In the thirteen years since I opened my Steam account, (Thanks, Half-Life 2) I've collected an enormous collection of games through various Steam sales, and bundles for sale through sites like Humble Bundle, Indie Gala, and Fanatical (formerly Bundle Stars).
The thing is, I haven't played almost any of them, but the most 'popular' titles, and I've got no idea what is good, and what is bad. Steam does have a system of user reviews; but I like to experience things for myself, without context, and to suspend judgement from what others have written.
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So here we go, approaching my Steam Collection with alphabetical precision. I don't know what the frequency of these posts will be, but I can tell you that there may end up being a lot of them!
Age of Empires III: Complete Collection
Like AoEII, the third in the series is another classic title that deserves its spot in the Steam Library of everyman, woman, and child. While not as beloved as the second in the series (personally) - it is still a solid, replayable title, that I don't regret buying again.
I've no idea what happened to my original copies, lost in several house movies, clean ups and conversions to digital games, but this sits on the digital Steam library shelf as a relic, a collecticble, sort of like a classic novel, or CD adorns people's shelves to say ""I'm cultured"", and ""I like these sorts of things"".
Age of Empires, the third, and its complete collection fills that niche for me; but it is unlikely that I'll take it off the shelf very often, as other titles appeal more in today's landscape.
Verdict
A solid 7/10.
Airscape: The Fall of Gravity
This is a bizzare, disoreienting game. I say that of many platform-style games, but this one has a unique twist. You start out life as a sea creature of some sort, there's a boring operation which disrupts your cavey habitat, and then all of a sudden you've evolved a helmet to protect you from harsh land-based atmospheres.
There's been a fair few gimmicks to "refresh" the platform genre, and this game brings one I've not seen before - vertigo inducing camera rotations, which result in an experience much akin to trying to read a book, suspended on a string, in a plane, which is doing a constant barrel roll.
This is not an enjoyable idea, and an apt, accurate description of this title. I've got no idea how I obtained this, but I suspect it was via a Humble Bundle of some sort, or some "near free" game picked up for Steam Trading cards.
I know one thing - I don't want it anymore.
Verdict
1 (a very, shakily drawn one, at that).
Alien Spidy
This is a title that combines two things that I dislike very much. The first, platform style gaming. The second, spiders. The third, it's got some annoying platform gimmicks that aren't fun.
Perhaps its my lack of timing (you don't want to see me dance) - or maybe it is that I don't, and have never enjoyed the genre where you leap to your doom and have to start the entire level again.
Alien Spidy is a lot of that. Death, but not by a spider bite, but through tons of tiny little, failed jumps. I do not recommend this game at all.
Verdict
1/10.