Games Completed 2013

[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)
07 Oct: Batman: Arkham Asylum - Game of the Year (PC)
17 Oct: Grand Theft Auto V (PS3)
07 Nov: LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3)

13 Dec: Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros.
I found this to be the biggest and best looking of the Mario & Luigi handheld RPG saga but also perhaps the least funny and engaging. Also at 50+ hours it outstayed its welcome somewhat.

[Rich]

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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)
07 Oct: Batman: Arkham Asylum - Game of the Year (PC)
17 Oct: Grand Theft Auto V (PS3)
07 Nov: LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3)

13 Dec: Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros.
I found this to be the biggest and best looking of the Mario & Luigi handheld RPG saga but also perhaps the least funny and engaging. Also at 50+ hours it outstayed its welcome somewhat.

I'm in deep with that at the moment. I think I'm near the end. I've enjoyed a lot of it but I'll be glad to see the end.

[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
45(Oct) Gravity Rush. - VITA
46(Oct) Tales from Space:Mutant Blobs Attack. - VITA
47(Oct) Grand Theft Auto V. - PS3
48(Oct) The Unfinished Swan. - PSN
49(Oct) Jak & Daxter:The Precursor Legacy. - PS3
50(Oct) Bodycount. - PS3
51(Oct) Motorstorm RC. - VITA
52(Oct) Call of Juarez:Bound in Blood. - PSN
53(Nov) Battlefield 4(hardcore). - PS3
54(Nov) Ace Combat:Assault Horizon. - PSN
55(Nov) Dead to Rights:Retribution. - PS3
56(Nov) Aliens:Colonial Marines(Ultimate Badass difficulty). - PS3
57(Nov) Star Wars:The Force Unleashed. - PS3
58(Dec) Dead Rising 2:Off the Record. - PSN
59(Dec) Saints Row:The Third(platinum) + all DLC. - PS3
60(Dec) Call of Duty:Black Ops 2(Veteran difficulty). - PS3
61(Dec) Lost Planet 3. - PS3
62(Dec) Brothers, A Tale of Two Sons. - PSN

[mikeleddy83]

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Jan - 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (DS)
Jan - Frog Fractions (PC)
Jan - Okami HD (PS3)
Jan - Fez (360)
Jan - Sleeping Dogs (360)
Jan - Spec Ops: The Line (PS3)
Jan - Shenmue 2 (360 bc)
Jan - Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (PS3)
Jan - DmC: Devil May Cry (360)
Jan - Sine Mora (PS3)
Jan - Zone of the Enders HD (PS3)
Jan - Streets of Rage 2 (PS3)*
Jan - Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (PS3)
Feb - Aliens: Colonial Marines (PS3)
Feb - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3)
Mar - Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (PS3)
Mar - Starhawk (PS3)
Mar - Hell Yeah!: Wrath of the Dead Rabbit (PS3)
Mar - Limbo (PS3)*
Mar - Quantum Conundrum (PS3)
Mar - Mortal Kombat (PS3)
Mar - Joe Danger (PS3)
Mar - Bioshock Infinite (PS3)
Mar - Dead or Alive 5 (PS3)
Mar - Tomb Raider (360)
Mar - Super Mario Bros. (3DS bc)*
Apr - Hitman: Absolution (360)
Apr - Asura's Wrath (360)* (w/ DLC)
Apr - Dishonored (360)
Apr - Dead Space 3 (360) (w/ DLC)
Apr - Guardian Heroes (360)*
Apr - Virtue's Last Reward (3DS)* all endings
May - Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)*
May - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (360)*
May - Luigi's Mansion (Wii bc)
June - Donkey Kong Country Returns 3d (3DS)
June - Thomas Was Alone (PS3)
June - Batman: Arkham City (PS3)
June - Ico HD (PS3)
July - Saints Row: The Third (PS3)
July - The Last of Us (PS3)
Aug - Tales of Graces f (PS3)
Aug - L.A. Noire (PS3)
Aug - XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PS3)
Sep - Valkyria Chronicles DLC: Behind Her Blue Flame (PS3)
Sep - Gears of War: Judgment (360)
Sep - Killer Is Dead (360)
Sep - Silent Hill 2: Directors Cut (PS2)
Sep - Silent Hill 3 (PC)
Sep - El Shaddai: Rise of the Metatron (360)
Sep - Rayman Legends (360)
Sep - Grand Theft Auto V (PS3)
Oct - Thunder Force V: Perfect System (PS3 bc)
Oct - Jumping Flash 2 (PS3 bc)*
Oct - God Hand (PS3 bc)*
Nov - Max Payne 3 (PS3)*
Nov - Need For Speed: Most Wanted (PS3)
Nov - Call of Duty: Ghosts (360)
Nov - The Darkness 2 (360)
Nov - Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (DS)
Nov - Panzer Dragoon Saga (PC emu)
Nov - Panzer Dragoon (PC emu)
Nov - Panzer Dragoon II Zwei (PC emu)
Dec - Resogun (PS4)
Dec - Flower (PS4)*
Dec - Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS)
Dec - Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (3DS)
Dec - Guacamelee! (PS3)

