2018 Backlog Blitz - Work but don’t forget to live

March Update

Master Post

Backloggery

Bought in March -

Final Horizon (VITA) - 12/3
Alone With You (PS4) - 26/3


Beat in March -

Nihilumbra (VITA) - 1/3
Stuntman (PS2) - 2/3
Dead Space 3 (& Awakened) (PS3) - 8/3
Arcade Game Series: Ms.Pac-Man (PS4) - 9/3
Final Horizon (VITA) - 18/3
Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3) - 22/3
Arcade Game Series: Pac-Man (PS4) - 23/3
Championship Manager 06 (PSP) - 25/3
Lost: Via Domus (PS3) - 26/3

Monthly score +8

Total Score: +17

More PS+ games and 10+ year old veterans of the backlog. Arkham Asylum is really good and I'll get started on City and Origins pretty soon. April will be slower as I've just restarted Atelier Totori again.

Big G said:

February Update:

Finished up the last few games lingering from last year. Had a lot of fun playing Nioh, but called it quits after finishing all of the main story missions (the post-game stuff felt very grind-y). Blew through Yakuza Kiwami next; not as good as 0, for sure, but still a great time overall. Will probably jump ahead to Yakuza 6 at some point later in the year. Celeste has been my lunchtime game that I've been plugging away at this month, but I may try to beat it this weekend as I feel like I'm getting close to the end. Between that and Splatoon 2, I've been ignoring Skyrim a bit...need to get back to that. And finally, I broke out the SNES Classic and did my long-overdue replay of LTTP.

Going to be starting my first ever Final Fantasy game soon...yay!

Bought (-1):

1. Celeste (Switch)

Beaten (+3):

1. Nioh (PS4)
2. Yakuza Kiwami (PS4)
3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES Classic)

Currently Playing:

1. Celeste (Switch)
2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Switch)

Backlog Priorities:

1. Final Fantasy XV (PS4)
2. Super Mario World (SNES Classic)
3. Thief: Deadly Shadows (PC)
4. Donkey Kong Country (SNES Classic)
5. Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U)

Bought in 2018: 8
Beat in 2018: 5
Current Score: -3

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March Update:

Didn't play a whole lot this month as I was on vacation for part of it, but did finish a couple games. Beat Celeste (which was great), and replayed most of the levels to find secrets before eventually burning out on it; this one strawberry just broke me.

Just finished my first Final Fantasy game, so I'm off the schneid in that regard. It was good, but I'm not sure yet if I'm going to go back to it and do more side content. After the hard-left turn the game makes with the second half of the story, I feel like I've lost too much interest in jumping back into that world.

And then there's Skyrim, which I keep picking at little by little. I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to go with it, because the bugginess is really interfering with my ability to have fun with the game. I really do need to go a bit further down the main quest path before deciding one way or the other, though; I do owe it at least that.

Back to the SNES Classic for a bit in the meantime. As for what's coming up later in the month, God of War is the first big new game of 2018 that I'm really excited for. It's been a pretty quiet year so far otherwise, although I do want to check out Monster Hunter and Far Cry.

Bought (0):

Beaten (+2):

1. Celeste (Switch)
2. Final Fantasy XV (PS4)

Currently Playing:

1. Super Mario World (SNES Classic)
2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Switch)

Backlog Priorities:

1. Thief: Deadly Shadows (PC)
2. Donkey Kong Country (SNES Classic)
3. Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U)
4. Halo 2 (XBO)
5. Halo 3 (XBO)

Bought in 2018: 8
Beat in 2018: 7
Current Score: -1

<< from APRIL to MAY >>

• 03/04/18: Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin (PS4) beaten.
• 08/05/18: Nioh: Complete Edition (PS4) purchased.
• 16/05/18: Risk of Rain (PC) purchased.

Purchased in 2018: -8
• Prey (PC)
• Final Fantasy XIII (PC)
• Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PC)
• Monster Hunter World (PS4)
• Dragon Ball FighterZ (PS4)
• Farpoint (PSVR)
• DJMAX Respect (PS4)
• Nioh: Complete Edition (PS4)
• Risk of Rain (PC)

Beaten in 2018: +7
• Gravity Rush 2 (PS4)
• Superhot VR (PSVR)
• Arizona Sunshine (PSVR)
• Wipeout Omega Collection (PS4)
• Monster Hunter World (PS4)
• Dragon Ball FighterZ (PS4)
• Rez Infinite (PSVR)
• Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin (PS4)

Removed in 2018: +2
• Legend of Grimrock (PC)
• Darkest Dungeon (Vita)

Total: +1

Currently Playing:
• Destiny 2: Season Pass (PS4) (DLC)
• Nioh: Complete Edition (PS4)

On Hold:
• DJMAX Respect (PS4)
• Final Fantasy XIII (PC)
• Farpoint (PSVR)
• [+] Until Dawn (PS4)
• Thumper (PC)

Abandoned in 2018:
• • •

March update

At least I'm not buying anything, I guess?


Games acquired: 0

Games completed: +1

• Shadowgrounds (PC)

January total: +1
February total: +2
March total: +1

2018 running total: +4


Recently playing

Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
Super Mario Odyssey

gaiages said:

March Update
New Game Total - -3
Beat Games Total - +8
March 2018 Backlog Blitz Total: +8 -3 = +5

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Time to beat a bunch more games :p I'm only two beat games away from being under 20% unbeat on Backloggery :)

April Update

New Games (-):
Code: Realize ~Bouquet of Rainbows~
God of War
New Game Total - -2

Beat Games (+):
Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ignis
Code: Realize ~Bouquet of Rainbows~
Beat Games Total - +2

Removed Games (Net 0)
Grand Theft Auto V
Tokyo Mirage Sessions: #FE
Removed Games Total - 2

April 2018 Backlog Blitz Total: +2 -2 = 0

Backlog Notes:
I've sold off my Xbox One S, but not the games that go with it, except GTAV. They've been "removed" from my backlog in the sense that I moved them to the wishlist in my Backloggery, but I'm not deleting them entirely. When I get an X, I'll add them back in, but I won't be doing anything numbers wise.
Humble Bundle - I got the Sony Humble Bundle, but I honestly only wanted two games. Of the two, Valkyria Chronicles is just a move from Steam to PS4, while I don't know if I actually PLAN on playing Mega Man Anniversary Collection. So I don't add anything :D
Puyo Puyo Tetris (Steam) - double dip.

