Monthly in a Month #54: The Retaliation Edition

Since we had two months, I gave it a shot. I played:

1. Gravity Circuit: Achievements "MISSION - ALL OVER!"
2. Pacific Drive: Achievements "The End of the Road"
3. Suzerain: Achievements "Chapter IV: Checkmate"
4. We Were Here Together: Achievements "Together"
5. Not for Broadcast: Screenshot
6. 1000xRESIST: Achievements "Hekki Allmo"

Thanks for the event!!!

Steel Rats– April 2019 Humble Monthly #42 – Hero
Really cool idea and design with a subpar implementation. Swappable characters having individual health, but also being able to instakilled (or died because of junky physics, hitting their head) undermines the point, leading to unfair "difficulty".

Timelie – November 2021 Humble Choice(#24) – No Last Eternity
Had a really bad time with it in March, when tried on Deck as a handheld, but whole month was like a whirlwind. IMO it works better with mouse and keyboard, and on a bigger screen.

Children of Silentown – February 2024 Humble Choice (#51) – every "Choose the Song of the" achievements are ending achievements
It started out great, but I feel cheated, and many other will too. It starts as a "social" game, exploring a village in a very compelling dark world, doing basically point and click tasks. Then you learn songs, and to use them, you have to do unskippable puzzles. Then the whole game basically turns into a light adventure with puzzle focus. I liked the story, but such a fundamental swap in gameplay past refund window may rightfully irk some people.

Boxes – January 2025 Humble Choice (#62) – Game complete
It's like IRL Escape Rooms, where most of the puzzles are locks that you need a 4-digit code, or a key. It may be pretty to look at, but plain and shallow - many times the "solution" is like rotate two discs, to free a lever, pull that, then push the button, then rotate again something. Most of the steps include only "busywork" clicking, not thinking.

Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus – February 2018 Humble Monthly – The whole truth (accuse everyone = all endings. Achievement icons and names are spoilery!
After missing last week's family meetup, you get to know that somebody poisoned Uncle Marcus. So play some quiz with the most horrible family in the world(TM) and subtly question them, to find out the poison, the motive and the killer. I'm biased when it comes to FMV games, so I liked it. If you play it (with a guide), leave the killer's accusation as the final playthrough. You tear a new hole for every terrible family member, it's therapeutic.

Rise of the Tomb Raider – September 2018 Humble Monthly #35 – Ultimate Survivor
A bit mixed bag for me. Stealth is uncooked (you can't lose enemies who are suspicious/aware of you, they spot you through cliffs, etc). Collectibles give xp and lore, but THERE ARE SO MANY, it's tiresome. Overall a great story in a moody setting, stretched too long because of (semi) open world bloat. (200ish collectibles, sidequests, (kinda unneeded) crafting, the story itself is heavily padded at many points)

Edit: Question has been answered

Question for Cj. Is House Flipper (November 2021 humble choice) eligible for this challenge and if so what achievement should I aim for?

I may be a bit late in asking for this month's challenge, but might want to play it for an upcoming one if the game is acceptable for the challenge.