game I wouldn't have been able to appreciate had I not spent all this time working my way through my pile of shame.

Blasphemous is a 2D pixel-art soulsvania action-platformer.

It is not a pleasant game. Laced in heavy religious themes, you are the "Penitent One" travelling through the land of Cvstodia (not a typo), with your sword "Mea Culpa".

There are locations where you can save, which cause your enemies to respawn, and when you die, you need to go back to collect your stuff. So... soulsvania, I guess?

After killing the first boss, you take off your giant pointy eyeless helmet, and fill it with the blood pouring out of him.

Then you put it on.

This is actually a game I could see myself playing, in the right mood. Just a kind-of specific one.

Blasphemous is:

3: OK

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June 9, 2023 - Day 160 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 177

Game: Grime

Platform: Steam
Release Date: Aug 2, 2021
Library Date: Jun 7, 2023
Unplayed: 2d (2d)
Playtime: 28m

Kids, it's time to charge up (or plug in) your controllers. Game number four from the June 2023 Humble Choice bundle is Grime.

Grime is a 2D soulsvania platformer. One of the things I've struggled with over the course of the last 5+ months is categorising games, and I've kind of given up doing it myself, and just Google it.

There are so many sub-genres, and games that are mashups of different things, that I just want to make sure I'm talking about the right thing.

After the intro & I was dropped into the game (and fired up my controller), I was struck at how much the game reminded me of Dead Souls 3.

Turns out Grime is considered a "soulsvania" in that it takes elements of souls-likes and uses them in the gameplay.

The actual game is a little hard to describe; there was also the sense of "I have no idea what's going on here" and so was exploring the chambers and tunnels.

The thing that'S surprised me was that I've gone from close to anti-platformer at the start of this project to -almost- enjoying them now.

On that basis, Grime is:

3: OK

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