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General and Gaming => General => Topic started by: tafk on February 15, 2015, 04:08:41 pm
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Hey, would anyone be interested in doing a thread like this (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=958801) for our forum here? It really helps promote working on your backlog and writing little blurbs/reviews for multiple games? I've thought about posting on the gaf thread but there are just so many people there and a lot gets lost in the crowd and I would love to share my thoughts with VGC where I have more of an investment in the community. Anyone else wanna do this with me?
Also, as to not clog up the thread each time you make a new post, you should either link your OP with your new review/games played or edit your OP and just quote the changes. :)
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Let's get this party started! :D
January
Game #1: LEGO Knight's Kingdom (GBA) Completed on 01-04-15
First game I completed in 2015! For some reason I always stopped playing when I was on the last level on earlier playtroughs.
Game #2: Undead Storm (DSiWare) Beaten on 01-06-15
Fun, little arcade game. Great game to play in short bursts.
Game #3: Gunman Clive (3DS eShop) Beaten on 01-06-15, Completed on 1-14-15
This game turned from a Western-styled platformer to a full-on Megaman game! Well worth the 2 euros!
Game #4: Rayman 3 (GBA) Completed on 1-18-15
Finally got all Lums and Cages. It's a decent platformer that takes a lot of elements from Rayman 2 with a bit of Hoodlum Havoc added to the mix.
Game #5: Shovel Knight (3DS eShop) Beaten on 1-18-15
One of my favorite eShop games. A great 8-bit platformer with a kick-ass soundtrack!
February
Game #6: Rayman Origins (3DS) Completed on 2-04-15
Man, Land of the Livid Dead was a bitch to go trough...
Game #7: Wolfenstein: The New Order (PS3) Beaten on 2-19-15
This was a great game! The final boss was a bit of a letdown though.
Game #8: Gunman Clive 2 (3DS eShop) Beaten on 2-21-15
Beaten with Clive. Much better and harder than the original!
Game #9: Cave Story (3DS eShop) Beaten on 2-22-15
This game was amazing! Great story, challenging but fun gameplay and an awesome soundtrack!
Game #10: Gargoyle's Quest II: The Demon Darkness (3DS VC) Beaten on 2-24-15
Very enjoyable game! Bosses were a bit unfair at times, especially Doppelganger.
March
Game #11: Resident Evil: Revelations (3DS) Beaten on 3-1-15
Pretty enjoyable game but the final boss was too easy.
Game #12: Earthworm Jim (DSiWare) Beaten on 3-16-15
Pretty great port, although I experienced a few frame drops here and there and I didn't like the fact that the bottom screen was used to tell you how to beat a boss.
Game #13: Super Mario Land (3DS VC) Beaten on 3-20-15
Although this game was pretty short, it was really fun!
Game #14: The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (PS3) Beaten on 3-22-15
Finally beat this game after a few retries of the last level. It was a pretty decent 3rd person shooter although very repetitive at times.
Game #15: Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (3DS VC) Beaten on 3-23-15
Got the Birdhouse ending. Probably going for the Planetoid ending next for completion.
Game #16: 3D Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (3DS eShop) Beaten on 3-24-15
This game was freaking amazing, it really made me feel like a real ninja!
Game #17: Rayman 3 HD (PS3 PSN) Beaten on 3-25-15
Played this game as a kid but unfortunately I had to throw it away since it didn't work anymore. Now that I've bought this version I could finally play it again and I absolutely loved it!
April:
Game #18: Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood - Essentials (PS3) Beaten on 4-03-15
Pretty decent game, but very repetitive.
Game #19: Far Cry Classic (PS3 PSN) Beaten on 4-09-15
It was nice to see how this franchise started but goddamn was it frustrating at times.
Game #20: Sleeping Dogs - Digital Edition (PS3 PSN) Beaten on 4-23-15
Game #21: Saints Row 2 (PS3) Beaten on 4-29-15
Game #22: The Legend of Kage 2 Beaten on 4-30-15
Currently playing:
Sleeping Dogs - Digital Edition
Pokémon Rumble World
MediEvil
Metroid II: Return of Samus
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
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Might be cool. Pretty positive I've never played 52 games in a year, but it might be interesting to see how many I actually do in total. Guess it couldn't hurt to start if I can remember what I've played so far this year.
GAME 1 - Dying Light (PC) - 38 Hours FINISHED
GAME 2 - Grey Goo (PC) - 3 Hours UNFINISHED
GAME 3 - Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor (PC) - 13 Hours FINISHED
GAME 4 - Majora's Mask 3DS - 20 hours FINISHED
GAME 5 - DDRMAX2, DDR Supernova, DDRX, DDR Extreme - UNFINISHED
GAME 6 - Valkyria Chronicles (PC) - 33 Hours FINISHED
GAME 7 - Alien: Isolation (PC) - 2 Hours UNFINISHED
GAME 8 - Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (PC) - Around 10 Hours FINISHED
GAME 9 - Ori and The Blind Forest (PC) - 7 Hours FINISHED
GAME 10 - Cities: Skylines - 7 Hours So Far, UNFINISHED
GAME 11 - Battlefield: Hardline (PC) - FINISHED
GAME 12 - Animal Crossing: New Leaf - UNFINISHED
GAME 13 - Xenoblade Chronicles 3D - 7 hours UNFINISHED
GAME 14 - Grand Theft Auto V (PC) - 30 Hours FINISHED
GAME 15 - Wolfenstein: The Old Blood - 6 Hours FINISHED
GAME 16 - Splatoon - 13 Hours FINISHED
GAME 17 - South Park: The Stick of Truth (PC) - 13 hours FINISHED
GAME 18 - Batman: Arkham Knight (PC) - 30 hours FINISHED
GAME 19 - Dragon Ball Xenoverse (PC) - 20 Hours FINISHED
GAME 20 - How To Survive: Third Person Standalone (PC) - 11 Hours FINISHED
GAME 21 - Saints Row: Gat out of Hell - 8 Hours FINISHED
GAME 22 - Action Henk (PC) - 3 to 4 hours FINISHED
GAME 23 - Witcher 3 (PC) - 74 Hours FINISHED
GAME 24 - Zombi (PC) - 7 Hours FINISHED
GAME 25 - Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PC) - 80 Hours FINISHED
GAME 26 - Mad Max (PC) - 32 Hours FINISHED
GAME 27 - Halo 4 (360) - 5 to 10 Hours FINISHED
GAME 28 - Undertale (PC) - 6 Hours FINISHED
GAME 29 - Fallout 4 (PC) - 96 hours FINISHED
GAME 30 - Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 (PC) - 7 Hours UNFINISHED
GAME 31 - Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U ) - PLAYING
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6 Complete | 15 Played
1. Final Fantasy Tactics (PS1) - Complete
2. Suikoden 1 (PS1) - Complete
3. Gunman Clive (3DS) - Complete
4. Mighty Switch Force (3DS) - Complete
5. Steamworld Dig (3DS) - Complete
6. Hearthstone (PC) - Complete
Dragonball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2 (DS) - Finishing
Just need to finish unlocking everything. Little tedious.
Jump Ultimate Stars [JP] (DS) - Finishing
Need to unlock a bunch of stuff and finish story mode.
Shining Force - Main Console Game
Trying to get through it when I'm on business calls.
Radiant Historia - Main Handheld Game
Played a lot on airplanes and trips. Haven't played in a while though.
Project X Zone - Co-Main Time waster
Can't play this in one go, need to just do a mission at a time.
Picross 3D (DS) - Co-Main time waster
Little bit each day.
Pokemon Y (3DS) - On Hold
Lost interest.
Bayonetta (Wii U) - On Hold
Waiting until I can find time to invest into it as my #1 game
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX(3DS VC) - On Hold
Waiting until I can make it my main mobile game
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http://foxhack.tumblr.com/tagged/killing-the-backlog-2015/chrono
(Posts 4 and 5 look wrong because Tumblr staff messed with the default post settings.)
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I can definitely do this. Here's what I've played since January 1st.
January 1st - February 28th
1) Night Trap (3DO) - This game surprised me. It's actually pretty fun and entertaining. I'm convinced a lot of the haters have never actually played the game.
2) Super Mario kart 8 (WiiU) - I just recently started playing this game with my son. It's easy to pick up and a the tracks offer a lot of variety. I can see why so many other people like it. I wish they had made separate tracks for battle mode though. completed
3) Cluedo (Phillips CDI) - My wife doesn't like this game but I think it's pretty cool. Full-motion video is pretty good quality. The acting is corny but in an entertaining way. I find the board game version of Clue very boring. My wife loves the board game. :P
4) Wonder Boy (Sega Master System) - This game is more commonly known as Hudson's Adventure Island for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The Sega Master System version has better graphics and sound but is otherwise the exact same game.
5) Montezumas Revenge (Sega Master System) - More commonly known on the Atari 2600, Commodore 64, and Colecovision. The Master System version boasts the best graphics sound and gameplay options.
6) Super Mario 2 (famicom - Wii/WiiU Virtual Console) - This is the real Super Mario Brothers 2 that was released in Japan it's harder than the first and has better graphics and lots of bonus levels once you've beaten it. competed
7) Blaster Master Enemy Below (GBC) - The NES sequel we all wanted. Returning the game to its roots and adding more power ups and totally changed up levels. There are some slight deviations from the original but all in all it's the best Blaster Master sequel we've gotten yet.
8) Metroid Zero Mission (GBA) - This game takes the original Metroid and gives it a massive upgrade. This is how you properly re-master a classic. completed
9) Double Switch (Sega CD) - If you're like me and you've become addicted to full-motion video games this game is just as much fun as Night Trap but a bit more complex. Rather than just press a button at the right time you actually have to choose the right trap to set first. THEN press a button at the right time. ;)
10) Brain Dead 13 (3DO) - This is without exaggeration the worst "video game" that I've ever "played". Imagine Dragons Lair only without any kind of hints about what you're supposed to do. That's this game. If you enjoy watching beautiful full-motion video while desperately randomly banging on buttons in a vain attempt to see the next clip this might be your game. All normal gamers should steer clear. Part of me wonders if Brain Dead 13 is a reference to the people who thought up this game.
11) Demolition Man (3DO) - Awesome light gun shooter sections. Passable 3-D Wolfenstein like sections. Horrible driving sections. And ridiculously bad Mortal Kombat style beat them up sections. Plus lots of footage from the actual movie surprisingly make for a game I can't stop playing. The entire game even features footage of Stallone and Snipes that was shot specifically for the game. completed
12) APB (PS3 Midway Arcade Origins) - lots of people remember Spy Hunter. Fewer people remember this game. That's a pity because this game is way better. For starters it's free roam and the screen scrolls in multiple directions. When you catch the bad guys you get to choke (yes I said choke) their confessions out of them.
13) Joust 2 (PS3 Midway Arcade Origins) - How the hell did I never know until now that there was a arcade sequel to the arcade game Joust? This game is everything that made the first game awesome and then some.
14) Pit Fighter (PS3 Midway Arcade Origins) - I don't understand how this game ever got popular. I mean yeah I get it there are digitized people fighting. Honestly Mortal Kombat is better than this game in every possible way. Not worth saying much more about this game.
15) Super Off Road (PS3 Midway Arcade Origins) - This game is still just as fun as it was in the arcades.
16) Rayman Raving Rabbids (wii) - My wife and I have tons of fun playing this game.
17) Rayman Rabbids TV Party (wii) - see 16.
18) Kirby's Block Ball (SGB) - Kirby provides interesting twist on the original "Break Out" game.
19) Panky the Panda (Atari 2600 Home brew) - Stop reading this right now. Go buy a harmony cartridge. Download the ROM and play this game. Or emulate it in Stella!
20) Pac Man (Atari 2600 Home Brew) - Once you're done playing Panky the Panda play this.
21) Tempest (arcade) - Believe it or not I never played this until last weekend. Which is a real shame because this game is a lot of fun.
22) Black Ice (PC Indie Game) - this game is your typical loot grind but I got the steam key direct from the developer for only five bucks. It's a cyber punk first person shooter with Tron style graphics.
23) Shock Troopers (Neo Geo) - After playing this game for less than five minutes it instantly made my wish list. Guerrilla war/Ikari Warriors style gameplay but way better graphics and enough power ups to make Contra jealous. completed
24) Attack From Mars (pinball machine) - In my opinion the greatest pinball machine ever created. The end.
25) Midevil Madness (pinball machine) - The second greatest pinball machine ever created. Actually this pinball machine was designed by the same genius that designed Attack from Mars.
26) Star Trek into Darkness (pinball machine) - not a bad pinball machine.
27) Tales of the Arabian Nights (pinball machine) - A decent pinball machine.
28) Jurassic Park (pinball machine) - I'm not sure if I like this pinball machine or not. Maybe it's because I got very little playtime out of the actual table. It's one of those ones that likes to drop the ball directly between the flippers as soon as you launch it. Booo.
29) Dig Dug (arcade game) - Dig Dug. Do I really need to say more?
30) Road Runner (arcade game) - This game is simple but very fun. Good graphics. Good sound. I never realized the Tengen game for NES was based on this arcade game.
31) Point Blank (arcade) - Fun light gun shooter with lots of diverse gameplay.
32) Lethal Enforcers (playstation) - This game plays awesome with the cobra light gun. The PlayStation version is arcade perfect. Beat it first play through. completed
33) Lethal Enforcers 2 (playstation) - see 32. Beat it first play through. completed
34) Mortal Kombat Trilogy (iPhone) - It's a pity EA games no longer sells this because it is surprisingly awesome for an iPhone game. completed
35) the Need for Speed (3DO) - The gameplay is slow but surprisingly satisfying. The graphics are impressive when you remember this was two years before the Play Station existed.
36) Bonks Adventure (TG-16) - This game is made by the same folks that made Hudson's Adventure Island. If you like Mario Brothers and Adventure Island you'll like this game.
37) Doc's Punch Out (Wii) - I got this just before Club Nintendo shutdown. You basically get to box against little Mac's trainer Doc. It's pretty good. Much more of a challenge than I expected.
38) Mega Force (Atari 2600) - You ride a motor bike that can transform into a flying jet ski and you blow stuff up! :) I had this game as a kid. It's still great as an adult. I've read it's (very loosely) based on a movie by the same name.
39) Duke Nukem the Manhattan Project (PC) - While 3D Realms was researching strippers and booze for Duke Nukem Forever's development Sunstorm Interactive developed and released this game licensing the Duke Nukem IP. It's a side scroller but everything is 3D rendered. It's an excellent game and worth much more than the $6 you can snag it for now on ebay (sealed). If you want it cheaper I think it's $3 on Steam.
40) Ninja Gaiden (TG-16) - Only released in Japan but playable in English if you hold I and II at the title screen then press Select. The graphics are excellent (better than Ninja Gaiden Trilogy on the SNES). Some of the music (boss fights for example) is different. The remixed music and sounds are better. But music they completely changed is not as good as the NES version. The backgrounds also scroll in a very jarring way compared to the foreground.
41) King of the Monsters (SNK Classics Wii - Neo Geo) - this game has an awesome premise. You pick a giant monster then fight other giant monsters while trampling cities beneath your feet. Unfortunately slow & clunky controls, pitiful attacks, and generic monsters make this game way less fun than it should be.
42) The King of Fighters 94 (SNK Classics Wii - Neo Geo) - Great graphics. Mai's assets are hypnotizing. I think she was the inspiration for ever Dead or Alive game ever made. The sound is also top notch. I just really suck at fighting games.
43) Samurai Showdown (SNK Classics Wii - Neo Geo) great graphics, sound, and control doesn't change the fact that I suck at fighting games.
44) Metal Slug SNK Classics Wii - Neo Geo) awesome side scroller a la Contra. Puzzling inability to shoot diagonally!? Other than that, great graphics, sound, and gameplay! completed
45) Sonic Pinbal party (GBA) - surprisingly disappointing game. The tables are pretty boring and there's not much variety to the play modes. Glad I only paid $3 for it.
46) Street Fighter II (GB) - Surprisingly passable game! It plays slower than dirt and the hit detection is questionable but in a way that works in your favor. The graphics are pretty good. The music and sound is the best you can hope for on the original gameboy and very very faithful to the arcade game. I played this to get it done and over with and found myself beating the game with Chun Li on my first playthrough. Vega, E. Honda, and Dalsim are missing but Balrog and M. Bison are playable. This game is not a bad distraction at all and remember I suck at fighting games! It's not as good as the GB Mortal Kombat II but not as bad as Mortal Kombat 1.
47) Samurai Showdown (GB) - A decent fighting game but be ready for a lot of squinting! The graphics and sound effects reproduce the Neo Geo originals as best they can. Overall it's a respectable attempt but damn the characters are SMALL!
March 1st-???
48) Magical Chase (TG-16) - A really fun side scrolling shmup (shoot-em-up). You are a witch and you fly around on a broomstick through fantasy worlds trying to save something or other from something else. I'm not really sure because I don't read Japanese. But the game is very very fun. You have a life bar so you can take quite a few hits and you collect gems that you can use in shops to buy weapon, health, and speed power ups. I was blown away by how much fun I had with this game. Starts out easy but they turn up the heat in stage 3
49) Parodius Da (TG-16) - Another shmup that aims to be a parody of Gradius. You ship is a cute animal and you shoot other cute animals. But in this game one hit kills you. I couldn't get to the end of the first stage. It's a good game I just suck at it.
50) Street Fighter II: Champion Edition (TG-16) - A great port of the arcade game. All the bosses are playable. The music and sound are great. The controls are interesting. Run (start), II, I are weak punch, med punch, high punch. tap select and they become weak kick, med kick, high kick. I knew this going in and thought it would make game play a disaster but it actually works remarkably well. This is a great port for a unloved system.
51) Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu (TG-16) - Great graphics and good game play. This is a solid game. You can punch, kick, jump kick, shoot fireballs, and control gravity while jumping! I plan to play this one to completion!
52) Night Rider (TG-16) Based on the television show. It's like Spy Hunter but played from a Rad Racer perspective. Maybe it's just me but I never thought the Rad Racer style 8 & 16 bit racers held up well today. This is an okay game but I just can't power through it. The graphics make me want to have a seizure.
52) Chase HQ (TG-16) Read what I said about Night Rider. Next.
53) Bubble Gum Chrash (TG-16) A point and click adventure game. Good graphics. I'll probably play through this some more when I am in the mood for an anime Shadowgate experience.
54) Don Doku Don!! (TG-16) imagine Bubble Bobble except you have hammer.
55) New Adventure Island (TG-16) this game is amazing. The animation and graphics are the best I've seen yet. The characters are large, colorful and detailed. This is the best version of Adventure Island without a doubt. Wonder Boy looked good but there is just no comparison between that and this.
Update May 9/2015
56) Super Bonk 2 (Super Famicom) I need to find a translation patch for this game. I couldn't make it to the end of the tutorial. :P
57) Ehrgeiz (PS1) An okay fighting game featuring some of the cast of FF7. I'll play this when I have an itching to button mash.
58) Rumble Roses (PS2) All female wrestling with stories that sound like they came straight from a bad porn flick. I have to admit this game is a guilty pleasure and I have played it far more than I should have. I will most likely play it until I've unlocked every character.
59) Okami HD (PS3) Fantastic graphics and pretty good gameplay. Once you get through the 20 minute opening story that is. I'm not kidding. This game is heavy on story. But it's fascinating and beautiful to play. I bought the Japanese version in physical copy and can confirm that like the Asian version it plays in English on America PS3s. I'm 2 hours in now and will for sure be playing this one to completion.
60) Star Wars Episode One Racer (N64) I played this on May 5th (Revenge of the Fifth day). The first and last time I played. :)
61) Metroid Prime Pinball (DS) Killed a few hours with this game. It's a solid pinball game. Harder than piss to beat. I doubt I will ever beat it without cheating.
62) Attack from Mars (iPhone) My favorite pinball game of all time!
63) Need for Speed Most Wanted (PS3) a.k.a Burnout 5. :)
64) Super Off Road the Baja (SNES) Forgettable. Only played it to show my father in law what NFS for 3DO was competing with back in the day.
Sept-Dec
65) Super Mario Maker (WiiU) The dream of every child of the 80's.
66) Bravely Default (3DS) Currently the BEST RPG I have ever played. Good voice acting with quirky but lovable characters made for many laugh out loud moments. completed
67) Dead or Alive Dimensions (3DS) The fantasy of every teenage boy for all time. The 3DS version of this game is surprisingly solid as a fighter and jiggly where it's supposed to be. Unlockable characters, costumes, and stages provide plenty of replay value. Story mode sometimes goes the easy route of frozen scenes with just voice acting. It's weird the first few times because you think the game is broken. At the end of the day the 3DS does the best job so far of pulling all the characters into a cohesive story.
68) Rise of the Tomb Raider (Xbox One) I've only completed 30% of the game. Was it worth $450? (Special edition +Xbox On Console)... You bet your bippy!
69) Sunset Overdrive (Xbox One) It's derivative, self-indulgent, and mindless. Which in this case makes it a LOT of fun to play. Insomniac games basically took a single trophy from Sucker Punches Infamous (get 40 kills while grinding) and turned it into an entire game. Did I mention it's a hell of a lot of fun? :) It is.
70) Never Alone (WiiU) A basic platformer with beautiful graphics and an interesting story. Rather unique is the live action documentary about eskimo's that unlocks piece by piece as you progress through the game.
71) Dead or Alive 5: Last Round (PS4) Set physics to NR. Best physics yet.
72) Back to the Future the Game (PS4) My whole family has already beaten this on PS3. But we're playing the Anniversary edition to enjoy the addition of Tom Wilson as the voice of Biff Tannen.
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Let's see here:
1. Grand Theft Auto 5 - PS3: I didn't like it as much as GTA4, but it was an incredible game and the characters really made the game for me.
2. The Misadventures of Tron Bonne - PS1: I pretty fun, diverse game with a lot of funny anime-like humor, however I found it to be on the easy side and lacked the substance I was hoping would justify its price tag. Cool overall, but it's definitely not worth more than $100 in terms of content.
3. Minecraft - PS3: Wow, definitely can see what all the hype is about with this title! I've lost whole afternoon and evenings playing this game and just building my world. I guess you technically can't beat this game, but given my investment in playing it, it is probably the best game I've played this year.
4. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F - PS3: I am a big fan of rhythm games and games featuring cute, anime girls singing ultra j-poppy music lol. So yeah, I enjoyed this game a ton, don't judge me! Oh, and it gets pretty hard. . .THE GAME PERVERTS!!
5. Warpath: Jurassic Park - PS1: A mindless button masher with below average hit detection and overall borderline broken controls. The only redeeming qualities of this game are that it carries the Jurassic Park license, some pretty cool dinosaurs make up the roster, and there are unlockables. Unless you find this game in a bargain bin or just adore anything Jurassic Park, it's best avoided.
6. Tall Infinity - PS1: A highly addictive puzzle game that involve moving blocks with different colored sides and matching them with the same color on other blocks while the ground beneath you is vanishing. Definitely a hidden gem.
7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time - SNES: This game is definitely an exceptional beat-em up, however I found myself losing interest as the game progressed, which definitely told me that unless you are a hardcore TMNT fan (which I am not), this game has very little replay value. A fun game, yes, but not one that I can see myself wanting to play again for a while.
8. Final Fight 3 - SNES: Not as good as the first imo, but it is a decent 16-bit beat-em up.
9. Phalanx - SNES: I fairly generic SHMUP with nothing really special about it; bland levels, bland enemies, generic power ups, yeah, pretty underwhelming all around. This game has probably been saved from obscurity because of the console it is exclusive for and for having possibly the most bizarre cover art in the history of gaming (look it up if you don't know what I am talking about lol)
10. Sin and Punishment - N64: WOW!!!! It is a crime this game was never released outside Japan, at least outside the Wii VC! One of the best rail shooters I have ever played and probably a top 10 N64 game for me, which is saying a lot! The gameplay in this game is just insane, combining SHMUP-style gameplay at times with platforming and non-stop action. After two play throughs the story still barely makes sense, but I could care less; this game is AWESOME!!! And dat soundtrack!!!! PLAY THIS GAME!!!!!! NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
11. Jikkyou Ishaberi Parodius - Super Famicom: Gradius + LSD = this game.
12. Castlevania Dracula X - SNES: HOLY HELL this game is hard! Particularly the final boss which might be the hardest boss I've ever played it a video game. Great entry in the Castlevania series, even if it is a bastardized port of the original Rondo of Blood.
13. Virtua Fighter - 32X: Aside from the gameplay mechanics being mostly in tact, including the horrifically unbalanced character roster that plagues all version of this game (I'm looking at you Pai), this game is gross to listen to and look at, but I guess what do you expect for a game like this running on Genesis/32X hardware.
14. Super Mario World 3D - Wii U: I'm actually not sure how to feel about this game; on one hand it was a real good game, and I found the last fourth of the game to be quite the challenge, but at the same time I felt bored with this game, like I had played it before. For a 3D Mario game it was good, although I still prefer Galaxy and 64 over this one.
15. Guilty Gear XRD -SEED- - PS3: I have never been the biggest ArcSYS fighting game fan and this game really felt no different then the other Guilty Gear and Blazblue installments. I hear these games have incredible depth, but all I really did was button mash and flew through the game. It's worth getting on the cheap, unless you're a big fan of Guilty Gear then you'll love it since it is more of the same this series is known for. Beautiful graphics however.
16. Star Wars: Dark Forces - PC: An above average FPS and a must play for any Star Wars fan. The story and feel of the game fit very well into the Star Wars extended universe, and the soundtrack is incredibly retro and awesome! My biggest gripe with this game is the cumbersome and sometimes tedious level design of most stages. Other issues with this game were the spotty auto aim for enemies that were on a different level than you, but I guess there is a decent mod that corrects this. Overall though, a very enjoyable game :)
17. Time Killers - Genesis: Not the worst fighting game I've ever played, but definitely one of the worst. Gameplay is trash, hit detection sucks. Probably the only thing this game has going for it is you can dismember your opponent. But if that is your only reason for wanting to play it, just play Mortal Kombat, it's a much better game.
18. Custer's Revenge - Atari 2600: There is really not much to this game; avoid arrows, f$@& girl. A really shallow and tasteless game, but one to be experienced on the 2600.
19. Virtual Bart - SNES: I series of mini games (mostly of the platforming variety) that happen to be Simpsons themed. Truth be told, they are all pretty terrible, which isn't helped by the bad controls, phantom platforms, and poor hit detection. This game is bad and I can't even imagine a hardcore Simpsons fan being able to overlook this game's flaws.
20. Burnout 3 Takedown - PS2: Essentially this game rewards you for being an asshole and causing as much damage to your opponents and to innocent drivers as possible. This mechanic drives your success throughout the game, but honestly the novelty wore off pretty quick for me. I didn't like the lack of licensed cars either. Can see why some people love this game though, it's pretty original for a racing game.
