Beat a Game Already, 2022 console edition
31-Dec-21 7:24pm
#1 Slickriven
Beat a Game Already, 2022 console edition - open to anyone to join (or drop) at anytime. Just let me know if you're joining so I can get your console info.
Here's the spreadsheet for '22
Link to 2021's Thread for reference
LEADER BOARDS
USER LISTS
"RULES"
ICONS & BADGES
image 2nd Amendment - FPS or 3rd Person Shooters
image Bear & Bird - 3D platformers and/or collect-a-thons
image BFFL - primarily cooperative games (with a friend)
image Bo Knows - sports games - complete a single season, generally human only sports
image Cross the Streams - cross-over games like: Mario & Sonic, Street Fighter x Tekken, etc
image Destroy the Core - SHMUP's
image Girly Power - games with female leads OR targeted towards children or feminine audiences
image Grown-Ass Man - challenging games
image Guybrush Threepwood - games from the point-&-click, text adventure, or walking simulator genres
image Heavy Machine Gun - run n' gun games
image Hyrulian Hero - action/adventure titles, similar to the Zelda franchise
image JRPG - JRPGs, duh
image Metroidvania - open ended 2D platformers that focus on backtracking
image Ninja Gayden - 3D hack-and-slash titles
image Now You're Playing with Plastic - games using non-standard controllers (Light-Gun, musical instrument, steering wheel, dance-pad, etc)
image Pile Drivin' - belt-scrolling brawler/beat 'em ups
image Puzzler - puzzle games
image Quarter Muncher Card - games from the pinball, classic arcade or card battle genres
image Quest for Peace - predominately superhero focused titles
image Raccoon City - survival horror games
image Race Drivin' - racing games, generally motorized
image Sasori Vader - games in the Star Wars or overall space universes
image Shining Ogre Fire Tactics (S.O.F.T.) - strategy titles, tactical RPGs, RTS, etc
image Street Fightin' - 1-on-1 fighters - beat standard arcade mode with 2+ characters OR beat 10+ match story mode
image Super Mayrio Platform - platforming games, similar to the core Mario titles
image Vault Boy - open world and/or Western RPGs
image You're Winner - games with <55 review OR user score on Metacritic, or justify how your game sucked
#1 Slickriven
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Beat a Game Already, 2022 console edition - open to anyone to join (or drop) at anytime. Just let me know if you're joining so I can get your console info.
Here's the spreadsheet for '22
Link to 2021's Thread for reference
LEADER BOARDS | Total Games Beaten: 1618 Top Users 1. WithinTemptation - 247     2. SupremeSarna - 202 3. benstylus - 132 4. ErickRPG - 126 5. LegendRko25 - 85 6. Slickriven - 80 7. Renaissance2K - 73 8. Bleed_DukeBlue - 70 9. DemonAlcohol - 58 10 BloodPuppetX - 54 ---------------------------------------------- Total Systems Covered: 330/625(52.80%) Top Users 1. Renaissance2K - 29 2. Slickriven - 26  3. benstylus - 21 4. SupremeSarna - 20 5. Bleed_DukeBlue - 17 6. Incubus421 - 14 7. WithinTemptation - 12 7. ErickRPG, Razeak, SailorNeoRune - 12 ---------------------------------------------- Total Badges Earned: 156 Top Users 1. WithinTemptation - 27  2. Bleed_DukeBlue - 27 3. SupremeSarna - 21 4. Slickriven - 20 5. LegendRko25, Incubus421 - 11 ---------------------------------------------- |
USER LISTS This section to be updated at end of each month initially Antipop    - 4/21 (19%)Archer  - 5/6 (83%)benstylus    - 21/24 (88%)Best1989  - 5/12 (42%)Bleed_DukeBlue  - 17/17()BloodPuppetX  - 3/13 (23%)buster4252 - 10/19 (53%)Cevil - 8/11 (73%) DarkFact - 2/2 ()Dasgessabel - 2/5 (40%)DemonAlcohol  - 6/6 ()DragonmasterDX - 8/33 (24%)EB - 5/10 (50%) ErickRPG - 12/14 (86%)FlamingToastJPN - 2/15 (13%)Frank   - 6/28 (21%)Gypsy  - 11/26 (42%)HeavyD814Life  - 4/5 (80%)incubus421  - 14/18 (78%)Kommie - 8/12 (67%)legendrko25  - 5/6 (83%)nonamesleft - 3/6 (50%)PizzaTheHut - 7/8 (88%) Razeak - 12/33 (36%)Renaissance2K - 29/36 (81%)Rokubungi - 9/24 (38%) RollySoup - 3/6 (50%)RVM - 4/4 ()SailorNeoRune - 12/22 (55%)Scott - 8/20 (40%)SilverOwl - 2/7 (29%)Slickriven - 26/26 ()SupremeSarna - 20/20 ()TalonJedi87 - 4/6 (67%)tonymack21 - 8/24 (33%)WithinTemptation - 12/12 ()non-active: GamersLyf - 0/17 ( %)akfa - 1/4 (25%)Bonham2 - 1/1 (100% - ??) d3vanj - 1/2 (50%)Lunar  - 5/33 (15%)sharif - 5/40 (13%) |
