Games Beaten 2013

[Luke]

The SNES version has you fight the Joker on the roller coaster in the first level, after you destroy the giant toy soldier.

Thanks. That's the one I plan on playing.

[ExedExes]

Duuuude Serious Sam is a good time. It was the first FPS I played that had WASD control (back in 2007 on Gametap )

I've completed The First Encounter. I remember the first level on that. I saw something way far out in the distance, and I ran for about 10 minutes towards it, the map didn't end there. Turns out it was some sort of item or enemy that was there. That's how deep the game is. You can find all sorts of stuff if you go off the beaten path. It's also a good point to know when you see an ammo backpack in an open field in either the First or Second encounter, it's a 10 minute arena battle -- fire up that cannon!

I wasn't all that impressed with SS2. Maybe because it ran terribly on my old PC. Plus a lot of what made the first 2 games fun was taken out.

[BoringSupreez]

Duuuude Serious Sam is a good time. It was the first FPS I played that had WASD control (back in 2007 on Gametap )

The first time I played an FPS that used WASD I thought it was the dumbest control style I had ever seen. Coming off Doom and Wolf3D, which used what seemed to me logical arrow key movement, I couldn't understand why someone would decline to use buttons with directions printed on them for letters.

[emwearz]

Duuuude Serious Sam is a good time. It was the first FPS I played that had WASD control (back in 2007 on Gametap )

The first time I played an FPS that used WASD I thought it was the dumbest control style I had ever seen. Coming off Doom and Wolf3D, which used what seemed to me logical arrow key movement, I couldn't understand why someone would decline to use buttons with directions printed on them for letters.

Yeah, I had massive issues with Quake when it first came out because of the controls, it is how I saw my older brother playing it, but could not get into it. I tried playing with the arrow keys but it felt so limited that I never finished Quake until earlier this year.

As for Serious Sam, I enjoyed the First Encounter, but found the games so repetitive that when I got to the Second Encounter, I was well over the gameplay.

[Gamerforlife]

First 99:

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
87. Super Mario World SNES
88. Metal Gear NES
89. E.T 2600
90. Mario Superstar Baseball Gamecube
91. Starfox 64 VC
92. Blazing Angels Wii
93. LOTR Two Towers GC
92. Rogue Leader GC
93. Rebel Strike GC
94. Soul Calibur II GC
95. F-1 Race
96. F-Zero GP Legend GBA
97. THPS 2 GBA
98. Madden 07 GBA
99. Metroid Zero Mission GBA

100. Top Gun NES
101. Altered Beast SMS
102. Galaxy Force SMS
103. Reggie Jackson Baseball SMS
104. After Burner SMS
105. Space Harrier SMS
106. Rolling Thunder NES
107. Code Name Viper NES
108. Godzilla NES
109. Earthworm Jim Genesis
110. Zillion II SMS
111. Blades of Steel NES
112. Double Dribble NES
113. Splatterhouse Arcade via 360
114. Splatterhouse 2 Genesis via 360
115. Mutant League Football Genesis
116. Mutant League Hockey Genesis
117. Super Star Wars SNES
118. Splatterhouse 360
119. Super Empire Strikes Back SNES
120. Super Return of the Jedi SNES
121. Doomsday Warrior SNES
122. Crash Team Racing (100%) Playstaion
123. Crash Nitro Cart (100%) PS2
124. Crash Wrath of the Cortex PS2
125. NHL 2002 PS2 (82 game season, won the cup)
126. Cool Spot Genesis
127. Operation Wolf NES
128. Call of Duty Modern Warfare II 360
129. Battle Clash SNES
130. Metal Combat SNES
131. D2 Dreamcast
132. Soldier of Fortune Dreamcast
133. Adventure Island Gameboy
134. Kirby's Dream Land Gameboy
135. Rogue Leader Gamecube *new*
136. Godzilla Destroy all Monsters Gamecube *new*
137. Ribbit King Gamecube *new*
138. LOTR The Two Towers Gamecune *new*

LOTR TT. I prefer this on the Crube for reasons unknown even to me. It's basically an interactive movie with a lot more action and a lot less walking,

Amazing game, but Return of the King was even better. It's one of my favorite games of all time

[Luke]

Amazing game, but Return of the King was even better. It's one of my favorite games of all time

Yeah, I've got it for the PC and the sound is incredible. I HATE the ghost/run through a collapsing tunnel level. That level gives me a hard time every time I play it.

[emwearz]

1. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - PC
2. Hotline Miami - PC
3. Assassin's Creed: Revelations - PC
4. Skate 2 - 360
5. Deponia - PC
6. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - PS3
7. Borderlands 2 - Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty [DLC] - PC
8. The Walking Dead: Episode 1 - 360
9. Assassin's Creed III - PC
10. The Journey Down: Chapter One‏ - PC
11. Aliens: Colonial Marines - PC
12. Tomb Raider - PC
13. Hitman: Absolution - PC
14. BioShock Infinite - PC
15. Half-Life: Opposing Force - PC
16. Super Mario 3D Land - 3DS
17. Gunstar Future Heroes (Gunstar Super Heroes) - GBA
18. Dragon Quest - SNES *Via Emulation
19. Quake - PC
20. Spec Ops: The Line - PC
21. Crysis 3 - PC
22. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon - PC
23. Doom 3 via DOOM 3: BFG Edition - PC
24. Ultimate Doom via DOOM 3: BFG Edition - PC
25. Primordia- PC
26. Call of Duty: Black Ops II - 360
27. Call of Juarez: Gunslinger- PC
28. Dishonored - PC
29. Borderlands 2 - Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage [DLC] - PC
30. Rage - The Scorchers [DLC] - PC
31. Super Metroid - WiiUVC (SNES)
32. Borderlands 2 - Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt [DLC] - PC
33. Metro: Last Light - PC
34. Dead Space 3 - PC
35. Splinter Cell: Blacklist - PC
36. Killzone 2 - PS3
37. Bioshock 2: Minerva's Den (DLC) - PC
38. Chaos on Deponia - PC
39. Assassins Creed III - Tyranny of King Washington: Infamy - PC
40. Battlefield 4
41. Killzone - PS2

Total for 2013: 41

Killzone - PS2

So I have tried playing this a few times, each time I just could not get into it. It has some massive flaws. The frame rates issues, weapons are massively unbalanced, it becomes repetitive even within the same stage, it is really buggy, there is constant 'holes' between where polygons meet. I feel it could have ran a bit smoother if they did not bother with things like rag doll physics.

