Games Completed 2013

[Roy42]

Ah. I like having impetus to collect fruit in the same way that I liked having the urgency to not waste too much time in Pikmin 1. I just don't like that whatever the theoretical maximum number of days you could spend on the planet in Pikmin 3 is (a podcast said 100, apparently) isn't ever an option. In Pikmin 1, whether you collect ship parts or not, you've got 30 days. In Pikmin 3, if I didn't collect fruit for a couple of days (let's say I spend a day getting to a boss without getting fruit, a day fighting the boss and losing a bunch of pikmin, a day growing more pikmin to refight) I could suddenly find myself in a position where the only option is to restore back to a save of an earlier day, which is just a bad piece of design. I don't want the game to force me to optimise my game at every single turn, I want to beat (or not, as the case was with Pikmin 1) the game once and then return to it with a desire to do better; and I get why Pikmin 3 is designed this way, because they want to segment the gameplay (even more than they already had in the first place). I just wish that doing as much as possible in a single day was left to the mission mode.

[Bakers_12]

10/1 Lego: Lord of the Rings
15/1 Kid Icarus : Uprising
15/2 Halo 4 : Heroic
7/3 Dishonored : normal
12/3 Mass Effect 3 : citadel DLC
19/3 Batman Arkham City NG+
2/4 Dead Space 2
11/4 Bioshock infante :normal
4/5 Dishonored: knife of dunwell DLC
14/5 Dead Space : second play through
22/5 Deus Ex HR : The Missing Link , Factory zero (no guns, items or upgrades used )play through
4/6 Sleeping Dogs
9/7 The walking Dead 400 Days
13/7 Bastion NG+
15/8 Crackdown
20/8 Dishonored : Witches of Bridgewater DLC
26/8 Assassins creed

12/9 Bully

Now my second fav Rockstar game after RDR Amazing.

12/9 Professor Layton and his stupid fucking 3D face

More Layton but with 3D bits in'it !

[Dante Fireseed]

Jan 16: The Walking Dead (PC)
Feb 3 : Just Cause 2 (PS3)
March 9: Witcher 2 (360)
March 22: Sleeping Dogs (PC)
March 30: Mark of the Ninja (PC)
April 2: Spec Ops: The Line (PS3)
May 18: Thomas was Alone (PSN)
May 22: Halo 4 (360)
July 7: Hotline Miami (PC)
July 28: Assassins Creed 3 (360)
August 3: Tomb Raider (PC)
September 1: The Last of Us (PS3)
September 12: BioShock Infinite (360)
September 13: The Walking Dead 400 days DLC (PC)

[Indiana747]

1(Jan) Resident Evil 6 - PS3
2(Jan) Darksiders. - PS3
3(Jan) Battlefield Bad Company(hardcore). - PS3
4(Feb) Mirrors Edge. - PS3
5(Feb) God of War 2. - PS3
6(Feb) Wolfenstein. - 360
7(Mar) House of the Dead 4. - PSN
8(Mar) Rage + Scorcher DLC. - PS3
9(Mar) God of War:Ghost of Sparta. - PSN
10(Apr) Uncharted 3:Drakes Deception(platinum). - PS3
11(Apr) Infamous. - PS3
12(Apr) Infamous 2:Festival of Blood. - PSN
13(Apr) Vanquish. - 360
14(Apr) God of War:Chains of Olympus. - PSN
15(Apr) Gears of War 3. - 360
16(Apr) Tomb Raider(2013). - PS3
17(Apr) Hydrophobia Prophecy. - PSN
18(Apr) Starhawk. - PSN
19(Apr) Costume Quest. - PSN
20(Apr) Bioshock Infinite. - PS3
21(May) Far Cry 3:Blood Dragon. - PSN
22(May) Farming Simulator 2012. - VITA
23(May) Dead Nation. - PSN
24(May) Far Cry 3(platinum). - PS3
25(May) Red Faction Armageddon. - PS3
26(May) Deadlight. - XBLA
27(May) Call of Juarez:Gunslinger. - PSN
28(June) Crysis. - PSN
29(June) Shank 2. - PSN
30(June) Thomas Was Alone. - VITA
31(June) Halo:Reach. - 360
32(June) The Last of Us. - PS3
33(June) Medal of Honor:Warfighter. - PS3
34(July) Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. - PS3
35(July) Max Payne 3. - PS3
36(July) Uncharted:Golden Abyss. - VITA
37(July) The Walking Dead:400 Days. - PSN
38(July) Alien Breed. - VITA
39(Aug) Assassins Creed:Brotherhood. - PS3
40(Aug) Urban Trial Freestyle. - VITA
41(Aug) Assassins Creed:Revelations. - PS3
42(Aug) Saints Row IV. - PS3
43(Sept) Hotline Miami. - VITA

