Games Beaten : 2011

[emwearz]

Plants Vs Zombies - PC
Halo 3: ODST - 360
Enslaved: Odyssey To The West - 360
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - NDS
Unreal Tournament 3 - 360
Dead Space - 360
Harms Way - XBLA
Starfox Assault - GC
Cut the Rope: Holiday Gift - IOS
The House of the Dead: Overkill - Wii
Fallout 3 - 360
Peggle Extreme - PC
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast - PC
Marvel Vs Capcom 3 - 360
Portal - PC
The Great Gatsby - Browser
Kirby Super Star Ultra - NDS
Bulletstorm - PC
Half Life: Source - PC
Probotector - NES
Fable III - 360
Perfect Dark - N64
Crysis 2 - 360
Final Fantasy XIII - 360
Portal 2 - 360
Half Life 2 - 360
Machinarium - PC
King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown (AGDInteractive Remake) - PC
Half Life 2: Episode 1 - 360
Tony Hawk's Project 8 - 360
King's Quest II: Romancing The Stones (AGDInteractive Remake) - PC
Singularity - PC
Samorost - Browser
Samorost 2 - PC
Mortal Kombat (9) - 360
Gemini Rue - PC
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - PC
Duke Nukem Forever - 360
Beneath a Steel Sky - PC
Metal Slug 5 - PS2
Prey - PC
Vanquish - 360
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - Episode 1 - PC
Child of Eden - 360
Metal Slug XX - PSP

Total Games for 2011: 45

Thoughts on the Game(s)

So it is pretty much the same as 7 on the DS, just with stretched graphics, you can put it to the original aspect, but it has borders on the bottom and sides of the display.

If you have played it on the DS, you can easily skip this, I was really hoping that it would be corrected for the aspect of the PSP screen, rather than just stretching.

[dsheinem]

Metal Slug XX - PSP

Total Games for 2011: 45

Thoughts on the Game(s)

So it is pretty much the same as 7 on the DS, just with stretched graphics, you can put it to the original aspect, but it has borders on the bottom and sides of the display.

If you have played it on the DS, you can easily skip this, I was really hoping that it would be corrected for the aspect of the PSP screen, rather than just stretching.

Hmm, I guess I'll take it off my want list then. Is it no different than 7 at all?

[noiseredux]

Metal Slug XX - PSP

Total Games for 2011: 45

Thoughts on the Game(s)

So it is pretty much the same as 7 on the DS, just with stretched graphics, you can put it to the original aspect, but it has borders on the bottom and sides of the display.

If you have played it on the DS, you can easily skip this, I was really hoping that it would be corrected for the aspect of the PSP screen, rather than just stretching.

Hmm, I guess I'll take it off my want list then. Is it no different than 7 at all?

"A revised version of the game, titled Metal Slug XX (メタルスラッグ XX?), also known as Metal Slug Double X, was released on December 23, 2009 in Japan and North America on February 23, 2010 by Atlus for the PlayStation Portable. This version of the game features additional content, including co-op multiplayer and downloadable content."

[Stark]

1/15 Dynamite Cop (DC)
2/4 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (PS3)
5/19 Portal 2 - Single Player (PS3)
5/22 Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished (PSP)
6/5 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Reverie (PS3)
6/28 Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X (PSP)
7/17 Golden Axe (PSN)
7/22 Red Dead Redemption (PS3)
7/31 Heavy Rain (PS3)

So far I've loved every Quantic Dream game. This one is no exception, I love their style of interactive gaming, I'd really like to try this with the Move controller. Maybe someday.

[lisalover1]

I just finished Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, and... wow. Just... wow. So amazing... I'm speechless. I can give this game nothing less than my highest recommendations with a perfect score of 10/10. This is the finest puzzle game I have ever played, and this is coming from me right after finishing Catherine. The story, music, voice acting, ingenious and brain-busting puzzles, and the stunningly beautiful art and animation make it feel like a game that is too big to be presented on the modest DS hardware, but in that way, it also utilizes the hardware so perfectly as to make it a better game because of it. I went into the Professor Layton series a while back expecting a simple but clever and challenging puzzle game, as was portrayed in the series' many commercials. While I certainly did get that, I more importantly got a remarkable set of stories to accompany it. These games are sheer brilliance, and Unwound Future is a glorious crescendo to the series thus far.

[emwearz]

Metal Slug XX - PSP

Total Games for 2011: 45

Thoughts on the Game(s)

So it is pretty much the same as 7 on the DS, just with stretched graphics, you can put it to the original aspect, but it has borders on the bottom and sides of the display.

