1-Jan-23 12:06pm
#1

SupremeSarna

Here's the spreadsheet for '23

Link to 2022's Thread for reference

LEADERBOARDS

Total Games Beaten: 210
Top Users
1. SupremeSarna (32)
2. Bleed_DukeBlue (24)
3. legendrko25 (23)
3. DemonAlcohol, Slickriven (17)
4. Renaissance2K (12)
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Total Systems Covered: 79/337 (23.44%)
Top Users
1. SupremeSarna (10)
2. Bleed_DukeBlue, Frank (8)
3. Renaissance2K (7)
4. Slickriven (5)
5. Various users (4)
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Total Badges Earned: 31
Top Users
1. Bleed_DukeBlue (9)
2. SupremeSarna (7)
3. legendrko25 (6)
4. Slickriven (5)
5. Various users (1)
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Best1989

- Wario Land 3

- Jurassic World Evolution, Anthem, One Night Stand, Cat Quest II

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Unique Systems Covered: 2/12
Total Games Beaten: 5

Bleed_DukeBlue

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- Tekken 3

- Marvel's Midnight Suns, Marvel's Midnight Suns DLC, Dead Space (2023)

2 - Horizon: Call of the Mountain, Kayak VR: Mirage, The Light Brigade

- Halo 2

- The Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom

- High On Life, Kentucky Route Zero, Immortality, Killer Instinct: Definitive Edition, A Memoir Blue

- Inscryption, Master Takahashi's Adventure Island IV (

), Jesus: The Terrifying Bio-Monster (

), WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! (

), Samorost 1, Hearthstone, Aerial_Knight's Never Yield

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Unique Systems Covered: 8/17
Total Games Beaten: 24

BloodPuppetX

- Dragon Quest Treasures, The Diofield Chronicle, Fire Emblem Engage, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (

), Death's Door, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (

), Ninja Jajamaru: Legend of the Golden Castle, Signalis, Metroid Prime Remastered, Metroid Fusion (

), Paranormasight

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Unique Systems Covered: 1/9
Total Games Beaten: 11

bonham2

- Astro's Playroom, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart

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Unique Systems Covered: 1/3
Total Games Beaten: 3

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- CRISIS CORE –FINAL FANTASY VII– REUNION

- Final Fantasy XV
Unique Systems Covered: 2/3
Total Games Beaten: 2

buster4252

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- Pokémon Puzzle League

- Star Fox 64 3D

- Tales of Berseria

- My Friend Peppa Pig, Townscaper

- Munchkin
Unique Systems Covered: 5/21
Total Games Beaten: 9

Cevil

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Unique Systems Covered: 0/2
Total Games Beaten: 0

DemonAlcohol

- The Riftbreaker, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, Limbo, Greedfall, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, Far Cry 6, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, The Collisto Protocol

- Dead Space, Dead Space 2, Dead Space 3, Fable Anniversary, Resident Evil 0, Resident Evil Remaster, Resident Evil 2 Remake, Resident Evil 3 Remake, Resident Evil 4

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Unique Systems Covered: 2/5
Total Games Beaten: 17

DragonmasterDX

- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars

- Family Guy: The Video Game

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- The Legend of Zelda Game Watch
Unique Systems Covered: 4/34
Total Games Beaten: 4

ErickRPG

- Persona 5 Royal, Unpacking

- River City: Tokyo Rumble

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Unique Systems Covered: 2/14
Total Games Beaten: 5

Frank

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- Goldeneye 007

- Lunistice, Super Kiwi 64

- Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

- WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!

- Arcade Paradise

- Portal: Still Alive

- Peggle 2

- Aperture Desk Job

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Unique Systems Covered: 8/27
Total Games Beaten: 9

incubus421

- Metroid Dread

- Star Ocean: The Last Hope International

- Goat Simulator 3, A Plague Tale: Requiem

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Unique Systems Covered: 4/12
Total Games Beaten: 5

legendrko25

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- Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Super Smash Bros. Melee

- Destroy All Humans!