21. Motorstorm: Arctic Edge - PS2: I was genuinely impressed by how well this game captured the gameplay and chaos of the PS3 Motorstorm games and crammed it onto the vastly inferior PS2 hardware. The damage and environmental effects aren't as impressive (which is understandable), but the core gameplay is there, making this game an awesome racing game on the PS2.
22. Sega Classics Collection - PS2: I very good remaster of some awesome Sega arcade classics. the gameplay is the same, but the graphics have received a very good overhaul from their retro counterparts. A must for 80s/early 90s Sega arcade fans.
23. Star Wars Demolition - Dreamcast: The worst car-combat game I've ever played. Horrible controls, bugs galore, bad level design, and clunky combat, this game is one of the worst I've played on the Dreamcast.
24. Quake III Arena - Dreamcast: A solid port of the PC version, however the controller support for this game is a blaring example of why certain games are just meant to be played with a keyboard and mouse. This game is significantly more difficult if you're using a controller, but even if you are it is still a good FPS game on the Dreamcast.
25. Virtua Fighter 2 - Saturn: Definitely looks prettier than the first one and the soundtrack is stellar, but the gameplay is where this game suffers the most. Not bd, but not that great either. This one has horribly imbalanced characters just like the first one as well. A decent game overall though.
26. Street Fighter: The Movie - PS1: If Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter had a baby, this would be it. In all seriousness though, the game is digitized actors and backgrounds over the excellent Street Fighter 2 engine, essentially making it a re-skin of Street Fighter 2. It does come across as a little awkward, but it all honesty I enjoyed it just as much as normal Street Fighter 2, maybe even more for different reasons.
27. Star Fox Assault - Gamecube: I found this game to be quite boring all around; the combat is boring (both on foot and vehicle), the story is boring, and just is mediocre in every way it can be. If you've played Star Fox 64 you'll quickly realize how much this game sucks in comparison.
28. Front Mission 3 - PS1: definitely a game I wanted to like a lot, but in the end I found the almost everything about this game mediocre and bland. The combat was unimaginative and repetitive, the story was uninspiring and generic, and the equipment system of confusing and cumbersome. I was also not a fan of the cut scenes which boiled down to "yay, we beat the enemy! But wait, we're being attacked again by these other guys. . .something, something we need to go here now!" I know this game receives heavy praise, but I just can't see why. On the plus side, this game has a great soundtrack and that awesome late 90s Squaresoft vibe that I'm a big fan of.
29. Parappa the Rapper - PS1: I could not for the life of me figure this game out! I went with the rhythm, failed. I tried hitting the buttons right before you were supposed to, failed, After you are supposed to, failed. looked up how to do it right, failed. I have heard countless people say how amazing this game is and have seen people complete it, but I can't for the life of me even beat the first stage, which is technically the training stage. Maybe something will click eventually, but I am so frustrated right now with this damn game!
30. Gitaroo Man - PS2: This game has a ton of heart, quirky humor, and it an excellent rhythm game to boot! I thoroughly enjoyed playing through it despite how short it is. The soundtrack is awesome as well; I found myself replaying several stages over and over again just to listen to the music while enjoying the awesome gameplay. Highly recommend this one :)
31. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Genesis: Definitely an above average 2D platformed and a worthy successor to the first, however Sonic 3 is better than it in nearly every way. Still, a shining example of how to do a Sonic game right.
32. Pokemon Omega Ruby - 3DS: This game was awesome! As far as I'm concerned it's currently the definitive Pokemon game out right now as you're able to get every known Pokemon, along with a bunch of Legendaries without trading. Also, the Ruby/Sapphire story is pretty good and is the Hoenne region. Definitely one of my favorite Pokemon titles, which is saying a lot.
33. Panzer Dragoon - Saturn: When it comes to style, music and overall fun, this game definitely gets an A+. However, my main gripe with this game is the controls and feeling like you cannot avoid being hit during many parts throughout the game. It just comes off a cheap and discouraging. Still, an excellent game and a really fun rail shooter.
34. Marvel vs Capcom 2 - PS2: This game essentially the same across all sixth Gen systems and boils down to what controller you want to play it with. I still prefer the Dreamcast port the most, but this port is still just as awesome!
35. Super Smash Bros. on Wii U - Wii U: I can say without a shadow of a doubt this is by far my favorite game is the Smash series. It's the perfect combination of competitive gameplay for those looking to get into the meat of this game, and also just a fun game that most people can just pick up and enjoy. Really enjoyed playing through this and unlocking all of the trophies.
36. Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams - XBOX: I can definitely say that I liked this game a lot; it's story is very interesting and unsettling. In fact, the unsettling part alone has stuck with me for the hour or so after I finished the game and am writing this. I think a game's ability to make you feel something that sticks with you like this is the hallmark of an excellently excited and written game. Highly recommend to survival horror fans and fans of psychological horror.
37. Mirrors Edge - PS3: While the gameplay can be frustrating at times and it sometimes is hard to figure out where you need to go next, I found this game fun overall and definitely an original take on the first person genre. The art direction is also pretty cool.
38. Star Gladiator - PS1: As a fighting game Star Gladiator is nothing special, in fact I'd say it's somewhat below average for a 3D fighter in that department. However the game has cool enough music and level design, as well as that late 90s fighting game aesthetic to make it enjoyable despite this. If even as a quick distraction, it's worth playing.
39. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 - PS2: Being part of the original Pro Skater series, I had high hopes for this title seeing how the previous 3 were amazing. Well, this game definitely disappointed; while the smooth, awesome gameplay was there, the fact that you had to get you objectives from people in each level by talking to them instead of just having all of your objectives available to you to achieve however you wanted, when you wanted was a huge mistake by Neversoft. I felt bored most of the time seeing how I felt like me gaining points or exploring the level meant nothing unless I was talking with people and doing specifically what they wanted me to do. What a huge disappointment this game was :/
40. Persona 4: Dancing All Night - Vita: Essentially this game is another take on the Project Diva F staring Persona 4 characters. That alone makes this game awesome and highly addictive. And the soundtrack is awesome!
41. Star Wars Battlefront (Beta) - PC: I am of the popular belief that this game is essentially Battlefield with a Star Wars skin. However, with that said I really enjoy this game, but am sad by the obvious emphasis on online multiplayer. But an excellent and awesome demo nonetheless.
42. Border Down - Dreamcast: This is an excellent example of a game I REALLY wanted to like, but was mostly unable to get into, mostly because of its stupid level of difficulty; you have three lives, use them all, start all the way back at the beginning of the game. The music is awesome, graphics are excellent, and it has everything a good shooter should have, but those three lives only really ruined the game for me.
43. Gun Nac - NES: Being a huge fan of the Aleste series I knew that I would end up liking this one. It reminded me of a much more cooky, less series version of MUSHA, one of my favorite SHMUPs of all time. Only gripe about this game is that if you die and lose your power-ups you are pretty much f$#%ed. But that is a downside to most Aleste games.
44. Superman 64 -N64: So I dare say that this game was not as bad as I thought it would be. Yes, the controls are bad, yes, the graphics suck, yes it's boring, but I found all these things to be not as blaring as many say it is. The part that I found most annoying about this game are the short action levels between flying through rings that offer almost no direction and at times they are near impossible. These killed the game for me way more than any of the other issues people usually gripe about with this game.
45. Claymore: Gingan no Majo - DS: Between the Manga, Anime and this game, this game is definitely the least entertaining of the three. It follows the story pretty faithfully (at least the Anime) which is nice, but the gameplay is mostly boring as you will continually be cutting down three basic enemy types the entire game with a few bosses hear and there. The great music and background graphics are definitely not enough either to make this game worth a play through.
46. Alien vs Predator - Arcade: One of the coolest beat em' ups I've ever played! Excellent pacing, controls, enemy types, and pretty much everything else you'd want from a 2D 90s beat em' up.
47. The Simpsons - Arcade: One of the must play arcade games of the 90s for a variety of reasons, this game is very nostalgic and definitely captures the theme and feel of the show. For a beat em' up this game is good, but also like most beat em' ups it gets old and repetitive quickly. Because of its 90s appeal and how short it is, it's definitely worth playing through.
48. Yoshi's Yarn World - Wii U: I ended up liking this game a lot more than I thought I would! It definitely has a diverse array of challenges and things to do, and enough extras to make you want to go back and replay levels. One of the best Wii U titles I've played and definitely worth picking up.
49. Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival - Wii U: Admittedly I bought this game for the bundled Amiibos, but I thought I'd give the game itself a shot since I purchased it after all. The game is a fairly uninteresting digital board game that uses the Amiibos as player pieces. There are good pieces and bad pieces with nothing really all that interesting happening in between. he game is admittedly adorable, but beyond that this game is rather boring with little appeal.
50. Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth - N64: As one of the only SHMUPs on the N64, I must say that this game is about as good as it gets, however in the grand scheme of SHMUPs that is not saying a lot. The scope of which things are happening on the screen is at least half, if not a third the size of your average SHMUP, even for the time, which means that projectiles come at you fast and you barely have any time to react, before they hit you or have vanished. Overall, this game is poorly designed for a SHMUP, but it is still mildly fun to play.
51. Seaman - Dreamcast: One of the most odd yet original games I've ever played. While this game is interesting in that you'll wonder what will happen next in your Seaman ecosystem, the game's primary gameplay interface, the voice controls, are poorly implemented and your Seaman will frequently ask you the same questions over and over again or won't understand you at all sometimes. Overall, this game is fun to try out as a curiosity, but beyond that it is definitely a below average game overall.
52. Black Mesa - PC: I actually liked this just as much as the original Half Life, but for different reasons, the obvious is the better graphics, but also how the gameplay and pacing was changed enough to distinguish itself as its own game while retaining most of what made the original so special. Sadly, the final chapter of the game is not part of this release, but covering 90% of the game, I was more than please with this faithful, yet original remake :)
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How does this work? We just post what we've played since the start of 2015?
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How does this work? We just post what we've played since the start of 2015?
Yeah, just kinda like a mini-challenge. You can really do whatever you want, its your definition. Some people write mini reviews and some just write a score or a few thoughts. Really just a way to get into playing more games and promoting discussion if you notice someone else playing the same game(s) as you this year.
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01. Peggle 2 - PS4 - Story Mode finished on 1/2/15
I am a Peggle fiend, it's one of my guilty pleasures. There's just something mesmerizing about watching that little ball bounce around on the pegs. :P
02. Far Cry 4 - PS4 - Platinum'd on 1/18/15
My GOTY for last year, and after thoroughly finishing it I stand by that. Great game. :)
03. New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 3DS - Finished on 1/23/15
Eh, it's a 2D Mario. Fun, but the latest Rayman games are the kings of 2D platformers as far as I'm concerned.
04. Deathsmiles - 360 - 1/29/15
SHMUP w/ a ridiculously insane story. Was pretty short to blow through w/ unlimited lives - without them I wouldn't have had a prayer, some of the later levels are insanely difficult.
05. Rogue Legacy - PS4
Fantastic game, I enjoyed every minute of it! Finished with a time of 24:22, but I may mess around with it a little more - we'll see. Perfect difficulty curve balanced with a great feeling of progression. NOT A ROGUE-LIKE THO!!! :P
Currently Playing:
Tales of Xillia 2 - PS3
Slow going here, I've been busy around the house lately so not a lot of time to get invested in a RPG. Hope to make some good progress this week tho.
Final Fantasy XIV - PS4
This game has no end, sooo..... :P
I'm kinda between games on my handheld right now - I've been dabbling with a lot but nothing has "stuck" yet. Hopefully I'll settle on one this week. I also have a few games I stopped playing really close to the end - off the top of my head there's Killzone: Shadow Fall, Diablo III (just need to finish up the Reaper of Souls content) and I'm about half-way through both The Evil Within & Shadow of Mordor.
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There is a Peggle 2? How did my wife not see this?
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There is a Peggle 2? How did my wife not see this?
XBone launch title I believe.
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Updated my post with writing and this! 8)
5. Jump Ultimate Stars [JP] (DS) - 1 hour
Someone help me, I don't speak any Japanese and this game is like 100% Japanese. As scary as playing my first ever true import is I'm quite enjoying it a lot. Granted a lot is lost in translation but I have a basic FAQ to get by, I kinda wish I understood better and REALLY wished this was in English. Probably would be my #1 NDS game so far if it was. Lets see how quick this one goes. Really easy to just jump into.
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Sounds like fun. This will also give me a chance to
whore out my reviews share my thoughts.
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/3DS/730860-theatrhythm-final-fantasy-curtain-call/reviews/review-159920
Eternal Ring:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/197239-eternal-ring/reviews/review-159929
Final Fantasy XII:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/459841-final-fantasy-xii/reviews/review-159971
Orphen: Scion of Sorcery:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/914282-orphen-scion-of-sorcery/reviews/review-159901
Atelier Escha and Logy:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS3/709407-atelier-escha-and-logy-alchemists-of-the-dusk-sky/reviews/review-159803
I'm in the process of playing Muramasa (Vita) and Suikoden V.
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1) super smash bros - (Wii U) love this game. wish the amiibos added a little extra. cant get enough of the tour mode.
2) Thief - (PS4) i started this but struggled to get into it, i will come back to it some day
3) Lego Marvel - (PS4) loved this game. lego games are my guilty pleasure and this one did not disappoint. only game i have completed the story to this year.
4) World of Warcraft - (PC) why oh why did i start playing this addictive game. giving it a break as i free membership has ran out. i will be back to slay the horde someday soon.
5) Sonic - (Gen) its a great game. its been a while since i beat this, i need to beat it again,
6) Ren and Stimpys invention - (Gen) just bought this and had to give it ago. got stuck on the level where they inflate themselves.
7) Commando - (NES) i just got this as i played the arcade as a kid. damn this game is hard. starting to think my old age is getting the better of my reactions. not past stage 1-2 yet (without continues)
8) Killer is dead (PS3) wanted to hack and slash, seems fun so far. combos are a little limited to one button. if he says killer is dead again im going to kill him. story makes little or no sense what so ever.
9) Knack - (PS4) started this with a friend, seems like a really fun platformer game. my only issue with it so far is this. if player one dies the game is over. player two can die as much as he wants. so just keep player one back and send player 2 on kamikaze missions
10) Far Cry 4 - (PS4) saved the best till last this game is amazing, i cant put it down. weather it hunting animals with a sniper rifle or bow (or in my case a truck) or doing the missions or simply exploring the world its breath taking.
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Its so interesting to see the difference in games everyone is playing.
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Updated my list because I just finished off Rogue Legacy! :D
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I had seen threads for beaten games, but just "played" games is a great idea too! Especially since a lot of older games don't really have an end. I'll split my list into 2:
Beaten:
??/?? - Super Smash Brothers (3DS/Wii U) (I'm going to consider that unlocking all characters and clearing all game modes is beating it...? Unlocking all trophies and challenges would be 100%-ing it.)
01/?? - Hyrule Warriors (Wii U)
02/15 - The Legend of Zelda (3DS virtual console)
02/22 - Link's Awakening (GB)
03/14 - Minish Cap (3DS virtual console)
03/22 - Mousecraft (PS4)
03/28 - Super Mario 3D World (Wii U)
04/24 - Persona 4: Golden (Vita)
04/26 - Tearaway (Vita)
05/24 - Touch My Katamari (Vita)
06/13 - The Playroom (PS4)
06/22 - Splatoon (Wii U)
06/29 - Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (DS)
06/29 - Book of Spells (PS3)
07/15 - Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition (PS4)
10/17 - Pokémon: Alpha Sapphire (3DS)
10/27 - Costume Quest 2 (PS4)
11/01 - Tearaway Unfolded (PS4)
11/28 - Sword Art Online: Lost Song (Vita)
12/27 - Eternal Sonata (PS3)
12/27 - Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (DS)
12/29 - Persona 4: Dancing All Night (Vita)
12/31 - Fat Princess Adventure (PS4)
Played/playing:
Tomodachi Life (3DS)
NES Remix (Wii U)
NES Remix II (Wii U)
Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (PS4)
Fortune Street (Wii)
Pokémon Art Academy (3DS)
Pokémon Rumble World (3DS)
Lego The Hobbit (PS4)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (3DS)
htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary (Vita)
Plants VS Zombies (PS3)
Tales of Hearts R (Vita)
The Legend of Zelda II (3DS Virtual Console)
Banjo Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge (GBA)
Mighty Switch Force (3DS)
Minecraft (PS3/PS4)
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (3DS)
Walking With Dinosaurs (PS3)
Super Mario Maker (WiiU)
Yoshi's Woolly World (WiiU)
Zelda: Triforce Heroes (3DS)
Pokémon Picross (3DS)
Nintendo Badge Arcade (3DS)
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (DS)
Total beaten/played: 23/47
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I doubt I'll reach 52 completed games this year, but it's fun to track things in any case. I think now I'm on a mission to play through all of the Mary-Kate and Ashley games. (Any recommendations?)
#1 2/18/2015 Mary-Kate and Ashley Crush Course (PS1 on PS3)
The PS1 is part of the generation of consoles I totally skipped when it was new, so now I'm going back to have a laugh at early 3D graphics. This game was surprisingly hard for a kids' game. While frustrating at times, I persevered because I absolutely had to know who had a crush on me. (It was Brent.)
#2 2/20/2015 Hoshi no Kirby (GB)
Kirby's Adventure (NES) is one of my all-time favorite games, so it was a real tragedy that I hadn't played through the original Game Boy Kirby until now. The game is super-short (I beat it on my first-ever playthrough in about 40-ish minutes), but it's absolutely beautiful. All Game Boy games should look and sound this good.
#3 2/27/2015 Zero Zero (PC)
#4 3/10/2015 To Build a Better Mousetrap (PC)
#5 3/31/2015 Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 (PS3)
Currently working on getting all the different endings becaaauuuuse I don't know.
#6 4/19/2015 Style Savvy: Trendsetters (3DS)
Such a nice game; really looking forward to the third installment in this series. (Really wishing the boyfriend DLC for Trendsetters had been released in the US, though.)
#7 6/3/2015 Kirby's Adventure (NES on Wii U)
My favorite game gets yet another playthrough! Always finding new things to enjoy about this game.
#8 7/11/2015 Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulation (DS on 3DS)
A super-underrated fashion game by Koei. More challenging and weirder than Style Savvy.
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Game 4 - Majora's Mask 3DS - Playing
Hoping to get the beat this weekend as I'm really wanting to say I beat it. I never did as a kid cause I didn't like the time aspect to it, still not a huge fan of such things, but I've managed to work with it in certain games these days and feel I could appreciate it more.
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Only 8 games to go for 52 games played this year. :)
Next I could work on completing some of them
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I think now I'm on a mission to play through all of the Mary-Kate and Ashley games. (Any recommendations?)
The really crappy one on the GB i remember playing. I think I have it in my basement somewhere if you want it.
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Hmm... maybe! Got it CIB, by chance? ;)
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Hmm... maybe! Got it CIB, by chance? ;)
Dont think so. Might have the manual though
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Y'all can leave the back half of the NES library to me. I'm going to get my Complete NES Review back up and going in a month or so. I'll do waaaay more than 52.
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6: Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition (Story Mode) (PC) - 2015 / 02 / 20
Its been 23 years since the series began and it's still as annoying and unforgiving as ever. :P
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Y'all can leave the back half of the NES library to me. I'm going to get my Complete NES Review back up and going in a month or so. I'll do waaaay more than 52.
Glad to hear it! Can't wait to find out who won Jeopardy! :)
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1. Shovel Knight (Steam) Beaten Main Quest Completed, Only 11 Achievements left to go
2. The Walking Dead Season 2 (PS4) Completed
3. Mega Man 2 (NES) Completed Glad to finally get this one of my chest.
4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beaten Beat for an upcoming review. This game is terrible don't play it.
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Update 2-21-15:
Game #7: Wolfenstein: The New Order (PS3) Beaten on 2-19-15
This was a great game! The final boss was a bit of a letdown though.
Game #8: Gunman Clive 2 (3DS eShop) Beaten on 2-21-15
Beaten with Clive. Much better and harder than the original!
Update 2-22-15:
Game #9: Cave Story (3DS eShop) Beaten on 2-22-15
This game was amazing! Great story, challenging but fun gameplay and an awesome soundtrack!
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3. Mega Man 2 (NES) Completed Glad to finally get this one of my chest.
Updated
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Just updated my first post, I just completed Link's Awakening! ;D That one has been waiting for way too many years too.
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Game 5 - DDRMAX2, DDR Supernova, DDRX, DDR Extreme - Playing/Completed
I'm putting them together because really, they are DDR games. Aside from changes to the visuals, nothing changes lol It's always the same exact gameplay. I've been playing them for my exercise routine, going through them on Beginner, because I'm not at the Light level yet. I'm just gonna say I'm kinda completing them, since there's no way I'm seriously beating all difficulties, so my completion, is just to try and beat everything but the crazy stuff on beginner difficulty until I lose enough weight to handle Light. As for what game I like most so far, I think I'm gonna say DDRX. It seems better designed, it tells me when I unlock new characters and songs, I don't have to keep restarting the game on Game Mode every three songs which is obnoxious, and I think it's beginner mode is a little more fun so far. Less double button hits and it includes the freeze arrows. The announcer in it though talks too much. He really needs to shutup lol
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I've been playing them for my exercise routine, going through them on Beginner, because I'm not at the Light level yet.
I did the same thing! Once you get the hang of it and increase the level, it really gets a good cardio training. :) Even just Light can take your breath sometimes :P
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I did the same thing! Once you get the hang of it and increase the level, it really gets a good cardio training. :) Even just Light can take your breath sometimes :P
I've done two songs on Light, one wasn't too bad, another was just too much lol I can do Beginner totally fine, it's basically reasonably easy until I'm hitting like the 180+ BPS songs which gets abit rough. My problem at the moment from going to Light is simply the movement. With Beginning, I can work the beat by going from the neutral stance, hit the arrow, move back, and then to the next spot, but Light makes you move around and you don't go back to neutral and with the speed, it can get rough lol A lot of it comes down to weight as I'm pretty heavy, so it's tough to handle even more so, but I'll get there eventually.
Definitely good cardio. If I don't do tough leg exercises before DDR, I usually do about an hour of it a day. Really works up a sweat even on Beginner.
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Just updated my first post, I just completed Link's Awakening! ;D That one has been waiting for way too many years too.
The single greatest game in the original Game Boy's library, as far as I'm concerned. I loved it.
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I remember my DDR days... hard to believe I used to play that quite often over ten years ago.
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One you can get to heavy boy is that the best. I can only finish a handful of songs on heavy and I'm sweating bullets by the end but its so much fun.
Also - Updated with 2 new games (I really need to work on finishing one before I start a new one.)
7. Picross 3D (DS) - 40 Min
Just picked this one up on 2/22, already having a blast with it. So much fun and even the easy puzzles are bending my mind because 3D picross is really challenging compared to normal Picross. If you like Picross but think its a tad too easy DEFINITELY try this out. It's ridiculously cheap.
8. Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (3DS VC) - 1 hour
My favorite Zelda game, got with some club nintendo coins. Playing this while I workout is a blast and fun. Forgot how much I love this game. Gonna finish this one quick I can tell/
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Just updated my first post, I just completed Link's Awakening! ;D That one has been waiting for way too many years too.
First video game that ever made me cry!
What did you think of it?
@burningdoom
I agree. Best game boy game ever.
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Link's Awakening was my first (and so far only) Zelda title that I finished to completion. It was probably the most addictive title I played on my old cinder block Game Boy. Great game.
Also, yay for all of this DDR talk! I went to a bowling alley a few months ago and they had DDR there. I wanted to see if I still "had it" and, sure enough, I did. I did some 6 to 7 foot level songs (in bowling shoes no less) and tore up the proverbial floor. XD I think the highlight of the experience was when a couple of young, black girls told me, "Dang! You can dance for a white boy!" It was a good day.
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#1 2/18/2015 Mary-Kate and Ashley Crush Course (PS1 on PS3)
The PS1 is part of the generation of consoles I totally skipped when it was new, so now I'm going back to have a laugh at early 3D graphics. This game was surprisingly hard for a kids' game. While frustrating at times, I persevered because I absolutely had to know who had a crush on me. (It was Brent.)
#2 2/20/2015 Hoshi no Kirby (GB)
Kirby's Adventure (NES) is one of my all-time favorite games, so it was a real tragedy that I hadn't played through the original Game Boy Kirby until now. The game is super-short (I beat it on my first-ever playthrough in about 40-ish minutes), but it's absolutely beautiful. All Game Boy games should look and sound this good.
Updated.
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What did you think of it?
Definitely my favorite handheld Zelda game, probably second favorite Zelda ever! As a kid, I put more hours in that game than even Pokémon, and that's saying something :P It was about time I completed it. The farthest I reached as a kid was the dungeon where you could get your game stuck forever, because I got my game stuck forever and didn't know it. :'(
I think the highlight of the experience was when a couple of young, black girls told me, "Dang! You can dance for a white boy!" It was a good day.
Haha that's a funny/cool compliment :P
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Update 2-24-15
Game #10: Gargoyle's Quest II: The Demon Darkness Beaten on 2-24-15
Very enjoyable game! Bosses were a bit unfair at times, especially Doppelganger.
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Updated my post on page 1. I am 5 games away from 52! :)
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Updated my post on page 1. I am 5 games away from 52! :)
Next step: beat 52 games ;) That's gonna be tough :P
(that's great by the day! I shoul really play more games too.)
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Ok, I think I want to give this a go. My New Year's Resolution was to finish more games than I buy, just to say I've made a miniscule dent in my backlog. It's really encouraged me to finish up a few games, although I'm thinking I play too many long RPGs to get to 52.
Finished so far:
1. Witch and Hero (3DS) - I had picked this up years ago and had gotten annoyed with it, even though I liked it. Yes, it was quick and a one-trick pony, but it is still a great pick up and play for when I'm at a doctor's office or waiting on someone. I got it on sale and felt I got my money's worth, but your mileage may vary.
2. Crafting Mama (DS) - I play mindless games when my husband is playing games I want to watch on the TV. The Mama games are great for this. I pause during his cutscenes and then go right back to where I was. There's little thought to this one and it's not as good as the Cooking Mama main series, but it still fills that mindless game void.
3. Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders (DS) - I finished this game but I didn't feel good about it. It felt like someone said "Hey, we can cash in on the popularity of Professor Layton" and used Agatha Christie as a vessel. Some lines were directly from the book, including some of Hercule Poirot's French without any translation or context. I'm glad I understand a little French, or I'd have felt more lost a couple of times. The puzzles were even worse, as they were almost entirely math problems of the "A train leaves the station and another one is traveling faster but left later. Which one arrives first?" variety.
4. Cooking Mama 2 (DS) - I don't know why I'd never finished this one, since I'd finished 1 and 3. Probably the best one in the series, honestly. It's got a ton to do but doesn't have the extra fluff 3 added. Good waste of time for a while.
