Beat a Game 2023
1-Jan-23 12:06pm
#1 SupremeSarna
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Here's the spreadsheet for '23
Link to 2022's Thread for reference
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#1 SupremeSarna
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Here's the spreadsheet for '23
Link to 2022's Thread for reference
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Total Games Beaten: 838 Top Users 1. SupremeSarna (157) 2. Slickriven (85) 3. Bleed_DukeBlue, Renaissance2K (81) 4. legendrko25 (65) 5. ErickRPG (58) ---------------------------------------------- Total Systems Covered: 193/385 (50.13%) Top Users 1. Slickriven (26) 2. Bleed_DukeBlue (25) 3. SupremeSarna (24) 4. Renaissance2K (22) 5. ErickRPG (16) ---------------------------------------------- Total Badges Earned: 127 Top Users 1. Bleed_DukeBlue (36) 2. SupremeSarna (23) 3. Slickriven (20) 4. Renaissance2K (14) 5. legendrko25 (12) ---------------------------------------------- |
Best1989 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 7/12 Total Games Beaten: 26 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() image - Card Hog, Grumpy Cat's Worst Game Ever image - Avenging Spirit ( ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 25/25 Total Games Beaten: 81 |
BloodPuppetX ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() image - Unique Systems Covered: 1/9 Total Games Beaten: 34 |
bonham2 ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 1/3 Total Games Beaten: 3 |
brian9824 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 2/3 Total Games Beaten: 2 |
buster4252 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 6/21 Total Games Beaten: 9 |
Cevil ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 1/2 Total Games Beaten: 2 |
DemonAlcohol ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 2/5 Total Games Beaten: 49 |
DragonmasterDX ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() image - ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 8/34 Total Games Beaten: 9 |
ErickRPG ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() image - Dungeon Village 2, Jumbo Airport Story, Forest Golf Planner, Zoo Park Story, Tropical Resort Story, Dream Town Story image - River City Ransom ( ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 16/20 Total Games Beaten: 58 |
Frank ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 12/30 Total Games Beaten: 28 |
incubus421 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() image - PAC-MAN ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 9/15 Total Games Beaten: 26 |
Johnny ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() image - ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 2/6 Total Games Beaten: 7 |
legendrko25 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 5/6 Total Games Beaten: 65 |
nonamesleft ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 0/6 Total Games Beaten: 0 |
image Razeak ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() image - ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 4/31 Total Games Beaten: 5 |
Renaissance2K ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() image - Virtua Fighter, Bionic Commando image - Donut Dodo, The Astyanax ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 22/38 Total Games Beaten: 81 |
RVM ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 0/4 Total Games Beaten: 0 |
SailorNeoRune ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() image - F-Zero AX image - Mega Man 2 ( ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 4/22 Total Games Beaten: 9 |
Scott ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 2/19 Total Games Beaten: 3 |
![]() ![]() ![]() image image image image image image image image image image image image image image image image image image image image ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() image - Virtua Fighter ( ![]() ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 26/26 Total Games Beaten: 85 |
Staraang ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() image - Battle Garegga, Final Fight, Aliens Unique Systems Covered: 2/16 Total Games Beaten: 6 |
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TalonJedi87 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 3/5 Total Games Beaten: 47 |
VedicBlade ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 2/3 Total Games Beaten: 16 |
WithinTemptation ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 1/5 Total Games Beaten: 2 |
Yoshi ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique Systems Covered: 6/15 Total Games Beaten: 28 |
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1. Respect each other and the gamekeeper(s) - this activity is a gift to the community, and jerks kill the fun. 2. Beat games. Proof is NOT required via an image, but lying is lame and you won't win anything for beating the most games. All you get is bragging rights. 3. It doesn't matter when you started the game - as long as you finish it this year, it counts. However, you cannot load up a finished save file and refight the final boss to get a clear. 4. If you beat a game and then post about it in the next calendar month, I will count that toward the current month. It gets convoluted trying to edit past documents, so remember that when playing. 5. DLC campaigns can count as a single clear for their respective game, so beating The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Champion's Ballad counts as two clears: BOTW and BOTW DLC. Any further DLC completed for that game will be lumped into the first campaign. 6. If you are interested in badges, when you beat a game for one, include something like 'Counts towards badge X' OR 'Earns me badge X, first game was Y.' One particular badge requires proof to obtain, however. 7. All participating past gamekeepers are thanked with a medal: image |
