games ive been playing bc im a Gaymer™ (and some thoughts on them)
most recent update: october 20, 2022 added unpacking!!
games i’ve finished are above the cut, games i’m still in progress on are below so any trigger warnings on those are incomplete. please let me know if i missed any TWs on the completed games, and recommend some to me in the notes! if you need to know about a specific trigger for a specific game, send an ask/a dm/comment on this post! i gotchu!
TWs and commentary may contain spoilers. read at your own risk!
- What Remains Of Edith Finch (completed)
played on xbox
beautiful game
it’s well done and most textures are fucking flawlessly lit
my only issue is there are things that don’t come back that feel like they maybe should???
like, i was dicking around in front of the garage door before i went in on like my 3rd replay, trying to find things to look at that i missed the first few times, and then something clattered inside the garage and edith said “i heard something moving around inside the garage”
and like. holy shit?? holy shit. when i went in to look around there was nothing that had fallen over and nobody inside so uhhhh??
i Get that it’s a clever thing to make you go inside the garage.
i know.
but Still.
anyway wonderful game and its p short so aspiring streamers, this one is for you! its abt an hour nd a half/two hours worth of gameplay
TWs: death, grief, blood visuals, gun visuals, birth visuals(?? this one is more of a just in case), meds, alchohol, possible suicide (there’s no way to Know)
- Night In The Woods (completed)
played on xbox
this game is one of my favorites of all time
the characters are likable, the dialogue’s funny, the art style is SO damn cute, it has all these fun minigames, openly queer characters, catchy songs, a bit that might give you an extistential crisis, the works!!
it’s a really good game, my issue is there’s really no way to get everything.
you will Always miss something
the gameplay took me 12 hours to complete and i had watched playthroughs before so it’s a LONG game
but this is so high on the reccommended list
TWs: death, cultish behavior, christianity (this game is super cool about it tho, the pastor is a woman and she’s very “no matter what people believe in, i will help them”. yknow. like Actual christians), vomit, knives, derealization, depersonalization
- Knights and Bikes (completed)
played on xbox
this game is hella cute and it’s good to play with a friend! i played it once on my own and i’m currently playing it again with my sibling.
an issue with the multiplayer function is that it doesn’t splitscreen, once my sibling got stuck and we couldn’t progress onwards because the game wouldn’t let me walk too far away from her. makes sense i guess
the storyline is so cute and it reminds me of night in the woods(see above) someone in the comments of this post recommended it to me so💜💜💜 thank you.
all the game mechanics and race minigames are so good 10/10.
the artstyle? WONDERFUL. melza and nessie have the cutest little faces. i have a older sibling problem so they are now my younger siblings. i have adopted them.
captain honkers is my siblings favorite and she insists on stopping whatever plot is going on in order to feed and pet the goose.
nessie and melza are written like real kids and i applaud the devs and writers for that.
TWS: money issues, possession, ghosts, cuts and bruises that are kinda graphic but not that bad
look at this book i found!! it’s got cute art and everything!!! it’s a retelling of the story which i understand is not some people’s thing but honestly it’s great so far!
- Slime Rancher (story complete)
played on xbox
literally whoever developed this game went “so how cute can i make this” and then absolutely SMASHED that limit
i havent even finished the game yet but it’s adorable
my problem is how EASY it is to fall into the ocean and how confusing the map is
i keep getting lost so i wish i could put like,,,markers on the map?? or have the map tell me what slimes are in what region??
idk maybe i’m just dumb but i am very lost all of the time while playing this game
also the soundtrack is impeccable and it’s a very good game for chill streams
hey hi update i’ve finished the story part of the game. it ripped out my heart and stomped on it then wrapped it up in a pretty bow and gave it back to me. wtf.
TWs: there are monsters that try to eat you but you can opt out of having those spawn, flashing(dont stand too close to plort or food deposits if this is an issue for you! the little burst of light when you put something in tends to strobe!!!)
- Firewatch (complete)
played on pc
this game is absolutely hilarious
and beautiful!! its not necessarily realistic but everything has a style to it that makes my little gamer heart happy. i set a screenshot i took as my pc background and it looks very pretty
the music also really makes the game. it hardly ever shows up but when it does you notice!
everything is voice acted by the way, which sets up the game very well! i never once felt like they were reading from a script, and it made me laugh a ton, even when i was pretty scared.
this is kind of an extension to the TW list but if you struggle with paranoia and feelings of being watched, don’t play this game!! it relies very heavily on that mechanic to make you scared, which is good for horror but bad for people who deal with that every day of their lives. please be careful!
TWs: dementia, paranoia, death, animal death, corpses, cheating on a spouse (if you choose the right dialogue), fires, (brief) abuse mention
-emily is away (two storylines complete)
played on pc
honestly? not a huge fan of this one.
storyline 1: i chose to like. not stay talking to emily? it ended at 2006 if that makes a difference.
the entire game was just me going “so what is the most neurotypical answer i could give right now”
i like movement games so the solely text based game was Not as fun for me.
but whatever
ill probably play again and find out why everyone Really likes this game so much
okay storyline 2: i chose all the nastiest answers
wow shes not dating brad shes dating travis. weird.
also every time i insult her music taste i die a little inside thats so Mean
but its for resarch
i feel so BAD being mean to her wtf :((((
alright thats over and now i feel like a dick. thats enough emily for tonight i think
TWs: romantic breakup
-pikuniku(complete)
played on xbox
ever wanted to play a game where youre a jellybean with legs fighting against capitalism?
thats this
need a friend to take down the evil Sunshine Co.? its co-op! live your dreams of toppling capitalism with your best friend by your side
its pretty fun! if you like to have everything explained to you then this probably isnt right for you but thats ok
its a cute cartoonish style, very simplistic. like a less detailed night in the woods or knights and bikes! and yall know thats my JAM
lots of little side quests to do so enjoy running around the open world doing whatever the hell you want
TWs: at the very beginning the villagers are very prejudiced and scared of you, since youre a different species then the rest of them
-unpacking(complete)
played on xbox
ok this was cute
my little sister begged me to get it so she could watch me play it, since the youtube videos she was watching weren’t getting uploaded to youtube kids fast enough.
very soothing, i put on a youtube playlist as i was unpacking this persons houses throughout their lifetime and it was calming but also very rattling especially the college chapter (since thats a thing for me soon at the time of writing this)
the ending couple chapters i was like trying to puzzle together if the persons lover was a girl or not and results inconclusive, could be a guy very comfortable in his masculinity
ok while checking some stuff for the tws i figured out that its a girl!! yay wlw lets go
TWs: theres a chapter, chapter 2010, that sorta seems like domestic violence? the infamous diploma-under-the-bed chapter, where you can’t put basically any of your stuff anywhere, and after this chapter, lots of the characters things are damaged or missing, as if there was a big fight. could be reading way too much into it tho