5. James Noir's Hollywood Crimes (3DS) - Another game out of my Professor Layton clones collection that I'd never played. I used some coupons and clearance and had paid $4 for this one at a Toys 'R Us last year. Much better than The ABC Murders but still not a AAA title. The puzzles were much more enjoyable but they got a little repetitive by the end. The story was still pretty weak. It was fun at $4 but I feel bad for anyone who paid full price.
6. Grim Fandango Remastered (PS4) - One of my favorite games of all time, and I hadn't played it in its entirety since it was first released. I was pumped to play it again, and my husband got to watch the game I've talked about for years without fighting with wonky settings on a computer for days before the game would boot and have audio. If you like point and click adventures at all, I'd strongly recommend it. The new non-tank controls were absolutely an improvement over the old PC controls. Not sure if I'll ever go back and get the trophy for playing through the whole thing with the old tank controls just because the new ones are so much better.
7. Fantasy Life (3DS) - No, I haven't gotten the DLC for this one. I have to admit, by the time I played through all the lives, the game was getting a bit repetitive. But the story was great and the game, overall, solidified how much I love Level 5, even beyond their Layton games. (Wow, I've mentioned Layton a lot so far!) The lives were unique and I really liked how much stuff Level 5 managed to get in this game and have it still all be cohesive.
8. Majora's Mask 3D (3DS) - Another game I haven't played all the way through since it first released, and another game I've always enjoyed. I was amazed at how much I'd forgotten in the last 15 years, especially when it came to some of the lengthier fetch and deliver quests. Still, the N64 Zeldas remain my favorites and Majora's Mask added a ton to the Zelda lore, including Tingle, the Great Fairy Sword (used later in Soul Calibur II on the GameCube) and the Fierce Deity. I, of course, took the time to get all the masks and pummel Majora. ;D
9. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (Vita) - Played this one on the PS TV and it worked out much better than I expected. Really, really good game, even if the end was just a bit over-written for my liking. Ronalopolis watched me play through it and this was his first experience with a game from that "visual novel" genre. I think he is starting to understand why I (as someone with an English degree) gravitate toward them so often. We've already picked up the sequel, so I'm pretty sure that'll be on the list soon too.
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Game 6 - Valkyria Chronicles (PC) - Playing
One of those series I've heard about for abit now, but never really gave a try. Well with the PC version having all the DLC and currently on sale for 8 bucks on Green Man Gaming, I'm in it now lol So far it's pretty entertaining, as I like that it's a mix of action and turn based combat, but is never too slow or too strategy game oriented, like X-Com or others like that. I like a more casual action experience like this. It's still early on for me, but overall I like the setting and presentation. Also John DiMaggio (Jake, Bender, etc...) does two voices in the game lol
Game 7 - Alien: Isolation (PC) - Playing
Been waiting for this game to get to a proper price tag and it finally did at 20 bucks, so I'm getting into the game now. So far, it's very slick, runs pretty great, though I feel they got abit sloppy in the lip synching ingame, made all the more noticeable by how good it is during the cutscenes. Acting is a tad stiff too, but good enough. I wasn't sure if I was gonna like the game, cause it's bordering on the survival aspect of being too far like Amnesia or Outlast, I don't like running and hiding all the time, though there is minor combat in the game (And I've been abit spoiled on some of what comes later on). It is a game that shows I am slightly spoiled by comfortable auto saving when I die and have to head back a ways to a save point lol
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01. Peggle 2 - PS4 - Story Mode finished on 1/2/15
I am a Peggle fiend, it's one of my guilty pleasures. There's just something mesmerizing about watching that little ball bounce around on the pegs. :P
02. Far Cry 4 - PS4 - Platinum'd on 1/18/15
My GOTY for last year, and after thoroughly finishing it I stand by that. Great game. :)
03. New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 3DS - Finished on 1/23/15
Eh, it's a 2D Mario. Fun, but the latest Rayman games are the kings of 2D platformers as far as I'm concerned.
04. Deathsmiles - 360 - 1/29/15
SHMUP w/ a ridiculously insane story. Was pretty short to blow through w/ unlimited lives - without them I wouldn't have had a prayer, some of the later levels are insanely difficult.
05. Rogue Legacy - PS4
Fantastic game, I enjoyed every minute of it! Finished with a time of 24:22, but I may mess around with it a little more - we'll see. Perfect difficulty curve balanced with a great feeling of progression. NOT A ROGUE-LIKE THO!!! :P
06. The Order: 1886 - PS4
Gameplay was average on this one - not bad, but hardly inspired. The lycan fights were not fun IMO, and that's both the standard ones and the boss fight ones. Gunplay felt good minus an iffy cover system, but they should have been much more experimental with their weapons - the phosphor gun and lightning gun were fun, but I wanted more like that. That said, the game is gorgeous and it has an excellent story with great voice acting and some insanely good facial animation. I've talked to some who didn't like the story, so just be aware that this is very much setting up a franchise and they are not going to answer every question or address every point/relationship by the end of the game. Overall, I'd say the game was good, not great. But it's a very promising start to a franchise. One more thing, if you're going for the plat (which is very easy to get) follow a collectible guide as you play. Collectibles are handled very poorly - only one of the 4 types are tracked and they aren't removed from the game when you find them, so if you miss some it's hard to figure out exactly which ones you missed.
Currently Playing:
Tales of Xillia 2 - PS3
Slow going here, I've been busy around the house lately so not a lot of time to get invested in a RPG. Hope to make some good progress this week tho.
Sorcery Saga - Vita
Just started, but really like it so far.
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Just hit 53. :)
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Update:
Game #11: Resident Evil: Revelations (3DS) Beaten on 3-1-15
Pretty enjoyable game but the final boss was way too easy .
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We can add Muramasa Rebirth to my list. I didn't get the platinum yet, but I've seen the credits run five times now. @_@
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We can add Muramasa Rebirth to my list. I didn't get the platinum yet, but I've seen the credits run five times now. @_@
I think that's enough to be called "completed" :P I personally have 2 different milestones: completed and 100%-ed.
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Theres no way Ill be able to complete 52 games in a year so I'm making my own Goal with 12 :) If I could be 1 a month i'd be happy!
2015 Completed:
1) Sunset Overdrive - (Complete) - My favourite XBOne game to date. It starts off A little slow and confusing but once your passed the 2 hour mark the game is amazing. It's the first time In a long time a game has pulled me in and kept me entertained until the end.
2) Etrian Odyssey Untold - (Complete) - I started this game in 2014 and it took me almost a year to beat after playing here and there. Finally finished it up and was extremely happy with it. The ending was a little bit of a let down, as well as some points in the game are very hard!
3) Persona 4 Golden - (Currently Playing) - I'm just over 10 hours into the game. Going to try some serious grinding this week and try and finish it up since there's so many other titles I want to play! This isn't normally the kind of game I play but I like it a lot. The social aspect is great!
I'v realized I have to stop playing so many different games at the same time and just focus on one game at a time, or else I'll never finish them. Thats what always seems to happen!
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Playing more missions of FFT last night after a long break. Worth it. But damn these missions are hard. I think I may have over-leveled ...
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I added Danganronpa to my finished list. I think Mother 3 might be the next longer game up. I've never finished it and now that I've got the Mother 3 GBA Micro and the means to play the game on it in English, it's time.
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I've been updating my original post if anyone is interested in seeing the games I've been playing :p
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I've come to terms that I will never complete Picross 3d...
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I've been updating my original post if anyone is interested in seeing the games I've been playing :p
According to my son it actually is possible to beat the game in survival mode. You have to build a portal to the nether realm and slay the ender dragon.
I have never played the game but my 12 year old does. Even limiting him to 1-2 hours a day he talks about it 24-7.
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Just played one of the best N64 games I have ever played! See page one of this thread for me reaction ;)
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2 new COMPLETE
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2. Dragonball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2 (DS) - 10 hours - Completed on 3/9
~~ This game is great. It's not an amazing DBZ fighter but for what it is and for being on a handheld it is extremely satisfying. Sometimes I wish it were more streamlined and moved quicker or smoother but that can be overlooked. I wouldn't advise buying it for what I paid for it ($20) unless you're a huge DBZ fan like me, but if you can find it for $10-15 definitely pick it up, and if you can play this multiplayer it probably would be even more fun. Definitely a game I could see bringing on a plane or some sort or public transit and just sitting and playing in 15 minute bursts. My ratings as a ... (Fighting Game 7/10, DS Game 8.5/10)
7. Picross 3D (DS) - My entire life - Completed on 3/8
~~It's fun. If you like Picross you'll like this. If you like puzzles you'll like this. If you need a game to play in tiny bursts you'll like this. If you need a game that you can get sucked into for hours and hours, you'll like this. The only downside is this game has a huge 'one more level/try' complex that began to turn me off because sometimes I felt like I was chipping away from a mile high wall and it just wasn't satisfying. My ratings as a ... (Puzzle Game 7/10, DS Game 7/10)
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Game 6 - Valkyria Chronicles (PC) - 33 Hours Completed
While the games story and writing is kinda cheesy and dumb, it's a likable and I feel well-meaning type of cheesy. The characters are likable, it managed to tug out a few tears from in a couple parts and I overall very much enjoyed my time outside of a battle or two that kinda awful, particularly the final boss, mostly cause it's a slog if you don't know about the one turn technique to beat it lol My only issues with the game come down to it's AI being fairly dumb, routinely running into situations that will straight up kill them. Multiple times. That and the combat could've used some more depth, with the extremely basic cover system which seemed way too limited. Overall very much like it and really hope they give the PSP sequels the HD console/PC treatment, or a proper full fledged sequel.
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1 Dragon Age Inquisition for PS4. Really, really great game. I wasn't the biggest fan of the first two, but this one has a fantastic story and is much more open than the others. Not 100% complete, but I beat the main storyline and have worked through several other quests so far.
2 The Order 1886 for PS4. I really enjoyed this. It's not the longest game, but it's not the shortest. It does hold your hand a lot at the beginning, but opens up more as it goes. Beautiful graphics that I haven't seen matched.
3 Super Mario 3D Land for 3DS. Picked this up and slowly playing through a few levels a night before bed. Great game.
4 New Super Mario Bros. 2 for 3DS. Another one I am working through a few levels a night before bed.
5 Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare for PS4. My youngest daughter and I play this one all the time. She likes playing as the plants, I like being the Zombies.
6 Dying Light for PS4. I'm kinda "meh" on this one. I'm working on it a little at a time, but I really hate the weapon system. I have a giant freakin' knife...that breaks after a half dozen smacks on a mushy zombie. Yeah...ok.
7 Evolve for PS4. I just can't seem to get into this one at the moment. Maybe it's because I'm distracted with other games. But I really haven't gotten a good handle on playing as the monster.
8 Skyrim for PC. Picked up the Elder Scrolls Anthology and had to play a bit of Skyrim. It's as addictive as ever for me.
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Game 8 - Resident Evil: Revelations 2 - Playing
Just finished the first episode of the game and I'm enjoying it. It seems way better than the last one so far. While I think it's annoying that Capcom continues to push this idea of co-op gameplay in their games, it's handle way better here in that your partners don't really have much in the way of combat abilities, other than a weak melee attack they can use. Not playing with a person either, but the AI seems to work pretty good. Not great as they could use some better maneuverability while getting attacked by the creatures, but so far I haven't had to worry about them and they have their own unique abilities. It feels more like a Resident Evil 4, though not quite as good as that, but solid.
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I've started neglecting video games again these last 2 weeks, I have to change this right now! Hopefully I can finish Minish Cap soon enough :o
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Here are some more:
Muramasa Rebirth:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/684034-muramasa-rebirth/reviews/review-160188
Suikoden V:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/929668-suikoden-v/reviews/review-160247
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Game 9 - Ori and The Blind Forest (PC) - Playing
Beautiful game. Metroidvania experience done in with an absolutely fantastic looking art style. Vibrant, bright, it plays exceptionally well and there's a good challenge to it if you aren't careful to save regularly. It's very easy to lose like 10 to 20 minutes of progress due to the low health if you forget to soul link, which is basically dropping down a save point based on whether you have energy to spare.
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9 Valiant Hearts for the PS4 What a wonderful game. I love the Ubi-Art titles like this. If they made a physical release, I would buy it in a heartbeat.
10 Counterspy for the PS Vita Pretty fun game. I love the style and the 70's spy music really sells it.
11 Mario Kart 8 My daughters and I love this game. Can't say anything bad about it and the DLC has been great. Can't wait for the next DLC pack to release!
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Finally done with Minish Cap! It mostly felt like a drag to me, though I can't put my finger on why :-\ Anyway, I'm glad it's over now.
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Finally done with Minish Cap! It mostly felt like a drag to me, though I can't put my finger on why :-\ Anyway, I'm glad it's over now.
While I enjoyed the game, it is one of my lesser favorite Zelda games. I enjoyed the dungeons, but did not find exploring the world itself that interesting. Final boss fight was awesome though, one of the toughest in the entire series.
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While I enjoyed the game, it is one of my lesser favorite Zelda games. I enjoyed the dungeons, but did not find exploring the world itself that interesting. Final boss fight was awesome though, one of the toughest in the entire series.
I think that might be it, the dungeons were cool indeed but I guess I spent more time outside than inside. My favourite final boss fight goes hands down to Twilight Princess, though. Damn did I enjoy it like I've never enjoyed any boss fight ever before!
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Game 9 - Ori and The Blind Forest (PC) - 7 Hours COMPLETED
Just an absolutely beautiful and wonderful game to play. Very well designed, great and interesting gameplay, a sweet story with amazing visuals, I really loved my time in this game. My only complaint would be that after each "dungeon", there's an escape sequence, and that gets very trying and you end up restarting a ton of times through lots of trial and error. Other than those being abit rough, it's generally a really rewarding game. Just the right amount of challenge to keep you on your toes without making you hate yourself like with a game such as Meatboy lol Highly recommend this game if you want a fantastic 2D platformer.
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Update:
Game #12: Earthworm Jim (DSiWare) Beaten on 3-16-15
Pretty great port, although I experienced a few frame drops here and there and I didn't like the fact that the bottom screen was used to tell you how to beat a boss.
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4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beaten Beat for an upcoming review. This game is terrible don't play it.
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4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beaten Beat for an upcoming review. This game is terrible don't play it.
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I kinda remember it being an alright game. I played the one on the PS2, but maybe I'm not remembering it well lol
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4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beaten Beat for an upcoming review. This game is terrible don't play it.
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I kinda remember it being an alright game. I played the one on the PS2, but maybe I'm not remembering it well lol
The game is mediocre at best. It's just that the controls are terrible. Other than that it could of been a good racing game.
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Game 10 - Cities: Skylines - 2 Hours Played/No Completion
It might not be wrong to call this a clone of SimCity 5, but this is a clone that does exactly what that game was trying to do, but do it in a way that isn't crap. No online shenanigans, freedom to grow your city as big as you'd like, lots of customization, map creation, etc, etc...Plus it's only 30 bucks, has steam workshop which allows you to get custom content for your city, and it just plays. No bugginess, the AI functions properly so you aren't getting weird traffic issues, it even visually is what SimCity 5 was, which was the one thing I liked about that game. If you were disappointed in SimCity 5, then you'll probably like this one.
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Game 11 - Battlefield: Hardline (PC) - Playing
So far, the singleplayer is okay. Better than the usual Battlefield singleplayer modes, but still not showing it's worth it really. It's not bad, but like the first half of it is rather standard good cop/bad cop stuff, and though it's getting more interesting in the second half, I can't say I'm totally drawn in. I feel some of this comes from how easy it is to not get into combat. Telling people to freeze, of which they'll do at any time you aren't in an active firefight, means you can really breeze through the sections with stealth. Combined with the taser and it's a real easy mode. Combat is your usual stuff to and it's all fine, Battlefield is good for that, but you can ignore a lot of it unless you are forced into it lol I feel once I'm done, I'm going to still wonder what is the point of it.
Multiplayer I've played a good bit of before with the beta and I like it. It's a more stripped down Battlefield game which is nice after Battlefield 4 being kind of a clusterfuck with all the gadgets, explosives, and other stuff. I love large scale vehicle combat, but it's nice not having to worry about geting shot by tons of rockets lol
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I replayed an old game and found the old review for it.
Mad Maestro:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/551242-mad-maestro/reviews/review-56882
Ye gods...I can't believe I wrote that piece of garbage. Ah well.
Tail Concerto:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/198882-tail-concerto/reviews/review-160294
One more...
Dark Cloud:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/197042-dark-cloud/reviews/review-159740
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07. Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Cury God - I have to say I really enjoyed this game. Very light-hearted breezy rogue-like. Great characters, very funny and the dungeon crawling gameplay was fun except for a few nit-picks. My main issue is that Kuu, your companion that follows you around the dungeons, learns his abilities randomly after the first dungeon. Being a rogue-like, he of course forgets them all when you leave a dungeon which would be ok except for the random part. Since only a few of his abilities are actually useful (he's generally useless as a fighting companion since he does minimal damage and really just gets in the way more than anything) you end up getting pointless abilities far more often than the ones you really need. What you want is his ability to carry 8 items, which is the only way to expand your inventory, his ability to identify items you pickup & his ability to let you combine items while in a dungeon (otherwise, you can only do this in town). I never got the combine ability after the first tutorial dungeon and I rarely got the other two.
The only other minor negative I'll point out is that the goals for the plat are absolutely ridiculous. Not in a "wow, that's hard" kind of way, but in a "that's an insane amount of time to invest in this game" way. As an example, after I beat the game (not having played the bonus dungeon that opens up after the credits roll) I had killed just shy of 1,500 monsters according to the in-game records. There is a trophy for killing 10,000 monsters. :o Yeeeeaaaahhh....no. :P
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The only other minor negative I'll point out is that the goals for the plat are absolutely ridiculous. Not in a "wow, that's hard" kind of way, but in a "that's an insane amount of time to invest in this game" way. As an example, after I beat the game (not having played the bonus dungeon that opens up after the credits roll) I had killed just shy of 1,500 monsters according to the in-game records. There is a trophy for killing 10,000 monsters. :o Yeeeeaaaahhh....no. :P
That's what I initially thought, but earning the platinum only took me about 40 to 50 hours if memory serves. You'll notice that some of the trophies require you to complete your sword, staff, shield, etc. list. Since the only way to level up your gear is to kill enemies, you get the kill 10,000 monsters trophy sooner than you think.
But, I understand that it looks intimidating. If you do decide to go back, let me know. ^^ I gave a buddy of mine some tips that I can just copy and paste for you to make the road to platinum less harrowing.
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07. Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Cury God - I have to say I really enjoyed this game. Very light-hearted breezy rogue-like. Great characters, very funny and the dungeon crawling gameplay was fun except for a few nit-picks. My main issue is that Kuu, your companion that follows you around the dungeons, learns his abilities randomly after the first dungeon. Being a rogue-like, he of course forgets them all when you leave a dungeon which would be ok except for the random part. Since only a few of his abilities are actually useful (he's generally useless as a fighting companion since he does minimal damage and really just gets in the way more than anything) you end up getting pointless abilities far more often than the ones you really need. What you want is his ability to carry 8 items, which is the only way to expand your inventory, his ability to identify items you pickup & his ability to let you combine items while in a dungeon (otherwise, you can only do this in town). I never got the combine ability after the first tutorial dungeon and I rarely got the other two.
The only other minor negative I'll point out is that the goals for the plat are absolutely ridiculous. Not in a "wow, that's hard" kind of way, but in a "that's an insane amount of time to invest in this game" way. As an example, after I beat the game (not having played the bonus dungeon that opens up after the credits roll) I had killed just shy of 1,500 monsters according to the in-game records. There is a trophy for killing 10,000 monsters. :o Yeeeeaaaahhh....no. :P
That's ... pretty insane grinding :o Maybe someday when I have enough games off my backlog, I'll start platinum-ing some RPGs. Maybe :P
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Game 8 - Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (PC) - Around 10 Hours FINISHED
Turned out to be a better game than I expected and more interesting than the last Revelations for sure. It's not a mainline entry for the series, so it's not one I feel you can compare as well to having the depth and quality of RE4 and RE5, but it's just a generally good game. They finally figured out how to do co-op for these games (Though I am begging them to make RE7 singleplayer and have the two player be optional. It's getting kinda ridiculous that the last four games have had it) that was actually GOOD and wasn't just giving another gun to fight with. I also liked that there were no guys with guns. It's a lot more familiar to kinda the first half of RE4 in that regard. Story is goofy and ridiculous of course, it's an RE game, though I felt like there was a pretty huge plothole involving one of the characters at the end, not that it bothers me a ton. The story is b-movie shlock lol It's just a nice return to kinda what RE4 was doing, rather than continuing the big scale action we saw in RE5 and RE6.
Raid mode is pretty cool to. I'll poke around that for abit.
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Update:
Game #13: Super Mario Land (3DS VC) Beaten on 3-20-15
Although this game was pretty short, it was really fun!
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Some reading for your Sunday, in case anyone is interested. ^^
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
http://www.gamefaqs.com/PSP/925138-crisis-core-final-fantasy-vii/reviews/review-160322
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Update:
Game #14: The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (PS3) Beaten on 3-22-15
Finally beat this game after a few retries of the last level. It was a pretty decent 3rd person shooter although very repetitive at times.
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EDIT: Accidental double-post.
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Latest installments:
14. Super Mario World 3D - Wii U (~20-hours): I'm actually not sure how to feel about this game; on one hand it was a real good game, and I found the last fourth of the game to be quite the challenge, but at the same time I felt bored with this game, like I had played it before. For a 3D Mario game it was good, although I still prefer Galaxy and 64 over this one.
15. Guilty Gear XRD -SEED- - PS3 (~2-hours): I have never been the biggest ArcSYS fighting game fan and this game really felt no different then the other Guilty Gear and Blazblue installments. I hear these games have incredible depth, but all I really did was button mash and flew through the game. It's worth getting on the cheap, unless you're a big fan of Guilty Gear then you'll love it since it is more of the same this series is known for. Beautiful graphics however.
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Update:
Game #15: Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (3DS VC) Beaten on 3-23-15
Got the Birdhouse ending. Probably going for the Planetoid ending next for completion.
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Game #16: 3D Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (3DS eShop) Beaten on 3-24-15
This game was freaking amazing, it really made me feel like a real ninja!
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2015 Completed:
1) Sunset Overdrive - (XB One - Complete) - My favourite XBOne game to date. It starts off A little slow and confusing but once your passed the 2 hour mark the game is amazing. It's the first time In a long time a game has pulled me in and kept me entertained until the end.
2) Etrian Odyssey Untold - (3DS - Complete) - I started this game in 2014 and it took me almost a year to beat after playing here and there. Finally finished it up and was extremely happy with it. The ending was a little bit of a let down, as well as some points in the game are very hard!
3) Persona 4 Golden - (Vita - Currently Playing) - Almost finished this. Around 60 hours in now. Going to the golden ending so I have a couple more dungeons to finish up. Amazing game so far and not what I had expected at all.
4) Code Name S.T.E.A.M - (3DS - Currently Playing) - Only put 3 to 4 hours into this but it's great. I'm not sure if anyone else on here has play heroclix but its extremely similar to that. Very strategic and fast paced.
5)Star Ocean Till The End Of Time (Ps2 - Currently Playing) - Started playing this with my younger brother. It not nearly as good as I remember it being back when I first got the Ps2. I don't know why but during the cut scene the characters dialog is SOO slow! It takes 3-5 seconds from the ending of one characters sentence until the next character begins to talk. Still a decent game so far and beings back the nostalgia
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Game 4 - Majora's Mask 3DS - 20 hours FINISHED
Well I can finally say that I beat Majora's Mask. I think I made it as far as the western ocean area in my original playthrough years ago on the N64, but I didn't like the time mechanic. And I sadly still don't. I feel like in concept, it is a kinda cool idea, I just don't find it very fun. Having to restock with every restart, having to do specific things on specific days and at generally specific times...Couldn't really get into that very much. Personally, it just makes me groan thinking about completion as I only got about half the masks in the game or having to get the heart pieces. Not something you ever want to feel in a Zelda game. I do think the game does some good things, being darker and weirder and having more characters than Zelda usually does and I feel like it's something Nintendo should consider for the open world Wii U game coming up. Varied sidequests, odd characters, stuff that makes you interested in wanting to see where the little plots go. It's a solid Zelda title, but of the 3D releases, it's still on the lower end for me.
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Btw, I don't know if I mentioned but I'm only putting games I've finished. ;)
08. Tennis in the Face - This was a surprisingly fun little puzzle game! I picked it up in the PSN Flash Sale last weekend for under a buck, and I definitely got my money's worth. You & the enemies are in fixed positions on a one-screen board. Your goal is to knock out all of the enemies w/ tennis balls, using as few as possible. To do so you have to angle the ball & use a fair bit of brains to figure out how to get the job done. There were a ton of levels - probably in the neighborhood of 100 - but the game still went relatively fast. I'd say I put in around 5 hours this week to gold all of the levels & get all of the trophies.
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I just beat Cat Mario (3D World) yesterday with a friend! Man, that bonus world has to be the hardest in any Mario game. :o
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GAME 12 - Animal Crossing: New Leaf - UNFINISHED
It's Animal Crossing lol I haven't played since the Gamecube, but as a game, it hasn't changed too much that I can see. I know there are new features and such, but it basically feels the same. Still a very casual game to just pop into every day, gather up stuff to get money to pay off the loans, interact abit, it's a very simple game. Just about to get the first permit as Mayor which I think is too start expanding the town? That sounds like it might be a cool new thing. Also nice I got it free as my Platinum reward from Club Nintendo.
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Going to try for 12 games this year. If I can beat 1 a month I'll be content!
2015 Completed:
1) Sunset Overdrive -Xbone- (Complete) - My favourite XBOne game to date. It starts off A little slow and confusing but once your passed the 2 hour mark the game is amazing. It's the first time In a long time a game has pulled me in and kept me entertained until the end.
2) Etrian Odyssey Untold -3DS- (Complete) - I started this game in 2014 and it took me almost a year to beat after playing here and there. Finally finished it up and was extremely happy with it. The ending was a little bit of a let down, as well as some points in the game are very hard!
3) Persona 4 Golden -Vita- (Completed) - What a great game. Took me just under 80 hours to get the golden ending but I really took my time with it. Highly recommended! They story really sucks you in and there was times I'd be playing for 4-5 hours when it felt like 20 minutes.
4) Tales of Hearts R -Vita- (Currently Playing)
Now that I'v finished up Persona, Abe and I are going to play thru Tales of Hearts R. If you'd like to, join us! It would be cool if we could get a few people on the site playing the same game for the first time and chat about it as we go! 8)
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Shining Wisdom:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/SAT/574357-shining-wisdom/reviews/review-160377
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Played/playing:
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Fortune Street (Wii)
Pokémon Art Academy
htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary (Vita)
Super Smash Brothers (3DS/Wii U)
Just added a few games this week-end, thanks to some good family gaming time! Fortune Street is actually a lot more fun than I thought it would be. It's like Monopoly, but with stocks on top of property, and with Mario and Dragon Quest characters, for some reason. :P
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Grandia II:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/DC/197485-grandia-ii/reviews/review-160400
Dreamcast version!
