Some can let me know if this doesn't count since there will most likely be more but I finished each Mission at least once. Hope to go back before more comes out.
Game #2: Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE - ★★★★★
The best Fire Emblem game last year by a mile, and it still took most of last year to finish.
Game #3: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Mega Battle - ★★
This game sucks big time. It's a super simplistic brawler that is also super short. What a let down.
Game #4: Forza Horizon 3 - ★★★★
It's unfortunate that this game doesn't run better on PC because when it works it's fantastic.
Game #5: The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ - ★★★★★
I love the original, and I am soooooo happy with the switch version. I beat MOM so I consider that a completion.
Game #6: Injustice 2 - ★★★★★
So much was learned by NRS between the first Injustice. Better story, and the roster more fleshed out. Plus great single player options.
Game #7: Persona 5 - ★★★★★
While by no means a perfect game, Persona 5 has left its memory on me in a big way. I didn't realize how much I liked these characters until I was done with them. 150 hours for a first playthrough and I can't wait to go back.
Game #8: PREY - ★★★½
A strong start gives way to a little too much tedium running back and forth with long load times. The final ending also left me pretty cold. Ok but a little disappointing
Game #9: Wolfenstein: The New Order - ★★★★½
After E3 my most anticipated game was the sequel to this reintroduction to a classic franchise. After having spent a good amount of time with it, I'm even more excited to play The New Colossus. This game really did an execelent job at defining BJ and the evils he has to fight. Felt real good to kill some Nazi's and I'm not ready to be done.
Game #10: Cave Story+ - ★★★½
I really want to give this game a higher score but it has too many little things that bug me. No saving in the last boss rush. No way of knowing you could even screw up the ending. Plays great with some awesome music. Great Switch port.
Game #11: Destiny 2 - ★★★★
A better sequel with almost no end game and a tedious raid mar what could have been Bungie's crowning acheievement.
Game #12: Steamworld Dig 2 - ★★★★
A more involved sequel that lives up to the original but doesn't surpass it. A sudden ending is kind of a downer.
Game #13: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - ★★★★★
A fantastic follow up with a willingnes to just go for it in both story and gameplay. A hard to beat GOTY contender.
Was worried I'd miss out on finishing this year! Really glad to have the thread here on the new site.
Game 1: Prince of Persia (2008) - 13 hours1/6/17
I did not enjoy this at all. I know I'm way lttp but this game is a showcase of everything that's wrong with modern AAA games. You can tell no thought was ever put into how much fun the gameplay was, only how cool it looks. It's a clunky, repetitive mess of a game that's fun to look at.
Game 2: The Flame in the Flood - 15 hours1/18/17
Really enjoyed this. I wish there was a little more depth.
Game 3: Power Hover - 3 hours1/20/17
Really fun. Loved the soundtrack but wish there was more. The boss levels were underwhelming.
Game 4: Far Cry Primal - 16 hours2/3/17
Kind of disappointed with this. It's a lot clunkier than the other Far Cry games and feels more repetitive. Also the subtitles are terrible.
Game 5: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 80 hours or more4/4/17
Loved this. Already one of my favorite games ever. Aside from a little Snake Pass it's all I've played since the Switch launched.
Game 6: Snipperclips - 4 hours4/13/17
Lots of fun. I played mostly with a nine year old and we both had a great time. Anytime I'm around him all he wants to do is play "Snipperclippers!"
Game 7: Mr. Shifty - 4 hours4/19/17
I played the majority of this on a long car ride and enjoyed it well enough. The technical issues on Switch weren't bad enough to completely ruin the experience but definitely soured things for me. Having to start over completely on one of the longer, more difficult levels because of a random crash was not fun and not something I expect to happen on a console.
Game 8: Snake Pass - 10 hours4/20/17
Had a lot of fun with this. I don't think they completely nailed the controls and physics which made some of the later level gimmicks kind of frustrating. I got it on PC & Switch and enjoyed it on both. Portability is nice but so is 4K and 3D!
Game 9: Kamiko - 1 hour 30 minutes5/24/2017
This was okay. Nothing special.
Game 10: Rime - 7 hours6/617
I was going to wait for the Switch version but haven't really played much on PC the last few months. Looks amazing in 4k. Very laid back gameplay. Enjoyed it very much.
Game 11: Graceful Explosion Machine - 15 hours6/24/17
I really enjoyed this. Been playing a little here and there since it came out. Really like the way the different abilities work and the balancing act of using them all together.
Game 12: Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality - 3 hours7/11/17
Only recently got into Rick and Morty. This is a great companion piece to the show. Pretty cool use of VR.
Game 13: Superhot VR - 2 hours7/11/17
I played the original last year and really enjoyed it. This was just as good and another really cool VR experience.
Game 14: Distance - 2 hours7/12/17
This is still in early access but whats there is a lot of fun.The third person VR views is really neat.
Game 15: Robo Recall - 3 hours7/18/17
One of the best VR experiences I've had so far. This is something I'm going to go back to a lot and definitely something I'm going to show anyone who's interested in VR.
Game 16: Thumper - 7 hours718/17
I played most of this in 3D and the last two levels in VR. I preferred the VR but it wasn't all that different. I wish there was more variety. It starts to change things up a bit near the end but for the most part it feels the same all the way through.
Game 17: Accounting - 30 minutes7/18/17
I had no idea what to expect with this and didn't realize it would be so short. Definitely interesting.
Game 18: The Climb - ?7/20/17
I loved Rock N' Roll Climber on Wii and have been looking forward to this since it was first announced because it seemed like a VR version of that. Really enjoyed it, completed every climb, and plan to go back and clear out all the achievements.
Game 19: Arkham VR - 1 hour725/17
This felt more like a demo than a real game. Just a few mildly interactive scenes.
Game 20: Mars Odyssey - ?7/25/17
Another neat but quick VR experience. Slightly more interactive than some.
Game 21: Unearthing Mars VR - 2-ish hours7/25/17
This was weird. Definitely something I wouldn't have stayed with if it weren't for VR. An interesting experience for sure.
Game 22: Landfall - 4 hours7/31/17
This is a really great idea but I'm not happy with the execution. Difficulty was all over the place and a lot of deaths/losses felt really cheap. Some of the enemy types didn't feel properly balanced either. Lots of bullet sponges.
Game 23:Lucky's Tale - 5 hours7/31/17
Really enjoyed this. On it's own it'd just be an okay platformer but it's elevated but the uniqueness of VR. The aiming with your view mechanic is really fun. The final boss battle was genuinely great too.
Game 24: Lone Echo - 6 hours8/1/17
Really great. Finished it in one sitting with a 10-15 break after four hours. Took my headset off and couldn't believe I'd been playing that long. It's just so engaging.
Game 25: Portal Stories: VR - 30-40 minutes8/1/17
This was okay. It made me want a full length real Portal VR game.
Game 26: Archangel - ?8/7/17
It's pretty short and the action is a little too slow for me. Just okay.
Game 27: I Expect You To Die - 2 hours8/7/17
Fun but too short.
Game 28: Rez Infinite - 3 hours8/13/2017
Amazing. Top to bottom and awesome experience in VR. Area X was incredible.
Game 29: ARMS - 10 hours 8/28/17
Not a huge fighting game fan but I enjoyed this.
Game 30: Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle - 30 hours9/12/17
Really enjoyed this. Not usually into turned based games but it was still a lot of fun. Difficulty curve is a bit steep at the end but not too bad.
Game 31: SteamWorld Dig 2 - 8 hours 45 minutes9/24/17
Awesome game. It just kept getting better with every new ability and unlock. Loved the first game and Heist but this is easily the best SteamWorld game.
Game 32: Splatoon 2 - 6 hours9/26/17
Not as good as the first one but still a lot of fun.
Game 33: Pan-Pan - 2 hours9/27/17
Fun little game. Lots of charm
Game 34: Metroid: Samus Returns - 14 hours 40 minutes10/7/17
Really enjoyed this. Played it mostly on the way to and from work in 30 minute bursts.
Game 35: GORN - 4 hours10/9/17
It's completely ridiculous and lots of fun. A bit of a workout too. They're still adding more content so I'm sure I'll put many more hours into it.
Game 36: Edge of Nowhere - 4 hours10/15/17
This was fun. Sort of a mix between Uncharted and Alan Wake. I'd like to see more third person VR games.
Game 37: Witchblood - 3 hours 30 minutes10/17/17
I wanted to like this more than I did because of how neat it is to play in VR but it's way too janky. Platforming is clunky, combat is clunky, even the basic movement controls feel a little off. The core gameplay just isn't polished enough.
Game 38: Arktika.1 - 7 hours10/17/17
Really enjoyed this. One of my favorite VR experiences so far. The gameplay is nothing special but the atmosphere is pretty great.
Game 39: Super Mario Odyssey - 10/30/17
Great. Don't know what else to say. Loved every minute of it and am going to love 100%ing it.
Game 40: Gun Sight - 3 hours 10/30/2017
I think I paid $0.99 for this so I can't complain too much. If not for VR I probably wouldn't have finished it.
Game 41: Duck Season - 2 hours 10/30/17
This is a neat idea but it's too repetitive for me. The twist is great, it just doesn't happen until the game has already gotten a little boring.
Game 42: Scanner Sombre - 3 hours 10/31/17
Really enjoyed this aside from one unnecessary jump scare. The concept itself is really interesting and the execution in VR is great. One of my favorites this year.
Game 43: Voltron VR Chronicles - 1 hour 12/31/17
Short but enjoyable experience. Some light puzzles and light action. Probably;y more fun for people who watch the show.
Game 44: Hey! Pikmin - 11 hours 30 minutes 12/7/2017
I played this off and on for a few months. It's not bad it's just not what I expect from a Pikmin game. Mostly enjoyed it but there's a lot of little things that bugged me.
Game 45: Picross S - 30 hours 12/9/17
Solving a puzzle is so satisfying. Getting stumped and then finding the one piece that makes everything fall into place is so much fun.
Game 46: Obduction - 12 hours 12/17/17
Most of this was great but man was the maze section poorly done. I played in VR up to that point but the loading was too much to take so I switched to finish that part. Overall the ending/s were underwhelming.
Game 47: Ultrawings - ? 12/25/17
I really like this but I wish it were more like Pilot Wings. It feels kind of lifeless and the missions are all pretty simple. The sensation of flying in VR is awesome though so I've put in a lot of hours.
Game 48: Call of Duty: WWII - 6 hours 12/25/17
It's CoD. The change to health packs took some getting used to.
Game 49: Adr1ft - 5 hours 12/25/17
I tried to play this when I first got my Rift but experienced terrible motion sickness. After about 6 months of regular VR use I went back to it and was able to finish it with no problems. Touch controls would have been nice but it's a great experience nonetheless. Wish their was a little more to do though.
Game 50: Hitman GO - 5 hours12/29/17
Fun. These Square Enix Go games have been great .
Game 51: Deus Ex Go - 4 hours 12/31/17
Didn't like this as much as Tomb Raider or Hitman. A lot of the solutions have you move back and forth between two points multiple times just to set things up. That's not good puzzle design in my book.
Game 52: Everest VR - 30 minutes 12/31/17
Much shorter than I thought. I was hoping to get at least an hour or two. It really makes me want a full fledged Everest climbing VR game. The view from the top was kind of awesome.
Ayy, was looking for this thread! Don't think I'm gonna make it, but never say never until proven otherwise!
COMPLETED: Game 1: Titanfall 2
8 hours - Jan. 10th Wow. Legitimately one of the the best FPS games I've played in 2017. Campaign was short and sweet, but packed a lot of punch. Everything about this game is amazing. The titan and pilot controls are on point, the combat is easy to get used to and incredibly fast paced, and the production quality and polish is incredible. If you haven't picked this up, you're missing out. Gonna go back for multiplayer some time this week.
Game 2: Human: Fall Flat
9.2 hours - Jan 10th A short and great hidden gem of a puzzle/platforming game. Saw this on GiantBomb and wanted to give it a shot. Controls are easy once you get used to them and there's lots to explore in the levels. As well as a great character customization feature that lets you paint a great looking guy. The minute it puts you in front of a boat you know you're gonna have a great timeThe only thing that could improve my experience is if there was co-op. Worth checking out if you like drunk baby simulator
Game 3: Portal 2
33 hours (counting both SP and MP) - Jan 13th Fun game. I got this on my birthday back around the time it came out and I never had a computer that could run it well. Had so much fun with the puzzles and the characters here. Always a pleasure. With co-op, the game becomes even more fun with a friend along for the ride.
Game 4: Alan Wake
12 hours - Jan 14th I'm the type of person who can find enjoyment in just about anything. Good or bad, I can appreciate the little things. HOWEVER, I genuinely hate Alan Wake. Like, I really hate it. I can get behind the story aspect. It's a bit flawed, but regardless, I can enjoy it. I'd like it more if the protagonist was likable. Alan Wake is an asshole and so bland that it makes me hurt. Gameplay is eh, could be improved, but it gets to the point where I just run to the checkpoint to avoid the repetitive combat. I'm probably not gonna check out American Nightmare.
Game 5: Portal
2 hours - Jan 21st Funny how I've played the second and never played the original. And it was one of the very first Steam games I got. I suppose it's much easier than expected as I beat Portal 2 first. Short, funny, and a very iconic game. The thing I loved about this one is that it has this very uneasy feeling to the whole game. The stale look of the Enrichment Center, the very calm but eerie music, and the pale voice of GLaDoS. I feel like more people overlook this one since the 2nd one has co-op and an incredible story. Still though, Portal still has its' charm.
Game 6: SUPERHOT
3 hours - Jan 22nd Hey friends, you should play this super innovative shooter. It's some great fun. I think the only problem I have with this game is how much it costs. I sold a bunch of trading cards to buy this game and it was also on sale, so it wasn't too bad. But thirty Canadian loons is just too much
Game 7: Journey (PS4)
2 hours - Jan. 26th That was an experience. Sand sliding was the best part. I really don't know how to sum up my experience with that game.
Game 8: Tomb Raider (2013 reboot)
9 hours - Feb 2nd I bought this game on sale and the three times I opened it up to make some progress were all in the winter and on different machines (well, technically 2, but this feels like a new system cause of the GPU and overall refresh I did a few weeks ago). This was a really great adventure game. I've never been a fan of Lara Croft, but I liked the direction this reboot went. It was real. I feel like more things could've been done better, but I had fun. The platforming and combat were great, exploring these lush environments were fantastic and above all else, the story was solid. I'm keeping this installed to see if I'll go back and do some more exploring.
Game 9: Renegade Ops
6 hours - Feb 9th A small twin-stick shooter that's corny and incredible to play. It's dumb fun and addictive as hell. I'm not exaggerating when I say it's over the top corny. One of the chapters starts with the opposing forces trying to take down your team's plane, then the Commander says "Our ship's going down! Let's use it to our full advantage!" and then he just drives the plane right into the forces trying to shoot you down. It's glorious and simple. I think the thing that bothered me about it was managing the primary and secondary tasks of each level. You have a limited amount of time to do the primary task, but if you miss something for one of the secondary tasks, you're gonna lose some time. Overall though, that was a minor hindrance to the enjoyable arcade game. Gonna head back for the Coldstrike DLC.
Game 10: Assassin's Creed II
28 hours - Feb 22nd The last time I played ACII was back in 2015 and man, do I regret not beating it sooner. This game is pretty great. I have beaten one of the more recent AC titles and it was fairly fun, so coming back to what is considered the best title in the franchise is a bit weird. Visually, the game feels dated. Colors are so dull, but it captured the atmosphere so well. Gameplay is top notch and each mission, while repetitive, did feel fresh for the challenges it presented along the way. This first chapter into Ezio's life as an assassin is a very solid start. If there was one thing I think this game needs, it is a cover mechanic and crouching. It would feel so good if I could just hide behind enemies and walls to prevent unnessesary combat. But, I had a good time regardless. Hopefully when I play another AC game, it won't take so long.
Game 11: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
7 hours - Feb 25th The movie is... well, I never saw that film, only The Unusual Suspects' video review, so I can't compare them well. However, the one thing I will say is that like its' film, Amazing Spider-Man 2 had a ton of potential. A great line-up of villains in an open-world that, with fan feedback, could've been fixed for this followup. It wasn't. Gameplay feels broken, despite the fact that I was content with both the combat and the swinging. The game repeatedly glitched and looked weird in some areas. I remember in one of the missions where the sound of my ionic webshooters firing looped aswell as an enemy line. Regardless, I had a pretty good time with this clusterfuck of a game. Wouldn't do it again, but enjoyed it. Whatever Insomniac does with their game, it'll be a godsend compared to this.
Game 12: Metal Gear Rising: Revengance
7 hours - Mar. 8th Fuckin' Platinum. Maybe I'm shit at this game, but I got my ass kicked on Normal. This game was a goddamn pleasure to play front to back. Not a big fan of the parry system, but it works when it wants to. Either way, I enjoyed this game.
Game 13: Parappa the Rapper 2
1 hour - Mar. 22nd I legitimately wanted to play this game for so many years. It was worth the wait. I wish it was longer.
Game 14: ABZU
1 hour - June 23rd Wow. It was so much MORE than what I expected. Presentation wise, it's so goddamn beautiful. Gameplay was simple, but a lot of fun. This game >>>>>>> Journey.
Game 15: Firewatch
4 hours - June 27th I didn't really know what to expect other than it was a pretty linear story game, but it really pulled me in with it's visuals and story.
Game 16: Watch_Dogs 2 (including DLC)
41 hours - July 15th I'm a sucker for a specific type of game - an open world, free-roaming, action/adventure game set in California. This is no exception. I had super high hopes for WD2 when it was announced and I don't regret my purchase at all. This game is the shit and it is probably my favorite title from last year.
Game 17: Knack 2
8 hours - August 6th Fuck what you heard!! Knack is legit!! This game is so much better than the first and it irks me to think that it's success will be overshadowed by a meme.
Game 18: Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax
10 hours - September 28th - Arcade mode completed w/ Asuna and all Dream Duels completed I spent money on this, so I had to finish it. It was definitely better than I expected, however, the game is broken as fuck cause of Kirito. I don't think I'd recommend this to anyone, but if you're a fan of anime... maybe.
Game 19: Doki Doki Literature Club
6 hours - October 17th Jesus, I expected it to go that way, but when it did it, it was just too fuckin' much for me. Play this game if you like visual novels.
Game 20: Super Mario Odyssey
12 hours - October 28th Call me an idiot, but I have never been able to get into 3D Mario games. However, I could not put down Odyssey when I started it. This game is fantastic, beginning to end. There's so much more I need to do, but I'll keep working at getting through it all.
Game 21: Destiny 2
10 hours - October 29th It was fun. Not sure if I'll go back, but it was pretty fun. I didn't get to see much of the second half of the story 'cause my friend rushed me through it, but I thoroughly enjoyed it beginning to end.
In Progress:
Night in the Woods - I went to the mall
Persona 5 - 40 hours and going
Game 1: Rise & Shine
Tough and occasionally cheap, but endearing and really solid overall. An indie worth playing.
Game 2: Momonga Pinball Adventures
Not bad for an indie pinball game. Nothing special, but it scratched the itch a bit and was worth picking up cheaply.
Game 3: Silence: The Whispered World 2
Never played the original, but liked this one, even if it was slow and cumbersome at times. The world was vibrant and the art was beautiful. The characters also stood out positively.
Game 4: Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Mega Battle
Tedious, frustrating and more annoying than enjoyable. Poorly made, bargain bin shite.
Game 5: Resident Evil VII: Biohazard
This game had a lot going for it with its change of direction and the plot about the creepy family. That part of the campaign was really good, and while I liked it quite a bit overall, the campaign petered out a bit later on and got too silly. They just couldn't help themselves and had to go over the top Resident Evil with it.
Game 6: Knee Deep
Really rough technically, and far from pretty, but it told an interesting story.
Game 7: Sniper Elite 4
Had some fun with it, but it wasn't as polished or fun to play as I was hoping. It doesn't know what kind of a game it wants to be - sniper action, or just pure third-person shooting action with a sniper rifle in tow.
Game 8: Candleman
An impressive little indie
Game 9: Abzu
Nice to look at, and a good change of pace. The game gets tedious at times, though.
Game 10: Riptide GP Renegade
These games are always pretty fun, but the developers' love of chokepoints and exaggerated difficulty hurts it. The catch-up AI made beating it a pain.
Game 11: Horizon: Zero Dawn
It wasn't perfect, but was very, very good. I really enjoyed this one.
Game 12: For Honor
This one didn't do much for me. It was slow, tedious and boring, and rough.
Game 13: Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Didn't love this one at first, but it really grew on me. It felt rough at first, but I began to really like it. It's like a new take on Mercenaries.
Game 14: What Remains of Edith Finch
Wow. Just wow.
Game 15: Injustice 2
Fighting games aren't my cup of tea, but this one was fun for a while. The final bosses got a bit too cheap though.
Game 16: Spheroids
Rough, basic and retro. It had its moments and was okay, but was very repetitive and clunky.
Game 17: Mass Effect: Andromeda
The only Mass Effect I've finished, and it's just because I forced myself to. Started off pretty well, hooked me some, then got really repetitive and became a slog. It had its moments though.
Game 18: Tekken 2
Silly story, boring gameplay and too challenging gameplay for a beginner. Didn't enjoy this one much.
Game 19: Forza Horizon 3
The best racing series continues with another fantastic entry. All three of these games are hard to rank because each one offer something great and a different, but awesome all around setting.
Game 20: Aaero
Difficult, for sure, but a gem of an indie music game
Game 21: Shantae: Risky's Revenge DC
Not as good as Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, but rather solid/good overall.
Game 22: Poochy & Yoshi's Wooly World
The Wii U version did little for me, but I liked this one more. At least, it hooked me more. Overall, it was just okay.
Game 23: Pokemon Sun
WAAAY too wordy and overlong, like Pokemon is apt to be, but decent overall. Far from my favourite, though. After a while I just couldn't wait for it to be over.
Game 24: Blackwood Crossing
A well made, polished and really interesting narrative with some neat mechanics
Game 25: Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
I had a blast with this game back when it was released and played it on very hard. This time around, it was a lot of fun too.
Game 26: Outlast II
Being a fan of the first one, which really stood out, I looked forward to this. Liked it a lot, too.
Game 27: Little Nightmares
Loved the look of this game and its characters. It's really neat. The gameplay had some issues, but was pretty solid overall, if a bit annoying at times.
Game 28: Prey [2017]
This one started off well. The exploration was immersive, and the location was interesting. It wasn't easy, but it was a fair challenge. But when I got to the end of the game, it became really effing annoying. Enemies were everywhere, the frame rate went to shit, and it became a real slog. I finished it but that left a sour taste in my mouth.
Game 29: NBA Playgrounds
NBA Jam it is not, but it's pretty fun in short bursts. Not nearly as polished or immersive however.
Game 30: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wii U)
Zelda translated very well to an open world format. I really lost myself in this game and now kind of miss it.
Game 31: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
It was weird going back to a more traditional, 3D Zelda, but I ended up enjoying this one a lot once I got back into it. I'd tried to beat this twice before, on Wii and earlier on Wii U, but ended up playing something else then not going back. It wasn't because I didn't like it, and I almost beat the Wii version before getting 'sidetracked'
Game 32: LEGO City Undercover
My second time through, but first since it hit Wii U. I liked it more the first time, but still think it's a good game. The story is funny, but once you've experienced it once it's not as comical. Like all LEGO games it can be a grind.
Game 33: Skylar & Plux: Adventure on Clover Island
Rough around the edges and short, but this one showed promise and was pretty fun. Not great, but pretty good for a student game.
Game 34: The Town of Light
The devs deserve respect for tackling such a subject, and for doing so well. As a game, it wasn't all that fun, but it is what it is.
Game 35: The Walking Dead: Season 3 - A New Frontier (Telltale)
Another strong season for Telltale's TWD.
Game 36: Cars 3: Driven to Win
Honestly, I don't mind kids games. There were a couple standouts last generation, and they were developed by this dev. They didn't do that good of a job with Cars 3 though. It's a real slog, and pretty bland.
Game 37: Perception
A somewhat interesting idea, even if it takes the idea of being blind and takes liberties with it. The gameplay is tedious and it giving you a lighted goal is silly. It ended up being pretty bland/buggy.
Game 38: DiRT 4
More DiRT Rally than DiRT to me. I get that this series is a rally racing series at heart, but there was too much of that here. Where was all of the fun and quirkyness of the previous DiRT games? I'm not saying it's bad, because it's far from. It's a really sound racer. But the campaign became a slog when it started making me do 30, even 40 consecutive rally races and all of them were similar. I prefer the circuit racing. Still a very sound racer and good overall, just tedious and poorly structured.
Game 39: Get Even
Interesting idea, good gameplay. A bit rough, but quality.
Game 40: What Remains of Edith Finch (Different version)
Still great
Game 41: Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
My first time really playing this. I appreciated its variety. It wasn't as hard as the others, apart from the motorcycle levels, and had more variety than them. I've never been a huge Crash fan, but I liked it more this time around.
Game 42: Crash Bandicoot 2: Wrath of Cortex
Liked it. I never loved this franchise as a kid and couldn't get into it. I'm still not in love with it, or obsessed, but it was fun to play through.
Game 43: Crash Bandicoot
Some of those levels were super frustrating, but I enjoyed it overall. Glad I beat it, even if I did walk the ropes.
Game 44: Hey! Pikmin
It was okay. I thought I'd really dislike it, but I didn't. It was kind of boring, but it had its moments. Mediocre overall though.
Game 45: Black the Fall
Slow, cumbersome and rough, but it tells an interesting story without narration and stands out for reasons other than gameplay.
Game 46: Agents of Mayhem
There were things about this that I liked. The Agents felt unique and different, and were fun to play as. But the gameplay got really tedious and repetitive. The open world was dull. The vaults were all the same. I wish they'd just made another Saints Row.
Game 47: Madden NFL 18
This only counts because there's a story. I borrowed it to play through the story. It was underwhelming, and I found Madden to be boring this year in general. Then again, I'm not really an NFL fan.
Game 48: Planet of the Eyes
I'd played bits of this before, but had forgotten. It's a really genuine, nice looking and enjoyable indie that stands out.
Game 49: New Super Mario Bros. Wii
I bought this when it was released, but never got to it and traded it in when I could get a great deal, figuring I'd just play my friend's copy. Well, that didn't happen, so I borrowed it from the library and finally played it. Had a lot of fun with it, too.
Game 50: Kitten's Adventure in City Park
Don't judge me. I saw it was free, and read it was short. Figured I'd give it a shot. It was far from good.
Game 51: Planet of the Eyes (a different version)
Liked it a lot the first time around, so I played it on PC as I realized I had it.
Game 52: Destiny 2
The first game's campaign was underwhelming, but this one really made up for it. It got pretty difficult solo, but I bested it.
Game 53: Knack II
Didn't like the first one, and this one -- while more polished -- wasn't much better. Don't know why I even bothered renting it.
Game 54: Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
This is one of my favourite series, so it was nice going back to it with a new side story. It started off really well, but some of the later missions weren't very memorable. Still pretty solid overall.
Game 55: Maize
Decided to give this one a chance, because it looked weird and had positive reviews. It was definitely quirky, and quite rough around the edges. The gameplay wasn't anything special, but the characters were unique.
Game 56: DreamBreak
Retro, clunky and dated by design, but somewhat interesting. Will only appeal to some.
Game 57: Don't Knock Twice
There's really no need to knock at all.
Game 58: The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game
This started off really well, then became tedious, glitchy and boring.
Game 59: Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
REALLY impressive stuff. The ending sequence...wow.
Game 60: South Park: The Fractured but Whole
It's not The Stick of Truth, but it's still pretty damned good. Goes on for too long, with too many false endings, and has a battle system that gets tedious/could've been better, but the world is funny and it stands out.
Game 61: The Evil Within 2
Better made and more polished than the first. The second half isn't as immersive or well crafted as the first, but other than that I quite enjoyed this one.
Game 62: Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Has issues with repetition and some shitty quests, but overall it's a big, immersive and living world that is fun to live in.
Game 63: Super Lucky's Tale
Wanted to love this one, because this type of game is nostalgic for me. It only ended up being okay though.
Game 64: Call of Duty: WWII
Another good Call of Duty game, but not the best.
Game 65: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series
A solid Telltale game, but not one of their best.
Game 66: LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2
I think I'm at the point where I've played enough LEGO games. But it was good for a LEGO game.
Game 67: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Got better as it went along, but not never ended up being as good or as fun as I expected. Repetitive, some poor mission design and overly frustrating.
Game 68: de Blob
First time playing it. It was pretty good. Relaxing at times, and also sometimes fun, but quite repetitive.
Game 69: Need for Speed: Payback
I was really looking forward to this game, and was excited to play it. Unfortunately it wasn't what I was hoping. There was some fun to be had, and it looked quite nice at times, but it was very repetitive, the story was disappointing and it's built around microtransactions to the point that it becomes difficult to beat if you don't partake.
Game 70: SOMA
I went in with high expectations and they weren't met. The story is interesting, but the gameplay is kind of dull.
Game 71: Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Not as good as the original, but that was kind of to be expected. I enjoyed it -- it just had its ups and downs and wasn't as strong as I'd hoped. The story wasn't as grand as I'd expected.
I replayed through this with my girlfriend on Xbox One. It's pretty great on consoles. It controls well. I'll likely be revisiting this when seasons drop on consoles. There were enough differences from when I went through it on PC that I loved it all over again.
3. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided 14 hours
Rating: 7/10
Great gameplay with a mediocre story. I liked the aesthetics and a lot of ideas in this game, but the story really felt like filler, especially when compared to Human Revolution.
Absolutely fantastic. I loved the base game and this was really in many ways better than it. The main story was great and there were a lot of twists to the sidequest formulas encountered in the base game and first expansion. Plus, the scenery is just beautiful.
5. Uncharted 4 ~15 hours
Rating: 6/10
Beautiful, but I didn't have a whole lot of fun with the game. Not a fan of the pseudo-puzzle platform style, and other than some boring encounters with otherwise solid shooting mechanics, there wasn't much "game" to this.
6. Hitman 15 hours
Rating: 8/10
Fantastic game that I will be revisiting many times in the future. Great level designs and a wealth of options.
7. Dishonored 2 14 hours
Rating: 8.5/10
Feel the same way as Hitman above. It had some bugs when it launched (still has a few), but it's such a well designed game.
8. Mass Effect 14 hours
Rating: 7/10
My first time playing through this. I'm a fan of the design of the game, but the combat mechanics were pretty awful. I am hoping the sequel improves on them. I loved the story and the lore.
9-12. Mass Effect 2 + Arrival + Overlord + Lair of the Shadow Broker 30 hours
Rating: 10/10
I didn't think when I started this series, I would fall so far in love with it. 2 is just perfection on almost every level - the story, the characters, the combat, the lore. Everything just oozed quality and love for this universe. After 30 hours and completing most of the DLC, I felt I was "done" with this part of the series. An amazing experience.
In spite of its faults, this is my favorite of the ME games by a landslide and that's saying a lot. The combat was fine-tuned to perfection. The interactions were meaningful without having to frame them around loyalty missions like in 2. They did away with the paragon system (thank god). There were just so many fixes and tweaks to the formula that made this experience one I wanted to continue with, so much so I spent a bunch of time doing side things and the DLC. Citadel is one of my favorite DLC packs. Needless to say, I'll be revisiting this series again in the future to play things out differently (with a lot of mods), even if my initial play through 1 wasn't all that great. I think it'd actually be better with M+KB than controller now that I know better, but we'll see.
