Peggle

If you don't know Peggle than I can only assume you are a "Serious" gamer or just too important for the human race in general. My library included both Peggle Deluxe and Peggle Nights and, although I enjoy these games, one is pretty much the same as another.

A video version of Plinko, the goal is simple, fire a ball through the pegs and hit all the orange ones before you run out of balls. There are power up pegs and a few other minor details, but that's enough to let you know what's going on.

If not Peggle, then, what?

I don't know why this game is so enthralling, but I've never once started it without playing at least an hour of it, it just seems to hit the addiction triggers. I'll go 7/10 because, although I don't know why I like it so much, I know I do.

Super Meat Boy

There is so much to hate in Super Meat Boy so I won't waste time or words: It's a platformer where you need to propel your Meat Boy from one end of the screen to the other to save his girlfriend. I played with a keyboard, which they advise against, but I believe I could have played it with Jesus H Christ himself and found no more enjoyment.

Yeah, that's like level 3 or something, I just don't care.

I don't want to hear the 1990's NES soundtrack, I don't want to see the 1980's style graphics, and, most of all, I don't want to platform. 2/10 for this one, not recommended even on sale.

Frozen Synapse

I don't know about Frozen Synapse, just isn't appealing to me. It's pretty much a puzzler, with some shooting involved, and a fair bit of strategy. While that should appeal to me, it doesn't.

Thats as much as I got done.

I'm not sure if it's the pacing, or the low res graphics, but I couldn't even get through the tutorial on this one. I believe the game is delivering what it's intending, just not in a way I like

3/10, it's got really positive reviews on Steam, but I won't be starting it up again.

Risen

I haven't played as much of Risen as I expected, it started out not too bad, but lost my interest. Although the game is 5 years old I would have put the graphics at about 10 years old, this is not high res within the least, however my real complaint is how chatty this game can get, I am not a fan of video game conversations, I find them lengthy and off-putting and this game is polluted with them.

Despite how little I've actually played I know an amazing amount about the story. The game play is a fairly standard RPG experience, quests are given in a manner that would be considered organic to the narration, and it is good to play an Action RPG, I've seen a number of turn based RPG's lately and I'm pretty well burnt out on those.

While not a bad looking game, there isn't a lot selling it either.

Fights are a bit tricky to get used to, but that's more a symptom of the age of the game, timing the controls is the real issue. I also found I couldn't get it to run on Windows 8.1 natively, I needed to enable compatibility for Windows 7 in order to get the game to even start up, but that's a quick fix.

I'm going to give Risen a 6/10, imminently playable, but nothing to set it apart and make it truly recommendable. It also lost points for the chatty interface, there are much better ways to communicate info than force me into chat dialogue tree's.

Fitness Dash

Fitness Dash is one of those quick time event style casual games, pointing and clicking your way to success, this time in the form of running a gym. Place people on equipment, wait for them to ask for something, like a towel or water, then supply it for them, and, finally clean up everything when they are finished. All actions are simple click on the item deals, the faster you click the better the experience, the better the money, which allows you to put more people through, make more money, and upgrade your equipment/facilities.

You're the perky redhead to the right.

This style of game is not hardcore or complex, but I can get into them when the mood strikes me. Having said that, this one didn't do much for me, I don't know if it was the soundtrack, the gym setting, or my mood was just wrong, but I wasn't feeling anylove.

6/10, it seems to deliver what it set out to and I can't find a fault with it beyond my own preferences, but I still can't truly recommend it.

Lone Survivor

I honestly don't know what to make of Lone Survivor, it seems to want to be some kind of jump horror game, it sure goes out of its way to tell you that you need to have the right environment and computer settings to experience the game, but it doesn't appear to be my cup of tea.

Thats as much as I got from it.

It would also appear to be a narrative driven story, something about a world in collapse filled with monsters you need to avoid, I didn't play enough of it to find out. I think I get what the game is going for, but I'm not onboard for the ride. 3/10, it gets an extra point because I didn't give it much of a chance, but I'm not going to waste anymore time on this one.

AZMD Scorepocalypse

AZMD Scorepocalyse is almost a sequel to All Zombies Must Die; technically it is a sequel, but one that doesn't even try to grow beyond it's roots, but thats not really a bad thing. AZMD takes all the arcadey fun from it's predecessor and just runs with it, the whole, and only real, point is to score high. I'm not usually about scoring points, but when it feels right it just feels right. Jump in, start slaying zombies, and try to live as long as possible.

Who doesn't enjoy Black Friday at the mall?

It boils down to this, if you like All Zombies Must Die, which I did, you'll like this for a while (even I have to admit there is only so much of the same game that can be played at any one time). I gave the original 8/10 so I'll give this the same, 8/10; it lost some points for being the same thing rehashed, but it gained a bit for being a cheap.