VIDEO GAME: Nefarious (2018)

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NefariousYear: 2018Rating: TTime Played: 3.5 hours I can appreciate when a game tries to do something different. Where most mascot platformers have the main character rescuing a princess from a villain, Nefarious flips that on its head and has the villain capturing these princesses and fighting the hero. I picked up this game because one of the artists I follow worked on it, but a few aspects of the game unfortunately underwhelmed me. After all, a novel idea that isn't fun to play doesn't make me want to endure playing it. While I played through most of this game shortly after I bought it, it languished unfinished in my backlog for a few years before I decided I was probably close enough to the end to just put it to bed. The art style was unique enough, and the music fit each of the levels well. However, the movement of all the artistic elements felt like a Flash Player game, and the...
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VIDEO GAME: Cat Quest (2017)

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Cat QuestYear: 2017Rating: E10+Time Played: 542 minutes / 9.03 hours As I continue to find games to play with my children, I was glad to come across Cat Quest for its simplicity and cat themed aesthetic. While there wasn't anything to write home about for the role playing game (RPG) mechanics, I thought having the entire game take place on the over-world map (with small dungeons to explore) was a neat idea. And even if this game's combat was a little too frenetic for my kids to play it, they enjoyed watching the story unfold. The mark of a good RPG in my book is how much grinding is required to advance the plot. Cat Quest avoids some of this by having frequent quests available that provide money (for upgrades of magic and/or weapons) and experience. Of course, there's still a lot of wandering around checking quest boards for missions that can be accomplished at the character's current level. Even so, when...
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