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Key ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Badges, note 2 games required for each 2nd Amendment: Beat 2 FPS or 3rd Person (ex: DOOM). All Aces: Beat 2 virtual card games (ex: Hearthstone) - win at least two matches in both. Bear & Bird: Beat 2 3D platformers and/or collect-a-thons (ex: Banjo-Kazooie). BFFL: Beat 2 primarily cooperative games with another person (ex: It Takes Two) - online or couch. Bo Knows: Beat 2 sports games (ex: Madden 08) - complete a single season. Brain Teaser: Beat 2 puzzle games (ex: Tetris). Chance Time!: Beat 2 party games or virtual board games (ex: Mario Party) - short games (under an hour) must be beaten twice while long games (an hour or longer) can be beaten once. Cross the Streams: Beat 2 cross-over games (ex: Mario & Sonic at The Olympic Games). The 2+ franchises meeting MUST be the game's theme, not just a small cameo by one in another's universe. Days Gone By: Beat two games that require 100+ hours to finish (ex: The Elder Scrolls), any genre. Requires in-game timer for proof. Destroy the Core: Beat 2 SHMUPs or on-rails shooters (ex: Gradius). Facelift: Beat a game as well as its remake, remaster, or demake - remake must have substantial differences. Gamer's Day: Beat the exact same game five times in one year. Girl Power: Beat 2 games with female leads, or are targeted towards a feminine audience (ex: Kirby?). Grown-Ass Man: Beat 2 challenging games (ex: Castlevania). Guybrush Threepwood: Beat 2 games from the point-&-click, text adventure, or walking simulator genres (ex: King's Quest). Hackin' and Slashin': Beat 2 3D hack-and-slash or musou titles (ex: Ninja Gaiden). Heavy Machine Gun: Beat 2 run 'n' gun games (ex: Mega Man). Hop 'n' Bop: Beat 2 platforming games (ex: Super Mario Bros.). Hyrulian Hero: Beat 2 action/adventure titles (ex: The Legend of Zelda). Level Up!: Beat 2 JRPGs (ex: Final Fantasy). Localize Mother 3: Beat 2 Japanese games that haven't been officially localized outside of Japan (ex: Mother 3). Makin' Money with Minigames!: Beat 2 games that are made entirely of minigames (ex: WarioWare Inc.). Mass Destruction: Beat 2 games centered on destruction (ex: Rampage). Metroidvania: Beat 2 open-ended 2D platformers that focus on backtracking (ex: Metroid). Moustache-Twirlin': Beat 2 games starring a villain or morally-dubious character (ex: Wario Land). Now You're Playing with Plastic: Beat 2 games using non-standard controllers (light gun, musical instrument, steering wheel, dance pad, etc.). Pile Drivin': Beat 2 belt-scrolling brawler/beat 'em ups (ex: Final Fight). Quarter Muncher: Beat 2 games from the classic arcade, pinball, or breakout genres (ex: PAC-MAN). Quest for Peace: Beat 2 predominately superhero focused titles (ex: Batman: Arkham City). Raccoon City: Beat 2 survival horror games (ex: Resident Evil). Race Drivin': Beat 2 racing games (ex: Mario Kart 64). Rhythmic: Beat 2 rhythm games (ex: PaRappa the Rapper). Street Fightin': Beat 2 1-on-1 fighters (ex: Street Fighter 2) - beat standard arcade mode with 2+ characters OR beat 10+ match story mode. The Best Offense: Beat 2 strategy titles, tactical RPGs, or RTS (ex: Fire Emblem Awakening). Vault Boy: Beat 2 open world and/or Western RPGs (ex: Fallout). You're Winner: Beat 2 games with <55 review OR user score on Metacritic (ex: Sonic '06), or justify how poor your game was. Must be shovelware-quality, not just a game you don't like.
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13-Dec-23 9:59pm
#41 SupremeSarna
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I just beat my 150th game of the year. I decided it would be most fitting to make it Donkey Kong Country
since I started it in January and just never got around to finishing the final world.
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I respect this as a good demake of DKC, though the K. Rool fight is way less forgiving here. But you can also easily grind lives in Misty Mine here, so you'll win eventually.
#41 SupremeSarna
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I just beat my 150th game of the year. I decided it would be most fitting to make it Donkey Kong Country
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I respect this as a good demake of DKC, though the K. Rool fight is way less forgiving here. But you can also easily grind lives in Misty Mine here, so you'll win eventually.
13-Dec-23 10:43pm
#42 Johnny
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Just beat Venba. Did almost the entire game during my lunch/planning period at work today. Then booted it up just now and didn’t realize I was only a few min from the end.
Wonderful game. Felt like I was stepping into the life of an immigrant trying to raise a family in a country not welcoming to the culture. The story made me think a LOT about my daughters and how I second guess the choices I make.
Takes only an hour and a half to beat and the cooking gameplay is fun. If you haven’t played it and have a couple hours in, I recommend you squeeze this in before the end of 2023.
9/10
#42 Johnny
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Just beat Venba. Did almost the entire game during my lunch/planning period at work today. Then booted it up just now and didn’t realize I was only a few min from the end.
Wonderful game. Felt like I was stepping into the life of an immigrant trying to raise a family in a country not welcoming to the culture. The story made me think a LOT about my daughters and how I second guess the choices I make.
Takes only an hour and a half to beat and the cooking gameplay is fun. If you haven’t played it and have a couple hours in, I recommend you squeeze this in before the end of 2023.
9/10
13-Dec-23 10:51pm
#43 SupremeSarna
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Johnny wrote:
Just beat Venba. Did almost the entire game during my lunch/planning period at work today. Then booted it up just now and didn’t realize I was only a few min from the end. Wonderful game. Felt like I was stepping into the life of an immigrant trying to raise a family in a country not welcoming to the culture. The story made me think a LOT about my daughters and how I second guess the choices I make. Takes only an hour and a half to beat and the cooking gameplay is fun. If you haven’t played it and have a couple hours in, I recommend you squeeze this in before the end of 2023. 9/10
What system did you beat it on?
#43 SupremeSarna
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Johnny wrote:
Just beat Venba. Did almost the entire game during my lunch/planning period at work today. Then booted it up just now and didn’t realize I was only a few min from the end. Wonderful game. Felt like I was stepping into the life of an immigrant trying to raise a family in a country not welcoming to the culture. The story made me think a LOT about my daughters and how I second guess the choices I make. Takes only an hour and a half to beat and the cooking gameplay is fun. If you haven’t played it and have a couple hours in, I recommend you squeeze this in before the end of 2023. 9/10
What system did you beat it on?