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- "RULES" | 1. Have fun 2. Beat games - proof NOT required via an image, but lying is lame and you won't 'win' anything for beating the most games 3. IF you are interested in badges, when you beat a game for 1, include something like 'Counts towards badge X' OR 'Earns me badge X, first game was Y' 4. IF you don't care about badges, then I will not be handing them out 5. No monthly leaderboards will exist in '22, I will post in the thread maybe around mid month and after month's end the top 5 or so participants 6. DLC generally doesn't count towards badges and any 1 game can only count towards a single badge Rule addendum: Going forward (after July 15th), badges for anyone who cares, will only be credited for beating 2 completely unique titles. Rule addendum: If you beat a title multiple times on different consoles then it needs to be <air-quote> LONGER </air-quote> in nature and not a fighting game or overall short title for me to list it for multiple consoles. It also could only count as 1 title for a badge, per the prior addendum listed above. |
ICONS & BADGES Key - 50% of systems covered, - 100% of systems covered, - 0 games beat, - 5 games beat, - 10 games beat (additional gold stars for 20, 30, 40, 60, etc), - 50 games beat, - 100 games, - 150 games, - 200 games,  - top user in systems completed,  - top user in games beaten,  - badge leader |
Badges, note 2 games required for each
image 2nd Amendment - FPS or 3rd Person Shooters
image Bear & Bird - 3D platformers and/or collect-a-thons
image BFFL - primarily cooperative games (with a friend)
image Bo Knows - sports games - complete a single season, generally human only sports
image Cross the Streams - cross-over games like: Mario & Sonic, Street Fighter x Tekken, etc
image Destroy the Core - SHMUP's
image Girly Power - games with female leads OR targeted towards children or feminine audiences
image Grown-Ass Man - challenging games
image Guybrush Threepwood - games from the point-&-click, text adventure, or walking simulator genres
image Heavy Machine Gun - run n' gun games
image Hyrulian Hero - action/adventure titles, similar to the Zelda franchise
image JRPG - JRPGs, duh
image Metroidvania - open ended 2D platformers that focus on backtracking
image Ninja Gayden - 3D hack-and-slash titles
image Now You're Playing with Plastic - games using non-standard controllers (Light-Gun, musical instrument, steering wheel, dance-pad, etc)
image Pile Drivin' - belt-scrolling brawler/beat 'em ups
image Puzzler - puzzle games
image Quarter Muncher Card - games from the pinball, classic arcade or card battle genres
image Quest for Peace - predominately superhero focused titles
image Raccoon City - survival horror games
image Race Drivin' - racing games, generally motorized
image Sasori Vader - games in the Star Wars or overall space universes
image Shining Ogre Fire Tactics (S.O.F.T.) - strategy titles, tactical RPGs, RTS, etc
image Street Fightin' - 1-on-1 fighters - beat standard arcade mode with 2+ characters OR beat 10+ match story mode
image Super Mayrio Platform - platforming games, similar to the core Mario titles
image Vault Boy - open world and/or Western RPGs
image You're Winner - games with <55 review OR user score on Metacritic, or justify how your game sucked
3-Dec-22 9:05pm
#121 nonamesleft
I beat Super Metroid. Though I didn't list
listed under consoles, since I don't currently play it that often, so no need to count it. Wanted to post a beaten game here, since it's been awhile.
Pretty fun game. Holds up well. I got lost numerous times, which sometimes made things tricky, but overall it was a fun experience, and worth playing.
#121 nonamesleft
I beat Super Metroid. Though I didn't list
listed under consoles, since I don't currently play it that often, so no need to count it. Wanted to post a beaten game here, since it's been awhile.Pretty fun game. Holds up well. I got lost numerous times, which sometimes made things tricky, but overall it was a fun experience, and worth playing.
4-Dec-22 12:24am
#122 SupremeSarna
@WithinTemptation Gotcha recorded! Do try to update more frequently so it's not a tidal wave next time. But hey, congrats on reach well beyond 200!
#122 SupremeSarna
@WithinTemptation Gotcha recorded! Do try to update more frequently so it's not a tidal wave next time. But hey, congrats on reach well beyond 200!
4-Dec-22 12:31am
#123 SupremeSarna
nonamesleft wrote:
It's been awhile, but I beat Super Metroid. Though I don't officially have listed under consoles, so idk.
So how'd you play it? Wii? Switch Online? An eeeevil emulator? How would you like me to record it?
#123 SupremeSarna
nonamesleft wrote:
It's been awhile, but I beat Super Metroid. Though I don't officially have
listed under consoles, so idk.So how'd you play it? Wii? Switch Online? An eeeevil emulator? How would you like me to record it?