[InsrtCoins]

I recently 100%'d Super Mario Galaxy 2. It was certainly surprising when, out of nowhere, Nintendo doubled the number of stars in each level with the green star challenges. I really liked these challenges, though. I was fairly familiar with each level by that point, so I really had to think "if I were a game designer, where would I hide a star?". The stars had a more exploratory style, like Banjo-Kazooie, rather than the strict objective-based stars typical of Galaxy 2.

Of course, that last level........ It took me about 60 tries. I like that they give you that one star bit right at the very beginning of the level to indicate how many times you had to retry.

[ratsoalbion]

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01 Jan: Frog Fractions (web browser)
03 Jan: Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening HD (PS3)
14 Jan: Jetpack Joyride (iOS)
22 Jan: Shenmue II (DC)
26 Jan: Spec Ops: The Line (360)
29 Jan: Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing with Banjo-Kazooie (360) - All 64 Missions cleared at 'A to AAA' Rank and all Advanced Grand Prix won
05 Feb: DmC Devil May Cry (PC)
15 Feb: Crysis (PC)
15 Feb: Crysis Warhead (PC)
20 Feb: Aliens: Colonial Marines (PC)
07 Mar: Crysis 3 (360)
08 Mar: Proteus (PC)
09 Mar: Serious Sam Double D XXL (360)
13 Mar: Tomb Raider (PC)
31 Mar: The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct (PS3)
12 Apr: BioShock Infinite (PC)
16 Apr: Gears of War: Judgment (360)
03 May: Thomas Was Alone (Vita)
03 May: Luigi's Mansion 2 (3DS)
08 May: Star Trek (360)
12 May: Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (3DS)
18 May: Metro: Last Light (PC)
02 Jun: Crash City Mayhem (3DS)
12 Jun: The Last Of Us (PS3)
24 Jun: Bird & Bombs (3DS)
30 Jun: Dishonored (PC)
07 Jul: Deadpool (360)
21 Jul: Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (PS3)
21 Jul: The Walking Dead: 400 Days (PS3)
27 Jul: Pikmin 3 (Wii U)
07 Aug: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (360)
16 Aug: StarFox 64 3D (3DS)
25 Aug: The Smurfs 2 (360)
25 Aug: DuckTales Remastered (PS3)
26 Aug: Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale (3DS)
06 Sep: Flashback (360)

15 Sep: Psychonauts (PC)
In good time for this week's podcast.

[InsrtCoins]

14 Jan: Jetpack Joyride (iOS)

If I may ask, what do you consider "completing" this game?

[ratsoalbion]

Ha ha, second time I've been asked this. Yes it's not really a 'finishable' game as such but if I recall I got all the achievements and completed all given objectives 2 or 3 times over.