17. SUPERHOT 3 hours
Rating: 7.5/10
The concept of the game is stellar and the framing device for the plot is pretty cool (if not very creepy). The whole thing is pretty awesome except for the fact that some of the "puzzles" are really hard. I spent 20 minutes on a few of them because I kept dying. It's kind of frustrating, despite being such an interesting premise for a game. Regardless, I enjoyed the time I spent with it a good deal.
18. Shadowrun: Dragonfall 20 hours
Rating: 8/10
While I was a bit skeptical about this game at first (as I am with like 90% of games), this game really surprised me. As the first true CRPG I've played and beaten, this game was a lot of fun and very engaging. The combat was a bit boring at first, but once you got into the rhythm, it was quick and satisfying. Meanwhile, the narrative gives a lot of options inside of its pseudo-linearity. What's more, the game has a lot of character and lore tied to it, which is a huge plus. Overall, a fantastic experience.
19. ABZU 1.5 hours
Rating: 5/10
I wouldn't really call this a game in any traditional sense, just like Journey, but I think it was a neat experience. I will say, it seemed a try a whole lot less than Journey and has a very humble feel about it. However, when all is said and done, it's not really my kind of thing.
20. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild ~50 hours
Rating: 9.5/10
I'm not sure what can be said about this game that hasn't been said already, but this was definitely a game full of magic. I've not felt quite this way playing a game in a long time.
21. Mass Effect: Andromeda 39 hours
Rating: 5/10
So, I have mixed feelings about this game. I think it's a pretty good game, all told. The combat is great and I'll likely keep returning for more multiplayer (some of my hours went into that). The main story is actually pretty great, in my opinion. The characters are not awful, but they're not as good as some others in the original trilogy. I think the main part that messed me up and made the game drag on for me was that the side quest and exploration design didn't feel rewarding or like there was enough context for what I was doing. Whereas Zelda or other games have this huge and interesting open world with numerous secrets in it, this just felt like a map to run from point A to B in. What's more, the stories for the side quests weren't all that compelling so that I wouldn't mind that, like in The Witcher 3. However, I would still recommend this game for the combat, main story, and a few choice side missions alone.
22. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare 7 hours
Rating: 7/10
I had heard that this game was recommended for fans of Mass Effect, so while playing Andromeda, I thought I'd pull it out and give it a shot. The campaign is a lot of fun, the writing is really strong, and there are some real jaw-dropping moments. I must say, I was not expecting such a high level of quality from a COD campaign, but there it is.
23. Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel 5 hours
Rating 8/10
Although short and PvP focus (which I have little interest in), this was a really well-crafted single area for the game. The main boss was exciting and terrifying. I had a lot of fun with this.
24. Final Fantasy XV: Episode Gladiolus 1 hour
Rating: 5/10
Really short, but there was some substance to it. I enjoyed it for what it was, and there were enough gameplay differences to make the experience worthwhile.
25. Persona 5 105 hours
Rating: 10/10
I really loved the hell out of this game. I am a fan of the franchise, so I kind of knew what to expect, but the game met my expectations spectacularly. So stylish and fresh, this is definitely the best turn-based JRPG I've ever played based solely on gameplay mechanics. Plus, everything else from the music to the story to the characters is just so unique. It's my GOTY so far.
26. Dark Souls III: The Ringed City 10 hours
Rating: 8/10
As the "finale" to the Dark Souls series, this was really fitting. I think the final boss really just encompassed everything about Dark Souls in such a fantastic way and the areas leading up to it were great in very unique ways. I am curious if there will be more Soulsbourne games in the future (hopefully yes) but this was a great way to close out this subseries.
27. Inside 3 hours
Rating: 8/10
Had I played this last year, it would have been my #2 on my GOTY list. This game is really something unique as only video games can present. The puzzles were unique and fun, the story was bizarre and weird in the best way. I really loved this game, but it was sadly over too soon. Still, it's just so well-designed, I almost feel sad I waited so long to play it.
28-29. Bloodborne + Bloodborne: The Old Hunters 50 hours
Rating 9/10
I started this game in 2015, then restarted a year later in 2016. Then, for some reason, I stopped playing... but picked up that same save file from a year ago and went from there. I must say, I really enjoyed the game for the aesthetics and design aspects, but there are certain things that really rubbed me the wrong way, such as the Blood Vial system and the warping - things that had been done better in a similar game just a year earlier. Despite this, I am really excited for a potential sequel. Also, the DLC is some of the best crafted stuff. Coming off of The Ringed City, this is equally as relevant to the themes of the base game. Some of my favorite encounters are part of that, but the game as a whole is just fantastic.
30. Limbo 3 hours
Rating 8/10
This game was really great, but coming off of Inside, it's definitely showing its age. Still, it was wonderfully unsettling and the puzzles were very well designed.
31-32. Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall & The Brigmore Witches 4 hours + 3 hours
Rating: 8/10
I love Dishonored. I probably should have finished these before finishing 2, but the DLC announcement poked me to go back and finish these to learn more about Daud/Billie. Needless to say, these DLC campaigns were both fantastic. I could always do with more Dishonored.
33. Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward (Main Scenario Quest) Unknown (100+) hours
Rating 8/10
Finally finished the MSQ through 3.5 in preparation for Stormblood. Only took me 2 years! It was great, but I wasn't always full paying attention to the story. Still, the game itself is one of my favorite things ever.
34. Wolfenstein: The New Order 11 hours
Rating: 8/10
Action-packed, stellar story, and just absolute fun. I loved this campaign almost from the get-go.
35. The Sexy Brutale 6 hours
Rating: 9/10
This game really came out of nowhere. I heard a bunch of recommendations for it when it released and had had my eye on it, but when I finally got into it, I was really blown away. It's basically a point-and-click, but execution and style make it so much more. Wrapped up in a fantastic story, it's one of my favorite games of the year.
36. Nioh 19 hours
Rating 6/10
I was not expecting this to be a straight rip of Dark Souls, and it would be unfair to judge the game against that standard, but what I can say is that I did not feel as good a feeling playing this as I do playing the Souls games for a variety of reasons. I liked it well enough, but I got burned out playing it and had no will to continue. Everything just got really repetitive after a point and I feel like I've seen everything there is to see from this game.
37. Prey 16 hours
Rating: 7.5/10
Prey is a fantastic game with some great level design and makes for very interesting encounters. The story is a fun and twisty romp, and I really enjoyed playing through the game, even if it was really frustrating at times.
38. Hollow Knight 18 hours
Rating: 9/10
Hollow Knight is such an exceptionally crafted Metroidvania game. The music is hauntingly beautiful, the game is absolutely gorgeous, and the controls and gameplay design are tight. As a huge fan of the Castlevanias in this style, this game blew me away.
39. Firewatch 3.5 hours
Rating: 7/10
Light on gameplay, but the story was fantastic. I really loved how it subverted expectations that usually come along with this kind of game. Very touching and overall a fantastic experience.
40. Nier Automata 23 hours
Rating: 7.5/10
I think this game had some great bones to its gameplay, but due to some poorly planned encounter designs, it ended up being a chore to play through at times. The story was great, though coming off of watching the story for the other games in the Drakengard/Nier series, this one felt a bit more ho-hum. That said, I did enjoy it a fair bit and some of the best moments were just before finding out what the hell was going on, so I'll give it credit for that build-up.
41. Horizon: Zero Dawn 27 hours
Rating: 7.5/10
This isn't usually the kind of game that I end up loving, but the combat system really bolstered what would have been a boring Ubisoft-style game. This game is just fantastic from a gameplay perspective, and although I didn't end up enjoy Aloy much, I can respect her journey and thought the story was very touching.
42. Injustice 2 5 hours
Rating: 7.5/10
As expected from an NRS game, the story was very good. They really upped their tech with the character work, specifically the facial animations, so I am very happy. Also, the game looks stunning in motion. The gameplay itself feels very good after awhile and I'm eager to play the game some more past the main story.
I'm reserving my spot here for my list. I'll fill it in a little later. I never thought I would be able to pull this off, but barring some major catastrophe I think I'll actually finish this challenge.
March
3. Ducktales Remastered
4. Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
5. Dragon's Crown
April
6. Infamous
7. Tearaway
8. Rochard
9. Proteus
10. Banjo & Kazooie - Grunty's Revenge
11. Super Mario Land
12. Operation C
13. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
14. Jurassic Park: The Game
May
15. Ninja Five-O
16. Wario Land 4
17. Kinect Star Wars
18. The Gunstringer
19. Halo 3: ODST
20. Toki Tori 2+
21. Ico
22. Flower
June
23. The Unfinished Swan
24. Deadpool
25. Okami
July
26. Game of Thrones: A Telltale Game Series
27. Bioshock: Infinite
28. Mega Man
29. Mega Man 2
30. Bioshock: Infinite - Burial at Sea
31. The Walking Dead: Michonne
32. Submerged
August
33. Uncharted: Golden Abyss
34. Mega Man 3
35. Tearaway Unfolded
36. Mercenary Kings
37. Homefront - The Revolution
September
38. Journey
39. Mega Man 4
40. Ratchet & Clank
41. Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
October
42. Oxenfree
43. Alan Wake (Abandoned) The Path
(Abandoned) Slender: The Arrival
44. Alan Wake's American Nightmare
45. Doom 3 - BFG Edition
46. Castlevania - the Adventure
47. Among the Sleep
48. P.T.
November
49. Castlevania II - Belmont's Revenge
50. Castlevania - Symphony of the Night
51. Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
52. Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
December
(Abandoned) Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard
53. Mega Man 5
54. Mega Man 6
55. Doom
(Abandoned) NiGHTS Into Dreams
56. Never Alone (Kisima Inŋitchuŋa)
Game 1: Time Travelers - started on 30.12.2016, finished on 05.01.2017 (11:14) - 3/5
Game 2: Monument Valley - started on 05.01.2017, finished on 05.01.2017 (2:39) - 4/5
Game 3: Technobabylon - started on 30.12.2016, finished on 11.01.2017 (12:15) - 5/5
Game 4: The Room Two - started on 12.01.2017, finished on 13.01.2017 (3:09) - 4/5
Game 5: Close Your Eyes - started on 13.01.2017, finished on 14.01.2017 (3:06) - 3/5
Game 6: Strawberry Vinegar - started on 14.01.2017, finished on 15.01.2017 (4:58) - 2/5
Game 7: Oxenfree - started on 15.01.2017, finished on 20.01.2017 (4:58) - 5/5
Game 8: Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - started on 21.01.2017, finished on 25.01.2017 (5:57) - 2/5
Game 9: Soma - started on 25.01.2017, finished on 29.01.2017 (8:14) - 5/5
Game 10: Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past - started on 23.09.2016, finished on 08.02.2017 (63:08) - 3/5
Game 11: Steins;Gate - started on 30.01.2017, finished on 25.02.2017 (43:43) - 5/5
Game 12: Abzu - started on 25.02.2017, finished on 26.02.2017 (1:54) - 4/5
Game 13: Ryse: Son of Rome - started on 26.02.2017, finished on 01.03.2017 (5:30) - 1/5
Game 14: Prune - started on 12.02.2017, finished on 04.03.2017 (~3 hours) - 3/5
Game 15: Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Darling - started on 01.03.2017, finished on 15.03.2017 (23:26) - 3/5
Game 16: The Swapper - started on 15.03.2017, finished on 17.03.2017 (5:21) - 5/5
Game 17: Grand Theft Auto V - started on 18.03.2017, finished on 31.03.2017 (37:50) - 3/5
Game 18: Batman: Arkham Origins - started on 31.03.2017, finished on 07.04.2017 (11:50) - 4/5
Game 19: Inside - started on 09.04.2017, finished on 10.04.2017 (3:30) - 5/5
Game 20: Kathy Rain - started on 16.04.2017, finished on 18.04.2017 (5:49) - 5/5
Game 21: Momodora - started on 22.04.2017, finished on 22.04.2017 (2:23) - 3/5
Game 22: Momodora II - started on 22.04.2017, finished on 23.04.2017 (1:04) - 4/5
Game 23: Momodora III - started on 24.04.2017, finished on 24.04.2017 (2:14) - 4/5
Game 24: Shardlight - started on 27.04.2017, finished on 30.04.2017 (8:36) - 4/5
Game 25: Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram - started on 07.04.2017, finished on 07.05.2017 (35:33) - 3/5
Game 26: Rise of the Tomb Raider - started on 01.05.2017, finished on 08.05.2017 (21:46) - 4/5
Game 27: Spaceplan - started on 11.05.2017, finished on 12.05.2017 (11:00) - 3/5
Game 28: The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 3rd - started on 08.05.2017, finished on 23.05.2017 (43:50) - 5/5
Game 29: Steins;Gate: Hen'i Kuukan no Octet - started on 23.05.2017, finished on 24.05.2017 (2:23) - 3/5
Game 30: Axiom Verge - started on 24.05.2017, finished on 25.05.2017 (10:51) - 4/5
Game 31: Steins;Gate 0 - started on 24.05.2017, finished on 04.06.2017 (35:34) - 4/5
Game 32: CrossCells - started on 04.06.2017, finished on 06.06.2017 (3:31) - 4/5
Game 33: LiEat: The Lie-Eating Dragon and the Vermilion Vampire - started on 06.06.2017, finished on 06.06.2017 (1:33) - 3/5
Game 34: LiEat: The Lie-Eating Dragon and the Azure Dreameater - started on 06.06.2017, finished on 06.06.2017 (1:22) - 3/5
Game 35: LiEat: The Lie-Eating Dragon and the Gold Thief - started on 07.06.2017, finished on 07.06.2017 (1:15) - 3/5
Game 36: Professor Layton and the Unwound Future - started on 07.06.2017, finished on 15.06.2017 (12:26) - 4/5
Game 37: Vanquish - started on 07.06.2017, finished on 16.06.2011 (7:01) - 4/5
Game 38: Dies irae ~Amantes amentes~ - started on 15.06.2017, finished on 07.08.2017 (96:37) - 4/5
Game 39: Professor Layton 4: The Last Specter - started on 08.08.2017, finished on 16.08.2017 (11:01) - 4/5
Game 40: The Beginner's Guide - started on 17.08.2017, finished on 18.08.2017 (1:30) - 4/5
Game 41: The Little Acre - started on 18.08.2017, finished on 18.08.2017 (1:27) - 3/5
Game 42: The Charnel House Trilogy - started on 18.08.2017, finished on 19.08.2017 (2:24) - 3/5
Game 43: WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.01 - started on 19.08.2017, finished on 24.08.2017 (12:27) - 2/5
Game 44: Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Demo Ver. - started on 25.08.2017, finished on 26.08.2017 (1:46) - 4/5
Game 45: WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.02 - started on 24.08.2017, finished on 29.09.2017 (7:35) - 4/5
Game 46: Picross e7 - started on 21.06.2017, finished on 02.09.2017 (12:17) - 5/5
Game 47: WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.03 - started on 29.08.2017, finished on 03.09.2017 (9:24) - 5/5
Game 48: A Normal Lost Phone - started on 03.09.2017, finished on 04.09.2017 (1:23) - 4/5
Game 49: Stories Untold - started on 04.09.2017, finished on 05.09.2017 (2:35) - 5/5
Game 50: planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~ - started on 05.09.2017, finished on 09.09.2017 (3:45) - 5/5
Game 51: Clustertruck - started on 09.09.2017, finished on 10.09.2017 (7:01) - 5/5
Game 52: NieR: Automata - started on 11.09.2017, finished on 26.09.2017 (33:16) - 5/5
Game 53: Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors - started on 26.09.2017, finished on 03.10.2017 (21:24) - 5/5
Game 54: Pic Pic - started on 12.11.2016, finished on 09.10.2017 (86:01) - 5/5
Game 55: Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward - started on 03.10.2017, finished on 18.10.2017 (34:12) - 4/5
Game 56: Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma - started on 19.10.2017, finished on 24.10.2017 (18:45) - 4/5
Game 57: Doki Doki Literature Club - started on 24.10.2017, finished 28.10.2017 (3:15) - 4.5/5
Game 58: Cosmic Star Heroine - started on 28.10.2017, finished on 01.11.2017 (15:28) - 4.5/5
Game 59: Lynne - started on 01.11.2017, finished on 01.11.2017 (1:32) - 4/5
Game 60: Draw Puzzle - started on 05.08.2017, finished on 02.11.2017 (13:56) - 4.5/5
Game 61: Perceptions of the Dead - started on 02.11.2017, finished on 02.11.2017 (1:21) - 2.5/5
Game 62: Glittermitten Grove - started on 02.11.2017, finished on 02.11.2017 (5:22) - 2.5/5
Game 63: Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons - started on 17.11.2017, finished on 19.11.2017 (2:03) - 5/5
Game 64: Pictopix - started on 02.11.2017, finished on 22.11.2017 (15:31) - 5/5
Game 65: Fate/hollow ataraxia - started on 03.11.2017, finished on 10.12.2017 (56:54) - 4/5
Game 66: Full Throttle Remastered - started on 10.12.2017, finished on 12.12.2017 (3:08) - 2/5
Game 67: Super Mario Galaxy - started on 22.11.2017, finished on 16.12.2017 (19:55) - 5/5
Game 68: Furi - started on 13.12.2017, finished on 17.12.2017 (3:17) - 2/5
Game X: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - started on 17.12.2017
Game X: Picross e8 - started on 26.12.2017
Reposting my current completion list as of september, 27 games so far. Will update with a few more soon once I find some time to do write-ups for them.
#1
Joe Dever's Lone Wolf HD Remastered
PC (Steam)
Completed: January 04, 2017
Playtime: 15h 08m
Started in 2016, and actually regret wasting time on finishing this. There are good things about it, like lots of flexibility in gameplay and interesting variable choices depending on the type of character abilities picked at start. But story and characters are average at best, doing very little interesting with the setting. The game is an obvious mobile port which uses frustrating swipe gesture mouse controls during combat segments. The music is very repetitive (same track playing in the book segments over and over again). The enemy variety could be much better - you'll be fighting the same enemies for what seems like dozens of battles in a row until something new shows up. Overall, was hoping for something more interesting as an introduction to the Summerlund setting, alas this choose-your-own-adventure digital gamebook was a disappointment.
#2
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
PS Vita
Completed: January 07, 2017
Playtime: 22h 42m
I liked the gameplay parts in this game, exploring Towa city and hunting down monokumas with a "hacking gun" was surprisingly fun. The story, on the other hand, is brought down by too many very bizarre/weird or very japanese moments, and by the incredibly annoying bunch of little kids as its "villains". Still It did have its moments, for example the ending twist was pretty cool.
#3
Knytt Underground
PC (Steam)
Completed: January 14, 2017
Playtime: 19h 19m
Wonderful 2D puzzle platformer/metroidvania. It has a HUGE map to explore - if there can be such a thing as an "2d open world", this is probably it. Beautiful area backgrounds and nice ambient music combine to create great atmosphere. Puzzles vary in difficulty from very simple ones that you barely notice to complex labyrinths spanning whole sections of the map and requiring surgical precision and timing to clear. There's even some decent quality story and lore, revealed mostly through interactions with numerous NPCs with the help of Mi's two tiny sprite companions. I like how you get to choose which one of them will talk for Mi each time, resulting in different and potentially funny dialog. I really enjoyed this game, the only downside I can think of is no controller support in the PC version, but it didn't bother me too much.
#4
Bloodborne + The Old Hunters
PS4
Completed: February 09, 2017
Total playtime: 64h 40m
+ Top notch visuals: excellent monster design, level architecture and art, unique dark gothic dreamy art style and atmosphere. But would've liked an option to switch off chromatic aberration, this is not an effect you should leave on ALL the time in any game.
+ Lots of well-designed and memorable boss fights
+ Interesting evolution of dark souls combat and weapon systems. Less number of weapons, but each is now more versatile/useful overall. Loved the idea of "switchable" trick weapons, but the firearms were a bit less reliable and consistent than I would have liked them to be.
- Story is barely there. Played till the end credits, read every note and listened to every dialog I came across and still pretty much didn't understand anything about what was going on in the world and why. Disappointing. I don't expect Witcher 3 storytelling from a Souls game, but damnit From Software, you could at least try to make an effort.
- One very frustrating and baffling design decision soured the experience for me: the removal of autorefill for essential items (potions, bullets) and the resulting need to grind them if you get stuck on a boss and use up all reserves. Is it an attempt to make a game harder to please hardcore souls fans? If so, it falls flat - players who are really good at the game won't even notice since they beat bosses in 2-3 attempts and never run out of items. Instead this mechanic punishes the players who are already struggling to progress, making the game even harder and more tedious for them.
The Old Hunters:
+ Cool new areas, enemies and items, mechanically interesting bosses (apart from their difficulty)
- Couple bosses are a real chore to defeat, harder to beat in NG than nearly all bosses in original game in NG+. This is because A) they have a bit too much health on NG imho; and B) they have a 1st phase that is as difficult as a normal boss, and then a 2nd phase which is nightmare fuel. To learn the boss's pattern in that 2nd phase you need to suffer through the long and tedious 1st phase again and again only to die continually in a few hits upon reaching the desired 2nd phase, because you don't know its pattern well enough yet. It was maddening, and I really did not enjoy that at all.
#5
The Unfinished Swan
PS4
Completed: February 12, 2017
Playtime: 3h 38m
Nice little indie game, was perfect for me as I needed something simple and relaxing to play after Bloodborne. Has neat stylish art style and nice soundtrack. Gameplay is straightforward - you solve easy puzzles to proceed and look for collectibles and bits of story along the way. I like how the game doesn't linger on the same mechanic/puzzle type too long between different chapters, knowing when to move on to something new so you don't get bored.
#6
Until Dawn
PS4
Completed: February 18, 2017
Playtime: 9h 26m
This took me by surprise. I expected Until Dawn to be a cheesy slasher flick with a few choices here and there, but instead it's actually a pretty atmospheric and creepy horror game with 8 main characters. Each of them is playable throughout different sections in the story, and lives or dies in the end based on the results of dozens of intertwined player choices and actions throughout the game. It's similar to recent episodic Telltale games, but the choice and consequence system used here puts those to shame. Performance issues aside (frame rate ranges from poor to abysmal), the game is extremely well done. I'll play it again some time for sure to see other outcomes (and hopefully not lose all but 2 people this time).
#7
Asphyxia
PC (Steam)
Completed: February 24, 2017
Playtime: 8h 04m
A non-japanese kind of visual novel which tells a pretty dark unrequited love story. The playtime is this long only because I played through several times to get all endings. It was of decent quality and thought provoking, but I can't say I loved it.
#8
Borderlands 2 + DLC
PC (Steam)
Completed: March 03, 2017
Playtime: 40h 34m (63h 51m total with all DLC)
+ Definitely an improvement on the first game. World design, characters, graphics, main questline quality are much better. Although, speaking about graphics, I modded out the black outlines on edges of everything and in my opinion the game looked MUCH better for it.
+ Loot system is still pretty good with tons of diverse weapon and damage effects, and probably the main reason to play this game
- Still too grindy and repetitive for my taste. Had to skip a few side quests because they amounted to the same "Do this extremely tedious task here in this location. Now go in these 4 other locations and repeat the same thing there. Have fun!" formula.
- Still don't like some of the core design decisions like constantly respawning enemies, including freaking bosses. This pretty much forces you to fast travel as much as you can, but there's still plenty of times when you have to fight (or get shot at by) the same mobs when running through the same area again and again just because there's no fast travel point available nearby to skip it. Dumb.
- Guns could still use an improvement in how satisfying they are to actually use. Sounds, looks, animation, etc. - the gunplay feel is definitely lacking here.
- Too much story is still told via random audio logs. Why is something as important as the backstory of my character and their reason for coming to Pandora hidden away in 4 easily missable log items in one of many areas? If you don't check the achievements page you may not even realize they are there.
Headhunter DLCs (1 through 5)
Completed: March 08, 2017
Total playtime: 6h 44m
Each Headhunter pack has a new area with a short but entertaining series of quests and a fun boss encounter. Loved the soundtrack in the new areas, and the visuals in each are very different and refreshing to see after the main game. The quest lines could be more interesting and less checklisty, but that's a flaw derived from the base game. Overall, very good for the low asking price of these DLC packs.
Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty
Completed: March 11, 2017
Playtime: 6h 48m
+ Cool new characters (Captain Scarlett is awesome), interesting new areas, great new music.
- Some very boring/tedious side quests of the worst possible design (backtracking through areas you just left and cleared of enemies, which of course will now have respawned again).
Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage
Completed: March 13, 2017
Playtime: 3h 53m
Probably least interesting expansion for me. Missions are repetitive and boring and there are more than usual repeated tier 2-3 of the same missions with higher difficulty (I just put those on ignore immediately). Also I can't stand Mr. Torque (and generally people who're constantly yelling for no reason). Tiny Tina, on the other hand, is an awesome character, really liked her in the base game and was glad to see her here.
Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt
Completed: March 17, 2017
Playtime: 4h 52m
Decent main quest line with a funny villain, but traditionally weak and tedious side missions. I liked it better than Torgue's Campaign of Carnage at least.
Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep
Completed: March 18, 2017
Playtime: 5h 52m
Definitely my favorite DLC of all Borderlands 2 campaign packs. Tabletop gaming is among my hobbies, so I enjoyed the main "plot" and all the silly jokes. The new environments look great and music is awesome. Tiny Tina and Lilith are my two favorite characters from the base game and they feature a lot here. A few tedious side quests aside, this one was pretty enjoyable and left a good parting impression of Borderlands 2.
#9
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
PS1
Completed: March 05, 2017
Playtime: 68h 41m
Very mixed feelings on this game. On one hand, I mostly liked Innocent Sin, and this is essentially more of the same. And I was really excited to play as Maya at first, but... Disappointing first half - lots of reused copy-pasted dungeons and locations; poorly balanced progression (pretty much have to grind cards and/or XP to keep up with enemies), lack of meaningful development of the Maya plotline left over from previous game:
Maya is doing her thing, getting in all kinds of dangerous shit, while Tatsuya spends all his time somewhere off-screen, "protecting" her and others (good job, buddy). On the other hand, meeting up with old friends and characters from previous games was definitely the high-point for me. It was very cool to have Nate in my party again.
Didn't like bosses who take literally hours to kill because they have a million HP (that's for one attempt by the way, fail and you need to re-do again from scratch), unless you happen to have exactly the right persona ready. That's just not cool. Also baffling is how after 2 games they still kept using those annoying undetectable floor traps in dungeon design which drop you down a few dungeon levels below and force you to re-tread your steps for the next 30 mins through corridors filled with boring random encounters you've already beaten before. They can't possibly think this is fun, right? But then why, WHY did they keep doing this? Finally, disappointing ending. Actually, the whole premise of
the "the other side" being a sort of alternate dimension which still exists now, after Tatsuya and his old crew applied whatever magic trick they did at the end of Innocent Sin,
is kind of depressing, and not at all how I imagined the consequences of Innocent Sin finale to be after finishing it.
#10
The Order: 1886
PS4
Completed: March 12, 2017
Playtime: 8h 39m
The highlight of this game for me was the unique vibrant historical setting, brought to life with great audio and visuals. The story is interesting, but feels unfinished and leaves some important things unexplained. I still have no idea who that hooded man was, for one, and what was his role in the events that transpired. Character animations and traversal controls are very smooth and well-done. The bad: game is very linear and with no player agency in story, minimal replay value. Too much QTE sequences, game was much more enjoyable to me in cover shooter and exploration segments.
#11
Journey
PS4
Completed: March 13, 2017
Playtime: 2h 11m
Short, but very beautiful and enjoyable surrealistic adventure. I liked it, but not enough to hunt for secrets/achievements.
#12
Mass Effect: Andromeda
PC (Origin)
1st playthrough completed: April 08, 2017
2nd playthrough completed: July 15, 2017
Total playtime: 142h 16m
What I played: SP only, 1st playthrough was male infiltrator (mix of Combat and Tech trees) Ryder with all side quests done except for additional Architect hunts past the first one and a bunch of pointless tasks which didn't even give you a nav point to finish them, forcing you to drive around looking for a random spawn (because screw that). Romanced Peebee, best buddies with the rest of the crew. 2nd playthrough was female Ryder with mostly biotic powers, and skipping most side quests except crew missions. I'm not going to criticize this game too much (enough said in the internet at this point), except to say that I was very sceptical of it after the Andromeda name reveal (hate the idea of literally running away from facing the ME3 ending problems to another galaxy), and it didn't really do anything to change my mind. The story was not interesting to me, but I did like the combat gameplay and a few characters from the new crew.
#13
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
PC (Steam)
Completed: April 10, 2017
Playtime: 23h 04m
Only played the gimped iOS version before, and was looking forward to replaying this excellent VN with all the original puzzles included. Still think the game and its premise are pretty cool, and I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good mystery/mindtwist story. But the 2nd playthrough did highlight for me some inconsistencies/plot holes that are not explained at all or not in a satisfying manner.
#14
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
PC (Steam)
Completed: April 22, 2017
Playtime: 52h 50m
Loved all the mindtwisting and
timeline jumping
craziness in the story, but I feel like it kind of lost its focus and became too convoluted/complicated for its own good towards the end. Didn't like the way they went with
Akane and Junpei
, I had a completely different picture of the future for those two in my mind after finishing the 1st game and the sequel kind of ruined that for me. The puzzles were a bit more of a pain this time around. Really liked the soundtrack.
#15
Zero Time Dilemma
PC (Steam)
Completed: April 25, 2017
Total playtime: 25h 53m
I kind of regret this game could not be more like the first two games, but at the same time I understand it's a pleasant surprise the game got greenlit and released at all given poor sales of the originals. The main plot thread is ... decent, I guess. Unfortunately, there are no real side plot threads like there used to be in 999 and VLR - they all last for like a few minutes at most. I found the sections dealing with
the Radical-6 outbreak (e.g. the biolab segment)
to be the most interesting, and I really wish there'd be more of those. Like, instead of the completely pointless chapters where
you roll a die and get executed 999 times out of 1000. Seriously, I can't even think of a reason why the hell would Zero include something like that in their masterplan design, except to be an evil sadistical bastard.
#16
Tales from the Borderlands
PC (Steam)
Completed: April 28, 2017
Playtime: 10h 23m
Well-directed funny story told from perspectives of two different protagonists. Liked most of it, except how it forces Rhys to be a goodie-goodie in the final episodes no matter how evil and self-centered you played him before. Loved the characters, especially Sasha, Vaughn and Athena.
#17
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
3DS
Completed: May 20, 2017
Playtime: 27h 16m
My first Ace Attorney game. The first few cases were too obvious to figure out who/how, but the later ones become more interesting. Didn't like how you are sometimes unable to present vital evidence or contradiction in prosecution's case because the game arbitrarily decided it wasn't time for that particular piece of evidence yet. Also the judge/court system was very inconsistent even for a parody/satire of a real court - like, apparently, sometimes you need a motive to convict someone (when it's Ace accusing someone), and sometimes you don't (when it's the prosecution).