4-Dec-22 1:22am
#124 nonamesleft
SupremeSarna wrote:
nonamesleft wrote:> It's been awhile, but I beat Super Metroid. Though I don't officially have> listed under consoles, so idk. So how'd you play it? Wii? Switch Online? An eeeevil emulator? How would you like me to record it?No need to record it. I was just writing a game that I beat, since I haven't posted here in awhile that I beat a game.
#124 nonamesleft
SupremeSarna wrote:
nonamesleft wrote:> It's been awhile, but I beat Super Metroid. Though I don't officially have
> listed under consoles, so idk. So how'd you play it? Wii? Switch Online? An eeeevil emulator? How would you like me to record it?No need to record it. I was just writing a game that I beat, since I haven't posted here in awhile that I beat a game.4-Dec-22 7:48am
#125 Kommie
It's already listed as a beat but I'll just post my review here as well:
God of War Ragnarok: 7.5/10
I'm going to post everything behind a spoiler. Major spoilers, obviously
Combat gets tedious but my main issue is the story stuff.
Lots of new characters are introduced at a high rate.
"Tyr" I mean Odin pretending to be Tyr, Freyr, new dwarf guy with a yarmulke, Thor, Odin, Blonde kid friend, Giant girl, Thor's daughter, wife, Heimdall, and really none of them get any time to shine.
Thor feels useless, more or less. And is basically a slave to Odin. He dies by Odin.
The only big "Death" in this game is Brok and oh fudging boy did it feel cheap as hell. As it turns out, "Tyr" was really just Odin in disguise and once he finds out all the info he needs, he says Brok needs to "shut up" or some effect and kills him. It happened so quickly that I had to look up whether it was really Tyr or not. Cheap as hell. I know there is post-game content where you can find the real Tyr but I really don't feel like doing it right now. Sindri basically blames Kratos/Atreus for his death and hates you for it. There is a post-game funeral that I'll get to at some point with this, and this whole time after his death he's finally over his germaphobia and takes his gloves off.
Freya gets over wanting to kill you pretty quickly just because Odin is a bigger threat. You get her as a companion. The power of teamwork and all that.
But the game's main focus is the prophecy of Kratos dying, and that's where my main issue lies. The whole game they want to change this prophecy and they more or less do it simply because they are determined to avoid fate. Yep, that's fudging it. Just like in JRPGs where you win through the power of friendship, in this, you win through the power of teaming up with all your new allies and killing Odin. Literally, nothing clever happens.
Something to say in regard to the next part: Fenrir dies in the beginning and Atreus puts his soul in a Knife unknowingly. Later in the game, you fight Garmr who has no soul and Atreus puts Fenrir's soul in Garmr's body.
I'm a big fan of time-travel media and was expecting something cool or clever like: Kratos dies but they find some way to bring him back maybe via the giant magic trick and puts his soul in an animal and he's still alive or something. Or they trick Odin into thinking Kratos is dead somehow and they find some hidden prophecy page after this that shows Loki's cool treachery or something.
Nope, nothing as cool or clever.
You just win through the power of teamwork and determination.
The overall theme/reused phrase of "We must be better." Got a bit annoying as well.
I beat it at 21.5 Hours with no side content on story mode.
On all technical levels, it's a great game. Just the bad/not-so-great story drags it down so much.
The story feels a bit rushed just to get it out for Q4
#125 Kommie
It's already listed as a beat but I'll just post my review here as well:
God of War Ragnarok: 7.5/10
I'm going to post everything behind a spoiler. Major spoilers, obviously
Combat gets tedious but my main issue is the story stuff.
Lots of new characters are introduced at a high rate.
"Tyr" I mean Odin pretending to be Tyr, Freyr, new dwarf guy with a yarmulke, Thor, Odin, Blonde kid friend, Giant girl, Thor's daughter, wife, Heimdall, and really none of them get any time to shine.
Thor feels useless, more or less. And is basically a slave to Odin. He dies by Odin.
The only big "Death" in this game is Brok and oh fudging boy did it feel cheap as hell. As it turns out, "Tyr" was really just Odin in disguise and once he finds out all the info he needs, he says Brok needs to "shut up" or some effect and kills him. It happened so quickly that I had to look up whether it was really Tyr or not. Cheap as hell. I know there is post-game content where you can find the real Tyr but I really don't feel like doing it right now. Sindri basically blames Kratos/Atreus for his death and hates you for it. There is a post-game funeral that I'll get to at some point with this, and this whole time after his death he's finally over his germaphobia and takes his gloves off.
Freya gets over wanting to kill you pretty quickly just because Odin is a bigger threat. You get her as a companion. The power of teamwork and all that.
But the game's main focus is the prophecy of Kratos dying, and that's where my main issue lies. The whole game they want to change this prophecy and they more or less do it simply because they are determined to avoid fate. Yep, that's fudging it. Just like in JRPGs where you win through the power of friendship, in this, you win through the power of teaming up with all your new allies and killing Odin. Literally, nothing clever happens.
Something to say in regard to the next part: Fenrir dies in the beginning and Atreus puts his soul in a Knife unknowingly. Later in the game, you fight Garmr who has no soul and Atreus puts Fenrir's soul in Garmr's body.