Not much to update as I've sunk a lot of time in one game and have been playing games that don't count (i.e. GwG and Gamepass games)

Last Post:
https://www.resetera.com/posts/5866694/

Beaten: (+1)
Horizon Zero Dawn (and DLC)

Bought: (0)

Score to date: (+10)

Stronginthearm said:

Joining in! I hope to beat more than I did last year (which was ten).

Beaten (0):

Purchased (1):

Mario Kart 7 (3DS)

Total Score: -1

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Beaten (2):

Picross e8
Mario Kart 7

Purchased (3):

Picross e8
Mario Kart 7
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes

Total Score: -1

Currently working on Dragon Quest VIII on the 3DS. I fell of making any progress due to a death in the family but at least I didn't buy much, which is better than last year.

A +4 month, which I'm pretty happy with. I imported God of War from the UK because the Limited Edition was completely sold out in NZ, so my initial plan was to finish as much of Yakuza 6 as I could before it arrived. Turns out it's probably the easiest plat in the Yakuza series and wrapping up every mini-game doesn't take too long, so I ended up beating it with plenty of time to spare and God of War still hasn't arrived. Great game though, a fitting end to Kiryu's story. Other highlights include Killzone: Mercenary (been sitting in my backlog for like three years, great handheld FPS), Minit (one of my favourite games so far this year) and SoulCalibur 2 HD (as good as I remember it but completely ruined my thumb on the Dual Shock 3's hard old dpad).

April Update

Backloggery
January Update (+1)
February Update (+0)
March Update (+6)

Currently Playing:

• Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (PS3)

April Bought:

1. Thimbleweed Park (PS4) - 01/04/18
2. Minit (PS4) - 10/04/18
3. Chaos on Deponia (PS4) - 12/04/18
4. Yakuza 6 (PS4) - 17/04/18
5. Crystal Defenders (PS3) - 27/04/18

April Beaten:

1. Thimbleweed Park (PS4) - 03/04/18
2. Minit (PS4) - 10/04/18
3. Chaos on Deponia (PS4) - 15/04/18
4. Killzone: Mercenary (PSV) - 21/04/18
5. Yakuza 6 (PS4) - 25/04/18
6. Sleeping Dogs - Year of the Snake (PS3) - 26/04/18
7. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - The Legend of Dead Kel + Teeth of Naros (PS3) - 27/04/18
8. Crystal Defenders (PS3) - 29/04/18
9. SoulCalibur II HD Online (PS3) - 30/04/18

Bought in April 2018: -5
Beaten in April 2018: +9

Bought in 2018: -11-5 = -16
Beaten in 2018: +18+9 = +27
Score: +11

Made a little more progress. I had a decent amount of time to play games in the first half of the month, but work really picked up over the past two weeks. Currently working on God of War and Final Fantasy XV

4/30/2018 Update
https://www.backloggery.com/boheme_lane

Bought in 2018: -12
Beat in 2018: +22
Current Score: +10

Bought:
January (-1)
February (-5)
March (-4)
April (-2)

• Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition
• God of War (2018)

Beat:
January (+9)
February (+5)
March (+4)
April (+4)

• Assassin's Creed Origins: The Curse of the Pharoahs
• Celeste (2018)
• Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King
• Final Fantasy XIII-2

Currently Playing:

• God of War (2018)
• Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition

April Update

It's been a crazy month in my life, I had a very limited time for gaming. Managed to beat few games, so still in plus.

Bought in April
Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition
Emily is Away Too
Dead Island: Definitive Edition
God of War
Fifa 18

Total in 2018: -18

Beaten in April
Emily is Away Too
Assassin's Creed II (The Ezio Collection)
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (The Ezio Collection)

Total in 2018: +25

2018 Backlog Blitz Current Score: +7

2018 Backlog Blitz main post
52 Games. 1 Year. 2018 post

Big G said:

March Update:

Didn't play a whole lot this month as I was on vacation for part of it, but did finish a couple games. Beat Celeste (which was great), and replayed most of the levels to find secrets before eventually burning out on it; this one strawberry just broke me.

Just finished my first Final Fantasy game, so I'm off the schneid in that regard. It was good, but I'm not sure yet if I'm going to go back to it and do more side content. After the hard-left turn the game makes with the second half of the story, I feel like I've lost too much interest in jumping back into that world.

And then there's Skyrim, which I keep picking at little by little. I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to go with it, because the bugginess is really interfering with my ability to have fun with the game. I really do need to go a bit further down the main quest path before deciding one way or the other, though; I do owe it at least that.

Back to the SNES Classic for a bit in the meantime. As for what's coming up later in the month, God of War is the first big new game of 2018 that I'm really excited for. It's been a pretty quiet year so far otherwise, although I do want to check out Monster Hunter and Far Cry.

