# The 2023 what are we playing thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Adventure/Lucasfilm Games\ **Created:** [February 18, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-2023-what-are-we-playing-thread/5244 "2023-02-18T13:10:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Paul](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/paul/32/15080_2.png) [@Paul](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Paul)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-2023-what-are-we-playing-thread/5244/81 "2023-12-19T20:57:12Z")
> [@Ignacio](#): > > Is it good? I am waiting for someone to recommend it before trying it. It is pretty decent, lol. I’ve been given a lot of feedback on it now - Pros: People seem to really like the art, the humour, and the music Mehs: Puzzles are ok, maybe a little easy, could do with more animation Cons: Some potential pixel hunting (not everyone finds this), too short for some people, could have more story Some people had a little trouble with the map, as they didn’t realize the player is a small dot on the map, so when they clicked on a location they kept running into other locations that were in the way and wondering why. I thought it would take people longer to complete, but people often do it in about 1-2 hours (unless they get stuck and have to tweet or facebook me for hints), so the next game is longer. The next game I’m working on has: -Twice as many puzzles and items (but will be same or similar price) -More screens/rooms, more characters -More animations -The map is clearer (with a more fixed path) -Hopefully hotspot highlighting (if I can figure out how) -It will be Act I of three acts, and it has more story/plot ---
**Author:** ![Ignacio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ignacio](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ignacio)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-2023-what-are-we-playing-thread/5244/82 "2023-12-20T20:29:12Z")
> [@seguso](#): > > Haven’t you been following the thread on AI? 🙂 > > The game is quite enjoyable! I started reading that thread but didn’t get very far. I’ll complete it. Thanks to @Paul and you for the summary! ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-2023-what-are-we-playing-thread/5244/83 "2023-12-21T08:39:08Z")
> [@Paul](#): > > Pros: People seem to really like the art, the humour, and the music Yes! Yes! Yes! (Especially the humor 😃 ) > [@Paul](#): > > Mehs: Puzzles are ok, maybe a little easy Not for me. 🙈 😄 > [@Paul](#): > > Cons: Some potential pixel hunting (not everyone finds this), too short for some people, could have more story But you’ll do another bigger adventure. Right? RIGHT? ---
**Author:** ![Paul](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/paul/32/15080_2.png) [@Paul](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Paul)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-2023-what-are-we-playing-thread/5244/84 "2023-12-21T12:40:26Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > Yes! Yes! Yes! (Especially the humor 😃 ) Thanks! I’m glad people like the jokes, I tried to put a lot in, so then at least some of them would land > [@Someone](#): > > Not for me. 🙈 😄 You’re the ideal player - one that gets stuck and increases the play time significantly! > [@Someone](#): > > But you’ll do another bigger adventure. Right? RIGHT? The next one I’m releasing in three Acts, each act will hopefully be around 2-3 hours, and they follow on from each other, so the full thing should be about 6-9 hours when all three acts are done. ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-2023-what-are-we-playing-thread/5244/85 "2023-12-23T17:41:40Z")
> [@Frenzie](#): > > The game is very well polished but you could negatively phrase it going all into the worst parts of modern Tom Raider (which I think is said to have taken a lot of inspiration from Uncharted). > > Which is to say, the actual tomb raiding/puzzling exploration stuff seemingly takes a backseat to extravagant action scenes. Which are fine but by and large I’d just as lief do without. It’s not like in Vampyr or HZD where I actively enjoy the action, I just don’t hate it. > > Perhaps it’s just a me problem. It “feels” like an explore cool/beautiful environments platformer but it’s probably more of an action game with exploration interludes. After I wrote this, the game redeemed itself by having much more extensive exploration. With very simple puzzles, but eh. Worth a play for the beautiful environments, the story’s pretty decent, and the gameplay is enjoyable but the challenge lies in the action sequences. That’s assuming normal or hard, there’s also easy and super easy (“explorer mode”). ---