Despite all the flaws there is an alright shooter in there, you can see they were ambitious by what they did with the sequel. Its flaws keep it form being anything other than average.

[Gamerforlife]

Platinums/100% Achievements:

Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack - Vita
Guacamelee - PSN (including all DLC trophies)
Shinovi Versus - Vita
Hotline Miami - PSN
Mark of the Ninja - 360
Puppeteer

Games Beaten:


1. Thomas Was Alone - PC
2. Sam & Max Save the World - The whole season - PC, GOG versions
3. Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space - The whole season - PC, GOG versions
4. Sam & Max The Devil's Playhouse - Episode 1 - PC, GOG version
5. Sam & Max The Devil's Playhouse - Episode 2 - PC, GOG version
6. Sam & Max The Devil's Playhouse - Episode 3 - PC, GOG version
7. The Walking Dead Series - PC
8. Sly Thieves in Time - PS3
9. Guacamelee - PS3
10. Castlevania: Mirror of Fate - 3DS
11. Resident Evil Revelation - 3DS
12. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask - 3DS
13. Samurai Warriors Chronicles -3DS
14. Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack - Vita
15. Shinovi Versus - Vita
16. Fire Emblem Awakening - 3DS
17. Dokuro - Vita
18. Nun Attack - Vita
19. Hotline Miami - Vita
20. Bloodrayne Betrayal - PS3
21. Fist Puncher - PC (DRM free from Desura)
22. Deadpool - 360
23. Dragon's Crown - Vita
24. Charlie Murder
25. Ducktales Remastered - PS3
26. Puppeteer - PS3 exclusive
27. Foul Play - Xbox 360 version
28. Killer is Dead - Xbox 360
29. Bulletstorm - 360
30. Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate
31. Batman Arkham Origins - PS3

*New - Ratchet & Clank Into the Nexus - PS3 - New*

Well, this is pretty much a traditional R & C game for those of you who didn't like the weird direction the last two games went in. Overall, it's about as good as you would expect an Insomniac made R & C game to be. It's a bit shorter though, and it feels leaner and more focused as they've cut out a lot of the various side activities from previous games like racing, ship combat, etc, etc. Though there is still of course an obligatory Clank mini-game. And you'll still do a lot of traditional R & C stuff like upgrade weapons, find gold bolts, fight in combat arenas, do some light puzzle solving, do lots of platforming, fly to different planets, get skill points, find specs for the Ryno, play through Challenge Mode, etc, etc. While it doesn't quite give you everything you got in previous games, this still feels like a proper R & C game, unlike Quest for Booty, which just felt like DLC. I feel like the stuff that's been cut out is stuff most players probably won't care much about. I feel like Into the Nexus strips Ratchet & Clank down to the core elements that make it work, while removing much of the fluff that is typically used to pad these games out to make them longer.

The weapon selection here is smaller than previous games, and it's pretty much just weapons from previous games recycled with new names and gimmicks. But the new twists they've put on them are pretty funny. The winterizer is pretty hilarious as it plays Christmas carols while turning enemies into snowman. The Mr. Zircon weapon had been altered so that when fully upgraded, his whole family fights with you. This is one of the coolest things about the game as they actually carry on conversations with each other while also commenting on pretty much every thing you do and occasionally insulting you in the process. It's really entertaining. There wasn't a single moment during my playthrough that I didn't have them accompany me into battle.

The writing and humor in this game is top notch. There are some truly clever and hilarious lines in the game that surprised me. Some from the aforementioned Zircon family, some from random enemies you fight, and some from the battle arena announcer. The game comes very close to breaking the fourth wall at times, but doesn't quite go over that line, but there are moments you can tell the game is winking at you. The overall presentation and production value and voice acting in these games have become truly impressive. It doesn't surprise me that a movie is in the works. The game actually comes with a trailer for it. The story feels like an epilogue for the series, yet still leaves a door open at the end for further sequels, much like the Sly Cooper games always do. There's definitely a sense of closure here though and a reverence paid to previous games, so it wouldn't shock me if this were the last one...but I doubt it. This one has a female villain in it, which was a nice change of pace for the series I thought. That one change really gave this installment a bit of a different feel than other R & C games I've played. The game's opening chapter, which is like an extended tutorial, was really good and quickly drew me into the game, and she was definitely part of that.

So yeah basically, it's Ratchet & Clank. You know what you're getting if you have played these before. There's a little less content in this installment, but it's priced appropriately at 30 dollars and for that price you get far more content than Quest for Booty gave us. That game felt like DLC. Into the Nexus is definitely a full fledged Ratchet & Clank game, just one a bit smaller in scope than previous entries. Plus, you get Quest for Booty tossed in for free, though I think it sucks that they couldn't patch in trophies for that game as an added bonus. Oh well

[elmagicochrisg]

Castle Crashing the Beard

[prfsnl_gmr]

*Batman: Arkham Origins isn't that great*

Well...I guess you will just have to play this to get your Batman fix: