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Title: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: courtlyhades296 on January 01, 2017, 10:06:07 am
You know the drill. Beat 52 games before December 31st, and share your thoughts.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: courtlyhades296 on January 01, 2017, 10:07:21 am
I decided to play the challenge using only ROM hacks of Super Mario World.

1/52: I Hate You (Ersanio) {Cleared Jan 1}
2/52: Brutal Mario Demo 7 (Carol) {Cleared Jan 4}
3/52: VLDC 9 (SMWCentral) {Cleared Jan 13}
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 01, 2017, 10:12:06 am
Awww shit! Here it is! I'm very much looking forward to doing this challenge again :D

Happy 2017 everyone!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kevininja on January 01, 2017, 02:08:48 pm
Got to 34 games in 2016, gotta try harder this year!

January:
1. The House of the Dead: Overkill (Wii) [1-1]
2. Watch Dogs 2 (PS4) [2-1]
3. Hotline Miami (Steam) [5-1]
4. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (Steam) [11-1]
5. Dead Space (Origin) [15-1]
6. Dead Space 2 (Origin) [18-1]
7. Dan the Man (Android) [20-1]
8. The Last Door (Steam) [21-1]
9. Rabbids: Go Home (Wii) [21-1]
10. Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death (Steam) [23-1]
11. Another Code: Two Memories (DS) [30-1]

February:
12. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen (Steam) [5-2]
13. Mass Effect 2 (Origin) [14-2]
14. Grow Home (PSN) [19-2]
15. Watch Dogs (PS4) [27-2]

March:
16. Rayman Legends (PS4) [8-3]
17. Doom (PS4) [12-3]
18. Gravity Rush Remastered (PS4) [18-3]

April:
19. Watch Dogs: Bad Blood (PS4) [14-4]
20. Crysis 2 (Steam) [16-4]
21. The Darkness II (Steam) [17-4]
22. Life is Strange (Steam) [26-4]
23. Star Fox 64 3D (3DS) [28-4]

May:
24. Lollipop Chainsaw (PS3) [3-5]
25. Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment (PS4) [6-5]
26. Gone Home (itch.io) [14-5]
27. Party Hard (PSN) [20-5]
28. Corporate Lifestyle Simulator (Steam) [22-5]
29. Aragami (PSN) [26-5]

June:
30. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Steam) [26-6]
31. My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (3DS Download) [28-6]

July:
32. Blackwell Unbound (Steam) [1-7]
33. Blackwell Convergence (Steam) [2-7]
34. Blackwell Deception (Steam) [3-7]
35. XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Steam) [17-7]
36. Westerado: Double Barreled (Steam) [19-7]

August:
37. Pony Island (PC Download) [12-8]
38. Deadlight - Director's Cut (GOG) [14-8]
39. One Finger Death Punch (Steam) [26-8]

September:
40. Gravity Rush 2 (PS4) [2-9]
41. The Walking Dead (Steam) [8-9]
42. The Walking Dead: 400 Days (Steam) [9-9]
43. The Walking Dead: Season 2 (Steam) [10-9]
44. Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell (Steam) [11-9]
45. DmC: Devil May Cry (Steam) [16-9]
46. The Journey Down: Chapter One (Steam) [23-9]
47. Loot Hero DX (Steam) [24-9]

October:
48. Saints Row: The Third (Steam) [11-10]
49. Space Pilgrim Episode I: Alpha Centauri (PC Download) [14-10]
50. Mario Kart 7 (3DS) [18-10]
51. Saints Row IV (Steam) [23-10]
52. Saints Row IV: Enter the Dominatrix (Steam) [24-10]

November:
53. Metro: Last Light Redux (Steam) [5-11]
54. Taiku Mansion (Steam) [10-11]
55. Spider-Man (PS1) [14-11]
56. Saints Row IV: How the Saints Save Christmas (Steam) [15-11]
57. Melissa K. and the Heart of Gold (Steam) [19-11]
58. Shadowgrounds (Steam) [20-11]
59. 12 is Better Than 6 (Steam) [25-11]
60. Magicka: The Other Side of the Coin (Steam) [29-11]

December:
61. Homefront (Steam) [15-12]
62. Tales from the Borderlands (PS4) [17-12]
63. Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Steam) [27-12]
Title: TAFK's Games Beaten 2017
Post by: tafk on January 01, 2017, 02:44:28 pm
Alright! Here is to me actually doing this and killing the backlog this year! I need Kash's power to finish JRPGs in weeks quickly!


1. Pony Island - PC - ~2hrs
Fun Game. Currently (1/12/17) $1 humble bundle tier. Its a great game with some surprising twists. Definitely is a great game and happy I bought it during the winter sale. Check one off the list!!

2. Nightsky - PC - ~2hrs
Amazing relaxing game. The soundtrack and the visuals make it. The big grouping of vehicle levels at the end is pretty lackluster but outside of that the game is great and really challenges you. Would love to see a sequel.

3. Crayon Physics Deluxe - PC - ~3hrs Abandoned
Not a huge fan, feels like I didn't really get a grasp of the mechanics, very vague on what it wants me to do. Got about 75% through the islands but realized I would need to replay all of the levels again to unlock the last island and uninstalled. Probably fun for some people but definitely not for me.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 01, 2017, 02:45:36 pm
I got close last year, 46 games played, 38 games beat, which was way better than 2015, where I only played around 30-something games in total.  This is a big gaming year with the Switch.  Not sure what to start things off with, as there isn't much I want to play till the end of the month.

BLUE - PLAYING
GREEN - BEAT
BLACK - ENDLESS
RED - ABANDONED

1 - Rise of the Tomb Raider (PS4 2016) - BEAT
2 - The Last Guardian (PS4 2016) - BEAT
3 - Resident Evil: Revelations (PC 2013) - 9 HOURS BEAT
4 - Tokyo Mirage Sessions (Wii U 2016) - 46 HOURS ABANDONED
5 - Resident Evil 7 (PC 2017) - 8 HOURS BEAT
6 - Yakuza 0 (PS4 2017) - BEAT
7 - Nioh (PS4 2017) - BEAT
8 - Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (Wii U 2016) - 30 HOURS BEAT
9 - For Honor (PS4 2017) - ABANDONED
10 - Horizon (PS4 2017) - 36 HOURS BEAT
11 - Legend of the Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch 2017) - 60+ HOURS BEAT
12 - Nier: Automata (PS4 2017) - 30 HOURS BEAT
13 - Blaster Master Zero (Switch 2017) - 6 HOURS BEAT
14 - Super Mario Run (Android 2017) - BEAT
15 - Dark Souls 3: The Ringed City DLC (PS4 2017) - BEAT
16 - The Witness (PC 2016) - 11 HOURS ABANDONED
17 - Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment (PC 2017) - 5 HOURS BEAT
18 - Tales from the Borderlands (PC 2014) - ABANDONED
19 - Yooka-Laylee (PC 2017) - 13 HOURS BEAT
20 - Fallout Shelter (PC 2016) - ENDLESS
21 - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch 2017) - BEAT
22 - Darksiders: Warmastered Edition (PC 2010) - ABANDONED
23 - Prey (PS4 2017) - 21 HOURS BEAT
24 - Star Wars Battlefront (PC 2015) - ENDLESS
25 - The Surge (PS4 2017) - ABANDONED
26 - Injustice 2 (PS4 2017) - BEAT
27 - Rime (PS4 2017) - BEAT
28 - Dead Rising 4 (PC 2016) - 11 HOURS BEAT
29 - Persona 5 (PS4 2017) - ABANDONED
30 - Crash Bandicoot (PS4 2017) - BEAT
31 - PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PC 2017) - ENDLESS
32 - Crash Bandicoot 2 (PS4 2017) - BEAT
33 - Crash Bandicoot 3 (PS4 2017) - BEAT
34 - Strider (PC 2014) - 5 HOURS BEAT
35 - Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair (PS4 2015) - ABANDONED
36 - Splatoon 2 (Switch 2017) - BEAT
37 - Mega Man 7 (PS4 2017) - BEAT
38 - Slime Rancher (PC 2017) - BEAT
39 - Deadlight (PC 2012) - BEAT
40 - Just Cause 3 (PS4 2015) - ABANDONED
41 - Sonic Mania (Switch 2017) - BEAT
42 - Mega Man 8 (PS4 2017) - BEAT
43 - The Evil Within (PC 2014) - 14 HOURS BEAT
44 - Mario + Rabids: Kingdom Battle (Switch 2017) - ABANDONED
45 - Strike Vector EX (PS4 2016) - BEAT
46 - DmC: Devil May Cry - (PC 2013) - 7 HOURS BEAT
47 - Cuphead (PC 2017) - 8 HOURS BEAT
48 - Sonic Generations (PC 2011) - 4 HOURS BEAT
49 - Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite (PS4 2017) - BEAT
50 - A Hat In Time - (PC 2017) - PLAYING
51 - Friday the 13th: The Game (PC 2017) - ENDLESS
52 - South Park: The Fractured But Whole (PS4 2017) - BEAT
53 - STALKER: Call of Pripyat (PC 2009) - BEAT
54 - Super Mario Odyssey (Switch 2017) - BEAT
55 - Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus (PC 2017) - BEAT
56 - Asura's Wrath - (360 2012) - BEAT
57 - Rainbow Six: Siege (PC 2015) - ENDLESS
58 - Sniper Elite 4 (PC 2017) - ABANDONED
59 - Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Switch 2017) - BEAT
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: dashv on January 01, 2017, 03:04:17 pm
Can we count carryovers from 2016?

Blocking out my page 1 post now. :)

1 Brothers - PS4 completed very interesting game can be completed in a day. You play as both the younger and older brother simultaneously. Great graphics and sound. Control takes a bit getting used to. You should play this game. It's meant to be/best as a single session experience. If I say anything more I'll ruin it.
2: Shock Troopers - NEO GEO completed guerrilla war style shoot em up. Great graphics and sound. Good action. One of my favorite NEO GEO games. I actually played this on the Wii as part of SNK Classics Vol. 1.
3: Life is Strange - PS4 completed playing through this one with my wife (we take turns playing/watching). This game is like a tell tale game. Mostly canned story unfolding as you solve simple puzzles. Unlike a tell-tale game the story can unfold in a variety of ways based on the choices you make. We completed episode one and it does a good job of compelling you to see the game through to completion. Be warned. The language is terrible! And the subject matter is clearly intended for adult minds.
4: A.P.B - Atari Lynx & PS 3 This is a mostly gogotten gem from the arcades. Top down cops n robbers type game. Deeper than Spy Hunter but not as deep as GTA. Very fun. Midway Arcade Origins for PS3 emulates the Arcade game almost perfectly. The Lynx port is amazingly close! Hilarious digitized voices. Challenging gameplay. Like most Arcade games of it's time you can't really "beat the game". But it's a lot of fun.
5: Blaster Master Zero - Nintendo Switch - A love letter to the original. Tight controls. Faithful in spirit to the original while improving in many ways. My only complaint is some missing/altered sound effects and music and it's a bit too easy! Needs a hard mode!
6: Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo Switch completed - Skyrim, LoZ, and Metriod Prime had a baby. That baby is LoZ: Breath of the Wild. It's a beautiful baby but it's not perfect. Weapons break too easily. Combat is ridiculously unbalanced. The game isn't linear enough (you can beat the game an miss out on 90% of the content.) The Sheika powers and climbing can't be used in the shrines, the shrines are too simple. Your horse can fast travel with you. Everything's a fetch quest. Why can't I use the touch screen to operate the menus and inventory? Almost garanteed to rain while you are climbing a mountain surrounded by water trapping you for 10-15 minutes as you wait for it to pass. Skipping cutscenes doesn't buy you much because they force a lot of animation/dialog before you can skip. Also why do I need to talk to fairies twice before they will tell me what I am missing for upgrades? I enjoyed the game, but the above made it a chore and wasted a lot of my time.
7: Super Mario Bros 2j - GBA - released in Japan this is a port of the famicom disc system version of the game.
8: Castlevania: Circle of the Moon - GBA - very good game. It's typical Castlevania.
9: Mighty Gunvolt Burst - Switch completed - a charming game. The customization menus could use some cleanup but the gameplay is solid. This game is probably what folks were expecting from Mighty Number 9. If you like Mega Man you will like this.
10: Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Xbox One - A prequel to Life is Strange. In this game you play as Max' Friend Chloe. This gets more into what happened to Chloe from the time Max left Arcadia to the time she came back. Including the Rachel Amber incident.
11: ReCore: Definitive Edition - Xbox One X - From the original creator of Mega Man and the team that made the Metriod Prime games comes a game that is clearly a love letter to both. A strong hardware augmented female protagonist. Double jumping, dashing, robot shooting, power up grabbing, nonlinear exploration. It's a pretty good way to spend $20 and it plays in 1440p on the Xbox One 1. If you buy it from the Xbox or Microsoft store it's a play anywhere title. So you get it for both the PC and Xbox One.
12: Killer Instinct - Xbox One X - Fighting game. Mash buttons, beat up people. Mindless fun.
13: Cuphead - Xbox One - Imagine the old black and white cartoons only playable and in color. This is a fantastic game. If you buy it from the Xbox or Microsoft store it's a play anywhere title. So you get it for both the PC and Xbox One.
14: DOOM - Xbox One - I know the reboot got great reviews but I just can't get into it. Maybe I'll try again later.
15: I am Setsuna - Switch - Good graphics, ancient JRPG gameplay. That is not a compliment. I get very frustrated with this game over mechanics and design flaws that stem from this game trying to be like the games of yore. Give me autosave before surprise boss battles. Give me english voice overs. Give me options to speed up fighting. Remember my previous choices per character. I am hanging on for the story (which is legitimately touching) but at times playing this game to get more story feels like a chore.
16: Rive - Switch - This is a hybrid platformer/flying shmup and it's pretty good. Good graphics, fast action, good sound and low price. Worth the money to play through at least once.
17: Ninja Gaiden: Black - Xbox via Xbox One X BC - I forgot how difficult this game was to control and play! But once you get the hang of it it's pretty fun. The Xbox One X backward compatibility mode renders this game in 4k at 60fps. While the textures and lighting are clearly not current gen it actually upconverts surprisingly well. This is hands down the best way to experience this game.
18: Mirror's Edge - Xbox 360 via Xbox One X BC - When I first played this game on PC or PS3 (I honestly don't remember) I was blown away by the gameplay and graphics. When I first picked this up for xbox 360 I was honestly disappointed. The 360 port was a far cry from the quality of the PC or even PS3 port. The XBX1 enhancements don't fix everything But the frame-rate is liquid smooth the draw distance is huge the city rooftops are rendered cleaner than they ever have been and the HDR has to be seen to be believed. Playing this game on the One X actually took my breath away for a second time.
19: Shovel Knight - Xbox One - I've already played/completed this last year with my son on the WiiU. But the exclusive Battletoads level (which is spectacular) and the update adding multiplayer (no longer exclusive to the WiiU version) nudged me to buy it a second time. My son and I had a blast playing the Battletoads level. After completing it you get a surprise (which I do not want to spoil) that adds some awesome gameplay tweaks to your repertoire that you can use for the rest of the game.
20: Mega Man - Xbox One completed
21: Mega Man 2 - Xbox One completed
22: Mega Man 3 - Xbox One in-progress
23: Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Overdrive - Nintendo Switch in-progress
24: You Have to Win the Game - PC Steam casually fiddling with this one. This is a very difficult platformer similar in spirit to Montezuma's revenge for the early pc/Atari/Coleco Vision/Master System consoles.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 01, 2017, 03:08:36 pm
Quote from: dashv on January 01, 2017, 03:04:17 pm
Can we count carryovers from 2016?

Blocking out my page 1 post now. :)

I don't see why not. In 2015 I beat Pokemon Omega Ruby, but started it in 2014. The same will probably happen with Pokemon Moon, which i started last year and have yet to beat.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 01, 2017, 03:11:33 pm
I finished with way more games beat in 2016 than I had expected due to really getting into SHMUPs and arcade ports during the last couple of months, games that generally can be beat in a few hours or less. 62 games beat was the final number. I was having doubts that I'd be able to reach 52 this year do to having a lot I need to work on, but as long as I remain on this arcade/shooter kick I think I'll be fine :)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on January 01, 2017, 04:52:59 pm
My challenge list! I played 37 games in 2015 and 48 in 2016 so this year I may finally beat the challenge! Like before, only games that I picked up or beat for the first time this year will be on this list.

New Games Played in 2017:

1. Metal Slug 6 (PS2)
2. Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (PS2)
4. Super Mario 3D World (Wii U)
5. Jeopardy (Wii)
7. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
6. Flower (PS3)
7. Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U)
8. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch)
9. Metroid: Samus Returns (3DS)
10. The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (GC)
11. Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter (PS2)
12. Super Street Fighter II Turbo (SNESc)
13. Super Mario Kart (SNESc)

+ New Games Beat in 2017: (Click the link to see each post I made about the game!)

14. (1.) Mega Man Battle Network 3: Blue Version (GBA) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132737.html#msg132737) - 1.11
15. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DS) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg134081.html#msg134081) - 2.9
16. Persona 3: FES (PS2) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg135713.html#msg135713) - 3.22
17. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg136354.html#msg136354) - 4.5
18. (5.) Pokemon: Platinum Version (DS) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg137133.html#msg137133) - 4.20 (lol)
19. New Super Mario Bros. U (Wii U) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg137183html#msg137183) - 4.21
20. Resident Evil (GC) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg137567html#msg137567) - 5.2
21. Star Fox (SNES) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg137757html#msg137757) - 5.7
22. Perfect Dark (Xbox One) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg137956html#msg137956) - 5.15
23. (10.) Shovel Knight (Wii U) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg137996html#msg137996) - 5.15
24. Lethal Enforcers (SNES) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg138721html#msg138721) - 5.28
25. Tales of Symphonia (PS3) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg139061html#msg139061) - 6.4
26. Demon's Souls (PS3) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg140971html#msg140971) - 7.10
27. SSX (PS3) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg141116html#msg141116) - 7.15
28. (15.) Yu-Gi-Oh! Seven Trials to Glory: World Championship Tournament 2005 (GBA) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg141489html#msg141489) - 7.20
29. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Wii U) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg142175html#msg142175) - 8.5
30. Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows (Wii U) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg142326html#msg142326) - 8.8
31. Mighty No. 9 (Wii U) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg142471html#msg142471) - 8.14
32. Pikmin 3 (Wii U) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg142879html#msg142879) - 8.21
33. (20.) Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Wii U) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg142879html#msg142879) - 8.22
34. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (Wii U) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg143910html#msg143910) - 9.14
35. Monster Hunter 3: Ultimate (Wii U) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg146827html#msg146827) - 11.12
36. Spyro the Dragon (PS1) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg147229html#msg147229) - 11.20
37. Time Crisis 3 (PS2) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg147305html#msg147305) - 11.23
38. (25.) Pac-Man Vs. (GC) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg148646html#msg148646) - 12.18
39. Batman: Arkham Origins (Wii U) (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg148875html#msg148875) - 12.24
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on January 01, 2017, 05:07:34 pm
Oh goodness, that sounds VERY ambitious. I don't think I'll be keeping track of how much I've played, since I'm afraid I'll start rushing through games, which I don't want to do. I do want to go through my backlog this year, but at my own pace. I do have other things to do though (like training a lot in Super Smash Bros for Wii U since I want to attend more regionals this year), so we'll see how far I can get!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 01, 2017, 05:12:11 pm
Quote from: realpoketendonl on January 01, 2017, 05:07:34 pm
Oh goodness, that sounds VERY ambitious. I don't think I'll be keeping track of how much I've played, since I'm afraid I'll start rushing through games, which I don't want to do. I do want to go through my backlog this year, but at my own pace. I do have other things to do though (like training a lot in Super Smash Bros for Wii U since I want to attend more regionals this year), so we'll see how far I can get!

While I do try and beat stuff if I can, I find the list is still a good way to keep track of everything you've played this year.  I can be pretty absent minded so it's very helpful to me lol
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 01, 2017, 08:11:20 pm
1 - Rise of the Tomb Raider (PS4 2016) - PLAYING - And with some good savings, I grabbed this just today as I've been wanting to play this game for awhile and will kick off the year for me.  I really liked the first game and I'd probably say I enjoy these ones more than Uncharted for the survival and exploration elements.  Tomb Raider (This reboot I mean) is clearly inspired by Uncharted, but I like playing this more, which has the chance of being better than Uncharted 4 last year.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 01, 2017, 11:05:11 pm
1. Battle Garegga (Arcade): This shooter is solid through and through; very atmospheric, great graphics and enemy variety, fun and challenging bosses, and quite possibly the best soundtrack in any SHMUP I've ever played. The gameplay is pretty good too aside from one huge flaw which dampened my experience more than anything; most of the bullets are a plain metallic color, making them very difficult to see, resulting in a lot of cheap deaths. Overall an outstanding shooter, just maybe a tad bit overrated though. (1/1/17)

2. Armed Police Batrider (Arcade): The best word I can use to describe this game is just plain fun! It is very colorful, the music is upbeat, and stages are awesome, this is just an all around awesome game. The gameplay is substantially improved over Garegga too which is saying a lot since that game was also very good. (1/3/17)

3. Mortal Kombat XL (PS4): While I didn't like this game as much as the 2011 Mortal Kombat, the game was still a blast and definitely worth playing. On top of that the graphics are among the best I've seen on the PS4 yet. The addition of the Predator and Alien as playable characters are an excellent touch to an already awesome game as well. (1/5/17)

4. 1080 Snowboarding (N64): At the time this game came out it was hands down the best snowboarding game, however it has been outdone by so many other Snowboard games since. Even games like Tony Hawk Pro Skater which share aspects with this game is significantly better. But for what it is, it is a fun little sports game, albeit one with very little content. At least for me, it's best quality is its heavy load of nostalgia as it reminds me of simpler times over at my friends house on winter break, trying to land the coveted 1080 trick with little success.(1/5/17)

5. Wild Guns Reloaded (PS4): Having heard so many glowing reviews for this game on the SNES, I had really high hopes for it, but overall was let down by frustrating and bulky gameplay; I hate how you can not move and shoot at the same time! Other than that, the game looks incredible and I think the theme is great, but sadly this one was meh in terms of fun. (1/14/17)

6. Mortal Kombat (Arcade): Playing this game over 20-years after it originally came out it is easy to see the reason why it became such a hit was because of the novelty of its then ultra gore. The gameplay is very basic and boring, and while I understand it was the very first game, it lacks variety in stages and characters. Speaking of characters, they are more or less the same aside from name, appearance and special moves. While I'd be lying if I said I didn't have heavy nostalgia for this game, that is about all there is left that makes me enjoy this game. (1/14/17)

7. Me and My Katamari (PSP): I will start by saying that I've never played a bad Katamari game including this one, however this is definitely the weakest game in the series due to difficult controls on the PSP and stages that are 100% recycled 5+ times. I feel like most of the console versions got both of these right, but probably due to hardware limitations this game did not. (1/16/17)

8. Virtua Fighter 2 (PSP): I am genuinely surprised that Sega was able to pull of the feel and most of the gameplay of the 3D Virtua Fighter 2 into a 2D fighting game on the Genesis. I also really enjoyed the Genesis versions of classic songs and stages from this game as well. I was not a fan of all the frustratingly cheap characters in this game, but that is sort of a staple of this entire franchise at this point. (1/17/17)

9. Mortal Kombat 3 (PSP): This was actually a very good port of the arcade version via Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play.The graphics, animation, and gameplay were crisp and accurate, and the only fault I found was the sound which is largely due to the limitations of the PSP's speaker. Despite all this, it falls victim to the same issue I have with the original Mortal Kombat which is its lack of depth and generic character templates (see above). Still, MK3 is a much better, more enjoyable game than the first and this is definitely the best way to enjoy it on a handheld. (1/22/17)

10. Batsugun Special Version (Arcade): This game was one of the most amazing, balanced, and fun shooters I've ever played, until it looped, and then again, and then yet again! Each time, not only did I have to replay through most of the levels I had just completed, but they became more and more ridiculous, and I mean that mostly negatively. If this game had ended after its first five stages this would have no doubt become one of the best SHMUPs I have ever played, but by the time I actually beat it (Stage 15, aka stage 5, 4th time) I just wanted it to be over mostly. Other than that it is easy to understand why this game is considered one of the great classic shooters and the grandfather of the bullet hell genre. (1/22/17)

11. Battle Bakraid (Arcade): While there are definite improvements, specifically to the gameplay, with this sequel to Battle Garegga, this game lacks nearly everything that made Garegga so memorable, enjoyable and special. I found this game to be good at everything, but wasn't amazing at anything. Overall it came across as a fairly generic SHMUP, albeit a well made one. (1/24/17)

12. Hyper Duel (Arcade): The fact that this game lets you toggle between a nimble Thunder Force-like space ship and a Mech with a giant gun automatically makes this game awesome, but the fact that the levels, bosses, music, and overall gameplay was amazing as well just makes this game incredible! I feel like over time Technosoft games have grown on me more and more, and in terms of the classic late 80s/early 90s titles, this ranks up there with Thunder Force IV as one of the best. It very well could be Technosoft's best. (1/26/17)

13. Strikers 1945 Series (Arcade): Technically these are three games (Strikers 1945, Strikers 1945 II, and Strikers 1999), but they were all very similar in so many ways, including how fucking awful they all are that I rolled them all up into the same review. First off, the gameplay is terrible; throws far more at you than is possible to dodge and avoid, especially towards the end of the game and on the second loop. Soundtrack is forgettable, sound fx are very basic so nothing there to get excited about. Graphics were meh, with 1999 having the best, but still nothing special. This series will go down as one of the worst SHMUPs I've ever played. (1/27/17)

14. Gekioh: Shooting King (PS1): For those who are unaware, this game is actually a fairly desired SHMUP called Shienryu in Japan. While I will say that the graphics are fairly impressive and it has pretty cool bosses in general, the game is terribly flawed in that it has some arbitrary checkpoint system that I have never seen in another shooter. Pretty much if you die you have to replay a small subsection of a level over and over again until you play it flawlessly, and you reach the start of the next subsection. Another flaw that I had a hard time dealing with is how if you die you often are not given enough power ups to get through certain parts, making getting through them very challenging sometimes. A cool game in a way, but let down severely by some really dumb game design.(1/30/17)

15. Ketsui (PS3): While this game is undeniably good and has a killer soundtrack I might add, the game lacks the balancing needed to make maniac shooters like this excellent games. Pretty much if I am put in situations that seem like my only chance of survival is pure luck then there is definitely an issue. I had far too many moments like this in this game and it really dampened my overall fun while playing. (2/5/17)

16. Nintendo World Championships 1990 (NES): While this probably does not have to be stated I do not own a real NWC cart nor did I play one when trying out this game. I was able to play a reproduction several times through to see what this game was like, which it was exactly like I expected it to be. If you are to break 100k you'll need to play through Mario and Rad Racer perfectly so you can ramp up as many points as possible during Tetris. At least from my experience you'll be lucky if you even have time to complete one Tetris, let alone 3 or 4 single lines. But then again I have never been the best at Mario Bros or Rad Racer either. As a repro I can see this being fun to play with other gamers, but its place is really during the actual competition. What I'm trying to say this game is a way more a piece of gaming history rather than a game you'd really play extensively in 2017. (2/7/17)

17. ESP Ra. De. (Arcade): Definitely one of the better games I've played released by Cave, this game deviates from your typical spaceship to a physic teenage of sorts shooting one of three types of spells at your opponents. Between juggling these spells and the energy, cool down, and quantity you have for them, this game was a pretty fun, balanced shooter. I did have a bit of issue with the controls being a tad bit floating and there being a slight delay, but overall it didn't hinder the experience that much. (2/25/17)

18. Guwange (Arcade): I liked this game well enough, however I found it to be very gimmicky for a shooter which definitely dampened my enjoyment of it throughout the game. Because your character is walking on the ground you do not have free movement as you would in most other shmups of this type. You often have to compete with barriers to attack various enemies that you can only hit with either a specialized shot that you can guide, but slows you characters down a ton, or you can use one of your limited special attacks. Aside occasionally frustrating gameplay, the music, art and concept were pretty cool, however it was not enough to make this game great, just okay. (2/26/17)

19. M.U.S.H.A (Genesis): While this game is fun and one of the best shooters on the Genesis, it has some annoying quarks which decreased my enjoyment while playing, specifically how the game pretty much screws you if you die and lose your power ups. The game becomes too difficult too quickly for you to adjust accordingly if you die and lose your power ups. This is especially true of the last three or four stages which being as powerful as possible is kind of essential. Aside from that complaint, the game looks awesome, has a good variety of stages, enemies, and bosses, and the soundtrack is amazing! (3/17/17)

20. Progear no Arashi (Arcade): I honestly just felt bored playing this game despite the gameplay being mostly good and the steampunk art style reminding me of Metal Slug. I guess there was nothing particularly interesting or remarkable to set it apart from other STG games, and I felt like I was forcing myself through the game despite it being over and done with in half an hour or so. (3/17/17)

21. Caladrius Blaze (PS4): I feel like this game tried to be an RPG too much at the expense of it being a good shooter. The gameplay, whether in easy or normal mode (I can't even imagine how frustrating hard mode is), was very imbalanced and just lacked mostly any fun. I will give this game credit for having cool bosses and the 3D backgrounds are cool, but overall I found this game to be a mess of arbitrary gameplay elements, poor balancing of difficulty, and a story that really no one needed. Probably one of my least favorite SHMUPs I've played. (3/18/17)

22. Ikaruga (Gamecube): This game gets massive brownie points for being one of the most unique and fast paced shooters ever made, as well as it being very well made, albeit extremely difficult to master. While this game is very fun to play through just for the sake of beating, its true value is in its scoring system, which for better or worse somewhat overshadows the rest of the game. Aside from that, the art direction, graphics and music are all great. While not as good as its predecessor, this game is a worthy successor to Radiant Silvergun, aka the best SHMUP ever made. (3/21/17)

23. Donpachi (Arcade): Being that Dodonpachi is one of my favorite SHMUPs of all time I had very high hopes for this one. While I didn't expect to like it as much as its successor, I at least thought it would be highly enjoyable. I ended up being pretty wrong in the end between the boring, badly designed gameplay, the bland backgrounds, and below average soundtrack. This game just lacked all the polish of Dodonpachi, in fact it almost felt like a very rough draft of what Dodonpachi would become. Moral of the story, just skip this game and play Dodonpachi, you'll be happy you did. (3/23/17)

24. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch): I will begin by saying Breath of the Wild is the greatest game I played since Half Life 2, which I first beat over 10-years ago. Almost without exception, from start to finish I was in love with nearly everything about this game; I always found myself wanting to do at least ten different things all at the same time, with a new mini adventure taking its place as soon as I finished one task. From beginning to end I found myself surprised by parts of this game, and mind you this is around 80-hours into the game. While the game does have some flaws, for every one fault this game has, there are easy 25 amazing things to make up for it. With the game beat and me feeling a sense of satisfaction I have not felt after beating a game in many years, I am currently thinking about something I never thought possible; do I like this game more than Ocarina of Time? Even if the answer ends up being no, this game has at least secured its spot as my third favorite game of all time. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is an unmitigated masterpiece that I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to play and enjoy in my lifetime. (3/28/17)

25. Viper Phase 1 (Arcade): Aside from some bland metallic space themes and somewhat non-memorable bosses, this is a pretty balanced, fun shooter. It is on the easy side for a SHMUP, but it provides a good amount of difficulty to make the gameplay exciting. The soundtrack is great and a lot of the destruction animations are very well done. Overall, a good time to be had with this one. (4/1/17)

26. Dragon Blaze (Arcade): I will give this game credit for possibly being the best designed Psikyo STG I've ever played, however this is not saying a lot since I cannot think of one game they developed that wasn't terribly flawed in terms of gameplay. Like the other Psikyo shooters I've played, this game is extremely difficult, mostly due to poor design in terms of enemies, projectiles and your character's abilities. Unlike the other titles they've made, this game had more balancing, however cheap and unavoidable deaths were still abundant. The sound in this game is nothing special and the graphics are slightly above average, but overall it didn't do much to make me enjoy this game more. (4/2/17)

27. Dodonpachi Dai Ou Jou (Arcade): My initial thoughts upon playing and beating this game was that it was finally a Cave game on par with the original Dodonpachi, one of my favorite SHMUPs of all time. After about 10 playthroughs, several which I played right after or before playing the original Dodonpachi, I have to say this game is almost as good as the original, but doesn't quite do it for me as much in the music or gameplay department, which overall creates a slightly less enjoyable experience for me. Don't get me wrong though, this is a top notch shooter and one that any die hard bullet hell enthusiast must play at some point! (4/4/17)

28. Dangun Feveron (Arcade): Sadly this game fell mostly flat for me. Despite being newer than Dodonpachi (my gold standard for Cave games), the game feels and looks like a much older game, almost as if it was supposed to come out around the time Batsugun or Donpachi were released. I will give this game some credit for having a cool ship customization which allows you to select a few more options than just shot patterns for your ship. Other than that though, this game was just boring and forgettable for me. (4/18/17)

29. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch): While there is no doubt that this is the definitive version of this game, I wasn't as blown away by all the added content as I was expecting, mostly because after all the included DLC (which I had purchased already on the Wii U version) there isn't a lot more here. The revamped battle mode is undeniably better, but it was never a mode in any Mario Kart game I was super into. I did notice the updated gameplay mechanics were were mostly improvements with the exception of some god awful driving assist mode which is turned on by default, but luckily you can turn it off and never have to worry about it again. Overall this game is as solid and fun as it ever was, but I wish they would have added in a bit more for this release like a a dozen new tracks or at least 8 new racers as well. (4/30/17)

30. South Park: The Stick of Truth (PS3): If you are a fan of the South Park show, you will LOVE this game, just as I did! This game had me busting out laughing countless times with all the fan service to series' jokes and references, as well as the original content which made this game feel like a giant interactive South Park episode. I honestly can't think of how they could have better implemented South Park into a video game, this game just nails it. With all that said, this game was a bit light on the gameplay depth and did not really break any ground with the RPG mechanics, in fact in many ways it was a below average RPG in that regard. Despite all this, the game's source material and humor carries it and makes it a highly enjoyable game. (5/17/17)

31. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4): Decided to replay this game not because of the added first person view, but mostly the slightly updated visuals and the fact that this game was a blast when I first played it on the PS3 a couple of years ago. I actually ended up enjoying the game more the second time around more, possibly taking the top seat as my favorite GTA game. The game, particularly the story mode for each of the characters is by far the best part of this game, but so is being a depraved D-Bag and stealing cars, hiring prostitutes, and killing random people, as well as all the other sick, depraved things this game allows you to do. Fun fact, GTA5 on the PS3 was the first game I beat and reviewed as part of the 52-games challenge when this all started back in 2015. (5/20/17)

32. DariusBurst Chronicle Saviours (PS4): There were things I liked about this game more than Darius Gaiden, as well as things I didn't like as much as Gaiden, but I have to give this game the edge over Gaiden do to its vast amount of content and levels to choose from. Unfortunately a lot of this content is recycled or slightly altered, but overall there is enough if it to keep me engaged in the game. Gameplay is mostly solid as well, with some zones being significantly better than others in terms of design, although none of the zones I played through were particularly memorable. Not the best horizontal SHMUP I've ever played, by definitely not the worst either; overall it was a pretty good game. (5/21/17)

33. Wolfenstein: The New Order (PS4): This game is among the most poorly designed, boring, uninteresting FPS games I've ever played. About the only thing I can say that was decent about this game was the graphics, but other than that I cannot find many good things to say about this game. Definitely the worst in the series I've played. (5/26/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: darkragnorok on January 02, 2017, 12:05:52 am
I managed 49 last year but never actually posted here but I have done more than that in pass years but I figure use to site along with others to motivate cause seriously this backlog needs to shrink.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: karyann 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)

Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: redblaze57 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
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: davifus 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]

Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: Warmsignal 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
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: tafk 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
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: davifus on January 02, 2017, 11:42:33 am
Quote from: tafk 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

Is this better or Backloggery?
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: abe 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. :)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: darkragnorok on January 02, 2017, 12:52:38 pm
Quote from: davifus on January 02, 2017, 11:42:33 am
Quote from: tafk 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

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.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: tafk on January 02, 2017, 03:03:59 pm
Quote from: davifus on January 02, 2017, 11:42:33 am
Quote from: tafk 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

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.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: NickAwesome 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

Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kingrat101 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!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on January 03, 2017, 09:16:15 am
Meant to make a reserved post days ago, oh well.

Met my goal last year (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,6762.msg105641.html#msg105641).  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

In an effort to keep track of my favorite games played this year
Games played that released this year

Games played NOT released this year

Games played overall this year

Honorable Mention

Games 1 - 21 (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132351.html#msg132351)
Games 22 - 34 (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132391.html#msg132391)
Games 35 - 46 (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132592.html#msg132592)
Games 47 - 61 (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php?topic=7980.msg132597#msg132597)
Games 62 - 77 (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132748.html#msg132748)
Games 78 - 96 (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php?topic=7980.msg133281#msg133281)
Games 97 - 105 + Not in progress games (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg133381.html#msg133381)
Abandoned and unfinished games from last year (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php?topic=7980.msg133435#msg133435)
Final Stats (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg149113.html#msg149113)



Wife's 20 30 40 game challenge
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on January 03, 2017, 09:18:46 am
Main List (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php?topic=7980.msg132350#msg132350)

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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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: rayne315 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
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: tafk 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!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 03, 2017, 05:11:41 pm
Quote from: tafk 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!

Sounds interesting.  I try to keep the details of my stuff if I can, though not all PS4 games keep track of time spent in the game.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: davifus on January 03, 2017, 05:13:41 pm
Quote from: tafk 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!

I'm open to it
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: dashv on January 04, 2017, 02:29:03 am
Quote from: darkragnorok on January 02, 2017, 12:52:38 pm
Quote from: davifus on January 02, 2017, 11:42:33 am
Quote from: tafk 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

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.

I know I've said it before but, I really wish this site had a checkbox for "beaten" or "completed" for each game.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 04, 2017, 03:04:27 am
2 - The Last Guardian (PS4 2016) - PLAYING - Finally a Redbox got one of these in for rent.  Like none of them did for some reason, no one in the area got any copies.  Anyways, I'm enjoying it, but a number of hours in, the companionship between Trico and your character is very charming and enjoyable.  It has more than a number of issues with the AI, controls, camera, and framerate, but I'll leave that to the final review.  It's been a good game, but it's got some jank for sure, which isn't surprising after all these years in development lol
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on January 04, 2017, 09:03:46 am
Let the fun begin! I did really well last year, so I'm hoping to continue that trend this year! My next post will be my review page.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on January 04, 2017, 09:04:18 am
Reviews in purple are for games that I replayed. Reviews in teal are for games that I did not finish.

1. Corpse Party (http://www.gamefaqs.com/3ds/127444-corpse-party/reviews/163636)

2. DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/914995-ddrmax2-dance-dance-revolution/reviews/61638)

3. Siren (http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/918848-siren/reviews/163656)

4. Red Ninja: End of Honor (http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/919009-red-ninja-end-of-honor/reviews/163663)

5. Mega Man & Bass (http://www.gamefaqs.com/gba/589568-mega-man-and-bass/reviews/163673)

6. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/582958-shin-megami-tensei-nocturne/reviews/163718)

7. Aqua Aqua (http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/451776-aqua-aqua/reviews/163712)

8. Klonoa (https://www.gamefaqs.com/wii/954341-klonoa/reviews/163734)

9. DDRMax: Dance Dance Revolution (https://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/561443-ddrmax-dance-dance-revolution/reviews/46990)

10.  Dance Dance Revolution SUPERNOVA (https://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/932919-dance-dance-revolution-supernova/reviews/163264)

11. Mega Man X4 - PlayStation Version (https://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/197898-mega-man-x4/reviews/100639)

12. Onimusha Tactics (https://www.gamefaqs.com/gba/562260-onimusha-tactics/reviews/163764)

13. Dance Dance Revolution Konamix (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/551239-dance-dance-revolution-konamix/reviews/160424)

14. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2 - Innocent Sin (https://www.gamefaqs.com/psp/611279-shin-megami-tensei-persona-2-innocent-sin/reviews/163781)

15. Bayonetta (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/946345-bayonetta/reviews/163800)

16. Wild ARMs XF (https://www.gamefaqs.com/psp/935425-wild-arms-xf/reviews/163818)

17. Tales of Berseria (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps4/167071-tales-of-berseria/reviews/163863)

18. Yakuza (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/929568-yakuza/reviews/163910)

19. Guilty Gear X (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/519265-guilty-gear-x/reviews/163942)

20. Super Smash Brothers

21. Aliens vs. Predator

22. Dance Dance Revolution X (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/950955-dance-dance-revolution-x/reviews/163996)

23. Mr. Bones (https://www.gamefaqs.com/saturn/198009-mr-bones/reviews/163990)

24. Mega Man X6 (https://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/516512-mega-man-x6/reviews/129879)

25. Shining Force III (https://www.gamefaqs.com/saturn/198623-shining-force-iii/reviews/164051)

26. Scud: The Disposable Assassin (https://www.gamefaqs.com/saturn/198564-scud-the-disposable-assassin/reviews/164078)

27. Shin Megami Tensei IV (https://www.gamefaqs.com/3ds/672441-shin-megami-tensei-iv/reviews/164117)

28. Mega Man X4 - Saturn Version (https://www.gamefaqs.com/saturn/197899-mega-man-x4/reviews/164088)

29. Battle Monsters (https://www.gamefaqs.com/saturn/196717-battle-monsters/reviews/164110)

30. Clockwork Knight (https://www.gamefaqs.com/saturn/562826-clockwork-knight/reviews/164101)

31. Ghosthunter (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/914652-ghosthunter/reviews/164134)

32. Trillion: God of Destruction (https://www.gamefaqs.com/vita/763291-trillion-god-of-destruction/reviews/164224)

33. Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE (https://www.gamefaqs.com/wii-u/701254-tokyo-mirage-sessions-fe/reviews/164211)

34. Power Stone (https://www.gamefaqs.com/dreamcast/198332-power-stone/reviews/164295)

35. Crimson Tears (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/914837-crimson-tears/reviews/164365)

36. Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception (https://www.gamefaqs.com/vita/146564-utawarerumono-mask-of-deception/reviews/164428)

37. Lunar: Dragon Song (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ds/925564-lunar-dragon-song/reviews/164423)

38. Power Stone 2 (https://www.gamefaqs.com/dreamcast/198333-power-stone-2/reviews/164489)

39. Bloodborne (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps4/805577-bloodborne/reviews/164503)

40. Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (https://www.gamefaqs.com/saturn/573944-croc-legend-of-the-gobbos/reviews/164525)

41. Clockwork Knight 2 (https://www.gamefaqs.com/saturn/573938-clockwork-knight-2/reviews/164598)

42. Super Princess Peach (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ds/925562-super-princess-peach/reviews/164568)

43. The Silver Case (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps4/200321-the-silver-case/reviews/164616)

44. Poochy and Yoshi's Wooly World

45. Bug! (https://www.gamefaqs.com/saturn/573934-bug/reviews/164589)

46. Fighting Vipers (https://www.gamefaqs.com/saturn/197334-fighting-vipers/reviews/164659)

47. Dark Savior (https://www.gamefaqs.com/saturn/197050-dark-savior/reviews/164724)

48. Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse (https://www.gamefaqs.com/3ds/181823-shin-megami-tensei-iv-apocalypse/reviews/164766)

49. Valkyria Revolution (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps4/183292-valkyria-revolution/reviews/164767)

50. Galaxy Fight (https://www.gamefaqs.com/saturn/573958-galaxy-fight/reviews/164796)

51. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/677321-jojos-bizarre-adventure-hd-ver/reviews/164803)

52. Burning Rangers (https://www.gamefaqs.com/saturn/196841-burning-rangers/reviews/164849)

53. Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/944396-guilty-gear-xx-accent-core-plus/reviews/148062)

54. D (https://www.gamefaqs.com/saturn/573947-d/reviews/164880)

55. Lufia: The Legend Returns (https://www.gamefaqs.com/gbc/563014-lufia-the-legend-returns/reviews/164904)

56. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/932984-uncharted-drakes-fortune/reviews/164930)

57. Tokyo Xanadu (https://www.gamefaqs.com/vita/130085-tokyo-xanadu/reviews/164945)

58. Norn9: Var Commons (https://www.gamefaqs.com/vita/823856-norn9-var-commons/reviews/164991)

59. Hyperdimension Neptunia U Action Unleashed (https://www.gamefaqs.com/vita/785525-hyperdimension-neptunia-u-action-unleashed/reviews/164989)

60. Mega Man 8 - Saturn Version (https://www.gamefaqs.com/saturn/197894-mega-man-8/reviews/165101)

61. MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death (https://www.gamefaqs.com/vita/131785-meiq-labyrinth-of-death/reviews/164990)

62. Arc Rise Fantasia (https://www.gamefaqs.com/wii/949770-arc-rise-fantasia/reviews/165096)

63. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure All Star Battle (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/676176-jojos-bizarre-adventure-all-star-battle/reviews/165135)

64. Ys VII: The Lacrimosa of Dana

65. The Suffering (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/914619-the-suffering/reviews/165203)

66. Blue Reflection (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps4/194973-blue-reflection/reviews/165241)

67. Xenogears (https://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/199365-xenogears/reviews/140909)

68. Dragon Seeds (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/197158-dragonseeds/reviews/165240)

69. Star Ocean: The Second Story (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/198763-star-ocean-the-second-story/reviews/68097)

70. Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library & the Monster Seal (https://www.gamefaqs.com/vita/809286-dungeon-travelers-2-the-royal-library-and-the-monster-seal/reviews/165346)

71. Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure (https://www.gamefaqs.com/3ds/641555-rhythm-thief-and-the-emperors-treasure/reviews/165345)

72. Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/198474-rhapsody-a-musical-adventure/reviews/165390)

73. Azure Dreams (https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/196675-azure-dreams/reviews/165391)

74. Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth (review coming soon)

75. Undertale (review coming soon)

76. Secret of Evermore (https://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/588645-secret-of-evermore/reviews/165510)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on January 04, 2017, 09:26:45 am
Main List (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php?topic=7980.msg132350#msg132350)

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

22. Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin (X1)
I started playing this, by myself, because my wife's cousin doesn't remember much about this game.  But then I played while he was around and he started guiding me.  I can't recall the area where I'm at and what it's called.  The game reminds me of Demon's Souls, much more so than Dark Souls.  A lot about it screams Demon's Souls.  It feels much easier for me than Dark Souls was, but I'm still getting my butt kicked.  The game does seem to have a bit of an issue with how long it takes for your character to raise their shield, which causes some issues, and sometimes the enemies animations and movements will behave erratically.  Sometimes I'll think I'm outside of their AoA, but then their entire character model will rotate in place by 45 degrees, not move, rotate like magic, and then they will hit me.  What's the point of such a game if the enemies can always basically teleport to be facing you.  Same thing goes with their shields when they want to block.  I have also died several times from enemies entirely missing me, and I have no animation of me getting attacked, but I still take damage and die.  I mean, a big boss slams his foot down 5-10 feet away from me and the dust that kicks up kills me.  I don't know.  I'm taking a break for a while.   Jumped back into this game, doing a lot of stuff in No Man's Wharf right now, jumped up at least 15 levels yesterday alone.  Got a pretty badass great sword and upgraded it to +4 or +5, so it does nearly 300 base damage.  Played this like crazy for a week or 2 and now I'm at level 80 something and I have a weapon that does 500+ damage.  Wife's cousin came over so I decided to start playing this again, at this point I was at level 97 or something.  Played through with some guidance and managed to get up to like level 140 and finished the game.
Rating: Great, challenging experience.  Not for the weak.  Highly recommended.

23. Fire Emblem: Heroes (Android)
Nice little small Fire Emblem mobile game.  Plays fairly well, seems totally playable without the micro transactions.  I've heard some stories of folks spending $1000 on it and not getting the character they want, so that kind of concerns me.  I've spent no money, but I've used the material that you would otherwise buy, and I have not yet been able to get the few characters I would like to have.  I've seen a lot of people complain that it is too simple and that any true Fire Emblem fan will be insulted by this game or that any newcomer would think that Fire Emblem is stupid, I guess I see that, but I kind of enjoy the game.  Finished the final chapter.  Nothing was resolved, no questions answered.  Obviously, they released an incomplete game with the intent of releasing the rest of the story down the line to either keep you coming back to play or to charge you for the story.  Either way, I now see why most reviewers gave it such a bad score.  Can't really recommend this while it is an incomplete experience.
Rating: Pass, for now, once the full game has been released, I'll probably change it to a recommended play.

24. 1-2 Switch! (Switch)
This is one of those unbeatable games, but played it for several hours.  Game starts you off with a random game out of the tutorial games.  After that you only have access to the 7 or so tutorial games, after playing for a while, they unlock the rest of the games.  Some of the games are pretty fun, some are pretty weird.  Sneaky dice is pretty good, not knowing what each other has, but trying to screw each other over.  The counting marbles one is pretty interesting, but not too difficult.  The rotating one got pretty competitive for us, we even tried to find ways to cheat the system, I got so far as 1900 degrees.  The wild west shooting games are pretty good too.  Didn't play any of the dancing ones or the baby game, but I'm sure we will eventually.
Rating: Kids would definitely like this game, especially in a party atmosphere.  Adults might get a kick out of it as well, but again, party atmosphere.  Any fewer than 3 players and you won't be playing for long, likely.  Definitely not worth MSRP nor 20% off.  Pick this one up cheap later on if you are interested.

25. Legend of Zelda, The: Breath of the Wild (Switch)
I'm going to do my damnedest to keep this whole thing spoiler free.  A lot of how the game feels reminds me of Skyward Sword, but in a good way.  It feels like a lot of what I wanted Skyward Sword to be.  It's pretty damned great.  The combat system is a bit different from previous Zelda games, you can't dodge roll anymore, which is a huge bummer, because it was really useful in other games.  In this game, you can only jump sideways, so the ability to dodge attacks is much more difficult.  On the same note, the combat system and balancing of enemies and the AI used by the enemies is much higher, I feel playing this, that almost any enemy, even a moblin can be huge trouble if you aren't prepared.  More than once, I've gone into a fight with a bigger enemy and wind up with them down to little to no health, but I have no weapons to speak of, so I just have to run away or deal 1 damage at a time getting tree branches or something.  You can't go fight bigger enemies early on, because you just don't have the ability to deal enough damage before running out of damage dealing options.  I defeated one of the more intimidating enemies pretty early on, but it was a lot of being very cheap and strategic on my part, I honestly don't even remember how I did it, because I know I ran out of weapons at some point.  I had my first experience with one of the few actually "dungeons" in the game, and I guess I just wasn't ready for the puzzles because I kept getting ahead of where I needed to be or figuring things out the not obvious way.  So I applaud the flexibility of the system, but on the other hand, I don't feel like I should be doing things the way I have been doing them to get ahead, feels a little unnatural, but I'm getting the job done.  So much about this game gets me laughing about the smallest things.  I'm also quite enjoying the ability to just take the system on the go.  I've played in the waiting room of a vets office, I've played at a relatives house, it's fantastic, I just wish that Nintendo would sell the docks separately at a lower price.  $60 for a dock is ridiculous.  I haven't updated this in a while, game is really fun and watching my wife play is showing me that, yes, I have been doing things the hard way a lot of times.  Almost every single puzzle has multiple ways to solve it.  I'm pretty much at the end of the game at this point, I might do more side stuff rather than just end it, but I may decide to just end it.  I just don't know if this game will top Mad Max for game of the year for me.  But I won't pass judgment until I finish the game.  I'm gonna put this one ahead of Mad Max, only because I recall Mad Max giving me trouble at times, glitches and such.  This game was just a wonderful experience all over.
Rating: A really great game by Nintendo, worthy of the praise it has been receiving.

26. Binding of Isaac, The: Afterbirth+ (Switch)
I may not have 100% beat this game, let alone unlocked all of the endings, but I did get the credits to pop.  I'll probably keep playing this game on and off because it genuinely is a fantastic game.  This game, the physical version, came with stickers and a physical manual.  If Nicalis keeps this up, I will be purchasing every Nicalis game for Switch on release day.  Nice little dungeon crawler shooter game.  Randomly generated levels, you can grab the seed to generate the dungeons and replay the same dungeon, but even then, the items acquired are random too, so that won't be the same.  Obviously it is a really weird game story wise, but gameplay wise, it is a pretty great game.  Game does have a lack of depth given how short the "story" is, but the incentive to replay is pretty high, because every successive win gets you a new ending.  20-ish endings in all.
Rating: Highly recommended if you have no issue with the lack of depth.

27. Fine Sweeper (PC)
One of the games that one of our fine members,metshael, was giving away.  I'm sure he still has plenty of codes to give away for various games if you are interested.  I'm a fairly big fan of minesweeper, so I jumped at this game.  It's pretty basic minesweeper, but they give you hearts for situations where you need to guess to get through a set of tiles, so it is far more forgiving than regular minesweeper in that manner.  Overall, this game is a much needed improvement over the original minesweeper, plus it has that achievement leaderboard etc stuff folks really like.
Rating: Recommended if you like minesweeper, if not, oh well.

28. Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4)
I was out and about and was in a Gamestop for a reason or another, and I saw they had this pre-owned, so I figured I'd give it a go and see how I like it.  So far, very meh.  Once I get a hang of the controls and get into the actual story, I might grow to like the game, but so far, it's pretty bland and boring.  As I get older, I'm realizing that games aren't grabbing my attention fast enough.  I remember playing Borderlands and that game snatching my interest straight from the intro movie.  That's the last game I remember just being totally enthralled from the start... and in retrospect, that game kind of sucked.  The game doesn't do much hand holding, so I wasn't aware there was a level up system until I was already level 12 or something, tons of points to spec out.  I didn't realize that you can craft a lot of the things you would buy like health potions and such.  I was nearly getting ready to give up on the game when my wife looked up and saw that you can get an unlimited fast travel pack.  I feel like there is more that I need to learn about this game.  Fighting humans is no problem, just headshot them with your bow and arrow.  The machines, at least the bigger ones, I find myself hiding behind rocks and pegging them in their weakspots with like 100 arrows.  I've yet to learn how to use anything but regular and fire arrows.  So as I'm reaching the end of the game I'm learning more and more about the game.  I've acquired new weapons, which have made the fights so much easier, plus it unlocks the other ammo types.  I've got this game down pretty well and I'm enjoying it very much.  So much so, that I've decided to go for the platinum trophy for the game.  So far I've missed only one potentially miss-able trophy, but from what I've read, it's not miss-able, so we'll see.  I'd really hate for it to be the one trophy that kills the platinum for me.  Platinum popped right after the credits, so nice.
Rating: Fantastic game, definitely a contender for GOTY, pretty easy platinum too.

29. Life is Strange (PS4)
I'm not gonna have a lot to say about this game given that I beat it over a weekend while I wasn't on here to really track my progress.  I'm a pretty big fan of time travel sci-fi stuff, so I was surprised with just how much time travel this game has, it's a bit of a spoiler, but this game is way old at this point, your character goes further back in time than the advertised minute or so.  The story is pretty great, and some of the characters are pretty memorable.  But the problem that basically you decisions in the game come out to 1 single decision that isn't truly affected by any of your choices throughout the game.  Say you don't save someone and they die, at the end of the game you make a decision that either lets them live regardless or they die regardless... so it doesn't matter if you saved them 15 times throughout the game, the only definitive decision that decides their fate is right at the end.  Trophies are just the combination of 2 things, taking all of the optional pictures and beating the game.  Easy Platinum.
Rating: This game is cheap enough at this point and short enough overall that this game is highly recommended, but it is basically an interactive visual novel.  Easy Platinum.

30. Gears of War 4 (X1)
I bought this game shortly after release for like $20.  Another Laura Bailey game.  I should probably keep a tally of games played in a year with her in it.  I've been putting off playing it because I thought maybe I could get my wife to co-op the entire franchise with me.  I gave up on that and started playing.  She immediately asked if the game does co-op story mode.  So maybe we'll play through the games on co-op at some point.  We do need a co-op game to start playing, almost done with Snipperclips.  I think this game takes place 25 years after GoW3, but if that's the case then JD at best is 24, assuming Marcus knocked Anya up immediately after GoW3.  I went in this blind not knowing what the game was about.  I was pleasantly surprised with the totalitarian regime created by the COGs, and then not so surprised by the return of the Lambent (or whatever they're called now).  Game seems to have a new mechanic that allows fast traversal of obstacles, but it seems very timing sensitive, so it doesn't work great.  Weapons are mostly the same with a few new additions, basically same old Gears.  New characters are nice and I'm digging the banter between JD and Del, Kait so far isn't as awesome as I was hoping, she seems very Anya so far.  Starting to like the characters more and more.  I was almost disappointed with the devs for going an obvious route, and poorly executed at that, but they didn't, so it's all good.  So got to this one really big monster and fought it... then the game ended.  Fairly anti-climactic, emotional sure, but fairly anti-climactic.  I expected more with Jinn or at least SOMETHING with the COGS at the end.  Just felt very abrupt.
Rating: Story wise, not nearly as good as the original trilogy, but it has some good moments.  Gameplay wise, many improvements.  Overall, meh, wait for bargain bin if you really want it.

31. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Wii U)
This game is going to show up in my 52 list every single year because it gets played at least once a year and it gets played for quite a while.  My wife invited family over for Easter, which turned into having many kids over.  One kid had never heard of Super Smash bros. and thought that Samus dude looks pretty cool on the cover.  Got to explain that that's a girl.  He didn't understand that it is a Nintendo IP fight game, so he was talking about playing as someone from Halo.  The entire time we were there all he wanted to do was play Call of Duty, and I had to explain to him over and over that A)I don't own many CoD games, because they generally suck. B)We aren't going to play CoD., C) You aren't going to wreck me at anything.  D) If you want to play a shooter, we are going to play Timesplitters.  Anyways, we played Smash bros, and this kid (11 year old) plays like a 3 year old, he just jumps off the level and doesn't get what's going on.
Rating: Still a fantastic game.

32. Yooka-Laylee (PS4)
I finished Gears 4 Friday evening and decided to jump into this one.  I went into this with pretty low expectations because it's a Kickstarter game and I've been burned by other big name Kickstarter games.  As it is, I was already burned by this project because specifically, I wanted a Wii U copy, and they cancelled it.  Honestly, from what I can tell, there was no good reason to cancel it other than that they'd sell more copies on the Switch.  The game makes no use of the PS4 touch pad, so I wouldn't expect them to make use of the Wii U Gamepad either, so there's that.  So the characters of the game are fairly interesting and memorable, just forgettable bland characters like some other games, so they do have that going for them.  The introduction of a stamina bar over using inventory items (read as feathers) is pretty nice, but health items are dual use, eating them gives you health, collecting them fills your stamina bar.  So you have to pick and choose.  I find even early on, the difficulty for most challenges is very high.  There is very little margin for error in most challenges, some have NO margin for error.  Most boss fights give you zero recovery items (stamina and health), so you have to basically do a long multi-tier boss fight without getting hit more than a few times.  I believe the older games would give you enemies that would drop honey combs, but I could be wrong.  Races don't appear to have rubber band mechanics, which is GREAT, like so damned GREAT.  Cameras are just as frustrating as the N64 games, they obviously didn't use modern game design when deciding how to implement the camera system.  They attempt to shift you from 3D camera mode to isometric or 2D and this causes you to fall and die on many occasions.  Length wise, I beat the game in about 2 days.  In order to beat the game you have to collect 100/145 Pagies (Jiggies).  My end completion was 100/145 Pagies and 901/1010 Quills (Notes).  I'm mildly surprised by how short and simplistic this game was, nothing truly innovative or indie about this game.  It really feels like if the devs from Rare broke off from Rare and started their own company to create a spiritual successor to Banjo Kazooie, but back in 1999.  Mind you, this is all actually true, minus the 1999 part.  The director of Yooka-Laylee was the lead programmer on Banjo Kazooie, and they have the same artists and composers.  What I mean to get at is that, I won't be surprised when someone "demakes" this game into an actual N64 game, because the depth of this title is equivalent to an N64 game.  I mean, even a ROM hacker could probably just take Banjo Tooie and just tear it apart and put it back together to make this game.
Rating:If playing a Banjo-Tooie ROM hack sounds like fun, give this a go, otherwise maybe pass on this one.  Too much feels too dated.  Jokes are funny though... Fucking Trowzer Snake.

33. Warlock's Tower (PC)
Played this game at PAX South this year and the dev was doing a PWYW on the game, so I gave the dude a fiver and grabbed a code.  At the time the game wasn't out yet and he wouldn't say what the retail price was going to be, but he made it sound like the phone version was cheaper yet exactly the same as the PC version, so meh.  Simple little puzzle game, get through the room in the allowed number of steps.  Minor obstacles and murderous things here and there.  Pretty simple, pick up and go type of game.  Game is a bit like Witness later on, in that it is helpful to drop the game for a while and come back with fresh eyes.  The difficulty really ramped up about halfway through the game.  Last section of the tower drops the allowed steps, but basically each one still only has one or so acceptable solutions.
Rating: Pretty fun, pretty tough, really brutal at the end.  Not recommended unless you like brutal puzzles.

34. Hue (PS4)
Neat little platform game that uses color as a platforming/puzzle mechanic.  Game is short enough that the puzzles don't get too difficult and the game doesn't tire you out too quickly.  Certain objects are certain colors, you can change the background color of the world to match these objects.  When they match, they stop existing and you can walk through them and such.  Early on, the puzzles are simple easy puzzles, as you progress, the puzzles become more about timing and use platforming mechanics to get through.
Rating: Fun, cheap, quick game.  Not much story, no platinum.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 05, 2017, 02:18:01 am
2 - The Last Guardian (PS4 2016) - BEAT - Absolutely charming game filled with lots of little jankyness strewn throughout.  Controls sometimes just don't work right, the camera likes to freak out in narrow areas when your riding Trico, the AI for Trico can be sketchy at times once you can direct him, and the framerate definitely dies more than a few times on a regular PS4.

On the other hand, there's some cool looking locations, some of the puzzles are great (a couple aren't lol), and though the AI will piss you off, you will find a lot of moments to love when hanging out with your best bird-dog-cat friend.  If you got a PS4, I'd certainly recommend the game, especially if your wanting something that has abit less of combat focus to it.

Not a bad way to start off 2017 with my first completed game.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: abe on January 05, 2017, 12:08:25 pm
**Now using this post as my complete list for the year**

Finished my first game of the year with New Super Mario Bros 2 on the 3DS. It was enjoyable enough. Not too much to say about it really.

*Edit: Finished up the original DOOM today as well (not the 2016 DOOM, I'm still working on that). It was excellent and I'm looking forward to playing the other DOOM stuff that came in the bundle with it on Steam. It holds up well to this day and it was fun playing it through all the way to the end for my first time.

Finished Games (replayed games are in purple)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 06, 2017, 01:03:07 am
I've been averaging almost a game a day since the new year started. I'm on a roll!

4. 1080 Snowboarding (N64): At the time this game came out it was hands down the best snowboarding game, however it has been outdone by so many other Snowboard games since. Even games like Tony Hawk Pro Skater which share aspects with this game is significantly better. But for what it is, it is a fun little sports game, albeit one with very little content. At least for me, it's best quality is its heavy load of nostalgia as it reminds me of simpler times over at my friends house on winter break, trying to land the coveted 1080 trick with little success.(1/5/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on January 06, 2017, 03:58:59 pm
Corpse Party review is up. It's my first review for 2017! I'm excited to write more reviews and re-read some older ones.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: abe on January 06, 2017, 05:25:06 pm
Quote from: kashell on January 06, 2017, 03:58:59 pm
Corpse Party review is up. It's my first review for 2017! I'm excited to write more reviews and re-read some older ones.

Good to see you liked it. :)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on January 06, 2017, 08:26:13 pm
Ok. Even though I said I wouldn't do this actively, I guess there's no harm in keeping a track record at least.
Just beat Life is Strange...Good lord. What a trip. I'm honestly super bummed I had the ending spoiled for me, but overall it was a great experience. I truly felt attached to these characters, and there definitely were moments that really touched me. I won't dare to spoil anything, but highly recommended!

Currently I have a few plans on what to do next. I want to beat the original Kirby's Dream Land on hard mode, just so I can say I beat that one. I'm also planning on returning to Kirby Super Star Ultra. I've still not beaten the Arena in that game, and I really want to finally finish it. Also playing through New Super Mario Bros. U right now. We'll see after those three.
Also still playing a lot of Melody's Escape and Super Smash Bros., but I play them just for fun, not to complete them (especially since that's impossible with Melody's Escape).

EDIT: I like the easily understandable style people are giving this here, so I'm going to do that here too!
Bold is beaten
Italics is currently playing
Normal is planning on playing soon
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: Limeface on January 07, 2017, 01:15:58 am
1. The Little Mermaid: Magic in Two Kingdoms (GBA)
I did not plan on beating this game, but it's so short. It took me under an hour to finish. The game is essentially 8 short levels that that follow the course of the Little Mermaid film. These levels include fetch quests, rhythm, platforming, shooting/defense, and a horizontal swimming level that sort of played like a shooter. The game is clearly meant for children, but it sure is a solid kid's game. Graphically the game looks really good. I was honestly surprised with good it looked. It plays really tightly and is really enjoyable. I would probably have enjoyed it even more if I was a 7-year old.
★★★★

2. Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus (PS3)
I love this game. This is my seventh time playing through this game. I played the PS3 remaster and this old PS2 game looks great in HD. Some of the 3D cutscenes have aged poorly, but the cel-shaded graphics used in levels look fantastic. I think it is such a solid 3D platformer and one of the best PS2 games Sony released. I love how tight this game is. Later entries in the series go more open-world, but I love how streamlined this one is. The game is not very long and doesn't outstay it's welcome. Each world has solid levels that take enough skill to be challenging. I even platinumed it. The villains and story are fun and the whole game feels like a Saturday morning cartoon. My only complaint is that the game introduces a bunch of new mechanics towards the end of the game, which is odd. The game is almost over, why do I need to learn new stuff now? Regardless, this is a great game and I think the best game in the Sly series.
★★★★★

3. Pokemon Moon (3DS)
I started this game when it released in November of 2016. While I hadn't finished it before the end of last year, I named it my game of the year for 2016. And now that I've finished it, I stand by that statement, this game is fantastic. I'm a big Pokemon fan, and this is by far the best Pokemon game released so far. Mechanically the game fixes so much of the complexity that was always hindering the Pokemon game. The story is well written and has characters that are fleshed out, something past games have struggled with. The region of islands is well designed and feels fresh and unlike past games. There are tons of fun references for long time fans, and is easy enough to welcome newcomers, (and is albeit a bit dumbed down overall) but not so easy that someone like me who has played the past Pokemon games feels unchallenged. The writing is really well done, and the characters feel very thought out. The soundtrack is my favorite Pokemon soundtrack so far. The post game content is fairly brief, but tons of fun. A fantastic Pokemon game, and a great RPG overall.
★★★★★

4. Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep – A Fragmentary Passage (PS4)
While essentially a demo for Kingdom Hearts III, this is a fantastic Kingdom Hearts game. If this is how Kingdom Hearts III is going to play, then I can't wait! As a big Kingdom Hearts fan, I was excited to finally play this game. It only took me 3 hours to finish, but they really packed a lot into that short amount of time. You play as Aqua, one of the main characters from Birth By Sleep. The game plays, fast, smooth, and frantic. More like a better version of Kingdom Heart's II's gameplay. The Unreal Engine 4 is looking really great with the Kingdom Hearts character models and the voice acting is really spot on. The ending sets up Kingdom Hearts III beautifully. Based on how polished this game is I wonder if Kingdom Hearts III isn't as far off as I originally thought.
★★★★.5

5. Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland (GBA)
I like this game, but it is definitely my least favorite Kirby game I've played. Going into this game, I didn't know it was a remake of Kirby's Adventure on the NES. It looks great using the same style that the DS Kirby games would come to use. The issue is the levels are too short. Each level might be 4 or 5 rooms and then it would end. I never had enough time to get invested in the level. It plays a lot better when you marathon a bunch of levels. Finding the secret switches to unlock the bonus games was fun. They were easy enough to find, but some were hidden in such obscure places, that it made my scratch my head. Really great boss fights. Overall, a good Kirby game remake that hasn't aged as well as I would have hoped.
★★★

6. Adventure (Atari 2600/PS4)
The best 2600 game in my opinion. Playing this game I view as the video game equivalent of watching a silent movie. This game set some of the groundwork for the classic games that would come after it. The funny looking dragons are well crafted enemies, the bat is annoying, and the items are fun. I played this on the Atari Flashback Classics on PS4 and it emulated quite well. I even got the trophy for not slaying the dragons. Playing the game on level one is easy. Level 2 and 3 are more complex but more fun. The easter egg the creator hid with his name is also in this emulation which I was glad they kept. Great little game with a lot of history.
★★★★

7. Mega Man 3 (NES/3DS)
I really enjoyed this one. While I do find it a bit easier than Mega Man 2, I think I like 3 is the better game. The levels are so tight and the bosses are fun. The health and power ups seem to be more spread out than in the previous games. Proto Man adds a lot to the actual story of Mega Man. Fantastic game.
★★★★★

8. Mega Man 4 (NES/3DS)
Mega Man 4 is a good game, but not as good as Mega Man 2 or 3. The weapons and levels don't feel as smooth. The story feels tacked on which is a shame coming from the decent story telling in 3. The endgame just wasn't as fun as the previous 3. It's a good platformer, but a weaker Mega Man game.
★★★★

9. VVVVVV (Vita)
This is a fantastic puzzle game. Following the adventure of Captain Viridian as he finds his crew in a strange dimension. Really awesome level design. The game uses a gravity flipper style of gameplay to create some really complex points. The game is hard and frustrating too, but in the most satisfying way possible. There is a level called "Doing things the hard way" that is absolutely insane, but after about 500 tries I got the collectible. Exploring the world and filling out the map was fun and I did find all the collectible trinkets. It's very pretty game with old pc style graphics. I adore the soundtrack. Definitely one of my favorite indie games.
★★★★★

10. Severed (Vita)
I really sunk my teeth into this game. Really awesome dungeon crawler that actually uses the touchpad on the Vita in a fantastic way. One of the best Vita games. The art style is gruesome and creepy in the best way possible. The story is simple but really powerful. Trying to find your family sets such a good backdrop. The learning curve is perfect and I never felt overwhelmed by the mechanics. My only complaint is that it is very easy to max out your stats by the end of the game, I would have liked a bit more challenge in that regard. I did 100% the game finding all the secrets and exploring all the maps. I did get the platinum trophy since the trophy list was fairly easy. A phenomenal game that I really enjoyed.
★★★★★

11. Mega Man 5 (NES/3DS)
Another great Mega Man game. I liked that each stage had a collectible. Beat the bird is fun and useful addition to Mega Man's arsenal. The weapons were really different from the previous 4 games. Great stages, great game.
★★★★★

12. The Wolf Among Us (PS4)
This is an amazing game. This was my 2nd time playing through this game and I tried to make the opposite choices of what I did last time. Ended up playing as more of a ruthless sheriff. This one of the best noir games I've seen. The final episode is brilliant and has one of my favorite boss fights. The quick time events and the choices don't feel like ad ons to an interactive movie, the game still succeeds at being a game unlike other adventure games in this genre. Really great characters, and a great story that I was really invested in even a 2nd time. Here's hoping a season two releases eventually.
★★★★★

13. Mega Man 6 (NES/3DS)
The last NES Mega Man is a really fun one. I loved the robot master's powers. The alternate paths that are discoverable added a new element to the previous Mega Man gameplay. Awesome game.
★★★★★

14. Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope (Vita)
Shovel Knight is a masterful game. The developers really knew what makes a 2D platformer work. I'm glad I played Mega Man 1-6 recently before playing through Shovel Knight. It made it fun to see where Shovel Knight's inspiration came from and the gameplay elements that have been able to stand the test of time. The RPG elements of magic and armor were fun. The bosses and stages are all incredibly well crafted. Propeller Knight's stage was my least favorite. On the PlayStation version you can fight Kratos from God of War which was way cool. The reward is armor that actually changes the gameplay to be more akin to the faced paced hack-n-slash found in God of War. The soundtack might be the best video game soundtrack I've heard. Incredible game. Looking forward to playing through the DLC and New Game + in the future.
★★★★★

15. Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories HD (PS4)
This is such a strange game. A remake of a 2D GBA game into a 3D PS2 game then ported to PS3/PS4. The game works better as a smaller GBA game because on a console it feels lost. The game reuses assets from Kingdom Hearts 1,  but if you can wrap your head around the deck building mechanic and create the deck of cards to work to your advantage, the game actually makes for an enjoyable action RPG. It does suffer from repetitive gameplay since all you do is open rooms and fight heartless enemies non-stop so you can have more cards to progress through doors. Each level is a rehash of the Disney stories from Kingdom Hearts 1 with some minor tweaks mainly focusing on memories and ending with a boss fight. In between levels is where the actual important story segments and Kingdom Hearts character boss fights play out. The main story is actually good and is important for later entries in the series. The games biggest problem is how you can essentially get stuck locked out of a room without the proper key card. Then you have to search randomly for the card you need. You can manipulate the game to give you certain cards by using a roulette room card, but the game still leaves you to chance. That part can be very frustrating. Once the game is over, you unlock Reverse/Rebirth mode that lets you play as Riku in essentially another game. This version is much more streamlined, shorter, and eliminates the deck building mechanic by providing you with a premade deck.
Despite the games shortcomings and odd gameplay, I actually really enjoyed replaying this game. It's fun, but has an odd learning curve.
★★★★

16. Gone Home (PS4)
Gone home is a very interesting game. I enjoyed it for it's very well executed use of environmental storytelling. I had a vague idea of what the game was about going in so the story wasn't super surprising but I do have to applaud the game on having a very eerie atmosphere that at times made me wonder if the game would turn into a horror game. I played through it twice, the first time just allowing the game to unfold as I explored. The second time I followed a guide to make sure I got all the journal entries to get the full story. To the games credit, the journal entries I missed the first time through did not hinder my enjoyment of the story but the first time through was more enjoyable. Exploring the house and picking up items is the extent of the gameplay which I don't mind. Interesting short and simple game.
★★★★

17. Kirby's Dream Land (GB)
The first Kirby game is such a joyful little game. It's pretty short with only 5 stages, but the bosses are tricky enough that it feels balanced. . It is odd to play a game where Kirby can't suck in enemies for their powers, but there are two power ups that allow kirby to shoot projectiles out of his mouth. Great animation, and fun music make this probably one of the best original Game Boy games.
★★★★

18. Abzû (PS4)
This is a very artistic game. Very pretty and relaxing. Reminds me of the Disney movie Fantasia. Fantastic calming music. The gameplay of swimming around and exploring is cool, but can be frustrating at times with how the camera and swim mechanics work together. The game can be disorienting. Rather short, but a beautiful experience.
★★★★

19. 3D Gunstar Heroes (3DS)
This is such a 90s game and it's awesome. Very arcade-y. Intense action shooting throughout each stage, but the boss battles are where this game really shines and there are a bunch of them. The bosses are fun to battle and each have their own pattern that is easy enough to follow, but challenging enough to enjoy. The game is difficult as many games from this era but luckily the 3DS version has save states that made the game much more doable. The 3D effect in this version is pretty impressive, but like most 3DS games I played with it mostly off. There is some sort of story about defeating evil from collecting gems, but this is a game that is much more about gameplay than some hokey story. Looking forward to playing more games in Treasure's line up.
★★★★

20. Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix HD (PS4)
I absolutely adore this game. I've never played the Final Mix version before, but the new additions are awesome. This is one of my top 5 games if not my favorite game. The combat is so fast and smooth it's a joy to play. Powering up the forms to gain more speedy abilities benefits the gameplay significantly. The game is incredibly well paced. Playing through each Disney world and going through the plot of the movies is really fun and each level doesn't overstay it's welcome. The overall plot of fighting Organization XIII is very well written and I'm still surprised how everything ties together at the end. The bosses are fun and fast. The 60 frames per second on the PS4 looks fantastic. I played the game on Proud mode which wasn't too hard. I did find all the collectable puzzle pieces, defeat all the absent silhouettes and Data Organization, as well as beat Sephiroth. I did not defeat the Lingering Will, or the Mushroom XIII but I plan on going back eventually. While the game is a bit linear, each level has an incredible atmosphere. Such a good game.
★★★★★

21. Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog (GBA)
I try to beat this game at least once a year. I beat it this time in 56 minutes.  It plays like the Frogger arcade game with a platformer adventure game thrown in. The bosses and levels are quirky in the best way possible. Such a fun little game.
★★★★★

22. Gunman Clive 2 (3DS)
This is such an improvement over the original. The original is a good little platformer, but the sequel is longer and has super clever levels. One of the best uses of color I've ever seen in a game. The idea of traveling through levels based around the world was fun. Really cool bosses. Really enjoyed this one. Really good game.
★★★★.5

23. Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep: Final Mix HD (PS4)
One of the saddest games I've ever played. I played this game back on the PSP 7 years ago when it came out, but I had forgotten a lot of it. The story telling in this Kingdom Hearts is probably the best in the series with fantastic characters and narratives. The gameplay is a bit slower than the 2nd game but the strategy is more akin to Chain of Memories as you have decks of commands that allow you to use special moves which can stack on top of each other to use even better moves. Somewhat obtuse, but easy to manage once you figure it out. The game is divided into 3 main campaigns each which feel like their own game taking about 8 hours each. This allows the story to be presented in a really unique way with revelations revealing themselves as the stories intertwine. The voice acting is on point. Another great Kingdom Hearts game.
★★★★★

24. Octodad: Dadliest Catch (PS4)
Octodad is kind of a weird game. The game controls an octopus who really can't walk since he's, well, an octopus. Because of that the game really feels like more of a puzzle game as you're walking through levels and solving obstacles without the ability to move normally. The dialog and plot are really funny and made me laugh more than once. Though the controls were frustration enough at times I would stop playing. I didn't go for any collectibles. The bonus two levels are also hilarious and highly enjoyable. Really funny and interesting game.
★★★★

25. Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance HD (PS4)
As far as Kingdom Hearts games go, this one is not my favorite. It's mostly a good game. I played this game when it launched back in 2012 on an OG 3DS. The way the game plays you can tell it was made for a handheld at times. Let's start with the good. The game is very smooth and fast. The hack n' slash RPG blend is still fun. The bosses are really cool and challenging. The story, while kind of bonkers, is good and sets the stage nicely for Kingdom Hearts 3, whenever that decides to come out. Now for the not so fun. The game has too many mechanics going at once. Your party members consist of animal things called Dream Eaters that you create through synthesis, but then have to play with and nurture to get them to be strong and give you abilities. While I didn't really mess with this feature, I definitely missed some abilities since I skipped it. I mostly played the game with a dog, panda, sheep, and seahorse. The other mechanic is the drop system which forces you to switch between Sora and Riku after a certain amount of time. This is fine, but can get annoying and confusing as you jump back and forth between play styles and different parts of the plot. There is also a new magic command called ballon that is over powered. I did get teh secret ending but did not beat the secret boss. All in all a fun game, but sadly a step down from 2 and Birth By Sleep.
★★★★

26. Kirby: Triple Deluxe (3DS)
Kirby games are always fun, and this game is no exception. Triple Deluxe is a solid platformer with really fun bosses. This games stands besides Mario 3D Land as a game perfectly optimized for 3DS. This would have been a better launch title for the 3DS. The 3D effect is great and I found myself leaving it on often. The gyro controls got old by the end and that is probably my biggest complaint. There is a bunch of collectibles. I found all the sun stones but didn't find all the secret keychains as those are stupidly well hidden, almost annoyingly so. The normal keychains are more random which I found about half of those. I won't go back to find those, if I do, it won't be for awhile. It is longer than other Kirby games clocking in at about 9 hours. At it's core, this is a solid Kirby game. Easy, colorful platformer.
★★★★
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on January 07, 2017, 08:24:01 pm
Ok, wasn't expecting to be posting again so soon, but I just completely binged New Super Mario Bros. U and beat it in one sitting. I haven't beaten all the levels in the game yet, but I did beat Bowser, so I guess the game's beaten!

UPDATE: Just beat Kirby's Dream Land, now working on the Extra Game (which is WAAAY harder than I expected). I figured I could at least add it before I go to sleep.

UPDATE 2: Just beat the extra game in Kirby's Dream Land, so I guess that means I completed it!

Bold is beaten/completed
Italics is currently playing
Normal is planning on playing soon

So up next is Kirby Super Star Ultra!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on January 09, 2017, 08:40:27 am
Main List (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php?topic=7980.msg132350#msg132350)
More in progress games
bold games are games that have been beaten, previously beaten, or are unbeatable.
italicized games are in progress.

35. Disaster Report (PS2)
This is my first game I've played of the games I've purchased because they look terrible.  It's actually quite good, very linear, but quite good.  Some dirty references here and there, little things you can do here and there.  Not too long, I expect.  Maybe 4-6 hours gameplay, sounds like there are different endings, I only know of 2 paths based on whether or not you help Karen find her dog.  I chose to help Karen find her dog, I might play through from my second save point and not help her just to see the alternative.  I received ending 1 when I played through, so I was curious as to how many endings there are, so I watched a youtube video that showed all 7 (assuming there are only 7) endings, seems that I got the best one.  I think it took me about 4 hours to beat the game.
Rating: Very simple, fairly linear, pretty short, survival adventure game.  I liked it a lot.

36. Red Faction (PS4)
I really don't know why I started playing this after Hue, but I did.  I had this game growing up, but it was the first title I had that had destructible environments.  So I loaded up Codebreaker and gave myself infinite health and ammo and just went on a rampage on the environment with remote charges, that's the extent of how far I got in this game.  Ever have those situations where you are supposed to get into a boat, plane, mech, etc and continue, but you don't notice the transport so you just go on foot and get your ass handed to you?  Well, I got almost all the way through one of those on foot, couldn't figure out the last part and had to look it up online.  I had to backtrack and go find the ship that I was supposed to be using.  I forget just how much I enjoy playing shooting games.  They don't make many single player FPS experiences anymore other than CoD and Battlefield, so I don't get this very often.  So, I may go play Red Faction II soon, but I only have it for Xbox and I've really never played an Xbox game before.  Plus, I still need to finish working on my Xbox, I think I still need to swap the hard drive.
Rating: Surprisingly holds up, fairly bland characters and such, main character feels like a dick, but it seems like the game wants you to know that.

37. Statik (PSVR)
That seems to be the official title, but it is also known as Statik Institute of Retention.  I played this game at PAX South and I've been looking forward to it.  This game is made by the same team who made Little Nightmares.  Surprisingly, this released before Little Nightmares, I wasn't expecting that.  As far as I'm aware, this is the first PSVR game to be a pure puzzle experience, it's sort of an escape game kind of thing, but you just solve the contraption your arms are stuck in.  Game seems to work well enough, but I think the controller works on the gyro and not using the PS Camera, so it gets de-calibrated sometimes which can be annoying.  I've had more than one situation where my headset gets de-calibrated as well, so I'm not sure, it could just be an issue with the VR setup.  There are only maybe 10 puzzles or so, varying difficulty, none frustratingly hard, puzzles may take between 5 minutes and 30 minutes depending on difficulty and user capability.  Overall, it is a fantastic game.  Price point is $20, which for the limited amount of content, I feel is too high a price.  I also feel that the game has limited replayability, given that the puzzles are not dynamically generated in any way, so you are literally playing the same puzzles.  The game does work very well as an intro VR game, you won't have the motion sickness since you don't move and the puzzles are unique and not too difficult.  I would say $10 might be too low a price point for this game, but $15 could be just right.  I'm hoping the devs intead to support this game with added puzzles and content as time progresses.  Game took me roughly 2-2 1/2 hours to fully complete.  I might go back and get the last few trophies even though there is no platinum.
Rating: If you have a PSVR, I highly recommend this game as a top tier VR game, but you might want to wait for a sale.

38. Pokemon Sun (3DS)
I picked Litten, and I named it Littner, because its name and red and black color scheme reminds me of Yoko, so *shrug*.  I haven't really been feeling this game, the entire first island felt like a tutorial and it seemed to bleed over into the second island.  So I've been playing kind of amateurish by running away from battles, only leading the battles with Littner, and overall avoiding confrontation.  Now I'm sitting outside of the Battle Arena grinding and leveling up my "team".  I kind of appreciate that this game has removed the need for an HM slave and truly allows you to select a team for battling without having to worry about having pokemon in your party for the puzzle aspects of the game... But, by doing this, it does remove a section of the difficult of the game having to balance out your team for battling and puzzle solving.  For sure this game feels like they are dumbing down the franchise, especially with the handing out the Exp. Share right at the beginning, but I'm also noticing that the AI for the trainers and wild pokemon is much more ruthless than in previous iterations.  Trainers early on will use multiple Full Restores as opposed to the other games where only major trainers would do this and they would only do it once.  Wild Pokemon can call out for help and turn the wild battle into a 2v1 in their favor, turning a battle with a Lv. 6 Rattata into a major annoyance.  This game is pretty forgettable in my opinion, I'm having a lot of trouble keeping the will to play this game.  I think I'm near the end, but then my Pokemon are only around mid 30s, and usually end game is around 50-60.  So maybe not.  So the end of the game was like I said, between 50-60, more mid to high end 50.  Overall a good Pokemon experience, I just don't have the patience I used to with RPGs and Pokemon games.
Rating: *Thumbs up* It's a good Pokemon game, definitely dumbed down difficulty for casual players.

39. What Remains of Edith Finch (PS4)
Another game I played at PAX South that I really liked, bought it day one, even fucking beat it day one.  I need to stop doing this, because it's a bit of money for what is essentially a 2 hour game.  Game is VERY reminiscent of Gone Home.  You walk through an empty house finding out about what happened, difference is that you will live out the final day of the people you are trying to find out about.  Most of it seems like shenanigans or stories, but like most stories, they are probably based in some sort of truth.  I won't post any spoilers, but I think there is a fairly clear truth behind every story explaining just what exactly happened to everyone, and very simply it seems to me that everyone in the family has mental health problems and they try to cover it by calling what happens a family curse.  My wife really liked the game, she feels that it is up there in her favorite games of all time, possibly her absolute favorite, ignoring nostalgia factors.  I had a hard time getting involved with this game because my wife kept talking and stuff, so for me, the game wasn't that enjoyable and I couldn't get into it like she did.  Had I been able to play the game without her bothering me, and had I not had as many issues I had with being afraid that I missed stories and stuff, I may have enjoyed the game as much as she had.  Very short, maybe 2-3 hours of gameplay.  Very low replayability.  No Platinum.  Most trophies will be obtained through general playthrough.  Story replay available after finishing the game to get the trophies missed.  1 trophy in particular is a pain in the ass and I did exactly what it asked and I didn't earn the trophy, so it's possible that it's glitched.
Rating: Really good, really short game.  I'd suggest to wait for a sale though.

40. Party Hard (PS4)
I played this game last year (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,6762.msg106471.html#msg106471) (Game #17) on PC.  I purchased it again for PS4 because it's such an awesome game.  I was having a really bad day the other day, probably for no real good reason, possibly because of the whole LRG refusing to give me loyalty tickets for the orders I received without tickets, even though they replaced the tickets for everyone else who asked.  Gonna stop talking about that before I get angry again.  Anyway, the boat level works fantastic on PS4, I'm sure they have since patched the issue on PC, but if not PS4 is definitely fine.  Still a fantastic game.  I'd mark this as already beat, but then that takes away my encouragement to beat it again.
Rating: Appears to play better on console than PC from my experience.  Recommended.  Great game for stress relief.

41. Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (PS4)
I played New Order on X1, and I wanted to play this on X1, but I only managed to find this game cheap for PS4 and it doesn't seem to have any direct connection to your save file or anything from New Order.  I really didn't know what this game was about going into it.  My figuring was that it was a sort of prequel to New Order, events that lead up to the main game.  I'm still uncertain if that is the case, it very much seems like an alternate reality or something, how does nothing from this game come up in the main game, likely because it's either non-canon or a different reality.  Also, I look at the cover and think... that looks like Zombie stuff... but then no Zombie stuff... and then bam... Zombie stuff.  So I really don't know.  Half of this plays out as a stealth game and some plays out kind of like Doom and some plays like Wolfenstein.  Overall, it's okay, but mostly a let down compared to The New Order.
Rating: Soft Pass, but if you liked New Order and want some more, give it a go.

42. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands (PS4)
It'll be some time until I can figure out a way to really track my progress with this game.  I've been putting this game off for a while, so I picked it up when I knew I was going to have a long weekend probably stuck at home.  Played it most of Friday and I don't want to say I fell in love, but I definitely knew that this game was going to be hefty and that it would keep me occupied for a few weeks.  Definitely worth the buy IMO, so I went and bought a copy from BB with GCU, gift cards, and rewards points.  In the end cost me about $2.  So this game has some obvious upsides and downsides.  Some observations, the combat is fairly tactical, yet very forgiving.  The marking system is fairly useless early on as enemies will see you before you can see them, but this may be due to my colorblindness.  AI is fairly smart, they know when to hide and if they get in a chopper they will lead you to another base so someone else will attack.  I've had the AI drag me over to a base with a missile launcher, fly in circles around the base until I get hit and then he rockets away as I'm parachuting to the ground, several kilometers away from me before I even hit the ground.  On the other hand, the AI on your team refuses to drive/fly/boat whatever, so if you are up in a chopper and your team is useless hitting nothing and it says "Press O to change seats" I'm like oh ok, they'll grab and hold the chopper steady so I can take the shot, fucking NOPE, the chopper just immediately goes into a spin, so I have to switch back and take control.  Overall enemy AI is pretty smart, team AI is feckin retarded.  At first I thought this game would make it into my Top 5 of the year at least out pacing Watch Dogs 2, but something about this game is just plain forgettable.  I have no care for my character or my team mates, based on convos they seem to mostly be dicks.  This game feels like I've been playing it for weeks, but I think I've had it for maybe a week or so and I've put a lot of time into this game so far.  I think it has earned its place in my Top 5 for the year.  Not sure which game is going to be out though, probably Watch Dogs 2.
Rating: Objectively very good gameplay, many bugs and issues I've found, some temporarily game breaking.  Some levels absolutely horridly put together.  Story is fairly weak, characters are overall unlikable and such, but the gameplay is pretty fantastic.  I look at this game as a sort of spiritual successor to the Mercenaries franchise.

43. Picross NP Vol. 2 (SNES)
I wasn't intending on doing more of these this year, but I found myself with an over abundance of time and wanting to do puzzles of some kind.  This one is Yoshi's Island themed it seems, plus the usual rando puzzles.
Rating: See Picross NP Vol. 1

44. Chibi-Robo: Zip Lash (3DS)
Decided to play this concurrently with World Puzzler because sometimes I get tired of crossword puzzles, constantly.  Pretty fun game, I expect that Pikmin 3DS will be very similar to this.  It's a shame that this game didn't do very well, as it is a solid game.  I like some of the mechanics of this game, including how collecting trash is essentially extra lives/health.  But on the other hand I don't like the level selection mini game thing, I've yet to have to go to a level I didn't want to go to, but it seems unnecessarily annoying.  I dig that they showcase candies from all over the world, that's pretty neat.  Dude, fuck level 5-5 in particular.  I skipped that level.  I got all the way to the end and Chibi-Robo tripped over his god damned feet and died.  Level has no checkpoints or anything.  Fuck that level.  Also, fuck level 6-3... matter of fact, fuck world 6 entirely.  I really hate gimmicky levels, yeah I'm whining like a bitch.  World 6 is entirely ice levels where you slide and stuff.  Hate that stuff... and it is a whole world of it.  Definitely the fact that this is (allegedly) the final world in the game, it makes the game an entire let down right at the end.  End boss was kind of weak.  Literally defeated him in 13 seconds.  It was a different and interesting fight, but it was super fast.
Rating: Honestly, this game DOES belong in the bargain bin.  World 6 ruins the entire experience.  Nothing amazing about this game.  Easy Pass.

45. Battlefield: Hardline (X1)
I don't normally work on multiple console games at once, and I did start this while I was in the middle of 3D Dot Game Heroes, but I really felt like playing a shooter and this one has been on my short list of rental games to check out.  Game is weird.  I'm gonna try to describe.  Seems fairly cinematic, but also tries to do that in first person mode at times.  I kind of dig the case file investigation stuff, it makes things interesting, and slightly less CoD/BF.  Story is mildly interesting so far, but the characters just feel annoying to me.  This might honestly just be me, but maybe it's just because everyone feels very unnatural.  Combat is fairly good, some of the cover based stuff is a bit tricky because it isn't exactly intuitive.  I think this is actually my first Battlefield game, I don't believe I've ever played a Battlefield game before.  The game is actually quite good and I like the story.  I think the game would've done better marketed as a new IP all about cops and robbers rather than as part of the Battlefield universe.  I would've loved to see another entry like this game.  I will say, as a person who likes closure and such, the ending is rather open ended.
Rating: A rather good FPS game, obviously plays like CoD and BF, but the story is pretty entertaining.  Someone watching me play felt like it had many Far Cry like qualities, I take that as a good thing.  Soft pass despite all of that.

46. Bloodborne (PS4)
Wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this game, still unsure.  From what I can tell so far, there is no way to shield attacks in this game, so this game is very much an offensive game.  They balance it a bit by letting you regain some lost health by attacking enemies shortly after taking damage.  Healing is a much quicker process compared to the souls games.  Attacking and dodging in this game feels much more fluid compared to Dark Souls 2 at least.  I'd say this game feels more like a successor to Demon's Souls than Dark Souls.  I'm not quite getting the gun aspect of the game so far, my understanding is that guns do little damage on purpose, they mostly exist to stagger or distract enemies, but I've had little luck doing either of those things.  At the fight that I'm currently at, it seems like the best strategy is to use the stagger from the pistol, so I need to learn how it works.  I decided to play online and summon a player to help out with the blood starved beast.  First summon, we got close, like 2 or 3 hits left close and the NPC and summoned player both died, I got really flustered and was hitting the wrong buttons and missing and poisoned and I may have run out of healing stuff.  Second summon, guy runs in throws something at the beast, I notice that the beast immediately starts his poison sphere which is usually end fight stuff and I look down at his health and he's dead.  I think the dude hit him with something and then stabbed him and just did massive damage, I was just so confused and dumbfounded for like 5 minutes just staring at the screen questioning everything.  I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing, but I don't think I'm lost or stuck or anything.  Started playing again and managed to finish Yarnham and work on Frontier.  I stopped at the boss fight Rom, the Vacuous Spider.  My wife's cousin told me to jump off the cliff and didn't mention it was a boss fight, had I known I wouldn't have jumped yet.  I died, fairly quickly too, I might add.  Lost around 16k in blood echoes.  Pretty pissed about that.  I think I'm about level 50 at this point.  So, over the weekend, I wrecked house on this game.  I went from like level 45 to level 91.  My wife's cousin wound up doing the Rom fight for me while I was out picking up food, I just couldn't figure him out and everything read like he was super easy but no matter what I did I wound up in an insta-death situation pretty fast.  I'm very upset with myself that I went and beat the game, because I didn't backup my save file and the game auto starts NG+, so I missed out on some side content and such.  I know, I know, I should've known better.  I started playing NG+ because I had 400,000 echoes and wanted to level up and buy stuff.  Played some of the chalice dungeon stuff.  Pretty much done with this game.  I'm considering starting a new game rather than doing NG+ to get missed trophies.
Rating: Such a good game.  Once you get used to playing more offensively and basically HAVING to parry since you can't block, it's actually a fantastic experience.  I actually enjoy this over Dark Souls.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on January 09, 2017, 09:13:23 am
I was sort of snowed in this weekend, and as a result I'm about done with two more games: Siren (PS2) and Red Ninja: End of Honor (PS2). They were the perfect ways to take breaks with Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on January 09, 2017, 10:19:14 am
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bold games are games that have been beaten, previously beaten, or are unbeatable.

47. 3D Dot Game Heroes (PS3)
Decided to start playing this game.  So far, seems very Legend of Zelda (NES), which is pretty good.  It even has some of the annoying "Oh you hit a wall instead of just hitting straight, which isn't pretty good.  I've gotten through 2 dungeons already and I'm on my way to the third.  I'm not feeling particularly patient in general as of late, which isn't a good thing for RPGs because I just don't feel like doing any quests or anything, I just want challenging gameplay.  This game is actually burning me out quite fast with the backtracking constantly and basically having to redo all 6 dungeons over again to get to the final boss.  Not looking forward to having to fight the Kraken and Dragon again, that might be what makes me abandon this game.  We'll see.  Kraken and the Dragon were actually quite easy with the Hero Sword, but battling the final boss I realized that I really need the Hero Shield so I went and did that quest line or what have you and then I destroyed the final boss.  I did like 0 side quests and missed tons of trophies and such, but I think this game would've been abandoned had I tried to do all of that, but the game would've lasted much longer.
Rating: Very reminiscent of LTTP, but the graphics in this game are almost annoying.  The fact that the game tells you that a level editor was planned and later scrapped is kind of a let down.  Recommended if you like LTTP and can get past the graphics.

48. Dukes of Hazzard, The: Return of the General Lee (PS2)
Weekend before E3 and for some damned reason I have been spending it in my game room playing PS2 games.  Took a break from Tokyo Jungle to play some other stuff.  Decided to play this.  Overall, pretty weak game, not sure why it commands even the price it does.  Controls really kind of suck, the cars don't handle well, and the other drivers, like most old games, have cars the weight of tanks and your car just get man handled like a little smart car.  Most timed missions are fairly unforgiving, and have no checkpoints so if you fuck up late in the race, you have to do the entire race over.  No HUD based map, so you have to pull up the full map overlayed on the screen anytime you want to look at the map, can't pause and look at the map, it's during gameplay.  Gotta say though, I don't remember Daisy Duke being that attractive.
Rating: Weak as crap, easy pass.

49. Red Faction II (PS2)
This game feels like an entirely different game from the previous game, sure it has the same mechanics and such, but the story, style, and setting, all feel entirely different from the previous title.  Honestly don't even know if I was on Mars.  A lot of the fights were cheap as shit and the game doesn't save like Red Faction on PS4 did, so I don't know if RF on PS2 did the same, but no matter where you save, it loads the last autosave.  So certain boss fights can be painful as fuck.  I fought Repta, I think, and that was just the worst.  He was near invulnerable, fight was broken into 2 sections, and then after the fight, a pipe falls, which the first time I finally beat him, it fucking landed on me immediately afterward, so I had to start over.  I nearly cried.
Rating: Easy pass, adds nothing to the franchise as far as I can tell.

50. Under the Skin (PS2)
I had been eyeing this game for a long time because it's moderately rare, not many copies out there complete for sale, but it's still cheap.  I'm gonna say now, this game is going to spike at some point.  This game aged EXTREMELY well, it looks beautiful.  Honestly, I felt like I was playing an indie game on PS4 or something.  Gameplay is pretty damned fun, but weird.  You prank humans and collect coins dropped by the pranked humans.  There are enemies and such to look out for or compete against.  I'd like to play multiplayer to see how fun it can get, or maybe do co-op story mode.  Overall a really great game.  Very short, but very fun.
Rating: Highly recommended.  Really fun, bet it would make for a good party game.

51. Puzzler World 2012 3D (3DS)
So I got summoned for jury duty and figured my only real option was bringing my 3DS and playing something.  I wanted to bring something that I knew could keep me occupied all day, so I brought Chibi-Robo Zip-Lash and this because I love me some puzzles and I've been wanting to play Chibi-robo zip-lash.  I immediately popped in the Puzzle game and played that for a bit.  Then some dude came across the waiting room to compliment me on my 3DS (Majora's Mask new 3DS XL) and then proceed to talk to me about Pokemon and Zelda... and all I wanted to do was sit there and listen to music and play puzzles nice and quiet like.  Well my prayers were answered and I was called to serve in the first batch of people.  I suppose I'm an extrovert at heart.  I've played previous entries in the series and I like the game and the puzzles provided.  I've never been a fan of crosswords, those I mostly use up my hint coins.  I may not have thought out starting this game very thoroughly.  I kind of want to start Fire Emblem Echoes, but I feel like I need to finish this game first.  And I am knocking out puzzles like crazy.
Rating:Easy Pass, but it lasted a good long while, 560ish puzzles + Master mode puzzles, it is definitely a good puzzler.

52. Pokemon Puzzle League (N64)
Wedding anniversary and my wife wanted to play a game together, this year, she chose Pokemon Puzzle League.  So we spent most of the day playing this.  As always I continuously destroyed her, but we play on different difficulties so it isn't SUPER one sided.  At some point I left the room to go grab a package that was delivered and when I came back she had picked my pokemon for me and started the next match and she won right when I picked up my controller.  Cheap move.
Rating: Personal favorite.  I obviously recommend it.

53. Puyo Puyo Tetris (NS)
I absolutely hate Puyo Puyo.  I like Tetris.  This is definitely not the game for me.  I expect to abandon it, strictly because of the Puyo sections.  My wife has been stuck at Act 5-9 for days, which is a Tetris battle.  I started adventure mode a day or two ago and I passed her last night, but the next fight is a Puyo battle.  I get destroyed in 10-30 seconds.  Just completely buried.  I just really don't get Puyo.  I had the same issue growing up trying to play Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine.  I think it is essentially the same game.  I just don't fucking get it.  I look at the other screen and the bot's screen just looks like trash and he turns it into this massive combo that buries me.  At this point, I have decided to abandon it, but I'll probably give it another go sooner or later.  I'm at 50% completion in adventure mode, so I'm expecting it to get even harder... which makes me want to give up right now, because I just don't fucking get Puyo.  I still don't get Puyo, like really, I don't, but I guess it's possible to beat the game without really understanding it... so that's something.
Rating: Solid pass.

54. Mister Mosquito (PS2)
It's so hard to keep up with this when I play through games over weekends and such when I'm not on here writing stuff up.  I'm planning on playing through a lot of the weirder lesser known PS2 games this year and this is one of them.  You play a mosquito reeking havoc on the Yamada household.  The dialogue of the Yamada family and even their actions are pretty funny, especially the battle mode where you hit their "relax" points to cause bliss.  Game is pretty simple and pretty short.  I got about halfway through before realizing that the heart rate meter is what lets you know that you are about to get swatted.  After I figured that out, the game was much easier and was quite pleasant.  I can't say this is a game that deserves a sequel or anything, and while playing the game I noticed I was getting bitten by mosquitoes at work, so I don't know why I continued playing the game.  Damned mosquitoes.  Anyway, pretty fun and interesting experience.  It's unique enough that I wouldn't be surprised if it jumps in value when (if) PS2 spikes.
Rating: Pretty fun, pretty unique, but fairly short for the price.  I recommend it for the unique experience and silly dialogue.

55. Italian Job, The (PS2)
This is honestly one of my favorite movies, just a plain good nonsense movie, it just appeals to me.  I figured the game probably sucks hard, and I wasn't wrong.  Story mode is like 15 levels long, each level takes between 2-5 minutes.  So the game can be pretty short.  There is no map, just the little HUD map in the corner that shows exactly your location and you get a little red dot on the edge of the "map" that shows the direction to go, so sometimes you'll be in a situation to pick left or right and one way is the right way and one is the wrong way, you just have to start over.  Also, sometimes your way point is up on the highway or down in the subway or down in the tunnels, so you just have to guess until you start figuring out the small world and where they want you to go.  It is a bit annoying, but it almost forces you to put more into the game, which isn't good or bad, I don't applaud them for it, but it kind of works.  Story plays out the basic actions of the movie.  3 or 4 missions are exactly the same doing the heist and the training for the heist... with minor differences.
Rating: Easy Pass.

56. Gravity Rush Remastered (PS4)
So I was sitting around not knowing what to play and it hit me that I've been wanting to play this for a long time and I kind of want to buy GR2 before it possibly becomes hard to find like the original plus GR2 rarely goes on sale or anything, so I might as well pick it up... but I don't want to buy it before I've even started playing the first.  A little surprised this one has never hit PS+ to be honest... especially with the Amazon exclusivity of this one.  Anyway, I'm rather enjoying it, it was a little slow to start, but most games are.  The story is really dragging me in, makes me a little sad that I've missed stuff already, I'm hoping there is a way to go back and hit the convos I missed with the strangers because that very much seems to explain a good chunk of the story if not spoiling a bit of it.  I'm actually really impressed with the story.  I was expecting a kind of bland story about shifting gravity, but there is more to it.  Trying to keep it spoiler free like always, but I highly recommend this game so far.  Story aside though, the gravity combat mechanics are fairly frustrating.  I've not really got down the evading... well fuck, it just occurred to me that the one "battle" I had trouble with, dodging attacks wise, I should have been using the gravity evasion move or what it is... anyway back to my original point... there has only been really one battle that was just absolutely infuriating, the boss kind of flails and such and you have to attack him in his arm tentacle face thing.  I don't know, I got really angry and had to take a few minutes away from the game because it was just so damned hard to actually hit the guy.
Rating: Recommended.  Rather good game despite some of the janky mechanics.

57. Oni (PS2)
After rearranging the house and shifting rooms around, I decided to finally get back into playing games and decided to play a PS2 game.  I have been mildly interested in this game for quite a long time.  Sounded like a good game.  Boy was I mistaken.  The intro clued me in, looks like an American take on a Japanese Anime.  Like it totally looks like it should be asian characters in Japan, but it looks like Ah! Real Monsters or Angry Beavers in the animation department.  Like Jackie Chan Adventures, Men In Black, etc shit animation.  Gameplay is pretty horrible.  It is entirely possible that I wasn't understanding the combat mechanics, but it was pretty unforgiving and too many artificial difficult.  Jumps that if missed will kill you, enemies that have one shot kill weapons, enemies that explode on death.  Twice I had to use the level skip cheat because the game wound up unbeatable.  Don't misunderstand me.  I had 2 situations where I was stuck in front of a locked door and every video I watched online showed the door as NEVER being locked in the first place.
Rating: Solid Pass, don't waste your time.  It's really bad, not even laughably bad.

58. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (3DS)
So far, this game looks much prettier, UI wise, than the previous installments.  I'm not very far at all, but I'm seeing a lot of differences from previous titles.  I've seen some stuff that reminds me of the Ace Attorney titles, you can investigate "scenes" and talk to people present in the area and such.  I don't care for it, but we'll see how it turns out.  The Dungeon and Interior stuff isn't too bad, it's okay and makes a bit of sense I guess.  I'm finding this game is much harder than previous modern FE games (The ones with the casual mode added), there are very few opportunities to grind if characters are under-leveled and a lot of the battles have you out-manned and out-gunned.  I don't recall if other games had conjurers but those fucks piss me the fuck off.  I'm in a battle where I'm already pretty tit-for-tat with the fucks, and then the conjurer spawns 4 new witches every turn, whilst also being guarded by a shit ton of Knights.  I guess I need to just truck it for the conjurer, but god damn if it isn't annoying.  After Act 1 I think, maybe Act 2, you split into 2 controllable parties with 2 separate goals and separate paths to go.  Kind of like 2 games in one in that sense, but the paths seem to be intertwined so it makes sense... Though I'm surprised they didn't go the Pokemon route again releasing Alm's and Celica's stories separately.  I kind of figured that since they took away the support S marriage stuff that characters would have predetermined relationships, and I correctly guessed who would wind up with whom.  All relatively obvious.
Rating: Really good Fire Emblem side story.  Harder than recent Fire Emblem games, but not by much.  Recommended.

59. Red Ninja: End of Honor (PS2)
Despite hearing over and over from folks how horrible this game is, I finally decided to play it.  I was first turned on to this game when Microsoft announced backwards compatibility on the 360 with original xbox games.  We did no research and didn't know that the game wasn't available for BC, despite the insistence of the GA.  We wound up returning the game, and a few others.  But both my wife and I kept the game in mind knowing we would want to play it eventually.  Eventually we bought an original xbox when the system was being phased out and decided to keep an eye out for the game.  Around that same time I found out that the game was not in fact an xbox exclusive and scrapped the idea of getting it for the xbox and just decided to keep an eye out for the PS2 version.  Eventually I bought it.  /story tiem.  So anyway after the shit show that was Oni, I decided to go ahead and play another shitty PS2 game.  Now going into the game with REALLY low expectations really helped.  The combat, tutorials, and everything isn't well explained, in my opinion.  So I went and read a walkthrough that explained things pretty well.  The game was touted as a stealth game, but the stealth mechanics are pretty broken, but the combat is pretty forgiving and not too difficult if you can handle it.  So if you can get over the fact that it isn't a stealth game but an action game, it isn't too bad.  I'm rather enjoying it so far, but I've read that later in the game it gets sloppier and horrible... so we'll see.  The camera mechanics had me spending a lot of time on certain platforming sections, those sections would be massively easier had they implemented something like Tomb Raider would do where part way through the platforming section you would knock something over to make a shortcut, but with this you have to start over every time you drop, spent a good hour on one section alone.  I got massively angry at the final fight.  I had been doing the tetsugen the entire game and flawlessly using it, but magically at the last fight, I would use it flawlessly, died, reload, and now I can't do it for the life of me, had to do the entire fight without the tetsugen... very painful.  I relatively enjoyed the game.  Camera controls are absolutely horrible.  Just absolutely terrible.  If the camera mechanics were better this game would just be massively better.  It is poor design to have the jump and drop actions mapped to the same button... too often I was wall jumping or grabbing a ledge and I instinctively press the jump button to climb and I drop down.  The only other complaints I have might have to do with my controller and not the game, but the sensitivity on the sticks are out there.  It's hard to walk instead of run and it's hard to aim when doing first person aiming.
Rating: As much as I want to recommend it because I enjoyed it, I'm aware that this game is very poorly made.  Soft Pass, but if you're brave, I recommend giving it a go.  Better than Oni IMO.

60. Total Overdose (PS2)
I'm really having a terrible time keeping up with updating these notes/review.  I started this almost immediately after Red Ninja.  This is 3 3rd person action games in a row, all with very very different control schemes and action styles.  The game plays pretty much like Saints Row and stuff, my wife saw me playing it and was certain I must be playing the first Saints Row game, and honestly, this game very much fits the Saints Row style of game.  I'm kind of honestly surprised this game wasn't a bigger deal, it's actually quite good after a while.  The game starts off pretty bland and doesn't quite explain itself very well.  The goal of the game isn't to just kill things and such, it's basically BulletStorm... kill with skill.  Skill kills give you points, points give you rewards, rewards level up your character... they also unlock extra ammo and missions.  The game even encourages exploration with little pickups and collectibles to gather, which again, upgrade your character.  The characters are pretty bland and forgettable, the story is mildly interesting, the gameplay is pretty fun.  I suppose that's its problem, the characters just aren't very interesting.
Rating: Highly recommended if you like Saints Row, otherwise just regular old recommended.

61. Punisher, The (Gen)
I bought this CIB a year or so back after my company gave me a bonus for some reason, really, I have no clue why.  It's just been sitting on the shelf since, and I was trying to get my wife to help me pick a game to play and somehow it came up to play Punisher on the Genesis.  So we played and beat it on Easy... which I wasn't aware would only give you half the game, so we went and played it on Normal.  We actually did a hell of a lot better on Normal than on Easy, it was weird, maybe we were just playing better, we both got to like Level 3 without even losing a single life.  Honestly though, one of the better beat'em up games I've ever played, but it is only 6 levels long and the flamethrower enemies are cheap as fuck.  Gameplay wise, I don't think this game deserves the price it commands, but it is definitely a fun game to play.
Rating: Honestly, for the price, solid pass, unless you REALLY like Arcade style beat'em ups and don't mind how short this one is.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on January 09, 2017, 10:55:21 am
Quote from: ignition365 on January 09, 2017, 10:19:14 am
Quote from: kashell on January 09, 2017, 09:13:23 am
I was sort of snowed in this weekend, and as a result I'm about done with two more games: Siren (PS2) and Red Ninja: End of Honor (PS2). They were the perfect ways to take breaks with Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne.
How was Red Ninja, this game has been on my backlog for nearly a decade.

It's bordering on terrible. It's a pretty game, it has great music, it has a good story and it looks like it has limitless potential.

Unfortunately, the game play ruins everything good about it and then some. It's a real shame, because the game's concept looks so promising. I actually played it when it first released on the Xbox years ago. I'm sad to see it's still as bad as I once remembered.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: tafk on January 09, 2017, 11:02:59 am
I still haven't beaten a game yet. Yall are way too quick for me. Although I am close on finishing Nightsky so hopefully I can knock one off the list for week 1.5 :)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on January 10, 2017, 08:03:14 am
Red Ninja: End of Honor has been (thankfully) finished. Siren shouldn't be too far behind!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: xiaoshumiao on January 10, 2017, 08:20:59 am
i want to play elder scroll online ps4 in 2017!!



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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on January 11, 2017, 09:29:54 am
Siren has been finished. It was interesting, but full of issues.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on January 11, 2017, 10:04:40 pm
Game 1 - Mega Man Battle Network 3: Blue Version (GBA) - 21 Hours

First game polished off! And what a good game to start the year with.

+ This is easily my new favorite entry in the MMBN series. The fantastic gameplay is as good as ever, and I love how the form changes actually stay with Mega Man (unlike the soul/cross stuff in the later games). The story was actually really good for once; the world building was great, the build up to the big finale was well done, and the ending was REALLY good. The game was actually fairly difficult too, which was a nice challenge. The soundtrack was also solid too with some great tracks. Finally, there was a lot of innovation added with the Navi Customizer... Gambling and Input games... Virus capturing... it's awesome!

- Even though the story is very good, the game has some poorly written dialogue and lines. A lot of times the game will feel like a kid's anime (think Team Rocket style dialogue for the bad guys). There is also some issues with padding that often plagues the Battle Network series. Also, there was some serious input lag with some chips (IceWave and DynaWave) that made follow-up attacks really hard. I also miss the Full Synchro; countering viruses in this game just gives you bugfrags.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on January 11, 2017, 10:38:05 pm
Just beat Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom...it wasn't good. Not recommended. At all. But hey, I didn't want to add ANOTHER unfinished game to the backlog, and this one was really short, so I figured why not beat it?

So I'm currently up to 5:

Gonna continue work on Kirby Super Star Ultra now. I only have the True Arena left to go to complete it, which is difficult, but I'm slowly making progress!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on January 12, 2017, 08:19:39 am
It's cheap, but for the True Arena I used the Stone ability. It takes a lot longer to finish but at least you're safe from harm.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on January 12, 2017, 08:34:56 am
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bold games are games that have been beaten, previously beaten, or are unbeatable.

62. Pepsiman (PS1)
My wife's cousin told me about this character a while back and I can't recall if he told me about the game or if I looked it up later, but I was for some reason looking at the game again today and I noticed that the game is almost entirely in English, what little dialogue there is is written in Japanese, but the titles, menus, and adverts and such are all in English.  Kind of reminds me of Crash, except I guess Crash is running towards the screen and this is mostly running away from the screen, end of each levels ends in you running away from something towards the screen so there is your Crash stuff.  Overall short game, but really tough.  You are given a few lifes to get through a level, but once you are through with a level you don't have to play it again so you can keep retrying whatever level you are stuck on.
Rating: Obvious pass because it's expensive, import, short, and tough... but the Pepsiman commercials are weird and funny.

63. Red Dead Revolver (PS2)
I pulled a bunch of games for different platforms to give me choices of what to play.  I've been on such a PS2 kick as of recent, I let it continue with this one.  The only bit I had played of this in my youth was my older brother couldn't beat some part, so he had me play and I wrecked.  Going back, I had the hardest time with some of the duels, more on this, and some of the more gimmicky battles.  Also, I hate escort missions where you have to keep people alive, just the worst.  Anyway, so I play with invert on in shooters, but dueling has you press down and then up, which proceeds to force me to point the gun at the other person's feet, without invert it would go straight for the head.  It was difficult.  Some of the boss fights were kind of confusing and oddly specific about where they could be shot, which is kind of frustrating.  I had one guy I'd shoot him in the head, I'd see blood chunks, his health wouldn't go down, and he'd say "Ha, you missed!" like a 5 year old playing Cops and Robbers or some shit.  That fight was the worst.  I dealt minimal damage with the best gun available at the time, and I'd lose because he killed a citizen before I could deal a million damage to him or some shit.  What little I've played of Red Dead Redemption, there is like no connection between the games, story or gameplay.  This game is very linear, almost like old Super Mario Bros with level progression, get through this level, start next level, etc.  No open world, no real quests or anything.  Just worlds apart.
Rating:Meh, interesting concepts but the game doesn't hold up well and doesn't seem to add anything to the Redemption experience as far as I can tell.  Solid Pass.

64. Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (NDS)
I don't know why I decided to jump into a Dragon Quest game, but I've never played one before.  I find it much easier to play RPG games on a handheld because I can dedicate chunks of time at a time and play is few and far enough between that I won't get burned out, but also close enough that I won't get lost or confused too easily.  I wanted to maybe start with DQ1 but it really isn't an option without emulators or the GBC DQ1+2 cart.  I very well may abandon this if I don't dig it.  Took a Chapter or 2 to really get into this, and I'm quite enjoying it.  The grouping in the battle system is frustrating, and the enemies seem to level very rapidly moving from one area to the next, but it seems to all be part of the challenge of the game, so it's fine.  The game progresses fairly quickly, and you don't feel like you are wasting a lot of time doing needless things.  That being said, at the end of the game when you approach the final battle, chances are you are seriously underleveled, so you have to level up roughly 10 levels to finish the fight.  The game does provide you with enemies by this point that provide a ridiculous amount of XP if you can manage to defeat them, so it works out not too badly if you recall this fact.  Despite the fact that I was burned out towards the end, remembering the Metal King Slime made the end not so bad.  So much so that I decided to do Chapter 6 and all of the side content.  I don't believe I've ever played an RPG that made me literally want to do nothing but play the game.  I abandoned every other game while playing this, because I only wanted to play this.
Rating: Really good, highly recommended.

65. Far Cry: Instincts (360)
I had intended on playing this about a month back, but it was going to be the OG Xbox version, but then I found out there is a "remaster" on the 360, so I went out and found a copy and decided to play that so I could get through Instincts and Evolution.  I tried to play this game stealth like, but the game seems to want you to Rambo every situation.  The stealth mechanics are fairly broken, I'm crawling in a bush and an enemy off of my radar sees me and aggros EVERYONE.  Honestly, this game is largely broken, and sadly plays nothing like the newer Far Cry games... which is a disappointment.  Having read online, it sounds like this is a gimped version of the original, so what can I expect.  I plan to beat this today and start Evolution right after.  Game is so linear and mostly broken.  Most of the game was tolerable.  Right at the end it went ESCORT mission where dude just runs ahead whenever he feels like and gets murdered.  Level with Rocket Launcher dudes who can snipe better than the game's snipers.  Legit I knew where the guy was going to be, I was zoomed with a sniper and walked towards his location until he spawned... he spawned and immediately fired a rocket at me, instant aggro from spawn.
Rating: Thoroughly disappointing compared to the other Far Cry games.  I suggest Far Cry Classic over this one.

66. Far Cry: Instincts Evolution (360)
Started playing this immediately after finishing Instincts.  Graphics are already an improvement, which is weird given they are on the same disc and both remastered.  Gameplay is better to in that it is less linear and have a sort of open world environment.  Gunplay already feels like an improvement but we'll see how well that turns out later on.  Great improvement over the previous installment, but it is still fairly linear, but it is definitely more open.  I think this picks up shortly after the first game.  There are theories that the Jackal(?) in Far Cry 2 is actually Jack Carver (the protagonist) from these games.  So that's kind of cool.  Now I just need to make time and play Primal and then I'm all caught up on the franchise.

67. Agents of Mayhem (PS4)
I really don't know why I waited this long to actually blurb about this game.  I didn't preorder this game because I wasn't quite sure about it, it looked like a MOBA but it was touted as single-player only, so I really wasn't sure.  It took me a while to get into this game, it was moderately painful at first, I kept quitting after playing for about 10 or 15 minutes.  Then I got a hang of how everything works and started enjoying playing the game.  Main story is actually pretty short, but I've been stretching it out with the side missions and other content.  Definitely not a game that will last more than a week or so.  I plan on finishing it today which is about 4 or 5 days of gameplay.  I considered going for the platinum but there are too many trophies that require replaying the game, read as at least 1.  Game ended on a "We are making a sequel" note... which is always disappointing for a game that may not make enough money to justify a sequel. Definitely has that Saints Row humor and over the top gameplay, plays a lot like Saints Row IV... which makes sense for this franchise, but for Saints Row, it was just annoying.  Hopefully they leave the superhero stuff to Agents of Mayhem and let Saints Row go back to a more grounded over the top gameplay (Less sci-fi)
Rating: Good game, fairly short, exists in the Saints Row universe, so fans of that will get some little lore things here and there.  Nothing magical though.  Soft recommendation.

68. Yakuza Kiwami (PS4)
Wasn't really sure where to start with this franchise.  Do I start with 0, Do I start with Kiwami/1 and then do 0, or do I playthrough 1-5 and then do 0.  I chose to do Kiwami and then 0... I may regret it later, but for the most part everything is sensical in 0.  Yes, I am writing this AFTER I've already beaten Kiwami and started 0.  I really don't know what I was expecting going into this franchise.  I've heard good things, but nothing specific at all.  I think I was expecting a sort of GTA type thing, but I see now that this is part RPG but mostly Beat 'em up.  Gameplay is largely cinematic, with cutscenes and such lasting several minutes between chunks of gameplay.  Story is really well done, with seemingly minor details that I certainly didn't see coming.  Some retroactive notes given that this is technically the latest entry.  Abilities are purchased with XP points instead of cash, cash being mostly useless throughout the game.
Rating: Good, for $30 you will definitely get at least 24 hours out of the game.

69. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (PS4)
So I kind of let this game evade me because it stars my 2 (come to find 3) least favorite characters in the franchise... Chloe, Nadine, and Sam.  Very difficult to care for the characters and stuff when I don't like them and just expect them to screw each other left and right.  Story and stuff was obvious and entirely expected, mildly surprised that Nathan didn't at least make a cameo appearance.  Game will last between 7-12 hours depending on how slow you play and the collectibles you chase after.  Kind of an underwhelming experience, but a great game nevertheless.
Rating: Good game, very short, wait for the bargain bin.

70. Quantum Break (X1)
I've been eye balling this game for a long time, but it has been rather steady in its pricing, but I finally gave up and bought a copy.  Took me a few days to finally put the game in the system, and then another day or two to actually get into the game.  The story is really good, a lot of time travel sci-fi stuff.  Ending is open ended and left to interpretation plus leaves the possibility for a sequel.  Not a fan of either of those things, thought evoking stuff is great (a la Last of Us), but sometimes I finish a game, especially if it is unlikely a sequel will ever be made, I'd like closure.  Gameplay is pretty good once you get the hang of all of the abilities, some characters you really grow to care about, and others you just kind of wonder why they're there.  Story is actually rather short, but there is minor incentive to replay the game in that story slightly changes depending on the choices made at the junction points, but I believe the story plays out the same in the grand scheme of things, hence the "minor" incentive.
Rating:Good game, rather short. Soft recommendation.

71. Bioshock: Infinite: Burial at Sea (360)
After beating this, I wasn't sure whether to count it as 2 separate entries or one, since it is broken down into 2 separate "independent" DLC stories... but Episode 1 doesn't pop credits and Episode 2 does, so I count this as 1 entry.  Episode 1 is really short, and honestly kind of sucks.  I'll try to be as spoiler free as possible.  Episode 2 seems to start right after Episode 1, but very little matters from Episode 1... I'd still suggest playing Episode 1 first, even though it sucks and I hate it.  Burial at Sea connects Bioshock: Infinite to the original Bioshock.  I think it was suggested to be that Dark Souls III connects back to Dark Souls, but Dark Souls 2 is kind of a bastard... which would make this whole thing the same in that Bioshock 2 is a bastard.  Episode 1, I think, just ties up maybe a single loose end or two, nothing amazing, and even at that I'm not sure.  I haven't played any of the Bioshock games in a LONG time.  As far as I know, playing Bioshock: Infinite directly before Burial at Sea makes a shit ton of sense of everything in Episode 1, maybe it doesn't, at the very least it sets up Episode 2, and that it where things get good and interesting.  Episode 2 you play as Elizabeth, which is just so fucking cool, and the gameplay is largely stealth recommended (Big Daddies are literally impossible to kill).  The story of Episode 2 is just so fucking amazing, but a lot (A SHIT TON) won't make a ton of sense if you don't remember Bioshock 1 and maybe Bioshock: Infinite.  I vaguely recall Bioshock 1, and I remember at least the ending from Infinite, that was enough for me.  No spoilers, but the story, IMO, superbly connects Infinite back to the original.  But again, there are always those little open ended things that make you wonder what a character means by what they say.
Rating: Episode 1, solid pass, but necessary for Episode 2.  Episode 2, absolutely recommended and necessary if you like the series.

72. Submerged (PS4)
I don't even think I meant to play this... side story... My PS4 (Both my Launch and Anniversary) has this weird issue (which appears to be common) where the DS4 has a weird lag or doesn't recognize inputs if the system doesn't have an unimpeded line of sight between itself and the controller.  Almost like the old Acclaim wireless controllers, it's retarded. So I pressed left and X to launch the PSN store and it only did the X and launched Submerged.  I said Fuck it and just played it.  Game takes about 5 hours or so to finish, I didn't bother trying to collect everything because it requires too much backtracking and mindless exploration... and that's too much when I wasn't even wanting to play the game in the first place.  Story wise, I don't really know what's going on, and it sounds like the game doesn't do a very good job of explaining it even if you do collect everything.  Presumably end of the world, water world style, and you are just trying to survive.
Rating: Solid pass.

73. A-semblance (PS4)
Very Very short game.  Like if you are attentive and figure things out, easily takes maybe 30 minutes to beat.  I went for full 100% beating the game and got all of the trophies.  Took me maybe 2 hours.  No platinum, and the final trophy "White" is an utter pain in the ass to get because it is time sensitive down to the second.  Literally impossible to do without a stop watch.  Story wise, again, I don't really know what's going on.  Sounds like maybe you as a character took part in this or created this to block memories or something... really not sure.  Apparently there is a hidden ending that I missed... but I'm definitely not going through the White shift thing again just to SEE the other ending... I'll just watch it on Youtube.
Rating: Solid pass.

74. Marvel Vs. Capcom Infinite (PS4)
Started playing this because my wife's cousins were over and they wanted to play it.  I really just bought it for the CE goodies, and I know I'm not good at the MvC games.  Played for a few hours and then I started doing story mode the other day.  Got a good chunk of the way through, but I'm still not very good at MvC games.  I get really frustrated and sweaty playing these games and I don't like it.  I'm never capable of getting a combo higher than like 5 hits and the enemy constantly blocks almost all attacks... and when the enemy attacks they get like 30 hit combos and knock me from full health to near death.  No joke I'll be fighting and enemy and get them down to 0 health (literally no color on their health bar) and I have max health (Still green), and then the enemy will literally block ALL attacks and then do a 90 hit combo on me that manages to non-stop kill me and my partner in one fell swoop.  I've never liked the MvC games because it is too easy for bots and pro players to get through a match using a single continuous combo and you just get to sit there for the 15 seconds it takes for them to destroy you unable to do anything because they are juggling you with a non-stop combo.  Also, Nemesis is cheap and OP as fuck.  I already know that I'm going to rate this game as a solid pass, but I'm going to try and finish story mode.
Rating: Thoroughly disappointing compared to previous entries roster wise, still just a button mash-fest to me.  Pass.

75. Magikarp Jump (Android)
I really hadn't planned on counting this game, but I've been putting a lot of time into it, I actually spent "money" on it (I get digital money for free all over the place), and it seems to have an end goal of beating all of the leagues.  I'm at the end part of the 6th out of 8 leagues.  It is definitely a stupid time wasting phone game, but I find Magikarps quite endearing for some damned reason.  I'm enjoying playing it for the time being.  Honestly, this game is a fantastic time killer, you could barely consider it a microtransaction driven game as it is very easy to play through the game without spending money.  Killed my productivity in DQ5, but it was an enjoyable experience... but I do like Magikarp and find the idea humorous.
Rating: Recommended time waster.  Not good for much else.

76. Fallout 4 (X1)
I'm not going to talk about the story or anything because I didn't do that.  I'm just playing around with mods.  Mods on consoles are fantastic and add a lot of fun.  I think Creation Club was part of the reason I decided to play.  I knew nothing about it, but knew it existed now, so I wanted to check it out.  Paid mods basically.  And so far there are 5-8 total mods in there, and they are all stuff you could get through the free mods, but maybe not so pretty.  Pass on that for sure, I hear a lot of folks are sour about that, plus the fact that the GotY edition doesn't have the DLC on disc but rather through a code.
Rating: Obviously recommended, Mods are fun.

77. Bunker, The (PS4)
Been wanting to jump into this one, a brand new FMV game.  I was always fascinated with these types of games in my youth, but I never owned a system that had the games.  Game is really short, could be beat in a matter of an hour or so.  Game definitely has some gruesome and brutal imagery.  Easy platinum if you plan it out and follow a proper walkthrough tit for tat.  Don't know the digital price, but the game is definitely not worth much more than a few dollars for what little value you get out of it.
Rating: Interesting story, soft pass.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 12, 2017, 09:10:44 am
Having a girlfriends who games regularly has its ups and downs, one of the latter being her hogging one of my two TVs frequently.

My 43" projection TV decided to have a convergence problem last week and since I've been SOL since she is using our LCD TV to play FFXV. I'm not really in the mood for handheld games right now, so i've pretty much just been on my PC at night chilling.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on January 12, 2017, 09:49:05 am
Quote from: kashell on January 12, 2017, 08:19:39 am
It's cheap, but for the True Arena I used the Stone ability. It takes a lot longer to finish but at least you're safe from harm.

Yeah, I tried that, but I can't get the timing down. I'm currently running it with the Hammer ability. The upwards charge attack does MASSIVE damage, and the dash attack has invincibility. Overall I can get through the first 8 decently enough, but Galacta Knight is giving me problems.

EDIT: Ok, due to many things happening in my personal life progress is slow. Currently I'm working on The True Arena, Super Mario 3D World and an Infinite Climax (aka hardest mode) playthrough of Bayonetta 2, depending on my mood.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on January 12, 2017, 09:56:36 am
Quote from: realpoketendonl on January 12, 2017, 09:49:05 am
Quote from: kashell on January 12, 2017, 08:19:39 am
It's cheap, but for the True Arena I used the Stone ability. It takes a lot longer to finish but at least you're safe from harm.

Yeah, I tried that, but I can't get the timing down. I'm currently running it with the Hammer ability. The upwards charge attack does MASSIVE damage, and the dash attack has invincibility. Overall I can get through the first 8 decently enough, but Galacta Knight is giving me problems.

Hammer used to be my go-to for the arena, too. Believe it or not, I actually had a lot of success with Wheel. If you time the start right, you can do tons of damage.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on January 12, 2017, 12:44:13 pm
Quote from: realpoketendonl on January 11, 2017, 10:38:05 pm
Just beat Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom...it wasn't good. Not recommended. At all. But hey, I didn't want to add ANOTHER unfinished game to the backlog, and this one was really short, so I figured why not beat it?

Awww, I remember that game very fondly from my childhood :( I haven't played it in a long time though, and maybe the PC version is different from console.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: azure on January 12, 2017, 01:21:25 pm
Quote from: telly on January 12, 2017, 12:44:13 pm
Quote from: realpoketendonl on January 11, 2017, 10:38:05 pm
Just beat Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom...it wasn't good. Not recommended. At all. But hey, I didn't want to add ANOTHER unfinished game to the backlog, and this one was really short, so I figured why not beat it?

Awww, I remember that game very fondly from my childhood :( I haven't played it in a long time though, and maybe the PC version is different from console.

It is, the PC version isn't the great 3D platformer collect-a-thon like it was on console.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on January 12, 2017, 02:54:25 pm
Quote from: azure on January 12, 2017, 01:21:25 pm
Quote from: telly on January 12, 2017, 12:44:13 pm
Quote from: realpoketendonl on January 11, 2017, 10:38:05 pm
Just beat Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom...it wasn't good. Not recommended. At all. But hey, I didn't want to add ANOTHER unfinished game to the backlog, and this one was really short, so I figured why not beat it?

Awww, I remember that game very fondly from my childhood :( I haven't played it in a long time though, and maybe the PC version is different from console.

It is, the PC version isn't the great 3D platformer collect-a-thon like it was on console.

It definitely is. The PC version is just a minigame collection, and not a good one. Many of the minigames are slow, tedious, and last WAY too long.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: tafk on January 12, 2017, 10:23:03 pm
Finished my first game of 2017! Pony Island on the PC! Currently in the $1 tier on the Humble Bundle, if you haven't checked it out you should. Might do a full review tomorrow, might not. IDK but definitely a fun game!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on January 13, 2017, 08:28:23 am
Reviews for both Siren and Red Ninja: End of Honor have been posted on my list (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.30.html). I also need to start writing a review for Mega Man and Bass for the Game Boy Advance.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: tafk on January 13, 2017, 03:42:44 pm
Beat my 2nd game in as many weeks! Short games on my steam backlog are definitely gonna help me this year! Review up at my post https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132284.html#msg132284
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: abe on January 13, 2017, 09:55:15 pm
Finished up Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson tonight. I remember not really liking it too much when I first started playing it in 2015, so I stopped for a while. I picked it back up recently and played it to completion and found that it was quite enjoyable. Aside from a few rather unbalanced boss fights, I had a lot of fun and I'm glad I gave it a second chance and saw it through to the end.

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    3. Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson (3DS) Jan-13
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: metshael on January 14, 2017, 08:50:51 am
I probably won't be able to complete that challenge but i think it will be fun to track how many games i have finished during the year.

The first game i have beat this year is Final Fantasy XV (on PS4), i was a bit hesitant to start it since it's the first FF i play since FF13 (who was a big disappointment for me) and what i've seen of the game before the release didn't really help but that was a pretty good surprise, what I believed being it's biggest flaw, the new combat system, is actually pretty fun (of course it makes me remember of the Kingdom Hearts series and now i'm really waiting for KH3  8)). The game have flaws of course, some part of the story are a bit anticlimactic, the side-quests are (mostly) boring and repetitive and Prompto can be really annoying (still way less than Vanille) but overall it was a pretty fun ride. I finished it in 93 hours and 28 minutes (i'm the type who want to explore everywhere and do everything available before doing the main quest  :-[) and i'm probably going back to do the post-game stuff while i wait for the DLC to be released.

List of games i've beat in 2017 :
1 • Final Fantasy XV (PS4 - 93h28 - 9 January)

Games i'm actually playing :

• Destiny (PS4) : i brought it because my nephews (that i sometimes keep) really like that game but i mostly play it to pass time, i will see if i'm able to finish it.

• Skyrim (Steam) : I finished the main game during 2012 on 360 but i really wanted to replay it since the DLC are out, so during summer 2016, i installed everything, fully moded my game with the biggest mods (Falskaar, Wyrmstooth, the Forgotten City, Beyond Reach, Legacy of the Dragonborn, ect...) and i'm trying to do a complete run of everything (with almost 95 hours on this run, i'm level 45 and i have to say i'm nowhere near the end of anything yet, i really like to take my time reading and exploring everything  :-[).

Games i'm planning to play :

• Star Ocean 5 (PS4) : That game is one of the main reason i bought a PS4 and yet i still haven't played it, i really need to change that fact.

• Assassin's Creed (PC or Xbox 360) : The first game of the series i'm planning to play during the year and i still haven't started it, that need to change too.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: abe on January 14, 2017, 02:23:03 pm
Hoshi no Kirby: Yume no Izumi no Monogatari marks my fourth finished game of the year so far. This is actually the first time I've finished the original Kirby's Adventure, and it makes me really appreciate just how good of a remake Nightmare in Dreamland on the GBA is. I had fun, but the slowdown and the awful Retro Duo controller I was using to play it with did take away from the experience.

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    4. Hoshi no Kirby: Yume no Izumi no Monogatari (Famicom) Jan-14
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: Cartagia on January 15, 2017, 09:10:35 am
I'm off to a slow start, because all of those dumb stars, but Super Mario 3D World.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on January 16, 2017, 03:12:01 am
#1 Resident Evil 4 (PS4)

Welp, it's one of my top 3 games and it's been a good few years since I played through it, so it's been a blast. The PS4 version is certainly crisp looking, though there were some annoying borders on the screen, Leon and co also have a bit of an 'uncanny valley' look to them with all that surface fuzz removed, not being able to aim and move at the same time is as jarring as ever, but quality shines through in this one. Just wish there were more trophies, a very half-arsed effort on Capcom's part there.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 17, 2017, 01:38:53 am
1 - Rise of the Tomb Raider (PS4 2016) - BEAT - While I can't compare it exactly with the previous game, since it's been too long, overall I feel this is the better game with the added mobility options and feeling abit better put together with its story and such.  Kinda funny how this game ended up mirroring Uncharted abit with both getting a grappling hook, but overall, I think I like the Tomb Raider series, as it is now, abit more than Uncharted.  Uncharted does characters better and of course pacing is better in a linear experience, but I like finding all the little tombs scattered about and the all the upgrade stuff with weapons and outfits you get.  When you beat the game, you funnily get PS1 Lara costumes to wear, down to being super polygonal and pointy, and there's Angel of Darkness era Lara, which is more fun to use, since she looks slightly more human, though its hilarious to remember what Lara use to be lol Jarring to see ingame, because she's gangly looking in comparison to default Lara, though this is what I'll be using if I decide to do the extra content.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: emporerdragon on January 17, 2017, 03:46:04 pm
Off to a decent start for the year:

1) Lego Batman 3 (Base game 100% complete) - Surprisingly short for a Lego game these days; I'd put it as the second shortest to complete overall (1st being Lego Star Wars 1). And because of the small length, you never really get to play around with all the characters. Pity.

2) Dragonball Xenoverse 2 (Story Mode, Parallel Quests completed) - Started this right at the end of the year, but the game's effectively done. All that's left are the semi-broken expert missions and the combo challenges (which continue the genre's tradition of being painfully aggravating). Overall, I'd say the game's an improvement over the first one in all aspects but the story, as it just felt like a rehashing of the first one with the movie villains randomly thrown in (It started off good with Turles and Slug, but not so much after that).
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: abe on January 18, 2017, 09:15:15 pm
If I can keep up this pace year-long, I actually have a chance of finishing the challenge this year. :o Finished up Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 with both characters and just the regular endings. I had a lot of fun and at some point I'll get around to finishing with the true endings for both characters.

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    5. Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 (3DS) Jan-18
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 19, 2017, 04:30:31 am
3 - Resident Evil: Revelations (PC 2013) - 9 HOURS BEAT - I've been a bit excited for RE7 and so I kinda wanted to get in the mood for it by playing an RE game, but wasn't really wanting to replay 4 or 5 and I ain't touching 6, but I realized I hadn't beaten RE: Revelations. 

It's okay. 

I should hate it more, because it's basically a simpler version of RE6, but it has just a bit of feel reminiscent to RE5 at times, that I'm okay with it, though still very much like RE6.  It does have a few great monster designs and one of the bosses could be the grossest I've seen in most any RE game.  The last boss is basically like a Ganon fight too lol  I also like that the co-op partner use is minimal as shit.  No shared inventories, no having to look after your partner, while still being useful! But again, there's 3 teams of playable characters, there's two turret sections, there isn't much puzzling, the scanner is not fun to use in every single room, and the story is stupid and full of plot holes and easy to figure out way early on.  I'd recommend it over RE6, but only one above.  RE4,5, and Revelations 2 are better for the modern games.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on January 19, 2017, 08:23:13 am
The review is up for Mega Man & Bass. I haven't started the review for Nocturne yet, which is a shame because I'm really excited to write one up for it. Such a good game!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 22, 2017, 04:33:49 am
4 - Tokyo Mirage Sessions (Wii U 2016) - 46 HOURS ABANDONED - Was hoping I could add this to the beat list this year, since I didn't finish it last year, but even after putting another 10 hours into the game and looking at another couple hours till the end, I'm just done.  I'm tired of kinda the enemies gameplay.  Since the game involves entirely around weaknesses, if your characters get caught up in them, it can sometimes lead to endless death cycles.  Revive, get killed, etc...It's annoying that bosses get multiple attacks, along with the minions they have.  It doesn't make the fights enjoyable in the slightest.  There was a boss like mid game that drove me nuts with that.  Guess what? You have to redo all the main bosses before the final boss.  I hate that so much in games and it makes me fight that boss I hate again.  I'm just tired of the game.

It has a cool style to the UI and visuals, I'm kinda into the whole J-Pop/Idol thing, when you do combined attacks it can be cool (Though it gets repetitive by like halfway through the game and every attack is a sessions attack with everyone attacking) and it plays totally fine, but I'm just not having fun with it anymore.  Was gonna try and beat it, got close, but I'm done.  Tapping out.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on January 22, 2017, 12:59:30 pm
I finished Klonoa for the Wii last night. I'm glad I got this version instead of the insanely priced PlayStation version; the game is super short.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 22, 2017, 09:00:27 pm
Well this is completely unexpected. We aren't even through the first month of the year and I'm already almost 1/5 done! Most recent review:

10. Batsugun (Arcade): This game was one of the most amazing, balanced, and fun shooters I've ever played, until it looped, and then again, and then yet again! Each time, not only did I have to replay through most of the levels I had just completed, but they became more and more ridiculous, and I mean that mostly negatively. If this game had ended after its first five stages this would have no doubt become one of the best SHMUPs I have ever played, but by the time I actually beat it (Stage 15, aka stage 5, 4th time) I just wanted it to be over mostly. Other than that it is easy to understand why this game is considered one of the great classic shooters and the grandfather of the bullet hell genre. (1/22/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on January 23, 2017, 08:53:03 am
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78. Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles (PS4)
My wife initially described the game to be like Breath of the Wild, I was sold... but I just never got around to it.  I asked for a description again and she described it as Breath of the Wild minus the combat.  A little less sold, but I'd give it a try.  First off, no gliding and no climbing.  Falling is using an umbrella and slowly descending.  Climbing is just jumping, but if you try to jump from a surface that isn't flat, you wind up just jumping backwards, so Elder Scrolls style mountain climbing is impossible.  The game seems to take a lot of the game play from Breath of the Wild and I guess Harvest moon.  Fetch quests galore.  Farming aspect exists, but I took no part in it and wasn't really necessary for the platinum aside from adopting some animals.  Exploration and crafting are the major part of the game, plus some minor collect-a-thon action.  Overall I rather enjoyed the game, enough to spend an additional day playing the game after beating it, just to work on the platinum trophy.  Game also doesn't take itself too seriously, has a lot of references to pop culture, tons of puns (LOVE IT), and there is an island in the game called "Troll Island", which appears to be little troll characters, decorative poop, and the characters dialogue seems to come directly from internet message boards. A+.
Rating: Honestly, recommended.  Troll Island makes this game worth playing by itself.

79. Super Mario World (SNES)
Got my SNES Classic in the mail, finally, fucking USPS and UPS Surepost. But mostly USPS for their pretending to attempt delivery but refusing to deliver, and then saying they'll hold it but then they deliver it because I asked for them to hold it.  Asshats.  Anyway, I decided to play through SMW, did the quick finish and went straight from World 2 to the Final Castle.  Whipped Bowser.
Rating: Stupid to ask, Top 5 games of all time, obviously recommended.

80. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4)
I was looking through my PS4 library and noticed I had a digital copy of MGSV, so I installed it.  Then shortly after I decided to play it.  I've been playing it all weekend.  Beat all of the side ops, got some trophies for a bunch of different things.  As much time as I have invested in this game over the past 2 years, it surprises me that I have no Gold Trophies for this game.  Just a ton of bronze and a handful of silver.  I have a few more trophies I'm going to work on before I abandon this game again.  Next year, maybe I'll go for some of the more involved trophies.  I really want to platinum this game some day.
Rating: Still highly recommended.

81. Super Mario Odyssey (NS)
I haven't quite been hyped about this game, I never get too ahead of myself with Mario games because they are generally hit or miss, no in between.  This game is quite fantastic.  A throwback to the collect-a-thons of the N64 era.  Nice open worlds like the N64 not the small levels or "worlds" of Galaxy or 3D World/Land.  Somewhere between Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine.  No power ups, but this has been replaced with the capture system, which works quite well and makes for some humorous gameplay.  This game has upwards of 800 Power Moons (or as I like to call them, Moon Moons, yes I imagine the mentally challenged wolf).  Very easy to enter a world, and within a minute find yourself with 3-5 Power Moons already.  Unlike SM64 or Sunshine, the entry to new worlds isn't locked behind a set amount of Moons, but requires you to obtain a set amount of Moons from the previous world.  This forces you to at least do some stuff in EVERY world.  SM64 and Sunshine, if you were thorough enough on certain worlds, you could completely skip less desirable worlds like water and ice levels.  Not this time around.  Take that as you want, but every world was enjoyable in Odyssey.  The water levels weren't frustrating, and the ice levels weren't too terribly slippery.  Collecting costumes and other collectibles is fun and enjoyable.  There are a lot of complaints about repeated boss fights, and I have to agree, but at least every fight is slightly different and more difficult as you progress.  Most kingdoms do incorporate their own mini-bosses, so there is some variety.
Rating: Absolutely recommended.  Definitely a top tier 3D Mario outing, easily better than any previous 3D Mario game.

82. The Legend of Zelda and the Lampshade of No Real Significance (PC)
I really shouldn't count this one, since it's a relatively short flash game, but I played through it and got to the end... plus it's funny and I like it.  Made 12 years ago by the same folks who made Snipperclips for Nintendo.  Most of the humor is either inside jokes referring back to other flash videos they've done, other flash animators and contributors (Rubberninja, Tom Fulp, Egoraptor), and some video game based humor.
Rating: Can't honestly recommend this unless you've seen the Decline of Video Gaming flash videos and find them at least slightly worth your time.

83. Gone Home (X1)
Assassin's Creed Origins had a 2GB title update, so I was like let me play some other games.  So I played and beat Gone Home a few times and unlocked a couple of trophies.  Basically speed runs.
Rating: Speedrunning aside, the story in this walking simulator is pretty good.  Recommended.

84. Pneuma (X1)
I started playing this game years ago, got to the middle of Chapter 5 and stopped playing.  The game gets good in Chapter 6, I totally regret abandoning this game years ago, the ending and dialogue are pretty good.  Mildly thought provoking puzzles, but nothing on the level of The Witness I'd venture.
Rating: Worth a play, especially if you got it on GWG, but maybe not worth the $20 price tag.