*replayed (including remakes of originals I've completed)

Dec - The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (3DS bc)

Always a curiosity, I'd been looking forward to this double pack of games after remembering how I'd dismissed them as palette swaps of Links Awakening back in the day. Somewhat surprisingly it's a great and a very comparable game (Links Awakening being great is an understatement) it's only let down by a slightly uninspiring plot and an unwanted and mandatory swimming power late in the game that makes the controls a chore. I've linked my save for the new year and look forward to another potentially amazing adventure with Seasons!

Dec - Super Mario Bros. 3 (3DS bc)*

[Rich]

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Super Mario 3D Land (3DS) - All Stars normal and special
What a game! Worth the £169 for the 3DS just for that game!

Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS)
Played it a lot in the past but this is my first time finishing it. Wow. It really deserves all the praise it gets.
Now for the Master Quest.

Blackwell Unbound (PC)
Really cool old style adventure game. It's short and sweet but it's part of a 4 part ongoing series so it can be forgiven.
Sweet soundtrack as well.

The Cave (PC)
I really really enjoyed it. Really fresh feeling charming adventure game. I only played it through once (Time Traveller, Hillbilly and Adventurer) but I'll be playing it at least a couple more times to see all the content.
Kind of tempted to get the sweet figurines from Double Fine. http://shop.doublefine.com/collections/ ... -cave-toys

Darksiders II (PC)
Finally finished it. I liked it a lot but not as much as the first one which was near perfect if you ask me.
Such a shame about Vigil not really existing any more. I hope Crytek buys the IP and gets their new studio to make III and IV. Also I want to know what the hell Crawler is.

DmC (PC)
I was on board for whatever the next Ninja Theory game was going to be after playing Enslaved and DmC didn't disapoint. I didn't get very far in the original Devil May Cry but after playing this I want to go back and see why everyone was complaining about this great game.

Maijin and the Forsaken Kingdom (360)
Such a charming and beautiful game. It felt like a forgotten PS2 gem that got ignored by a lot of people for looking like it. I turned my XBox on for some reason today and this was in there and I thought I'd see where I was, two hours later I've finished it and I can't imagine why I everput it down. This one's a keeper.

999 (DS) All endings
Got it all done now. What a strange game. Not quite sure if I'd say I enjoyed it but it was satisfying. I'm going to roll straight into Virtues Last Reward now and I'm expecting it to be messed up.

The Walking Dead (PC)
Wow. I lost my save after episode 4 and decided I was going to play through 1-4 again but I couldn't wait so I played 5 kind of out of context.
I'm so glad I finally finished it. Such a great ending.

Castlevania Lords of Shadow (PS3)
Bit of a slog in the middle but ultimately satisfying. I personally put it up there with the best games in the genre but there is room for improvement for the sequel.
That post credits bit was nuts.