16-Dec-23 12:56am
#45 Bleed_DukeBlue
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#77 down: Unearthing Mars 2: The Ancient War on PSVR. I beat this with an Aim controller.
Alongside my clear this month of the House of the Dead Remake, this gets me the Now You're Playing with Plastic badge. When I first looked at the badges for this year, I wasn't sure if getting them all in a year would be possible, but, somehow, it all worked out with 16 days to spare! I still have three more systems to beat a game for, but I have games in progress on all three.
Unearthing Mars 2 is not a game I would necessarily recommend, but it was better than the review scores indicated. It got panned pretty intensely, and the first few levels are really repetitive and feature a lot of killing robots in hallways that look exactly the same as each other. However, things open up, and you eventually get to go outside into this expansive, beautiful spaces, and some of the boss fights are pretty cool. It's an older game on older tech, but even though the PSVR2 is noticeably better in every way, this still kinda held up at times.
#45 Bleed_DukeBlue
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#77 down: Unearthing Mars 2: The Ancient War on PSVR. I beat this with an Aim controller.
Alongside my clear this month of the House of the Dead Remake, this gets me the Now You're Playing with Plastic badge. When I first looked at the badges for this year, I wasn't sure if getting them all in a year would be possible, but, somehow, it all worked out with 16 days to spare! I still have three more systems to beat a game for, but I have games in progress on all three.
Unearthing Mars 2 is not a game I would necessarily recommend, but it was better than the review scores indicated. It got panned pretty intensely, and the first few levels are really repetitive and feature a lot of killing robots in hallways that look exactly the same as each other. However, things open up, and you eventually get to go outside into this expansive, beautiful spaces, and some of the boss fights are pretty cool. It's an older game on older tech, but even though the PSVR2 is noticeably better in every way, this still kinda held up at times.
17-Dec-23 7:42pm
#46 SupremeSarna
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I beat this year's book in Fire Emblem Heroes (iOS). I totally fell off FE Heroes this year, but I killed a little time with it here and there. I usually beat the paralogues on all difficulties, but not this time. If we go by our typical rules, paralogues are optional content, unnecessary for calling this game beaten.
I never pay attention to the stories, but Book VII had particularly bad or gratuitously-designed characters. I won't miss them in Book VIII.
#46 SupremeSarna
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I beat this year's book in Fire Emblem Heroes (iOS). I totally fell off FE Heroes this year, but I killed a little time with it here and there. I usually beat the paralogues on all difficulties, but not this time. If we go by our typical rules, paralogues are optional content, unnecessary for calling this game beaten.
I never pay attention to the stories, but Book VII had particularly bad or gratuitously-designed characters. I won't miss them in Book VIII.
18-Dec-23 12:11am
#48 Slickriven
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3rd in Dec, 78th overall, 3rd
Asura's Wrath
This game was over the top. Having your dude's arms torn off/destroyed not once but twice and still fighting with your feet was crazy and that was the theme of this game - crazy. But it was pretty dang enjoyable. The fighting was generally solid, not that I was a pro or anything, I earned several overall C ranks on levels because I died and needed to redo sections. I did earn a few S ranks as well. The game is beholden to it's era, with a LOT of QTE button presses required which I was generally decent at except I really dislike when they require you to mash a single button a ton and there were lots of times that was required in this game. But it was still fun and I went ahead and bought the few additional DLC levels and already beat the first after finishing the main game. I will look to complete those as well, but with under 2 weeks left in the year I'll likely prioritize finishing Timesplitter 2 that I'm deep into and seek to hit 80 total games, vs focusing on Asura's DLC.
#48 Slickriven
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3rd in Dec, 78th overall, 3rd
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Asura's Wrath
This game was over the top. Having your dude's arms torn off/destroyed not once but twice and still fighting with your feet was crazy and that was the theme of this game - crazy. But it was pretty dang enjoyable. The fighting was generally solid, not that I was a pro or anything, I earned several overall C ranks on levels because I died and needed to redo sections. I did earn a few S ranks as well. The game is beholden to it's era, with a LOT of QTE button presses required which I was generally decent at except I really dislike when they require you to mash a single button a ton and there were lots of times that was required in this game. But it was still fun and I went ahead and bought the few additional DLC levels and already beat the first after finishing the main game. I will look to complete those as well, but with under 2 weeks left in the year I'll likely prioritize finishing Timesplitter 2 that I'm deep into and seek to hit 80 total games, vs focusing on Asura's DLC.
18-Dec-23 3:52pm
#49 SupremeSarna
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I beat Kirby's Super Star Stacker
(originally
) -- I'm not calling it "Kirby's Star Stacker (Super Famicom)" like HAL wants, since NoA's old website already gave it a superior name.
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I played the whole thing, every mode. I maxed out the score in the endurance mode, which took hours to do. This game suggests that Kirby drinks alcohol, or at least drank it this one time.
The physical copy I bought at a retro game shop for $60 is currently mt second-most valuable game, being worth over $200.
#49 SupremeSarna
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I beat Kirby's Super Star Stacker
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I played the whole thing, every mode. I maxed out the score in the endurance mode, which took hours to do. This game suggests that Kirby drinks alcohol, or at least drank it this one time.
