Author Topic: 52 Game Challenge 2017  (Read 71783 times)

karyann

Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
« Reply #15 on: January 02, 2017, 09:16:30 am »
I'm in for a third year! Last year was low on my end, but it's still fun to at least count how many games I played.

Beaten
The Last of Us Remastered (PS4)

Played
Rayman Legends (WiiU)
Skylanders: Giants (PS3)
Watch Dogs 2 (PC)
Snipperclips (Switch)
Legend of Zelda:Breath of the wild (Switch)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch)
Minecraft : Nintendo Switch edition (Switch)
Bomberman R (Switch)
Persona 5 (PS4)
Eagle Flight (PSVR)
Little Big Planet 3 (PS4)
Gravity Rush 2 (PS4)
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (PS4)
Professor Layton and the Last Specter (3DS)

Total:  1/15 (Beaten/Played)

« Last Edit: May 22, 2017, 06:51:26 pm by karyann »

redblaze57

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Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
« Reply #16 on: January 02, 2017, 10:15:17 am »
I'm going to try this challenge  this year

1.Tony Hawk's Underground (story mode finished) it was fun to back to one of my Favorite Tony Hawk's this time on the xbox
2. Pokemon Moon (playing)3DSIt's pokemon I enjoy the series
3. Gun playing xbox surprisingly fun so far
4. Shantae 1/2 Genie Hero normal mode Complete Glad I backed itWii U
5. ReCore playing If you enjoy Metroid Prime, this is basically a faster version since you don't have to scan. Loading times are pretty long though. So yeah another I'm having fun with.Xbox One
6.the Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild finished ...Wow
« Last Edit: March 30, 2017, 10:19:18 pm by redblaze57 »

davifus

Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
« Reply #17 on: January 02, 2017, 11:09:15 am »
Let try this again

[2017] - Goal to Plat/Complete all the games I play If it's possible.

1. Banished [Steam] - Trying to get all the achievement. [4/36]
 
2. Age of Empires 2 HD [Steam] - Trial & Error until I can play it successfully.

3. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker [NDS] - [1/23/17]

4. Tom Clancy's The Division [PC] - DONE Started [2/10/17] Finished MainStory [2/18/17] in game time @ completion [27:XX]. Just doing DZ and Daily @ [256]

5. Crash Bash [PS1] - [Coop] - [2/17/17]

6. The Legend of Zelda™: Breath of the Wild [Switch] - [3/3/17]

7. Spiral Knights [PC] - Goal: All 5 Star Gear

8. Fallout 4 [Steam] - [Replay ] - [Survival - Only Melee]

9. Persona 5 [PS4] - DONE Started [4/3/17] Finished [5/7/17] - [111:05]

10. Final Fantasy Exvius [IOS] - [4/XX/17]

11. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force [PSP] - [8/24/17]

12. Borderlands Presequel [Steam] - DONE Started Normal Mode [Claptrap] - [9/23/17] Finished [9/27/17]

[2016] - Will atleast finish them but won't count it over for 2017.

1. Undertale [Steam] - Neutral Route, Genocide Route (ATM), Pacifist Route

2. Borderland 2 [Steam] - Normal Mode, True Vault Hunter, Ultimate Vault Hunter [9/19/17]-[Zero] - Working on getting to OP8, Collect Red Text Weapons, Finishing all DLC.

3. Borderland 1 [Steam] - Planning a Redo with a Bud when done with BL2.

4. Xenoblade Chronicle X [Wii U]

5. Pokemon Moon [3DS] - DONE Started [11/19/16] Finished [1/21/17] In game time - [28:50]

6. Final Fantasy XV [PS4] - [2 more trophy till PLAT.]

7. Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE [Wii U]

8. No Man's Sky [Steam]

9. Mafia 3 [Steam]

10. Pokemon Yellow [3DS]

« Last Edit: October 06, 2017, 04:03:44 pm by davifus »
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"People say nothing's impossible, but I do nothing everyday." (Winnie The Pooh)


Warmsignal

Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
« Reply #18 on: January 02, 2017, 11:23:16 am »
Okay, I'm gonna try to stick with it this time around. But I can't, and often times won't try to beat every game unless it's something that's so good that it just happens. So it's mostly gonna be a list of games that I've just played, probably.

Games Played
1 - Funky Barn (Wii U)


Games Beat

tafk

PRO Supporter

Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
« Reply #19 on: January 02, 2017, 11:33:36 am »
If anyone wants to use another site to track this stuff to make it easier you can make a profile on howlongtobeat.com and then track it there! If you make a profile be sure to add me as a friend :) http://howlongtobeat.com/user.php?n=TAFK

davifus

Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
« Reply #20 on: January 02, 2017, 11:42:33 am »
If anyone wants to use another site to track this stuff to make it easier you can make a profile on howlongtobeat.com and then track it there! If you make a profile be sure to add me as a friend :) http://howlongtobeat.com/user.php?n=TAFK

Is this better or Backloggery?
"Hard work betrays none, but dreams betray many." ( Hachiman Hikigaya)
"People say nothing's impossible, but I do nothing everyday." (Winnie The Pooh)


abe

Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
« Reply #21 on: January 02, 2017, 12:33:17 pm »
I didn't even make it to the halfway point last year. Maybe this year will be the year I finally finish the challenge. :)
Currently playing: Persona 5 (PS4)

darkragnorok

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Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
« Reply #22 on: January 02, 2017, 12:52:38 pm »
If anyone wants to use another site to track this stuff to make it easier you can make a profile on howlongtobeat.com and then track it there! If you make a profile be sure to add me as a friend :) http://howlongtobeat.com/user.php?n=TAFK

Is this better or Backloggery?

