Due to some friends who shall not be named, I had over one hundred dollars just sitting in my Steam Wallet collecting dust. In a virtual sense of course. After realizing that I was not collecting any interest, I figured I should probably actually use it on some games. So I went on a bit of a shopping spree and played a few games that I had heard about, but hadn’t ever played before. The first one I started out with is Phasmophobia.
If you know me, you know I don’t play scary games very often, but this game felt different from other horror games. The main goal of the game is not to lose your cool. I will not deny the fact that I get scared easily in these types of games. However, I feel as though many horror games are built solely to scare you. I am not saying this is bad. It is the nature of the genre. The thing is, I don’t find that fun. I would rather play a game where I am not just feeling tense the whole time. That is why I like the idea of Phasmophobia, where you need to do research into paranormal happenings and the tension increases over time. I may be afraid to go looking for ghosts, but it is the only way I am going to make any sort of living. I am not very good at the game yet, but I am slowly getting there. Maybe I will be able to take off the training wheels soon.
One of the other games I have been playing is Town of Salem II. I have always been interested in deception games. Unfortunately, I am not really that good at them. Thankfully, in this game, there is a random mode so I can work on knowing what roles are and figuring out how to lie. It is also helpful that people have actually been pretty nice in explaining how things work in the few sessions I’ve played. I have even won a few games so far. although this has largely been because of others not needing my help or because they didn’t pay attention to me. I’ll take what I can get though. The only problem is that games can take quite a long time. One game lasts for somewhere around fifteen minutes or so, and that can be quite troublesome to sit through when you die early.
The last game I played on Steam recently was a game called AK-xolotl. This game came out recently as one of the many ways to fill the void in our hearts for us not getting a true sequel to Enter the Gungeon. It is a bullet-hell rogue-lite where you play as a gun-wielding axolotl. A bizarre concept, but it doesn’t really matter as long as the game is fun. It controls just about the same as Enter the Gungeon does, but it does feel different because of the axolotls. While the gun varieties are not as insane as the ones from Enter the Gungeon, they still work just fine. The unique selling point is actually character customization. You can use food items to customize axolotls to have different builds so you can create ones that suit your playstyle and choice of weapon. It is a neat idea that can add some replay value to the game. I haven’t beaten it yet, but I don’t think it will take me longer than the time it took me to first complete Enter the Gungeon. Well, that’s all I will say for now since I probably just jinxed myself.
However, even with all these new games I still have more money in my Steam wallet. Well, that is a later problem. It’s time to get back to gaming before I start to get rusty. Next week I’ll probably talk about the SV DLC or something. Anyways, take care!
That Casual Gamer Guy 