The physical copy I bought at a retro game shop for $60 is currently mt second-most valuable game, being worth over $200.
18-Dec-23 5:14pm
#50 nonamesleft
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SupremeSarna wrote:
This game suggests that Kirby drinks alcohol, or at least drank it this one time.Kirby at least drank alcohol just this once![laughing out loud laughing out loud](http://images.kenyonhill.com/img/plats/lol.png)
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SupremeSarna wrote:
This game suggests that Kirby drinks alcohol, or at least drank it this one time.Kirby at least drank alcohol just this once
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19-Dec-23 12:44am
#51 Slickriven
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4th in Dec, 79th overall, 4th
Nex Machina
This was on my Wishlist for a good while as it looked pretty cool and then a fellow GTZ'r had it available for like $2 so I snatched that up and now that I've got my PC set back up with my 165hz monitor I figured I would give it a go. I only beat it on Rookie difficulty, but I wanted to ease into it partly b/c I didn't fully remember what gameplay style it was, but with only 5 worlds I tore through it faster than expected and saw the credits.
It's a twin-stick shooter and was fun for the 55 mins Steam says I played it. I think I only ran out of lives and had to continue twice and Rookie mode gives me unlimited continues, so I'm certain I could beat it on the next higher difficulty and likely will play this more since it was fun and controlled really well. I generally enjoy twin-stick shooters and this one was solid with great graphics and a good sense of speed and chaos that make them fun. It's from the devs that made Returnal, which is cool.
#51 Slickriven
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4th in Dec, 79th overall, 4th
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Nex Machina
This was on my Wishlist for a good while as it looked pretty cool and then a fellow GTZ'r had it available for like $2 so I snatched that up and now that I've got my PC set back up with my 165hz monitor I figured I would give it a go. I only beat it on Rookie difficulty, but I wanted to ease into it partly b/c I didn't fully remember what gameplay style it was, but with only 5 worlds I tore through it faster than expected and saw the credits.
It's a twin-stick shooter and was fun for the 55 mins Steam says I played it. I think I only ran out of lives and had to continue twice and Rookie mode gives me unlimited continues, so I'm certain I could beat it on the next higher difficulty and likely will play this more since it was fun and controlled really well. I generally enjoy twin-stick shooters and this one was solid with great graphics and a good sense of speed and chaos that make them fun. It's from the devs that made Returnal, which is cool.
19-Dec-23 2:47pm
#52 Bleed_DukeBlue
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#78 down: Mom Hid My Game! This is my first and only clear for the year on Switch. Two more systems to go. This looked like a throwaway game, but it’s actually kinda fun. It’s a 50-level puzzle game in which you try to get your game system back from your mom, and it’s a lot more creative than I expected. The ending was kind of nice but also made it seem like the game is judging you. (It’ll make sense if you beat it.)
#52 Bleed_DukeBlue
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#78 down: Mom Hid My Game! This is my first and only clear for the year on Switch. Two more systems to go. This looked like a throwaway game, but it’s actually kinda fun. It’s a 50-level puzzle game in which you try to get your game system back from your mom, and it’s a lot more creative than I expected. The ending was kind of nice but also made it seem like the game is judging you. (It’ll make sense if you beat it.)
19-Dec-23 4:39pm
#53 Renaissance2K
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My last three games of 2023 include two Games of the Month and a leftover from the Birthday Extravaganza.
Number: 79
Full Title: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Platform Played: Nintendo NES
Collection: N/A
Native Platform: Nintendo NES
Original Platforms: Nintendo NES
Applicable Badge: Hyrulian Hero (2/2)
It's pretty telling that most of my childhood friends with an NES had a copy of Zelda, but only one had a copy of Zelda II. I was thrilled to discover that the very first "modern" video game I ever played had a sequel, though it was barely recognizable from its predecessor. I picked up Zelda II many times over the years - as a Classic NES release for the GBA, on an emulator, or as some other classic re-release - but other than completing most of the related challenges in NES Remix, I never put any substantial amount of time into the game. I don't recall ever even making it to the first dungeon, and if I did, I certainly didn't beat it.
The Game of the Month nomination gave me my first change to really dig into the game, and it was rough goings at first. Link is inundated by an endless stream of semi-random encounters on the new overworld map, and he may as well be trying to poke his enemies to death, given the limited range of his weapon this time around. I made it to the first dungeon (turns out it's really close to the starting area) and limped my way through it to the final boss, but it was such a pathetic display that I ended up starting over from scratch. Armed with some advice from @SupremeSarna about a few of the enemies, my second performance was much more respectable. Once Link learned the ability to heal himself, it was smooth sailing moving forward.
Zelda II's brutal combat, unclear puzzles, and long dungeons gave me serious Castlevania II vibes, though its tropes weren't taken to the same extreme. In the end, my only serious issue with the game is how unforgiving it was at the start. Once Link became self-sufficient, I learned to distinguish between the different enemies, and I stopped running into random battles every time I took a step, I had a lot of fun. I don't have much of a desire to endure the final dungeon again, though.