I have both and have used backloggery alot more. Not to say that howlongtobeat isnt bad but rather its good to get an estimate on how long a game last if that information is what you seek.

tafk

PRO Supporter

Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
« Reply #23 on: January 02, 2017, 03:03:59 pm »
If anyone wants to use another site to track this stuff to make it easier you can make a profile on howlongtobeat.com and then track it there! If you make a profile be sure to add me as a friend :) http://howlongtobeat.com/user.php?n=TAFK

Is this better or Backloggery?

Its up to you. When I used to use Backloggery it didn't have any sort of database to pull from so it wasn't much different than writing things into an excel sheet/word doc. I only use HLTB because I like to contribute my data to help make their estimates better.

NickAwesome

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Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
« Reply #24 on: January 02, 2017, 05:43:32 pm »
I want to attempt this too.

52 Games list
1.  Dragon Quest VII- 3DS
2.  Dragon Quest Builders- PS4- Done- Beat Main Story
3.  Hyper Light Drifter- PS4
4. Roller Coaster Tycoon- PC- Done- Beat all Original Scenarios
5.  Titanfall 2- Done- Beat Main Story on Normal
6.  Deus Ex Mankind Divided-Done- Beat Main Story on Normal, all Sidequests
7. Skies of Arcadia: Legends- GC- 5 hours in
8. Mirrors Edge: Catalyst

4/8 so far

« Last Edit: February 05, 2017, 03:31:46 am by NickAwesome »

Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
« Reply #25 on: January 03, 2017, 03:00:58 am »
Haha damn, I just beat GTA: San Andreas but I'm not sure if that counts, I was about 90% through when I started playing again. I'm currently play 5 though and should be able to beat it.
We'll see how it goes.
Happy 2017!


Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
« Reply #26 on: January 03, 2017, 09:16:15 am »
Meant to make a reserved post days ago, oh well.

Met my goal last year.  Planning for 104 again this year.

More in progress games
bold games are games that have been beaten, previously beaten, or are unbeatable.
italicized games are in progress.
standard games are games I am not currently trying to beat.
strikethrough games are games that were carried over from last year and I haven't started playing this year yet.

104 Game Challenge
  • Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival (Wii U)
  • Watch Dogs 2 (PS4)
  • Pokemon: Fire Red (GBA)
  • Tappingo (3DS)
  • Azumanga Daioh Advance (GBA)
  • Gunman Clive (3DS)
  • Doom (X1)
  • Hyrule Warriors (Wii U)
  • Mad Max (X1)
  • Picross 2 (GB)
  • Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS)
  • Fire Emblem: Fates: Revelations (3DS)
  • Senran Kagura: Estival Versus (PS4)
  • Virginia (PS4)
  • Republique (PS4)
  • Roundabout (PS4)
  • Lifeless Planet (PS4)
  • Picross NP Vol. 1 (SNES)
  • The Unfinished Swan (PS4)
  • Beyond Eyes (PS4)
  • Blade Ballet (PS4)
  • Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin (X1)
  • Fire Emblem: Heroes (Android)
  • 1-2 Switch! (NS)
  • Legend of Zelda, The: Breath of the Wild (NS)
  • Binding of Isaac, The: Afterbirth+ (NS)
  • Fine Sweeper (PC)
  • Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4)
  • Life is Strange (PS4)
  • Gears of War 4 (X1)
  • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Wii U)
  • Yooka Laylee (PS4)
  • Warlock's Tower (PC)
  • Hue (PS4)
  • Disaster Report (PS2)
  • Red Faction (PS4)
  • Statik (PSVR)
  • Pokemon Sun (3DS)
  • What Remains of Edith Finch (PS4)
  • Party Hard (PS4)
  • Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (PS4)
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands (PS4)
  • Picross NP Vol. 2 (SNES)
  • Chibi-Robo: Zip Lash (3DS)
  • Battlefield: Hardline (X1)
  • Bloodborne (PS4)
  • 3D Dot Game Heroes (PS3)
  • Dukes of Hazzard, The: Return of the General Lee (PS2)
  • Red Faction II (PS2)
  • Under The Skin (PS2)
  • Puzzler World 2012 3D (3DS)
  • Pokemon Puzzle League (N64)
  • Puyo Puyo Tetris (NS)
  • Mister Mosquito (PS2)
  • Italian Job, The (PS2)
  • Gravity Rush Remastered (PS4)
  • Oni (PS2)
  • Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (3DS)
  • Red Ninja: End of Honor (PS2)
  • Total Overdose (PS2)
  • Punisher, The (Gen)
  • Pepsiman (PS1)
  • Red Dead Revolver (PS2)
  • Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (NDS)
  • Far Cry: Instincts (360)
  • Far Cry: Instincts Evolution (360)
  • Agents of Mayhem (PS4)
  • Yakuza Kiwami (PS4)
  • Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (PS4)
  • Quantum Break (X1)
  • Bioshock: Infinite: Burial at Sea (360)
  • Submerged (PS4)
  • A-semblance (PS4)
  • Marvel Vs. Capcom Infinite (PS4)
  • Magikarp Jump (Android)
  • Fallout 4 (X1)
  • Bunker, The (PS4)
  • Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles (PS4)
  • Super Mario World (SNES)
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4)
  • Super Mario Odyssey (NS)
  • The Legend of Zelda and the Lampshade of No Real Significance (PC)
  • Gone Home - Console Edition (X1)
  • Pneuma (X1)
  • Turing Test, The (X1)
  • Forza Horizon 2 (X1)
  • Snipperclips (NS)
  • Blade Kitten (360)
  • Homefront: The Revolution (PS4)
  • Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (NDS)
  • Undertale (PS4)
  • SuperHyperCube (PSVR)
  • Ittle Dew 2+ (NS)
  • Circuit Scramble (Android)
  • Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy (360)
  • Nier (360)
  • Homefront (360)
  • Sniper Elite V2 (360)
  • Metroid: Samus Returns (3DS)
  • Sniper: Ghost Warrior (360)
  • Liberation Maiden (3DS)
  • Demon King Box (3DS)
  • Mercenaries 2 (360)
  • Rage (360)
  • Alice: Madness Returns (360)
  • Punisher, The (PS2)
  • Assassin's Creed: Origins (X1)
  • Fire Emblem Warriors (NS)
  • Picross S (NS)
  • Yakuza 0 (PS4)
  • Call of Cthulhu (Xbox)
  • Toejam and Earl (Gen)
  • Tecmo's Deception: Invitation into Darkness (PS1)
  • Tokyo Jungle (PS3)
  • Dark Souls III: Fire Fades Edition (X1)
  • Lococycle (PC)