#18
Magic Duels: Origins
PC (Steam)
Completed: June 05, 2017
Playtime: 36h 23m (in 2017)
Continued playing this from last year. Played through the single player campaign of the new Kaladesh expansion, played lots of multiplayer matches, tried a lot fun decks. I'm reasonably sure I won't be playing it again this year, so into the completed list it goes.
#19
Friday the 13th: The Game
PC (Steam)
Completed: June 29, 2017
Playtime: 68h 55m
Tried it out on a whim and surprisingly got hooked for a good while. Had lots of fun, unlocked all Jason variants, played until I knew all the maps and Jason kill animations by heart, and for a bit after that. The game had (and still has) lots of bugs and problems, my biggest gripes were with stealth being pretty much useless even with good perks when playing as counselor, and with the game not preventing players from disconnecting during a kill animation to rob Jason of kill credit (and points) when playing as Jason. Leaving this alone for a good long while at this point until they fix all the problems and release a bunch of new maps and other content.
#20
The Hero Project: Redemption Season
PC (Steam)
Completed: July 18, 2017
Playtime: 6h 52m
A sidequel to the Heroes Rise text interactive novel/adventure series which I played last year. This one was ok, but dropped the ball on character relationships - it's like most character arcs are only introduced here and then too obviously left hanging to be continued in a later entry. I felt like The Prodigy did a better job at it being the first entry in a new series.
#21
L.A. Noire
PC (Steam)
Completed: July 25, 2017
Playtime: 31h 09m
Game with a good story (starts slow and disjointed, but cases get more interesting), an unlikeable protagonist that the story made me like (or, at least, respect) in the end, great motion-capture facial animations, ok cover shooter and car chase missions, open-world-like city to (for the most part pointlessly) drive around in. And with poorly implemented, frustrating conversation/interrogation system which makes you guess a correct approach based on what you know about the character (which too often amounts to next to nothing).
#22
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
PC (Steam)
Completed: August 02, 2017
Playtime: 23h 09m
Multiplayer shooters aren't usually my thing, but Battle Royale setup is interesting to me. Only played solo matches, didn't get chicken dinner but came very close several times. The game is pretty fun, but it could really use more maps - after 10-15 hours I was already starting to get tired of the only one available. Also the last few walls in a round could use a nerf in speed and deadliness - as it stands, more people are dying to it than to other players, which is kind of lame.
#23
Metal Gear
PS3
Completed: August 05, 2017
Playtime: 7h 03m
First time delving into the Metal Gear series, and what place better to start than at the very beginning. It holds up suprisingly well for its age, and does not overstay its welcome. I had fun, probably my only complaint would be a few places where it's hard to determine what the heck you're supposed to do next without looking it up in a walkthrough.
#24
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
PS3
Completed: August 11, 2017
Playtime: 7h 15m
Great game, but I had a tough time getting used to the changes in the stealth system coming in after the first game. Never got good at stealth here, and basically ended up running and gunning through a lot of sections towards the end. Boss fights were definitely more fun here though.
#25
Dead by Daylight
PC (Steam)
Completed: August 21, 2017
Playtime: 50h 29m
Dived into this game after having lots of fun with F13, and at first could not get into it at all. Playing killer here is hard work compared to Friday - while in Friday the challenge is in whether you can kill ALL of the counsillors in a match, here it's more like "Can you kill at least 1-2 of them before they speedhack all the gens?". I think it's due partly to me often running into high-leveled, well-coordinated pre-made parties in matchmaking. But at long last I finally am decent at the killer game, and getting all 4 kills against high-ranked players is immensely satisfying. I think it's a good point to say goodbye to DBD, the XP grind to get new abilities is getting very tiresome and all the maps are starting to look the same.
#26
Halo 2
Xbox One
Completed: September 03, 2017
Playtime: 11h 10m
Finally got around to continuing my MCC playthrough. 2nd game in the series has noticably higher production values - the cinematic cutscenes look great even today. Lots more lore and new characters compared to the first game too, which I like. Other highlights: good enemy AI, interesting level design, great soundtrack. The story involving aliens and their internal bickering / politics was not very interesting to me, though.
#27
Killer Instinct
PC
Completed: September 05, 2017
Playtime: 57h 58m
Possibly the best fighter I ever played (keeping in mind that I'm complete casual though, so I haven't played all that many). With all seasons 1-3 characters, you're looking at a very varied flashy roster, and a very well-balanced one at that. What I played: finished the story mode arcade ladder with all 3 challenges completed for all season 1-2 characters, and played through the Shadow Lords campaign twice with different teams (not counting failed attempts... that campaign does not fuck around difficulty-wise). The game runs great on PC, except for one little issue where Windows store version often took a long time to connect to servers at launch. Anyways, great game.
Retired/not completed games:
Empire: Total War
PC (Steam)
Playtime: 19h 50m
I wanted to try one of the older Total War games from my backlog, but made a mistake picking this one, thinking it would be more about European wars around the Napolean times. Instead it's a campaign focused on American history, which I don't really care about. Tried to stick with it, but the missions kept dragging on and the tutorial wasn't even done educating me on how things worked after almost 20 hours, so I bowed out of this one.
January:
1. The House of the Dead: Overkill (Wii) [1-1]
2. Watch Dogs 2 (PS4) [2-1]
3. Hotline Miami (Steam) [5-1]
4. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (Steam) [11-1]
5. Dead Space (Origin) [15-1]
6. Dead Space 2 (Origin) [18-1]
7. Dan the Man (Android) [20-1]
8. The Last Door (Steam) [21-1]
9. Rabbids: Go Home (Wii) [21-1]
10. Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death (Steam) [23-1]
11. Another Code: Two Memories (DS) [30-1]
February:
12. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen (Steam) [5-2]
13. Mass Effect 2 (Origin) [14-2]
14. Grow Home (PSN) [19-2]
15. Watch Dogs (PS4) [27-2]
April:
19. Watch Dogs: Bad Blood (PS4) [14-4]
20. Crysis 2 (Steam) [16-4]
21. The Darkness II (Steam) [17-4]
22. Life is Strange (Steam) [26-4]
23. Star Fox 64 3D (3DS) [28-4]
May:
24. Lollipop Chainsaw (PS3) [3-5]
25. Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment (PS4) [6-5]
26. Gone Home (itch.io) [14-5]
27. Party Hard (PSN) [20-5]
28. Corporate Lifestyle Simulator (Steam) [22-5]
29. Aragami (PSN) [26-5]
June:
30. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Steam) [26-6]
31. My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (3DS Download) [28-6]
August:
37. Pony Island (PC Download) [12-8]
38. Deadlight - Director's Cut (GOG) [14-8]
39. One Finger Death Punch (Steam) [26-8]
September:
40. Gravity Rush 2 (PS4) [2-9]
41. The Walking Dead (Steam) [8-9]
42. The Walking Dead: 400 Days (Steam) [9-9]
43. The Walking Dead: Season 2 (Steam) [10-9]
44. Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell (Steam) [11-9]
45. DmC: Devil May Cry (Steam) [16-9]
46. The Journey Down: Chapter One (Steam) [23-9]
47. Loot Hero DX (Steam) [24-9]
October:
48. Saints Row: The Third (Steam) [11-10]
49. Space Pilgrim Episode I: Alpha Centauri (PC Download) [14-10]
50. Mario Kart 7 (3DS) [18-10]
51. Saints Row IV (Steam) [23-10]
52. Saints Row IV: Enter the Dominatrix (Steam) [24-10]
November:
53. Metro: Last Light Redux (Steam) [5-11]
54. Taiku Mansion (Steam) [10-11]
55. Spider-Man (PS1) [14-11]
56. Saints Row IV: How the Saints Save Christmas (Steam) [15-11]
57. Melissa K. and the Heart of Gold (Steam) [19-11]
58. Shadowgrounds (Steam) [20-11]
59. 12 is Better Than 6 (Steam) [25-11]
60. Magicka: The Other Side of the Coin (Steam) [29-11]
December:
61. Homefront (Steam) [15-12]
62. Tales from the Borderlands (PS4) [17-12]
63. Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Steam) [27-12]
And done! Thanks for running this topic on ERA, see you all next year (in which I will obviously fail due to fact I became a dad recently).
Current state (updated 30-Dec-2017)
53/52 games beaten
January
Game 1: Stein's Gate (VITA)
Game 2: Alan Wake (PC)
Game 3: Brothers: A tale of two sons (PS3)
Game 4: Hatsune miku diva f 2nd (VITA)
Game 5: To the moon (PC)
Game 6: Double Dragon 3 (3DS NES Emulator)
Game 7: Steins;Gate 0 (VITA)
Game 8: Abzu (PS4)
Game 9: VVVVVV (VITA)
February
Game 10: Super Mario Bros 3. (3DS)
Game 11: Ratchet & Clank (PS4)
Game 12 :Hatoful Boyfriend (VITA)
Game 13: Grow Up (PS4)
Game 14: Steamworld dig (VITA)
Game 15: New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS)
Game 16: Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze (WII U)
Game 17: The Witness (PS4)
March
Game 18: Zelda Breath of the Wild (Nintendo Switch)
Game 19: Inside (PS4)
April
Game 20: Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4)
Game 21: PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (VITA)
May
Game 22: Persona 5 (PS4)
Game 23: Kamiko (Nintendo Switch
Game 24: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo Switch)
Game 25: The Unfinished Swan (VITA)
June
Game 26: God of War III Remastered (PS4)
Game 27: Nier Automata (PS4)
Game 28: DOOM (PC)
Game 29: Superhot (PC)
July
Game 30: Hitman (PS4)
Game 31: Code: Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~
Game 32: Severed (VITA)
August
Game 33: Gravity Rush Remastered (PS4)
Game 34: Velocity 2X (VITA)
Game 35: Killzone:Mercenary (VITA)
Game 36: Dragon's Crown (VITA)
Game 37: Titanfall 2 (PS4)
September
Game 38: Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls (PC)
Game 39: danganronpa another episode (VITA)
October
#40 monuments valley - IOS - ★★★☆☆
Bought the game on Android when it came out, then bought the game on IOS when I switched tables but never played it.
Very beautiful but the game was on the easy side and a bit short
#41 Lara Croft GO - VITA - ★★☆☆☆
Not a bad game for 2,99 euro in one of the recent PSN sales, but felt like a mobile game and the last few levels were quite trial and error which was really terrible in combination with the horrendous load times on VITA.
#42 Steamworld Dig 2- SWITCH - ★★★★☆
I liked the first one (PS+ game) so decided to buy this game on day one to support the studio. Such an improvement compared to the first one. One of the highlights so far on the SWITCH for me.
November
Game 43: Bloodborne (PS4)
Game 44: Super Mario Odyssey (SWITCH)
Game 45: What Remains of Edith Finch (PS4)
Game 46: Oxenfree (PS4)
Game 47: doki doki literature club (PC)
Game 47: MCPixel (PC)
Game 49: Yakuza 0 (PS4)
December
Game 50: Thomas Was Alone (VITA)
Game 51: Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (PS4)
Game 52: Night in the Woods (PC)
Game 53: Gran Turismo Sport (PS4)
69. Super Mario Odyssey (5+ hours)
EPD Tokyo hits it out of the ballpark once again. May be the best game to come from this particular studio at Nintendo, to be honest. Just a complete and utter delight, I don't know where to begin to sing its praises.
Game 1: Final Fantasy XV [PS4]
41+ hours played
Finished 26/01/17
Score: 4,5 (yes)
Verdict:
After 10 years in development, Final Fantasy XV highly exceeds my expectations. The charming and interesting Characters on their adventurous journey of friendship, combined with the surprisingly deep and depressing story create an exceptional gaming experience.
I especially liked the unconventional art style and the beautiful, yet enormous large and crowded landscapes. What makes it even better is the superb soundtrack and the many little details like the integration of photos, chocobo riding, camping or some funny animations.
Albeit a little bit repetitive, the pathfinder gameplay and action-packed combat are still fun, even after 41 hours. There is so much more to do after completing the main quest, that I just want to merge into the wonderful world of Final Fantasy XV again.
Truly "a Final Fantasy for fans and newcomers alike."
Game 2: Empty [PC]
0,5 hours played
Finished 28/01/17
Score: 4 (yes)
Game 3: ABZÛ [PC]
3 hours played
Finished 05/02/17
Score: 4,5 (yes)
Verdict:
Gifted by spindoc. Thanks again!
Like Journey before, ABZÛ is an emotional, calming and visually beautiful little timeless gem, with a mesmerizing soundtrack.
ABZÛlutely beautiful.
Game 4: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege [PC]
50+ hours played
Finished -/-/-
Score: (yes)
Game 5: Ratchet and Clank [PS4]
18 hours played
Finished 18/02/17
Score: 4 (yes)
Game 6: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [SWITCH]
90+ hours played
Finished 07/04/17 (True Ending / All Shrines)
Score: 5 (yes)
Game 7: Dark Souls 3: The Ringed City DLC [PC]
15 hours played
Finished 30/03/17
Score: 4 (yes)
Game 8: Inside [PC]
3 hours played
Finished 11/04/17
Score: 4 (yes)
Game 9: Snipperclips [SWITCH]
7+ hours played
Finished 15/04/17
Score: 4,5 (yes)
Game 10: The Witness [PC]
x hours played
Finished xx/xx/17
Score: (yes)
Game 11: Horizon Zero Dawn [PS4]
x hours played
Finished 31/05/17
Score: 4 (yes)
Game 12: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe [SWITCH]
x hours played
Finished xx/xx/17
Score: 5 (yes)
Game 13: The Last Guardian [PS4]
x hours played
Finished 18/06/17
Score: 4 (yes)
Game 14: Splatoon 2 [Switch]
9 hours played (Story)
Finished 27/07/17
Score: 4,5 (yes)
Game 15: Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun [PC]
x hours played
Finished xx/07/17
Score: (yes)
Game 16: Life is Strange: Before the Storm [PC]
3.3 hours played
Finished xx/07/17
Score: (hella)
Game 17: PUBG [PC]
82 hours played
Finished xx/xx/xx
Score: x
Game 18: Cuphead [PC]
3 hours played
Finished xx/10/17
Score: x
Game 19: Middle-earth: Shadow of War [PC]
27,5 hours played
Finished 15/10/17
Score: 4 (yes)
Game 20: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus [PC]
14 hours played
Finished 15/10/17
Score: 4 (yes)
Game 21: Destiny 2 [PC]
xx hours played
Finished 8/11/17
Score: 4 (yes)
Game 22: Mario Odyssey [SWITCH]
xx hours played
Finished 22/11/17
Score: 5 (yes)
Game 23: The Evil Within [PC]
14 hours played
Finished 11/12/17
Score: 3,5 (yes)
01. Titanfall 2
02. The Last Guardian
03. Castlevania
04. Game Resident Evil 7: Beginning Hour
05. Dragonball Xenoverse
06. Resident Evil 7
07. Dues Ex: Mankind Divided
08.Shadowrun: Dragonfall
09. Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
10. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
11. Ib
12. The Witch's House
13. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
14. Valkyria Chronicles
15. Why Am I Dead At Sea
16. Moirai
17. Yakuza 0
18. Blaster Master Zero
19. 2064: Read Only Memories
20. Outlast 2
21. Virginia
22. Pony Island
23. Inside
24. Policenauts
25. Bad Dudes
26. What Remains of Edith Finch
27. Little Nemo: The Dream Master
28. Prey
29. Stories Untold
30. Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
31. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
32. Mother 3
33. Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
34. Batman: The Telltale Series
35. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
36. Bayonetta
37. Super Mario World
38. Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
39. Super Castlevania IV
40. Super Punch-Out
41. Gunsmoke
42. We Know The Devil
43. Aladdin
44. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
45. U.N. Squadron
46. The Evil Within 2
47. Steamworld Dig
48. Zone of the Enders - 6/10
If ZOE released in 2017, everyone would consider it an Early Access game. The boss fighters are cool, but overall the bulk of the game is a redundant mess with some of the worst voice acting that I've heard in years. This was likely because of there likely wasn't a large pool of qualified voice actors to pick from like there is today since voice acting in games was in its infancy 16 years ago. But still, it's awful enough that it will pull you out of the game. Unfortunately, the story of a bullied boy who finds himself with his own mech after an attack on his space colony also goes nowhere fast. I can see why, with its 4 hours running time, people were up in arms over this being a full priced $50 game. Today something like ZOE would have been had in a Humble Bundle for $4.99 or less.
49. Uncharted: Golden Abyss - 8.5/10
Uncharted: Golden Abyss is a homecoming for me after the absurdist tonal revisionism of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and Lost Legacy. While by no means perfect, Sony Bend did a fantastic job of making Drake be Drake and it reminded me of how badly I missed this original style of Uncharted game. To get the bad out of the way, as a launch title Sony Bend shoehorned a ridiculous amount of unnecessary touchscreen and gyroscopic gimmicks that bring the game to a screeching halt. It's almost unbearing for the first two hours as tutorials keep popping up again and again.
Eventually, as the characters and story take center stage over the gimmicks, I fell in love all over again. I can't state strongly enough just how badly I missed this crew, this banter, and the playfulness and I must commend Sony Bend for knocking it out of the park. Dante, in particular, is the best villain in the series and stands out head and shoulders above Navarro, Lazarević, Marlowe, Rafe, and Nadine, and as such special props should be given to Jason Spisak for an awesome performance. Dante is like Flynn from Uncharted 2, a close associate of Drake's who has brought Drake in for a job. However, their falling out plays out far more naturally than I expected, with the two trying to find common ground with each other right until the end.
Gunplay is far more forgiving than any of the other Uncharted games. The hitboxes are nice and large which allows even misses to count as headshots so the story can keep chugging along. This is probably because lining up headshots is extremely difficult because of the very choppy frame rate. But again, all is forgiven because this is the experience I'd been waiting for 5 years. I'd wrongly written it off because it was a handheld game and for that I feel foolish, but the wrongs have been righted and I can safely say Uncharted: Golden Abyss delivers.
50. Steamworld Dig 2 - 8.5/10
I started Steamworld Dig 2 during a trip to my very sick Great-Aunt's apartment in Coney Island. My mother was conversating with my Great-Aunt and I laid down in the other room overlooking Manhattan and started the game up for the first time. I hadn't played the first Steamworld Dig but had heard very good things about it and since I had scored a free $20 gift card, decided to pick up the sequel since I needed more games for my Switch.
I only expected to dabble and return immediately to Breath of the Wild, but the SD2 hooked me and the hours flew by until the battery ran out. For those that don't know, Steamworld Dig 2 is a Metroid-esque game where players dig, rather than bomb their way, down, collect gemstones, upgrade themselves, and solves puzzle rooms in an effort to find a missing friend from the first game. The music for the game is especially awesome. The town music is a JAM (https://imageform.bandcamp.com/track/new-heights-in-el-machino). Going back to turn in my haul always felt awesome and the music made me linger than would have otherwise.
I found the artwork to be beautiful and the gameplay to be addicting as I would constantly be compelled to unlock and upgrade new mechanics (no spoilers) with my collected haul to discover new ways of playing the game. The game, unfortunately, runs out of ideas in the last hour or two. The devs give you just enough jewels to mine to unlock everything about your character, but in doing so the game becomes redundant in that last final bit. Instead, I would have preferred if they cut some of the jewels in the endgame area in order to compel us to move forward instead of bogging the pace of the game down by encouraging us to max our character out. That said, I don't regret a single second I spent with Steamworld Dig 2.
Batman: Arkham Knight
Beyond Good & Evil
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Crypt of the NecroDancer
Devil May Cry 3
Devil May Cry 4
Dishonored
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Earthbound
God Hand
Gradius V
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
Okami
Rayman Legends
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
SteamWorld Heist
Super Castlevania IV
Tales from the Borderlands
The Last Guardian
Ys Origin
AM2R: Return of Samus
Anarchy Reigns
Assault Android Cactus
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Castlevania Chronicles
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Dino Crisis
Dino Crisis 2
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Mega Man X2
Nuclear Throne
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Resident Evil: Revelations
Revolver360 Re:Actor
Rocket Knight Adventures
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Sparkster
Tearaway Unfolded
Unravel
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
I would take part, but this would mean I'd have to finish probably about 45 games in the next 62 days. I'm just going to assume that's not happening. Maybe next year though!
Probably won't make it, but I keep all this data to myself in the Backloggery anyway so why not post it?
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1. Gravity Rush Remastered (PS4)
Cool game, interesting plot and great characters, fun writing. Gameplay is awesome. 3/5
2. Resident Evil 7 (PC)
Great game, amazing until you get to the final third which is a little dip in quality. I loved all the characters, especially Jack, and Ethan. I still have a lot of questions about the ending and the entire game, I guess they will be answered in the free DLC. 4/5
3. Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4)
Awesome game, love the protagonist and great plot. Amazing world design and lore, machines are so good. Shame that the human combat and lip sync are pretty bad. 4/5
4. Super Mario 3D World (WiiU)
Super fun game, tight level design, awesome graphics and animations, and great scale. 3D was a little confusing and caused some deaths at times, and it was too easy. 3/5
5. We Were Here (PC)
Cool concept for co-op, but the walkie talkies were useless, the puzzles were just ok and the game was pretty janky, plus the whole ending thing didn't even work for me. 1/5
6. Shovel Knight (3DS)
Good game, great artstyle, atmosphere, soundtrack and characters. Love all the callbacks to old games. Fun gameplay and challenging levels, but really easy bosses. 3/5
7. The Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker HD (WiiU)
Great game. great atmosphere, soundtrack and world. Lovely characters, amazing, timeless artstyle; good plot and ending, best Ganondorf, best Link and best Zelda. Enemy variety and dungeons were very poor, and exploration was pretty tiring at times, but bosses were good. 3/5
8. Picross 3D Round 2 (3DS)
Fun little puzzle game, very cool concept and addicting as hell. Controls were a bit problematic at times and caused some errors. 3/5
9. Moirai (PC)
Very cool concept and execution. Great music, atmosphere, mystery... VERY short though. 2/5
10. The Last Guardian (PS4)
A true masterpiece. Trico's AI and the whole relationship establishment between Trico and the boy are phenomenal, some of the best things I've ever saw in gaming. The puzzles were just great - used all the mechanics wonderfully and encouraged creativity. Incredible set pieces. Atmosphere was amazing - world design, artstyle, OST. Story and lore were very good with minimal presentation as usual, ending got me teary...very emotional. Graphics were great too - except a low res texture sometimes. 5/5
11. Outlast 2 (PC)
Great game. Very good environment design plus subtle visual cues telling you where to go, sound design is amazing (soundtrack, audio cues and especially ambient sounds and noises). Good VA, good story, phenomenal atmosphere. It was less scary then the previous game because of the open environments and the many chase sequences, but it had a little bit of the stealth ones, especially in the first half of the game. The school sections were a bit meh, but were scarier than the rest of the game. 4/5
12. Prey (PC)
Great game. Amazing level design, encouraging exploration wonderfully and the atmosphere is top notch thanks to the lore,and level of detail in each area of the station - it just makes sense as a real place. The OST and audio cues are fantastic, the gameplay is pretty basic but lets you handle combat situations with many different ways and abillities. The enemy design is kinda bland but their behavior and moves makes them scary. The whole ending bit feels pretty rushed, and was very predictable. 4/5
13. Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall (PC)
Fine DLC. Good level design as expected, but really small levels and it was way too short. Plot wasn't that interesting too, although Daud is great. 2/5
14. Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches (PC)
Longer and better designed levels than the last DLC, reminiscent of the full game. Plot was better and Daud kept on shining. It had some really stupid stuff though like the whole final level and was also kinda short. 2/5
15. Dishonored 2 (PS4)
Amazing game. Phenomenal atmosphere, colorful characters, great OST. Some of the best level design I've ever seen, borderline genius at times...so many options to approach a mission. Lore is awesome as always, but a bit of a weak plot hindered it. 4/5
16. New Super Mario Bros. U (WiiU)
Good game. Great level design - 2D platforming heaven. Too easy at times but not overtly so like all the 3DW and NSMB2. Controls didn't respond well all the time (especially the jump button), but the movement was solid otherwise. OST was disappointing. 3/5
17. Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss (PC)
Great DLC. Pretty short and too easy overall, but amazing scenery and areas (especially The Abyss), cool cast and awesome (but easy) bosses. 4/5
18. Dark Souls (PC)
Very good game. Some really great levels and atmosphere, OST, characters and enemies. Amazing world and lore - world building is top notch and how it connects is phenomenal. First half of the game was pretty weak and uninspired, but the second half was great (besides a pretty bad and disappointing ending). Bosses were too easy and not memorable enough, for the most part. 4/5
19. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PS4)
Phenomenal. Most immersive game I've ever played, amazing atmosphere and visuals... Twisted themes about mental illness being represented the best way possible, one of the best VA work that I've ever heard (from all the cast). Combat is basic, but is great nonetheless and the learning process is good too. Environmental puzzles are awesome. This game reached new heights in visual storytelling, and the lore was fantastic too...truly a masterpiece that will stick with me long after the credits. 5/5
20. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (PS4)
Really fun game! Tons of content for a "DLC". Best graphics I've ever seen, amazing visual and environment desgin, with epic scale. Controls and gameplay are again really smooth and encounters are good but too few. Characters are fun and the vibe is reminiscent of the old Uncharted games. The ending set piece is mind blowing. 3/5
21. Dying Light: The Following (PC)
Stupid fun in co-op, and mechanically great - fun world and good gameplay (the new addition of vehicles is awesome), and great atmosphere at times, especially at night. But quests, characters and plot are really shitty and it drags on for way to long, being a real monotonous grind sometimes. 2/5
22. Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin (PC)
Amazing game. Phenomenal visual design and atmosphere, wonderful OST and a great plot. Gameplay is really good and improved upon its predecessor in every way, and all the maps are unique and awesome with great level design and fantastic bosses (even though they weren't challenging enough for the most part, they were all original and each one had a little quirky mechanic and that made them all memorable). Majula is an amazing hub and all the characters were really cool, the sidequests too. 5/5
23. Dark Souls II: Crown of the Sunken King (PC)
Very cute DLC. Level design and treasures were really cool, it was short and to the point, and the atmosphere and visual design were great. The first boss was good, the last boss was too easy and the optional boss was shit plus there were too many bonefires. 2/5
24. Dark Souls II: Crown of the Old Iron King (PC)
Good DLC - fine level design but feels too drawn out at parts and the pacing isn't good, bosses are amazing and hard, some of the best in the game, and the visual design is good and a great plot. 3/5
25. Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King (PC)
Great DLC - amazing visual design, fine level design, and good plot. Bosses were satisfying and hard but not that good, and some levels were extremely hard! Some of the hardest in the entire series. 4/5
26. Cuphead (PC)
Fantastic game! Really really fun, awesome gameplay and slick, responsive controls. All the bosses were amazing, the run and gun less so...the OST is top notch and the visual design is phenomenal - animations too. Had some minor bugs and annoyances... 3/5
I have no chance of actually finishing this year, but I figured I'd copy my list over so I can see how far I get and so I can keep track of what I've played come GOTY. I'll do more elaborate posts for future entries, but right now I've just got the list.
1. Titanfall 2 (PS4) - dev. Respawn Entertainment (2016)
2. Gravity Rush Remastered (PS4) - dev. SIE Japan Studio, Bluepoint Games (2016)
3. Overwatch (PS4) - dev. Blizzard Entertainment (2016)
4. Gravity Rush 2 (PS4) - dev. SIE Japan Studio (2017)
5. Metal Gear Solid (PS3) - dev. Konami CE Japan (1998)
6. Axiom Verge (Vita) - dev. Thomas Happ Games (2015)
7. Dante's Inferno (PS3) - dev. Visceral Games (2010)
8. MLB 17 The Show (PS4) - dev. SIE San Diego Studio (2017)
9. Night in the Woods (PS4) - dev. Infinite Fall (2017)
10. Trials Fusion (PS4) - dev. Red Lynx (2014)
11. Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment (PS4/Vita) - dev. Yacht Club Games (2017)
12. Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows (PS4/Vita) - dev. Yacht Club Games (2015)
13. Steamworld Dig (Vita) - dev. Image & Form Games (2013)
14. MotorStorm: Pacific Rift (PS3) - dev. Evolution Studio (2008)
15. Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope (Vita) - dev. Yacht Club Games (2014)
16. Nex Machina (PS4) - dev. Houesmarque (2017)
17. Civilization VI (PC) - dev. Firaxis (2016)
18. What Remains of Edith Finch (PS4) - dev. Giant Sparrow (2017)
Game1:Shadow of the Beast - 15 Hours - 9/10 - PS4
I was a fan of the Amiga SotB. So I really liked this remake. The graphic, the music, the gamaplay... everything is made with passion and with an eye to the original game. The game is fun but not perfect, with major problems in some platform sections, in particular if you aim to the platinum. I got the platinum and loved it.
Game2: Doom - 13 Hours - 9.5/10 - PS4
From Bethesda, after Wolfenstein, another great remake. Doom is like a dream become true. All is perfect. Level design, monster design, gameplay. It's incredible how good the game is... it recalls a lot the original games fun, but in a modern way. It's really nearly perfect. Everything is there... the double shotgun. the BFG, the chainsaw, the fun, the gore... there is also an interesting plot and the doom guy is spectacular. I don't play much multiplayer, just tryed that and I had fun. Also the snapmap editor looks really good.
Game3: Circuit Scramble - 2 Hours - 7/10 - Android
I was looking for a fresh puzzle game to play on my phone and found this. It's fun and enough challenging. Not the game of the year, but worth a try. :)
Game4: Zero Time Dilemma - 22 Hours - 8/10 - PSVITA
Really loved Virtue Last Reward, but never played 999 (going to get the nonary games when it comes out). I found this less appealing than VLR. At the end I liked it, the puzzles were easier but that's not a real minus... I found the plot a bit more confusing overall and in particular I didn't feel the urge to not "die" like in the last game. Still a valid title and overall an interesting plot.
Game5: Azkend 2 - 4 Hours - 7/10 - PSVITA
Classic Puzzle game like CandyCrush and similar, nice artworks... nothing memorable, free with Psplus. Enjoyed it for the hours it lasted, plus played some time trial and puzzle levels.
Game6: Titan Souls - 5 Hours - 8/10 - PSVITA
On my wishlist for some time, got free with plus! :)
A very nice boss rush game, with some exploration. It looks like a Shadow of the Colossus in 2D, but it lacks the emotions and the meaning of the exploration, that here its bad on my hopinion, it just make you waste time trying to find other titans to kill... but the figths are all different, more or less, and engaging. Not going to try the harder difficulty.
Game7: Day of The Tentacle Remastered - 3 Hours - 8/10 - PSVITA
I'm not good in these kind of games, in particular these old one... too hard for me, and I always like to play following a walktrought, and so I did. I know it's not how it's meant to be done, but that's how I like to play most of point and click games! I liked it, not my lucasart best game (sam&max and Indiana Jones are the best to me), but the game was fun.
Game8: Rise of the Tomb Raider - 12 Hours - 7/10 - PS4
I was a fan of the 2013 remake, but this one felt bad. AI is terrible stupid, game is mostly boring for some reason, the puzzles are too easy... I loved the idea of the bow used for puzzles, but they are too much similar, also the hook has the same function in some ways, so it's repetitive... graphic and art in general is very good. Story is... well script is all bad in this game... I hope they do better with the next.