Number: 80
Full Title: Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Platform Played: PC (Windows)
Collection: N/A
Native Platform: PC (Windows)
Original Platforms: PlayStation 5
Applicable Badge: Quest for Peace (2/2)
I'm not a huge fan of Miles Morales, the character. Sure, I loved Into the Spider-Verse like everyone else with a pulse, but all the new electricity-based spider powers and his family tree - being conveniently chock-full of heroes, villains, and everything in between - just seemed like a board-room driven way of squeezing more mileage out of an aging brand. My feelings were strong enough that, while I wanted to play through Marvel's Miles Morales before picking up Spider-Man 2, I was dreading the experience.
Boy, was I wrong. Miles' venom powers take an already incredible combat engine and spice it up even more, making for even more impressive fireworks and acrobatics. And despite being a smaller, more focused story, the narrative in this spin-off was every bit as gripping as the one from the original game. Being Steam Deck verified was a huge bonus, as I was able to play through story missions at home on a real gaming PC (which finally saw some upgrades to fix some stuttering with this game) and side missions on the go with my Steam Deck. I don't think I'm done with this one. I may need to play through New Game+, if only to check out the locked-away abilities.
Number: 81
Full Title: Twisted Metal 4
Platform Played: PlayStation
Collection: N/A
Native Platform: PlayStation
Original Platforms: PlayStation
Applicable Badge: Mass Destruction (already earned)
While editing my year-end video for 2023, I found myself in a position where it'd be beneficial to beat one more Birthday Extravaganza game to make editing easier. Twisted Metal 4 immediately jumped to mind, as it's the last of the Twisted Metal games that I haven't ever beat. Sony sensed that something went wrong with Twisted Metal III, so they swapped in a completely new roster for the fourth game, filled it full of sprawling new levels, and crammed it with as much content as they could, including a vehicle editor, four-player support, and exclusive multiplayer maps.
I picked Calypso, who has been usurped from his Twisted Metal throne by Sweet Tooth and is now a run-of-the-mill contestant trying to win back what he lost. The level design is a massive improvement from the previous game, as is the filled-out roster, but the driving engine is still a chore, and enemies still manage to be bullet sponges. At least, they were until I learned to use Calypso's special weapon properly: a gigantic rear-mounted nuclear missile that can melt any enemy in the blast radius. The final boss is every bit as annoying as I can remember, arguably the sole reason why it took me twenty years to finish this one, but I managed to keep him from refilling his health long enough to destroy him with a final well-placed nuke.
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion, GRIP: Combat Racing, Just Shapes & Beats, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, MDK, MDK 2, Metal Slug X, Mirror's Edge: Catalyst, One Must Fall 2097, One Must Fall: Battlegrounds, Rollcage, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles via Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, Tomb Raider, Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire via Capcom Arcade Stadium 2, Virtua Fighter PC
- Bionic Commando, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
- Final Fantasy VI, The Legend of Zelda, Mega Man 2
- Doom 64
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- New Super Mario Bros. Wii
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- Arcade Archives: Sunset Riders, Cuphead, New Super Mario Bros. U via New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, New Super Luigi U via New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, Sega Ages: OutRun, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line
- Bionic Commando
- Bionic Commando: Elite Forces, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Golden Sun
- New Super Mario Bros.
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- Twisted Metal 4, Twisted Metal: Small Brawl, Warhawk
- Twisted Metal: Black, Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary
- Bionic Commando Re-armed
- Final Fantasy XVI
- Mega Man Powered Up, Ridge Racer, Twisted Metal: Head-On
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- Shining in the Darkness
- Virtua Fighter
- Mega Man 8, Virtua Fighter, Virtua Fighter Remix
- Crazy Taxi
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- Metal Slug
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- Rayman
- Cake Bash, Panzer Dragoon, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, Samurai Shodown
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- Altered Beast, Bionic Commando, Burgertime, Dynamite Cop, Fantasy Zone, Final Fight, Jackal,
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX, Mortal Kombat II, Ninja Gaiden, The Punisher, RayForce, Renegade, The Simpsons, Splatterhouse, Strider, Strikers 1945, Super Dodge Ball, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, Three Wonders, Time Crisis 5, Virtua Fighter, The Walking Dead
Unique Systems Covered: 23/38
Total Games Beaten: 81
At 81 games - one more game than my personal record, back in 2020 - I'm going to call it for 2023. Like Decembers past, I'm going to spend the rest of the year working on video stuff. I left a lot of platforms on the table, largely due to a renewed focus on PC (thanks to the Steam Deck) and Arcade August. We'll see what happens next year.
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My last three games of 2023 include two Games of the Month and a leftover from the Birthday Extravaganza.
Number: 79
Full Title: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Platform Played: Nintendo NES
Collection: N/A
Native Platform: Nintendo NES
Original Platforms: Nintendo NES
Applicable Badge: Hyrulian Hero (2/2)
It's pretty telling that most of my childhood friends with an NES had a copy of Zelda, but only one had a copy of Zelda II. I was thrilled to discover that the very first "modern" video game I ever played had a sequel, though it was barely recognizable from its predecessor. I picked up Zelda II many times over the years - as a Classic NES release for the GBA, on an emulator, or as some other classic re-release - but other than completing most of the related challenges in NES Remix, I never put any substantial amount of time into the game. I don't recall ever even making it to the first dungeon, and if I did, I certainly didn't beat it.
The Game of the Month nomination gave me my first change to really dig into the game, and it was rough goings at first. Link is inundated by an endless stream of semi-random encounters on the new overworld map, and he may as well be trying to poke his enemies to death, given the limited range of his weapon this time around. I made it to the first dungeon (turns out it's really close to the starting area) and limped my way through it to the final boss, but it was such a pathetic display that I ended up starting over from scratch. Armed with some advice from @SupremeSarna about a few of the enemies, my second performance was much more respectable. Once Link learned the ability to heal himself, it was smooth sailing moving forward.