85. Turing Test, The (X1)
While waiting for the giant 2GB title update for AC:Origins, I decided to pop this GWG game on and play through it.  Shortly I figured out that this is made by the same folks who made Pneuma... COINCIDENCE!!! Story in this is pretty good, the AI has interesting things to say and there are tons of little notes and stuff all over the place.  The puzzles are tough enough, but not so hard it is frustrating and not so easy that it's boring.  Definitely Portal level puzzles.  I've read that this game uses a lot of inspiration from The Talos Principle, specifically in how the puzzles are presented and the theories needed to complete the puzzles.  Overall a good game.
Rating: Definitely worth a play if you got it on GWG, better than Pneuma from what I can recall from Pneuma.

86. Forza Horizon 2 (X1)
After finishing Turing Test, I was constantly thinking about pulling out my steering wheel set up and playing Forza Horizon 2.  So I caved and finally pulled it out and completed a handful of championships until I got bored again.  I've previously beaten this game, but there is always more to do in this game.  The entire reason I haven't even started Forza Horizon 3.
Rating: Fantastic racing game, definitely puts the NFS franchise to shame.

87. Snipperclips (Switch)
Honestly, this game, imo, is the stand out title for the Switch right now.  Snipperclips is what the Switch is all about.  The folks who made this game also made some flash videos in the early 2000's, specifically the Decline of Video Gaming series (which was Egoraptor's first foray into voice acting).  This is a quaint little puzzle game that requires cooperation, but also allows the users to act competitively.  The competitive multiplayer modes are quick and fun.  The cooperative elements have tons of different ways of solving a puzzle and can be frustrating or fantastic based on how well you and your friend can work together.  There is already many stories on the internet about folks making new friends through this game specifically.  It's just plain and simple a rather fantastic game.  Well worth the $20 price tag.  It's just a shame that isn't wasn't given a physical release.  Hopefully that will change down the line.  Making slow progress on this, playing about once a week or so knocking out a puzzle or two each time.  Finally finished this game, shortly after the release of Snipperclips Plus.  Will jump into that shortly.
Rating: Fantastic, must play game.  Definitely #3 in the top 3 Switch games worth playing right now.  #1 for multiplayer.  Highly Recommended.

88. Blade Kitten
I was thinking about jumping back into Bourne Conspiracy, but I decided to play Blade Kitten.  I had previously left off in the middle of Act 1, so I wasn't super far into the game when I last abandoned it.  But I persevered and finished the game.  Game isn't difficult, isn't frustrating, and is barely memorable.  It's just... kind of bland.  The only thing the game has going for it is the fact that Kit is attractive.  Even the dialogue is mildly annoying and fairly difficult to follow.  The ending is even a total cliffhanger, expecting you to go out and buy episode 2... but WAIT... Episode 2 wasn't released but 5 years later and only on Steam. Moderately unsurprising that this game just kind of faded away.
Rating: Meh, soft pass.  Nothing about this game screams "Play me"

89. Homefront: The Revolution (PS4)
I played through and beat this game last year... but some how at some point, I lost my saved data for it.  I read an article that talked about how the Timesplitters 2 easter egg is now 4K enabled or something on X1X, and I didn't even know there was a Timesplitters 2 easter egg... so I started the game over and got all the way to the end basically where you can get to the easter egg, so I could play Timesplitters 2 on my PS4.  So worth it.  Doesn't hurt that I actually enjoyed Homefront: The Revolution.  Don't get me wrong, there is still a lot wrong and bad with this game, audio gets desynced massively, characters/vehicles/items just despawn randomly, and a lot of other minor things... but this game is totally playable and the story is quite good.  I mean essentially this game is the same story as Wolfenstein II NC except Norks instead of Nazis.  The game does well to present how hard you have it.  I recently read about the DLC of this game, and it sounds like it really ties up the story and I may go out and buy them to experience the rest of the story.
Rating: I still highly recommend this game as a sleeper hit.  Game would be massively better if a lot of the bugs were fixed, but the game is still totally enjoyable.

90. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (NDS)
Decided to jump into V now that I'm done with IV.  Would really like to play I-III but I only have 1 and I'd rather play the "remakes" than the originals, so I'll wait for the hopeful PS4 releases.  With the name of the previous title I expected that every game would play out differently.  The previous title being a Chapter-ed game, this one I figured would not be, and it isn't.  Like the previous game, I'm finding the early levels to be quite troublesome compared to the later levels.  Got my ass handed to me by the Ghost Leader because I ran out of MP in the middle of the fight with him and couldn't do ANY physical damage.  Already starting the game off with grinding... not happy with that.  Found an area with some Metal slimes and farmed for XP for a while and now I'm doing good.  I expect that now that I've progressed a bit that I'm going to be XP farming again not too far from now.  Made my way through a good portion of the game, but a large portion of what goes on at some point is a lot of going back and forth between some location and Gotha Kingdom.  That's where I'm at right now.  I've been slowly playing this, pretty much exclusively during bathroom breaks.  What few walkthroughs I've looked at, it looks like I'm right at the end.  Crocodilopolis and then on to Nadiria for the end of the game... then there is post game content.  Might not bother with the end game stuff this time around.  Made my way to Nadiria and Mt. Zugzwang, or as I like to call it Mt. ZigZagpaddywack.  I was having a terrible time with just random battles so I took off and did some grinding against some liquid metal slime, my whole team is about lvl 40 now.  I'm figuring that's good enough, but I'm having trouble finding the will to proceed.  Had no real issue finishing the game with my team so high... but I also gave the wife the staff that heals everyone a little, the legendary hero the staff that heals one person quite a bit, attacked constantly with the hero, and had the daughter cast bounce on everyone so the boss would deal massive damage to himself every few turns.  Worked pretty well.
Rating: Fantastic game.  Gameplay, story, and mechanics were different enough to feel like a brand new game compared to IV.  Well recommended.

91. Undertale (PS4)
I didn't manage to take notes while playing this or the next few games as I played them all rather quickly without having been at a computer the whole time.  Game starts off pretty slow and boring, takes getting out of Toriel's house for the game to really pick up... and it picks up as soon as you meet Sans.  What a guy, love him, all of the characters in this game are fantastic.  Even the enemies give me a chuckle in how you go about showing mercy.  Especially dug the Temmie puns.  Puns in general get me.  Such good and wholesome humor throughout this game.  Not a fan of bullet hell games, so the bullet hell segments were quite painful for me, but for the most part the game was entirely enjoyable and I had trouble putting it down and staying away from it when I needed to.  I even managed to get the Platinum trophy for this game before even beating it... which is weird, you'd think there would be trophies for the different endings, but there are not.
Rating: Well recommended.  Fantastic game.  Great humor. Easy Platinum.

92. SuperHyperCube (PSVR)
I've been looking forward to this game since I first saw about it and heard it was going to be a PSVR launch title... but it is pricey at $30 for an arcade only game.  Still hella fun.  Managed to get it for about half price I think, plus I get all my digital money at no cost to me, so it's not a big deal.  Though I was very hesitant because I was hoping for a physical copy, perhaps a la Iam8bit, but no dice so far.  Game is a fit a block inside of a like hole game, plays well, gets very difficult pretty quickly.  No other modes, strictly arcade style.
Rating: Recommended as it's fun, but it is very pricey for what you are getting.

93. Ittle Dew 2+ (NS)
I don't know for certain what features the Switch "+" version has over the other console versions, but this game is a fully 3D game over the previous iterations 2D implementation.  Still has the same humor and jokes, but doesn't appear to reuse any jokes, the game barely has any Jennys as it is, just Safety, Shark, Cyber, and maybe one or two more.  Game isn't terribly long, but has quite a bit of optional content in secret dungeons, optional caves, dream world, etc.  Game picks up directly after the end of Ittle Dew, and while a lot of stuff references the previous game, the previous game absolutely isn't necessary to enjoy this game.  That being said, I highly recommend playing the original game first as it makes a lot of good jokes itself and there are references back to the first game.
Rating: Fantastic, absolutely recommended. 

94. Circuit Scramble (Android)
I don't even know why, I guess I was updating apps and saw this game and decided to give it a try.  I do software development for a living, so logic gate puzzles appeal to me.  So I sat through and completed the game with 3 Stars across the board.  For a software person, this is too easy.  For a layman, it might be a decent challenge.
Rating: Soft pass, I suppose, but it's a short, interesting logic puzzle game.

95. Bourne Conspiracy, The (360)
Started playing this after Bioshock and Quantum Break, played it for a bit at a time for a few days and then started playing other stuff.  I will try to come back to it because I want to finish this and then start Nier.  I think I was expecting the combat in this to play out like the Batman Arkham games, but it's not quite like that.  The combat is actually super simplistic, which is fairly disappointing.  Shooting mechanics are fairly frustrating as well because the controls aren't very refined.  But I like the Bourne films so I'm going to try and finish this game, especially since I think I'm a decent way into the game at this point.  Power went out at some point and I lost my progress in a given level.  Went to play again and make up the progress, got further than I ever got, and then the game froze.  So I gave up for another week or so.  Picked it back up and now I'm on the final level.  Didn't take but maybe a half hour to finish the game.  An addendum, this game is made by the same folks who made the Deadpool game.
Rating: Fairly short, fairly frustrating mechanics.  Soft pass.

96. Nier (360)
Finally decided to start on this game because I'm wanting to jump into Automata down the line.  So far, I vaguely remember everything I'm doing from when my wife started playing this game 6-7 years ago.  She's still further than me and a few levels higher, but I'm sure if she played, she would have to start over basically.  I'm confident that if my wife continued playing this she wouldn't need to start over, but she assured me that if she does play the game, she wants to play on her own profile so that she can earn achievements.  The first half of the game was very slow for me, and it did feel very tutorial like, but once I got into the second half of the game, I was quite enjoying it.  Got a lot of good laughs out of the dialogue between the characters and some of the events that transpire.  Overall I really enjoyed the game, my only concern about jumping into Nier Automata is that the game might be similarly slow to start.  I'm going to either beat some shorter games or finish some of my previously abandoned titles before I decide to jump into Automata.
Rating: If you can get through the first half of the game, you'll enjoy it, but if the first hour or so is a painful experience to you, I'd pass.  Soft recommendation.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: tafk on January 23, 2017, 09:52:14 pm
New review up for me on Page 1 for Crayon Physics Deluxe!

Also, can we get a sticky on this thread @ the mods? We had one last year but looks like the new thread hasn't been made official yet.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: maximo310 on January 24, 2017, 02:31:42 am
Quote from: bikingjahuty on January 22, 2017, 09:00:27 pm
Well this is completely unexpected. We aren't even through the first month of the year and I'm already almost 1/5 done! Most recent review:

10. Batsugun (Arcade): This game was one of the most amazing, balanced, and fun shooters I've ever played, until it looped, and then again, and then yet again! Each time, not only did I have to replay through most of the levels I had just completed, but they became more and more ridiculous, and I mean that mostly negatively. If this game had ended after its first five stages this would have no doubt become one of the best SHMUPs I have ever played, but by the time I actually beat it (Stage 15, aka stage 5, 4th time) I just wanted it to be over mostly. Other than that it is easy to understand why this game is considered one of the great classic shooters and the grandfather of the bullet hell genre. (1/22/17)

Oh dude, you actually played Batsugun Special. There's a regular version of Batsugun which only has 5 stages, along with some minor changes like the bomb covering less area, your hitbox is a bit bigger, enemy colors are different, it starts at Normal difficulty instead of Easy on Special's 1st loop, no suicide bullets ( since its 1 loop),  and changed scoring mechanics.

I think you'd have a better time checking out regular Batsugun, since the version you played w/ 4 loops is Special. In addition, you should check out V-V/Grind Stormer or Dogyuun for more Toaplan proto-bullet hell goodness!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 24, 2017, 10:03:51 am
Quote from: maximo310 on January 24, 2017, 02:31:42 am
Quote from: bikingjahuty on January 22, 2017, 09:00:27 pm
Well this is completely unexpected. We aren't even through the first month of the year and I'm already almost 1/5 done! Most recent review:

10. Batsugun (Arcade): This game was one of the most amazing, balanced, and fun shooters I've ever played, until it looped, and then again, and then yet again! Each time, not only did I have to replay through most of the levels I had just completed, but they became more and more ridiculous, and I mean that mostly negatively. If this game had ended after its first five stages this would have no doubt become one of the best SHMUPs I have ever played, but by the time I actually beat it (Stage 15, aka stage 5, 4th time) I just wanted it to be over mostly. Other than that it is easy to understand why this game is considered one of the great classic shooters and the grandfather of the bullet hell genre. (1/22/17)

Oh dude, you actually played Batsugun Special. There's a regular version of Batsugun which only has 5 stages, along with some minor changes like the bomb covering less area, your hitbox is a bit bigger, enemy colors are different, it starts at Normal difficulty instead of Easy on Special's 1st loop, no suicide bullets ( since its 1 loop),  and changed scoring mechanics.

I think you'd have a better time checking out regular Batsugun, since the version you played w/ 4 loops is Special. In addition, you should check out V-V/Grind Stormer or Dogyuun for more Toaplan proto-bullet hell goodness!


Good to know! I didn't realize I was playing that version, but this evening I will make sure to play the original. Do you know if the Saturn version is the original or if it is Special?


And yes I really want to try those other titles as well. I used to own Grind Stormer, but it would take a miracle for it to work on my Genesis due to issues with Tengen's carts.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on January 24, 2017, 08:29:18 pm
W00t! Two new reviews are up on on my page (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132389 .html#msg132389)!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 25, 2017, 12:18:12 am
5 - Resident Evil 7 (PC 2017) - 8 HOURS BEAT - Without spoiling anything, I think this is a pretty good game, best the series has been in awhile.  Right now, after just beating it, it's hard for me to place it in the series, though really the only ones I really like are RE4, 5, and Revelations 2.  If anything, it's at least a return to form for the series.  This is a straight up, survival horror game, like Resident Evil 1.  It's got all the basics you'd expect, other than most of the puzzle solving.  There's a couple, but they aren't ridiculously complicated or anything like that.  I'll talk about it more in the RE thread.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: maximo310 on January 25, 2017, 01:27:12 am
Quote from: bikingjahuty on January 24, 2017, 10:03:51 am
Quote from: maximo310 on January 24, 2017, 02:31:42 am
Quote from: bikingjahuty on January 22, 2017, 09:00:27 pm
Well this is completely unexpected. We aren't even through the first month of the year and I'm already almost 1/5 done! Most recent review:

10. Batsugun (Arcade): This game was one of the most amazing, balanced, and fun shooters I've ever played, until it looped, and then again, and then yet again! Each time, not only did I have to replay through most of the levels I had just completed, but they became more and more ridiculous, and I mean that mostly negatively. If this game had ended after its first five stages this would have no doubt become one of the best SHMUPs I have ever played, but by the time I actually beat it (Stage 15, aka stage 5, 4th time) I just wanted it to be over mostly. Other than that it is easy to understand why this game is considered one of the great classic shooters and the grandfather of the bullet hell genre. (1/22/17)

Oh dude, you actually played Batsugun Special. There's a regular version of Batsugun which only has 5 stages, along with some minor changes like the bomb covering less area, your hitbox is a bit bigger, enemy colors are different, it starts at Normal difficulty instead of Easy on Special's 1st loop, no suicide bullets ( since its 1 loop),  and changed scoring mechanics.

I think you'd have a better time checking out regular Batsugun, since the version you played w/ 4 loops is Special. In addition, you should check out V-V/Grind Stormer or Dogyuun for more Toaplan proto-bullet hell goodness!


Good to know! I didn't realize I was playing that version, but this evening I will make sure to play the original. Do you know if the Saturn version is the original or if it is Special?


And yes I really want to try those other titles as well. I used to own Grind Stormer, but it would take a miracle for it to work on my Genesis due to issues with Tengen's carts.
The Saturn version contains both versions of Batsugun. It also has a choice between original and arranged soundtracks, and removes most of the slowdown in the arcade versions( which can make the game a bit harder).

If you wanna play more of Toaplan's titles, I'd highly reccomend using MAME since a bunch of their titles didn't get home ports ( or were released in the U.S. as ports) ; I believe the newest version fixed the sound on a few of their games such as Vimana and Fire Shark.
Hmu too if you've got any other questions, especially if you wanna get some more 1cc's!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on January 25, 2017, 10:33:27 am
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strikethrough games are games that were carried over from last year and I haven't started playing this year yet.

97. Homefront (360)
Did some HLTB research to find a game that I could beat in a day or two of minor gameplay to help me transition from the weekend back to the work week.  Decided to play this since it is allegedly only a 4 hour game.  Also, I'm kind of far from my goal for there being less than a month left in the year, so anything that will help.  Having play the "sequel" already, I expected this to be the events that lead up to the revolution, but it very much seems like the sequel is more of a reboot and just skipping the obvious events that lead up to the story.  This game plays as North Korea just as a major military force under Un, and just fairly quickly sweeping the world over.  The sequel plays NK as a cross between Apple and Stark Industries where NK is just this consumer powerhouse that the world depends on and they just decided it was time to take over America.  AFAIK there is no talks of other countries being attacked in the sequel, this one explicitly talks about other countries bowing to NK.  So far, the game is fairly responsive and I'm enjoying the mindless combat.  I was expecting this one to be less gritty than the Revolution game, but this game is just as gritty and gruesome, it just uses brighter color tones in the display of the game.  This game seems to be mostly about NK occupation in San Francisco, the US hasn't lost the war yet and the EU hasn't joined the war yet.  Revolution appears to be post war, US has fully fallen.  Revolution being the superior game.
Rating: Soft pass, nothing to write home about.

98. Sniper Elite V2 (360)
I have previously had one of the Sniper games recommended to me, but I can't recall if it was Elite or Ghost Warrior.  I don't even remember what the complaints were against the other title.  But I'm enjoying Elite so far, so maybe this was the recommended title.  I think the complaint had to do with the lack of bullet physics and Elite appears to have such a thing, so maybe Ghost Warrior was not recommended.  Regardless, I'll make an effort to play Ghost Warrior at some point, just to compare.  But I am enjoying this game so far, so I may go get the first game and the third and fourth game depending on how much I enjoy this title.  The X-ray headshots are a really nice touch.  I liked this game so much I went out and bought Sniper Elite 4 and I'm planning on acquiring Sniper Elite 3's collector's edition.
Rating: Very nice, well recommended for folks who like to play the slow and steady sniper route in games where the option is presented (like Fallout)

99. Metroid: Samus Returns (3DS)
I don't know for sure how to track this, so I'm just going to track it by how many Metroids I've killed.  So far, I've killed 2 or 3.  Game plays incredibly well.  I've only gotten sorta stuck once or twice, and the combat has been challenging, but not frustrating.  I'm finding that I'm recognizing that I will have to back track a lot if I want to do a lot of the things that will require power-ups from later in the game.  I've been killing about 1-3 Metroids a day when I play for about 30 minutes a day... so I might finish this fairly quickly.  I played Axiom Verge for about 20 minutes on launch day and I just wasn't quite feeling it and was concerned I'd feel the same way about this, but this game plays so much better than Axiom Verge, but I may jump back into that down the line.  Got stuck again, but only because I thought I missed something, read an article that sounded like a missed a few important things, and then realized I was reading the wrong thing and wasn't stuck.  Oh well.  I think I'm now in Area 4, some of the Metroids are such a pain in the ass to beat, and I can only imagine there are going to be WAY worse Metroids later on.  Metroids got so damned hard later on.  Queen Metroid and Ridley weren't so bad once I figured out their patterns.  Definitely my favorite Metroid game so far.
Rating: Highly recommended, best Metroid game that I've played so far.  I've only played this and Super Metroid.

100. Sniper: Ghost Warrior (360)
I call them missions, but it's more like a chapter or something, since everything is just minor parts of a major Act in the game.  I was expecting this game to play similar to the Sniper Elite games expecting you to be slow and methodical... but not quite.  There is so much wrong with this game compared to Sniper Elite.  It seems like it wants to be a sniper game, but the game constantly throws you into CoD type situations where you wish you had an assault rifle, but no, all you have is a sniper rifle and a pistol.  I'll try to explain this as best I can.  If you sneak up and snipe/pistol some one with a silencer, EVERYBODY goes on high alert looking for you as if they heard the gunfire or something... same thing if you use a non-silenced weapon.  But if you are in a situation that the game allows stealth killing, it doesn't matter if you use a silenced pistol or a loud rifle, nobody hears anything.  It's kind of stupid.  If enemies are on alert, you can be prone in bushes and if the enemy looks in your direction, they immediately see you, even from 100m away.  Entirely unimpressed by this game, but I already own the sequel, so I'll probably play it at some point to give this franchise another chance.
Rating: Solid pass.  Not a good sniping game, not a good stealth game, not even a good shooter in general.

101. Liberation Maiden (3DS)
Bought this during a sale a year or two ago, my wife's cousin suggested it, it was cheap, and he told me it was short so worst case if I don't like it, I won't spend a lot of time on it.  Very quickly realized that this isn't necessarily a mobile friendly game.  No subtitles in video sequences, so you need headphones.  The touch screen controls force you to constantly hold the system with one hand which can be tiresome.  Story reminds me of Metal Wolf Chaos, so there's that.  Voice Actress for Shoko sounds super familiar, but I can't find any info online about who does the voice.  Best thing I could find was that maybe it's Valerie Arem, but no confirmation anywhere.  Interesting gameplay I suppose, slightly different than the usually shmup stuff.  It is a Suda51 game though, so there's always that.  I'd definitely be more interested in the VN sequel getting localized.
Rating: Soft pass, definitely could've had more cut scenes and story to fluff the content.

102. Demon King Box (3DS)
Another game that I bought just on a whim during a sale last year.  I liked the art style and thought that I would really like it.  First impressions, HORRIBLE translation, and I don't know why I expected voice overs, but no voice overs.  I didn't really get the game at first and the game doesn't do well explaining everything and there isn't much on the internet about this game, as with most download only games.  I finally figured it out and that's when I started wrecking house through this game.  It's like Plants Vs. Zombies PvP.  It's alright, but it's not great.  I don't know if the horrible translation helps or hurts the game.  I'm going to go with hurts, because half the time I don't know what was being said and who was saying it.
Rating: Solid pass, too confusing and open ended to be worth anyone's time.

103. Mercenaries 2 (360)
A rare case of, mostly done with the game, abandoned the game, and don't remember ever having played the game in the first place.  Apparently I started this game about 9 years ago, got most of the way through the game... and just stopped.  Never touched it since.  Took me a few hours to finish the game.  Plays similar to what I recall the first game playing like.  Nothing magical, nothing outstanding.  Gameplay is quite mediocre to today's standards.  I will say though, I would love to see Volition make a successor to Mercenaries.  Agents of Mayhem was too neon and cartoony.  Take the controls you know and apply them to a serious franchise (like they used to do with Red Faction) and create a new IP.  Mercenaries 3 made with the Saints Row controls could be a fantastic game.  I think it would be too tempting to make it silly and neon purple for them though.
Rating: Hard to recommend when I only played the last few hours of the game and don't recall anything else.  Can't have been that good.

104. Rage (360)
In another case of, mostly done with the game, abandoned the game, and don't remember ever having played the game in the first place.  Last time I played this was about 5 years ago... or according to Microsoft, 264 years ago.  Yes, Microsoft says I played this game January 1st, 1753.  Apparently I abandoned this game with less than an hour of game play left.  I had the game over 90% complete, pretty much down to the last boss fight and that was it.  I never understand when this happens to me, but I do have ADHD and get bored pretty easily.  It looks like I abandoned this game just before finals my senior year of college.  So maybe I was more concerned with exams and stopped playing and after finals finished I picked up something else.  Literally have no clue anything about this game, I only vaguely remember starting the game and have zero recollection of actually playing through the game let alone putting in 11 hours and nearly completing the game in its entirety.  Boss fight and fights that lead to it were pretty bland and just waves of enemies.  If the original Doom 4 was anything like this, I'm not surprised that it was cancelled.  Looking at the game, the only thing I can think is that this game might be what Borderlands would've been had it had this serious art style and gameplay.
Rating: Solid pass.  Can't recall anything from this game, so it can't be that good.

105. Alice: Madness Returns (360)
And in a different case, there is this game, which I thought I was nearly done with, was actually not even half way done, abandoned multiple times, recall playing this game and abandoning it multiple times.  I couldn't remember the controls, so I got very frustrated and quit playing it and took a nap for 30 minutes or so, I was feeling sick all weekend.  After the nap, I went back and I read some stuff online to jog my memory.  Got into the game and finished a Chapter and started the next Chapter.  I'm expecting myself to get bored and abandon it again, but I'm going to try and finish this game.  Took a couple of days of on and off playing to truly get into this game... and even then, I barely got into it.  I just really wanted to finish it.  Alice's eyes kind of remind me of the Alita Battle Angel eyes that everyone is freaking about, but on Alice, they look fine, so maybe they aren't quite that big.  The game gets proper fucked up the further along you go.  Might have to go read a plot synopsis because I can't recall earlier events and want to get a better idea of what on earth happened at the ending.
Rating: Soft Recommendation.  Nothing really makes a ton of sense until the back end of the game.

The Punisher (PS2)
See Game Challenge 2018 (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,8821.msg149004.html#msg149004)

Yakuza 0 (PS4)
See Game Challenge 2018 (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,8821.msg149004.html#msg149004)

Picross S (NS)
See Game Challenge 2018 (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,8821.msg149004.html#msg149004)

Lococycle (PC)
See Game Challenge 2018 (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,8821.msg149004.html#msg149004)

Fire Emblem Warriors (NS)
See Game Challenge 2019 (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,9921.msg162655.html#msg162655)

Dark Souls III: Fire Fades Edition (X1)
See Game Challenge 2021 (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,11230.msg185665.html#msg185665)

109. Assassin's Creed: Origins (X1)
Current Progress: Beginning
I'm having trouble with this one, so far I'm regretting my purchase, because I haven't played this much and it's already going to be sub $30 on Black Friday.  Anyway, I'm venturing to guess this game is the origin of the Assassin and Templar orders, so as far as I've seen, little to no stealth, and Dark Souls-esque combat.  We'll see.

112. Tecmo's Deception: Invitation to Darkness (PS1)
Current Progress: Chapter 13
I have been wanting to jump into the Deception series for a long time.  Mostly because when I was in college I saw someone bring their PS2 and Trapt to the student center and play it and it looked really cool.  Like most PS1 games, I was concerned that it wouldn't age well and I would have trouble playing it.  It's not too bad, the graphics kind of suck, but it isn't impossible to tell what's going on, so I'm not bothered.  I was concerned that the game would be less forgiving and I'd have to do a better job balancing Souls, Gold, and Cadavers, but I'm about halfway through the game and I have over 30k in souls, 15k in gold, and a couple of cadavers that I haven't really had to use yet (not that I can).  I just recently read that I can upgrade my traps, so I'll need to look into that, but I'm not sure how it works.  The revenge story is pretty good so far and i'm genuinely interested in what's going on in the game.

113. Call of Cthulhu (Xbox)
Current Progress: Jailbreak
Another game I had pulled to play eventually.  I asked my wife for assistance in what to play next and she said something spoopy.  So I popped on Call of Cthulhu... my first Xbox game, never played an OG Xbox game before.  I was thinking that this might be a good game for my wife, sounds like a spooky investigative game, but so far it's been very unforgiving with timing and it seems eventually I'll get a gun to defend myself.  Beginning of Attack of the Fishmen is a very unforgiving and long chase sequence.  I've failed a handful of times already and I got almost done and then fell off a roof and died.  Gave up right there.  Will continue when I get off work.  Got through that part.  Around 1/3 of the way done with the game and I still haven't found any guns but have TONS of bullets.  Game has been very glitchy, it even kind of flipped out and set me a bit a head of where I should be, but then the game froze, so I have temporarily abandoned the game.

114. Tokyo Jungle (PS3)
Current Progress: Unlocking Act 9
Since I finished 3D Dot Game Heroes, I wanted to jump into a new game and I had a few games in mind, but wasn't sure what to do.  I played a few different games for about 5 minutes or so and abandoned a bunch of games, if only temporarily.  I threw in my copy of this and started it up.  I've been wanting to play this game for some time because it just sounds so damned interesting.  Playing through survival mode unlocks other characters and story levels.  Each animal plays differently and requires different strategies to stay alive.  I've not yet figured out if your "upgrades" stay after you start over.  From what I've read it kind of sounds like it does, but that doesn't sound right, but again, I'm used to Souls as of recent and games that just get harder and harder the more you play.  So you don't keep your upgrades, but when your animal changes generations (read as making the sweet boom boom) your new generation gets a permanent boost, so successive playthroughs are inherently easier.  I'm actually really really liking this game.  The combat is difficult but not impossible, the lore is entirely told through collectibles, you unlock things by beating bosses and stuff, you get equipment that apparent degrades with use... this is basically Dark Souls with animals.  I've decided to stop tracking my Survival mode progress and only track my story mode progress.  This game probably won't make my top 5 this year, but it definitely deserves an honorable mention.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on January 26, 2017, 02:04:47 am
Beat Super Mario 3D World last night. I really liked it! It had a few frustrating moments, most notably locking the final boss behind a huge green star paywall, but overall it's still a great Mario platformer and I really enjoyed it!
So now I'm up to six:

I'm currently working on an Infinite Climax playthrough of Bayonetta 2. Besides that, my next game will be Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. I just picked up Trilogy on the eShop, and I'm excited to finally give this series a try! Kirby Super Star Ultra has kind of fallen behind, but I'll try to get to it if I'm not in the mood for Bayonetta or Phoenix Wright (which I'd rather play right now).
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on January 26, 2017, 09:39:36 am
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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.

114. Toejam and Earl (Gen)
I've tried playing through this several times now and every time I get around level 17-19, I will have the issue that I will be in a situation that will lead to me immediately losing a life.  I've had a lawnmower guy just stand over me until I'm dead.  I've had 2 invisible bad guys just take turns pushing me at each other until I'm dead.  I've had 3 mole guys take turns stealing my items while a herd of nerds mows me down until I'm dead.  I've had 2 hulla girls make me dance while I get my ass handed to me by an insane dentist.  It gets pretty unforgiving the further you get.  I've gotten down to 4 items left, I'm going to keep trying though, because the game is still pretty entertaining.  No real progress to be made on this one, either I'll beat it eventually or it will be abandoned.

Shifting World
Current Progress: World 3 Level 6
I got this game for like literally 10 cents when Hastings was going out of business, I bought a few copies and gave them away.  It looks mildly interesting.  I was trying to read up on this game and found a review that pointed out something I never would've known.  Originally this game was a Flash game where each level is shown in its entirety to you at all times, kind of like N+ back in the PC days, but on the 3DS they only show you directly where you are, so you really can't plan out your movement, you just have to basically move around blind.  Yes, there is a bottom screen showing the map but it is small and it is hard to tell what's what especially with icons on the screen that take up quite a bit of space (Keys, doors, you, etc.).  What makes it especially difficult is that you can't see spikes on the map very well, so there is no way of knowing that the left side of a pit is death and the right side is safe.  No checkpoints, so guess and error and you must restart the whole level if you pick wrong.  Giant flaw that exists only because it existed in the PC version, should've been removed for the handheld version or at least given checkpoints or something.  Because of this I may well abandon this game... but we'll see, I'm about the end of World 2 and there are 8 worlds, so about 25% of the way done.  Like I expected, I would wind up abandoning this game due to it's lack of forgiveness and checkpoints.  I will not be coming back to this game.

Tales from the Borderlands (X1)
Current Progress: Episode 1 Chapter 6
Progress on this game is slow because I'm playing through this with my wife kind of, she half pays attention, but wants to at least hear whats going on, so she wants to physically be there while I play the game.  This game is going to be the game that is going to take me months to finish.  Another Laura Bailey game.  :)

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India (X1)
Current Progress: Memory Sequence 2
This and Russia are the last 2 Assassin's Creed games in the franchise to play.  I was kind of expecting, given that this released the same year as Syndicate, that this game would be directly related to Syndicate.  So far it's its own story, takes place within 100 years of Syndicate, before the events of Syndicate, but I have yet to see if it is in any way related.  I expect it will have some events that might have been referenced in Syndicate.  I really don't know if I'm going to come back to this game and I only put in a short period of time, so I may remove this game altogether and just abandon it.

Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (PS2)
My wife and I decided that we would not be playing any games on Valentine's Day unless we were playing them together, so I asked about playing Gamecube games, since we have a Gamecube hooked up in the loft (for the GameBoy Player).  No dice, couldn't agree on a game.  So I thought about it and went and grabbed a PS2 and a handful of games for her to pick from.  Again, no dice as she didn't want to pick.  So I picked Fallout and she obliged.  We played for a few hours and got to level 3, still haven't left the main area of Carbon, but I intend on continuing playing this game because I'm quite enjoying it.

Dungelot: Shattered Lands (PC)
Progress: Dungeon 14/18
So this game I got a free steam key from one of the streams that was taking part in the Dungelot 100 level challenge (Thanks RT_LoZelda).  This game was explained to me as minesweeper meets roguelike?, it's very confusing and I barely see it... but the game is pretty good.  I'm either 1/3 of the way through, or like 1/12 of the way through, I'm not sure yet.  A few dungeons left, and as expected, they get pretty tough as you go along.  The game is mostly luck, a lot of situations, just like minesweeper, you'd fail due to dumb eff-ing luck.  I'm towards the end of the game with the last 4 dungeons and sometimes I fail and die within the first 10 levels of the dungeon and sometimes I make it a little further, but it does seem to be very much down to luck.  Sometimes you get lucky and get no horrible mobs, sometimes you get the scorpion who gets free attacks if you make any moves instead of attacking it, but you can't attack it because it has 6 defense and you have 5 attack, so you just die.  I got that scorpion on Level 1 first mob to pop on the first tile checked.  I made it to level 2 of the dungeon with 5 health and no armor and no items... honestly I should've just quit and start over at that point.

Risk of Rain (PC)
I thought about not adding this game, because I wasn't sure if this game was a beatable game, so I had to do some research.  It appears there are minimally 4 levels in the game and the faster you beat it, the easier it is.  I got to the final stage, but I got bum rushed so fast and so hard.  This game is pretty fun, but it is definitely one of those arcade-ish games where you start from scratch every time you play.  I think I would've liked a mode where you can keep your stats and such, but I guess that isn't the purpose of the game, is it?  Gah man, this game is so hard.  I'm not playing on drizzle because I want to unlock a couple of artifacts.

Dokapon Kingdom (Wii)
Current Progress: Chapter 8
This game, man.  This game.  There is a lot of fun to be had with this RPG board game.  But there is a lot of frustration too.  Like an RPG, it is LONG AS FUCK.  Like longer than any game rightfully should be.  Early on, you'll attack each other, and try to slow each other down.  But then you'll realize that about every 4 weeks you have the opportunity to set everyone back to ZERO basically.  The goal of the game is to have the most money at the end.  Well, if someone goes Darkling, basically super evil, super powerful, unstoppable, at the cost of all of your money and items, they will have the power (and very easily too) to take away all of your money.  4 weeks is a short period of time in game, I'm currently around week 150.  If you play against each other and go Darkling frequently, it will take you several hundred weeks to beat the game.  But if you work together, always together, regardless of who is winning, you can get to Chapter 8 fairly quickly.  Once you get to chapter 8, feel free to fight among yourselves on your way to the end game, Heck.  Taking forever does have the advantage of leveling up your character and jobs, but that's up to you, I guess.  We got all the way to Chapter 7, with a lot of fighting each other, and eventually made a truce because the boss in 7 is ridiculous and we were going to work together to unlock the Hero job.  I'm holding 3 Hero's Licenses, so we don't want me to die, and I've been trying to work together the whole game.  We agreed that once we unlock Hero and Robo-Knight it's back to war, which for me means, let her do all the damage she wants while I go activate end game.  If this game were less board game (basically the random dice movement) and more free roam, this game could make for an absolutely awesome Co-op/anti-co-op RPG.  So I have the mindset of designing a friendly Co-op/PVP RPG video game, and my wife has the mindset of designing a true board game version of this game.

Yoshi's Woolly World (Wii U)
Current Progress: World 2-4
I love Nintendo, and I love the Mario/Yoshi games, but I always have trouble finishing the 2-D games.  After getting 2 or 3 worlds in, I just stop playing.  The 3-D Mario games, I'll sit there and 100% them, but the 2-D games I lose interest too quickly.  Super Mario World being the one exception, I could play that game for hours.  I'm going to make it my goal this year to play through and beat all the Mario/Yoshi games I haven't finished.  Finally used an amiibo with the game, because my wife wanted to take part in the game and wanted to be the pink yoshi which requires you use your pink yarn yoshi amiibo in single player mode first.  Single Player mode with an amiibo double is one of the most frustrating experiences I have had playing a Nintendo game.  I think I wasn't prepared for what they threw at me.  Co-op mode can be frustrating as well, accidentally eating each other or ricocheting eggs at each other.

Tokyo Mirage Sessions: #FE (Wii U)
Current Progress: Chapter 1
I was really enjoying this game yesterday when I started playing it.  But then it got to being around 8pm and I decided to start playing some more, played for about an hour.  Generally fighting people my level, about 8 or so.  Then I went in to a door and was immediately thrown into a fight with 2 level 10s and 1 level 13.  Needless to say I got my ass handed to me hardcore.  All three enemies one-hit killed all of my people on the first turn, game over, go back to the beginning of chapter 1.  Very very discouraging, and now I must remind myself to go through the system menu and save before opening any door.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 26, 2017, 11:03:20 am
Quote from: ignition365 on January 26, 2017, 09:39:36 am
So...  my wife found out that she missed Gaius and Tharja while playing through Fire Emblem Awakening, she was around Chapter 20.  She just straight up deleted her save file and claimed to be done with video games forever.  Needless to say yesterday was really rough and difficult day.  So now I get to replay through Fire Emblem Awakening and try to rebuild her save file back to about where it was, but with Tharja and Gaius recruited.  Part of me feels like this is a sort of emotional abuse.

I was literally 3 relics away from being done with Mad Max when this happened.  I was so close to being done and being able to jump into my next game, but this is literally going to take all of my free time... and somehow Sumia was her strongest character with a rating of about 200.


Not sure if you've ever played Awakening, but I hear it is an incredible game. There are definitely worse things that you'd have to do to be a good husband ;)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on January 26, 2017, 11:25:32 am
Quote from: bikingjahuty on January 26, 2017, 11:03:20 am
Quote from: ignition365 on January 26, 2017, 09:39:36 am
So...  my wife found out that she missed Gaius and Tharja while playing through Fire Emblem Awakening, she was around Chapter 20.  She just straight up deleted her save file and claimed to be done with video games forever.  Needless to say yesterday was really rough and difficult day.  So now I get to replay through Fire Emblem Awakening and try to rebuild her save file back to about where it was, but with Tharja and Gaius recruited.  Part of me feels like this is a sort of emotional abuse.

I was literally 3 relics away from being done with Mad Max when this happened.  I was so close to being done and being able to jump into my next game, but this is literally going to take all of my free time... and somehow Sumia was her strongest character with a rating of about 200.


Not sure if you've ever played Awakening, but I hear it is an incredible game. There are definitely worse things that you'd have to do to be a good husband ;)
I just finished playing through it last year.  I'm afraid it's going to burn me out before Echoes comes out.

Also, the events that transpired between her deleting her save data and the decision that I would play through the game to get her to where she was were not pleasant.

Also, Sumia sucks.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on January 26, 2017, 02:34:50 pm
I've been trying to rush through Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin for the PS4 in order to get started on RE7 while it's still 'fresh', plus I've been really enjoying it. I'm now at a point where I want to do some farming/exploring on DSII and I don't want to rush any more, it's too good for that, so RE7 has been installing and I'm heading on down now to get started, woo!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on January 26, 2017, 04:12:55 pm
Damn that Namco and Amazon, preventing me from getting my Tales of Fierceness fix.

I decided to start casually playing Shin Megami Tensei IV. I like it, but I don't like the fact that battles are in that old-school, first-person perspective. Nocturne had it right with showing the full fight.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 27, 2017, 02:20:57 am
6 - Yakuza 0 (PS4 2017) - PLAYING - Finally getting into the series for the first time after hearing about it for so many years and I'm enjoying it.  Funny enough, this is exactly what Akiba's Trip wanted to be, which now I see it, seems like it was just trying to rip off Yakuza.  Where that game utterly sucks, this game thrives.  Action is fantastic. Visually it all looks pretty great and runs at a smooth 60fps.  There's tons of goofy and fun side content from going to the Sega arcade, to pocket car racing, to the substories relating to genuinely kinda interesting, if not silly, side characters.  I had to teach a dominatratix how to be one, because she wasn't really that kind of person, but took the job to try and become more assertive and strong.  That's just great.  Doing a lot of side stuff, looking for collectibles, things like that right now, working slowly at the story.  Has abit of a slow start, but I think this is a good game that is gonna keep me in it for a pretty long time.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 27, 2017, 10:04:17 am
Quote from: kamikazekeeg on January 27, 2017, 02:20:57 am
6 - Yakuza 0 (PS4 2017) - PLAYING - Finally getting into the series for the first time after hearing about it for so many years and I'm enjoying it.  Funny enough, this is exactly what Akiba's Trip wanted to be, which now I see it, seems like it was just trying to rip off Yakuza.  Where that game utterly sucks, this game thrives.  Action is fantastic. Visually it all looks pretty great and runs at a smooth 60fps.  There's tons of goofy and fun side content from going to the Sega arcade, to pocket car racing, to the substories relating to genuinely kinda interesting, if not silly, side characters.  I had to teach a dominatratix how to be one, because she wasn't really that kind of person, but took the job to try and become more assertive and strong.  That's just great.  Doing a lot of side stuff, looking for collectibles, things like that right now, working slowly at the story.  Has abit of a slow start, but I think this is a good game that is gonna keep me in it for a pretty long time.


When you go to the Sega arcade does it actually have playable machines, like Shenmue, or are they just part of the scenery?


If they are playable I will be buying this game this weekend lol
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 27, 2017, 04:22:29 pm
Quote from: bikingjahuty on January 27, 2017, 10:04:17 am
Quote from: kamikazekeeg on January 27, 2017, 02:20:57 am
6 - Yakuza 0 (PS4 2017) - PLAYING - Finally getting into the series for the first time after hearing about it for so many years and I'm enjoying it.  Funny enough, this is exactly what Akiba's Trip wanted to be, which now I see it, seems like it was just trying to rip off Yakuza.  Where that game utterly sucks, this game thrives.  Action is fantastic. Visually it all looks pretty great and runs at a smooth 60fps.  There's tons of goofy and fun side content from going to the Sega arcade, to pocket car racing, to the substories relating to genuinely kinda interesting, if not silly, side characters.  I had to teach a dominatratix how to be one, because she wasn't really that kind of person, but took the job to try and become more assertive and strong.  That's just great.  Doing a lot of side stuff, looking for collectibles, things like that right now, working slowly at the story.  Has abit of a slow start, but I think this is a good game that is gonna keep me in it for a pretty long time.


When you go to the Sega arcade does it actually have playable machines, like Shenmue, or are they just part of the scenery?


If they are playable I will be buying this game this weekend lol

I have to double check if the games are playable, I just did the claw machine for abit, but also remember this is set in the late 80's, so it's stuff like Space Harrier.

*EDIT*
Currently, only Space Harrier is playable right now, but I don't know if there are more or not that'll show up as I'm still pretty early into the game.

And found Out Run to be playable at another arcade in the second area of the game.  I'm not expecting to really find more unless there are other areas to the game.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: emporerdragon on January 29, 2017, 03:23:46 pm
1) Lego Batman 3 (Base game 100% complete)
2) Dragonball Xenoverse 2 (Story Mode, Parallel Quests completed)

3) Mass Effect (Replay, 100%) - Decided to do another full playthrough of the trilogy before Andromeda releases. ME1 certainly is a bit dated nowadays, but still an enjoyable story. I was disappointed with the RNG gods however, as I managed to acquire a set of colossus armor (basically, the best armor in the game) for every party member except for Wrex.

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Also, Sumia sucks.
Eh, she was perfectly fine in my file once she got Galeforce. (Though, the parent's main job in Awakening is breeding stock to make god-children anyways) Did have one frustrating moment with her, but that was just the game being an absolute dick to me. What happened was on a mission with a recruitable character, I had Sumia up front tanking (she was a Great Knight at the time) holding a Bronze Spear and a Javelin. What the game did was throw enough grunts at Sumia to make her spear break and switch over to the Javelin, then they attacked her with the recruitable character (who was ranged). She of course, then crited and killed the guy in a single hit.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on January 30, 2017, 10:23:14 am
2) Resident Evil 7: BioHazard

It's releases like this that make me think there's hope for the AAA game market yet, great stuff and a return to real survival horror.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 30, 2017, 11:40:19 pm
Well that is what I call a successful  month of playing/beating games! But I expect it will slow down from here on out. As some may have read in other posts and threads, I have a lot to do this year non-game wise, and I need to stop putting it off. I will still be playing games in between, but I'll probably be doing 4 or less a month. Besides, I have to start replaying my top 15 games as part of re-evaluating my top 10 games of all time list. I started FFVII (third favorite game ever currently) and will be working my way down the list. But without babbling anymore, here is my final review for January:

14. Gekioh: Shooting King (PS1): For those who are unaware, this game is actually a fairly desired SHMUP called Shienryu in Japan. While I will say that the graphics are fairly impressive and it has pretty cool bosses in general, the game is terribly flawed in that it has some arbitrary checkpoint system that I have never seen in another shooter. Pretty much if you die you have to replay a small subsection of a level over and over again until you play it flawlessly, and you reach the start of the next subsection. Another flaw that I had a hard time dealing with is how if you die you often are not given enough power ups to get through certain parts, making getting through them very challenging sometimes. A cool game in a way, but let down severely by some really dumb game design.(1/30/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: maximo310 on January 31, 2017, 01:07:04 am
Quote from: bikingjahuty on January 30, 2017, 11:40:19 pm
Well that is what I call a successful  month of playing/beating games! But I expect it will slow down from here on out. As some may have read in other posts and threads, I have a lot to do this year non-game wise, and I need to stop putting it off. I will still be playing games in between, but I'll probably be doing 4 or less a month. Besides, I have to start replaying my top 15 games as part of re-evaluating my top 10 games of all time list. I started FFVII (third favorite game ever currently) and will be working my way down the list. But without babbling anymore, here is my final review for January:

14. Gekioh: Shooting King (PS1): For those who are unaware, this game is actually a fairly desired SHMUP called Shienryu in Japan. While I will say that the graphics are fairly impressive and it has pretty cool bosses in general, the game is terribly flawed in that it has some arbitrary checkpoint system that I have never seen in another shooter. Pretty much if you die you have to replay a small subsection of a level over and over again until you play it flawlessly, and you reach the start of the next subsection. Another flaw that I had a hard time dealing with is how if you die you often are not given enough power ups to get through certain parts, making getting through them very challenging sometimes. A cool game in a way, but let down severely by some really dumb game design.(1/30/17)

Yeah, I've heard about this one from a few other shmup players too; its pretty much a spiritual sequel to Daioh since staff members from that game worked on Shienryu as well. Sad to hear that the sequel didn't fix Daioh's problems besides the electric weapon milking.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on January 31, 2017, 02:09:12 pm
3) Ants Warriors (PC/Online flash game)

A cut down RTS with cartoon army ants, took all of an hour to see it through, normally I don't play games of this length (tend to keep getting mired in RPGs), so I'll gladly take the leg-up on this challenge. :D
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: tafk on February 01, 2017, 12:29:47 am
Well January is done, only 3 games finished for me (technically behind schedule agh) but at least I'm making progress on the Warcraft 3 campaign and FF7 (almost through disc 1). Already well on pace to finish more games this year! Good job so far everyone!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on February 01, 2017, 08:29:07 am
I only have one game beat :( Though it's not my fault I picked a 70+ hour game to play haha
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on February 01, 2017, 05:55:04 pm
I think I'm sitting at 10 games beat, that number is probably wrong, I'm probably at 11 or 12 since I've been replaying Fates and Awakening.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: rayne315 on February 01, 2017, 09:06:02 pm
my GF is reliving her childhood..... point and click adventures she can beat in an hour or so.... she already beat 15 in only 3 days...
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 01, 2017, 09:35:42 pm
With the Switch coming, I'm having to not buy a lot of games.  Nioh, Neir, probably Berserk will have to wait for awhile, so my only likely game this month is Yakuza 0 that I'm still playing and Horizon.  Already looking like I won't hit the number this year lol
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: abe on February 02, 2017, 08:05:22 am
Quote from: telly on February 01, 2017, 08:29:07 am
I only have one game beat :( Though it's not my fault I picked a 70+ hour game to play haha

I'm assuming the 70+ hour game you're talking about Persona 3 FES, since it's in your sig. If so, 100% worth it. ;)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on February 02, 2017, 09:17:07 am
Quote from: abe on February 02, 2017, 08:05:22 am
Quote from: telly on February 01, 2017, 08:29:07 am
I only have one game beat :( Though it's not my fault I picked a 70+ hour game to play haha

I'm assuming the 70+ hour game you're talking about Persona 3 FES, since it's in your sig. If so, 100% worth it. ;)

Yeah it's that.  ;) It is worth it, but that's why it's taking me so long to post new games beaten.

And the box says there's 30 more hours of additional gameplay after the main story is beat!  :o
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: abe on February 02, 2017, 02:59:19 pm
Quote from: telly on February 02, 2017, 09:17:07 am
Quote from: abe on February 02, 2017, 08:05:22 am
Quote from: telly on February 01, 2017, 08:29:07 am
I only have one game beat :( Though it's not my fault I picked a 70+ hour game to play haha

I'm assuming the 70+ hour game you're talking about Persona 3 FES, since it's in your sig. If so, 100% worth it. ;)

Yeah it's that.  ;) It is worth it, but that's why it's taking me so long to post new games beaten.

And the box says there's 30 more hours of additional gameplay after the main story is beat!  :o

Indeed there is. :) FES adds the "Answers" story to the post-game that wasn't in the original version of Persona 3, and unfortunately was omitted from Persona 3 Portable. :'(

Also, woo 2000th post! :D
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on February 03, 2017, 09:25:56 am
Another year, another completion of Mega Man X4. I may go through it a few more times because I want to beat my personal record, but going through it again for the first time this year was a blast. This is my favorite game in the entire Mega Man universe.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on February 03, 2017, 05:00:17 pm
Quote from: kashell on February 03, 2017, 09:25:56 am
Another year, another completion of Mega Man X4. I may go through it a few more times because I want to beat my personal record, but going through it again for the first time this year was a blast. This is my favorite game in the entire Mega Man universe.


Excellent choice! I agree though, it is the best.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on February 04, 2017, 08:11:32 pm
1. Watch Dogs 2 [20/20] - Xbox One - This was the second game I've ever played on Xbox One (first being Steep, with no main story/career mode). I was expecting a lot from this game, I watched multiple videos on it before playing it and I was already pretty impressed. When I started playing it, I was SHOOK! Graphically it's one of the best games I ever played, the city is stunning and everything feels so alive and real, the animations are smooths and realistic overall the whole thing is just a pleasure to look at. I also fell in love with most of the characters, Marcus was imo a really great main character and having played this game before the first it didn't really affect me that the hero was changed. I also loved the story, and the missions were all, while having often the same goal, pretty diverse and always fun. Maybe it's because it was my first next gen game, but this game really impressed me and I was really sad when I finished it! Also, not that important but still important enough to mention imo, the soundtrack is AMAZING and corresponds perfectly to the game.

2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst [20/20] - Xbox One - Mirror's Edge is one of my all time favorite game, and also one of the game that made me start playing video games more seriously and being more interested in video games in general, so I was expecting a LOT from Catalyst. I was not disappointed! While not being as good as the first, it still was a solid sequel/spin off definitely worth playing if you liked the first one. I liked the open world aspect and I thought the story was pretty interesting overall, we got to know more of Faith and her background which was one of the missing thing from the first game. The end also had me shocked and left me hoping for a sequel! Visually it was also way better than the first one, I don't think, however, that the gameplay in itself really changed. But as they say : if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

3. Jet Set Radio [20/20] - Dreamcast - Jet Set Radio is a game I've always been interested in, so when I bought a dreamcast it was one of the first game I got for it. When I started playing it, I got SO frustrated because of the controls. I spent at least an hour trying to finish the first two levels. However this is the type of game where the weirdness of the controls make it imo a better game, yes the controls are sloppy as hell, but once you get used to it it makes you appreciate the game more. So after getting used to the controls, I realized how much I actually loved the game! The whole vibe of the game is just so unique, the characters, the level design, the music, everything is just so weird and right! It's definitely one of those game that you're either gonna love or hate. In my case, I absolutely ADORED it and it quickly became one of my all time favorite game.

4. Bully/Canis Canem Edit [20/20] - Playstation 2 - I'm a big fan of Rockstar's work and I've already started playing this game on PC a few years ago (probably only an hour our two tho) so I knew I would love it. The game as such a unique atmosphere, everything seems like a caricature but it just works so well! The music, the characters, the map, everything just fits together and makes a really unique game imo. Jimmy is also an amazing video game character imo, labeled as a "bad boy", he still tried to fight against injustice in the school and always found a way to beat everybody who went against him. Overall I absolutely loved the game, I still have it on steam so I might play it again on PC, however i've seen videos of the PC version and I honestly prefer the PS2 version's graphics over any other versions for some reason. 

5. Quantum Break [19/20] - Xbox One - Quantum Break was I game I was really excited for! I LOVED Alan Wake so I couldn't wait to play Remedy entertainment's new game. Visually the game is stunning, I also loved the powers given to Jack and the gameplay in general was just really fun! The story was also extremely well written and never boring. I also loved the parts with the real actors, I thought it was a really unique and interesting touch. The main problem with the game imo was the main character, Jack Joyce. He wasn't a bad main character, but I just couldn't really relate to him for some reason, however all the other characters were interesting so it wasn't that big of an issue. Overall I really liked the game, the story was great and everything was just really solid. Imo definitely a game worth buying and Xbox one.

6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate [19/20] - Xbox One - I've played a few Assassin's Creed games (Brotherhood and III) before that I really liked however I saw a lot of negative reviews of this game before buying so I was kinda hesitating. However since I rarely pay attention to reviews, I got the game and thank god I did because I absolutely LOVED it! The city of London is so beautifully made, so alive and truthful to how London really looked like! Of course the gameplay is one of the main aspect of the game, some people say that it's getting a bit dated but I honestly still had as much fun running on the rooftops as I did in the first AC game I played! The only small problem was maybe the characters, I liked them a lot but I wish they would've detailed their personality a bit more. Still, it was an incredibly fun game that i'd definitely recommend!

7. Saints Row 3 [16/20] - Playstation 3 - I've played a little bit of Saints Row 2 like 4-5 years ago on PC so I knew what type of games the Saints Row's were, however I didn't really remember the story or anything really about the second game except the crazy weapons and some part of the city. So Saints Row 3 visually isn't bad but it's also nothing crazy, I remember the second game to be really pretty but that also may be because I played it so long ago. However I think the most important part of the game isn't the graphics but the crazy missions! This game is a 100% fun, everything is so over the top and I just loved it. The final mission was such a good way to end the game tbh! I also think the character creation is crazy good! I love being able to create my own character so it was definitely a + to me !

8. Watch Dogs [20/20] - Xbox One - After playing Watch Dogs 2 I totally had to play with the first game. Watch Dogs was a game that I actually wanted to play for SO long, I remember seeing videos of the game when it was only supposed to come out on the 7th gen! After it was announced on the next gen I decided to wait until I got an Xbox One or a PS4 and buy the next gen version instead. When I started playing it I was actually pretty scared I wouldn't like it since I loved the second one so much. I was expecting it to be an inferior version to second game but soon I realized how wrong I was for thinking that! The game is definitely as good as the second one! Graphically it's amazing, Chicago is stunning and the whole atmosphere of the game is just so incredible. I also loved the more serious story compared to the second game, Aiden was a perfect main character, he has a lot of charisma and I just found myself really liking him! Missions wise, it's the same as the second game so I wasn't disappointed at all. Also, the soundtrack was once again PERFECT and definitely fit the game!

9. Rise of the Tomb Raider [20/20] - Xbox One - I already had a few Tomb Raider games from my childhood (Underworld and Legend) but never got past the first 20-30 minutes because I was a pretty stupid kid lol. I also already played Tomb Raider on PS3 but didn't finish it(i was probably close to the middle of the game). So starting this game, I knew I liked the serie but I wasn't that excited about the game either. This game was, however, probably the because surprise I ever experienced since I started playing video games (with Jet Set Radio probably). The first few minutes of the game already had me shook! Visually it's crazy stunning, I had to stop at several part of the game to just look at how pretty it was! I also LOVED the story, i'm usually not that into "adventure" type of scenarios because they're often alike imo but this one was very unique and had a few surprises that kept it interesting from the beginning to the end. Lara Croft is also probably one of the best female video game character, she's strong and has a lot of charisma which makes her a really enjoyable character to play with.

10. Donkey Kong Country 2 [20/20] - Super Nintendo - I was definitely not new to the DKC series before playing it, the trilogy were actually the first game I've ever played with some other SNES games. However I never got to fully experience the games because I was around 3 years old and my grandpa had the SNES in Hungary (where I would only go once a year) and would barely let me play because he was always playing with it lol. So after getting a SNES for myself, the first games I bought were obviously the 3 DKC games! I first got DKC 2 hence why it's the first I finished. It is imo the best Donkey Kong game ever, the levels are all really diverse with a good amount of difficulty and I also think that this game has the best duo of the serie gameplay wise (not my favorite character wise tho), Dixie is by far my favorite kong, her flying ponytail trick makes some of the levels way easier and Diddy is also enjoyable to play with because of his quickness. Visually it's also a STUNNING game, way ahead of it's time and by far the prettiest game of the console (with the two other games). I honestly think that if it came out today with an HD resolution, it would still be considered a really pretty game. Overall I think it's probably one of the best if not the best platforming game ever made.

11. Tomb Raider [18/20] - Playstation 3 - After finished Rise of the Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider was the next game I started. I already played a few hours of it a few years ago but then I had to delete my save files because my PS3 had a weird glitch =/ I didn't remember the game that well except a few part of it. I found it to be visually really pretty, one of the prettiest PS3 game. Gameplay wise it was of course really good and enjoyable, I especially liked the Bow as a weapon! The story was also extremely well written and interesting, although a little less interesting than Rise of the Tomb Raider's. I think had I not played the game right after finishing Rise of the Tomb Raider I would've appreciated even more, but it was still an amazing game that I would definitely recommend to anyone who owns a PS3!

12. Aggressive Inline [20/20]  - Playstation 2 - I am a HUGE Tony Hawk's pro skater games fan, so I was always kinda interested in Aggressive Inline, however I always thought it would be a "knock off" version of Tony Hawk PS. All I can say is that this game was a HUGE surprise! While it's clearly inspired by the THPS serie, it's good enough for me to don't mind at all. The levels are all really original and super fun to skate! Graphically it's really similar to the Tony Hawk's games on PS2, especially reminding me of my favorite one THPS3. The gameplay is also really enjoyable, no glitches or anything, + there is a good amount of tricks to make the game really fun! So what I thought would be a simple low coast copy of an amazing game turned out to be an also amazing game that all THPS fans should own imo!

13. Hitman Season 1 [20/20] - Xbox One - So before playing this game I had previously plaid Hitman Absolution which I liked a lot so I was only expecting good thing from this game. I wasn't disappointed because I think I liked it even better. I saw some people commenting about the graphics being a bit dating but I honestly found the game beautiful! I think what I like the most about the game was the way the missions were done, there isn't a real story line but I don't think the game really needed one tbh. All missions have the same goal : kill someone, however all scenarios are so different  and there is so many different ways to kill the targets that it never gets boring. My favorite missions were probably Paris and Italy. The only issue I had, and it was my same only issue with Absolution, it's that I found the game way too short! I don't know if it really was that short or if I just wanted to play it more but a few other mission would've been great!

14. SSX 3 [20/20] - Playstation 2 - I've had SSX 3 for a very long time, it's one of my favorite childhood game however I've never actually done the story mode/unlock all the levels. SSX3 is imo one of the best snowboarding game ever made, it has amazing levels, an amazing soundtrack and great characters. The gameplay is very arcade like without being too much. I also think that it's one of the prettiest PS2 game I've ever played with! Overall it's definitely a game everybody needs to own, it's fun solo and even more fun with friends!

15. The Wolf Among Us [20/20] - Xbox One - I bought The Wolf Among Us because I heard a lot of good things about telltale games so I thought why not try one. However I wasn't really expecting anything from the game, and it turned a huge surprise! I loved everything about it, the characters (especially Bigby), the story, the QTE type of gameplay... The whole idea of taking characters from kid stories and turn them into more mature, adult characters was such a good idea imo! I also was expecting a huge surprising end, and at first I was pretty disappointed, but then the last seconds happened and all I can say now is that I can't wait for the second game !

16. Donkey Kong Country [20/20] - Super Nintendo - As i've said in my DKC2 "review", the DKC serie were one of my very first video games. I've always remembered Donkey Kong Country 1 as being my least favorite, it has my least favorite duo and my least favorite theme ("jungle"). However playing it again, I realized that the levels as so much more diverse than I remembered. Also, something that I forgot to mention in my DKC2 "review", the soundtrack is outstanding and probably the best I've heard in ant video games (this is for the entire serie and not just this game). Graphically it is also stunning, I still can't believe that this is a SNES game tbh, especially the snowy levels which are just breathtaking!

17. Unravel [20/20] - Xbox One - This game has to be one of my favorite platforming game ever! It's such a beautiful game with a really short but emotional story. Visually it's one of the prettiest game I've ever seen, it's almost like you're playing on a postcard! The levels are also really diverse, going from summer to winter, snowy to sunny! They can also be a little challenging from time to time which I didn't really expect from a game like that. The gameplay was really fun and original, which made the puzzle less frustrating than what they could've been. Yarny has also become one of my favorite video game character, he's just the cutest thing and throughout the whole game I just wanted to protect him, he might be made from yarn but there's something so alive in him! The soundtrack is also beautiful, really calm and relaxing and totally fitting the game. Honestly if you have 20$ just buy this game you won't regret it at all.

18. Never Alone [17/20] - Xbox One - Never Alone is a really fun little indie game that I bought because I thought that it was visually interesting. I finished it in 3-4 hours however it didn't feel short at all and it would've probably ended up being boring if it was longer. I really liked the gameplay in this game,switching from 2 characters was a really interesting choice. However, the one thing I absolutely hated in this game [don't read if you don't want to get spoiled] is how the the fox reincarnated into a little boy. I thought that was completely stupid and I would've definitely enjoyed the game more if the fox stayed a fox. However I still enjoyed the game a lot and it's definitely a game I would've recommend to anyone who wants to play a game that is a bit more unique and different!

19. Shadow of the Colossus [20/20] - Playstation 3 - Shadow of the Colossus is a game that you're either gonna love or hate, no in between. I definitely think it's a game that you need to understand, understand how everything was made as a choice by the developers. For example, the controls might seems sloppy when you first start playing, and why the game is 10 times more frustrating because of the controls, you understand at the end that it's one of the biggest part of the game, it adds more realism to it, especially when you're climbing the multiple colossi. Aside from the controls, the game is also really beautiful, and definitely ahead of it's time (especially if you look  at the PS2 version). I've seen worse looking games coming out on PS3 who weren't HD version of PS2 games. Overall, I love everything about this game which is definitely an experience that I think all gamer should at least try once.

20. Fragments of Him [16/20] - Xbox One - Fragments of him is a nice short little game that makes you think about life a lot. As a gay man I was able to relate to the story a lot, the main character being gay as well. It was also a pleasant surprise since you don't see gay characters really often in video games. Visually it's probably one of the most interesting game I've ever played. It almost looks unfinished, but it works. It's simple, and makes you focus more on the story and the feelings of the characters rather than the graphics. The gameplay is really simple tho, and some parts might be a bit long/boring, but overall I did like the game a lot. I also thought the voice over was really great.

21. Blackwood Crossing [17/20] - Xbox One - I originally got this game because I loved the trailer, and thought the game looked pretty interesting. It turned out to be a completely different game that I imagined, I didn't expect it to be so death related and thought it would be kinda like Alice in Wonderland. However I did really like the game, it was kinda scary without being a horror game, and had a really unique feel to it. The story was also really beautiful and made me even more sad especially playing this right after Fragments of Him lol. I also really liked the graphics of the game, really childish, almost like a Pixar Movie.

22. Ryse : Son of Rome [17/20] - Xbox One - Rise Son of Rome was one of the first game I wanted on Xbox One, when I first saw clips from the game back in 2013/14, I was speechless at how beautiful the game was and couldn't wait to get it. However after it came out, I heard a lot of bad things about the game, a lot of people were saying that except the graphics, the game was empty and really boring, so it kinda made me not want to buy it while still being somewhat interesting in it. So when it came for free with Game of Gold I was super excited to finally try it and honestly, I think people were being way too judgmental. Yes the game is mainly a "basic" beat them up, however I never got bored and I thought the game was extremely immersive! The only thing I didn't really like was the main character, who I thought was kinda bland.

Part 2 here : https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg140404.html#msg140404
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 05, 2017, 01:53:44 am
6 - Yakuza 0 (PS4 2017) - 38 HOURS BEAT - I've been waiting to get into this series for quite awhile and I'm glad to have gotten into it with this game.  Its a real solid experience, with lots of badass action, super serious crime drama story, and goofy ass sidequests.  I probably have the game only like 60 to 70% complete, there's LOTS of sidequests and side activities to do, so I'll probably play the game off and on for awhile.  I definitely plan to buy Yakuza Kiwami later this year and probably Yakuza 6 next year, even if I don't have all the inbetween story.  It'll be interesting to play Kiwami to see what stuff in Yakuza 0 was meant to reference the next games.

*EDIT*
Oh geez, finally got to the completion screen.  I thought I had a lot more done, but I have a 31% completion on the game after nearly 40 hours lol I'm guessing the two big side activies for both Majima and Kiryu factor into big parts of the games completion percentage and I have a good bit to go on both.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: metshael on February 05, 2017, 03:05:31 pm
I finally finished my second game of the year today, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst (on Steam), it's been a while since i have played to a Naruto game (since the PS2 era actually) and it was really fun, most of the fights were a bit easy, only three boss fights were "challenging" (and by "challenging" i mean retry the fight a few time until you know the attacks of the boss), i wanted to explore while doing the story but sadly you can't really explore until you finished all the chapters and so almost all the side stuff have to be done at the same time during the post game, it was fun a few hours but i start to become a bit bored because of those go and back between the different villages to do some requests, i will see if i can finish it to 100% until i become too bored to touch it.

List of games i've beat in 2017 :
1 • Final Fantasy XV (PS4 - 93h28 - 9 January)
2 • Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst (Steam - 28h - 5 February)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on February 06, 2017, 08:53:57 am
Quote from: bikingjahuty on February 03, 2017, 05:00:17 pm
Quote from: kashell on February 03, 2017, 09:25:56 am
Another year, another completion of Mega Man X4. I may go through it a few more times because I want to beat my personal record, but going through it again for the first time this year was a blast. This is my favorite game in the entire Mega Man universe.


Excellent choice! I agree though, it is the best.

Right?!

It's such a fun game. I know the game inside-out, but I never grow tired of playing it.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on February 06, 2017, 05:10:33 pm
YES! After having owned this game for years, I've finally beaten The True Arena, which means I finally beat Kirby Super Star Ultra! Haven't 100% completed it, because I'm still missing 30 out of 60 items in The Great Cave Offensive, but honestly, I don't think I'm going to bother finishing that up right now, since I have beaten it. One of my favourite DS games of all time, possibly my favourite Kirby game of all time, and finally I can consider it beaten!

That brings my total so far up to seven:
Italics means I had already started with the game november last year or earlier.

Right now I'm still working on Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (I'm at the third case) and Bayonetta 2 on Infinite Climax (which is brutal, but for Bayonetta I won't back down from anything).
EDIT: Also just started playing Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 because why not?
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: Cartagia on February 06, 2017, 10:06:26 pm
Quote from: telly on February 01, 2017, 08:29:07 am
I only have one game beat :( Though it's not my fault I picked a 70+ hour game to play haha
Almost the exact same issue for me.  I got 100% completion on Super Mario 3D World, but I started it over the Christmas break.

Then I just finished Dark Souls III.  Probably right at 70 hours of game time between both of them.  I am WAY behind so far this year.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on February 07, 2017, 07:11:20 pm
The latest:

16. Nintendo World Championships 1990 (NES): While this probably does not have to be stated I do not own a real NWC cart nor did I play one when trying out this game. I was able to play a reproduction several times through to see what this game was like, which it was exactly like I expected it to be. If you are to break 100k you'll need to play through Mario and Rad Racer perfectly so you can ramp up as many points as possible during Tetris. At least from my experience you'll be lucky if you even have time to complete one Tetris, let alone 3 or 4 single lines. But then again I have never been the best at Mario Bros or Rad Racer either. As a repro I can see this being fun to play with other gamers, but its place is really during the actual competition. What I'm trying to say this game is a way more a piece of gaming history rather than a game you'd really play extensively in 2017. (2/7/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: wolfen on February 07, 2017, 07:22:15 pm
I've never done one of these, but it sounds interesting. Do I need to 100% every game or do I just need to complete it in some form, for example just beating Bowser in Sunshine?
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on February 07, 2017, 08:02:00 pm
Quote from: wolfen on February 07, 2017, 07:22:15 pm
I've never done one of these, but it sounds interesting. Do I need to 100% every game or do I just need to complete it in some form, for example just beating Bowser in Sunshine?

The nice thing is that there is no official way to do this. The purpose of it was to challenge yourself to play (and presumably beat at least 52 games a year). I think "beating" a game depends on the game itself, but you by no means have to 100% a game, but you can if you want to. I think many of us feel like it is acceptable to abandon a game that you ended up not caring for and listing it as well. I know I've done this several times.

I guess you should play a game as much as you want until you feel like you've gotten all all you want out of it.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 07, 2017, 11:40:20 pm
I simply try to beat games, which is usually just story completion for the most part.  However much time you want to spend in the game is up to you.  I basically post all games I play, and then whether I'm still playing them, abandoning them, or beat them.  The goal is 52 games beat, but the list is handy for just keeping track of my games for the year.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: wolfen on February 08, 2017, 12:22:14 am
Thanks for answering my questions. Luckily I restarted playing Mario and Luigi Super star saga a couple weeks ago, so that's at least one I'v started.

I have another question, can I beat different versions of the same game, ie. Wind Waker and Wind Waker HD?
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 08, 2017, 12:24:01 am
Quote from: wolfen on February 08, 2017, 12:22:14 am
Thanks for answering my questions. Luckily I restarted playing Mario and Luigi Super star saga a couple weeks ago, so that's at least one I'v started.

I have another question, can I beat different versions of the same game, ie. Wind Waker and Wind Waker HD?

Yup, no real restrictions.  You could just beat Wind Waker 52 times if you wanted lol
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: wolfen on February 08, 2017, 12:29:17 am
Quote from: kamikazekeeg on February 08, 2017, 12:24:01 am
Quote from: wolfen on February 08, 2017, 12:22:14 am
Thanks for answering my questions. Luckily I restarted playing Mario and Luigi Super star saga a couple weeks ago, so that's at least one I'v started.

I have another question, can I beat different versions of the same game, ie. Wind Waker and Wind Waker HD?

Yup, no real restrictions.  You could just beat Wind Waker 52 times if you wanted lol

Well it is my favorite game so that would be EZ PZ, lmao. Thanks for the answer.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on February 08, 2017, 08:16:40 am
Quote from: wolfen on February 08, 2017, 12:22:14 am
Thanks for answering my questions. Luckily I restarted playing Mario and Luigi Super star saga a couple weeks ago, so that's at least one I'v started.

I have another question, can I beat different versions of the same game, ie. Wind Waker and Wind Waker HD?

Welcome to the fun! Mario and Luigi Super Star Saga is an awesome game; great choice.

Like the others have said, the best part of this is that it allows you to keep track of the games you finished throughout the year.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on February 08, 2017, 08:18:40 am
Double posting because I'm looking good and feeling gorgeous.

My page (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132389 .html#msg132389) has been updated with the latest review for Onimusha Tactics and Persona 2: Innocent Sin.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 08, 2017, 03:57:13 pm
7 - Nioh (PS4 2017) - PLAYING - I was planning to get Berserk instead this month, but I let the hype get to me and since Horizon is out at the end of the month alongside Berserk, this works out better for timing, so I'll grab Berserk later on this year.  So far, Nioh is great.  It's a Souls game with way more depth and a proper story to it.  I'm not gonna be someone that learns all the systems and dances around the yokai switching through stances, but you can still play the game more straightforward.  I'd actually say it feels like it plays more like Bloodborne with its speed and how much like Bloodborne where you have to keep track of getting health back with your attacks, in Nioh, you have to keep track of recovering Ki with the pulse ability.  Being attacked with your ki gone is basically instant death.

My only nitpick is that you have a Diablo-esque loot drop system and honestly it gets a little tedious.  I use to never mind gear drops in like Borderlands, but after Shadow Warrior 2 recently, I've felt my interest wane in systems like that abit, but because the game is a mission structure, rather than open world like Dark Souls, you do have downtime to deal with it all.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on February 08, 2017, 04:31:51 pm
Quote from: wolfen on February 07, 2017, 07:22:15 pm
I've never done one of these, but it sounds interesting. Do I need to 100% every game or do I just need to complete it in some form, for example just beating Bowser in Sunshine?