**Author:** ![Ignacio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ignacio](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ignacio)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-2023-what-are-we-playing-thread/5244/86 "2023-12-30T19:59:23Z")
> [@Guga](#): > > All these people putting TWoAF aside 🤔 should I be concerned? The game is great and quite tough. I had almost forgotten that adventure games could be tough 😆 ---
**Author:** ![kaiman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kaiman](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/kaiman)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-2023-what-are-we-playing-thread/5244/87 "2024-01-14T16:07:34Z")
> [@kaiman](#): > > Well, five done, two more to go … It’s done, I finished **Baldur’s Gate 3** (and since the majority of time spent was last year, I’ll just post in last year’s thread). The best game from Larian so far, one of the best D&D-based computer games and easily within my top 10 favorite RPGs. I did enjoy the ending I got and the playable epilogue that was patched in a while ago was a nice touch, adding some closure after the climax and the rather brief end cinematics. There are mostly two things that bothered me: first, that party size is limited to 4, but there are about 13 different classes and 9 companions to chose from. I selected my party part by preference and part by necessity (Bard, Cleric, Barbarian, Mage), but I wished I had a Rogue around for all those pesky traps and locked doors, and I would not have minded trying some of the game mechanics offered by a Monk, Sorcerer or Warlock. I guess this could have been (partially) accomplished by dual-classing characters, but that likely requires 4 semesters of D&D studies to get right. Then again, too much content is hardly something to complain about … More severely, there wasn’t really much room for choice, given the advertised 17000 ending permutations. The major plot decisions were all rather binary in nature, either good or evil, life or death, without any compromise or middle ground. The companion’s fates were perhaps a little less clear-cut, but they also tended to fall into the categories good, bad, and worse. In the end it all boiled down to who would survive, and whether the world would be saved, destroyed, or ruled by a new overlord (yours truly!). But I guess choice in games is costly, and that way at least some effort is required to achieve a truly satisfying end. Now on to new things. Maybe time to finally play The Will of Arthur Flabbington. ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-2023-what-are-we-playing-thread/5244/88 "2024-01-15T16:07:18Z")
Though it’s 2024 now xD ---
**Author:** ![kaiman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kaiman](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/kaiman)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-2023-what-are-we-playing-thread/5244/89 "2024-01-15T16:49:14Z")
> [@Frenzie](#): > > Though it’s 2024 now And here I thought I was safe 😃: > [@kaiman](#): > > (and since the majority of time spent was last year, I’ll just post in last year’s thread). It also feels like a left-over from 2023 that I was finally able to wrap up, allowing to experience fresh new things in the (no longer quite so) fresh new year. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-2023-what-are-we-playing-thread/5244/90 "2024-02-15T14:04:18Z")
> [@Paul](#): > > > [@Someone](#): > > > > Not for me. 🙈 😄 > > You’re the ideal player - one that gets stuck and increases the play time significantly! Still stuck. I really need a hint. 🙈 I have to get something decorative (I’ve found the three other objects already) and in my inventory are the bear and the magnet. ---
**Author:** ![Paul](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/paul/32/15080_2.png) [@Paul](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Paul)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-2023-what-are-we-playing-thread/5244/91 "2024-02-15T19:15:58Z")
I’m trying to remember the answer myself 😅 I think you mean you need something magical? (if you’ve found three of the objects, I’m pretty sure you had to already have the decorative object)… Go to the Ghost Train (the outside grey entrance part), and look around there, I think there is a hotspot you may have missed… ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-2023-what-are-we-playing-thread/5244/92 "2024-02-15T19:25:41Z")
Ah, yes, you are right - I needed something magical. 🙈 (Note to myself: Don’t play adventure games with very very long breaks.) Thanks for your hint! 😃 I missed indeed that hotspot (and wouldn’t have found it without your help). [Previous page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-2023-what-are-we-playing-thread/5244.md?page=4)