Games Beaten 2014

[wclem]

#15

Tomb Raider Definitive

Same game as before except damn it looks good. I hate to admit it but it was worth a re-buy. Though I got it with the 56 dollar trade credit I got at Gamestop for that crap called Watchdogs.

I know it is the PC version and yes I have that one. Just cool to play it like that on home console. Now that the price is dropping I am going to recommend getting it.

[CFFJR]

1. Mortal Kombat II - 32X
2. Cosmic Carnage - 32X
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade - XBLA
4. X-men Arcade - XBLA
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist - Genesis
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time - SNES
7. Metroid: Other M - Wii
8. Donkey Kong Country Returns - Wii
9. Metroid Fusion - GBA
10.Star Trek - Xbox 360
11.Fable Anniversary - Xbox 360
12.Ranma 1/2: Chougi Ranbuhen - SFC
13.Sailor Moon R - SFC
14.Super Tempo - Saturn
15.Crash Bandicoot - PS1
16.X-men Vs. Street Fighter - Saturn
17.Wave Race 64 - N64
18.Mario and Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games - Wii U
19.Mario Kart 8 - Wii U
20.Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - SNES

Most of these were for Summer Game Challenge.

Mario and Sonic is quite fun but more of the same in the end. That's not a bad thing.

Mario Kart 8 is nothing short of amazing.

[BoneSnapDeez]

First 50:

1. Bad Dudes vs. DragonNinja (Wii - Data East Arcade Classics)
2. Caveman Ninja (Wii - Data East Arcade Classics)
3. Crude Buster (Wii - Data East Arcade Classics)
4. Heavy Barrel (Wii - Data East Arcade Classics)
5. Secret Agent (Wii - Data East Arcade Classics)
6. Wizard Fire (Wii - Data East Arcade Classics)
7. Super Mario Land (Game Boy)
8. Burning Fight (PlayStation 2 - SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1)
9. Magician Lord (PlayStation 2 - SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1)
10. Metal Slug (PlayStation 2 - SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1)
11. Sengoku (PlayStation 2 - SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1)
12. Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy (PlayStation 2 - SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1)
13. Metal Slug 4 (PlayStation 2 - Metal Slug 4 & 5)
14. Metal Slug 5 (PlayStation 2 - Metal Slug 4 & 5)
15. Metal Slug XX (PSP)
16. Phantasy Star Online (Dreamcast)
17. Smash TV (PlayStation 2 - Midway Arcade Treasures)
18. Total Carnage (Xbox - Midway Arcade Treasures 2)
19. Skyblazer (SNES)
20. Mega Man II (Game Boy)
21. The Monkey King: The Legend Begins (Wii)
22. Ys (Saturn - Falcom Classics)
23. Super Mario Bros. (SNES - Super Mario All-Stars)
24. Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (SNES - Super Mario All-Stars)
25. Super Mario Bros. 2 (SNES - Super Mario All-Stars)
26. Super Mario Bros. 3 (SNES - Super Mario All-Stars)
27. Super Mario World (SNES)
28. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)
29. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (Game Boy)
30. 魔法騎士レイアース (Super Famicom)
31. Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn)
32. Disney's Aladdin (SNES)
33. Kirby's Dream Land (Wii - Kirby's Dream Collection)
34. Kirby's Adventure (Wii - Kirby's Dream Collection)
35. Kirby's Dream Land 2 (Wii - Kirby's Dream Collection)
36. Kirby Super Star (Wii - Kirby's Dream Collection)
37. Kirby's Dream Land 3 (Wii - Kirby's Dream Collection)
38. Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (Wii - Kirby's Dream Collection)
39. Kirby's Epic Yarn (Wii)
40. New Super Mario Bros. U (Wii U - New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U)
41. New Super Luigi U (Wii U - New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U)
42. Shock Troopers (PlayStation 2 - SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1)
43. Shadow Blasters (Genesis)
44. Final Fantasy (Game Boy Advance - Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls)
45. Super Mario Advance (Game Boy Advance)
46. Sonic CD (PC)
47. Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
48. Battle Arena Toshinden (Game Boy)
49. Crusader of Centy (Genesis)
50. Joe & Mac (SNES)