DDR Max:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/561443-ddrmax-dance-dance-revolution/reviews/review-46990
Dear sweet gods on high almighty...I wrote that. I can't even...was I that bad back in those days?
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Kash,
Do gamefaqs reviews get a lot of comments/views? I'd love to write reviews for games I've been doing but I don't want to write them on a website where no one would read my reviews. :(
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Alright guys. 1/4 of the way through the year. Send me your most updated list so I can update the OP incase anyone is new to the thread. Any post that responds to this post with it quoted I will update into the OP
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Kash,
Do gamefaqs reviews get a lot of comments/views? I'd love to write reviews for games I've been doing but I don't want to write them on a website where no one would read my reviews. :(
Mine do, since I've been doing it for so long.
That said, you shouldn't write them on there with the hopes of reaching hundreds of people. I continue to do it because it's fun, even if some of my reviews for older games don't get clicked as many times as those for newer games. The most I've gotten out of them were gift cards for winning contests and messages from other people on GameFAQs.com saying how much they appreciate me writing stuff about games they like or had an interest in.
Of course, there was that one time I got inundated with "waaah you didn't like this game I hatechoo" messages after scoring a game I didn't like a 5/10. But, that's another story.
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2015 Completed:
1) Sunset Overdrive - (XB One - Complete) - My favourite XBOne game to date. It starts off A little slow and confusing but once your passed the 2 hour mark the game is amazing. It's the first time In a long time a game has pulled me in and kept me entertained until the end.
2) Etrian Odyssey Untold - (3DS - Complete) - I started this game in 2014 and it took me almost a year to beat after playing here and there. Finally finished it up and was extremely happy with it. The ending was a little bit of a let down, as well as some points in the game are very hard!
3) Persona 4 Golden - (Vita - Complete) - What a great game. Took me just under 80 hours to get the golden ending but I really took my time with it. Highly recommended! They story really sucks you in and there was times I'd be playing for 4-5 hours when it felt like 20 minutes.
4) Rayman Legends (XB One - Complete) - Really fun game. I spend most of the time playing co-op with my brother. Some levels are very challenging if your going for the 100% or Plat. Just finished the game, but still have lots of stuff to do before I can get the 100%!
5) Code Name S.T.E.A.M - (3DS - Currently Playing) - Only put 3 to 4 hours into this but it's great. I'm not sure if anyone else on here has play heroclix but its extremely similar to that. Very strategic and fast paced. One dislike is that it takes 20-30 for the enemy to take there turn. I did hear Nintendo was making a patch for this. Great game overall!
6) Star Ocean Till The End Of Time (Ps2 - Currently Playing) - Started playing this with my younger brother. It not nearly as good as I remember it being back when I first got the Ps2. I don't know why but during the cut scene the characters dialog is SOO slow! It takes 3-5 seconds from the ending of one characters sentence until the next character begins to talk. Still a decent game so far and brings back the nostalgia
6) Tales Of Hearts R (Vita - Currently Playing) - About 10 hours in. This game has a relatively good story but what keep me playing in the battle system. There's a lot of variety in how you choose to set up your battle formation and level up your characters. Highly recommended. This was also the first Japanese voice acting games I'v ever played and surprisingly it's great. I thought in the beginning I was going to be playing with the volume on mute but I have to admit I truly enjoy it!
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GAME 13 - Xenoblade Chronicles 3D - 5 Hours Playing
Gonna be a game that I put a lot into, but as a port it seems pretty bare bones, especially when you consider how much the game loses visually to make it fit as a New 3DS game. The model viewer and jukebox are kinda nothing I think. Should be fun though.
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Updates:
I've never been a believer in sucking it up and completing games I'm bored with or just didn't like after giving it a fair shot. Point in case, I stopped playing Shining Force on the Genesis because I found it hard to stay focused on the story enough to care what was going on overall. It also doesn't help that I'm not the biggest RPG fan. Also tried playing Swat Kats on the SNES and it is just an awkward game to play and really wasn't that much fun.
I am currently playing Super Metroid on the SNES for the very first time and so far it is really cool! Will hopefully feel the same way about it that everyone else seems to :)
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GAME 14 - Grand Theft Auto V (PC) - PLAYING
This is one hell of an update for the game. I came from playing it on the PS3 and just the massive leap in quality from that to my current standard PC is amazing. It's so well optimized, which makes me glad they delayed it as long as they did. GTAIV was an utter disaster on PC, but this seems like the complete opposite. I am using keyboard/mouse for it, which is generally better than the controller due to simply the combat and camera being more responsive, though it does get abit complicated at times with the controls. Do you fly a plane by just holding W and using the mouse to aim your direction like in Battlefield? Nope, W & D for your speed, Number Pad for actually moving around. It's weird and I really need to figure out if I can change. It's terrible really cause I don't want to fly because of it. PC is easily the best version of the game.
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09. Bloodborne - That's right, Bloodborne is beaten! ;D I didn't do all the optional bosses, so I didn't get the "good" ending, but I'm pretty proud to have finished my first "Souls" game. Looking forward to playing some less-intense stuff for a while now. ;) Fantastic game tho, will definitely be in my top 5 of the year.
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Game #19: Far Cry Classic Beaten on 4-09-15
It was nice to see how this franchise started but goddamn was it frustrating at times.
Forgot that I beat this game ???
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10. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Played through this one, again. :P I've lost count of how many times that makes, but I think it's safe to say that it's easily the game I've played through the most times from start to finish. Soooooo good. :D
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10. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Played through this one, again. :P I've lost count of how many times that makes, but I think it's safe to say that it's easily the game I've played through the most times from start to finish. Soooooo good. :D
How many Schmoos had to die for your cause this time?
I have a few more games to add to here. As soon as the reviews are up, I'll post them.
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10. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Played through this one, again. :P I've lost count of how many times that makes, but I think it's safe to say that it's easily the game I've played through the most times from start to finish. Soooooo good. :D
How many Schmoos had to die for your cause this time?
I have a few more games to add to here. As soon as the reviews are up, I'll post them.
Quite a few, they didn't want to give it up this time. :P I think my sword familiar went from the low 20's to over lvl 50 just from me farming them. It was worth it, as usual, tho. :)
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GAME 14 - Grand Theft Auto V (PC) - 30 Hours COMPLETED
Technically my second time beating this game since I first had it on the PS3, but it's good enough to play through again. Just a great game with tons to do and made all the better being on the PC. Definitely the pinnacle of the series, after what I thought was the series dying with Grand Theft Auto 4 and how terrible that one was. Still gonna be playing this game for awhile to finish up everything leftover after being the main story and there's all the multiplayer to do.
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Beaten:
??/01 - Hyrule Warriors (Wii U)
15/02 - The Legend of Zelda (3DS virtual console)
22/02 - Link's Awakening (GB)
14/03 - Minish Cap (3DS virtual console)
28/03 - Super Mario 3D World (Wii U)
24/04 - Persona 4: Golden (Vita)
I can FINALLY add Persona 4 Golden to that list! I just got the true ending and I can now move on with my life! That game was really amazing. I'll probably go back to it eventually and try to get a few more trophies.
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Updates!
Strider 2:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/198833-strider-2/reviews/review-160504
Hyperdevotion Noire Goddess Black Heart:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/708362-hyperdevotion-noire-goddess-black-heart/reviews/review-160439
Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave
http://www.gamefaqs.com/PSP/643395-tales-of-the-heroes-twin-brave/reviews/review-160516
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Well, after starting Tearaway yesterday around noon, I just beat it! That has got to be the game I beat the fastest :o Now, on to platinum it! It really was a great game, I want all those shiny trophies for it :)
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New adds:
#3 2/27/2015 Zero Zero (PC)
#4 3/10/2015 To Build a Better Mousetrap (PC)
#5 3/31/2015 Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 (PS3)
Currently working on getting all the different endings becaaauuuuse I don't know.
#6 4/19/2015 Style Savvy: Trendsetters (3DS)
Such a nice game; really looking forward to the third installment in this series. (Really wishing the boyfriend DLC for Trendsetters had been released in the US, though.)
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11. Dracula X Chronicles - I've actually never beaten this game before. Heck, I don't even think I've seriously played it (dabbled with it, yes). I usually don't enjoy the more "traditional" Castlevania games, but this one was a lot of fun. I got the bad ending, not sure if I want to replay it right away to go for the good ending or move to something else & come back later - leaning towards the latter.
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GAME 15 - Wolfenstein: The Old Blood - PLAYING
Wolfenstein: The New Order was actually a pretty great game, a good mixture of modern and somewhat old school shooters with an interesting story to it. Wanted more from the game and we are getting it with a standalone prequel set in WW2. Still early on in the game, bit over an hour, but it's very much more of what we got before. I assume it'll be about 3 to 5 hours of play time as it's only a 20 dollar title, but we'll see.
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I have some more to add as soon as the review(s) get posted. ^^
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GAME 15 - Wolfenstein: The Old Blood - 6 Hours FINISHED
Finished Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. Was a nice little bit of standalone DLC that I was kinda wanting. First half wasn't really very exciting, lots of running around a prison and castle and was abit boring, the second half better, especially so when zombies start showing up, though there is good story stuff strewn throughout with likable characters and villainous Nazi's to hate. The old school Wolfenstein levels are in there also, tucked away in each chapter. I realized how far we've come in the shooter genre, because these levels are super boring and tedious lol Overall, took me about 6 hours for a basic run through. That unlocks challenge areas when you are done and there's still collectible stuff to get and harder difficulties, but I don't care too much for that.
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Guys I did it! I beat FFT! Must say the final fights were a little underwhelming because I just ran train. Had a harder time killing Balk than the final boss. Ah well. It was a great ride and I can't remember the last time I saw a credits roll and had the chills. Farlem.
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Guys I did it! I beat FFT! Must say the final fights were a little underwhelming because I just ran train. Had a harder time killing Balk than the final boss. Ah well. It was a great ride and I can't remember the last time I saw a credits roll and had the chills. Farlem.
I have this game. I should play it and beat it. :)
That said, I have been playing more games. I updated my post on page 1.
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It's been over a month, but I finally beat another game!
16. Star Wars: Dark Forces - PC (~11-hours): An above average FPS and a must play for any Star Wars fan. The story and feel of the game fit very well into the Star Wars extended universe, and the soundtrack is incredibly retro and awesome! My biggest gripe with this game is the cumbersome and sometimes tedious level design of most stages. Other issues with this game were the spotty auto aim for enemies that were on a different level than you, but I guess there is a decent mod that corrects this. Overall though, a very enjoyable game :)
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1. Shovel Knight (Steam) Beat Main Quest Completed, Only 11 Achievements left to go
2. The Walking Dead Season 2 (PS4) Completed Another amazing Telltale game. Just wish I played the first game in the series.
3. Mega Man 2 (NES) Completed Glad to finally get this one of my chest.
4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beat Beat for an upcoming review. This game is terrible don't play it.
5. Metal Torrent (DSi Ware) Beat Metal Torrent is a VERY short shooter with 8 phases lasting 3 minutes each. Maybe I'm missing some thing but who knows
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1. Shovel Knight (Steam) Beat Main Quest Completed, Only 11 Achievements left to go
2. The Walking Dead Season 2 (PS4) Completed Another amazing Telltale game. Just wish I played the first game in the series.
3. Mega Man 2 (NES) Completed Glad to finally get this one of my chest.
4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beat Beat for an upcoming review. This game is terrible don't play it.
5. Metal Torrent (DSi Ware) Beat Metal Torrent is a VERY short shooter with 8 phases lasting 3 minutes each. Maybe I'm missing some thing but who knows
Good job with Mega Man II!
Something to be proud of!
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Started up Radiant Historia and Suikoden 1.
RH is fucking amazing ........
Suikoden 1 needs to get moving, only 1 hour in so far.
Also finishing up Dissidia.
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Suikoden 1 needs to get moving, only 1 hour in so far.
Suikoden? By the time I reached the hour mark, I was well into the story. Did you do some level building?
Romancing SaGa 3:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/SNES/588634-romancing-sa-ga-3/reviews/review-160585
The review has some typos, but here's the latest!
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Suikoden 1 needs to get moving, only 1 hour in so far.
Suikoden? By the time I reached the hour mark, I was well into the story. Did you do some level building?
Eh, I think more like I'm talking to literally everyone and just wasn't trying to go anywhere with the first hour. Just got to the second town and was farting around for a bit before saving to go to sleep haha.
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A new addition:
21. Motorstorm: Arctic Edge - PS2: I was genuinely impressed by how well this game captured the gameplay and chaos of the PS3 Motorstorm games and crammed it onto the vastly inferior PS2 hardware. The damage and environmental effects aren't as impressive (which is understandable), but the core gameplay is there, making this game an awesome racing game on the PS2.
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So I'm technically finished with Touch My Katamari, but I'm trying to 100% it, so I won't count it yet. It really is a pain, though :o I wouldn't even try 100%-ing it without the bug. I don't usually use them, buuuuut grinding THAT much is way too boring.
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Oops.
I accidentally finished Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey last night. So today I grinded the missing achievements and I just finished doing that - 52 of 52 (http://steamcommunity.com/id/Foxhack/stats/appid/328730/achievements).
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Jet Grind Radio:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/DC/197687-jet-grind-radio/reviews/review-160636
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GAME 16 - Splatoon - 13 Hours FINISHED
Simply a genuinely enjoyable game. The singleplayer isn't particularly hard, but it leads up to an intense final level that was just great. Multiplayer is also pretty fun even with the low map count, but they are already putting in a new one, giving a new weapon, and opening up Ranked play tonight. I'm hoping it's either every few days or week they inject something new into the game. Every match is 2 minutes long, so you are in and out pretty quick compared to other games. Very little investment and gets kinda addictive with that "just one more game" mindset. Also that 13 hours involves a lot of multiplayer. I think the singleplayer is about 6 hours or so to complete, which isn't hard to get the scrolls in every level. Really glad Nintendo decided to dive into a new IP as I think they have something pretty unique on their hands.
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After a one month camping trip in Nevada/California I can finally get back to playing games on a somewhat regular basis. I was actually hoping to play a lot more there then I actually did but I managed to finish
Xeodrifter - It only took me 3 and a half hours to beat but was well worth the 1.99 on the Eshop. Bosses at some points were such a pain but after the initial learning curve of the game its not the hard. Highly recommended to pass the time for a few hours!
2015 Complete Games
1) Sunset Overdrive (XB One)
2) Etrian Odyssey Untold (3DS)
3) Persona 4 Golden (Vita)
4) Rayman Legends (XB One)
5) Xeodrifter (3DS)
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Chrono Trigger DS Version:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/DS/950181-chrono-trigger/reviews/review-131457
I've actually gone through this game hundreds of times, but felt like playing it for a few hours just to reminisce. It's so good.
Mystic Heroes:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/562538-mystic-heroes/reviews/review-160719
Luminous Arc 2:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/DS/943145-luminous-arc-2/reviews/review-160724
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MYSTIC HEROES!!!!!!
Anytime I see that game I think of how the title screen is the MC screaming the title haha.
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Let's see here:
1. Grand Theft Auto 5 - PS3: I didn't like it as much as GTA4, but it was an incredible game and the characters really made the game for me.
2. The Misadventures of Tron Bonne - PS1: I pretty fun, diverse game with a lot of funny anime-like humor, however I found it to be on the easy side and lacked the substance I was hoping would justify its price tag. Cool overall, but it's definitely not worth more than $100 in terms of content.
3. Minecraft - PS3: Wow, definitely can see what all the hype is about with this title! I've lost whole afternoon and evenings playing this game and just building my world. I guess you technically can't beat this game, but given my investment in playing it, it is probably the best game I've played this year.
4. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F - PS3: I am a big fan of rhythm games and games featuring cute, anime girls singing ultra j-poppy music lol. So yeah, I enjoyed this game a ton, don't judge me! Oh, and it gets pretty hard. . .THE GAME PERVERTS!!
5. Warpath: Jurassic Park - PS1: A mindless button masher with below average hit detection and overall borderline broken controls. The only redeeming qualities of this game are that it carries the Jurassic Park license, some pretty cool dinosaurs make up the roster, and there are unlockables. Unless you find this game in a bargain bin or just adore anything Jurassic Park, it's best avoided.
6. Tall Infinity - PS1: A highly addictive puzzle game that involve moving blocks with different colored sides and matching them with the same color on other blocks while the ground beneath you is vanishing. Definitely a hidden gem.
7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time - SNES: This game is definitely an exceptional beat-em up, however I found myself losing interest as the game progressed, which definitely told me that unless you are a hardcore TMNT fan (which I am not), this game has very little replay value. A fun game, yes, but not one that I can see myself wanting to play again for a while.
8. Final Fight 3 - SNES: Not as good as the first imo, but it is a decent 16-bit beat-em up.
9. Phalanx - SNES: I fairly generic SHMUP with nothing really special about it; bland levels, bland enemies, generic power ups, yeah, pretty underwhelming all around. This game has probably been saved from obscurity because of the console it is exclusive for and for having possibly the most bizarre cover art in the history of gaming (look it up if you don't know what I am talking about lol)
10. Sin and Punishment - N64: WOW!!!! It is a crime this game was never released outside Japan, at least outside the Wii VC! One of the best rail shooters I have ever played and probably a top 10 N64 game for me, which is saying a lot! The gameplay in this game is just insane, combining SHMUP-style gameplay at times with platforming and non-stop action. After two play throughs the story still barely makes sense, but I could care less; this game is AWESOME!!! And dat soundtrack!!!! PLAY THIS GAME!!!!!! NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
11. Jikkyou Ishaberi Parodius - Super Famicom: Gradius + LSD = this game.
12. Castlevania Dracula X - SNES: HOLY HELL this game is hard! Particularly the final boss which might be the hardest boss I've ever played it a video game. Great entry in the Castlevania series, even if it is a bastardized port of the original Rondo of Blood.
13. Virtua Fighter - 32X: Aside from the gameplay mechanics being mostly in tact, including the horrifically unbalanced character roster that plagues all version of this game (I'm looking at you Pai), this game is gross to listen to and look at, but I guess what do you expect for a game like this running on Genesis/32X hardware.
14. Super Mario World 3D - Wii U: I'm actually not sure how to feel about this game; on one hand it was a real good game, and I found the last fourth of the game to be quite the challenge, but at the same time I felt bored with this game, like I had played it before. For a 3D Mario game it was good, although I still prefer Galaxy and 64 over this one.
15. Guilty Gear XRD -SEED- - PS3: I have never been the biggest ArcSYS fighting game fan and this game really felt no different then the other Guilty Gear and Blazblue installments. I hear these games have incredible depth, but all I really did was button mash and flew through the game. It's worth getting on the cheap, unless you're a big fan of Guilty Gear then you'll love it since it is more of the same this series is known for. Beautiful graphics however.
16. Star Wars: Dark Forces - PC: An above average FPS and a must play for any Star Wars fan. The story and feel of the game fit very well into the Star Wars extended universe, and the soundtrack is incredibly retro and awesome! My biggest gripe with this game is the cumbersome and sometimes tedious level design of most stages. Other issues with this game were the spotty auto aim for enemies that were on a different level than you, but I guess there is a decent mod that corrects this. Overall though, a very enjoyable game :)
17. Time Killers - Genesis: Not the worst fighting game I've ever played, but definitely one of the worst. Gameplay is trash, hit detection sucks. Probably the only thing this game has going for it is you can dismember your opponent. But if that is your only reason for wanting to play it, just play Mortal Kombat, it's a much better game.
18. Custer's Revenge - Atari 2600: There is really not much to this game; avoid arrows, f$@& girl. A really shallow and tasteless game, but one to be experienced on the 2600.
19. Virtual Bart - SNES: I series of mini games (mostly of the platforming variety) that happen to be Simpsons themed. Truth be told, they are all pretty terrible, which isn't helped by the bad controls, phantom platforms, and poor hit detection. This game is bad and I can't even imagine a hardcore Simpsons fan being able to overlook this game's flaws.
20. Burnout 3 Takedown - PS2: Essentially this game rewards you for being an asshole and causing as much damage to your opponents and to innocent drivers as possible. This mechanic drives your success throughout the game, but honestly the novelty wore off pretty quick for me. I didn't like the lack of licensed cars either. Can see why some people love this game though, it's pretty original for a racing game.
21. Motorstorm: Arctic Edge - PS2: I was genuinely impressed by how well this game captured the gameplay and chaos of the PS3 Motorstorm games and crammed it onto the vastly inferior PS2 hardware. The damage and environmental effects aren't as impressive (which is understandable), but the core gameplay is there, making this game an awesome racing game on the PS2.
22. Sega Classics Collection - PS2: I very good remaster of some awesome Sega arcade classics. the gameplay is the same, but the graphics have received a very good overhaul from their retro counterparts. A must for 80s/early 90s Sega arcade fans.
23. Star Wars Demolition - Dreamcast: The worst car-combat game I've ever played. Horrible controls, bugs galore, bad level design, and clunky combat, this game is one of the worst I've played on the Dreamcast.
24. Quake III Arena - Dreamcast: A solid port of the PC version, however the controller support for this game is a blaring example of why certain games are just meant to be played with a keyboard and mouse. This game is significantly more difficult if you're using a controller, but even if you are it is still a good FPS game on the Dreamcast.
25. Virtua Fighter 2 - Saturn: Definitely looks prettier than the first one and the soundtrack is stellar, but the gameplay is where this game suffers the most. Not bd, but not that great either. This one has horribly imbalanced characters just like the first one as well. A decent game overall though.
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1. Shovel Knight (Steam) Beat Main Quest Completed, Only 11 Achievements left to go
2. The Walking Dead Season 2 (PS4) Completed Another amazing Telltale game. Just wish I played the first game in the series.
3. Mega Man 2 (NES) Completed Glad to finally get this one of my chest.
4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beat Beat for an upcoming review. This game is terrible don't play it.
5. Metal Torrent (DSi Ware) Beat Metal Torrent is a VERY short shooter with 8 phases lasting 3 minutes each.
6. The Playroom (PS4) Completed Very enjoyable game that needs more content. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2166-THE-PLAYROOM/DaRetroOne)
*Added The Playroom (PS4)
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1. Shovel Knight (Steam) Beat Main Quest Completed, Only 11 Achievements left to go
2. The Walking Dead Season 2 (PS4) Completed Another amazing Telltale game. Just wish I played the first game in the series.
3. Mega Man 2 (NES) Completed Glad to finally get this one of my chest.
4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beat Beat for an upcoming review. This game is terrible don't play it.
5. Metal Torrent (DSi Ware) Beat Metal Torrent is a VERY short shooter with 8 phases lasting 3 minutes each.
6. The Playroom (PS4) Completed Very enjoyable game that needs more content. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2166-THE-PLAYROOM/DaRetroOne)
*Added The Playroom (PS4)
I didn't think about it, but it's true that it's a few games. Now that I have a second controller, I think I'll try to 100% it! Thanks for the idea :) and congrats!
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1. Shovel Knight (Steam) Beat Main Quest Completed, Only 11 Achievements left to go
2. The Walking Dead Season 2 (PS4) Completed Another amazing Telltale game. Just wish I played the first game in the series.
3. Mega Man 2 (NES) Completed Glad to finally get this one of my chest.
4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beat Beat for an upcoming review. This game is terrible don't play it.
5. Metal Torrent (DSi Ware) Beat Metal Torrent is a VERY short shooter with 8 phases lasting 3 minutes each.
6. The Playroom (PS4) Completed Very enjoyable game that needs more content. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2166-THE-PLAYROOM/DaRetroOne)
*Added The Playroom (PS4)
I didn't think about it, but it's true that it's a few games. Now that I have a second controller, I think I'll try to 100% it! Thanks for the idea :) and congrats!
No problem! The Playroom is very enjoyable to play and you shouldn't have any trouble with the 100%.
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I'm behind in updating my list! :D
01. Peggle 2 - PS4 - Story Mode finished on 1/2/15
I am a Peggle fiend, it's one of my guilty pleasures. There's just something mesmerizing about watching that little ball bounce around on the pegs. :P
02. Far Cry 4 - PS4 - Platinum'd on 1/18/15
My GOTY for last year, and after thoroughly finishing it I stand by that. Great game. :)
03. New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 3DS - Finished on 1/23/15
Eh, it's a 2D Mario. Fun, but the latest Rayman games are the kings of 2D platformers as far as I'm concerned.
04. Deathsmiles - 360 - 1/29/15
SHMUP w/ a ridiculously insane story. Was pretty short to blow through w/ unlimited lives - without them I wouldn't have had a prayer, some of the later levels are insanely difficult.
05. Rogue Legacy - PS4
Fantastic game, I enjoyed every minute of it! Finished with a time of 24:22, but I may mess around with it a little more - we'll see. Perfect difficulty curve balanced with a great feeling of progression. NOT A ROGUE-LIKE THO!!! :P
06. The Order: 1886 - PS4
Gameplay was average on this one - not bad, but hardly inspired. The lycan fights were not fun IMO, and that's both the standard ones and the boss fight ones. Gunplay felt good minus an iffy cover system, but they should have been much more experimental with their weapons - the phosphor gun and lightning gun were fun, but I wanted more like that. That said, the game is gorgeous and it has an excellent story with great voice acting and some insanely good facial animation. I've talked to some who didn't like the story, so just be aware that this is very much setting up a franchise and they are not going to answer every question or address every point/relationship by the end of the game. Overall, I'd say the game was good, not great. But it's a very promising start to a franchise. One more thing, if you're going for the plat (which is very easy to get) follow a collectible guide as you play. Collectibles are handled very poorly - only one of the 4 types are tracked and they aren't removed from the game when you find them, so if you miss some it's hard to figure out exactly which ones you missed.
07. Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Cury God - I have to say I really enjoyed this game. Very light-hearted breezy rogue-like. Great characters, very funny and the dungeon crawling gameplay was fun except for a few nit-picks. My main issue is that Kuu, your companion that follows you around the dungeons, learns his abilities randomly after the first dungeon. Being a rogue-like, he of course forgets them all when you leave a dungeon which would be ok except for the random part. Since only a few of his abilities are actually useful (he's generally useless as a fighting companion since he does minimal damage and really just gets in the way more than anything) you end up getting pointless abilities far more often than the ones you really need. What you want is his ability to carry 8 items, which is the only way to expand your inventory, his ability to identify items you pickup & his ability to let you combine items while in a dungeon (otherwise, you can only do this in town). I never got the combine ability after the first tutorial dungeon and I rarely got the other two.
