My memory is so fuzzy, so I planned for just this occasion with my 104 game challenge.
Favorite 2017 Release:
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I can't even remember how hyped I was for this game, but this game was amazing. Not a day goes by that I don't think about playing through this game again brand new and going about it differently than the first time I played. This game has so much depth.
Least Favorite 2017 Release:Gonna have to tie this as
Need for Speed: Payback and
Star Wars Battlefront II... also just about any EA game. Microtransaction/pay to win bullshit is not acceptable.
Favorite Game Played in 2017:
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Can I just reiterate how amazing this game is? Because it is.
Least Favorite Game Played in 2017:
Shifting World, the only game I straight up abandoned. Several puzzles in you get into this trial and error stuff with no checkpoints, so you have to re-do a puzzle over and over and over until you figure it out because you die when you mess up, and there are still 100's of puzzles left. No way. The original very of this game allowed you to see the whole puzzle, so there was no trial and error. The 3DS version only shows you where you are standing, so you can't see but a fraction of the puzzle, so you just have to guess that you are doing the right thing.
Sleeper Hit of 2017:Mad Max (X1). This game wasn't reviewed well and just totally went under the radar, but I absolutely loved this game. Guns and cars. Post apocalypse. These are the things I love. And this game does it magnificently.
Favorite Gaming Moment in 2017:Bloodborne final boss fight. I summoned a player character and they got destroyed, and then I resummoned the exact same player. Was expecting to basically do the fight by myself again, and then suddenly the boss activated his final form and I was just confused. Like "Uh, did the boss just activate his final form?". And then the boss just fell over and started doing his death speech or whatever. Summoned character just taunts and despawns.
Proudest Collection Accomplishment of 2017:I didn't actually do a lot of collecting this year. I hit 5000 items in my collection, I hit 500 PS2 games, I'm only about 20 games off from a full N64 set. I also acquired a lot of heavy hitters this year like Rule of Rose, Kuon, Pocky & Rocky 2, Blood Will Tell, etc. I don't think I got a lot of games for yard sale prices this year other than dupes.
Gonna add some new categories again this year.
Proudest Gaming Accomplishment in 2017:
Favorite Game Revisited in 2017:
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. For some reason I started playing this game a few months back... and it took up like a whole month of my time. This game is just so amazing. I'm planning on getting that Platinum trophy next year.
Least Favorite Game Beat in 2017: Oni (PS2) with Virginia (PS4) as a close second. Oni is just plainly a horrible made game. Just sucks seven ways to Tuesday. Virginia, I just have absolutely no idea what was going on in that game. There is no dialogue, no context, things just happen and events jump from one to the next. The entire game is way too vague, no clue what was going on.
Top 10 Games played in 2017- Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (NS)
- Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4)
- Mad Max (X1)
- Dragon Quest IV (NDS)
- Super Mario Odyssey (NS)
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands (PS4)
- Bloodborne (PS4)
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4)
- Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles (PS4)
- Ittle Dew 2+ (NS)
Ten worst games played in 2017- Shifting World (3DS)
- Oni (PS2)
- Virginia (PS4)
- Pepsi-man (PS1)
- Chibi-Robo: Zip-lash (3DS)
- Blade Kitten (360)
- The Unfinished Swan (PS4)
- Puyo Puyo Tetris (NS)
- The Italian Job (PS2)
- Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (PS4)
Some other info from my 104 game challenge
Honorable Mention- Republique (PS4)
- Disaster Report (PS2)
- Under The Skin (PS2)
- Mister Mosquito (PS2)
- Yakuza Kiwami (PS4)
- Snipperclips (NS)
- Undertale (PS4)
Platform most games played in 2017: PS4 with 31 games beat. 33 games beat if you count PSVR games towards that count.