Chill Guy

Honestly it's a real shame Fanastasis isn't translated, I think it could end up being fairly popular... I'd consider doing it myself but there's a loooooooot of text, and I'm not sure I could stick it out all the way

ChillGuy's review of De:Fanastasis | Backloggd (Review based on the true end, but not including the postgame)<br>Fanastasis is probably one of the best JRPG's I've played. I've been a fan of free scenario games since playing Nepheshel and Histoire...

64. [DE:]Fanastasis [PC, 2024, turn-based RPG]
Clear time (true end/no postgame): 37h 30m

One of the best JRPG's I've ever played by far, thanks to the highly freeform exploration and interesting story.
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YouTube video by ChillGuy [Savage: Ultimate Boss Fight] vs. Nanarat

When phase 2 breaks out the Diamond Weapon teleporters, you know shit is real www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHnz...

The archway to the house of Hades Narration: Few tales are told of Hades, whose reign as grim lord of the dead came to a sudden end when, all at once, his past caught up with him.

Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt, meeting with Melinoe Artemis: It's been too long, Sister. Look at you, on your great hunt! Not ideal circumstances but you've finally begun. Know that the family has your back, surprised as they are about this.

Melinoe, Princess of the Underworld, meeting with Narcissus Melinoe: You have the wrong idea. I'm not seeking a mate. I don't even know who you are.

The credits to Hades II. Melinoe, Hecate, Artemis, and Apollo ride on the back of a chariot through the skies, driven by Selene.

63. Hades II [PC, 2025, action roguelike]
Clear time (credits): 23h 52m

tl;dr it's fun, and better than Hades 1 in a lot of ways, but ultimately not THAT much different in terms of raw gameplay
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Title screen, showing the various characters. One of them, Zena, holds up a golden key

Starting an escape room section; the words Exploration Started are large and in the center of the screen. The room is a distorted classroom, with puppets dangling from the ceiling

One of the characters, Hiyori Endo, striking a pose; she has blonde twintails and blue highlights in her hair

The pause screen; the left shows the character Zena looking at her phone

61. Type-Noise: Shonen Shojo [PC, 2025, visual novel]
Clear time: 19h 49m

Posting my thoughts to Backloggd now since it has a longer character limit and is probably more permanent than social media, so follow me there if you care
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Damn my game clears really dropped off a cliff recently. Too many long games I haven't finished, too much work... need to lock in this month

Kayinworks - Silksong Loves You I was, as is my normal way, not on the hype train for Silksong. I wasn't reading updates, I wasn't Silkposting. I wasn't desperately waiting for a release date. I had no emotional stakes in its existe...

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Finally done. Definitely a different vibe here than some people, but Silksong is a joy. 😌

I definitely talk about midgame spoilers to some degree, so be warned. Thank you to @trynant.bsky.social and @starrymirai.moe for proofreading.

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Alabaster Dawn title screen, showing the protagonist, Juno, sitting by a tree

Juno and her godly Capybara about to face off against the weakest enemy of all time

Juno getting ready to face off against a sword and shield wielding rock knight guy that came out of a meteor

The map screen, showing a fragment of what will probably be a very large map

Finished the Alabaster Dawn demo. As expected, it was good. Combat has a really great flow to it, the graphics are a huge step up from Crosscode (which I already thought was a beautiful game), music is nice, and I'm excited to see the future dungeons/overworld traversal. Time to wait for 2+ years...

For Silksong's combat, I really respect that they didn't give you an iframe dash; you end up having to pay attention to your positioning a lot rather than just pressing the dodge button for every attack.

(Nine Sols is also great though)

Distorted Travesty 3! Pretty challenging freeware action platformer

The power of having a non-silent protagonist with a cool personality

Hornet riding in the Flea Caravan with a bunch of fleas

A shot of the Citadel from outside, a massive, sprawling structure

An epic silhouette of Hornet defeating a boss

Hornet speaking to Lace inside the Citadel Hornet: "Then best you keep watching, child. I've found those who claim themselves a god can rarely match the title."

If I were to nitpick, the only real "issue" is that the game probably didn't need so many fetch quests; looking for people is fine, hunting down 25 random items drops is less fine. There were also some visibility issues on some bosses but it's not really that big a deal.

Silksong title screen, showing Hornet's needle embedded in the ground

Hornet sitting at a bench in the starting area, surrounded by rock and moss

The Bell Beast letting out its cry of defeat

Hornet entering Greymoor, and rainy city-ish area

60. Hollow Knight: Silksong [PC, 2025, metroidvania]
Clear time (true end): 35h 49

Excellent game, superior to Hollow Knight in every way. Hornet feels great to control, the world is vast and expansive, and many of the bosses and enemy arenas actually put up a decent fight! Solid art and music too.

Game Completion Percentage: 79% Time: 33h 41m 11s

Silksong true ending cleared!!!!
Shoutout to my co-op partner Wahfuu and all my other friends who helped out a bit along the way

At the point in Silksong where every achievement I get is at 0.1% completed

the true ending is in sight...

Title screen, showing a map in action on the side

Trap upgrade screen, showing off all 23 traps you have available; the highlighted trap is the Grinder, which is a bunch of saws you place on the ground

The world map that you build, showing off all the completed levels

A map in action; the enemies move from the starting point and dash towards the Cornerstone; they're being blasted by a laser and dart trap while running over grinders

59. Dungeon Warfare III [PC, 2025, tower defense]
Clear time (all main maps Flawlessed): 11h 12m

Pretty decent tower defense game. The difficulty balance is a bit weird, but they're updating stuff every day so it makes sense. Nice game to chill with.