In an effort to keep track of my favorite games played this year
Games played that released this year
  • Legend of Zelda, The: Breath of the Wild (NS)
  • Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4)
  • Super Mario Odyssey (NS)
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands (PS4)
  • Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles (PS4)

Games played NOT released this year
  • Mad Max (X1)
  • Dragon Quest IV (NDS)
  • Bloodborne (PS4)
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4)
  • Super Mario World (SNES)

Games played overall this year
  • Legend of Zelda, The: Breath of the Wild (NS)
  • Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4)
  • Mad Max (X1)
  • Super Mario Odyssey (NS)
  • Dragon Quest IV (NDS)

Honorable Mention
  • Republique (PS4)
  • Disaster Report (PS2)
  • Under The Skin (PS2)
  • Mister Mosquito (PS2)
  • Bloodborne (PS4)
  • Yakuza Kiwami (PS4)
  • Snipperclips (NS)
  • Ittle Dew 2+ (NS)
  • Undertale (PS4)

Games 1 - 21
Games 22 - 34
Games 35 - 46
Games 47 - 61
Games 62 - 77
Games 78 - 96
Games 97 - 105 + Not in progress games
Abandoned and unfinished games from last year
Final Stats




Wife's 20 30 40 game challenge
  • Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival (Wii U)
  • Pokemon Moon (3DS)
  • Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (3DS)
  • Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (3DS)
  • Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS)
  • The Room (PC)
  • The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (PS4)
  • What Remains of Edith Finch (PS4)
  • Dear Esther: Landmark Edition (PS4)
  • Ether One (PS4)
  • Gone Home (PS4)
  • Bioshock (PC)
  • Little Nightmares (PS4)
  • Bioshock 2 (PC)
  • Punisher, The (Gen)
  • House of Caravan (PC)
  • Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake (PC)
  • Cursed Memories: Secret of Agony Creek (PC)
  • Crystals of Time (PC)
  • Mind Snares: Alice's Journey (PC)
  • Among the Sleep (PS4)
  • The Town of Light (PS4)
  • A-semblance (PS4)
  • Firewatch (PS4)
  • Enigmatis: The Ghost of Maple Creek (PC)
  • Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood (PC)
  • Enigmatis 2: The Redeemed Memories (PC)
  • Enigmatis: The Ghosts of the Past (PC)
  • Time Mysteries: Inheritance (PC)
  • Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala (PC)
  • Enigmatis 3: Blood on the Snow (PC)
  • Time Mysteries 2: The Ancient Spectres (PC)
  • Time Mysteries 2: Save Esther (PC)
  • Bioshock: Infinite (PC)
  • Bioshock: Infinite: Burial at Sea (PC)
  • Dark Heritage: Guardians of Hope (PC)
  • Dark Heritage: Secrets of the Lighthouse (PC)
  • Super Mario Odyssey (NS)
  • Snipperclips (NS)
  • Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (PS3)
  • Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (3DS)
  • Puyo Puyo Tetris (NS)
  • Fire Emblem: Fates: Birthright (3DS)
  • Legend of Zelda, The: Breath of the Wild (NS)
  • Crafting Mama (NDS)
« Last Edit: January 02, 2018, 10:49:05 am by ignition365 »


Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
« Reply #27 on: January 03, 2017, 09:18:46 am »
Main List

More in progress games
bold games are games that have been beaten, previously beaten, or are unbeatable.

1. Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival (Wii U)
Given that this game is technically never ending, and I did complete a full game, I'm considering this completed.  The game only requires 1 amiibo to play, the other players can use a "guest villager" to play, but any happy points you earn are not saved.  Happy points saved to an amiibo do something, I don't remember what.  There are no mini-games to this, no screw your friend, this game is a very peaceful and relaxing experience.  I think this game would be great for kids, because the only real interactivity is placing down your figure to roll the dice and reading the little short stories of what happens to your character.
Rating: Really slow and boring, great for kids, boring for adults.  Solid pass.