- Gin Rummy, Soulcalibur, Fallout 3, Fallout 3 DLC, Fallout New Vegas, Viva Piñata: Party Animals, MX vs. ATV Alive

- High on Life, Dig Dug, PAC-MAN, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Resident Evil 5, Monopoly Plus, Unpacking, WWE 2K15, Red Dead Redemption 2, WWE2K16, The Walking Dead: The Final Season, Road 96
Unique Systems Covered: 4/6
Total Games Beaten: 23

nonamesleft

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Unique Systems Covered: 0/6
Total Games Beaten: 0

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- Bayonetta 3, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

- God of War (2018)

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Unique Systems Covered: 2/31
Total Games Beaten: 3

Renaissance2K

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- Cuphead, Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line

- Virtua Fighter

- Virtua Fighter, Virtua Fighter Remix

- Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary

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- Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, Cake Bash, Samurai Shodown, Panzer Dragoon Remake

- Virtua Fighter PC

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Unique Systems Covered: 7/36
Total Games Beaten: 12

RVM

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Unique Systems Covered: 0/4
Total Games Beaten: 0

SailorNeoRune

- Valis: Legend of a Fantasm Soldier (

), Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid

- Fantasy Life

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Unique Systems Covered: 2/22
Total Games Beaten: 3

Scott

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Unique Systems Covered: 0/19
Total Games Beaten: 0

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- God of War 3

- Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

- Pupperazzi, Aces Of The Luftwaffe, Wreckfest, Blaster Master Zero, Cuphead, Kentucky Route Zero, Recore

- Bugsnax, High on Life, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, The Legend of Tianding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

- Layers of Fear 2, 8 Doors Arum’s Afterlife Adventure, Quake

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Unique Systems Covered: 5/25
Total Games Beaten: 17

SupremeSarna

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- Final Fantasy VI

- Donkey Kong (arcade), Jetpac (image), Donkey Kong 64

- New Play Control! Pikmin, Kirby's Return to Dream Land

- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars

- Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Wild Guns Reloaded, Tetris 99, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (

), Super Mario Sunshine, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (

), Donkey Kong Country (

), Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

- Game & Watch Gallery 2 (

), Game & Watch Gallery (

), Popeye 2 (

), Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! (

), Perfect Dark (

), Star Wars Episode I Racer (

)

- Mega Man Xtreme 2 (

), Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (

), Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ (

), Star Fox 64 3D, Sonic Blast (

), Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble (

), Picross e, PUZZLEBOX setup

- Fantasy Zone Gear

- Mega Man Powered Up

- Bayonetta

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Unique Systems Covered: 10/21
Total Games Beaten: 32

TalonJedi87

- Bayonetta 3

- God of War Ragnarök, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, Evil West, Gotham Knights, The Callisto Protocol

- Crysis Remastered, Crysis 2 Remastered, Crysis 3 Remastered
Unique Systems Covered: 3/5
Total Games Beaten: 9

VedicBlade

- Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, The Last of Us Part II, Infamous: Second Son, Prey (2017), Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, Final Fantasy VII Remake

- Dishonored 2
Unique Systems Covered: 2/3
Total Games Beaten: 7

WithinTemptation

- Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Styx: Shards of Darkness

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Unique Systems Covered: 1/5
Total Games Beaten: 2

Yoshi

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- Metroid: Zero Mission (

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- River City Ransom (

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- 3D Space Harrier

- Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter (*PCECD*), Twinbee, Bionic Commando, Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (

), Life Force

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Unique Systems Covered: 4/15
Total Games Beaten: 8

"RULES"

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. 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.
5. 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.
6. All participating past gamekeepers are thanked with a medal: image

ICONS & BADGES

Key

- 50% of systems covered,

- 100% of systems covered,

- 0 games beaten,

- 5 games beaten,

- 10 games beaten (additional gold stars for 20, 30, 40, 60, etc),

- 50 games beaten,

- 100 games beaten,

- 150 games beaten,

- 200 games beaten,

- top user in systems completed,

- top user in games beaten,

- badge leader

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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image All Aces
image Bear & Bird
image BFFL
image Bo Knows
image Brain Teaser
image Chance Time!
image Cross the Streams
image Days Gone By
image Destroy the Core
image Facelift
image Gamer's Day
image Girl Power
image Grown-Ass Man
image Guybrush Threepwood
image Hackin' and Slashin'
image Heavy Machine Gun
image Hop 'n' Bop

image Hyrulian Hero
image Level Up!
image Localize Mother 3
image Makin' Money with Minigames!
image Mass Destruction
image Metroidvania
image Moustache-Twirlin'
image Now You're Playing with Plastic
image Pile Drivin'
image Quarter Muncher
image Quest for Peace
image Raccoon City
image Race Drivin'
image Rhythmic
image Street Fightin'
image The Best Offense
image Vault Boy
image You're Winner

Skipping Messages Here

24-Jan-23 7:40pm
#161

Slickriven

6th down, 2nd

High on Life
Badge: 1st Amendment makes sense to me.