The only other minor negative I'll point out is that the goals for the plat are absolutely ridiculous. Not in a "wow, that's hard" kind of way, but in a "that's an insane amount of time to invest in this game" way. As an example, after I beat the game (not having played the bonus dungeon that opens up after the credits roll) I had killed just shy of 1,500 monsters according to the in-game records. There is a trophy for killing 10,000 monsters. :o Yeeeeaaaahhh....no. :P
08. Tennis in the Face - This was a surprisingly fun little puzzle game! I picked it up in the PSN Flash Sale last weekend for under a buck, and I definitely got my money's worth. You & the enemies are in fixed positions on a one-screen board. Your goal is to knock out all of the enemies w/ tennis balls, using as few as possible. To do so you have to angle the ball & use a fair bit of brains to figure out how to get the job done. There were a ton of levels - probably in the neighborhood of 100 - but the game still went relatively fast. I'd say I put in around 5 hours this week to gold all of the levels & get all of the trophies.
09. Bloodborne - That's right, Bloodborne is beaten! ;D I didn't do all the optional bosses, so I didn't get the "good" ending, but I'm pretty proud to have finished my first "Souls" game. Looking forward to playing some less-intense stuff for a while now. ;) Fantastic game tho, will definitely be in my top 5 of the year.
10. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Played through this one, again. :P I've lost count of how many times that makes, but I think it's safe to say that it's easily the game I've played through the most times from start to finish. Soooooo good. :D
11. Dracula X Chronicles - I've actually never beaten this game before. Heck, I don't even think I've seriously played it (dabbled with it, yes). I usually don't enjoy the more "traditional" Castlevania games, but this one was a lot of fun. I got the bad ending, not sure if I want to replay it right away to go for the good ending or move to something else & come back later - leaning towards the latter.
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12. Bust-A-Move Deluxe - Or as I insist on calling it, Puzzle Bobble (its Japanese name that makes MUCH more sense). This is one of my guilty pleasure games, I own several versions of it on different platforms. This one was fun, I completed VS. mode & then Classic Puzzle mode - after which the credits rolled, so I'm calling that beaten. ;) I had one complaint - you couldn't lower the volume on the music or turn it off, and it had about 4 12-second loops it played during the 300-board puzzle mode I played through. :o Needless to say, that got a LITTLE annoying.
13. Mortal Kombat X - Finished the story mode. Glad I bought this one used and I'm still within my 1 week grace period at GS, because it's going back today. I like to watch other people play this game more than I enjoy playing it myself. Never was a big MK guy, I think part of the problem is that the button inputs don't match up with the animations - you have to input the commands quickly & just watch them play out. Very unintuitive for me. Plus maybe it was just me, but I found this story mode dull compared to the one in MK9 or especially the one in Injustice. Oh well, at least they finally made Raiden bad-ass again. :P
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14. Steamworld: The Dig - I tried this game out when it was a PS+ freebie and after about 30 mins I had seen enough. I told some friends that all you do is dig, and they said "oh no, you didn't play it enough - you need to give it more time!" OK, so when I got it as part of the Wii U / 3DS Humble Bundle last week I decided to give it a good go on the 3DS. Played all the way through it. Aaaaand...all you do is dig. Seriously, you dig down to get money to buy upgrades so you can dig further down. It's glorified Dig Dug. If DD's your bag you'll probably love it. But it wasn't for me.
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1. Shovel Knight (Steam) Beat Main Quest Completed, Only 11 Achievements left to go
2. The Walking Dead Season 2 (PS4) Completed Another amazing Telltale game. Just wish I played the first game in the series.
3. Mega Man 2 (NES) Completed Glad to finally get this one of my chest.
4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beat Beat for an upcoming review. This game is terrible don't play it.
5. Metal Torrent (DSi Ware) Beat Metal Torrent is a VERY short shooter with 8 phases lasting 3 minutes each.
6. The Playroom (PS4) Completed Very enjoyable game that needs more content. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2166-THE-PLAYROOM/DaRetroOne)
7. Super Exploding Zoo (PSN) Completed Very fun puzzle game that can be completed in a few hours. First Platinum! Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3605-Super-Exploding-Zoo/DaRetroOne)
8. Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition Completed Simply put, it's Minecraft. Very fun and addictive. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2863-Minecraft/DaRetroOne)
*Added Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition
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GAME 17 - South Park: The Stick of Truth (PC) - 13 hours FINISHED
Slightly shorter than I expected, even for general completion (Not gonna do all those ridiculous achievements lol), but overall was goofy and wild, just like South Park usually is. Glad I didn't buy it when it released with how short it was, but definitely worth grabbing on a sale.
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I had seen threads for beaten games, but just "played" games is a great idea too! Especially since a lot of older games don't really have an end. I'll split my list into 2:
Beaten:
01/?? - Hyrule Warriors (Wii U)
02/15 - The Legend of Zelda (3DS virtual console)
02/22 - Link's Awakening (GB)
03/14 - Minish Cap (3DS virtual console)
03/28 - Super Mario 3D World (Wii U)
03/?? - Mousecraft (PS4)
04/24 - Persona 4: Golden (Vita)
04/26 - Tearaway (Vita)
05/24 - Touch My Katamari (Vita)
06/13 - The Playroom (PS4)
06/22 - Splatoon (Wii U)
Played/playing:
Tomodachi Life (3DS)
NES Remix (Wii U)
NES Remix II (Wii U)
Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (PS4)
Fortune Street (Wii)
Pokémon Art Academy (3DS)
htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary (Vita)
Super Smash Brothers (3DS/Wii U)
Pokémon Rumble World (3DS)
Lego The Hobbit (PS4)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (3DS)
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition (PS4)
Total beaten/played: 11/23
Just updated my list, as I cleared Splatoon (single player/story mode) yesterday! ;D I also "beat" The Playroom last week.
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GAME 18 - Batman: Arkham Knight (PC) - 30 hours FINISHED
Issues with the PC port aside for those that were unable to play, I really liked the game. In some ways, I think it's way better than Arkham City, such as the inclusion of the Batmobile, the bigger city, and combat is just a straight up improvement. The downsides would be that some of the boss fights weren't all that great and there seemed like a definite lack of really interesting villain uses. There's no Bane/Killer Croc type of fight and there's someone else you fight towards the end that is a villain from before that you fought, but this time you just fight an easier version of a boss battle you did before in the batmobile. That and some story elements are abit underwhelming, but of the trilogy for Rocksteady, it's a good end. Still need to 100% the story, which is gonna take awhile cause of the Riddler stuff, to get the true ending.
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Man some of you guys finishing these games weeks after they come out. Too crazy.
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Man some of you guys finishing these games weeks after they come out. Too crazy.
I have a lot of free time right now lol
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Beat some more games that I had started/ weren't that long haha
Final Fantasy Tactics A2 - This game was pretty fun. Like the first game, the gameplay is superb and it's made even better from the first one with the fitting room/ more jobs. The graphics and soundtrack were also really good. The story wasn't as good, though. Was a little shallow to me but still an enjoyable game. The gameplay and broad ability to customize your character makes it worth it.
Silent Hill 3 - I started this a while ago but never finished it until now. I thought the gameplay, music and atmosphere were superb, even improved upon from SH2. Playing it on normal mode was the perfect difficulty. It was the right mix of nervous, difficult fighting but was never too hard so that I could't continue. I never really liked the story of both this game or SH1 though, but I still thought this was a great game. I will definitely try to play this game again on hard mode some time.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II - This game was not good in my opinion. Super short, awful story, anything that wasn't a cut scene was glitchy and felt rushed. Really felt like a total cash-in to me, But I guess being a short game did make it easier to beat. Some of the challenges were also kind of fun. I'd give it a miss though
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 - I only have this one and THPS2, but I prefer this one honestly. The controls are a lot better and not having a time limit is nice. I'm counting this as beaten even though there isn't a story because I unlocked all the stages, even the secret ones. ;D
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Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven
http://www.gamefaqs.com/3ds/768312-lord-of-magna-maiden-heaven/reviews/review-160820
This was somewhat of a let down. I'm glad XSeed brought it over and I'm glad I played it, but I was hoping for something more than what the finished product delivered.
Aside: Near the end of the year, I'll go through my old posts and see how many games I've played/finished/reviewed/etc.
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Man I need to update this sometime soon. I went on vacation and completed about 3 handheld games :o
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Man I need to update this sometime soon. I went on vacation and completed about 3 handheld games :o
Yeah I was just on vacation too with a 14 hour drive and was able to put in the hours to finish FF Tactics A2
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I updated my list again, as I just cleared Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box! The story took an unexpected turn once again, and I loved it :)
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I updated my list again, as I just cleared Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box! The story took an unexpected turn once again, and I loved it :)
That's cool! Does it matter which Professor Layton game you start with? I've wanted to play them but I don't know which one to try and play first :o
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I updated my list again, as I just cleared Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box! The story took an unexpected turn once again, and I loved it :)
That's cool! Does it matter which Professor Layton game you start with? I've wanted to play them but I don't know which one to try and play first :o
I've only played 2 of them, but I don't think it matters much. The only difference it makes is that you won't know yet the story of some characters that appear in earlier games, but it doesn't seem to hinder the story at all :)
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I updated my list again, as I just cleared Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box! The story took an unexpected turn once again, and I loved it :)
That's cool! Does it matter which Professor Layton game you start with? I've wanted to play them but I don't know which one to try and play first :o
I've only played 2 of them, but I don't think it matters much. The only difference it makes is that you won't know yet the story of some characters that appear in earlier games, but it doesn't seem to hinder the story at all :)
Ahh I see. I think I'll add the 1st game to my radar for later! Thanks! :D
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Here's what I've played in order this year (what I can remember!)
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Pokemon Red (Game Boy)
Started the year with an itch for retro. This game is still addictive after all these years.
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round (PlayStation 4)
Never played a DOA game before. I couldn't really figure the controls out to definitively know what I was doing.
Hyperdimension Neptunia Rebirth 1 (PlayStation Vita)
Amusing dialogue and setting, but the storyline was confusing for me to wrap my head around.
China Warrior (TurboGrafx 16)
Not sure why this game gets such flak. My first time playing it and I had a great time. Cool music too.
Salamander (PC Engine)
Amazing soundtrack, my all time favorite shooter. Still more partial to the NES version though. Epilepsy inducing enemies are annoying.
Chew Man Fu (TurboGrafx 16)
Fun little action puzzle game.
Burning Angels (PC Engine)
Vertical shooter. Pretty difficult overall, but nice visuals.
Bloodborne (PlayStation 4)
Awesome upgrade to the Souls fighting style, but low on weapon types and character build customization. Not as good online interaction.
Dark Souls 2 (PlayStation 4)
Good upgrade to the PS3 version. Some people hate it, but I love DS2. It's just a joy to play.
Golden Axe Warrior (Sega Master System)
Never played this before, but it's a great Zelda 1 clone. Seriously, it has Like-Likes, Wizzrobes, Moblins, Bats, Stalfos, and lots of other Zelda enemies. :)
Golvellius (Sega Master System)
An odd action RPG that shifts from side-scroller, overhead, and vertical perspectives. I had fun with it though.
The Legend of Zelda (NES)
After Golden Axe Warrior, had to replay this one. The game is still fantastic.
Ninja Gaiden (Sega Master System)
It's a faster paced, clunkier game compared to the NES ones. Enemies often move at lightning unavoidable speed.
My Hero (Sega Master System)
Possibly the most difficult game ever made? Control is really good though.
Rollergames (NES)
How did I live so long without ever playing this?? It's like Double Dragon on rollerskates! Insanely difficult, but great fun.
Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven (Nintendo 3DS)
Strategy RPG involving an inn keeper and a bunch of random heroines. Seems okay, still gotta get further into it.
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Atelier Shallie: Alchemist of the Dusk Sea
http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/778830-atelier-shallie-alchemists-of-the-dusk-sea/reviews/review-160838
That was such a great game. Only ten more reviews to write and I'll hit 400.
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1. Shovel Knight (Steam) Beat Main Quest Completed.
2. The Walking Dead Season 2 (PS4) Completed Another amazing Telltale game. Just wish I played the first game in the series.
3. Mega Man 2 (NES) Completed Glad to finally get this one of my chest.
4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beat Beat for an upcoming review. This game is terrible don't play it.
5. Metal Torrent (DSi Ware) Beat Metal Torrent is a VERY short shooter with 8 phases lasting 3 minutes each.
6. The Playroom (PS4) Completed Very enjoyable game that needs more content. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2166-THE-PLAYROOM/DaRetroOne)
7. Super Exploding Zoo (PSN) Completed Very fun puzzle game that can be completed in a few hours. First Platinum! Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3605-Super-Exploding-Zoo/DaRetroOne)
8. Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition (PS4) Completed Simply put, it's Minecraft. Very fun and addictive. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2863-Minecraft/DaRetroOne)
9. Altered Beast (Genesis) Beat The Arcade version was better.
10. Altered Beast (Arcade) Beat WAY better than the Genesis version although the ending was a disappointment.
*Added Altered Beast (Arcade/Genesis)
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GAME 19 - Dragon Ball Xenoverse - 9 Hours Playing
While I think the concept for Xenoverse is awesome, having lots of basically "What if?" type setups and moments and the customization is pretty great, I just don't think the combat is super great. I feel like I'm constantly getting just destroyed too often. For one, the difficulty is pretty smooth through the story and then suddenly you hit Majin Buu and its crazy and then it just gets harder and harder and it's frustrating to have to stop story mode cause I have to go grind out my character in the offline battles. I also feel like I don't truly understand the gameplay. It's like I have most of it, but then there are times where I can't dodge, despite having plenty of stamina, and I don't see the point of blocking other than to deflect homing energy blasts and the block is so delayed. It never feels all that smooth. Better than most recent DBZ games and it's not terrible, but I have to imagine there's a better way. Man, Platinum really needs to make a DBZ game I think lol
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GAME 20 - How To Survive: Third Person Standalone (PC) - 11 Hours FINISHED
It's a budget zombie action survival game that is a spinoff of the original game in a third person view. From what I understand, it's just a camera change and tweak from that one, but never played. It's basically a 10 dollar zombie killing game and that's all it is. There's 4 characters you can play through as in story and some side stuff, but I had my fill with the one character I beat it with. I can't imagine replaying will add much. If you can get it on a steam sale for like 5 bucks or less, it's a time waster, but it's not too bad. I wouldn't recommend it over State of Decay though. That one is much better put together for a budget zombie game.
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GAME 21 - Saints Row: Gat out of Hell - 8 Hours FINISHED
It's more Saints Row 4 lol It's basically that game with a hell coating and some new story. For the price it was at the time, it wasn't bad and it's definitely worth whatever you'll get it at now, especially on sales, if you like that over the top stuff. Overall it's not anything impressive outside of a few minutes, but it's goofy fun. I think even I am kind of burnt out on this style of Saints Row and hope if they come back to it, they just reboot the whole damn thing and go back to more of what the series originally was about. It needs a pretty serious overhaul, especially now that GTAV is out and it's a massive experience.
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Updated my original post with Kirby's Adventure (NES on Wii U) and Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulator (DS on 3DS). Pop Cutie! is an underrated DS gem; if you want to learn a little more about the game, I wrote a review that you can read here: http://www.femicom.org/blog/popcutietxt-is-a-bot-that-tweets-fashion-advice-from-a-nintendo-ds-game/ (http://www.femicom.org/blog/popcutietxt-is-a-bot-that-tweets-fashion-advice-from-a-nintendo-ds-game/).
I'm up to 8 games completed, putting me on track for about one game per month. Nice!
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Game #16 - Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor (XBOne)
Really enjoyed this game -
+ The gameplay was excellent, the story wasn't to complicated but still was interesting, and I liked trying to find all the collectibles in the game (didn't find them all, stopped at 81% complete.). The world was also the perfect size and fun to traverse.
- My only three gripes were that sometimes it's hard to navigate across buildings and jump down onto things in the way that you want to. Also, the controls are quite complicated and it may take a while to re-learn them if you need to put the game down for a while. Furthermore, I didn't find Talion as the most interesting character out there - was a just little bland to me. I still think he was a good character though. Overall, great game :)
Game #17 - Super Smash Bros. Melee (GC)
A game I was playing here and there on the side. I'm counting it as beaten personally because I unlocked all the characters and did all the event stages. I think the only thing I needed to do was unlock all the stages and trophies, but I see that as more for completing the game.
In any event, this is a great game - you all know that, I don't think there was really anything negative that I have to say about it. :D
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow -Mirror of Fate-
http://www.gamefaqs.com/3DS/672440-castlevania-lords-of-shadow-mirror-of-fate/reviews/review-160867
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1. Shovel Knight (Steam) Beat Main Quest Completed.
2. The Walking Dead Season 2 (PS4) Completed Another amazing Telltale game. Just wish I played the first game in the series.
3. Mega Man 2 (NES) Completed Glad to finally get this one of my chest.
4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beat This game is terrible don't play it.
5. Metal Torrent (DSi Ware) Beat Metal Torrent is a VERY short shooter with 8 phases lasting 3 minutes each.
6. The Playroom (PS4) Completed Very enjoyable game that needs more content. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2166-THE-PLAYROOM/DaRetroOne)
7. Super Exploding Zoo (PSN) Completed Very fun puzzle game that can be completed in a few hours. First Platinum! Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3605-Super-Exploding-Zoo/DaRetroOne)
8. Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition (PS4) Completed Simply put, it's Minecraft. Very fun and addictive. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2863-Minecraft/DaRetroOne)
9. Altered Beast (Genesis) Beat The Arcade version was better.
10. Altered Beast (Arcade) Beat WAY better than the Genesis version although the ending was a disappointment.
11. MouseCraft (PSN) Completed Just another mediocre puzzle game. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2717-MouseCraft/DaRetroOne)
12. Rocket League (PSN) Completed Man this game is simply amazing, truly a blast to play. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3679-Rocket-League/DaRetroOne)
*Added Rocket League (PSN)
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GAME 22 - Action Henk (PC) - 3 to 4 hours FINISHED
A small game, but it's surprisingly fun. It's basically like Sonic mixed with Trials and it gets damn hard like Trials. I'd honestly recommend it if you like these types of games, basically "Runners", though it takes a long time to figure out the motion physics for building up speed. A few spots I got to in the last levels require such PERFECT amounts of speed or you will not win and they are so frustrating as you try to figure out why you can't get the speed you need lol
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Game 18 - Mega Man 2 (PS2)
Finally beat this game! It wasn't so bad once you get the pattern and know how to go through the bosses, but it does take a lot of trial end error to find out which weapon works on which boss. My plan is to go through all of the classic Mega Man games on the Anniversary collection, so now it's on to Mega Man 3!
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Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
http://www.gamefaqs.com/GC/913957-eternal-darkness-sanitys-requiem/reviews/review-160883
Game 18 - Mega Man 2 (PS2)
Finally beat this game! It wasn't so bad once you get the pattern and know how to go through the bosses, but it does take a lot of trial end error to find out which weapon works on which boss. My plan is to go through all of the classic Mega Man games on the Anniversary collection, so now it's on to Mega Man 3!
Mega Man 3!! That's my favorite one of the traditional MM titles. I hope you enjoy it.
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Game 18 - Mega Man 2 (PS2)
Finally beat this game! It wasn't so bad once you get the pattern and know how to go through the bosses, but it does take a lot of trial end error to find out which weapon works on which boss. My plan is to go through all of the classic Mega Man games on the Anniversary collection, so now it's on to Mega Man 3!
Mega Man 3!! That's my favorite one of the traditional MM titles. I hope you enjoy it.
Yeah I'm enjoying it a lot! The music is amazing as always but I think 3 has better overall music (opening, stage select, game over, weapon upgrades, etc.) Some of the weapons (top spin) are not the greatest though. :(
I've beaten Top Man, Magnet Man, Snake Man, Shadow Man and Spark Man. I'm trying to beat Hard Man now.
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01. Peggle 2 - PS4 - Story Mode finished on 1/2/15
I am a Peggle fiend, it's one of my guilty pleasures. There's just something mesmerizing about watching that little ball bounce around on the pegs. :P
02. Far Cry 4 - PS4 - Platinum'd on 1/18/15
My GOTY for last year, and after thoroughly finishing it I stand by that. Great game. :)
03. New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 3DS - Finished on 1/23/15
Eh, it's a 2D Mario. Fun, but the latest Rayman games are the kings of 2D platformers as far as I'm concerned.
04. Deathsmiles - 360 - 1/29/15
SHMUP w/ a ridiculously insane story. Was pretty short to blow through w/ unlimited lives - without them I wouldn't have had a prayer, some of the later levels are insanely difficult.
05. Rogue Legacy - PS4
Fantastic game, I enjoyed every minute of it! Finished with a time of 24:22, but I may mess around with it a little more - we'll see. Perfect difficulty curve balanced with a great feeling of progression. NOT A ROGUE-LIKE THO!!! :P
06. The Order: 1886 - PS4
Gameplay was average on this one - not bad, but hardly inspired. The lycan fights were not fun IMO, and that's both the standard ones and the boss fight ones. Gunplay felt good minus an iffy cover system, but they should have been much more experimental with their weapons - the phosphor gun and lightning gun were fun, but I wanted more like that. That said, the game is gorgeous and it has an excellent story with great voice acting and some insanely good facial animation. I've talked to some who didn't like the story, so just be aware that this is very much setting up a franchise and they are not going to answer every question or address every point/relationship by the end of the game. Overall, I'd say the game was good, not great. But it's a very promising start to a franchise. One more thing, if you're going for the plat (which is very easy to get) follow a collectible guide as you play. Collectibles are handled very poorly - only one of the 4 types are tracked and they aren't removed from the game when you find them, so if you miss some it's hard to figure out exactly which ones you missed.
07. Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Cury God - I have to say I really enjoyed this game. Very light-hearted breezy rogue-like. Great characters, very funny and the dungeon crawling gameplay was fun except for a few nit-picks. My main issue is that Kuu, your companion that follows you around the dungeons, learns his abilities randomly after the first dungeon. Being a rogue-like, he of course forgets them all when you leave a dungeon which would be ok except for the random part. Since only a few of his abilities are actually useful (he's generally useless as a fighting companion since he does minimal damage and really just gets in the way more than anything) you end up getting pointless abilities far more often than the ones you really need. What you want is his ability to carry 8 items, which is the only way to expand your inventory, his ability to identify items you pickup & his ability to let you combine items while in a dungeon (otherwise, you can only do this in town). I never got the combine ability after the first tutorial dungeon and I rarely got the other two.
The only other minor negative I'll point out is that the goals for the plat are absolutely ridiculous. Not in a "wow, that's hard" kind of way, but in a "that's an insane amount of time to invest in this game" way. As an example, after I beat the game (not having played the bonus dungeon that opens up after the credits roll) I had killed just shy of 1,500 monsters according to the in-game records. There is a trophy for killing 10,000 monsters. :o Yeeeeaaaahhh....no. :P
08. Tennis in the Face - This was a surprisingly fun little puzzle game! I picked it up in the PSN Flash Sale last weekend for under a buck, and I definitely got my money's worth. You & the enemies are in fixed positions on a one-screen board. Your goal is to knock out all of the enemies w/ tennis balls, using as few as possible. To do so you have to angle the ball & use a fair bit of brains to figure out how to get the job done. There were a ton of levels - probably in the neighborhood of 100 - but the game still went relatively fast. I'd say I put in around 5 hours this week to gold all of the levels & get all of the trophies.
09. Bloodborne - That's right, Bloodborne is beaten! ;D I didn't do all the optional bosses, so I didn't get the "good" ending, but I'm pretty proud to have finished my first "Souls" game. Looking forward to playing some less-intense stuff for a while now. ;) Fantastic game tho, will definitely be in my top 5 of the year.
10. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Played through this one, again. :P I've lost count of how many times that makes, but I think it's safe to say that it's easily the game I've played through the most times from start to finish. Soooooo good. :D
11. Dracula X Chronicles - I've actually never beaten this game before. Heck, I don't even think I've seriously played it (dabbled with it, yes). I usually don't enjoy the more "traditional" Castlevania games, but this one was a lot of fun. I got the bad ending, not sure if I want to replay it right away to go for the good ending or move to something else & come back later - leaning towards the latter.
12. Bust-A-Move Deluxe - Or as I insist on calling it, Puzzle Bobble (its Japanese name that makes MUCH more sense). This is one of my guilty pleasure games, I own several versions of it on different platforms. This one was fun, I completed VS. mode & then Classic Puzzle mode - after which the credits rolled, so I'm calling that beaten. ;) I had one complaint - you couldn't lower the volume on the music or turn it off, and it had about 4 12-second loops it played during the 300-board puzzle mode I played through. :o Needless to say, that got a LITTLE annoying.
13. Mortal Kombat X - Finished the story mode. Glad I bought this one used and I'm still within my 1 week grace period at GS, because it's going back today. I like to watch other people play this game more than I enjoy playing it myself. Never was a big MK guy, I think part of the problem is that the button inputs don't match up with the animations - you have to input the commands quickly & just watch them play out. Very unintuitive for me. Plus maybe it was just me, but I found this story mode dull compared to the one in MK9 or especially the one in Injustice. Oh well, at least they finally made Raiden bad-ass again. :P
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14. Kirby Squeak Squad - 100% completed this one - great game. Just an old-school traditional Kirby game. The game isn't that challenging, besides some of the chests being tricky to find or get. But it's just a LOT of fun! Love me some Kirby! :D
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1. Shovel Knight (Steam) Beat Main Quest Completed.
2. The Walking Dead Season 2 (PS4) Completed Another amazing Telltale game. Just wish I played the first game in the series.
3. Mega Man 2 (NES) Completed Glad to finally get this one of my chest.
4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beat This game is terrible don't play it.
5. Metal Torrent (DSi Ware) Beat Metal Torrent is a VERY short shooter with 8 phases lasting 3 minutes each.
6. The Playroom (PS4) Completed Very enjoyable game that needs more content. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2166-THE-PLAYROOM/DaRetroOne)
7. Super Exploding Zoo (PSN) Completed Very fun puzzle game that can be completed in a few hours. First Platinum! Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3605-Super-Exploding-Zoo/DaRetroOne)
8. Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition (PS4) Completed Simply put, it's Minecraft. Very fun and addictive. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2863-Minecraft/DaRetroOne)
9. Altered Beast (Genesis) Beat The Arcade version was better.
10. Altered Beast (Arcade) Beat WAY better than the Genesis version although the ending was a disappointment.
11. MouseCraft (PSN) Completed Just another mediocre puzzle game. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2717-MouseCraft/DaRetroOne)
12. Rocket League (PSN) Completed Man this game is simply amazing, truly a blast to play. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3679-Rocket-League/DaRetroOne)
13. Little Nemo: The Dream Master (NES) Beat Don't underestimate this game. That final boss is close to impossible.
*Added Little Nemo: The Dream Master (NES)
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My newest review:
29. Parappa the Rapper - PS1: I could not for the life of me figure this game out! I went with the rhythm, failed. I tried hitting the buttons right before you were supposed to, failed, After you are supposed to, failed. looked up how to do it right, failed. I have heard countless people say how amazing this game is and have seen people complete it, but I can't for the life of me even beat the first stage, which is technically the training stage. Maybe something will click eventually, but I am so frustrated right now with this damn game!
