Games Beaten 2012

Post by **dsheinem** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:13 am

Golden Axe Warrior - SMS
Current - iOS
Golden Axe: The Duel - Saturn
Golden Axe - Genesis
Capcom Fighting Evolution - PS2
Metal Slug XX - PSP
Ketsui: Death Label - NDS
DoDonPachi: Blissful Death - iOS
Shock Troopers: 2nd Squad - Arcade (MAME)
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary -360
The Simpsons Arcade Game - PS3
Soul Edge - PS1
HamsterBall - PS3
BlazBlu: Continuum Shift Extend - Vita
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3- Vita
Uncharted: Golden Abyss - Vita
Ys 1 - PSP
Journey - PS3
X-Men vs. Street Fighter - Arcade (MAME)
Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter - Arcade (MAME)
Street Fighter X Tekken - PS3
Mass Effect 3 - 360
Mass Effect 3: From Ashes - 360
Mystic Warriors - Wrath of the Ninja - Arcade (MAME)
Dragon Blaze - Arcade (MAME)
Shadows of the Damned - 360
Arabian Nights (from Pinball Arcade) - Vita
Driver: San Francisco 360
Skull Girls - PS3
Wolfenstien 3D - iOS
Skull and Crossbones - Arcade (MAME)
Diablo III - PC
Resistance: Burning Skies - Vita
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown -PS3
Final Fantasy IV - PSP
Capcom vs SNK 2 EO - Gamecube *new*

TOTAL: 36

2011 Games Beaten
2010 Games Beaten

My guess is that CvS2EO is the last game I'll beat in the first half of the year (I have plenty of other things to do today), so I'll go ahead and make this my last entry for the first half of the year.

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As I usually do at the midway point and at the end of the year, here's some pointless stats:

Some stats
Total Games: 36 (a sharp decrease from 2010 and 2011, where I was at 50 each year by this point)

System:
Current Gen: 20 (6 - PS3, 5 - 360, 5 - Vita, 3 - iOS, 1 - PC)
Retro: 16 (across 8 systems)

Genre:
Fighting - 11
RPG - 6
Beat 'Em Up/ Run-n-Gun - 6
First Person Shooter - 3
Shmup - 3
Third Person Shooter - 2
Other - 5

Best game I've finished that was released this year: Journey (PS3)
Runner-up: BlazBlu: Continuum Shift Extend (Vita) /Diablo III (PC) (tie)

Best retro game I finished for the first time: Ketsui: Death Label (NDS) (the DS is technically last gen now, right? This port is 6 years old...)
Runner-up: Ys 1 (PSP)

Post by **alienjesus** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:24 am

dsheinem wrote:
Best retro game I finished for the first time: Ketsui: Death Label (NDS) (the DS is technically last gen now, right? This port is 6 years old...)

I was gonna keep counting DS as current gen for now. The consoles are still being produced, still selling well, and have a number of games either recently released or due soon. It's certainly drying up, but I don't think it's quite there yet. There's still some big name Pokémon games on the way. I'm also counting PSP as modern, especially as the Vita wasn't out when I beat the 2 PSP games I beat this year.

Anyway, I might do a little stat round up too whilst I'm at it:

Total: 50
Total beaten so far: 50 - halfway to 100 halfway through the year! Can I reach the triple digits? I reckon not as 5 of my titles were Sam and Max, but who knows?

System Breakdown:
Current Gen : 27
(8 Wii, 6 DS, 5 PC, 3 3DS, 2 Wiiware, 2 PSP, 1 DSiWare)
Retro: 23
(5 Wii Virtual Console, 4 3DS Virtual Console, 3 Master System, 2 Game Boy, 1 Dreamcast, 1 GBA, 1 Gamecube, 1 Game Gear, 1 NGPC, 1 Playstation, 1 Saturn, 1 SNES, 1 XBox)

Physical: 40
Digital: 10

Console: 26
Portable: 19
Computer: 5

By Genre:
Platformer: 12
Adventure (P&C): 6
RPG: 6
Action Adventure: 5
Puzzle: 4
Shooting: 4 (includes shmups, dogfighters, run 'n guns and rail shooters)
Strategy: 4
Fighting: 2
Mini-games: 2
FPS: 1
Racing: 1
Rhythm: 1
Sports: 1
Other: 1 (Trauma Centre)

Best game I've finished released this year: Kid Icarus Uprising. Also the ONLY game beaten released this year...

Top 5 Modern Games beaten this year so far:
1. Kid Icarus Uprising
2. Xenoblade Chronicles
3. Sakura Wars
4. Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse
5. Phoenix Wright: Trials & Tribulations

This was really hard to narrow down, and I'm not even sure I agree with it now either. There's been a lot of great Wii and DS games I've played this year.

Top 5 Retro Games beaten this year so far:
1. Lords of Thunder
2. Golden Axe Warrior
3. Ufouria: The Saga
4. Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
5. Command & Conquer

This on the other hand I had very little problem with. There were a few games that narrowly missed the list (Kirby Superstar, F Zero MV), but mostly I haven't been that enamoured with most of my beaten retro games so far this year. Most were good, but not great.