2. Watch Dogs 2 (PS4)
The verdict is still out on this one.  A lot of the missions and dialogue remind me of early Saints Row, which is fantastic, a little over the top, but not Saints Row 4 over the top.  Maybe not even Saints Row 3 over the top.  I really liked Aiden Pearce, I liked the serious tones of the original Watch Dogs.  I work in the computer security field, so I'm always thinking about these types of things, so this definitely interests me.  But this game, so far, seems to take everything so lightly, but while maintaining a sort of seriousness that the original had, it doesn't quite feel right.  Everything is jokes, and we are haxxors, but then we are also immediately being shot at by people no warnings at all.  *shrug*  Still playing this game, still good.  It has "Fiona Coyne" by Skylar Spence (previously Saint Pepsi) on the soundtrack, and I love that song, I've been listening to it like crazy all weekend.  It took me until past beating the game to really learn how the combat can work in this game, and even then, I know I don't fully understand it.  Marcus doesn't play the same way as Aidan Pearce, but if you spec him right, you can.
Rating: I rather enjoyed this game, many different ways to play the game, definite improvement over the previous title, even though I loved that one as well.

3. Pokemon: Fire Red Version (GBA)
I decided I would do the nuzlocke challenge to make this more interesting for me.  I'm getting a lot of close calls and a lot of dumb luck.  I don't know if I'll stick with the nuzlocke rules, I'm perfectly fine with limiting what and where I can catch pokemon to force myself into potentially unwanted situations, but the permadeath is kind of annoying.  I spent a good 20-30 minutes leveling up my Caterpie into a Butterfree, and then Brock gets a critical tackle and murderballs my Butterfree immediately, 1-hit KO.  I've been keeping my own log of events, it'll probably be long enough to fill an entire post by itself, so I don't know how I want to do that.  I've been logging the first pokemon I meet in an area, whether I caught it or not, and if I caught it what I named it and if it is dead (or traded).  I also log close calls, deaths, and evolutions.  I was trying to log who defeated Gym leaders, but I forgot to do it for Misty and Surge.  Eventually the game crashed or the battery died or something and I hadn't saved in a while, so I gave up the nuzlocke run and just continued playing trying to get where I was as fast as possible.
Rating: Great remake of Red, well worth playing over Red.

4. Tappingo (3DS)
Kind of a picross/kakuro type of puzzle game.  I'm rather enjoying it, really easy to just pick up and play.  I'm considering buying Tappingo 2 when I'm finished with this one, but I haven't decided yet.
Rating: Great puzzle game, but easy to get bored with/tired of playing.

5. Azumanga Daioh Advance (GBA)
This is a Japanese game, but it's pretty easily played without knowing the language.  Basically a little card game.  Pretty simple even.  I'm sure the game is even better if you understand the language enough to understand the dialogue, but I used a little translation guide that covered most of the dialogue.
Rating: Pretty fun little card game, makes me wonder why this type of thing isn't applied to trading cards.

6. Gunman Clive (3DS)
I started playing this a year or two back but never finished it.  Decided to start playing it again after I finished Tappingo.  And I noticed I was at level 13, beat the level and decided to go look at how many levels are in the game.  Apparently there are only 16 levels in the game, so I'll probably finish this same day.  I don't know what I was reading, there are more like 19-20 levels in the game, but I still beat it same day.  I'd be happy with a physical collection of the two games on one cart.
Rating: Fun, quick game.  No fancy story or anything, easy to pick up and play.  I'd recommend it.

7. Doom (X1)
I've been off and on wanting to play this game, and I've been waiting to get it for a good price, and it finally happened.  I've heard so many good things about this game from critics and friends, so I knew I wanted to jump on this one early this year.  Firstly, this game plays a lot like Bulletstorm, like a ridiculous amount actually.  Not bad, but at least Bulletstorm gave you different ways to kill, so it was always kind of interesting, while Doom does give you different ways to kill, they mostly play out the same way, so it kind of gets Shinobi (PS2) boring after a while killing enemies.  But, you HAVE to kill enemies that way to refill your health and such.  Not really annoying so much as an observation.  The loading screens in this game absolutely kill me.  Switching back and forth between gameplay and challenges takes several minutes, and reloading after dying takes a few minutes too, obviously loading the initial level takes a while as well, but this all may be an issue with my console or the X1 in general.  I am now at a point that I'm just wrecking this game.  I have a combination of runes that keeps my health and armor high and leaving me with infinite ammo.
Rating: Really great game. Unlike other shooters that encourage you to plan your shots and hide, this game requires you to be aggressive and constantly on the offensive and rarely ever on the defensive.

8. Hyrule Warriors (Wii U)
My wife really wanted to play a game with me, so I suggested we finish Hyrule Warriors... apparently we finished it last year at some point, or the year before.  So we played anyway, did the new DLC quests and did Adventure Mode for a few hours.  After not playing for so long, it's a bit to go back to, especially when you can't remember how to beat the mini-bosses that plague most levels.
Rating: Still a great game definitely worth playing.