BIT.TRIP Presents Runner 2 Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (PC)
I started on hard then decided to move to easy to see all the levels. I think the way it tracks your progress doing easy first seemed to be the way to go.
What a cool game. I found the backgrounds a bit distracting sometimes and the control didn't seem as precise as Runner but it was pretty close to perfect.

New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS)
Still some levels I can't play yet but I've seen the credits so I'm counting it. The NSMB games are hard to talk about. On one hand they are all kind of the same and could really do with some big changes on the other the play control in these games make them some of the best 2D platformers ever. Although I'm slightly tired of the formula I do look forward to getting a WiiU and trying out NSMB U.

Tomb Raider (2013) (PS3)
Matches 3D Land for the best game I've played this year.
I was concerned at first. I think the 3 previous Crystal Dynamics Tomb Raider games are some of the best games ever and this looked like a linear cover based third person shooter.
It kind of is that but there's enough variety and the combat is interesting enough that I loved it anyway.
I did run into one game breaking bug but I found a guide to glitch past the obstacle so it was ok.
I could have done with a few more puzzles but everything else flowed so well I can't really fault it.
Towers over any of the Uncharted games as far as I'm concerned.

Demon's Souls (PS3)
I wanted to finish this off to let off some steam during my SL1 run of Dark Souls. I had never been able to kill the False King. I knew there were cheap methods but I wanted to avoid them. iwatttfodiwwfa recommended the poison cloud method so I used that to get him down to half health and finished him of with my bastard sword.
I'm so glad I've finally seen the end and I look forward to getting started on new game plus.
This now happily takes the number 2 spot in my favourite games ever list.

BioShock Infinite (PS3)
I can't remember having so many ups and downs with any other games. I hated it many times while I was playing it but in the end I think it was worth it.
Like most story focused games I really think they should have cut about 75% of the combat. It just ends up being an annoying distraction from the reason the play the game.
I'm looking forward to buying it on PC and playing it again in the future. I'll probably leave it a little while.

Uncharted 3 (PS3)
I think it might be my favourite Uncharted but that's only because there's 3 games worth of wearing me down with the combat. I even started to like the shooting by the end.
I think this one got a bad rap for some reason. I would have preferred more of young Nate and less combat but I thought it was good.
Also I thought the bit when Nate get's shot with a dart was one of the better depictions of being drugged in games. Really unsettling and realistic

The Last Of Us (PS3)
I ended up loving it. There are plenty of flaws but they're mostly forgivable. I think they should have added some dialog options rather than only having Joel talk with his fists. There were so many times I would have preferred to see Joel open his mouth rather than jump straight to the neck stabbing.

The Walking Dead 400 Days (PC)
I thought it was interesting and good value at £4. I would rather they charged 2 or 3 times that and I had a bit longer with each character. I hope they have multiple playable characters in season 2.
Did it's job in getting me excited for more Walking Dead.

Kingdom Rush (Android)
It's a pretty good tower defence game.

Renegade Ops (PC)
Grabbed this for a few quid recently after playing and enjoying it on 360 or PS3 when it came out.
What a game! It's what I imagined a perfect game as when my favourite game was Desert Strike on the Game Boy.
Outside of one or two place when my vehicle got physics'd in the environment so I couldn't avoid shots I can't really fault it.
-Renegade Ops Coldstrike DLC
It was pretty good. I played the whole game with one of the new characters and that was fun and some parts of the new levels were good but there were too many places when trying to do a sweet jump would put you out of bounds.

Gridrunner Revolution (PC)
I'm not quite sure what happened. I think it was just the easier difficulty but it looked like an ending.

Sleeping Dogs (PC)
Great game that shamelessly bites from lots of other great games but ends up doing a lot better than it's inspiration in some places. I hope they get to make another one at some point.