Zelda II's brutal combat, unclear puzzles, and long dungeons gave me serious Castlevania II vibes, though its tropes weren't taken to the same extreme. In the end, my only serious issue with the game is how unforgiving it was at the start. Once Link became self-sufficient, I learned to distinguish between the different enemies, and I stopped running into random battles every time I took a step, I had a lot of fun. I don't have much of a desire to endure the final dungeon again, though.
Number: 80
Full Title: Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Platform Played: PC (Windows)
Collection: N/A
Native Platform: PC (Windows)
Original Platforms: PlayStation 5
Applicable Badge: Quest for Peace (2/2)
I'm not a huge fan of Miles Morales, the character. Sure, I loved Into the Spider-Verse like everyone else with a pulse, but all the new electricity-based spider powers and his family tree - being conveniently chock-full of heroes, villains, and everything in between - just seemed like a board-room driven way of squeezing more mileage out of an aging brand. My feelings were strong enough that, while I wanted to play through Marvel's Miles Morales before picking up Spider-Man 2, I was dreading the experience.
Boy, was I wrong. Miles' venom powers take an already incredible combat engine and spice it up even more, making for even more impressive fireworks and acrobatics. And despite being a smaller, more focused story, the narrative in this spin-off was every bit as gripping as the one from the original game. Being Steam Deck verified was a huge bonus, as I was able to play through story missions at home on a real gaming PC (which finally saw some upgrades to fix some stuttering with this game) and side missions on the go with my Steam Deck. I don't think I'm done with this one. I may need to play through New Game+, if only to check out the locked-away abilities.
Number: 81
Full Title: Twisted Metal 4
Platform Played: PlayStation
Collection: N/A
Native Platform: PlayStation
Original Platforms: PlayStation
Applicable Badge: Mass Destruction (already earned)
While editing my year-end video for 2023, I found myself in a position where it'd be beneficial to beat one more Birthday Extravaganza game to make editing easier. Twisted Metal 4 immediately jumped to mind, as it's the last of the Twisted Metal games that I haven't ever beat. Sony sensed that something went wrong with Twisted Metal III, so they swapped in a completely new roster for the fourth game, filled it full of sprawling new levels, and crammed it with as much content as they could, including a vehicle editor, four-player support, and exclusive multiplayer maps.
I picked Calypso, who has been usurped from his Twisted Metal throne by Sweet Tooth and is now a run-of-the-mill contestant trying to win back what he lost. The level design is a massive improvement from the previous game, as is the filled-out roster, but the driving engine is still a chore, and enemies still manage to be bullet sponges. At least, they were until I learned to use Calypso's special weapon properly: a gigantic rear-mounted nuclear missile that can melt any enemy in the blast radius. The final boss is every bit as annoying as I can remember, arguably the sole reason why it took me twenty years to finish this one, but I managed to keep him from refilling his health long enough to destroy him with a final well-placed nuke.
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Mario Kart Arcade GP DX, Mortal Kombat II, Ninja Gaiden, The Punisher, RayForce, Renegade, The Simpsons, Splatterhouse, Strider, Strikers 1945, Super Dodge Ball, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, Three Wonders, Time Crisis 5, Virtua Fighter, The Walking Dead
Unique Systems Covered: 23/38
Total Games Beaten: 81
At 81 games - one more game than my personal record, back in 2020 - I'm going to call it for 2023. Like Decembers past, I'm going to spend the rest of the year working on video stuff. I left a lot of platforms on the table, largely due to a renewed focus on PC (thanks to the Steam Deck) and Arcade August. We'll see what happens next year.
19-Dec-23 5:46pm
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I beat Joe and Mac
(originally SNES).
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I'm very close to beating 2021's total, nowhere close to 2022's. That's okay.
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I'm very close to beating 2021's total, nowhere close to 2022's. That's okay.
19-Dec-23 6:38pm
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SupremeSarna wrote:
@Renaissance2K Which was your firest Quest for Peace clear?The Punisher
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SupremeSarna wrote:
@Renaissance2K Which was your firest Quest for Peace clear?The Punisher
19-Dec-23 7:44pm
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It was clearly a good thing that I did Nex Machina on Rookie first as the on Experienced (normal) difficulty it was a good deal more challenging and the final boss sucked major a$$. I took more damage overall through the levels and used some continues to reach the final but had to give up after a good 20+ continues burned on just that fight. You can get some power ups from beating consecutive foes or destructible things or whatever and when you continue you can sometimes get those powerups back right away if you're quick and they dropped, but they don't drop 100% of the time, and having a weaker weapon, the sort of BS small arena and nature of some of the final boss's attacks meant I really was facing a huge uphill battle.