I'm a big fan of time-travel media and was expecting something cool or clever like: Kratos dies but they find some way to bring him back maybe via the giant magic trick and puts his soul in an animal and he's still alive or something. Or they trick Odin into thinking Kratos is dead somehow and they find some hidden prophecy page after this that shows Loki's cool treachery or something.
Nope, nothing as cool or clever.
You just win through the power of teamwork and determination.
The overall theme/reused phrase of "We must be better." Got a bit annoying as well.
I beat it at 21.5 Hours with no side content on story mode.
On all technical levels, it's a great game. Just the bad/not-so-great story drags it down so much.
The story feels a bit rushed just to get it out for Q4
4-Dec-22 5:29pm
#126 SupremeSarna
I've got a tradition of playing a Griptonite-developed Harry Potter RPG every December, and this year was Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(originally GBC). It's a great little adaptation of the book/movie with tongue-and-cheek writing and charming visuals. It and the first one could use some improvements--spells and items don't tell you what they do until you've already chosen them, enemy weaknesses aren't told to you on the battle screen even after you used Informous to learn them, and armor is so expensive you probably won't have every slot equipped before the final battle. I avoided the Card system since it never really jumped out at me, but it might've fixed the steep difficulty spike in the last hour of the game. In this case...
Aragog and Gilderoy Lockhart are the last standard battles of the game, and they both hit like trucks. Aragog especially can freeze both your party members at once and then hit 80s on you (I had ~300 HP at the time) and my max healing potions could refill 100 HP at a time. The Basilisk fight at the end removes Ron from your party and takes away the magic you learned throughout the game; now you use a single sword swing for all attacks while the basilisk deals 100 damage per hit, or stacking poison effects.
I got through it all just fine, but there were some really close scrapes at the end that a hypothetical remake could iron out. Don't take me as a Moaning Myrtle here--it's a quality game that's worth your time if you like the Harry Potter series, and the dialogue was both witty and accurate to the book. I recommend it!
#126 SupremeSarna
I've got a tradition of playing a Griptonite-developed Harry Potter RPG every December, and this year was Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(originally GBC). It's a great little adaptation of the book/movie with tongue-and-cheek writing and charming visuals. It and the first one could use some improvements--spells and items don't tell you what they do until you've already chosen them, enemy weaknesses aren't told to you on the battle screen even after you used Informous to learn them, and armor is so expensive you probably won't have every slot equipped before the final battle. I avoided the Card system since it never really jumped out at me, but it might've fixed the steep difficulty spike in the last hour of the game. In this case...Aragog and Gilderoy Lockhart are the last standard battles of the game, and they both hit like trucks. Aragog especially can freeze both your party members at once and then hit 80s on you (I had ~300 HP at the time) and my max healing potions could refill 100 HP at a time. The Basilisk fight at the end removes Ron from your party and takes away the magic you learned throughout the game; now you use a single sword swing for all attacks while the basilisk deals 100 damage per hit, or stacking poison effects.
I got through it all just fine, but there were some really close scrapes at the end that a hypothetical remake could iron out. Don't take me as a Moaning Myrtle here--it's a quality game that's worth your time if you like the Harry Potter series, and the dialogue was both witty and accurate to the book. I recommend it!
4-Dec-22 5:56pm
#127 benstylus
I got one of these as a free bonus in a trade from someone here. Will need to see which one it was.
#127 benstylus
I got one of these as a free bonus in a trade from someone here. Will need to see which one it was.
4-Dec-22 6:49pm
#128 SupremeSarna
benstylus wrote:
I got one of these as a free bonus in a trade from someone here. Will need to see which one it was.
There are three: HP1 (GBC), HP2 (GBC), and HP3 (GBA). The GBA versions of HP 1 and 2 aren't RPGs, so I can't recommend them from experience.
My funny story was at a flea market. I found a seller offering bother HP1 and 2 for $5 each. I didn't know if I'd actually get around to playing them, but I had both in hand. I ultimately dropped HP1 and just bought HP2, since I'd heard that it was better. As I turned to leave, I walked past a glass case owned by a different vendor that had exactly two video games in it--one was HP1 with a slightly-damaged label, and had a $2 price tag. Score!
#128 SupremeSarna
benstylus wrote:
I got one of these as a free bonus in a trade from someone here. Will need to see which one it was.
There are three: HP1 (GBC), HP2 (GBC), and HP3 (GBA). The GBA versions of HP 1 and 2 aren't RPGs, so I can't recommend them from experience.
My funny story was at a flea market. I found a seller offering bother HP1 and 2 for $5 each. I didn't know if I'd actually get around to playing them, but I had both in hand. I ultimately dropped HP1 and just bought HP2, since I'd heard that it was better. As I turned to leave, I walked past a glass case owned by a different vendor that had exactly two video games in it--one was HP1 with a slightly-damaged label, and had a $2 price tag. Score!
5-Dec-22 9:56am
#130 ErickRPG
Pocket Academy 3 -
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Finally getting around to some of the newer ones after focusing on old ones (1 year + old). This one was really good. Kairosoft has definitely improved over the years. I am playing Convienience story right now and it's also very good.