The Radiance in Hollow Knight being defeated

Nightmare King Grimm in Hollow Knight being defeated

58.5. Hollow Knight
Clear time (two bosses): 51m

Back when I first played Hollow Knight I was a lot worse at games, so I never actually beat the Radiance or Nightmare King Grimm. Luckily, going back to beat them didn't really take any time at all. Nice fights though

This boss probably took me the longest, and even then it was only like 30 minutes
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DT3/DT4 have destroyed my sense of difficulty...

Mission Complete Time : 10:42:53 53 Items : 90% Map : 98.98% Equipment: All of it E-tanks: 20 Missiles: 103 Power Bombs: 10 Deaths : 196 Sessions : 4 Damage Taken : 67305 Missiles Used : 2280 Bombs Used : 134

a bit annoying, so I sort of just stopped instead of running around the entire map again. I've seen plenty of people talk up the difficulty, but I didn't really have any issues; the generous checkpointing makes things a lot easier. Also shoutout to instant retry on bosses instead of runbacks!!!!

Title screen; Zexion is written in blue, above a shot of the planet the game takes place on

The main character standing on the planet's surface next to their landing pod

The map screen, showing different colored areas connecting

The main character riding a platform through a corridor of spikes

58. Zexion [PC, 2025, metroidvania]
Clear time (active time): 8h 44m

Cool game! Pretty enjoyable exploration and bosses. The controls can feel a bit finnicky at times once you get all the upgrades, but I ended up getting used to it by the end. Only real negative is that endgame item cleanup is

Title screen, showing the title Haiku the Robot atop an orange screen with a spinning gear in the background

Haiku standing atop a small platform suspended over a lake; there's green shrubbery all around, and a small jet of water coming out of a pipe on the right side of the screen

The map screen, showing various interconnected areas

Haiku wandering through a dark area, with the way lit up by dangling lamps

57. Haiku the Robot [PC, 2022, metroidvania]
Clear time (true end, 95%): 4h 45m

Perfectly competent metroidvania. There's nothing really bad about it, but it does nothing to stand out. Maybe a good choice if it's the first one you ever play.

A Kickstarter backer message from Haiku the Robot Dylan McNeil: To those in the distant future, should you find my grave, I ask this: Is Silksong out yet?

Almost

Storm Ruler +10 to get a bunch of speed, Rapunzel's Favor to get an extra turn (and dodge rate up), ring that gives two basic attacks, and then Victoria's ultimate skill that gives all elements + 100% crit rate

it just makes every basic attack 4 attacks of ~18k, and I outspeeded like everything

A CG of Red Hood and her wolf, Poro Red Hood: "......I'm sorry for being so selfish. But, if possible, I don't want to involve you."

The MC facing off against a giant knight, with archers perched along the wall (Demon's Souls reference)

Entering battle against One Who Observes, a giant tree-like thing covered in eyes

The MC walking down a path floating over a darkened forest/mountain range; there are rivers of blood running down the sides of the screen

it starts out fairly tactical, but it's pretty easy to get a build that just steamrolls everything (except Ending C, that was slightly hard). I'm ultimately fine with that though. The presentation could be better. I like the style of the CG/character art, but the tiling/enemy art is a bit weaker.

Alice talks to You (a blue soul flame) inside a large library Alice: "Yes, I'm talking to you. Congratulations. You were chosen to be the protagonist of this story."

You speak to Jeanne inside the walls of a fortress Holy Knight Jeanne: "The world is in turmoil. Affected by the fog spreading from the castle of the Lost Empire, humans turn into demonbeasts."

Facing off against Hansel (giant blue demon thing with an axe) and Gretel (giant red demon thing with a curved machete thing) Hansel: Hahahaha! Today is our day! No, not just today, tomorrow, day after tomorrow, forever we're blessed with a bountiful fate!"

Facing off against Beauty and the Beast. The party is composed of the MC, Jeanne, Catherine, and Dorothy

56. BLACK SOULS [PC, 2017, turn-based RPG]
Clear time (all endings): 13h 24m

Pretty solid overall. I liked how they reinterpreted the various fairy tales, and the plot beats toward the end of the latter endings are pretty Neat; makes me look forward to playing BS2 at some point. The combat is okay;

Thoughts on The Untitled Tower / 名もなき塔 When I first started playing this game, I really wasn’t feeling it. The early game is pretty slow to start, the jump physics and controls are a bit jank, the bosses weren’t too impressi…

55. The Untitled Tower / 名もなき塔 [PC, 2025, action platformer]
Clear time (minimal optional content): 38h 54m

A truly special game. Far from perfect, but its flaws help it shine.
Long post: chillguy17.wordpress.com/2025/08/21/t...

The game is free on Steam!! Just go check it out!!

Thoughts on The Untitled Tower / 名もなき塔 When I first started playing this game, I really wasn’t feeling it. The early game is pretty slow to start, the jump physics and controls are a bit jank, the bosses weren’t too impressi…

55. The Untitled Tower / 名もなき塔 [PC, 2025, action platformer]
Clear time (minimal optional content): 38h 54m

A truly special game. Far from perfect, but its flaws help it shine.
Long post: chillguy17.wordpress.com/2025/08/21/t...

The game is free on Steam!! Just go check it out!!

Save 30% on In Stars And Time on Steam Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. P...

btw this is my emotionally abusive game. it is 30% off right now, which is a lovebombing tactic i call "being on sale"
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When a silent protagonist starts speaking 22 hours into a game, you know you've hit kino...

The legendary title screen to Castlevania

The ending screen of Castlevania, showing Dracula's castle collapsing; there's an Epic Games achievement pop-up at the top for clearing the game

54. Castlevania [NES, 1986, platformer]
Clear time: 2h 40m

Played with the Anniversary Collection, so no save states. What do you say about Castlevania in the year 2025... honestly it just kind of sucks, which is about what I expected.