Largely beat this for @Frank's GotM club this month (vs. later). I liked Trover, so I expected I'd enjoy the humor and in general I did, though the high use of the Fbomb got old. I did some exploring in the game and got like 85% of the chests and talked to a ton of side characters and such. The mechanics weren't anything to go nuts over, but the game was fun and worth playing.

25-Jan-23 2:35am
#162

Slickriven

7th down, 1st

God of War 3
Badge - Grown-Ass Man

Been working on this one for a few weeks and I don't think I would've considered it for GAM badge until the end. The 1 fight on your 2nd visit to the bottom of the chain wasn't fun, then the 2.5D fight against Zeus was a nightmare for me. It must have taken me 30 tries, I was pushing too hard, a tactic I often do in these games and fighting games too, trying to be too offensive and not dodging/blocking/slowing down much/enough - I can get 1 track minded, not a good idea. Zeus wrecked me b/c of my lacking skills with blocking and failures to dodge enough. I finally got him by slowing myself down and reacting more with quick attacks vs. rushing and walking right into combos... and declining to lower the difficulty at least twice <sigh>
Game looked excellent even this many years later and it was still in love with it's QTEs, Kratos' rage, awesome music/score and other staples of the series. I only beat GoW2 in the last few years, but after this crazy frustrating final session I think I might take a break - was thinking I'd jump to the 2 portable system offshoots included in my collection. Also want to give Ascension a go as well, but I need a less frustrating game first.
The game interestingly had a few glitches where I had to back out to the main menu and reload in my save. It happened in at least 3 places, but the one I recall was one of the chain flights and I couldn't seem to avoid hitting something right before the cut to one of the Titans and in that scene b/c of the glitch Kratos was missing and the scene wouldn't complete b/c of it, even if I got the QTE right. Oh well.

25-Jan-23 4:38pm
#163

Slickriven

@SupremeSarna largely curious, but looking at the Mass Destruction badge, how many other games are similar to the example of Rampage? Are you thinking of say Katamarcy as well? One of the biggest reasons I trimmed the count of badges was some felt like they applied to just too few titles or too specific of a genre/subset.

25-Jan-23 5:12pm
#164

SupremeSarna

@Slickriven This was a suggestion from another user. I don't play many of them myself, but Blast Corps comes to mind immediately. I'd count Katamari and Twisted Metal also. I'm thinking games with a lot of carnage that aren't hack 'n' slashes or beat'em ups are good candidates.

25-Jan-23 7:07pm
#165

DemonAlcohol

My #7 is

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands.

https://ibb.co/nDwXb...

Woof. What a mediocre game. Graphics are nice but the game play is so repetitive. None of the weapons feel great. Most skills are low % increases to stats. Dialog is terrible and the jokes are even worse. Such gems as calling a village 'Buttsville' and having enemies repeat the same bad lines in every encounter (My foot bone is going to be connected to your ass bone). Wasn't a fan of the Borderlands games so I'm not quite sure why I picked this up. 6/10

26-Jan-23 7:58pm
#166

TalonJedi87

#4 for me is Evil West

This was the best current gen throwback to the Gears of War coop style games of that era. Graphics aren’t the greatest and framerate can be a bit choppy but other than that it tells a coherent tale has some charm and humor and is action up the butt from start to finish. It’s quite refreshing to play a linear based corridor like 3rd person action shooter with a heavy emphasis on in your face satisfying melee combat that packs a punch. We really need more games like this and Focus seems to know that and keeps delivering the goods to us on more than one occasion. Flying Wild Hog is no stranger to action shooters too I just hope sales on this game warrant more like it cause this was simply awesome.

26-Jan-23 8:17pm
#167

SupremeSarna

I beat Bayonetta

for my 360 clear this year. Got it very cheap on eBay a few years ago, now I’ve made good on that purchase.
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Game’s fun, plot’s nonsense, it’s sometimes stylish, it’s sometimes trashy, it’s always violent. What else do you expect from Mr. Twitterblock?