If you have played it on the DS, you can easily skip this, I was really hoping that it would be corrected for the aspect of the PSP screen, rather than just stretching.

Hmm, I guess I'll take it off my want list then. Is it no different than 7 at all?

"A revised version of the game, titled Metal Slug XX (メタルスラッグ XX?), also known as Metal Slug Double X, was released on December 23, 2009 in Japan and North America on February 23, 2010 by Atlus for the PlayStation Portable. This version of the game features additional content, including co-op multiplayer and downloadable content."

The local Co-Op I will most likely never use to be honest, the DLC, from what I know is just the ability to download and play as Leona Heidern from KOF, and she is all ready on the disc, you are just 'unlocking her', if you have CFW you can play as her using a program apparently.

As I said the game is pretty close to identical to Metal Slug 7 and does not warrent a second purchase, my thoughts.

[alienjesus]

Donkey Kong Jr. e-Reader
Riviera: The Promised Land GBA
Super Mario Bros. 2 Wii
King of Fighters R2 NGPC
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn DS
Metal Slug 2nd Mission NGPC
Pocket Tennis Colour NGPC
Metroid GC
Super Mario Bros. 3 Wii
Probotector 2 Game Boy
A Boy and his Blob Wii
Pokemon White DS
Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa VC
Kirby's Dream Land 3 VC
Bomberman '93 VC
Super Probotector: Alien Rebels VC
Wonder Boy in Monster Land VC
Pilotwings Resort 3DS
Deja Vu Casebook 1: A Nightmare Comes True GBC
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg GC
Starfox Command DS
Sin and Punishment: Successor of the Skies Wii
Deja Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas GBC
Virtual On Cyber Troopers Saturn
Virtua Fighter Saturn
Athlete Kings Saturn
Guardian Heroes Saturn
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters Game Boy
StreetPass Quest 3DS
Face Raiders 3DS
Dead or Alive: Dimensions 3DS
Wonder Boy in Monster World VC
Final Fantasy III DS
Ghost Trick DS
Banjo Kazooie N64
Sam & Max Save the World: Episode 101: Culture Shock PC
Sam & Max Save the World: Episode 102: Situation Comedy PC
Sam & Max Save the World: Episode 103: The Mole, the Mob and the Meatball PC
Sam & Max Save the World: Episode 104: Abe Lincoln Must Die PC
Panzer Dragoon Saturn
Punch-Out!! NES
Blazing Lazers TG16
Sam & Max Save the World: Episode 105: Reality 2.0 PC
Sam & Max Save the World: Episode 106: Bright Side of the Moon PC
Final Fantasy IX PS1
Crash Bandicoot PS1 *NEW*
Advance Wars 2 GBA *NEW*
Total: 46

Crash Bandicoot was a fun and short little game. It was also kinda easy. I was on 80+ lives on the second last level, although I lost like 20 on that one level embarrassingly enough. I didn't come close to getting all the secret gems and whatnot though, so theres more to tempt me back another time. Overall a solid if unremarkable little platformer thats dated OK.

Advance Wars 2 was a fun game which was also my 7th game of 10 for the Snickerd00dle Summer Challenge. I wrote my thoughts in that thread. Needless to say though, I enjoyed it well enough.

Next Up: Secret of Mana, Mario Galaxy 2, Other stuff.

[Flake]