Bought (0):

Beaten (+2):

1. Celeste (Switch)
2. Final Fantasy XV (PS4)

Currently Playing:

1. Super Mario World (SNES Classic)
2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Switch)

Backlog Priorities:

1. Thief: Deadly Shadows (PC)
2. Donkey Kong Country (SNES Classic)
3. Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U)
4. Halo 2 (XBO)
5. Halo 3 (XBO)

Bought in 2018: 8
Beat in 2018: 7
Current Score: -1

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April Update:

Another busy month where I didn't get a ton of time to play as much as I wanted. Did the entirety of SMW for the first time, which I'm happy about. And I'm very absorbed in God of War at the moment; it has the feel of a game that I want to 100% complete.

Also got a great deal on an Xbox One X over the weekend, which included Assassin's Creed as part of the bundle. Normally I wouldn't count this towards my backlog as I've been off the AC bandwagon since III and really just wanted the deal, but Origins is a game I've thought about wanting to play eventually. Far Cry 5 and Monster Hunter: World will probably be first up for the X.

Haven't touched Skyrim in a while, been mostly been using the Switch for Rocket League. Have some long flights this week, though, so I'm going to try and get back into it.

And finally, I moved Xenoblade Chronicles X down the backlog priorities for now. It was one of my goals for 2018, but I don't think it's going to happen. I've already played too many big 50+ hour games so far this year, but I see several more big games coming up in my near future, and Xenoblade is just going to be too much. Rather than getting burned out on big open-world games again, I think I'm going to chip away at my Halo backlog and SNES Classic games instead.

Bought (-2):

1. God of War (PS4)
2. Assassin's Creed Origins (XBO)

Beaten (+1):

1. Super Mario World (SNES Classic)

Currently Playing:

1. God of War (PS4)
2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Switch)

Backlog Priorities:

1. Thief: Deadly Shadows (PC)
2. Donkey Kong Country (SNES Classic)
3. Halo 2 (XBO)
4. Halo 3 (XBO)
5. Halo 3: ODST (XBO)

Bought in 2018: 10
Beat in 2018: 8
Current Score: -2

April Update!

Q1
January: +22
February: +13
March: +9


April: +15
It has been a bad month (even if the stats might say otherwise) and it has taken its toll on me. Bad things have happened in my life, I am quite sick and a couple of days ago I just broke down and realised I have no motivation at all to play most of my backlog games, or almost any game at all.
Meaning this will probably be the last month for quite some time where I make this much progress with backlog stuff, at least in beaten games. I am gonna spend my game time with longer games I am familiar with and those will take me hundreds of hours each to feel "done" with. So even if I don't actually beat many more games I will have made a huge progress in the backlog, in a way.
Hopefully I don't go and impulse buy anything that I won't be playing, so numbers should still be in the green for the rest of the year.

Bought: -4



Finished: +19



2018 Total Score: +59

Backloggery
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I'm fighting back!

April Update:

Backloggery

Bought in April: 7
Finished in April: 13
Current Score: -5

Finished:
Thimbleweed Park (100%)
Midnight Deluxe (100%)
Xblaze Code:Embryo (100%)
Year Walk
Crayon Physics Deluxe
Finding Teddy (100%)
The Room Three (100%)
Samorost 2
AER - Memories of Old (100%)
Guardians of the Galaxy (100%)
Goosebumps: The Game (100%)
The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (100%)
The Witness (100%)

This month I finally completed some games I had started years ago and abandoned.
Highlight: Finally completing the challenge in The Witness (\o/)

gaiages said:

April Update
New Game Total - -2
Beat Games Total - +2
April 2018 Backlog Blitz Total: +2 -2 = 0

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Pretty much a wash of a month for April. I mainly played multiplayer games that I've already beaten with Monster Hunter World and Splatoon 2. I haven't decided if May will be the same yet, we'll see. :p

May Update

New Games (-):
Fortune-499
The Council: Episode 1
The Council: Episode 2
Omensight
Nepenthe
New Game Total - -5

Beat Games (+):
Fortune-499
The Council: Episode 1
The Council: Episode 2
Omensight
God of War
The Banner Saga
Nepenthe
Beat Games Total - +7

Removed Games (Net 0)
Watch Dogs
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
Removed Games Total - 2

May 2018 Backlog Blitz Total: +7 -5 = +2

Backlog Notes:
:o

backloggery | previous post

April (+1)

Bought
none

Beat
04 - Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God

YTD
Bought: 14
Beat: 7
Score: -7

Notes
100%-ing games is time-consuming! May will be more interesting, especially since I'm almost done with this.

Update:

Bought
#12 God of War

Beat:
#19 Rusty Lake: Roots (PC)
#20 God of War (PS4)
#21 Star Wars Battlefront 2 (PS4)
#22 Planescape Torment: Enhanced Edition (PC)

Now at +10 points, whoho.

Dragon Quest Builders +1

Yeah that's the only game I bought this year that I beat, me thinks

Bought:
Mario Kart 7
Picross e8
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
Etrian Odyssey Untold

Beat:
Mario Kart 7
Picross e8

total: -2

Currently playing Etrian Odyssey Untold, next up will be Dragon Quest VIII (at abbey), Lunar: Silver Star Harmony (flew in an airship) and Bravely Default.

Finally a good price for Tyranny and all DLCs (25€ @gog.com with 4€ wallet payback).
That makes three more games bought this year, but I am still at +7 :)

April update

Oh, oops, I forgot to post last month's update. Well, not much changed. I think the best I can hope for is to get an average of +1 per month this year.


Games acquired: 0

Games completed: +1

• Vessel (PC)

January total: +1
February total: +2
March total: +1
April total: +1

2018 running total: +5


Recently playing

Splatoon 2
Super Mario Odyssey

First off, heres my last post: https://www.resetera.com/posts/5077280/

So, I haven't updated in a while and I've been pretty bad lately. PUBG get most of my gaming time, but I'm finally going to mark it as "beaten" since I have like 250 hours in and it's playtime is dwindling since the kids are about out of school.

