Games Beaten 2012

[RyaNtheSlayA]

I like the idea of using the spoiler tags for previous months to keep clutter down.

January

Dear Esther
Deus Ex Human Revolution + Missing link
Jamestown

February
Shank
Sonic Generations
Thunderforce III

An excellent shmup! I really liked the whole style of it. There's some pretty catchy tunes in it as well. Gotta love the garbled voices. Took all my credits to get through it though. I can make it to the end of Stage 3 on one but after that it's death after death.

[emwearz]

All Games:

Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered - iOS
Tiki Towers 2 - iOS
inFAMOUS - PS3
The Blackwell Legacy - PC
Blackwell Unbound - PC
The Blackwell Convergence - PC
Blackwell Deception - PC
The Secret of Grisly Manor - iOS
Duke Nukem Forever - The Doctor Who Cloned Me - PC
Skate 3 - 360
Gears of War 3 - 360

Total for 2012: 12

The Darkness II - PC
I have not played the first game so I can not compare them, however after finishing the second I will be picking up the first game as soon as I can. A really enjoyable story, great graphics that are very stylish as well as the 'darkness' gameplay which adds to the normal FPS to keep the game feeling fresh.

I enjoyed it from start to finish, the biggest issue, the game SO SHORT, that annoying 3-4 hours style short. The game feels like it could have been so much more, just when you are really getting into it, it finishes, I was overtly shocked when the credits started to roll.

I have heard it is not as good as the original, which makes me very excited to try it out.

[J T]

I like short games, so I look forward to The Darkness II when it drops in price.

[emwearz]

I like short games, so I look forward to The Darkness II when it drops in price.

Generally I do too, and I loved the game, I can't stress that enough. But I finished it in 2 sittings.

[J T]

Yeah, that's a bit too short. I think my ideal play time is right around 10 hours to beat a game. That's not so long that I never finish, but not so short that I feel ripped off on content.

[Stark]

All Games:

Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered - iOS
Tiki Towers 2 - iOS
inFAMOUS - PS3
The Blackwell Legacy - PC
Blackwell Unbound - PC
The Blackwell Convergence - PC
Blackwell Deception - PC
The Secret of Grisly Manor - iOS
Duke Nukem Forever - The Doctor Who Cloned Me - PC
Skate 3 - 360
Gears of War 3 - 360

Total for 2012: 12

The Darkness II - PC
I have not played the first game so I can not compare them, however after finishing the second I will be picking up the first game as soon as I can. A really enjoyable story, great graphics that are very stylish as well as the 'darkness' gameplay which adds to the normal FPS to keep the game feeling fresh.

I enjoyed it from start to finish, the biggest issue, the game SO SHORT, that annoying 3-4 hours style short. The game feels like it could have been so much more, just when you are really getting into it, it finishes, I was overtly shocked when the credits started to roll.

I have heard it is not as good as the original, which makes me very excited to try it out.

My friend seems to think it was better than the original and we both thought The Darkness was a really good game. I believe, at the very least, that it's longer.

[Gamerforlife]

I need to play The Darkness II. I was really captivated by the first game's story and the way in which it was told. I think it's unfortunate that some people are playing the sequel first though. From what I've seen of The Darkness II, it's story seems built off of the biggest spoiler and most emotional moment from the first game. You guys will go into the first game already knowing that's going to happen so it won't have the same impact

[Stark]

I need to play The Darkness II. I was really captivated by the first game's story and the way in which it was told. I think it's unfortunate that some people are playing the sequel first though. From what I've seen of The Darkness II, it's story seems built off of the biggest spoiler and most emotional moment from the first game. You guys will go into the first game already knowing that's going to happen so it won't have the same impact

Yeah I didn't even think of that. The first one is Starbreeze, those guys are rockstars in my book. Can't wait to check out their latest, Syndicate.

[geozeldadude]

rating scale: two thumbs up = highly recommended, one thumb up = good not great, thumbs down = avoid

- virtua fighter remix (sat) -- thumbs down
- nintendogs + cats (3DS) -- one thumb up
- just dance 2 (wii) -- one thumb up
- NEW professor layton and the curious village (DS) -- one thumb up
- NEW photo dojo (DSiware) -- one thumb up
- NEW rhythm heaven fever (wii) -- one thumb up

finally finished the first professor layton game. i'm not into brain-teasers much in general so the game had limited appeal, but the style is so great that overall i enjoyed it. prob. going to skip the second one, though, and go straight to the third which seems to get better reviews.

did a quick run-through of photo dojo. entertaining, but limited. if i had cooler friends this would've def. had more longevity for me.

rhythm heaven fever was fun, but waaaay too similar to its DS (and GBA) predecessors. still, the gameplay is solid and there was enough novelty in the scenarios, despite quite a few being recycled, to keep me playing through to the end. passing the final stage (remix 10) was a huge pain, though, and much harder than the rest of the game. addition of multi-player was nice but not a "game-changer".

still no two-thumbs-up games for me yet this year ...

[sabrage]

I need to play The Darkness II. I was really captivated by the first game's story and the way in which it was told. I think it's unfortunate that some people are playing the sequel first though. From what I've seen of The Darkness II, it's story seems built off of the biggest spoiler and most emotional moment from the first game. You guys will go into the first game already knowing that's going to happen so it won't have the same impact

Yeah I didn't even think of that. The first one is Starbreeze, those guys are rockstars in my book. Can't wait to check out their latest, Syndicate.

Ironically, I hear that Syndicate and The Darkness 2 are both very good at one thing: power tripping all over your enemies, and The Darkness does it better.