I played this years ago in college, but I’d forgotten most of it. Turns out it was better than I’d remembered. Maybe I’ll replay Bayonetta 2 sometime, or buy Bayonetta 3. Always happy to support Jennifer Hale, AKA Aayla Secura in Star Wars: TCW.

27-Jan-23 1:08am
#168

Slickriven

@SupremeSarna I'm actually debating playing Bayonetta on my WiiU. I have it digitally on the 360 from a Xbox giveaway, but I bought 1 & 2 from a fellow GTZ person after getting the system last year. Trying to decide btwn that and Captain Toad.

27-Jan-23 1:36am
#169

SupremeSarna

Slickriven wrote:
@SupremeSarna I'm actually debating playing Bayonetta on my WiiU. I have it digitally on the 360 from a Xbox giveaway, but I bought 1 & 2 from a fellow GTZ person after getting the system last year. Trying to decide btwn that and Captain Toad.Captain Toad is probably easier and a bit more violent, but I haven't played it myself. You can't go wrong with either, I'd say.

27-Jan-23 1:43am
#170

Bleed_DukeBlue

#8 down- Marvel’s Midnight Suns DLC on PS5. I would like to count it toward the Quest for Peace badge.

This first DLC just came out today and features Deadpool. It includes a few new story missions, allows you to integrate Deadpool into the main campaign, provides a few new costumes, and introduces new research that lets you build a food truck, giving you the ability to discard a card for an extra move and slam. Deadpool was pretty annoying as a character in this, but his deck is interesting to use and the new story missions were OK. I’ll definitely play the other DLCs when they come out, as I really enjoyed this game. I don’t know when they’ll be out, but Venom is supposedly next and then Morbius and Storm.

27-Jan-23 6:30pm
#171

SupremeSarna

I've decided after some waffling that I'll update the OP every Friday, not Saturday--changes with my work schedule make this more optimal. Sit tight, everyone!

EDIT: Got everything. With only a few days left in the month, @legendrko25 has time to beat a few more games and become #1 game-beater for January! Several others have beaten a good number--keep on going!

As for me, my brother just moved into a new house and found an abandoned Xbox One X. He gave it to me as he has little need for such a console. What a nice gesture! Now to find a game to play for it. I have a few ideas...

27-Jan-23 8:33pm
#172

DemonAlcohol

My #8 is

Dead Space (2008)

https://ibb.co/rdYbs...

Played this since the new remake just came out today. Beat it in a little over 8 hours. Great game, didn't play through when it first came out. Graphics are surprisingly good for a 15 year old game, great gameplay and tense moments. Good boss fights too. Plan on playing the rest of the trilogy in February. 8.5/10

27-Jan-23 11:45pm
#173

Slickriven

8's all around, mine is my fist

title as well
Layers of Fear 2
Badge - counts towards Raccoon City

I beat Layers of Fear in '21 and started this last year but didn't prioritize it and thus only got around 30% in. I just finished this almost walking sim... or door opening sim just now and yeah it was meh. Last time you were an artist uncovering what happened to your family, this time your an actor dealing with your past and demons, or something. It was sort of boring to me and you just moved along a linear path or sorts. It tried jump scares that didn't get me but about once. It also tried psychological things, like you enter an empty bathroom and see there's something simple to interact with, you do and a flash and loud noise and turn around and the room is completely different or there's a mannequin right in your face. There's also this monster that gets triggered a few times and chases you, it's not all that scary really, more annoying.
And wow do you open a TON of doors. It's set on a cruise ship, likely a fictional homage to the Titanic, but there are doors everywhere. They're largely used as checkpoints and prevention mechanism on any form of backtracking. I just got tired of clicking the mouse to grab the door handle and swing the door mostly away from me, but sometimes towards. I also apparently got the 'indecisive' ending - fitting. I unlocked NG+ but have zero interest in playing it anymore. It was from Bloober Team, the devs that are doing the Silent Hill 2 remake - technically their skills were great as the game was atmospheric (I should've used headphones to enhance that) and the game looked great, if a bit dark at times. The story and flow was just slow and not all that entertaining, I liked the first game's story and delivery better.

28-Jan-23 12:28am
#174

Bleed_DukeBlue

#9 down: Grumpy Cat’s Worst Game Ever on iOS. This (alongside WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!) gives me the Makin' Money with Minigames! badge.