Fake Edit: Now that I looked back and got this all typed up, I guess I had an OK couple months, actually. Praise be:


So...
2018 Totals: -2

Beat: +15
Bought: -17

Beat: +9

6/22: Call of Duty Infinite Warfare - Liked it a lot! Most fun I've had with CoD since BLOPS 1
6/5: I, Zombie
6/5: Blaster Master Zero
5/29: PUBG (PC/xbox/mobile... yeah, I went all in on this game)
5/28: Golf Story - about 25 hours. Loved this game!!!
5/22: Super Bomberman R (Switch)... 5 ish hours.
5/19: Dragon Quest Builders (Switch) Excellent game! - about 40 hours
5/3: Rory McIlroy PGA Tour - Won the FedEx Cup - 16 hours
3/27: Just Cause 3 - 38 hours. Fun!


Bought: -3
5/29: Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection (Switch)
4/25: Wonderboy: The Dragon's Trap (Switch)
4/11: Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Switch)

Update since last post: https://www.resetera.com/posts/6941962/

Beat (+2):
God of War (platinum)
Wolfenstein II (including all DLC)

Removed from backlog (+1):
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock

Bought (0):
Nothing bought

Total score to date (+13)

God of War took a lot of time, also played a couple of "free games" from GwG/Gamepass that don't count towards scoring.

Completely dropping the Battlestar Galactica game as it's way too tedious and there is zero fun in it for me.

Big G said:

April Update:

Another busy month where I didn't get a ton of time to play as much as I wanted. Did the entirety of SMW for the first time, which I'm happy about. And I'm very absorbed in God of War at the moment; it has the feel of a game that I want to 100% complete.

Also got a great deal on an Xbox One X over the weekend, which included Assassin's Creed as part of the bundle. Normally I wouldn't count this towards my backlog as I've been off the AC bandwagon since III and really just wanted the deal, but Origins is a game I've thought about wanting to play eventually. Far Cry 5 and Monster Hunter: World will probably be first up for the X.

Haven't touched Skyrim in a while, been mostly been using the Switch for Rocket League. Have some long flights this week, though, so I'm going to try and get back into it.

And finally, I moved Xenoblade Chronicles X down the backlog priorities for now. It was one of my goals for 2018, but I don't think it's going to happen. I've already played too many big 50+ hour games so far this year, but I see several more big games coming up in my near future, and Xenoblade is just going to be too much. Rather than getting burned out on big open-world games again, I think I'm going to chip away at my Halo backlog and SNES Classic games instead.

Bought (-2):

1. God of War (PS4)
2. Assassin's Creed Origins (XBO)

Beaten (+1):

1. Super Mario World (SNES Classic)

Currently Playing:

1. God of War (PS4)
2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Switch)

Backlog Priorities:

1. Thief: Deadly Shadows (PC)
2. Donkey Kong Country (SNES Classic)
3. Halo 2 (XBO)
4. Halo 3 (XBO)
5. Halo 3: ODST (XBO)

Bought in 2018: 10
Beat in 2018: 8
Current Score: -2

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May Update:

Spent the majority of this month focusing on newer games, and breaking in my Xbox One X. 100%'d God of War, and nearly did the same with Far Cry.

A few hours into Monster Hunter. This is likely going to be my June game. Also finally starting to get into a groove with Skyrim, and making a bit more progress.

Bought (-2):

1. Far Cry 5 (XBO)
2. Monster Hunter: World (XBO)

Beaten (+2):

1. God of War (PS4)
2. Far Cry 5 (XBO)

Currently Playing:

1. Monster Hunter: World (XBO)
2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Switch)

Backlog Priorities:

1. Thief: Deadly Shadows (PC)
2. Donkey Kong Country (SNES Classic)
3. Halo 2 (XBO)
4. Halo 3 (XBO)
5. Halo 3: ODST (XBO)

Bought in 2018: 12
Beat in 2018: 10
Current Score: -2

May Update!

Q1
January: +22
February: +13
March: +9

Q2
April +15



May: +7
Funny how a month where I beat 8 games can end up with almost the same + score as a month where I beat 22 games (March). I am happy and a bit impressed by how few games I have bought this year compared to many other years. I ended 2017 on +38 despite finishing 90 games and I am currently sitting on +66 for 2018 with 89 beaten games.
There were a couple of games I wanted to get. I was really close to pressing the buy button on Detroit for example, but since I am gonna focus on the Summer Challenge (hype!) for the next couple of months it would be silly to get some other new game when I already got State of Decay 2 recently.


Bought: -1



Finished: +8



2018 Total Score: +66

Backloggery
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Another good month. My imported copy (because it was sold out here back in like January) of the God of War Special Edition arrived way too late for my liking, so I finished a few short games while I waited and then played the absolute hell out of it once it arrived. Amazing game, probably my game of the year. And then once that was done, I spent most of the rest of the month playing Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep and then Valkyria Chronicles, both because they've got sequels coming later in the year. Oh and while the Steam backlog mini-event was a bit lame because it came out of nowhere, it did make me take another look at my Steam backlog for the first time in a while. So I finished Evoland, started To The Moon and really want to get back into Divinity: Dragon Commander but my save is mid-second chapter and I have no idea what's going on.