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I was thinking that at the end of the year we should each compile a list of the best games we played during this challenge.
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Game 19 - Mega Man 3
I really enjoyed this Mega Man title, maybe even more than MM2, though I've played MM2 so much that maybe I'm just sick of it. :P The music was excellent, and the bosses and weapons (except Top Spin, lol) were all balanced, fair and fun to play. There was no spamming of one weapon like the metal blades in the second title. There even was a little bit more of a story (for NES, that is) and I think that was pretty cool as well :)
Now I'm not sure if I want to continue with Mega Man - it would be Mega Man VI for me for some reason.. or if I want to mix it up and start Far Cry 3...
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We should all do videos at the end of the year talking about all the games we accomplished or something. Maybe like a 2015 in review for VGC?
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We should all do videos at the end of the year talking about all the games we accomplished or something. Maybe like a 2015 in review for VGC?
Like...record a video of ourselves going through what we've played?
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A video sounds interesting! I don't think I'm going to make it to 52 games though. :'( I'm shooting for halfway at 26; maybe I would still do a video even though I didn't complete the challenge, or do something like that.
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We should all do videos at the end of the year talking about all the games we accomplished or something. Maybe like a 2015 in review for VGC?
Like...record a video of ourselves going through what we've played?
Yeah, maybe just talking about it? Idk seems like it would be something cool to cap off the year.
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GAME 23 - Witcher 3 (PC) - 74 Hours FINISHED
See what I put for time completion? 60 to 75 hours is a good middle run of the game. Guaranteed if I went to do every quest and visit all the points of interests on all the maps, I'm pushing 100, maybe 125 hours. Perhaps more. There's a lot I could say on the game and though I had some issues with the combat, horseback riding was never completely fixed, visually nothing in particular wowed me like in its locations and such, a good number of glitches showing up as they do in many open world games, and I was never truly hooked to the story because I didn't play the original games. Not that I can fault the game for the last part really. Great game though.
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I think making a video to talk about the games we played this year sounds really fun :) I'd be up for that!
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Game 20 - Suikoden II (32 hrs 40 mins)
Overall this game had a lot of strong points and an overall refreshing twist on the RPG genre since it does a few unconventional things... I have a lot of thoughts about this game in particular, so forgive me for the longer post.
+ Like most people, I loved the scope of the game: Instead of being a "save the world" or "find true love" story, it's about the simple struggle of trying to win war and the separation of ideals, but it's told in a very compelling way. Made the game and characters feel more real and relatable. The 30 hour length also made the story not over-stay its welcome, and I was hooked to the very end. The 108 recruitable characters was also a huge bonus for me. I love trying to find them all because it
1. Allows for greater customization of your party to your own liking
2. I just like trying to find them and watch them fill up your castle, and
3. It makes for good conversation after the game is finished as well. I ended up finding 81/108 on my own.
Overall the gameplay, difficulty, graphical presentation, music and story was top-notch. It hit all the points that need to come together to make an excellent RPG.
- I do have some nitpicks. For one, the soundtrack, while very good, suffers from the same thing that Persona 4 does in that the music wasn't executed effectively enough to fill a 30+ hour game, at least to me. It isn't as bad as P4, but when the token "sad theme" or "pre-big battle theme" comes in for the 50th time, it really lost its impact in selling the moment. If this game was as long as Persona, I think it would have annoyed me even more. (It's one of my biggest gripes with Persona 4 - using an hour long soundtrack to fill a 60+ hour game :o )
I also found the big main battles to be very boring. They were almost always used to progress the story than actual fighting, and really could have used some more work/ input from the player. I found the one-on-one fights to be frustrating too, I didn't like getting a game over because I pressed the wrong button. The last thing was the ending - it just wasn't executed as well, and I thought it could have been done much differently/ expanded on better. That's all I'll say without spoiling it ;)
Obviously I'm stretching to find the faults with this game, I think at the end of the day it was a great RPG and absolutely worth the $10 on PSN
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1. Shovel Knight (Steam) Beat Main Quest Completed. Achievement Progress 80% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/appid/250760/achievements)
2. The Walking Dead Season 2 (PS4) Completed Another amazing Telltale game. Just wish I played the first game in the series.
3. Mega Man 2 (NES) Completed Glad to finally get this one of my chest.
4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beat This game is terrible don't play it.
5. Metal Torrent (DSi Ware) Beat Metal Torrent is a VERY short shooter with 8 phases lasting 3 minutes each.
6. The Playroom (PS4) Completed Very enjoyable game that needs more content. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2166-THE-PLAYROOM/DaRetroOne)
7. Super Exploding Zoo (PSN) Completed Very fun puzzle game that can be completed in a few hours. First Platinum! Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3605-Super-Exploding-Zoo/DaRetroOne)
8. Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition (PS4) Completed Simply put, it's Minecraft. Very fun and addictive. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2863-Minecraft/DaRetroOne)
9. Altered Beast (Genesis) Beat The Arcade version was better.
10. Altered Beast (Arcade) Beat WAY better than the Genesis version although the ending was a disappointment.
11. MouseCraft (PSN) Completed Just another mediocre puzzle game. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2717-MouseCraft/DaRetroOne)
12. Rocket League (PSN) Completed Man this game is simply amazing, truly a blast to play. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3679-Rocket-League/DaRetroOne)
13. Little Nemo: The Dream Master (NES) Beat Don't underestimate this game. That final boss is close to impossible.
14. Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (PSN) Beat Still need to beat those challenges. Trophy Progress 70% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3238-Lara-Croft-and-the-Temple-of-Osiris/DaRetroOne)
*Added Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (PSN)
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Game 20 - Suikoden II (32 hrs 40 mins)
SNIPPITY DOO DAH.
I'm glad you got through it, congrats! Suikoden II was a fun title. I agree with everything you mentioned in your mini-review. There were a lot of things Suikoden II did better than Suikoden. Still, there parts of Suikoden II that could have used some of the aspects of the first. Who did you end up using in your final party?
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Game 20 - Suikoden II (32 hrs 40 mins)
SNIPPITY DOO DAH.
I'm glad you got through it, congrats! Suikoden II was a fun title. I agree with everything you mentioned in your mini-review. There were a lot of things Suikoden II did better than Suikoden. Still, there parts of Suikoden II that could have used some of the aspects of the first. Who did you end up using in your final party?
The party I used most often was Riou (I got "Marcus" from the random name generator so that was his name), Hix, Tengaar, Luc, Kasumi and Nanami.
I used some other characters too over the course of the game, primarily Bob, Freed Y, Yoshino, Gadget and Kinnison. (Obviously the ones you had to take with you as well). What about you? - Though you may have used characters that I didn't get haha
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Oh man...I can't remember at the moment which characters I used. I'll have to get back to you on that, but as far as I can remember I used the hero, Nanami, Luc, Clive, Miklotov and...I probably had to alternate a bunch due to the story. One thing I didn't like is that it forced you to often carry Viktor and Flik. They had their time to shine in Suikoden, so it was time for someone else to take those party slots.
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Yeah Luc, with 'dat big magic power 8). But yeah that was annoying too, I forgot about that. If I didn't regularly use Nanami it would have been annoying to have to use her often too. I don't think I ever met Clive in this game :o
I def need to pick up Suikoden and give it a replay
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Yeah Luc, with 'dat big magic power 8). But yeah that was annoying too, I forgot about that. If I didn't regularly use Nanami it would have been annoying to have to use her often too. I don't think I ever met Clive in this game :o
I def need to pick up Suikoden and give it a replay
Suikoden 1 is a great game and definitely worth the play through. Especially because its so short.
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Yeah Luc, with 'dat big magic power 8). But yeah that was annoying too, I forgot about that. If I didn't regularly use Nanami it would have been annoying to have to use her often too. I don't think I ever met Clive in this game :o
I def need to pick up Suikoden and give it a replay
Suikoden 1 is a great game and definitely worth the play through. Especially because its so short.
Mm, yeah. Definitely a high one on my wish list :D
Game 21 - Ace Combat 2 (~ 4 hours)
+ Even though I <3 Ace Combat, the only thing I really liked about this game was the graphics - it looked pretty good for an early PS1 game. I liked the amount and variety of missions too, though a lot of them were rather short. The music was pretty decent as well. I did really like how you unlock new aircraft and medals by hunting down special aircraft - made the game more interesting.
- Going from AC04 and Infinity to this really has an impact, because there's so much missing from this game. The realistic jet sounds, the radio chatter, analog controls, being able to look around the plane while your flying: it feels rather incomplete. Also it's too bad the game was over after 4 hours. Ah well, next game with definitely be AC5 :)
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GAME 19 - Dragon Ball Xenoverse (PC) - 20 Hours FINISHED
While it is one of the better console Dragon Ball games in awhile, it has this massive shifting weight of great ideas mixed with bad ideas. Customization, the RPG aspect, and the soundtrack is fantastic. I love being able to have my own character and having access to all the moves and clothing of the universe, these are great ideas. On the other hand, the combat, AI, and grinding are soul crushing. It all gets pretty repetitive and it's far too easy at higher levels to get stunlocked endlessly by the AI. Normally one on one fights, even a hard one is doable, but get into a situation where 2 or 3 guys are against and it's basically impossible unless you cheese things out by spamming ultra attacks. It gets obnoxious and kills my desire to grind higher level missions. Just not worth it after beating story mode, despite all the cool stuff left to collect and earn for your character or get new buddies to help fight with you. Xenoverse 2 should happen, but overhaul the combat!
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6 Complete | 15 Played
1. Final Fantasy Tactics (PS1) - Complete
2. Suikoden 1 (PS1) - Complete
3. Gunman Clive (3DS) - Complete
4. Mighty Switch Force (3DS) - Complete
5. Steamworld Dig (3DS) - Complete
6. Hearthstone (PC) - Complete
Dragonball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2 (DS) - Finishing
Just need to finish unlocking everything. Little tedious.
Jump Ultimate Stars [JP] (DS) - Finishing
Need to unlock a bunch of stuff and finish story mode.
Shining Force - Main Console Game
Trying to get through it when I'm on business calls.
Radiant Historia - Main Handheld Game
Played a lot on airplanes and trips. Haven't played in a while though.
Project X Zone - Co-Main Time waster
Can't play this in one go, need to just do a mission at a time.
Picross 3D (DS) - Co-Main time waster
Little bit each day.
Pokemon Y (3DS) - On Hold
Lost interest.
Bayonetta (Wii U) - On Hold
Waiting until I can find time to invest into it as my #1 game
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX(3DS VC) - On Hold
Waiting until I can make it my main mobile game
New format. I'm not going to write reviews as I want to do a year end video of everything from this year. Hoping I can have enough time to get the 2nd suikoden in the same year as the first but looking at my list... we'll see.
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With Lufia II and Criminal Girls finished, I'll have a couple of reviews to write. When they're finished, I can post the links here.
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1. Shovel Knight (Steam) Beat Main Quest Completed. Achievement Progress 80% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/appid/250760/achievements)
2. The Walking Dead Season 2 (PS4) Completed Another amazing Telltale game. Just wish I played the first game in the series.
3. Mega Man 2 (NES) Completed Glad to finally get this one of my chest.
4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beat This game is terrible don't play it.
5. Metal Torrent (DSi Ware) Beat Metal Torrent is a VERY short shooter with 8 phases lasting 3 minutes each.
6. The Playroom (PS4) Completed Very enjoyable game that needs more content. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2166-THE-PLAYROOM/DaRetroOne)
7. Super Exploding Zoo (PSN) Completed Very fun puzzle game that can be completed in a few hours. First Platinum! Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3605-Super-Exploding-Zoo/DaRetroOne)
8. Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition (PS4) Completed Simply put, it's Minecraft. Very fun and addictive. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2863-Minecraft/DaRetroOne)
9. Altered Beast (Genesis) Beat The Arcade version was better.
10. Altered Beast (Arcade) Beat WAY better than the Genesis version although the ending was a disappointment.
11. MouseCraft (PSN) Completed Just another mediocre puzzle game. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2717-MouseCraft/DaRetroOne)
12. Rocket League (PSN) Completed Man this game is simply amazing, truly a blast to play. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3679-Rocket-League/DaRetroOne)
13. Little Nemo: The Dream Master (NES) Beat Don't underestimate this game. That final boss is close to impossible.
14. Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (PSN) Beat Still need to beat those challenges. Trophy Progress 70% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3238-Lara-Croft-and-the-Temple-of-Osiris/DaRetroOne)
15. Castle Crashers (Steam) Completed It's quite the 'Behemoth' of a game. Achievement Progress 70% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/204360/achievements/)
*Added Castle Crashers (Steam)
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Criminal Girls:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/723482-criminal-girls-invite-only/reviews/review-161052
Grim Grimoire:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/937039-grimgrimoire/reviews/review-161067
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/SNES/588451-lufia-ii-rise-of-the-sinistrals/reviews/review-161071
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I had already put Diablo 3: Reapers of Souls in my completed list since I was done with the story, but I ended up platinum-ing it! Gosh I don't even want to think about how many hours went into this. I'm just glad I'm finally done :o Not that it isn't a good game (though very buggy), but 500 bounties was just ugh. The rest was pretty fun, at least! :)
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Game 22 - Far Cry 3 (19 Hours Finished)
Finished up this game last night, and spent some time getting most of the trophies (I think I'm at 87%)
+ There really weren't issues that I had with anything in the game. It played well, the story was interesting and made me want to keep playing, it was fun hunting animals and plants to build up your carrying capacity and skills and pretty much grow into a jungle warrior from where you began. It was a nice character development, and in general the characters in this game are probably one it's strongest points, (other than the gameplay).
- Even though there weren't any issues with the game, there wasn't anything that really made me enjoy the experience. Some nitpicks include switching through your weapons in real time is annoying, (I wish you could pause while switching weapons like in Ratchet and Clank). Also, it takes way too long to heal your character, and you loose health so fast.
Also, this game makes you do some crazy shit! :o
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GAME 24 - Zombi (PC) - 7 Hours Finished
I did originally own it on the Wii U, but never played super far into it. Hour or two at best. Think it was partly because it's tough for me to go back to FPS games on controller and a love/hate relationship with the gamepad functionality. Have to look at your inventory on the gamepad, maybe leaving you open for attack? Great. Scanning for crap around the rooms which you have to do a ton of? Nah. PC version is good enough, if abit barebones. Plays well, had no framerate issues, quicker loading, there's extra weapons from what I understand. Could've used a graphic beefup and there's an annoying inability to get rid of your cricket bat and standard pistol. Overall it wasn't exactly worth the 20 bucks I feel and knowing it's that short on Wii U annoys me that it was a full priced game at one point, even with the extra features it had that didn't make it over such as the multiplayer that I never played.
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A review will be posted soon for Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus. I was debating which Vita game to play next and it looks like I made the right choice since this one is so short. I'll totally get this platinum because I'm having so much fun with it.
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I was thinking instead of doing a video reviewing all the games I played at the end of the year, I would maybe do a video of my top 10 (or top 5 bottom 5) games I played during this year. That way I still can get all the reviews in to this thread, and still have a video going over the games I really enjoyed :) It'll be like my "game of the year" if you will.
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I was thinking instead of doing a video reviewing all the games I played at the end of the year, I would maybe do a video of my top 10 (or top 5 bottom 5) games I played during this year. That way I still can get all the reviews in to this thread, and still have a video going over the games I really enjoyed :) It'll be like my "game of the year" if you will.
Cool idea! I'd love to see more people in this community do videos!
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Game 23 - Mega Man 6 ~ 4-6 hours beaten
Not a bad game in the series, not as good as 2 and 3 IMO. It was a little too easy thanks to the added charge shot, and the Rush Jet is kind of broken; you can use it as often as you want so you can stock up on items/lives really quickly. There were only a couple places in the whole game that gave me a lot of trouble. Other than that I don't have much to say about it!
Interesting to see the two non - Japanese kids that got their robot designs in this game. I would be telling everybody about that if I got my robot in Mega Man.
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1. Shovel Knight (Steam) Beat Main Quest Completed. Achievement Progress 80% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/appid/250760/achievements)
2. The Walking Dead Season 2 (PS4) Completed Another amazing Telltale game. Just wish I played the first game in the series.
3. Mega Man 2 (NES) Completed Glad to finally get this one of my chest.
4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beat This game is terrible don't play it.
5. Metal Torrent (DSi Ware) Beat Metal Torrent is a VERY short shooter with 8 phases lasting 3 minutes each.
6. The Playroom (PS4) Completed Very enjoyable game that needs more content. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2166-THE-PLAYROOM/DaRetroOne)
7. Super Exploding Zoo (PSN) Completed Very fun puzzle game that can be completed in a few hours. First Platinum! Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3605-Super-Exploding-Zoo/DaRetroOne)
8. Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition (PS4) Completed Simply put, it's Minecraft. Very fun and addictive. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2863-Minecraft/DaRetroOne)
9. Altered Beast (Genesis) Beat The Arcade version was better.
10. Altered Beast (Arcade) Beat WAY better than the Genesis version although the ending was a disappointment.
11. MouseCraft (PSN) Completed Just another mediocre puzzle game. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2717-MouseCraft/DaRetroOne)
12. Rocket League (PSN) Completed Man this game is simply amazing, truly a blast to play. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3679-Rocket-League/DaRetroOne)
13. Little Nemo: The Dream Master (NES) Beat Don't underestimate this game. That final boss is close to impossible.
14. Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (PSN) Beat Still need to beat those challenges. Trophy Progress 70% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3238-Lara-Croft-and-the-Temple-of-Osiris/DaRetroOne)
15. Castle Crashers (Steam) Completed It's quite the 'Behemoth' of a game. Achievement Progress 70% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/204360/achievements/)
16. Power Rangers S.P.D (GBA) Completed Completed in less than 2 hours without dying once!
*Added Power Rangers S.P.D (GBA)
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Alright, I have the time to do this now so I can start tallying stuff
1. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (http://www.gamefaqs.com/3DS/730860-theatrhythm-final-fantasy-curtain-call/reviews/review-159920)
2. Eternal Ring (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/197239-eternal-ring/reviews/review-159929)
3. Final Fantasy XII (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/459841-final-fantasy-xii/reviews/review-159971)
4. Orphen: Scion of Sorcery (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/914282-orphen-scion-of-sorcery/reviews/review-159901)
5. Atelier Escha and Logy (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS3/709407-atelier-escha-and-logy-alchemists-of-the-dusk-sky/reviews/review-159803)
6. Muramasa Rebirth (http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/684034-muramasa-rebirth/reviews/review-160188)
7. Suikoden V (http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/929668-suikoden-v/reviews/review-160247)
8. Mad Maestro
(http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/551242-mad-maestro/reviews/review-56882)
9. Tail Concerto (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/198882-tail-concerto/reviews/review-160294)
10. Dark Cloud (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/197042-dark-cloud/reviews/review-159740)
11. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PSP/925138-crisis-core-final-fantasy-vii/reviews/review-160322)
12. Shining Wisdom (http://www.gamefaqs.com/SAT/574357-shining-wisdom/reviews/review-160377)
13. Grandia II (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DC/197485-grandia-ii/reviews/review-160400)
14. DDR Max (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/561443-ddrmax-dance-dance-revolution/reviews/review-46990)
15. Strider 2 (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/198833-strider-2/reviews/review-160504)
16. Hyperdevotion Noire Goddess Black Heart (http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/708362-hyperdevotion-noire-goddess-black-heart/reviews/review-160439)
17. Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PSP/643395-tales-of-the-heroes-twin-brave/reviews/review-160516)
18. Romancing SaGa 3 (http://www.gamefaqs.com/SNES/588634-romancing-sa-ga-3/reviews/review-160585)
19. Jet Grind Radio (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DC/197687-jet-grind-radio/reviews/review-160636)
20. Chrono Trigger DS Version (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DS/950181-chrono-trigger/reviews/review-131457)
21. Mystic Heroes (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/562538-mystic-heroes/reviews/review-160719)
22. Luminous Arc 2 (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DS/943145-luminous-arc-2/reviews/review-160724)
23. Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven (http://www.gamefaqs.com/3ds/768312-lord-of-magna-maiden-heaven/reviews/review-160820)
24. Atelier Shallie: Alchemist of the Dusk Sea (http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/778830-atelier-shallie-alchemists-of-the-dusk-sea/reviews/review-160838)
25. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow -Mirror of Fate- (http://www.gamefaqs.com/3DS/672440-castlevania-lords-of-shadow-mirror-of-fate/reviews/review-160867)
26. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (http://www.gamefaqs.com/GC/913957-eternal-darkness-sanitys-requiem/reviews/review-160883)
27. Criminal Girls: Invite Only (http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/723482-criminal-girls-invite-only/reviews/review-161052)
28. Grim Grimoire (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/937039-grimgrimoire/reviews/review-161067)
29. Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (http://www.gamefaqs.com/SNES/588451-lufia-ii-rise-of-the-sinistrals/reviews/review-161071)
30. Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus (http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/684062-senran-kagura-shinovi-versus/reviews/review-161107)
31. Vandal Hearts (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/199179-vandal-hearts/reviews/review-161125)
32. Omega Quintet (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS4/792675-omega-quintet/reviews/review-161126)
33. Atelier Annie: Alchemists of Sera Island (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DS/953050-atelier-annie-alchemists-of-sera-island/reviews/review-154882)
34. Dance Dance Revolution Konamix (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/551239-dance-dance-revolution-konamix/reviews/review-160424)
35. Blood Will Tell (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/914717-blood-will-tell/reviews/review-160978)
36. Dawn of Mana (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/929140-dawn-of-mana/reviews/review-160979)
37. Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (http://www.gamefaqs.com/SNES/588452-lufia-and-the-fortress-of-doom/reviews/review-160952)
38. Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/198231-ogre-battle-the-march-of-the-black-queen/reviews/review-161014)
I'm not sure if I'll make it to 52, but I sure had a great time trying to get there. Reviews in purple are for games that I have already played (and reviewed) years ago, but felt like revisiting for a change of scenery.
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35. Super Smash Bros. on Wii U - Wii U: I can say without a shadow of a doubt this is by far my favorite game is the Smash series. It's the perfect combination of competitive gameplay for those looking to get into the meat of this game, and also just a fun game that most people can just pick up and enjoy. Really enjoyed playing through this and unlocking all of the trophies.
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I'll gussy this up some more: colors, fun text, the works. The works, I say!
You should also add the clickable text so you don't have such a long post. ;)
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I'll gussy this up some more: colors, fun text, the works. The works, I say!
You should also add the clickable text so you don't have such a long post. ;)
That's the first time anyone has ever complained about my length!
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>__>
Anyways, do you mean use the "Insert Hyperlink" option?
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I'll gussy this up some more: colors, fun text, the works. The works, I say!
You should also add the clickable text so you don't have such a long post. ;)
That's the first time anyone has ever complained about my length!
: D
>__>
Anyways, do you mean use the "Insert Hyperlink" option?
I'm assuming he means doing this:
[url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/3DS/730860-theatrhythm-final-fantasy-curtain-call/reviews/review-159920]Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call[/url]
To give you this: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (http://www.gamefaqs.com/3DS/730860-theatrhythm-final-fantasy-curtain-call/reviews/review-159920)
If you did that for all of your completed games it would cut the length of your post by more than half. It's your post though, I'm not telling you what to do, of course. :)
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I'll gussy this up some more: colors, fun text, the works. The works, I say!
You should also add the clickable text so you don't have such a long post. ;)
That's the first time anyone has ever complained about my length!
: D
>__>
Anyways, do you mean use the "Insert Hyperlink" option?
I'm assuming he means doing this:
[url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/3DS/730860-theatrhythm-final-fantasy-curtain-call/reviews/review-159920]Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call[/url]
To give you this: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (http://www.gamefaqs.com/3DS/730860-theatrhythm-final-fantasy-curtain-call/reviews/review-159920)
If you did that for all of your completed games it would cut the length of your post by more than half. It's your post though, I'm not telling you what to do, of course. :)
Yup that's what I meant. If you do this (Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (http://www.gamefaqs.com/3DS/730860-theatrhythm-final-fantasy-curtain-call/reviews/review-159920)) you'd get a much shorter post. ;)
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1. Shovel Knight (Steam) Beat Main Quest Completed. Achievement Progress 80% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/appid/250760/achievements)
2. The Walking Dead Season 2 (PS4) Completed Another amazing Telltale game. Just wish I played the first game in the series.
3. Mega Man 2 (NES) Completed Glad to finally get this one of my chest.
4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beat This game is terrible don't play it.
5. Metal Torrent (DSi Ware) Beat Metal Torrent is a VERY short shooter with 8 phases lasting 3 minutes each.
6. The Playroom (PS4) Completed Very enjoyable game that needs more content. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2166-THE-PLAYROOM/DaRetroOne)
7. Super Exploding Zoo (PSN) Completed Very fun puzzle game that can be completed in a few hours. First Platinum! Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3605-Super-Exploding-Zoo/DaRetroOne)
8. Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition (PS4) Completed Simply put, it's Minecraft. Very fun and addictive. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2863-Minecraft/DaRetroOne)
9. Altered Beast (Genesis) Beat The Arcade version was better.
10. Altered Beast (Arcade) Beat WAY better than the Genesis version although the ending was a disappointment.
11. MouseCraft (PSN) Completed Just another mediocre puzzle game. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2717-MouseCraft/DaRetroOne)
12. Rocket League (PSN) Completed Man this game is simply amazing, truly a blast to play. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3679-Rocket-League/DaRetroOne)
13. Little Nemo: The Dream Master (NES) Beat Don't underestimate this game. That final boss is close to impossible.
14. Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (PSN) Beat Still need to beat those challenges. Trophy Progress 70% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3238-Lara-Croft-and-the-Temple-of-Osiris/DaRetroOne)
15. Castle Crashers (Steam) Completed It's quite the 'Behemoth' of a game. Achievement Progress 100% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/204360/achievements/)
16. Power Rangers S.P.D (GBA) Completed Completed in less than 2 hours without dying once!
17. Murder Miners (Steam) Completed This game is too much fun. Achievement Progress 100% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/appid/274900/achievements)
*Added Murder Miners (Steam)
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I edited my post thanks to the help of you and abe!
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GAME 25 - Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PC) - 80 HOURS FINISHED
Man this was one hell of a game. The story is very nutbars, but it has everything you'd expect from a Kojima game. Generally, the change to a mostly open world setting made for a really fantastic game. It's just a shame that Kojima is done with Konami and we won't get to see if there were any other ideas or to see what could be expanded upon afterwards. Pretty easily at the top of my list of GOTY I think right now, despite a couple issues I may have. Still have a handful of side missions to do also and gear to develop, so I'll probably hit 90 pretty easily, maybe even 100 to complete everything. The fatigue I had with Witcher 3 and trying to push through the side quests and stuff just isn't there for me in MGSV.
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Just when I feel like I'm so close to finishing PXZ I realize there are like 5 more missions and each one is going to be like 90 min each :(
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Here's an update!
1. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (http://www.gamefaqs.com/3DS/730860-theatrhythm-final-fantasy-curtain-call/reviews/review-159920)
2. Eternal Ring (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/197239-eternal-ring/reviews/review-159929)
3. Final Fantasy XII (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/459841-final-fantasy-xii/reviews/review-159971)
4. Orphen: Scion of Sorcery (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/914282-orphen-scion-of-sorcery/reviews/review-159901)
5. Atelier Escha and Logy (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS3/709407-atelier-escha-and-logy-alchemists-of-the-dusk-sky/reviews/review-159803)
6. Muramasa Rebirth (http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/684034-muramasa-rebirth/reviews/review-160188)
7. Suikoden V (http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/929668-suikoden-v/reviews/review-160247)
8. Mad Maestro
(http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/551242-mad-maestro/reviews/review-56882)
9. Tail Concerto (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/198882-tail-concerto/reviews/review-160294)
10. Dark Cloud (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/197042-dark-cloud/reviews/review-159740)
11. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PSP/925138-crisis-core-final-fantasy-vii/reviews/review-160322)
12. Shining Wisdom (http://www.gamefaqs.com/SAT/574357-shining-wisdom/reviews/review-160377)
13. Grandia II (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DC/197485-grandia-ii/reviews/review-160400)
14. DDR Max (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/561443-ddrmax-dance-dance-revolution/reviews/review-46990)
15. Strider 2 (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/198833-strider-2/reviews/review-160504)
16. Hyperdevotion Noire Goddess Black Heart (http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/708362-hyperdevotion-noire-goddess-black-heart/reviews/review-160439)
17. Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PSP/643395-tales-of-the-heroes-twin-brave/reviews/review-160516)
18. Romancing SaGa 3 (http://www.gamefaqs.com/SNES/588634-romancing-sa-ga-3/reviews/review-160585)
19. Jet Grind Radio (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DC/197687-jet-grind-radio/reviews/review-160636)
20. Chrono Trigger DS Version (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DS/950181-chrono-trigger/reviews/review-131457)
21. Mystic Heroes (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/562538-mystic-heroes/reviews/review-160719)
22. Luminous Arc 2 (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DS/943145-luminous-arc-2/reviews/review-160724)
23. Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven (http://www.gamefaqs.com/3ds/768312-lord-of-magna-maiden-heaven/reviews/review-160820)
24. Atelier Shallie: Alchemist of the Dusk Sea (http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/778830-atelier-shallie-alchemists-of-the-dusk-sea/reviews/review-160838)
25. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow -Mirror of Fate- (http://www.gamefaqs.com/3DS/672440-castlevania-lords-of-shadow-mirror-of-fate/reviews/review-160867)
26. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (http://www.gamefaqs.com/GC/913957-eternal-darkness-sanitys-requiem/reviews/review-160883)
27. Criminal Girls: Invite Only (http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/723482-criminal-girls-invite-only/reviews/review-161052)
28. Grim Grimoire (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/937039-grimgrimoire/reviews/review-161067)
29. Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (http://www.gamefaqs.com/SNES/588451-lufia-ii-rise-of-the-sinistrals/reviews/review-161071)
30. Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus (http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/684062-senran-kagura-shinovi-versus/reviews/review-161107)
31. Vandal Hearts (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/199179-vandal-hearts/reviews/review-161125)
32. Omega Quintet (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS4/792675-omega-quintet/reviews/review-161126)
33. Atelier Annie: Alchemists of Sera Island (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DS/953050-atelier-annie-alchemists-of-sera-island/reviews/review-154882)
34. Dance Dance Revolution Konamix (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/551239-dance-dance-revolution-konamix/reviews/review-160424)
35. Blood Will Tell (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/914717-blood-will-tell/reviews/review-160978)
36. Dawn of Mana (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/929140-dawn-of-mana/reviews/review-160979)
37. Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (http://www.gamefaqs.com/SNES/588452-lufia-and-the-fortress-of-doom/reviews/review-160952)
38. Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/198231-ogre-battle-the-march-of-the-black-queen/reviews/review-161014)
39. SaGa Frontier 2 (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/198538-saga-frontier-2/reviews/review-58407)
40. Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/589680-castlevania-lament-of-innocence/reviews/review-62567)
41. Lost Dimension (http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/785526-lost-dimension/reviews/review-161154)
Reviews in purple are for games that I have already played (and reviewed) years ago, but felt like revisiting for a change of scenery.
It looks like I may make it 52! But we'll see.
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Game 24 - Super Mario Sunshine (Unknown total play time)
76 Shines (9 from Blue Coins), 91 Blue Coins Total
+ This was my first time playing though a Mario game like this, having never played SM64 or Galaxy/Galaxy2. I can say that I enjoyed the experience a lot! I found the controls to be great, though I had a minor complaint that I seemed to slide off of a lot of platforms if I landed near the edge. I loved using FLUDD to navigate obstacles and solve puzzles, and I found most the shines/levels to be a great challenge with none of them being too hard (even the pachinko level 8) ).
- As many of you know, there is pretty much no reward for finding all 120 Shines, other than bragging rights. And since you have to get 7/8 Shines in every level in order to beat the game, getting all 120 Shines means basically doing only the secret red coin levels, 100 coin challenges, and finding all the Blue Coins. No thank you. Also, Princess Peach is such a ditz in this game! It's like... insulting, having recently come off of Paper Mario, TTYD.
All in all, I enjoyed it, but I can see why people don't like it, especially those who went for 120 Shines.
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And we have another update!
1. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (http://www.gamefaqs.com/3DS/730860-theatrhythm-final-fantasy-curtain-call/reviews/review-159920)
2. Eternal Ring (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/197239-eternal-ring/reviews/review-159929)
3. Final Fantasy XII (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/459841-final-fantasy-xii/reviews/review-159971)
4. Orphen: Scion of Sorcery (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/914282-orphen-scion-of-sorcery/reviews/review-159901)
5. Atelier Escha and Logy (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS3/709407-atelier-escha-and-logy-alchemists-of-the-dusk-sky/reviews/review-159803)
6. Muramasa Rebirth (http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/684034-muramasa-rebirth/reviews/review-160188)
7. Suikoden V (http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/929668-suikoden-v/reviews/review-160247)
8. Mad Maestro
(http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/551242-mad-maestro/reviews/review-56882)
9. Tail Concerto (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/198882-tail-concerto/reviews/review-160294)
10. Dark Cloud (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/197042-dark-cloud/reviews/review-159740)
11. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PSP/925138-crisis-core-final-fantasy-vii/reviews/review-160322)
12. Shining Wisdom (http://www.gamefaqs.com/SAT/574357-shining-wisdom/reviews/review-160377)
13. Grandia II (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DC/197485-grandia-ii/reviews/review-160400)
14. DDR Max (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/561443-ddrmax-dance-dance-revolution/reviews/review-46990)
15. Strider 2 (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/198833-strider-2/reviews/review-160504)
16. Hyperdevotion Noire Goddess Black Heart (http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/708362-hyperdevotion-noire-goddess-black-heart/reviews/review-160439)
17. Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PSP/643395-tales-of-the-heroes-twin-brave/reviews/review-160516)
18. Romancing SaGa 3 (http://www.gamefaqs.com/SNES/588634-romancing-sa-ga-3/reviews/review-160585)
19. Jet Grind Radio (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DC/197687-jet-grind-radio/reviews/review-160636)
20. Chrono Trigger DS Version (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DS/950181-chrono-trigger/reviews/review-131457)
21. Mystic Heroes (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/562538-mystic-heroes/reviews/review-160719)
22. Luminous Arc 2 (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DS/943145-luminous-arc-2/reviews/review-160724)
23. Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven (http://www.gamefaqs.com/3ds/768312-lord-of-magna-maiden-heaven/reviews/review-160820)
24. Atelier Shallie: Alchemist of the Dusk Sea (http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/778830-atelier-shallie-alchemists-of-the-dusk-sea/reviews/review-160838)
25. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow -Mirror of Fate- (http://www.gamefaqs.com/3DS/672440-castlevania-lords-of-shadow-mirror-of-fate/reviews/review-160867)
26. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (http://www.gamefaqs.com/GC/913957-eternal-darkness-sanitys-requiem/reviews/review-160883)
27. Criminal Girls: Invite Only (http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/723482-criminal-girls-invite-only/reviews/review-161052)
28. Grim Grimoire (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/937039-grimgrimoire/reviews/review-161067)
29. Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (http://www.gamefaqs.com/SNES/588451-lufia-ii-rise-of-the-sinistrals/reviews/review-161071)
30. Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus (http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/684062-senran-kagura-shinovi-versus/reviews/review-161107)
31. Vandal Hearts (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/199179-vandal-hearts/reviews/review-161125)
32. Omega Quintet (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS4/792675-omega-quintet/reviews/review-161126)
33. Atelier Annie: Alchemists of Sera Island (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DS/953050-atelier-annie-alchemists-of-sera-island/reviews/review-154882)
34. Dance Dance Revolution Konamix (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/551239-dance-dance-revolution-konamix/reviews/review-160424)
35. Blood Will Tell (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/914717-blood-will-tell/reviews/review-160978)
36. Dawn of Mana (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/929140-dawn-of-mana/reviews/review-160979)
37. Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (http://www.gamefaqs.com/SNES/588452-lufia-and-the-fortress-of-doom/reviews/review-160952)
38. Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/198231-ogre-battle-the-march-of-the-black-queen/reviews/review-161014)
39. SaGa Frontier 2 (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/198538-saga-frontier-2/reviews/review-58407)
40. Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/589680-castlevania-lament-of-innocence/reviews/review-62567)
41. Lost Dimension (http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/785526-lost-dimension/reviews/review-161154)
42. Dance Dance Revolution Extreme (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/919557-dance-dance-revolution-extreme/reviews/review-161185)
43. Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/928278-dance-dance-revolution-extreme-2/reviews/review-161186)
44. Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX (http://www.gamefaqs.com/3DS/712342-hatsune-miku-project-mirai-dx/reviews/161244)
45. Enchanted Arms (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS3/935517-enchanted-arms/reviews/161265)
46. Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/945027-mana-khemia-2-fall-of-alchemy/reviews/161206)
47. Enemy Zero (http://www.gamefaqs.com/SAT/197228-enemy-zero/reviews/161248)
48. Rule of Rose (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/930042-rule-of-rose/reviews/161299)
49. The Last Blade 2: Heart of the Samurai (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DC/524168-the-last-blade-2-heart-of-the-samurai/reviews/161198)
50. Dark Souls (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS3/606312-dark-souls/reviews/161386)
Reviews in purple are for games that I have already played (and reviewed) years ago, but felt like revisiting for a change of scenery.
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GAME 26 - Mad Max (PC) - 32 Hours FINISHED
Mad Max turned out to be basically the good game I expected, but is kept from being a great game, because it's 2015. I think Max is good, the car combat is good, the story and characters are all right for Mad Max, but the open world has all been done before pretty much. Far Cry 3 and Far Cry 4 did it better, it's basically Shadow of Mordor with cars, it doesn't do enough to impress inbetween story missions. The combat is straight up Mordor/Arkham, but it's less exciting as just normal Max, so it gets repetitive a lot quicker. One can always expect a more grindy side aspect to open world games, but by like halfway through the game and you've gotten all the important side stuff, you don't really want to do the rest. I enjoyed most of my time in the game, but it's not something I could recommend at full price and you gotta love open world games like this I think if you really want to enjoy it.
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I updated my previous post for a few more games.
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I've updated mine as well. I'm on page 1. 12 more to go, let's do this!!!
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Not sure if I'll make it myself. I do have some older games I'm gonna beat that'll fill in the gaps of new games, such as Halo 4, Metal Gear: Peacewalker, Metal Gear Solid 1, and maybe another one or two, but I only have like another 6 games I plan to buy new this year. 26 more games is gonna be tough lol
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1. Shovel Knight (Steam) Beat Main Quest Completed. Achievement Progress 80% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/appid/250760/achievements)
2. The Walking Dead Season 2 (PS4) Completed Another amazing Telltale game. Just wish I played the first game in the series.
3. Mega Man 2 (NES) Completed Glad to finally get this one of my chest.
4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beat This game is terrible don't play it.
5. Metal Torrent (DSi Ware) Beat Metal Torrent is a VERY short shooter with 8 phases lasting 3 minutes each.
6. The Playroom (PS4) Completed Very enjoyable game that needs more content. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2166-THE-PLAYROOM/DaRetroOne)
7. Super Exploding Zoo (PSN) Completed Very fun puzzle game that can be completed in a few hours. First Platinum! Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3605-Super-Exploding-Zoo/DaRetroOne)
8. Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition (PS4) Completed Simply put, it's Minecraft. Very fun and addictive. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2863-Minecraft/DaRetroOne)
9. Altered Beast (Genesis) Beat The Arcade version was better.
10. Altered Beast (Arcade) Beat WAY better than the Genesis version although the ending was a disappointment.
11. MouseCraft (PSN) Completed Just another mediocre puzzle game. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2717-MouseCraft/DaRetroOne)
12. Rocket League (PSN) Completed Man this game is simply amazing, truly a blast to play. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3679-Rocket-League/DaRetroOne)
13. Little Nemo: The Dream Master (NES) Beat Don't underestimate this game. That final boss is close to impossible.
14. Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (PSN) Beat Still need to beat those challenges. Trophy Progress 70% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3238-Lara-Croft-and-the-Temple-of-Osiris/DaRetroOne)
15. Castle Crashers (Steam) Completed It's quite the 'Behemoth' of a game. Achievement Progress 100% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/204360/achievements/)
16. Power Rangers S.P.D (GBA) Completed Completed in less than 2 hours without dying once!
17. Murder Miners (Steam) Completed This game is too much fun. Achievement Progress 100% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/appid/274900/achievements)
18. Portal (Steam) Beat Even though the game is short, it one heck of a ride. Achievement Progress 73% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/Portal?tab=achievements)
19. SpeedRunners Completed Looking for a break from Rocket League? Here's your fix. Achievement Progress 100% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/appid/207140/achievements)
*Added SpeedRunners (Steam)
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I'm not gonna make it. But I did beat pajama Sam 3 in one sitting on the PS1 last night.
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Me neither. I don't even know if I'll be able to meet my goal of getting halfway there with 26 games! :(
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I still might make it to my original goal, which was to play 52 different games, but I already beat more games than I though I would, so I kinda already won my own goal anyway :)
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Me neither. I don't even know if I'll be able to meet my goal of getting halfway there with 26 games! :(
I know for a fact I won't be able to make it but it was still a fun challenge.
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I made another addition to my previous post.
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Updated previous post on this page.
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I had seen threads for beaten games, but just "played" games is a great idea too! Especially since a lot of older games don't really have an end. I'll split my list into 2:
Beaten:
??/?? - Super Smash Brothers (3DS/Wii U) (I'm going to consider that unlocking all characters and clearing all game modes is beating it...? Unlocking all trophies and challenges would be 100%-ing it.)
01/?? - Hyrule Warriors (Wii U)
02/15 - The Legend of Zelda (3DS virtual console)
02/22 - Link's Awakening (GB)
03/14 - Minish Cap (3DS virtual console)
03/28 - Super Mario 3D World (Wii U)
03/?? - Mousecraft (PS4)
04/24 - Persona 4: Golden (Vita)
04/26 - Tearaway (Vita)
05/24 - Touch My Katamari (Vita)
06/13 - The Playroom (PS4)
06/22 - Splatoon (Wii U)
06/29 - Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (DS)
06/29 - Book of Spells (PS3)
07/15 - Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition (PS4)
10/17 - Pokémon: Alpha Sapphire (3DS)
Played/playing:
Tomodachi Life (3DS)
NES Remix (Wii U)
NES Remix II (Wii U)
Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (PS4)
Fortune Street (Wii)
Pokémon Art Academy (3DS)
Pokémon Rumble World (3DS)
Lego The Hobbit (PS4)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (3DS)
htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary (Vita)
Plants VS Zombies (PS3)
Tales of Hearts R (Vita)
The Legend of Zelda II (3DS Virtual Console)
Banjo Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge (GBA)
Mighty Switch Force (3DS)
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (DS)
Minecraft (PS3/PS4)
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (3DS)
Tearaway Unfolded (PS4)
Super Mario Maker (WiiU)
Total beaten/played: 16/36
So, 3 months after my last beaten game, I finally added another one :o Just beat the Elite 4 in Pokémon: Alpha Sapphire, so that makes 16 beaten and 36 played.
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I'm very close to beating 2 games this week. If I have time to sit down and finish out Advance Wars Days of Ruin and Jump Ultimate Stars that will put me 2 games closer!
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Game 25 - Earthbound (Unknown play time, probably about 30 hours)
This game was really really great, but just barely sits below Mother 3 in my book. It’s going against tough competition since Mother 3 is one of my top games of all time, but I still really enjoyed it. I’m really going all out with usual +/- of this game, so watch out! :P
+ Obviously one of the biggest strengths to Earthbound (and the whole series in general) is the setting. It’s one of the few RPGs to be set in a world that’s not fantasy, with somewhat Earthly enemies, locations and gadgets/weapons. Couple that with the quirky dialogue, music and situations, and it makes this game incredibly unique and charming with a great overall atmosphere. The game looks great, it’s a blast to play, and the battles and enemies are interesting. I never felt like I needed to grind, and the auto-battle feature is really nice too. It probably does this a little better than Mother 3, but…
- The biggest thing that Earthbound is missing for me personally is an engaging story. One of my favorite things about Mother 3 is the duality of dark and serious story moments combined with the quirky over-world, dialogue and settings, as I’ve mentioned above. For me, Earthbound misses that largely - the main story is at it's core only about 4 kids trying to stop Giygas who’s trying to destroy the world for… some reason. And most of the time even that story takes a back seat: I’d say 80% of the game consists of entering a town, solving whatever local problems the people have, then getting the cue to move on to the next area, rinse and repeat. It really lacks the focus/drive that Mother 3 has: and while it’s certainly not bad that Earthbound does this, it’s not my personal preference when looking at the two side by side.
Just one more game until I reach my personal goal!
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Game 25 - Earthbound (Unknown play time, probably about 30 hours)
Glad to hear you enjoyed it. :) Have you played some version of the original Mother yet? If not, it's time to get a WiiU to play Earthbound Beginnings. ;) :P
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Ahh, I want to! But yeah, I don't have a WiiU :( I'm wondering if Mother 1+2 for the GBA was translated at all? Maybe I could play that through VBA... I have no idea though.
EDIT: It looks like Tomato, one of the guys who helped translate Mother 3, did translate the Mother version of 1 + 2, removing all censorship and keeping the original text. Mother 2 was only minimally translated. That may be what I end up doing unless Earthbound Beginnings comes to the 3DS...
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Ahh, I want too! But yeah, I don't have a WiiU :( I'm wondering if Mother 1+2 for the GBA was translated at all? Maybe I could play that through VBA... I have no idea though.
EDIT: It looks like Tomato, one of the guys who helped translate Mother 3, did translate the Mother version of 1 + 2, removing all censorship and keeping the original text. Mother 2 was only minimally translated. That may be what I end up doing unless Earthbound Beginnings comes to the 3DS...
That is a pretty good option. The version of Mother 2 included in Mother 1+2 isn't that great, but the version of Mother that's included is fine.
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Yeah, I read that they didn't completely translate Mother 2 since it's already available in English. They just translated the menus and stuff. Were there other problems with the game too?
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Yeah, I read that they didn't completely translate Mother 2 since it's already available in English. The just translated the menus and stuff. Were there other problems with the game too?
No complaints from me about the translation patch for Mother 1+2, I'm just referring to the original Japanese version here. In regards to the version of Mother 2 included in the compilation, the music and sound in general were downgraded from the original version, which was super disappointing since the music was one of my favorite parts of the game. The smaller screen is a little annoying too (but expected for a GBA port), though it's not nearly as much of a letdown as the music. Despite all this, it still would've been awesome if it somehow magically got an English localization and a portable version of Mother 2 is nifty.
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I can add Dark Souls to my list once the review is up. I finished it on Friday.
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1. Shovel Knight (Steam) Beat Main Quest Completed. Achievement Progress 80% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/appid/250760/achievements)
2. The Walking Dead Season 2 (PS4) Completed Another amazing Telltale game. Just wish I played the first game in the series.
3. Mega Man 2 (NES) Completed Glad to finally get this one of my chest.
4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beat This game is terrible don't play it.
5. Metal Torrent (DSi Ware) Beat Metal Torrent is a VERY short shooter with 8 phases lasting 3 minutes each.
6. The Playroom (PS4) Completed Very enjoyable game that needs more content. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2166-THE-PLAYROOM/DaRetroOne)
7. Super Exploding Zoo (PSN) Completed Very fun puzzle game that can be completed in a few hours. First Platinum! Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3605-Super-Exploding-Zoo/DaRetroOne)
8. Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition (PS4) Completed Simply put, it's Minecraft. Very fun and addictive. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2863-Minecraft/DaRetroOne)
9. Altered Beast (Genesis) Beat The Arcade version was better.
10. Altered Beast (Arcade) Beat WAY better than the Genesis version although the ending was a disappointment.
11. MouseCraft (PSN) Completed Just another mediocre puzzle game. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2717-MouseCraft/DaRetroOne)
12. Rocket League (PSN) Completed Man this game is simply amazing, truly a blast to play. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3679-Rocket-League/DaRetroOne)
13. Little Nemo: The Dream Master (NES) Beat Don't underestimate this game. That final boss is close to impossible.
14. Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (PSN) Beat Still need to beat those challenges. Trophy Progress 70% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3238-Lara-Croft-and-the-Temple-of-Osiris/DaRetroOne)
15. Castle Crashers (Steam) Completed It's quite the 'Behemoth' of a game. Achievement Progress 100% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/204360/achievements/)
16. Power Rangers S.P.D (GBA) Completed Completed in less than 2 hours without dying once!
17. Murder Miners (Steam) Completed This game is too much fun. Achievement Progress 100% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/appid/274900/achievements)
18. Portal (Steam) Beat Even though the game is short, it one heck of a ride. Achievement Progress 73% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/Portal?tab=achievements)
19. SpeedRunners (Steam) Completed Looking for a break from Rocket League? Here's your fix. Achievement Progress 100% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/appid/207140/achievements)
20. Orborun (Steam) Completed Your typical mediocre Super Monkey Ball clone (No achievements here!)
*Added Orborun (Steam)
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GAME 27 - Halo 4 (360) - 5 to 10 Hours FINISHED
Use to be a big Halo fan back in the day, pretty much up till around Halo 3 when I started fading. Originally I only played part of the campaign for Halo 4, but never went back. Going back now and actually beating it, the game isn't too bad campaign wise. There's some really great sections that add some variety to the game and surprised me when I came across them, though with that said, it's still the tried and trusted Halo formula. Sadly the ending is kinda weak. No boss fight and it essentially amounts to just running in a big circle, killing guys, before beating the baddie with a QTE. Had such buildup too. Bummed to hear that Master Chief is barely even playable in Halo 5. There's one thing you play Halo for, and that is to stomp around as the Master Chief lol Leave the squad combat and new leads to the side games.
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I'm now at 50 games. I'm going to try to beat Legend of Legacy and Tales of Zestiria in order to make it to 52!
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I'm now at 50 games. I'm going to try to beat Legend of Legacy and Tales of Zestiria in order to make it to 52!
I'm getting pretty close to. I think I'm on 46.
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I think I'm at 8, ugh. Hopefully Ill at least get 13 and get a quarter of the way there, ya'll kicked my ass
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With everything left coming out this year, I'll basically make the 30's, which will include Fallout 4, Just Cause 3, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and maybe Star Wars Battlefront. Along with anything else that maybe pops up for Christmas as I was asked for gift ideas and I mostly just tossed out some 3DS games I haven't bought cause there were bigger games to get. I'm also trying to fill time till Fallout 4, so I'm kinda playing a few older games I never beat, so maybe two or three from that.
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Legend of Legacy is starting to thin my patience. I may end up substituting that for Stella Glow, which comes out this month.
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I thought about trying to go back and figure what games I've beaten this year, but it's almost the end of the year, I may just wait and try to join in next year.
I guess I'll add games as I figure out which ones I've beaten this year.
Can I count Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes twice since I beat it on Xbone and PS4 this year? lol
1) Mortal Kombat X (Xbone)
2) Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Xbone)
3) Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (PS4)
4) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4)
5) Fallout: New Vegas (PC)
6) Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast and Furious (Xbone)
7) Saints Row: Gat out of Hell (Xbone)
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9) Dragon Age: Inquisition (Xbone)
10) SteamWorldDig (PS4)
11) SteamWorldDig (Wii U)
12) Shovel Knight and Plague of Shadows (Wii U)
13) The Fall (Wii U)
14) Super Metroid (Wii U Virtual Console)
15) Maximum Carnage (SNES)
16) Separation Anxiety (SNES)
17) Power Rangers the Movie (SNES)
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I know before I moved I had spent quite a bit of time playing SNES games and I beat a few games, but I can't recall for sure what games I beat. Definitely Maximum Carnage, Separation Anxiety, Power Rangers the Movie. Played the 2 player games in that bunch with my wife and the 1 player one by myself.
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I'm getting pretty close to finishing X-Com Enemy Unknown on PS3 apparently. Also just over halfway through my Co-Op Tales of Symphonia run.
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I was struck with a cold for the last couple of days, so I decided to dedicate my recuperating time to Haunting Ground. That's one more game down this year! The review is getting created now.
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Coming into this late, but here's mine so far. I'd beat way more games if I didn't get hung up on trying to get all the trophies when playing.
1.) Fairy Fencer F (PS3) - Beaten - Beat this game, but only 50% through the trophies. The game was alright, but after the 5th playthrough, I lost interest.
2.) Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed (Vita) - Completed - Loves this game. Have been considering playing it again for PS3 and PS4 when I get one.
3.) Dragon Fantasy Book 1 (PSN) - Completed - Was a pretty fun game that took me back to my childhood. Mostly played it for nostalgia and trophies.
4.) Senran Kagura Shinovi Verses (Vita) - Completed - I've never been a huge beat-em-up fan, but it was fun enough.
5.) Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1 (Vita) - Beaten - I'm 98% through the trophies. Damn 100 Million Credits trophy.
6.) Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2 (Vita) - Completed - After beating it months ago, I finally went back and finished up all of the remaining trophies.
7.) Tales of Xillia (PS3) - Beaten - I have a ways to go to platinum this one. It was an okay game. Can't say I'm too motivated to pop it back into my PS3.
8.) Murdered: Soul Suspect (PS3) - Completed - Was a fun change of pace for me and I really enjoyed the murder mystery stoyline.
9.) Moe Chronicle (Vita) - Completed - I was genuinely surprised at how much I enjoyed this game. I jokingly dubbed it my pervert game and will buy the sequel day 1.
10.) Ar NoSurge Plus (Vita) - Completed - I never played the PS3 release for some reason and played this as soon as it came in. Great game, fun story. Will play the PS3 release soon.
11.) Home (PSN) - Completed - Quick and easy game to play and beat. Was another great change of pace and easy completion. Was a great game to play in the dark.