The Backloggery uses 3 different levels of classifying your game as 'beat', the first (beaten) is measured like that - last boss, end credits and similar means you've beaten the game, no 100% or higher difficulty levels needed. That's the standard I apply here, as said though this is about enjoying trying different games in your collection (or available online), why not join us?  ;D
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on February 09, 2017, 12:59:44 am
Just posting this here as a reminder and also to let people know games that I will be playing and beating sometime this year:

Will definitely be playing
- Final Fantasy VII
- Half Life 2 (including episodes I & II, and lost coast)
- Super Mario 64
- Zone of the Enders
- Resident Evil (GC remake)
- Marvel vs Capcom 2
- Perfect Dark
- Doom (2016)
- Radiant Silvergun
- Final Fantasy X
- Chrono Trigger
- Sonic 3
- Sin and Punishment
- Donkey Kong Country 2

Games I will play if there is time
- Final Fantasy VIII
- Final Fantasy IX
- Gran Turismo 4
- Pokemon Red
- Tekken Tag Tournament
- Sonic Adventure
- Grand Theft Auto III
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: wolfen on February 09, 2017, 09:31:04 pm
1. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Well I finished my first game, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga. It was okay at the beginning and fantastic at the end, but the middle is very slow and boring. Overall it was nice to play a Mario game that was a little different from the mainline games.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on February 10, 2017, 09:22:32 am
Goddamn...I just realized that my 500th review was for Red Ninja: End of Honor. Usually I save milestone reviews for games that are actually good.

Ah well, I'll pay more attention next time as I approach 600.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on February 10, 2017, 01:42:53 pm
Game 2 – Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DS) – 17 Hours

After beating this game, I can easily say that it ranks number 2 out of the four Zelda games that I’ve played so far.

+ I loved the new mechanic of going into walls as a painting. It totally changes the way you play and think about a Zelda game, and it was integrated perfectly into combat and exploration. I loved how the dungeons were all redone to take advantage of this mechanic. I also liked how the story is more fleshed out and detailed with the idea of Lorule and Hyrule. The music was also great too, with some classic interpretations of the original with some new stuff mixed in as well. I liked all the extra things too like the Maimai hunting, and the final boss fight was memorable.


- That said, I don’t think it was enough to dethrone LttP (which happens to be one of my favorite games of all time as well as my favorite Zelda game.) The issue is that Link Between Worlds borrows a little too much, so it just feels unfair to rank it any higher. I especially don’t like how the world, settings, enemies, and basic story are the same. I didn’t mind that the gameplay and music where the same, but I enjoyed the game more when it distanced itself from the original. I also didn’t really care for the renting thing. I very rarely died, so it was very easy to obtain all the items from the very beginning and even when you die, it’s easy to get them back. Maybe it makes more sense in Hero mode, but it just seemed kind of pointless to me.


 Back to my list (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132293.html#msg132293)

 
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: wolfen on February 10, 2017, 07:47:15 pm
2. Mario Kart 8

I played through Mario Kart 8's Grand Prix mode in 200cc. This is maybe the best Mario Kart in terms of racing, drifting, and courses and it's one of my favorite games for the the Wii U, but the battle mode and a lot of the character choices (even the DLC) are mind boggling ie. Pink Gold Peach, babies, the Koopalings, and the skin characters like Tanooki Mario and Cat Peach. I wouldn't have such a problem with these characters if we had more classic Mario Kart characters ie. Bowser Jr., Birdo, King Boo, etc.

 Thankfully a lot of this has been addressed with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Overall the good outweighs the bad and if you haven't played it and you are getting the Switch you should definitely buy Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Favorite Cup: Egg Cup - I LOVE every single course on this cup

Favorite Characters: Shy Guy, Yoshi, Link, Tanooki Mario

Favorite Course: Excitebike Arena
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on February 11, 2017, 11:48:07 am
4) Dark Souls II (PS4)

Main game beat, had a few faltering steps into the first DLC area (this is the Scholar of the First Sin release with all 3 DLC areas), I'm intending to stick with it awhile longer, but my over-levelled character was no match for the new areas without going back to being very cautious. That's how it's supposed to be played, but with farming I'd managed to get my character to the point that most bosses were first-attempt kills with NPC phantoms' help. If it's not too frustrating I'll try and finish off the DLC too.

That said, it's only frustrating at all because I've had hours at this game now and it's time to try something different, brilliant game though.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on February 11, 2017, 12:00:49 pm
Bayonetta finished! That was a blast. I'll probably play part two much later.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: Limeface on February 11, 2017, 07:18:21 pm
A short but good one for number 4!

4. Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep – A Fragmentary Passage (PS4)
While essentially a demo for Kingdom Hearts III, this is a fantastic Kingdom Hearts game. If this is how Kingdom Hearts III is going to play, then I can't wait! As a big Kingdom Hearts fan, I was excited to finally play this game. It only took me 3 hours to finish, but they really packed a lot into that short amount of time. You play as Aqua, one of the main characters from Birth By Sleep. The game plays, fast, smooth, and frantic. More like a better version of Kingdom Heart's II's gameplay. The Unreal Engine 4 is looking really great with the Kingdom Hearts character models and the voice acting is really spot on. The ending sets up Kingdom Hearts III beautifully. Based on how polished this game is I wonder if Kingdom Hearts III isn't as far off as I originally thought.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: emporerdragon on February 11, 2017, 11:38:58 pm
1) Lego Batman 3 (Base game 100% complete)
2) Dragonball Xenoverse 2 (Story Mode, Parallel Quests completed)
3) Mass Effect (Replay, 100%)

4) Day of the Tentacle Remastered (Platinum Trophy) - Quick, easy completion of a game I had done many, many times in my childhood. Still has a great sense of humor after all this time.

5) Mass Effect 2 (Replay, 100%) - Just got 3 left to do and then I'll have another full trilogy runthrough. I still consider 2 to be one of the best games overall of the 360/PS3/Wii era.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on February 12, 2017, 12:06:20 pm
Quote from: kashell on February 11, 2017, 12:00:49 pm
Bayonetta finished! That was a blast. I'll probably play part two much later.
Nice! If you liked 1, I couldn't recommend 2 more. Without a doubt my second favourite game of all time.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on February 13, 2017, 10:00:19 am
Finished Senran Kagura, got the platinum.

Played through Virginia while Carmageddon Max Damage was installing on my X1.  This game is so weird.  I want to say stay away from it because it makes no sense, but maybe somebody else can make sense of it.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on February 15, 2017, 03:02:20 pm
My page (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132389 .html#msg132389) has been updated with a review for Bayonetta.

I played the Wii U version, but the review is for the PlayStation 3 version since GameFAQs didn't have a Wii U option and because the 360 is icky-poos.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on February 15, 2017, 09:27:50 pm
Quote from: kashell on February 15, 2017, 03:02:20 pm
My page (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132389 .html#msg132389) has been updated with a review for Bayonetta.

I played the Wii U version, but the review is for the PlayStation 3 version since GameFAQs didn't have a Wii U option and because the 360 is icky-poos.

Hey, just to inform you, that link to the Bayonetta review is broken.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: wolfen on February 15, 2017, 09:40:37 pm
3. Super Mario 3D Land

I collected all star coins and got gold flag poles on all levels with Mario. I don't have much to say about this game. It's some classic, easy Mario fun, but it's not too creative with the bosses and reusing previous levels throughout the game.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 16, 2017, 01:28:02 am
7 - Nioh (PS4 2017) - BEAT - Definitely a great game.  I feel Bloodborne is better designed overall, which is expected really as it has 3 games before to build upon, but I think what Nioh brings is a great amount of customization.  You can make your character look like anything and not have to worry about stats, due to the refashion ability in the blacksmith.  Pick the gear you want to wear, and then magically turn it into the cooler ninja gear you wouldn't wear because it lacks to much defense.  Or mix and match whatever you think looks best (Basically a shinobi mask and the frontline armor could be my favorite). 

Skills allow you to also pick some alternate moves based more on your playstyle, such as I would pick the ability that isn't the parry, because I never parry.  And if curious, you can play the game never changing stances.  You can get skills that give you added benefits of regularly switching, but I didn't like changing often, so I played it more like I would in a Souls game, stick with the mid stance and sometimes changing to high if I wanted to get some heavier strikes in and I didn't have to worry about dodging and Ki use quite as much.

It's a must have if you got a PS4 I think, much like Bloodborne was.  Both games give you a whole lot to do.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on February 16, 2017, 08:03:02 am
Quote from: realpoketendonl on February 15, 2017, 09:27:50 pm
Quote from: kashell on February 15, 2017, 03:02:20 pm
My page (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132389 .html#msg132389) has been updated with a review for Bayonetta.

I played the Wii U version, but the review is for the PlayStation 3 version since GameFAQs didn't have a Wii U option and because the 360 is icky-poos.

Hey, just to inform you, that link to the Bayonetta review is broken.

Thanks for catching that! It's been fixed.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on February 16, 2017, 12:20:05 pm
January :

1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Virtua Fighter 5
7. Soulcalibur III

February :

8. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
9. Soulcalibur V
10. Saints Row 3

Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: redblaze57 on February 16, 2017, 09:54:52 pm
Quote from: redblaze57 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 Temporary on Hold
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. Tales of Berseria Complete LV.76 completion time 59:06:01
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on February 17, 2017, 01:34:23 pm
I decided to start playing Republique, this game is pretty damned dope.

You kind of control the main character, but mostly you are just some person guiding the main character through cameras.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 17, 2017, 02:52:08 pm
8 - Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (Wii U 2016) - PLAYING - Left over from last years run, I've already played more this year than I did last and I'm really remembering how good this game is and why I always considered it my favorite 3D Zelda.  It also just reconfirms how disappointed I was in Wind Waker as I actually enjoy traveling around in the world here.  Wind Waker just gave some such a disconnect with the world itself and how poorly Ganon is used outside of the ending.  Zant gives more of a proper villain through the whole story, leading to our inevitable battle with Ganon at the end.

Actually the perfect time to play this as I'm real hyped for Breath of the Wild and it'll give me a good comparison to that as I play through.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 19, 2017, 03:58:01 am
8 - Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (Wii U 2016) - 30 HOURS BEAT - Having played basically all of the 3D Zeldas over the past couple years with the 3DS remasters, Wind Waker HD, and now this (Excluding Skyward Sword), I really do think this is my second favorite by a long shot.  Ocarina of Time might always top the list, simply for the nostalgia and its old charm, but TP is just a really good, enjoyable, time that I can see myself going back to.  I like that its abit dark and and Midna is such a great companion character (Best one of all, no contest), and some memorable characters for sure.  Shop Smart, Shop Malo Mart!  *Insert Malo with a chainsaw hand and double barreled shotgun here*

My only real negative that I noticed is that I hate how much of a blank slate Link feels in this game.  I thought in Wind Waker, Link was abit more of a character, and Skyward Sword I know he gets more character and actually has interaction with Zelda that was very needed for him.  In Twilight Princess, he just always seems to have this vacant stare.  I'm hoping since Breath of the Wild feels like they are doing a lot more with the characters, at least with Zelda, that Link is also much better.

TP does fix alot of what I hated about Wind Waker HD, simply by being a world that makes you feel like you are there and accomplishing something.  You have to fix the world torn apart with help of Midnas magic, areas have multiple outlets connected to other areas of the game, built around the central Hyrule Castle.  There's no big empty sections of the game and all thee individual islands and outposts and the god awful sailing.  That stuff made me super bored of Wind Waker.  The dungeon designs also didn't do anything for me, but I had fun with the dungeons in TP. 

At this point, its hard for me to know where to place Wind Waker.  Do I hate the sailing and world as much as I do the time mechanic in Majora's Mask or the bad ideas done in Skyward Sword?  I think currently, till Nintendo makes the inevitable Skyward Sword HD (It's guaranteed, there's no reason for them not to since the Joycons are just the nunchuck and wiimote), it's still Skyward Sword at the bottom, Wind Waker above that, Majora's Mask above that because its world and characters are interesting, then Twilight Princess, and of course Ocarina of Time.

Glad I finished the game now, rather than last year.  The time is very perfect and I'm super hyped for Breath of the Wild now.  Also I might be doing better on the challenge than I thought.  Within two months, I've beat 7 games, which isn't bad at all.  At this rate, I'm on track for a reasonably close year, especially if I can find a few smaller titles to play.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: wolfen on February 20, 2017, 06:20:29 pm
4. Sonic Riders(GC)


The story mode is pretty basic, if you can call it that, and the controls are unbelievably hard to get accustomed to. Kind of a meh game, but I might try the sequel.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: abe on February 20, 2017, 08:53:18 pm
I've fallen a bit behind schedule since my last completion, but I've got another one to add to the list tonight. Finally got around to finishing Erika's route in FE8 after not playing for several months. It was a lot of fun and I would highly recommend it. At some point, I'll probably get around to playing through Ephraim's route as well, but for now I'll go back to playing other things.

Finished (replayed games are in purple) Full List Here (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132446.html#msg132446)
    6. Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (GBA) Feb-20
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on February 21, 2017, 08:49:33 am
Had a pretty productive weekend.  Beat Republique, Roundabout, and Lifeless Planet.  Started The Unfinished Swan yesterday and I'm already about halfway through.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on February 22, 2017, 07:57:36 pm
FINALLY!!! It took me much longer than I expected, but I've finally beaten Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney! Damn, what a ride. I will admit that at some points I did get pretty frustrated with it (particularly in the fifth case), but in the end I'm very glad I played it. (Most of) the characters are really enjoyable, the court scenes in particular are surprisingly fun to play, and I'll admit the cases really did keep me guessing.
I think I'll hold off on the other two games in the Trilogy until later (even though I will admit I really want to meet Franziska von Karma), but for now I'm glad to be able to add the first Ace Attorney game to my list!

EDIT: All right, so earlier I stated I wanted to beat Learn With Pokémon: Typing Adventure in this message. Well, I did. I knew the game was short, but I wasn't expecting to get to the credits THIS fast. Seriously, if you skip all optional levels and you're a decent typer you can beat the game in about an hour. Well, I guess that's just another one for the list!

That brings my total so far up to nine, so I guess I'm right on track:
Italics means I had already started with the game november last year or earlier.
A red glow means this is a second playthrough

Currently I'm still working on Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Sonic Generations and an Infinite Climax playthrough of Bayonetta 2.
Once all of these are done I think I'll finally finish up the final parts of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity. I'm really close to beating it, but for some reason I just stopped playing. Time to finish what I started! Also coming up for me is The Wonderful 101. I'll admit I didn't like my first experience with it, and I stopped playing after the first level. But it is PlatinumGames, and many people say it takes a few levels to get into, so I'm going to give it another shot! Oh, and Drawn to Life. Got to the final boss as a kid, couldn't beat it, sold it. Highly regret and and excited to play through it again and finish what I started!

EDIT: GODDAMNIT! So I was on World 6 of Super Mario World, and guess what? I accidentally loaded an old save state and got kicked back to World 2! Well I can tell you one thing for sure, Mario World is going on a low fire. I was already getting frustrated with it, so I'm switching to other games for now.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on February 24, 2017, 12:39:46 pm
Man, my poor PSP is not having luck this year. First Persona 2, and now Wild Arms XF.

I tried to once again get further into it, but it's slow as molasses and hard to keep up with. I used to think it was an alright game, but now I can say it's my least favorite Wild Arms. It's a real shame because I adore this series.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on February 24, 2017, 01:02:54 pm
Quote from: kashell on February 24, 2017, 12:39:46 pm
Man, my poor PSP is not having luck this year. First Persona 2, and now Wild Arms XF.

I tried to once again get further into it, but it's slow as molasses and hard to keep up with. I used to think it was an alright game, but now I can say it's my least favorite Wild Arms. It's a real shame because I adore this series.
Word.  I keep coming back to this game wanting to give it a chance, but it just feels like it does everything it wants to do wrong.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on February 24, 2017, 01:22:21 pm
5) Resident Evil 5 HD (PS4)

It's funny how your memory can play tricks on you. Almost every area in this game was familiar to me, despite being of the mindset that this is vastly inferior to RE4, smaller and in general a mediocre game. I must have played this WAY more than I thought. How wrong can I get?

I don't know if this version is 'fixed', but a lot of the problems I remember with Sheva's AI just don't seem to be there any more, she was a big help and popped skulls with a powered-up handgun just fine! Smaller than RE4? Not to any great degree, if at all, from what I can make out. Samey bosses? Slightly guilty, but so what? Haven't touched the DLC or really done more than have a couple of goes on The Mercenaries, but I'm calling this done for now. Had a real blast with it.

6) Alienation (PS4)

Twin-stick shooter with random loot drops. Was very nice.

_____

Also putting down Dark Souls II now, it's been great but it's time for some new games :D

Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: Cartagia on February 25, 2017, 12:22:20 pm
So, I'm still really, really behind this year.

1. Super Mario 3D World
2. Dark Souls III
3. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
4. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
6. Dr. Mario

I was trying to beat Ages and Seasons before Breath of the Wild, but Ages was WAY more in depth than I expected.  The GF and I are also about to finish Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel.  It's been much better couch co-op since we upsized our TV.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on February 25, 2017, 03:59:49 pm
The review is up for Wild ARMs XF.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on February 25, 2017, 09:41:19 pm
It has been a while since my last review, mostly due to a very busy personal life and me currently trying to tackle an RPG, but here is one I just added.

17. ESP Ra. De. (Arcade): Definitely one of the better games I've played released by Cave, this game deviates from your typical spaceship to a physic teenage of sorts shooting one of three types of spells at your opponents. Between juggling these spells and the energy, cool down, and quantity you have for them, this game was a pretty fun, balanced shooter. I did have a bit of issue with the controls being a tad bit floating and there being a slight delay, but overall it didn't hinder the experience that much. (2/25/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 26, 2017, 01:49:08 am
9 - For Honor (PS4 2017) - ABANDONED - I beat the first chapter with the knights and thought I could get through the rest of the chapters to at least complete the story mode, but I got abit over half way through the vikings chapter and I realized just how boring this story mode is.  I know it's essentially a glorified practice mode, but I can't believe they took the idea of post-apocalyptic vikings/samurai/knights, and made it dull.  There's no flair or really inventive elements that I can see that take advantage of the setting, rather than just being a real weird excuse to put these warriors in a close area.  The combat is interesting, but I don't find it fun and it looks like the bigger game modes like dominion have some big issues related to gear and level mismatching.  Not a game for me.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on February 27, 2017, 01:09:48 pm
Time to start writing a review for Tales of Berseria. I finished it yesterday.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: tafk on February 28, 2017, 11:01:21 am
Man I started the year out so well but I got caught up in playing the WC3 campaign and FF7 now and I havent completed a game all February... oh well at least I'm having fun lol
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: rayne315 on February 28, 2017, 02:44:44 pm
Quote from: tafk on February 28, 2017, 11:01:21 am
Man I started the year out so well but I got caught up in playing the WC3 campaign and FF7 now and I havent completed a game all February... oh well at least I'm having fun lol

and that's all that matters.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on February 28, 2017, 02:47:44 pm
Last weekend was pretty productive, added 2 more games to my list.  Sitting at 22 games beat out of 24 played this year.

Starting up Bloodborne until the Switch comes out.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on February 28, 2017, 05:52:21 pm
Update of my list :

Only the games I finished :

1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs


List of games beaten + abandonned/currently playing/not finish-able (but at least played more than a few hours to count)

1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Virtua Fighter 5
7. Soulcalibur 3
8. Soulcalibur 5
9. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
10. Bloody Roar Primal Fury
11. Saints Row 3
12. Watch Dogs
13. The Sims 4
14. Heart Of Darkness (abandoned half way trough cause it's fucking hard lol, gonna finish it later)
15. Donkey Kong Country 2 (almost finished)
16. Rise of the Tomb Raider (same)
17. Tomb Raider (just started)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on March 01, 2017, 10:16:38 am
The review for Tales of Berseria is up on my page (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132389 .html#msg132389)!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 01, 2017, 04:56:44 pm
10 - Horizon (PS4 2017) - PLAYING - The game is okay so far, mostly the setting itself being what makes it stand out, as the gameplay is almost entirely the previous two Tomb Raider games, which could be considered a negative I feel.  There's not actually much else that differentiates it, with some Far Cry thrown in for good measure in terms of the map and such.  It relies more on the interesting and challenging fights with the robot creatures, which are starting to get a lot harder to deal with and the cool weapons, though I can't say I feel like some are worth it.  I haven't figured out what the slingshot truly offers other than tossing a frost or electric DOT on the enemies, and the Rattler is sorta like a very inaccurate burst fire rifle.  It's kinda strong, but not sure if its any good since it runs out of ammo super fast and takes up a weapon slot in the moment since you can only have 4 weapons on the wheel.  It is still a good game, even if the gameplay isn't very original. 

Not going to be beating it soon though as I don't want to burn out on this style of game before Zelda comes out, which is a very similar game.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on March 03, 2017, 01:05:15 pm
7) Toukiden: Kiwami (PS4)

Monster Hunter clone by Omega Force, the extremely productive team behind Dynasty Warriors. I'd give this 2/5, TBH, although there's a lot of different kit to get, once you get it the upgrade options are almost non-existent (equipment can be levelled up 9 times, each of which is a tiny stat boost which does nothing noticeable), it also takes a lot of time to chop away at the mostly boss-sized enemies. The story and characters were interesting enough, it's just so repetitive, exploration isn't a thing at all and there's only a limited pool of enemy types before they become palette-swaps, on top of that I could have beaten an RPG in the time. Ah well, done at last :D
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 04, 2017, 02:30:36 pm
11 - Legend of the Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch 2017) - Playing - I played 6 hours of the game and didn't even come across a dungeon.  This is going to be one LONG game lol I'm loving it though, even if I am currently unsure of a few little tiny aspects of the game such as the constant weapon degradation and lack of background music outside of battles and specific areas like towns.  We'll see how that progresses as the game goes along.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: emporerdragon on March 04, 2017, 02:56:55 pm
1) Lego Batman 3 (Base game 100% complete)
2) Dragonball Xenoverse 2 (Story Mode, Parallel Quests completed)
3) Mass Effect (Replay, 100%)
4) Day of the Tentacle Remastered (Platinum Trophy)
5) Mass Effect 2 (Replay, 100%)

6) Mass Effect 3 (Replay, 100%) - And that ends the replay of the trilogy. Ending still sucks as much as I remember. At least we got Citadel, which feels more of a truer ending than what we got in the main game.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on March 05, 2017, 03:46:34 pm
If games from the arcade expo count, then I'm well at 52! ^.~
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on March 05, 2017, 05:13:25 pm
Quote from: kashell on March 05, 2017, 03:46:34 pm
If games from the arcade expo count, then I'm well at 52! ^.~

I count them. I usually play through them several times though, partially because I like to get a really good idea of how good/bad the game is, and also because I feel bad adding a game you can beat in 30-minutes or less lol
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: turf on March 06, 2017, 09:44:46 am
Quote from: kashell on March 05, 2017, 03:46:34 pm
If games from the arcade expo count, then I'm well at 52! ^.~
Does Pinball count?  I can't get enough of Metallica, Fish Tails, and Monster Bash!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on March 06, 2017, 08:27:36 pm
All right! Radical! Totally tubular! I just beat Sonic Generations! It's the first Sonic game I've ever beaten (not counting Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games on DS obviously), so what did I think? Well, it was good. Not great, but good! The levels were pretty enjoyable and I had fun with it, but it didn't blow me away or anything. But not every game has to of course, and for what it is, I quite liked it!

EDIT: All right, turns out I only had two more hours left for Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, so that one is now beaten too! It's funny, I played through most of that game back in 2014, but for some reason I just stopped before the final dungeon. I have to mainly judge on three-year old memories here of course, but overall I remember this game being good. It's not at all the best in the series, but if you enjoy the series and you can find this cheaply I'd say it's worth a look at least.

So that knocks me into double numbers! Eleven games beaten!
Italics means I had already started with the game november last year or earlier.
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%

Currently I'm playing through the original Drawn to Life on DS. What will I play next to that? Pff, I don't know! There are some games I'm close to beating that I want to finish, like Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, Postal 2: Paradise Lost and Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, but there are also so many games I want to play through next I'm not sure where to start! The Wonderful 101, The World Ends With You (once it arrives), Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All, not to mention I'm still working on an Infinite Climax playthrough of Bayonetta 2. Oh god, so many choices!

I think that next to Drawn to Life I'll start with Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All, as well as continue with Postal 2: Paradise Lost.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on March 07, 2017, 01:21:35 pm
Yakuza has been finished. It was a fine game. I'm so glad that the reprinting of the first four games happened.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on March 07, 2017, 01:24:21 pm
Recommended?  Did it age well?
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on March 07, 2017, 01:26:51 pm
It was my first experience with the Yakuza series unless you count Kazuya's and Gojima's appearance in Project X Zone 2. So, as a total n00b t the series, I would definitely say it's aged well.

Other than the English voice acting being all over the place, I recommend it.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: azure on March 07, 2017, 01:49:52 pm
I can't get into the English voice acting of the first game so I always play it through the HD collection they made a while ago. You will see what I mean once you play the other games and become accustomed to their Japanese VAs and how they shape the reoccurring characters. If any newcomers have any questions about the games feel free to ask I love to talk about the series.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on March 07, 2017, 01:51:11 pm
Quote from: kashell on March 07, 2017, 01:26:51 pm
It was my first experience with the Yakuza series unless you count Kazuya's and Gojima's appearance in Project X Zone 2. So, as a total n00b t the series, I would definitely say it's aged well.

Other than the English voice acting being all over the place, I recommend it.
Then I will move it to my priority want list.  Maybe try to make some time for it this year.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: NickAwesome on March 08, 2017, 01:16:43 am
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- few hours in, game is pretty dull, probably won't finish this one
9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt- PS4- Done- Beat main story- now for DLC
10. Paper Mario- N64- 5 hours in
11. Zelda- Breath of the Wild- Swtch- Few hours in

5/11 so far.  Not really on track for 52 but I'm not exactly choosing short games
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 10, 2017, 02:31:45 am
11 - Legend of the Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch 2017) - 60+ Hours BEAT - It's crazy to have "60 hours" in a Zelda game and I'm not even remotely complete with the game.  I decided I wanted to see the end and while I did have the basics completed in terms of main quests, I still have so many shrines, side quests, and korok seeds to get.  Like I think I'm halfway through the shrines and there's a bajillion more seeds to get. 

I won't spoil anything for the story and while it's not my favorite Zelda ending, I gotta say that this is easily going to be my favorite Zelda of all time.  I've always sorta kept Ocarina of Time at the top out of nostalgia and classic charm that game has, with Twilight Princess below that as basically just the better game to play generally, but Breath of the Wild is an incredible new era for Zelda.  This is as significant for Zelda as going 3D was for Ocarina of Time.  I'm so happy to play this game and I can't wait to play it more.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 11, 2017, 01:08:16 am
12 - Nier: Automata (PS4 2017) - PLAYING - Wasn't sure I wanted to get into another open world'ish game after playing so much Zelda, but its scale is much smaller than that and there's a lot less of the open world busy work here other than side quests.  I've come to learn a good bit about Nier and partially Drakengard recently and I did play the first Nier for abit before losing interest, but I like the ideas and settings of this one and I know its gonna have some odd story to it.  Gameplay is pretty interesting too, mixing that Platinum flair with a bullet hell shooter.  The multiple endings thing I've heard of could be annoying though.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on March 11, 2017, 10:57:52 am
Yakuza review is up.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on March 11, 2017, 03:30:49 pm
Update of my list :

Only the games I finished :

1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider

List of games beaten + abandonned/currently playing/not finish-able (but at least played more than a few hours)

1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Virtua Fighter 5
7. Soulcalibur 3
8. Soulcalibur 5
9. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
10. Bloody Roar Primal Fury
11. Saints Row 3
12. Watch Dogs
13. The Sims 4
14. Heart Of Darkness (abandoned half way trough)
15. Donkey Kong Country 2
16. Rise of the Tomb Raider
17. Tomb Raider
18. The Sims 1
19. Cities Skylines
20. Donkey Kong Country (started a few days ago)
21. Fallout 4
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on March 15, 2017, 08:37:22 am
8) Dungeon Siege III (360)

Well there's 8, which is roughly Jan + Feb's games, need to really pick up the pace though.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on March 15, 2017, 01:48:22 pm
Alright! Guilty Gear X review is up.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on March 15, 2017, 03:02:57 pm
I'm at about 62 hours in Persona 3, and 30 hours in Pokemon Platinum (training for the 8th Gym). So those will probably both be beat at around the same time hopefully!

Last year at around this time I already had 5/6 games beat  :o
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on March 17, 2017, 05:47:50 pm
All right! After ten years, I finally beat Drawn to Life! I still fondly remember playing this game as a kid, and I made it to the final boss, but I could never beat it back then and ended up selling it. Now, after ten years, I finally got the game back again, and now I've finally finished what I started so long ago. Can I also get a round of applause for the hero who made it all possible and saved Rapovil: Zander-Z!
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/267919386906591232/292389399231201291/IMG_20170317_211006.jpg)
I like this game. It's not a masterpiece or anything, but it has a charm that can't be denied, especially in terms of the characters. I would almost call it a hidden gem on DS. It's also ridiculously cheap online, so if you ever see it I do recommend it.

So that puts me at twelve games! Looks like I'm still right on track! Though I do think I'll start slowing down now.
Italics means I had already started with the game november last year or earlier.
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%

So what's next? Well games I was planning on playing next include Postal 2: Paradise Lost, Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, The Wonderful 101, The World Ends With You, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All, and my Infinite Climax playthrough of Bayonetta 2. Though I think I'm just going to bypass all of that and play through The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D next. As a big Nintendofan it's kind of shameful that I've never played that before, so I think it's time to cross that off the list.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on March 17, 2017, 11:45:03 pm
It's been close to a month since my last review, mostly due to me playing Breath of the Wild and Final Fantasy VII right now. But I decided to take a break from both and play some SHMUPs over the past few days. Aside from these two, I am also revisting Thunder Force IV, however the game is very hard for me to review given how mixed I feel about it. I'll probably end up reviewing it again at some later point, but for now here are two other games I've played recently.

19. M.U.S.H.A (Genesis): While this game is fun and one of the best shooters on the Genesis, it has some annoying quarks which decreased my enjoyment while playing, specifically how the game pretty much screws you if you die and lose your power ups. The game becomes too difficult too quickly for you to adjust accordingly if you die and lose your power ups. This is especially true of the last three or four stages which being as powerful as possible is kind of essential. Aside from that complaint, the game looks awesome, has a good variety of stages, enemies, and bosses, and the soundtrack is amazing! (3/17/17)

20. Progear no Arashi (Arcade): I honestly just felt bored playing this game despite the gameplay being mostly good and the steampunk art style reminding me of Metal Slug. I guess there was nothing particularly interesting or remarkable to set it apart from other STG games, and I felt like I was forcing myself through the game despite it being over and done with in half an hour or so. (3/17/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on March 19, 2017, 03:48:04 pm
9) Rage (360)

Yep, not bad.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on March 20, 2017, 01:27:16 pm
All right, that was quick. Metal Gear Rising Revengeance is only around 7 hours long, and I was already 3-4 hours in, so beating it didn't take long. Honestly glad I finally got back to it though, because it's a fantastic game! The combat is very smooth and satisfying, and it's as over-the-top and fantastical as you'd expect. But then again, it's PlatinumGames, of course it's great. I definitely highly recommend this game, truly a fantastic title who's only real hinder is it's length. (And also the soundtrack is freaking A-ma-zing!)

So that puts me at 13 games!
Italics means I had already started with the game november last year or earlier.
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%

So as I've said before, titles on the list to play next are Postal 2: Paradise Lost, The Wonderful 101, The World Ends With You, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and my Infinite Climax playthrough of Bayonetta 2. Out of all of these I think I'll start with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D next.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on March 20, 2017, 02:11:18 pm
Long weekend.  Updated my list.

Finished Zelda and some other things.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 23, 2017, 02:33:20 am
13 - Blaster Master Zero (Switch 2017) - 6 HOURS BEAT - Needed something less in depth than the other stuff I've been playing lately and so I grabbed this, because why not, it's cheap! Overall, a nice little game, not very long, it plays and looks good, I enjoyed my time.  Bosses are a mixed bag and you can really cheap out certain ones with your weapons.  There is a little more to the game from what I understand, so I might go back and finish it all up, but the game doesn't take long to beat it at all.  I was probably at like 85% complete at under 6 hours.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on March 23, 2017, 09:42:48 am
1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on March 23, 2017, 10:29:03 am
Game 3 - Persona 3 FES (PS2) - 71 Hours

This game was quite excellent, and had a lot great things going for it. A lot of the stuff I don't like from Persona games are in here, but it's still a solid entry. I'm not sure whether I like this one over Persona 4 or not!

+ Everything I liked from P4 is in this game, with the social links, battling, collecting and fusing personas, etc. I especially loved the story this time around, even more than P4. It had some great dark and serious moments that were entertaining. I also really liked the cast, all the characters were likable and I had a better connection to them than in Persona 4. The ending in particular, though the final boss was annoying, was ultimately a really fulfilling way to finish off the game.

- While the story was great, there were some pacing issues that I didn't like, with whole months of time without really having anything to do. These games can get very formulaic and boring especially when you get 50 hours in. The music, other than a few tracks, was also not nearly as good as P4. I also hated that you couldn't control your party. At first I thought I would like it, but it ended up being very annoying. There were also some issues with voice acting. I particularly did not like Fuuka, Ikutski and Chidori. Finally, Persona has a bad habit of forcing you to form a romantic relationship with every female you come across in order to improve your social links. I wish I could have a better control over who I wanted to be romantically involved with and who I could be close friends with.


 Back to my list (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132293.html#msg132293)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on March 24, 2017, 08:28:24 am
The reviews for Dance Dance Revolution X and Mr. Bones are up on my page (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132389 .html#msg132389)!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on March 27, 2017, 11:57:11 am
10) Insaniquarium! (PC)

Here's a blast from the past, can't believe I used to play this back in further education college 0.0 Finally beat the main story mode after all these years, certainly did become a bit frantic on the last few levels.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: abe on March 27, 2017, 01:28:02 pm
Finished the new Zelda after 90 hours of play. Wow. What an adventure that was, and what a way to launch a new console. At the beginning of the year I had it in my head that Persona 5 was probably going to be my GOTY, but it's got some serious competition with Breath of the Wild.

I've got a lot of good stuff to say about the game after all the time I've spent playing. I didn't have too much to complain about, but the frame drops are what most people seemed to take issue with. While it's unpleasant and can get pretty bad at times, it doesn't really happen often enough to be a huge issue. Some people didn't seem to be a big fan of equipment durability either, but I had no issues with it. It was a nice change and weapons were never scarce enough for it to be a problem. The game looks great, and has great music too. Hyrule was huge and exploration was a lot of fun (when it wasn't raining). There's stuff to do and look at just about everywhere on the map, and every place was full of character. It turned into one of those "just a few more minutes" kind of games for me. There's so much to do between the side quests, story quests, shrines, and collectables that I had a hard time putting the game down. That's the main reason I didn't get around to finishing it until I had played as long as I had. Another aspect of the game I really liked was the freedom you had as the player. You can do more or less anything you want in whatever order you please after finishing the opening four shrines and getting all the "runes" you'll need to finish the game. While it's not the best idea to rush straight to Hyrule Castle to fight Ganon after you finish the first four shrines, you can if you want to and I like that a lot. While it's quite the departure from the previous Zelda formula, I had a lot of fun and as I've said this may very well end up being my personal choice for GOTY.

Finished (replayed games are in purple) Full List Here (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132446.html#msg132446)
    7. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) Mar-27
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 27, 2017, 11:30:12 pm
14 - Super Mario Run (Android 2017) - BEAT - Well this might be the shortest game I add to the list.  Overall, while it's not a bad game, I certainly like it more than their Fire Emblem game and that there are no micro-transactions, there's just very little content here.  There's only about 24 levels, all of which are basically about a minute or less to complete.  I do like that there are multiple challenges in each one for the coins, but that's not really content, those are just tiny variation challenges within the levels.  And then there's Toad Rally, which is kinda grindy and there's no guarantee of progression.  I was never against the 10 dollar price tag, but the game feels lazy with the lack of content and I'd guess just using assets they probably already had from one of their other Mario games.  Heck, the other times you don't fight Bowser, they don't even put in multiple Koopalings, it's the same one all three times.  That's damn lazy.  Nothing terrible, but they didn't really make me feel like I spent a good 10 bucks here.  I got far more substance out of Blaster Master Zero for 10 bucks than I did this.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on March 29, 2017, 02:05:34 am
I joined the beat Breath of the Wild club tonight and what a night it was!

24. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch): I will begin by saying Breath of the Wild is the greatest game I played since Half Life 2, which I first beat over 10-years ago. Almost without exception, from start to finish I was in love with nearly everything about this game; I always found myself wanting to do at least ten different things all at the same time, with a new mini adventure taking its place as soon as I finished one task. From beginning to end I found myself surprised by parts of this game, and mind you this is around 80-hours into the game. While the game does have some flaws, for every one fault this game has, there are easy 25 amazing things to make up for it. With the game beat and me feeling a sense of satisfaction I have not felt after beating a game in many years, I am currently thinking about something I never thought possible; do I like this game more than Ocarina of Time? Even if the answer ends up being no, this game has at least secured its spot as my third favorite game of all time. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is an unmitigated masterpiece that I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to play and enjoy in my lifetime. (3/28/2017)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: NickAwesome on March 29, 2017, 03:42:34 pm
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- few hours in, game is pretty dull, probably won't finish this one
9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt- PS4- Done- Beat main story-
10. Paper Mario- N64- 5 hours in
11. Zelda- Breath of the Wild- Swtch- Few hours in
12. The Witcher 3 DLC- Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine- Complete
13. Nier Automata

6/13 so far.  Not really on track for 52 but I'm not exactly choosing short games
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 30, 2017, 04:42:17 am
15 - Dark Souls 3: The Ringed City DLC (PS4 2017) - BEAT - Normally I don't put down DLC (Only other one I did was the Dying Light expansion), and I could've done this with the last DLC for the game, but I'm going to count Ringed City as it takes like 5 to 10 hours to beat and that's practically game length at that point.  Overall, I liked this one a lot more than Ariandel.  I felt more engaged with the setting and it has some pretty good fights in it.  I still have one optional boss to fight who's just a tedious health sponge and frustrates me to shit, but I beat everything else otherwise.  After how disappointing the Final Fantasy XV and also the Resident Evil 7 DLC were, it was nice to have this one just be fine quality gameplay and action.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on March 30, 2017, 10:15:13 am
1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country (almost done)
17. Unravel (almost done)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: tafk on March 30, 2017, 04:52:21 pm
I just gotta say I'm very jealous how so many of you can complete so many games! What is everyone's schedule? I cannot imagine having so many games done already this year (I havent even finished disc 1 of FF7 yet, and I'm not one to lollygag and take forever completing something).
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 30, 2017, 06:19:08 pm
Quote from: tafk on March 30, 2017, 04:52:21 pm
I just gotta say I'm very jealous how so many of you can complete so many games! What is everyone's schedule? I cannot imagine having so many games done already this year (I havent even finished disc 1 of FF7 yet, and I'm not one to lollygag and take forever completing something).

I have far too much spare time than I care to admit, though life changes happening will cause that to dwindle to very little coming up.  I'm not likely to get a ton more games in this year like I would've wanted.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: rayne315 on March 30, 2017, 06:34:53 pm
Quote from: tafk on March 30, 2017, 04:52:21 pm
I just gotta say I'm very jealous how so many of you can complete so many games! What is everyone's schedule? I cannot imagine having so many games done already this year (I havent even finished disc 1 of FF7 yet, and I'm not one to lollygag and take forever completing something).

lol idk I only play games on the weekend anymore and that is just 6 or so hours total. I have a lot of free time to play games but I really just enjoy playing with someone else.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on March 30, 2017, 08:27:19 pm
When I get off work, I try to play for a few hours a day, roughly from 5-9pm.  Weekends are almost an all day thing 7am-9pm.  Minus normie shenanigans.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: redblaze57 on March 30, 2017, 10:17:08 pm
Just finished Breath of the Wild. Honestly this is my new favorite Legend of Zelda game
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 31, 2017, 02:04:46 am
12 - Nier: Automata (PS4 2017) - 30 HOURS BEAT - Finally finished with this and while I started out abit more excited about the game, by the end, I was simply wanting to end it.  For how unique its execution is, and that it does have some reasonably quality Platinum game (not their best, but good enough), and some cool moments, I really kinda hated the overall experience.  Nier is set up in basically multiple parts and while I won't explain everything exactly, to get the full true story of it all, requires kind of 100%'ing the game in getting all the parts I believe, though there are just essentially three main parts of the game.  By the 2nd part, I started to lose interest in the game, and I wasn't really back on board by part 3.  It's a not a bad game and I know some people loved it, but I felt a lot of frustration with the game and just don't think it was ever truly for me.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on March 31, 2017, 02:23:25 am
Quote from: tafk on March 30, 2017, 04:52:21 pm
I just gotta say I'm very jealous how so many of you can complete so many games! What is everyone's schedule? I cannot imagine having so many games done already this year (I havent even finished disc 1 of FF7 yet, and I'm not one to lollygag and take forever completing something).

I have been playing mostly SHMUPs this year, which can be beat typically in half an hour or less. I have been making a point to try and beat them multiple times, somewhat out of guilt, but mostly because I want to get a good feel for them before writing about them on here. However, I'm sure if I devoted myself to playing games that took longer to beat I'd be lucky to have half the games beat I currently do.

Normally I am very busy, and while I guess that is somewhat true still, I have devoted more time to leasure over the past 4-months or so, which means more games. One of these days though I'll need to hit the books again and start studying for my next tech cert.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: baileykun on March 31, 2017, 11:23:16 am
I'm new so I guess I'll try it out this year and make a list to try and keep track and see how many games I actually beat in a year. What counts as beating a VN though? True end or all ends? Any good end? Hmmm...

Started:
Animamundi: The Dark Alchemist
Awakened Fate Ultimatum
Clannad
Eternal Sonata
The Last Guardian
Legend of Zelda: Breathe of the Wild
Overcooked
Story of Seasons
Tales of Graces F
Touhou Scarlet Destiny
Persona 4 Dance

Finished:
LoZ Twilight Princess Picross
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on April 01, 2017, 09:15:06 am
I've nicked your idea Baileykun, hope that's OK, have been thinking for awhile I'd like to keep better track of what's going on in this thing.

With visual novels I'd just go with whatever feels 'done' to you, this whole thing is a self-motivation challenge rather than a competition. With fighting games like Street Fighter for instance, I'd call taking a single character through to the last boss and beating them a 'beat', it's balanced out by all the X0 hour RPGs etc, not that anyone's worried anyhow.

Made a list of games beaten this year, games currently playing and games to (hopefully) be played as part of this year's challenge. #18 to #27 were generated by fortune cookies on Backloggery.

Key: tried/hated/got rid of, unplayed, started, beaten!

1 ) Demon's Souls (PS3)
2 ) Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library & the Monster Seal (Vita)
3 ) Mario & Luigi Dream Team Bros. (3DS)
4 ) Curses 'N Chaos (PS4)
5 ) Depths of Peril (PC)
6 ) Resident Evil 4 HD (PS4)
7 ) Resident Evil 7: BioHazard (PS4)
8 ) Dark Souls II (PS4)
9 ) Resident Evil 5 HD (PS4)
10) Alienation (PS4)
11) Toukiden: Kiwami (PS4)
12) Dungeon Siege III (360)
13) Rage (360)
14) Insaniquarium! (PC)
15) Ants Warriors (Flash)
16) Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair (PS4) - Wing Diver playthrough on normal difficulty
17) Shantae: Risky's Revenge (PS4)
18] Animal (PC)
19) Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter (Xbox)
20) Rogue Warrior (360)
21) Mini Desktop Racing (Wii)
22) Myth Makers: Orbs of Doom (Wii)
23) X-Men Legends II Rise Of The Apocalypse (Xbox)
24) DuckTales Remastered (PS3)
25) Octodad: Dadliest Catch (PS4)
26) Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed (PS4)
27) Cooking Mama (Wii)
28]  Stardew Valley (PS4)
29)  Dungeons (PC)
30) Titan Quest (PC)
31) Titan Quest: Immortal Throne (PC)
32) Retro City Rampage (Vita)
33)  The Surge (PS4)
34) Wild Guns Reloaded (PS4)
35) Earth's Dawn (PS4)
36) Steamworld Heist (PS4)
37) Steamworld Dig (PS4)
38] Astebreed (PS4)
39) The Sexy Brutale (PS4)
40) Vikings: Wolves of Midgard (PS4)
41) Dragon Quest Builders (PS4)
42) 50 Cent: Bulletproof (360)
43) The Town of Light (PS4)
44) Mount & Blade: Warband (PS4) - second playthrough with a female player-character
45) Empires & Dungeons 2: The Sultanate (PC)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: emporerdragon on April 01, 2017, 07:56:27 pm
1) Lego Batman 3 (Base game 100% complete)
2) Dragonball Xenoverse 2 (Story Mode, Parallel Quests completed)
3) Mass Effect (Replay, 100%)
4) Day of the Tentacle Remastered (Platinum Trophy)
5) Mass Effect 2 (Replay, 100%)
6) Mass Effect 3 (Replay, 100%)

7) Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (One) (All achievements unlocked) - Finally finished up this big, long game. I already had completed the base game before on the 360, but had wanted the stack with a new character that managed to do everything.

Really gotta start picking some shorter games to reach the 52 title goal, but as my next main game is Mass Effect Andromeda...
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on April 02, 2017, 12:38:26 pm
Shining Force III has been completed. A review will be posted soon!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on April 03, 2017, 08:00:58 pm
The review for Shining Force III is up on my page (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132389 .html#msg132389)!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: NickAwesome on April 04, 2017, 07:01:19 pm
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- few hours in, game is pretty dull, probably won't finish this one
9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt- PS4- Done- Beat main story-
10. Paper Mario- N64- 5 hours in
11. Zelda- Breath of the Wild- Switch- One Divine Beat down- 3 to go
12. The Witcher 3 DLC- Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine- Complete
13. Nier Automata- Beaten- Ending A- Still playing as the game is not really over yet
14. Persona 5- PS4

7/14 so far.  Not really on track for 52 but I'm not exactly choosing short games
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 04, 2017, 07:04:58 pm
16 - The Witness (PC 2016) - PLAYING - I've been meaning to pick this up for awhile, just kinda waiting on a time and price and figured I'd get it now for 20 bucks as I kinda needed something that wasn't overly complicated and while it is a simple game in terms of what you do, the puzzles are SOOOOO hard lol Its a game that offers little direction or help and its super confusing trying to figure out the tricks or meanings of certain puzzles.  It is rewarding when you figure out the puzzles, but some puzzles feel far too challenging to make sense of and there are puzzles I have beat and I still don't have a good grasp on what I did to beat them.  Its an interesting game, but this game is going to annoy me more than Dark Souls.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 06, 2017, 02:37:37 am
17 - Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment (PC 2017) - 5 HOURS BEAT - Yet another fantastic Shovel Knight expansion.  I like the return to the more pure gameplay that was the original game, as Plague Knight was awesome, but very complicated with his gameplay.  Specter Knight is a lot closer to Shovel Knight, but with a lot more movement abilities like homing attacks, ninja wall climbing, and rail grinding.  Much of his gear and "home base" is more straightforward too.  It was also nice to get more story to this little world they've created and I'm curious how they'll fit such a silly character like King Knight in.  Plague Knight was silly also, but he had that whole cute romance thing going on and Specter Knight has this tragic tale setting up the events of the main game.  Looking forward to it either way.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on April 06, 2017, 08:00:12 am
Finished Horizon: Zero Dawn... gotta say that game was pretty freaking amazing.  Time to pick a new game to jump into.

Horizon and BotW killed my ratio sitting at 28 beat out of 31 played in 3 months.  Still on track to beat my goal of 104.  Might do a few shorter PSN titles this week.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on April 06, 2017, 09:12:27 am
Game 4 - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3) - 8 Hours

+ The gameplay is really fun. I enjoyed the varied enemies, satisfying gameplay, and perfect difficulty. I liked the extra collectables and unlockable VR missions that were hidden in the game to increase playability. The music was pretty good too.

- While the plot and cutscenes are scaled back for this title, it still has all the story issues that always annoy me with Metal Gear games; it's still ridiculous, convoluted and unbelievable. With this game through, the story separates itself  from the real world and references previous events in Metal Gear rather than real life events. It makes the story much more enjoyable when it's not trying to be "real" or super serious.

Also at the end of the game when Armstrong literally said he would "make America great again" I lol'd. So ridiculous

(http://pics.onsizzle.com/Facebook-Senator-Armstrong-knows-whats-up-5e9828.png)

 Back to my list (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132293.html#msg132293)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on April 06, 2017, 10:18:45 am
Quote from: telly on April 06, 2017, 09:12:27 am
Game 4 - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3) - 8 Hours

+ The gameplay is really fun. I enjoyed the varied enemies, satisfying gameplay, and perfect difficulty. I liked the extra collectables and unlockable VR missions that were hidden in the game to increase playability. The music was pretty good too.

- While the plot and cutscenes are scaled back for this title, it still has all the story issues that always annoy me with Metal Gear games; it's still ridiculous, convoluted and unbelievable. With this game through, the story separates itself  from the real world and references previous events in Metal Gear rather than real life events. It makes the story much more enjoyable when it's not trying to be "real" or super serious.

Also at the end of the game when Armstrong literally said he would "make America great again" I lol'd. So ridiculous

(http://pics.onsizzle.com/Facebook-Senator-Armstrong-knows-whats-up-5e9828.png)

 Back to my list (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132293.html#msg132293)


I bought this game at launch because of how awesome it looked and while I did really like it, it has some gameplay elements that interfered with my enjoyment of the game. I also raged quit during the Armstrong battle several times before finally beating it. I just remember finishing the game in a terrible mood, however since the dust has settled I really feel like going back and revisiting this game; I hope I enjoy it more the second time around.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on April 06, 2017, 10:32:10 am
I think the biggest gameplay flaw for me was the parry. It was hard to execute and impossible to block rapid strings of attacks with it. I also didn't really like the Armstrong battle either, the whole ending in general was kind of meh.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: azure on April 06, 2017, 11:39:17 am
Quote from: telly on April 06, 2017, 09:12:27 am
Game 4 - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3) - 8 Hours

- While the plot and cutscenes are scaled back for this title, it still has all the story issues that always annoy me with Metal Gear games; it's still ridiculous, convoluted and unbelievable. With this game through, the story separates itself  from the real world and references previous events in Metal Gear rather than real life events. It makes the story much more enjoyable when it's not trying to be "real" or super serious.

 Back to my list (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132293.html#msg132293)

Nanomachines son!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on April 07, 2017, 08:41:35 am
Does this even count for the 52 Games Challenge? I'm not even sure, but I did put over three hours into it and was determined to get all the achievements, not to mention it has achievements, so whatever, I'm counting it. I just got all the achievements in 8-Bit Bayonetta! You know? That bullet hell game SEGA released on Steam for free on April Fools? It has 16 achievements, and I just got them all. I know, it's silly, but I'm a HUGE Bayonetta fan, so I'll touch everything related to the series and be sure to master it! I can't wait for the announcement monday! And if that does turn out to be Bayonetta on PC, I'd happily play through it again!

EDIT: I only had a few more karts and bikes to unlock in Mario Kart Wii to finish it 100%, so I went ahead and did that. So now I have Mario Kart Wii finished 100%! All vehicles and characters unlocked, and at least a Star ranking in every cup! Now that's not too special, but you know what is? I did all of it using motion controls. Oh yeah, I'm the real deal.

So that puts me at 15 games so far.
Italics means I had already started with the game november last year or earlier.
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%

If it wasn't already obvious, I suck at sticking to my plan. Even though I said I would play through The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All next, those have both fallen behind a bit. Right now I'm working on The Wonderful 101, and I've also picked up Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed back up, so I'm working on unlocking everything in that now. Apart from those four games and the other two the next games coming up will include Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter, The World Ends With You, and I'm also still slowly working on the Infinite Climax playthrough of Bayonetta 2 whenever I feel like it.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on April 08, 2017, 06:24:10 pm

1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on April 09, 2017, 12:54:03 pm
Hot damn I'm on fire. I finished Battle Monsters and Clockwork Knight yesterday. Hopefully the reviews won't take long to get posted.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 09, 2017, 01:09:54 pm
18 - Tales from the Borderlands (PC 2014) - PLAYING - I've had this one for like a year now, grabbed on a Steam sale, but couldn't pull myself into it for some reason, though a little bit is that I kinda lost interest in the Telltale formula and that all their games feel like they are 10 years old because of their never improving engine, which is true for Borderlands.  I'm one episode in though and it does hold up as being pretty funny, which will keep me going.  It reminds me how much I enjoy the series and am looking forward to Borderlands 3.  Might have to go jump back into Borderlands 2 or the Pre-Sequel after this.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: maximo310 on April 09, 2017, 04:57:44 pm
Quote from: bikingjahuty on January 01, 2017, 11:05:11 pm
[/i]27. Dodonpachi Dai Ou Jou (Arcade): My initial thoughts upon playing and beating this game was that it was finally a Cave game on par with the original Dodonpachi, one of my favorite SHMUPs of all time. After about 10 playthroughs, several which I played right after or before playing the original Dodonpachi, I have to say this game is almost as good as the original, but doesn't quite do it for me as much in the music or gameplay department, which overall creates a slightly less enjoyable experience for me. Don't get me wrong though, this is a top notch shooter and one that any die hard bullet hell enthusiast must play at some point! (4/4/17)

Dude, I'd highly recommend going for the 1-ALL ( 1 credit clear) in dodonpachi or daioujou black label. Both of them aren't too bad for survival clears, and you get a few extra lives over the course of 5 stages if you learn a few basic chains in the earlier stages. Plus, I wanna see you 1cc a shmup since you're really into the genre!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on April 10, 2017, 01:21:23 pm
Quote from: maximo310 on April 09, 2017, 04:57:44 pm
Quote from: bikingjahuty on January 01, 2017, 11:05:11 pm
27. Dodonpachi Dai Ou Jou (Arcade): My initial thoughts upon playing and beating this game was that it was finally a Cave game on par with the original Dodonpachi, one of my favorite SHMUPs of all time. After about 10 playthroughs, several which I played right after or before playing the original Dodonpachi, I have to say this game is almost as good as the original, but doesn't quite do it for me as much in the music or gameplay department, which overall creates a slightly less enjoyable experience for me. Don't get me wrong though, this is a top notch shooter and one that any die hard bullet hell enthusiast must play at some point! (4/4/17)

Dude, I'd highly recommend going for the 1-ALL ( 1 credit clear) in dodonpachi or daioujou black label. Both of them aren't too bad for survival clears, and you get a few extra lives over the course of 5 stages if you learn a few basic chains in the earlier stages. Plus, I wanna see you 1cc a shmup since you're really into the genre!


I'm still working on 1CC for Dodonpachi; I can get to the fourth stage without losing a ship, but the last couple stages totally kick my ass every time. I think the best I've done is beating it on 4 credits. I feel like the difficulty in DOJ is on par with this original so I could see myself someday 1CCing that too.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on April 10, 2017, 01:29:29 pm
Tried to start Nights of Azure this past weekend, but the music was stressing out my wife so she made me play Life is Strange...
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: wolfen on April 10, 2017, 10:13:31 pm
FINALLY after a whole month+ I have completed The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. At times I felt like I would never stop playing the game because there is so much to find and interact with plus I really just enjoyed traversing the landscapes. I could go on and on, but no amount of words could describe how fantastic, full, and wondrous this game is.

5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch)

I'm not sure what my percentage was but, I got all the shrines, I got all armor sets, all horse armor, and the most important thing...  I COLLECTED ALL OF THE KOROK SEEDS! I can't wait to see what the DLC will bring to this wonderful gaming experience.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: maximo310 on April 11, 2017, 01:56:05 am
Quote from: bikingjahuty on April 10, 2017, 01:21:23 pm
Quote from: maximo310 on April 09, 2017, 04:57:44 pm
Quote from: bikingjahuty on January 01, 2017, 11:05:11 pm
27. Dodonpachi Dai Ou Jou (Arcade): My initial thoughts upon playing and beating this game was that it was finally a Cave game on par with the original Dodonpachi, one of my favorite SHMUPs of all time. After about 10 playthroughs, several which I played right after or before playing the original Dodonpachi, I have to say this game is almost as good as the original, but doesn't quite do it for me as much in the music or gameplay department, which overall creates a slightly less enjoyable experience for me. Don't get me wrong though, this is a top notch shooter and one that any die hard bullet hell enthusiast must play at some point! (4/4/17)

Dude, I'd highly recommend going for the 1-ALL ( 1 credit clear) in dodonpachi or daioujou black label. Both of them aren't too bad for survival clears, and you get a few extra lives over the course of 5 stages if you learn a few basic chains in the earlier stages. Plus, I wanna see you 1cc a shmup since you're really into the genre!


I'm still working on 1CC for Dodonpachi; I can get to the fourth stage without losing a ship, but the last couple stages totally kick my ass every time. I think the best I've done is beating it on 4 credits. I feel like the difficulty in DOJ is on par with this original so I could see myself someday 1CCing that too.
That's pretty awesome to hear! The last two stages are definitely the toughest ones in the loop, so it might be helpful to check out a replay for good routes, especially if you're ever interested in meeting the requirements for loop 2. Anyways, lookin' forward to seeing that 1cc; you can do it!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 11, 2017, 07:43:52 pm
19 - Yooka-Laylee (PC 2017) - PLAYING - It's finally here after 2 years of waiting and while I am not super deep into the game yet, still on the first world, it's about everything I expected.  Silly, charming, and enough things to collect.  I had no unrealistic hype for the game, I'm just wanting a prettier return to the old 3D platformers and that is what this seems to be.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 12, 2017, 02:08:17 am
16 - The Witness (PC 2016) - 11 HOURS ABANDONED - Basically after getting 6 of the 11 things, I hit a point where there was no way I could figure it out.  Even hearing another person in a guide I watched to get 2 more of the things I needed (only need 8 of 11 for a standard ending) made it out to be that there were so many ridiculous puzzles.  I wanted to see the end, and so I used guides, and found out at the end, I can't use guides to win, there are randomized puzzles.  So that's it.  I can't beat the game, so I looked up the ending online and I would've hated it anyways, so I'm done with the game lol

There are some fantastic puzzles in here, but to me, that's only like half of them.  So many involve increasingly complicated rules and even when it seemed like I was doing them, I still wasn't sure what I was doing right and so many became just tedious to me.  I honestly can't recommend the game unless you want just the hardest puzzle game you'll likely ever play.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on April 12, 2017, 08:20:34 am
Quote from: kamikazekeeg on April 12, 2017, 02:08:17 am
16 - The Witness (PC 2016) - 11 HOURS ABANDONED - Basically after getting 6 of the 11 things, I hit a point where there was no way I could figure it out.  Even hearing another person in a guide I watched to get 2 more of the things I needed (only need 8 of 11 for a standard ending) made it out to be that there were so many ridiculous puzzles.  I wanted to see the end, and so I used guides, and found out at the end, I can't use guides to win, there are randomized puzzles.  So that's it.  I can't beat the game, so I looked up the ending online and I would've hated it anyways, so I'm done with the game lol

There are some fantastic puzzles in here, but to me, that's only like half of them.  So many involve increasingly complicated rules and even when it seemed like I was doing them, I still wasn't sure what I was doing right and so many became just tedious to me.  I honestly can't recommend the game unless you want just the hardest puzzle game you'll likely ever play.
From what I've been told it is highly recommended to drop the game for a day or so and come back refreshed.  Not that it matters at this point.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on April 12, 2017, 08:55:38 am
I don't know if I've ever been this active swapping between games, but I have 5 games in progress that I'm swapping between, will probably beat them all about the same time.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on April 12, 2017, 02:36:55 pm
1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 12, 2017, 03:11:22 pm
Quote from: ignition365 on April 12, 2017, 08:20:34 am
From what I've been told it is highly recommended to drop the game for a day or so and come back refreshed.  Not that it matters at this point.

I did take breaks, stopping for the day to come back the next and realized the answer for some, but the problem came with the puzzles that involved specific rules related to the symbols and when you start piling them together, it gets complicated and all the fun is sucked out of them.  The puzzles were at their best when they involved perspective, shadows, reflections, sound, things that gave really cool clues to solving the puzzle.  If the game was nothing but those, I would've kept with the game, even if it took me a long time to beat, because those are super clever puzzles.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: guilty0fbeing on April 13, 2017, 10:52:02 am
I tried to do this this year; however, being a teacher, dad, and husband... I cant.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on April 13, 2017, 06:36:14 pm
My page is finally up to date with my Shin Megami Tensei IV review.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on April 18, 2017, 09:47:18 am
The review is up for Ghosthunter!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on April 18, 2017, 01:31:21 pm
All right! I just beat Bayonetta! Again! Seriously, this has to be around the sixth time I've beaten this game (I've lost count), and I still love it just as much as the first time I played it. This is without a doubt one of my favourite games of all time. This playthrough was of the newly released PC version, and it's without a doubt the best version of Bayonetta out there. Definitely my go-to version from now on. I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you haven't played Bayonetta for whatever reason, please go ahead and do so! It's without a doubt one of my favourite games to date, and the PC version is by far the best way to experience it ever!

So that puts me at 16 games! Even though this is the first time I've beaten it on PC, I've beaten it many times before on both PS3 and Wii U, so I'm counting it as a new playthrough.
Italics means I had already started with the game november last year or earlier.
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%

I think I'll get back to my old planning now. Next up are The Wonderful 101 and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. After that come Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter, The World Ends With You and my Infinite Climax playthrough of Bayonetta 2.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 19, 2017, 10:58:42 pm
19 - Yooka-Laylee (PC 2017) - 13 HOURS BEAT - It's unfortunate the game was reviewed in the state it was, and that many were playing the much worse off console versions (Which seemed to be a Team 17 issue, not Playtonic), as the game on PC at launch ran fantastically.  No framerate issues, very little camera struggle, overall it looks great.  While the game didn't successfully capitalize on being an amazing spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie, I think it got close.  It has the silly, charming, characters.  There's the collectathon.  It's got your big hub world and worlds to explore and it's a return to a genre I missed. 

My negatives more come down to some sloppiness to some of the control and objectives, some level design aspects that feel uninspired, the mostly awful minigames (I played 4 out of 5 and only 2 of those 4 were okay), and that I think the game needed more worlds with a tighter design, rather than fewer worlds, that just got bigger.  I'm glad I supported this game, it's just that I think there's some rust they were shaking off with this game and that hopefully they can greatly improve with a sequel if it gets made.

Also this wasn't completion either.  I only beat the first level 100%, the rest vary from 50 to 75% beat.  Only need 100 pagies to fight the last boss.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: tafk on April 20, 2017, 12:00:32 pm
Disc 1 DOWN on FF7! WOO
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on April 20, 2017, 12:04:05 pm
Quote from: tafk on April 20, 2017, 12:00:32 pm
Disc 1 DOWN on FF7! WOO

Nice! If I remember right, disc three didn't have that much story on it, so you're getting there!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: rayne315 on April 20, 2017, 02:21:49 pm
Quote from: telly on April 20, 2017, 12:04:05 pm
Quote from: tafk on April 20, 2017, 12:00:32 pm
Disc 1 DOWN on FF7! WOO

Nice! If I remember right, disc three didn't have that much story on it, so you're getting there!

its been a very long time since I have played through it but isn't disc 1 like 40-50% of the content or something like that?
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on April 20, 2017, 03:22:32 pm
Quote from: rayne315 on April 20, 2017, 02:21:49 pm
Quote from: telly on April 20, 2017, 12:04:05 pm
Quote from: tafk on April 20, 2017, 12:00:32 pm
Disc 1 DOWN on FF7! WOO

Nice! If I remember right, disc three didn't have that much story on it, so you're getting there!

its been a very long time since I have played through it but isn't disc 1 like 40-50% of the content or something like that?


Yeah, Disk one is half the game. Disk 2 is like a third, and the last disk is mostly just all the side stuff and the final fight with Sepheroth.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: tafk on April 20, 2017, 05:09:37 pm
I actually have done a decent amount of side stuff on D1. Did Wutai, have all the optional party members, really this game is a lot of fun but some of these bosses are ridiculous. I especially hated the dragon boss that came right before Aeris leaves the party for a bit. I used Victor and his limit break kept using fire moves that kept healing the boss and i almost just quit and restarted because neither of us were killing each other haha.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on April 21, 2017, 03:21:22 am

1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome

Currently playing The Warriors and Donkey Kong Country 3
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on April 21, 2017, 10:23:54 am
Game 5 - Pokemon: Platinum Version (DS) - 48 Hours (Nuzlocke Challenge)

+ It's Pokemon! I've played one game from every generation except for VI, and I liked how this game reminded me of the 3rd generation with the berries, contests, etc. I like the Underground feature, and the music was excellent as always. Playing it as a nuzlocke was pretty fun and challenging, playing it on cart without an emulator means you can't speed up leveling, but the VS seeker is so broken because it makes training wicked easy. I over-leveled for the Elite Four and breezed through it with no trouble, though I did look up the movesets of the Elite Four beforehand, which I didn't do for the other gyms and trainers.

My final team was
"Trine" the Magnezone - died during the fight with Cynthia because I got careless  :(
"Zantesuken" the Staraptor
"Roselina" the Roserade
"Blue Frend" the Quagsire
"Kevin" the Rapidash
"Vicious" the Weavile

- For one, I didn't like the rival team, they weren't that special nor did they stand out to me. The game feels pretty slow compared to other games, and it was a lot of those warping and twisting 2D graphics that plagued Pokemon DS games.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on April 22, 2017, 08:23:15 pm
Game 6 - New Super Mario Bros. U (Wii U) - 7 Hours (3-player co-op)

Double post as another game is knocked off the list! Played this through with a couple of my friends. Will probably want to play through again in single player to collect all the Star Coins, secrets, etc.

+ Anyway, I still love playing these New Super Mario Bros. games. A lot of people are burnt out by them understandably, and this game really doesn't do anything over NSMB Wii. But it's still fun. It's a blast to play with friends, too many close calls, epic saves and crushing defeats to count. Either way, it's still a fun game. Standard Mario fun and platforming with fun powerups and stages.

- The big issue other than the saminess and copy-paste nature of this game is the multiplayer mechanics. Being able to bounce off each other and push each other over ledges and stuff was unforgivable. It really wore on our patience over time. There were several instances where two of us had to tap out to let one person attempt it solo, which is kind of silly when you think about it. And again, there really isn't anything new about this game at all.


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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on April 24, 2017, 08:08:59 am
Knocked out a couple of games over the weekend, just wish I could've started one more game.  I hate leaving the weekend without being in the middle of a game.  I find it's really hard to start a new game during the week.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 25, 2017, 01:51:33 am
20 - Fallout Shelter (PC 2016) - ENDLESS - Super Mario Run was going to be the only mobile game I added, but technically that is still true as I'm playing the PC version of Fallout Shelter lol It's still a mobile game on PC, but it functions better than most tend too, which helps coming from a bigger company.  It's basic, but I'm cool with it.  It still has some real annoying bugs in it though and controls aren't that great if you are trying to direct your guys.  I'm forgiving of the Fallout games as big open world experiences, but not a small scale game thats been out for nearly 2 years on mobile and a year on PC.  Not unplayable in any way, but there's clearly stuff they are just not interested in improving.  Eh, it's free and I'm never buying anything, so I can't complain TOO much, just annoying.  I'll probably casually play it for awhile.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on April 29, 2017, 11:11:22 am
1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: wolfen on April 29, 2017, 04:59:08 pm
6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

It's Mario Kart 8 but 10 times better with bug fixes, new characters, new items, new kart parts, and the biggest Battle Mode to date. You will love this game whether you have or haven't played Mario Kart 8 first.

I beat all Grand Prix's with 3 gold stars
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 01, 2017, 05:12:04 pm
21 - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch 2017) - PLAYING - It's Mario Kart 8.  Just gonna work to get Gold Mario, which I think is at least one gold star per every 200cc Grand Prix, so there's no real BEAT, but that'll give me a run through all the courses.  I hate playing on 200cc, it's so hard and not very fun lol
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 02, 2017, 05:42:57 pm
22 - Darksiders: Warmastered Edition (PC 2010) - PLAYING - With the reveal of Darksiders 3 today, I figured it was as good of time as any to go and replay the first two games.  Never tried the updated "Warmastered" version (Got it free on PC I think), but I loved this game when it came out.  Great mix of Zelda and God of War.  I just grabbed Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition that I'll play afterwards.  I actually never beat that game for whatever reason and this thing has a crazy sale right now.  Pretty stoked for the third game though.  Fury should be fun.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on May 02, 2017, 05:53:00 pm
Groovy! I just beat Space Channel 5: Part 2! I got curious about this series after playing as Ulala in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, so I decided to pick it up on Steam. Now that I've beaten it, I will say, I really like it!
It's over-the-top and super charming, you can't help but smile while playing. The gameplay is really engaging and fun too. It tests your reflexes and sense of rhythm, yet it also manages to keep a sense of energetic fun throughout. It's a great blend of challenging and fun. I'll definitely play this more!
The only complaints I have are about the quality of the port. I played the PC version from Steam, and like with all SEGA's Dreamcast ports on Steam, the quality is wobbly. Getting it to run in the first place is a hassle, it crashed a few times on a loading screen, and when clicking out and back into the game it sometimes desyncs the music and gameplay, which makes the game unplayable and forces you to restart the level. Thankfully the gameplay is really fun, so while it's frustrating, replaying the levels isn't too much of a punishment. The only other downside is it's pretty short (hence why it's on here already), but it's also really replayable, so that's only a minor complaint.
In short, I really enjoyed my time with this game! Not all rhythm games grab me as well, but this one definitely did. For the pricepoint it goes for on Steam, I definitely recommend it!

I did it Space Michael, I made you proud.
(http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/_img/chars/space-michael-space-channel-5-81.1.jpg)

So that means 17 games down!
Italics means I had already started with the game november last year or earlier.
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%

So I know I had an old planning, but I'm not sure how strictly I'll be sticking to that. I was working on The Wonderful 101 and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, and I think I'll keep working on those. The other games I had planned were Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter and The World Ends With You, though I have a feeling these'll go on hold for a while. There are a few other games I feel more like playing/beating right now, like Kirby Mass Attack or DuckTales Remastered. I'm also still working on my Infinite Climax playthrough of Bayonetta 2
ducktales, though I tend to work on that whenever I feel like it.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on May 02, 2017, 07:51:44 pm
Game 7 - Resident Evil (GC) - 11 Hours

Second RE game ever is done! And this one is in very stark contrast to RE4, so it was interesting to play this other side of the franchise.

+ I really enjoyed the overall atmosphere, graphics and settings, music, and most of the enemies. Very scary and tense, and the game does a good job of keeping you on the edge of your seat. I liked the tank controls like in RE4 and Silent Hill games, and I really loved the puzzles, both in the world and on the items and keys. Searching an item for a hidden switch or message was just so cool. I also enjoyed the story and voice acting: it's cheesy and silly, but it's still entertaining.


- My biggest gripe with this game has to be the limited inventory. Limiting you to just 6 items (I played as Jill) doesn't make the game any scarier, it just makes it annoying because oftentimes I didn't bring the right key or the right weapon for the boss and I have to either reset the game or go back to the item box. Having to backtrack both to get the right item or bring items I picked up adds padding to the gameplay and significantly lowers the scare factor, at least in my experience.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on May 04, 2017, 11:54:11 am
YESSSS! I just beat DuckTales! WOOHOO! Everyday they're out there making DuckTales! WOOHOO! Tales of derring-due, bad and good luck tales! D-d-d-danger, watch behind you! There's a stranger out to find you! What to do? Just grab onto some DuckTales! WOOHOO!

DuckTales Remastered, consider yourself beaten! I really liked this game! It's action platforming at it's finest. It's really challenging, yet on the perfect level to keep you playing. It's charming, engaging, and a good test of your platforming skills. If you're looking for a new platformer to play, definitely pick this one up!

So that sets me at 18 games so far!
Italics means I had already started with the game november last year or earlier.
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%

So what's next? The same I said in my last post. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter and The World Ends With You are still on the waiting list, but right now my focus is going on The Wonderful 101 and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, and maybe Kirby Mass Attack too. Also, still going to play through Bayonetta 2 on Infinite Climax when I feel like it.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on May 04, 2017, 05:13:52 pm
I've not had much time, what time there was has been split between multiple games and sank into timesinks like Titan Quest and Stardew Valley, so nothing new to add :S Hopefully the latter half of the year will allow for a bit more gaming.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on May 05, 2017, 04:11:31 pm
W00t!

Two new reviews are up: Tokyo Mirage Sessions and Trillion: God of Destruction.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 05, 2017, 09:33:42 pm
23 - Prey (PS4 2017) - PLAYING - It's been a pretty solid game so far, and it does some interesting stuff I think, while feeling like a cross between Bioshock and Deus Ex.  I'm really glad I got to play the demo as it gave a good grasp of what you'd be doing, so if you are unsure, and you are getting it on console (There's no PC demo), I'd recommend the demo.  It's over an hour of content.  My only complaint is that Typhons are infuriating to fight, especially with a controller.  Mimics can jump all around you and can be really annoying to focus on, and it never feels like I can properly immobilize Phantoms with the goo gun compared to the stun gun, which has been the most useful way to keep things from running around.  They are meant to be tough, but some gameplay choices are questionable here.  Otherwise, good stuff.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on May 07, 2017, 02:10:03 pm
Game 8 - Star Fox (SNES) - 5 hours (estimated)

I counted this game as beaten when I beat each of the three courses.