9. Mad Max (X1)
I had been putting this game off for so long, mostly because I hadn't heard great things, the game just sort of fell off everyone's radar right after release... BUT THIS GAME IS FANTASTIC.  I'm really feeling it.  This game is probably going to eat up all of my time in January and kill my ratio.  My wife has never seen any of the Mad Max films, so we will also be watching the whole franchise at some point while I'm playing this.  Watched all 4 Mad Max movies while playing this game.  Only minor complaints about this game.  If you die outside of a mission or clearing a camp, you get sent back to the nearest (geolocated) stronghold, I've had situations where I'm geolocated nearest to a stronghold that would take double the time to reach because you have to go around stuff.  It is a major inconvenience.  I've had a lot of issues with glitching where I would climb out of my car and my car and I would get thrown halfway across the region.  Thrown way too far for it to be a tiny tornado.  More makeshift weapons would've been nice, or at least a sniper rifle that is usable outside of the car, but it's cool, the car one works.  I had read that by the time you get to the end of the game you'd have more scrap than you would know what to do with, I must have played differently because that was not the case, but I did buy all of the car and Max upgrades, so it's okay, just need to finish the stronghold stuff.  My MAJOR complaint about this game... the level system.  It's actually a pretty solid level system and I have no complaints about how it works, but what I do hate is that there is essentially a level cap, but not.  Once you hit Rank Road Warrior Level 10, you stop receiving Griffa Tokens, which is what you spend to actually make Max "stronger" or "leveled up".  But by the time you finish the game, in my case, you have reached Rank Road Warrior Level 70, that's 60 Griffa Tokens that I COULD have distributed to my character.  I feel like this was a miscalculation on their part.  The Rank system should have been significantly taller, at least double in measure.  They could have easily have made more categories of things to distribute points to.
Rating: One of the best games I've played in a long time.  I love post-apocalyptica and cars, so this game was made for me.  Definitely worth the play.  The first half hour is fairly painful because the loaner car you use has 0 stats, but get past that and it's a great game.

10. Picross 2 (GB)
This Picross game is a little weird.  For starters, all of the Mario Picross puzzles are 20x20 or 30x30 or something, so they break down the puzzle into 4 smaller puzzles.  And then there is a world map a la the Mario games.  And some puzzles are hidden, so you have to find them.  Also, some of the puzzles seem very Japanese specific and I feel would be received as inappropriate in the US.  Nothing vulgar, just I think showing people bathing together and people sitting on a toilet pooping are a little inappropriate.  The final puzzle consisted of 4 30x30 puzzles that consisted of 4 15x15 puzzles.  So 1 huge 60x60 puzzle.  I think it made a weird succubus character.  Wings, tail, boobs, etc.  I might go through Wario's Picross mode, but I might not.  I'm fairly burnt out on picross right now and I did pop the credits by completing Mario's Picross.
Rating: Much more difficult then Mario's Picross and the puzzles are much more interesting, but absolutely 0 puzzles pertaining to anything Nintendo.  I venture to guess that's why it's not called "Mario's Picross 2".  Definitely a challenge for Picross enthusiasts.

11. Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS)
My wife got angry and deleted her save file because late in the game, she realized that she missed out on Gaius and Tharja, 2 of my favorite characters.  So the choice was either let her hate Fire Emblem forever and not play games for a long time, or I play through Awakening and get her to just about where she was.  It was quite the challenge given on what characters she spec'd as high as she did.  Quite painful to get Sumia as the most powerful character.  I'm not "beating" this game this year, but I put in a lot of time and I have beaten this game before.
Rating: Still a fantastic game, a shame that you can easily miss out on such great characters if you aren't careful.  Such a pain that only Chrom can recuit characters.

12. Fire Emblem: Fates: Revelations (3DS)
Because my wife has been playing Awakening, I've been wanting to play through Revelations some more and do all of the support stuff.  I've mostly taken a break from this because Fire Emblem: Heroes just released and I still don't know who I want to build supports with.
Rating: Still the best entry in this trio of Fates titles, but definitely should be played after Conquest and Birthright.

13. Senran Kagura: Estival Versus (PS4)
This game... It's so weird... on so many levels.  The gameplay is actually quite simple and great for when you just want to play something that doesn't require much thinking.  On the other hand, the gratuitous panty shots, semi-nudity, and constant clothing destruction gets a little annoying after a while.  What little story this game has, seems to be reliant on previous stories, so it's really hard to follow.
Rating: Solid pass.  If you are familiar with the characters and story, I'm sure you'll love the game, but it is very hard to follow without that prerequisite knowledge.

14. Virginia (PS4)
I bought this a while back because it sounded like an interesting narrative, but there is almost no narrative here, you have to basically understand the pantomime of the game.  What little context you get, and what little actual text you get, you get like 1-2 seconds to understand it all before it cuts away.  Probably an easy game to get a plat for, short game and mostly you just have to play twice, but I'm not going to bother.
Rating: Solid Pass.

15. Republique (PS4)
So I have had this in my system for a good week, but I kept putting off starting it for no good reason.  I finally started and it was fantastic.  This game is pretty damned dope.  Story seems really interesting.  Gameplay you mostly guide the main character, but rather than telling her where to move and hoping it works out like some other games might do, you can control her and move her when you want her to move.  I'm really digging the gameplay mechanics.  It's not frequent that I play a game that pulls me in so hard that my wife has trouble conversating with me because I'm just so damned entranced.  Really great story, very much about the Orwellian big brother dystopian shit.  The collectibles in the game are banned books, books seen as inappropriate (Fahrenheit 451 and such), and indie games (on floppy disks).  Episode 4 feels a lot like Haunting Ground, there is even a "Deb" that chases you around and stuff.  If you are going to attempt a platinum, like I was thinking about doing, plan accordingly as there is no chapter select or anything, so if you miss stuff, you're boned.  A few things I had read referenced chapter select, but they were all mistaken.
Rating:  Recommended.  This game is so good.  It's like a cross between the camera stuff in Watch_Dogs and the being a little bitch in Haunting Grounds.  If you like both of those things, you'll love this game.

