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Stark wrote:

BoneSnapDeez wrote:So I'm assuming you guys started these games in 2013?

Technically yes, I started mine at like 11:30p. It was 2014 somewhere.

Yeah, same here. But I could have sat down and beaten it today, as The Nightmare Levels is very short. It can be run through in just a few hours.

Eh, I'm now in the middle of playing Clive Barker's Undying, and I'm pretty far into that, so maybe I'll finish that up soon too.

1. Hotline Miami (PS3)

Clearly - and admittedly - inspired by Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive, this fantastic game combines NARC's surreal violence with an amazing soundtrack, stellar gameplay, and neon-soaked, faux "8-bit" graphics reminiscent of Ultra's Mission: Impossible (NES). It is an amazing experience, and I cannot recommend it highly enough.

I rolled the credits on this one twice last night: once for the "main" story and again for the "biker" segment. I also played through one of the two bonus missions, but I still need to collect all of the masks, collect all of the puzzle pieces, and unlock all of the weapons...I can't wait! (I also cannot wait for the sequel, which will probably be a "day 1" purchase for me.)

prfsnl_gmr wrote:1. Hotline Miami (PS3)

This fantastic game combines NARC's surreal violence with an amazing soundtrack, stellar gameplay, and neon-soaked, faux "8-bit" graphics reminiscent of Ultra's Mission: Impossible (NES). It is an amazing experience, and I cannot recommend it highly enough.

I rolled the credits on this one twice last night: once for the "main" story and again for the "biker" segment. I also played through one of the two bonus missions, but I still need to collect all of the masks, collect all of the puzzle pieces, and unlock all of the weapons...I can't wait! (I also cannot wait for the sequel, which will probably be a "day 1" purchase for me.)

Such a phenomenal game

dsheinem wrote:

prfsnl_gmr wrote:1. Hotline Miami (PS3)

This fantastic game combines NARC's surreal violence with an amazing soundtrack, stellar gameplay, and neon-soaked, faux "8-bit" graphics reminiscent of Ultra's Mission: Impossible (NES). It is an amazing experience, and I cannot recommend it highly enough.

I rolled the credits on this one twice last night: once for the "main" story and again for the "biker" segment. I also played through one of the two bonus missions, but I still need to collect all of the masks, collect all of the puzzle pieces, and unlock all of the weapons...I can't wait! (I also cannot wait for the sequel, which will probably be a "day 1" purchase for me.)

Such a phenomenal game

Agreed. This was one of my favorite games that I beat last year, and I've been recommending it to almost everyone. I sat down and played through a good chunk of it again over the holiday break, just admiring how I keep coming back despite having done everything in it(including all achievements).

Assassin's Creed IV will be the first one for me this year I'm sure.

Unfortunately, can't make much headway on it until Sunday when I get back home.

BoneSnapDeez wrote:So I'm assuming you guys started these games in 2013?

On that note, it would actually be interesting to track start date. I have a feeling a bunch of mine would be months or years.

prfsnl_gmr wrote:1. Hotline Miami (PS3)

Clearly - and admittedly - inspired by Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive, this fantastic game combines NARC's surreal violence with an amazing soundtrack, stellar gameplay, and neon-soaked, faux "8-bit" graphics reminiscent of Ultra's Mission: Impossible (NES). It is an amazing experience, and I cannot recommend it highly enough.

I rolled the credits on this one twice last night: once for the "main" story and again for the "biker" segment. I also played through one of the two bonus missions, but I still need to collect all of the masks, collect all of the puzzle pieces, and unlock all of the weapons...I can't wait! (I also cannot wait for the sequel, which will probably be a "day 1" purchase for me.)

Yes! Amazing game. One of the best digital titles ever and one of the best games period of the last few years.

@Stark
What games have you been working on for years? Mine would be Rogue and its little buddy NetHack.

BoneSnapDeez wrote:What games have you been working on for years? Mine would be Rogue and its little buddy NetHack.

Well they wouldn't be consistently worked on. Like I've started up Final Fantasy XIII several times since it's release. If I were to use my latest save it is a couple of years old at this point. Or one I beat in 2013 was Halo 4. I beat it on November 12th and I bought and played that game at launch (November 6th, 2012.) I start a lot of games and beat very few.

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
The stand-alone expansion to my pick for 2012 GOTY. Definitely the best game I've played all year. I thought the forced cheesiness would wear thin by the end of the game, but they give you enough new stuff throughout the game and especially in the last mission that everything stays fun and funny. I wish more games were as willing to try something new and possibly risky as Blood Dragon was. Sadly, out of the tons of games that go for the '80s style, this will probably remain the only one that will do it with modern graphics... and have an actual '80s atmosphere to it, not just blocky graphics and chip music.

Get ready for a list that will be similar to my 2013 Beaten thread. Sorry, I'm a creature of habit.

I plan on beating at least five games tonight, and two games will be carry-overs from 2013.

But I drew a few games from the library including:

Streets of Rage Sega CD
Golden Axe Sega CD
Shinobi III Genesis
Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis
Tekken Tag 2 (Carry over) 360
Bioshock (Carry over) 360