[Dante Fireseed]

Jan 16: The Walking Dead (PC)
Feb 3 : Just Cause 2 (PS3)
March 9: Witcher 2 (360)
March 22: Sleeping Dogs (PC)
March 30: Mark of the Ninja (PC)
April 2: Spec Ops: The Line (PS3)
May 18: Thomas was Alone (PSN)
May 22: Halo 4 (360)
July 7: Hotline Miami (PC)
July 28: Assassins Creed 3 (360)
August 3: Tomb Raider (PC)
September 1: The Last of Us (PS3)
September 12: BioShock Infinite (360)
September 13: The Walking Dead 400 days DLC (PC)
September 15: To The Moon (PC)

An emotional, well told and moving story. Not much game but absolutely wonderful.

[InsrtCoins]

Ha ha, second time I've been asked this. Yes it's not really a 'finishable' game as such but if I recall I got all the achievements and completed all given objectives 2 or 3 times over.

That's still pretty impressive. There are a couple of those achievements, like reaching 5,000m and getting the Profit Bird twice in one run, that are very difficult.

[ratsoalbion]

Ok I've just checked back and it says I only have 24 of 36 achievements. I don't want to appear a fraud!
Some of these I don't remember though, were they added more recently I wonder..?
Either way, no need to be impressed by the looks of things - I guess I just felt like I'd done everything I wanted to.

[James]

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* denotes multiple playthroughs (NG+, alternative difficulties, alternative endings, co-op, etc.)
01/01 - Dishonored [sic] (PC)
02/01 - Frog Fractions (Browser)
02/01 - Grindstar (Browser)
02/01 - Hug Marine (Browser)
03/01 - Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
03/01 - Thirty Flights Of Loving (PC)
03/01 - Gravity Bone (PC)
04/01 - Hundreds (iOS)
05/01 - 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (DS)*
19/01 - Spec Ops: The Line (PC)
19/01 - The Binding Of Isaac (PC)
21/01 - 10000000 (iOS)
27/01 - DmC (PC)
27/01 - Life Of Pixel (PSM/Vita)
04/02 - Proteus (PC)
04/02 - McPixel (Android)
10/02 - Bientôt l’été (PC)
12/02 - Antichamber (PC)
22/02 - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3)
24/02 - BioShock (PC)
26/02 - BioShock 2 (PC)
27/02 - BioShock 2: Minerva's Den (PC)
04/03 - Demon's Souls (PS3)
09/04 - Dark Souls (PC)****
09/04 - Thomas Was Alone (PC)
16/04 - BioShock Infinite (PC)
20/04 - Guacamelee! (Vita)
27/04 - Super Mario Bros. (SNES)
27/04 - Street Fighter II (1-player mode) (SNES)
28/04 - Super Mario Land (3DS VC)
01/05 - Professor Layton And The Miracle Mask (3DS)
06/05 - Espgaluda II (Tateha) (Android)
07/05 - Espgaluda II (Ageha) (iOS)
09/05 - Sine Mora (Vita)
12/05 - Tomb Raider (2013) (PC)
12/05 - Mushihime-sama (iOS)
13/05 - The Room (Android)
17/05 - The Path (PC)
19/05 - Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (PC)
20/05 - Injustice: Gods Among Us (iOS)
30/05 - Candy Box (Browser)
07/06 - Rush Bros (PC)
19/06 - FEZ (PC)
24/06 - Aliens: Colonial Marines (PC)
25/07 - El Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron (360)
04/08 - Tribloos 2 (Android)
10/08 - StarWing (SNES)
10/08 - Super James Pond (SNES)
13/08 - Star Fox 64 3D (3DS)
18/08 - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (PC)
21/08 - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (PC)
24/08 - The Unfinished Swan (PS3)
26/08 - Gone Home
30/08 - Fahrenheit (PS2)
05/09 - Coil (PC)
05/09 - Super Meat Boy (PC)
08/09 - Rogue Legacy (PC)
08/09 - Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons (PC)

16/09 - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist (PC)

Not just a great Splinter Cell game, nor simply an excellent stealth game, I thoroughly enjoyed Blacklist and will be mightily surprised if it isn't amongst my fondest gaming memories of 2013. I'd love to tell fans of Conviction that the action-focussed stealth gameplay is intact, but I have no idea; I gleefully took the opportunity to ignore Assault and Panther in favour of the Ghost mission parameters. I'll go into more detail in the review, but I cannot recommend this game highly enough to fans of the early Splinter Cell games.

Running total = 64
The running total includes all playthroughs (NG+, alternative difficulties, alternative endings, co-op, etc.), but the list is spared them to keep it shorter.

[Indiana747]

1(Jan) Resident Evil 6 - PS3
2(Jan) Darksiders. - PS3
3(Jan) Battlefield Bad Company(hardcore). - PS3
4(Feb) Mirrors Edge. - PS3
5(Feb) God of War 2. - PS3
6(Feb) Wolfenstein. - 360
7(Mar) House of the Dead 4. - PSN
8(Mar) Rage + Scorcher DLC. - PS3
9(Mar) God of War:Ghost of Sparta. - PSN
10(Apr) Uncharted 3:Drakes Deception(platinum). - PS3
11(Apr) Infamous. - PS3
12(Apr) Infamous 2:Festival of Blood. - PSN
13(Apr) Vanquish. - 360
14(Apr) God of War:Chains of Olympus. - PSN
15(Apr) Gears of War 3. - 360
16(Apr) Tomb Raider(2013). - PS3
17(Apr) Hydrophobia Prophecy. - PSN
18(Apr) Starhawk. - PSN
19(Apr) Costume Quest. - PSN
20(Apr) Bioshock Infinite. - PS3
21(May) Far Cry 3:Blood Dragon. - PSN
22(May) Farming Simulator 2012. - VITA
23(May) Dead Nation. - PSN
24(May) Far Cry 3(platinum). - PS3
25(May) Red Faction Armageddon. - PS3
26(May) Deadlight. - XBLA
27(May) Call of Juarez:Gunslinger. - PSN
28(June) Crysis. - PSN
29(June) Shank 2. - PSN
30(June) Thomas Was Alone. - VITA
31(June) Halo:Reach. - 360
32(June) The Last of Us. - PS3
33(June) Medal of Honor:Warfighter. - PS3
34(July) Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. - PS3
35(July) Max Payne 3. - PS3
36(July) Uncharted:Golden Abyss. - VITA
37(July) The Walking Dead:400 Days. - PSN
38(July) Alien Breed. - VITA
39(Aug) Assassins Creed:Brotherhood. - PS3
40(Aug) Urban Trial Freestyle. - VITA
41(Aug) Assassins Creed:Revelations. - PS3
42(Aug) Saints Row IV. - PS3
43(Sept) Hotline Miami. - VITA
44(Sept) Sly Cooper(platinum). - PSN

[ratsoalbion]

Spoiler: show

01 Jan: Frog Fractions (web browser)
03 Jan: Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening HD (PS3)
14 Jan: Jetpack Joyride (iOS)
22 Jan: Shenmue II (DC)
26 Jan: Spec Ops: The Line (360)
29 Jan: Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing with Banjo-Kazooie (360) - All 64 Missions cleared at 'A to AAA' Rank and all Advanced Grand Prix won
05 Feb: DmC Devil May Cry (PC)
15 Feb: Crysis (PC)
15 Feb: Crysis Warhead (PC)
20 Feb: Aliens: Colonial Marines (PC)
07 Mar: Crysis 3 (360)
08 Mar: Proteus (PC)
09 Mar: Serious Sam Double D XXL (360)
13 Mar: Tomb Raider (PC)
31 Mar: The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct (PS3)
12 Apr: BioShock Infinite (PC)
16 Apr: Gears of War: Judgment (360)
03 May: Thomas Was Alone (Vita)
03 May: Luigi's Mansion 2 (3DS)
08 May: Star Trek (360)
12 May: Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (3DS)
18 May: Metro: Last Light (PC)
02 Jun: Crash City Mayhem (3DS)
12 Jun: The Last Of Us (PS3)
24 Jun: Bird & Bombs (3DS)
30 Jun: Dishonored (PC)
07 Jul: Deadpool (360)
21 Jul: Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (PS3)
21 Jul: The Walking Dead: 400 Days (PS3)
27 Jul: Pikmin 3 (Wii U)
07 Aug: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (360)
16 Aug: StarFox 64 3D (3DS)
25 Aug: The Smurfs 2 (360)
25 Aug: DuckTales Remastered (PS3)
26 Aug: Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale (3DS)
06 Sep: Flashback (360)
15 Sep: Psychonauts (PC)

