Final stats for the year.
54 games beat out of 62 played. I'm certain I played more than 62, but I didn't track games that I didn't put much time into.
Top Games played that released in 2018- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (NS)
- Yakuza 6 (PS4)
- Dark Souls Remastered (NS)
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider (X1)
- Far Cry 5 (X1)
Top Games played NOT released in 2017- Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PS4)
- Yakuza 5 (PS3)
- Yakuza 0 (PS4)
- Dragon Quest VII (3DS)
- Dragon Quest IX (NDS)
Top Games played overall in 2017- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (NS)
- Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PS4)
- Yakuza 5 (PS3)
- Yakuza 0 (PS4)
- Yakuza 6 (PS4)
Honorable Mention- Axiom Verge (NS)
- Donut County (PS4)
- Dragon Quest VI (NDS)
- Gravity Rush 2 (PS4)
- Road Redemption (PS4)
- Steamworld Dig 2 (NS)
- Yakuza 3 (PS3)
- Yakuza 4 (PS3)
Console breakdown- PS4 - XXI
- NS - XIII
- X1 - VIII (2 BC games)
- PS3 - III
- NDS - II
- PS2 - II
- Wii U - II
- 3DS - I
- Android - I
- PC - I
Platform with Most Beat Games: PS4 with 21 games beat. 1 of those being PSVR games. NS was a distant second with only 13 games beat, but nearly double the games beat as last year, so NS has seen a major increase in play time.
Platform with Most unfinished titles: That would be a tie between NS and PS4. X1's streak as most abandoned has been broken. I abandoned 2 PS4 games this year entirely and I abandoned 1 NS game and am currently playing through another that will be finished at some point this month, so I give this to PS4.
Current v. Retro v. Mobile/Handheld v. PC: 40 - 9 - 4 - 1 (I am considering anything not PS4/X1/NS to be "retro")
Game that ate up the most time: I didn't actually put a ton of time into any one game that I can remember, so it was probably
Yakuza 5 given that I did a lot of the side content in that game and it is one of the longer games I played this year.
Quickest game beat:
Donut County. Started, beat, and platinumed the game all in one evening. Florence probably was shorter, but I played it over the course of 3 days, so I count it as lasting longer.
and for some new stuff.
- Best Racer: Forza Horizon 3 (X1)
- Best Puzzle Game: Donut County (PS4)
- Best Fighter: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (NS)
- Best Party Game: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (NS)
- Best Platformer: Steamworld Dig 2 (NS)
- Best RPG: Dragon Quest VII (3DS)
- Best Action Game: Yakuza 5 (PS3)
- Best Story: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PS4)
- Best Soundtrack: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (NS)
- Best Shooter: Far Cry 5 (X1)
- Best Independent Game: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PS4)
- Best Handheld Game: Dragon Quest VII (3DS)
- Best Xbox Game: Shadow of the Tomb Raider (X1)
- Best Playstation Game: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PS4)
- Best Nintendo Game: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (NS)
- Character of the Year: Kiryu Kazuma (Yakuza)
- Studio of the Year: SEGA CS1 (Yakuza)
- Game of the Year: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (NS)