+ This game still holds up surprisingly well. I liked the way the crude 3D looks and the environments were really cool. The music was great and the gameplay was smooth and enjoyable. It's a testament to a great game that can stand up even when graphically it hasn't aged well.

- There were some slowdowns at moments that could get a tad frustrating. It was also annoying that all the space stages spawn you in 1st person mode regardless of the POV you were in when you died. I also got locked in limbo fighting the boss on the Venom surface level (Stage 6). Don't switch your perspective during that boss fight or you can get locked; all of the buttons will stop working and you can't do anything.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 09, 2017, 01:22:53 am
23 - Prey (PS4 2017) - 21 HOURS BEAT - Overall, a very solid game.  It's made by the guys who did Bioshock 2 and Dishonored, so you got an idea of what to expect as an experience, with a mostly open world to explore (At least set in zones, but you can go back and forth everywhere.  Loading times are abit rough though). 

It doesn't really do anything amazing, but its a very consistent game in what it offers, especially if you are one that loves the type of games like this, where you just kinda explore every nook and cranny, because it generally rewards you for doing so.  Only had a few small issues, the biggest of those being that combat is questionable.  Typhons aren't fun to fight, especially so with a controller.  Don't think it would be too much better with a mouse, just based on what they do, though to be fair, I played with no of the crazy abilities.  This game gives you a lot of choices in how you want to accomplish things, so you can play through it in a number of different ways.  I won't say anything about the story though as its interesting enough to watch unfold, but the ending is only okay.  Also the final cutscenes clearly weren't tested as they jitter like crazy lol
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on May 09, 2017, 01:55:38 pm
1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
24. Murdered : Soul Suspect
25. Donkey Kong Country 3
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: NickAwesome on May 10, 2017, 02:30:06 pm
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- few hours in, game is pretty dull, probably won't finish this one
9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt- PS4- Done- Beat main story-
10. Paper Mario- N64- 5 hours in
11. Zelda- Breath of the Wild- Switch- One Divine Beat down- 3 to go
12. The Witcher 3 DLC- Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine- Complete
13. Nier Automata- Beaten- Ending A and B, working on C- Still playing as the game is not really over yet
14. Persona 5- PS4
15. Red Faction- PS2- Beaten on Normal- Took me nearly 15 yrs after the fact but finally beat this game

8/15 so far.  Not really on track for 52 but I'm not exactly choosing short games
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on May 10, 2017, 02:57:57 pm
I've got a nice long weekend of game playing this weekend.  Taking Friday off so the cat isn't locked up all day alone with her cone on and the wife is going to be out of town all weekend.  I'm planning on destroying Ghost Recon Wildlands over the course of 72 hours.

Hopefully it's a good weekend.

Wildlands seems like such a good game, but it feels so bland I can't honestly believe it'll make the top 5 this year.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on May 12, 2017, 09:37:13 pm
Dang, I'm on a streak again! Just beat the original Super Mario Bros.! As a Nintendo fan, it's truly shameful I have never beaten that game before (and yes, the other truly defining Nintendo games will come soon), but finally the deed is done! And yes, I did do it on an original NES. :)
I will admit I used Warp Zones to get to World 4, and I will admit I used the "Start at the beginning of the world after a Game Over"-trick, but otherwise I did it fair and square! Original console, original game, tons of hammers to the face, but I did it!

So that puts me at 19 games! Even though I've obviously played Super Mario Bros. many times before beating it, I did play through it from beginning to end for this one, so I'm not putting it in italics.
Italics means I had already started with the game november last year or earlier.
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%

I would like to give you a plan of upcoming games here, but honestly, I've kind of given up on that. I keep straying from it anyway, so I'll just play games as they come. On to the next one!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 13, 2017, 04:40:08 am
24 - Star Wars Battlefront (PC 2015) - ENDLESS - Well, with a combination of a crazy good sale of 14 bucks on GMG and a trial to see how it played on Origins that I didn't know about till now, I ended up grabbing this.  In the past, I decided against the game because of the lack of content and I still stand by it, but it is a mostly fun game.  Very casual shooter experience, but when you are a rebel, fighting against invading AT-AT's and Darth Vader is running at you, it's hard not to enjoy it and its very easy to just jump into.  Only complaint I still have, something I remember from the Beta, is that air vehicles are awful.  It's the most floaty, loose, flying I've ever done.  I was always very low tier with jets in Battlefield games, better with choppers, but man air vehicles are terrible here lol Really hope its overhauled with Battlefront 2.  Kinda hoping the season pass gets like a 50% off sale soon.  I wouldn't mind playing this over the summer while waiting for Battlefront 2.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: emporerdragon on May 13, 2017, 12:36:06 pm
Finally can add to my list.

1) Lego Batman 3 (Base game 100% complete)
2) Dragonball Xenoverse 2 (Story Mode, Parallel Quests completed)
3) Mass Effect (Replay, 100%)
4) Day of the Tentacle Remastered (Platinum Trophy)
5) Mass Effect 2 (Replay, 100%)
6) Mass Effect 3 (Replay, 100%)
7) Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (One) (All achievements unlocked

8 ) Mass Effect Andromeda (Single Player complete) - Ended with 97%, as I'm not scouring each planet for those last little bits. In the end, it was an alright game, but far weaker compared to the main trilogy. I do feel as the shift to open world was unneeded and hindered the game fore than helped.

I gotta pick some shorter games now.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on May 15, 2017, 09:59:55 am
Game 9 - Perfect Dark (Xbox One) – 41 Hours

Finished the last few missions of this game over the weekend while the Xbox One was home. I beat the game on Perfect Agent, which was why it took me so long.

+ I really enjoyed playing this game, even though it was pretty difficult and required a lot of restarts. It’s got that classic 90s shooter vibe to it, and it reminded me a lot of Half Life, but with more action. Playing it on the Xbox One was a dream, it had great graphics, atmosphere, and I really liked the cyberpunk vibe. I enjoyed the story too (from what I remember, it’s tough to recall everything after 6 months).

- My only knock is the ending. It was really lame IMO, the last mission just kind of ends abruptly without any resolution. I wanted to hear what happened to Datadyne, did we finally achieve peace in the galaxy? What happens to everyone after the game is over? etc. I just wanted more story on that front.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on May 15, 2017, 07:31:09 pm
And Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse has been beaten! I fondly remember playing Freddi Fish in my childhood, and while this game is definitely not as great as Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell, it's still pretty enjoyable.

Do I care it's a children's game? No. Do I care it only took 47 minutes to beat? No. Am I even taking this challenge serious anymore? No. But hey, a game beaten is a game beaten :p

So I guess that puts me at 20 games beaten.
Italics means I had already started with the game november last year or earlier.
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on May 16, 2017, 07:39:47 am
Quote from: realpoketendonl on May 15, 2017, 07:31:09 pm
Do I care it's a children's game? No. Do I care it only took 47 minutes to beat? No. Am I even taking this challenge serious anymore? No. But hey, a game beaten is a game beaten :p

Your attitude stinks

of WIN.  8)

Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on May 16, 2017, 08:45:17 am
Game 10 - Shovel Knight (Wii U) – 8 Hours

Double whammy! Beat two games in one day, pretty cool stuff.

+ I really don't need to stress how excellent this game is. The gameplay, graphics, music and art are all reminiscent of a bunch of NES games mashed together, and it's awesome. The story was decent too and fit the mood of the game. The special items were great and the boss fights were challenging overall (especially spectre knight). Overall a fantastic and very memorable platformer.

- I only have one very tiny nitpick. It just bothered me that your money is measured in gold when all you pick up are gems. That's all haha

 Back to my list (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132293.html#msg132293)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on May 16, 2017, 02:40:31 pm
I need to beat some short games.  All of these long games I keep jumping into is killing my ratio.

I'm not quite where I want to be in my progress for the year.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 16, 2017, 05:19:22 pm
25 - The Surge (PS4 2017) - PLAYING - Made by the guys who did the poor Lords of the Fallen, but so far I feel they've kinda redeemed themselves with this, at least for where I am.  It's just straight up Scifi Dark Souls/Bloodborne, but I think it has enough of its own unique elements to stand on its own.  I will say the gameplay isn't as good as Bloodborne or Dark Souls 3, it's sometimes hard to tell when an enemy attacks or what is unblockable (The generic scrub enemies having a leaping lung that cuts right through you) without trial and error, but I'm digging the setup at the moment.  Chopping off limbs to get new gear is kinda cool and it's not as big of a loot fest as other games as when you chop off a new part, it becomes a schematic that you can then craft at your operations center.  Anything you chop off after that is more for crafting parts and more tech (souls) I believe.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: metshael on May 17, 2017, 01:24:37 pm
It's been months since i have updated my list so i will add 9 games in one post

List of games i've beat in 2017 :
1 • Final Fantasy XV (PS4 - 93h28 - 9 January)
2 • Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst (Steam - 28h - 5 February)
3 • ADventure Lib (Steam - 34 minutes - 9 March)
A little adventure where everything have been replaced by other things, it's very short and can become pretty stupid since every NPC, items and enemies are random as you can see in one of my screenshot (http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/Metshael/20170309012239_1_zpsndnugyto.jpg)... for the price i wasn't expecting much and in the end that wasn't so bad, very stupid and easy yes but not that bad (i've seen worse, especially on Steam).

4 • Nier automata (PS4 - 56h14 - 17 March) Completed (72h14 - 22 March)
I LOVE YOKO TARO, do i need to say more ?  :-[

5 • Dynasty Warriors 8 Empire (PS4 - ~6h - 1 April)
I finished my first playtrough, the first of many since i want to complete it, sure it's repetitive and can become boring sometimes but i always come back to that series since DW2 on PS2 (the first PS2 game i ever bought).

6 • Unhack 2 (Steam - 6h - 4 April)
The sequel to Unhack (what a surprise right ?  ;) ), a visual novel from invertMouse (i get everything he release since i played Without Within, Vinty is adorable (https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/405683244445832762/27E7AF2B22465B77E34E07CC6FC2187B259246B6/)), and that one was not bad, i did not waited for much since i did not really liked the ending of the first game but it really surprised me after the prologue, i won't say much since i don't want to spoil (if one day someone play it) but it offer a good conclusion to the first game.

7 • Toren (Steam - 4h - 14 April)
Short adventure game where you follow the path of girl who have to climb up a tower to fight a dragon (and save the world !... well sort of :-X), i don't remember much of that game since probably there isn't much to remember except that the story made me say "What ?" a lot of time (maybe it was because the bad french translation, maybe one day i will retry it in English to check if that is the case) but still it was pleasant to play (and the soundtrack was pretty good).

8 • Sword Daughter (Steam - 2h30 - 14 April)
Again a short game, a visual novel where you follow Tyrna, a girl who have lost almost everything except her life and her sword from an orcs attack and that's where the choices begin, do you want to get revenge ? Save your comrades taken by the orcs ? Or try to seduce the half-elf you just encountered five minutes ago...  ??? . It had some potential but it's way too short, you don't even had the time to know the characters that the end is already here (i got to the first ending after 20 minutes...), after that with the skip option it was pretty fast to get all the endings.

9 • Infamous Second Son (PS4 - ~18h - 7 May)
I loved Infamous 1 & 2 and this one was good too but not as the same level, almost no sidequest (except for Paper Trail which was awesome and the DLC Cole's Legacy which wasn't worth it's price), everything is directly shown on the mini map (so there is no point for exploration). But the ending, especially once you finish paper trail, really makes me want a sequel.

10 • Infamous First Light (PS4 - ~6h - 9 May)
As a Stand Alone extension i did not expected much but still it was pretty good, sure it's only half of the Infamous SS map but you get to play with one of the best character from it and seeing how powerful Fetch is it's make me wondering if Delsin power really copy the full capacity of it. Also that ending goddammit, that ending 8).

11 • Persona 5 (PS4 - 90h22 - 17 May)
Even though Persona 4 is still my favorite it was an awesome game nonetheless, i have just finished it and the first thing i want is to do a second run to complete it. The only negative point for me was the "Traitor" part, it was a big letdown seeing how obvious that was.

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The following games do not count toward the challenge:

Beater Spirit (Steam) : Ultra repetitive platforming game with bad controls, have only three different backgrounds and three different enemies , before you start the level you choose the background, the number of ennemies you want to fight and the difficulty, based on those point is a reward on gold pieces that you use to buy new skin in a gambling shop and that's all... I think it could have been pretty good as a free app on mobile to pass time but on Steam and for that price no, it's not worth it.

Neko Atsume (mobile): I finally purchased everything from the shop so i consider it completed but since i'm still missing a few cats i will probably come back to it from time to time.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: mmoseeker on May 17, 2017, 10:04:41 pm
1. The House of the Dead: Overkill (Wii)
2. Hotline Miami (Steam)
3. Dead Space (Origin)
4. Dead Space 2 (Origin)



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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on May 18, 2017, 01:20:02 am
First game beat this month and number 30 beat this year. My pace has slowed down a bit, but I'm still on track for 52 this year :)

30. South Park: The Stick of Truth (PS3): If you are a fan of the South Park show, you will LOVE this game, just as I did! This game had me busting out laughing countless times with all the fan service to series' jokes and references, as well as the original content which made this game feel like a giant interactive South Park episode. I honestly can't think of how they could have better implemented South Park into a video game, this game just nails it. With all that said, this game was a bit light on the gameplay depth and did not really break any ground with the RPG mechanics, in fact in many ways it was a below average RPG in that regard. Despite all this, the game's source material and humor carries it and makes it a highly enjoyable game. (5/17/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: emporerdragon on May 20, 2017, 12:58:53 pm
1) Lego Batman 3 (Base game 100% complete)
2) Dragonball Xenoverse 2 (Story Mode, Parallel Quests completed)
3) Mass Effect (Replay, 100%)
4) Day of the Tentacle Remastered (Platinum Trophy)
5) Mass Effect 2 (Replay, 100%)
6) Mass Effect 3 (Replay, 100%)
7) Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (One) (All achievements unlocked)
8 ) Mass Effect Andromeda (Single Player complete)

9) Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet (Story Mode, Collectables Complete) - If you were looking for a relatively decent children's game, keep looking. While decent in humor and keeping the atmosphere close to the show itself, the controls are so clunky and handle poorly that the game is at points more frustrating than enjoyable. And stay away from it if you're a completionist, as the DLC got delisted a while back.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 21, 2017, 03:03:09 am
26 - Injustice 2 (PS4 2017) - BEAT - I abandoned The Surge and after I kept seeing more on Injustice 2, I was getting drawn in.  And then after hearing that it plays very differently from Mortal Kombat (Not a fan of their gameplay for the most part.  Hate the block button), I jumped for it and have been pleasantly happy with the game all evening.  Incredibly well done fighting game, like even if you don't agree with the loot system (It's abit overkill with everything), it's top tier stuff.  Visually very impressive, the story mode is yet another thing that shames live action DC and shows why generally the games and animated movies laugh in the face of shit like BvS, Suicide, Superman, and more than likely Wonder Woman.  STATE OF YOUR MOVIES, DC.  There's lots of interesting singleplayer content (The Multiverse is basically like the Towers and Krypt from MK, but more interesting overall I think), and I haven't even really touched multiplayer yet as I'm taking my time trying to figure out the characters I like.  Supergirl, Harley, and Bane are favorites, but I still have tons to play.

After Street Fighter V utterly failed, I was worried I wouldn't get into a fighting game this year as I tried with that, as I'm unsure about Marvel vs Capcom Infinite, but Injustice 2 is just fantastic.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on May 22, 2017, 09:52:08 am
I decided to take a small break and play the original Power Stone. It's nowhere near as good as Power Stone 2, but it was still fun. My page has been updated with the review.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on May 22, 2017, 04:38:52 pm
Quote from: kashell on May 22, 2017, 09:52:08 am
I decided to take a small break and play the original Power Stone. It's nowhere near as good as Power Stone 2, but it was still fun. My page has been updated with the review.


I need to replay both as well, but I remember having more fun with the first one. Hmm, might have to play and beat them both before the end of the year ;)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on May 23, 2017, 09:13:19 am
Quote from: bikingjahuty on May 22, 2017, 04:38:52 pm
Quote from: kashell on May 22, 2017, 09:52:08 am
I decided to take a small break and play the original Power Stone. It's nowhere near as good as Power Stone 2, but it was still fun. My page has been updated with the review.


I need to replay both as well, but I remember having more fun with the first one. Hmm, might have to play and beat them both before the end of the year ;)

I approve of this idea.

Then, we can connect our Dreamcast's to the Intertubez and play each other.

EDIT: Crimson Tears has been finished. A review will be coming soon.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on May 23, 2017, 09:23:21 am
I started 3D Dot Game Heroes last night.  Got through the first two dungeons already.  Rather enjoying it.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: Cartagia on May 26, 2017, 08:38:54 am
1. Super Mario 3D World
2. Dark Souls III
3. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
4. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
6. Dr. Mario
7. Nioh

No way I'm finishing 52 this year.  And then I decided to do The Witcher 3 next, like a dummy.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 26, 2017, 02:37:27 pm
Quote from: ignition365 on May 23, 2017, 09:23:21 am
I started 3D Dot Game Heroes last night.  Got through the first two dungeons already.  Rather enjoying it.

I really wanted to like that game, but I absolutely hated the distance blur in it.  Completely ruined the game for me.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kevininja on May 26, 2017, 05:30:28 pm
Finished up Aragami today and going back for the remaining two trophies for the Platinum, I just have to get a few more Kami and Oni medals. I'm not looking forward to do Chapter 6 again  :-\
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on May 26, 2017, 09:03:16 pm
And New Super Mario Bros. is beaten! Not counting New Super Luigi U (which I do have), that was the only game I've never beaten (though I did play all the way to World 8 before), so now it's done! Even if it is pretty old and overshadowed by it's younger brothers now, it still holds up pretty well. Definitely worth a look if you need a little more Mario to play (but then again, as the most played DS game, you've probably played it already).
Also, so far it's sure been a year of Mario! But hey, the games are fun, so that's OK. :3

So I'm up to 21!
Italics means I had already started with the game november last year or earlier.
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%

Next up I think is Metroid Prime: Hunters. I also just ordered Sonic Colours and Metroid: Other M, so those may be coming up soon too!
And yes, I know Other M's story is a sin against all of gaming, but I want to play it to try out the gameplay, because that looks pretty cool.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on May 27, 2017, 01:35:57 pm
Ran out of room in my original list on Page 1 of this thread. Here is part 2:

34. Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers (Switch): Despite this game being 25-years old and having tons of ports, updates and version, this might be my favorite version. I like both the New and Classic graphics and audio settings; my favorite being the New visual style with the Classic Audio; I'm able to enjoy the awesome, new graphics in widescreen with the classic tunes that get me ultra sentimental. I am also a huge fan of Violent Ken as a character despite his hilariously goofy name. My only gripe with this version of Street Fighter II is that it is probably the easiest version I've played, and doesn't feel right unless played at the hardest difficulty. But otherwise, this game is just as awesome as it has ever been and a port well worth owning! (5/27/17)

35. Off-Road (Arcade): This is one from my childhood that I used to play often at a sports bar my dad used to take me too when I was about 5. Of course I didn't actually play this at that sports bar or an actual cabinet, but still. This game is still pretty fun, especially the option to upgrade your truck with your race winnings. It does get a tad but repetitive and dull if played for more than 20-minutes, but for the time it came out and for what it still is, it is a pretty fun, old racing game. (6/3/17)

36. Dark Souls (PS3): I will start by saying this is not my first attempt to get into the Souls series, and specifically this game. On paper it is a series I should absolutely love, or at the very least really enjoy, but that couldn't be further from reality. I cannot get into these games no matter how hard I try or want. The combat is often sloppy in so many different ways, and why this game and its controls get praised so heavily I will never understand. The story is so confusing it might as well not even be there and also the grind in this game is just stupid; I called it quits about 5-hours in and had spent about an hour actually breaking new ground, and the rest grinding my ass off to beat the second boss in the fucking game! If I have to grind that much just to beat the first boss than something is seriously wrong. And before people assume I played this game like it was God of War, no, I realize you have to be very tactful, calculating, patient, and also utilize defense as much as offense in this game, but it was still an unfulfilling piece of shit regardless of how much I didn't want to feel this way. I am official done trying to get into the Souls games; I concede that it is just a series that is not for me and I will never enjoy. (6/4/17)

37. Serious Sam: The First Encounter (360): This game has pretty good, tight gameplay, and pretty good level design for an FPS, however the game comes across as super generic and uninteresting. I wasn't expecting some groundbreaking, super well written story or characters, but Sam is a poor man's Duke Nukem, you are on a quest to find orbs with crosses in them for reasons, and the enemies are very generic. I got bored with this one fast and can't see myself playing the sequels either. (6/8/17)

38. Einhander (PS1): The first thing that comes to mind after playing this game is style over substance; Einhander looks and sounds great, but all that is let down by some very annoying game design issues which let the whole game down. Specifically I hated the mid stage checkpoint system which is one of my biggest peeves in STGs and also the power up system that really screws you over when you die and lose them. On top of that some of the areas of the game are just cheap and annoying, however I'd be lying if I said certain parts of the game weren't enjoyable. Overall, this one is more disappointing that not, but a good effort from Square. (6/10/17)

39. Gradius V (PS2): I've never been a huge Gradius fan due to its terrible weapon select/upgrade system which I find to be very limiting and also very annoying that you lose all your upgrades when you die, making an already difficult situation even worse. Gradius V is no different, albeit it is the prettiest Gradius game. Still, this has to be one of my least favorte SHMUP series of all time, this game being no exception. (6/10/17)

40. God of War II (PS3): Even though it has been three or four years since I played and beat the first God of War game, I remember liking the game, but wasn't overly impressed by it. Fast forward to this week where I played through God of War II, and I can say I really, REALLY liked God of War II! This had to have been one of the most balanced, fun, fair, interesting, and well paced action games of this type I've ever played. I can't think of more than a few times where the game fell short in anyway, and it has me pumped to play God of War 3. If God of War 3 delivers in the way this game did then I will gladly be purchasing the new God of War day 1 when it is released. Such an awesome, amazing game this one was! (6/17/17)

41. Battle Garegga (Saturn): I typically don't review the same game multiple times within the same year, but considering I did it with Unreal Tournament last year (reviewed the Dreamcast and PC versions), why not make an exception again. This game is incredibly faithful to the arcade option and offers several extras which while cool do little to enhance or make this game better. Unlike the arcade version, there are loading screens and transitions in the Saturn version, while not too annoying, still make this version less appealing. Perhaps the biggest disappointment for me though was the ability to change the metal looking bullets to orange in order to improve their visibility; first off, there are still metallic looking projectiles that fly at you (maybe misslies??) and making some of the projectiles orange did little to make me better at this game. This game is still incredible and for collecting reasons this would be the version to own, however for what this game is going for, you'd be better off just playing it on MAME since this version does not provide enough extra content to justify its nearly $200 price tag imo. (6/25/17)

42. Gigawing 2 (Dreamcast): I will begin by saying that this game has some pretty cool features; I really like the 3D backgrounds and some of the ship design, as well as how each fighter you can select handles different, and has different shot types and different bomb attacks. The controls are also very smooth and precise, however this is kind of where the enjoyable aspects stop. The biggest issue with this game is one of its key gameplay mechanics which is let down severely by an very long lag, which in a game like this is unacceptable; I died far too many times because the bullet absorb attack, which is required to get through most of this game took nearly a full second to initialize between the time my finger hit the button for it and when it actually started. The other issue I have is regarding just how underwhelming and bland this game is. If it's main mechanic actually worked well and the enemy/boss variety was better then this game would have been far more fun but instead it just sort of stayed in the "meh" territory for me. (6/27/17)

43. Gunbird 2 (Dreamcast): Because this game was made by Psikyo, one my my least favorite SHMUP devs I didn't expect to be a huge fan of this game, and you know what, I was right. This is not my first outing with Gunbird 2; since purchasing it about 5-years ago I have returned to it again and again hoping that I'll like it the next time I play it, but it simply falls flat on me every time. The game is absurdly imbalanced and aside from some good sprite work and somewhat catchy music, the game itself is unremarkable boarding frustrating almost constantly. The later stages in particular are a huge mess, especially with the game sending you back to the beginning of the stage in the later levels if you use a continue. This is not a game I enjoy or would recommend. (6/27/17)

44. Soukyugurentai (Saturn): Before playing Soukyugurentai I assumed I would like it, but I did not expect to fall in love with this game as much as I did. There are very few shooters that have keep me on the edge of my seat like this one. Also, the games homing attack, of which there are two, add a layer of depth to the gameplay that very few other SHMUPs can match. The challenge is fair, the balancing is great, and the enemies, bosses, and stages are varied and interesting. Since getting this last week I have had a hard time putting it down and it is definitely a top five STG for me. (6/27/17)

45. Mushihimesama (PS2): First and foremost the presentation in this game is outstanding. Graphically and the cool, unique art style of insect and plant type enemies is a breath of fresh air in a genre dominated by space ships, disks that shoot lasers, and the occasional mech enemy. The soundtrack here is also really good as well. Gameplaywise is where this game sort of unravels a bit though; this game takes bullet hell to a whole new level, often throwing an insane amount of projectiles at you to the point of absolute absurdity, especially in the maniac and ultra difficulty settings. The game compensates for this by giving your character an ultra small hit box that will at times seem like you just passed right through an enemy bullet. While this is all fine and dandy, a significant portion of getting through this game without dying seems largely in part to luck, almost just as much as skill. If it were not for the deliberate need to manage the enemy crowds and having a general of idea of where you needed to be in general to avoid getting destroyed, this game would be a mindless, imbalanced piece of crap, which it certainly is not, but still, too much is left up to hoping you don't get hit in a series of seemingly hopeless scenarios that give you little option than to just move around and hope for the best. Maybe not worth its glorious reputation, but certainly an STG worth checking out and experiencing. (6/28/17)

46. Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITION (PC): Balancing is important in any video game, however it is especially important in a shooter because otherwise you get a total mess where you are pretty much just dying over, and over, and over again in between 5 to 30 second periods of playing the game. This is Crimzon Clover in a nutshell. The game is widely unbalanced which translates in you just continuing over and over between trying to dodge everything the game throws out at you haphazardly. The game does look pretty cool and has decent music, but still skates that edge of being fairly generic in style as well. The game overall is nothing special and in fact an example of how not to make a bullet hell STG. (7/3/17)

47. Doom (PC): This is one of those bucket list games that I felt I owed it to myself to beat seeing how I have been a big fan of this franchise since I was in elementary school, but have never actually beat the original game. This game is pretty fun and cool from start to finish, however the game gradually becomes less enjoyable the further in the game you get, mostly due to the excellent level design in Knee Deep in the Dead going out the window for the most part in the two other chapters. Despite this, the game is still mostly fun with cool art design, a great soundtrack, and all the iconic monsters and weapons that made this series famous. The game still holds its own against most modern shooters which is a testament to how timeless this game is, although it has admittedly been outdone by many shooters at this point, including the 2016 reboot. But all of these better shooters owe the original Doom a debt of gratitude for pioneering the FPS genre. (7/3/17)

48. Tekken 3 (Arcade): There are very few 3D games from the early to late 90s, arcade or otherwise, that didn't age poorly and Tekken 3 is not really an exception. However, this game is still fun to play with cool, memorable music, stages and characters. It isn't my favorite Tekken game, but it is still fun to play, especially the definitive version. Also, the game reminds me heavily of the 90s arcade scene which is always a good thing in my book. (7/8/17)

49. Grind Stormer (Genesis): This game was mostly a frustrating mess overall; for one the game is very trial and error, being less skill based and more just memorizing what's around the bend as you die over and over again. However, my biggest gripe is a stupid, arbitrary checkpoint system that makes you replay a section of a stage again when you die, making you start over at the last checkpoint until you reach the next, interrupting the game in the process I might add. The music in this game is also offensive to the ears in combo with the sound FX. The graphics are decent for a Genesis shooter, but definitely not on par with the Thunder Force games or MUSHA. I'd pass on this one. (7/9/17)

50. Raiden DX (Arcade)-REDUX: I replayed this game because of many others saying how incredible this game was and how I must be missing something if I ended up not liking it as much as I did. Well, they were partially right although I still stand by a fair amount of what I originally said about this game. Playing this game on the normal difficulty which gives you access to the first five stages is a good time for the most part; the game remains mostly balanced in terms of enemies, projectiles, power ups, and your ships speed. However, when you do hard mode and gain access to every level in the game, the game definitely throws most of that balance out the window and becomes so ridiculous that it just loses most of its fun. This would be fine and all if it didn't mean being able to play nearly half the game depended on you diving into hard mode. Other than that the graphics and sound are great, just gameplay suffers when playing the hardest difficulty. (7/9/17) (10/14/17)

51. Jurassic Park (Genesis): Playing this game is a trip down memory lane as it was one of the Genesis games I owned as a kid and Jurassic Park was among the most memorable parts of my childhood. Sadly, this game does not live up to the movie or the nostalgia I have for it. The game is hard for all the wrong reasons, mostly due to its really clunky and inaccurate platforming, as well as its leaps of faith it requires you to take at times which you can only progress past with trial and error. Another thing that I hate about this game is how if you die, you go back to the very beginning of the stage. I will always have a bit of nostalgia for this one, but it is honestly better left in my past. (7/26/17)

52. Space Harrier (Arcade): This game is still fun to play even today, although the shock and awe it created back in the 80s is partially nullified by the repetative stages and enemies that are only different due to a swapped color pallet or and a mix up of enemies. Bosses are mostly the same too despite some superficial differences. The game requires very quick reflexes and the last 6 or 7 stages are absolutely brutal, but they were still mostly enjoyable. (7/26/17)

53. Tetris (NES): There aren't many games you can call timeless, but Tetris is truly one of them. Just as fun to play as it was 20-years ago, it just never gets old. It's easy to lose hours to this one (7/28/17)

54. Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis): I hold the Streets of Rage series among the best of the famed 90s genres known as Beat em' Ups. Despites waves of the same 10 or so cookie cutter enemies with slightly different colors, this game manages to stay fun and cool with it's interesting an frequently changing stages, it's surprisingly fun gameplay, and an incredible soundtrack. In my opinion this games main competitor, Final Fight, doesn't hold a candle to this game or the other two games in the series. Streets of Rage 2 oozes the coolness and style that made the Sega Genesis a blast to own back in the day. (7/28/17)

55. Splatoon 2 (Switch): The single player is mildly fun, but overall the true value of this game is in its multiplayer, but given the type of game this is, it suffers the most because of this. I will come right and say I am not a fan of online multiplayer, however there are games that I have been able to enjoy it, but this is not one of them. Specifically, this game is a team based multiplayer game and your success is greatly dependent on how good, supportive, and talented your team is. Even having one incompetent player on your team can result in a overwhelming loss regardless of how good you and your other two teammates are. This is what I found to be the single most annoying and frustrating part of this game. It almost ruins the whole game for me, but i will give credit where credit is due and say there are fun, diverse and cool gameplay elements that keep this game enjoyable. I am also a fan of the art style and the music as well. (8/5/17)

56. Sin and Punishment: Star Successor (Wii): In its own way this game almost accomplished being as fun and special and the first game on the N64. Everything about this game was just awesome, and in fact I feel like in terms of level design this game actually has the first game beat. There were a few annoying areas, but overall the game was a blast from start to finish. This will definitely go down as one of the best Wii games I've played. Definitely a gem! (8/26/17)

57. Sonic Mania (PS4): You can tell a ton of love went into this game and was developed by huge fans of the classics from the Genesis/Sega CD era. This game is filled with references to many main and side Sonic games which have the Sega fanboy in me gushing every time one comes up. The music, levels, art, and just about everything makes this game truly feel like it was meant to come out in 1995 or 1996 as the true sequel to Sonic and Knuckles. My only gripe about this game was a few of the levels which I felt did not have a good flow to them and weren't as fun as many of the other levels. Also, in order to see the "True" ending you need to obtain every Chaos Emerald which is no small feat, in fact it is extremely difficult. A very fun game and one of the best Sonic games in years I've played. (9/4/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on May 28, 2017, 09:18:11 pm
Game 11 - Lethal Enforcers (SNES) - 7 Hours (estimate)

+ Having the Justifier for the SNES really makes this game a lot of fun! It's your standard light gun arcade style shooter, and while it's nothing super special, it's still pretty fun and exciting to play. It has a decent amount of challenge too, I could only beat all of the stages in one run on easy mode. It also has an interesting history for being one of the key games that brought about the ESRB rating in the states, so that's cool too.

- For the most part, the gun was pretty reliable. I swear though, there was a couple times when the Justifier would not register a shot. For the 50 cents that I payed for it, I'm not too mad though. It's a shame that this gun can't be used with any other light gun shooters on the SNES

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on May 29, 2017, 07:40:09 am

1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
24. Murdered : Soul Suspect
25. Donkey Kong Country 3
26. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: metshael on May 29, 2017, 01:49:49 pm
I have beat Arcania: Gothic 4: The Complete Tale on PS4, it wasn't the first time since i've already beat the main game on Xbox 360 but i had never done Fall of Setarrif before. I've read pretty bad things about that game but for me it's not a bad or a good game, it's just in the middle, a decent RPG with many flaws but still very enjoyable. It's certainly the worst Gothic game and i am a big fan of the series but i'm not going to trash it just because of that.

List of games i've beat in 2017 :
1 • Final Fantasy XV (PS4 - 93h28 - 9 January)
2 • Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst (Steam - 28h - 5 February)
3 • ADventure Lib (Steam - 34 minutes - 9 March)
4 • Nier automata (PS4 - 56h14 - 17 March) Completed (72h14 - 22 March)
5 • Dynasty Warriors 8 Empire (PS4 - ~6h - 1 April)
6 • Unhack 2 (Steam - 6h - 4 April)
7 • Toren (Steam - 4h - 14 April)
8 • Sword Daughter (Steam - 2h30 - 14 April)
9 • Infamous Second Son (PS4 - ~18h - 7 May)
10 • Infamous First Light (PS4 - ~6h - 9 May)
11 • Persona 5 (PS4 - 90h22 - 17 May)
12 • Arcania: Gothic 4: The Complete Tale (PS4 - 33h19 - 27 May)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on May 30, 2017, 08:18:52 am
The review for Crimson Tears is up on my page (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132389 .html#msg132389)! Enjoy!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on May 31, 2017, 10:33:19 am
Finished 3D Dot Game Heroes and sitting pretty at 47 games beat out of 50 played.

May try to start a short game so I'm not in the middle of a game when family visits this weekend.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 03, 2017, 10:36:24 pm
27 - Rime (PS4 2017) - BEAT - Just beat the game and while I don't want to spoil anything for anyone who is interested in the game, since it doesn't come out for Switch till later, so while it is a nice chill game to go through, the visuals are good, the music is good, it's very charming, I wasn't 100% sold on the overall experience.  I had more written here, but I didn't want to lean things too much to spoil anything, so I'll just say that it's abit like a Team ICO game crossed with Journey and that includes kind of the good and bad from what that entails.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: NickAwesome on June 04, 2017, 02:36:15 pm
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- few hours in, game is pretty dull, probably won't finish this one
9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt- PS4- Done- Beat main story-
10. Paper Mario- N64- 5 hours in
11. Zelda- Breath of the Wild- Switch- One Divine Beat down- 3 to go
12. The Witcher 3 DLC- Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine- Complete
13. Nier Automata- Beaten- Ending A and B, working on C- Still playing as the game is not really over yet
14. Persona 5- PS4- 90 or so hours in
15. Red Faction- PS2- Beaten on Normal- Took me nearly 15 yrs after the fact but finally beat this game
16.  Gears of War: UE- XBONE- Beaten on Normal- Co-op-

9/16 so far.  I am far off pace, haha
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on June 05, 2017, 09:38:48 am
Game 12 - Tales of Symphonia (PS3) - 42 Hours

Finally have this game beat after I started it in 2014. Here are my thoughts.

+ I really don't have much to say, it's a really solid game that deserves all the fans that it has. First of all, the game has a great story. Even though while playing it it seemed to borrow a lot of story elements from FFX, I still found it really enjoyable to play through. It had some great moments that I don't want to spoil, but there were some really great plot twists that I didn't see coming. The combat is also great; it was a nice change of pace from the turn based gameplay in P3. I heard the PS3 version has some slowdown in certain dungeons but I never experienced any of that. I also liked the characters (aside from Genis and Zelos) and the music was pretty decent. The game has a ton of sidequests, extra features, and minigames too.


- The overall game, IMO, feels sloppy/cheap. There are horribly looping fire/water/wind sound effects, choppy animations and movement, and numerous grammatical and syntax errors. I swear, no joke, one of Sheena's text boxes had "/f" sandwiched between two sentences. Part of that is the PS3 version wasn't translated well, but the other side is this game really showcases how much they had to skimp on to fit the whole game into two GameCube discs. That's the impression that I got, anyway; it really shouldn't bother me, but it did for some reason. It might also be the chibi style models for all the characters too. Lastly, I'm also pretty sure that you could freely move your character on the battle field in Tales of the Abyss, and you can't in this game, which I missed. I could be wrong about that though.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on June 05, 2017, 10:12:13 am
@Telly: You could indeed move your characters freely in Tales of the Abyss. You unlocked a skill called Free-Run that gave you full control. It kind of broke the game since enemy AI was rather lacking.

Tales of Symphonia actually came before Abyss, so Free-Run wasn't around. I remember a friend of mine got annoyed because Symphonia gave the impression that you could move freely, but you were still limited to left and right. Kind of like Abyss, I feel that Free-Run in Symphonia would have made the game far too easy.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on June 05, 2017, 11:00:02 am
Personally I found both Tales games I've played to be pretty easy. I found the artes that I liked, picked characters that could do healing, and with items, I rarely lost a battle.

I think it's the quick item spamming that in part made these Tales games too easy. (Sure it decreases your grade, but that was a small sacrifice to me)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on June 05, 2017, 11:37:34 am
Normal modes are usually pretty easy. The higher difficulties in Abyss weren't worth trying until much later since enemies became damage sponges. Symphonia's were really fun on a higher challenge.

If you don't play a new game plus, then a loss in GRADE is nothing to worry about.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on June 05, 2017, 11:48:34 am
I did what I did for Abyss where I picked the stuff I wanted, saved as soon as possible after starting the new game, and I'll probably leave it at that. I wanna play Demon's Souls!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on June 05, 2017, 12:08:07 pm
Quote from: telly on June 05, 2017, 11:48:34 am
I did what I did for Abyss where I picked the stuff I wanted, saved as soon as possible after starting the new game, and I'll probably leave it at that. I wanna play Demon's Souls!
DO IIIIIIIIIIIIT.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on June 05, 2017, 12:42:12 pm
Quote from: ignition365 on June 05, 2017, 12:08:07 pm
Quote from: telly on June 05, 2017, 11:48:34 am
I did what I did for Abyss where I picked the stuff I wanted, saved as soon as possible after starting the new game, and I'll probably leave it at that. I wanna play Demon's Souls!
DO IIIIIIIIIIIIT.
I did it, well sort of, I played Dark Souls...kind of wish I hadn't :/
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on June 06, 2017, 08:12:44 am
Quote from: ignition365 on June 05, 2017, 12:08:07 pm
Quote from: telly on June 05, 2017, 11:48:34 am
I did what I did for Abyss where I picked the stuff I wanted, saved as soon as possible after starting the new game, and I'll probably leave it at that. I wanna play Demon's Souls!
DO IIIIIIIIIIIIT.

Succumb to peer pressure!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on June 06, 2017, 10:11:53 am
I started it last night! I only played for about an hour, but I really enjoyed it!

I was cracking up making my character. Those face options though. I made my character have this dead stare, with squinting eyes and a frown like she's eternally fed up and pissed off about everything (because she's probably going to die a whole lot, haha)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on June 06, 2017, 10:18:54 am
Quote from: telly on June 06, 2017, 10:11:53 am
I started it last night! I only played for about an hour, but I really enjoyed it!

I was cracking up making my character. Those face options though. I made my character have this dead stare, with squinting eyes and a frown like she's eternally fed up and pissed off about everything (because she's probably going to die a whole lot, haha)

Yeah, she will die a bunch. ;_; But, she'll become a stronger individual because of it. I believe in her (and you).
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on June 06, 2017, 01:37:14 pm


1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
24. Murdered : Soul Suspect
25. Donkey Kong Country 3
26. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
27. Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit

Was able to just beat one game over half of the 52 during half of the year, I need to be a bit quicker tho lol
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on June 07, 2017, 09:44:28 am
RIGHT ON!! Reviews have been posted on my page (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132389 .html#msg132389) for Utawarerumono and Lunar: Dragon Song.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: wolfen on June 10, 2017, 07:37:36 pm
7. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

I decided to get Shovel Knight after always hearing about how great it is. The difficulty level is definitely a nice change of pace from most games and it was fun at the same time, but kind of short.

Edit: This was only Shovel Knights campaign
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kevininja on June 11, 2017, 07:17:30 pm
Quote from: kashell on June 07, 2017, 09:44:28 am
RIGHT ON!! Reviews have been posted on my page (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132389 .html#msg132389) for Utawarerumono and Lunar: Dragon Song.

Oh man, I didn't hear too many positive things about Lunar: Dragon Song but damn, your review made it clear how horrible this game is. What the hell were they thinking?
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on June 12, 2017, 09:05:10 am
Quote from: kevininja on June 11, 2017, 07:17:30 pm
Oh man, I didn't hear too many positive things about Lunar: Dragon Song but damn, your review made it clear how horrible this game is. What the hell were they thinking?

That might have been the problem: they weren't thinking.

If they were, they were either tripping on some MvC2 levels of stuff or they just wanted to do something so sinister that it ruined the Lunar name for good.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on June 12, 2017, 10:49:47 am
Knocked out two games start to finish this weekend.

Dukes of Hazzard: Return of General Lee and Red Faction II

Knocked out two more games.

Under The Skin (FANTASTIC GAME) and Puzzler World 2012 3D.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on June 14, 2017, 05:04:23 pm


1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
24. Murdered : Soul Suspect
25. Donkey Kong Country 3
26. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
27. Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit
28. L.A Noire

Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on June 16, 2017, 08:39:12 am
Finally I beat something! Beat both Muchi Muchi Pork! & Pink Sweets: Ibara Sore Kara, which are a double-pack on the 360, vertical shoot-em-ups, it helps that they have infinite continues and were both beaten in a single evening. Have to try a few more games like this, keep getting started with games that are going to take 20+ hours and never get around to finishing them.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on June 16, 2017, 11:59:37 am
Quote from: shfan on June 16, 2017, 08:39:12 am
Finally I beat something! Beat both Muchi Muchi Pork! & Pink Sweets: Ibara Sore Kara, which are a double-pack on the 360, vertical shoot-em-ups, it helps that they have infinite continues and were both beaten in a single evening. Have to try a few more games like this, keep getting started with games that are going to take 20+ hours and never get around to finishing them.


lol I've beat/abandoned nearly 40 games this year already and that is largely because at least half are SHUMPS. They are nice, short, fun games that really help inflate your games beat numbers :p
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on June 16, 2017, 12:10:17 pm
Surprisingly I beat Puyo Puyo Tetris yesterday.  So I'm now at 53 games beat out of 58 played this year.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on June 16, 2017, 05:31:47 pm
Quote from: shfan on June 16, 2017, 08:39:12 am
Finally I beat something! Beat both Muchi Muchi Pork! & Pink Sweets: Ibara Sore Kara, which are a double-pack on the 360, vertical shoot-em-ups, it helps that they have infinite continues and were both beaten in a single evening. Have to try a few more games like this, keep getting started with games that are going to take 20+ hours and never get around to finishing them.

I used to do this all the time lol, now i usually play maximum 4 games at a time so i can always finish them
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: maximo310 on June 17, 2017, 03:44:30 am
I really hope you guys are joking around with some of these statements, credit feeding /=/beating.  Gotta stick with the resources they give you on 1 credit my dudes.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on June 17, 2017, 03:09:49 pm
Quote from: bikingjahuty on June 16, 2017, 11:59:37 am
lol I've beat/abandoned nearly 40 games this year already and that is largely because at least half are SHUMPS. They are nice, short, fun games that really help inflate your games beat numbers :p

Need to be doing something like this. I love Stardew Valley, but seriously, how can I beat 52 of those?

Quote from: chrismb on June 16, 2017, 05:31:47 pm
I used to do this all the time lol, now i usually play maximum 4 games at a time so i can always finish them

It's a much better idea that I need to try harder with, what makes it more difficult ATM is that I'm between homes so 'kind of' in 2 places at once. When things have calmed down I'll try picking 1 game for each of 3 or 4 consoles and sticking with them.

Quote from: maximo310 on June 17, 2017, 03:44:30 am
I really hope you guys are joking around with some of these statements, credit feeding /=/beating.  Gotta stick with the resources they give you on 1 credit my dudes.

Uh oh, is that the rule/spirit of the challenge? or just a preference? I just use the number of continues supplied by the game, in both of those cases they were infinite.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: maximo310 on June 17, 2017, 05:11:41 pm
Quote from: shfan on June 17, 2017, 03:09:49 pm
Quote from: maximo310 on June 17, 2017, 03:44:30 am
I really hope you guys are joking around with some of these statements, credit feeding /=/beating.  Gotta stick with the resources they give you on 1 credit my dudes.

Uh oh, is that the rule/spirit of the challenge? or just a preference? I just use the number of continues supplied by the game, in both of those cases they were infinite.

Usually I mark stgs that I used multiple credits feed as "completed", while 1ccs are "beaten" due to the fact that these games are usually designed for using the amount of resources on 1 credit. I usually prefer the latter since it's more skill-based, and there is a wealth or resources such as wikis that list clears from very easy to the hardest, so you can pick something thats close to your skill level, or try harder stuff which will improve your skills.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: wolfen on June 17, 2017, 08:33:21 pm
8. Pokemon Colosseum

Colosseum feels so much more clunky than I remember it being (moving Pokemon around in storage, purifying Pokemon, saving/healing) especially after playing Pokemon X. The amount of content is also a lot less than I remember and it feels like it was supposed to be padded out by purifying all of the Shadow Pokemon. Overall it feels like a preview/prototype of Gale of Darkness.

Oh and FUCK SLAKING! I had to fight Evice 6 times because of that fat monkey fuck.

I'm also working on GTA V and Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on June 18, 2017, 01:14:33 am
12 more to go!

40. God of War II (PS3): Even though it has been three or four years since I played and beat the first God of War game, I remember liking the game, but wasn't overly impressed by it. Fast forward to this week where I played through God of War II, and I can say I really, REALLY liked God of War II! This had to have been one of the most balanced, fun, fair, interesting, and well paced action games of this type I've ever played. I can't think of more than a few times where the game fell short in anyway, and it has me pumped to play God of War 3. If God of War 3 delivers in the way this game did then I will gladly be purchasing the new God of War day 1 when it is released. Such an awesome, amazing game this one was! (6/17/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on June 19, 2017, 07:36:34 am
@Maximo: Interesting, I'll take a look through those at some point in time, thanks for the tip. Since I can't count them as 'beat' for the challenge though it's disincentivised me playing them now, I'll stick with other genres.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on June 19, 2017, 08:37:56 am
Quote from: shfan on June 19, 2017, 07:36:34 am
@Maximo: Interesting, I'll take a look through those at some point in time, thanks for the tip. Since I can't count them as 'beat' for the challenge though it's disincentivised me playing them now, I'll stick with other genres.
It's entirely up to you what you consider "beat" or "completed".  I feel "beat" just means I got the credits, and "completed" means 100% completion.  But either way, a win is a win and they both count in my books.

Again, totally up to you. 

There are games out there that aren't beatable in the sense that there is no end goal, end of the game, or any game based action that makes credits pop.  I count those games as long as I feel justified that I put enough time into the game.

Quote from: shfan on June 17, 2017, 03:09:49 pm
Uh oh, is that the rule/spirit of the challenge? or just a preference? I just use the number of continues supplied by the game, in both of those cases they were infinite.

I think the original spirit was for us to collectively dwindle our backlogs by getting through 52 games a year.  In that sense, if you play and abandon a game (as in it is no longer in your backlog because you don't want to play it anymore) then it could count as well.

It is entirely up to you what your "rules" are.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on June 20, 2017, 08:27:41 am
Reviews have been posted on my page (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132389 .html#msg132389) for Bloodborne and Power Stone 2.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on June 20, 2017, 08:26:57 pm

1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
24. Murdered : Soul Suspect
25. Donkey Kong Country 3
26. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
27. Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit
28. L.A Noire
29. Shenmue
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on June 21, 2017, 11:22:05 am
Quote from: chrismb on June 20, 2017, 08:26:57 pm
29. Shenmue


What did you think?
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on June 21, 2017, 12:03:25 pm
Quote from: bikingjahuty on June 21, 2017, 11:22:05 am
Quote from: chrismb on June 20, 2017, 08:26:57 pm
29. Shenmue


What did you think?
I recently acquired this so I'd like to hear some input on it as well.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on June 22, 2017, 01:37:14 pm
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos review is up.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on June 22, 2017, 02:12:10 pm
Quote from: ignition365 on June 21, 2017, 12:03:25 pm
Quote from: bikingjahuty on June 21, 2017, 11:22:05 am
Quote from: chrismb on June 20, 2017, 08:26:57 pm
29. Shenmue


What did you think?
I recently acquired this so I'd like to hear some input on it as well.

I LOVED it! It's my favorite youtuber's (Naito75, a french youtuber) favorite game and I always wanted to try it out! I bought a dreamcast just for it and it's by far the most expensive game I bought (around 90-100$, and I usually buy my games used so i felt it lol).
At first when I started the game, I was not really into it but after 1-2 hours of playing I was finally getting the game and truly started to appreciate it! I loved the graphics, the bad english and overall the whole vibe of the game! It's definitely an experience and you really have to play the game imo to see how good it is! I bought an original xbox a few months ago and was planning to buy Shenmue 2 for it but I ended buying Jet Set Radio Future instead! It's definitely one of the top game on my wishlist rn tho!

Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on June 22, 2017, 02:51:57 pm
Quote from: chrismb on June 22, 2017, 02:12:10 pm
Quote from: ignition365 on June 21, 2017, 12:03:25 pm
Quote from: bikingjahuty on June 21, 2017, 11:22:05 am
Quote from: chrismb on June 20, 2017, 08:26:57 pm
29. Shenmue


What did you think?
I recently acquired this so I'd like to hear some input on it as well.

I LOVED it! It's my favorite youtuber's (Naito75, a french youtuber) favorite game and I always wanted to try it out! I bought a dreamcast just for it and it's by far the most expensive game I bought (around 90-100$, and I usually buy my games used so i felt it lol).
At first when I started the game, I was not really into it but after 1-2 hours of playing I was finally getting the game and truly started to appreciate it! I loved the graphics, the bad english and overall the whole vibe of the game! It's definitely an experience and you really have to play the game imo to see how good it is! I bought an original xbox a few months ago and was planning to buy Shenmue 2 for it but I ended buying Jet Set Radio Future instead! It's definitely one of the top game on my wishlist rn tho!


Yay!!! It always makes me happy to hear when someone enjoys it. It is my favorite game of all time, and you definitely need to play the 2nd one too. I usually lump them together, but I like the 2nd one slightly more. The game is a masterpiece, bad voice acting and all lol
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 23, 2017, 11:38:03 pm
28 - Dead Rising 4 (PC 2016) - PLAYING - This was a game I abandoned last year after I had it run so poorly for me.  I was playing it from the Windows 10 store, which is garbage, and it just kept getting progressively worse, so I dropped it and got a refund.  Over 6 months later, it's on Steam and 30 bucks off, and it runs totally fine! I know some people hate this game and I understand why, but I still think it's a good zombie game, at least from what I remember before and what I've put back into it now.  There are things that I think are better than what the series previously did, though it kinda lost too much of it's survival style, but I feel like this could be better than Dead Rising 3 for sure.  I really hate that they abandoned the idea of Psycho's though.  Technically they still exist with Maniacs, but they have no cinematics or character to them really, so they feel half-assed.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on June 24, 2017, 05:15:22 pm
@Ignition: Thanks for your input, I don't want to go against the spirit of the thing so I appreciate you taking the time. To be fair the arcade mode of both those games totally outclassed me, so I won't count them as part of this, there are other games that I'll be able to add as beat here soon (hopefully!).
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 25, 2017, 06:45:30 pm
28 - Dead Rising 4 (PC 2016) - BEAT - Ended up burning through this one fairly quick and overall, it's a good zombie game, it gets too much shit for basically not being Dead Rising 1 or 2, which in some ways is unfair.  In other ways, it is fair, because due to the game being more of an action game since DR3, it looses depth.  I for one think going open world and losing the mission timer was the best, that should never, ever, come back and it's why I never go back to replay DR1, 2, and Off the Record.  On the other hand, it's far too lenient with gear, the combo system, upgrades, guns are everywhere and far too useful, health is too simple, it's just lacking impact.  Then there's the fact that there are no more entertaining characters or bosses, it's all really one note.  It could be said that it's trying to be more "real", but West, despite a new look and voice, is still very cartoonish in his attitude and quips.  It's out of place and cartoonish is what this series should be.  Bring back over the top bad guys, and bring back the Psycho's.

29 - Persona 5 (PS4 2017) - PLAYING - Since the only games coming up for me over the next month are kinda simple games like the Crash Bandicoot Trilogy and Splatoon 2, I thought I'd grab something with more HEFT to it and not many singleplayer games have that HEFT like an RPG that takes generally 100 hours to beat lol I've been sorta split on whether I would grab this or not, as I played through Tokyo Mirage Sessions and eventually fell out of that, which is very similar in style to this, but Persona 5 already feels way more engaging and it's a glorious visual treat with its style, more so than even what I liked with TMS, but this oozes style in everything. Hoping the game is good throughout the experience as it's off to a solid start.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on June 27, 2017, 08:32:57 pm
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29. Shenmue


What did you think?
I recently acquired this so I'd like to hear some input on it as well.

I LOVED it! It's my favorite youtuber's (Naito75, a french youtuber) favorite game and I always wanted to try it out! I bought a dreamcast just for it and it's by far the most expensive game I bought (around 90-100$, and I usually buy my games used so i felt it lol).
At first when I started the game, I was not really into it but after 1-2 hours of playing I was finally getting the game and truly started to appreciate it! I loved the graphics, the bad english and overall the whole vibe of the game! It's definitely an experience and you really have to play the game imo to see how good it is! I bought an original xbox a few months ago and was planning to buy Shenmue 2 for it but I ended buying Jet Set Radio Future instead! It's definitely one of the top game on my wishlist rn tho!


Yay!!! It always makes me happy to hear when someone enjoys it. It is my favorite game of all time, and you definitely need to play the 2nd one too. I usually lump them together, but I like the 2nd one slightly more. The game is a masterpiece, bad voice acting and all lol

I heard the second one was better from a lot of people so I'm actually really interested! I don't want to get the dreamcast version tho because I heard the voice acting was in Japanese and I think the English voice acting is actually a big part of why the game is good lol

1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
24. Murdered : Soul Suspect
25. Donkey Kong Country 3
26. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
27. Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit
28. L.A Noire
29. Shenmue
30. Grand Theft Auto V
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on June 28, 2017, 03:35:48 am
Got my wisdom teeth out yesterday and have been home recovering since. Excellent opportunity to play some games without having to worry about much else. In the past 24-hours I've spent ample time with these titles, all STGs. This will surely go down as the year of the SHMUP for me lol

42. Gigawing 2 (Dreamcast): I will begin by saying that this game has some pretty cool features; I really like the 3D backgrounds and some of the ship design, as well as how each fighter you can select handles different, and has different shot types and different bomb attacks. The controls are also very smooth and precise, however this is kind of where the enjoyable aspects stop. The biggest issue with this game is one of its key gameplay mechanics which is let down severely by an very long lag, which in a game like this is unacceptable; I died far too many times because the bullet absorb attack, which is required to get through most of this game took nearly a full second to initialize between the time my finger hit the button for it and when it actually started. The other issue I have is regarding just how underwhelming and bland this game is. If it's main mechanic actually worked well and the enemy/boss variety was better then this game would have been far more fun but instead it just sort of stayed in the "meh" territory for me. (6/27/17)

43. Gunbird 2 (Dreamcast): Because this game was made by Psikyo, one my my least favorite SHMUP devs I didn't expect to be a huge fan of this game, and you know what, I was right. This is not my first outing with Gunbird 2; since purchasing it about 5-years ago I have returned to it again and again hoping that I'll like it the next time I play it, but it simply falls flat on me every time. The game is absurdly imbalanced and aside from some good sprite work and somewhat catchy music, the game itself is unremarkable boarding frustrating almost constantly. The later stages in particular are a huge mess, especially with the game sending you back to the beginning of the stage in the later levels if you use a continue. This is not a game I enjoy or would recommend. (6/27/17)

44. Soukyugurentai (Saturn): Before playing Soukyugurentai I assumed I would like it, but I did not expect to fall in love with this game as much as I did. There are very few shooters that have keep me on the edge of my seat like this one. Also, the games homing attack, of which there are two, add a layer of depth to the gameplay that very few other SHMUPs can match. The challenge is fair, the balancing is great, and the enemies, bosses, and stages are varied and interesting. Since getting this last week I have had a hard time putting it down and it is definitely a top five STG for me. (6/27/17)

45. Mushihimesama (PS2): First and foremost the presentation in this game is outstanding. Graphically and the cool, unique art style of insect and plant type enemies is a breath of fresh air in a genre dominated by space ships, disks that shoot lasers, and the occasional mech enemy. The soundtrack here is also really good as well. Gameplaywise is where this game sort of unravels a bit though; this game takes bullet hell to a whole new level, often throwing an insane amount of projectiles at you to the point of absolute absurdity, especially in the maniac and ultra difficulty settings. The game compensates for this by giving your character an ultra small hit box that will at times seem like you just passed right through an enemy bullet. While this is all fine and dandy, a significant portion of getting through this game without dying seems largely in part to luck, almost just as much as skill. If it were not for the deliberate need to manage the enemy crowds and having a general of idea of where you needed to be in general to avoid getting destroyed, this game would be a mindless, imbalanced piece of crap, which it certainly is not, but still, too much is left up to hoping you don't get hit in a series of seemingly hopeless scenarios that give you little option than to just move around and hope for the best. Maybe not worth its glorious reputation, but certainly an STG worth checking out and experiencing. (6/28/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on July 01, 2017, 03:29:42 am
1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
24. Murdered : Soul Suspect
25. Donkey Kong Country 3
26. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
27. Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit
28. L.A Noire
29. Shenmue
30. Grand Theft Auto V
31. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD

Also started posting small reviews on my first post here
https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg133797.html#msg133797
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 02, 2017, 01:26:29 am
30 - Crash Bandicoot (PS4 2017) - BEAT - A short but sweet game with more than a few reminders that this certainly was a mid-90's, PS1 era, 3D platformer lol Generally the game is pretty well done, but then randomly there are some absurdly hard levels that make me question the design decisions of Naughty Dog back in the day.  I would say like under a dozen of the levels can get annoying, and like nearly 3 or 4 are just serious WTF in terms of what I think just have some bad design.  You can usually tell when the challenge is there and well designed and fun and when it's you fighting with the camera angle or the level is just god damn awful.  High Road, go screw yourself, you are the worst level ever.  I died on this one level literally 50 times minimum, which is more than the entire game.

Oh well, lets see what Crash Bandicoot 2 brings lol
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: emporerdragon on July 02, 2017, 08:11:51 pm
1) Lego Batman 3 (One) (Base game 100% complete)
2) Dragonball Xenoverse 2 (One) (Story Mode, Parallel Quests completed)
3) Mass Effect (360) (Replay, 100%)
4) Day of the Tentacle Remastered (PS4) (Platinum Trophy)
5) Mass Effect 2 (360) (Replay, 100%)
6) Mass Effect 3 (360) (Replay, 100%)
7) Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (One) (All achievements unlocked)
8 ) Mass Effect Andromeda (One) (Single Player complete)
9) Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet (Story Mode, Collectables Complete)

Yeah, definitely not  reaching the goal, but still whittling down the backlog piece by piece.

10) SPACEPLAN (100% complete) - A funny little clicker game that can actually be finished up in about a day.

11) Lego Battles (DS) - An interesting attempt at RTS for the DS. A little on the easy side (it is Lego after all), but still a rather solid game.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 02, 2017, 10:21:00 pm
31 - PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PC 2017) - ENDLESS - I actually picked this up once back in like April, when the hype started to build for the game and I was watching some content on it, but as it can be with Early Access, the games performance sucked, nearly unplayable, and so I refunded it.  Little over 3 months later, still seeing great content on it, I know they spent like two months specifically working on client and server performance, and now it runs pretty great.  In just the past couple days of playing, I've already gotten at least one win in the game, which surprised me, but I'm like 60% of the time getting into the top 20.  The game is basically like the survival aspect of DayZ, quickly gathering gear to kill other people, but then also it's actually a good shooter, unlike DayZ and it's ARMA base lol  It's also big enough that you got enough space to do what you want, with 100 people in the same map, but not ARMA big and you just spend a half hour running somewhere and then die because of garbage zombies or a sniper who's been in a tower for the past hour waiting for someone to run by.  Solid game, can only get better, found someone I know local to do Duo matches and hoping I can find enough in my gamer group for a Squad match soon.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: NickAwesome on July 03, 2017, 02:23:55 am
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- few hours in, game is pretty dull, probably won't finish this one
9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt- PS4- Done- Beat main story-
10. Paper Mario- N64- 5 hours in
11. Zelda- Breath of the Wild- Switch- One Divine Beat down- 3 to go
12. The Witcher 3 DLC- Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine- Complete
13. Nier Automata- Beaten- Ending A and B, working on C- Still playing as the game is not really over yet
14. Persona 5- PS4- 90 or so hours in
15. Red Faction- PS2- Beaten on Normal- Took me nearly 15 yrs after the fact but finally beat this game
16.  Gears of War: UE- XBONE- Beaten on Normal- Co-op-
17.  Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped- PS4 Beaten - going for 105%
18.  Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back- 20%
19. Crash Bandicoot- 30%

10/19
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on July 03, 2017, 06:10:48 pm
Steamworld Dig (PS4), just a short one, took 5.5 hours, fun little boulderdash with knobs-on. Started the other game in the Stemworld Collection, Heist.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on July 05, 2017, 08:14:38 am
I finished Super Princess Peach over the weekend. It was one of the easiest games to complete, but it was really enjoyable.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on July 05, 2017, 09:03:29 am
Quote from: kashell on July 05, 2017, 08:14:38 am
I finished Super Princess Peach over the weekend. It was one of the easiest games to complete, but it was really enjoyable.
Honestly one of the easiest to overlook good games on the DS.

After about a week of just kind of being burned out and not wanting to play games (Spent most of it watching Marvel movies and anime).  I decided to start playing Gravity Rush Remastered.  Needless to say, I just ordered Gravity Rush 2 and will be picking that up on my way home from work today.

I'm really proud of myself, I've only got 4 abandoned games this year so far and I do plan on beating those 4 games this year still.  (I had 11 abandoned last year, and only 2 of which did I finish this year and only 1 that I picked back up this year that was abandoned again)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on July 05, 2017, 09:17:37 am
Since I reached the limit in my first comment, I'll continue my reviews here !

Part 1 [Game #1 to #22] : https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg133797.html#msg133797

23. The Warriors [20/20] - Playstation 2 - I've played this game a really long time ago with a friend when we were in pre-school and I absolutely adored it! I bought it a few months ago and playing it again was such a good feeling! I have never seen the movie, so I can't say if it's good based on that, however the whole vibe of this game is so good! I truly feels like you're in a movie from the 80's! It's definitely one of the best licensed game I ever played! The gameplay is really diverse, similar to Bully imo, which is normal since both games are made by rockstars. I also love the multiplayer mode, which I played a lot with my friend back in the days.

24. Murdered : Soul Suspect [18/20] - Xbox One - I bought this game because I liked the concept of playing a ghost, however I never heard of it before, and it didn't get amazing reviews (not bad but not good enough imo). This game was honestly a huge surprise, I didn't expect to like it that much! The characters are really good, with great voices and while graphically it's not the best game I've played, it still has it's own style. What I liked the most tho was the story, especially the end that shocked me a lot for some reason! The only issue I really found was the lack of diversity in the enemies, there's only one type of enemy so it can get a bit repetitive.

25. Donkey Kong Country 3 [20/20] - Super Nintendo - Donkey Kong Country 3 used to be my favorite of the trilogie, however after playing them again I now like DKC2 a bit more because of the more diverse level designs. DKC3 still remains one of my all time favorite game tho, I just love the whole "canadian/lake" vibe the game has. I also love the gimmicks each level have, it makes them more unique and memorable in my opinion. This game also has my favorite duo of the serie. Dixie is by far the best character imo, her flying ponytail trick is my favorite "special" skill of any Kong. Kiddy is basically another Donkey Kong, however I like his design way more, I think he's just more unique and funny overall. This game also has an amazing and very underrated soundtrack!
 
26. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams [18/20] - Xbox One - Another game I got for free withe the Games with Gold. I had previously seen some videos of the game and thought it looked interesting but not enough for me to buy it. It was a nice surprise tbh, I loved how you could switch between good and evil worlds and overall the levels were all really diverse and pretty to look at. The gameplay is also really varied, both characters having their own moves. The game can also get really challenging, I died quite a few times in some levels, however I never gets to the point of being annoying. I feel like it's honestly a really underrated platforming game that deserves a lot more recognition for it's uniqueness and gameplay!

27. Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit [20/20]  - Playstation 2 - Before playing Fahrenheit, I had previously played both Heavy Rain and Beyond two Souls and I adored both games. I loved the story overall, the whole game has this weird atmosphere that I liked a lot. My main issue was that I didn't really connect with any of the characters, and I also found [spoiler] the fact that Carla and Lukas got together at the end pretty stupid and it kinda came out of nowhere. However as I said the game has a really unique vibe that makes it really enjoyable. This game is definitely and experience, kinda like Shadow of the Colossus, you're either gonna love it or hate it, I personally loved it!
 
28. L.A Noire [20/20] - Xbox 360 - I started playing L.A Noire in November 2016 but I stopped at around the middle of the game for some reason. I decided to finish it since I really like the first half of the game. I'm a big big fan of Rockstar, and this game didn't disappoint me. I feel like it's one of the most underrated Rockstar game, for some reason a lot of people don't talk about it. Graphically it's pretty nice, I do think that the city misses a few pedestrians here and there. The face are also extremely well  animated however I thought that a lot of characters looked the same. What makes this game great tho is the whole atmosphere, it truly feels like you're in a crime tv show from the 50's! I also liked Cole a lot, especially during the second part of the game where you get to know him a bit more. I also liked that they didn't try to make him look perfect (for those who played the game y'all know what i'm talking about lol). Overall it's a really good game that would definitely deserve a sequel!

29. Shenmue [20/20] - Dreamcast - Shenmue is a really weird game. It's definitely one of those games like Shadow of the Colossus that you're either gonna adore or hate. I honestly loved everything about the game, even tho I was a bit lost during the first hour lol. Graphically it's amazing, definitely way ahead of it's time and while the map is that big, it's incredibly detailed and alive. I also loved the bad English voice over which made the game so much better and unique imo. Gameplay wise it's also really diverse, with fighting, care driving, stealth moments... I just think that Shenmue is a classic that every gamer should at least try once in their life.

30. Grand Theft Auto V [20/20] - Xbox 360 - So the reason why I played this on 360 is because I got it when it came out, I just never finished the story for some reason (I had a few hours left like 5-8 hours i'd say). I definitely plan on getting the PS4 version really soon because this game is just a masterpiece imo. I love absolutely everything about it. First the characters, Franklin, Trevor and Michael are the perfect trio, and I'd even say that Michael and especially Trevor are one of my all times favorite characters. The voice acting is so good and the "bond" between the 3 characters works perfectly. Secondly the map, the city is just AMAZING. Probably my favorite open world city ever, I just love the diversity, you can see the whole USA in one city. Graphically it's also amazing, but i'm definitely excited to play the next gen version tho! The story is also well written and never gets boring, plus the diversity between the missions makes the game extremely fun.

31. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD [17/20] - Xbox 360 - I'm a HUGE Tony Hawk's pro skater fan, the whole Tony Hawk game serie is my second favorite game serie of all time. However I did hear a lot of negative things about HD before buying the game and already play Pro Skater 5 so I wasn't expecting anything that amazing. However I did go into the game with an open mind and actually enjoyed it! I love seeing the old map redesigned and while I prefer the older one it was still fun to see. My biggest problem with the game was the skater's stance, and the way he jumps. I wish they would've kept the original gameplay but as I said still fun to play.

32. Ms Sploison Man [15/20] - Xbox 360 - I saw a video of the game a few months ago and thought it looked hilarious! I was so excited to see it listed as one of the Xbox Game pass game and it was the first title I played. So first the positive :  Ms Sploison Man has to be one of the funniest video game character ever! She's just hilarious and definitely made the game for me! The music is also amazing even tho a bit repetitive (special shout out to "Donuts go nuts" lol). Now to the negative : it's incredibly repetitive! There is 3 worlds with about 15 levels each that looks really similar to each other. Also world 1 and 3 are almost the same. I really wish there was more worlds with fewer levels. Other than that it's still a fun game that can get pretty challenging!

33. Sleeping Dogs [20/20] - Xbox 360 - So I've played this game a few years ago when I got but didn't really went far. The first thing that shocked me when I started playing it again was how beautiful it actually is! The city is so alive and it's so good to just drive around, especially during nighttime! I also didn't remember Wei being such a good character! He's just really badass in a gentleman way. The fighting in this game is also extremely well made, and definitely makes the game stand out among other GTA likes. I really liked the story aswell, and [SPOILER] Jacky's death was one of the most brutal and saddest death i've witnessed in a video game tbh. My only issue with the game were the radios in the cars lol, the music fits the game since it's based in Hong Kong however I just didn't really like the majority of the songs.

34. Soulcalibur V [20/20] - Xbox 360 - Soulcalibur is my favorite fighting game franchise after Tekken, and when this game came out I was both excited and scared because of how different the roaster is. I bought the game when it came out but I never really had the time to fully play it and unlock all the characters. So when I started playing it this year the first thing I noticed is how beautiful the game is! By far one of the most visually appealing fighting game ever imo! I also thought the cast was pretty strong and I liked a lot of the new characters! However i'm not a big fan of Patroklos and Pyrrha, i've never liked Sophitia that much either but it was more about her fighting style then her character. Her kids are just annoying lbr. The character creation mode is also amazing and I wish other fighting games would include one too.

35. EA UFC 2 [20/20] - Xbox one - I'm a big UFC fan and fighting games are my favorite type of games so this one was like made for me. I already owned EA UFC 1 but I didn't have that much time to play it, but from my little experience with the first game I can say that the gameplay has been improved a lot! The fighting is so realistic (except some funny rag doll knockouts which don't away from the fun) and it truly feels like you're the fighter. I played the career mode which was shit lbr, the first 15 fights are easy af and then out of nowhere the CPU starts to spam clinches and ground attacks. I also only played career mode to unlock Bad Rutten but I ended not get getting him since I didn't reach 1 million followers after retirement so I just ended up buying him. The real fun tho comes with the online playing, i've played a good 300 to 500 matches and while it makes me rage when I loose I always start a new one until I win lol. I also loved the character creation, while their aren't that many options the fact that you can import a face to the game changes everything, it's sometime not really accurate but I was able to make a really realistic George Clooney and John Stamos lol

36. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse [17/20] - Wii U - So this was my first Wii U game I played and I was convinced I'd love it since I've previously played Kirby games and I adored them, I'd even go as far as saying that Kirby games are my second favorite platformers (as a whole serie in general) after the DKC serie. So at first I was kinda disappointed because my stupid ass didn't know that the game was only playable on the tablet lmao so I was kinda shocked for like 2 seconds and then got over it (when I say it's only playable on tablet I mean that you can't watch the tv screen and play at the same time since you have to use the tablet all the time ^^). Overall I LOVED the game, I love the whole vibes of the Kirby games and this one didn't disappoint! I do think it was kinda short (thought the same thing about Epic Yarn as well) but the levels were really diverse and so was the gameplay. The game in general was pretty easy but the final boss was for some reason way more challenging than all the game lol.

37. Virtua Fighter 5 [18/20] - Xbox 360 - I've had this game for a really long time but i've finally decided to "beat" it meaning unlocking Dural. I have to say that this game, for an early 7th generation game, is absolutely STUNNING! The characters all look amazing and everything is just really smooth. Technically Virtua Fighter 5 is probably one of my favorite fighting game, you really have to think about each one of your hit to win a fight against the boss or even the 6/7th opponent! You can just spam the same hit, it just won't work so you really have to master each character. My main issue with the game is the lack of story and the lack of charisma in the characters. The roster is pretty diverse but only a few of the characters stood out to me as really unique (especially compared to other fighting games with a lot of unique characters with interesting back stories). However Virtua Fighter 5 is still an incredibly good and FUN fighting game that everyone should at least try once.

