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26. Vampire Survivors (2022)

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Still have this installed and never quite finished it, but I'm probably done with it. I did end up with 107/142 achievements, so I made some good progress, but I got kinda tired of doing the same thing over and over again. Still, it was fun while it lasted. The basic simplicity of the game makes it quite fun, and the premise of destroying everything that comes at you was entertaining. There's a huge variety of characters and stuff to unlock to keep it interesting. Figuring out the optimal strategy was a neat process, as was going from sucking at the game to being able to easily get through most runs. All the weapons are interesting in their own way, with various pluses and minuses, and the game does a good job of encouraging you to try all of them by tying their use to unlocks. Excellent design all around.

In the end, though, it gets to be the same. You always want to evolve weapons, and I got into a routine of generally going with the same ones, since they were the ones I liked best/found most effective. It's not like there's a ton of stages either. I tried using the Hurry Mode, which seems like double speed at first, but it only increases the speed of a few elements, resulting in your character being much less powerful by the end than normal. I wish it had actually been a full 2x speed mode - then I might've kept playing. As it is, I dunno if I'll go back to it, but at least it was a fun diversion for a while.

Next game hint: had to play the Japanese version of this game because they made American version too hard (1994)