Save Room (PC) (2022)

Overview: A puzzle game based around the inventory management sytem of Resident Evil 4.

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20220910:
This game is essentially taking the inventory part of Resident Evil 4 and making a puzzle game out of it. It's simple and relaxing to play. It can, however, be occasionally tedious. Playing on the Steam Deck, the default controls are best, although not super fast as I imagine it would be to play using a mouse on a computer. Furthermore, using the touchscreen doesn't allow the player to go back to the regular controls - which I would consider a bug. Using the touchscreen isn't ideal because there's a lack of precision when clicking and dragging. Maybe using the Steam Deck touchpad as a mouse would have worked.

I have 4 hidden achievements left.

Steam Game Time: 90 minutes (total game time)

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20220911 (AM Hours):
I woke up at night and I started messing with the Steam Deck controls for this game. I played around with a keyboard setup, but ultimately I found the default controller setup was good, and with some tweaking I found it to be better than the keyboard setup I spent time configuring.

Steam Game Time: 2.9 hours (total game time)

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20220915 Part 1:
I was playing on PC with a mouse, which was super conveneient compared to the controller scheme (which is best on the Steam Deck). My goal was to use a guide and collect four remaining achievements: (1) "Not enough health, stranger.", (2) "Can I eat that?", (3) "Did you catch the reference?"*, and (4) "Master Stacker". But first I had to replay the entire game. However, I only got to Level 36 before I was so sleepy that I decided to stop playing. In addition, I had already unlocked all the levels on the Steam Deck, so it would be slightly more efficient to finish the achievements there (instead of first unlocking all the levels on PC). I think from the herbs, I'm missing G+G and G+G+G.

*This tip I got online was semi-useful (SPOILER):

Tip for the "Did you catch the reference?" achievement: Including ingredients, Level 40 contains all but the following 6 items: Fixed Butterfly (revolver), Dlaser-93s (sniper), Green Smoke Grenade, Sardine, Sardine (rotten), First Aid Spray. Level 39 contains a Fixed Butterfly and a Green Smoke Grenade, level 38 contains both types of Sardines and the Dlaser-93s, and level 37 contains a First Aid Spray.

Steam Game Time: 3.9 hours (total game time)

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20220915 Part 2:
Gameplay Log:
G+G+G was the last I need to get "Master Stacker"
The last item for "Did you catch the reference?" was MP ammo. Wow
I went to level 11 to do "Not enough health, stranger"
Oh finally for "Can I eat that": earlier I made G+G and G+G+G, but I didn't consume them.

Steam Game Time: 4.2 hours (total game time)

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Rating: 4.6/5

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