1/11 Guardian Heroes (SAT)
1/14 Sonic Adventure (GCN)
1/17 Marvel vs Capcom 2 (DC)
1/17 X-Men vs Street Fighter (SAT)
1/22 Dragon Ball Z Budokai (GCN)
1/24 Street Fighter III - The New Generation (DC)
1/24 Street Fighter Alpha 3 (DC)
1/25 Mega Man X (GCN)
1/26 Dragon Ball Advanced Adventure (GBA)
1/31 Tatsunoko vs Capcom (Wii)
2/1 Megaman X2 (GCN)
2/2 Marvel vs Capcom (DC)
2/3 Megaman X3 (GCN)
2/3 Megaman X4 (GCN)
2/4 Megaman X5 (GCN)
2/5 Megaman X6 (GCN)
2/7 Gundam SEED: Never Ending Tomorrow (PS2)
2/8 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (DC)
2/9 Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors Dreams (PS2)
2/9 The King of Fighters XI (PS2)
2/11 The King of Fighters '99 Dream Match (DC)
2/13 SNK Gals Fighter (NGPC)
2/16 The King of Fighters '98 (Wii)
2/17 The King of Fighters '96 (Wii)
2/17 Metal Slug (Wii)
2/17 Metal Slug 2 (Wii)
2/18 SNK vs Capcom: The Match of the Millennium (NGPC)
2/19 The King of Fighters '97 (Wii)
2/19 Street Fighter II' (Wii / VC)
2/22 Metal Slug 3 (Wii)
2/25 Super Street Fighter IV (PS3)
2/27 Capcom vs SNK 2 (DC)
2/27 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
3/3 Mega Man II (GB)
3/5 Super Street Fighter II: HD Remix (PS3)
3/6 Mega Man III (GB)
3/11 Mega Man IV (GB)
3/13 Mega Man: Powered Up! (PSP)
3/14 Garou: Mark of the Wolves (DC)
3/15 Street Fighter III 3rd Strike (PS2)
3/15 Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold (PS2)
3/15 Street Fighter Alpha 2 (PS2)
3/15 Street Fighter EX 3 (PS2)
3/15 Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (PS2)
3/16 The King of Fighters R2 (NGPC)
3/16 Project Justice: Rival Schools (DC)
3/17 Capcom Fighting Evolution (PS2)
3/20 Zone of the Enders (PS2)
3/21 P.N.03 (GCN)
3/21 Super Puzzle Fighter II (GBA)
3/27 Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition (3DS)
4/10 Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (GCN)
4/28 Vampire Savior (SAT)
5/3 Advance Guardian Heroes (GBA)
5/7 Virtua Fighter Kids (SAT)
5/12 Soul Calibur II (GCN)
5/13 Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland (GBA)
5/14 Dead or Alive 2 (DC)
5/14 Gigawing (DC)
5/15 Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 (Wii)
5/23 Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure (NGPC)
5/24 Mega Man 8 (SAT)
5/27 Kirby's Dream Land (GB)
6/4 Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land (GB)
6/18 Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA)
6/20 Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (PS3)
6/20 Street Fighter Alpha 2 (SAT)
6/20 Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors Dreams (GBC)
7/10 Kodou Senshi Gundam (SAT)
7/10 Super Mario Land (GB)
7/16 Sin and Punishment: Star Successor (Wii)
7/18 NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii)
7/25 Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter (SAT)
7/26 Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team (XBLA)
7/27 The King of Dragons (PS2)
7/31 Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
8/2 The King of Fighters '99 Evolution (DC)
8/2 Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing (Wii)

KoF '99 isn't a bad game...but there is just something about it that feels weak. The roster is kinda lame compared to KoF '98. The story is boring and clunky compared to KoF '97. The striker system feels like a tacked on nod to the X-Men vs Capcom series. The last boss is pretty much instantly forgettable compared to Rugal, Orochi, or Iori.

It's just kind of there, you know?

This Dreamcast port is pretty nicely polished. I like the extra strikers and the 3D intros into the 2D stages are VERY well done. It's obvious that top notch people were brought in to develop the port - it's just too bad they didn't have much to work with in the first place.

I finally finished all the Grandprix Races on Sonic and Sega All Star Racing today as well. To be honest - Sega has never really been my go-to for racing games. They really knocked it out of the park with this one, though. I prefer it to Mario Kart Wii, all said and done. The music has got to be the best part - Sonic R tunes on every other track. I just wish they'd scoured more of their catalog for material. Way too many Sonic characters and not enough Sega All Stars.

[AznKhmerBoi]

yea definilty gonna try to beat it as soon as i get some more freaking batteries for teh remote. Damn...

I just beat Mario Galaxy. It was amazing.

[SpaceBooger]

01/15/11 Tatsunoko VS. Capcom - Wii
01/22/11 TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist - Genesis
01/30/11 A Boy and His Blob - Wii
02/01/11 Batman: The Brave and the Bold - Wii
02/26/11 Pier Solar - Genesis
03/26/11 Skies of Arcadia - DC
05/07/11 Portal - PC
05/21/11 Portal 2 (Single Player) - PC
07/16/11 Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters - Wii
08/01/11 Capcom Fighting Evolution - PS2 NEW
08/02/11 Metroid: Other M - Wii NEW

I beat Capcom FE with a couple different characters and unlocked the bosses, so I will consider it beaten. I liked the game, but like most fighting games I don't put the time into it to learn new characters' moves so I mainly used Ryu.

As for Metroid: Other M, I started the game on release day and stopped about 6 hours into it. For some reason last week I picked it up again and Sunday night beat the main game and tonight I finished the epilogue. I did not get 100% of the items, nor have I in any of the Metroid games, but I did beat the game and have to say I had fun. The game itself is fun, fun enough to outweigh the cut scenes.