Game9: Steins Gate 0 - 22 Hours - 9/10 - PSVITA
Steins Gate is one of my top 5 game of all time, so I had huge expectations for this "sequel/prequel". I was not disappointed overall... I platinumed it (well it's actually mandatory to see everything...), and the ending... is a bit disappointing... but I won't spoil it... overall the story change from Time Travel to AI, and it's interesting. The plot not solid like the previous one, but still great.
Game10: Pac-Man Champ. DX - Many Hours - 9/10 - ANDROID
Playing this game for a while now... I liked the old pac-man, and I think this revision is quite interesting and entertaining! Many modes, different levels... it's really really good! A fresh version of a classic! :)
Game11: Robinson: The Journey - 8 Hours - 8/10 - PSVR
Despites the fact that I was able to play only 30m at time before having some nausea issues (nothing terrible, but I prefer to stop at first sign), the game was really good. The graphic first it's one of the best for the PSVR, the dinosaurs are realistic enough and huge. The puzzles are only so and so, I acually preferred the action sections where you had to climb things, or hide from Velociraptors... these were fun. Overall a nice experiece and a really good lenght considering also all the trophies (I didn't get platinum, also had some glitches actually...).
Game12: Lara Croft Go - 3? Hours - 8/10 - Android
Got it for free all the three "GO" games and started with this. Wow, I didn't expect such a nice game! Puzzle are simple but fun, graphic syle is really good, and the feeling of Lara old adventure and exploring is all here. I really liked it. Next one will be the "Deus Ex Go" game
February - 70h
Game13: Deus Ex Go - 3? Hours - 6.5/10 - Android
Another Go game from Square... I personally enjoyed this less than the Lara Go, some mechanics are even not explained and visually is all the same... sure it have more content, and post game, and a plot... but definitely worse overall to me.
Game14: Badland - 3? Hours - 5/10 - Android
It's the third time that I restart this game... I don't like it, and every time I give it another possibility. That is the last one, I just don't get why is so well received. Boring mechanic, actually not so good graphic. I don't get it.
Game15:Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - 22 Hours - 8.5/10 - PS4
I really loved the come back of DE with Human Revolution, and I can say that I liked this chapter too. It's not well written and additting as the previous one, but I liked the idea of make you live the diffidence of the peoples because you are mechanized, and all the change of climate after the events of the previous game. I played (as HR) all in stealth without killing anyone, and there are a lot of possibilities to play the sections of the game, that is really good, but also make the game a bit easier overall... really don't care about the "breach" mode, played the short free DLC. Would love to see a sequel.
Game16 :World of Final Fantasy - 39 Hours - 8/10 - PS4
I actually Love FF series, so I couldn't buy this... the game is a huge love letter to fans, but also playable by newcomers. Graphic is good, music is nice too with a lot of beautiful remixes... story is just so-so, but char interactions and overall the game is very cheerful and with childish jokes, but I liked anyway. I just found really creepy the true ending dancing video... O_O
March - 63h
Game17 :Not a Hero - 4 Hours - 8/10 - PS4
Got it for free with PSPLUS. I really loved it! Is a fast pacing action game, with a fantastic dark humor, a smart gameplay, easy to understand but hard to master, also thanks to the many mission objectives and different characters to choose! A real surprise! EDIT: Played a bit more and got 100%.
Game18: SOMA - 10 Hours - 9/10 - PS4
A great Horror-Scifi story! Not so scary after all, but a great atmosphere, a really interensting story to unflod trought the narration and also exploring the places. The graphic is just so-so, but everything else is so good that you won't mind, while unfolding the mistery of why you are inside this mechanical place, alone, after a "brain operation" of some sort.
Game19: Call of Duty Advanced Warfare - 10 Hours - 6/10 - PS4
I don't play CoD if not I find it at a real bargain price, this time was 5€. The game is the same CoD... all american hero soldiers story, boring shooting, stupid AI... It's not a terrible game after all, so a 6 is mandatory for me, but nothing more. I don't care about multi, maybe this is where it shines.
Game20: Dishonored 2 - 16 Hours - 8.5/10 - PS4
Platnumer the first one, and loved it. This one has a worse story, less interesting... but the game is still amazing. Top notch level design, two char to choose from, a lot of power to try and different ways to play it. I finished it first all stealth and no kill, awesome. Then I played full chaos, less awesome. Anyway a real solid game.
Game21: A King's Tale: Final Fantasy XV - 3 Hours - 7.5/10 - PS4
Finally released for free. I think it's a nice beat-em-up, to be free even too good. The different attacks, combos, magic, environmental utilization for freezing, burning... there is a nice amount of content and variations, even for a 1.5h game. Graphic is nice too, and extra content is there. Liked it.
Game22: No Man's Sky - 20 Hours - 8/10 - PS4
That is a strange game. It both has a lot of content and lacks of it. It's fun to discover and explore new planets and lifeforms, to visit space stations, and to trade and talk to aliens. But everything is mostly without a real objective. I understand this is a "genre" like let's say Minecraft, but it's not much for me. Still I found it really engaging, and will probably go back playing it in the future, very probably.
Game23: Disc Jam - 3 Hours - 6.5/10 - PS4
Free PSPlus. Well... what can I say? The game is like a futuristic Tennis with a fresbee. It's all arcade, enough fun... but lacks of content. Also is completely multiplayer, and the point is matchmarking is looooooong... so not the best... but also not bad.
April - 130h
Game24: PES2017 - 15 Hours - 8/10 - PS4
Got in super discount, this year I was not interested in a football game, but for 15€... The game is essentially the same as the last year with some minor changes... but I liked more the Club part, it's more refined now! Not played much, probably will play some more as always do with this kind of games, but for now that's it.
May- 105h
Game25: Phoenix Wright: Spirit of Justice- 25 Hours - 9.5/10 - 3DS
Another fantastic chapter of this series! I really love that game, it's sad that at least in EU there is no more physical edition, and even the ITA translation has been dropped... but the game is really good, as always the 5 chapter are awesome, and so are the protagonist and antagonist, with their incredible design. It's so much fun I can't wait for the next! :D
Game26: Severed - 10 Hours - 8.5/10 - PSVITA
Another PSPLUS free game. I wanted to buy it but they gifted before I did... :P I'm in love with Drinkbox, loved both their previous game, in particular Mutant Blob, and this one is another original and well packed game, fun, easy to understand but challenging to master. And I actually hate first person dungeon crawler... grats to the devs
Game27: Persona 5 - 80 Hours - 9.5/10 - PS4
What a trip! 80h but it was so smooth that I didn't felt them. The game is almost perfect in mechanics, the char are good but not perfect, the story is nice, the artstyle and the music are over the top. A fantastic JRPG, really worth the wait. (P4 is still my favourite) Final boss was quite easy with my team at lv77, but I don't care, I like to be overpowered once in a while... :P
Game28: Fire Emblem Heroes - Many Hours - 8/10 - Android
Never played a game of the series. I think it's a fair and fun tactic game, I didn't get much into it after all, probably because I'm not a big fan of the series nor of tactics game... but I appreciated it for the time i've spent on it.
June- 62h
Game29: Resident Evil 7 - 12h - 9/10 - PSVR
I played all the game in VR and it's incredible. The VR adds so much to the experience that trying to play it after without it result in a boring experience. The game is fun and well made, but the VR is GAME CHANGING. Really, if you can play it in VR. Great return of a classic finally! The game starts as a surivival, then it became more action, but it's still scary and it's not the action you can see in RE4 to RE6, it's more to the first games, where you actually get powerfull weapons from mid game on, but it still play as a survival mostly....
Game30: Shin Megami Tensei IV - 10h - 3/10 - 3DS
This was my second try with this game... first try I was bored and stopped playing, I tryed again from the beginning and got much more far... but really hating it. I LOVED persona series, SMT3, SMT Digital Devil Saga... but this one is really boring. Boring story, gameplay start so hard even at easy, and then it became super easy... graphic is disappointing, dialogues and chars are not interesting (as far as I went), map is damn confusing... really I can't play this, I give up....
Game31: The Last Guardian - 12h - 9/10 - PS4
Bad controls and framerate, but everything else is top. The emotions, TRICO looks really alive both in animations and how he reacts, the art and the music... it's just another UEDA masterpiece, with good and bad. Fantastic game. Exploring the places with not HUD or hints everywhere remember me how the games were made in the past, not to help too much the player but to let him discover things and try to find out solutions on how to go on... I really liked this aspect of it.
Game32: Tales from the Borderlands - 10h - 8.5/10 - PS4
Thx for PSPLUS to let me play this. I would have never buyed it, but I really enjoyed it. It starts a bit slow, but then all is perfect. Action, chars, story... everything is very good, fun and entertaining, never boring. A nice adventure, even with not much real choices with the story, but it's ok...
Game33: J-Stars Victory Vs - 10h - 6/10 - PSVITA
I loved the DS game, with his 2D stile and smash bros. gamplay. This one is in 3D, but is much more boring to me... there are a lot of chars but only few stages, but the problem is the combat system, to me it does not work good on 3d, is not fast enough and mostly boring.... it's a game full of content and a lot of fanservice though.
Game34: Not Not - 5h - 7/10 - Android
Not the most original game ever, but fun and challenging. You need a lot of concentration to win, and there are VERY difficult levels here! Nice for some quick plays.
Game35: VVVVV - 3h - 6/10 - PSVITA
I read a lot about this game in the past, but I was not attracted... I already played similar games. Got it with PSPLUS, and tried it for some hours... I got pretty far but at the end I gave up because I didn't find it so fun after all...
July - 17h
Game36: Don't Die Mr. Robot! - 3h - 7/10 - PSVITA
A fun bullet hell, I love it's simplicity, I will keep it on my Vita for a while for quick plays!
Game37: FFXV: Episode Gladiolus - 3h - 7/10 - PS4
A so-so DLC. I liked the new gameplay for Gladio, but the game is a corridor, there is no real new plot and char infos, and after ending it there is just a time attack and a final fight.... only 5€ though...
Game38: Danganronpa VR - 15m - ?/10 - PSVR
It's a super short demo of a possible Danganrompa Trial in VR. For how short it is, I LOVED it. Really. The VR would a perfect way to play DR trials! Also the final punishment... if you are a fan of the series, you should try it.
Game39: Spiderman VR - 15m - ?/10 - PSVR
A short demo for the Homecoming film. Played with the 2 moves, it's fun to be spiderman for that short time, and a shame that it ends when it start to be really fun. But enjoyed it. Would buy a VR game with spidey!
Game40: Tigerball - ?h - 8/10 - Android
That's a very simple game, you play with this ball and have to push it with one touch in the basket. But it's fun, there are upgrades, levels have a lot of variety. Nice really!
Game41: FFXV: Episode Prompto - 3h - 7/10 - PS4
A little better than the other DLC. Gameplay is a nice tps, with some veichle runs, a nice amount of story this time. The extra are again short and not so good... let's see what we get with Ignis DLC in the end of the year...
Game42: Resident Evil 7 DLC1 - 3h - 7/10 - VR
Bought this on sale... played all in VR (except the part that can't be played in VR).
The "room escape" was interesting, I had a couple of jump scares and overall was very fun to find out how to escape. The survival mode was an intense experience in VR... by the end I was really fatigued and my heart was beating a lot and I was sweating... It's a very heavy experience in VR, but wow. The last part of the DLC was non-vr for some reason, too hard for me, probably I will try again later.
Game43: Wonder Boy The Dragon's Trap - 5h - 9/10 - PS4
Never played the original, but I wanted to play a platform old style. The art of the game is AWESOME, both graphic and music. The gameplay is old school (it's more a remaster than a remake to me), and very fun to play and explore. It's a bit short overall, but really a nice game with all the animal transformations, the exploration of different places, and the hidden levels. Almost a 10/10.
Game44: Dragonball Dokkan - ?h - 9/10 - Android
2 years of playing and more... I love this gatcha game... I'm mostly ftp, and I still enoy playing it because with time you don't really need to spend real money. The game is still entartaining and with a lot of new content, for a fan of dragonball is the paradise, really. It has also a lot of grinding, but that's what ftp are made for, so I don't complain too much...
August - 70h
Game45: Level 22 - 4h - 6.5/10 - PSVITA
A nice little stealth game, with a lot of nice humor. The game is fairly easy, but it's fun to play and the humor is really top. Loved it, and it was free with psplus.
Game46: Downwell - 4h - 6/10 - PSVITA
Heard a lot about it, a lot of good things. I find it is a fun game, but too limited and nothing I will remember in the future. A super hard vertical shooting game, with some randomness... probably a good mobile game, but just a normal game overall.
Game47: Root Letter - 15h - 7.5/10 - PSVITA
I don't know how much I really liked that game... I can say that I overall liked the story, but not the gameplay, I would have preferred a lot just to read the text than to have to explore the locations and doing the investigations... that's why at a certain point I used a guide, and I liked it much more than before.
Game48: Sonic Mania - 6h - 9.5/10 - PS4
Sonic is back! 16-bit Sonic at his best, with a lot of fan service. I also liked the 3D sonic games like Generations and Unleashed, but it's clear that the level design and gameplay of the 16-bit sonic is still the best. A great collection with incredible well made new levels. The challenge is fair and the game has a lot of replayability.
Game49: Uncharted: Lost Legacy - 8h - 9.0/10 - PS4
I would give it a 10 if it was a main entry, but as a spin-off most of the mechanics are the same. The game is fantastic, the characters are optimal and the script is great, also the villain is a nice one, even considering it's a classic one. The gameplay is refined, with an open space really well made and not empty as it is in some cases during UC4. Really fantastic.
Game50: Yakuza 0 - 30h - 9.0/10 - PS4
The game is as always a great game. This time I finally can play just with 2 characters that I like, Kiryu and Majima, and know their past. The story is good, the gameplay is the same with some improvements, the environment and a lot of things to do are all there. The same good old Yakuza! And I think subquest are a little better this time too! Great entry in the series!
Game51: Comix Zone - 3h - 7.5/10 - Android
I never finished this game, and I still can't even in this release on android... but I somehow find it fun anyway to replay every time from the beginning. Nice art, nice combat... I should see a playtrought...
September - 69h
Game52: Planescape Torment: Numenera - 21h - 8/10 - PS4
I loved the previous game so I was waiting a lot for this. So first the bad: the kickstarter promised Italian translation, but actually the developer said a couple of week BEFORE release, that there were no ita translation due to how big the text was... they couldn't have managed this worse than that. They offered refund, but non-sense to say this so late... talking about the game, it's actually hard to keep on all the information not in my native language, because the game is huge and too often use new terms for everything, even battles are called "crisis":.. this add more difficulty at the already huge amount of informations you have to acquire. The combat is not brilliant, but the writing it is, and so are the multiple choices and way you can play it... so the game is long but actually looks way small than planned, the map that come with the physical game is a huge proof of that, and the kickstarter too... ok enough talk, the game is beautiful but really difficult to master all the info about the story, hope they will support this in the future
Oh PS4 (Pro here) version has long loading times 10-15 seconds to change a zone, and this is something you will do often, and worse if you load a game... also there are many slow downs during fights... considering the kind of game and graphic I expect it to be super smooth. I wanted to do a second play, but these will keep me to wait hoping for a future patch...
Game53: Infamous Second Son - 9h - 8.0/10 - PS4
Got free with PsPlus. I enjoyed the first infamous and less the sequel. Never thought to really buy this, so free is welcome. The game is ok, it's very good if I consider as a launch game of the console. Nice graphic and fluid gameplay. The story is really crap, and so are the characters... Overall a decent game if not a launch game I would have given it a 7.5 at max. I found fun to roam around the city getting collectibles, the powers available are overall fun, but not enough different, at least the game world don't make them so useful to change between each other
Game54: Altered Beast - 2h - 7.0/10 - Android
Thx to the new SEGA games available on Android I had the opportunity to play again this classic. First, the controls are as bad as I remembered, but as in the past I find some feeling with this game... I love to acquire the spheres to transform in a powerful monster! :D A so-so beat em up with an original mechanic and fun bosses!
Game55: Crazy Taxi - 2h - 7.0/10 - Android
Loved to play this on the Arcade.... it is less fun on the smartphone, but the formula is genius. Driving like crazy on the city to take people to their destionation... simple idea but well implemented!
Game56: Ristar 2h - 8.5/10 - Android
Ok this is one of the best platform I ever played, I loved it on my Game Gear (now is dead... :( ), so it was fantastic to have the possibility to play it again! The touch controls are not the best for this game, but I still enjoy it... the soundtrack, the graphic style, the levels... this game is super, I want to really PAY for a decent version on PS4/PSVITA! Please SEGA! Do it!
Game57: SuperHot VR 4h - 8.5/10 - PSVR
So basically a virtual reality inside a virtual reality. The shooting and the slowmotion mecanic are AWESOME, also you stay put in one place, but have actually to move a lot to avoid projectiles and defeat the horde of enemies... the game is genius, the simple graphic is perfect as it is. Really a great idea, I will go back to it soon to play the challenges
Game58: RIGS 4h - 8.5/10 - PSVR
Usually I don't like competitive games, but after I got how to play it... maybe it's because of the VR, but wow. Really the atmosphere, the music before the match and the comments on the headphones... it looks really like if you are playing a real match. A shame that online is desert... but also offline there is much to do, really great, I will come back to this too soon, I just played the first championship but after I didn't uninstall it, just wait to finish some other games or do some matches here and there
Game59: Neptunia Rebirth 3rd 25h - 8.0/10 - PSVITA
After the second disappointing game, I waited a lot to buy this... finally I played and enjoyed. There are the same assets, chars and locations... but this time the story is better and the char addition are nice (plutia :D)! At the end the VITA edition of the game is the best you can get, and 2 out of 3 are decent games with a lot of humor.
So is a thumb up for me, I already know that the follow up is another more of the same, but I will eventually buy it on PS4 when the price is right.
October- 14h
Game60: Hatoful Boyfriend 4h - 7.5/10 - PSVITA
What a strange little novel... thx psplus! I really liked it, it's strange but funny, and also has its moments... never thought i could have liked it...
Game61: Farpoint 6h - 7.0/10 - PSVR
The Aim Controller is great, the game... mmm... start super slow but with a nice plot, then it became super quick on everything... they messed up completely the pacing. The game overall is so-so, but with the aim is fun, on the end in particular.
Game62: Hue 4h - 7.0/10 - PSVITA
Another PSPLUS free game... the colour puzzles are ok, not too hard and quite fun to solve... but the story is so-so... I like the commentary between levels, but it was a bit inconsistent... zero replayability and quite short. The art is nice and polished.
November- 60h
Game63: Danganronpa V3 30h - 8.5/10 - PSVITA
Huge fan of the series. I played all games on VITA, also the spin-off, and even liked the anime that end the Hope's Peak story... so I had high expectations. The game is still good, as the minigames are still overall bad... the story and chars are interesting, and the ending is... well... I'm still amazed and disappointed by it. I think it's genious in some way. Overall another great entry, I hope it won't be the last.
Game64: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus 12h - 8.0/10 - PS4
I loved The New Order, and this sequel has another amazing story and characters... but I think that the level design is worse. There are some spectacular levels to play, but overall it felt worse. Still a really fun game, I hope they improve it again in the next release.
Game65: Nier: Automata 15h - 9.0/10 - PS4
I expected a lot both from Platinum and Yoko Taro... at first I was disappointed. I think that the first half of the game is pretty slow and not particularly interesting. But after that the game is great. The story, the gameplay, everything feels better, and all the "classic" style of Taro become clear. It's really a smart story and game design. Not for everyone though.
Game66: Bound 3h - 9.0/10 - PSVR
Free with PSPlus, played only on VR. The game is an audio-visual experience really incredible. The VR gift it a lot in my hopinion, but still suffer for a gameplay that is only so-so... but the overall experience, story and the huge add the VR give it are worth it. A little gem that demonstrate how VR can help some kind of games.
Game67: The Ministry of Time 10m - 6.0/10 - PSVR
Free and short game based on the spanish tv series. Two very short puzzle experiences, but still fun (the first at least). Nothing more to say... try it if have 10m to waste, it's not so bad.
December- 26h
Game68: Megadimension Neptuna VII 10m - 6.0/10 - PS4
I played it more on streaming on my PSVITA than on PS4, but ok... PS4 listed! :)
Ok this is like the previous games, not particular novelty here. The combat, the feelings, is all there. They changed the menu (worse) and the map movement (worse)... the story is nice, the cars are there, overall is another fun entry, buth lacks of any courage. I expect the next main entry to be something more fresh at this point!
Game 1: Steamworld Dig 2 (GPD WIN) - 6hours 36min COMPLETED
A much more enjoyable sequel filled with improvements to gameplay. Where as SD1 felt like a light mobile game, this one felt like the proper full game, with upgrades, challenges and plenty of challenges to find.
A must play!
Game 2: Just Cause 3 (PS4) - 35hours 15min COMPLETED
Started out fun, with the chaos you can make but then the repitition of freeing settlements and pretty god damn weak story plus the jankiness of it all. 2.5 out 5.
Eh :I
Game 3: Steamworld Heist (PS Vita) - 12hours 56min COMPLETED
I have mixed feelings about that later section of the game.
Solid turn based shooters that had that one more turn! factor and saying Goddamn it! when you miss a shot. Visually a lovely looking title with a neat universe. Story is interesting but kind feels like a bore at times.
Game 4: Dishonored 2 (PS4) - 28hours 19min COMPLETED
What a great sequel. Loved using Emily and her abilities felt great to use. Chaining ability is so god damn useful. Story was pretty good too. All the levels were great but I was kinda let down by the Clockwork Mansion and actually enjoyed Aramis' mansion more so than CM.
Must play!
Game 5: DOOM (PS4) - 16hours 45min COMPLETED
Had to restart from the goddamn beginning and finally finished. Still freaking great from the last times I played DOOM. Awesome music, awesome gameplay, decent story but overall freaking great package.
5 out of 5, a must play!
Game 6: Homefront: Revolution (PS4) - 24hours 30min COMPLETED
Ok, I kinda had fun with this one. The shooting felt off but the weapons are pretty dang fun and kick ass. The side missions arent that fun to pull off but liberating strikepoints are fun to play with. Could care less bout the main story but it got interesting towards the end.
Its just really unpolished and at times, uninteresting but I still had fun with the game.
Game 7: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus(PS4) - 15hours 11min COMPLETED
Man, this is not the Doom experience I was looking for. A lot of problems that infuriated me to no ends but stellar story presentation and characters tho.
2 out of 5, eh.
Game 8: Little Acre (PS4) - 3hours COMPLETED
This wraps up too quickly. Its cute and puzzles are very straightforward but its quite short.
Game 9: Yakuza 0 (PS4) - 36hours 12min COMPLETED
Damn, this game is excellence. The story and characters are so damn interesting and sometimes heartbreaking at times, gameplay is fun in all the aspects, mini games and beating guys up and while the menus and animations can be quite stiff and last gen, that aspect kinda adds to the overall charm of this game.
One other GOTY for me!
Game 10: Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4) - 46hours 32min COMPLETED
Well, I can finally say, with regards to GG, this is a story filled with characters I wont forget. Gameplay is pretty fun, between stealth and action but traversal is poo.
Game 12: Oxenfree (PS4) - 5hours 25min COMPLETED
Yo, what. Like woah. What a game. Solidly and well written story and characters, just the right balance between teen angst, drama and comedy. Every character felt believable and so easy to relate to. Soundtrack is grand and visuals are gorgeously crafted. Puzzles arent too hard.
Game 13: Salt & Sanctuary (PS Vita) - 123hours 17min COMPLETED
YEEESSSSS, that final boss! Its over!
It's got the most of what I like about the souls game but captured in a 2D perspective. Fun but at times easy to break combat and great sense of exploration and connectable routes. The only real downside is the artstyle for the characters and sometimes the backgrounds can be a bit hard to read ala can I walk over this or do I fall to death situations but aside from that, I can without a doubt say that S&S covered that Souls itch for on the go vita goodness.
MUST PLAY!
Game 14: Fallout: New Vegas (GPD WIN) - 52hours 37min COMPLETED
My goodness, the options to completing quests plus the good old Fallout exploration and decent enough combat makes this just as good if not better than the Witcher 3.
Must play, come on now.
Game 15: Gravity Rush 2 (PS4) - 27hours 2min COMPLETED
A decent enough conclusion for the Gravity Queen. Loved the additions of Jupiter and Lunar styles, the context for side missions and challenges and awesome soundtrack. The only slight downside to the game is the story answers most of the lingering questions from the first game but then adds more questions to the whole world. Made a bit worse by the fact that it could've been written a whole lot better.
But seeing as this will be the last we'll see of Kat, its been a pretty awesome game.
Must play if you liked the first one.
Game 16: Skylar and Plux: Adventure on Clover Island (GPD WIN) - 3hours 16min COMPLETED
The foundations of solid platformer are there and sadly, not really fully realized here. The character designs are ugly, the story is like a meh version of a Ratchet and Clank game and combat is simple but when it comes to that classic 3D platforming, you'll get that at least, in like less than 4hours of gameplay if you're taking your time with it.
Game 17: Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited (PS Vita) - 53hours 25min COMPLETED
Oh my god, there's so much post content but no way am I spending hours to grind up. Content enough with the main story, no thanks D4.
Story lacks any oomph but its characters more than make up for it but also at the cost of not much character development in the main story(watched the post game, that's where some of the rest get it). The only noticeable changes I disliked from past Disgaea games is the useless Hostage part of the game, its pretty easy to convert a taken enemy so its pointless to have that system. Oh and reincarnation doesnt take previously learned to other races(boo!) unless you do chara world(similar to item world but nah). Post content is a freaking lot and amazing to see how much they jammed after the main story, unlocking crossover characters was fun.
Overall, a must play for anyone who loved the past Disgaea games and SRPGs that doesnt really take itself seriously.
Game 18: Malicious Rebirth (PS Vita) - 9hours 52min COMPLETED
Interesting concept and visuals but ultimately, I was soured by the gameplay, especially with the final bosses and timed missions, blech.
Game 19: Hyper Light Drifter (GPD WIN) - 9hours 34min COMPLETED
Love love the art style and gameplay is reminiscent of a top down Megaman Zero GBA game. The worst thing is how confusing the map can be at times and I initially didnt understand how to unlock certain areas or find new area unlock keys until like 3 or 4 hours later by luck or chance. Oh and the story feels like it was going the same route as Shadow of The Colossus but screwed the pooch by being too abstract about anything.
Game 20: Alone With You (PS Vita) - 6hours 9min COMPLETED
I'm sorry, as sci fi stories goes, this was dull. Doesn't help that the gameplay aspect boils down to go to new place, find number of things, do simple puzzles, then back and start holo chats. Meh. Looks nice though.
Game 21: Bloodborne: Old Hunters (PS4) - 28hours 37min COMPLETED
I've already beaten the vanilla game before so decided to just count up for the Old Hunters dlc and boy, what a freaky and fantastic DLC. Damn Orphan of Kos screaming grotesque of a boss! Also moonlight sword is amazing.
Game 22: Life Is Strange (PS4) - 15hours COMPLETED
This was hella more memorable than Remember Me but lacking in a the soundtrack department IMO. Everything else was stellar, from characters, puzzles and story, great stuff.
Game 23: Virginia (GPD WIN) - 2hours 20min COMPLETED
A very wonderful looking walking sim with a WTF story by the end.
Game 24: Soul Sacrifice (PS Vita) - 16hours 37min COMPLETED
Man, its good to be back with one of the best ps vita games and one of the games to end my ride with the vita. Visually the art style is amazing, story and lore is very very well done and gameplay is quick and fun. Also I finally beat Magusar's ass!
A Must play for any vita owners out there!
Game 25: Ape Escape: On The Loose (PSP on PS Vita) - 10hours 10min COMPLETED
This is surprisingly a really good remake. The melee is a bit wonky since it stops you in place but turns out you just have to time your hit and net capture at the right moments. Capturing monkeys is as fun as it ever was on the ps1, now just on the go. Visually its got a simple look but the art direction is nice.
A should play if you've a vita since you can map it to be an easier and more tolerable control scheme.
Game 26: Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (PS4) - 10hours 30min COMPLETED
A really fun spin off(?) with great characters and interesting enough story. Its basically more of Uncharted 4 but with Chloe as the main lead with Nadine as her partner throughout. And because its also more of U4, there were definitely some moments of the game where I felt like I've played in past Uncharted games.
That said, I wouldn't mind if the next Uncharted focused on Chloe and co from this point on.
Its Uncharted, hard to not recommend.
Game 27: The Evil Within 2 (PS4) - 27hours 40min COMPLETED
Such a huge improvement over the first one. Story is easy to digest unlike the first one, the atmosphere is creepy and beautiful to look, exploration in the more open areas is great(finding secrets, side stories and weapon upgrades), and the payoff at the end was so worth it, especially after playing the first one. The downgrade I would think is the melee suffered extremely badly aside from one hit sneak kills and gunplay sound effects feel weaker compared to the first one plus AI is extremely exploitable.
4.5 out of 5, a must play for any horror survival fans out there.
Game 28: What Remains of Edith Finch (PS4) - 3hours 25min COMPLETED
Oh man. This game goes places that I thought it wouldn't go but they hide it under the sinister whimsy charm of the game. I'm also greatly impressed by how intuitive the game is and doesn't you dumb and expects you instead to experiment and figure things out yourself. The game also comes with the benefit of having story sections with more gameplay than being a walking sim.
5 out of 5 but rather short BUT an overall amazing experience of a game.
Game 29: Until Dawn (PS4) - 8hours 24min COMPLETED
Damn, I cant believe in the year where The Order 1886 and Until Dawn, I expected the latter to be horrible. Turns out in the most pleasant way, UD is a much more fun and varied experience compared to that linear all hell shooter. I'll admit, the beginning setup was slow paced as heck but when shit goes down, the game hooks its claws into me. Its like the successor to Heavy Rain and also a horror game where you can actually logically try things out to save their asses.
A must play for fans of Heavy Rain-esque games. 4 out of 5!
Game 30: Typoman (PS4) - 2hours 45min COMPLETED
A cheeky and sometimes lil brain jostler with word puzzles coated with inspiration from Limbo. The story is super abstract and not much meat to it tho.
2 out of 5, eh.
Game 31: White Night (PS4) - 6hours 25min COMPLETED
Stylistic horror game but its black and white theme can only hold my interest for a short distance. That along with hard to see enemies and RE style camera where running away becomes cumbersome makes its a slog to play through.
2 out of 5, interesting idea, thats about it.
Game 32: Stories Untold (GPD WIN) - 3hours 45min COMPLETED
Lagging as heck on the win but worth the slideshow performance for an intriguingly execution and tense story despite being a text based game. Who boy, the atmosphere, sound and execution was memorably as heck.
4 out of 5, heck of a game.
Game 33: Matterfall (PS4) - 4hours 40min COMPLETED
OMG, that freaking final boss, god damn. Anyways, the beginning is a bit of a slog being the tutorial but once the rest kicks off, so does that gameplay and the good old Housemarque gameplay hook. Although it comes with the caveat of wonky platforming thanks partly due to the dodge burst mechanic. there's been a bunch of times where instead of going up, I'd go either left or right instead. Story is the usual, come to save the world cliche bit but with matter or something being evil.
3.5 out of 5, fun enough housemarque game but it aint no ResOgun.
Game 34: Momodora III (GPD WIN) - 1hours 35min COMPLETED
Super short but the great pixel art, tight controls and fun enough combat makes it well worth the short but sweet.