16 Sep: Rayman Legends (360)
Just the basic credit roll 'story' completion. Still a ton of stuff left to do to 100% the game but this will do me for now.

[PressEscToExit]

Frog Fractions (PC/Browser)
Dear Esther (PC) *replayed
Anarchy Reigns (360)
DmC: Devil May Cry (360)
Ni No Kuni (PS3)
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3)
Progear (Arcade/MAME)
Alien vs Predator (Arcade/MAME)
Tomb Raider (360)
Punchout! (Wii)
BioShock Infinite (360)
The Room (Android)
Rayman Jungle Run (Android)
Luigi's Mansion (3DS)
Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS)
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (GBA/3DS)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
Aliens: Infestation (DS)
Thomas Was Alone (PC)
Proteus (PC)
Little Inferno (PC)
The Last Of Us (PS3)
Catherine (PS3)
Demon's Souls (PS3)
Dark Souls, NG+ (PS3)
Pikmin 3 (Wii U)
Katamari Damacy (PS2/PS3)
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (PS3)

Super Mario Bros 3 (NES/Wii) First time I've ever taken a serious run at this game, having played bits and pieces for 2 and a bit decades. Brilliant, timeless design and absolutely the hardest thing I've played this year - currently imagining millions of NESs being left on 24 hours a day to avoid losing progress They got me with the wee joke at the end too.

[Todinho]

FTL- Thanks to mister Ashguyver I've been obsessively playing FTL mainly because it's really fun however I am aperently really bad at it because even after dumping over 10 hours on the game I havent been able to even get to the boss and have only unlocked 1 ship,well that was the case up until now but today I finnaly got to my destination and to finnaly deliver some important intel to the federation or something,the crew of the Bebop had suffered a lot to get here but finnaly it was over or was it!?

Aparently its not enough for a small poorly armed ship to cross the hostile galaxy alone and deliver a vital piece of intel to change the war,no no we're supposed to fight the rebel fleet too because that's fair,but ok I was given 5 turns to prepare so I went around farming in nearby systems to get myself ready. I was right next to the federation base ready for battle and the flagship was just a jump away I went ahead and jumped to the base to meet the rebel flagship at the federation base and finnaly end this war and the mission,but then I get a message that the flagship was too near the federation base and the rebels had won game fucking over! Aparently I was supposed to fight the fleet alone because the federation couldnt be bothered to lift a finger even when facing certain destruction and they just surrendered so you know what screw those guys the universe is better of with the rebels at least they have initiative!

PS:The crew of the Bebop now roams the emptyness of space taking odd jobs where they can get it with the only original member left(ironically enough) being Spike,but im sure he'll have much fun hunting bounty's with his two rock friends and the crazy slugman they found on a rock.

[Alex79]

JAN - Journey (PS3)
JAN- Frog Fractions (Browser)
FEB - Saints Row The Third (360)
FEB - Spec Ops: The Line (360)
FEB - Bioshock 2 (PS3)
FEB - Mac Payne 3 (PS3)
MAR - Ico (PS3)
MAR - Shadow Of The Colossus (PS3)
APR - The Walking Dead - Episodes 1 - 5 (PS3)
APR - Guacamelee! (VITA)
APR - Thomas Was Alone (VITA)
MAY - Castlevania - Symphony Of The Night (PS1 - Played on VITA)
JUN - Dark Souls (PS3)
JUN - Catherine (PS3)
JUN - Uncharted: Golden Abyss (VITA)
AUG - Demon's Souls (PS3)

SEP - The Last Of Us (PS3)

Brilliant. Excellent characters, terrific pacing, and on medium difficulty perfectly pitched. I can't think of a single flaw. Although it's not my favourite game I've ever played, I think it may well be technically the most perfect. I was totally engrossed from the opening scenes to the credits rolling.