13.1% of players have beat the game on Rookie including me, only 2.5% have beat it on Experienced, so it's certainly not an easy feat. I am up to 2.6hrs now, so that attempt on Experienced took around 1.5 hours - I'm disappointed that I couldn't get over that final hurdle, but my best attempt I barely got it (it's a machine) down to 25-33% (I think) health remaining, which triggers the final phase where all bosses would stream out these purple skulls that make the arena nearly impossible to navigate around - you basically end up stuck in a small space dodging skulls and other attacks and hope that your gunfire is impacting the boss. It stinks when you feel hugely underpowered to take on a foe that that. The final boss sends out 4 guns to shoot at you and it easily takes a good 5+ seconds of dedicated fire onto any of the 4 to destroy it and thus temporarily reduce the firepower that you need to dodge. Any destroyed guns will come back before too long and I'm not sure if taking them out damages the boss itself or not, maybe not, but it's helpful to take them out b/c their attacks sweep over the whole, rather small arena that you can move around in.
I was playing on the Arcade mode that requires you to beat all 5 worlds in a row without taking a break. I might give world 5 a run in the 'single world' mode to see if I can beat that final boss as I don't necessarily want to replay all of the first 4 worlds to get there. Then again I may say, 2.6hrs was worth my $2 and not revisit this one for a while.
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It was clearly a good thing that I did Nex Machina on Rookie first as the on Experienced (normal) difficulty it was a good deal more challenging and the final boss sucked major a$$. I took more damage overall through the levels and used some continues to reach the final but had to give up after a good 20+ continues burned on just that fight. You can get some power ups from beating consecutive foes or destructible things or whatever and when you continue you can sometimes get those powerups back right away if you're quick and they dropped, but they don't drop 100% of the time, and having a weaker weapon, the sort of BS small arena and nature of some of the final boss's attacks meant I really was facing a huge uphill battle.
13.1% of players have beat the game on Rookie including me, only 2.5% have beat it on Experienced, so it's certainly not an easy feat. I am up to 2.6hrs now, so that attempt on Experienced took around 1.5 hours - I'm disappointed that I couldn't get over that final hurdle, but my best attempt I barely got it (it's a machine) down to 25-33% (I think) health remaining, which triggers the final phase where all bosses would stream out these purple skulls that make the arena nearly impossible to navigate around - you basically end up stuck in a small space dodging skulls and other attacks and hope that your gunfire is impacting the boss. It stinks when you feel hugely underpowered to take on a foe that that. The final boss sends out 4 guns to shoot at you and it easily takes a good 5+ seconds of dedicated fire onto any of the 4 to destroy it and thus temporarily reduce the firepower that you need to dodge. Any destroyed guns will come back before too long and I'm not sure if taking them out damages the boss itself or not, maybe not, but it's helpful to take them out b/c their attacks sweep over the whole, rather small arena that you can move around in.
I was playing on the Arcade mode that requires you to beat all 5 worlds in a row without taking a break. I might give world 5 a run in the 'single world' mode to see if I can beat that final boss as I don't necessarily want to replay all of the first 4 worlds to get there. Then again I may say, 2.6hrs was worth my $2 and not revisit this one for a while.
20-Dec-23 9:17pm
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5th in Dec, 80th overall, 2nd
Timesplitters 2
This got me a few personal goals - 2 titles beat on 6/8 of my tier 2 consoles (mainly CD and DVD based); tied my total from last year; got me to 33 games from a list of the top 101 games from a YT channel I watch.
I mistakenly played Future Perfect first b/c I didn't realize it was the 3rd title and that hurt a little here, not because of the overall story really, but the 3rd was a slightly better game as you'd expect. I did not love the aiming controls and lack of a reticle as I wasn't anywhere near as accurate and I feel I could've been with those things. But the story and humor were pretty good here. I played the vast majority of this back in late Aug, early Sept and I was hoping to beat it before I started my remodel but that didn't happen as the final full level was rather challenging and long, but only had a single checkpoint. The final short level wasn't great either as I fell to my death in an elevator my first attempt, then ran out of time with merely 50 feet to go in the game's only timed section, I believe... so it took me annoyingly 3 attempts. Oh well it's beat and I'm glad I finally played these 2 games.
Now I've basically got no games going (outside of Chained Echoes that I've not played in 3+ months), so I need to decide on what I want to play next. I'd like to squeeze in a few more this year and only have work tomorrow, some holiday requirements, and 1 thing left to do for the remodel and then I should have a good bit of free time before January, so I'll need to pick a game or a few to get into.
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5th in Dec, 80th overall, 2nd
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Timesplitters 2
This got me a few personal goals - 2 titles beat on 6/8 of my tier 2 consoles (mainly CD and DVD based); tied my total from last year; got me to 33 games from a list of the top 101 games from a YT channel I watch.
I mistakenly played Future Perfect first b/c I didn't realize it was the 3rd title and that hurt a little here, not because of the overall story really, but the 3rd was a slightly better game as you'd expect. I did not love the aiming controls and lack of a reticle as I wasn't anywhere near as accurate and I feel I could've been with those things. But the story and humor were pretty good here. I played the vast majority of this back in late Aug, early Sept and I was hoping to beat it before I started my remodel but that didn't happen as the final full level was rather challenging and long, but only had a single checkpoint. The final short level wasn't great either as I fell to my death in an elevator my first attempt, then ran out of time with merely 50 feet to go in the game's only timed section, I believe... so it took me annoyingly 3 attempts. Oh well it's beat and I'm glad I finally played these 2 games.
Now I've basically got no games going (outside of Chained Echoes that I've not played in 3+ months), so I need to decide on what I want to play next. I'd like to squeeze in a few more this year and only have work tomorrow, some holiday requirements, and 1 thing left to do for the remodel and then I should have a good bit of free time before January, so I'll need to pick a game or a few to get into.