38. Soulcalibur III [20/20] - Playstation 2 - While Soulcalibur is only my second favorite fighting game serie (after Tekken), Soulcalibur III is my favorite fighting game of all time! I've had this game for so long however when I was a kid I had no idea how to unlock the characters (and there are a LOT of characters) so I finally took the time and unlocked them all. The main roaster is fantastic with no filler character and the bonus fighters are just a really great addition to the game because even tho they aren't all that exciting it's still great to have so many characters to unlock. But what makes this game so great is the atmosphere, this game has my favorite stages from any fighting game. It's also imo the most stunning PS2 game ever made, everything is just so mind-blowingly beautiful! There are also a lot of different game mode AND a character creation mode! This game is really a must have to every PS2 owner!

39. Kane and Lynch 2 : Dog Days [17/20] - Xbox 360 - So this game got really negative reviews, usually I don't really care about reviews but even my favorite youtuber Naito75 who usually likes everything didn't like it so I was kinda reluctant to buy it. And I actually didn't even buy it, I got it for free with the Game with Gold so I was lowkey happy because I always wanted to test it but didn't want to waist money on it if it's really that bad. And to my surprise, I REALLY liked the game! Is it the best game ever? Of course not, but I think that starting the game with a really negative opinion about it helped me appreciate it more. It's EXTREMELY linear and repetitive, basically there are only shooting sequences but the atmosphere of the game is really unique, it almost feels like you're watching an amateur movie from the 80's and it just works really well tbh. I also loved the two main character, I wish I could've played with Kane more but it wasn't that big of a deal. I think I liked them so much because they're really similar to Michael and Trevor from GTA V, almost like a prototype version of them! I wouldn't be shocked if rockstar got inspired by this game when they made Michael and Trevor cause the game almost feels like a GTA V prologue!

40. Space Channel 5 [16/20] - Dreamcast - I LOVE this game, it's just so unique and weird and definitely a title you should own if you have a dreamcast. I honestly didn't know what the fuck was happening half of the time but it's what makes the game so funny! Ulala is awesome, her design and her dance move are everything XD My main problem with the game is that it's HARD AS FUCK. Your timing needs to be perfect because if not you're screwed. The game is really short but it's definitely a unique experience and I'd love if they remade it on a newer console tbh!

41. Tekken 7 [20/20] - Xbox One - Tekken is my number 1 favorite fighting game serie of all time. I love every character and the story in general, and it's also one of the first fighting game (maybe even the first) I've ever played. However I'm not gonna lie when Tekken 7 got announced I was pretty disappointed, especially because they took out a few of my favorite characters (Miguel for example). However he and many others did end up being on the final version of the game and the only one I truly ended up missing was Christie, and the 10 new characters definitely made up for her loss! So my disappointed quickly went away and I ended up pre ordering the game (something I rarely do) and OMG I absolutely love it. First of all the game is stunning, and the arenas are amazing. The story was also very good and the ending BROKE MY FUCKIN HEART =( Overall I love this game, I can understand why some people might not like it because of the lack of some old characters tho. I might be also a bit biased because I just love this serie so much but I truly think that it's one of the greatest fighting game of the generation.

42. Dead or Alive 4 [16/20] - Xbox 360 - This game omg. First i'm gonna talk about the positives because it does have a lot of positives. Graphically it's stunning, the arenas are big and full of life and the animations are fluid af. I also loved the roster, while it's pretty small, it doesn't have a lot of filler fighters, all of them have really unique fighting styles however some of the big guys definitely have a disadvantage because of how slow they are compared to the others. It also introduced one of my favorite character from the serie "La Mariposa", she's just a beast her moves are so fun tbh. Now the negatives. The story. There is no story. At all. Also this game made me realize how much I hate Bruce Lee inspired characters. But these things are just details, the real problem of this game is the FUCKIN AI that literally beats the shit out of yo while you're on the floor. I had to finish the arcade mode with all characters to unlock Nancy, then the time attack mode to unlock Tengu once again with the full roster and it was a nightmare. What I liked about Virtua Fighter 5 was that it was hard to beat because the AI was intelligent so you had to think about every one of your move, in DOA4 you just have to pray that you're gonna get lucky and somehow win. So yeah good game ruined by the Ai. It's still fun to play with friends but honestly one of the most cheapest AI i've ever seen in a fighting game.

43. Bloody Roar : Primal Fury [18/20] - Gamecube - Bloody Roar is imo the most underrated fighting game franchise ever. Primal Fury is the only one I own but I definitely want to get the other ones too! Graphically it's solid, the animations are fluid and the characters look very good. Speaking of the characters, they definitely are the reason why the game is so good! Not only do they all have really unique designs, but being able to change into their animal form during the matching is just so much fun! The concept of this game (or serie in general) is just amazing and I truly dont understand why there hasn't been a new game in years! Side note but Uranus is fucking hard to unlock tho! Little tip if someone is having a hard time with unlocking her : finish the arcade mode until you unlock the no wall cheat and then when you go into survival mode push your opponent the further you can and when the round starts change into your fury mode, that will expulse your opponent out of the arena. Saved me a lot of time lol.

Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 05, 2017, 09:43:40 pm
32 - Crash Bandicoot 2 (PS4 2017) - BEAT - I was actually surprised at how different this game was from the first one.  I went in kinda just expecting a cleaned up version of the first game, especially since it only came out a year after the first one, but they redid alot.  Gone is the Donkey Kong Country-esque overworld for a hub world.  Gone are the collectibles in favor of just giving different paths.  They also weirdly get rid of the full 2D levels, outside of two towards the end mostly (2D sections primarily are the bonus areas and some of the alternate routes). 

Also there are two endings as the main crystal ending is actually not the real end, but I'm not too interested right now in doing the harder real ending that requires all the gems.  There were more gameplay additions which was nice and overall it was way more enjoyable.  I like the design of the game being a comfortable challenge, but you can do alternate routes that are way tougher and lead you to completion.  I'd definitely say I liked my time with the sequel more.  I'm more inclined to go back to this one to try and complete it some day.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: NickAwesome on July 08, 2017, 12:41:20 am
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- few hours in, game is pretty dull, probably won't finish this one
9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt- PS4- Done- Beat main story-
10. Paper Mario- N64- 5 hours in
11. Zelda- Breath of the Wild- Switch- One Divine Beat down- 3 to go
12. The Witcher 3 DLC- Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine- Complete
13. Nier Automata- Beaten- Ending A and B, working on C- Still playing as the game is not really over yet
14. Persona 5- PS4- 90 or so hours in
15. Red Faction- PS2- Beaten on Normal- Took me nearly 15 yrs after the fact but finally beat this game
16.  Gears of War: UE- XBONE- Beaten on Normal- Co-op-
17.  Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped- PS4 Beaten - 105% Plat trophy
18.  Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back- PS4 beaten 90%
19. Crash Bandicoot- 30%

11/19
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: wolfen on July 08, 2017, 01:09:15 am
9. Tokyo Jungle

This game has a great concept, but I feel like so much more could have been done with it. After playing a few different animals they start to feel like the same deal. Eat food, mark spots, mate, rinse and repeat; no real adventuring or change of pace. I will say the story was actually very interesting for what this game is and I wish they implemented some of the things they used in the story in the survival mode.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 08, 2017, 02:52:55 am
33 - Crash Bandicoot 3 (PS4 2017) - BEAT - This one wasn't as good as Crash 2 I feel.  It tries to do more varied things, which is admirable, but I kinda hate the hub world design, the varied levels such as the bikes, planes, and underwater weren't fun on the second or third time they showed up, and in a way it felt abit less interesting.  The first game is rough with its difficulty and design, but it's the first game on a new system, so it's forgivable.  Crash 2 is basically them cleaning it up and is just a more cohesive experience.  Crash 3 is still much of Crash 2, but the new stuff doesn't work out as well.  Overall Crash is an enjoyable time, but to me, even cleaned up, Crash isn't on the level most Mario games or the Rare N64 platformers.  Would help if the gameplay was better, but his special moves are kinda terrible.

Wish Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy was getting this treatment, but it's getting a more subtle remaster from the PS2 Classics stuff Sony is doing, so at least I'll be able to replay that favorite of mine again soon.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on July 10, 2017, 01:39:28 am
Two more to go, however I can see this being the year where I play the most games I ever have.

50. Raiden DX (Arcade): While I haven't thoroughly played the original Raiden in a very long time, I am all but certain that I would like it more than this supposed updated version. The graphics have been updated no doubt, however this game suffers most in the gameplay department. The game desperately wants to be a bullet hell shooter like Dodonpachi, but doesn't realize it isn't. First off the ship speed and hit box size is not conducive of you being able to avoid enemy projectiles, especially during the looped sections of the game. This results in a game that feels terribly imbalanced and not really that much fun to play. It's a shame because this is probably the first Raiden game I've played that I flat out did not like. (7/9/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: maximo310 on July 10, 2017, 04:26:15 am
Quote from: bikingjahuty on July 10, 2017, 01:39:28 am
Two more to go, however I can see this being the year where I play the most games I ever have.

50. Raiden DX (Arcade): While I haven't thoroughly played the original Raiden in a very long time, I am all but certain that I would like it more than this supposed updated version. The graphics have been updated no doubt, however this game suffers most in the gameplay department. The game desperately wants to be a bullet hell shooter like Dodonpachi, but doesn't realize it isn't. First off the ship speed and hit box size is not conducive of you being able to avoid enemy projectiles, especially during the looped sections of the game. This results in a game that feels terribly imbalanced and not really that much fun to play. It's a shame because this is probably the first Raiden game I've played that I flat out did not like. (7/9/17)
This review really confuses me as someone who has 1cc'd both Training and Novice modes.
Which mode did ya play?
I'm also not sure how the game is trying to be like Dodonpachi, even though it came out three years before DDP, with less dense but faster bullet patterns and more aggressive zakos. While the ship speed is pretty slow compared to most newer games, having lots of cluster bombs ( especially in Training) and a general idea of stage routes will help you get survival clears.

Now I haven't played much of Expert course, but that one is considered to be more difficult, with a difficulty similar to Raiden II, especially for a 1cc. I will also say that it was dumb that the purple colgate laser is pretty bad compared to Raiden II, so the spread is 90% used except for a few specific spots.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on July 10, 2017, 09:24:37 am
I'm killin' it! Both Wooly World and The Silver Case have been completed. The platinum in The Silver Case has been acquired, too.

Time to start writing some reviews!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on July 10, 2017, 02:28:50 pm
Quote from: maximo310 on July 10, 2017, 04:26:15 am
Quote from: bikingjahuty on July 10, 2017, 01:39:28 am
Two more to go, however I can see this being the year where I play the most games I ever have.

50. Raiden DX (Arcade): While I haven't thoroughly played the original Raiden in a very long time, I am all but certain that I would like it more than this supposed updated version. The graphics have been updated no doubt, however this game suffers most in the gameplay department. The game desperately wants to be a bullet hell shooter like Dodonpachi, but doesn't realize it isn't. First off the ship speed and hit box size is not conducive of you being able to avoid enemy projectiles, especially during the looped sections of the game. This results in a game that feels terribly imbalanced and not really that much fun to play. It's a shame because this is probably the first Raiden game I've played that I flat out did not like. (7/9/17)
This review really confuses me as someone who has 1cc'd both Training and Novice modes.
Which mode did ya play?
I'm also not sure how the game is trying to be like Dodonpachi, even though it came out three years before DDP, with less dense but faster bullet patterns and more aggressive zakos. While the ship speed is pretty slow compared to most newer games, having lots of cluster bombs ( especially in Training) and a general idea of stage routes will help you get survival clears.

Now I haven't played much of Expert course, but that one is considered to be more difficult, with a difficulty similar to Raiden II, especially for a 1cc. I will also say that it was dumb that the purple colgate laser is pretty bad compared to Raiden II, so the spread is 90% used except for a few specific spots.


I did play it on expert which might be my problem. I will replay it tonight on Novice and see if my opinion of it improves. If you haven't tried expert you should, you'll see what I'm talking about.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: maximo310 on July 10, 2017, 04:09:58 pm
Quote from: bikingjahuty on July 10, 2017, 02:28:50 pm
Quote from: maximo310 on July 10, 2017, 04:26:15 am
Quote from: bikingjahuty on July 10, 2017, 01:39:28 am
Two more to go, however I can see this being the year where I play the most games I ever have.

50. Raiden DX (Arcade): While I haven't thoroughly played the original Raiden in a very long time, I am all but certain that I would like it more than this supposed updated version. The graphics have been updated no doubt, however this game suffers most in the gameplay department. The game desperately wants to be a bullet hell shooter like Dodonpachi, but doesn't realize it isn't. First off the ship speed and hit box size is not conducive of you being able to avoid enemy projectiles, especially during the looped sections of the game. This results in a game that feels terribly imbalanced and not really that much fun to play. It's a shame because this is probably the first Raiden game I've played that I flat out did not like. (7/9/17)
This review really confuses me as someone who has 1cc'd both Training and Novice modes.
Which mode did ya play?
I'm also not sure how the game is trying to be like Dodonpachi, even though it came out three years before DDP, with less dense but faster bullet patterns and more aggressive zakos. While the ship speed is pretty slow compared to most newer games, having lots of cluster bombs ( especially in Training) and a general idea of stage routes will help you get survival clears.

Now I haven't played much of Expert course, but that one is considered to be more difficult, with a difficulty similar to Raiden II, especially for a 1cc. I will also say that it was dumb that the purple colgate laser is pretty bad compared to Raiden II, so the spread is 90% used except for a few specific spots.


I did play it on expert which might be my problem. I will replay it tonight on Novice and see if my opinion of it improves. If you haven't tried expert you should, you'll see what I'm talking about.

Yeah, the whole thing about DX was players in arcades back in the day complained about II's difficulty level, so DX was created w/ training and novice modes to address those concerns and make additional profit. The Expert course difficulty-wise seems similar to Raiden II; I feel like it is doable on my skill level but it would take awhile considering i've 1cc'd raiden i, but haven't played much of ii or dx expert course.
My girly could pass on some tips considering she's 1cc'd raiden ii and beat mushihimesama maniac mode on her 2nd credit!!!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on July 10, 2017, 05:45:31 pm
Quote from: maximo310 on July 10, 2017, 04:09:58 pm
Quote from: bikingjahuty on July 10, 2017, 02:28:50 pm
Quote from: maximo310 on July 10, 2017, 04:26:15 am
Quote from: bikingjahuty on July 10, 2017, 01:39:28 am
Two more to go, however I can see this being the year where I play the most games I ever have.

50. Raiden DX (Arcade): While I haven't thoroughly played the original Raiden in a very long time, I am all but certain that I would like it more than this supposed updated version. The graphics have been updated no doubt, however this game suffers most in the gameplay department. The game desperately wants to be a bullet hell shooter like Dodonpachi, but doesn't realize it isn't. First off the ship speed and hit box size is not conducive of you being able to avoid enemy projectiles, especially during the looped sections of the game. This results in a game that feels terribly imbalanced and not really that much fun to play. It's a shame because this is probably the first Raiden game I've played that I flat out did not like. (7/9/17)
This review really confuses me as someone who has 1cc'd both Training and Novice modes.
Which mode did ya play?
I'm also not sure how the game is trying to be like Dodonpachi, even though it came out three years before DDP, with less dense but faster bullet patterns and more aggressive zakos. While the ship speed is pretty slow compared to most newer games, having lots of cluster bombs ( especially in Training) and a general idea of stage routes will help you get survival clears.

Now I haven't played much of Expert course, but that one is considered to be more difficult, with a difficulty similar to Raiden II, especially for a 1cc. I will also say that it was dumb that the purple colgate laser is pretty bad compared to Raiden II, so the spread is 90% used except for a few specific spots.


I did play it on expert which might be my problem. I will replay it tonight on Novice and see if my opinion of it improves. If you haven't tried expert you should, you'll see what I'm talking about.

Yeah, the whole thing about DX was players in arcades back in the day complained about II's difficulty level, so DX was created w/ training and novice modes to address those concerns and make additional profit. The Expert course difficulty-wise seems similar to Raiden II; I feel like it is doable on my skill level but it would take awhile considering i've 1cc'd raiden i, but haven't played much of ii or dx expert course.
My girly could pass on some tips considering she's 1cc'd raiden ii and beat mushihimesama maniac mode on her 2nd credit!!!


That is just madness lol. Yeah, it just felt incredibly imbalanced and was not that much fun on expert. I don't doubt that it's possible to 1cc on expert (probably at least five people on youtube that have done it), but it would be quite the undertaking. On the loops I almost do doubt that it is possible.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: maximo310 on July 11, 2017, 02:12:33 am
Quote from: bikingjahuty on July 10, 2017, 01:39:28 am
That is just madness lol. Yeah, it just felt incredibly imbalanced and was not that much fun on expert. I don't doubt that it's possible to 1cc on expert (probably at least five people on youtube that have done it), but it would be quite the undertaking. On the loops I almost do doubt that it is possible.

There is one guy in the west named saucy who got to loop 4 stage 4 on expert with a 17 mil score, but he's an exceptional player compared to many of us in the stg community. I've seen some ridiculous scores from japanese players on twitter, including one who supposedly got to 100 mil on the dx ps1 port: https://twitter.com/boredom_79/status/870975088476037121.
There are also high scoring replays on niconico, which is pretty much japanese youtube.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on July 11, 2017, 08:10:20 am
Reviews have been posted on my page (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132389 .html#msg132389) for Clockwork Knight 2, Bug! and Super Princess Peach.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on July 12, 2017, 01:45:05 pm
Wasn't sure if I should add these two because they are fighting games but since I still beat the career/story mode I think it's pretty reasonable to add them.

1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
24. Murdered : Soul Suspect
25. Donkey Kong Country 3
26. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
27. Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit
28. L.A Noire
29. Shenmue
30. Grand Theft Auto V
31. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD
32. Ms Splosion Man
33. Sleeping Dogs
34. Soulcalibur V
35. EA UFC 2
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 12, 2017, 09:47:15 pm
34 - Strider (PC 2014) - PLAYING - Capcom has a fairly nice Humble Bundle going on, with the 1$ getting you Strider and DMC (Along with garbage title Umbrella Corps), so I figured why not! I'd seen the game before, just never really hopped into it and it's a pretty solid action game.  All that Metroidvania-esque exploration, it's pretty solid and surprisingly chill, because it's a game that does very little to hinder movement and progression.  Way different feeling compared to other recent similar games like Ori or Song of the Deep.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: turf on July 13, 2017, 08:57:47 am
Quote from: kamikazekeeg on July 12, 2017, 09:47:15 pm
34 - Strider (PC 2014) - PLAYING - Capcom has a fairly nice Humble Bundle going on, with the 1$ getting you Strider and DMC (Along with garbage title Umbrella Corps), so I figured why not! I'd seen the game before, just never really hopped into it and it's a pretty solid action game.  All that Metroidvania-esque exploration, it's pretty solid and surprisingly chill, because it's a game that does very little to hinder movement and progression.  Way different feeling compared to other recent similar games like Ori or Song of the Deep.

I got it a while ago in a humble bundle.  Damn! I was surprised.  That's a really fun game.  I had trouble with a boss or two, but it's still a sword-swinging good time.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on July 13, 2017, 09:12:08 am

1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
24. Murdered : Soul Suspect
25. Donkey Kong Country 3
26. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
27. Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit
28. L.A Noire
29. Shenmue
30. Grand Theft Auto V
31. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD
32. Ms Splosion Man
33. Sleeping Dogs
34. Soulcalibur V
35. EA UFC 2
36. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on July 13, 2017, 02:58:43 pm
Game 13 – Demon’s Souls (PS3) – 37 Hours

+ This was my first game in the Souls series, and it did not disappoint. There’s a lot to like about this game. The environments were cool, gross and interesting. My favorites were the Tower of Latria (obviously) and the Valley of Defilement, and the Boletarian palace. The gameplay was great too. It honestly was the perfect difficulty for me. The hardest game I’ve ever beaten was Medal of Honor Frontline on hard mode, and this game came nothing close to that level of frustration. I also loved the online components too. It was really fun to read and leave messages for people

- I’ve made it pretty clear already my issues with the glitches in this game. Problems logging into the server, multiple framerate drops, sound glitches, levels not loading and falling through the world, NPCs not spawning in… it really ruined an otherwise excellent experience. There’s also some really shitty hit detection, which is especially evident when using arrows.

 Back to my list (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132293.html#msg132293)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 14, 2017, 06:22:47 am
35 - Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair (PS4 2015) - PLAYING - Only thing I got on Prime Day was this for a cheap 15 bucks.  This goofball series has always been amusing, just mindless nonsense action.  It's honestly not a good series, but just for being so silly, I figured why not, I haven't played it since the Xbox 360.  I also saw on Amazon that they talk about "Steady 60 frames per second" and then I laughed and laughed, because this is not a series known for it's quality and performance lol It's like under Fallout 4 they put "This bug free game will never crash or cause any weird issues for you!"  But it's all in good fun.  The spiders in particular get my hair on end fighting them, no matter how silly it is.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on July 14, 2017, 07:37:08 pm
The review is up for The Silver Case.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on July 16, 2017, 09:20:49 am
Game 14 - SSX (PS3) - 8 hours

I remember loving SSX 3 on the PS2, so I wanted to give another game in the series a shot.

+ The gameplay is just as I remember it and it's so much fun. It's fast, smooth, and tons of fun to rack up a great score and race really fast. I like how they mixed things up with the survival sections, requiring you to stay in sunlight and navigate tons of rocks and trees. There's some pretty decent replayability too with lots of courses and extra content to unlock.

- The so called "story" was pretty silly. The antagonist was just a different character from the previous games, and it was dumb. I also found the level design to be a lot worse than SSX 3. I missed the more freeroaming mountain with just the 3 peaks, it meant you could ride all the way from the top to the bottom and go through three courses in one run with no load screens.

 Back to my list (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132293.html#msg132293)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on July 16, 2017, 07:11:16 pm
Haven't been playing games for the past week or so... so I decided to jump into some ps2 badness.

Beat Oni and started up Red Ninja.  Red Ninja isn't nearly as bad as it was described to me... so far.  I can see the annoyances with the camera and stealth, but it isn't nearly as bad as Oni... so far.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on July 17, 2017, 01:32:35 pm
1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
24. Murdered : Soul Suspect
25. Donkey Kong Country 3
26. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
27. Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit
28. L.A Noire
29. Shenmue
30. Grand Theft Auto V
31. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD
32. Ms Splosion Man
33. Sleeping Dogs
34. Soulcalibur V
35. EA UFC 2
36. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
37. Virtua Fighter 5
38. Soulcalibur III
39. Kane and Lynch 2 Dog Days
40. Space Channel 5
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on July 17, 2017, 02:59:16 pm
Fighting Vipers, a super fun fighting game for the Saturn, was finished over the weekend. The review is already up!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: NickAwesome on July 20, 2017, 05:36:48 pm
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- few hours in, game is pretty dull, probably won't finish this one
9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt- PS4- Done- Beat main story-
10. Paper Mario- N64- 5 hours in
11. Zelda- Breath of the Wild- Switch- One Divine Beat down- 3 to go
12. The Witcher 3 DLC- Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine- Complete
13. Nier Automata- Beaten- Ending A and B, working on C- Still playing as the game is not really over yet
14. Persona 5- PS4- 90 or so hours in
15. Red Faction- PS2- Beaten on Normal- Took me nearly 15 yrs after the fact but finally beat this game
16.  Gears of War: UE- XBONE- Beaten on Normal- Co-op-
17.  Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped- PS4 Beaten - 105% Plat trophy
18.  Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back- PS4 102% Plat trophy
19. Crash Bandicoot- 93%- Beaten

12/19
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on July 21, 2017, 08:11:44 am
My review for Dark Savior is up. I'm getting close to 52.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on July 21, 2017, 08:28:36 am
Finished Red Ninja: End of Honor last night.

I relatively enjoyed the game.  Camera controls are absolutely horrible.  Just absolutely terrible.  If the camera mechanics were better this game would just be massively better.  It is poor design to have the jump and drop actions mapped to the same button... too often I was wall jumping or grabbing a ledge and I instinctively press the jump button to climb and I drop down.  The only other complaints I have might have to do with my controller and not the game, but the sensitivity on the sticks are out there.  It's hard to walk instead of run and it's hard to aim when doing first person aiming.

I also finished Fire Emblem Echoes yesterday as well.  Need to pick a new handheld game to jump into.  Thinking about Shifting World.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 21, 2017, 07:41:34 pm
36 - Splatoon 2 (Switch 2017) - BEAT - Ending up pushing through the end of the story and while the singleplayer is fine, and the boss fights are good, I didn't think that the last boss was very good.  I remember it being incredibly challenging before, but I beat it in one go here.  It's all still fun, but as a sequel, it's a tad lacking.  Splatoon itself is just good, so I don't have any real complaints, just as a sequel, it doesn't do a ton.  I'm still gonna be playing the multiplayer regularly though for abit for sure.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: wolfen on July 22, 2017, 07:39:46 pm
10. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution

I played through all of the ranks of the World Tournament and it was kind of grindy and tedious throughout, with no real change in what you had to do. 90% of the World Tournaments battles consist of 4-way Orb Battles, which are a complete clusterfuck with everyone spamming shit all over the place trying to knock orbs out of each other. So the only real way to win them was to use the same 4-5 characters and the only fun tournament was the final S+ tourney, which had all your enemies in awakened state, presenting an actual challenge compared to the artificial challenge of the previous tourneys. Overall I really hate this "story mode" compared to what Ninja Storm 2 had.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on July 23, 2017, 08:59:12 pm
Game 15 - Yu-Gi-Oh! Seven Trials to Glory: World Championship Tournament 2005 (GBA) - 18 Hours

+ Long name aside, this was a pretty good first game for me in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. There are so many of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games out there, I thought I would pick one up since I love trading card games, particularly the Pokemon TCG. And this game is very fun. Plain old card gaming goodness. Play the game, gather money, buy more cards, work your way up to the championship! Decent music, and a few secrets and hidden things to unlock... once I made a good Exodia deck I was unbeatable! :D

- Unfortunately, the only thing this game has to offer is the actual battles. There is no story whatsoever, which is a major disappointment. Even the Pokemon TCG on Game Boy had more of a story than this. There are also very few things to do other than battle. There's a few puzzles you can do, and some restricted battles to do, but there are only 5 areas in the game and all you can do is walk around and talk to people. It gets old, really fast. I have a theory that they didn't have the space/time because of the 1000+ cards they had to code in with chaining and stuff. Lastly, I think the AI could have been better because they made some awful decisions in battle. Oh well, again, Yu-Gi-Oh! is a very complicated card game to play.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 24, 2017, 12:21:29 am
34 - Strider (PC 2014) - 5 HOURS BEAT - Fun little game, light on story as I had no idea what was going on through most of it, just bosses and characters showing up and I had no clue what my being there was, but it's your basic metroidvania game with generally fun gameplay and a comfortable challenge for me.  As basic as it is, it's all competently put together.  It's like a sub 10 hour game if you want to complete it as I beat it in roughly 5 hours with only 61% completion, I just didn't want to go backtrack through the areas to find the stuff I left.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on July 24, 2017, 08:25:43 am
Finished Total Overdose early yesterday morning and my wife and I decided to play and beat Punisher on the Genesis.

So 2 games knocked out this weekend.

Couldn't decide what to play next so I pulled a game for each platform to decide between... hopefully I'll pick something when I get home from work.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on July 24, 2017, 09:41:58 am
1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
24. Murdered : Soul Suspect
25. Donkey Kong Country 3
26. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
27. Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit
28. L.A Noire
29. Shenmue
30. Grand Theft Auto V
31. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD
32. Ms Splosion Man
33. Sleeping Dogs
34. Soulcalibur V
35. EA UFC 2
36. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
37. Virtua Fighter 5
38. Soulcalibur III
39. Kane and Lynch 2 Dog Days
40. Space Channel 5
41. Tekken 7
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on July 24, 2017, 09:43:00 am
Quote from: ignition365 on July 24, 2017, 08:25:43 am
Finished Total Overdose early yesterday morning and my wife and I decided to play and beat Punisher on the Genesis.

So 2 games knocked out this weekend.

Couldn't decide what to play next so I pulled a game for each platform to decide between... hopefully I'll pick something when I get home from work.

What choices are you thinking about?
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on July 24, 2017, 09:49:49 am
Quote from: telly on July 24, 2017, 09:43:00 am
Quote from: ignition365 on July 24, 2017, 08:25:43 am
Finished Total Overdose early yesterday morning and my wife and I decided to play and beat Punisher on the Genesis.

So 2 games knocked out this weekend.

Couldn't decide what to play next so I pulled a game for each platform to decide between... hopefully I'll pick something when I get home from work.

What choices are you thinking about?
I think what I have pulled is

Xbox - Call of Cthulhu
PS2 - Red Dead Revolver
Saturn - Spot Goes to Hollywood
Genesis - Toejam and Earl
Dreamcast - Demolition Racer: No Exit

Already started these, but they are considered also so I can finish them.
PS1 - Tecmo's Deception
PS3 - Tokyo Jungle
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: azure on July 24, 2017, 02:55:07 pm
Call of Cthulhu is pretty great if you're in the mood for some FPS/horror.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on July 24, 2017, 03:10:43 pm
I was gonna suggest Call of Cthulhu as well. And obviously ToeJam and Earl is classic
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: Cartagia on July 25, 2017, 08:34:07 am
1. Super Mario 3D World
2. Dark Souls III
3. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
4. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
6. Dr. Mario
7. Nioh
8. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition
9. Wolfenstein: The New Order
10. Darksiders: Warmastered Edition
11. Tales from the Borderlands
12. Bloodborne (Childhood's Beginning)
13. Bloodborne (Yharnam Sunrise)
14. Fallout 4

It took almost two months to get to the end of The Witcher.  I got pretty much as close to 100% that you can get in a single playthrough.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on July 26, 2017, 11:33:33 pm
Well, I did it!

52. Space Harrier (Arcade): This game is still fun to play even today, although the shock and awe it created back in the 80s is partially nullified by the repetative stages and enemies that are only different due to a swapped color pallet or and a mix up of enemies. Bosses are mostly the same too despite some superficial differences. The game requires very quick reflexes and the last 6 or 7 stages are absolutely brutal, but they were still mostly enjoyable. (7/26/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on July 31, 2017, 03:03:28 pm
Two new reviews are on my page (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132389 .html#msg132389). SMT IV: Apocalypse and Valkyria Revolution.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on July 31, 2017, 04:58:25 pm
Stardew Valley on the PS4 brings it up to 15/52, as good as any Harvest Moon game I've played. Currently playing Dragon Quest Builders and thoroughly enjoying it, the humour and gameplay is superb.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on August 01, 2017, 02:56:24 pm
One more. The review for Galaxy Fight is up.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on August 03, 2017, 08:30:20 pm
Getting close with only 10 games left! Might try to hit 60 or 65 but I don't want to rush-play !

1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
24. Murdered : Soul Suspect
25. Donkey Kong Country 3
26. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
27. Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit
28. L.A Noire
29. Shenmue
30. Grand Theft Auto V
31. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD
32. Ms Splosion Man
33. Sleeping Dogs
34. Soulcalibur V
35. EA UFC 2
36. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
37. Virtua Fighter 5
38. Soulcalibur III
39. Kane and Lynch 2 Dog Days
40. Space Channel 5
41. Tekken 7
42. Dead or Alive 4
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on August 04, 2017, 08:39:01 am
A review is up for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: maximo310 on August 04, 2017, 10:21:09 pm
Quote from: kashell on August 04, 2017, 08:39:01 am
A review is up for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD.
Nice review!

If I recall correctly, the ps1 port has a super story mode w/ a point based system based on your time/ remaining health and defeating your opponents in specific ways like the manga and goes through all the battles in part 3. In addition, there was a bunch of unlocklables like mini-games, sound test, cpu battles. etc.
However, the HD version is most likely based on the Dreamcast port, which would explain the lack of unlockables/ stuff to do, while maintaining a near perfect arcade port. The PS1 port does have a lot of cut animation and downgrades to get it to run on the system, but it stinks that the extra stuff wasn't made available on the HD version.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on August 05, 2017, 11:21:23 am
Quote from: maximo310 on August 04, 2017, 10:21:09 pm
Quote from: kashell on August 04, 2017, 08:39:01 am
A review is up for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD.
Nice review!

If I recall correctly, the ps1 port has a super story mode w/ a point based system based on your time/ remaining health and defeating your opponents in specific ways like the manga and goes through all the battles in part 3. In addition, there was a bunch of unlocklables like mini-games, sound test, cpu battles. etc.
However, the HD version is most likely based on the Dreamcast port, which would explain the lack of unlockables/ stuff to do, while maintaining a near perfect arcade port. The PS1 port does have a lot of cut animation and downgrades to get it to run on the system, but it stinks that the extra stuff wasn't made available on the HD version.

Thanks for reading. And, thanks for the info about the various ports. Out of curiosity, I looked to see how much a copy of the PS1 version of the game would cost.

Of course, it's way too much.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on August 06, 2017, 07:42:08 pm
1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
24. Murdered : Soul Suspect
25. Donkey Kong Country 3
26. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
27. Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit
28. L.A Noire
29. Shenmue
30. Grand Theft Auto V
31. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD
32. Ms Splosion Man
33. Sleeping Dogs
34. Soulcalibur V
35. EA UFC 2
36. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
37. Virtua Fighter 5
38. Soulcalibur III
39. Kane and Lynch 2 Dog Days
40. Space Channel 5
41. Tekken 7
42. Dead or Alive 4
43. Bloody Roar : Primal Fury
44. Soulcalibur II
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on August 07, 2017, 11:11:39 am
Game 16 - Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Wii U) - 9 Hours

+ I have to say, I think this is one of the best games the Wii U has to offer, because it takes full advantage of the Wii U gamepad. While it only uses the gamepad as another way to view the game, and not in conjunction with the TV, I was playing it exclusively on the gamepad, and wouldn't even turn the TV on at all. It really uses a lot of features like the touch pad, gyroscope for aiming, etc. Anyway, the game has a ton of charm and is a ton of fun to play too. It has adorable graphics, really fun and relaxing music, and fun levels with lots to explore. There's a lot of added content after you beat the main story too.

- My only complaint is how they recycled the boss fights, sometimes up to three times over. I would have liked to see a little more variety there. The game was also very easy, I rarely died, and with all the coins the game throws at you there wasn't a lot of challenge. The challenge comes from trying to find everything in the stage

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: brianthelion on August 07, 2017, 06:31:07 pm
Do the games have to be games you've never completed before? This would be fun to do for my on-going Game Boy completion project. :)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 07, 2017, 06:42:20 pm
Quote from: brianthelion on August 07, 2017, 06:31:07 pm
Do the games have to be games you've never completed before? This would be fun to do for my on-going Game Boy completion project. :)

There's no real restrictions here, it's mostly a personal goal you set and it can be a lot of different things.  It's also a handy way to keep track of everything you've been playing as my list includes new and old stuff and I still keep things on there even if I've abandoned them or even if they can't be completed as they are technically endless.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on August 09, 2017, 09:58:55 am
I did some replaying of Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus. I think it's time to hang up my fighting gloves. I'm so out of practice and have little to no desire to get back to where I once was with that game.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on August 09, 2017, 09:13:42 pm
Game 17 - Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows (Wii U) - 7 Hours

+ I gotta be honest, I think I liked playing with Plague Knight more than with Shovel Knight. I just loved the freedom with movement with the double jumps and gliding. It made the game so much more fun, and made going back to the OG Shovel Knight a little tough. Either way, the game is still great, good story, awesome gameplay (as already mentioned), great music, and stunning, classic visuals. I also tried some of the challenges too, and those were a good time as well.

- My only knock against this playthrough is I found the upgrades to be kind of useless. I never changed my bombs or casings, used one bust upgrade the whole time (the one that lets you float slowly), and used the big bombs exclusively as my special weapon. Because these upgrades came early or were the default, I never found the need to change anything.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 12, 2017, 05:27:50 am
37 - Mega Man 7 (PS4) - BEAT - Another year, another year Mega Man Legacy Collection.  To me, this one feels like an oddball, because only like 2 years before, we got Mega Man X, which was sorta this grand new start for the series after the NES ones, but then they were like "Let's return to that!".  It would be like if after Super Mario World, Nintendo went and made Super Mario 4.  When the current game is the better one, at least IMO, this seems sorta unnecessary. 

Not a bad game in any way, it was overall really enjoyable, nothing too frustrating (except Wiley is really obnoxious and his fights are never fun) and the auto-saving checkpoints are awesome as otherwise I'd never beat these games.  Mega Man is pretty hardcore at the end, getting ready to kill Wiley before Bass and Treble save him and then he walks away from the castle exploding.  Maybe if it was X that would make sense, but the old cutesy Mega Man? Nah, too silly lol

On to Mega Man 8! Just realized this is the one with the anime cutscenes and hilarious dub lol
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on August 12, 2017, 07:59:33 pm
1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
24. Murdered : Soul Suspect
25. Donkey Kong Country 3
26. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
27. Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit
28. L.A Noire
29. Shenmue
30. Grand Theft Auto V
31. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD
32. Ms Splosion Man
33. Sleeping Dogs
34. Soulcalibur V
35. EA UFC 2
36. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
37. Virtua Fighter 5
38. Soulcalibur III
39. Kane and Lynch 2 Dog Days
40. Space Channel 5
41. Tekken 7
42. Dead or Alive 4
43. Bloody Roar : Primal Fury
44. Soulcalibur II
45. Injustice 2
46. Fallout 4
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 14, 2017, 02:46:36 am
38 - Slime Rancher (PC) - BEAT - I had Slime Rancher on the list last year as it was an early access title and therefore endless, but it released properly this year, so I started from scratch and went to the end of the adventure mode.  It's a very charming and cute little farm sim game.  It's nothing too in depth, it's not like Stardew Valley, but it's just a chill and casual bit of collecting slimes, farming their little poops, and kinda just exploring this world.  It has a little story to it, nothing too deep, I didn't follow it too well as there isn't anything more than letters between you and Casey and the journals you find of Hobson who had formerly owned the ranch you are on and explored the range previously.  Has a cute ending song too.  It's an enjoyable time if you like games such as this and they are planning to add new areas to the game I believe in future updates.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on August 14, 2017, 08:13:48 am
Finished Dragon Quest IV and started up Dragon Quest V.

Will likely start on Metroid Prime Trilogy today as well.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on August 14, 2017, 11:51:54 pm
Game 18 - Mighty No. 9 (Wii U) - 13 Hours

+ I mentioned before that this game is not as bad as it was made out to be. And I still stand by that, the gameplay is the probably the best part about it. It's fast and responsive, and the boss fights were pretty fun too. The dash mode is cool and the difficulty was pretty solid.  I like how your special weapons fill up gradually over time. The voice acting was ok too, not too bad for some of the characters.

- However, I think the criticisms of this game are well deserved, and the bad still outweighs the good. Awful graphics, boring level design, glitches, framerate issues, uninspiring stock music, boring story... I've never liked the way Beck looks, the characters have open gaping mouths when they talk, which looks dumb. I barely used any of the special abilities except for in very distinct circumstances and for the final boss. And the insta kill spikes got really old too.

I still think it's worth picking up and playing, but after millions of dollars and 3 years of development, it's really hard to stick up for it.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: turf on August 15, 2017, 09:34:46 am
Quote from: telly on August 14, 2017, 11:51:54 pm
Game 18 - Mighty No. 9 (Wii U) - 13 Hours

+ I mentioned before that this game is not as bad as it was made out to be. And I still stand by that, the gameplay is the probably the best part about it. It's fast and responsive, and the boss fights were pretty fun too. The dash mode is cool and the difficulty was pretty solid.  I like how your special weapons fill up gradually over time. The voice acting was ok too, not too bad for some of the characters.

- However, I think the criticisms of this game are well deserved, and the bad still outweighs the good. Awful graphics, boring level design, glitches, framerate issues, uninspiring stock music, boring story... I've never liked the way Beck looks, the characters have open gaping mouths when they talk, which looks dumb. I barely used any of the special abilities except for in very distinct circumstances and for the final boss. And the insta kill spikes got really old too.

I still think it's worth picking up and playing, but after millions of dollars and 3 years of development, it's really hard to stick up for it.

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Don't be so hard on ole Beck. 

I don't know if it's because I'm playing the Steam version, but I haven't had any glitching.  The voice acting is stupid; I'll give you that.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on August 15, 2017, 10:15:25 am
Mostly the glitches have been me getting stuck in walls. I imagine that the framerate is probably better on steam too.

Either way, it was still a fun game though! I enjoyed playing it.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on August 16, 2017, 09:17:28 am
Before heading out of town for a bit, I decided to continue kicking it old school with the 90's. D for the Sega Saturn has been finished. A review is up.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 16, 2017, 07:19:28 pm
39 - Deadlight (PC 2012) - BEAT - This has been one of those games I see show up every so often, thinking about maybe getting it, but never did.  I'm not really into these types of 2.5D platformers in particular as there have been a lot of them over the past couple years.  But I'll take it for free through GOG.com lol

Overall, the game really wasn't that great.  It's a very bland zombie experience, with some really weak voice acting, dialogue, and story telling, and early on I figured out the ending.  It's pretty trope-filled.  Also I kind hate when a game tries as much as possible to not call things "zombies", as they call them "Shadows".  I understand why they use the term, but it never worked for me like "Walkers" do.  Doesn't help that the gameplay is like 90% alright.  It was very easy at times to make wrong jumps or to just climb down without flipping back to the other side of the wall.  For a game that is 5 years old and considered the "Director's Cut", it still has a number of bugs and some annoying gameplay issues.  Also the last area didn't feel very play tested as I kept dying from obnoxious things and it seemed rushed.

It's nothing terrible, it's short, but as someone that enjoys zombie things, this isn't one I can overly recommend unless you find it for real cheap.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kevininja on August 17, 2017, 01:59:56 pm
Quote from: kamikazekeeg on August 16, 2017, 07:19:28 pm
- snip -

I agree completely to what you said. Glad I got it for free though, because what a disappointment that game was.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: NickAwesome on August 17, 2017, 07:04:20 pm
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- few hours in, game is pretty dull, probably won't finish this one
9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt- PS4- Done- Beat main story-
10. Paper Mario- N64- 5 hours in
11. Zelda- Breath of the Wild- Switch- One Divine Beat down- 3 to go
12. The Witcher 3 DLC- Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine- Complete
13. Nier Automata- Beaten- Ending A and B, working on C- Still playing as the game is not really over yet
14. Persona 5- PS4- 90 or so hours in
15. Red Faction- PS2- Beaten on Normal- Took me nearly 15 yrs after the fact but finally beat this game
16.  Gears of War: UE- XBONE- Beaten on Normal- Co-op-
17.  Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped- PS4 Beaten - 105% Plat trophy
18.  Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back- PS4 102% Plat trophy
19. Crash Bandicoot- 93%- Beaten
20.  Castlevania: Symphony of the Night- PS1 - Beaten- All endings- 196%+ map percentage
21. Axiom Verge- Vita- Beaten
22. Severed- Vita- Beaten 100%- Platinum Trophy
23.  Undertale-Vita-

15/23- Probably not going to get to 52 but I'll keep trying.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 20, 2017, 09:04:51 pm
42 - Mega Man 8 (PS4 2017) - BEAT - Right off the bat, screw Astro Man's stage and screw the jet boarding in this.  So much hate lol This one was an interesting one to play having played the previous 7 as in certain ways this game is a bit lesser, but also better.  Hilariously, this game has a garbage english dub, like it's shamefully bad, which kinda sucks as the animation is okay for the time and the Japanese original is totally fine and sounds good.  Overall, I thought the game was pretty reasonable.  Like if I was going to, I'd go back to probably 7 and 8 over the original ones as they have a very comfortable difficulty to them.  Still find it slightly odd these games when I feel X is the better series, but then again, I only played X and X2 and I don't know what the series became other than I know X gets kinda bad towards some of the later games.

Onto the retro throwback, Mega Man 9.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on August 21, 2017, 11:31:17 am
Started up Far Cry Instincts and am making progress in DQ5.

My wife beat a bunch of games last week and beat her goal for the year, she may make her goal higher now that she's making an effort to play games.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on August 21, 2017, 11:31:31 am
Double post.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: azure on August 21, 2017, 12:26:00 pm
Quote from: ignition365 on August 21, 2017, 11:31:17 am
Started up Far Cry Instincts and am making progress in DQ5.

My wife beat a bunch of games last week and beat her goal for the year, she may make her goal higher now that she's making an effort to play games.
Curious, did she start gravitating to games more because you collect them? Or did she already have a gaming background?
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on August 21, 2017, 01:23:21 pm
Quote from: ignition365 on August 21, 2017, 11:31:17 am
Started up Far Cry Instincts and am making progress in DQ5.

My wife beat a bunch of games last week and beat her goal for the year, she may make her goal higher now that she's making an effort to play games.

Interested in what you think of Far Cry. I just picked it up last weekend.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on August 21, 2017, 01:40:02 pm
Quote from: azure on August 21, 2017, 12:26:00 pm
Quote from: ignition365 on August 21, 2017, 11:31:17 am
Started up Far Cry Instincts and am making progress in DQ5.

My wife beat a bunch of games last week and beat her goal for the year, she may make her goal higher now that she's making an effort to play games.
Curious, did she start gravitating to games more because you collect them? Or did she already have a gaming background?
Are we talking in general or something else?  She's been playing games as long as I have I imagine, we met at what was basically an arcade.  Just she rarely makes an effort to play/beat games and this year she is trying to so she choosing to play games more than just binge watching shows on Netflix.

Quote from: telly on August 21, 2017, 01:23:21 pm
Quote from: ignition365 on August 21, 2017, 11:31:17 am
Started up Far Cry Instincts and am making progress in DQ5.

My wife beat a bunch of games last week and beat her goal for the year, she may make her goal higher now that she's making an effort to play games.

Interested in what you think of Far Cry. I just picked it up last weekend.
It's very disappointing compared to the newer games, plays completely differently.  Far Cry Classic is probably better given that they are essentially the same game, but Classic is supposed to be less linear and more open.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: azure on August 21, 2017, 02:41:26 pm
Quote from: ignition365 on August 21, 2017, 01:40:02 pm
Quote from: azure on August 21, 2017, 12:26:00 pm
Quote from: ignition365 on August 21, 2017, 11:31:17 am
Started up Far Cry Instincts and am making progress in DQ5.

My wife beat a bunch of games last week and beat her goal for the year, she may make her goal higher now that she's making an effort to play games.
Curious, did she start gravitating to games more because you collect them? Or did she already have a gaming background?
Are we talking in general or something else?  She's been playing games as long as I have I imagine, we met at what was basically an arcade.  Just she rarely makes an effort to play/beat games and this year she is trying to so she choosing to play games more than just binge watching shows on Netflix.
Yeah in general. One of my friend's wife had no interest in games what so ever, and then she started taking an interest in them because of his collection.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on August 21, 2017, 03:29:35 pm
Quote from: azure on August 21, 2017, 02:41:26 pm
Quote from: ignition365 on August 21, 2017, 01:40:02 pm
Quote from: azure on August 21, 2017, 12:26:00 pm
Quote from: ignition365 on August 21, 2017, 11:31:17 am
Started up Far Cry Instincts and am making progress in DQ5.

My wife beat a bunch of games last week and beat her goal for the year, she may make her goal higher now that she's making an effort to play games.
Curious, did she start gravitating to games more because you collect them? Or did she already have a gaming background?
Are we talking in general or something else?  She's been playing games as long as I have I imagine, we met at what was basically an arcade.  Just she rarely makes an effort to play/beat games and this year she is trying to so she choosing to play games more than just binge watching shows on Netflix.
Yeah in general. One of my friend's wife had no interest in games what so ever, and then she started taking an interest in them because of his collection.
My wife is probably why I started collecting, despite the fact that she would probably prefer otherwise.  She bought me Mega Man, Yoshi, and Yoshi's Cookie all CIB for the NES and one of those portable NES systems for one of our first anniversaries when we were just dating.  Back then I probably had 100 or so games.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on August 22, 2017, 08:52:35 am
The review for Lufia: The Legend Returns is up!

Also, over the weekend I platinum'd Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. I'm not sure if I'll write a review on it or not. That game was pretty awful.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on August 22, 2017, 10:10:04 am
I'm currently playing Sonic Mania, and while I've passed 52-games, I really want to get back into the swing of things and at least beat 3 games a month. I'm only at one for this month so far.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on August 22, 2017, 03:15:46 pm
Yeah, I’m not going to make my goal anymore…

I did really good until the end of May, but then I guess real life, other hobbies, etc got in the way, and the challenge just kind of fell. Too bad, but hey, what can you do?

And I’m glad to jump back in with a game I loved: Miitopia! I absolutely loved Tomodachi Life, so when I heard about this game, I instantly pre-ordered it, and I’m glad I did! I loved this game!

I know the RPG combat isn’t terribly deep, but it isn’t supposed to be. It’s just deep enough to keep it interesting and engaging without becoming stale or too complicated for its own good. After all, this game is about its humour and the interactions between characters above anything, and it absolutely delivered on my expectations. I couldn’t help but smile as I saw some of the matchups I created and how those characters interacted with eachother. The situations can be as ridiculous and entertaining as you want, and let me tell you, my situations were very entertaining.

I will admit, sometimes the game can drag on just a little bit, but that’s nothing a small break won’t fix. And with its huge replayability and pretty long main campaign (my playthrough clocking in at a little over 38 hours) I can’t help but recommend this game!

Also, can I get one round of applause for the amazing team of characters that made this all possible and saved the land?
(http://i.imgur.com/YIBpAgK.jpg)

So that puts me at 22. I honestly don’t think the pace will pick up from here again, since school, other hobbies, private life, work, etc. probably aren’t gonna slow down any time soon. But there are still a few new releases coming up I’m really looking forward to (like Life is Strange: Before the Storm and Metroid: Samus Returns), and there are still plenty of oldies I still want to beat, but we’ll see how things go.

Italics means I had already started with the game November last year or earlier
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%
Right now the list is:
So what’s next? Hmm, that’s a good one. I’m on vacation right now, so I can only play whichever DS and 3DS games I brought. The World Ends With You? Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter? Kirby Mass Attack? Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All? Continue in my second playthrough of Pokémon SoulSilver maybe? Or perhaps something from the Virtual Console. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins? Pokémon Blue Version? I don’t know, I guess I’ll just see what I feel like playing next and go from there.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kevininja on August 22, 2017, 06:18:21 pm
That's a lot of good games to choose from!

Also congrats to K3, Kabouter Plop and the rest for defeating the Dark Lord  :P I should really pick-up Miitopia as well!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 22, 2017, 09:44:08 pm
35 - Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair (PS4 2015) - ABANDONED - Hate abandoning another game, but this game is getting tedious as shit.  It's such an awful game that has potential I feel.  The dialogue is cheesy, but it's also incredibly repetitive, both for the story related bits and teammates fighting with you, so I just stop caring.  Mobility is garbage for all of the classes, except for one, so if you want to be a Ranger, you have nothing but a pointless roll and makes big maps feel boring.  The cool armored suit guys are even slower and the other class is almost exclusively a co-op related class as it's useless in singleplayer.  The amount of missions for just the normal story run are dragged out.  I think there are something like 80 missions for the main game, but you could cut that down to 50, cutting out the extra repetitive missions, and make the rest bonus missions.  It also doesn't help that unlocks for new weapons is seemingly random, so you don't get a lot of new and fun gear at all and I've mostly just used a single rocket launcher for most of the game because I grabbed it for the heck of it for like a buck as DLC.  It's way better than anything else I've earned and I'm at nearly mission 50 now.

If this game was more like...Crackdown with giant bugs, alien creatures, and robots, this would be a pretty sick series, but as it is, this is not fun anymore lol
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on August 23, 2017, 06:10:01 pm
Two games in one post! Hot dayum

Game 19 - Pikmin 3 (Wii U) - 13 Hours

+ This game was really great. It's easily my favorite game on the Wii U. It has beautiful graphics, really fun and challenging game play; it's simply a ton of fun to play. It was one of those games that was tough to put down. I liked the different Pikmin, controlling the different characters, and trying to get as much stuff done in one day as possible. I also loved the environment with you feeling like you're an ant in a small world; it's a really great aesthetic.

- The only small nitpick is that my Pikmin would get stuck in walls if I was moving in a big group. That's really the only knock on the game though.



Game 20 - Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Wii U) - 26 Hours

I counted this game as beat when I unlocked all the characters. I've already said a lot about the game in the 3DS version, so I don't want to repeat myself. It's Smash Bros. Fun to play, gets just a little repetitive after a while, especially since I already beat the 3DS version as well. I do like all the different modes that are in this game over the 3DS version, like the master orders, and smash tour (though I liked smash run more). It's definitely the definitive edition.

 Back to my list (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132293.html#msg132293)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on August 25, 2017, 10:08:07 am
Finished both Far Cry Instincts games.  Not horrible, but not great.  Need to get into Primal at some point, but I think I'm going to play Bourne Conspiracy next.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kevininja on August 26, 2017, 07:15:48 am
I'm hoping to get to 40 beaten games before September. Doing much better than last year and finally clearing the backlog a bit  :D
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on August 26, 2017, 11:01:20 am
New reviews are up. One for Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and one for Tokyo Xanadu.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on August 26, 2017, 02:58:50 pm
1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
24. Murdered : Soul Suspect
25. Donkey Kong Country 3
26. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
27. Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit
28. L.A Noire
29. Shenmue
30. Grand Theft Auto V
31. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD
32. Ms Splosion Man
33. Sleeping Dogs
34. Soulcalibur V
35. EA UFC 2
36. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
37. Virtua Fighter 5
38. Soulcalibur III
39. Kane and Lynch 2 Dog Days
40. Space Channel 5
41. Tekken 7
42. Dead or Alive 4
43. Bloody Roar : Primal Fury
44. Soulcalibur II
45. Injustice 2
46. Fallout 4
47. Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4
48. Mass Effect
49. Dragon Age Inquisition
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on August 26, 2017, 04:03:07 pm
Not doing so hot, little time for gaming and playing Mount & Blade: Warband is not helping matters.

Key: tried/hated/got rid of, unplayed, started, beaten!

1 ) Demon's Souls (PS3)
2 ) Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library & the Monster Seal (Vita)
3 ) Mario & Luigi Dream Team Bros. (3DS)
4 ) Curses 'N Chaos (PS4)
5 ) Depths of Peril (PC)
6 ) Resident Evil 4 HD (PS4)
7 ) Resident Evil 7: BioHazard (PS4)
8 ) Dark Souls II (PS4)
9 ) Resident Evil 5 HD (PS4)
10) Alienation (PS4)
11) Toukiden: Kiwami (PS4)
12) Dungeon Siege III (360)
13) Rage (360)
14) Insaniquarium! (PC)
15) Ants Warriors (Flash)
16) Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair (PS4) - Wing Diver playthrough on normal difficulty
17) Shantae: Risky's Revenge (PS4)
18] Animal (PC)
19) Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter (Xbox)
20) Rogue Warrior (360)
21) Mini Desktop Racing (Wii)
22) Myth Makers: Orbs of Doom (Wii)
23) X-Men Legends II Rise Of The Apocalypse (Xbox)
24) DuckTales Remastered (PS3)
25) Octodad: Dadliest Catch (PS4)
26) Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed (PS4)
27) Cooking Mama (Wii)
28]  Stardew Valley (PS4)
29)  Dungeons (PC)
30) Titan Quest (PC)
31) Titan Quest: Immortal Throne (PC)
32) Retro City Rampage (Vita)
33)  The Surge (PS4)
34) Wild Guns Reloaded (PS4)
35) Earth's Dawn (PS4)
36) Steamworld Heist (PS4)
37) Steamworld Dig (PS4)
38] Astebreed (PS4)
39) The Sexy Brutale (PS4)
40) Vikings: Wolves of Midgard (PS4)
41) Dragon Quest Builders (PS4)
42) 50 Cent: Bulletproof (360)
43) The Town of Light (PS4)
44) Mount & Blade: Warband (PS4) - second playthrough with a female player-character
45) Empires & Dungeons 2: The Sultanate (PC)
46) Portal Knights (PS4)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on August 31, 2017, 09:35:52 am
Well, that was quick. They had this 2+1 free deal on secondhand games at a GAME store I visited on my holiday. I got New Play Control: Pikmin to replace the copy I lost, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale because I've always wanted to try it, and Ben 10: Galactic Racing on DS because it was free anyway...

...And I already beat it. Yeah. The Grand Prix consists of 12 tracks, and once you've placed first on all of those you've got everything unlocked too! There's still achievements left to beat, but otherwise it's beaten.

So how was it? Well, I can only describe it with three words: bland, wonky, and just plain average. It's not the worst kart racer ever, but DEFINITELY not the best either.
I can forgive its really short campaign because it still has time trial mode and achievements and stuff like that. But otherwise the game is just plain. Tracks are bland and very samey. They are divided in four themes, and even those four themes don't add much. Apart from that the game is super wonky too.  You'll be bumping into walls a lot, and one unlucky break with items or powers can send you in such weird ways that you'll never catch up with the race.

To put it simply, it's not the worst kart racer ever, but it's incredibly bland. Apart from the novelty of it being Ben 10 there is absolutely no reason to play this over Mario Kart DS for example. But hey, at least it's another game I can consider beaten!

Which puts me at 23!
Italics means I had already started with the game November last year or earlier
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%

Right now the list is:

Now on to good stuff! I started up The World Ends With You and I'm really liking it so far! Definitely continuing work with that one!
Also pre-ordered Metroid: Samus Returns. Looking forward to that!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on August 31, 2017, 06:52:41 pm
1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
24. Murdered : Soul Suspect
25. Donkey Kong Country 3
26. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
27. Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit
28. L.A Noire
29. Shenmue
30. Grand Theft Auto V
31. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD
32. Ms Splosion Man
33. Sleeping Dogs
34. Soulcalibur V
35. EA UFC 2
36. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
37. Virtua Fighter 5
38. Soulcalibur III
39. Kane and Lynch 2 Dog Days
40. Space Channel 5
41. Tekken 7
42. Dead or Alive 4
43. Bloody Roar : Primal Fury
44. Soulcalibur II
45. Injustice 2
46. Fallout 4
47. Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4
48. Mass Effect
49. Dragon Age Inquisition
50. Saint's Row IV

getting really close!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 02, 2017, 10:59:59 pm
41 - Sonic Mania (Switch 2017) - BEAT - Finally beat this.  Certain levels were driving me nuts, specifically Flying Battery Zone, Oil Ocean Zone, and Titanic Monarch Zone.  Didn't even get the true ending.  Honestly, while I love nearly everything about this game, from the art, to the style, to the music, I really don't like to play Sonic games.  At least the old Genesis ones.  I find them more frustrating than fun most of the time.  Usually the game is best when you aren't at high speed, auto-running through sections of a level as there were good boss fights and I really dig the minigames.  Heck, I'd love for them to just release a game that is nothing but the Sonic minigames lol
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on September 03, 2017, 04:06:55 pm
Reposting the list since it's (just) occurred to me that the only machines I really have access to ATM are my 360, PS4 and a couple of handhelds, no point in having a list full of games to play I can't actually play ATM.

Key: tried/hated/got rid of, unplayed, started, beaten!

1 ) Hey! Pikmin (3DS)
2 ) Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library & the Monster Seal (Vita)
3 ) Mario & Luigi Dream Team Bros. (3DS)
4 ) Guacamelee! (PS4)
5 ) The Evil Within 2 (PS4)
6 ) Resident Evil 4 HD (PS4)
7 ) Resident Evil 7: BioHazard (PS4)
8 ) Dark Souls II (PS4)
9 ) Resident Evil 5 HD (PS4)
10) Alienation (PS4)
11) Toukiden: Kiwami (PS4)
12) Dungeon Siege III (360)
13) Rage (360)
14) Insaniquarium! (PC)
15) Ants Warriors (Flash)
16) Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair (PS4) - Wing Diver playthrough on normal difficulty
17) Shantae: Risky's Revenge (PS4)
18] Aegis of Earth: Protonovus Assault (PS4)
19) Kirby: Mouse Attack (DS)
20) Vagrant Story (PS1)
21) Dungeons III (PS4)
22) Abzû (PS4)
23) Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires (PS4)
24) Wonderboy: The Dragon's Trap (PS4)
25) Octodad: Dadliest Catch (PS4)
26) Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed (PS4)
27) Nights of Azure (PS4)
28]  Stardew Valley (PS4)
29)  Dungeons (PC)
30) Titan Quest (PC)
31) Resident Evil: Revelations (PS4)
32) Retro City Rampage (Vita)
33)  The Surge (PS4)
34) Vs. (PS1)
35) Earth's Dawn (PS4)
36) Steamworld Heist (PS4)
37) Steamworld Dig (PS4)
38] Astebreed (PS4)
39) The Sexy Brutale (PS4)
40) Vikings: Wolves of Midgard (PS4)
41) Dragon Quest Builders (PS4)
42) 50 Cent: Bulletproof (360)
43) The Town of Light (PS4)
44) Mount & Blade: Warband (PS4) - replay (female character)
45) Empires & Dungeons 2: The Sultanate (PC)
46) Portal Knights (PS4)
47) Homefront: The Revolution (PS4)
48] Super Dungeon Bros. (PS4)
49) Rescue Shot (PS1) - replay
50) This War of Mine: The Little Ones (PS4) - replay
51) Tokyo Jungle (PS3)
52) Splatter Master (PS2) - Easy only (have never managed to beat higher difficulties)
53) Rebuild 2 (Flash)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on September 04, 2017, 07:02:47 pm
In the middle of several games now lol, reviews up soon :p
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on September 04, 2017, 07:07:50 pm
Newest review:

57. Sonic Mania (PS4): You can tell a ton of love went into this game and was developed by huge fans of the classics from the Genesis/Sega CD era. This game is filled with references to many main and side Sonic games which have the Sega fanboy in me gushing every time one comes up. The music, levels, art, and just about everything makes this game truly feel like it was meant to come out in 1995 or 1996 as the true sequel to Sonic and Knuckles. My only gripe about this game was a few of the levels which I felt did not have a good flow to them and weren't as fun as many of the other levels. Also, in order to see the "True" ending you need to obtain every Chaos Emerald which is no small feat, in fact it is extremely difficult. A very fun game and one of the best Sonic games in years I've played. (9/4/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on September 04, 2017, 08:05:32 pm
52 games FINALLY! Hoping to beat 65 by the end of the year! =)

1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
24. Murdered : Soul Suspect
25. Donkey Kong Country 3
26. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
27. Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit
28. L.A Noire
29. Shenmue
30. Grand Theft Auto V
31. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD
32. Ms Splosion Man
33. Sleeping Dogs
34. Soulcalibur V
35. EA UFC 2
36. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
37. Virtua Fighter 5
38. Soulcalibur III
39. Kane and Lynch 2 Dog Days
40. Space Channel 5
41. Tekken 7
42. Dead or Alive 4
43. Bloody Roar : Primal Fury
44. Soulcalibur II
45. Injustice 2
46. Fallout 4
47. Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4
48. Mass Effect
49. Dragon Age Inquisition
50. Saint's Row IV
51. Bratz Rock Angelz
52. Lonely Wolf Treat
53. Payback 2015
54. A World at Peace
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on September 04, 2017, 08:30:49 pm
Quote from: chrismb on September 04, 2017, 08:05:32 pm
52 games FINALLY! Hoping to beat 65 by the end of the year! =)

Congrats! :)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on September 04, 2017, 10:02:58 pm
Quote from: telly on September 04, 2017, 08:30:49 pm
Quote from: chrismb on September 04, 2017, 08:05:32 pm
52 games FINALLY! Hoping to beat 65 by the end of the year! =)

Congrats! :)

Thanks  :D Didn't thought i'd be able to do it but I guess being homeschooled has it's perks lol
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: muntyjack on September 05, 2017, 04:59:59 am
52 no i pass, not much free time
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on September 06, 2017, 11:02:21 am
Quote from: muntyjack on September 05, 2017, 04:59:59 am
52 no i pass, not much free time

I mean, I never beat the challenge either, but it doesn't mean you can't track your games that you've beaten  ::). That's what I do the challenge for.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on September 08, 2017, 11:57:12 am
All right! The World Ends With You has been beaten! I'm a huge fan of the Nintendo DS, and this game was often hailed as one of the best games of the system, so naturally I had to play it! And I am glad I did! I wouldn't put it up there as one of the best games ever, but it was still really great no doubt (even if I sucked at it).

The story, while a tad predictable and with some pretty cliché characters here and there, was still engaging. The world was interesting and really managed to draw me into its lore. And even if the characters were cliché, they were still very likeable and did grow on me.
What makes this game stand out though is its combat. I personally found the Touch Screen-based action-centric combat system to be very refreshing and fun to use. It takes some time to properly get the timing and commands down, but once you do it's a really fun system. I personally really liked the concept of the dual screen-combat too, though it did give me some issues here and there. You have to fight with two characters simultaniously on the two screens, and I just couldn't fully get the hang of it. With weaker or small amounts of enemies it's fine, but in a large crowd of enemies of boss fights I just couldn't keep it under control. The game has plenty of options for difficulty scaling too, but it's still pretty challenging, and I definitely got my butt kicked plenty of times. I'm not ashamed to admit I beat some of the bosses on Easy mode.

But besides that I still really enjoyed the game! I wouldn't consider it one of my favourite DS games of all time, but it's definitely a game I look back on fondly and one I recommend to anyone looking for a new and unique action RPG.

So that puts me at 24!
Italics means I had already started with the game November last year or earlier
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%

Right now the list is:

So now what? Well, Metroid: Samus Returns is coming out next week, and I'm planning on getting to work on that one soon. Otherwise, I still have other titles in line I'm working on, like The Wonderful 101 and a second playthrough of Pokémon SoulSilver, so I guess I'll just see where things go from here.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on September 08, 2017, 03:59:56 pm
New reviews are on my page (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132389 .html#msg132389). Took 'em long enough!

Hyperdimension Neptunia U Action Unleashed
Norn9: Var Commons
MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on September 14, 2017, 11:58:07 pm
Game 21 - Shantae: Half Genie Hero (Wii U) - 6 Hours

+ Great game from start to finish! Awesome music, great graphics and gameplay, fun characters and good difficulty and lots of collectables and secrets to find. The boss battles were great too. It's just a solid game all around without much to complain about.

- I guess I would say that the game doesn't really try anything new, it's pretty standard fare. And I would say the final boss was a little lackluster, even though the standard boss battles were a ton of fun.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on September 15, 2017, 08:13:04 am
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on September 17, 2017, 05:30:00 am
Since I reached the maximum word limit in my previous post i'm gonna continue my reviews here =)

Previous reviews here :

Part 1 :  https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg133797.html#msg133797
Part 2 :  https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg140404.html#msg140404

44. Soulcalibur II [20/20] - Gamecube  - I finally took the time to unlock all the characters in this game, I had it since forever but never really had the time to play it. As I said already, Soulcalibur III is my favorite fighting game of all time, so I always thought about Soulcalibur II as the "demo" of Soulcalibur III in a way that it's a really good game but SCIII just took it to another level. However I still adore this game and it's definitely worth playing it since you have a few characters that are exclusive to this game (Necrid, Assassin, Charade, Berserker and the Guest characters). Also, Link is probably one of my favorite guest characters in a fighting game! He fits the game perfectly and he's definitely one of the stronger fighter! He also has a really cheap attack that can finish a fight in a few seconds (the one where you can throw your opponent out of the arena lol). Graphically it's also amazing and overall just a really good and fun fighting game. Definitely get the Gamecube version tho lol.

45. Injustice 2 [20/20] - Xbox One - Injustice 2 was a game I was extremely excited for! I've wanted to play with the first one for so long but for some reason never got it, so when I saw that the second one was coming out I ad to pre order it! I didn't regret it it at all, Injustice 2 has one of the best story mode I've seen in a fighting game. The cut scenes are amazing and it truly feels like you're watching a movie! Graphically the game is just beyond beautiful, the arena are so lively and the fighters look stunning. Speaking of the fighters, I LOVE the roster so much, I'm a big comics fan so I already liked a lot of the characters before even playing the game. I also liked that Superman wasn't the hero of the game, as I said I haven't played the first one but from my understanding he was one in it, so it was quite original seeing him as a "villain". This game also made me hate Wonder Woman so much, wanted to fucking slap that bitch lmao.

46. Fallout 4 [20/20] - Xbox One - Fallout 4 was the first Fallout game I've ever played an I absolutely LOVED it! I'm gonna start with the few negatives first. First thing is I found the game super hard, it's probably because it was my first experience with a Fallout game but after like 5-6 hours of playing I had to download some mods to make it easier for me. It's not really a negative point as in a bad point it's honestly just me being probably really bad a the game lol but I still almost gave up. Second negative, not cut scenes, I really wish they added some cut scenes, it's not really a big deal but I feel like it could've made the story telling a bit better. One of the main problem tho is the glitches, luckily I didn't have many but one time I had MacCready stuck at one place and he wouldn't follow me anymore so I had to go back to a previous save. There was also a moment when you're supposed to enter a helicopter but it I coulnd't so I had to find another way to continue the game lol. And lastly the animations are stiff as fuck lol, I did play the game in 3rd person mode and since it's supposed to be play more as an FPS that's probably why. Now the positives, first I thought the character creation was amazing! My character was probably one of my favorite I ever made tbh! Then the story, it's not linear and being able to side with different people makes the game worth playing again multiple times. I also loved the fact that you could have gay romances, as I gay man I loved to be able to romance MacCready haha! The ending or more like the reveal (don't want to spoil but y'all know what i'm talking about if you played the game ^^) really shocked the fuck out of me tbh! Overall it was just a really good experience and i'm definitely gonna play it again! I also finished the game really quickly and was surprised when I finished it because I didn't think I was even close to the end but I think the fact that I used mods kinda explain why I finished it so quickly lol.

47. Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 [17/20] - Playstation 3 - I'm a huge Harry Potter fan so that was the main reason I got this game. I never played a lego game before so I wasn't really sure how it works but I really liked how they separated everything into different levels. The game included pretty much everything from the movies while making it a lot more funnier and kid friendly (but not too kid friendly to the point where you can't enjoy it as an adult!). The fact that the characters didn't talk also made the game a lot funnier imo! Graphically it's pretty good, you can easily recognize every place from the movie (except Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom, idk what the fuck they were thinking when they made it lol ). Gameplay wise it's also pretty easy to pick up, the only thing that I disliked in the game is that a lot of times they don't really tell you what you're supposed to do which is kinda annoying.

48. Mass Effect [20/20] - Xbox 360 - I heard a lot of good things about this serie before playing it, I already owned ME2 on ps3 for some reason but I never actually played it, and since there is the complete trilogy available with EA Access I thought why not play all 3 of them. I really liked this game tbh, the story was amazing and I was totally into it. I loved the characters, especially Kaidan and Ashley (fuck that choice tho). Graphically it's alright, it definitely looks like an early 7th gen game but it still looks pretty good. Also for some reason I thought the main story would be extremely long so I didn't really do any of the side quest and I ended up finishing the game really quickly! My overall impression of the game was that it's really good but it does have some small issues gameplay wise that could be easily fixed (like that stupid car with those awful controls lol) but it's a good first game that layed solid foundations for the next games.

49. Dragon Age Inquisition [20/20] - Xbox One - This game blew my mind. It's the first Dragon Age game I've ever played and I honestly didn't expect it to be nearly as good as it is for some reason! Graphically it's just stunning, the characters truly look real and the different areas are all mind blowing! The story is also really interesting and I got attached to a lot of the characters, my inquisitor obviously but also Dorian who was my romance choice and who I found to be hilarious! The game never got boring for me, I finished it in about 60-70 hours and most of the time it felt like I only played 20 minutes even tho I was already playing it for more than 2 hours. I also like how they kinda force you to do the side quest to be able to continue the main story, my only regret is that I didn't really do any of the companion mission except Blackwall and Dorian's (I might have started or even finished Cullen's tho but i'm not sure). Gameplay wise I played with a human rogue, I did kinda regret not choosing a mage tbh but it didn't really bother me that much. Overall it's just a fantastic game that totally shocked me by how good it is!

50. Saints Row IV [20/20] - Xbox 360 - So before playing this game I heard a lot of people complaining about it because of how different it was from the original Saints Rows, so I went into the game thinking I wasn't gonna like it however it was actually a BIG surprise! I really liked the game! The main character is just so funny and overall the dialogues are just hilarious! I also liked that they brought back old Shaundi and I also loved CID a lot! For some reason tho it feels like the main character isn't the same as how he was in SR2 or 3, he's just way funnier and less "gangster", but it didn't bother me at all cause it fit the game perfectly. The story was funny, not that original but it was alright. The gameplay is super fun, it's like what Prototype 1 should've been imo. My only issue was that I felt like the developers knew no one was gonna use the cars once we unlock the sprinting power so the driving was really weird, like it was really slow and hard to control! And I personally did use them because graphically the game is beautiful and I wanted to see the city a bit more, something you can't really do if you use the powers! Overall it was a really great game, I liked it more than the third tbh, might be an unpopular opinion but I actually thought the game was really fun!

51. Bratz Rock Angelz [20/20] - PC - I'm really biased toward this game because i'm a Bratz super fan (i'm also a doll collector haha) and it's also a game from my childhood so I have good memories with it. It's definitely not a game that you should play if you don't like Bratz, it's gonna be probably really boring, but for me I thought the game did a pretty good job with being truthful to the movie and it was actually quite fun tbh. It was a bit too short tho, like around 1 hour to beat I'd say. Don't really have a lot to say about the game tbh, it's a pretty generic point and clic but I did enjoy it a lot.
 
