Games Beaten 2013

[Xeogred]

1. Bare Knuckle III (Genesis)
2. Megaman 5* (PS2)
3. Final Fight 2 (SNES)
4. Final Fight 3 (SNES)
5. Bloody Roar (PSX)
6. Bloody Roar 2 (PSX)
7. Megaman 6* (PS2)
8. Nier (PS3)
9. Final Fight Double Impact (Guy)
10. Devil May Cry HD (PS3)
11. Dead Space 3 (360)
12. Devil May Cry 2 HD (PS3)
13. Dead Space* (360)
14. Dead Space 2 (360)
15. Bioshock Infinite (360)
16. Doom 3* BFG Edition + RoE + Lost Mission (360)
17. Lost Odyssey (360)
18. FEAR 2* (360)
19. Sonic CD* (PS3)
20. Resident Evil 4* HD (PS3)
21. The Darkness II (360)
22. Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon (360)
23. Skyrim (360)
24. Metal Gear Solid 2* HD (PS3)
25. Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker HD (PS3)
26. Metal Gear Solid 3* HD (PS3)
27. Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3)
28. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3)
29. Zone of the Enders HD (PS3)
30. Devil May Cry 3 HD (PS3)
31. Devil May Cry 3 HD [PLATINUM] (PS3)
32. Onimusha Warlords (PS2)
33. Asura's Wrath (PS3)
34. Ratchet & Clank HD (PS3)
35. Sly Cooper HD (PS3)
36. Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny* (PS2)
37. Devil May Cry 4* (PS3)
38. Vanquish (PS3)
39. Onimusha 3: Demon Siege* (PS2)
40. Ratchet & Clank Going Commando HD (PS3)
41. Resident Evil 5* Gold (PS3)

* = replay

Replayed RE4 earlier this year and figured I'd give RE5 another shot. I've ragged on this one a lot and I still think it's a huge step down from RE4, but I have to say I did have a lot of good memories of this one since I was lucky enough to co-op it 2-3 times over with a friend (same with Lost Planet 2), and well going through it again, it's aged pretty well in most cases and is still a lot of fun.

On that last part, I just have to say that yes, I completely love tank controls in just about any form. Sue me? lol. Not being able to walk while aiming here... oh well, I could careless. It just hit me this is one thing I love so much about RE4-5 and the Dead Space games. That intense "heaviness" to your character and the controls. I'm a fan, what can I say.

The bosses are the games biggest flaws. They were just completely annoying especially running through with the computer friendly AI which sucks and instead of worrying about yourself, you have to manage the AI too (same with inventory management constantly). The on rails bosses were the only ones I enjoyed for the most part, and the Wesker encounters beyond the final fight which was just as annoying as I remembered, takes way too long. Overall the bosses felt like Lost Planet rejects or something... amazing designs visually and all, I love gigantic monster boss fights... but here it just wasn't that fun thanks to having bad friendly AI around to manage.

Lost in Nightmares was freaking fantastic. Damn, I wish the main game had more stuff in there like that. That was quite possibly some of the scariest stuff in the franchise (not that that's saying too much in my eyes), haha. Desperate Escape on the other hand just kind of sucked. Friendly AI woes, etc.

Overall, had a lot of fun with this one so I'll stop ragging on it and do have to say I consider it to probably be one of the last legit good games Capcom did this gen.

Prepped for Revelations now. It'll be interesting to see what I think, but I'm pretty excited.

[Luke]

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[/spoiler]

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 *new*

I don't care if the game may have the most product placement in any game ever made, it is still a solid platformer. The graphics are crisp, the controls are spot on (ho ho) and although it provides a challenge, it is a shiny happy game that always seems to put me in a good mood.

[Xeogred]

Haha, did you ever play the isometric Spot game? I remember liking both.

[Luke]

Haha, did you ever play the isometric Spot game? I remember liking both.

Never even knew about it.

[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

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

Bulletstorm - 360 (finished campaign mode)

Bulletstorm is fun at times, as some of the skill shots are sadistically fun to do, particularly when the environment comes into play, but overall I was disappointed by it. The skill shot system is not an organic part of the game's design and almost feels like an afterthought. It's very half baked. For example, why can't the player move the energy leash around? Can you imagine how much more fun the game would be if once you leashed an enemy you could swing him around into any part of the environment or any other enemy? This would have been more intuitive and less annoying than leashing an enemy towards you and then having to try and direct him towards something with the kick move. Since the leash is pretty much the ONLY special ability you have in this game(because the slide is useless and the kick is just there to bolster your leash ability), you'd think they could have given it some more variety and versatility in its use. Also, the fact that you can play through most of the game just playing it as a standard shooter without even really bothering with skill shots, which are often such a hassle to pull off it isn't even worth it, is a failure on the part of the designers to fully realize what this game is supposed to be about.