May Update

Backloggery
January Update (+1)
February Update (+0)
March Update (+6)
April Update (+4)

Currently Playing:

• To The Moon (PC)
• Valkyria Chronicles Remastered (PS4)

May Bought (* via PS+):

1. The Walking Dead: Season 2 (PS4)* - 03/05/18
2. God of War (PS4) - 04/05/18

May Beaten:

1. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (PS3) - 02/05/18
2. Derrick the Deathfin (PS3) - 03/05/18
3. The Walking Dead: Season 2 (PS4) - 04/05/18
4. God of War (PS4) - 10/05/18
5. Braid (PS3) - 11/05/18
6. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (PS4) - 23/05/18
7. Evoland (PC) - 27/05/18

Bought in May 2018: -2
Beaten in May 2018: +7

Bought in 2018: -16-2 = -18
Beaten in 2018: +27+7 = +34
Score: +16

Bought:

1. Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
2. Picross e8 (3DS)
3. The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (3DS)
4. Soul Saber (Steam)
5. The Gate of Firmament (Steam)
6. World's Dawn (Steam)
7. Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure (Steam)
8. Graze Counter (Steam)
9. Moekuri: Adorable + Tactical SRPG (Steam)
10. Empire of Angels IV (Steam)
11. Celestian Tales: Old North (Steam)
12. Dragon Sinker (Steam)
13. Chinese Paladin: Sword and Fairy 6 (Steam)
14. Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition (Steam)
15. The Vagrant (Steam)
16. Cubicle Quest (Steam)
17. Cladun X2 (Steam)
18. Mass Effect 3 (Wii U)
19. Sanrio Picross (3DS)
20. Pokemon FireRed (GBA)
21. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (3DS)
22. Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City (NDS)
23. Mighty Switch Force 2 (3DS)
24. Radio Hammer (3DS)

Beat

1. Picross e8 (3DS)
2. Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
3. Etrian Odyssey Untold (3DS)
4. Sanrio Picross (3DS)

Score: -20

Broke even this month, so still staying at +10 for the year.

05/31/2018 Update
https://www.backloggery.com/boheme_lane

Bought in 2018: -17
Beat in 2018: +27
Current Score: +10

Bought:
January (-1)
February (-5)
March (-4)
April (-2)
May (-5)

• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
• Destiny 2 - Expansion II: Warmind
• Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017)
• Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
• PixelJunk Monsters 2

Beat:
January (+9)
February (+5)
March (+4)
April (+4)
May (+5)

• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
• Destiny 2 - Expansion II: Warmind
• God of War (2018)
• Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
• Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition

Currently Playing:

• Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017)
• PixelJunk Monsters 2
• Dark Souls III

May update

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Games acquired: 0

Games completed: 0

January total: +1
February total: +2
March total: +1
April total: +1
May total: 0

2018 running total: +5


Recently playing

Mario + Rabbids
Splatoon 2

My backlog is massive. I would like some ideas on which games to go to next, but here is a list that undoubtedly misses a lot of what there actually is.

Mass Effect 1 - Playing now
Mass Effect 2 - Xbox One
Mass Effect 3 - Xbox One
Mass Effect Andromeda - Xbox One
Red Dead Redemption - Xbox One
Metro 2033 - Xbox One
Metro Last Light - Xbox One
Metal Gear Solid 5 - Xbox One
Division - Xbox One
Witcher 3 - Xbox One
Shadows of War - Xbox One
Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag - Xbox One (Pretty far into this - But haven't played any in ages)
Assassin's Creed Unity - Xbox One
Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Xbox One
Assassin's Creed Origins - Xbox One
Resident Evil 5 - Xbox One
Resident Evil 6 - Xbox One
Resident Evil 7 - Xbox One
Borderlands: PreSequel - Xbox One
Evil Within - Xbox One
Evil Within 2 - Xbox One
Deus Ex: Mankind United - Xbox One
Gears of War 2 - Xbox One
Gears of War 3 - Xbox One
Gears of War 4 - Xbox One
Gears of War: Judgement - Xbox One
Halo 5 - Xbox One
Bioshock 1 - Xbox One
Bioshock 2 - Xbox One
Bioshock Inifnite - Xbox One
Batman: Arkham Knight - Xbox One
WatchDogs 2 - Xbox One
Prey - Xbox One
Farcry 4 - Xbox One
Farcry Primal - Xbox One
Ori and the Blind Forest - Xbox One
The Walking Dead Season 2 - Xbox One
The Wolf Among Us - Xbox One
Game of Thrones - Xbox One
Horizon - PS4
Last of Us - PS4 (Played a little but haven't played in forever)
Final Fantasy XII - PS4
Nioh - PS4
Nier - PS4
Tales of Berseria - PS4

Some suggestions of what to go to next, what games I could conceivably beat quickly, and etc would be nice. I generally don't want to play later games in a series before I beat earlier games if they relate.

Some games I recently beat in the past few months...

Cuphead
Arkham Asylum
Arkham City
Resident Evil Remake
Resident Evil 0
Resident Evil 4
Wolfenstein 2
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Tales from Borderlands
Dead Rising 4
FFXV
Guitar Hero Live
Destiny 2
Fallout 4

Corrik said:

Some suggestions of what to go to next, what games I could conceivably beat quickly, and etc would be nice. I generally don't want to play later games in a series before I beat earlier games if they relate.

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Bioshock 1-2 are some of my fav games. Not too long, especially if you are not a completionist.
Other not too long or way outdrawn experiences would be games like the Gears series and The Last of Us.
You have a couple of Telltale games. Those are super easy and relatively short.
Prey is a game I have not played yet but it seems both good and not overly long.

Spyware said:

Bioshock 1-2 are some of my fav games. Not too long, especially if you are not a completionist.
Other not too long or way outdrawn experiences would be games like the Gears series and The Last of Us.
You have a couple of Telltale games. Those are super easy and relatively short.
Prey is a game I have not played yet but it seems both good and not overly long.

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I was thinking about knocking out Resident Evil 5 next. Just to work closer to Resident Evil 7.

(I just finished Mass Effect 1 right now).

Metro series is relatively short also I think.

I will consider Bioshock. Gonna read up about a couple of these games while at work tomorrow and pick one to start shortly.

I am sort of a Completionist, but if something is ridiculous to do, I will skip it.