Dust: An Elysian Tail (PC)
I bought and enjoyed some of it on 360 but I don't like to hog the TV so I don't play many console games these days.
I was very happy to buy a second copy for PC and I slowly got back to where I was on console and then I couldn't put it down and I just burned through the rest of the game barely stopping.
Thoroughly enjoyed everything about this game. I even liked Fidget by the end.

SteamWorld Dig -A Fistful of Dirt- (3DS eShop)
Fantastic little game. Excellent controls and a great progression through upgrades and finding new abilities. Pretty good wild west style running through the whole game as well.

Luigi's Mansion 2 (3DS)
Great game. Some of the controls took some getting used to and I never got the hang of dealing with some of the ghosts but other than that I'm finding it hard to fault it.
Graphically I'd say it's one of the best looking games on 3DS.
Still some work to do clearing gems and Boos but I finished the story.

Rayman Legends (PC)
I only bought this because Origins was a pre order bonus and I wanted it on PC so I might finally play it. Still haven't played much of Origins but as soon as I downloaded Legends I've barely touched anything else.
I still prefer the basic running and jumping controls in the New Super Mario games but in pretty any other way I can think of Legends might just be the most fun I've had with a 2D platformer.
I do wish I had a Wii U to play it on though. They did a good job porting the Wii U levels over to PC but it never feels like the right way to be playing.
Again, finished the story but still plenty more to do.

Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons (360)
A truly beautiful and interesting game. Up there with my limited experience of Ico. Also it really make me want to see my brother and give him a hug.
So glad I bought it.

Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon (PC)
As above.

Far Cry 3 (PC)
I didn't really start to enjoy it until after I'd finished Blood Dragon. It's missing a a lot of the harsh magic of Far Cry 2 but it is a really fun open world. I mostly ignored the story but it seemed ok.
I'd be very happy to see a Far Cry 4 that split the difference between 2 and 3.

Batman Arkham Asylum (PC)
Fancied a quick blast to see if I'd be keen on playing the new one. 3rd or 4th time though but I had a great time. Might do City again before grabbing Origins.

Wolf Among Us Ep.1 (PC)
Good so far. Want to read some Fables now.

Batman Arkham City (PC)
Playing them back to back I think I prefer City. I loved traversing the City so much. Looking forward to Origins now.

Batman Arkham Origins (PC)
Wow! Sort of marathoned all 3 Arkham games and I have to say this one is my favourite of the 3. Obviously it couldn't exist without Asylum and City but something about this one clicked with me more that them.
I preferred the slightly more man sized character models and the more personal story.
I think this would top a few more lists if people didn't know it was a different developer.

The Legend of Zelda A Link Between Worlds (3DS)
Nintendo magic. Another great 3DS game for the year. Run my battery down a few times with this one.
I've never finished Link to the Past so I don't have the same nostalgia as other folk but I've played most Zeldas since and this is up there with the best of them.
19541 rupees found and defeated 3 times.
Hero mode after I've been back and finished Link to the Past on GBA.

Castles in the Sky (PC)
If you were ever a child you should play it.

The Walking Dead Season 2 - Episode 1 (PC)
Nick Breckon writing this time instead of Sean Vanaman but the high standard is maintained so far.
The game plays pretty much the same as before but it seems a bit smoother.
Can't wait for more!

Gone Home (PC)
Made me feel stuff.

Gunpoint (PC)
I loved it! The storytelling was fantastic and the writing was fun and all of the game play was fantastic. I would have liked some more levels but at least it didn't out stay it's welcome.

9 dead. 22 injured. 20 jobs. $13,000. I've had better weeks.
They don't let me name names on this blog, but the person behind the hit I was investigating is dead now.
In fact, I may have killed more people than I actually avenged here.
The trigger man's dead. I thought that would feel good, but there's no escaping what it cost.
I don't know.
I guess I picked the least shitty of two incredibly shitty sides.
Maybe that doesn't matter. Maybe all that matters is that I now have the ability to kick down doors.
Either way, I need a drink.

