Games Beaten 2013

[dsheinem]

January-June (the first 50)
Commander Keen Episode 1: Marooned on Mars - PC
DLC Quest - PC
Live Freemium or Die - PC
Borderlands 2: Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt - PC *new*
Marvel vs Capcom 3 - - PS3 *new*
Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep - PC *new*

TOTAL: 56

Games Beaten: 2012 2011 2010

So I spent like 10 1/2 hours playing Borderlands 2 today Sir Hammerlock's DLC is my least favorite of the packs released thus far, but Tiny Tina's is easily my favorite. The former is maybe 2-3 hours long (including many of the sidequests), Tiny Tina's DLC is 6-8 or more to get through the campaign (which makes it longer than most FPS titles these days).

I beat MvC3 because EVO is on today and I wanted to put on a fighter I can 1cc and feel somewhat competent at. So I did.

[graffix_13]

1. Borderlands 2- PS3 (Platinum Trophy)
2. God of War: Ascension- PS3 (Platinum Trophy)
3. Actraiser- SNES
4. Borderlands- PS3 (Platinum Trophy)
5. Super Castlevania IV- SNES
6. Final Fantasy VII- PS1/PSN
7. Super Metroid- SNES
8. The Last of Us- PS3

I am still working on the platinum trophy for The Last of Us, but I did beat the main storyline. I've gushed enough about this game, so there's not much else I can say. I will say that I loved the ending and it was perhaps my favorite part of the whole game. I think the game may have had an more emotional impact on me since I'm the father of 2 daughters. I really could feel for Joel.

The game is in my Top 5 of All Time and it's easily the best game I've played on PS3.

[Luke]

Beat Contra without a continue, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, SMB.3, Super Mario Kart, and Super Mario World over the weekend, which I think* are all already on my list.

edit: Thought wrong.
First 50:

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
53. Jurassic Park Sega CD
54. Star Wars Rebel Assault Sega CD
55. NHL '94 Sega CD
56. Spider-Man vs. Kingpin Sega CD
57. Ironsword NES
58. TMNT Return from the Sewers Gameboy
59. Duck Tales Gameboy
60. Duck Tales 2 Gameboy
61. Super Mario Land Gameboy
62. Super Marion Land 2 Gameboy
63. Strider GBA
64. Bionic Commando GBA
65. Golden Axe GBA
66. Mini Final Fight GBA
67. Tetris Gameboy
68. F-1 Race Gameboy
69. Home Alone Gameboy
70. Road Rash Genesis
71. Rambo III Genesis
72. Shinobi III Genesis
73. LHX Attack Chopper Genesis
74. StarFox SNES
75. Final Fight SNES
76. Madden '94 SNES
77. Donkey Kong Country SNES
78. NCAA Basketball 2008 360
79. Vectorman Genesis
80. Vectorman 2 Genesis
81. Actraiser VC
82. Child Of Eden 360
83. The Duel Test Drive II Genesis
84. Hard Drivin' Genesis
85. Dr. Mario NES
86. Super Mario Kart SNES *new*
87. Super Mario World SNES *new*

Nothing but 150cc for me, and bring on the Star Level and Rainbow road any day. Koopa Troopa is my go to guy, and rarely disappoints.

When Super Mario World was released, I remember playing the game for days, maybe weeks before I could beat it with a 90 or above average. Two days of around playing for three hours did it this time. Star road and all that stuff too.

World was a lot, lot easier than SMB.3. Most of that is probably I remember every puzzle and hidden entrances in the game. That, and I had something like twenty-four lives just at the end of level one.

If using blue yoshi is cheating, I cheated a lot.

[prfsnl_gmr]

1. Okamiden (NDS)
2. Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (Wii)
3. Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection (Wii)
4. Cave Story 3D (3DS)
5. Theatrhytm Final Fantasy (3DS)
6. Rayman Origins (Wii)
7. Kim Possible: What's The Switch (PS2)
8. Super Street Fighter 4: 3D Edition (3DS)
9. Metal Slug Advance (GBA)
10. Caveman Ninja (ARC)
11. Wario Land II (GBC)
12. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (GC)
13. Link's Crossbow Training (Wii)
14. Wario Land III (GBC)
15. Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS)

I <finally> trudged through this one. It had some good parts (i.e., the art direction and the dialogue) and some bad parts (i.e., the puzzles and the narrative). I will write a bit more about it in the Summer Gaming Challenge thread.

[prfsnl_gmr]

1. Okamiden (NDS)
2. Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (Wii)
3. Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection (Wii)
4. Cave Story 3D (3DS)
5. Theatrhytm Final Fantasy (3DS)
6. Rayman Origins (Wii)
7. Kim Possible: What's The Switch (PS2)
8. Super Street Fighter 4: 3D Edition (3DS)
9. Metal Slug Advance (GBA)
10. Caveman Ninja (ARC)
11. Wario Land II (GBC)
12. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (GC)
13. Link's Crossbow Training (Wii)
14. Wario Land III (GBC)
15. Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS)
16. Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land (GB)

Well...that didn't take long...I will write more about it in the Summer Gaming Challenge thread.