Post by **lisalover1** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 3:40 pm

Out of sheer curiosity, I played the port of Street Fighter 2 for the Master System. I beat it on my first try, on an emulator on a tablet. Yeah, this version of the game is insanely easy; Chun-Li is waaaaaaaayyyy overpowered here.

Post by **final fight cd** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:42 am

snatcher - sega cd
keio flying squadron - sega cd
lords of thunder -sega cd
robo aleste - sega cd
android assault - sega cd
task force harrier ex - genesis
thunderforce III - genesis
steel empire - genesis

i think my gaming is maturing a bit. i used to count a shmup conquered if i was able to beat the last boss. and it didn't matter the number of continues used. as long as i beat the game in one sitting it was beat. i just don't get that satisfaction anymore with such lenient standards. i recently upped the ante and currently i will only consider a shmup won if i beat it on default settings and a continue is not used.

so far task force is really the only game i actually had to put some work into to beat it. took me three or so days of playing it on and off to finally conquer it. and when i finally did beat the sumbitch i only died once. i came THIS close to my first ever 1cc. not much to say about it besides, "i liked it."

thunderforce III is okay. another easy shmup. extra lives are given out like pedophilers giving out candy. shit, i died a handful of times and still had 13 lives when i beat it.

steel empire has the most ridiculous slow down. ever.

i need some fresh blood in my genesis collection. anybody have any suggestions on good genesis shmups?

Post by **dsheinem** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:03 am

final fight cd wrote:snatcher - sega cd
keio flying squadron - sega cd
lords of thunder -sega cd
robo aleste - sega cd
android assault - sega cd
task force harrier ex - genesis
thunderforce III - genesis
steel empire - genesis

i think my gaming is maturing a bit. i used to count a shmup conquered if i was able to beat the last boss. and it didn't matter the number of continues used. as long as i beat the game in one sitting it was beat. i just don't get that satisfaction anymore with such lenient standards. i recently upped the ante and currently i will only consider a shmup won if i beat it on default settings and a continue is not used.

so far task force is really the only game i actually had to put some work into to beat it. took me three or so days of playing it on and off to finally conquer it. and when i finally did beat the sumbitch i only died once. i came THIS close to my first ever 1cc. not much to say about it besides, "i liked it."

thunderforce III is okay. another easy shmup. extra lives are given out like pedophilers giving out candy. shit, i died a handful of times and still had 13 lives when i beat it.

steel empire has the most ridiculous slow down. ever.

i need some fresh blood in my genesis collection. anybody have any suggestions on good genesis shmups?

Gaiares
MUSHA
Truxton
Fire Shark

Post by **pierrot** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 7:14 am

final fight cd wrote:i came THIS close to my first ever 1cc.

If you're playing through without using any continues, you've already 1cc'ed it. You might be thinking of a no-death run, which is a completely different beast of a challenge. (Depending on what you're playing.)

Post by **dsheinem** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:52 am

January-June
Bride of Pin*Bot (from Pinball Arcade) - Vita *new*

TOTAL: 37

2011 Games Beaten
2010 Games Beaten

As I did with Arabian Nights, I am counting this as one "beaten" since I cleared all Standard/Wizard goals and attained the high score. We've been discussing it over here: http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... 51&t=26326

Post by **final fight cd** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 12:33 pm

pierrot wrote:
final fight cd wrote:i came THIS close to my first ever 1cc.
If you're playing through without using any continues, you've already 1cc'ed it. You might be thinking of a no-death run, which is a completely different beast of a challenge. (Depending on what you're playing.)

really? i always thought 1cc was a no death run. learn something new everyday.

Post by **pierrot** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:26 pm

final fight cd wrote:really? i always thought 1cc was a no death run. learn something new everyday.

Either way, I think you were probably born to play shmups. I've not really heard anyone say the early Thunder Force games were "easy." Though I hear what you mean about the extra lives.

Also, if you're into the Sega side of 16-bit shooters, you'll probably enjoy what the TurboGrafx/PC Engine has to offer.

Post by **Flake** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 2:39 pm

1/2 Cannon Spike (DC)
1/9 Mega Man X4 (GCN)
1/17 Psycho Soldier (PSN)
1/22 Warhammer 40,000: Dark Crusade (PC)
1/28 Police 911 2 (Arcade)
2/7 Soul Calibur V (PS3)
2/26 Metal Gear Solid 2: HD Edition (PS3)
3/7 Street Fighter X Tekken (PS3)
4/14 Sonic CD (PSN)
5/3 Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi 3 (Wii)
6/3 Metroid Prime (Wii)
7/1 Metroid: Other M (Wii)
7/1 Kirby's Return to Dreamland (Wii)

Metroid Other M...it's a good game with some serious issues. I think that if the designers had let go of the idea that the game needed to be made cinematic, it would have turned out perfectly. Still, it's a fun way to spend a few hours.

Kirby's Return to Dreamland is something that has been sitting on my shelf for awhile now. Since I had all of today to goof, I decided to run through it real fast. It's a really good game - not as much fun as Kirby's Adventure or the amazing Kirby's Dreamland 2, but still a lot of fun. The colors and graphics are eye pleasing and the story, while predictable as hell, is a nice break from games about killing people.

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