16. Roundabout (PS4)
I had seen this game on sale multiple times, and I had continually passed on this game.  I've recently had an obsession with bad FMV games, so I decided that I must have it (Flash sale).  And the FMVs are particularly bad, but almost lovable.  The main character, Georgio Monos (played by Kate Welch), is pretty fantastic with her/his facial expressions and the like.  As for the game play, it's weird in concept, but in execution, a revolving limousine basically takes the basic concept of point to point missions and gives it a bit of a puzzle challenge.  At one point in the game, you are forced to attempt to drive the vehicle without revolving, and the developers make it one of the most uncomfortable experiences you could have with a driving game... and I think that's hilarious and ingenious.  I wouldn't call it a fantastic game by any means, I may not even recommend it, but it was a pretty good experience for me and I enjoyed it.
Rating: Reminiscent of bad Sega CD FMV games and almost exclusively point to point missions, if that sounds like your kind of game, I highly recommend it.  Otherwise, give it a pass.

17. Lifeless Planet (PS4)
I feel like I've heard about this game before, mostly just in name.  A fairly interesting game.  Don't know why I started playing it, and it's an alright game.  You land on a "lifeless" planet, so you explore and such... for reasons and such.  Game is mostly a puzzle platformer, no real action or anything.  Very likely you'll die several times for no good reason.  I got a trophy for "dying under mysterious circumstances", like literally, I was walking towards where I was supposed to go and I just fell over and died.  I don't really get it.  But the story is fairly intriguing, even though I'm pretty sure the game ends without really answering one of the big questions.  I'll probably Google it and see if maybe I missed something.
Rating: Solid pass.  Nothing about it is really good enough to really justify playing this game.

18. Picross NP Vol. 1 (SNES)
I started on this right after I stopped playing Picross 2, but I just wasn't feeling this once I got to the character puzzles, so I was gonna drop it and not even count it, but I finally finished the first character puzzle and realized it was a Pokemon character, Pokemon characters on a legit SNES game?  Okay, I'll keep playing.  The controls for this game just don't feel right, might just be a sensitivity difference or something, but I mess up a lot because it slides one space further than I want.  This game isn't particularly color-blind friendly.  The different sets of puzzles have different colors spacing out the grid, so it's hard to tell the sets of 5x5.
Rating: Solid pass.  I'm probably not going to play the other NP Picross games, because this one was fairly disappointing game play mechanic wise.

19. The Unfinished Swan (PS4)
I've been moderately interested in this game for quite some time.  I literally knew nothing about it.  I started the game and stared at a blank white screen for a few minutes because I thought it was loading or froze and didn't realize the gameplay mechanics of the game.  I suppose that's my bad.  Seems very much like a child's fairy tale (a la Child of Light and such).  I don't think I've noticed any rhyming so far, just what feels like children's book stuff.  Seems like it may be a fairly short game with only 4 chapters and each chapter takes maybe an hour or so.  But the game is a very unique puzzle game.
Rating: Very short, moderately annoying.  Gonna have to say pass on this game.  If you have a kid and want to play a game that your kid might enjoy watching you play, maybe give it a go.  I'm not confident that a child could beat this game easily.

20. Beyond Eyes (PS4)
Decided to play this, found out I had the wrong hdd in my ps4, swapped drives reinstalled this first, played this while everything else installed.  Gameplay mechanics are a little annoying, but I understand it is on purpose to kind of give the feel of what it is like to be blind.  Really great concept and execution.  I had paused the game at a point thinking, oh I'm near the end of the chapter, I'll go eat and come back and finish the chapter.  Turns out it was the end of the game, I really really didn't see it coming when I had paused, so it threw me.  Really emotional game.
Rating: Pretty good, not too long, I'd recommend it for a short little walking sim story game.

21. Blade Ballet (PS4)
My wife's cousin was over so we decided to play this because it was a little local multiplayer game, played it for a few hours and unlocked all of the trophies.  I'd say it's kind of like Bakugan, but I know nothing about Bakugan.  You each pick a robot, you get thrown in an arena, and you spin to attack each other.  That's Bakugan, right?  Pretty simple, quick, fun local multiplayer game.  It has online multiplayer too if you care for that sort of thing.
Rating: Good fun local multiplayer game if that is something you're interested in, no real single player experience, probably hard to justify for more than maybe $5.

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rayne315

Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
« Reply #28 on: January 03, 2017, 10:25:03 am »
well to start off I am going to change the way I do this by cutting out the long crappy reviews I leave and do a quick response to how I beat the game and how much extra I did in the game. trying to beat 98 games this year.
Bold is beaten
Underline is Girlfriend


