Games Beaten 2013

[Luke]

I'd love to play the older ones, but I started with Wario Land II because: (1) I don't have a Virtual Boy;

If we ever meet up, I'll lend you mine. Wario Land is super fun and maybe the best VB game.

[ExedExes]

Speaking of which, I recently acquired Gods. It will probably be after the summer challenge that I can get to it, but do you recommend it?

Which port? And yes, I can recommend it. It's more platform and action than adventure, but there are a few simple puzzles. The SNES port has the best music.

[BoneSnapDeez]

I can attest to the fact that the VB Wario game is awesome. Easily the best game on the console. I do own the VB, but not that Wario cart. Played through it using Red Dragon - an excellent VB emulator and much easier on the eyes.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Company of Heroes PC
Super Mario 3D Land 3DS
Far Cry 3 PC
Mega Man 2 3DS
Resident Evil: Revelations 3DS
Fire Emblem: Awakening 3DS
Need for Speed: Most Wanted U WiiU
Mario Kart 7 3DS
Lego City: Undercover WiiU
Injustice: Gods Among Us WiiU
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon 3DS
Star Fox 64 3D 3DS

Uncharted: Golden Abyss Vita

And that marks the first title finished on my newly acquired PSV. Unfortunately, I don't have much I really found great about the game. While the core of Uncharted is here, it's just not remotely as polished as even the original game. Also in unfortunate news, they shoved a bunch of touch-screen nonsense that breaks up the flow of the game, and the quick time events utilizing swipes are also frustrating. The graphics while in detail are good the resolution is a bit sub-par and there are jaggies everywhere. The control isn't nearly as tight either, but not because of the hardware (which I'm loving). The game doesn't feel nearly as smooth or precise in movement as the other games, and I frequently missed jumps. Aiming is actually just fine though, and I have always enjoyed the stiff, precise aiming in Uncharted games (and Warhawk/Starhawk). One of the better things in the game are the more open areas found when you're not fighting however. They're more reminiscent of the original Uncharted, and there's a lot more exploration involved compared to the third installment.

So that all said, it's not nearly as impressive as the PS3 Uncharted games in any way, but, it's still far from bad. The difference being that nobody is going to remember this game, unlike Uncharted 3, which I imagine will be held at the top of the throne as the premiere cinematic 3rd person shooter for quite a long while. It's certainly not a bad attempt by a third party studio, and the title is tailored a bit better to pick up and play enthusiasts with more chapters, smaller if more frequent cut-scenes, and it's shorter length. At it's original asking price of $40 it would have been good. For free with PS+ though, I really can't complain too much.

Edit: Also there's no multiplayer, which severely limits the replay value of the game IMO. Sure they added the cards and there are more treasures than in previous games, but, being story driven it just isn't quite as fun to go back to as a less focused experience would be.

[dsheinem]

Games Beaten 2013
Twisted Metal - PS1
Twisted Metal 2 - PS1
Twisted Metal III - PS1
Twisted Metal 4 - PS1
Screaming Mad George's Paranoiascape - PS1
N.O.V.A. - PSP
Jetpack Joyride - Vita
Devil May Cry (2013) - 360
BlazBlu: Continuum Shift Extend - Vita
Fighting Masters - Genesis
Kirby's Epic Yarn - Wii
Cruis'n - Wii
Foosball 2012 - Vita
Electronic Table Soccer! - Odyssey2
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown -PS3
Asura's Wrath - PS3
Showdown in 2100 A.D. - Odyssey2
CoD of Duty - PC
Little Big Planet Karting - PS3
Gattling Gears - PS3
Monster Maulers - Arcade (MAME)
Angry Birds Rio - iOS
The Last Story - Wii
Retro/Grade - PS3
Sonic Fighters - 360
Spec Ops: The Line - PS3
God of War: Ascension - PS3
Bioshock Infinite - PS3
Half-Life: Source - PC
Guacamelee - Vita
Tekken 6 - PSP
Half-Life: Blue Shift - PC
Power Stone - PSP
Power Stone 2 - PSP
Torchlight - PC
Torchlight II - PC *new*
Gorgar (from Pinball Arcade) - Vita *new*

Total: 37

Games Beaten: 2012 2011 2010

Torchlight II was awesome, and a very substantial and far-reaching evolution of the first game. I felt that the game scaled a bit better and presented more of a fair challenge throughout, had an in-depth inventory management system, and no shortage of sweet sweet loot. It looks great with stylish art direction, too - the story is an absolute mess, unfortunately.