12.) Diablo III Reaper of Souls (PC) - Beaten - I've been a fan of the Diablo series since the first release. This was a hack-n-slash break from RPGs. Fun to play online with friends.
Playing Lost Dimension (Vita) right now and will more than likely start up either Ar NoSurge (PS3) or finish Sword Art Online : Hollow Fragment (Vita).
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GAME 28 - Undertale (PC) - 6 Hours Finished
I went in under the heavy weight of the games hype and some slight spoilers, which can really ruin a game sometimes, but generally I found the game to be very clever. It's a charming little game with some interesting aspects and endearing characters to it. I ended up getting the neutral ending I guess as I ended up killing one or two characters because I didn't see how to get the pacifist way out of them and thought I HAD to do it. Not sure exactly if I'll go back for the pacifist ending or not, but it was a sweet game.
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With Tales of Zestiria and Clock Tower 3 finished, I have met the 52 game goal! The ToZ review is up and I'm almost done with the one for Clock Tower 3!
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With Tales of Zestiria and Clock Tower 3 finished, I have met the 52 game goal! The ToZ review is up and I'm almost done with the one for Clock Tower 3!
Congrats. Quite the achievement. :)
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Nice job man! Prouda you! :D
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Thanks, guys! I'm already looking forward to 2016.
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With Tales of Zestiria and Clock Tower 3 finished, I have met the 52 game goal! The ToZ review is up and I'm almost done with the one for Clock Tower 3!
Congrats!
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1. Shovel Knight (Steam) Beat Main Quest Completed. Achievement Progress 80% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/appid/250760/achievements)
2. The Walking Dead Season 2 (PS4) Completed Another amazing Telltale game. Just wish I played the first game in the series.
3. Mega Man 2 (NES) Completed Glad to finally get this one of my chest.
4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beat This game is terrible don't play it.
5. Metal Torrent (DSi Ware) Beat Metal Torrent is a VERY short shooter with 8 phases lasting 3 minutes each.
6. The Playroom (PS4) Completed Very enjoyable game that needs more content. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2166-THE-PLAYROOM/DaRetroOne)
7. Super Exploding Zoo (PSN) Completed Very fun puzzle game that can be completed in a few hours. First Platinum! Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3605-Super-Exploding-Zoo/DaRetroOne)
8. Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition (PS4) Completed Simply put, it's Minecraft. Very fun and addictive. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2863-Minecraft/DaRetroOne)
9. Altered Beast (Genesis) Beat The Arcade version was better.
10. Altered Beast (Arcade) Beat WAY better than the Genesis version although the ending was a disappointment.
11. MouseCraft (PSN) Completed Just another mediocre puzzle game. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2717-MouseCraft/DaRetroOne)
12. Rocket League (PSN) Completed Man this game is simply amazing, truly a blast to play. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3679-Rocket-League/DaRetroOne)
13. Little Nemo: The Dream Master (NES) Beat Don't underestimate this game. That final boss is close to impossible.
14. Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (PSN) Beat Still need to beat those challenges. Trophy Progress 70% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3238-Lara-Croft-and-the-Temple-of-Osiris/DaRetroOne)
15. Castle Crashers (Steam) Completed It's quite the 'Behemoth' of a game. Achievement Progress 100% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/204360/achievements/)
16. Power Rangers S.P.D (GBA) Completed Completed in less than 2 hours without dying once!
17. Murder Miners (Steam) Completed This game is too much fun. Achievement Progress 100% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/appid/274900/achievements)
18. Portal (Steam) Beat Even though the game is short, it one heck of a ride. Achievement Progress 73% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/Portal?tab=achievements)
19. SpeedRunners (Steam) Completed Looking for a break from Rocket League? Here's your fix. Achievement Progress 100% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/appid/207140/achievements)
20. Orborun (Steam) Completed Your typical mediocre Super Monkey Ball clone (No achievements here!)
21. Portal 2 (Steam) Completed Definitely one of my favorite games of all time that I missed out on when it first came out. Achievement Progress 100% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/Portal2)
22. Freedom Planet (Steam) Beat An amazing platformer that rivals my love for Shovel Knight. Achievement Progress 54% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/appid/248310?tab=achievements)
23. Bad Rats (Steam) Beat I've spent more time in this game than a normal person should... help. Achievement Progress 85% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/BadRats?tab=achievements)
*Added Portal 2, Freedom Planet, and Bad Rats (Steam)
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So with just over a month left I'm not gonna make it that's for sure, but I have played and completed more games than I have in the past 5ish years! Used to just out one down when it annoyed me or I hit a wall and now I push through.
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I'm thinking this will be my final update. What a great year for video games!
1. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (http://www.gamefaqs.com/3DS/730860-theatrhythm-final-fantasy-curtain-call/reviews/review-159920)
2. Eternal Ring (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/197239-eternal-ring/reviews/review-159929)
3. Final Fantasy XII (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/459841-final-fantasy-xii/reviews/review-159971)
4. Orphen: Scion of Sorcery (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/914282-orphen-scion-of-sorcery/reviews/review-159901)
5. Atelier Escha and Logy (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS3/709407-atelier-escha-and-logy-alchemists-of-the-dusk-sky/reviews/review-159803)
6. Muramasa Rebirth (http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/684034-muramasa-rebirth/reviews/review-160188)
7. Suikoden V (http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/929668-suikoden-v/reviews/review-160247)
8. Mad Maestro
(http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/551242-mad-maestro/reviews/review-56882)
9. Tail Concerto (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/198882-tail-concerto/reviews/review-160294)
10. Dark Cloud (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/197042-dark-cloud/reviews/review-159740)
11. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PSP/925138-crisis-core-final-fantasy-vii/reviews/review-160322)
12. Shining Wisdom (http://www.gamefaqs.com/SAT/574357-shining-wisdom/reviews/review-160377)
13. Grandia II (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DC/197485-grandia-ii/reviews/review-160400)
14. DDR Max (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/561443-ddrmax-dance-dance-revolution/reviews/review-46990)
15. Strider 2 (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/198833-strider-2/reviews/review-160504)
16. Hyperdevotion Noire Goddess Black Heart (http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/708362-hyperdevotion-noire-goddess-black-heart/reviews/review-160439)
17. Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PSP/643395-tales-of-the-heroes-twin-brave/reviews/review-160516)
18. Romancing SaGa 3 (http://www.gamefaqs.com/SNES/588634-romancing-sa-ga-3/reviews/review-160585)
19. Jet Grind Radio (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DC/197687-jet-grind-radio/reviews/review-160636)
20. Chrono Trigger DS Version (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DS/950181-chrono-trigger/reviews/review-131457)
21. Mystic Heroes (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/562538-mystic-heroes/reviews/review-160719)
22. Luminous Arc 2 (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DS/943145-luminous-arc-2/reviews/review-160724)
23. Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven (http://www.gamefaqs.com/3ds/768312-lord-of-magna-maiden-heaven/reviews/review-160820)
24. Atelier Shallie: Alchemist of the Dusk Sea (http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/778830-atelier-shallie-alchemists-of-the-dusk-sea/reviews/review-160838)
25. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow -Mirror of Fate- (http://www.gamefaqs.com/3DS/672440-castlevania-lords-of-shadow-mirror-of-fate/reviews/review-160867)
26. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (http://www.gamefaqs.com/GC/913957-eternal-darkness-sanitys-requiem/reviews/review-160883)
27. Criminal Girls: Invite Only (http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/723482-criminal-girls-invite-only/reviews/review-161052)
28. Grim Grimoire (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/937039-grimgrimoire/reviews/review-161067)
29. Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (http://www.gamefaqs.com/SNES/588451-lufia-ii-rise-of-the-sinistrals/reviews/review-161071)
30. Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus (http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/684062-senran-kagura-shinovi-versus/reviews/review-161107)
31. Vandal Hearts (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/199179-vandal-hearts/reviews/review-161125)
32. Omega Quintet (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS4/792675-omega-quintet/reviews/review-161126)
33. Atelier Annie: Alchemists of Sera Island (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DS/953050-atelier-annie-alchemists-of-sera-island/reviews/review-154882)
34. Dance Dance Revolution Konamix (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/551239-dance-dance-revolution-konamix/reviews/review-160424)
35. Blood Will Tell (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/914717-blood-will-tell/reviews/review-160978)
36. Dawn of Mana (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/929140-dawn-of-mana/reviews/review-160979)
37. Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (http://www.gamefaqs.com/SNES/588452-lufia-and-the-fortress-of-doom/reviews/review-160952)
38. Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/198231-ogre-battle-the-march-of-the-black-queen/reviews/review-161014)
39. SaGa Frontier 2 (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS/198538-saga-frontier-2/reviews/review-58407)
40. Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/589680-castlevania-lament-of-innocence/reviews/review-62567)
41. Lost Dimension (http://www.gamefaqs.com/VITA/785526-lost-dimension/reviews/review-161154)
42. Dance Dance Revolution Extreme (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/919557-dance-dance-revolution-extreme/reviews/review-161185)
43. Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/928278-dance-dance-revolution-extreme-2/reviews/review-161186)
44. Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX (http://www.gamefaqs.com/3DS/712342-hatsune-miku-project-mirai-dx/reviews/161244)
45. Enchanted Arms (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS3/935517-enchanted-arms/reviews/161265)
46. Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/945027-mana-khemia-2-fall-of-alchemy/reviews/161206)
47. Enemy Zero (http://www.gamefaqs.com/SAT/197228-enemy-zero/reviews/161248)
48. Rule of Rose (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/930042-rule-of-rose/reviews/161299)
49. The Last Blade 2: Heart of the Samurai (http://www.gamefaqs.com/DC/524168-the-last-blade-2-heart-of-the-samurai/reviews/161198)
50. Dark Souls (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS3/606312-dark-souls/reviews/161386)
51. Haunting Ground (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS2/924655-haunting-ground/reviews/161458)
52. Tales of Zestiria (http://www.gamefaqs.com/PS4/168513-tales-of-zestiria/reviews/161466)
Reviews in purple are for games that I have already played (and reviewed) years ago, but felt like revisiting for a change of scenery.
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GAME 29 - Fallout 4 (PC) - 96 hours FINISHED
As for being my big game of the year I was craving, the game mostly panned out. There are a lot of improvements and additions that I really love that make for a way better experience. On the other hand, things like the bad AI, the more simplified dialog system, and absolutely zero improvements to the inventory/trade menu's, puts a slight damper on the experience, but overall I really liked it. Of course with a game like this, it still has tons of replay value that I can wait to experience.
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GAME 30 - Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 (PC) - 7 Hours Playing
This was sort of a random buy, I kinda just wanted something goofy and really Japanese and this is very much that and overall it's not a bad RPG. On the other hand, I can really tell how much of a grinding nightmare this game likely is. New areas come quick with a tough boss in each one, but going through the area killing everything will not level you up even close, meaning you have to spend a long while grinding things out. Not sure if I'll keep playing or not as there's not enough between boss fights to really make it feel like the grinding was worth it. Might just end up being a back burner game I play every so often when I need a break from other games.
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I had seen threads for beaten games, but just "played" games is a great idea too! Especially since a lot of older games don't really have an end. I'll split my list into 2:
Beaten:
??/?? - Super Smash Brothers (3DS/Wii U) (I'm going to consider that unlocking all characters and clearing all game modes is beating it...? Unlocking all trophies and challenges would be 100%-ing it.)
01/?? - Hyrule Warriors (Wii U)
02/15 - The Legend of Zelda (3DS virtual console)
02/22 - Link's Awakening (GB)
03/14 - Minish Cap (3DS virtual console)
03/28 - Super Mario 3D World (Wii U)
03/?? - Mousecraft (PS4)
04/24 - Persona 4: Golden (Vita)
04/26 - Tearaway (Vita)
05/24 - Touch My Katamari (Vita)
06/13 - The Playroom (PS4)
06/22 - Splatoon (Wii U)
06/29 - Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (DS)
06/29 - Book of Spells (PS3)
07/15 - Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition (PS4)
10/17 - Pokémon: Alpha Sapphire (3DS)
10/27 - Costume Quest 2 (PS4)
11/28 - Sword Art Online: Lost Song (Vita)
Total beaten/played: 18/41
Just beat Sword Art Online Lost Song yesterday! I'm going to go for a 100% completion on it though, so it's most probably my last completed game of the year.
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One game away and I've reached the coveted 52 games! We need to do this again next year, it's really motivated me to work on my backlog :)
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One game away and I've reached the coveted 52 games! We need to do this again next year, it's really motivated me to work on my backlog :)
I am already planning on it next year. Probably with monthly check-in's/discussions? I'm also going to try to do quarterly VGC playthroughs of a few games so we can all discuss them, so everyone should keep an eye out.
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Yeah, this was fun. I look forward to 2016's!
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I loved the challenge this year and gave the motivation to 100% some of the games I have, just wish I had more time to play em'! There's always next year and I plan to do better.
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I might try and do more old games for next year just to see if I can get the challenge. I mostly made mine about newer games, but I think I'll go abit more lax this year, especially since there are a couple games I've been meaning to beat for awhile.
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1. Shovel Knight (Steam) Beat Main Quest Completed. Achievement Progress 80% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/appid/250760/achievements)
2. The Walking Dead Season 2 (PS4) Completed Another amazing Telltale game. Just wish I played the first game in the series.
3. Mega Man 2 (NES) Completed Glad to finally get this one of my chest.
4. Sonic Riders (GameCube) Beat This game is terrible don't play it.
5. Metal Torrent (DSi Ware) Beat Metal Torrent is a VERY short shooter with 8 phases lasting 3 minutes each.
6. The Playroom (PS4) Completed Very enjoyable game that needs more content. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2166-THE-PLAYROOM/DaRetroOne)
7. Super Exploding Zoo (PSN) Completed Very fun puzzle game that can be completed in a few hours. First Platinum! Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3605-Super-Exploding-Zoo/DaRetroOne)
8. Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition (PS4) Completed Simply put, it's Minecraft. Very fun and addictive. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2863-Minecraft/DaRetroOne)
9. Altered Beast (Genesis) Beat The Arcade version was better.
10. Altered Beast (Arcade) Beat WAY better than the Genesis version although the ending was a disappointment.
11. MouseCraft (PSN) Completed Just another mediocre puzzle game. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2717-MouseCraft/DaRetroOne)
12. Rocket League (PSN) Completed Man this game is simply amazing, truly a blast to play. Trophy Progress 100% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3679-Rocket-League/DaRetroOne)
13. Little Nemo: The Dream Master (NES) Beat Don't underestimate this game. That final boss is close to impossible.
14. Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (PSN) Beat Still need to beat those challenges. Trophy Progress 70% (http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3238-Lara-Croft-and-the-Temple-of-Osiris/DaRetroOne)
15. Castle Crashers (Steam) Completed It's quite the 'Behemoth' of a game. Achievement Progress 100% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/204360/achievements/)
16. Power Rangers S.P.D (GBA) Completed Completed in less than 2 hours without dying once!
17. Murder Miners (Steam) Completed This game is too much fun. Achievement Progress 100% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/appid/274900/achievements)
18. Portal (Steam) Beat Even though the game is short, it one heck of a ride. Achievement Progress 73% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/Portal?tab=achievements)
19. SpeedRunners (Steam) Completed Looking for a break from Rocket League? Here's your fix. Achievement Progress 100% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/appid/207140/achievements)
20. Orborun (Steam) Completed Your typical mediocre Super Monkey Ball clone (No achievements here!)
21. Portal 2 (Steam) Completed Definitely one of my favorite games of all time that I missed out on when it first came out. Achievement Progress 100% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/Portal2)
22. Freedom Planet (Steam) Beat An amazing platformer that rivals my love for Shovel Knight. Achievement Progress 54% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/appid/248310?tab=achievements)
23. Bad Rats (Steam) Beat I've spent more time in this game than a normal person should... help. Achievement Progress 85% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/BadRats?tab=achievements)
24. The Plan (Steam) Completed It was cool for five minutes. Achievement Progress 100% (http://steamcommunity.com/id/RetroOne/stats/250600/achievements/)
*Added The Plan (Steam)
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Bolded games are games I beat. Everything else are games that I played for some amount of time, at least a few hours.
1) Mortal Kombat X (Xbone)
2) Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Xbone)
3) Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (PS4)
4) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4)
5) Fallout: New Vegas (PC)
6) Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast and Furious (Xbone)
7) Saints Row: Gat out of Hell (Xbone)
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9) Dragon Age: Inquisition (Xbone)
10) SteamWorldDig (PS4)
11) SteamWorldDig (Wii U)
12) Shovel Knight and Plague of Shadows (Wii U) (Do these count as separate games?)
13) The Fall (Wii U)
14) Super Metroid (Wii U Virtual Console)
15) Maximum Carnage (SNES)
16) Separation Anxiety (SNES)
17) Power Rangers the Movie (SNES)
18) EarthBound (Wii U Virtual Console) [Technically I did most of the game last year, but did the final section of the game this year]
19) Her Story (PC)
20) Fallout 4 (Xbone)
21) Adventures of Pip (Wii U)
22) CounterSpy (PS4)
23) Ittle Dew (Wii U)
24) Fallout 3 (360)
25) Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Wii U)
26) Minecraft (Xbone)
27) Keep Talking and nobody explodes (PC)
28) Super Mario Maker (Wii U)
29) Fallout New Vegas (360)
30) Mario Party 10 (Wii U)
31) Goat Simulator (Xbone)
32) Lara Croft Go (Android)
33) Hitman Sniper (Android)
34) Pushmo World (Wii U)
35) Catlateral Damage (OUYA/Steam)
36) Fallout Shelter (Android)
37) Rocket League (PS4)
38) Rare Replay (Xbone)
39) Tom and Jerry (Genesis)
40) Pokemon Shuffle (3DS)
41) Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS)
42) Forza Horizon Presents Fast and Furious (360)
43) Grow Home (PS4)
44) Project Spark (Xbone)
45) Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (Xbone)
46) Forza Horizon 2 (Xbone)
47) Pneuma: Breath of Life (Xbone)
48) Dying Light (Xbone)
49) Middle-earth Shadow of Mordor (Xbone)
50) Splatoon (Wii U)
51) NintendoLand (Wii U)
52) Rise of the Tomb Raider (Xbone)
Dishonorable mention: Need For Speed beta. I spent a whole weekend playing this game, it wasn't that bad, but I'm still bitter about not being able to pause the game even in solo/not online mode.
I'm slowly remembering which games I've played and beaten this year.
I guess The Rise of the Tomb Raider will probably be my 52.
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Done!
1. Grand Theft Auto 5 - PS3
2. The Misadventures of Tron Bonne - PS1
3. Minecraft - PS3
4. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F - PS3
5. Warpath: Jurassic Park - PS1
6. Tall Infinity - PS1
7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time - SNES
8. Final Fight 3 - SNES:
9. Phalanx - SNES
10. Sin and Punishment - N64
11. Jikkyou Ishaberi Parodius - Super Famicom
12. Castlevania Dracula X - SNES
13. Virtua Fighter - 32X
14. Super Mario World 3D - Wii U
15. Guilty Gear XRD -SEED- - PS3
16. Star Wars: Dark Forces - PC
17. Time Killers - Genesis
18. Custer's Revenge - Atari 2600
19. Virtual Bart - SNES
20. Burnout 3 Takedown - PS2
21. Motorstorm: Arctic Edge - PS2
22. Sega Classics Collection - PS2
23. Star Wars Demolition - Dreamcast
24. Quake III Arena - Dreamcast
25. Virtua Fighter 2 - Saturn
26. Street Fighter: The Movie - PS1
27. Star Fox Assault - Gamecube
28. Front Mission 3 - PS1
29. Parappa the Rapper - PS1
30. Gitaroo Man - PS2
31. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Genesis:
32. Pokemon Omega Ruby - 3DS
33. Panzer Dragoon - Saturn
34. Marvel vs Capcom 2 - PS2
35. Super Smash Bros. on Wii U - Wii U
36. Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams - XBOX
37. Mirrors Edge - PS3
38. Star Gladiator - PS1
39. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 - PS2
40. Persona 4: Dancing All Night - Vita
41. Star Wars Battlefront (Beta) - PC
42. Border Down - Dreamcast
43. Gun Nac - NES
44. Superman 64 -N64
45. Claymore: Gingan no Majo - DS
46. Alien vs Predator - Arcade
47. The Simpsons - Arcade
48. Yoshi's Yarn World - Wii U
49. Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival - Wii U
50. Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth - N64
51. Seaman - Dreamcast
52. Black Mesa - PC
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Congratulations! Welcome to the 52 Games Club.
You can give your luggage to the bellhop and enjoy all of the club's finest features. We have a pool, a lounge, a business center with Wi-Fi and a bar.
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Already started a new game that I likely won't beat until 2016. It'll maybe be my first games beat of the new year, and it's definitely a worthy #1.
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Had quite a long flight twice this week so I beat shovel knight in two sittings!
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In Ctracy's style, bolding games I beat and leaving the games I dabbled in in normal font. I at least got to my goal of beating half of 52 games! Didn't even come close to playing 52 though :-[
1. Chrono Cross (PS1)
2. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (GC)
3. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GC)
4. Silent Hill (PS1)
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (PS3)
6. ICO (PS3)
7. Call of Duty: Modern Warefare 3 (PS3)
8. BioShock (PS3)
9. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1)
10. BioShock Infinite (PS3)
11. Batman: Arkham City (PS3)
12: Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (DS)
13: Silent Hill 3 (PS2)
14: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (PS3)
15: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (GC)
16: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor (XBOne)
17: Super Smash Bros. Melee (GC)
18: Mega Man 2 (PS2)
19: Mega Man 3 (PS2)
20: Suikoden II (PS3)
21: Ace Combat 2 (PS1)
22: Far Cry 3 (PS3)
23: Super Mario Sunshine (GC)
24: Earthbound (SNES)
25. Metroid Prime (GC)
26. Mega Man X4 (PS1)
27. Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War (PS2)
28. Suikoden (PS1)
29. Ace Combat Infinity (PS3)
30. Resident Evil 5 (PS3)
31. Secret of Mana (SNES)
32. Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (GC)
33. Xenoblade Chronicles 3D (3DS)
34. Lethal Enforcers (SNES)
35. Call of Duty: Black Ops III (XBOne)
36. Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
37. Goof Troop (SNES)
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Telly,
How long did Chrono Cross take you? Also should I have played Chrono Trigger first to appreciate it? I have it on my backlog and I'm deciding between that and Suikoden 2 to ring in the new year with my first RPG.
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I don't have my game save in front of me at the moment, but from what I recall, I believe it was around 40 hours. Certainly there's a lot of extra stuff/ characters that you can go for that I didn't try to get. So it may take you longer or shorter if you try to get all 45 characters, get all the best weapons, etc.
As for needing to play Chrono Trigger first, it's really hard to answer, but Chrono Cross is only loosely related to the events of the first game, so I would say that you would probably be fine. :) I just watched the main cutscenes and other parts that I remember relating the two games; and I don't think it will affect your enjoyment too much. During the story they just refer to the events of the Chrono Trigger in relating to how things have changed now; they also explain the story of CT through side-exposition.
Does anyone else want to chime in who's beaten the game?
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My Chrono Cross file took me about 40 hours. With dabbling in New Game Plus stuff, it took me 60. There's a lot of extra stuff you can do, but the game can be done with the best ending in 30 to 40 hours. However, I highly recommend playing Chrono Trigger first because you'll appreciate Cross much more. Also, Chrono Trigger is a fantastic game with some of the best pacing I've ever seen in an RPG. You can finish the game in about 20 hours and still do a bunch of side quests.
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Yeah, it's probably best to play Chrono Trigger first, because it is such a great game, and it will stem a better appreciation for Cross. But I think you could play Chrono Cross first too and not miss out on much :) Chrono Cross was never developed as a "direct" sequel to Chrono Trigger, so the games are pretty separated.
From Masato Kato (Wrote both of the games)
"Accordingly, Chrono Cross is not Chrono Trigger 2. It doesn't simply follow on from Trigger, but is another, different Chrono that interlaces with Trigger."
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Also, if you want to get really fancy, you can check out Radical Dreamers. It's only available via emulation and such, but it acts as a segue from Trigger to Cross.
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Beaten:
??/?? - Super Smash Brothers (3DS/Wii U) (I'm going to consider that unlocking all characters and clearing all game modes is beating it...? Unlocking all trophies and challenges would be 100%-ing it.)
01/?? - Hyrule Warriors (Wii U)
02/15 - The Legend of Zelda (3DS virtual console)
02/22 - Link's Awakening (GB)
03/14 - Minish Cap (3DS virtual console)
03/28 - Super Mario 3D World (Wii U)
03/?? - Mousecraft (PS4)
04/24 - Persona 4: Golden (Vita)
04/26 - Tearaway (Vita)
05/24 - Touch My Katamari (Vita)
06/13 - The Playroom (PS4)
06/22 - Splatoon (Wii U)
06/29 - Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (DS)
06/29 - Book of Spells (PS3)
07/15 - Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition (PS4)
10/17 - Pokémon: Alpha Sapphire (3DS)
10/27 - Costume Quest 2 (PS4)
11/01 - Tearaway Unfolded (PS4)
11/28 - Sword Art Online: Lost Song (Vita)
12/27 - Eternal Sonata (PS3)
12/27 - Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (DS)
Updated my list; I'm now sitting at 21 completed games this year, which is way better than anything I've ever done! I'm pretty proud of how it went :) And I still got 3 days to try and beat another one :P
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Everyone get ready to gear it up for next year! I'm hoping next year will be even better than this!
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Everyone get ready to gear it up for next year! I'm hoping next year will be even better than this!
I wasn't really active on the forum most of this year, but I intend on tracking this better next year. I'm sure there are a bunch of games I played this year that I don't remember playing/beating.
I've got quite the stack of backlog that I plan to burn through next year. I'm piling up the queue and once I finish Rise of the Tomb Raider, I'll dig into it. I expect Rise of the Tomb Raider will be the first title I beat next year. I doubt I'll beat it before Friday.
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I started a couple of games after Christmas, so I'm sure I'll be off to a solid start by the time the New Year arrives.
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I beat Eternal Sonata with my brother 2 days ago, and then I beat Professor Layton and the Unwound Future. I just beat the story to Persona 4: Dancing All Night. I'm on a roll, so I'm going to go for Fat Princess Adventures tonight too 8)
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Man, looking at all these lists puts me to shame AND gets me pumped for 2016!
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Man, looking at all these lists puts me to shame AND gets me pumped for 2016!
Amen brother!
I'm in the middle of a game I will surely beat sometime early on in 2016, and have at least 3 other shorter games that I want to play that I'm holding off until after the new year to play.
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Updated my list on page 1.
I played 72 games total in 2015. My list is complete with my thoughts on the games.
Completed 9 of them. Several are not "beatable" in the typical sense (Dr. Mario, Etc.)
I should probably make it a goal for 2016 to play fewer games and complete more of the ones I do play. :)