4 out of 5, awesome lil indie.
Game 35: Shadwen (PS4) - 5hours 15min COMPLETED
What was the point of Lily, she wasnt integral to the story AT ALL. Might as well just kill all since it didn't matter in the end. The only good part of this game is the ability to rewind but everything else was subpar and needed so much more polish. Crappy AI that has insane cones of visions, broken Lily AI that most of the time was invisible to the enemy so didnt feel like any point to hiding her at all, repetitive level design and enemies and an uninteresting story.
0.5 out of 5, get it like for $1 or for free.
Game 36: Hotline Miami 2 (GPD WIN) - 11hours 20min COMPLETED
Much more story focused & varied levels and sections, although some that definitely needed more adjusting like the goddamn club level, and soundtrack was fantastic as always. Some of the problems were something like the Veteran sections such as why they couldn't swap weapons unlike the rest of the characters, the story was much more interesting but just as confusing or even more so since it jumps timeline, becomes hard to track who is where and when during what.
Its a bit worse and better than the first one so I'd rate it a bit lower than HM1.
3.5 out of 5, good enough sequel.
Game 37: Adr1ft (PS4) - 6hours 15min COMPLETED
Loved the feeling of floating around and the space sci fi ost and wasnt all to annoyed by oxygen limit. My main gripe is the game's area pointer which 3/4 of the time worked and the 1/4th of the time leaving me confused on where to go. Another problem is the pointer goes out of whack unless you stay on the route the game wants you to follow which is super annoying since you can explore and float your way out of the dangers of the game. Also its white colored pointer so good luck trying to find it in the distance among the white colored buildings. Really didnt feel all that invested in the story.
3.5 out of 5, fun floatyness but thats about it's all that its got.
Game 38: .hack/GU Vol 1 (PS4) - 18hours COMPLETED
Oh man, nostalgia hit me hard. Started out dull but eventually the game sank its hooks in. The characters, the story and the gameplay, oh yeah, its .Hack GU. Moving on to Vol 2!
Game 39: Song of the Deep (PS4) - 6hours COMPLETED
Loved this lil 'indie' from Insomniac and while I mostly enjoyed the game's art, story and gameplay, there are definitely problems with the game. The floaty movement can get in the way of fun traversal, sure its in the water I get that but its annoying and the worst parts also had to with moving/slinging bombs/mines where aiming is also a hassle, for the life of me, why couldnt Insomniac place aiming with the second stick instead of the right stick which is primarily movement. I also had a problem with the main story's 2 time repetition of finding 3 items, at least hide that fact. And the goddamn amount of enemy spams in the later parts of the game where combat can be hit and miss cause of aiming.
It's very flawed but definitely a lovely looking and sounding game from Insomniac games.
2.5 out of 5.
Game 40: Evoland (GPD WIN) - 4hours 20min COMPLETED
Fun lil concept but can be wonky with the controls. The framerate also chugged badly when the game dropped 20+ enemies on screen but those moments are quite short. The worst part of the game is easily the final boss battle, such a horribly designed boss fight. Other than that, pretty dang enjoyable game that explores and parodies the games of the past from gameboy to the ps1 era.
3.5 out of 5.
Game 41: Bound (PS4) - 2hours COMPLETED
Wonderfully weird visuals with an abstract world that becomes a clear picture as you play along. While its visuals were fascinating to watch in action, the gameplay suffers from being a pretty average walking/dancing sim, with some bits of platforming thrown in.
2.5 out of 5.
Game 42: Doki Doki Literature Club! (GPD WIN) - 4hours 30min COMPLETED
Yo wtf. Like the 1st more or less hour is trite and boring but after the Sayori scene, holy shit. Freaking A.
5 out of 5.
Game 43: They Bleed Pixels (GPD WIN) - 7hours 30min COMPLETED
God damn, this game got brutal towards the end, especially in the easier novice mode. I cant imagine playing god damn standard.
3.5 out of 5.
Game 44: Life of Pixel (GPD WIN) - 2hours COMPLETED
Why does the character jump so freaking high? Its an interesting platformer, going through gens of consoles via levels but aside from that, nothing changes in terms of gameplay throughout each levels and overall gave me a sour experience. Good OST tho.
2 out of 5.
Game 45: Prey (PS4) - 36hours 46min COMPLETED
Freaking amazing experience. The retrofuture art style, the Mick Gordon sci fi OST, the inventory management, the crazy amount of sidequest and their interconnectedness of characters and stories that upon completion lead to more stories, the crazy amount of customization (go with no powers or do so), the level design with the intent of you find your way and do how you play is solid stuff. The only gripes I have is there is no fast travel (sorry but going through space feels like a slog to me) and the enemy designs are pretty forgettable (swirly designs not really gonna stay in mind). Other than that, one hell of an underrated game.
Must play if you need a good fix of sci fi bioshock.
4.5 out of 5.
Game 46: Access Denied (GPD WIN) - 4hours COMPLETED
Liked 65% of the puzzles make sense but the rest are like, what the hell am I supposed to do and see here. A neat enough puzzler but rather forgettable by the end.
2 out of 5, meh.
Game 47: AliceMare (GPD WIN) - 1hours 45min COMPLETED
A puzzler game with beautifully done pixel graphics but a level of storytelling abstractness like a souls game.
3.5 out of 5, the visuals make up for some rather confusing puzzles.
Game 48: Little Nightmares (PS4) - 1hours 30min COMPLETED
Tarsier was close to executing this 3D creepy freaky sidescrolling horror game but the weird floaty jumping and the moving side by side albeit slow gets in the way of platforming and resulting alot of falling deaths. This game is just visually striking, in the same vein as Inside's art. Levels were tightly made and most of the puzzles were possible without a guide (probably less than 4 were confusing). My other gripe is its super short and I wanted more of this world to explore and even be explained a bit more but I left satisfied overall.
4 out of 5, an awesome creepy horror sidescroller but unfortunately very short but very well designed.
Game 49: Noitu Love 2 (GPD WIN) - 1hours 25min COMPLETED
Probably because of the win's sticks or the controller companion fudging things up but fighting using the mouse was wonky plus moving around triggers special attacks for some reason. The pixel graphics and creative levels and boss battles are however the highlight of this game, all just wonderfully done.
3 out of 5, super short but super fun albeit messy.
Game 50: Year Walk (GPD WIN) - 2hours COMPLETED
One hell of an atmospheric and good looking puzzler with good puzzles that I mostly didn't use a guide, aside from 1 or 2 rather confusing/difficult ones. Story was quite interesting but a bit confusing by the end. Still enjoyable though.
3.5 out of 5.
Game 51: Inside My Radio (GPD WIN) - 2hours 40min COMPLETED
A fun enough platformer with the gimmick of jumping and dashing according to the beat and tempo but this comes at a cost of waiting to match the jump and beat whenever the flow is broken. There's plenty of levels that gives a variety to make things interesting towards the end. My gripes is the the final section and 2 or 3 parts that felt like they dragged quite a bit. Also obviously, fun and decent soundtrack.
3 out of 5.
Game 52: LiEat (GPD WIN) - 3hours 40min COMPLETED
A lovely 3 episodic RPG maker game with really great art style and a hell of an interesting world. Each episode basically plays like a detective point and click game with some light turn based battles. Each episode with their own stories regarding the ever shifting Theo and his daughter dragon that eats lies, Efina. Puzzles were straightforward and not too confusing and each stories were pretty interesting plus the art just really adds to my enjoyment of the game.
After managing to finish it for 3 years it looks like I will likely fail this time. Between being much busier and losing interest in playing anything at all I am way behind the pace.
Games finished: 52
January
1) Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Developed by: Naughty Dog
Platform: PS4
Time to beat: 24 hours 41 minutes Rating: 9.5/10
2) Amnesia: Memories
Developed by: Idea Factory
Platform: PS Vita
Time to beat: 20 hours 10 minutes (Platinum trophy) Rating: 6.5/10
3) Battlefield 1
Developed by: DICE
Platform: PS4
Time to beat: 8 hours 34 minutes (Campaign) Rating: 8/10
February
4) Crimson Shroud
Developed by: Level 5
Platform: 3DS
Time to beat: 19 hours 34 minutes (New Game+) Rating: 7/10
5) Bare Knuckle
Developed by: SEGA/M2
Platform: 3DS
Time to beat: 1 hours 2 minutes Rating: 9/10
6) Bare Knuckle II
Developed by: SEGA/M2
Platform: 3DS
Time to beat: 58 minutes Rating: 10/10
7) Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate
Developed by: Mercury Steam
Platform: 3DS
Time to beat: 7 hours 14 minutes Rating: 7.5/10
8) Mega Man
Developed by: Capcom
Platform: NES
Time to beat: 1 hours 57 minutes Rating: 7.5/10
9) Mega Man II
Developed by: Capcom
Platform: NES
Time to beat: 1 hour 27 minutes Rating: 10/10
10) Rhythm Thief and the Emperor's Treasure
Developed by: Sega
Platform: 3DS
Time to beat: 7 hours Rating: 7/10
11) Rival Schools: United by Fate
Developed by: Capcom
Platform: PS1
Time to beat: 35 minutes (Once on Arcade mode) Rating: 7/10
12) Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
Developed by: Retro Studios
Platform: 3DS
Time to beat: 9 hours 40 minutes Rating: 8.5/10
March
13) Bare Knuckle III
Developed by: Sega
Platform: Mega Drive
Time to beat: 1 hour 10 minutes Rating: 9.5/10
14) Epic Mickey: The Power of Illusion
Developed by: DreamRift
Platform: 3DS
Time to beat: 5 hours Rating: 6.5/10
15) Luigi's Mansion 2
Developed by: Nintendo
Platform: 3DS
Time to beat: 12 hours 33 minutes Rating: 8.5/10
16) Mega Man III
Developed by: Capcom
Platform: NES
Time to beat: 2 hours 31 minutes Rating: 8/10
17) Mega Man IV
Developed by: Capcom
Platform: NES
Time to beat: 3 hours 22 minutes Rating: 8.5/10
18) Mega Man V
Developed by: Capcom
Platform: NES
Time to beat: 2 hours 40 minutes Rating: 7.5/10
19) Senran Kagura: Burst
Developed by: Tamsoft
Platform: 3DS
Time to beat: 9 hours 7 minutes Rating: 7.5/10
April
20) The Last of Us - Remastered
Developed by: Naughty Dog
Platform: PS4
Time to beat: 30 hours 07 minutes (beat on Normal and Survivor +) Rating: 9.5/10
21) Liberation Maiden
Developed by: Grasshopper Manufacture
Platform: 3DS
Time to beat: 1 hours 20 minutes Rating: 7/10
22) LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins
Developed by: TT Fusion
Platform: 3DS
Time to beat: 7 hours 05 minutes Rating: 6.5/10
23) Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition
Developed by: Rocksteady Studios
Platform: Wii U
Time to beat: 10 hours 38 minutes Rating: 8.5/10
May
24) New Super Mario Bros. 2 - Gold Edition
Developed by: Nintendo EAD Group No. 4
Platform: 3DS
Time to beat: 3 hours 46 minutes Rating: 8/10
25) Batman: Arkham Knight
Developed by: Rocksteady Studios
Platform: PS4
Time to beat: 21 hours 26 minutes Rating: 9.5/10
26) Alienation
Developed by: Housemarque
Platform: PS4
Time to beat: 7 hours 43 minutes Rating: 7.5/10
27) Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Developed by: Eidos Montreal
Platform: PS4
Time to beat: 19 hours Rating: 8.5/10
June
28) Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Developed by: The Chinese Room
Platform: PS4
Time to beat: 5 hours 14 minutes Rating: 7.5/10
29) Doom
Developed by: id Software
Platform: PS4
Time to beat: 11 hours 11 minutes Rating: 9.5/10
July
Nothing!
August
30) Fire Emblem
Developed by: Intelligent Systems
Platform: Game Boy Advance
Time to beat: 51 hours Rating: 8.5/10
31) Bloodborne
Developed by: From Software
Platform: PS4
Time to beat: 37 hours Rating: 9.5/10
32) Titanfall 2
Developed by: Respawn Entertainment
Platform: PS4
Time to beat: 8 hours 24 minutes Rating: 9/10
33) Ratchet & Clank
Developed by: Insomniac Games
Platform: PS4
Time to beat: 21 hours 48 minutes Rating: 9/10
September
34) The Last Guardian
Developed by: SCE Japan Studio
Platform: PS4
Time to beat: 14 hours 50 minutes Rating: 8.5/10
October
35) Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Developed by: Intelligent Systems
Platform: Game Boy Advance
Time to beat: 51 hours 37 minutes Rating: 9/10
November
36) Gran Turismo Sport
Developed by: Polyphony Digital
Platform: PS4
Time to beat: 116 hours (Platinum trophy) Rating: 9/10
37) Super Mario Bros. (All-Stars version)
Developed by: Nintendo EAD
Platform: SNES
Time to beat: 1 hour 52 minutes Rating: 8.5/10
38) Street Fighter II: Special Championship Edition
Developed by: Capcom
Platform: Mega Drive
Time to beat: 39 minutes (Ken) Rating: 9.5/10
December
39) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Developed by: Konami
Platform: SNES
Time to beat: 50 minutes Rating: 9/10
40) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist
Developed by: Konami
Platform: Mega Drive
Time to beat: 58 minutes Rating: 9/10
41) Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Developed by: Banpresto
Platform: Mega Drive
Time to beat: 25 minutes Rating: 6.5/10
42) Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Developed by: Sims
Platform: Mega Drive
Time to beat: 57 minutes Rating: 7/10
43) Golden Axe
Developed by: Sega
Platform: Mega Drive
Time to beat: 29 minutes Rating: 8.5/10
44) Golden Axe 2
Developed by: Sega
Platform: Mega Drive
Time to beat: 34 minutes Rating: 9/10
45) Gunstar Heroes
Developed by: Treasure
Platform: Mega Drive
Time to beat: 1 hour 17 minutes Rating: 9.5/10
46) Contra
Developed by: Konami
Platform: NES
Time to beat: 32 minutes Rating: 7.5/10
47) Jaws
Developed by: Atlus
Platform: NES
Time to beat: 2 hours 3 minutes Rating: 6.5/10
48) Chiki Chiki Boys
Developed by: Visco
Platform: Mega Drive
Time to beat: 45 minutes Rating: 7.5/10
49) Nova 111
Developed by: Funktronic Labs
Platform: PS4
Time to beat: 6 hours 36 minutes Rating: 7/10
50) Haunting Starring Polterguy
Developed by: Electronic Arts
Platform: Mega Drive
Time to beat: 1 hour 19 minutes Rating: 8/10
51) Quackshot Starring Donald Duck
Developed by: Sega
Platform: Mega Drive
Time to beat: 1 hour 41 minutes Rating: 9/10
52) The London Heist (PlayStation VR Worlds)
Developed by: SIE London Studio
Platform: PSVR
Time to beat: 1 hour Rating: 7.5/10
53) Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
Developed by: Intelligent Systems
Platform: DS
Time to beat: in progress Rating: /10
#01 D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die (PC)
GOOD - A bizzare litte adventure in typical Swery-style. I really liked it. The problem is we will probably never get another episode and so the whole thing doesn't make any sense. It's worth playing it because of the sheer amount of nonsens happening. But it could have been something special.
#02 Resident Evil 6 (PS4)
GREAT – Already finished this one on PS3 back in the day. Replayed it on PS4 with a friend and l still like it a lot. It's the kind of horror-games I like the most. Bizzare monsters and lots of shooting. It's my second favorite Resident Evil game after Resident Evil 4. Never liked the classic Resident Evil games.
#03 Titanfall 2 (PS4)
GREAT – A fine campaign and I actually liked the multiplayer this time.
#04 Borderlands 2: Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty (PS4)
GOOD – It's more of the same with some fun characters. But overall I feel a bit burned out with the Borderlands games so it was a bit of a drag to finish this. The boss fight was a pain in the ass.
#05 Hotline Miami 2 (PS4)
GREAT – This was harder and more brutal than the first one. Some levels really got unfair IMO but it was still a blast to play. The soundtrack is so, so good and the weird story-line and psychodelic cutscenes are fantastic.
#06 Battleborn (PS4)
GOOD – Bought this very cheap to play the campaign in coop with my brother. It's a competent shooter with a nice art-style. I liked the sniping gentlemen robot. Nothing special but well crafted and fun, especially with one or more friends. Never touched the versus-modes.
#07 World of Final Fantasy (PS4)
GOOD – A charming game full of nostalgia and solid gameplay-mechanics. The story was a bit weak and the main characters aren't the greatest. I didn't have the motivation to do the "true" ending, but reaching the normal ending was a lot of fun with some boring segments in between.
#08 Watch_Dogs 2 (PS4)
GREAT – I already liked the first game and this one was equally good. It didn't have the cool vigilante-atmosphere of the first game but the meme-humor and the hacker-stuff was a lot of fun. Killing people felt wrong regarding Marcus character and motives but I like my shooting in third-person-games so I had to look over that. Did the platinum trophy.
#09 Wasteland 2: Director's Cut (PC)
GREAT – This is what I wanted from Fallout 3. The game is fantastic with cool characters, dialoges, quests and a fine world to explore. Great humor. Only held back by technical issues and a somewhat ugly art-style. The second best CRPG in years right after Pillars of Eternity.
#10 The Elder Scrolls Online: Thieves Guild (PS4)
GREAT – A fine addition to my most played MMORPG. The only thing that sucks is that you have to grind daily quests to advance the main quest. Oh yeah and the stealth-gameplay is hot garbage, lol. You can get into cover right before someone who already saw you and he simply forgets about you. Otherwise a really good expansion with useful new skills and a great new location. I did all trophies and the Mater Thief title.
#11 Killzone: Intercept (PS4)
MEDIOCRE – Killzone is one of my favorite FPS-franchises and the game still looks and sounds great and the shooting feels fantastic. But this horde-mode is rather boring. This might be because I played it only with my brother and not with a full team of four people. But a good horde-mode should scale to the players or add useful bots. We finished all the two-player maps once.
#12 Nier Automata (PS4)
GOOD – The gameplay is improved but everything else felt like a downgrade from the first game. The characters aren't as interesting, the story isn't as dark and the soundtrack was worse (still good). The open world stuff felt tacked on. I didn't like replaying most of the game a second time to get all the endings. But it's still a very special game with some great moments and I hope we see another Nier that is more fucked uped and weird than this one.
#13 Tales of Berseria (PS4)
GREAT – Another great Tales games. Not as good as Xillia 1+2 (my favorite Tales games), but I'd say it's the third best game in the franchise.
#14 Guild Wars 2 (PS4)
GREAT – Reactivated my account. Didn't play since launch (played over 300 hours in the first months of the game) and picked my most advanced character to finally finish the story. It's still one of my favorite MMORPGs but it's always hard to really "get back into" such a vast game. So I had some troubles and it was more of a chore to finish the last areas.
#15 Gears of War 4 (X1)
GREAT – Everything I want from a sequel. Keep the awesome stuff intact and add some new things to keep it interesting. Great campaign with lots and lots of shooting. Didn't enjoy the tower-defense-stuff too much and had to lower the difficulty from hardcore to normal in one of those parts.
#16 Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4)
AMAZING – Easily my favorite game of the year so far. Everything about it is amazing: main character, story, gameplay, world, battle system. It's such a joy to play and I did everything in the game to get the platinum trophy. Second best game of the generation after Bloodborne.
#17 Strike Vector Ex (PS4)
GOOD – A fun little aerial combat game with fast gameplay, good sound effects and music and a very arcadey feeling. The campaign is barebone but fun enough for a playthrough. Also did some bot-matches to get some more trophies.
#18 The Elder Scrolls Online: Dark Brotherhood (PS4)
GREART – Another fine addon for TESO. I especially like the shadow rider trait that lowers your area of detection while riding a horse. Good new location and quests. Same problem like Thieves Guild with the daily-quest grinding to advance the main story.
#19 Arslan: The Warriors of Legend (PS4)
MEDIOCRE – One o fthe weaker warriors game. I didn't care much about the story or characters and skipped them in the last third. The gameplay was okay but the officer fights sucked because of that totally stupid shield that the get after some hits. It turned those fights into a chore.
#20 Blood Knights (PS3)
MEDICORE – I was in the mood for some hack'n'slay stuff and found this in my PS+ offering. So I tried it and finished it in one evening. It's a very barebone game but it works well enough for the four hours it lasts.
#21 Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn (PS3)
GREAT – One of the most over the top Musou games. It's a blast to play while you are fighting through hordes of Gundams and everything around you is exploding. Really fun stuff, yet you might feel a bit too overpowered because the enemies seem to never have any chances. Finished all of the campaigns in the different Gundam timelines.
#22 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wii U)
GREAT – Fantastic exploration with good combat and a lot of charme. Technical problems, dull side-quests and a boring story hold it back from being amazing.
#23 Injustice 2 (PS4)
GOOD – Way better than the first game with a really well made campaign. I am still not a fan of the Netherrealm fighting engine because it feels somewhat clunky and slow but at least the fights look great. Finished the campaign and did some character trophies.
#24: The Elder Scrolls: Online: Tamriel Unlimited (PS4)
GREAT – Started this when it launched on PS4 and had a longer break. Then I played it again a lot this year with a new character. Finally finished the main story.
#25 Pony Island (PC)
MEDIOCRE – A strange little game with a cool concept but the repetitive minigames aren't fun to play and way overused. Even in the short time the game lasts.
#26 House of Dying Sun (PC)
GOOD – Great atmosphere and controls but I am not a big fan of replaying stuff and this game clearly is made for replaying the scenarios on higher difficutlies.
#27 Marvel Heroes Omega (PS4)
GOOD – Already played this on PC. I finished the campaign in coop with my brother. It's a fun but ugly action-rpg. Nothing I want to waste too much time on but fun for finishing once. Especially in coop.
#28 Berserk and the Band of the Hawk (PS4)
GREAT – A great Musou game. The first half of the game is undeniable better than the second because of the awesome anime cutscenes, but the second half is still very good. Lots of enemies, brutal combos and a good feel of weighty weapons.
#29 Victor Vran (PC)
MEDIOCRE – A so-so hack'n'slay that I didn't enjoy too much. There are way better games in the genre.
#30 Paladins (PS4)
GREAT – This game is more fun for me than Overwatch. Already played it on PC and got back into it on PS4. Bought the founders pack to support the developers and Fernando is one of my mains so I appreciated the cool looking armor. I mainly play healers and tanks. I got the platinum trophy in this game recently.
#31 Astebreed (PS4)
MEDIOCRE – An okay shooter with good graphics but there are too many different systems in place and the constant change in perspective is more a negative than a positive aspect for me. The game was easy until the last boss which was quite frustrating.
#32 Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age (PS4)
AMAZING – Still the best tactical battle gameplay in a JRPG and a fantastic game overall. Yet I lost my motivation to go for all the hunts again because I have too many games to play and I did most of the side-stuff back on the PS2.
#33 Super Stardust Ultra (PS4)
GREAT – An impulse buy because I wanted some Stardust on my PS4. Already beat the game on PS3 and Vita and beat it again on PS4. It's still one of my favorite twin-stick-shooters. Is this version harder than the PS3-version? Because I really had trouble with the last stage and had to switch to easy-mode. Maybe I am just getting old and/or impatient ;-)
#34 Wipeout 2048 (PS4)
GREAT – I am not good in these games but I love Wipeout. The style, the music, the feeling while flying over the tracks. It's unmatched. This Vita-port is really impressive.
# 35 Game of Thrones - Season 1 (PS4)
GOOD - I was in the mood for more GoT while watching the 7th season. I really liked the game. Sure, it's your typical Telltale stuff without too much actual gameplay and many "choices" are fake, but it entertainend me well. Perfect after a long day of work to relax to. Story and characters are good and fit into the GoT universe well. It also rekindled my interest in Telltale games a bit so that I started Tales from the Borderlands.
#36 Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir (PS4)
GOOD - Like all Vanillaware games this game is very beautiful. It also shares one of the biggest problems of Vanillaware games. It is very repetitive. The characters are different enough to play through the whole story, but the same enemies and locations make it feel like playing the same game over and over again. I didn't play with a guide so I naturally picked one of the "bad" endings, because I didn't chose the right characters for the right bosses. Well, I can life with that – I won't replay all bosses again because the 35 hours I invested in the game are more then enough. Don't get me wrong, the game is really good. But it's too long for it's own good. It would have been better as a 10 – 15 hour experience with optional characters to chose from. Still way better than Muramasa IMO. But Dragon's Crown easily stays Vanillaware best game yet.
UPDATE: I returned to it to finish it with the good ending.
#37 Eternal (PC/Android)
GREAT - I was in the mood for a new digital CCG and stumbled across Eternal. A mix between Magic the Gathering (which I love) and Hearthstone (which I don't like too much, but I like the slick UI). And yeah, it's basically Magic with the UI of Hearthstone with some unique mechanics. I finished the campaign which is merely a tutorial and put some hours in building decks and playing ranked matches. Great fun so far and the output of new cards is really high compared to other CCGs I tried. Playing this on a daily basis now.
#38 Borderlands 2: Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage (PS4)
MEDIOCRE - In this DLC one thing became apparent for me: The balancing in this game is terrible. I played this DLC (like the one before) on Vault Hunter with my Level 41 Mechromancer and it was plain frustrating. Especially that final boss fight was a chore and only possible with lots of tricks and abuses. But Vault Hunter seems like the only way to level up further because when I switch back to normal mode I get like 3XP for one enemy and I am almost invincible. Another big gripe with the game is the loot-system. It feels like I can only get decent weaponry out of the box in the city where you pay with those Gearbox-Keys. Terrible design in an otherwise good and fun game. But to be honest I was never the biggest Borderlands fan.
#39 Stardew Valley (PC)
GREAT - The Harvest Moon sequel I always wanted. Probably my second favorite Life Sim after the godlike Fantasy Life from Level-5. Finished the community center route. I did most of the stuff in the game except the socializing with the citizens. That always bores me. There is already too much socializing in real life ;)
#40 Destiny 2 (PS4)
GREAT - Beaten with a Warlock on Level 284. Played the whole thing with my brother and a friend and it was great fun. Also did two Nightfalls, most Strikes and some PvP. Did half of the RAID, but that was no fun at all for me.
#41 Warhammer Vermintide: End Times (PS4)
GOOD - Very nice interpretation of the Left 4 Dead gameplay. Probably the best game of this sub-genre. Played it coop with my brother. The AI for the bots was a bit dumb, especially in the last mission. They refused to pic up and use items and got killed in impossible places ... made it very frustrating.
#42 Dragon Quest 7: Fragments of the Forgotten Past (3DS)
MEDIOCRE - I love the Dragon Quest games and the charme is fully intact in this one. The german translation is on point and very, very enjoyable once again. The problem ist, this is a 50 hours game stretched to 100+ hours. It's too long with way, way too much backtracking. Also it's often not clear where to go next. It was a real pain for me to finish this game and I don't know why I did it because I lost interest in it around the 50 hour mark. Easily the worst mainline DQ-game from those I played. I don't understand why this is regarded as the best DQ-game by many fans.
#43 Killing Floor 2 (PS4)
MEDIOCRE – Well, I liked the first one but I guess I am just over "horde"-modes and zombies these days. To be fair, I never was a big fan of the whole concept. Even when Left for Dead was the new shit I didn't find it that great. I finished several maps and consider this "beaten" because I heard there are only two bosses in the game? So basically I saw it all.
#44 Sakura Agent (PC)
BAD - So, I wanted to get Sakura Dungeon anyways and that humblebundle was like 10€ with all the Sakura Games and yeah you know I only got it for scientific research and knowlege-building about video-games in general ... And yeah, this one is bad. Like really bad. It's neither funny nor sexy nor thrilling. It's just dumb with some random pics here and there. It's short and I still fast-forwared parts of it. Don't know why these are so popular on Steam or are there only troll reviews?
#45 Sakura Space (PC)
BAD - Maybe Sakura Agent is the stinker game of the franchise, so I tried another one. And this is Sci-Fi! I like Sci-Fi! But yes ... no, it's just as terrible as Sakura Agent. Never mind!
#46 Mass Effect Andromda (PS4)
GREAT - I don't know how this game was when it was released. I actually waited with playing it because of all the infamous bugs. But with Patch 1.10 this is a great Shooter/RPG. I put 70 hours into it doing most of the side-stuff. I liked almost every part about it. The castaway-story was really well done. Exploring the planets was actually fun this time around. The shooting is the best in the series. With a full soldier built and overcharged Cyclon assault rifle this almost feels like a Gears of War game in some of the more intense shootouts. I also liked the crew a lot. Especially Jarl, Drax, Vectra and Peebee (which became my waifu). Also fantastic graphics and art-style and good atmosphere. Loved the landing and take off scenes on the various planets and locations. A bit less of "scan this, scan that" would have been better. Also loading times can be a pain, especially when you have to fly/walk around a lot for one quest. And sure, it's not as epic as the whole original trilogy, but that are three games and Andromeda has a lot of potential for sequels. Sadly we might never see those because there are only two options for Bioware at this moment: Make Anthem and The Old Republic for the next 10 years or get shut down as soon as these two stagger.
#47 Y's 8: Lacrimosa of Dana
GREAT - A great JRPG with an awesome battle system. The dialogues can get a bit wordy here and there, but the gameplay is pure fun. I didn't enjoy the Dana segments as much as the rest of the game, but whenever you play as the full party it's one of the best action-rpgs around. Also exploring is very rewarding and motivating to find new stuff to craft better items.
#48 Yakuza 0
AMAZING - Another near perfect entry in one of my favorite video game sagas of all time. This might even be the best game in the whole franchise, yet I have a soft spot for Yakuza 2 which might forever by my favorite one. Greatly enjoyed the characters and story and even most of the minigames. Finished both the real estate and night club stuff, something I normaly don't do in the Yakuza games.
#49 For Honor
GREAT - I played this a lot when it was new but only multiplayer. It's a great PvP game with some unique sword-fighting mechanics. Probably the best versus sword fighting of any game. The whole gear and prestige system is debatable but I enjoyed it for well over 50 hours. I recently worked through the campaign. To be honest, the meat of this game lays in it's multiplayer. The campaign isn't more than a glorified tutorial to get to know all the classes. The story is highly forgettable and the mission design is pretty straight forward. And oh yeah, it's a BEAUTIFUL game. Great graphics.
#50 The London Heist
GOOD - Easily the best PlayStation VR Worlds game. It's short but it shows perfectly what VR is capable of. Tha highway chase was one of the most intense VR sections I played to date. Fantastic stuff and makes me looking forward to Blood & Truth
#51 Until Dawn: Rush of Blood
GREAT - Wow, what an intense game. I freaked out more than once because of all the jump scares but it is so much fun to play. Really makes you feel like sitting in a rollercoaster while shooting stuff. Shooting in VR is even better than with real lightguns.
#52 Fallout 4: Automatron
GREAT - Currently working my way through Fallout 4 GOTY and I finished this DLC. I like the new compagnion Ada and the whole story line of this one was good. I love the helmet you get when you finish the DLC :)
#53 Fallout 4: Vault-Tec Workshop
GOOD - It's cool to have your own vault. The story-line around this one was only okay and building all that stuff to make experiments on the inhabitants wasn't that great. But finding and clearing the abandoned vault was a lot of fun. I stumbled into this unintentional and didn't even know that it's part of the DLC until I checked my trophy-list. All the DLCs really enhance the overall Fallout 4 experience.