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May Update
New Game Total - -5
Beat Games Total - +7
May 2018 Backlog Blitz Total: +7 -5 = +2

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Not a bad month! I reviewed a lot of games, so pretty much every that was added was also beaten. I don't plan on reviewing nearly as much this month, so I should be making more actual backlog progress this month. Of course, there is the Steam Summer Sale, but tbh my Wish List there is getting a bit slim, so I probably won't buy much.

June Update

New Games (-):
The Banner Saga 2
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Artifact Adventure
Artifact Adventure Gaiden
The Shadows of Pygmalion
CrossCells
New Game Total - -8

Beat Games (+):
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion
The Banner Saga 2
Yakuza Kiwami
Beat Games Total - +4

Removed Games (Net 0)
Mercenaries Saga Chronicles (3 games)
Removed Games Total - 3

June 2018 Backlog Blitz Total: +3 -8 = -4

Backlog Notes:
:o

May Update:

Backloggery

Bought in May: 7
Finished in May: 8
Current Score: -4

Finished:
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood (100%)
Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two (100%)
Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure (100%)
Ratchet & Clank (100%)
Gorogoa (100%)
Batman: The Enemy Within (100%)
Three Fourths Home (100%)
Unravel (100%)

Highlight: Unravel was so charming!

I continued finishing games at a good pace, but I picked a few new games, so progress was minimal.

Update since Last post:https://www.resetera.com/posts/8549920/

Beat: (+4)
Undertale
Another World
Streets of Rage
PUBG (played enough to feel satisfied with the game and finally have a chicken dinner)

Bought: (-10)
Saints Row 2
Saints Row 3
SpiderMan
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Kingdom Hearts 3
REmake 2
Red Dead 2
Golf Story
Hollow Knight
Octopath Traveler

Preordered a bunch of games I've been wanting and also picked up a couple of Switch games also.
Also have spent time playing games that don't count (gamepass games or such) and DLC

Score to Date: +7

Goals to finish next from Backlog:
Hollow Knight
Rage
Kingdom Hearts 1.5
Far Cry 3

A +4 month, getting me to +20 overall, but it didn't really feel like it because most of the month was spent playing Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance. It was a bit of a slog, so I ended up taking a break from it at one point to finally finish Divinity: Dragon Commander and then try my best to keep up with all the E3 coverage. I did eventually finish Dream Drop Distance though, putting me only one short game and video away from being all caught up on KH. I also managed to finish To The Moon and The Last Express, all of which have been in my backlog for years and years, alongside Divinity: Dragon Commander.

Next month I should quickly finish Assassin's Creed: Origins and then I want to move onto Kingdom Hearts 0.2 and then Hitman (2016). With Hitman 2 coming out later this year, I've finally motivated myself to finish the first one.

June Update

Backloggery
January Update (+1)
February Update (+0)
March Update (+6)
April Update (+4)
May Update (+5)

Currently Playing:

• Assassin's Creed: Origins (PS4)

June Bought:

1. Assassin's Creed: Origins (PS4) - 22/06/18
2. The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit (PS4) - 26/06/18

June Beaten:

1. Valkyria Chronicles Remastered (PS4) - 02/06/18
2. To The Moon (PC) - 03/06/18
3. Divinity: Dragon Commander (PC) - 10/06/18
4. Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance (PS4) - 21/06/18
5. The Last Express (PC) - 25/06/18
6. The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit (PS4) - 28/06/18

Bought in June 2018: -2
Beaten in June 2018: +6

Bought in 2018: -18-2 = -20
Beaten in 2018: +34+6 = +40
Score: +20

Q1
January: +22
February: +13
March: +9

Q2
April +15
May: +7


June: -3
I MINUSED. HALP.
Steam sale happened :(


Bought: -19



Finished: +16



2018 Total Score: +63

Backloggery
52 Games Master Post

It's the last day of June, so it's time for the Q2 Backlog Blitz update!

As is always the case with me, my motivation tends to waiver for the challenge during this time of year, though the reasons are a bit different than usual. I got a new job, and also got some nice freelancing opportunities, so that ate up a lot of my free time. Also, a lot of the games I've beaten were review games, which come out as a wash in most of my stats. April was a wash at 0, and I got a small positive in May at +2. As usual I have a negative in June with the triple combo of my birthday, E3 eating up free time, and the Steam Summer sale, so that's -4. However, I've maintained a much higher average than usual with my score this year, and I'm still in the double digit positive overall:





My score now is +11, which I'm pretty proud of! As for the upcoming quarter... I may buy one or two more games in the Summer Sale, I haven't decided, but I don't see me getting anything else other than cheap sale games and Yakuza Kiwami 2 through the end of September. My financial situation isn't what it used to be, so I don't really have the means to buy a ton of games at higher prices anyway. Works out better for my wallet and my backlog! On Backloggery my unfinished games are under 20% too, so I'm chipping away at the games I have sitting around.

I haven't made much progress of my Alphabet Challenge, but it's still there for when I don't know what to play. I'm running the Summer Gaming Challenge right now, which is fun, but I've only just beat my first game for that... nine more to go haha. I'm still playing Monster Hunter with friends, but I am focusing more on the backlog now that the E3 rush of writing a billion news and opinion articles as ended.

So yeah, here's to three more months! I'll make my July post soon. :)

Picked up a few smaller games this month and gave into the Switch shadow drops at E3. Still in the positive for the year though!

06/30/2018 Update
https://www.backloggery.com/boheme_lane

Bought in 2018: -23
Beat in 2018: +30
Current Score: +7

Bought:
January (-1)
February (-5)
March (-4)
April (-2)
May (-5)
June (-6)

• Hollow Knight
• Yoku's Island Express
• Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion
• Overcooked! Special Edition
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2

Beat:
January (+9)
February (+5)
March (+4)
April (+4)
May (+5)
June (+3)

• Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017)
• Dark Souls III
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Currently Playing:

• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
• Yoku's Island Express

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Strikethroughs indicate games that count as ±0 for some reason. (Free, double-dip, not actually "beatable", etc.)

