Games Beaten : 2011

[SwooshBear]

Total: 20
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Ps3)
Soul Caliber 3 (Ps2)
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Snes)
Warioware, Inc (Gba)
Half Life 2 ep. 1 (Ps3)
Half Life 2 ep. 2 (Ps3)
Super Mario Land 2 (Gb)
Resident Evil 5 (Ps3)
Radiant (iPod)
Space Invaders Extreme 2 (Ds)
Dark Nebula Episode 2 (iPod)
Angry Birds (iPod)
Call of Duty Black Ops (Ps3)
Kirby's Dreamland 2 (Gb)
Portal 2 (Ps3)
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (Gc)
Warioware Touched (Ds)
Scribblenauts (Ds)
Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland (Gba)
Journey's Escape (2600) *NEW*

Lost internet all day yesterday due to hurricane Irene, so I decided to pass the time with some Atari, mainly Journey's Escape, which is based of the band and their album "Escape". This game is quite strange, and reminds me of Frogger on crack. There are 5 levels and each level you play as a different band member. The point of the game is to make it to the bug-like space ship thing before time runs out. "Enemies" try to block your way and push you to the bottom of the screen and steal your money in the process (Money is your score). The flashy lights hurt my head after playing for awhile but it was all good fun. The game also played "Don't Stop Believing" on the title screen, which I liked.

[Flake]

1/11 Guardian Heroes (SAT)
1/14 Sonic Adventure (GCN)
1/17 Marvel vs Capcom 2 (DC)
1/17 X-Men vs Street Fighter (SAT)
1/22 Dragon Ball Z Budokai (GCN)
1/24 Street Fighter III - The New Generation (DC)
1/24 Street Fighter Alpha 3 (DC)
1/25 Mega Man X (GCN)
1/26 Dragon Ball Advanced Adventure (GBA)
1/31 Tatsunoko vs Capcom (Wii)
2/1 Megaman X2 (GCN)
2/2 Marvel vs Capcom (DC)
2/3 Megaman X3 (GCN)
2/3 Megaman X4 (GCN)
2/4 Megaman X5 (GCN)
2/5 Megaman X6 (GCN)
2/7 Gundam SEED: Never Ending Tomorrow (PS2)
2/8 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (DC)
2/9 Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors Dreams (PS2)
2/9 The King of Fighters XI (PS2)
2/11 The King of Fighters '99 Dream Match (DC)
2/13 SNK Gals Fighter (NGPC)
2/16 The King of Fighters '98 (Wii)
2/17 The King of Fighters '96 (Wii)
2/17 Metal Slug (Wii)
2/17 Metal Slug 2 (Wii)
2/18 SNK vs Capcom: The Match of the Millennium (NGPC)
2/19 The King of Fighters '97 (Wii)
2/19 Street Fighter II' (Wii / VC)
2/22 Metal Slug 3 (Wii)
2/25 Super Street Fighter IV (PS3)
2/27 Capcom vs SNK 2 (DC)
2/27 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
3/3 Mega Man II (GB)
3/5 Super Street Fighter II: HD Remix (PS3)
3/6 Mega Man III (GB)
3/11 Mega Man IV (GB)
3/13 Mega Man: Powered Up! (PSP)
3/14 Garou: Mark of the Wolves (DC)
3/15 Street Fighter III 3rd Strike (PS2)
3/15 Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold (PS2)
3/15 Street Fighter Alpha 2 (PS2)
3/15 Street Fighter EX 3 (PS2)
3/15 Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (PS2)
3/16 The King of Fighters R2 (NGPC)
3/16 Project Justice: Rival Schools (DC)
3/17 Capcom Fighting Evolution (PS2)
3/20 Zone of the Enders (PS2)
3/21 P.N.03 (GCN)
3/21 Super Puzzle Fighter II (GBA)
3/27 Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition (3DS)
4/10 Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (GCN)
4/28 Vampire Savior (SAT)
5/3 Advance Guardian Heroes (GBA)
5/7 Virtua Fighter Kids (SAT)
5/12 Soul Calibur II (GCN)
5/13 Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland (GBA)
5/14 Dead or Alive 2 (DC)
5/14 Gigawing (DC)
5/15 Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 (Wii)
5/23 Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure (NGPC)
5/24 Mega Man 8 (SAT)
5/27 Kirby's Dream Land (GB)
6/4 Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land (GB)
6/18 Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA)
6/20 Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (PS3)
6/20 Street Fighter Alpha 2 (SAT)
6/20 Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors Dreams (GBC)
7/10 Kodou Senshi Gundam (SAT)
7/10 Super Mario Land (GB)
7/16 Sin and Punishment: Star Successor (Wii)
7/18 NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii)
7/25 Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter (SAT)
7/26 Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team (XBLA)
7/27 The King of Dragons (PS2)
7/31 Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
8/2 The King of Fighters '99 Evolution (DC)
8/2 Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing (Wii)
8/6 Sonic Advance (GBA)
8/13 House of the Dead: OverKill (Wii)
8/14 Rival Schools: United by Fate (PSX)
8/17 Maverick Hunter X (PSP)
8/21 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
8/22 Metroid Zero Mission (GBA)
8/26 Metroid Fusion (GBA)
8/28 Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Wii)