51. Ys: The Vanished Omens (Sega Master System)
52. Code of Princess (3DS)
53. Ys (PSP - Ys I & II Chronicles)
54. Ys II (PSP - Ys I & II Chronicles)
55. Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (PSP - Sega Genesis Collection)
56. Gradius (PSP - Gradius Collection)
57. Shinobi (Xbox 360 - Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection)
58. Otomedius Excellent (Xbox 360)
59. Deathsmiles (Xbox 360)
60. Sonic the Hedgehog (Xbox 360 - Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection)
61. The Lost Vikings (SNES)
62. The Lost Vikings (Genesis)
63. Final Fantasy II (Game Boy Advance - Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls)
64. Final Fight (PSP - Capcom Classics Collection Remixed)
65. Alien Syndrome (PlayStation 2 - Sega Classics Collection)
66. Exile (Genesis)
67. Ristar (Xbox 360 - Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection)
68. Final Fight (Xbox 360 - Capcom Digital Collection)
69. Classic NES Series: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Game Boy Advance)
70. Classic NES Series: Metroid (Game Boy Advance)
71. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Xbox 360 - Konami Classics Vol. 1)
72. Ys (DS - Legacy of Ys: Books I & II)
73. Ys II (DS - Legacy of Ys: Books I & II)

I'm getting pretty good at these games. Took me a combined total of 8 hours to finish both.

I like these ports. The map + mission objectives on the bottom screen is tremendously helpful and for that reason this may be the best Ys compilation for beginners.

[dsheinem]

Games Beaten 2014
Primal Rage - 32X
Golden Axe - Genesis
To the Moon: Holiday Special - PC
Need for Speed: Rivals - PS4
Halo: Spartan Assault - Xbox One
Kolibri - 32X
Motocross Championship - 32X
Shank 2 - PS3
Colassatron: Massive World Threat - iOS
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons - PS3
Snafu - Intellivision - Intellivision
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom - Wii
Street Fighter vs. Tekken - Vita
Wolf Fang - PS1/Vita
Mirror's Edge - iOS
Infamous: Festival of Blood - PS3
The Last of Us: Left Behind - PS3
Flappy Bird - iOS
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - PS4
Titanfall - Xbox One
Infamous: Second Son - PS4
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - PC
Killzone: Mercenaries - Vita
Shock Troopers - Arcade (PS2)
Borderlands - PC/PS3
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) - Vita
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale - PS3
Muramasa Rebirth - Vita
Spyro The Dragon - PS1/Vita
Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - PC
Gears of War: Judgment - 360
Raiden III - Arcade (PS2)
Strider - Arcade (PS2)
Mario Kart Wii - Wii
Mario Kart 8 - Wii U
Eye of the Beholder - - Sega CD
Code of Princess - 3DS
Crimzon Clover World Ignition - PC
Bushido Blade - PS1
New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 3DS
Mario Kart DS - NDS *new*
Ketsui: Death Label (Very Hard Mode) - NDS *new*

Total: 42

Games Beaten: 2013 2012 2011 2010

Spent some time with my DSi XL the past few days, I forgot how much nicer/brighter the screen is compared to the 3DSXL. Continued my Mario Kart kick through to another set of credits and took a dozen runs or so at Death Label until I got the clear (this is one shmup I actually think I'm half-way decent at ). Hadn't played either game in a few years, so it was fun to revisit them.

[isiolia]

1.) Beyond: Two Souls (PS3)
2.) Remember Me (PC)
3.) Mirror's Edge (PC)
4.) Jumping Flash! (PS1)
5.) Run Saber (SNES)
6.) Heavenly Sword (PS3)
7.) X-Blades (360)
8.) Blades of Time (360)
9.) Trapt (PS2)
10.) Hunted: The Demon's Forge (360)
11.) Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3)
12.) Venetica (PC)
13.) Metal Gear (MSX)
14.) Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (MSX)
15.) Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater HD Edition (PS3)
16.) Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (PSP)
17.) Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD Edition (PS3)
18.) Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (Gamecube)
19.) Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty HD Edition (PS3)
20.) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
21.) Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3)
22.) Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (360)
23.) Halo 2 (XBox)
24.) Halo 3 (360)
25.) Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (PS3)
26.) Halo Reach (360)
27.) Halo 4 (360)
28.) Diablo III: Reaper of Souls (PC)
29.) South Park: The Stick of Truth (PS3)
30.) Deception IV: Blood Ties (PS3)
31.) New Super Mario Bros. U (Wii U)
32.) The Lost Vikings (Genesis/PC)
33.) Metroid Prime (Wii)
34.) Mario Kart 8 (Wii U)