May (-4)

Bought
05 - Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
08 - Mind Zero
08 - Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Black Tiger
08 - Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Avengers
08 - Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Section Z
08 - Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Side Arms: Hyper Dyne
08 - Capcom Arcade Cabinet: The Speed Rumbler
08 - Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Legendary Wings
08 - Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Trojan
21 - Teslagrad
21 - Tembo the Badass Elephant
22 - Grow Home

Beat
14 - Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God (100%)
22 - MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death

June (+1)

Bought
24 - Strider

Beat
23 - Overcooked
26 - MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death (100%)
27 - Overcooked (The Lost Morsel)

YTD
Bought: 19
Beat: 10
Score: -9

Notes
Finally got to play Overcooked with my spouse! Super fun, but I think I'm on my own for the "three-star everything" trophy (...and VS mode probably ain't gonna happen either)

(p.s. don't plat MeiQ)

2018-09-22: Booting up my 360 for the first time in 5 years, I forgot I bought all those Capcom Arcade Cabinet games back in 2013 and never played them. Fucking yikes—but this is one of the reasons I started participating in these threads. Too much buying sure, but really not enough playing. :|

Big G said:

May Update:

Spent the majority of this month focusing on newer games, and breaking in my Xbox One X. 100%'d God of War, and nearly did the same with Far Cry.

A few hours into Monster Hunter. This is likely going to be my June game. Also finally starting to get into a groove with Skyrim, and making a bit more progress.

Bought (-2):

1. Far Cry 5 (XBO)
2. Monster Hunter: World (XBO)

Beaten (+2):

1. God of War (PS4)
2. Far Cry 5 (XBO)

Currently Playing:

1. Monster Hunter: World (XBO)
2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Switch)

Backlog Priorities:

1. Thief: Deadly Shadows (PC)
2. Donkey Kong Country (SNES Classic)
3. Halo 2 (XBO)
4. Halo 3 (XBO)
5. Halo 3: ODST (XBO)

Bought in 2018: 12
Beat in 2018: 10
Current Score: -2

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June Update:

So many big games, still, but they've all been great so I can't complain too much. Finally have been focusing on Skyrim a bit and making some serious progress. I might actually finish it this year!

Been thinking about how the rest of the year is going to shape up. There's the "Big 4" of Red Dead, Smash, Spider-Man and Hitman. I was planning to check out Vampyr and the two Yakuza games, but I feel like the Shenmue HD release might change that up a bit.

After so many new games, though, I think July-September are going to be mostly for backlog stuff. I'm just not sure which games I want to do, just yet. Picked up System Shock 2 during the Steam sale, and I'm really looking forward to finally playing that. Penciling that in as my Halloween game for now.

Bought (-2):

1. System Shock 2 (PC)
2. Hollow Knight (Switch)

Beaten (+2):

1. Monster Hunter: World (XBO)
2. Hollow Knight (Switch)

Currently Playing:

1. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Switch)

Backlog Priorities:

1. Thief: Deadly Shadows (PC)
2. Donkey Kong Country (SNES Classic)
3. System Shock 2 (PC)
4. Halo 2 (XBO)
5. Halo 3 (XBO)

Bought in 2018: 14
Beat in 2018: 12
Current Score: -2

<< JUNE & JULY>>

• 17/06/18: Resident Evil (PS4 +) beaten.
• 21/06/18: Bayonetta (PC) and Prince of Persia (PC) purchased.
• 27/06/18: Killer Instinct (PC) and Redout: Enhanced Edition (PC) purchased.
• 06/07/18: Nier Automata (PC) purchased.
  
• 18/07/18: Sonic Mania Plus (PS4 DLC) purchased.
• 25/07/18: Sonic Mania Plus (PS4 DLC) beaten.

Purchased in 2018: -12
• Prey (PC)
• Final Fantasy XIII (PC)
• Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PC)
• Monster Hunter World (PS4)
• Dragon Ball FighterZ (PS4)
• Farpoint (PSVR)
• DJMAX Respect (PS4)
• Nioh: Complete Edition (PS4)
• Risk of Rain (PC)
• Killer Instinct (PC)
• Redout: Enhanced Edition (PC)
• Nier Automata (PC)
• Sonic Mania Plus (PS4 DLC)

Beaten in 2018: +8
• Gravity Rush 2 (PS4)
• Superhot VR (PSVR)
• Arizona Sunshine (PSVR)
• Wipeout Omega Collection (PS4)
• Monster Hunter World (PS4)
• Dragon Ball FighterZ (PS4)
• Rez Infinite (PSVR)
• Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin (PS4)
+ Resident Evil (PS4 +)
• Sonic Mania Plus (PS4 DLC)

Removed in 2018: +2
• Legend of Grimrock (PC)
• Darkest Dungeon (Vita)

Total: -2

Currently Playing:
• Destiny 2: Season Pass (PS4) (DLC)
• Killer Instinct (PC)
• Nier Automata (PC)

On Hold:
• Redout: Enhanced Edition (PC)
• Nioh: Complete Edition (PS4)
• DJMAX Respect (PS4)
• Final Fantasy XIII (PC)
• Farpoint (PSVR)
• Thumper (PC)

Abandoned in 2018:
• Until Dawn (PS4 +)

June update

I did stuff!