Real short but neat game. I've always been interested in the Resident Evil story line but too much of a wuss to play the actual games - so for me this was a really cool experience. It presents some of the plot highlights from Resident Evil 0, Resident Evil, and Resident Evil 3 but in an awesome lightgun game.

The game is really well thought out, seems to have decent replay value (extra missions / scenarios) and was a great way to kill an afternoon. I may have to get the sequel if I can find it cheap enough.

[Balasubbie]

^I passed up that game for £5 recently. I've not seen it for any less than £25 since. I've heard it described as 'House of the Dead with longevity', which was enough to pique my interest.

[Flake]

^I passed up that game for £5 recently. I've not seen it for any less than £25 since. I've heard it described as 'House of the Dead with longevity', which was enough to pique my interest.

I'm no expert on House of the Dead but that description might fit pretty well. One thing I noticed is that there is more strategy involved in Umbrella Chronicles - the zombies are tough and tend to attack you in huge swarms. Once I realized I could knee cap each zombie once (and only once) to buy myself an extra couple of seconds to line up that head shot the game became much easier.

[Balasubbie]

Might pay full whack for it, love my light-guns. On another note, what difficulty do you clear your fighters on? And when d'you consider them beat? All characters, or one character playthoughs?

[jod5000]

Ocarina of Time

[Stark]

1/15 Dynamite Cop (DC)
2/4 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (PS3)
5/19 Portal 2 - Single Player (PS3)
5/22 Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished (PSP)
6/5 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Reverie (PS3)
6/28 Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X (PSP)
7/17 Golden Axe (PSN)
7/22 Red Dead Redemption (PS3)
7/31 Heavy Rain (PS3)
8/16 Jeanne d'Arc (PSP)
8/28 Halo 3 (360)

Not sure where to begin with this game. The gameplay is solid, mostly, I especially enjoyed some of the later firefights and escape sequences. I still think it's weird that Halo games never really have boss fights, but that's easy to get over.

The first thing that sucks is about halfway through Halo 2 the story started slipping and by this game it is a hot mess. Most of the time I don't know what I'm doing or why I'm doing it or what the motivations are of the players. It's just disappointing as it seems like there's a cool world here that they just can't explain properly.

The second thing that sucks is the character models ... blegh. The models are horrible! This is supposed to be a next-gen system? Models look like they're from an oXBox game! Anyway, my verdict is, typical fun Halo gameplay, just ignore the story and the graphics? I don't think I wasted my time, but it was generally disappointing. I'll give it a few months and then dive into Halo: Reach.

[Xeogred]

I tried to do a Halo marathon myself a few months back and after the sluggish adventure that was Halo 2, I just couldn't finish Halo 3 after that. Halo and Reach blow those games away to me especially in terms of narrative. The story was an absolute mess by the time 3 rolled around. Elites teaming up with the humans... are you kidding me?

[G-Darius]

I have been too busy to complete any games over the last few months although while looking through some old amstrad games i loaded up The Hobbit to make comparisons with the Spectrum version and completed it first attempt.

15th March -Sparkster (MD)
14th March -Atic Atac (Zx Spectrum) -with all 3 characters
13th March -M.U.S.H.A (MD)
11th March -Super Turrican (Snes)
9th March - Halo Reach (360)
6th March - Mega SWIV (MD)
4th March - Haunted House (A2600) all 9 games
3rd March - Toki (MD)
31st March - Adventure (A2600) completed all 3 levels and found secret hidden room containing the designers name. (Warren Robinett)
29th March - Outrun 2019 (MD)
20th Feb - Bruce Lee (Zx Spectrum) gone back around 3 times
19th March -The Hobbit (Zx spectrum)
28th March - Out Of This World-[Another World] (Snes)
28th July -The Hobbit (Amstrad cpc)

[Stark]

I tried to do a Halo marathon myself a few months back and after the sluggish adventure that was Halo 2, I just couldn't finish Halo 3 after that. Halo and Reach blow those games away to me especially in terms of narrative. The story was an absolute mess by the time 3 rolled around. Elites teaming up with the humans... are you kidding me?

That's good to hear, I'm looking forward to playing Reach.