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Mega Serval

Correct! Your turn.

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It's rather strange how this site pretty much made it's name off of recording how long it takes to beat games when in reality, I wouldn't really consider it to be 100% accurate more like 40-50% accurate. I remember on the Burnout Revenge page that someone recorded a time where he got to rank 10 in about 8 hours but I got to rank 8 in about 10 hours, and I was on emulator when playing the game so I had access to save states every time I screwed up and he didn't have that, either he's REALLY good at the game to the point where he never crashed once and always got first place and did everything in his first attempt or something is up.

But that's kind of the thing with HLTB times, it might or might not include getting stuck, dying a lot or if it's the timer in game or is it rough estimation. I tend to include multiple factors to determine how long a game is, of course I factor HLTB(I also factor in the "Time to Beat" when when ranking how long it takes to beat my game selection for the month) but I also factor longplays and how long it takes to beat indivdiual levels. I make sure if the walkthroughs in question aren't Let's Plays or someone streaming and they aren't 100%ing the game. Whole thing is complicated as all hell but I like to believe multiple things should be factored in when I try to beat a list of games every month.

I know it's not about Dragon Age but it's like this with so many games, however there are some HLTB times where the site is pretty much spot on with.

I usually just time my total play time including deaths and retries, but even some games with in game time tracking might track time in the way you might expect an that can change from a game to game basis.

I find arcade style games hard to give a time for because the games themselves can be like 30min to 1hr, but they usually take lots of practice and tries before you can get to the end. I personally time the totality of my game time including failures because I feel it better reflects the time I actually spent on the game.

Shotgun Legend

Correct 😊. Your turn.

Legend of Zelda rip off :P

Yes, but look at what he is collecting. Hint to name, plus what you said is also a hint to the name

Next one:

Ghost of Tsushima?

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap?

yep, your turm

Alright, here's a new one:

Are people still interested in an "Start Date" field to accompany the "Completion Date"?

I've been intentionally removing backlog game entries and then re-adding them to my list when I start playing them so the Date Added essentially acts as a Start Date, so yeah, I'd like it.

I've also got some Amazon Prime leftovers. Just DM and will send the key:

Arcade Paradise (GOG)
Black Desert (Pearl Abyss)
DOOM Eternal (Microsoft Store)
I Love Finding Cats & Pups - CE (Legacy Games)

Sayonara Umihara Kawase on Vita

Correct, although technically the PC version (its a direct port though).

I actually thought it was wrong, but put the guess anyways. I guess it was a really old version.

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Ravenfield?

Kind of minor, but when adding games from search you see "My Platforms" and "All Platforms". On the game's page it's "Recommended Platforms" and "All Platforms". It would be nice to have "Recommended Platforms" in search along with "My Platforms" and "All Platforms"

Daily Challenge - 2024-09-12
Score: 145 / 300
🟩🟩🟩 🟪 = 67 | S | Crash Team Racing
🟩🟪⬛ 🟩 = 49 | R | Deltarune: Chapter 1
🟥🟥🟥 🟦 = 29 | P | Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous

Play @ https://howlongtobeat.com/play

That must be Abzu

yep, your turn!

Since mockturtle ceases their turn, here's the next one:

HATCH is a game I gave a 10, but I'm the only reviewer. I think I'm probably an outlier with my feelings towards the game, given its pretty short and simple, but I thought the idea it has was cool and executed in such a cool way. I'm glad the developer has worked on even more climbing focused games and is even going to release a bigger project soon (Lorn's Lure).

Not necessarily my favorite, but An Untitled Story is pretty great and has a single review. It's made by the creator of Celeste and can be directly downloaded from the dev's website.

Another I like is times infinity. In this case I'm the only reviewer among 3 completions. Good if you like weird games.

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This makes me want a sort by popularity and sort by number of reviews in the games list page (its nice you can do it on your whole list using the "isolate my Games" option on the main search though.

OH, is this Wuppo?

Correct! Nice one.

Ok, final hint is same game, but more obvious image.

Lacuna?

Nope.

Game name starts with "W"

CreaterCrate?

no

Kentucky Route Zero perhaps?

nope.

Hint: The main character is in the image, just a bit hard to see. There aren't really humans in this game.