Welp, decided to get back on my #OneNewGame bullshit for 2025.
I'll probably post them to my blog and then link them here there and everywhere.
I also set myself a new goal that I'll probably regret.
I'm not going to buy* any new games in 2025.
There are caveats.
So... here we go.
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January 1, 2025 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 1
Game: Vampire Survivors
Platform: Epic
Released: Oct 20, 2022
Devs: Poncle
Library Date: Dec 19, 2024
Unplayed: 13d
Playtime: 1h44m
Vampire Survivors is a top-down pixel-art roguelite survival shoot-em-up.
I'd seen a few people on social media mentioning Vampire Survivors approvingly, and as it was the first game of Epic's Daily Christmas Giveaways, I'd grabbed it.
Playnite's header artwork didn't give away that it was a pixel-art game, which wouldn't have stopped me from playing it, but might have put me off picking it as my first game of the year.
That would have been my loss, because Vampire Survivors' gameplay loop almost immediately overcame my resistance to pixel-art.
You start out with one character unlocked. It's an auto-shooter, so all you need to do is kill mobs, avoid other mobs, and collect crystals & gold dropped by the dead mobs to level up.
Levelling up, gives you a choice between 3-4 weapon or defence addition or upgrade options to choose from. Occasionally, a boss mob will show up; kill it and it will drop a chest, which has gold, and 1-3 upgrades, but apparently can have 5 upgrades, too.
The runs are relatively short, and you can use the gold collected to upgrade your character, or unlock other characters with different skills.
It has that "just one more run" juice in spades. So much for "play for 15 minutes and write my review". Almost two hours later, I only quit out because my child was asking for help with their PC.
When I got home this afternoon, I ended up sinking another half hour into it before my NYE exhaustion caught up with me, and I'm tempted to open it up again now.
Vampire Survivors is:
5: Excellent
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Jan 2, 2025 - Day 2 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 2
Game: The Expanse - A Telltale Series
Platform: Steam PC
Released: Nov 21, 2023
Library Date: Dec 10, 2024
Unplayed: 23d
Playtime: 60m
Telltale doing what Telltale does best. The expanse is a prequel of sorts to The Expanse TV series, giving Camina Drummer a playable backstory.
Voiced by most of the original cast (including the irreplaceable Shohreh Aghdashloo), this is definitely a game for fans of the TV series.
However, something I found particularly frustrating was the game's insistence of pushing you forward, even if side-quests were incomplete.
There's a single ongoing save file, so if you missed something, too bad.
If you're not a fan of The Expanse, it's a playable sci-fi movie, but given some of the visuals, it's definitely not a game for kids.
The Expanse: A Telltale Series is:
3: OK
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