(since I keep neglecting to list it)

Thoughts:

(90/90 stickers, three-starred through 150cc GP, barely touched Mirror courses or battle mode…so there’s more I could do, but I am not inclined to right now)

It’s Mario Kart in HD, what else is there to say? Nintendo has done a great job leveraging the Wii U’s hardware to make a game that looks nice and plays very well. I can’t compare it to every last Mario Kart release since I haven’t played all of them. Really, I hadn’t put much time into a home release of it since Mario Kart 64. Mario Kart 7 I basically bought with my 3DS XL and played a bunch of though, and this felt like a logical evolution of that.

Relative to, say, Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed, MK8 is pretty conservative. Mostly though, that’s a good thing I think. It’s not a perfect formula, but it’s a familiar one, and it’s probably getting closer to “fair” each iteration. I mean, computer players are still ruthless, and inevitably will get just the right item to knock you out of first on the last lap, but rubber-banding is not nearly as bad as on the original game.

There are a few things I’d question though. It seems like Nintendo wanted to de-clutter the UI maybe a little too much. The in-race HUD assumes you can/want to look at the Gamepad screen for standings and such. Outside of it, you need to start a Miiverse post to check what stickers you have, or manually check the saved ghost time to see if you’ve beaten that Time Trial.
The lack of proper battle tracks is also notable. I don’t want to say it was rushed, since most of the game exudes a high level of polish. Just, it stands in contrast to the rest of the game.

[Fragems]

Games Beaten 2014:

1. GTA V(360)
2. Brothers(PSN)
3. Infamous(PS3)*
4. Infamous 2(PS3)
5. Remember Me(PS3 PS+ Freebie)
6. Shadow of the Colossus(PS3 HD Collection)*
7. Watch Dogs(PC)
8. Aliens Colonial Marines(360)

Been a while since I updated so I have probably forgotten a few .

Watchdogs

Beat it a few days after it launched. PC version was buggy as hell and I ended up having to download it twice since the initial download got corrupted . Overall it was an okay not great sandbox game story was okay, shooting was pretty run of the mill, driving was god awful, and the setting was okay not great. Basically it felt like it was a few years behind the curve. About the only redeeming feature of the game was hacking but there just wasn't enough variety there to really keep me interested. After a while I felt like every mission was just a repeat of something else I had done 4-5 times already and by exploiting a few of the more powerful hacks you can pretty much break the games difficulty.

Aliens Colonial Marines

Other then the pretty idiotic AI and confusing story it was a decent mindless shooter. Would be a great game to drag a few friends into for some Co-op fun. It didn't surpass my expectations going in but it was entertaining while it lasted.

There were a few glaring issues that bugged the piss out of me though. First of all I always play with subtitles it makes conversations easier to follow and prevents information from getting lost when an special effects or music gets to loud . However they did a piss poor job of implementing them first of all instead of having the sentences stream by as people are talking they just plop a nice big paragraph on the screen every time there is a conversation and the paragraphs are not timed right so they don't even keep up with the conversation . The other thing that bugged me was Multiplayer it is extremely unbalanced and I gave up after playing 3 rounds. Every match I landed in had a high level team vs. newbies and to add insult to injury the xeno upgrades were very unbalanced making the enemies bullet sponges that could kill you in damn near instantly once they got close .

[Exhuminator]

I'm getting pretty good at these games.

Have you played these versions yet?:

The original PC "Eternal" versions? Those were the ones I played and they were truly excellent.

[darsparx]

Sigh it's sad that i had a hard time beating it on script kiddie but:

- katamari damancy
- super mario bros
- remember me new

Fun game, a little annoying that they didn't make it more open world but whatever....sad that this is only my third game for the year. Definitely doesn't make a top 10 list of games to play on ps3 but it was fun all in all just wish certain things would've been used more like the remixes and that ending I saw coming from a mile away but it still made me hurt a little inside...

[Sload Soap]

Got quite a few to update.