[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
31. Fantastic Dizzy Mega Drive
32. Diddy Kong Racing N64
33. Pulseman Wii VC
34. Bubble Bobble Master System *NEW*
35. Loco Roco PSP *NEW*
36. StreetPass Squad 3DS eShop *NEW*
37. Metroid Prime 3 Corruption Wii *NEW*
38. StreetPass Battle 3DS eShop *NEW*

Bubble Bobble, Loco Roco and Metroid Prime 3 Corruption were beaten for the summer game challenge, and I wrote more about them there. The quick summary: Bubble Bobble is fun but sometimes unfair, Loco Roco is quirky and unique but gets repetitive quickly, Prime 3 is more of the same, it's excellent, but 2D Metroid is still better.

The two StreetPass games were from the recent update to 3DS Mii Plaza. Although the games are a pay to play, I feel that these two (particularly StreetPass Squad) are worth the cost, along with one of the other games called StreetPass Mansion. StreetPass Garden isn't so hot though, but buying all 4 is cheaper than buying 3 anyway, so why not get them all?

StreetPass Squad (Mii Force in the US) is a 15 level shmup where streetpassed characters (or mercenaries hired through play coins) are equipped to your ship as weapons. The colour of the characters top determines what type of weapon they use, and they can be equipped to one of 4 weapon slots on your ship to shoot forwards, backwards, or diagonally forwards, either up or down. The weapons can also be rotated to shoot in other directions. In addition to up to 4 different weapons, extra pods (you can get up to 10 if you streetpass/hire enough people) can be equipped behind other weapons to power them up to the next level, which each weapon having 3 stages. Each hit you take will cause you to lose one weapon, and losing all weapons causes a game over. The best weapons are probably dark blue (homing missiles shaped like sharks), light green (a continous damage plasma whip that gathers point gems), white (boomeranging saws that destroy enemy projectiles) and orange (laser that shoots through lines of enemies). Each level can be completed pretty easily with a full set of weaponry, but it's not crazy easy, and each level has 3 bonus objectives to complete - getting above a certain point score, finding 5 hidden gems in the stage, or completeing the level with all weapon pods intact (aka a no hit run). These can be pretty challenging, and add a lot of longevity to the game. Definitely a fun little game.

StreetPass Battle (Warrior's Way) is a lot simpler than Squad, but still a lot of fun. The aim is to conquert the world with your army, and the method of increasing your force is my favourite thing aout it. Rather than a streetpass adding that one character to your army, it instead adds their entire Plaza to your army - so not just them, but the total number of people they've streetpassed to date. Sometimes, this adds thousands of peoplke to your army at once. If the streetpassed person also owns the game, they will bring their army with them instead. You can choose to battle it in order to win some of their troops for your own army, or you can offer kind greetings instead if you dont want to risk losing and losing your own troops instead. Sometimes this gives you some troops, but normally not. The actually battle mechanics themselves are disappointing, but keep the game's pace nice and short - it's basically rock paper scissors where you choose one of 3 units to fight. If you get a type advantage, you half the opposing section of the opponents forces number by half, and the unit with the most units after taking this into account win the clash. Win 2 out of 3 clashes with your 3 unit types and you win the battle. Although it's not as good as Squad, I enjoyed this one well enough too. A solid streetpass diversion.

[ExedExes]

1. Medal of Honor Allied Assault Spearhead - PC (January 2)
2. America's Army - Arcade (January 12) - 1cc!
3. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell - Gamecube (January 26)
4. Dragon Spirit - NES (February 7) - 1cc!
5. Final Fantasy - (by way of DoS) - GBA (March 15)
6. Wing Commander - PC (March 21)
7. Medal of Honor European Assault - Gamecube (March 30)
8. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow - Gamecube (April 6)
9. Half-Life - PC (April 25)
10. Fantastic Dizzy - Genesis (May 16)
11. Fatal Fury Special - NeoGeo (in MAME) (June 10)
12. Gun - Gamecube (June 15)
13. Road Rash Jailbreak - GBA (July 3)
14. Road Rash - Genesis (July 10)
15. *NEW* Road Rash 2 - Genesis (July 18)

Road Rash TR month continues. RR2 is still my favorite of the series, because it's so user-friendly. The menus are easier to navigate, there are many more bikes, the chain weapon is great and there are just so many improvements. I will be starting RR3 in the next day or two.

[dsheinem]

January-June (the first 50)
Commander Keen Episode 1: Marooned on Mars - PC
DLC Quest - PC
Live Freemium or Die - PC
Borderlands 2: Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt - PC
Marvel vs Capcom 3 - - PS3
Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep - PC
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger - PC *new*
Street Fighter IV - iOS *new*

TOTAL: 60

Games Beaten: 2012 2011 2010

Call of Juarez:Gunslinger might be the best Western-based game I've ever played. The shooting is fast and fun, the story is well told and interesting, and the game looks great. If this is $10 again before the Steam sale is over, y'all should definitely grab it.

I beat Street Fighter IV for iOS for the first time in a couple of years. Beat my old clear time on the first try, even! I still think this is about as "good as it gets" for touch screen based traditional fighting games...

[noiseredux]

touch screen based traditional fighting games...

just threw up in my mouth a little.

[dsheinem]

touch screen based traditional fighting games...

just threw up in my mouth a little.

I've played plenty of Cave games on my phone, too.