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Call of Duty Modern Warfare - XBOX
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The original that started it all. While it was the 4th Call of Duty. This was the big award winning super title that made Call of Duty. I beat this years ago, but since I have my 360 hooked up to a small TV, and I have a new gamertag. Might was well play it again. Because I am going to be playing most of the Call of Duty games. On 360 first, and then onto Xbox One.
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#130 ErickRPG
Pocket Academy 3 -
IOSFinally getting around to some of the newer ones after focusing on old ones (1 year + old). This one was really good. Kairosoft has definitely improved over the years. I am playing Convienience story right now and it's also very good.
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Call of Duty Modern Warfare - XBOX
360The original that started it all. While it was the 4th Call of Duty. This was the big award winning super title that made Call of Duty. I beat this years ago, but since I have my 360 hooked up to a small TV, and I have a new gamertag. Might was well play it again. Because I am going to be playing most of the Call of Duty games. On 360 first, and then onto Xbox One.
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5-Dec-22 11:38am
#131 incubus421
#30 - Pac-Man (Arcade 1UP) New personal best high score of 62,550
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#31 - New Super Mario Bros. 2
Aside from absolutely throwing coins and 1-ups at you throughout the whole game, it actually provided a bit of challenge. I ended with 300+ lives! I appreciated that I had to slow down on some levels and explore a bit for all the Star Coins. I ended up collecting all 99 of them. I have to finish the last few Star Road levels, but I look forward to it.
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#32 - Hades
Took a long time to finally get around to playing this. I'm not a huge fan of the Roguelike genre, but this is a story-driven Roguelike done right! Even in death I still feel like progress was made, that I'm not absolutely back to nothing. It lives up to the praise and accolades it has received. I got my first clear using the Raging Rush version of the Eternal Spear. I look forward to several more clears.
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Personal Stats/Achievement related to this topic
- Gamecube and Dreamcast can be removed from my platform list. I no longer have games for these consoles after my recent downsizing.
- I feel like Hades is difficult enough to count towards the Grown-Ass Man badge. Roguelikes are built to be challenging. Hades + Elden Ring would earn me the badge.
#131 incubus421
#30 - Pac-Man (Arcade 1UP) New personal best high score of 62,550
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#31 - New Super Mario Bros. 2
Aside from absolutely throwing coins and 1-ups at you throughout the whole game, it actually provided a bit of challenge. I ended with 300+ lives! I appreciated that I had to slow down on some levels and explore a bit for all the Star Coins. I ended up collecting all 99 of them. I have to finish the last few Star Road levels, but I look forward to it.
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#32 - Hades
Took a long time to finally get around to playing this. I'm not a huge fan of the Roguelike genre, but this is a story-driven Roguelike done right! Even in death I still feel like progress was made, that I'm not absolutely back to nothing. It lives up to the praise and accolades it has received. I got my first clear using the Raging Rush version of the Eternal Spear. I look forward to several more clears.
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Personal Stats/Achievement related to this topic
- Gamecube and Dreamcast can be removed from my platform list. I no longer have games for these consoles after my recent downsizing.
- I feel like Hades is difficult enough to count towards the Grown-Ass Man badge. Roguelikes are built to be challenging. Hades + Elden Ring would earn me the badge.
5-Dec-22 4:43pm
#132 SupremeSarna
I beat two games: WarioWare Gold and Fire Emblem Heroes .
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For $30 used, I expected more from Gold. It boasts 300 microgames and full voice acting, so I expected it to be longer than WarioWare Touched, which took me about 5 hours in 2020. Instead the story mode wrapped up in about 3, and three of the 18 chapters were tutorials! Every character got one chapter and then appeared in the last cutscene—weak! There are other challenges I can play, and I probably will, but they lack the same charm as story chapters.
As for Fire Emblem Heroes, Book 6 has officially concluded for the year, which we count as the game being “beaten” for this year. I finished every Story and Paralogue on each difficulty over the course of 2022. This was the year they made my dream come true and added Brigand Boss, a random side villain from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. He’s glorious with his new art, though it looks like he put on some pounds.
#132 SupremeSarna
I beat two games: WarioWare Gold
and Fire Emblem Heroes .[imgt]https://i.imgur.com/...[/imgt]
For $30 used, I expected more from Gold. It boasts 300 microgames and full voice acting, so I expected it to be longer than WarioWare Touched, which took me about 5 hours in 2020. Instead the story mode wrapped up in about 3, and three of the 18 chapters were tutorials! Every character got one chapter and then appeared in the last cutscene—weak! There are other challenges I can play, and I probably will, but they lack the same charm as story chapters.
As for Fire Emblem Heroes, Book 6 has officially concluded for the year, which we count as the game being “beaten” for this year. I finished every Story and Paralogue on each difficulty over the course of 2022. This was the year they made my dream come true and added Brigand Boss, a random side villain from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. He’s glorious with his new art, though it looks like he put on some pounds.