Also, the characters feel like they are written by 13 year olds, with some of the lamest jokes and stupidest use of swearing I've ever seen in a game. There were a few lines here and there that made me laugh or smile, but overall I found Bulletstorm to be very juvenile, and it's hard to imagine real soldiers or mercenaries talking like these characters. Grey sounds like someone who would get killed quickly in a real life fight because he's an idiot. I understand a comic book writer wrote this game. I don't think I want to read any of his comic book work, because comic book writing has gotten much more mature over the years than this silliness. If you play The Darkness games, or Rocksteady's Batman games, it'll be shocking the gulf in quality between the writing in Bulletstorm and those games. The Darkness games are a good example of a comic book style game that can do "adult" dialog without making it sound laughable.

What's really a shame is that I thought the story started off fairly strong with The Prologue, but it's all downhill from there. The funniest character in the game gets killed off in the prologue, which leaves you stuck with Grey for the whole game, who has the most awful lines, even though he's voiced by the awesome Steve Blum, and his partner in crime is just a monotone character who complains throughout the whole game named Ishi. Later, you pick up a female character who sounds like one of those girls who really tries too hard to be "one of the guys" and just ends up sounding stupid most of the time. She introduces herself to players with a line about not messing with her or she'll, "kill your dicks". Whatever the hell that means I guess that's supposed to be her feminist, I'm just as strong as any guy line. Whatever

Lastly, I have to take this game to task for having the WORST use of sniper rifles in a shooter I have ever seen. The whole point of sniper rifles is killing enemies unseen. THAT'S WHAT MAKES SNIPER RIFLES FUN YOU IDIOT DESIGNERS!!! In this game, every single enemy can magically see sniper bullets coming at them and will always try to dodge them which is REALLY FUCKING ANNOYING!!!!

What's pisses me off even more is the game's double standard. Enemy snipers will hit you with perfect accuracy for high damage, and yet I as a player am not giving the luxury of a sixth sense that allows me to dodge incoming sniper rounds. That's what I call cheap bullshit. You don't ever give enemies a basic ability that player don't have access too. That's bad design, especially when the enemies who are dodging your shots are just common riff raff and my character is supposed to be an elite soldier with a badass, high tech energy leash that only the best soldiers can use.

God, game designers are so goddamned stupid. Bulletstorm actually made me hate sniper rifles, one of my favorite weapons in any shooter.

[Stark]

Bulletstorm

I've heard the developer say they were a little embarrassed about the juvenile humor, but it was what they were going for. Maybe you would like GoW: Judgment more? It's the game that People Can Fly went on to make after Bulletstorm. I'm sure it will be less over the top with the humor and stick to more traditional third-person combat.

[Ack]

Bulletstorm

I've heard the developer say they were a little embarrassed about the juvenile humor, but it was what they were going for. Maybe you would like GoW: Judgment more? It's the game that People Can Fly went on to make after Bulletstorm. I'm sure it will be less over the top with the humor and stick to more traditional third-person combat.

I played about half, and I thought the point of the game was that it was making fun of the often juvenile humor, attitudes, and characterizations found in these kinds of games.

[Gamerforlife]

Bulletstorm

I've heard the developer say they were a little embarrassed about the juvenile humor, but it was what they were going for. Maybe you would like GoW: Judgment more? It's the game that People Can Fly went on to make after Bulletstorm. I'm sure it will be less over the top with the humor and stick to more traditional third-person combat.

I haven't heard anything positive about Judgement. I'm not really into Gears anyway. I played the first game and wasn't that impressed by it, and haven't really payed attention to any of the other entries. I'm not generally into shooters anyway. I only gave Bulletstorm a shot because it sounded different with the whole skill shot system, but I feel that the game largely sticks to shooter design conventions. I had hoped the skill shot system would make things more interesting, but it just feels like a gimmick. I mean some of the so called skill shots are just regular kills you'd get in any other shooter, but Bulletstorm adds some fancy name to it and calls it a "skill shot." You blow off a guy's head with a shotgun blast and the words "topless!" come on the screen like you just did something special when you really didn't. The whole skill shot system is really half baked.

Bulletstorm

I've heard the developer say they were a little embarrassed about the juvenile humor, but it was what they were going for. Maybe you would like GoW: Judgment more? It's the game that People Can Fly went on to make after Bulletstorm. I'm sure it will be less over the top with the humor and stick to more traditional third-person combat.

I played about half, and I thought the point of the game was that it was making fun of the often juvenile humor, attitudes, and characterizations found in these kinds of games.

I would have probably liked the game more if that's what I thought they were going for, but I just never sensed a self aware vibe from the game. It never felt like it was winking at me letting me know that it realizes how stupid it is and is reveling in it. I think Lollopop Chainsaw is a game that does that well. It's silly and stupid but knows it and regularly pokes fun at gaming conventions while also indulging in them.

[Gamerforlife]

I think it's time for me to give Vanquish a try. I know some people on the forum love it. I think I saw a cheap, 360 copy on ebay. A Japanese developed shooter might be more up my alley

[animeprotege]

God of War HD(PS3)
Pokemon White 2(DS)
Metal Gear Solid 4(PS3)
Metal Gear Rising:Revengeance(PS3)