State of My Games (20201/02/16)

Wow, it's been two weeks since I've updated state of my games. 

Finished Crying Suns, and tried multiple ships for the first two chapters. On Rookie mode it wasn't too hard. Though they definitely are different. 

Tried to play Hotel Giant, but it appears the creators's HD Update didn't quite work. It doesn't quite run right on my Win10 / RTX2070 dual monitor setup, even when restricted to 1 monitor only. 

Finished Detective Di and the Silk Rose Murders. Pretty good localization to English, though some of the verbiage feels a bit too modern or contemporary. I have a series of videos showing me completing the game. It's not that long, a couple hours at most. 

Giving up on Aeronautica Imeprialis: Flight Command (aka WH40K Flight Command). Played the human campaign, but the planes are kinda lame, the encyclopedia entries severely lacking (there is no explanation on which planes are bombers, which planes are fighters, neither friendly or ally) and the viewpoint jumping around makes for a VERY confusing view where you don't know what killed your guys, who killed the enemy, and basically an overall tactical situation. It's just not good. Did finish some scenarios, but I guess I *could* have played the Ork side too. Nah. 

Finished Aven Colony, a colony manager where you need to keep in balance a TON of factors... power, food, shelter, water, growth, mining, construction, defense, crime, expansion, trade, and so on. Add exploration and combat, health, and morale, and you have a micro-manager's dream... but probably a regular gamer's nightmare. 

Played AFTERBURN, which is an arcade game with you the lone plane with unlimited weapons, have clear the sky and ground of various enemies, and you will be overwhelmed by dozens of targets at a time. Actually did finish Mission 6 (final mission) which was VERY long and VERY difficult to survive. I think I tried about dozen times and only managed to finish it once. But it was fun. 

Re-trying Islanders, a very calm colony building sim that's about creating the best combinations, though the naunces are escaping me. 

Re-trying Molek-Syntez, the chemical composition game from Zachtronics, and managed to solve yet another puzzle. They are getting hard. 

Playing Plane Mechanic Simulator, where you fix up iconic war planes of WW2 on the eve of Battle of Britain. Leave the hint mode on, as you need to figure out where certain things from before you know how to disassemble it, And some of the engine parts are really detailed (read: tedious), like piston ring and head gasket. 

I think I want to try Mainlining, Everspace, and Hardspace Shipbreaker.