52. Lonely Wolf Treat [12/20] - PC - So Lonely Wolf Treat is a short indie game made with rpg maker. I loved the environment of the game, I thought it was pretty cute and the art style was really fitting with the whole theme of the game. I didn't really like the main character tho, like she was supposed to be that "lonely wolf" that nobody liked because she was a wolf but I thought she was kinda being an antipathetic bitch throughout the whole game lol. Also the bunny was being extra as hell and annoyed me to no end. I did like the message of the game tho.

53. Payback 2015 [14/20] - PC - It was a fun little visual novel, but nothing more tbh. I wish there was more dialogue options and that the story would be more different based on who you picked. I played the game first with Seth Rollins and damn what an asshole they made him out be! Like it was almost too much tbh! Then I did the game again with Randy Orton and same thing he was a dick (I did end up with the good ending tho) so yeah it was kinda annoying lol.

54. A World at Peace [13/20] - PC - A really short game but I thought it was really original and almost deep in a way. The "ending" where you have to choose to either stay in the perfect world but end up "stoned" or go away was kinda metaphoric to how we humans sometime stay in situations that seem perfect but we end up being trapped in them without knowing how to get out. I wish it was a bit longer tho and also the ending was kinda brutal like no real explanation or whatever.

55. Archimoulin [18/20] - PC - So currently we only have access to a pretty short "demo" of the game but I absolutely adored it! The game is stunning, it kinda reminds me of Asterix et Obelix for some reason! I looks almost like an old school cartoon released in HD haha! The animations are fluid and the game overall looks pretty unique! The music is also really nice, definitely fits the game. I don't have that many things to say about the game except that I can't wait for the release of the full version, i'll definitely get it that's for sure!

56. Madden NFL 17 [16/20] - Xbox One - So that was my first NFL game and I have to say that i'm pretty unfamiliar with american football since i'm European. It took me quite some time to figure out the rules and then how to play lol but I did enjoy the game a lot! I'm not the biggest American football fan, I do find it a little bit boring and slow to watch however as a game it was pretty fun tbh! Ngl I think I only won like 5 games during the entire season lol, tbh it was kinda annoying how sometimes I was almost about to make a touchdown then the game starts to simulate and my team doesn't scores however the other team always scores while simulating =/. Graphically I also think it's one of the weakest compared to Fifa, NBA and NHl, especially the character creation which is imo pretty limited, but it still looks really good so it's like an issue or anything.

57. Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7 [17/20] - Playstation 3 - So I won't have a lot to ay about this game because my opinion is basically the same as it was for Lego Harry Potter Year 1-4 except that I slightly like this one better. The graphics are a little bit better and I also like that they changed some of the spells, Aquamenti was really fun tbh! I also liked that they put battles into the games, even tho they were extremely easy. The game made once again a really good job to stay true to the movies while adding a lot of humor into it! It's definitely a game to have even if you're not fan of the Lego games.

58. F1 2015 [15/20] - Xbox One - So I know absolutely nothing about Formula 1, don't really care about it irl but I like racing games so I thought i'd try this one since I'v never played a F1 game before. The first few hours of playing I legit thought I missed a button to turn or drift or do something idk because it was literally impossible for me to turn in a corner. After a few races I finally started to get the hang of the controls which are honestly pretty good, just takes some time to get used to them. This game definitely is a simulator and not an arcade game, maybe that's why it was so hard for me to play it at the beginning since this is my first time playing a racing simulator. I liked the game, but I did get a bit bored after like half of the competition, the races where very similar looking, and the only one I truly liked was I think Malaysia (the one during the night).

59. Mass Effect 2 [20/20] - Xbox 360 - Mass Effect 2 is the definition of a PERFECT sequel. This game is simply incredible. First of all it corrected every small issues that the first game had gameplay wise (like the mako) but also added some new features that made the game even better (for example being able to really sprint and not just vaguely run a little faster lol and also changing the way health works). Graphically the game is also a lot better, the first one was already stunning but the locations were a bit similar to each other. The locations in this game are way more iconic imo, I loved Omega especially the Afterlife, Illium was also STUNNING, I had to stop multiple times just to look at how beautiful everything was! I also liked the citadel a lot more in this game, it was much more alive even if it was a bit smaller. But what made this game so good is the new characters! At first I was worried about not having my previous squad mates with me especially Kaidan (who ended up being the only one with Liara who didn't join me haha) but all these new characters are just so amazing! Jacob and Miranda were ok, I didn't really care about Grunt either but Mordin (<3), Samara, Jack, Thane, EDI and Legion are all such unique characters that you just can't help but love them! The story was great but it's really getting to know each characters that makes the real story. [SPOILER ALERT] I was also able to save all my team during the suicide mission (which btw was probably one of the most iconic scene I've seen in a video game!) so I ended the game on a very high note! So yeah this game definitely won me over, I knew I was said to be a good game but definitely didn't expect it to be that amazing!

60. NBA Live 2016 [16/20] - Xbox One - First of all, I'm a big NBA fan and basketball in general so contrary to most of the other sports game I play (except skateboarding and wrestling games) I'm pretty familiar with the teams and players, so I can't tell if they fucked them up or not haha. Tbh graphically the game is really pretty, however I can't talk about Live without comparing it to 2k, in this case 2k16, and while I don't think the graphics are a lot better in 2K16, the animations are way more realistic, which makes 2k16 imo prettier to look at in general. Gameplay wise the game is good, it's pretty easy to pick up, I do have some issues with some of the camera angles tho but it's not that serious. I do think the games lacks a story mode, because the career mode is pretty boring, and I also wish they added historic/classic teams like 2K does, I love playing with past players so having none of them in the game is definitely a negative point for me. The "character creation" is also trash, you can just choose a face and that's it like I don't understand why FIFA has a bomb ass character creation mode and not Live. Overall it is a good basketball game but once you compare it to 2k you realize that it lacks a good amount of content (smart move to add the WNBA in live 18 tho, really hyped about that even tho I don't really watch WNBA).
 
61. Prototype [15/20] - Xbox 360 - I've had this game for so long and I actually started it a few years ago, but I started again this year because I remembered it being quite fun. So while I liked the game, it does have a few negatives. First of all, why is it so dated? It's not ugly, but it's FAR from being graphically impressive for a game that came out in 2009, same year when Uncharted 2 came out. It does have a lot of people running around the streets tho which is a plus, however the city is SO boring, everything looks the same and there no colors at all. The gameplay is really fun tho, all the different attacks and just running on the buildings really makes you feel like a super hero. I hate the fighting system in the game tho, a lot of time I missed the ennemie because the camera randomly locked someone else instead, it may be just me not being good at the game tho. The story is also extremely uninteresting, but I don't think they were going for a deep ass story anyway. I do want to play the sequel tho because it does look way better and the graphics were my main issue with this game in the first place.

62. WWE 2K16 [16/20] - Xbox One -   I'm a big wrestling fan and used to play with the old WWE games on ps2 with my friend a long time ago and I remembered them being super fun, however this is the first WWE game I've played since. The roster is good, the mains are here, however a lot of them look awful tbh. This is the game's main issue, the graphics, which are SO dated tbh. It's not ugly, but for a game that came out in 2015 it's definitely not that great, especially when you compare it to NBA 2K16. Other than that the game is pretty good, there's a lot of game modes and the gameplay is great (even tho the blocking is awfully hard to master imo!).

Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on September 17, 2017, 07:13:20 pm
Just updated my list on p29 and, to my surprise, I'm at 22/52. A lot better than anticipated! If I can knock down some more in-progress games then I may have a chance with some last-minute action games. Just beat Homefront: The Revolution on PS4, contrary to what reviews seem to be suggesting it wasn't a bad example of open-world shooter and I haven't been urinating blood as a side-effect of having played it.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on September 18, 2017, 12:34:00 pm
My wife's been knocking out games like crazy as of late.  She's at 35 games beat now.

I'm trying to get back into it.  Sitting at 71 games beat right now.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on September 18, 2017, 04:37:57 pm
Part 3 of my 52 games challenge:

58. Gunstar Heroes (Genesis): I had pretty high expectations for this game because for one it was developed by Treasure, which in my book is one of the most underrated developers in video game history, and also because this is often one of those must have Genesis titles that people bring up when discussing the very best games on the Genesis. I do not deny that this game is fun, but I will say that my expectations were not met due to some frustrating gameplay mechanics. Specially I was not a fan of certain weapon combos or single weapons being very ineffective for dealing with certain bosses or part during the stage. Over dependence on power-ups is a bit of a pet peeve of mine in games, and this game really was no different. I also thought the placement of checkpoints in stages was poorly implemented as well. in all though, the game looks and sounds great, and if not for the mechanics mentioned earlier I would have enjoyed this game a lot more than I did. (9/18/17)

59. Border Down (Dreamcast): Occasionally I'll revisit a game that I feel like maybe I didn't give enough of a shot, and Border Down happens to be a title that I'd place in this category. I reviewed it last year and remember being fairly unimpressed with it despite good graphics and an excellent soundtrack. My main gripe was the very limited amount of continues as well as having to repeat parts of stages which is made slightly less annoying by the fact that they are slightly different depending on whether you are playing as your green, yellow or red ship. What made me change my mind is sticking with this game rather than giving up so quickly due to its punishing difficulty, and while it is still one of the hardest shooters I've ever played, it started growing on me the more I played. I'd even go as far as to place it somewhere in the middle of my top 25-SHMUPs of all time. (9/18/17)

60. Karous (Wii): I believe that the people who designed this game were going for a sort of minimalistic art style, it just looked lazy and uninteresting. The music was a sort of generic drum and bass as well that just sort of went in one ear and out the other. But like all STGs the true value is in its gameplay which would be hard to consider being even average at best. I found this one about as generic as they come, not doing anything great, but not doing anything really bad either. It was entirely meh. (9/18/17)

61. Last Hope: Pink Bullets (Dreamcast): If R-Type and Metal Black had a baby it would be Last Hope: Pink Bullets. In some ways I thought it was as good as R-Type, and definitely better than Metal Black (at least from what I remember), however it had many of the flaws of both games, especially R-Type. The game gets super frustrating later on around stage 4 and I ended up rage quitting due to some poor design choices in this stage. Other than that the art style is pretty cool and unique, although certain stage hazards blend in with the backgrounds a little too well. Music is above average as well. I'd say this one is decent, but nothing special. (9/19/17)

62. Star Wars Battlefront II - Beta (PC): A couple years ago when EA opened up the original Battlefront Beta I played it for hours and hours despite my frustration that it was an online multiplayer shooter. I tried so hard to get into it and like it and despite it being Star Wars and despite it looking and sounding incredible, I just could not get into it or enjoy it. And now here I am with its sequel and I am left feeling the exact same way despite trying so hard to convince myself I liked this game. Aside from the online multiplayer focus which really kills this game more than anything, being killed from across the map every 10-seconds and having people who don't know what teamwork means also plays a huge role in my dislike for this game. The only chance I may someday pick this game back up is if the single player is praised upon release and if it is at least somewhat robust (5+ hours would be nice). Even if it is I don't think I will pick this up until it is around $20 or less. (10/8/17)

63. ESPgaluda (Arcade): As the sequel to ESP.Ra.De this game does certain things better, but other things not nearly as well. It's biggest strength is its soundtrack which is really catchy. However, it almost feels like your standard fare Cave SHMUP which is now bordering generic. Everything considered, ESP.Ra.De proves to edge out its sequel, however ESPgaluda is not a bad game, just a bit underwhelming at times. (10/8/17)

64. Ibara (Arcade): You can tell that Cave tried really hard to make this as good as the games it was inspired by, Battle Garegga and Battle Bakraid, but sadly what got in the way of this was, well... Cave. This game at times does feel like a really cool sequel to Garegga or Bakraid in that the projectiles and challenge is balanced, however it is quickly ruined by moments that come across as just cheap, and this is no more true than with most of the games bosses. During most of the boss encounters the game turns from being a fun tribute to Battle Garegga to a game trying to be Garegga and Dodonpachi at the same time which does not work at all. What this all results in is a game that is really fun for a little bit until it's not, and then you realize how Cave was unable to escape itself when trying to make a game that is not like anything they typically produce. (10/11/17)

65. Zero Gunner 2 (Dreamcast): This game had most of the boxes checked for being an excellent shooter and maybe even a top 10 Dreamcast game for me, however this was all spoiled by lousy controls, specifically changing the direction of your ships fire. This mechanism was so awkward and non-intuitive that it was responsible for probably 75% of my deaths while playing. It creates an artificial difficulty that really drags this game down from what is otherwise a very fun and entertaining game. Funny enough, I still had more fun with this game despite these terrible controls I still enjoyed this game more than half the shooters I've played. (10/12/17)

66. Dodonpachi Resurrection (360): Admittedly I am not a huge Cave fan, but there are several titles of there's that I really enjoy. This game, depending on what mode you're playing, can be very fun and enjoyable. Despite what mode you are playing the graphics are top notch despite some slight frame rate dips and the controls are buttery smooth and precise. This game does have a tendency of being imbalanced at times, especially in the arranged modes, but at least in the Novice mode I found it to be mostly balanced with the exceptions of a few parts. Not the best Dodonpachi game I've played, but definitely worth checking out. (10/15/17)

67. Raiden Fighters Jet (360): The Raiden Fighters series is one of my favorite shooter series overall, mostly due to its excellent graphics and equally great gameplay. However, this Raiden Fighters Jet is for me the weakest of the bunch due to it feeling more like a boss rush of easy, easily destroyed bosses rather than a full game like the other two. It just lacks the identity and charm of the other two Raiden Fighters games which results in this one being on the boring, forgettable side. Still, a good shooter overall. (10/15/17)

68. Fire Emblem Warriors (Switch): I was playing this game with my girlfriend, who is a huge Fire Emblem fan, via coop and while it was fun for about an hour, this game got more and more tedious, boring and monotonous the longer I played; you literally fight thousands of the exact same looking enemies, over, and over, and over, and over again. The games appeal is almost exclusively on fan service alone, which me never having played a Fire Emblem game I found it hard to get into. Overall, this game is for the very biggest of fans of the series, while the rest of us will find this game a grind and not worth the price. (10/23/17)

69. Tekken (PS1): It is impossible for me not to directly compare Tekken to Virtua Fighter when playing either game. Both games seem to have very similar gameplay, albeit Tekken seems a little more realistic in terms of the physics and timing on fight mechanics, however both seem to have many of the same frustrating gameplay quarks that make me curse why I am so drawn to early 3D games of the 90s. In the music and background graphics department Virtua Fighter is easily better, however I don't seem to have a preference in terms of the character graphics; neither aged that well, but I still have a soft spot for them personally. Not a bad game, but Tekken certainly didn't hit its stride until 3 and Tag Tournament. (10/30/17)

70. Raiden 2 (PS1): To my surprise I essentially reviewed this game already before I even played it; this game is more or less Raiden DX but with less polish and fewer levels. I pretty much feel the exact same way about this game as I do Raiden DX and I will leave it at that. (11/1/17)

71. Skullgirls 2nd Encore (PS4): While the art style of this game is a mixed bag for me, particularly the character art, everything else in this game is top notch. I particularly loved the gameplay which felt very similar to Marvel vs. Capcom 2 which is one of my favorite fighting games of all time. The soundtrack is also excellent as well. Definitely will be sinking more time into this game in the future. (11/5/17)

72. Xevious 3D/G+ (PS1): When I played Strikers 1945 it was hard to imagine that I'd find a shooter that I disliked just as much, but sure enough here I am reviewing a SHMUP that is almost as bad. First off, Xevious 3D/G+ is a gross, bland looking game with grey enemies, grey backgrounds with one or two other colors mixed in, and attack effects are about as bland as they come. The way this game looks reminds me a little of Hard Drivin, but even that game has this one beat in the looks department. The music has a few decent tunes, but the terrible sound Fx and occasional shrill tracks makes the soundtrack poor overall. And then the gameplay, the hallmark of a good or bad SHMUP; yep, it's terrible, particularly the multi-level shooting mechanic, the ultra fast projectiles of certain enemies, and poor level and boss design. And I am not even going to talk about the various older releases of Xevious that come bundled with this game; if I did this might got down as the worst game I've played all year...oh too late! (11/5/17)

73. Super Mario Odyssey (Switch): There is no denying this game is fun and very well made, in fact I'd go as far as to say it is one of the best Mario games ever made, however for whatever reason I was not feeling this game as much as I thought I would. The game was beautiful, the controls were super smooth and accurate, there was a lot of funny writing, and overall the game was incredibly creative. Also, this game is the closest to a Super Mario 64 sequel we will ever get and without spoiling anything anything it essentially is the sequel. But still, it just did not do it for me like Super Mario 64 and lacked some essential ingredient that its predecessor had. I really wish I could put my finger on it because I want to love this game way more than I did. Despite this void that was never filled while playing Mario Odyssey, I did really enjoy the game for what it was despite some recycled gameplay throughout, specifically a few bosses which were just lame. Definitely a game I will probably go back and play some more in order to discover all the Moons, of which I read are around 900. Seeing that I have just over 200 I have a long, long way to go. (11/8/17)

74. Thunder Force VI (PS2): There is no denying that this is by far the easiest game in the Thunder Force series as well as possibly the most imbalanced one, with it heavily favoring the player over the enemy ships and bosses. However, this combination of great music, cool bosses, unique levels, and fun gameplay make for a cool, albeit shallow shmup experience. This game is just plain fun even if it is a bit more on the casual side in more ways than one. (12/19/17)

75. Time Crisis (PS1): My first exposure to the Time Crisis series was Time Crisis 2 in the arcade so playing the original was a first for me. While I do not have the arcade version to compare it too, the PS1 version is a mixed bag, but mostly below average. I liked how in Time Crisis 2 there was a very brief flash on the screen before your character was about to get hit when not taking cover, but with this game it just seems random most of the time as to when you'll get hit when not behind cover. Another thing I found super frustrating was the accuracy of the Guncon on my CRT; I used two different guns with little difference, so unless my CRT is jacked in some way, the guncon's accuracy was questionable at times. Overall, I'd recommend just playing the PS2 time crisis games, although I still have never played Project Titan, so maybe that will be better. (12/21/17)

76. Time Crisis: Project Titan (PS1): This game definitely was easier then the first Time Crisis, but also added some interesting gameplay mechanics like being able to change your perspective during boss battles, which is required in order to beat them. For better or worse this game is also longer then the first Time Crisis, adding an extra stage to each level and also adding an additional level to make it four levels total. Despite all this I felt more bored with this one then the first game. This might sound odd, but I actually prefer the more blocky graphics in the first game even though they had been "improved" quite a bit in this version. (12/23/17)

77. Batman Forever: The Arcade Game (PS1): Due to this game being a title I have really wanted for many years now, but could never find, and also it's a game about a superhero, I will sum this game up by saying never meet your heroes. This is the worst beat em' up I am ever played by far. It does have some redeemable qualities such as cool mid-90s arcade graphics with 3D and 2D assets mixed together, and the overall feel of this game matches the movie and time period that it came from very well. The music is okay as well. That is all the good things I have to say about this game; the gameplay, if it can even be called that, is absolute, unresponsive garbage with some of the most poorly implemented controls and game mechanics I've ever seen in a game. I know beat em' ups are not best game ever material, but this game is about as far from it as you can get. The fact this game is worth over $100 is offensive to me. (12/30/17)

78. Layer Section (Saturn): Wow...I did not expect to like this game as much as I did! Having played both Raystorm and Raycrisis which were both sequels to this game, I figured I'd like it about the same as these, which was well enough, but there were so many other shooters out there I've played that are better. Not Layer Section; the only SHMUP I can say I enjoyed more from start to finish is Radiant Silvergun, which is no small feat seeing how I found Layer Section slightly better than games like Dodonpachi, Battle Garegga and Soukyogurentai, which are some of the absolute best shooters I've ever played. The graphics, level design, enemies, bosses and mini bosses; the soundtrack, the very fun gameplay and scoring, all of it was near perfect in my book. Beating this game made me feel a sense of satisfaction I rarely have after beating a game. An amazing game to end an otherwise amazing year of playing games! (12/31/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on September 18, 2017, 04:58:29 pm
While it's a bit late at this point, I have decided for next year I am going to implement a few new elements to my reviews. For one I am going to borrow something that a few people on here have already been doing which is color code each game as either Finished, Abandoned, In Progress or Unbeatable.

In addition to this I am going to implement a scoring system that I've actually been using to rank my favorite SHMUPs this year. The system is as follows:

0: Abysmal
1: Terrible with barely any redeemable qualities
2: Very bad, but with some decent qualities
3: Not that great, but decent in some ways
4: Below Average
5: Average
6: Above Average
7: Mostly good, with a few minor, but noticeable flaws
8: Very Good with only a few small flaws
9: Outstanding, with barely any flaws
10: Perfect

Presentation: ship and enemy graphics and design, background and environments, art
Sound: Sound FX, Music
Gameplay: Mechanics, Scoring, Leveling, game design, controls
Fun: Enjoyability (scored out of 20-points)
Overall: Aggregate Score of presentation, sound, gameplay and fun (x/50)

This way I can actually start to rank games I've played and compile a more quantitative list of my top games. Needless to say my reviews for each game are going to be heftier than they were this year.

Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on September 20, 2017, 04:17:35 pm
And Metroid: Samus Returns has been beaten! While I've played multiple titles in the Metroid series before, I've never actually beaten one until now. But I am so glad I decided to get this game, I really enjoyed it! It was challenging, but never in a way that felt unfair. It's really a game and world that sucked me in as I explorered the inner depths of SR388. Controls are borderline perfect, the challenge is on-point, and the mostly optional Aeion powers remove any frustration you may get. If you've never played a 2D Metroid game before I cannot recommend this game more. It's a perfect entry point to the series. And if you have played and liked the previous 2D Metroids, let's be real here, you probably already have it.

So that puts me at 25. Obviously not going to make the 52-mark, but hey, 25 is not bad, right?

Italics means I had already started with the game November last year or earlier
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%


So what now? I'm planning on continuing Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All. I'm also into Life is Strange: Before the Storm, but I'm waiting on the next episode for that. Also, I've told myself I want to 100% my favourite game ever. Only problem, that's Super Smash Bros. for Wii U....Send help.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 20, 2017, 08:16:27 pm
10 - Horizon (PS4 2017) - 36 HOURS BEAT - Finally got back to beating this game, I only played it for a few hours back when it launched because BOTW was coming out and I didn't want to burn out on open world action games before that.  Overall, this is a pretty good game.  It didn't wow me like it did for some others, I think mostly because I played Rise of the Tomb Raider at the beginning of the year and this game is just Tomb Raider on a Far Cry map.  Might be abit too reductive, but I feel that this games saving grace is the graphics and its setting with the awesome robot creatures and how the gameplay has to revolve around them.  They are always a challenge, no matter how leveled you get and I barely fought the hardest ones more than a couple times.

A few things of the game didn't hook me, like how everyone sounds like perfect modern people, despite centuries of time in the wild, and how I cared very little about the world as it is.  None of the characters felt very interesting beyond Aloy (even she felt abit basic) and like two others, and really, I only cared about the game when it was dealing with the past and unraveling the mystery, meaning I got real bored by most of the side quests involving helping people.  I did like that it wasn't overloading me with quests and collectibles, but collectibles end up being pretty meaningless to me when it turns out that they don't actually get you anything good.  You just get more mods and honestly, they didn't need the mod system.  It felt real unnecessary and usually was really incremental, so there was never a point that it felt like the improvements mattered too often outside of maybe pumping up the stealth armor as high as possible.

Great game still as I did overall enjoy my time.  Definitely a must get for the PS4.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 20, 2017, 10:57:34 pm
45 - Strike Vector EX (PS4 2016) - BEAT - Thanks to PS+, I get to play some stuff I otherwise normally wouldn't.  I figured I'd try something quick and small after Horizon Zero Dawn and I got that.  The campaign is pretty short, hour or 2 at most, and it's okay.  The art for the radio dialogue and cutscenes are good and has some good music, but that's about it.  I personally found the gameplay kinda one note and the campaigns story is pretty awful.  The main character Marv is a charisma vacuum and the story has him switching sides like a half dozen times, with some pretty cliched moments.  The voice acting for him combined with this story that is full of holes in it just makes for kind of a silly time.  It's never "so bad its good", it's too serious and boring for that, but I kinda just kept laughing at every nonsense plot point.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on September 21, 2017, 03:12:38 pm
And Melody's Escape has been completed! I realised I only had the Synesthesia achievement left to get (which means getting a perfect score on the hardest difficulty on ten songs), so I went for it! And I did it! And that without cheating with easy mp3 files too!

For those of you who don't know it, Melody's Escape is a rhythm game available on Steam. The idea it makes levels based on your own songs, and it actually works too! 9 out of 10 times the generated levels work perfectly with your song, and it's really addicting! If you like rhythm games I can very highly recommend this one!

Hello number 26! Technically halfway there. Am I still gonna make it?....No, of course not. But we'll see how far I can still get :p

Italics means I had already started with the game November last year or earlier
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%


Now I think I'm going to try and continue with Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All again. Also Super Smash Bros. for Wii U....seriously, send help.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on September 22, 2017, 08:16:34 am
Two new reviews are up: Mega Man 8 (Saturn version) and Arc Rise Fantasia.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 23, 2017, 07:28:31 pm
43 - The Evil Within (PC 2014) - 14 HOURS BEAT - Heard bad things about this game around when it came out and not sure why it gets such a bad wrap.  It's certainly not a bad game, but it does have issues and I'm playing the version that allowed for removing the absurd letterboxing the game had.  As a survival horror game, it works reasonably well, it's essentially Resident Evil 4 with some general differences meant to weaken your character over being an action hero like Leon.  The story and setting is mostly good, but they failed in what I felt was a lot of the in between stuff and Sebastian is terrible as the main guy.  He's basically just a long for the ride and rarely seems bothered by what is going on.  They try to reveal his backstory throughout the game, but it seems like it was only done to give him character, because otherwise he is just generic grizzled detective.  Once in awhile he makes a quip, which seems out of place with the game and how serious it is.  This isn't Resident Evil, a series known for being goofy, so in this game, it feels out of place.  Sebastian should basically be losing his mind, like Isaac in Dead Space, but he's basically just going with the motions.  Really ruins the story I feel, especially towards the end of the game and how it feels like he hasn't actually pieced any of the plot together.

My biggest gripe is the combat.  Pretty much all regular enemies have grabs and it can be annoying to disrupt them as their grab has priority over anything you got going on.  Worse than that, many enemies and bosses and levels in general have instant deaths.  I died through so much trial and error because Sebastian doesn't move great and even when figuring out what to dodge, it can be annoying to actually do so.  The game said I died 60 times and almost all of that are from cheap instant deaths.  They aren't fun in this game and were driving me nuts.  I know Resident Evil 4 had some of that too, but it never bothered nearly as much as this game.

Overall, I thought it was a very reasonable survival horror game with a good number of flaws.  It has me interested in the sequel though.  If they can make Sebastian better, get him more engaged with the story, and improve the action, that could be a pretty great game.

*EDIT*
Just realized I'm 6 games out from matching last years list and with 3 left to play on the list this year, and 3 more I am guaranteed to play, I should make at least 40 beat this year as I don't count the endless/multiplayer only games to my completion score.  Pretty good I'd say.  Won't make 52 games beat, but should make 52 games played at least, which I didn't make last year either.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 27, 2017, 10:55:06 pm
46 - DmC: Devil May Cry - (PC 2013) - 7 HOURS BEAT - Realized I accidentally ended up playing through Evil Within and this close together, both games that rubbed fans wrong at the time, but where Evil Within was fine, though abit problematic in some areas, DmC is a pretty fun game.  I'm also not a classic DMC fan, I've barely played them and only just got a basic idea of the games and Dante just from being active in the game community over the years, so I'm looking at this as mostly it's own game.  Being it's own game, it's a pretty good time.  Slick style, good action, badass rocking soundtrack while battling, and some good boss fights.  My only real gripe is that Dante in this feels very one note.  There's no highs or lows for him, which makes him feel kinda boring.  Yeah he's a smartass and he makes puns against bosses, but he doesn't do anymore than that even when things get serious.  Maybe once he actually gets aggressive.  Kat is a great character though, easily the best in the game.  Oh and Dante's Devil Trigger is way more badass looking in the other games as in this one, he just gets abit glowy and has white hair, instead of turning into some sleek devil beast.

Would recommend the game though.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on September 28, 2017, 01:08:39 pm
Beat story mode in Marvel Vs. Capcom Infinite.  Played through Arcade just to see if they had arcade style endings or anything (Nope.)

Picross S just came out for Switch, already bought it and have it downloading to my Switch for when I get home from work.  Gonna play the crap outta that while I listen to whatever my wife is watching on Netflix.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on September 29, 2017, 07:13:28 pm
A review is up for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure All Star Battle.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: Cartagia on September 30, 2017, 09:03:32 am
I will not be reaching 52 games this year, primarily because I decided to play 3-4 different massive open-world games which took way too long each time.  But I'm trying to fit in some smaller stuff here at the end of the year, so maybe I can bust 25?

1. Super Mario 3D World
2. Dark Souls III
3. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
4. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
6. Dr. Mario
7. Nioh
8. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition
9. Wolfenstein: The New Order
10. Darksiders: Warmastered Edition
11. Tales from the Borderlands
12. Bloodborne (Childhood's Beginning)
13. Bloodborne (Yharnam Sunrise)
14. Fallout 4
15. Rocket League
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on September 30, 2017, 06:30:17 pm
...So I just realised I beat the story mode in Rivals of Aether back on the 6th of July and I never posted about it in here...Oops. Well, then let's just put it where it should go in the list and go from there I guess.

So what do I think of Rivals of Aether? I really enjoy it! I'm a HUGE sucker for anything Smash Bros. (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is easily my favourite game ever), and this game does not disappoint. The characters are all very varied with some very cool and unique abilities, and the gameplay is super solid. Controls are fluent and feel great, and some of its unique mechanics allow it to stand on its own from Smash as a similair, but very unique and fun experience. I highly recommend it to anyone who's a fan of Smash or fun party fighters in general!

So that puts me at 27 total. I'll just put it where it's supposed to go chronologically.

Italics means I had already started with the game November last year or earlier
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%

So what now? I know I said Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All, but I don't see that happening anytime soon. I did start with Nintendo Presents: New Style Boutique, but while I enjoy it, I'm not going to actively try and beat that one. It'll happen when it happens. Otherwise I did start World of Goo, but honestly, at this point I'm just hopping between games and I'll beat something when I beat it. I know that's the exact opposite of what this challenge is meant for, but hey, sometimes I just enjoy casual game hopping without beating it. And a little progress on games is still progress, right? I know this challenge is meant to work through that backlog, but I'm not going to force myself to beat stuff. It'll happen when it happens for now. Maybe I'll get more into it later, but for now I'm on active beating-break.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 02, 2017, 08:20:50 pm
47 - Cuphead (PC 2017) - 8 HOURS BEAT - This was definitely one of the harder games I played this year just due to the pure challenge of it.  It's a bluntly challenging game that does not go very easy on people, though I never played the easy mode, but it wasn't often that it was unfair, simply a mistake I made, even if there were a few points where I think the hitboxes were off (The final two fights have some of this).  Also I question the parry move at times, but that could've been simply player error.

The only thing I wish the game had more of, were the side-scrolling platformer levels.  There's only 6 and while the game was made to be a boss rush, the platformer levels were a nice side adventure after a really hard fight or when I needed a break from one.  The bosses are all pretty great and there's a lot of them too.  The game has essentially 19, and one towards the end is basically 10 minibosses in one (Though if you do well, you only have to fight 4).  All are very unique and memorable with their own gimmicks.  Nothing is repeated or re-used in this, it's impressive and all the art is great along with jazzy band music.

Grab this if you want a pretty challenging, Contra-esque, shoot'em up.  Can't wait to see Awesome Games Done Quick come the New Year so I can watch some sick speedrun.  I took 8 hours, but there were a couple bosses I spent at least a half to an hour on just to beat them.  I imagine a pro speedrunner gets it down to like an hour or something lol
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 02, 2017, 10:46:00 pm
Quote from: kamikazekeeg on October 02, 2017, 08:20:50 pm
47 - Cuphead (PC 2017) - 8 HOURS BEAT - This was definitely one of the harder games I played this year just due to the pure challenge of it.  It's a bluntly challenging game that does not go very easy on people, though I never played the easy mode, but it wasn't often that it was unfair, simply a mistake I made, even if there were a few points where I think the hitboxes were off (The final two fights have some of this).  Also I question the parry move at times, but that could've been simply player error.

The only thing I wish the game had more of, were the side-scrolling platformer levels.  There's only 6 and while the game was made to be a boss rush, the platformer levels were a nice side adventure after a really hard fight or when I needed a break from one.  The bosses are all pretty great and there's a lot of them too.  The game has essentially 19, and one towards the end is basically 10 minibosses in one (Though if you do well, you only have to fight 4).  All are very unique and memorable with their own gimmicks.  Nothing is repeated or re-used in this, it's impressive and all the art is great along with jazzy band music.

Grab this if you want a pretty challenging, Contra-esque, shoot'em up.  Can't wait to see Awesome Games Done Quick come the New Year so I can watch some sick speedrun.  I took 8 hours, but there were a couple bosses I spent at least a half to an hour on just to beat them.  I imagine a pro speedrunner gets it down to like an hour or something lol

I had no idea this was on PC; totally thought it was an XBONE exclusive. Definitely plan on buying this soon since I've been dying to play it since they announced it.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 02, 2017, 10:48:27 pm
Quote from: bikingjahuty on October 02, 2017, 10:46:00 pm
I had no idea this was on PC; totally thought it was an XBONE exclusive. Definitely plan on buying this soon since I've been dying to play it since they announced it.

I knew it was on PC, but thought it was gonna be Windows Store only and I'm not really interested in that, but thankfully it's on Steam and it's on GOG.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: turf on October 03, 2017, 09:22:31 am
Quote from: kamikazekeeg on October 02, 2017, 10:48:27 pm
Quote from: bikingjahuty on October 02, 2017, 10:46:00 pm
I had no idea this was on PC; totally thought it was an XBONE exclusive. Definitely plan on buying this soon since I've been dying to play it since they announced it.

I knew it was on PC, but thought it was gonna be Windows Store only and I'm not really interested in that, but thankfully it's on Steam and it's on GOG.

Wait.  It's on Steam?  Now I have to get it... when there's a Steam Sale!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: azure on October 03, 2017, 12:33:22 pm
Quote from: turf on October 03, 2017, 09:22:31 am
Quote from: kamikazekeeg on October 02, 2017, 10:48:27 pm
Quote from: bikingjahuty on October 02, 2017, 10:46:00 pm
I had no idea this was on PC; totally thought it was an XBONE exclusive. Definitely plan on buying this soon since I've been dying to play it since they announced it.

I knew it was on PC, but thought it was gonna be Windows Store only and I'm not really interested in that, but thankfully it's on Steam and it's on GOG.

Wait.  It's on Steam?  Now I have to get it... when there's a Steam Sale!
Be a man and buy it full price, the devs deserve it  :P
Seriously though, I've been following the development of Cuphead since it was announced all those years ago. They really put their hearts into that game. I was going to get an Xbone myself until they announced it was going to be on Steam.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 04, 2017, 01:49:31 am
48 - Sonic Generations (PC 2011) - 4 HOURS BEAT - I brought it up with Mania, but I've never been a huge fan of Sonic gameplay wise, more aesthetically than anything, and that includes the Genesis games.  Too much auto-running going on most of the time, which is why I usually prefer Mario games.  My preference for Sonic is actually the now canceled Sonic comics lol Generally though, I'm more inclined to enjoy the 3D games because I can actually see what is coming up, though I think the 2D Sonic gameplay is improved here with a farther out camera, which I would say is better than Mania in that regard. 

I was pretty sure I never actually beat this game, so I figured I'd burn through the levels pretty quick and overall it was alright.  I actually think my opinion on it has lessened, though that might just be due to that terrible final boss fight.  That was awful and boring.  Otherwise, the game was okay.  I'm still actually more inclined to play this one more than I would Mania lol Hopefully Sonic Forces is fun, it seems like it's taking what worked with Sonic Generations and just doing more original stuff which is great.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 05, 2017, 12:02:58 am
49 - Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite (PS4 2017) - BEAT - Had more written, but it was too much of a rant and how bad Capcom is at making fighting games now.  SF5 was bad and MVCI is basically as bad, though it's far more functional.  On the plus side, the gameplay is a ton of fun.  I'm not a MVC player at all, this is really my first one, but the two characters is way more manageable, and generally I like playing.  Story mode had potential, but of course, it's bad.  No Arcade bonus for beating it either, like having some cool little story moment.  That's lame.  They don't even offer interesting story bonuses for beating the game, like having the black suit version of Spiderman or the corrupted Thor usable, you just unlock stages that were only hidden for story reasons.  At least in comparison, MVCI is a more put together game than SF5, but I don't think Capcom learned very much from SF5 other than "Hey, don't release a broken game".
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on October 05, 2017, 08:39:33 am
Quote from: kamikazekeeg on October 05, 2017, 12:02:58 am
49 - Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite (PS4 2017) - BEAT - Had more written, but it was too much of a rant and how bad Capcom is at making fighting games now.  SF5 was bad and MVCI is basically as bad, though it's far more functional.  On the plus side, the gameplay is a ton of fun.  I'm not a MVC player at all, this is really my first one, but the two characters is way more manageable, and generally I like playing.  Story mode had potential, but of course, it's bad.  No Arcade bonus for beating it either, like having some cool little story moment.  That's lame.  They don't even offer interesting story bonuses for beating the game, like having the black suit version of Spiderman or the corrupted Thor usable, you just unlock stages that were only hidden for story reasons.  At least in comparison, MVCI is a more put together game than SF5, but I don't think Capcom learned very much from SF5 other than "Hey, don't release a broken game".
Many agreements.

I went through Arcade mode once just to see if there were personalized "endings" for the characters.  Nope, you just unlock an outfit (which is something... I guess).
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 05, 2017, 10:28:08 am
Quote from: kamikazekeeg on October 05, 2017, 12:02:58 am
49 - Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite (PS4 2017) - BEAT - Had more written, but it was too much of a rant and how bad Capcom is at making fighting games now.  SF5 was bad and MVCI is basically as bad, though it's far more functional.  On the plus side, the gameplay is a ton of fun.  I'm not a MVC player at all, this is really my first one, but the two characters is way more manageable, and generally I like playing.  Story mode had potential, but of course, it's bad.  No Arcade bonus for beating it either, like having some cool little story moment.  That's lame.  They don't even offer interesting story bonuses for beating the game, like having the black suit version of Spiderman or the corrupted Thor usable, you just unlock stages that were only hidden for story reasons.  At least in comparison, MVCI is a more put together game than SF5, but I don't think Capcom learned very much from SF5 other than "Hey, don't release a broken game".


I through Street Fighter V was a solid game, however I was not happy with the lack of content at launch and how it has been trickling out so slowly that I barely have the energy to play in order to continue playing. We all know that in a year or two once they stop making the new content, we'll get the inevitable "Super"or "Ultra" edition that Capcom is infamous for. I imagine that MvCI will get the same treatment in a few years from now.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: turf on October 05, 2017, 11:33:23 am
Quote from: bikingjahuty on October 05, 2017, 10:28:08 am
We all know that in a year or two once they stop making the new content, we'll get the inevitable "Super"or "Ultra" edition that Capcom is infamous for. I imagine that MvCI will get the same treatment in a few years from now.

And that's why we wait.  I love game of the year editions.  I don't care if I'm late to the party. 
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on October 05, 2017, 08:20:25 pm
...Well I wasn't expecting to add this game to the list, but it just happened. I just played through Bayonetta 2 again...in two days. I was on an Infinite Climax playthrough, but that was so brutal I gave up and started playing the game on just hard again. This is still one of my favourite games of all time, and it's been a long time since I played it. Plus, it's a pretty short game and this was the first time I actively played with Jeanne (beat the whole game with her), so I guess I got through quickly.

I've said it before, but this is one of my favourite games of all time. I swear, if you like action games, you NEED to try this game. Don't have a Wii U? Get the original then. I don't care where you get it, but get it! You owe it to yourself to try the Bayonetta franchise. It's the peak of the hack-n-slash genre, and easily one of my favourite series out there.

Italics means I had already started with the game November last year or earlier
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 07, 2017, 12:04:25 am
50 - A Hat In Time - (PC 2017) - PLAYING - Been waiting on this game for a long time and now that's it out, I'm very happy with it.  It just oozes with silly charm.  I think what it does better than Yooka-Laylee is that while it's a throwback to old Mario 64 and Rare games of that era, it does a lot that is new and feels fresh and fun.  It is a relatively small game, with 4 levels and a final boss, but each level is entirely unique and introduces new characters and ideas.  It's also got a fantastic soundtrack, stuff you'd expect for this, especially with guest music from Grant Kirkhope, but the boss fights have some great rockin' metal tunes out of nowhere.  I'm not even fully finished with the game, I'm like 80% complete, so I'm definitely going to keep playing.  This game is just a good time.  It makes me feel good to play.  I'm really glad I backed this on Kickstarter and I'm gonna go buy the soundtrack.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: Cartagia on October 08, 2017, 10:10:23 am
1. Super Mario 3D World
2. Dark Souls III
3. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
4. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
6. Dr. Mario
7. Nioh
8. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition
9. Wolfenstein: The New Order
10. Darksiders: Warmastered Edition
11. Tales from the Borderlands
12. Bloodborne (Childhood's Beginning)
13. Bloodborne (Yharnam Sunrise)
14. Fallout 4
15. Rocket League
16. Day of the Tentacle Remastered
17. Mega Man X
18. Lords of the Fallen
19. Resident Evil 4

If I keep it up with the smaller games I may actually reach the halfway point!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: NickAwesome on October 08, 2017, 01:17:34 pm
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- few hours in, game is pretty dull, probably won't finish this one
9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt- PS4- Done- Beat main story-
10. Paper Mario- N64- 5 hours in
11. Zelda- Breath of the Wild- Switch- One Divine Beat down- 3 to go
12. The Witcher 3 DLC- Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine- Complete
13. Nier Automata- Beaten- Ending A and B, working on C- Still playing as the game is not really over yet
14. Persona 5- PS4- 90 or so hours in
15. Red Faction- PS2- Beaten on Normal- Took me nearly 15 yrs after the fact but finally beat this game
16.  Gears of War: UE- XBONE- Beaten on Normal- Co-op-
17.  Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped- PS4 Beaten - 105% Plat trophy
18.  Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back- PS4 102% Plat trophy
19. Crash Bandicoot- 102%- Platinum Trophy
20.  Castlevania: Symphony of the Night- PS1 -- All endings- 196%+ map percentage
21. Axiom Verge- Vita- Beaten
22. Severed- Vita- Beaten 100%- Platinum Trophy
23.  Undertale-Vita-  Platinum Trophy
24.  Golf Story- Switch Beat Main Story
25.  Ys VIII- PS4- Chapter 4
26.  Metroid: Samus Returns- 3DS- Area 2
27.  Everybody's Golf- Rank 4
28.  Steamworld Dig 2- Early game
29.  Shadow Complex- Close to end

17/29- If I can get to 25 this year, I'll be happy.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on October 10, 2017, 09:32:07 am
Beat games 77 and 78 out of 90 played this past weekend.

Really enjoyed Yonder.  Definitely top 5 of games released this year.

Might make an effort to close out some abandoned games.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: abe on October 11, 2017, 08:22:09 pm
I've gotten busy with life in general, so I've been neglecting my updates, and I'm definitely not making it to 52 again this year. :'( On a positive note, what few games I've had the time to play to completion are pretty great. :)

Finished (replayed games are in purple) Full List Here (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132446.html#msg132446)
    8. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (3DS)
    9. NEKOPARA Vol. 2 (PC)
    10. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (WiiU)
    11. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GCN) Aug-16
    12. Muv-Luv Extra (PC) Aug-25
    13. Muv-Luv Unlimited (PC) Aug-26
    14. Muv-Luv Alternative (PC) Aug-30
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 13, 2017, 10:12:49 am
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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on October 13, 2017, 10:15:28 am
The review for The Suffering is up.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 14, 2017, 05:35:28 am
51 - Friday the 13th: The Game (PC 2017) - ENDLESS - Been on the fence for this game for a bit as it had a pretty terrible launch.  I had seen mostly console play of it and did at least one session on Xbox One that was a friends version and while the idea was entertaining, the game was rough.  I got it on PC, because I thought it would run better and it does.  The game is still kinda janky, but it's much more playable than what I've seen of the console version for sure at least just performance wise.  I have the game on high settings, gonna try maxed, but it runs smooth.  I only have a few hours into the game and while I wouldn't say its worth the 40 bucks (Was hoping for a Friday the 13th sale, but found out they released the physical console version yesterday, so that's not happening), I think I can get my time out of the game still.  All major content seems like it'll be free too, so any new Jason added, like they just added Part 4, will be free, and then they are keeping some cosmetics like the swimsuit pack and emotes to DLC.  Along with maps and new counselors being free, I'm cool with that. (Seems like the emote pack might've been free if you had the game when they released perhaps...)

It's funny, at the moment, playing as Jason is more intense than playing as a counselor.  Sure you can't really die and you have these abilities, but all of the drive of the game is on you to perform and that to me makes the game so much more heart pounding, but that may just be due to some personal anxiety lol

Kinda hoping for Jason X to happen soon, which could be possibly up in 2 Jason releases according to their DLC Roadmap, unless they plan to do Freddy vs Jason first or the reboot Jason.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on October 14, 2017, 05:41:35 am
Trying to hit 80, didn't think I could hit 65 but i shook myself lol

1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
24. Murdered : Soul Suspect
25. Donkey Kong Country 3
26. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
27. Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit
28. L.A Noire
29. Shenmue
30. Grand Theft Auto V
31. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD
32. Ms Splosion Man
33. Sleeping Dogs
34. Soulcalibur V
35. EA UFC 2
36. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
37. Virtua Fighter 5
38. Soulcalibur III
39. Kane and Lynch 2 Dog Days
40. Space Channel 5
41. Tekken 7
42. Dead or Alive 4
43. Bloody Roar : Primal Fury
44. Soulcalibur II
45. Injustice 2
46. Fallout 4
47. Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4
48. Mass Effect
49. Dragon Age Inquisition
50. Saint's Row IV
51. Bratz Rock Angelz
52. Lonely Wolf Treat
53. Payback 2015
54. A World at Peace
55. Archimoulin
56. Madden NFL 17
57. Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7
58. F1 2015
59. Mass Effect 2
60. NBA Live 2016
61. Prototype
62. WWE 2K16
63. Asphalt 8 Airborne
64. NBA 2k16
65. Dragon Age II
66. Oxenfree
67. Forza Horizon 3
68. NHL 17
69. Handball 2016
70. FIFA 17
71. Yoshi's Woolly World
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 14, 2017, 07:17:07 pm
Thoroughly replayed Raiden DX, a game I felt I may have incorrectly reviewed earlier this summer. I did end up liking it a lot more than I originally did, but still had issues with the hard mode in the game. Here is is:

50. Raiden DX (Arcade)-REDUX: I replayed this game because of many others saying how incredible this game was and how I must be missing something if I ended up not liking it as much as I did. Well, they were partially right although I still stand by a fair amount of what I originally said about this game. Playing this game on the normal difficulty which gives you access to the first five stages is a good time for the most part; the game remains mostly balanced in terms of enemies, projectiles, power ups, and your ships speed. However, when you do hard mode and gain access to every level in the game, the game definitely throws most of that balance out the window and becomes so ridiculous that it just loses most of its fun. This would be fine and all if it didn't mean being able to play nearly half the game depended on you diving into hard mode. Other than that the graphics and sound are great, just gameplay suffers when playing the hardest difficulty. (7/9/17) (10/14/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 17, 2017, 10:09:19 pm
And finally hit base level for the challenge, which is 52 games played this year.  Don't think I actually made it the previous years to 52, so at least I made it there.  For the full challenge, I'm still only at 37 beat, as I'm not sure if I'm going to count the Endless/Multiplayer games, being that they don't have a completion state.  I have dumped a minimum of 10 hours into all of them, with PUBG at nearly 100 hours, and Friday the 13th already has 10 hours, so I might end up allowing them by the end as its only 4 games.  So roughly 40 games.

I got at least 3 more planned to buy, 4 more to beat, and I'm sure a few I can work in that are smaller games or something from the Steam Winter Sale I can grab for the cheap.  Good chance I can make it this year.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on October 18, 2017, 08:39:32 am
All right. The greatest thing to ever grace humanity, the virtual second coming of Christ, the immortal lovebaby of 2015, Undertale. I have finally played it. I have done a pacifist run and beaten it. So what did I think? It was great! Not the greatest thing ever like the internet seemed to make it out to be, but it was still great!

Let me start out by saying I LOVE the combat system. It was innovative, intuitive, clever, challenging yet fair, it made every battle fun to play. It's not often I'll willingly fight every random encounter in a game, but this combat system was just so good I almost never fleed a fight. The combat system was without a doubt my favourite part of the game. And second behind that is, of course, the soundtrack. This definitely ranks up there as one of the great videogame soundtracks, and I'm sure I'll come back to listen to it many more times.

I of course know the most beloved part of the game is easily the story. However, sorry Undertale fans, it wasn't the most fantastic thing on the planet to me. Don't get me wrong, I definitely enjoyed the story for what it was, and the characters were definitely good. However, I just can't say I feel this deep emotional connection that everyone else seems to feel. They were strong characters no doubt, but I just can't say they have resonated with me as much as other characters have in the past.

But overall I really enjoyed my time with Undertale! I don't think I'll go for a genocide run anytime soon, but I'm glad I gave it a chance. I will say it took me a while to really get into it (it wasn't until the hidden end (being as vague as I can here) that I got really into it), but to anyone still in doubt for any reason, I do recommend you give it a chance.

EDIT: So I see no new response has been posted, so I'll just edit this one and write about Metroid Fusion. My boyfriend hailed this as his favourite 2D Metroid, so I figured I might as well try it. And I honestly really enjoyed it!

The game has aged really well. I played it on Wii U Virtual Console, and gameplay was fast and smooth. The world manages to both feel large and claustrophobic at the same time, and I honestly feel the size of the world is on point. It's not huge, but the way it's divided makes the worlds just big enough to not make backtracking a bore. I won't deny that I did fall back on guides a LOT of times, but I guess that's just my weak spirit shining through.

Too keep it short, I really enjoyed this game. It's available pretty cheaply in the Wii U eShop too, so if you're interested in trying it I highly recommend you give it a chance.

So that sets me at 30! Obviously not going to make the 52, but even with the cheaty 1-hour games I feel 30+ is a good number.


Italics means I had already started with the game November last year or earlier
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 21, 2017, 05:52:47 am
40 - Just Cause 3 (PS4 2015) - ABANDONED - Yeah I'm just done with this game.  It's got poor performance where I regularly see the frames drop in fights, of which it didn't improve when I got my PS4 Pro, and I've had two crashes while playing.  I never want to see games crashing on a console.  Otherwise, this game is just boring.  If you just want to screw around with stunts and do just that, it's alright.  The story, taking bases and towns, the characters, they are also damn dull and repetitive.  I was even trying to continue on by treating it as a podcast game, where I can have a podcast going while I play, because there's nothing I need to pay attention to, but even then, it's so tedious.  All I can say, is that I'm glad I got it free with Playstation Plus.  Maybe someday I'll go back to it, most likely not.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on October 22, 2017, 10:37:34 am
continuing my "reviews" here

Part 1 :  https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg133797.html#msg133797
Part 2 :  https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg140404.html#msg140404
Part 3 :  https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg143994.html#msg143994

63. Asphalt 8 Airborne [15/20] - Android - I only played the game offline so that's what my "review" is based on. Graphically the game is stunning! Especially considering that it's a free game. The maps are also pretty diverse even tho I think that dedicating 3-4 separate maps for 1 country was stupid af. My main issue with the game is that it's incredibly hard to win a race, I'm not that good at the game but I should at least be able to reach fucking 3rd place on the easiest mode lmao. I mean it's probably because of the bad cars I used, but I don't have the money nor want to spend the money to buy a better car lol. It's far from being a bad game tho, and while they do ask for money for certain modes (I think?) and cars and stuff, I think they're still pretty generous with what they give you when you start the game.

64. NBA 2k16 [19/20] - Xbox One - So like I said in my Live 16 review, NBA 2K16 was clearly the superior game imo. It has a HUGE roster with historic and international teams, a good character creator (could be better but definitely not as bad as some other sport games), a roster editor and also an AMAZING story mode! The story was one of the best I've seen in any sports game, I got really attached to the characters and the "ending" had my shook tbh. My only issue with the game is that without paying with real money, it's gonna take you a long ass time to have a decent myplayer! I'm really happy they kinda fixed that in the next game because playing in the NBA with such a bum ass character is really annoying lmao.

65. Dragon Age II [18/20] - Playstation 3 - So I started playing it right after finishing Inquisition, however I knew it wouldn't even be close to be as good as Inquisition since it's known for being the worst Dragon Age game. However I was nicely surprised, I liked the game a lot, especially the characters. I romanced Anders this time and he actually made the game way more enjoyable for me. I do think the graphics are pretty dated especially when you compare it to Mass Effect 2 or other games like Red Dead Redemption which came out a year before. I also IMMENSELY regretted choosing a rogue character, fucking USELESS I swear, I ended up never fighting with my Hawke so the boss fights where a real struggle. Talking about the boss fights, fuck the chapter 2 boss fight, I forgot his name but I hate that motherfucker SO MUCH lmao hardest boss ever. But overall it is a good game, pretty underrated imo, the story is good and it has some really good characters.

66. Oxenfree [20/20] - Xbox One - THIS GAME!! Thank you Xbox SO much for giving it as a game with gold title because this game is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!! I loved the characters, except maybe Nona who was pretty useless but I also never took her with me so that might explain why I don't care about here. The story is everything. The ending fucked with my head so badly I was still thinking about it days later. I got the best ending imo (everyone survives except Michael), but still it was so crazy. I wouldn't call this game a horror game, but the atmosphere of the game is just so chilling imo, we're stuck alone on a haunted island with fuckin loops happening every 5 minutes and our friends getting possessed out of nowhere! The music is also amazingly creepy, like it's mostly the same melody but it really fits the game. This is probably my favorite Indie game ever with Unravel tbh, it's honestly a must play imo.

67. Forza Horizon 3 (18/20] - Xbox One - This was my first racing game from the 8th generation and it BLEW me the fuck away! This game is so stunning, every areas are just breathtaking! Especially the ones near the beach! Graphically it's definitely one of the best game from this generation imo. Gameplay wise, I loved the controls, it was a good mix between realistic simulation and arcade, I also loved the fact that you could rewind anytime you fuck up something lol. My only small issue with the game is that I wish the missions were more diverse, they get pretty repetitive once you've done the same type of mission 5 or 6 times.
 
68. NHL 17 [15/20] - Xbox One - So I know absolutely NOTHING about hockey, my only experience with hockey was playing NHL 2006 when I was like 7 yo. So except the basic concept of hockey I was pretty new to it, so I didn't really was team was good or what player was good (which didn't really matter anyway cause I made my own). The gameplay was pretty solid, however out of all the sports game I've played it's definitely the one I had the hardest time making points. Graphically it's pretty nice however once again like in Live 16 and NFL 17, the character creation is pretty basic, out of the 3 games tho it's definitely the best with the most face choices. Career mode s fun but really long so it can get boring, especially if you're like me and not that interested in hockey. It was a good solid game tho, but like any sports game it's probably better to know more about the sport to truly appreciate the game.

69. Handball 2016 [08/20] - Playstation 3 - Probably and hopefully the worst game I've played/will be playing this year. I feel like i'm being lowkey generous af with that 08/20 cause this games is really terrible. I know it was made by a small company but damn like there is zero fun in this game. The graphics are horrible, there are not cut scenes to show the players, the commentary SUCKS ass and the gameplay is shitty af. It's funny to play it for like 10 minutes because of how ridiculous it is but once you realize the gameplay is not far from broken, it just stops being funny and starts getting annoying. And it's coming from someone who's really easily pleased with video games usually.

70. FIFA 17 [18/20] - Xbox One - EA definitely put a lot more work into this game than NBA Live 16, NFL 17 and NHL 17. I'm from France so i'm pretty familiar with football since it's really popular here and I've previously played a few football games however I never actually owned one. I loved the game, the gameplay is really good, even if your character has low stats you can still play pretty correctly and not look like a complete amateur trying to be a professional. Graphically it's also really good, the cut scenes in the Journey mode are stunning. I also love that the game has a proper create a character, and not just some random "choose a head" type of shit. The career mode is also the best from any EA sports game, it's way more realistic + the Journey mode also add a real story mode which most EA sports game lack off.

71. Yoshi's Woolly World [18/20] - Wii U - Yoshi's probably my favorite Nintendo character ever, he's just so cute and innocent how can you not like him tbh? Yoshi's Woolly World was one of the games I was the most interested in for the Wii U, and I wasn't disappointed tbh. It's a solid platformer with a lot of unique ideas. Graphically it's also really beautiful, I especially loved the snow world ! I did have a few issues tho with the "puzzle" levels which were annoying af, I will never understand why they thought it would be fun to do such levels. But overall I really liked the game, it's pretty similar to the Kirby games but with a bit more challenge (it's never that hard tho).

72. NBA 2K17 [17/20] - Xbox One - So as I've already said I'm a big basketball and NBA fan, so I already liked the game just because of that. However this game while being a really good basketball game, feels more like an update of NBA 2k17 than a truly new game. The gameplay is better tho, I like the shooting way more, and they also fixed the MyPlayer issue I had where it took way too long to upgrade your skills without paying with real money. However the career mode, or more the story is not even close to being as good as NBA 2k16's. I wouldn't even call it a story since there basically no storyline except "I made it to the NBA yoohoo".

73. Infamous : Second Son [20/20] - Playstation 4 - First game I ever played on PS4 and i'm honestly glad I chose it as my first game because it was AMAZING! I haven't played the first two games but I was familiar with them so I knew what type of game it would be and I was a bit iffy about it cause I'm not typically a huge of game where you can ran really fast or fly everywhere, however this game handled the powers really well imo, only minor issue was the shooting which wasn't really precise but it wasn't that bad. I also thought the game looked STUNNING! Seattle is so pretty tbh, I loved just walking around the city to visit it (even tho that wasn't really possible after like the half of the game since everyone wants to kill you lol). The story and especially the two main character were really interesting imo, and tbh [SPOILER] Reggie's death was so sad and unnecessary, I was so shocked I honestly didn't believe they killed him like that! My only regret is that we didn't really get to know more about the side characters.

74. Saints Row 2 [20/20] - PC - Saints Row 2 was the first Saints Row game I ever played (like 5 years ago) however I never really got far into the story. I previously played this year the third and fourth game and I liked both of them, especially the fourth, but I did remember this game to be quite different in term of atmosphere however I played it such a long time ago that I barely remember anything except the crazy cheat code lol. My first thought was why is the city so much better than in the two next game? I love the city so much it's so much more alive and realistic imo, I feel like there was so much more pedestrians in this game! I also loved the crazy side quests! I made my character similar looking to both my SR 3 and 4 character, however he did feel like a completely different character to the one in the 4th game, way more serious and bossy, but I feel like both fitted there respective game. Overall I really liked the game, it's so much more than a simple GTA clone like some people try to make it out to be.

75. Mad Max [16/20] - Xbox One - I have extremely mixed feelings about this game. In one hand I loved the atmosphere and graphically it's incredibly stunning, but on the other there is so many annoying things about that game that I didn't really get into it as much as I wanted to. So the positives  graphically stunning as I said, I also loved the fighting system in the game and the overall animations. However that's about it for the positives tbh. The story wasn't that exiting, Max was a rude bitch during the whole game who killed the only person who was by his side all the time, he also threw away a gift from a lil ass girl (like who does that!), everyone wants to kill you so it's barely possible to even start a fuckin mission and also the control of the car are annoying as hell. So yeah. I do have to say it's far from being a bad game, it is a good game I just think it wasn't for me, it has a lot of good qualities but I guess I was just to bad at the game or somethin lol which made it a pretty annoying experience.

76. D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die [19/20] - Xbox One - D4 is probably the weirdest game I've played in all my life! You start out thinking it's gonna be this serious deep story and then a female who acts like a cat just busts through your door and attacks you lol. At first I was honestly confused but the more I played the game the more I liked it, it's really original and totally wtf. It's not gonna be everyone's cup of tea but I like a game that is different. The story was pretty basic yet I was really into, mostly because I loved David, he's so serious and funny at the same time it's hilarious. I really wish there would be a sequel or a second season because they kinda finished the game with a cliffhanger and I really hate that I'll never know the true ending!

77. Fatal Fury: King of Fighters [15/20] - Neo Geo - So I decided to do a full playtrough of all the KOF games, and so I obviously started with the one who started it all : FF King of Fighters. I love the game, it's the one who started it all and even tho there is only 3 playable characters, it has the Bogard brothers and Geese Howard! Graphically I also think it's stunning, the backgrounds in SNK games are always so beautiful tbh. It is however the first game so it does have a few issues, a bigger roster would've been better and the AI is also a little cheap (but that's probably just me sucking at 2D fighting games lol), it gets a bit boring after you've played with all the 3 characters but it's still a game that every fighting game fans should play just to see how much they evolved!

78. Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 [20/20] - Playstation 2 -The Tony Hawk's Pro Skater franchise is my second al ltime favorite video game franchise so it was no surprise I'd absolutely adore this game! It has the same mechanics and the same feels to it. The gameplay is really easy to pick up especially if you've played TH games before. I also love the maps, especially Los Angeles and New Orleans. The music is also perfect but that isn't a shock tbh. My only small issue is that I wish it has more or the Tony Hawk's games humour, it kinda lacks a few funny npcs here and there. But overall it's an amazing game, super fun and probably one of the best bmx game ever.

79. Fatal Fury 2 [16/20] - Neo Geo - Second game from my KOF playtrough, and it's actually a lot better than the first one. I don't feel like graphically there is a big change, it's a little prettier but not a big difference. The backgrounds are still stunning, SNK was/is really talented at making some really amazing backgrounds in their fighting games tbh, with musics that always fit perfectly! The biggest + in this game is definitely the addition of new characters, especially the iconic Mai and to a lesser extent Kim. I do feel like except these two and the Bogard brothers, most of the fighters are kinda filler. This game does have one of my favorite boss battle of all time tho, seriously, so legendary!

80. Heart Of Darkness [18/20] - Playstation 1 - This game is probably the hardest platforming game I've ver played. It is however really good and definitely and underrated game! It's really beautiful and all the animations make the game look like a real animation movie! The creepy monsters mixed with the childish feel of the game really makes it unique and memorable to me. This game however, as I said, is incredibly difficult, and will take a lot of time and patience to master. However it's not hard because of clunky gameplay or whatever, so it's hard but not in a "it's impossible to do it cause the game is a fucking glitchy mess" type of hard. I do recommend tho because it's truly an unique and fun experience.

81. Art of Fighting [16/20] - Neo Geo - Third game from my KOF playtrough! Just like in Fatal Fury 1, Art of Fighting 1 only has the main characters as playable fighters, however even tho Fatal Fury 1 had the Bogard brothers, AOF has Robert Garcia who is imo a much more unique character. I don't care about Ryo at all, he's just the token boring hero fighter that you see in every fighting games tbh. I also think that graphically it was definitely the prettiest game of it's time, the bigger characters and the background just look so good. The only thing that this game doesn't have imo is a good boss, Mr Karate is pretty boring imo compared to Geese and Wolfgang.

82. Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown [19/20] - Xbox 360 - My opinion of this game is the exact same as the one about Virtua Fighter 5 "basic edition" so I don't really have much to say. I do love the new backgrounds a lot and Jean is an amazing addition to the game! I don't care about Taka Arashi at all tho, he's super boring and not and exiting fighter at all to me. A good thing about this game is that they changed the difficulty level and made Dural way more easily unlockable. I still have nightmares trying to unlock her in the basic version lol. Definitely the best Virtua Fighter tbh, still waiting for a new game tho =/

83. Street Fighter [12/20] - Arcade - I also decided to to a full Street Fighter playtrough while doing my KOF one. So obviously I had to play this game and well, that was...a start lol. Only two characters who look the same and a horribly cheap CPU. I mean probably the cheapest I've ever seen in a fighting game. It was fun to play tho, I mean just seeing how far the game has come and I think every fan of the serie should try to play it once just to have the experience.

Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 22, 2017, 11:38:00 pm
44 - Mario + Rabids: Kingdom Battle (Switch 2017) - ABANDONED

Abandoning more games than I'd like this year, but I'm at the final world and mostly just feeling annoyed by it.  It's an alright game, but I don't feel like they playtested a number of the levels enough.  Some were a great time, I enjoyed myself, but all throughout my time playing, there are these weird difficulty spikes.  Like a level has too many enemies in it or the design itself wasn't very good.  Some of the gameplay bugs me also as while it's a simple tactical experience, it's just so weirdly challenging and certain characters make the game much harder and not fun to play.

I also don't like the overworld.  I know it's basically trying to be the classic Mario overworld with a mostly linear line to follow, but having areas to explore inbetween, but it mostly just feels like tedious padding.  There are a handful of good puzzles, but there are a lot that are pretty mindless and it's clear they just needed to put more things into the game to drag it out.  I actually would've preferred a pure Mario overworld, just hurrying up and getting to the levels, and I don't even like that anymore from Mario.

I just hit a point where I realized I was being more annoyed than I was having fun.  That softened when I went back to do some of the challenges I passed over, but right when I back to the story missions, I was quickly losing interesting, getting frustrated by another level.  Like I'm thinking of reinstalling Wasteland 2, a much harder game in the same style, but it's a way better tactical game.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 23, 2017, 04:52:33 am
52 - South Park: The Fractured But Whole (PS4 2017) - BEAT

It's basically the game you'd expect.  I'd say it's on par with the last one and only really better due to the gameplay.  I remember it being a more standard straight forward turn based RPG, but in this, it's grid based combat with QTE's for crits.  Makes it way more interesting to battle.  There's nothing major to complain about, some odd bugs here and there, I wish you could skip through ultimates and summons, and quests are abit basic, even with the South Park bent to them.  There's abit less sequel bait here, maybe teasing you playing villain next game, but unless it's like a drastic shift in gameplay, I can't see myself playing the next one.  It's just gonna be abit too samey I feel.  Still goofy bullshit you'd expect from South Park either way.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on October 23, 2017, 05:41:57 pm
The Evil Within 2 for the PS4 beat, what a ride. I hate stealth mechanics, hate em, but there's a couple of games I really like with them in and this game is now one of them.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 23, 2017, 06:34:35 pm
Quote from: shfan on October 23, 2017, 05:41:57 pm
The Evil Within 2 for the PS4 beat, what a ride. I hate stealth mechanics, hate em, but there's a couple of games I really like with them in and this game is now one of them.

I'm assuming you played the first one, so how much better is it? The first one I thought had good ideas, but its story dragged, Sebastian was an awful character, and there was some obnoxious stuff in the gameplay.  Does it still have lots of insta-death moments? That drove me nuts in the first one.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on October 24, 2017, 02:38:39 pm
To be honest, I found EW2 to be a major departure from the first game. I've not compared them, but the view feels a lot more over-the-shoulder this time around. Stealth is a major, major part of EW2, whereas in the first game it was useless most of the time as the scripted events dumped enemies right in front of you and they needed to be killed to move on. Although possible to sneak by many enemies, I preferred to kill em for loot (mostly green gel) and to allow easy travel in the larger areas in order to hoover up goodies. There are still sections which are basically "go from A to B", still lock-in bosses and sections where baddies need clearing to proceed, but there's a real strong emphasis on stealth kills.

The only time I noticed insta-death was a section which harked back to the first game, funnily enough. Sebastian is more bearable this time, he's still a generic tough-guy-cop but the story involves him specifically and is improved for that. The first game reminded me heavily of RE4, this one doesn't. I'd say it's worth a go if you did find some things you liked in the first game, it certainly didn't feel like a drag (in the first game once you get to the sunken city area it really drags for me too).

Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kevininja on October 24, 2017, 04:29:58 pm
Quote from: kevininja on January 01, 2017, 02:08:48 pm
October:
48. Saints Row: The Third (Steam) [11-10]
49. Space Pilgrim Episode I: Alpha Centauri (PC Download) [14-10]
50. Mario Kart 7 (3DS) [18-10]
51. Saints Row IV [23-10]
52. Saints Row IV: Enter the Dominatrix [24-10]

And with that, I've also beaten 52 games!

I won't stop updating this though, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood and Wolfenstein II are coming up next!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 28, 2017, 04:29:42 am
Super Mario Odyssey (Switch 2017) - BEAT - There were two games this year in particular I was most hyped for.  Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey.  While BOTW was flawed, I absolutely loved it and it's probably one of my favorite Zelda games.  Super Mario Odyssey is far less flawed, if at all, and I also absolutely loved it and it's most likely going to be my favorite Mario too.  It's everything I've been wanting from a Mario game since Sunshine.  Fun and unique worlds with their own gimmicks, lots to collect, and it's just a game that lets me go and explore on my own time.  It does all of that perfectly.  There's lots of super cool references and secrets and things like that for Mario fans to enjoy.  After beating the game, you get to pick the music ingame, so I'm basically just gonna have the rocking Bowser theme playing at all times lol

The only complaint, as this is far too common with many Mario games, of which I don't know if this is out of laziness, or time-saving, or what, but there are repeat boss fights.  While there are unique ones that are good for your standard Mario fights, you fight all the Broodals (Big rabbit goons) twice, and Bowser twice.  Same fight, only slightly harder on the second go.  It's disappointing, because I think the easy fix is to simply add in the Koopalings as boss fodder alongside the Broodals, and spend more time on the final Bowser fight.

Overall, this game is gonna keep me in for awhile still.  I wanted to get through the game quickly so I'm not spoiled as you only need a certain amount of moons per level to advance to next kingdom, and progress the story, which is actually pretty quick.  I gotta imagine if doing just the minimum moons, you could get to Bowser in well under 10 hours.  What keeps people playing are all the costumes to buy (Oh there are some wonderful ones) and all the moons and other things to collect.  It's a completionist dream (Maybe nightmare? There's a lot here, but nothing I've seen that's crazy hard).

In a year where I get Yooka-Laylee, A Hat in Time, and Super Mario Galaxy, it's a good year for 3D platformers.

*EDIT*
29 - Persona 5 (PS4 2017) - ABANDONED - Yeah, I can't justify continuing this game.  I talked about it more in another thread, but I'm getting far too bored with this game.  It has a great style, great music, I enjoy the characters and was hoping to see more of the meat of the story, but everything between the palace dungeons is far more boring and tedious than I expected.  Even then, palaces are just okay and the gameplay is only fine.  It's the limited days and constant routine that is just driving me nuts.  I'm like 25 hours in, on the way to the third palace, and I'm seeing this is an average 100 hour experience, and I can't see myself investing that much time into the game if I'm not really loving it.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on October 30, 2017, 02:58:24 pm
New reviews are on my page (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132389 .html#msg132389). Finally.

Blue Reflection
Dragon Seeds
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: Cartagia on October 31, 2017, 08:48:16 am
1. Super Mario 3D World
2. Dark Souls III
3. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
4. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
6. Dr. Mario
7. Nioh
8. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition
9. Wolfenstein: The New Order
10. Darksiders: Warmastered Edition
11. Tales from the Borderlands
12. Bloodborne (Childhood's Beginning)
13. Bloodborne (Yharnam Sunrise)
14. Fallout 4
15. Rocket League
16. Day of the Tentacle Remastered
17. Mega Man X
18. Lords of the Fallen
19. Resident Evil 4
20. Super Punch-Out!! This is not beaten yet, because it was way harder than I expected, and I say that as someone who has beaten the original a couple of times.
21. Super Mario Odyssey Because I can't stop myself from playing massive collectathons, no matter how badly it may stop me from hitting 52.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: NickAwesome on November 03, 2017, 03:23:13 am
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- few hours in, game is pretty dull, probably won't finish this one
9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt- PS4- Done- Beat main story-
10. Paper Mario- N64- 5 hours in
11. Zelda- Breath of the Wild- Switch- One Divine Beat down- 3 to go
12. The Witcher 3 DLC- Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine- Complete
13. Nier Automata- Beaten- Ending A and B, working on C- Still playing as the game is not really over yet
14. Persona 5- PS4- 90 or so hours in
15. Red Faction- PS2- Beaten on Normal- Took me nearly 15 yrs after the fact but finally beat this game
16.  Gears of War: UE- XBONE- Beaten on Normal- Co-op-
17.  Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped- PS4 Beaten - 105% Plat trophy
18.  Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back- PS4 102% Plat trophy
19. Crash Bandicoot- 102%- Platinum Trophy
20.  Castlevania: Symphony of the Night- PS1 -- All endings- 196%+ map percentage
21. Axiom Verge- Vita- Beaten
22. Severed- Vita- Beaten 100%- Platinum Trophy
23.  Undertale-Vita-  Platinum Trophy
24.  Golf Story- Switch Beat Main Story
25.  Ys VIII- PS4- Chapter 6
26.  Metroid: Samus Returns- 3DS- Area 2
27.  Everybody's Golf- Beat Game, now for end game
28.  Steamworld Dig 2- Early game
29.  Shadow Complex- Close to end
30.  Super Mario Odyssey- 102 power moons so far
31. Wolfenstein II- intro scene

18/31- If I can get to 25 this year, I'll be happy.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 03, 2017, 11:11:42 pm
53 - STALKER: Call of Pripyat (PC 2009) - BEAT - I'm sure most people have that one game or series where you know the game isn't particularly good, it has a lot of problems, but you still really like it for whatever reason.  That's the STALKER series for me.  These are objectively bad games in terms of their performance and stability, but I still routinely come back to play these games like every year.  I install it, slap in a mod or two, and just dive into the Zone.  What I like about the games is that they have a great atmosphere, an interesting setting, and a good gameplay idea.  It's a tough, survival'ish, shooter that lets you tackle different areas of the game as you are able to.  Like the only comparable game would be Metro 2033, but that's a more linear experience, but it's all based on similar material and that even has some STALKER devs on it.  Another would be the Fallout games, but those are much more an RPG experience.  There aren't many games doing this particular idea, though Metro Exodus sounds like it's implementing some free roam to the game, which will make the series the closest its been to the STALKER series yet.

