Duet

I really wanted to recommend Duet because I dig its elegant simplicity and challenging but fun game play, and if you don't care about achievements, I guess I do recommend it still. However, I cannot condone holding players hostage for "do this 1000 times" quote on quote achievements. There is nothing fun about forcing players to play 1000 waves of endless mode just to 100% the game, while omitting skill-based achievements for beating levels with the minimum number of moves. I also found the background effects distracting, and in fact sickening (causing motion sickness), but luckily there is a way to turn them off and I think the game looks much better without them. What you can't control is the volume, and it is a shame because I had to turn off the music entirely to avoid it blasting my ear drums. Another weird omission is a way to quickly restart the chapter without jumping through menu hoops. Especially considering the no-hit challenge achievements that all but require multiple attempts. It would have also been nice to mark the chapters that have been completed without getting hit somehow so that the player doesn't need to consult achievements to see which chapters still need to be completed. Overall, Duet is a fun little game with simple but elegant art style that should have been easy to recommend. It's a shame that the devs omitted some obvious, and simple, quality of life features and went for the cheap time-waster achievements to hold players hostage.

7/10 - A fun little skill game where you keep trying over and over again to the sound of catchy music until you beat the level.

Getting 100% was frustrating in this ported mobile game from ages old. approximate amount of time to 100%: 20+ hours. Estimated achievement difficulty: 9/10 (2/10*) Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 for each campaign (perfect run) + Challenges and 100 dailies. Multiplayer achievements: 🔷No. Missable achievements: 🔶Yes! Grinding Achievements: 💀Yes! 1000 dailies (*) and 1500 score. DLC-Only achievements: 🔷No. Time-gated achievements: 🔷No. Speed-run achievements: 🔷No. RNG-achievements: 🔷No. Does difficulty affect achievements: 🔶Yes! You have separate achievements for perfect runs.. Unobtainable/glitched achievements: 🔷No. Point of no return: 🔷No. Is there a guide: Joshikazam's guide on steam but it's out of date by now, missing a campaign and a few achievements. First achievement unlock: Finishing any level, 1-2 minutes max. Notes: * You can slow down the game's speed execution with external software. Like this it's no longer basically a memory game. * Don't turn off the "Paint" option. The splats help with the invisible levels greatly since they fade slower. * Speaking of invisible levels... I hate whoever invented those. That's it. * You can change the date on your PC and it unlocks next day's daily challenge. Just try not to go backwards or it ruins your streak. The achievement for 1000 counts the nightly challenges as well, but those are much more time-consuming and difficult, and since you'll be playing all 1000 anyway, why not keep them simple?. This game spawned in the golden age of gaming and got multiple awards from their friends in the gaming media. But today I find it tiring and repetitive. When you game is so simplistic there's nothing you can do to present a challenge except make it un-fair, and thus un-fun. The achievement journey however was designed by someone who hates you. Under 49%. Not recommended.