After the hundreds of minigames I played to unlock everything for this, I never want to play a mini game again. It seems I’ve found something I hate as much as really puzzle-driven games.

28-Jan-23 6:17pm
#175

Slickriven

Got my 9th, 3rd

TMNT: Shredder's Revenge
I think I might look to beat this 5x times, so not applying towards anything yet.

I've beat this now with every character besides Raph and just finished likely my worst character, Mike. I have enjoyed this and it's not too long thus why I might go for the 5x, but we'll see. I started my next run with Raph and already am liking him over Mike. Heck I like April better than Mike, her aerial kick was pretty cool. I'd guess I've already beat this the 5x times in the last calendar year, but I'm going to guess the badge implies all clears in 2023. Once I get Raph's run done, I'll have to decide on if I care to make 3 more runs...

Additionally I've been playing The Legend of Tianding and the game is alright I guess. There's a bit too much story via dialog to read, but the fighting and exploring in some areas is decent. The 3rd boss SUCKED so much. Again it was a case of me pushing too much, but even when I caught myself doing it, it was like she tailored her attacks to what I was trying to hit her with, so I kept having to alter my strategy and dodge like a pro. When I finally beat her I was beyond stoked. I'm now facing the next boss and after just 1 try he wasn't as frustrating, but I've also purchased several more health upgrades.

28-Jan-23 11:32pm
#176

SupremeSarna

Let's welcome @buster4252 for joining this year's challenge! I've got you all set on the OP and spreadsheet, so I hope you'll play many games with us.

29-Jan-23 4:01pm
#177

SupremeSarna

I beat two more games: Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!

and Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!

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As my first real Minis game, March Again was quite good. It was longer than it needed to be, but most of the puzzles were well-made and comfortably challenging. The ones that make heavy use of Thwomps are a pain, and the DK boss fights are pretty weak, but otherwise it’s a good time. Got all 100 gold stars.

As for Wario Blast, beep Bomberman. It’s a decent game, but holy cow, Bomberman is ruthless and annoying by design. The enemies wander around placing bombers thst detonate in four directions, and your own bombs vaporize you—one hit and you’re dead! You have to best the enemies in 2 out of 3 matches, then they add more. There are upgrades like the ability to kick bombs forward and even Wario’s first motorcycle. Once you get the ability to shove and stun enemies, you become nearly omnipotent.

But then bosses come into play. Some are easy, but others are incredibly frustrating. They’re usually invincible unless you destroy some projectile to make them briefly vulnerable. But that takes a lot of setup and they take multiple hits to kill; one mistake kills you, remember. The final boss is dreadful, with three separate phases and numerous projectiles that it can launch at a moment’s notice. Took at least 20 tries to beat him, and that’s ignoring all the deaths I suffered at bosses 2 and 4. Never again.

29-Jan-23 6:19pm
#178

Bleed_DukeBlue

#10 down: Samorost 1 on PC. This is my first clear for the Brain Teaser badge and the first game I've ever played on Gog. This is a really weird, short puzzle game in which you have to help this gnome guy get back after his rocket took him off course. I don't usually like puzzle games, but I will admit that some of the ones in this are fairly clever. A few were pretty tricky and took me awhile to figure out. Some of the characters look kinda creepy, because it looks like someone took a regular picture of a person's face and used it on a different character (like this one squirrel you encounter with a human face).

30-Jan-23 12:41pm
#179

legendrko25

SupremeSarna wrote:
legendrko25 wrote:> I beat Monopoly Plus on the xbox1

Did you play as the shoe?
No the dog

30-Jan-23 12:41pm
#180

Bleed_DukeBlue

#11 down: Halo 2 on Xbox. This gives me (alongside my previous clear of High on Life) the 2nd Amendment badge.

I enjoyed this one more than Halo. The story was more interesting, and there were a few level design details that I was impressed with despite how old this game is. While there are still a lot of grey hallways like in the original, there’s more variety this time around.

31-Jan-23 1:55am
#181

Bleed_DukeBlue

#12 down: Hearthstone on PC. This is my first completion toward the All Aces badge. As per the badge, I beat two matches, but that didn't feel like enough, so I also beat a bunch of challenges and a single player campaign. This game is pretty addictive, and the fact that you can just pick it up and play a match whenever is nice. You can actually unlock quite a bit without paying any money as well.

Beat a Game 2023

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