Games acquired: 3

1. Castlevania Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon (PS4)
2. Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion (Switch)
3. Overcooked (PC)

Games completed: 7

1. Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (Switch)
2. Wizorb (PC)
3. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon (PS4)
4. From Dust (PC)
5. Overcooked (PC)
6. Shadowgrounds: Survivor (PC)
7. Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion (Switch)

January total: +1
February total: +2
March total: +1
April total: +1
May total: 0
June total: +4

2018 running total: +9


Recently playing

Splatoon 2
Super Mario Odyssey

Wow, it's been a while since my last update, but seeing as we've passed the half year point, I feel it is necessary before I lose track of everything.

Final April/May/June updates:


Bought in April: 0 games

Beat in April: 0 games

Quit in April: 3 games
The Last Remnant - PC
Dead Space - PC
System Shock 2 - PC

Score in April: +/- 0
Bought in 2018: 3 games
Beat in 2018: 5 games



Bought in May: 0 games

Beat in May: 1 game
Alienation - PS4

Quit in May: 1 games
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light - PC

Score in May: +1
Bought in 2018: 3 games
Beat in 2018: 6 games



Bought in June: 0 games

Beat in June: 1 game
Mass Effect: Andromeda - PS4

Quit in June: 0 games

Score in June: +1
Bought in 2018: 3 games
Beat in 2018: 7 games

Score for 2018 so far: +4
(Score including quit games: +20)


I've spent so much time this year slowly chipping away at big games (Witcher 3 DLCs and Mass Effect) and going back to some multiplayer games because my wife wants someone to play with. Especially Mass Effect became quite a bore after a while because I can't help but do all of the side content, so I've also been booting up games I wasn't very excited about, to see if I should keep it on my backlog or not. For the most part the answer has been a resounding No.

Things are changing up in July however, and I hope I'm on a slightly different trend in my next update.

Update since last post: https://www.resetera.com/posts/9607974/

Beat (+2):
Hollow Knight
Rage

Bought (-4):
Bravely Default
Shenmue
Shenmue II
Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Score to Date (+5)

Had a procedure done this month and also started playing Persona 4 Golden on my Vita. Between both of those, really haven't had time to knock out games I haven't played before. Kinda proud of myself that I didn't buy too much considering I've been bedridden and light activity tho.

More progress this month - more than halfway through the year and still in the positive!

07/29/2018 Update
https://www.backloggery.com/boheme_lane

Bought in 2018: -25
Beat in 2018: +34
Current Score: +9

Bought:
January (-1)
February (-5)
March (-4)
April (-2)
May (-5)
June (-6)
July (-2)

• Octopath Traveler
• Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1

Beat:
January (+9)
February (+5)
March (+4)
April (+4)
May (+5)
June (+3)
July (+4)

• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone
• Yoku's Island Express
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2

Currently Playing:

• Octopath Traveler
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine
• Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

BohemeLane
Playing 3 RPGs can't concurrently? Bless you.

I'm currently playing Persona 4 Golden And Kingdom Hearts And I just don't see how I could fit a third in.

Working on Deus Ex: Mankind Divided XBX

Beat:

• Zelda: Breath of the Wild (120 + DLC shrines, all beasts/dungeons, all memories)
• Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest
• Super Mario Odyssey (All Moons - bought the extra 100+ to get to 999, etc.)
• Bloodstained: Curse of the New Moon

Bought

• Super Mario Odyssey
• Bloodstained: Curse of the New Moon

+2. So far so good.

Currently Playing:

• Fire Emblem Fates: Revelations
• Yooka Laylee

May buy Octopath since I enjoyed the demo.

watdaeff4 said:

BohemeLane
Playing 3 RPGs can't concurrently? Bless you.

I'm currently playing Persona 4 Golden And Kingdom Hearts And I just don't see how I could fit a third in.

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Haha, yeah, normally I try to have a little more variety when juggling games, but it's been working out due to outside influences: been doing some travel for work and will be visiting my parents this month, so Octopath is my go-to "away from home" game. I find myself burning out on Lightning Returns if I play for long stretches due to the Dead Rising-like timer system, so I'm basically just completing one in-game day every weekend and then putting it down, and finally The Witcher is my backup for when I'm in front of the PC and want to listen to some podcasts. I may switch it up though if I feel like I'm not making enough progress as I do have a couple of shorter games to jump to.

I sympathize though - Persona games have always been some of the toughest to manage with other games (especially RPGs). I feel like it's really hard to go back to if you're not playing consecutively as there's so many stats and social links to keep track of.

Another great month. I finished up AC Origins from last month, finished my last KH game, bought and finished Bridge Constructor Portal and finished three other games from my backlog (Hitman, RECVX and DriveClub Bikes). Hitman was the stand out amongst all those, it has a bunch of amazing levels to mess around in (and a couple of dud ones) and I was really addicted to it for a week or two. KH 0.2 also managed to get me really excited for KH3 next year and I really enjoyed DriveClub Bikes (RIP Evolution).

Now I'm playing Tales of Symphonia and it feels like I'm going to be playing this for the next 2-3 weeks. That's fine, though I'd like to finish one or two more games before Yakuza Kiwami 2 comes out in late August.

July Update

Backloggery
January Update (+1)
February Update (+0)
March Update (+6)
April Update (+4)
May Update (+5)
June Update (+4)

Currently Playing:

• Tales of Symphonia (PS3)

July Bought:

1. Bridge Constructor Portal (PS4) - 02/07/18

July Beaten:

1. Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4) - 01/07/18
2. Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep - A Fragmentary Passage (PS4) - 05/07/18
3. Hitman (PS4) - 11/07/18
4. Bridge Constructor Portal (PS4) - 18/07/18
5. Resident Evil Code Veronica X (PS4) - 21/07/18
6. DriveClub Bikes (PS4) - 30/07/18

Bought in July 2018: -1
Beaten in July 2018: +6

Bought in 2018: -20-1 = -21
Beaten in 2018: +40+6 = +46
Score: +25