21-Dec-23 6:42pm
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I beat Gunman Clive
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I was surprised to find this was a Mega Man “clone.” It’s got memorable music and art direction, and I liked the unlockable Duck Mode—you’re totally defenseless, but you have a smaller hitbox and several jumps. I liked this game, though I’m glad I got it cheap.
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I was surprised to find this was a Mega Man “clone.” It’s got memorable music and art direction, and I liked the unlockable Duck Mode—you’re totally defenseless, but you have a smaller hitbox and several jumps. I liked this game, though I’m glad I got it cheap.
22-Dec-23 12:15am
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6th in Dec, 81st overall, 2nd
House of the Dead Overkill
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I picked this up a while back when I got interested in some light gun style games for the Wii and felt like giving it a shot tonight... wasn't a big fan. The 70's grindhouse aesthetic it was going for was decently fine, but the story was dumb and I don't tolerate egregious swearing, especially dropping the F-bombs in almost every sentence. I can understand the way they were trying to setup the cop, but it irked me after only maybe 3 MF's... and he easily said that 40-60 times in the short campaign. It was bad enough that I sought to skip the cutscenes as I cared less about the story over listening to that junk... and was annoyed that I could not skip them.
Gameplay wise wasn't a ton better: the game would slowdown a bit too often even running on my WiiU, the aiming could've been better, the on-rails camera was too erratic at times and the simulated recoil felt exaggerated - a LOT. It could've been good fun, but also looked very much like a Wii title with weak textures and poor graphics overall. I saw a review online for the PS3 version and it not surprisingly looked a TON nicer, but seemed to have several additional things in the game to collect like cash to buy/upgrade your weapons. Those weren't in the main story mode on the Wii, but maybe are in the now unlocked Director's Cut mode, that I'm not sure I care to play. I suppose if I could skip the cutscenes and thus avoid most of the garbage dialog, then the shooting wasn't that bad. I was using one of my Nyko Perfect Shot peripherals and it was fairly decent, though near the end my hands and elbows were sore from shooting my TV for 3+ hrs - the Wiimote is heavier than I thought.
If I can beat another Wii or a PS3 title, then I'll hit my final personal goal for the year, of the 10 I set for myself, so I need to find something to play on one of those systems.
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6th in Dec, 81st overall, 2nd
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House of the Dead Overkill
First towards Playing w/Plastic
I picked this up a while back when I got interested in some light gun style games for the Wii and felt like giving it a shot tonight... wasn't a big fan. The 70's grindhouse aesthetic it was going for was decently fine, but the story was dumb and I don't tolerate egregious swearing, especially dropping the F-bombs in almost every sentence. I can understand the way they were trying to setup the cop, but it irked me after only maybe 3 MF's... and he easily said that 40-60 times in the short campaign. It was bad enough that I sought to skip the cutscenes as I cared less about the story over listening to that junk... and was annoyed that I could not skip them.
Gameplay wise wasn't a ton better: the game would slowdown a bit too often even running on my WiiU, the aiming could've been better, the on-rails camera was too erratic at times and the simulated recoil felt exaggerated - a LOT. It could've been good fun, but also looked very much like a Wii title with weak textures and poor graphics overall. I saw a review online for the PS3 version and it not surprisingly looked a TON nicer, but seemed to have several additional things in the game to collect like cash to buy/upgrade your weapons. Those weren't in the main story mode on the Wii, but maybe are in the now unlocked Director's Cut mode, that I'm not sure I care to play. I suppose if I could skip the cutscenes and thus avoid most of the garbage dialog, then the shooting wasn't that bad. I was using one of my Nyko Perfect Shot peripherals and it was fairly decent, though near the end my hands and elbows were sore from shooting my TV for 3+ hrs - the Wiimote is heavier than I thought.
If I can beat another Wii or a PS3 title, then I'll hit my final personal goal for the year, of the 10 I set for myself, so I need to find something to play on one of those systems.
22-Dec-23 3:16am
#61 Bleed_DukeBlue
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#79 down: Gun on PS2. This is one I had been curious about for awhile, but I never owned a PS2 until a couple of years ago. It’s a rough around the edges Western where you can shoot off people’s limbs, ride a horse, fire a cannon, and assassinate people for bounties. The gameplay is pretty fun except the last boss (who was tedious and annoying to fight). I had to save frequently, because the game crashed on me several times. Gun is gorier and darker than I’d expected with scenes of torture, sex workers getting murdered, liberal use of racial epithets, etc. I’m not sure I’d recommend it, but it was interesting. One more game before I’ve beaten one for every system, and I’m almost finished with it.
#61 Bleed_DukeBlue
![Triple Gold Good Trader Triple Gold Good Trader](http://images.kenyonhill.com/img/plats/3gstar.png)
#79 down: Gun on PS2. This is one I had been curious about for awhile, but I never owned a PS2 until a couple of years ago. It’s a rough around the edges Western where you can shoot off people’s limbs, ride a horse, fire a cannon, and assassinate people for bounties. The gameplay is pretty fun except the last boss (who was tedious and annoying to fight). I had to save frequently, because the game crashed on me several times. Gun is gorier and darker than I’d expected with scenes of torture, sex workers getting murdered, liberal use of racial epithets, etc. I’m not sure I’d recommend it, but it was interesting. One more game before I’ve beaten one for every system, and I’m almost finished with it.
Beat a Game 2023