Psychonauts (Xbox)

Played for Together Retro. I got this game pretty much at its European release and have beat it a few times before this play through. I think it's still the best 3D platformer of that generation. Mario Sunshine might be technically better but Psychonauts outshines Nintendo's effort with more imaginative level design and world building. Really great game.

Ys 1 (PC)

Played for Summer Game Challenge. More thoughts in that thread. Really liked it even if some of the bosses made me rage. Great music as well.

Sonic Pocket Adventure (NGPC)

Beat it again. Still a great handheld Sonic game, probably even the best. I still can't do those bloody bonus rounds though. Just a delight to play and one of many reasons to get a NGPC in your collection. Here are some other reasons.

Fatal Fury: First Contact (NGPC)

"Beat" is always a subjective term when applied to fighters. Suffice to say I got to the credits with all the initial fighters. I'm kind of shocked how good this game is. I knew that the NGPC fighters were known for their quality but this game plays better than a lot of console fighters. It's so fluid and fast, it just puts everything else that came before it to shame. The clicky NGPC stick is perfect and the chibi-style art design works great. If I had one criticism it'd be the lack of modes. I think this is better than a lot of the Game Boy Advance fighters to be honest.

Pocket Tennis Color (NGPC)

Ack gave this one a good write up earlier on this year so I hunted down a copy. Again, there aren't many options, just tournament and exhibition, but that doesn't really matter. What does matter is that this is a exceptionally fun and easy to pick up tennis game with that trademark SNK visual style. It's not too challenging and as Ack pointed out it's pretty easy to game the opponent. It also seems some of the characters are worse than others and the two unlockables are kind of joke characters. I would have preferred a bit of fanservice here; I get the feeling Mai or Marco are avid tennis fans. Just a suggestion, SNK. Another essential NGPC pick up.

Out Run and Out Run (Saturn & SMS)

Outrun is so perfectly crafted and so concise it's almost like an "art game". You aren't racing in a lot of ways, you're exploring. It's just you and the road and that sublime musical score. Perfect. The SMS port is obviously a bit pared back but is still pretty damn good especially for the time. The tracks seem a touch longer somehow? Not sure why. But otherwise excellent.

Outrun 2019 (Mega Drive)

A sort of spiritual follow up. It's not "pure" Out Run for a couple of reasons: its stages don't branch quite as often and you aren't in a Ferrari. That and the music is a bit...meh. Generally though it's a bit better a game than I thought it was going to be. There isn't any racing or combat like previous Out Run offshoots. It's driving for the sake again but this time in a slightly dimmer, darker world. This is probably intentional. If I was being pretentious I'd say Out Run is a trek through one mans nostalgia whereas Outrun 2019 is through another mans fears for the future. Course, you get to do that driving in what looks like the Batmobile, so it isn't that shitty a future.

There are some impressive uses of pseudo-3D for overpasses and things and it handles well which is crucial. The only blemish, music aside, is the boost system. It builds up after you hit top speed and then activates automatically. Needless to say, on your first run you WILL boost off course and into a hole. You kind of have to strategically tap the accelerate button to stop yourself going full retard boost. It's awkward.

Otherwise though a pretty good game and worth owning if you're a Out Run fan.

Enduro Racer (SMS)

I can now beat this in less than eight minutes which is nice. Simple, easy, but still a lot of fun. And cheap as hell. I have a big soft spot for Enduro Racer.

[Xeogred]

1. Dead Space 3* + Awakened (PS3)
2. Legend of Zelda Wind Waker HD (WiiU)
3. Super Metroid* (WiiU)
4. Binary Domain (PS3)
5. New Super Mario Bros U (WiiU)
6. Silent Hill 4 The Room (PS2)
7. Deus Ex: HR* Director's Cut (WiiU)
8. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii)
9. Donkey Kong Country Returns: Tropical Freeze (WiiU)
10. Resident Evil 6 (PS3)
11. Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past (WiiU)
12. Dark Souls 2 (PS3)
13. Dark Souls (PS3)
14. Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut (PS3)
15. Killzone 3 (PS3)
16. Zone of the Enders 2 HD (PS3)
17. Metroid Fusion* (WiiU)

* = replay

Clear Time: 3:41
Percentage: 66% (yeouch!)

Overall thoughts were posted here:
www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=892209#p892209

A fun replay, but not my favorite. I definitely prefer Zero Mission and Super.