5-Dec-22 5:37pm
#133 PizzaTheHutt
If the Minerva's Den DLC for BioShock 2 is worthy of being counted as a clear, then that's my #47.
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#133 PizzaTheHutt
If the Minerva's Den DLC for BioShock 2 is worthy of being counted as a clear, then that's my #47.
version5-Dec-22 5:45pm
#134 benstylus
SupremeSarna wrote:
For $30 used, I expected more from Gold. It boasts 300 microgames and full voice acting, so I expected it to be longer than WarioWare Touched, which took me about 5 hours in 2020.
Nintendo was still desperate for money at the time of Warioware's release. Switch had only been out a year and while it was doing well, they had a lot of ground to make up from Wii U.
2027/2018 releases included Mario Party Top 100 and Rhythm Heaven Megamix were also both "best of" compilations (Mario Sports Superstars was arguably another one); the Pokemon release for that year was Ultra Sun/Moon, an expanded remake of Sun/Moon; we got ports of Yoshi's Woolly World, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Luigi's Mansion, and ports of not one but two Mario & Luigi games.
In short, I'm not surprised WarioWare Gold isn't your favorite. Nintendo was scrambling for content.
#134 benstylus
SupremeSarna wrote:
For $30 used, I expected more from Gold. It boasts 300 microgames and full voice acting, so I expected it to be longer than WarioWare Touched, which took me about 5 hours in 2020.
Nintendo was still desperate for money at the time of Warioware's release. Switch had only been out a year and while it was doing well, they had a lot of ground to make up from Wii U.
2027/2018 releases included Mario Party Top 100 and Rhythm Heaven Megamix were also both "best of" compilations (Mario Sports Superstars was arguably another one); the Pokemon release for that year was Ultra Sun/Moon, an expanded remake of Sun/Moon; we got ports of Yoshi's Woolly World, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Luigi's Mansion, and ports of not one but two Mario & Luigi games.
In short, I'm not surprised WarioWare Gold isn't your favorite. Nintendo was scrambling for content.
5-Dec-22 7:17pm
#135 SupremeSarna
benstylus wrote:
2027/2018 releases included Mario Party Top 100 and Rhythm Heaven Megamix were also both "best of" compilations (Mario Sports Superstars was arguably another one)
They’re porting Megamix in five years?! What’re you doing leaking that?
and ports of not one but two Mario & Luigi games.
M&L is a little more complicated than that. AlphaDream was a small company that had the Mario & Luigi IP but very little support from Nintendo. They didn’t have the funds to develop expensive HD games for the Switch, and their 3DS entries were bringing in less revenue as fan interest waned. After Paper Jam, they only had enough money to remake existing games for the non-HD handheld, which was on its way out. And then Bowser’s Inside Story 3DS bankrupted them in 2019 by selling less units than Mario’s Virtual Boy games. Ouch.
If AlphaDream could have ditched the 3DS for the Switch, I think they would’ve. Shame, really. As for me, I would’ve dug if they’d made Mario & Luigi: Partners in Team + Admiral Shroob’s Armada.
#135 SupremeSarna
benstylus wrote:
2027/2018 releases included Mario Party Top 100 and Rhythm Heaven Megamix were also both "best of" compilations (Mario Sports Superstars was arguably another one)
They’re porting Megamix in five years?! What’re you doing leaking that?
and ports of not one but two Mario & Luigi games.
M&L is a little more complicated than that. AlphaDream was a small company that had the Mario & Luigi IP but very little support from Nintendo. They didn’t have the funds to develop expensive HD games for the Switch, and their 3DS entries were bringing in less revenue as fan interest waned. After Paper Jam, they only had enough money to remake existing games for the non-HD handheld, which was on its way out. And then Bowser’s Inside Story 3DS bankrupted them in 2019 by selling less units than Mario’s Virtual Boy games. Ouch.
If AlphaDream could have ditched the 3DS for the Switch, I think they would’ve. Shame, really. As for me, I would’ve dug if they’d made Mario & Luigi: Partners in Team + Admiral Shroob’s Armada.
5-Dec-22 9:28pm
#136 benstylus
SupremeSarna wrote:
M&L is a little more complicated than that. AlphaDream was a small company that had the Mario & Luigi IP but very little support from Nintendo. They didn’t have the funds to develop expensive HD games for the Switch, and their 3DS entries were bringing in less revenue as fan interest waned. After Paper Jam, they only had enough money to remake existing games for the non-HD handheld, which was on its way out. And then Bowser’s Inside Story 3DS bankrupted them in 2019 by selling less units than Mario’s Virtual Boy games. Ouch.
If Nintendo had paid them to make new ones they would have (just ask Platinum games about Bayonetta). But since Nintendo were also hard up for revenue back then, ports of existing games would be faster and cheaper.
Honestly they would have done much better as Switch ports. BIS especially because the 3DS could already play the original so people wondered why they should pay $40 for the new one instead of $20 for the DS version.
You say Alpha Dream couldn't afford hi res graphics for switch, but again, it all comes from the budget they are given. I don't think even Nintendo believed in the series anymore.
#136 benstylus
SupremeSarna wrote:
M&L is a little more complicated than that. AlphaDream was a small company that had the Mario & Luigi IP but very little support from Nintendo. They didn’t have the funds to develop expensive HD games for the Switch, and their 3DS entries were bringing in less revenue as fan interest waned. After Paper Jam, they only had enough money to remake existing games for the non-HD handheld, which was on its way out. And then Bowser’s Inside Story 3DS bankrupted them in 2019 by selling less units than Mario’s Virtual Boy games. Ouch.
If Nintendo had paid them to make new ones they would have (just ask Platinum games about Bayonetta). But since Nintendo were also hard up for revenue back then, ports of existing games would be faster and cheaper.
Honestly they would have done much better as Switch ports. BIS especially because the 3DS could already play the original so people wondered why they should pay $40 for the new one instead of $20 for the DS version.
You say Alpha Dream couldn't afford hi res graphics for switch, but again, it all comes from the budget they are given. I don't think even Nintendo believed in the series anymore.
5-Dec-22 9:40pm
#137 SupremeSarna
benstylus wrote:
SupremeSarna wrote:> M&L is a little more complicated than that. AlphaDream was a small company that had> the Mario & Luigi IP but very little support from Nintendo. They didn’t have the> funds to develop expensive HD games for the Switch, and their 3DS entries were bringing> in less revenue as fan interest waned. After Paper Jam, they only had enough money> to remake existing games for the non-HD handheld, which was on its way out. And then> Bowser’s Inside Story 3DS bankrupted them in 2019 by selling less units than Mario’s> Virtual Boy games. Ouch. If Nintendo had paid them to make new ones they would have (just ask Platinum games about Bayonetta). But since Nintendo were also hard up for revenue back then, ports of existing games would be faster and cheaper. Honestly they would have done much better as Switch ports. BIS especially because the 3DS could already play the original so people wondered why they should pay $40 for the new one instead of $20 for the DS version. You say Alpha Dream couldn't afford hi res graphics for switch, but again, it all comes from the budget they are given. I don't think even Nintendo believed in the series anymore.
It was a darn shame, truly. Would’ve been cool if Nintendo lifted them out of bankruptcy when the story broke in 2019. It’s sad to think the series’s creativity peaked with Dream Team in 2013 and they just kinda sputtered out over the next six years.
At least Captain Goomba was likeable in Bowser’s Minions. That new side story was legitimately quite enjoyable.
#137 SupremeSarna
benstylus wrote:
SupremeSarna wrote:> M&L is a little more complicated than that. AlphaDream was a small company that had> the Mario & Luigi IP but very little support from Nintendo. They didn’t have the> funds to develop expensive HD games for the Switch, and their 3DS entries were bringing> in less revenue as fan interest waned. After Paper Jam, they only had enough money> to remake existing games for the non-HD handheld, which was on its way out. And then> Bowser’s Inside Story 3DS bankrupted them in 2019 by selling less units than Mario’s> Virtual Boy games. Ouch. If Nintendo had paid them to make new ones they would have (just ask Platinum games about Bayonetta). But since Nintendo were also hard up for revenue back then, ports of existing games would be faster and cheaper. Honestly they would have done much better as Switch ports. BIS especially because the 3DS could already play the original so people wondered why they should pay $40 for the new one instead of $20 for the DS version. You say Alpha Dream couldn't afford hi res graphics for switch, but again, it all comes from the budget they are given. I don't think even Nintendo believed in the series anymore.
It was a darn shame, truly. Would’ve been cool if Nintendo lifted them out of bankruptcy when the story broke in 2019. It’s sad to think the series’s creativity peaked with Dream Team in 2013 and they just kinda sputtered out over the next six years.
At least Captain Goomba was likeable in Bowser’s Minions. That new side story was legitimately quite enjoyable.
5-Dec-22 10:58pm
#138 benstylus
SupremeSarna wrote:
It was a darn shame, truly. Would’ve been cool if Nintendo lifted them out of bankruptcy when the story broke in 2019. It’s sad to think the series’s creativity peaked with Dream Team in 2013 and they just kinda sputtered out over the next six years.
Paper Jam was just as good as Dream Team.
I don't think the creativity really sputtered, just the sales. And with declining sales Nintendo didn't see a point in keeping it going. I wouldn't be surprised to see a new entry eventually though, from another developer.
Want to talk about Nintendo published games that declined in creativity, let's talk about the Professor Layton series. Should probably have ended after the first trilogy. I'm partway through game 6 now. Game 4 was OK, Game 5 had a rubbish story (the ending especially absolutely infuriated me), and Game 6 doesn't appear to be any better so far.
In fact, I am enjoying May's Mystery: Forbidden Memories for DS more than the later Layton games.. It's very low budget but interesting to see a different studio's take on a Layton game
#138 benstylus
SupremeSarna wrote:
It was a darn shame, truly. Would’ve been cool if Nintendo lifted them out of bankruptcy when the story broke in 2019. It’s sad to think the series’s creativity peaked with Dream Team in 2013 and they just kinda sputtered out over the next six years.