1. New Super Mario World (Wii)1/1: finished. just a basic run through. (I started playing with Rayne, but then i got really tired so he played. i got through world 2? at least)
2. Open the magic door (Alexa): finished. I exhausted all possible text paths.
3. Cross Stitch World: (Phone): Rayne said i had to put this on here. Its a phone game i finished the main "story"
4. Skyrim (PC, Modded, Main Story) : I've been playing this "round" for about 6 months. Its a modded play through. i've beaten the main story many times i just dont like doing it because i like the dragon spawns. But its done now, and im going to keep playing it.
5. Bubble bobble (nes): I have played this game before but have definitely never gotten to the end. that final enemy is a pain in the ass.
6. Captain Toad: Treasure tracker (wii U): nice puzzle game and my first complete run-through on youtube.
7. Personal trainer: Walking (Ds): I abandoned this because the stats weren't adding up to something I could physically do... and the batteries died. with ~500,000 steps in ~1 year it would take me 100+ years to beat it. and be cost prohibitive. with buying expensive button batteries for it every 6-12 months
8. Pajama Sam: No need to hide when it's dark out (Computer): The next series of games come from my week long no internet stuff. all but 1 are by humongous entertainment. they are all point and click so there isnt much to say. This is first in the pajama Sam series. this one scared me as a kid.
9. Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and lightning aren't so frightening (Computer): This is the second in the Pajama Sam series, and a Favorite
10. Pajama Sam 3: You are what you eat from your head to your feet (Computer): This is the 3rd and last Pajama Sam game made by Humongous. this one was my favorite. The 4th Pajama Same game was made by Atari. I tried to play it but i couldnt do it. Atari did a horrible job.
11. Putt Putt joins the parade (Computer): its a 25 year old game. Putt Putt, who is a car, gets his dog Pep.
12. Putt Putt goes to the moon (Computer): never really like this one as a kid, probably because i dont like space
13. Putt Putt Travels through time (Computer): this was my favorite Putt Putt game as a kid.
14. Putt Putt Saves the zoo (Computer):  It has cute Animals
15. Putt Putt Enters the race (Computer): Last Putt Putt game i got and i never really played it much as a kid
16. Putt Putt Joins the circus (Computer): This Putt Putt game will always have a special spot in my heart. My aunt and i always went to the Circus every year with out fail and she is the one that gave it to me. ( Rayne also learned this Christmas that aunt was and still kinda is a gamer. She is almost 70!)
17. Putt Putt Pep's surprise party (Computer):  this is the Putt Putt game that Atari did. Its not horrible but its not good. I didnt play this one till i was an adult and it ruined my childhood. Thanks Atari.
18. Spy Fox in Dry Cereal (computer): I always found the Spy Fox series to be the hardest to beat.
19. Spy Fox 2: Some Assembly Required (Computer): I hated this Spy Fox as a kid.

