Games Beaten 2013

[FerretGamer]

New games in bold.

January:

1/2 - Spec Ops: The Line - PS3
1/3 - flOw - PS3
1/4 - Flower - PS3
1/7 - Journey - PS3
1/9 - WET - PS3
1/13 - CTR: Crash Team Racing - PS1
1/16 - Asura's Wrath - PS3
1/18 - Crash Bandicoot 1 - PS1
1/19 - Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure - GBA

It's hard for me to admit this but I have never completed the original Crash Bandicoot. I used to play the crap out of the demo included with the Playstation sampler disc many years ago. It became one of those games that I always wanted as a kid but never owned. After 17 years, I am now the proud owner of a black label Crash Bandicoot.

I think that most of us are quite familiar with Crash Bandicoot so I'll keep my impressions fairly short. The game is still quite fun after all of these years and definitely VERY challenging at times.

Slippery Slope, I am looking at you. (

I forgot the exact percentage that I completed the game with but there is no way I will ever see 100% given that I am just not man enough for some of the post-game challenges.

I will say that I am particularly impressed by how well the game has held up graphically. I think it looks just as charming today as it did in 1996. The controls, however, at times frustrated me because I simply forgot about the pre-dual shock days of the Playstation. The d-pad can be awkward at times when controlling Crash in his 3D environments. However, they are still very precise and accurate and I lay most of the blame with my own skills.

In the end, I was really excited to play this game and I think it lived up to my expectations. I am very interested to see how the series progressed in Naughty Dog's hands and I will definitely be picking up Crash 2 and 3 at some point in the future.



This is just about what you would expect. Crash Bandicoot has been turned into a GBA game. Vicarious Visions is a solid handheld developer (I love the THPS games on GBA) and I think they did a commendable job with this title. Overall, the game captures the essence of Crash complete with the look, characters, sound, and signature moves. In addition, the game has the typical Crash challenges consisting of gems and relics. However, The Huge Adventure is strictly a 2D platformer with a few quasi-3D breaks thrown in (running away from the Yeti similar to the boulder in Crash 1.)

Some of the relic challenges are just devious and I will probably never be able to best the top times. I give this game bonus points just for the fact that it is a GBA game and Gameboy leaves me with warm and fuzzy feelings inside. Honestly, who can resist those charming little cartridges. *sigh* The good 'ol days.

[TheGrimAngel]

Man reading through this makes me feel like I've already fallen behind beating some games this year

All I've beaten is Far Cry 3, and some of the New Borderlands 2 dlc

[Opa Opa]

1- Gravity Rush - Vita
2- Erst Kerf - PC
3- Resident Evil 6 - PS3
4- PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale - Vita
5- Battlefield 3 - PS3

A rather short campaign that has a surprising amount of variety. The story is just 'meh' but the campaign is really only worth playing to train yourself for multiplayer.

My only complaints with multiplayer so far are 1) sniper rifles seem a tad under-powered and 2) the spawn system isn't that good. Other than those two things I'm having fun in online matches.

[Ack]

1. Sniper Elite V2 (PS3)(TPS)
2. Teen Agent (PC)(Point and Click Adventure)
3. Alpha Protocol (PS3)(RPG)
4. Beneath A Steel Sky (PC)(Point and Click Adventure)
5. Imscared - A Pixelated Nightmare (PC)(Horror)
6. Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (SNES)(RPG)
7. Celestial Mechanica (PC)(Platformer)
8. Gravity Bone (PC)(First Person Adventure)

I couldn't help it. After seeing the earlier comments made about this game, I figured I ought to give it a try. I missed it back in 2008 because I was starting grad school. I'm sorry I did, because despite the fact this game is over in the bat of an eye and has the look of a Minecraft-inspired Half-Life mod (I know, previous games in the series...), this game handles the application of storytelling in an open manner that lets me get the general gist while allowing me to take away what I want. The flashbacks at the end...at least, I believe them to be flashbacks...what an awesome way to finish things.

But I'm not sure of the finality. There is a noir-ish quality to the ending that I got out of it, an anti-hero taking a bullet from a femme fatale that will only seem to kill him. But I've seen this movie too many times. I'm gonna get my ass kicked and handed to me while waking up in a pool of my own blood, but in the end everybody gets theirs, as will the smoking dame with the blazing pistol...

And the highlight of the game for me? Dropping into the middle of that dinner party.

[Blu]

1. Assassin's Creed 3 - 1/6/2013
2. Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 & 2 (Gamecube) - 1/11/2013
3. Metal Gear Solid 2 (Metal Gear Solid HD Collection) - 1/20/2013
4. Metal Gear Solid 3 (Metal Gear Solid HD Collection) - 1/22/2013
Nothing gets old about eating snakes. For anyone who is a fan of the series, where do you rank each of the games? For me it's MGS > MGS3 > MGS4 > MGS2. Metal Gear Solid is clearly the standout, but every game after builds upon the established formula. What I love in Metal Gear Solid 3 is an answer to a lot of the questions that were left unanswered in the second game.
5. Sega Bass Fishing Xbox 360 - 1/22/2013
Caught me a 17lb 12oz Bass in Arcade Mode. Come at me bros!

[BurningDoom]

Just seeing this pic brings back so many great feelings. I played this platformer more than any other that generation. So much fun, and a lot of old-school sensibilities put into a 3D world, which I'm sure is what appealed to me so much about it. It was the crossover game that really got me comfortable with 3D gaming.

[Gamerforlife]

Just seeing this pic brings back so many great feelings. I played this platformer more than any other that generation. So much fun, and a lot of old-school sensibilities put into a 3D world, which I'm sure is what appealed to me so much about it. It was the crossover game that really got me comfortable with 3D gaming.

Ah yes, I miss the days when Naughty Dog didn't suck

[dsheinem]

Just seeing this pic brings back so many great feelings. I played this platformer more than any other that generation. So much fun, and a lot of old-school sensibilities put into a 3D world, which I'm sure is what appealed to me so much about it. It was the crossover game that really got me comfortable with 3D gaming.

Ah yes, I miss the days when Naughty Dog didn't suck

I sincerely hope you are kidding

[Gamerforlife]

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

Sam & Max The Devil's Playhouse - Episode 3 - PC, GOG version

This was a real disappointment. After a very strong first half featuring some really funny interrogation scenes, the second half of this episode is pure crap and features ones of the worse puzzles in the entire history of the series.

Although I rather enjoyed this one myself, I definitely thought it was the weakest in the series. The last two were 2 of the strongest episodes of any season imo though, so it'll be cool to see if you enjoy those.

I think everything before the

reality alteration

was great. After that, the episode turned to shit. And that puzzle where you had to

turn Max into a credit card and trigger the scene where he eats the corn dogs

was utterly ridiculous. That exemplifies what people when mean when they say adventure games have puzzles that don't make sense.

How does a credit card eat food? At least with the toaster thing you could make a mental connection between toaster and food, but a credit card?

[Gamerforlife]

I sincerely hope you are kidding

Not in the slightest. I've haven't liked anything they've done since the Crash Bandicoot series. I've never been on the Uncharted bandwagon like everyone else and I think a lot of people here know that already.