#54 Prey
AMAZING - This game took my by surprise. I am not the biggest fan of FPS/RPG-hybrids like Deus Ex, Bioshock, System Shock because they are often slow paced with some busy-work. But Prey is such a finely crafted experience with one of the best stories in 2017. It was tremendous fun from start to finish with a good sense of progress and character developement and decission-making that felt important. I don't have any complains at all. Great art-style and soundtrack, fantastic writing and execution. And I love Sci-Fi. What more to ask for? Maybe a sequel! One of the forgotten gems of 2017, easily Top 5 in my personal GOTY-list.
Game #1: Picross e7 (3DS) - ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Game #2: Severed (3DS) - ★★★★★★★★★☆
Game #3: Infectonator 2 (PC) - ★★★★★★★☆☆☆
Game #4: Gunman Clive 2 (3DS) - ★★★★★★★★★☆
Game #5: flOw (PS4) - ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Game #6: Hitman GO (Android) - ★★★★★★★★★★
Game #7: Inside (Xbox One) - ★★★★★★★★★★
Game #8: Event[0] (PC) - ★★★★★★★★★☆
Game #9: INK (PC) - ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
Game #10: The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (GBC) - ★★★★★★★★★★
February: 10
Game #11: Monster Manor (3DS) - ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
Game #12: The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (GBC) - ★★★★★★★★★★
Game #13: Refunct (PC) - ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Game #14: The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth Plus (PC) - ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Game #15: The Witness (PS4) - ★★★★★★★★★★
Game #16: Manual Samuel (XB1) - ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Game #17: Dragon Quest Builders (Vita) - ★★★★★★★★★★
Game #18: DJMax Portable 3 (PSP) - ★★★★★★★★★★
Game #19: Doodle God (Vita) - ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
Game #20: Banjo-Kazooie (360) - ★★★★★★★★★★
March: 8
Game #21: The First Skunk Bundle (Wii U) - ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Game #22: Donkey Kong Jr. Math (NES) - ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
Game #23: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wii U) - ★★★★★★★★★★
Game #24: Titanfall 2 (PS4) - ★★★★★★★★★★
Game #25: Atari Flashback Classics vol.2 (PS4) - ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Game #26: Atari Flashback Classics vol.1 (PS4) - ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Game #27: Plumbers Don't Wear Ties (PC) - ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Game #28: Galaga (NES) - ★★★★★★★★★☆
April: 5
Game #29: Wario Land 3 (GBC) - ★★★★★★★★★★
Game #30: Tingle's Balloon Fight DS (DS) - ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Game #31: Bye-Bye, BOXBOY! (3DS) - ★★★★★★★★★★
Game #32: Chip 'N' Dale Rescue Rangers (PS4) - ★★★★★★★★★☆
Game #33: Clicker Heroes (PC) - ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
May: 9
Game #34: Where's My Mickey? (Android) - ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Game #35: Bangai-O Spirits (DS) - ★★★★★★★★★☆
Game #36: Honeycomb Beat (DS) - ★★★★★★★☆☆☆
Game #37: Spotto! (DS) - ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
Game #38: Teeny Titans (Android) - ★★★★★★★★★☆
Game #39: Solitaire: Decked Out (Android) - ★★★★★★★★★☆
Game #40: What Remains of Edith Finch (PS4) - ★★★★★★★★★★
Game #41: DuckTales (PS4) - ★★★★★★★★★★
Game #42: DuckTales 2 (PS4) - ★★★★★★★★★☆
June: 2
Game #43: Dragon Quest Wars (DS) - ★★★★★★★☆☆☆
Game #44: SUPERHOT (PC) - ★★★★★★★★★★
July: 0
August: 3
Game #45: Death Squared (Switch) - ★★★★★★★★★☆
Game #46: Nidhogg II (PS4) - ★★★★★★★☆☆☆
Game #47: Persona 5 (PS4) - ★★★★★★★★★★
September: 2
Game #48: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Entrance Randomizer (ROM hack) - ★★★★★★★★★★
Game #49: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Switch) - ★★★★★★★★★☆
October: 5
Game #50: Picross S (Switch) - ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Game #51: Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (PS4) - ★★★★★★★★★★
Game #52: Super Mario Odyssey (Switch) - ★★★★★★★★★★
Game #53: Emily is Away Too (PC) - ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Game #54: Monster Slayers (PC) - ★★★★★★★★☆☆
November: 5
Game #55: SUPERPLAN (PC) - ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Game #56: Sid Meier's Civilization V (PC) - ★★★★★★★★★☆
Game #57: Sid Meier's Civilization VI (PC) - ★★★★★★★★★★
Game #58: Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven (PC) - ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Game #59: Zombie Exodus (PC) - ★★★★★★★★★☆
December: 2
Game #60: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Enemy/Key/Entrance/Item Randomizer (ROM hack) - ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Game #61: Starcraft (PC) - ★★★★★★★★★★
Just copying my post over from the other forum. It is going to be tight finishing this year and I am not sure if I will be able to keep my streak alive next year!
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Let's do this. Hoping to finish this for the 4th year in a row but planning on a little WoW this year so it could be tough!
1: Xanadu Next - 18 hours, completed JAN 1
Picked this up based on a recommendation and I really enjoyed. The gameplay was a little hard to get used to at first but it has that unique Japanese style to it that really made the game for me. I would love a modern version of this style of game.
2: Super Mario Run - 5 hours, completed JAN 5
I don't know why I thought I would like this as I usually hate playing games on my phone. I played the all the levels and then half-heartedly went for some coins and got bored after the pinks.
3: Diablo III - 15 hours, completed JAN 8
Did the Diablo I anniversary event and season leveling. The anniversary event was neat but a little too much grinding to get all the unique mobs made it a little less fun.
4: The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ - 40 hours, completed JAN 21
I won't really be "done" with this game as I play it all year but I have finished all the expansion content. Some of the shit like greedier mode were total shit but looking forward to the cool mods that people make.
5: World of Warcraft - 30 hours, completed JAN 22
Finished the base game, onto the Burning Crusade. The old world revamp wasn't as interesting as I hoped but better than nothing.
6: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade - 20 hours, completed JAN 25
Whew, that was a slog. After having done this content so many times it felt like a chore more than anything.
7: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - 15 hours, completed JAN 28
Just as cool of an expansion as I remembered. Definitely coming back here after leveling to revisit some old raids.
8: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm - 10 hours, completed JAN 31
I found the Cataclysm stuff to be a little underwhelming. It was probably a lot more epic at the time but I wasn't a big fan of any of the zones. Going to come check out the raid stuff eventually though to see good ol' Ragnaros.
9: World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria - 10 hours, completed FEB 2
The last of the old zones I had seen several years ago. Really interesting playing through all the expansions in order and seeing what an upgrade Pandaria is. Looking forward to Draenor.
10: World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor - 15 hours, completed FEB 6
From what I hear, this was a pretty boring expansion when it was new but experiencing it in short bursts I found it to be quite fun.
11: Watch Dogs 2 - 20 hours, completed FEB 11
Man, I am conflicted about this game. I really like the characters, setting and tone (despite some of the over the top cheese) but the gameplay felt like a chore. I think if the mission checkpoints were better I might not feel as negatively about the gameplay; replaying 20 minute missions because you die while escaping sucks ass.
12: World of Warcraft: Legion - 40 hours, completed FEB 20
Really enjoyed this expansion so far and looking forward to getting into some mythic content.
13: 8-Bit Bayonetta - 1 hour, completed APR 1
Look, this was a short promo game but my arm is killing me from getting all the achievements so it is going on the list damn it.
14: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 70+ hours, completed APR 16
While I still have many more hours I plan on playing, I am calling this one done as Ganon is dead. I found this one to be a slow start that I wasn't sure if I was actually enjoying. After I got into the groove of things I absolutely fell in love with the game. It sets the bar for what open world games should feel like and I hope more developers give players the kind of freedom seen here.
15: Mass Effect Andromeda - 41 hours, completed APR 20
What a massive soulless, disappointment of a game. I think I am done with Bioware as they just keep putting out worse games.
16: Horizon: Zero Dawn - 52 hours, completed MAY 7
What a fucking amazing game, I loved pretty much everything about it. Really looking forward to potential DLC but thought the post-credit thing was kind of dumb.
17: Cosmic Star Heroine - 14.5 hours, completed MAY 14
Great RPG with a nice length to get in over the weekend. Really loved the battle system but it felt like there were a couple too many characters so I made a party and stuck with it through most of the game.
18: Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel - 4 hours, completed MAY 22
Really short DLC but fun for the most part. It might be because I am doing this content for the first time on a higher NG+ but FROM's DS3 obsession with multiple phase, damage sponge, healthbar refilling bosses is getting really old.
19: Dark Souls III: The Ringed City - 7 hours, completed MAY 26
This was a MUCH better DLC (except stupid fucking Midir constantly jumping away) and was really fun to explore. All in all, I think I am ready for a Dark Souls break and am glad this was the end rather than Ashes. I'll have to go watch some lore videos or something though as I had no idea what the fuck was going on as per usual.
20: Soda Dungeon - 8 hours, completed MAY 27
More entertaining than you average idle/clicker game but I was definitely bored by the end.
21: Diablo III (Necromancer) - 12 hours, completed MAY 28
Got access to the Necromancer beta and did another full playthrough of the game and some high level greater rifts. The class seems decent but not $20 good. Will be interested to see how balancing turns out and if they add any extra content for the cost.
22: Monster Slayer - 14 hours, completed MAY 29
When i first started this game I was really loving it! After about 10 hours, you start to see how shallow and incredibly poorly balanced it is. If the devs actually balanced this so different strats for the different classes mattered then it would be a lot better.
23: Dragon Quest VIII - 51 hours, completed JUN 4
Finally finished this beast and what a game! I can see why this is a lot of people's favorite DQ game. While I like all the ones I have played for different reasons, I think this one will always stick out just a little more to me.
24: The Surge - 20 hours, completed JUN 9
Fuck this fucking game. Killed the cheesy as fuck last boss, as soon as the ending starts, the game fucking crashes and I lost the progress. Thoroughly mediocre throughout with it painfully obvious that they learned very little from Lords of the Fallen shit tier endgame. I am done with this game and any future souls like game these devs try to make again.
25: Star Trek - 6 hours, completed JUN 10
Really repetitive and clunky controls kept this from being a good game but co-op made it at least tolerable. It was interesting to play a game form that older generation and remember just how far games have come since then.
26: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - 31 hours, completed JUL 2
First time playing through this and I had a good time but probably the inverse of most people. I played Majora's Mask first so seeing most of the assets again in a less interesting setting somewhat diminished the story. Nonetheless, it is easy to see why this is called an all-time great, especially given the time when it came out.
27: Pony Island - 3 hours, completed JUL 3
Boy, this was fucking weird.
28: Undertale - 6 hours, completed JUL 4
I think this might be a case of the hype from rabid fans really setting expectations too high for me. It was a complete flop that felt thoroughly mediocre throughout. The soundtrack did have a couple real bangers though.
29: Cross of the Dutchman - 2 hours, completed JUL 7
A charming game with an interesting story that was ultimately a rather boring game to playthrough. It did spark my interest in the subject matter though which I spent some time researching after which I don't get from many games.
30: The Deer God - 3 hours, completed JUL 9
This feels like a game made for people who are high. The art style was phenomenal but the game play started to feel tedious and it was only a 3 hour game!
31: Dragon Age Inquisition: The Descent - 8 hours, completed JUL 21
I got the GOTY game for $5 so I decided to finally check out all the DLC. Thye Descent was a cool dungeon crawl type of DLC that was a nice break froma ll the open-world stuff. The story in here got a bit weird at the end but overall I liked it.
32: Dragon Age Inquisition: Jaws of Hakkon - 9 hours, completed JUL 22
THis was a nice change of pace from Descent and just enough open world without overstaying its welcome. A bit disappointed with how easy the dragon was but overall a solid entry in the DLC.
33: Dragon Age Inquisition: Trespasser - 7 hours, completed JUL 23
By the end of this DLC, the combat had started to feel tiresome, hopefully the next Dragon Age actually has good combat that holds up. The story stuff was great as I had heard and I am really looking forward to the next entry now.
34: Path of Exile - 20 hours, completed AUG 14
Finished the base game playthrough and moving to the expansion now. Mixed feelings on it, I can see endgame might be fun but the leveling and campaign are kind of boring.
35: Path of Exile: The Fall of Oriath - 20 hours, completed AUG 23
More of the same really, time to see how endgame looks.
36: Diablo 3: Rise of the Necromancer - 15 hours, completed AUG 28
Path of Exile wasn't really doing it for me so decided to finally get around to the Necromancer stuff in D3. So far, there are a lot of really great improvements and Necormancer feels fun to play. I made it through the initial season journey and will hopefully complete all the season chapters this time.
37: Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age - 60 hours, completed SEP 4
After getting to the end but never finishing this when it originally came out, I am glad to have this wrapped up. The last 2 dungeons were pretty freaking bad which kind of put a damper on my enthusiasm. Regardless, I am looking forward to the inevitable PC release when I will be doing all of the optional stuff I passed on this go. Also, would it kill Basch to run a fucking comb through his hair before the end of the game?
38: Titanfall 2 - 8 hours, completed SEP 10
Finally got around to playing this and it was worth the time. The campaign was incredible and felt like an evolution of the Half Life style of shooter. I will probably pick this up on a sale just to support the team's work since I played it on Origin Access.
39: Shantae: Half-Genie Hero - Pirate Queen's Quest - 3 hours, completed SEP 10
Luckily, I got this for free, because I was rather disappointed with it. Wayforward billed it as a whole new adventure when really it was just a reskin and remix of the main game. It was fun enough but if I paid the retail price for this I would have felt like I got ripped off.
40: Divinity: Original Sin 2 - 80 hours, completed OCT 1
An excellent follow up to the original Original Sin from Larian. Act 4 was a bit of a drag but overall this was a phenomenal game made even better with co-op.
41: Metroid: Samus Returns - 12 hours, completed OCT 7
I didn't plan on playing anymore 3DS games but after the reviews I decided to pick this one up. The game was absolutely fantastic (3ds slider controls aside) and reminded me why so many games have followed this formula. Really looking forward to Metroid Prime 4 now that I have spent some time with the series again.
42: SteamWorld Dig 2 - 8.5 hours, completed OCT 8
What an awesome game. I finished this one the same day I started and I was still bummed when it ended. Image and Form have made each subsequent game even better somehow; I can't wait to see what they do next.
43: Somewhere Out There - 1.5 hours, completed OCT 9
Even thought it was short, this was one of those games I wasn't sure I would finish because of how bad I was at it. Luckily, the teleport jumping started to click at the end for me.
44: South Park: The Fractured But Whole - 22 hours, completed OCT 22
Overall, this was another really solid South Park game that I enjoyed quite a bit. I think the over-reliance on toilet humor and padding (the walking and walking and walking) hurt the experience and I would have prefered a tighter and shorter game. That being said, those are small complaints overall considering the past history of South Park games.
45: Destiny 2 - 40 hours, completed OCT 28
Finished everything I could do to get my gear level up and just waiting for the raid now. The game is missing a lot of stuff I would have liked to see, especially QoL features, but it is still fun enough with friends.
46: Middle Earth: Shadow of War - 31 hours, completed OCT 31
I think this game would have done a lot better if it was shorter. By the time I got to the 5th zone of doing the same thing I was over it. I really loved Shadow of Mordor but Shadow of War just didn't grab me the same way. Maybe that formula only works once?
47: Super Mario Odyssey - 20 hours, completed NOV 4
Finished up the main story today with a lot of moons still left to find. I enjoyed the game a great deal but I don't think it ranks as "greatest ever" for me like I have sen many other people saying. Regardless, between this, BotW and XC2 (hopefully) it has been a hell of a year for the switch.
48: Diablo III - 50 hours, completed NOV 14
Another season is here and I am really pumped about this one. Blizzard really focused on increasing viabality for a variety of builds which I am really enjoying. I doubt I make it too far past 800 Paragon but I have been enjoying the ride more than past seasons.
49: NieR: Automata - 35 hours, completed NOV 24
I am going to need more time to digest how I feel about this one. Overall, it is a really cool game but all the hacking shit is just way too overloaded in the game. The hacking is fine in small chunks but the sheer amount you have to do is just awful. The ending felt a bit abrupt too (I played all the way through E) but I will probably read up and see what info I missed.
50: Abzu - 2 hours, completed NOV 25
Chill Journey-esque experience that was a nice break after the intensity of NieR. No idea what the fuck was going on but I still liked it.
51: The Stanley Parable - 3.5 hours, completed NOV 25
Man, this was so good. I regret putting it off for so long. I loved the style of humor and the variety of endings. Really glad I was looking for a short game and decided to go this route.
52: Plug & Play - .5 hours, completed NOV 26
This was fucking weird. I feel like someone was really horny and really high when they made this.
40) Halo Reach - 7 hours - 10/29
I've been doing a slow replay of all the Halo games over the past couple of years and Reach is one that I've only completed at release. The story was pretty decent but I definitely missed the chief and Cortana.
I wasn't a member of the last place, so I don't have my list set up the way I'm supposed to. Sorry. I'll write up a little on some of the games that were standouts to me though.
1. Dishonored PS4
2. Ryse XB1
3. Inside PS4
4. Gears of War 4 XB1
5. Virginia PS4
6. Titanfall 2 PS4
7. Final Fantasy XV PS4
Never played a Final Fantasy game all the way through before. Not a fan of turn based combat. So the change to real time and the demo got me to try it out. Loved this game. Even bought the movie afterwards to get more from this world.
8. Firewatch PS4
9. Lara Croft Go Vita
10. Broken Age Vita
11. Killzone Mercenary Vita
12. Gravity Rush 2 PS4
13. Nier Automata PS4
Biggest possible GOTY right now for me. Combat was great, loved the story, and just the overall look.
14. The Bunker PS4
Terrible. And I don't know whose idea it was for the main guy to slobber whenever he cried, which was frequent, the director or actor, but it was horrid.
15. Berzerk and the Band of the Hawk PS4/Vita
16. Batman: The Telltale Game PS4
17. Mr. Massagy PS4
18. My Name is Mayo Vita
19. My Name is Mayo PS4
20. My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected (Yahari Game Demo Ore No Seishun Love Kome Wa Machigatteiru) Vita
Not a clue what happened here. Used a guide and I don't know a lick of Japanese. Borrowed from a buddy.
21. Full Throttle Remastered Vita
Great. My favorite so far of the old point and click games that got a remaster.
22. Knack PS4
23. Root Letter Vita
24. Criminal Girls 2 Vita
25. Injustice 2 PS4
26. Mario Kart 8 Switch
27. Metroid NES
100%, which I never did as a youth. Was getting ready for Metroid 2 3DS.
28. Crash Bandicoot PS4
Fun.
29. Crash 2 PS4
Awesome!
30. Crash 3 PS4
Hated the vehicle levels.
31. Resident Evil 6 PS4
32. Rogue Legacy PS4/Vita
Probably biggest surprise for me. I hate rogue type games but a buddy told me to try it. Loved it.
33. Metal Gear Rising 360
34. Metal Gear Rising DLC 360
35. Demetrios – The Big Cynical Adventure PS4
36. Deemo: The Last Recital Vita
Awesome story and I'm a sucker for rhythm games.
37. Spongebob Heropants Vita
38. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy PS4
39. Ys: Memories of Celceta Vita
40. Lili: Child of Geos PS4
41. Metroid Samus Returns 3DS
Wow. 100% this one too. Samus back in top form.
42. Battlefield 1 PS4
43. Super Metroid SNES
One of my top games ever asnd holds up way better than Metroid.
44. Mortal Kombat XL PS4
45. Mario Run Android
46. Oxenfree PS4
47. Bard's Gold Vita
Like if Zelda 2 and Rogue Legacy had a baby but not as good.
48. Abzu PS4
49. Hatoful Boyfriend Holiday Star Vita
50. 10 Second Ninja X PS4
51. Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations PS4
52. Among the Sleep PS4
53. Parappa the Rapper Remastered PS4
Fuck fuck fuck Cheap Cheap.
54. Randal's Monday PS4
Terrible point and click. I laughed a few times.
55. Submerged PS4
56. Donkey Kong Country SNES
Completed 10/30
3 hours
Got the SNES Classic and so far this is the only game I've beaten on it (I beat Super Metroid this year too but on 3DS). Just a great game that playing through with my kids was a blast. Even some of the secret rooms came back to me. I'm sure some of it is nostalgia but this game was great to come back to. I don't remember the final world at all. I'm wondering if I never beat it back in the day.
57. Undertale
59. Wolfenstein 2
Woah hey there vb
I was consodering making a thread like this on era but i wanted to start in 2018 since 2017 was almost ending :p
Well now that it is here i will copy pasta my list and post about it here as well
I wasn't a member of the last place, so I don't have my list set up the way I'm supposed to. Sorry. I'll write up a little on some of the games that were standouts to me though.
Claiming this post, gonna link to my 52nd completed game at least for now.
1. The Darkness II (PC)
Beat the main game on Normal in under 7 hours.
2. Batman: The Telltale Series
Beaten in under 10 hours.
3. I have no mouth and I must scream
4. Inherit the Earth
5. Legend of Kyrandia Book One
6. Legend of Kyrandia Book Two
7. Assassin's Creed Rogue
Completed Final Sequence/Chapter with a total game compeltion of 51%.
8. Lilly Looking Through
9. AKIBA'S TRIP: Undead & Undressed (PC with 60 FPS patch)
Completed main game on Easiest difficulty while skipping many of the side quests.
Still enjoyed my time and doing JoJo poses while stripping off clothes was fun while it lasted.
10. The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
11. Assault Suit Leynos (PC)
12. Milkmaid of the Milky Way (PC)
Beaten in under 2 hours.
13. (The Dark Eye-) Memoria
14. Azure Striker Gunvolt (PC)
Completed main game, didn't go back for completing the side/optional missions though.
15. Minecraft Story Mode
Played up until Ep. 4 since that concluded a story.
16. Primordia
17. Resonance
18. Richard & Alice
19. Code of Princess (PC)
20. Sam & Max hit the road
21. Teen Agent
Completed in under 3 hours.
22. Simon the Sorcerer
23. Simon the Sorcerer 2
24. The Deadly Tower of Monsters
25. The Bug Butcher
26. Tales of Monkey Island
27. Toonstruck
28. Dust: An Elysian Tale
29. Zork: Grand Inquisitor
30. Exile's End
31. Yakuza 0 (PS4)
32. Ys Origin
33. 2064: Read Only Memories
34. Ghostbusters: The Video Game (PC)
35. 80 Days
36. Ninja Commando (1992 ADK game)
37. Akin (PC)
Completed Normal mode, being the game's main mode.
38. Ninja Combat
39. Twinkle Star Sprites
40. Her Majesty's SPIFFING
41. 1941: Counter Attack
42. Blazing Star
43. Forgotten Worlds/Lost Worlds
44. Sengoku 3 (Neo Geo)
45. Knights of the Round
46. Magic Sword
47. 7th Dragon III: Code- VFD
48. Shock Troopers 2nd Squad
49. Undercover Cops
50. Mystic Riders
51. Blade Master/Cross Blades!
52. Shin Megami Tensei 4 Apocalypse (3DS)
53. Gravity Rush Remasted (PS4)
Both the 2 above games were cleared by August 3rd.
54. Air Duel
55. Gunforce
56. Gunforce 2/Geo Storm
57. In the hunt
58. Raiden 3
59. Raiden IV Overkill
60. Danmaku Unlimited 2
61. Dragon Quest Heroes
62. Revolution 1979
63. Fate/Extella (PS4)
Main game completed, being the 4 Routes in Story Mode.
64. Styx: Shards of Darkness
65. Lit (PC)
66. A Bird Story
67. Burning Fight
68. Sengoku (Denshou)
69. Top Hunter
70. Botanicula
71. Ikari Warriors III: The Rescue
72. Berserk Musou (PC)
73. Captain Commando
74. Snoopy's Grand Adventure (PS4)
Main game completed.
75. Double Dragon (Arcade)
76. Double Dragon II (Arcade)
77. OneShot (2016 ver.)
78. Final Fight
79. Gang Wars
80. Hyper Dyne Side Arms
81. Art of Fighting/Ryuko no Ken 1
82. Magician Lord
83. Thimbleweed Park
84. Full Throttle Remastered
85. Shock Troopers
86. Charnel House Trilogy
87. Cibele
88. Late Shift
89. Nam-1975 (PS4)
I got the Bad Ending though :X
90. Ghost 1.0
91. Contradiction
92. Day of the Tentacle
93. Detective Case & Clown Bot
94. Sniper Ghost Warrior 3
95. Detective Grimoire (2014 game)
96. X-Men (1992 Arcade game by Konami)
Played via the PS3 ver.
97. Hamlet
98. Sonic Wings Special
99. Goosebumps 2015
Cleared one of the possible endings.
100. Streets of Rage
101. Streets of Rage 2
102. Golden Axe (SEGA MD/Genesis ver.)
103. Grim Fandango Remastered
104. Golden Axe 2
105. Jacob Jones & The Bigfoot Mystery Ep. 1
106. Jacob Jones & The Bigfoot Mystery Ep. 2
107. Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
108. The Journey Down Ep. 1
109. Hollow Knight
110. The Journey Down Ep. 2
111. Skylar and Plux
112. ICEY
113. King's Quest 2015
114. Yooka Laylee
115. The Little Acre
116. Loom (CD version)
117. Metal Slug
118. Marvin's Mittens
119. Metal Slug 2
120. Memoranda
121. Message Quest
122. King of Dragons
123. Last Duel
124. Mega Twins/Chiki Chiki Boys
125. Eco Fighters/Ultimate Ecology
126. Roosters/Midnight Wanderers
127. Metal Slug X
128. Chariot
130. Old Man's Journey
131. RiME
132. Gunbird (via PSOne Mobile Light Force)
133. Gunbird 2 DC version
134. Puzzle Bots
135. Castlevania LoS: Mirror of Fate
136. Castle of Shikigami
137. Samorost
138. Sonic Triple Trouble
139. Isotiles
140. TaleSpin NES
141. Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom
142. Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara
143. Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers (NES)
144. Samorost 2
145. Darkwing Duck (NES)
146. Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers 2
147. Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Ep. 1
148. Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Ep. 2
149. Duck Tales 2 (NES)
150. Killer is Dead
151. Shadowgate (2014)
152. Picross e
153. Picross e3
154. Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap (2017)
155. Crash Bandicoot Warped PS4 remake
156. Sonic 3D: Flicky's Island (Gen/MD version)
157. Vanquish PC
158. Rockman X/Megaman X (SNES via PS2 Collection)
159. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
160. Rockman X 2/Megaman X 2
161. Picross e4
162. Rockman X 3
163. Rockman & Forte GBA
Game completed as Bass
164. Legend of Dark Witch
Completed main game as Zizou on Easy.
165. Legend of Dark Witch 2
166. The Silver Case (PC)
167. Super Mario World (SNES)
168. Super Mario Land (via n3DS VC)
169. The Lion's Song
170. Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death
171. Super Mario Land 2 (via n3DS VC)
172. Monument Valley 2
173. Monument Valley
173. Kirby's Dream Land/Hoshi no Kirby (GB via n3DS VC)
174. Spec Ops The Line
175. Samorost 3
176. Superbrothers
177. Tiny Thief (Rovio Stars game)
178. Virginia
179. Ballads of Reemus: When the bed bites
180. Prisoner of Ice
181. Sonic Mania (PS4)
182. Dragon Quest 8 3DS
183. Dragonsphere
184. Song of the Deep
185. The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight mystery
186. Machinarium
187. Sonic the Hedgehog
188. Still Life
189. Steel Strider
190. The Whispered World
191. Wallce & Gromit's Grand Adventures
192. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)
193. Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)
194. Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars
195. RAGE (2011, PC)
196. Broken Sword 2
197. King's Quest I (VGA fan remake by ADG)
198. 1954 Alcatraz
199. King's Quest 2: Romancing the Stones VGA Remak
200. Broken Sword 2.5
201. The Low Road
202. The Beggar's Ride
203. Cluckle's Adventure
204. Spiderman Shattered Dimensions PC
205. The Journey Down Ch. 3
206. DanganRonpa V3
207. Figment
208. Knack 2
209. Raiden V
210. The Ninja Warriors (Arcade via PS4 AA series)
Game 1: Xanadu Next (PC): Great game though the block puzzles drag it down for me. 4/5
Game 2: Picross Touch! (PC): It was free and I wanted to play it instead of other games. Presentation is a little bit basic but it is free so I recommend it. I fear buying other Picross games now. 3/5
February:
Game 3: Superhot (PC): It's the most innovative shooter I played in years! 5/5
Game 4: Rhythm Heaven Megamix (3DS): I brought Tibby back to Heaven World. Technically there are still a few levels left but I saw credits (and the levels now are a little bit too hard for me). Overall I really like it even if some of the rhythm games are terrible. My biggest problem is some games being either too fast, too slightly off-beat to play or both. No score.
Game 5: Yakuza 3 (PS3): My imtroduction to the series and I loved it. Definitely will continue with the series. Enjoyable combat, detailed world, style and a cool soundtrack. Didn't bother much with the sode stuff and it has a little bit of early gen jank. Still a good game overall though. 3/5
Game 6: Ys Origin (PC): I love the Ys series and Origin is probably my favorite one so far. Three characters, three versions of the same story. Sadly, one story mostly ignores the other two. 4/5.