[delb2k]

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All Stars Battle Royale
Far Cry 3
CoD: Black Ops 2
Thirty Flights of Loving
Alan Wakes American Nightmare
Journey
Sonic & Sega Transformed
Spec Ops: The Line
Mark of the Ninja
Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Aliens CM
Crysis 2
I Am Alive
Crysis 3
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II
MGS Rising re-thingy-ma-bob
Joe Danger Touch!
Tomb Raider
The Darkness
God of War: Ascencion
Bioshock Infinite
Bioshock
Kirbys Epic Yarn
Gears Judgement
Dear Esther
Deadlight
F1 2012
Uncharted
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
The Unfinished Swan
FlatOut
Dragons Dogma
Shadows of the Damned
The Last of Us
Borderlands 2: Captain Scarlett
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
The walking Dead - 400 Days
Crimson Alliance
Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock
Hotline Miami
Sam & Max Episode 2 - Situation: Comedy
Lego City: Undercover
Papa & Yo
Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmare
Motorstorm: Apocalypse
Motorstorm 3D Rift
Person 4: Golden
Bastion
HarmoKnight
Quake 4
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Thomas Was Alone
Dead Space 3
Saints Row 4
Luigis Mansion 2
Halo 4
Gunpoint
Attack of the Friday Monsters

Ratchet & Clank HD

A really nice old school 3D platformer with some clever design decisions within it even now. The controls are a bit of a pain and the deadzone in the PS3 sticks can cause a pain at points but it is honestly a great 10 hours entertainment.

Guacamelee

Mostly platformer and part metroidvania it is a nice way to spend 5 or 6 hours. I am not sure if I ever thought it was truly excellent but I did enjoy the time I spent with it and as a game to spend an hour or so at a time on it really works.

Total completions: 62

[delb2k]

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All Stars Battle Royale
Far Cry 3
CoD: Black Ops 2
Thirty Flights of Loving
Alan Wakes American Nightmare
Journey
Sonic & Sega Transformed
Spec Ops: The Line
Mark of the Ninja
Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Aliens CM
Crysis 2
I Am Alive
Crysis 3
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II
MGS Rising re-thingy-ma-bob
Joe Danger Touch!
Tomb Raider
The Darkness
God of War: Ascencion
Bioshock Infinite
Bioshock
Kirbys Epic Yarn
Gears Judgement
Dear Esther
Deadlight
F1 2012
Uncharted
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
The Unfinished Swan
FlatOut
Dragons Dogma
Shadows of the Damned
The Last of Us
Borderlands 2: Captain Scarlett
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
The walking Dead - 400 Days
Crimson Alliance
Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock
Hotline Miami
Sam & Max Episode 2 - Situation: Comedy
Lego City: Undercover
Papa & Yo
Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmare
Motorstorm: Apocalypse
Motorstorm 3D Rift
Person 4: Golden
Bastion
HarmoKnight
Quake 4
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Thomas Was Alone
Dead Space 3
Saints Row 4
Luigis Mansion 2
Halo 4
Gunpoint
Attack of the Friday Monsters
Ratchet & Clank HD
Guacamelee

Rayman Legends

Like Leon I have gotten to the point of seeing the credits and getting through the 8-bit music remixes and that is enough, especially having finished origins a couple of years ago. Charming and bright it really is a fantastic little platformer and when you get in the flow it has a very good rythem to it.

Total completions: 63

[dezm0nd]

Finished GTA V last night on about 79%. Went back for more. I love this game!