All things considered, though, I think I still preferred Diablo III. In a perfect world there would be parts from each game merged into one, but for now Blizzard's "controversial" title gets the nod from me.

I GOT GORGAR! I consider a Pinball Arcade game "beat" once I ace all the Wizard Goals. This one wasn't too bad to do. Next up, hopefully: The Black Knight.

[NihonRobot]

1. Liberation Maiden (3DS) - 1/6
2. Dead Space (360) - 1/11
3. Anarchy Reigns (360) - 1/13
4. Dead Space 2 (360) - 1/17
5. Dead Space 2: Severed DLC (360) - 1/17
6. DmC Devil May Cry (360) - 1/22
7. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (PS3) - 2/5
8. CoD of Duty (Web) - 2/7
9. Dragon's Dogma (360) - 2/12
10. Medal of Honor: Warfighter (360) - 2/13
11. Dead Space 3 (360) - 2/18
12. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (360) - 3/5
13. Sonic the Fighters (XBLA) - 3/10
14. Tomb Raider (360) - 3/12
15. Ridiculous Fishing (iOS) - 3/17
16. Bioshock Infinite (Steam) - 4/7
17. Trials Evolution (XBLA) - 4/9
18. Bit.Trip Presents... Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (XBLA) - 4/15
19. Injustice: Gods Among Us (360) - 4/16
20. BattleBlock Theater (XBLA) - 4/21
21. Guacamelee! (Vita) - 4/21
22. Surgeon Simulator 2013 (Steam) - 5/3
23. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (XBLA) - 5/4
24. Thomas Was Alone (Vita) - 5/11
25. The Starship Damrey (3DS) - 5/19
26. Stuntman: Ignition (360) - 5/22

[ConsoleHandheldGamer]

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 2
Adventure Quest
Final Fantasy IX

[alienjesus]

1. Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions PSP
2. Pokémon: Dream Radar 3DS eShop
3. New Super Mario Bros. U Wii U
4. Paper Mario: Sticker Star 3DS
5. New Super Mario Bros. 2 3DS
6. Mario Tennis Open 3DS
7. Wario Land 3 GBC
8. Hana Samurai: Art of the Sword 3DS eShop
9. The "Denpa" Men: They Came By Wave 3DS eShop
10. Pokémon White Version 2 DS
11. Kirby Mass Attack DS
12. F-Zero Wii U VC
13. Jeanne d'Arc PSP
14. DoDonPachi Resurrection 360
15. Patapon PSP
16. F-Zero X N64
17. Cave Story WiiWare
18. Parodius GBC
19. Shock Troopers Wii VC
20. 1080: TenEighty Snowboarding N64
21. Donkey Kong Land III Game Boy
22. Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble GBC
23. Little Inferno Wii U eShop
24. HarmoKnight 3DS eShop
25. Liberation Maiden 3DS eShop
26. Fire Emblem: Awakening 3DS
27. Patchwork Heroes PSN
28. Crimson Shroud 3DS eShop
29. To The Moon PC
30. Wild Arms PS1 Classics *NEW*
31. Fantastic Dizzy Mega Drive *NEW*

Wild Arms was a game I went in wanting to love, spent most of my time actively disliking it and sort of came to terms with at the end. A lot of my issues stemmed from the game not being what I expected it to be. I thought I was gonna get a PS1 era RPG with a cool western theme for its setting and story. What I got was a rather generic SNES style RPG, complete with overly simplistic translation, trope-filled storyline, pretty generic battle mechanics and incredibly typical JRPG fantasy conventions - not really full of sprawling desert towns, saloons, trains, horses and canyons here, it's all ports, airships, castles and demons, same as always. There are a few nods to the western thing here and there - the character where cowboy style clothing, the music sounds kinda western sometimes and theres the odd village where it feels a little closer - there's even a village of 'definitely not Native Americans'. What is here though is very solid. The difficulty is mostly fairly easy, but not mindlessly so, the pacing is fairly fast (the game took me about 24 hours) and theres a nice large variety of special moves, which each of your three characters gets to learn in a different way to keep stuff interesting. The dungeons are kinda puzzley, like Golden Sun but to a lesser extent. Overall I just found myself bored - it reminds me of Breath of Fire 1 in how utterly generic it can feel. On the plus side though, the music of the game was awesome. Not that interested to try the others in the series, especially now I know they really don't make use of their supposed western theme.

Fantastic Dizzy was a fun little game I played for Together Retro, and I'm glad to have played it. The presentation of the game is great, with colourful graphics, catchy music and cool weather and time effects (it rains on occasion and gradually changes from day to night as you play). The puzzles are simple enough to figure out, but the menu system for carrying and using objects is pretty cumbersome, it probably would've been better tp let you carry everything at once like most modern adventure games do. The platforming worked fine too, even with Dizzy committing to a jump once airbourne and rolling until his feet find flat ground when landing. The main issue with the game comes from the hit detection and damage meter - enemies often move in random or erratic patterns and hurt you whilst you're in contact with them. There's no invincibility frames meaning one unlucky encounter can quickly sap all of your health. I didn't think much of the games character designs outside of maybe Dizzy - most of the yolkfolk were ugly as hell. It's a good game though overall, and I'll be keeping it for my collection.

Next Up: Summer games! Metroid Prime 3 to begin, and maybe some Pulseman too?

[Luke]

1. Batman Genesis
2. Golden Axe Sega CD
3. Streets if Rage Sega CD (I'm keeping the typo)
4. Streets of Rage 2 Genesis
5. Super Mario Bros. 2 NES
6. TMNT Fall of the Foot Clan Gameboy
7. TMNT 2 The Arcade Game NES
8. TMNT Hyperstone Heist Genesis
9. Call of Duty Black Ops 360
10. Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis
11. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Genesis
12. Sonic CD Sega CD
13. Kung-Fu NES
14. Mega Man 2 NES
15. Out of This World SNES
16. Flashback SNES
17. Altered Beast Genesis
18. Pit-Fighter Genesis
19. Aladdin Genesis
20. Aladdin SNES
21. Ghosts n' Goblins NES, twice
22. Contra NES
23. Bionic Commando NES
24. Strider NES
25. Batman NES
26. Duck Tales NES
27. Ninja Gaiden NES x 2
28. Super Mario Bros. 3 NES
29. Lakers Vs. Celtics and the NBA Playoffs Genesis
30. Jackal NES
31. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out! NES
32. Bayou Billy NES
33. Skate or Die NES
34. Captain Skyhawk NES
35. Super Mario Bros. NES
36. Friday The 13th NES
37. Totally Rad NES
38. Shatterhand NES
39. Twisted Metal Black PS2

40. Tekken 3 Bleamcast
41. Tekken Tag Tournament PS2
42. Tekken 4 PS2
43. Tekken 5 PS2
44. Tekken 6 360
45. Pro Wrestling NES
46. Tecmo Wrestling NES
47. Tag Team Wrestling NES
48. Marvel's Ultimate Alliance 2 360
49. Jurassic Park Genesis
50. Excitebike NES
51. Willy Beamish Sega CD
52. Sewer Shark Sega CD *new*


Someone made there way to Solar City.

I have no clue why this game gets such much guff. My only issue with the game is that it doesn't tell you your set goal for each level, leaving you totally blind to know if you will beat the level or not. I do know however if you see the commish' on a surf board it is game over.

But as long as you pay attention, Sewer Shark is pretty simple, and fun. For those who have never played it because all you've heard has been "Sewer Shark Sucks", I'd suggest you give it a spin. And if you do, read the instructions first.

[noiseredux]

I've been a fan of Sewer Shark since launch.