Games Beaten 2015

[MrPopo]

You need to get on that Link Between Worlds.

[prfsnl_gmr]

You need to get on that Link Between Worlds.

I'm playing it right now, actually. (Literally...I am playing it right...now.)

[BoneSnapDeez]

Yeah...I agree. Both Twilight Princess and Zelda II are fantastic games. As someone who has completed all but five games in the Legend of Zelda series (i.e., Four Swords Adventure, Link Between Worlds, Skyward Sword, Wand of Gamelon, and Zelda's Adventure), I really don't understand how anyone can view them negatively. (That's OK, however, because if we all liked the same things, I wouldn't have such extraordinary taste.)

Wait, so you HAVE beaten Link: The Faces of Evil?

Don't think the CD-I games should "count" anyway. They're fanfiction shovelware.

And yeah, Zelda games are almost always top-notch. When ranking the best games on any Nintendo system there's at least one (or more) Zelda titles in the top 5. With one exception - the lowest point of the entire series is probably those two DS games.

[prfsnl_gmr]

Wait, so you HAVE beaten Link: The Faces of Evil?

No...I just got my titles miwed up.

With one exception - the lowest point of the entire series is probably those two DS games.

Spirit Tracks is my least favorite game in the series, but even it wasn't that bad.

[alienjesus]

Bad Zelda games are still pretty great overall, for my money.

There are a lot of games I absolutely love that would be in by bottom 5 Zelda games. The only one I don't really enjoy is original Zelda, and that's more to do with how dated it feels and how obtuse it is than it being 'bad'.

But yeah, I'd but the DS games right down there too. They'd be pretty solid if they weren't Zelda games, but as Zelda titles they're a bit of a let down.

[BoringSupreez]

Bad Zelda games are still pretty great overall, for my money.

"I'm so hungry, I could eat an octorock!"

Or are we not including those as Zelda games?

[alienjesus]

Bad Zelda games are still pretty great overall, for my money.

"I'm so hungry, I could eat an octorock!"

Or are we not including those as Zelda games?

I just take it as given that we aren't personally.

For what it's worth, Wand of Gamelon and Faces of Evil are very impressive and well constructed games considering the awful hardware they were running on.

[Sarge]

Beat King of Demons three separate times. Bad ending, good ending (no-death run), and on Hard. Not a bad game, quite short, though. Definitely feels like an NES platformer transplanted to the SNES.

[dsheinem]

Games Beaten 2015
First 50 of the year:

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call - 3DS
A Bird Story - PC
Quake - PC
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - PS4
Quake: Scourge of Armagon - PC
Quake: Dissolution of Eternity - PC
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis - NDS
Painkiller - PC
Gungrave: Overdose - PS2
Adventure -Atari 2600 (PS2)
Auto Racing - Intellivision (PS2) [1979]
Boxing - Atari 2600 (PS2) [1980]
The Count - TI99/4A (emulated) [1981]
Dragonstomper - Atari 2600/Starpath Supercharger (emulated) [1982]
Enduro - Atari 2600 (PS2) [1983]
Diablo III - PS4
Front Line - Atari 2600 (emulated) [1984]
Gertie Goose - The Lost Eggs - C64 (emulated) [1985]
Ocean Commander - Wii
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance - PS2
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - PS4
Mortal Kombat: Deception - PS2
The Order: 1886 - PS4
The Uncle Who Works for Nintendo - PC
Grab Them By The Eyes - PC
Growl - PS2/Arcade
Hydlide - NES [1986]
Ikari Warriors - NES [1987]
Jonah Barrington's Squash - C64 (emulated) [1988]
Steel Diver - 3DS
Super Mario 3D World - - Wii U
Quake II - PC
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number - PS4
Kung Fu Louie vs. The Martial Art Posse - PC [1989]
Loom - PC [1990]
Metroid II: Return of Samus - GB [1991]
Ninja Commando - - Arcade (MAME) [1992]
Tennis in the Face - Vita
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD - PS4
Quake II: The Reckoning - PC
Injustice: Gods Among Us - PS4
Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry - PS4
Infamous: First Light - PS4
Race the Sun - PS4
Mad Riders - PS3
Destiny: House of Wolves - PS4
Escape Goat 2 - PS4
Tower of Guns - PS4
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood - PC
Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars - PS3

NotGTAV - - PC
Flower - PS4
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture- PS4
Towerfall - PS4
Cyberbots - PS1
Battletoads (Arcade) - Xbox One
Forza Horizon 2 presents Fast and Furious - Xbox One
Gunman Clive 2 - 3DS
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions - Vita
Rocket League - PS4 *new*
Far Cry 4 - PS4 *new*

Total: 61

Previously: 2014 | The First 400 Games

Rocket League is my top contender for GOTY so far (no, really!), and I finally sat down and played through the season mode, which produces credits and a sense that it has been "beaten." I've probably played at least 20 more matches since beating it, though, so this one will stay in regular rotation for a while

Far Cry 4 is a fun game. It is probably one of the most engaging and largest open world games I've encountered, and it does a good job of cementing the series for me as one that is worth going back to from time to time. I still think Far Cry 2 is king, but this is a very solid game that anyone who enjoys FPS/RPG hybrids should really find to be worth their time.

Now that Far Cry 4 is finished I feel better about diving into my collector's edition copy of MGSV! I hear that one is quite long, but I am very much looking forward to it! I'll be playing through smaller games along the way (e.g. Her Story), and am trying to get this list closer to 75 titles by the time September is out. We shall see...

[Markies]

I beat Sega Rally Championship 2 on the Sega Dreamcast this afternoon!

Not much to talk about here, but the game is a really fun Rally game. The controls are great, the graphics are really good for an early Dreamcast game and it is just a blast to play. Really fun and I want to keep playing it to see if I can complete it.