One of the few games I've played and beaten before that I'll add to the list this year.  This game continues to age poorly, I forgot that the game has a micro-stutter issue, and just how bad the voice acting and story is, particular in this game, it's easily the worst of the 3 plot wise, but it was meant to be kind of a cleaned up version of the previous games which had more features and a better, bigger, story, but were less stable.  I still like just roaming around, it can be tense at times, but exploration in games is always very chill for me. I like finding hidden caches and artifacts and such.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on November 05, 2017, 07:15:12 am
Vagrant Story beaten, closing the book on a game I started playing like 15 years ago.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 06, 2017, 03:09:06 am
55 - Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus (PC 2017) - BEAT - No better way to kill Nazi's than with Wolfenstein.  I really dug the first one and I think both of them are better than Doom, because they aren't so one note and have more general variety to it all.  Wolfenstein 2 I was worried was gonna be abit samey with the first, and it was for abit, but then you hit around 5 hours and the game became something more.  No spoilers, but the game opens up abit more and starts introducing new stuff and the game really took off.

The ending though...it's both satisfying, yet not satisfying, mostly because it's clear how much of a "middle" game this is, setting it self up for Wolfenstein 3.  That's not terrible, but the ending came up on me out of nowhere.  Story wise it's done well, but there's not a final boss, and it just felt like there needed another level or something.  I was surprised when the credits kicked in and realized that was it.

The game has great continuing content though by allowing you to essentially play missions over, but you have plot reasons for going back to those locations and new objectives and it's changed around.  I'm done with the story mode, which is like 10'ish hours, but I can probably get another 5 to 10 hours out of these extra missions.

So yeah, it's a weird mixture of feelings with the game.  Overall, it's ridiculous, it's intense, it's dark, it's funny, and I enjoyed myself.  I'll be looking forward to a Wolfenstein 3, but there's more they should've done with this game before it ended.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on November 07, 2017, 01:35:31 pm
1. Watch Dogs 2
2. Mirror's Edge Catalyst
3. Jet Set Radio
4. Bully
5. Quantum Break
6. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
7. Saints Row 3
8. Watch Dogs
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
10. Donkey Kong Country 2
11. Tomb Raider
12. Aggressive Inline
13. Hitman Season 1
14. SSX 3
15. The Wolf Among Us
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Unravel
18. Never Alone
19. Shadow of the Colossus
20. Fragments of Him
21. Blackwood Crossing
22. Ryse : Son of Rome
23. The Warriors
24. Murdered : Soul Suspect
25. Donkey Kong Country 3
26. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
27. Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit
28. L.A Noire
29. Shenmue
30. Grand Theft Auto V
31. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD
32. Ms Splosion Man
33. Sleeping Dogs
34. Soulcalibur V
35. EA UFC 2
36. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
37. Virtua Fighter 5
38. Soulcalibur III
39. Kane and Lynch 2 Dog Days
40. Space Channel 5
41. Tekken 7
42. Dead or Alive 4
43. Bloody Roar : Primal Fury
44. Soulcalibur II
45. Injustice 2
46. Fallout 4
47. Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4
48. Mass Effect
49. Dragon Age Inquisition
50. Saint's Row IV
51. Bratz Rock Angelz
52. Lonely Wolf Treat
53. Payback 2015
54. A World at Peace
55. Archimoulin
56. Madden NFL 17
57. Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7
58. F1 2015
59. Mass Effect 2
60. NBA Live 2016
61. Prototype
62. WWE 2K16
63. Asphalt 8 Airborne
64. NBA 2k16
65. Dragon Age II
66. Oxenfree
67. Forza Horizon 3
68. NHL 17
69. Handball 2016
70. FIFA 17
71. Yoshi's Woolly World
72. NBA 2K17
73. Infamous : Second Son
74. Saints Row 2
75. Mad Max
76. Dark Dreams Don't Die
77. Fatal Fury: King of Fighters
78. Matt Hoffman's Pro BMX 2
79. Fatal Fury 2
80. Heart Of Darkness
81. Art of Fighting
82. Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
83. Street Fighter
84. Sunset Overdrive
85. Fatal Fury Special
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 07, 2017, 05:10:43 pm
@chrismb


Damn! I am at 72 and I thought I had beat a lot of games this year.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on November 07, 2017, 06:22:28 pm
Quote from: bikingjahuty on November 07, 2017, 05:10:43 pm
@chrismb


Damn! I am at 72 and I thought I had beat a lot of games this year.

I'm home schooled haha so i have a lot of free time, don't think i'll be able to beat so many games in the next few years tho XD
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on November 08, 2017, 08:33:12 am
I've been slacking.  I've been sitting at about 80 games for about a month now.  I need to update, might be closer to 85.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 09, 2017, 02:07:00 am
Latest review:

73. Super Mario Odyssey (Switch): There is no denying this game is fun and very well made, in fact I'd go as far as to say it is one of the best Mario games ever made, however for whatever reason I was not feeling this game as much as I thought I would. The game was beautiful, the controls were super smooth and accurate, there was a lot of funny writing, and overall the game was incredibly creative. Also, this game is the closest to a Super Mario 64 sequel we will ever get and without spoiling anything anything it essentially is the sequel. But still, it just did not do it for me like Super Mario 64 and lacked some essential ingredient that its predecessor had. I really wish I could put my finger on it because I want to love this game way more than I did. Despite this void that was never filled while playing Mario Odyssey, I did really enjoy the game for what it was despite some recycled gameplay throughout, specifically a few bosses which were just lame. Definitely a game I will probably go back and play some more in order to discover all the Moons, of which I read are around 900. Seeing that I have just over 200 I have a long, long way to go. (11/8/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on November 12, 2017, 08:32:36 pm
Game 22 - Monster Hunter 3: Ultimate (Wii U) – 45 Hours


Oh man, this game. I’m so conflicted about it haha. There’s a lot to really love about it, and I would say it’s one of the best exclusive third party Wii-U games available. I do think the good greatly outweighs the bad, but there are a lot of tiny problems that made the game less enjoyable sometimes.

+ For one, the gameplay is superb. It reminds me a lot of the Souls games; slower, deliberate, and tactical. It’s a ton of fun to play, and requires some skill to master. The monsters are great, and all have unique and interesting designs. The graphics and environments are actually really good for just being a polished Wii game. The character models don’t look good, but that’s about it. I liked the music too; very Shadow of the Colossus like where there’s no music and it’s peaceful until you get to the boss fight where it’s chaotic and noisy: it’s a nice change. I liked the crafting, combining items and customization. Pretty intuitive, without shoving it all in your face. I thought I would have to play with my nose in a walkthrough to really enjoy it but I only had to look up a few things (like how to start an actual quest, lol). The game’s got a good challenge too. There were some frustrating rage moments, but not the kind that made me not want to stop playing.

- I have like a million nitpicks, but the biggest frustration by far is how long these boss battles can be. It sometimes takes 50 minutes to defeat an enemy, and if you fail, you wasted a ton of time, which is extremely frustrating. I spent only about 31 hours of real in-game time and the rest was wasted on monsters that I didn’t beat. I couldn’t stand how you sometimes can’t damage monsters like they suddenly grow super thick armor for no reason (if you’ve played the game, you’ll know what I mean). There was way too much text that was all crammed into a tiny box. The time limits are dumb and make the fights arbitrarily harder especially the final boss fight. If you want a special armor, it can take hours grinding a monster for 30-40 minutes apiece for that one rare drop. The quests could have been a little more varied too. I get that it’s about hunting monsters, but I wish there were some more capture quests or something to give some more variety other than kill this, trap this, gather this item, etc.

If anyone wants to play online, hit me up! I’d like to try out some of the multiplayer features  :)

Also this is like my first game finished in like a million years lol

 Back to my list (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132293.html#msg132293)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on November 12, 2017, 09:56:06 pm
Had a productive weekend.  Knocked my count up to 89 games beat.

15 games left to meet my goal for the year.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on November 13, 2017, 02:35:14 pm
continuing here
Part 1 :  https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg133797.html#msg133797
Part 2 :  https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg140404.html#msg140404
Part 3 :  https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg143994.html#msg143994
Part 4 :  https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg145655.html#msg145655
 
84. Sunset Overdrive [20/20] - Xbox One - This game was such a good surprise! I was always really interested in it, I liked the colorful vibes of the game but I didn't think it would be so good! Everything about this game is just so hilarious! The characters are amazing and even if the character creator is quite limited when it comes to faces, I was still able to make a character that I really liked! I feel like this game was made for the 90's kids tbh because it really feels like an old school ps1-ps2 game, it mostly reminded me of the Tony Hawk games mixed with Jet Set Radio because of the humor and gameplay. Talking about the gameplay, it's so much fun just slide around the city and jumping everywhere! They made is so easy and fun to control, + the weapons are hilarious. This game was honestly such a nice surprise that makes me not regret getting an Xbox One before a PS4.

85. Fatal Fury Special [17/20] - Neo Geo - This game is the first Fatal Fury game I truly truly liked, it has so much more interesting characters. First allowing the previous bosses to be playable is the best thing ever, they are by far the best characters of the FF serie imo, epsecially Geese, Wolfgang and Laurence. Duck King is also amazing, I just find him so hilarious for some reason and I really like his design. Gameplay wise I don't think it has really changed, the game is a bit prettier and the backgrounds are once again stunning (honestly SNK's biggest talent is making dope ass backgrounds!). I also like that Ryo is a hidden character (even tho I wasn't able to play with him lmao).

86. Dead Or Alive ++ [17/20] - Arcade - I adore the Dead or Alive serie, it imo has one of the best fighting mechanics and the characters are really charismatic. I did play DOA 4 previously this year and talked about the AI being horrible and making the game less fun, well this games AI is perfectly fine and honestly solo mode in this game is way less frustrating. I played ++ only because I wanted to play with Ayane and Bayman, I'm pretty sure it's the same as the original game tho. Graphically it's limited when it comes to the backgrounds, but the animation are so fluid and fast that it definitely makes up for it. I have to say tho, that Tina is absolute trash here, her one leg kick is horrible and I'm really really glade they fixed that in the next game. Hayabusa also has a different fighting style I feel like, I don't remember some of his moves in the newer games.

87. Dead Or Alive 2 [18/20] - Playstation 2 - Dead Or Alive 2 is an amazing sequel to an already amazing game, it added some iconic characters like Helena and an mo truly underrated character : Leon. Graphically it is also so much better, the arenas are stunning and the characters look way better, with multiple outfits. It still plays the same way but some characters (probably even all) got new moves, especially Tina who as I said was fuckin trash in the first game lol. Definitely one of the best fighting game from it's time, this is how you make a sequel, you take all the good from the previous game and upgrade everything that needed an upgrade.

88. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior [16/20] - Arcade - An amazing sequel to a not so amazing first game! Street Fighter II corrected everything that was wrong with Street Fighter I and added a bunch of new things to make the game even better. It's also the first time we see some of the iconic SF characters like Chun Li, M Bison, Guile... The CPU's AI has also been highly improved and it isn't as cheap as it used to be. I do think that compared to SNK's games, Street Fighter II was a bit behind graphically, it's pretty but it can be better. Also Dhalsim's stage, fuck Dhalsim's stage with that annoying ass elephant lmao.

89. The Bureau: XCOM Declassified [18/20] - Playstation 3 - I bought this game because I heard that it was a hidden gem. I actually bought it with Alpha Protocol because I heard both were hidden gems (Alpha Protocol is also one of the very few game I stopped playing this year because I just couldn't get into). It was a nice surprise tbh, while it's not the best game ever it definitely has a lot of positives! Graphically it's pretty nice, there's a really cool atmosphere during the whole game that makes it look quite unique. The fighting system is also really good. I also liked William Carter a lot! The game does have a few negatives tho, my main problem with the game is that I felt like it was really trying to be a bigger game than it really was. It almost felt like a Mass Effect copy sometimes. I wish we could get to know the squad mates, have more varied missions, romances... and overall just a bigger influence on the story to make it feel more unique. It is a fun game tho and I do recommend it if you're looking for a shorter "underrated" game. The ending is trash tho imo.

90. Art of Fighting 2 [16/20] - Neo Geo - I love this game however I don't feel like it's a lot better than the first one. The best thing about this game is obviously the "new" (not all of them are new they just weren't playable in story mode in the first game) characters, especially King and John who I really like! I do think that the cheaper CPU and the weird jumpy camera made the game a lot less fun then it could've been. A lot of time you're barely gonna be able to hit your opponent since they block 99% of your hit. Still a great game tho. It's also STUNNING, so that's a good point.

91. Street Fighter II: Champion Edition [16/20] - Arcade - This was the first updated version of Street Fighter II, however except the slightly better graphics and the 4 now playable boss characters, there is really nothing to say about this game, especially since it got even better update after. I'm also not the biggest fan of these bosses, I love Sagat, M Bison and Vega are cool but I really don't care about Balrog who's just another basic Mike Tyson copy.

92. The King of Fighters 94' [17/20] - Arcade - First real King of Fighter game from my KOF playthrough! It's crazy how much more modern the game feels compared to FF and AOF! The game is so much faster, with a lot more characters and even better stages! What I adore the most about the KOF franchise is definitely the teams, and this first game introduced some amazing ones! The American Sports Team is by far my favorite, it's just such a fun team and the characters design is really cool imo, + they got the best stage! It's also amazing to see the FF and AOF fighters fight against each others (I know it was the point of the game but it's still so cool!). Overall it's a really good first game that's still fun to play today imo.
 
93. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne [16/20] - Xbox - I'm a HUGE rockstar fan, some of their games are in my top 20, even top 10 all time favorite games. Max Payne 2 isn't one of them but it's still a really fun game. Max Payne is an incredibly charismatic hero, his voice and his appearance really make him a true badass. My main issue with the game is just that compared to some other rockstar titles like The Warriors, Bully or of course GTA, the game is a bit bland. My favorite mission was when you had to escort a character (can't remember his name) dressed in a big mascotte outfit, it was a true rockstar type mission and I really wish their were more missions similar to this one. I do love the game mechanics a lot tho, and the really dark environnement and overall mood did make the game really unique. As I said it's still a really fun game, just not as incredible as some other rockstar titles.

94. Session Demo [20/20] - PC - I've been waiting for a new skateboarding game since Skate 3 came out. I've been waiting for Skate 4 to be announced for so long but it's probably newer going to be a thing so when I saw this "Project Session" thing, I got really excited and really hoped the creator would make something great. A week ago they finally released a demo, they said it was a pre alpha demo and that it was just for testing purpose but it honestly blew me away! Considering what it is, it's incredible tbh. I'm not gonna judge the graphics (even if it's pretty nice looking), but the gameplay is amazing, it is definitely gonna take a little time to get used to if you're used to the Skate games but it's pretty easy after a few hours of playing to do what you have in mind (without it being too easy to the point of not being fun). I'm honestly so hyped for the final release of this game!

95. Super Street Fighter II Turbo [17/20] - Arcade - This is definitely the better version of the older Street Fighter II games, it has slightly better graphics, a faster gameplay, the new characters + the bosses... Only thing I disliked what that you're always fighting against palette swaps, I prefer to fight against the "original" characters but that's just me ^^. If you don't want to do a complete playthrough of the serie like I do, this is definitely the version you need to play with.

96. Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory [15/20] - Neo Geo - Compared to Fatal Fury Special, Fatal Fury 3 imo is a letdown. It's not a bad game at all, it's also really pretty but the roster is pretty weak compared to special which had some bad ass characters like Wolfgang and Laurence. Also the final bosses are by far my least favorite, two weak ass kids, really? After Geese and Wolfgang? It does have some good additions like Franco and Bob tho. The main issue tho is the gameplay, some characters are gonna be extremely easy to beat and some like fucking Blue Mary are gonna really overpowered. It's a cool game tho just inferior to the previous ones.

97. The Walking Dead Season 1 [20/20] - Playstation 4 - This game =( The fucking tears I swear! Saddest ending ever. I'm a big fan of choice based story games, and also a big fan of telltale, I had however never watched The walking Dead before (which isn't an issue here because it's not based on the show, maybe a bit more on the comics but i'm not even sure about that).  The characters in this game are just so amazing, especially Lee, Clementine and Kenny (also loved Carley and Ben, who's really underrated!), they have real personalities that you're really gonna remember. I sadly got on Kenny's bad side even tho I felt like I agreed with him most of the time, but still I loved the bond between all the characters. The story is just so well written and so interesting, definitely one of the best story I've seen in a video game. Even tho it's just the basic zombie apocalypse theme, they managed to make a game that really stands out thanks to it's characters. Definitely a must play!

98. The Walking Dead 400 Days [20/20]- Playstation 4 - Played this right after season 1. It's definitely a good introduction to season 2 (which I played right after). It shows you some other situations and while it's really short the characters don't feel bland or rushed. It's only about an hour but I still got attached to some characters and wanted to find out more about them. Don't have much else to say about it tho except that I highly recommend playing it before starting season 2.

99. Street Fighter: The Movie [14/20] - Arcade - So I hesitated between playing this version and the SNES version, but I ended up playing the Arcade one because I thought the animations looked better, however I then found out that the SNES version was apparently "better". I expected this game to be absolute shit based on what I heard about it but I really think that people ae just hating on it to hate. It's definitely not like any other SF but I thought it was a pretty decent fighting game. I mean yeah the one song is pretty annoying and Ken is not blonde, but it's still pretty fun to play tbh. It also has two exclusive character who aren't really special bt I guess that's still a + lol.

100. The King of Fighters 95' [16/20] - Arcade - Second official KOF game, I thought it was pretty good tbh. The gameplay is better than the previous one and the backgrounds are once again stunning. Gameplay wise I definitely feel a huge upgrade however I don't think it looks any different graphically speaking. There's also a new team which is okay, it has Billy Kane who's pretty cool and I would've totally loved that team if they didn't remove my favorite team because of them (don't know for sure if the American team was removed to include this one but i'm guessing it was one of the main reason). I wish they added more new characters and didn't remove the American team tbh, but other than that it's a really solid fighting game!

101. Dead or Alive 5: Last Round [20/20] - Xbox One - This is by far the best Dead or Alive game ever made imo. The roster is amazing, it has almost all the characters from the franchise (I think only Tengu and the guy who was exclusive to Dimension are missing) and a lot of new really good characters. I also liked that we finally have some sort of story mode even tho the story is divided between the characters so there isn't really a true storyline, but it was still fun to actually see the characters talk more than just 2-3 words before fighting. It's honestly a huge improvement compared to DOA4 tbh, especially the AI who's not as cheap as it used to be (mostly because you can choose between difficulties). I feel like this franchise is honestly really underrated and underappreciated tbh.

102. Skullgirls 2nd Encore [20/20] - Playstation 4 - A game that I always wanted to try but for some reason never bought. I got for like 5 dollars on the PS Store and I don't regret it at all! This is such an amazing fighting game tbh, so unique and different from all the other fighting games from this generation. The characters are so fun tbh, I completed all the stories except Fukua because fuck the boss (those who have the game know what i'm talking about lol), and I really got attached to all of them! They're all so unique and funny it's really cool to see a game that tries something new and is not afraid to do something out of the box. Graphically it's stunning, it reminds me a lot of european comics and the old disney cartoons for some reasons. The gameplay is also really cool and easy to pick up, I do think that the AI is kinda cheap when you're fighting against the male characters for some weird reason.

103. Mass Effect 3 [20/20] - Xbox 360 - This game is hands down my favorite game I've played this year. It's a masterpiece that ended an already perfect serie. I've got a lot to say about this game tbh. I started playing this right after finishing the first and second game and I decided that I'd try to complete every single missions in this one (which I did except two side quest that glitched =/), so I ended up finishing it in 45 hours. It's also the first game for which I bought all the DLC's. So first, the only small issue that I had which ended up not being an issue at all was that I couldn't import my Shepard from ME2 into the game so I had to make a new one, but I ended up liking this one way more than the original I made so I'm kinda glad it happened lol. Graphically the game was already stunning, I do see an improvement but it's more on the small details I feel like. But what made this game so amazing to me is the amazing crew and the relationships you developed with them, it was  so good to see how they evolved during the 3 games. The bromance between Shepard and Garrus, EDI having a body and falling in love with Joker, the amazing friendship I developed between Shepard and Liara (who for some reason never tried to flirt with me even tho I thought she was gonna confess her love to me every time she opened her mouth lol), Tali and Garrus, Tali and alcohol, and my Shepard and Kaidan who got reunited and fell in love (had to wait a long time for this gay romance lol but it was worth it). The new cew members are also amazing, James who started out as a bro stereotype but ended up being a really funny and lovable character (to me at least lol), Samantha who's HILARIOUS, Steve who I have a soft spot for for being the first truly gay character in the serie (with Samantha, and by truly I mean that he's only gay, not bisexual like the other same sex romances) and freaking Javiik who's just a badass. The whole thing just feels so realistic and you really get attached to everybody. To everyone playing the game I absolutely recommend getting the citadel DLC because it just so hilarious and a perfect addition to the game! I like a lot of games but this one is just really special to me, and the whole trilogy in general. It's the first time I decided to replay a game right after finishing it!

104. Real Bout Fatal Fury [17/20] - Neo Geo - A big improvement compared to Fatal Fury 3 imo, the gameplay is a LOT better, it's quicker and it just feels well better overall. The graphics are also better, much more colorful! They also brought back some older character, including one of my favorite character Duck King! Imo this game is what Fatal Fury 3 should've been, Fatal Fury 3 felt more like an "update" while this game really feels like a new game. My only issue is the small amount of stages =/.

Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on November 14, 2017, 09:22:20 am
Review on my page are up for both Dungeon Travelers 2 and Rhythm Thief.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on November 17, 2017, 07:04:58 pm
Nice work on Dungeon Travelers 2 Kashell, I'm inspired to keep trying. Currently on that boss you mentioned (kill the left hand one first), I'm managing that bit, it's the right hand one's massive power surge when she's taken damage keeps seeing me off. I only need to level Grishna one more to unlock her third job rank, so a re-build and experiment with different job classes might see me through :)

Beaten Dungeons III, which with Evil Within 2 represents the 2 'big' titles I wanted to buy and play this year, w00t! Time to polish off some shorter games and bump the list up a bit.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on November 21, 2017, 01:12:11 pm
Game 23 - Spyro the Dragon (PS1) - 8 Hours

+ This game is pretty fun. It's got good gameplay, fun enemies, decent graphics for the time, and fun voice acting. I liked the free flight bonus levels as well, added some variety. I ended the game with 79% complete and 69 dragons saved.

- I don't know, I think playing this game for the first time as an adult means it doesn't really hold my attention. It's a very simple game, and I wish there was something more than just going through all the levels to free all the dragons. The music was pretty lackluster, and I don't understand what collecting the gems or dragon eggs was all about other than to add more things to do. Either way, it was easy to collect %100 of items in a lot of the levels.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on November 21, 2017, 03:55:50 pm
Quote from: shfan on November 17, 2017, 07:04:58 pm
Nice work on Dungeon Travelers 2 Kashell, I'm inspired to keep trying. Currently on that boss you mentioned (kill the left hand one first), I'm managing that bit, it's the right hand one's massive power surge when she's taken damage keeps seeing me off. I only need to level Grishna one more to unlock her third job rank, so a re-build and experiment with different job classes might see me through :)

Beaten Dungeons III, which with Evil Within 2 represents the 2 'big' titles I wanted to buy and play this year, w00t! Time to polish off some shorter games and bump the list up a bit.

Thank ya. It was quite the journey. After this battle, you'll get two more party members that really outshine the rest of the team. One of them can act twice in one turn. The other can auto-revive. Keep up the good work; you got this!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on November 22, 2017, 08:56:01 pm
And that was game number 31: Nekojishi! And I won't say much about this game. I found the story to be very enjoyable. It was heartfelt, emotional, and with some really good twists. Some things did bother me, the bad endings mainly, but I heard those are standard in visual novels (I wouldn't know, this is the first pure visual novel I've played), and the true endings made more than up for them. And apart from a nitpick here and there I loved the story.

However, I am not going to say "play it now". It's really simple: Look up the game, look at some screenshots and read the description. If it sounds interesting to you, I highly recommend you try it. If it does not: just leave it. It's clearly targeting a very specific audience. If you're a part of that audience, go for it! You won't be disappointed! But if you're not, don't you worry at all about ignoring it. But as a part of that audience, I enjoyed my time with it, and I am happy to have this as a solid introduction to the visual novel genre.

Also, sidenote, I will admit that I used a guide eventually. Visual novels are about getting to different endings via your choices. There are 12 endings, and I got 7 (a good batch of which were bad endings) on my own. And I'm sorry, but I used a guide after that. I feel a little bad because it feels like cheating, but the only other way is going through all the possible answers trial-and-error-style, and that was just not worth the frustration to me. It didn't give me buffs or make the game easier or anything like that. In a game which really is nothing but a book on a screen I don't feel it's all that bad to get to some of the endings a little easier (especially after you've done multiple runs on your own). These games are about the story after all, not about painstakingly going through all the choices to see everything.

So that's 31 games down!
Italics means I had already started with the game November last year or earlier
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on November 23, 2017, 09:29:03 pm
Game 24 - Time Crisis 3 (PS2) - 13 Hours

I counted this game as beat when I did the main story and the rescue mission from beginning to end without getting a game over. I still have the challenge missions I might continue working on.

+ Really a fantastic game when using the GunCon2. It feels like an almost perfect arcade port other than the tiny occasional lag when things get really busy. Otherwise it's very fun, strategic, and addicting to play. The cover mechanic is great and adds a layer of depth instead of just shooting like crazy. I like the sniping sections and the bosses were cool and interesting. I really want to invest in some more of these light gun games on the PS2.

- I really don't have much negative to say about the game. The story isn't great, but who cares? It's an arcade game. I guess like with every arcade game you have to play through the stages multiple times to learn all the patterns, but again, that's the way arcade games work. That's really all I can think of.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on November 24, 2017, 10:54:23 am
And that makes 32! Tender Loving Care is down! If you don't know Tender Loving Care, it's a FMV game from the 90s. The idea is that you're pretty much watching a movie, and between segments you will answer questions which the game will use to get an idea of your psyche and how your brain works. You then get different outcomes and endings based on these answers.

I found this game to be really enjoyable. It has that lovely appealing 90s aesthetic, the questions range from thought-provoking to downright funny in how ridiculous they can get, and the movie itself honestly I found to be really engaging and interesting. Do be warned, this game has a partial focus on adult content, so do prepare for that if you try this out. But otherwise, if it seems interesting to you, I would go for it. It's super cheap on sale right now too, so pick it up while you can!

Italics means I had already started with the game November last year or earlier
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: NickAwesome on November 24, 2017, 03:05:51 pm
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- few hours in, game is pretty dull, probably won't finish this one
9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt- PS4- Done- Beat main story-
10. Paper Mario- N64- 5 hours in
11. Zelda- Breath of the Wild- Switch- One Divine Beat down- 3 to go
12. The Witcher 3 DLC- Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine- Complete
13. Nier Automata- Beaten- Got all main endings A-E
14. Persona 5- PS4- 90 or so hours in
15. Red Faction- PS2- Beaten on Normal- Took me nearly 15 yrs after the fact but finally beat this game
16.  Gears of War: UE- XBONE- Beaten on Normal- Co-op-
17.  Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped- PS4 Beaten - 105% Plat trophy
18.  Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back- PS4 102% Plat trophy
19. Crash Bandicoot- 102%- Platinum Trophy
20.  Castlevania: Symphony of the Night- PS1 -- All endings- 196%+ map percentage
21. Axiom Verge- Vita- Beaten
22. Severed- Vita- Beaten 100%- Platinum Trophy
23.  Undertale-Vita-  Beat- Platinum Trophy
24.  Golf Story- Switch Beat Main Story
25.  Ys VIII- PS4- Beat game- true ending
26.  Metroid: Samus Returns- 3DS- Area 2
27.  Everybody's Golf- Beat Game, now for end game
28.  Steamworld Dig 2- Early game
29.  Shadow Complex- Close to end
30.  Super Mario Odyssey- Beat- 500 power moons
31.  Wolfenstein II- intro scene
32.  Horizon Zero Dawn- Beat Story, about 80% done
33.  Prey- 1 hr in
34.  2064 Read Only Memories- Chapter 2
35.  Battle Chef Brigade- Chapter 2

21/35- If I can get to 25 this year, I'll be happy.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 25, 2017, 12:36:21 am
56 - Asura's Wrath - (360 2012) - BEAT - Been meaning to get to this game for a long time now and figured why not, I'll get it over with, despite everything I've heard, especially since I can grab it used for 5 bucks.  I don't remember the last time I've seen a game of such extremes, where its the best for it's cool designs and crazy, insane, absurd, action, but it's also the worst because it's kind of sloppy, the gameplay isn't good, and the presentation sucks.

I love how crazy this story is, it's peak anime only rivaled by like the end of Gurren Lagann.  Asura is the angriest, fightiest, punchiest, guy ever, and he's a great time.  Wondering how they were gonna go to a new level after every big moment kept me going in this.

On the other hand, it's basically "QTE: The Game".  Most of the games gameplay is designed around QTE cutscenes, which can work, it honestly doesn't bother me as much as I thought it would, but the games more proper gameplay, is so bland basic and this is coming from Capcom, who had made 4 Devil May Cry games before this.  It's a pretty poor action game, especially since the gameplay isn't really to win, it's just to build up your anger to hit your "Cutscene Trigger".  For some reason they also felt like presenting the game in this faux anime setup, complete with credits every chapter, commercial break in the middle, and an episode preview and it didn't need that.  All it needed was the mission complete screen and the illustrated interludes.  The game is also filled with moments of the framerate just dying, poor audio mixing where I could barely hear the voices over the music a lot of the time (saved by subtitles), and lacked some polish.

The greatest and most well known flaw of the game is how badly Capcom fucked up with the ending, literally hacking out the games ending and selling it as DLC.  Even right now on 360, it's 7 bucks for the final four episodes.  It's a real big middle finger to consumers especially with how they tease you by having the "True Episode 18" as a separate episode once you beat the game, so you play through the entire "Ending" again, no gameplay is different, just to get an altered two minutes of cutscene at the end.  I'm not buying it, nor am I grabbing the Oni and Ryu DLC, because screw that.  I knew it was coming and I was still super pissed off.  Capcom had a great idea and a super badass character and man they screwed it up so hard.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on November 27, 2017, 01:48:55 pm
Results for 2017: 37 beaten, 9 tried and discarded.

Games beaten

01] The Evil Within 2 (PS4)
02] Resident Evil 4 HD (PS4)
03] Resident Evil 7: BioHazard (PS4)
04] Dark Souls II (PS4)
05] Resident Evil 5 HD (PS4)
06] Alienation (PS4)
07] Toukiden: Kiwami (PS4)
08] Dungeon Siege III (360)
09] Rage (360)
10] Insaniquarium! (PC)
11] Ants Warriors (Flash)
12] Shantae: Risky's Revenge (PS4)
13] Vagrant Story (PS1)
14] Dungeons III (PS4)
15] Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires (PS4)
16] Stardew Valley (PS4)
17] Resident Evil: Revelations (PS4)
18] Earth's Dawn (PS4)
19] Steamworld Dig (PS4)
20] Astebreed (PS4)
21] The Sexy Brutale (PS4)
22] Dragon Quest Builders (PS4)
23] Mount & Blade: Warband (PS4) - replay (female character)
24] Empires & Dungeons 2: The Sultanate (PC)
25] Homefront: The Revolution (PS4)
26] Rescue Shot (PS1) - replay
27] This War of Mine: The Little Ones (PS4) - replay
28] Splatter Master (PS2) - Easy only (have never managed to beat higher difficulties)
29] Rebuild 2 (Flash)
30] Prey (PS4)
31] Wonderboy: The Dragon's Trap (PS4)
32] Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair (PS4) - Wing Diver playthrough on normal difficulty
33] Abzû (PS4)
34] Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library & the Monster Seal (Vita)
35] Hey! Pikmin (3DS)  
36] Dark Messiah: Might & Magic Elements (360)
37] Ninja Blade (360)

Games I tried, disliked then got rid of (and why)

01] Super Dungeon Bros. (PS4) Repetitive and difficulty-ramped to make up for lack of content, paid unlockables in plain sight. Shite.
02] Portal Knights (PS4) Minecraft with ultra-light RPG elements, designed for multiple players and aimed at kids, pretty much the opposite of what I'm looking for, nothing 'wrong' with it.
03] The Town of Light (PS4) Garbage walking-sim slapped together in Unity, has nothing to say and is a complete lightweight in terms of emotive story. Rubbish.
04] Vikings: Wolves of Midgard (PS4) Diablo clone, irritating difficulty spikes for the sake of it, very narrow equipment range, nice setting but just too boring after awhile.
05] Retro City Rampage (Vita) Couldn't get anywhere with this, felt so lightweight gameplay wise and the 'knowing' 'nods' to 'popular culture' were irritating as hell.
06]  The Surge (PS4) Difficult for the sake of being difficult, no sense of progression, frustrating and confusing world layout, myriad technical faults, non-existent plot. Lacks polish.
07] Vs. (PS1) 1-on-1 fighting game, aged terribly, embarassing characters, no story mode. That'll be a nope.
08]  Dungeons (PC) Bizarre first outing, more like a mixture of hoteliership and farming than being a dungeon master, no thanks.
09] Titan Quest (PC) Diablo clone, fine to a point but very repetitive and without Diablo's varied cast or massive amount of items, not as slick in gameplay either. Nah.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on November 27, 2017, 02:57:38 pm
Ten games left to meet my goal for the year.  Planning on knocking out #95 today.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on November 28, 2017, 09:40:23 am
@shfan - Congrats on getting to the final chapter in Dungeon Travelers. The end is in sight! You got this.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 28, 2017, 10:17:38 am
I know I'm well above the 52 game goal, but it's been almost a month since I last beat anything. I have been playing a lot of Breath of the Wild again recently, mostly just working towards 100%ing it, which does not go towards my games beat tally since I already beat Breath of the Wild earlier this year, but it would be nice to try and reach 80 games, or at least 75 since it is a nice number :p
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: Cartagia on November 29, 2017, 09:14:55 pm
1. Super Mario 3D World
2. Dark Souls III
3. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
4. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
6. Dr. Mario
7. Nioh
8. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition
9. Wolfenstein: The New Order
10. Darksiders: Warmastered Edition
11. Tales from the Borderlands
12. Bloodborne (Childhood's Beginning)
13. Bloodborne (Yharnam Sunrise)
14. Fallout 4
15. Rocket League
16. Day of the Tentacle Remastered
17. Mega Man X
18. Lords of the Fallen
19. Resident Evil 4
20. Super Punch-Out!! This is not beaten yet, because it was way harder than I expected, and I say that as someone who has beaten the original a couple of times.
21. Super Mario Odyssey 999 Moons!.
22. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
23. Imperialism
24. Rebel Galaxy I’ve put in a couple of hours so far, and I don’t think I like it all that much.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on November 30, 2017, 12:55:11 pm
Quote from: kashell on November 28, 2017, 09:40:23 am
@shfan - Congrats on getting to the final chapter in Dungeon Travelers. The end is in sight! You got this.

Thank you!  :) It's only thanks to your info on the classes that I got this far at last, thanks very much!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on November 30, 2017, 02:47:55 pm
Reviews are now up for Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure and Azure Dreams!

Quote from: shfan on November 30, 2017, 12:55:11 pm
Quote from: kashell on November 28, 2017, 09:40:23 am
@shfan - Congrats on getting to the final chapter in Dungeon Travelers. The end is in sight! You got this.

Thank you!  :) It's only thanks to your info on the classes that I got this far at last, thanks very much!

You're quite welcome! I'm glad that I was able to offer some help. I know firsthand that this can be a very challenging game.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on December 02, 2017, 02:50:28 pm
Part 1 :  https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg133797.html#msg133797
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Part 5 :  https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg146861.html#msg146861


105. Street Fighters Alpha: Warriors' Dream [18/30] - Arcade - I LOVE the Alpha serie, a lot of people tend to prefer Street Fighter 2 but I personally like the Alpha games way more! Graphically I just love the animated tv show style, it's just so much more unique and I think most of the characters look way better with this art style. I also love the new characters, I'm not a big fan of characters like E.Honda or Dhalsim so I wasn't really bothered by the lack of old characters. Charlie, Rose and Dan are just so badass (yes even Dan lol) and I love that they brought back Birdie and Adon from the original game! The gameplay is also way better, much more faster and the animation are just so much smoother!

106. The Walking Dead Season 2 [20/20] - Xbox One - The Walking Dead Season 1 was AMAZING, but ending the season with the death of the main and best character was a risk. However making Clementine the new protagonist was the best and most logical choice, and they successfully made another amazing season! I love how badass Clem has become, she's no longer that scared little girl, she took everything that Lee taught her and proved that age is just a number. I also loved the new characters, Rebecca started out as a bitch but ended up being a favorite of mine. I also liked Jane, I know a lot of people hate her and I'm glad I didn't choose her ending cause what she does in season 3 is insulting but I did like her tho. My favorite tho was Luke, I don't think you can not like Luke, he's just so sweet and his death was one of the saddest tbh. Also bringing back Kenny was the best thing ever, I was so happy to see a familiar face from season 1, I obviously chose his ending after trying to defend him during the whole season (#season1squadforever), and even tho he was a bit crazy he's still Kenny <3.

107. Battlefield 1 [17/20]- Xbox One - I've never played a battlefield game before except with friends a long time ago (and it was only online), so I was actually shocked at how good the campaign mode is! It's short but it leaves a strong message, and while the character development isn't strong, I still liked most of the soldiers! I especially liked the 5th war story with the aussie guy, I thought it was by far the best part of the game. It's also incredibly impressive when it comes to graphics! The prologue just blew me away! I don't usually play a lot of war themed fps because they're usually really similar but I really appreciated this game!

108. Until Dawn [20/20] - Playstation 4 - I love choice based story games so I had to play this one and I wasn't disappointed at all tbh! The story isn't the most original but it has some amazing plot twists and there are no boring parts which makes the game really fun to play. The choice in this game really matter, especially if you want to save everyone (which I wasn't able to do lol, Matt died, and Josh too but whatever for him lol), I wish the relationships "choices" would matter more but everything happens so fast in the game that it doesn't matter that much tbh. I liked most of the character, Ashley was the only one who I truly didn't like, Emily, Sam, Mike and Chris were my favorites. I also think that's it's one of the most stunning game ever made, especially the characters, they're really realistic and the attention to details is incredible.

109. Art of Fighting 3 [20/20] - Neo Geo - The first 2 Art of Fighting game are good, but this one is by far the best! A completely new roster (except for Ryo and Robert), with some amazing fighters who sadly (except for Kasumi) never made and appearance in other games =/. The gameplay is amazing, really fast and the animation are stunning! The stages are one of my favorites from any 2D fighting games, especially the western one! The whole vibe of this game is just amazing and it's imo one of the best SNK fighting game ever made!

110. Street Fighter Alpha 2 [18/20] - Arcade - This game is the game that introduced one of my all time favorite Street Fighting game character : Sakura. Her fighting style and her appearance has always been really iconic to me (I'd even say more iconic than Chun-Li tbh). But aside from introduced one of my favorite characters, this game also has amazing stages, "new characters" (at least new to the Alpha serie, except Rolento who's new to the Street Fighter serie being from Final Fight) and an amazing gameplay.

111. The Walking Dead Season 3 [20/20] - Xbox One - Introducing a completely new main character was a BIG risk but I think they pulled it of really well. The new characters were really interesting and it also allowed us to see how badass Clementine was on her own, for the first time she was the one helping you and not the one who was taken care of. The story was also once again amazing with some really difficult choices, + the Jesus cameo was the best thing ever. Graphically it's also a big upgrade, I liked the old art style but it was nice to see something new! I'm really excited for the next season tbh, and hopefully Javier will make an appearance because he really grew on me!

112. The Walking Dead Michonne [20/20] - Xbox One - Michonne is one of my favorite female character from TWD, and making a telltale game about her was just the best thing ever tbh. It is shorter than the main game but the story and characters were still really interesting. I'd say the villains were even better than the one in the main game tbh, killing Norma and her brother (Randall?) was such a great karma feeling tbh. I guess Michonne here was more based on her comics version since she had two daughters instead of a son but I still liked her a lot, and it was great to know more about her story before meeting Rick's group. (Btw I remember writing in my Season 1 "review" that I didn't know anything about TWD, well that changed since I binged watched the seasons right after playing the games lol)

113. Xenoblade Chronicles X [19/20] - Wii U - Xenoblade Chronicles X was one of the main reason why I wanted a Wii U, and after playing it I can say that it was definitely a game worth buying a console! First of all the game is stunning, the Wii U might not equal the PS4 and Xbox One but it still managed to have some really stunning game, this one probably being one of the best looking imo. While it might lack some details, everything is just so big and fun to explore that you forget about the few ugly textures. I also loved the gameplay, the fighting system was really cool, but some boss can get really tough! I also really liked the story, it takes a while to get into but after the first major plot twist it just keeps being more and more intriguing! My main issue with the game is the lack of memorable characters, Lin and Tatsu were the stars of the game tbh but even them weren't that incredible. I really wish our character had a voice, or at least more dialogue choices.

114. Dead Rising 3 [18/20] - Xbox One - This was the first Dead Rising game I've ever played, I actually played it because I was planning to buy the 4th game but I wasn't sure if I'd care about the serie and tbh it ended being a really cool surprise. The game is really arcade-ish with a lot of gore and fun weapons. Everything is just so fun in this game, in a way it kinda reminded me of Saints Row because of how the game takes nothing seriously. Nick was also a really cool protagonist, and while the story wasn't that intriguing it was still alright. I didn't do a lot of side missions since they were pretty basic, but I did like the fact that some of the people you helped would stick with you to help you!

115. The King of Fighters 96' [18/20] - Arcade - A big step up from the previous game! While they didn't put back my favorite team, the new characters are just AMAZING! Wolfgang, Geese, Kasumi, Mature... so many iconic characters added to the roster! The stages are stunning like usually, I especially loved Osaka! I didn't really notice a big change in the graphics or gameplay tho, it's pretty similar with a few new things here and there.

116. Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha [17/20] - Playstation 1 - The EX franchise is by far the most underrated franchise from the Street Fighter serie imo. The first isn't the best from the serie but it's still a really solid fighting game imo. It's pretty average graphically especially compared to other fighting games like Tekken 2 which is way better looking imo, but it's still alright. The best thing about this game imo is the Arika characters, I like the weirdness about them, especially characters like Skullomania and the Cycloyds. The music is also really awesome especially the one from Sakura's stage! The game plays well, the animations are good and they were able to keep the SF character's moveset pretty similar to their originals.

117. Real Bout Fatal Fury Special [20/20] - Neo Geo - Real Bout Fatal Fury was an excellent game, but Special is perfect. The roster is amazing, the stages are amazing, the soundtrack is amazing but what's even more amazing is the gameplay that has been perfected throughout all the previous games and that has now become untouchable. It's fast, the moves are fluid and really well animated and just the whole vibe of the fights makes the game one of the best from the serie!

118. Street Fighter Alpha 3 [19/20] - Arcade/Playstation 1 - I've played two versions of the game because of the roster differences, but my main opinion wil be about the arcade version since it's the one I played the most. First I have to say that this is by far the best Alpha game of the serie. The expanded roster is amazing, so many cool characters have been added that I wish would've made more appearances in later games. The game is also beautiful, I still think that the Alpha serie has one of the best art style from the 2D SF games. The PS1 port is also pretty nice looking, and the bonus characters make it a version definitely worth to play!

119. The Last of Us [20/20] - Playstation 3 - This was my second time beating this legendary game and it's honestly even better than I remembered. The game has graphically aged incredibly well, the lighting in this game is so stunning and all the small details makes it probably the best looking PS3 game of all time. I also adore the gameplay, the shooting and fighting moments are so intense especially against the zombies (still have nightmares about those fuckin clickers and those beasts who throw poison at you lol). But what makes this game so amazing is obviously the story and the characters. I truly felt all types of emotions during this game, some moments are really heartbreaking. Joel and Ellie are both one of my favorite characters ever and I honestly can't wait to see them again in the second game!

120. Gears of War Ultimate Edition [19/20] - Xbox One -I always thought that for some reason the Gears of War games would be a serie that I'd find pretty boring, however I know that it's a very liked serie so I thought I'd try it to finally know what it's all about and I was really nicely surprised! I was planning on playing the entire serie however I'll probably do that next year since I have to many other games I want to play right now, but after finishing this first game I definitely wanted to continue with the second one! The story is pretty basic but the characters are awesome! I love the dialogues between them, it's definitely what makes the game go from a basic shooting game to a really interesting game! Graphically the game is also stunning, they made a really good job with this remaster because it honestly looks like it could've been an Xbox One game!

121. The Last of Us Left Behind [20/20] - Playstation 3 - I played this right after finishing the main game however this was my first time actually playing the DLC! While it's pretty short they still managed to make the story really emotional an introduce a really cool "new" character! I loved seeing Ellie interact with someone her age, it showed a different side of her that was even more funny than usual! I also loved all the interaction between her and Riley, while the "past" moment didn't have any fighting, they were still really interesting because of the dialogue and fun interactions with all the objects! It's definitely a DLC worth playing if you loved the main game (and only if you played the game tbh).

122. The King of Fighters 97' [18/20] - Arcade - This game introduced one of my favorite KOF team, the New Faces Team and just for that it's one of my favorite! Not only that but also the new Special Team from Fatal Fury adding Yamazaki, one of my favorite Fatal Fury character! I do have to say that this KOF game has probably my least favorite stages from any of the KOF game, none of them are bad I just don't think any of them stand out that much. But it's still and incredibly solid fighting game that I really enjoyed!

123. Amped 2 [20/20] - Xbox - Amped 2 is definitely one of my favorite snowboarding game! The gameplay make it a big stand out when you compared it to the other snowboarding games from the 6th generation. It's the most realistic and I can totally see that it influenced other games like Skate or Steep! Graphically it's also stunning, I also love the different type of moutains, there's multiples peak for each of them and the game will definitely last long before getting boring! It's definitely an exclusive worth getting an Xbox imo.

124. Life is Strange : Before the Storm [20/20] - Playstation 4 - I'm huge fan of the previous game, so when I heard they'd make a spin off with Chloe I was really excited, especially since she was the better character imo. I absolutely loved Before the Storm, learning more about Chloe and especially Rachel was something I was really looking forward and it didn't disappoint! Rachel is an excellent character, and knowing what's waiting for her makes the game even more sad, especially the final scene! My only issue is that I think it should've been a 5 episode game since the ending felt a bit rushed, but I still loved every second of the game, the story was amazing with a lot of plot twists! Graphically the game is also stunning, the art style is just so unique and the atmosphere in the game is really something special.

125. Street Fighter Ex 2 Plus [17/20] - Playstation 1 - A very good sequel imo, the graphics are improved, a lot more details on the fighters, the gameplay is also slightly better, the moves a more fluid and the animations are just overall better looking. I also like the new character a lot, especially Area who's probably my favorite EX character! Howeve, even tho the game is technically better, I do slightly prefer the first one which has better music and stages imo.

126. SSX [18/20] - Playstation 2 - First ever SSX! What a good first game tbh, while pretty basic compared to some of the sequels, it still holds up well today! The characters are super fun, the stages are amazing and even the graphics are pretty good! Of course the best thing about the SSX games is the gameplay, while this first game doesn't have the tricky tricks yet, it still has an enjoyable gameplay! It is definitely harder to have a high score in this game, mostly because of the tricky tricks not being there, but also because you have to land a lot more precisely than in the future games, but that's what's make this game unique imo.

127. SSX Blur [16/20] - Wii - Imo the worst SSX game of the serie, it isn't a bad game at all however compared to the other games it lacks definitely something. The peaks aren't really standing out compared to some in other games of the franchise, and I probably won't remember any of them in a few weeks. The gameplay is also really frustrating, especially because you have to use the nunchuk to control your rider and not the joystick. It is however a fun game, and while it has it's issues it's still a solid game worth getting if you have a Wii. It also has pretty nice graphics, a bid more childish for some reasons compared to the other SSX games.

128. Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder [20/20] - Playstation 2 - I absolutely ADORE this game! I'm a huge fan of the Tony Hawk games, and this game definitely feels like one. The gameplay, the levels, the music... everything is so good in this game! It is a bit harder that a Tony Hawk game, you have to be really precise with your tricks and your runs to complete objectives, but the more realistic gameplay (compared to SSX) totally fits with the punk/skate vibes of the game.

129. SSX [19/20] - Xbox 360 - Love this game! The last SSX and the only one that's not from the 6th generation! The game is truly beautiful, so many different types of mountains and the animations are also really cool. I love the gameplay, it's the easiest SSX to play imo, you will rarely fall, however I do think that some maps are extremely annoying because of all the gimmicks they tried to put it. So you will never fuck up a trick but you will fall off the mountain a good amount of times. But there is a lot of maps so at the end of the day it isn't that big of an issue. I'm also glad they kept the characters, also adding some cool new ones! I'm still missing some of the original SSX and tricky characters tho. Overall it's an excellent game, definitely get it if you're a fan of the serie, or just snowboarding in general.

130. SSX On Tour [20/20] - Playstation 2 - My second favorite SSX after SSX 3. I used to have this game as a kid with SSX 3 and I played them for hours! The mountain in this game is amazing tbh, so much diversity from forrest to city and you can go from the top all the way to the bottom in one run! I also love that they added people skiing and snowboarding with you, even kids! It just makes the game feel so much more alive. It's also the first game that introduced skiing and it's honestly just as much fun a the snowboard! It's imo the most underrated SSX of the serie, people tend to like SSX 3 and tricky a lot but often forget about this one which is a shame.

131. Steep [20/20] - Xbox One - This game is really special to me because it's the first current gen game I've ever played! I remember watching videos of this game and being so impressed by how beautiful it was! And even after a year of playing a lot of current gen games I still think that Steep is absolutely stunning! The snow, the lighting, everything! There's something really relaxing to this game making it really different from all the arcade type of snow games! I see a lot of Amped influence tbh, but with even less arcade type of gameplay. This game is really just about discover the best sport in the mountain and just have a good time. The music is also amazing and totally fitting.

Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on December 06, 2017, 01:41:10 pm
97 games beat.  7 games left to meet my goal.

Getting really down to the wire here.

Working on Sniper Elite V2 and Metroid: Samus Returns.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on December 07, 2017, 04:16:05 am
Prey on PS4 beat, brings me up to 30, what a game  :o  Wasn't expecting anything like the quality, BioShock and Dead Space in a sordid union with the quality of both.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on December 11, 2017, 03:19:07 pm
33 down! I always said that as soon as either Smash Bros. or Bayonetta was coming I would get a Switch. Well, Bayonetta is coming, so I got my Switch! And along with it I have Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Mario Odyssey, which can now consider itself beaten! It has already often been hailed as the greatest Mario of all time, so do I agree with that?

Well, objectively, it may very well be. The game is fantastic. You all knew this, and it's true. It's absolutely fantastic. I don't have much to say apart from that it's great. I love the capture mechanic; it adds tons of new variety and interesting gameplay options to the game to really switch things up compared to its predecessors. Especially as someone that had always loved the enemies in Mario games it's a blast. I love the worlds and moon system too. It makes the game much more replayable, and it makes getting to 100% much more fun and tempting compared to previous titles. Everything about it is fantastic. If you're a Mario fan you owe it to yourself to play Odyssey.

But is is the best Mario? Objectively, it most likely is. However, in my heart it can't overshine Galaxy that easily. I fully admit that is mostly nostalgia speaking. Super Mario Galaxy blew me away as a kid, and that fondness isn't overshadowed easily. However, that doesn't take away from the amazingness that is Super Mario Odyssey, and it probably will still go down as one of the best Mario games ever. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some more people to bother in New Donk City.

So that puts me at 33!
Italics means I had already started with the game November last year or earlier
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on December 12, 2017, 09:41:18 am
Ugh, I've essentially been moving for a month and while I am now completely moved into my new place, having to unpack and get things set up is a time consuming pit which there is seemingly no escape. I am really, really hoping that this weekend I'll be able to spend some serious time playing something and maybe adding a few more titles to my games beat this for this year. It has now been over a month since I beat a game despite getting a lot of time in with Breath of the Wild which I already beat earlier this year. I am going to try for 75 games beat before year's end, but we'll see.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on December 12, 2017, 10:21:04 am
Sitting at 101 games beat now.  3 games to go.

Looking at starting Demon Box King on the 3DS which will probably be my last handheld game beat for the year.  Might start DQ6 after that.

Trying to decide what console game to start.  I've been enjoying playing 360 games in my game room, but my wife has been hogging the room playing Ni no Kuni.  So maybe I'll play Wolfenstein II or jump back into Yakuza 0.  My wife wants me to play Among the Sleep, but I told her she'll have to make me.  Maybe I'll finish Lococycle.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kashell on December 14, 2017, 09:15:13 am
My review for Secret of Evermore is now up. I'm not sure what's taking so long for the Uta review to get posted.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on December 14, 2017, 03:50:48 pm
Knocked another game out.  Sitting at 102.  Just 2 more to go.  Might make these last two longish games.  Maybe Wolfenstein 2 and Yakuza 0.  I haven't been feeling awesome today, so maybe I'll just focus on Picross S and listen to some funnies... like Community.

My wife met her original goal of 20 games fairly quickly and we kept upping it, and today my wife beat her 40th game of the year, which was the final adjusted goal.  I don't believe she expects to beat any more games this year, so that's probably all for her.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: Cartagia on December 16, 2017, 09:41:10 am
1. Super Mario 3D World - 100%
2. Dark Souls III
3. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
4. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
6. Dr. Mario
7. Nioh
8. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition As close to 100% that you can do on a single playthrough
9. Wolfenstein: The New Order
10. Darksiders: Warmastered Edition
11. Tales from the Borderlands
12. Bloodborne (Childhood's Beginning)
13. Bloodborne (Yharnam Sunrise) - Platinum
14. Fallout 4
15. Rocket League
16. Day of the Tentacle Remastered
17. Mega Man X
18. Lords of the Fallen
19. Resident Evil 4
20. Super Punch-Out!! - Unbeaten - Will Return
21. Super Mario Odyssey - 100%
22. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
23. Imperialism
24. Rebel Galaxy - Unbeaten - Will Not Return
25. XCOM 2 - In Progress

I let myself get too absorbed in massive open world and action RPGs this year.  But, unlike last year with Mad Max, which was merely mediocre, these were all pretty fantastic, so I've no regrets about it.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on December 18, 2017, 10:22:07 am
And that makes 34! Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has been beaten! With this game, I consider at least a 1-star rank on all Grand Prix cups as beaten, and perfect 3-star ranks on all Grand Prix cups (as well as all vehicle pieces unlocked) as completed.

This is no doubt the best Mario Kart game to date. The huge amount of fantastic tracks, the different mechanics, the overall handling, the rebalancing of items, it's absolutely fantastic. Do I even need to say anything about this game though? You already know whether you'll like it or not. And if you think you will, I can assure you you will. It's a fantastic game for parties, and great fun single player too. Highly recommended.

UPDATE: So I booted up Kirby: Planet Robobot and beat Meta Knightmare Returns. I already beat the main game and the Arena, so I guess that's Kirby: Planet Robobot beaten! I still need to beat the True Arena and 100% the main game to complete the game. I may or may not do that, I'm not sure yet.

Kirby: Planet Robobot is good. It's not fantastic or anything, it's exactly what you expect. A simple, but fun adventure. It's your typical Kirby game. Worth checking out if you're a fan of the series or just looking for a simple fun platformer.

So that gets me to 35!
Italics means I had already started with the game November last year or earlier
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%

So...now for the bad news. I still wanted to beat Life is Strange: Before the Storm and attempt The Evil Within before the end of the year, but that ain't happening anymore. My computer crashed and is in for repairs, and I likely won't get it back until next year. So that's a real shame, but I may still try to pad out this list with some DS titles I have laying around (not sure yet). Oh well, what can you do I guess. At least that gives me some nice titles for next year!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on December 19, 2017, 01:39:30 am
Game 25 - Pac-Man Vs. (GC) - 1 Hour

+ Got a few friends together to play this game. It is honestly a ton of fun! We had a blast playing, even though we had never seen any gameplay of this before. I can really appreciate the good game design because it never favored Pac-Man over the ghosts. We had several close games and had to do a three-way tie breaker at the end. Really fun to play.

- The biggest issue for me is that there isn't much to the game other than play through the 6 stages. I was dying for something a little more, some more game modes, new stages, new ways to play... anything! There's a criminal lack of content in this game, and I'm still second guessing myself typing this because there's not a single thing to unlock or do, which is a major bummer.

This game will be great to add to my GameCube collection and play when I have friends over. It's a ton of fun :D

 Back to my list (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg132293.html#msg132293)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on December 19, 2017, 09:07:00 am
Felt sick all weekend and wanted to lay in the game room, so I wound up playing more 360 games and beat my goal of 104.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on December 20, 2017, 12:20:37 am
First review in over a month:

74. Thunder Force VI (PS2): There is no denying that this is by far the easiest game in the Thunder Force series as well as possibly the most imbalanced one, with it heavily favoring the player over the enemy ships and bosses. However, this combination of great music, cool bosses, unique levels, and fun gameplay make for a cool, albeit shallow shmup experience. This game is just plain fun even if it is a bit more on the casual side in more ways than one. (12/19/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 23, 2017, 06:30:13 am
59 - Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Switch 2017) - BEAT - Well this was a doozy.  Over 90 hours put in with more likely to come and I gotta say that this game is a wonderful time.  I wasn't someone that liked the previous two games, I thought they had a lot of issues that couldn't keep me playing, but this streamlined the entire experience, making it more engaging, the progression being far better handled, and it never felt like I was being overburdened by the systems and questing.  Fantastic music, some fun characters, a great world, I haven't enjoyed a JRPG this much in awhile, the last one being Final Fantasy XV, but that had so many problems, it was a tough enjoyment.

This game does have a few issues, like the performance in battles isn't great, where it does this thing to salvage the framerate by I think either dropping the games quality, or anti-aliasing, or something, but it really shows they were stretching what the Switch could handle, but that's par for the course with the Xenoblade games.  They've never ran super well lol Also the UI isn't really great, they did a tiny patch to tweak the map, but it's still a bad map, and the minimap is supposed to be improved later, but yeah, that's down the road.  Also I'd say there's pretty bad writing going on.  It's not constant, but like you'll get these moments that make you groan or clearly state something they knew before, and it's all very tropey, which sometimes is endearing, but also Japanese writers have been doing this shit for years and they really need to try and improve.  Also the Gachapon-esque crystals are frustrating.  At least they aren't lootboxes with microtransactions, but I spent 90 hours in this game and still have like 10 of them to unlock.  Lucky to get one Blade in at least 20 to 30 crystals, rare and common.  I've used 3 or 4 Legendary ones and didn't get a single unique Blade.  Just did my 5th one, got a unique blade, but these legendary ones are hard to come by.  Not great odds.

That's all really nitpicky though.  It's honestly in my Top 3 this year with Breath of the Wild, and Super Mario Odyssey.  I mean, wow.  Three games from one system, a new one, on top of a good year for gaming in general (That is if we don't include the great lows in gaming this year lol)?  I still have more to do in this game as I actually want to try and get all the blades and complete as much as I can as there are still some quests leftover, at least a dozen blades to get, I'm nearly done with the Merc Missions, so I'll probably spend at least another 5 to 10 hours trying to finish up anything.

*EDIT*
And this is likely the last game of the year for me unless I'm surprised with something for Christmas. My total for games is...48 games beat or were endless/multiplayer games that I put a minimum of 10 hours into.  I abandoned 11 games.  Overall my best year so far.  Next year I won't be buying as many games, so unlikely to get back to this number, though I already have a few ports I bought cheap that I'll be playing next year.  Maybe I'll try and do more smaller titles, dig through some of these random games I've collected over the years through freebies and humble bundles.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: NickAwesome on December 24, 2017, 02:26:45 am
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- few hours in, game is pretty dull, probably won't finish this one
9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt- PS4- Done- Beat main story-
10. Paper Mario- N64- 5 hours in
11. Zelda- Breath of the Wild- Switch- One Divine Beat down- 3 to go
12. The Witcher 3 DLC- Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine- Complete
13. Nier Automata- Beaten- Got all main endings A-E
14. Persona 5- PS4- 90 or so hours in
15. Red Faction- PS2- Beaten on Normal- Took me nearly 15 yrs after the fact but finally beat this game
16.  Gears of War: UE- XBONE- Beaten on Normal- Co-op-
17.  Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped- PS4 Beaten - 105% Plat trophy
18.  Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back- PS4 102% Plat trophy
19. Crash Bandicoot- 102%- Platinum Trophy
20.  Castlevania: Symphony of the Night- PS1 -- All endings- 196%+ map percentage
21. Axiom Verge- Vita- Beaten
22. Severed- Vita- Beaten 100%- Platinum Trophy
23.  Undertale-Vita-  Beat- Platinum Trophy
24.  Golf Story- Switch Beat Main Story
25.  Ys VIII- PS4- Beat game- true ending
26.  Metroid: Samus Returns- 3DS- Area 2
27.  Everybody's Golf- Beat Game, now for end game
28.  Steamworld Dig 2- Early game
29.  Shadow Complex- Close to end
30.  Super Mario Odyssey- Beat- 500 power moons
31.  Wolfenstein II- intro scene
32.  Horizon Zero Dawn- Beat Story, about 80% done
33.  Prey- Beat game- best ending
34.  2064 Read Only Memories- PS4 Chapter 2
35.  Battle Chef Brigade- NSW Chapter 2
36. Night in the Woods- PS4 Beat Main Story
37.  What Remains of Edith Finch-PS4 Beat Main Story
38.  Metroid Fusion- GBA
39.  Xenoblade Chronicles II- NSW- 7 hours in
40.  Yakuza 0- PS4-  30 hrs in

24/40
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on December 24, 2017, 10:02:29 am
At 36/52, which although is still well short, is something of a miracle considering what a year it's been. Just been on a week's break, during which 3 games got beat, 2 of them were long overdue. Hey Pikmin! is a game I picked up mid-year (on another break) and finished, it's a real charming little thing. Dungeon Travelers 2 has hogged my Vita for what must be at least a year, it's such a good feeling to have that one ticked off. Dark Messiah of Might and Magic is a game I've started 3 or 4 times over the years, to finally reach the end was a real buzz.

On top of that, a Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros. is nearly done, as with Dungeon Travelers 2 this has hogged a console (2DS in this case) for @ 70 hours of gameplay - I'm ready to finish it before the end of the year, I'm at one of the last bosses now.

Happy! Ooh, on top of that I started playing Ninja Blade, by FROM, which at the time received no attention as the Dark Souls train hadn't even been built, let alone run through gaming central and ruined everyone's shit :D It's a bit like DMC and is insane but totally straight-faced about it. Love it!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on December 24, 2017, 11:50:55 am
Game 26 - Batman: Arkham Origins (Wii U) - 16 Hours

Another game off the list! Might be the last one for the year too.

+ This game was still pretty fun, the gameplay/action and stealth was just as great as the previous entries which was why I was drawn to it in the first place. I liked the free roaming as the collectibles were better placed. I also liked the detective mode where you could scan a body for evidence and piece together the crime scene. There were some good boss battles too, the one against Deathstroke was really challenging and fun. I liked the powerups and I pretty much used all of them in battle at some point, even the explosive gel was good.

- Unfortunately, the game just feels really phoned in and unpolished, in particular with the story. It just feels like another re-hash of Arkham City but less memorable, with a boring story and lame characters, especially the villains. There were also some pretty bad framerate issues when things got busy on screen.

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on December 25, 2017, 07:41:00 pm
So we all know how famous the Star Fox series is for it's multiple paths and multiple endings. Well, I just beat one ending to Star Fox: Command. I know the game has 9 endings to find, but hey, beating it once counts as beating, right? Besides, I think that this one playthrough gave me plenty to judge it on as is.

So how was it? It was all right...for DS. You can tell this is a DS game. This really is a game that feels like it's held back by its platform. It has very limited ideas, and while the ideas it has are often good, they're not always executed properly. I am not going to touch on the story, both because I haven't gotten all the endings yet and because it's only a backdrop to the gameplay. You don't play for the story. And sadly, the gameplay isn't enough to carry the game.

It's by no means bad, but it's very mediocre. Don't expect the variety and exploration from titles like Star Fox 64. All fights are the same. You're in all-range mode shooting down targets (sometimes followed by flying into a mothership), and occasionally you take down a missile. It's basic, easy, and not incredibly engaging. And it never really seems to change (I doubt the other endings change that too). It's all right for just killing some time, but that's the extend of it. Especially with Star Fox 64 3D being a thing, there is not really any reason to hunt this one down unless you're a big fan of either Star Fox or that typical Nintendo DS-feel. Again, not bad, but mediocre at best.

So that's 36!
Italics means I had already started with the game November last year or earlier
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on December 27, 2017, 12:15:49 am
I'm in the middle of playing several of the games I got for XMAS, most of which I've beat since they are more arcade style games. Once I play them a bit more and get a good feel for them I will post reviews on them. I'm particularly trying to beat Layer Section (aka Galactic Attack) before the end of the year. I really want to start Nier Automata soon too.
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: telly on December 28, 2017, 09:42:00 pm
Welp, finally did my first hard restart in Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter, after about 18 hours of play. (Part of that was because I really didn't know what the different SOL options were so I figured I would try all three. I finally picked the one that sends you back to the very beginning of the game :O )

My feelings about this game so far are very conflicted. I'll save it for the eventual mini review, but basically the game is designed in a way that it forces you to start over and take a New Game plus before you've beaten the game, forcing you to replay everything over again in order to get further than where you were before. It's a fascinating gameplay mechanic, and while I don't like it at all, it toys with how you as a play view a game over, which is interesting and unlike anything I've experienced before.

I'm leaving the PS2 at my folks place, so it's a good place as any to set aside and try to come back to it later. I'll pick it up again someday.

My totals this year was 37 games played, 26 beat, about the same as 2015. Gotta do better next year!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on December 29, 2017, 09:56:53 am
I am trying really hard to finish Layer Section on the Saturn, but this game is a hard son of a bitch, even with additional continues which I've had to use even to get to the final boss. Whether it is the last game I finish in 2017 or the first game in 2018, it will be a good place to end this year or start next year :)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: realpoketendonl on December 29, 2017, 03:22:00 pm
Perhaps a bit cheaty, but a last minute addition in the form of Mario vs Donkey Kong: Minis March Again. I beat this game back on DSi, but I transferred it to my 3DS and never beat it again. But it's short, it's pretty fun, so I figured "Eh, why not. An easy last-minute addition to my list for this year." Shameless? Perhaps, but hey, a game beat is a game beat.

This is still a solid puzzler. I remember thoroughly enjoying this title as a kid, but I do have to admit it's not as glamorous playing it again nowadays. Overall the game plays fine. The puzzles are clever and fun to navigate. I do have to admit I found it getting tedious near the end, but that was more out of my own lack of patience than the game itself. You just need to clearly plan out your plan in advance, which I often didn't 100% do. Again though, my fault, not the games. If you're looking for a simple, short puzzle game to try out, or want to try the series at a cheap price, Mario vs Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! is a great entry point.

So that's 37!
Italics means I had already started with the game November last year or earlier
A red glow means this is a second playthrough
A blue glow means the game has been completed 100%

This is most likely going to be my number for the year. I have to admit, 37? I'm quite proud of myself. Now I know this is a pretty unfair ranking. A lot of the games on here are really short, and some people may not even count some of these. But hey, I'm not in this for any serious numbers. I just do this to get myself to play all my games, and get a neat little list on the side. It's fun to look back on what you played throughout the year. Overall I'm quite happy with how this turned out, and I think I may just join in again throughout 2018. Thanks for introducing me to this idea guys!
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on December 30, 2017, 11:54:17 pm
Ugh, I really, really hope this is not the last game I review this year. Not a good way to end a year of playing mostly great games:

77. Batman Forever: The Arcade Game (PS1): Due to this game being a title I have really wanted for many years now, but could never find, and also it's a game about a superhero, I will sum this game up by saying never meet your heroes. This is the worst beat em' up I have ever played by far. It does have some redeemable qualities such as cool mid-90s arcade graphics with 3D and 2D assets mixed together, and the overall feel of this game matches the movie and time period that it came from very well. The music is okay as well. That is all the good things I have to say about this game; the gameplay, if it can even be called that, is absolute, unresponsive garbage with some of the most poorly implemented controls and game mechanics I've ever seen in a game. I know beat em' ups are not best game ever material, but this game is about as far from it as you can get. The fact this game is worth over $100 is offensive to me. (12/30/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: bikingjahuty on December 31, 2017, 03:01:23 pm
What a way to end a year of playing games! 78 games beat is going to be the final number, definitely the most games I've beat in one year ever. And I can be glad that my year didn't end with Batman Forever: The Arcade Game...*shudder*

78. Layer Section (Saturn): Wow...I did not expect to like this game as much as I did! Having played both Raystorm and Raycrisis which were both sequels to this game, I figured I'd like it about the same as these, which was well enough, but there were so many other shooters out there I've played that are better. Not Layer Section; the only SHMUP I can say I enjoyed more from start to finish is Radiant Silvergun, which is no small feat seeing how I found Layer Section slightly better than games like Dodonpachi, Battle Garegga and Soukyogurentai, which are some of the absolute best shooters I've ever played. The graphics, level design, enemies, bosses and mini bosses; the soundtrack, the very fun gameplay and scoring, all of it was near perfect in my book. Beating this game made me feel a sense of satisfaction I rarely have after beating a game. An amazing game to end an otherwise amazing year of playing games! (12/31/17)
Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: chrismb on December 31, 2017, 06:53:40 pm
Part 1 :  https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg133797.html#msg133797
Part 2 :  https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg140404.html#msg140404
Part 3 :  https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg143994.html#msg143994
Part 4 :  https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg145655.html#msg145655
Part 5 :  https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg146861.html#msg146861
Part 6 :  https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7980.msg147689.html#msg147689

132. SSX Tricky [20/20] - Playstation 2 My third favorite SSX from the serie! This is definitely the funnest imo, it's way less realistic than than SSX 3 and On Tour, the maps are just so crazy and the character roster is my favorite from any SSX! It may be only an upgraded version of the first game but it's definitely different enough to be considered more than a simple upgrade! The new tricky system is also the thing that made the serie even more fun, and elevated it to a whole new level!

133. Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike [20/20] - Arcade - My favorite 2D Street Fighter by far! Everything is just so good about this game! The character designs and animations are fantastic, plus the completely new roster added something really fresh to the serie imo. This game has some of my favorite characters from the franchise who sadly never appeared again. The gameplay is also so much better imo, I love fast 2D fighting games and so I'm definitely better at this game than the previous ones!

134. Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 |20/20] - Neo Geo - My absolute favorite Fatal Fury game. This game took everything that made the serie good and made a perfect game out of it. The roster is perfect, the stages are perfect, the gameplay is perfect... everything is just so good. If you don't want to play with all the games from the serie, this is definitely the one to try out imo.

Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: shfan on December 31, 2017, 09:19:07 pm
Game Over

Final Score 37/52

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Title: Re: 52 Game Challenge 2017
Post by: ignition365 on January 01, 2018, 07:08:41 am
I don't have my built list yet, but I'll post my yearly stats tomorrow probably.

105/115ish

Final stats for the year.

Top Games played that released in 2017

Top Games played NOT released in 2017

Top Games played overall in 2017

Honorable Mention

Console breakdown

Platform with Most Beat Games: PS4 with 33 games beat. 2 of those being PSVR games. 360 was a far second with only 12 games beat.

Platform with Most unfinished titles: That would be a tie between NS and X1.  I'll give this mostly to X1 as one of the NS games is a puzzle game that I have technically beat but am not counting it until I finish the Mega mode.  2 years in a row that X1 has tied for most abandoned games, I'm sure this type of stat makes Soera happy.

Modern v. Retro v. Mobile/Handheld v. PC: 54 - 30 - 19 - 3 (I am considering anything released prior to Wii U to be "retro")

Game that ate up the most time: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.  I killed a solid month of gaming playing this working towards the platinum... planning to get the platinum in 2018.

Quickest game beat: Gone Home for X1 with a time of under 1 minute.  I probably spent a good 20 minutes just trying to get this achievement, but I did it and beat the game in under 60 seconds.