Game 7: Refunct (PC): Really, really short, little and neat first-person platformer. 3/5
Game 8: Child of Eden (PS3): I like neon, particles and neon particles. I love the music and the presentation in Child of Eden but I really didn't enjoy two of the five levels. And some parts they added on the fundamentals set by Rez I didn't like, too. 3/5
Game 9: To the Moon (PC): A neat and unique story with a nice presentation. Almost had a tear in my eye. It's probably unfair, but the controls hindered my enjoyment. Especially in a later part of the game. 3/5
Game 10: Helly Yeah! (PC): I really wanted to like but the game is hit or miss and misses more in my opinion. 3/5
Game 11: Momodora: Reverie under the Moonlight (PC): Great Metroidvania. Looks good, controls good but the soundtrack is forgetable imo. 4/5
Game 12: Octodad - Dadliest Catch (PC): Funny little physics thingie that is as long as its gimmick is interesting. 3/5
March
Game 13: Hitman Sniper (iOS): First-Person-Sniper that is enjoyable because of the touch controls imo. Nice presentation for a phone game and objectives are fun at first. Overstays its welcome sadly and in the last chapters too many missions goals are just "get high number of points for big score". Bought my ways through those because I saved up so much ingame money. 3/5
Game 14: Shock Troopers (Switch): Fun run and gun shooter although it controls a little to slow for my tastes. No score
Game 15: Thirty Flights of Loving (PC): That was something. No score
Game 16: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Swtich): Never felt I so compelled to explore a game world. There are a few shortcomings but this will likely be my GotY is one of my favorite games ever. I love it so much! 5/5
Game 17: Shadow Complex Remastered (PC): It has aged worse than I thought but it still is one of my favorite Metroidvanias. 4/5
April:
Game 18: Snake Pass (Switch): Delightful physics platformer. Slithering around is fun. Soundtrack is nice but a bit samey for me. Bit blurry in handheld mode. Quite frustrating in times when you feel it doesn't control like it should which get worse with the camera issues. 3/5
Game 19: Day of the Tentacle Remastered (PC): One of the few Point and Click Adventures I can bear to play. Presentation, soundtrack, story and jokes are still great. 5/5
Game 20: Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap (Switch): Never played a Wonder Boy or Monster Land game but I loved this. The amazing art is what drew me into this additional to it being a fun game. 4/5
Game 21: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PC): I like the Bad Company games for their campaign. I still enjoyed it though there were some garbage sections. 3/5
May:
Game 22: Paint it Back (PC): Out of the three Picross games I played, Paint it Back is the best. Presentation and puzzles are great. 4/5
Game 23: Inside (PC): Weird puzzle platformer. It has some great and playful puzzles, I like the presentation and nothing could've prepared me for the last bit. 4/5
Game 24: PuyoPuyoTetris Adventure Mode(Switch): I skipped all the story stuff. The missions were sometimes pretty tough. Certainly not the mode you buy the game for. No Score
Game 25: Persona 5 (PS4): It's not better or worse than Persona 4: Golden for me. I liked most of the characters, the refined mechanics, the style and design. The main battle theme was no Reach out to the truth though. It'll be either my GotY or lose to Zelda if nothing better comes along. People should certainly play Persona 5 though. 5/5
June:
Game 26: SquareCells (PC): A logic puzzler based on Picross with a twist. It has a nice, clean presentation but I didn't really enjoy the twist and the game was the best for me when it was simply Picross. Will check out the other games by the same developer though. 3/5
Game 27: I Am The Hero (PC): Decent 2D Beat'em Up. Nice pixelart but forgettable soundtrack. In later areas things can get a little bit tricky because of the number of enemies on screen which wouldn't be that big of a problem if I wouldn't have had problems activating my EX skills. Combat system is fun but monotonous though the game is over before it gets boring. Ending screen is nice. 3/5
Game 28: Va-11 Halla (PC): A Visual Novel set in a cyberpunk bar. It has a nice (but a little too much anime) pixel style, soundtrack suits the look and some of the stories and characters are really good. A lot of the dialogue feels like an excuse that anime girls can talk about boobs, dicks and fucking. The bar mixing is fun though.
Game 29: Vanquish (PC): Vanquish is as great as I remembered it. While graphically it looks really dated and the soundtrack doesn't really get me, the gameplay is still really awesome. The mouse and keyboard controls make the game so fluid that it makes my first experience with the game on 360 retroactively worse. Don't expect much from the story either but sliding on your knees and shooting robots in slow mo will make up for that. One of the best if not the best third person shooter. 4/5
Game 30: Mandagon (PC): A neat little exploration platformer for the price of free. Chilling music and nice pixelart. Platforming is good, too. It's sub 1 hour so if you need something for the challenge, check it out! 3/5
July:
Game 31: Mini Metro (Macbook): In Mini Metro you plan your own train connections. New stations pop up randomly and you need to include them in your existing lines. The game is mellow and stressful alike. If too many people are waiting in your station you need to bring in new trains, additional carriages or a new line asap or it is game over for the scenario. While it is fun it can get slightly frustrating, too. There are elements of luck involved. For example you can get in to trouble if you not get tunnels to cross a river or too many stations of one kind are in one row. 3/5
Game 32: Isotiles (Macbook): Fun little puzzle game. Nothing bad, nothing special. It is cheap, short and good. 3/5
Game 33: Solitairica (Macbook): A Solitaire rogue-lite. It could be a little bit snappier, animations could be faster than the fast animation option and clicking the cards doesn't feel very good. Despite that the game is pretty fun. You have deck of cards which you try to match with the cards of different columns which represent the enemies healthbar. I almost quit the game if I didn't get lucky in my last run. The rng gets you. You can get runs where you can't get a single action and die. Losing doesn't feel good. 3/5
Game 34: Spaceplan (Macbook): A clicker with a story. The presentation is nice. I didn't read the Stephen Hawking book it is based on but the game went a little bit too hard with its potato theme. Near the end there are some not so good sections and the ending sequence is too long. And I didn't really like the clicker mechanics. 2/5
Game 35: Divinity Original Sin Enhanced Edition (PC): Played in coop. Was one and half a year in the making. Really cool RPG with a bad last part that drags it down for me a little bit. 3/5
Game 36: Cook, Serve, Delicious!: When I finally got the highest rated restaurant I yelled "I'm free!" and uninstalled it. This game is the devil of time consuming. 4/5
Game 37: The Journey Down Chapter 1 (Macbook): Neat little adventure game. I especially enjoyed the soundtrack. 3/5
Game 38: Nier: Automata (PC): Having played the first Nier I kinda knew what kinda depressing stories were waiting for me which in hindsight maybe took away from its impact on me. Or maybe the first Nier is still fresh on my memory since I played it late last year. In terms of combat it is a step up from the first game though it can get kinda repetitive. The shmup parts (not the hacking minigames) were my favorite sections. Soundtrack was mostly great. Graphics are outdated but have some nice designs. I'd recommend if more for the story and themes than the gameplay. 4/5
August
Game 39: Power Hover (PC): A level based autorunner. Presentation is nice, soundtrack wasn't my thing. Gameplay was hit or miss for me. It either oversteered in situations where I didn't want it to or understeered in situations where I needed more. 3/5
Game 40: Dark Messiah of Might & Magic (PC): I think I would've enjoyed the game more if I played it when it came out. Crashed often for me and the game feeling was off imo. Storytelling was awful. Level design was great though. 2/5
Game 41: The Journey Down Chapter 2 (Macbook): Like its predecessor. a neat adventure game. Likeable characters, good soundtrack and a tad longer than the first one. 3/5
Game 42: Valley (PC): A first-person-platformer. Looks great, plays great, soundtrack is great. 4/5
Game 43: Emporium (PC): Dark surreal adventure game. It is short but even if it only takes ~ 30 minutes to go through the gameplayloop gets quite tedious and distracted me from the themes it tries to tackle. 3/5
Game 44: The Silent Age (Macbook): Adventure with a time-travelling story. I'm a sucker for those. 3/5
Game 45: Prey (2017): Great sci-fi game. Atmosphere, combat and soundtrack are quite good. Also liked the art design in this. Ending felt a little rushed and I quite encountered a few bugs. 4/5 but a 5/5 in my heart.
September:
Game 46: Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition (PC): Fuck this game. Was so good but then a known bug which hasn't been fixed in all these years in a story sequence wiped my equipment. Halfway through the Awakening campaign. Really enjoyed the rest of the game but this is unacceptable. 1/5 if not for the bug 4/5
Game 47: Oxenfree (PC): Neat little advenutre with interesting story. Though I got the impression that the teens were really tweens or people in their thirties captured in younger bodies. 3/5
Game 48: Mario & Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (Switch): A turn-based strategy game with a lot of charme. The last few levels are pretty hard. Looks nice, plays nice, sounds nice. And while there is a lot you can do with the movement of your characters and combining abilities, there was something for me that was missing. Maybe bigger squads or more options for your character classes. Score: 3/5 or 4/5 depending on what day you ask me.
Game 49: Steamworld Dig 2 (Switch): Like the first one, if you're looking for something chill to play, get this game. Nice visual style, good soundtrack and fun gameplay. Even some slightly creepy stuff. An improvement on the excellent Steamworld Dig. 4/5
October
Game 50: Yakuza 4 (PS3): I think Yakuza is now one of my favorite series. Some bullshit enounters and a little bit of jank but still a great game. Kamurocho in the rain looked incredible! 4/5
Game 51: Golf Story (Switch): Like Earthbound with golf. 4/5
Game 52: Rime (PC): Pleasant artstyle and nice soundtrack make this a good game to relax. Gameplay is climbing and puzzles from Uncharted. Not bad, not great but serviceable. Very screenshotable. 3/5
Released in 1993, same year as Super Street Fighter II, this game has Haggar team up with Maki and some japanophile who goes by the name of Carlos Miyamoto.
Maki's sister and father (Rena and Genryusai) are kidnapped by remnants of Mad Gear.
The trio set off their search in Hong Kong and apparently get a tip that the rest of Mad Gear gang are in Europe, so they go through Italy, UK, France and Holland until learning that Maki's family are actually being held in Japan.
Mad Gear really gave them the run around. Also 3 of the Andore family and Rolento seemed to have stuck around for some reason and are fought in the game.
Upon finding the kidnapped family members the trio are faced with the new ringleader of Mad Gear, Retu/Retsu
Now I dunno how this kabuki looking guy ended up running Mad Gear after Belger took a swan dive, but maybe he ran their Japanese division or some shit? Well anyways, Haggar and co. kick his ass, save Rena and Genryusai and once again the world is safe.
FF2's combat isn't anything grand and is pretty basic really. Each character can do a quick attack combo that can end with a back throw if you hold Up+Attack and the usual crowd control element is still there. The game's music is pretty forgettable sadly, as opposed to FF1's which has a neat soundtrack.
While the gameplay and audio aren't all that, the game has some really nice backgrounds and visuals, so Capcom delivered on that front at least.
Interestingly enough, Haggar does a spinning pile driver in this game!
Decided to replay a favourite of mine and it's just as good as I remember it...well except for those final BS stages of course :V Replaying it now though I've really come to dislike Casino Night, and I feel Oil Ocean and Metropolis could've been better but they got hit with the 'final levels=tougher stages' hammer.
Non the less the game remains entertaining today with great music, visuals and a simple but fun gameplay system.
Lots of animated games of questionable quality and a few awesome games in the last fews months. Lots of unmet hype and some games that exceeded the hype.
Game Thirty Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Episode Two, Brave New World(PlayStation 4) - October 19
★★★★ (4)
Didn't feel as much of a punch with this one like I did with the first episode, but the second half of the episode was strong and that final third act - mwah. Perfection!
Game Thirty One A Mortician's Tale (PC) - October 21
★★★★ (4)
This was unsurprisingly rough for me to play considering it hit close to the bone at times. This was surprisingly fantastic, however. Short, small but effective.
Game 0: Gravity Rush Remastered (PS4) ~12 hours
Date Completed: 12/20/16
Rating: 7.5/10
I wasn't able to add this game to last year's list before the thread closed (I think I live in the past since it is still the 31st of Dec. for me) but I wanted to keep track of which games I've played so I'm adding this. I originally played Gravity Rush on the Vita and loved it and the PS4 version is even better. The visuals look so good and I prefer the PS4 controller as opposed to the vita. The game's story is good enough (was a nice memory refresh before GR2) to continue playing the game as the gameplay is Gravity Rush's best asset (apart from maybe art direction). "Flying" is so fun and the city isn't really large so you're covering large distances quite easily. The challenges were also a nice distraction from the main story. I enjoyed the overall game but would have liked combat to be more diverse. Hopefully that gets fixed in the sequel.
Game 1: Nioh (PS4) ~62 hours & 46 minutes
Date Completed: 03/02/17
Rating: 9.0/10
Great way to start the year with a game where gameplay is king. Story is well, not good, but game is very fun to play and that's all that matters. I don't think the game is that difficult to be honest, it just requires knowing enemy patterns (similar to Souls) and quick reactions as the game can throw a lot of enemies at you at times (akin to Ninja Gaiden). I'll be double dipping on PC when it's released.
Game 2: Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4) ~51 hours & 58 minutes
Date Completed: 04/09/17
Rating: 9.5/10
So Nioh was a great to start the year where gameplay is king, but Horizon has it all. Great gameplay, story, characters, adventure, etc. This is my game of the year so far (unlikely to change) and I'm having problems finding any flaw with this game. Looking forward to the DLC later this year.
Game 3: Persona 5 (PS4) ~139 hours & 55 minutes
Date Completed: 09/13/17
Rating: 8.5/10
Basically my entire summer (and then some) was spent playing this. Having only played P4:Golden, I think P5 is the best in the series. Everything streamlined MUCH better and navigation and game knowledge is more accessible. That said, this is still a very long game. I got the Platinum which probably several more hours to playthrough, but i think this game is at least +85 hours on non-trophy hunting playthrough. Anyways, the characters are overall solid although some are underdeveloped (Haru) and others poorly written (Akechi). I've always found the best part of Persona games to be the dungeon crawling (which seems to be opposite of most player) so having large segments of dialogue was a drag at times. The story is better (less predictable) than P4:G although I kinda preferred the story in P4:G for some reason. This would probably rated higher if this year wasn't arguable my favorite year in gaming and if the game wasn't so long. It would be nice in future games if you could skip the waiting period between completing a dungeon and the deadline for completing the dungeon. Anyways, still a good game. Best girl is Makoto, Futaba, and Haru in that order.
Game 4: Hellblade (PC) ~12 hours
Date Completed: 10/07/17
Rating: 7.5/10
I was hoping this would be a spiritual successor to Heavenly Sword but I was wrong. The gameplay was a lot more simplified and less fun than HS sadly. The story isn't as good either, but Senua's journey and experience is more engaging than Nariko in HS and the overall presentation is very impressive for a non-AAA game. Hellblade also has some really impressive narrative moments within Senua's psyche and those are the best parts of this game. I also really liked the side stories narrated by Druth(?), the lore stories were neat. The most disappointing part of the game however is
the final boss fight which wasn't really a boss fight. I was hoping to fight Hela after all the hype throughout the game but was greeted with swarms lesser enemies whom I had to let beat me after 10 minutes of non-stop fighting.
The game also needed more enemy variety but I kinda understand why there are so few when the game overall is fairly short. Ninja Theory still has some good will with me, but their games really need to focus more on combat/gameplay. They spend too much focus on non-gameplay elements which really undercuts their games as a whole imo as gameplay is kind and should always be the priority. Anyways, I look forward to their next project.
Game 5: Cuphead (PC) ~12 hours
Date Completed: 10/19/17
Rating: 9.0/10
This was a great game to play after coming off the story focus, less impressive gameplay in Hellblade. This was pure fun and the artstyle and music is really cool. This was also the first game I was able to play on laptop because of the non-demanding graphics, although I still played with a controller and wouldn't recommend playing with a kb (although I never recommend kb anyways, kek).
Game 6: Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (PS4) ~9 hours
Date Completed: 10/29/17
Rating: 8.5/10
I've played like every Uncharted game despite not really being a fan of the series (largely due to lackluster gameplay). With that said, this is by far my favorite Uncharted game and where the series should go imo. Bit-size Uncharted is the best Uncharted. Not too many gun battles, stealth is more applicable, and the exploration (chapter 4) is nicely sized with things to do. I also much preferred this cast to Nate and Sully or Sam. Chloe and Nadine's dialogue is more introspective and wittier. Chloe also has less "oh no, no-no-no" ledge breaks moments. The story was also more grounded which helped greatly (never liked the supervillians empires in Uncharted). The diverse locations and settings were great and the graphic seem even better than UC4 somehow (could be the HDR). The only part of the game I didn't like was
Sam joining the story/crew. He seem to be just thrown in just cause and didn't add much to the cast. I also really hated his dialogue and voice acting in general (first time I've ever not liked Troy Baker VA). The writers made Sam so whipped/weak it was cringe.
Anyways, I hope future Uncharted games are like this if they continue the series.
Game 7: Quantum Break (PC ~11 hours
Date Completed: 11/05/2017
Rating: 8.0/10
Finally got around to finishing this game which was surprisingly short. The TV episodes were "okay" I guess. Nowhere near good, but they weren't bad either. The gameplay mechanics were neat, although I felt kinda OP/unchallenged for most of the game. The story itself is also decent and I even began to care about some of the characters (Beth Wilder in particular). The ending was also surprisingly not dreadful and I thought they ended it in a good way. Although, one thing I still don't understand story-wise if
Paul's character and why he felt he needed undergo the Lifeboat plan when Jack was able to somehow quickly figure out that the CFR could be used to the fix the fracture in time. I would have thought Serene would at least try it out in some timeline but I guess not.
PC performance on the meanwhile is pretty bad with upscaling off. Fortunately, my 1080 Ti was able to play the game mostly between 50-60 FPS with upscaling off and disabling some other settings.
Game 8: Gravity Rush 2 (PS4) ~11 hours
Date Completed: 11/24/2017
Rating: 6.5/10
Pretty disappointed in this one. Probably the first game I played of 2017 and it took me this long to chug through it. That's mostly because I was trying to do all of the side missions in the game and 99.99% of the side missions are pure trash and a waste of time. After returning from a long break, I decided to just ignore the side missions (except the costume ones) and focus solely on the main story. This made the game much more enjoyable. The addition of "styles" had was neat but I felt they were largely underwhelming as was combat in general. Traversal also didn't feel as good as GR1, but I think that's because of the larger open world. Story wise, the game goes in a direction I wasn't expecting and this was the best part of the game but after completing this game I have no longer have any interest in the series.
Reserving spot. Not sure how close I am to 52 but don't think I'll make it. Gotta compile my list again after getting an Xbox One S in June and completing a good amount of games on there as well as stuff on PC from earlier this year.
41) Halo 4 - 7 hours - 11/1
Next on my Halo playthrough list was 4. This was actually a brilliant campaign to play through again and I loved the gameplay changes they made like sprinting and some of the new weapons and powers.
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony: September 26-October 3
I liked this protagonist more than the ones in previous games. I mostly enjoyed the game overall, but the ending soiled everything. I did not like it or what they were trying to do with it (reasons why being spoilery, and thus not for this thread). I liked the adventure but not the destination.
A Hat in Time: October 5-7
3D platforming magic. What's there is good, but the game is just too short. I wanted more. Needed more locales and a more climactic conclusion. Interestingly, this final release seems stripped down from the alpha and beta, most notably the density of Mafia town in terms of discovery and gameplay. I wonder what could have been.
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy: October 7-10
It's Uncharted. It's familiar yet different. Felt a bit barebones. The experimentation with light open world was welcome. Nice having different characters this time around, except for the lack of Sully, the best character.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga+Bowser's Minions: October 10-14
The most obvious flaw is that the music is not as good as in the original game. Some balance issues. Great QoL changes. Changing the Bros abilities on the map is a huge pain. Still the best and most replayable of the series.
Half-Life 2: Episode Two: October 14-15
Replay :(
Luigi's Mansion: October 16-17
Replay.
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon: October 17-21
One of the more disappointing sequels I've played. It kind of misses the first game's magic entirely. It overstays its welcome and grows repetitive by the minute. The first game knew exactly how to measure each mechanic and where to end.
Super Mario 3D Land: 2017-October 26
Nice and fun. On the easy side. Needed more real boss battles. The repeated ones got boring and offered no challenge.
Super Mario Odyssey: ∞
It's like Majora's Mask to the extreme. As of this post I've only played the main game, but I'm currently powering through the meaty postgame. This is the first 3D platformer to really scratch that itch I've had since Super Mario 64 and Banjo-Kazooie. It actually satisfies that itch for once. There's so much to do that I finally feel like my demands are being met. The challenges test your grasp of gameplay mechanics and awareness of the environment. I haven't even done half of what's there yet.
Might as well join in on this since 2017 is the year I've completed the most games. Unfortunately, I don't have the dates I beat them all.
Current Progress: 36/52
Probably going to struggle to get there and in all likelihood, I'm going to fall just short. If I beat every game I plan to beat before the end of the year I'm going to land on about 44 or 45.
UPDATE: Currently 14 games away from the magical 52-game milestone. Once work holidays start in about a week and a half I'm going to really put the foot down and try to plough through a bunch of games. Still think I'm going to fall just short.
1. Ghost Blade HD (PS4) - Really accessible sh'mup. I had never played much of this genre but I thoroughly enjoyed this
2. Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey (PS4) - Was having such a fun time with this until the time mechanic forced me to rush to the end, which resulted in me failing the final exam and having countless hours end up being for absolutely nothing. Left a sour taste.
3. The Powerpuff Girls: Mojo Jojo A-Go-Go (GBA) - This is a Powerpuff Girls sh'mup. Bizarrely hard considering its target audience.
4. The Inner World (PS4) - Charming little point and click adventure.
5. The Powerpuff Girls: HIM and Seek (GBA) - This is basically one long scavenger hunt.
6. NBA Playgrounds (PS4) - Interesting take on the NBA Jam-style basketball game. Intended to 100% this but one of the challenges to get a certain amount of steals in a game is insanely hard.
7. The Powerpuff Girls: Relish Rampage (PS2) - A fun console romp featuring The Powerpuff Girls. A little rough around the edges but enough her to be enjoyable.
8. Skylar & Plux: Adventure on Clover Island (PS4) - An incredibly short clone of Ratchet & Clank. Has some interesting ideas, but tries to condense a Ratchet game into 2-3 hours.
9. Samurai Jack: The Amulet of Time (GBA) - A Metroitvania style Samurai Jack game where the combat is just too clunky and stiff.
10. Knack (PS4) - It's aight. Not as bad as people had made it out to be, but not as good as I had hoped it would be.
11. Cartoon Network Speedway (GBA) - This game is so short and lacking so much content. Very lazy effort.
12. Toby: The Secret Mine (PS4) - Decent, short clone of Limbo.
13. Leaving Lyndow (PS4) - A walking simulator that serves as a prequel to the devs upcoming game. Boring and graphical looks terrible.
14. Cartoon Network Block Party (GBA) - Cartoon Network's half-hearted attempt at making a Mario party game.
15. Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation S.O.D.A (GBA) - Very forgettable CKND game.
16. The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II (PS4) - Terribly boring game.
17. Fallout 4 (PS4) - Great game, but I started to get sick of it towards the end.
18. Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E - One of the better licensed games I've ever played.
19. One Piece: Unlimited World RED Deluxe Edition (PS4) - Enjoyed this more than I thought I would since I haven't watched One Piece in over a decade. Very fun beat 'em up.
20. Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy: the Mis-Edventures (PS2) - I don't even want to speak about it.
21. Samurai Jack: The Shadow of Aku (PS2) - Surprisingly fun hack and slash game.
22. Transformers; Devastation (PS4) - Just reminded me why I don't rate Platinum Games as a developer.
23. Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Kaznapped! (GBA) - Basically babies first puzzle-platformer. A good introduction for kids.
24. LittleBigPlanet 3 (PS4) - Was much more enjoyable than reviews had made me believe it was going to be. Wish there were more levels featuring the new characters though.
25. Until Dawn (PS4) - Played this from start to finish in one sitting. What an amazing ride.
26. The LEGO NINJAGO Movie Video Game (PS4) - Typical quality you'd expect from a LEGO game.
27. Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: The Genie and the Amp (NDS) - This is the world's worst Streets of Rage clone.
28. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4) - Only beat the first 31 story missions. After 50 hours of gameplay, I have no energy left to go back and do a bunch of Side-Ops just to unlock 5 more missions to see more of the nonsensical story. Absolutely brilliant game but I've had my fill now and the story can't carry me on.
29. Madden NFL 18 (PS4) - Beat Longshot mode. I enjoyed the story but the gameplay is terrible. Whoever decided that replacing Madden's gameplay with a bunch of QTEs and dumb minigames need to have a stern talking to.
30. Ben 10 (PS4) - Game is only about 3 hours long and is quite easy, but it's a fun beat 'em up, brawler type game and the wide range of abilities and attacks that the different aliens bring keeps the experience from ever getting too dull. Arguably the best Cartoon Network game I have played thus far.
31. Star Wars Battlefront II (PS4) - Enjoyed the story of the campaign, however, I thought the actual missions themselves left a lot to be desired.
32. Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends (GBA) - There are zero redeeming qualities about this game.
33. Pokémon Ultra Moon (3DS) - The first two-thirds of this game is my favourite Pokémon game of all time. The last third is my least favourite Pokémon game of all time.
34. Bound (PS4) - Great soundtrack. Not-so-great game.
35. Resident Evil 7: biohazard (PS4) - Wow. What a game! There were a couple of annoying parts but aside from this Resident Evil 7 is fantastic! It's genuinely one of the scariest games I have ever played too. This is the current leader for my personal Game of the Year.
36. Camp Lazlo: Leaky Lake Games (GBA) - This is literally the worst game I have ever played. It's not even enjoyable in an "it's so bad it's good" kind of way.
#1 - Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved - 17 hours (Started last year)
#2 - Trials of Blood Dragon - 3 hours (Main Game + Secret Ending)
#3 - The Walking Dead Michonne - 4 hours
#4 - The Magical Silence - ~10min
#5 - Pain Train
#6 - Super Duper Flying Genocide
#7 - Grim Dawn - ~25 hours
Very good ARPG game. Although it's bit long and somewhat repetitive towards end, so it didn't venture into post-ending areas, but I plan to come back later.
#8 - Dishonored 2 - ~15 hours
I have to say PC port is really dishonorable. I have to say
time travel
was really interesting addition, that went underused.
#9 - Watch Dogs 2 - ~35 hours
Original Watch_Dogs was one of biggest disappointments, and I didn't really any expectations from this.
It's very big improvement over original, but sadly gun play is still disappointing. Didn't stop me from enjoying the game though. But bit more variance would've helped a lot.
Co-Op missions seems huge waste of time and it's just few templates with randomized targets.
#10 - The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Ties That Bind (ep 1-2) - ~3 hours
#11 - Homefront Revolution - The Voice of Freedom ~2 hour
#12 - Homefront Revolution - Aftermath ~2 hour
Two fairly short DLCs. I was disappointed to be honest when both ended just because of that.
#13 - Power Hover - ~5 hours
Very addicting hoverboarding game.
#14 - Rise of the Tomb Raider - Blood Ties - ~2 hours
#15 - Ryse: Son of Rome - ~10 hours
It's beautiful looking game. I just wish it had had more gameplay variety.
#16 - Dying Light - ~40 hours
#17 - Dying Light: The Following ~10 hours
I liked the game, but I feel like some enemies are bit too 'bullet' sponge and take way too long to take down.
Traversal is very fun.
While running over zombies with car in DLC is fun, I didn't like area in DLC as much, as everything is much more apart and towards end driving starts to feel bit tedious. #18 - Deus Mankind Divded - A Criminal Past
Solid DLC piece. Very challenging if
you choose to not have augments fixed and try to stealth it
, unlike base game where it was usually very easy.
#19 - SuperHot
#20 - Dead Space 3 -14 hours
#21 - Crysis 3 - 10 hours
Another older game. This one still holds up very well and looks very nice. But even still game is very demanding
#22 - Homefront: The Revolution - Beyond Walls ~2h
Best piece of DLC for this game. Story wise reminded a lot of Half-Life 2 episode 2.
Overall Season Pass content were good. I say being more linear than base game and leaving open world fluff behind was a good decision.
#23 - Mass Effect 3 - Citadel
#23 - Mass Effect 3 Leviathan
Finally got around to playing these DLCs right before Andromeda. I have to say after this time, controls felt really dated (KBM).
#24 - Watch Dogs 2 - Human Conditions ~ 4h
Enjoyable DLC, expect
part where you are stuck in selfdriving car, which would regularly get stuck to everything, causing many many deaths without checkpoints and part after that had very nasty frame rate drops from 50-60 fps to 15fps
#25 - Mafia 3: Faster Baby!
#26 - Mass Effect: Andromeda (54 hours)
I liked it, but it's certainly could've used more time in oven. Gameplay is great, though I dislike removal of team management and very limited number of skills (I guess consoles are to blame for this).
#27 - The Walking Dead - A New Frontier Episode 3
#28 - Deus Ex Go
#29 - Black Mesa (15 hours)
Good re-imagination of Half-Life. What I didn't like was AI being overpowered (compared to original)
#30 - The Witcher 3 - Hearts of Stone
#31 - The Witcher 3 - Blood & Wine
Two very good pieces of DLC.
#31 - The Walking Dead - A New Frontier Episode 4
#32 - Prey (26 hours)
Liked it a lot, while it could've used more enemy variety, game is very good and actually allows you to use creative solutions.
I hope it gets continuation in one form or another. Will definitely do second playthrough later
#33 - Resident Evil 7 (9 hours)
Good Game. Bullet sponge bosses I didn't particularly care about, but thankfully they're rare.
Game looks nice and performance is mostly solid, though some times there are nasty stuttering/long pauses.
#34 - Livelock
Fairly Good. Though it lacks difficulty, since you can die unlimited times.
#35 - Seraph
#36 - Watch Dogs 2 - No Compromise
#37 - Bayonetta
Bit too much QTEs, but still overall good game.
#38 - Shadow Tactics: Blades of Shogun
Awsome Commandos like game.
#39 - Fallout 4
#40 - Vanquish
Enjoyed it very much. Played very good on keyboard & mouse too, which is rare for Japanese games (Binary Domain, I'm looking at you..)
#41 - Mirrors Edge Catalyst
Played with Origin Access trial and enjoyed my time with it. Story wasn't anything special, but game play was solid.
#42 - The Walking Dead - A New Frontier Episode 5
#43 - Call of Duty Infinite Warfare
#44 - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
#45 - Hitman GO Definitive Edition
#46 - Dishonored Death of The Outsider
#47 - Call of Duty Modern Warfare Remastered
#48 - Sniper Elite 4
#49 - Sniper Elite 4 DLC
#50 - Wolfenstein The New Order
Replayed second timeline and completed missing achievements
#51 - Enslaved Pigsy 10 (DLC)
I have to say I had forgotten how janky controls in this game were, having played main game few years ago.
#52 - Ghost Recon Wildlands
#53 - The Witness
#54 - Assassin's Syndicate - Jack the ripper (DLC)
#55 - Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus
I liked the game, but having mixed feelings about it. I didn't have problems with crashes until I tried to do Ubercommander missions and now game is crashing quite frequently.
Final battle being just regular enemies spammed was very disappointing. Meanwhile there were many awesome moments. Game is very much more of the same, with very few improvements and I feel like TNO had better level design.
1. Kathy Rain
2. Blackwell Unbound
3. Blackwell Convergence
4. Blackwell Deception
5. Blackwell Epiphany
6. The Last Door season 2
7. The Silent Age
8. Anna's Quest
9. Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
10. 5 Days a Stranger
11. Titanfall 2
12. Read Only Memories
13. Six Sides of the World
14. Gomo
15. The Talos Principle
16. RYB
17. Grow Home
18. Verde Station
19. BoxBoy
20. Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
21. Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies
February
No Games Finished!
March
22. Zelda: Breath of the Wild
23. Hollow Knight
April
24. Horizon Zero Dawn
25. Deadly Tower of Monsters
26. Persona 5
27. Lumo
28. What Remains of Edith Finch
29. Thimbleweed Park
30. Snake Pass
31. The Last Tinker: City of Colors
32. Volume
33. Refunct
34. Hidden Folks
May
35. GNOG
36. Abzu
37. Cosmic Star Heroine
38. Little Nightmares
39. Trails in the Sky the 3rd
40. Yooka-Laylee
41. The Dream Machine
42. Nier: Automata
June
43. Rime
44. Eyes of Ara
45. Wuppo
July
46. Ghost 1.0
47. Pharaoh Rebirth+
48. Song of the Deep
49. Headlander
50. Omegaland
51. Jotun
52. Eliot Quest
The game adds in some good gameplay improvements over FF2. You can now dash and each of the 4 characters has their own techniques to play with. Each character can also perform a special move along with the Atk+Jump move.
If anything I feel that the gameplay is improved, although that final level tossing at you enemies non stop at one section was boring. If there is anything I disliked more it'd be that the game has a very weak color palette and the music is pretty forgettable.