Paper Jam was just as good as Dream Team.
I don't think the creativity really sputtered, just the sales. And with declining sales Nintendo didn't see a point in keeping it going. I wouldn't be surprised to see a new entry eventually though, from another developer.
Want to talk about Nintendo published games that declined in creativity, let's talk about the Professor Layton series. Should probably have ended after the first trilogy. I'm partway through game 6 now. Game 4 was OK, Game 5 had a rubbish story (the ending especially absolutely infuriated me), and Game 6 doesn't appear to be any better so far.
In fact, I am enjoying May's Mystery: Forbidden Memories for DS more than the later Layton games.. It's very low budget but interesting to see a different studio's take on a Layton game
6-Dec-22 12:25am
#139 Slickriven
2nd of Dec, 74th overall, 3
title
Hob
Earns me Hyrule Hero with Tunic
I loved Runic's first game - Torchlight and had this on my radar for a good while and had started it a long while back, but decided to push to beat it recently.
For a game with no dialog it did okay with telling a story of a beautiful land corrupted by some purple ooze and monsters. You play as a dude who gains a mechanical arm in the first 5 mins of the game and has to traverse the land to find stuff and eliminate the purple infection. It feels a LOT like a Zelda title, especially the earlier ones and it was fun to play, I'm happy I finally put the time in to finish it.
I found just about everything too - the 20 butterflies, all 12 pieces of sword to upgrade mine, the 3 different cloaks, all of the skill upgrades and I think all of the observation spots. I didn't collect enough currency though to be able to afford either of the final 2 upgrades I found (1 being a cloak that I wouldn't have used anyhow), but that was kind of a bummer. I used an online map to track my progress of collected things (until the image file I was drawing on crashed with only a mere few to locate, so that could be how I missed them). In any case I enjoy exploring the wonderfully crafted world and the atmosphere and music/audio of the title.
#139 Slickriven
2nd of Dec, 74th overall, 3
titleHob
Earns me Hyrule Hero with Tunic
I loved Runic's first game - Torchlight and had this on my radar for a good while and had started it a long while back, but decided to push to beat it recently.
For a game with no dialog it did okay with telling a story of a beautiful land corrupted by some purple ooze and monsters. You play as a dude who gains a mechanical arm in the first 5 mins of the game and has to traverse the land to find stuff and eliminate the purple infection. It feels a LOT like a Zelda title, especially the earlier ones and it was fun to play, I'm happy I finally put the time in to finish it.
I found just about everything too - the 20 butterflies, all 12 pieces of sword to upgrade mine, the 3 different cloaks, all of the skill upgrades and I think all of the observation spots. I didn't collect enough currency though to be able to afford either of the final 2 upgrades I found (1 being a cloak that I wouldn't have used anyhow), but that was kind of a bummer. I used an online map to track my progress of collected things (until the image file I was drawing on crashed with only a mere few to locate, so that could be how I missed them). In any case I enjoy exploring the wonderfully crafted world and the atmosphere and music/audio of the title.
6-Dec-22 1:27am
#141 SupremeSarna
I don’t know why I beat this.
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I bought a GBC/GBA lot a few weeks ago to play PAC-MAN, and SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula
came with it. I liked the video Lonely Goomba made about it on YouTube, and I was bored/ill tonight, so I tried this out. Took about 3 hours, maybe less.
@Frank said this was a good game—y u b lion 2 meh? SpongeBob jumps like Bubsy the Bobcat and enemies are small and often flying. Different enemies require different weapons to dispatch, but switching between them forces you to pause the game and pull up a window to do so. It’s tedious and frustrating. It starts going downhill at stage 3 and never really redeems itself, sadly. Best part of it was the intro, where Mr. Krabs explains a wild legend through a still image of his face. The GBC can’t capture the zany linework of the show, so his unchanging expression just makes him look kooky. It’s pretty funny, tbh.
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#141 SupremeSarna
I don’t know why I beat this.
[imgt]https://i.imgur.com/...[/imgt]
I bought a GBC/GBA lot a few weeks ago to play PAC-MAN, and SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula
came with it. I liked the video Lonely Goomba made about it on YouTube, and I was bored/ill tonight, so I tried this out. Took about 3 hours, maybe less.@Frank said this was a good game—y u b lion 2 meh? SpongeBob jumps like Bubsy the Bobcat and enemies are small and often flying. Different enemies require different weapons to dispatch, but switching between them forces you to pause the game and pull up a window to do so. It’s tedious and frustrating. It starts going downhill at stage 3 and never really redeems itself, sadly. Best part of it was the intro, where Mr. Krabs explains a wild legend through a still image of his face. The GBC can’t capture the zany linework of the show, so his unchanging expression just makes him look kooky. It’s pretty funny, tbh.
[imgt w=412 h=339]https://i.imgur.com/...[/imgt]
Beat a Game Already, 2022 console edition