Gorfias said:
This seems to be what is fun for you. No one ever said on their Death Bed, "I wish I'd had less fun in life." (TED Talk).
I won't quit acquiring games willingly!
Very true. It's just the bizarre frustration of looking at my list and being able to pick out half a dozen games at a glance I want to play next, but knowing I can only realistically play 1 or 2 at a time if I want to have any hope of finishing them.
Gorfias said:
If that is inexpensive, I'll check it out! I like shorter games as long as they were worth the price. (Games like Fallout 3 though, are a hoot too. Gimme something addictive that lasts a long time!). But I always love a change of pace.
I actually went ahead and picked up EVOLAND 2 and it's actually pretty good. So far it's well worth the 15 bucks I paid for it on GOG and it's definitely shaping up to look more like a full game then the glorified proof of concept the first one is. The biggest difference is that the first game had you unlocking various gameplay features(such as saved games, color and 3D) and progressing from Game Boy graphics and play to Diablo/PS1 style game, while this one is more like Chrono Trigger, but each time period is represented as being 8-bit graphics, 16-bit graphics and Playstation style graphics. Also the game occasionally switches to an entirely different game genre, such as a bullet-hell, galaga style shooter or a Street-fighter type fighting game. Somehow, it still fits into the plot.
The other difference being is that the first game was 2 hours long from start to finish(I finished it in a single sitting) while I'm at about 6 hours on this one with no end in sight.
So yeah, quite quirky but a lot fun. However, a USB controller is almost mandatory for parts of this game. I don't know how I would have beat the Street Fighter bit without one(and even then my thumbs were killing when it ended. I now remember why I quit playing fighting games a long time ago).