The thing about the graphics or visuals though is that the sprites are OK and animate nice, but the background and the colors feel kind of muted. There weren't as many memorable backgrounds in FF3 as in FF2 or 1.
Still FF3 is IMO a solid beat'em-up, and overall I'd say that the initial 3 main Final Fight games hold up well, although they are best played co-op.
Interestingly enough, the game has a mode where you can play with a partner AI who does really help in keeping enemies away from you.
Updating for October, this month sees me hitting that magical 52. Let's see how much further I can take this!
52. Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (PS4) - 2 October 2017
Platinum trophy, including a full playthrough on "Original Game +" mode. While it doesn't quite live up to the brilliance of Dishonored 2, this is another great entry in Arkane's best series. Billie's new powers are well-suited towards a more aggressive play style, while still allowing stealth to work well if that's your preference - completing levels without being detected remains as satisfying as ever, while the addition of secondary objectives invites a thorough exploration of each area, where the level design continues to shine. There's a good amount of additional story content and lore throughout the game as a further reward for exploration, though the ending doesn't give quite as much payoff as might be hoped.
53. Gone Home (Xbox One) - 3 October 2017
Repeat completion; 100% of achievements unlocked. 'Walking simulators' tend not to be a style of game that my preferences lean towards, but Gone Home is definitely up there as one of the best examples of the genre. Fullbright have done a great job of capturing the atmosphere of the empty house and the story is well-told, making you want to explore and discover as much of it as you can. The sense of immersion might have been greater if there was more interactivity, but the game remains an enjoyable experience while not outstaying its welcome given its short length.
54. XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (Steam) - 3 October 2017
Campaign completed on Veteran. With War of the Chosen, Firaxis continue to demonstrate why they're one of the best turn-based strategy developers around at the moment, with a superb expansion to the already excellent XCOM 2. While full-blown expansions such of this are becoming increasingly rare nowadays, in favour of smaller pieces of "DLC", War of the Chosen easily justifies its pricing with a huge amount of additional content - this starts with the eponymous Chosen', three 'hero' aliens who each act independently to try to foil XCOM's efforts, fighting your forces in tactical missions during which they'll make use of a range of special abilities, improving themselves as the game progresses and undertaking overarching objectives and counter-operations in the strategic layer. Alongside the addition of the Chosen, XCOM forces can benefit from their own 'hero' units, drawn from three factions operating independently in the world, with their own unique ability sets and greater upgrade/skill flexibility than seen before.
There's then a significant expansion in mission types and a number of new strategic layer mechanics, including in particular 'covert operations' and 'resistance orders' - respectively being a series of missions that can be undertaken by dedicating one or more soldiers for a given number of days, with a view to receiving benefits (additional resources/personnel, steps towards permanently defeating the chosen, bonus research, etc.), and a selection of overarching benefits that can be applied on a monthly basis (applying at either the strategic or tactical level).
Alongside these major mechanic additions, the expansion brings new types of aliens with new abilities, new environments, and new equipment and research opportunities. Finally rounding out the package, significant expansion to the customisability of XCOM troops allows a greater level of attachment to your squads, making encounters ever more meaningful. This is all alongside technical improvements, with significant improvements in loading times for many people (PC configuration-dependent, of course) making the experience as a whole smoother. Overall, this expansion gets a strong recommendation from me to anyone who enjoyed the base game - and for those who may not yet have spent much time with that, playing with the expansion is clearly the 'definitive' way to experience the game now.
55. Halo Wars 2 (Xbox One) - 5 October 2017
Campaign completed on Normal difficulty with all campaign logs and all skulls collected. Halo Wars 2 is a decent attempt at a console-based RTS game, but ultimately I found the control limitations to handicap the experience more than I'd have liked, This might admittedly just have been that the controls just didn't 'click' with me personally as the core mechanics of control groups, etc., are all here, but being more used to PC-based strategy games with mouse and keyboard, it remained more fiddly than I'd have liked. That aside, there's also a decent story that makes good use of the Halo IP and some interesting, varied scenarios throughout the campaign. I tend to enjoy the base-building element of RTS and in Halo Wars 2 this (perhaps necessarily) quite simplistic, with greater focus being on unit control - this isn't my natural preference, but trying to take a more objective view, isn't in itself a failing of the game.
56. Lara Croft GO (Android/Google Play) - 7 October 2017
All levels beaten with all gems/artifacts collected; 16/16 achievements unlocked. I've been playing this on-and-off over the course of a few months and finally decided to knuckle down and get the game finished. I've previously completed Hitman GO Definitive Edition (on PS4) and Lara Croft GO presents a similar turn-based puzzle experience, challenging the player to navigate Lara successfully through a hazard-filled environment using a board game-style network of spaces to move between. While the core mechanics are simple, focusing on movement, manipulating blocks/switches and attacking the occasional enemy monster, they're used effectively to create puzzles that are satisfying to solve and, by the end of the game, become deceptively difficult at times (especially in the Shard of Light expansion). There's some nicely atmospheric music and well-designed graphics - attractive, but not overly complex, appropriate to the mobile nature of the game. I'll definitely be looking to move on to Deus Ex GO before too long after enjoying my time here.
57. Hue (PS4) - 7 October 2017
100% of trophies earned. A well-designed puzzle game, Hue's core mechanic of switching the world between one of, eventually, eight different colours to reveal/hide platforms, obstacles and other objects makes for a refreshingly different experience. Graphics are simplistic but effective given the focus on colour, and any game with colour-blind options definitely gets my approval on that front. The puzzles themselves are generally fairly straightforward for most of the game, but do start to become quite complex in the later stages, ensuring that they remain satisfying to solve. As a completionist it would have been nice for the collectibles to be more meaningful and have some way in-game to help to track them down as a few are very well-hidden, but a using a guide for these wasn't much of an inconvenience.
58. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (PS4) - 11 October 2017
All campaign missions completed on Veteran, with all single-player trophies earned; not intending to spend time on multi-player. As a rule, I play the Call of Duty games for the campaign rather than the multiplayer and in that regard, Infinite Warfare was a blast. While I'd perhaps have more fun with a lower difficulty, I always try to get through the games on Veteran (highest difficulty) and in this case, that's still fairly well-balanced and only occasionally frustrating. The science-fiction setting is unsurprisingly quite exaggerated in the experience that it presents, but if you can suspend your disbelief the game pulls off its action very well, with even zero-gravity combat controlling well. Another benefit of being set in the future is that this allows a more interesting range of abilities, weapons and equipment than might otherwise be possible (e.g., anti-gravity grenades, hacking robot enemy soldiers) and there's an engaging story to tie the campaign together.
59. Steamworld Dig 2 (Steam) - 12 October 2017
Completed with 100% of secrets/items collected (post-game trials excluded). SteamWorld Dig 2 is another hit from Image & Form, building on the success of the first game in pretty much every way. The game sees players taking control of Dorothy, a companion to the first game's protagonist, Rusty, as she seeks to discover what has happened to Rusty, and develops into a full-blown 'Metroidvania'-style exploration game while retaining the mining and wealth accumulation from the original SteamWorld Dig.
While it's easy to drop in and out of the game for brief stints of gameplay, it's very easy to lose yourself in the game's core mechanics, which make for a very relaxing, engrossing and ultimately satisfying experience, as you gradually expand and improve Dorothy's abilities. New to this over the original game are a range of additional bonus abilities that can be selected (and swapped out at will) - the range of these expanding as more core upgrades are obtained/purchased - which themselves also encourage further exploration to gather more of the upgrade 'cogs' that each bonus ability costs to enable.
Dotted throughout as you dig deeper through each of the the game's key areas are a number of secondary cave areas, the majority of which present a challenge or puzzle or some kind. There's an impressive range of different scenarios offered by these, each of which is very enjoyable to solve, rewarding upgrade cogs and other materials. For those who want to challenge themselves, there's good potential for replaying the game with a speedrunning approach, or limiting the abilities that you allow yourself access to, but even without this the game has a good length.
This is all presented with some attractive graphics and animation, making for an excellent overall package - highly recommended
60. Scanner Sombre (Steam) - 13 October 2017
Complete single playthrough. This is an interesting experiment of a game, and really quite unexpected to see coming from Introversion given their existing catalogue. The game sees you exploring an underground environment in first-person, the catch being that your only means of vision in the dark comes from a scanning device which outlines surrounding surfaces with dot patterns when directed towards them. Beyond this, there's not much by way of interactivity (a short puzzle towards the end of the game aside), but there's some decent worldbuilding from short (self-spoken) narrative explanation about the area - with some fairly unsettling themes - and the game's fairly short so doesn't overly outstay its welcome.
I wouldn't choose to play it through a second time, but it's worth playing through once for the experience. I'd also say that while I didn't play in VR, I can see that doing so could raise this to much more compelling levels.
61. A Hat in Time (Steam) - 18 October 2017
40/40 time pieces collected; 100% of achievements unlocked. Releasing just far enough in advance of Super Mario Odyssey, A Hat in Time really is a beautiful game, doing a fantastic job of capturing the joy of the N64-era 3D platformer while also seeing some modern touches. It's a fairly short game, with only four worlds ("chapters") and 40 of the primary collectibles, but in that time demonstrates a huge amount of imagination, with many of the acts within each of chapter featuring a wholly unique scenario, form a train-based 'detective' sequence to arena-based boss-battles, and a wholly-freeform mountainous exploration area. While the moveset is fairly small, there's enough to do the job and controls are responsive.
The game's 'indie' roots show through at times with lack of polish in a few aspects (e.g., occasional clipping issues), but that never really detracts much from the experience, especially with the attention to detail that's frequently demonstrated (for example, I'm sure that most players won't realise that Hat Kid keeps a diary that's updated after each act!). Overall, A Hat in Time is a joy to play, and highly recommended if you have any liking at all for the genre.
62. Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You (Steam) - 29 October 2017
100% of achievements unlocked. An investigation game with an intriguing premises, Orwell comes together as a unique experience that keeps you gripped with its narrative, despite fairly limited mechanics. Putting the player in the role of an investigator working with an information-processing system known as Orwell (referencing George Orwell's 1984), the game tasks you to search out information from a fictional set of websites (and later, live conversations and data on individual target personal devices) to investigate the aftermath of a bombing, to determine those responsible and various subsequent events.
The game's core concepts and the way in which the plot develops clearly link to recent contemporary developments, with surveillance becoming increasingly prevalent in many developed countries, and by the end of the game you're very much prompted to take the time to develop your thoughts on the merits of the 'real life' use of surveillance. In-game, this link to modern society serves to heighten the player's engagement with the game's mechanics and plot. Alongside this, there's a clean interface that minimises the friction in the information-gathering mechanics, well-judged use of music to emphasise key developments, and the ability to influence the outcome of certain poignant key events.
I will use this for my progress. I did start this but first time posting, not doing the greatest....
Rating scale
1 = Burn It!! 2 = Crap 3 = Average 4 = Good 5 = Must Play
February 1. Pillars of Eternity - 3 - I liked the game but I feel like it was overhyped to me. I found combat a little too easy for whatever reason and the story never really gripped me as much as I was expecting still enjoyable.
2. Ori and the Blind Forest - 5 - One of my all time favorite games. Everything from gameplay to the sound design was wonderful. Can't wait for the sequel
March 3. Final Fantasy XV - 3.5 - I really enjoyed my time with it but the more I think about it the more I was extremely disappointed with the second half of the game and how much more they keep adding. I have no urge to play it again, it just really helped me try and be a more patient gamer and wait till they release a finished product.
4. Stardew Valley - 5 - This game was simple, relaxing and enjoyable. This game I decided that I would play it along rewatching the Office and now the 2 are tied together in my memory. Named all my animals after characters in the show.
5. A Link Between Worlds - 4 - This gave me such a nostalgia trip to the past Zelda games but was slightly tarnished by the whole renting/buying main items thing. I loved finding new items and that was taken away. Other than that it was wonderful.
April 6. Battlefield 1 - 3 - The controls were tight and the gameplay was very well done however I felt nothing for the story. The jumping around to different characters were fine but I found it too short to get any real attachment and was just a completely average single player campaign. Didn't touch the multiplayer.
7. Call of Duty Ghosts - 3 - Completely opposite problem from Battlefield 1. It did not feel as good to play but the story had me a little more attached to the character. That said I had a big shooter itch in April and this helped scratch it
8. Recettear: An Item Shops Tale - 3 - I decided to marathon Death Note and this is the game I played while doing it. Game was mindless enough for me to still pay attention to Death Note but had just enough to keep me playing. I liked the concept but I feel like there was a lot more it could of been.
May 9. Guild of Dungeoneering - 4 - A very simple card based RPG that was addicting enough for me to play when I had random down time away from home. Took me a couple months for all the content but it ran great on my phone, I could play it for a few minutes here and there.
10. Kingdom Rush: Frontiers - 4 - I tried the other Kingdom Rush games and this was the only one I enjoyed enough to play thru it. Kept me up later some nights than it should of.
11. Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright - 3 - It was a Fire Emblem game. Nothing more, nothing less. I found it to be much less enjoyable than Awakening. The kids in this one I did not care about. And the story just dragged on too long and I found myself just skipping the cutscenes for the game play.
12. Mass Effect: Andromeda - 3- This game was super disappointing. Especially seeing the parts where they did great. The combat was very good. The vehicle was much better than the Mako in the first as well. The rest was just... empty. I beat it cause I paid too much for it and I like Bioware but to me this is their first legit flop. Which hurt cause its my favorite series.
13. Steamworld: Heist - 4 - Simple, enjoyable and challenging without being punishing. This game pushed me into giving #16 another go and finally finishing it. Very polished game.
June 14. Spec Ops: The Line - 5 - The story was very unique from what appeared to be a bro shooter and when I was done I had to pour myself a drink and have a think. Game wasn't perfect by any means but I feel like its one of those gaming must plays for breaking some of the genre norms.
15. Emily is Away - 3 - I wanted to like this game but I hated having to bash my keyboard in attempt to "type faster" to get it done. Also Emily is a crap person, why did I even like her.
16. XCOM: Enemy Unknown - 5 - This was my third attempt after getting destroyed all the rest. I read a few tips and tricks and put the pedal to the medal and absolutely loved it. Once I got a good strategy down and BUILT SATELLITES the game became very manageable and enjoyable. After hearing that the sequel
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17. Dishonored - 5 - This game has changed the way I approach choices in games. You can go killer or stealthy, but the way I played it was I went stealthy and non killing. But if I was detected and HAD to kill someone, I would do so. No reloads nothing. I accepted the consequences of stealthing badly and it made the game much more intense. For guys I really wanted to kill but decided to go the knock out route, I ended up having fun throwing around their bodies for a bit. From now on I am going to play games just as myself and not forcing myself down one way and reload if I mess up.
18. Shadowrun: Returns - 4 - Still with the turn based strategy itch that XCOM left me with I decided to finally push thru on this one. The combat was a bit less fun but the story was pretty good. Kind of cheesy at times but I loved the cyber punk aesthetic and has me real pumped for Cyberpunk 2077 to get more of that style.
19. Steamworld Dig - 4 - Like heist this game was very simple and very enjoyable. I ended up finishing Deathnote (finally) playing this and had a blast with it. Very simple game play and very soothing way to end a month playing a bunch of games
July 20. Doom (2016) - 5 - This was the most fun I have had playing a game in a long time. Didn't have to think to much, didn't have to hide and aim a perfect shot. It was go go go all the time and was amazing. I want more shooters like this where you are rewarded for going Doom Marine on everything. After the current era of most shooters being #realism this was a very welcome change
21. The Room - 5 - One of the best short puzzle games I have ever played. Very intuitive and had me using my brain a ton.
August 22. Tales of Symphonia - 4 - There is a lot I liked about this game but it also really reminded me how ridiculous JRPG stories were. That said the game was very well done and the combat system is lovely. Spent over a month on this game to get it done and I didn't play it all the time. It was kind of hard to play at times which is odd because I enjoyed all of it. "This coffee is hot. No its cold. I lied its hot"
23. Gone Home - 5 - I have been meaning to play this for years and man the narrative was good. Thought it was going to be a horror game but nope, just a storm outside. So well done, simple and a good pallet cleanser after a long JRPG
24.Oxenfree - 5 - I was in the mood for another short story centered game and god damn this hit the spot. Gameway was simple but the story was very engaging, greatly written and the voice acting was on point. Spooked me out a few times too.
26. Guacamelee - 5 - I loved this game way more than I thought I would and I plowed thru it over a weekend. The game has so much going for it. Handles well, story is simple and cheesy but still entertaining. Combat was well done too.
27. Wolfenstein: New Order - 4- With my last shooter this one started rough for me. I kept running balls first in and well...that doesn't work. Once I got the hang of it I really enjoyed. Story was good even with BJ being a pretty stereotypical action movie star it worked for the narrative and had me engaged.
September 28. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 - 3 - I enjoyed this game for the most part. A lot about it was really well done. I played with the restored content mod and it helped but god...something about this game really bugged me the whole time. The characters I didn't like as much as the original. The universe felt extremely empty and the ending, even with the restored content was incredibly horrible. Like...it jumped to random points that made no sense, a character literally disappeared and I just...wow. It did hit my Star Wars itch at least.
29. Massive Chalice - 3 - I played thru it, third attempt before I really could and it was an alright game. The concept was really cool and felt a lot like an XCom breeding simulator however I gave no shits about any of my bloodlines or characters which made the game a Netflix and game kind of game. Which was cool and all but I was really hoping for something more from it.
30. Day of the Tentacle - 4 - This was my first game of the genre. I don't know how but I absolutely missed out on the entire genre but whelp. I did. I played the remastered version which helped but I found the writing and the wit super engaging. Some of the puzzles were hard because I had no idea how these genres really worked but trying shit out and figuring things out was refreshing. Absolutely no hand holding and that was welcomed in a short simple title.
October
31. Titanfall 2 - 5 - This was one of the most fun I have ever had with a shooter campaign. Made me laugh made me sad and the variety and the fun was just...amazing. Hope they make a third with maybe a slightly longer campaign.
Game 1 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered ★★★★☆
The best remaster that I've played so far, it almost feels like a 2017 game with all the extra polish they did to the game. Unfortunately the fantastic original multiplayer (nostalgia?) didn't translate that well, filled with quickscopers and campers. Also the spawns and netcode seem a lot worse than the original which as a whole left me a bit disappointed. Still the best COD multiplayer released in 2016.
Game 2 - Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 ★★★☆☆
To be quite honest PES 2017 gameplay is a huge disappointment to me where the gameplay continues to have problems with absurd animations. AI is still top notch but the game lacks severely in almost every other aspect. Maybe it didn't clicked with me like PES 2016 did.
Game 3 - Lara Croft GO ★★★☆☆
A very barebones puzzle game that introduce some great mechanics later in the game that makes it a lot more interesting especially the DLC.
Game 4 - Hyper Void ★★☆☆☆
The only thing I remembered during my 1 hour spent playing the game was how great Dyad was despite how bad I was at that game. It's not terrible but nothing more than that.
Game 5 - Azkend 2 ★★★☆☆
Great game to play on the go and one that keeps the variety during the campaign which helps. As a match-3 game on the go this isn't a bad game to spend time with.
Game 6 - The Swindle ★★☆☆☆
Game seems great with all the mechanics, skill upgrades, increasing level difficulty but everything is moot when the jumping mechanic isn't reliable. I wish I could love this game but I couldn't.
Game 7 - Jazzpunk ★★★★☆
Great game with interesting story, great level design, sidequests and humor during the entire playthrough. A little bit short, but it kept me engaged for the entire time.
Game 8 - The Tomorrow Children ★★☆☆☆
I tried to understand the game, I visited towns, I went to the islands to gather resources but the game feels overwhelmed for a F2P game that I barely understood what everything meant. And I'm not interested in spending 1 hour reading a wiki to comprehend a F2P game...
Game 9 - Actual Sunlight ★★☆☆☆
A visual novel that tries to tell a story about depression in a very crude way which manages to do quite well. It basically doesn't have any gameplay and the way the story is told (black screens with white text) doesn't help the delivery of the game.
Game 10 - BlazeRush ★★☆☆☆
Playing it on the PS3 definitely didn't helped but the game looks rough for a 2 year game. The handling is actually good and the car combat is nice at first but it gets stale very quickly.
Game 11 - Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare ★★★★☆
After playing the multiplayer beta I would never thought this would be a 4/5 game for me. I don't care for zombies and this game is no different, the multiplayer is so bad that only a couple of weapons are actually used (add the fact that gun variants unlocked via MT or keys obtained in game is terrible idea). What saves the package is the campaign especially after the boredom of stupidity that was COD: BO III campaign. Mission variety, optional side missions, the feeling that this could be a introduction to deep RPG elements to COD. Also the best bot featured in 2016, yes better than the bot in Titanfall 2...
Game 12 - Starwhal ★☆☆☆☆
What might look like a simple party game can quickly transform into a impossible game to play with friends because the controls are really hard to learn which eliminates the main purpose of the game: being a party game.
Game 13 - Battle Islands: Commanders ★☆☆☆☆
I don't have a problem with F2P games with microtransations but this game actually went all in into the P2W mechanic wrapped like a cheap Hearthstone knock off because you are matched with players with much better cards which gives them a huge advantage that you can only overcome if they are terrible, sleeping or you buy cards using money.
Game 14 - Tiny Troopers Joint Ops ★★☆☆☆
Game could have been much better without the padding especially on the soldier campaign. I can only destroy enemy buildings for so long before getting bored with the same mechanics over and over again.
Game 15 - Invisible, Inc. ★★★☆☆
At first it looked like XCOM wrapped into a Transistor art design but it never develops fully into that fantastic potential. Deaths are not an option to the point where you spend a lot of time rewinding which almost feels like a cheat instead of a feature. Unfortunately it's a feature that allows the game to become playable.
Game 16 - Titanfall 2 ★★★★☆
I'm not a huge fan of the campaign despite being really well designed and paced, while mixing parkour elements, titan gameplay (a little less than I would desire) and some crazy ideas brought together from other games. The fact that they aren't unique really make me not enjoy the campaign as much as others but it's still good. Unlike COD:IW the multiplayer of Titanfall 2 is really fun but doesn't reach anywhere near the high points of BF1, Rainbow Six Siege or COD4. I hope Respawn uses all their talent to make another current era war game...
Game 17 - The Little Acre ★★★☆☆
A good point and click game with really good animation, some funny setpieces and medium difficulty puzzles. A little bit short but I really enjoyed the game.
Game 18 - The Bunker ★★★☆☆
I really have a strange relation with this "game". Is it a game considering it's basically a film with some choices without great consequence ala Telltale games? But at the same story the C-tier acting/voices still aren't enough to make the story less interesting. The game really builds itself as something and slowly the truth reveals itself as something else. A really clever use of the FMV to tell a story that is barely interactive but at the same time made me wonder if Telltale would be better if they just used FMV...
Game 19 - Dig Dug ★☆☆☆☆
Terrible controls in the newest versions ruined the nostalgia experience for me.
Game 20 - Battlefield 1 ★★★★★
Battlefield 1 continues to deliver the unique Battlefield experience than no other shooter can. However the new changes and the promise of Ammo 2.0 doesn't make me confident the game will continue to be Battlefield for a lot longer. While not perfect, multiplayer on this game is one of the better ways to see 3 hours fly by... Campaign is just a bunch of small glimpses that create a tutorial to the multiplayer plus forced stealth that like 90% of the time isn't good or feel fun to play. Of the 3 big shooters last fall, this campaign feels much worse than Titanfall 2 and COD:IW. Thankfully the meat of the game makes up for it. I do wonder if I will stick with a 5/5 for much longer though.
Game 21 - N.E.R.O. - Nothing Ever Remains Obscure ★★☆☆☆
A walking simulator that tries to tell a story in an unique way and with some great moments storytelling wise if you follow the various messages around the game world. Puzzles are incredibly easy.
Game 22 - ICEY ★★★☆☆
I believe this game will create some great feedback if it ever launches in the West, but while the fighting mechanics lack depth, the story and the ways the narrator interacts with the player is something I never experienced myself. And this is the game that you should want to the 2nd playthrough with a trophy guide to try to unlock the platinum, trust me on this.
Game 23 - Disc Jam ★★★☆☆
This could and should have been the next Rocket League especially releasing at PS+ but the terrible state of the matchmaking around launch ruin any hopes of this game ever being as successful as Rocket League. Simply the game wasn't ready for launch and now most people will never play it again after trying to find a game for 15 minutes time and time again. Gameplay wise the game isn't perfect but it's incredibly satisfying to play. Unfortunately once again without a ranked mode, you can easily be matched against better skill players which ruin the user experience. It could and should have been a 5/5. So close but at the same time so far away...
Game 24 - Siegecraft Commander ★★☆☆☆
Behind the simple and basic graphics, there is a good game hidden especially splitscreen with a friend. But I had enough after 5 matches....
Game 25 - Mr. Massagy ★★☆☆☆
A little fun quirky game that manages to got a few laughs out of me.
Game 26 - Dead Synchronicity ★★☆☆☆
A very dark point and click game that while the story is very in depth the gameplay isn't.
Game 27 - Table Top Racing: World Tour ★★★☆☆
One of the best recreations of MicroMachines in the past years that the biggest fault is the lack of memorable tracks for a kart racer. The career mode is actually good because of the variety of the events that while no one is actually new, they don't become stale because they keep mixing events through the entire career.
Game 28 - Drawn to Death ★☆☆☆☆
Since the launch I never saw the appeal of the game and after playing it I still don't see it. There is nothing here that isn't done better in other games especially after the recent revival of arena shooters. The only thing unique is the art design which is something that I actually don't enjoy it one bit.
Game 29 - Her Majesty's SPIFFING ★★☆☆☆
A very strange point and click game that in the end made me believe that they had to cut parts of the game from the finished product. The actual game has some decent puzzles mixed with typical british humor.
Game 30 - Gem Smashers ★★☆☆☆
A very simplistic block game that actually made me have fun for a couple of hours. There is nothing unique here besides the color matching which is so simple that the even the game don't want you to fail any level. A good starting block game for young kids.
Game 31 - 1000 Top Rated ☆☆☆☆☆
Nothing like an impressive disaster to start the month. As someone that actually enjoys this kind of games especially on portable devices, this one is incredibly shallow. At least I got a platinum for doing nothing!
Game 32 - Energy Cycle ★★☆☆☆
At start I was having a hard time getting into the game mechanics that looked very obtuse, then it started being too easy and in the end it became slightly difficult again.
Game 33 - Trackmania Turbo ★★★☆☆
What a disappointment. For a game that focus so much on mastering tracks and vehicles, the lack of simple and accessible leaderboards for every track is a big oversight. Then the craziness of the tracks are definitely lacking, with some combos of cars/tracks being too difficult because the track by itself isn't a challenge.
Game 34 - Puzzle Showdown 4K ★★☆☆☆
Unlike the debacle at top of my monthly list, this one is actually fun to play especially the versus mode in couch co-op.
Game 35 - The Golf Club 2 ★★★★☆
As someone that already loved the first game in this series, the sequel is a worthy successor but at the same time some stuff makes me wonder if they couldn't make this a DLC for the first game and keep the community together. Societies are a great addition for the LFG crowd and online tournaments and the gameplay is still miles ahead of any sim golf in the market (playing Rory McIlroy PGA Tour right after playing this, is going from real sim to full arcade). Still the online issues during the first week after launch, the slow leaderboards, the bug of not registering online rounds after finishing them and some feeling of "sameness" is why I can't give it 5 stars. Would still recommended it without reservations to any golf sim fan.
Game 38 - NBA 2K18: The Prelude ★☆☆☆☆
As a taster for the main mode in the game, the game fails flat on their face with silly cutscenes and set up for the career, while also showing the increasing impact of microtransactions within the mode. Gameplay might have improved but My Career couldn't be much worse than this.
Game 39 - Downwell ★★★☆☆
As someone that struggled to make it very far into the game, I still found it one of the better of the rogue like games. Reflexes are very important and while items can make a run end fast or prolong it for a while, it's not as random as other similar games.
Game 40 - Black & White Bushido ★★☆☆☆
A worthy couch co-op/versus game if only for the light/shadow mechanic. Lack of modes and maps make this a short experience until you get burned by it though.
Game 41 - Sky Force Anniversary ★☆☆☆☆
A very capable ruined by the introduction of freemium economy models that impact the entire progression in the game. Basically stopped playing when I realized I was going to be stuck into the hamster wheel of not having enough medals to progress because I don't have enough upgrades, which I can only get if I keep playing the same levels time and time again.
Game 42 - We Are Doomed ★☆☆☆☆
A completely forgettable experience especially compared to other game in the same genre.
Game 43 - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe ★★★☆☆
As a party game it's hard to find a better game than Mario Kart 8, but as a single player game it's not really that hard to find a game that actually rewards skill and not feel like I'm playing slot machines. While the content is definitely there, there is not much use of all that content if the experience is ruined by the rubberband AI coupled with the typical flurry of powerups in the last lap of a "easy" race. Multiplayer improves this "experience" by removing some of the unfairness but it's as a party game that it shines.
Game 44 - Handball 16 ★☆☆☆☆
A perfect example that we shouldn't take for granted the estabilished annual sports games because this one is a complete mess. From the gameplay standpoint to the options available to play. As a casual fan of handball growing up this game should fit into my gaming needs but only made me realize how great other sports games truly are.
#32 Shin Megami Tensei: Synchronicity Prologue – Completed 10/20/17
#33 Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection – Completed 10/30/17
#34 Super Mario Odyssey – Completed 11/2/17
Shin Megami Tensei: Synchonicity Prologue - This was a great little distraction, not too long but not too short. I would've actually paid for this, which is always a nice surprise with free games like this.
Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection - I have a review up for this, so I'll just say that I found it charming as all hell and I really enjoyed it, even if the gameplay itself wasn't all that deep.
Super Mario Odyssey - The best thing Odyssey does is surprise you, and the latter half of the game is just full of surprises. I LOVED the final segment.
Jan
1. Titanfall 2 (PS4) - 8.5/10 - 10hrs
2. Batman Arkham Asylum (PS4) - 9/10 - 8hrs
3. Duke Nukem 3D (PS4) - 8/10 - 5hrs
4. Eve Valkyrie (PSVR) - 5/10 - 3hrs
5. Star Wars Battlefront + Season Pass + VR Mission (PS4/PSVR) - 8.5/10 - 25hrs
6. Assassins Creed II (PS4) - 8.5/10 - 20hrs
7. Resident Evil 7 (PS4) - 9/10 - 9hrs
Feb
8. Hitman Season 1 (PS4) - 8/10 - 7hrs
9. Gravity Rush 2 (PS4) - 8.5/10 - 20hrs
Mar
10. Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power (PS4) - 6/10 - 5hrs
11. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (GBC) - 7/10 - 3hrs
12. Nier Automata (PS4) - 9/10 - 35hrs
Apr
13. Fire Emblem Heroes (Android) - 7.5/10 - 20hrs+
14. Persona 5 (PS4) - 10/10 - 90hrs
15. Zelda Breath of the Wild (Switch) - 10/10 - 45hrs
16. Lego City Undercover (PS4) - 8/10 - 20hrs
17. Super Mario Run (Android) - 7/10 - 5hrs
18. 1-2 Switch (Switch) - 7/10 - 5hrs