20. Spy fox 3: Operation ozone (Computer): This was always my favorite Spy Fox game.
21. Freddi fish and the case of the missing kelp seed(Computer):Freddi Fish was always one of my favorite series. This game was not my favorite though. Its very quick
22. Freddi fish and the case of the haunted school house (Computer): This game growing up was one of my favorites, but playing it now i see that is really quick.
23. Murcury Meltdown Revolution (Wii): got so close to the end but with trying one level for almost an hour with no progress I decided to abandon this.
24. Kirby' dream land (Wii): Part of the Kirby's dream collection.
25. Kirby's Adventure (Wii): Part of the Kirby's dream collection. I never remembered the final boss being that difficult. maybe I never beat this one before.
26. Wario Land 4 (GBA): I was super confused how to end the game so I looked it up and you HAVE to collect all 4 gem pieces in each level to fight the bosses.
27. Tony Hawk's: Down hill jam (GBA): Garbage game with garbage controls, terribly easy difficulty (Just press up the whole time and you will win), and a glitchy mess.
28. Lemony Snicket's: A series of unfortunate events (GBA): A typical multi-controllable character platforming gba game. it has a less clear objective and is really confusing to progress.
29. Alex Rider: Stormbreaker (GBA):
30. 1 2 Switch (Switch): a nice way to show of the switches joycon abilities in a party game
31. Super Bomber Man R (Switch): I truly got this game just because it was a release title and other than Zelda I needed something to last me till more games release. I honestly had no idea how they were going to make a story out of it but it was interesting none the less.
32. Tap Titans 2 (mobile): Finally made it to the last heros after 2+ months of playing it
33. The Last Guardian (ps4): Very enjoyable, shitty camera controls, and the last hour+ of the game is sheer excitement (not all good excitement) its far less impactful than the endings of ico/SotC but is still definitely worth the play.
34. Deep Town (mobile): it was a surprisingly fun idle/micro management game that you can play for 5 mins a day and beat.
35. Uncharted: Drakes Fortune HD (PS4): playing it in the uncharted collection on ps4 its a lot smother platforming wise than a lot of the games I have been playing recently
36. ADventure Capitalist (mobile): I beat the earth by unlocking every achievent possible and now I can put this game down. only took me 1.5 months so a lot faster than most people.
37. ADventure Communist (Steam): I know this game isn't released yet and is being updated constantly but I have gotten to the end game of it which is just farming science upgrades. I currently get around 100 science every 6 hours.
38. Endless Frontier (mobile): a decent idle game.
39. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (switch): finally after many hours of play time I got around to beating the game! now to finally watch the speed runs!
40. Tap my Katamari (Mobile): a tap/idle game on mobile based on the katamari universe. its as dumb as it sounds.
41. Grow Castle (Mobile): dumb idle game with literal infinite growth potential with people literally in the 800,000+ waves
42. Idle universe (mobile): worst idle game I have ever played only got to the first couple prestige's before I exhausted everything in the game.
43. Byte Master (mobile): Interesting 2048 game with idle capabilities and leveling mechanics. I made a successful chain and got to the equivalent of 8192. 13 spaces with the next number in a line.
44. Castle Clicker (mobile): I got everything fully leveled except the ones that require blueprints to make that I could not find.
45. Magikarp Jump! (mobile): Finally beat the recently added Heal league.
46. Space Colonizers! (mobile): dumb idle game that takes you to colonize planets. got to 5000 colonizers.
47. Dragster (2600): got a time of 8.06 seconds.
48. Donkey Kong (2600): definitely the worst port of the game.
49. Bonk's Adventure (NES emulated): I kinda cheated this as I was using a turbo controller to basically hover in the air for the entirety of the game.
50. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS4): fun game a lot easier than I remember it being.
51. Splatoon (Wii U): Im still in love with that boss level no matter how many times I play through the game.
52. legendary Smith (mobile): a generic idle game centered around smithing.
53. Rime (PS4): a delightful puzzle game that my GF picked out. we played through it in 2 days and around 3/4ths the way through the game I successfully called out what the story was going to end up being.
54. Splatoon 2 (Switch): if splatoon 1 was a 10/10 this game would probably be a 8/10 in direct comparison. a lot of the design decisions on the campaign were questionable and really detracted from my appreciation of them... but it was still a very solid title. the final boss became super trivialized when you upgrade the gun your required to use the first time you beat it.
55. XIII (PS2): 1/2XXX this is the starting game of PS2 Palooza my attempt of playing and beating every ps2 game. My thoughts are chronicled in the footage I got from it. that final boss was a bitch and a half to ill but then again it was 11pm when I first encountered him when I usually go to sleep at 10.
56. Destiny 2 (PS4):
57. Super Mario Odysee (SWITCH):
58. .Hack// G.U. 1 (PS4 part of last recode):
59. Evolve (PS4): no real story line to it just appears to be the online with bots.. I played a couple matches but that was it.
60. Undertale (PS4): It was deffinately worth the wait as this made me want to explore and do everything in it. I even got this as my first ever platinum trophy. little disappointed that it dings before you complete the game though. not a gripe with the game just with the trophies.
61. Lumo (PS4): I really enjoyed this game. don't know how the hell to get the rubber ducks though. its simple yet complex and a deffinate pain in the ass when it comes to platforming. entirely isometric views!
62. Ittle Dew 2+ (Switch): it was a very fun quirky game that I really enjoyed playing
63. Disc Jam (PS4): it was a kind of nice multiplayer game. I played it enough to beat a match with every character and almost perfected a game, but gave up 2 goals at the end.
64. Velocity 2X (PS4): I had to play through levels multiple times just to get enough exp to get to the end. I do not like games where that is a thing but I liked the game overall. had a lot of different functions to remember.
65. Bound (PS4): when I first opened the game I hated the visual style. I just thought they were shit visual developers and there were a lot of errors. after playing through it I understand why they went with that art style but I still am not fond of it. reminds me of the early 3d years.
66. Not a Hero (PS4): every now and then I enjoy a run and gun type of game. even better when all of the levels take less than 2 minutes to beat, but require multiple attempts because you suck at it.
67. Color Guardian (PS4): never have I hated rhythm games so much. when you are used to things like guitar hero when you have to hit the color when it reaches you. this game introduces obstacles that require you to be a specific color before you get to it. always messed me up.
68. Tricky Towers (PS4): this is a fun tetris game where you have to do puzzles and race the clock and other things. after so many challenges they were just way to difficult for me to beat. the last levels I played took me 20-30 minutes just to get a pass when they were minute games.
69. Kung Fu Panda: Shadow of the Legendary Legends (PS4): I played through the tournament mode and really hated this game. I was probably playing it wrong but I could only find one attack button and a different button that powered up that one attack. this is a garbage fighting game and not worth your time.
70. Pumped BMX+ (PS4): I really love these kinds of games. this one was more difficult because on some levels if you do not land in a manual you cannot make the next jump at all. I did not receive any other trophies for this because they are all very specific trick strings and with an 8 directional control its hard hitting diagonals for some of the tricks.
71. Ether One (PS4): are you serious? I missed 1 gd trophy? the only missable one too?. I had played this game long ago and was 3/4ths the way through it but coming back so late I forgot every control so I looked up a 100% walkthrough and the fucker didn't show how to get every trophy...
72. Life is Strange Episode 1: Chrysalis (PS4): im not sure if all these episodes are considered separate games but I do own ep 1-3 on ps3 so im considering them separate. got all optional photos
73. Life is Strange Episode 2: Out of Time (PS4): got all optional photos
74. Life is Strange Episode 3: Chaos Theory (PS4): got all optional photos
75. Life is Strange Episode 4: Dark Room (PS4): got all optional photos
76. Life is Strange Episode 5: Polarized (PS4): got all optional photos

56-60 are not in correct order

I need to get off my lazy ass and play some real games...

Super Mario Galaxy (wii)
the legend of Zelda: Twilight princess HD (Wii U)
Kirby's dream collection (Wii)
Nathan Drake collection (ps4)

38 full games beat as of line 69
« Last Edit: December 21, 2017, 10:14:25 am by rayne315 »
PS2 Palooza: 8/2XXX games finished
Now Playing: Dark cloud
Stopped recording so now back on track.

XIII
.Hack//G.U. Vol 1//Rebirth
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
Sly 2
.hack//g.u. vol 2
.hack//g.u. vol 3
Katamari Damacy
Bully

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Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
« Reply #29 on: January 03, 2017, 04:56:53 pm »
Hey, ignition did something really cool with his stats in the last thread. Now that begs me to have a question. Would anyone be interested in a google form I make where you can submit when you beat games, how long it took, etc. so we could have this information for everyone who is participating? That would be really cool in my opinion!