[ratsoalbion]

Ha ha, excellent write-up!

[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)
October 13: GTA V (PS3)
November 15: Far Cry 3 (PS3)
November 23: Remember Me (PS3)
December 28: Gone Home (PC)
December 29: Assassins Creed IV Black Flag (PS4)
December 30: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (PS3)

Well that's my last game of 2013 and a fitting end to a great year for gaming. Brothers is a fantastic, emotional experience and picked up for £3.56, an absolute bargain. See you in 2014!

[Roy42]

Hundreds
Mark of the Ninja
Antichamber
Castle Crashers
Mega Man 9
Bit. Trip Presents… Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
ViViD
007: Everything or Nothing
English Country Tune
Element4l
Thomas Was Alone
Kingdom Rush: Frontiers
Pa Rappa The Rapper
Beat Sneak Bandit
Rockman 5
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Badland
Shelter
Ultratron
Hotline Miami
Pikmin 3
Digital: A Love Story
Electronic Super Joy
Duet
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD (100%)
The Stanley Parable (kinda?)
Save The Date!
140
Year Walk
DEVICE 6
Super Mario 3D World (Mario)
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
The Swapper
Colossatron: Massive World Threat
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
Pullblox

Spent nearly six hours playing through the Pickpocket's Story in Monaco with some guys today, so that's the entire game complete for me.

In Australian EST, there are just under three hours remaining in the year, so I don't think I'm gonna beat another game in 2013; that brings me to 36 games completed in 2013.

Wait, did I never put Pid on there? I didn't! I also played through Pid several times this year for a Let's Play (that I still haven't finished after seven months), which included beating it on hard mode for the first time. I might have mentioned it at the time, but I guess I never put it on the list. So 37 if you count that.

[Flabyo]

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Dishonored: 8th January
Dust: An Elysian Tale : 16th February
Tomb Raider : 15th March
Bioshock Infinite: 31st March
Saints Row 3: 6th April
Gears of War Judgment : 21st April
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon : 9th May
State of Decay : 11th June
Remember Me : 22nd June
The Last of Us : July 11th
Gone Home: August 21st
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified : 3rd September
GTA V: 4th October
Saints Row IV: 12th October
Assassin's Creed 4: November 10th
Lego Lord of the Rings: November 20th
Batman - Arkham Origins: December 13th

The Room Two: December 31st.

And so I finish off 2013 with a rather excellent little iPad puzzle game from my fellow Guildfordonians at Fireproof.

Looking at my list it seems a little short. I know I've certainly played a lot of games this year, but I don't think I've played all of them to completion. I still have about half the story modes to finish in Persona 4 Arena, for example. I have a feeling the first game I complete in 2014 is going to be the 3DS Phoenix Wright game, which I really should get back to at some point.

[NokkonWud]

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01.01 - Frog Fractions // Web Browser
02.01 - Grind Star // Web Browser
02.01 - Hug Marine // Web Browser
03.01 - Thirty Flights of Loving* // PC
03.01 - Gravity Bone // PC
04.01 - Passage // iOS
04.01 - Dead Space 2 // Xbox 360
05.01 - Dishonored // Xbox 360
05.01 - Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown // Playstation 3
15.01 - DmC: Devil May Cry (2013) // Xbox 360
19.01 - 10000000 // iOS
23.01 - Home // PC
25.01 - Groove Coaster Zero // iOS
27.01 - Sonic Jump // iOS
27.01 - Max Payne 3 // Xbox 360
27.01 - Enslaved: Odyssey to the West // Xbox 360
29.01 - Asura's Wrath // Playstation 3
03.02 - Crysis // Xbox 360
14.02 - Pixel People // iOS
16.02 - Crysis 2** // Xbox 360
24.02 - F-Zero // SNES
27.02 - Streets of Rage* // Xbox 360
01.03 - Streets of Rage 2* // Xbox 360
01.03 - Streets of Rage 3* // Xbox 360
03.03 - Gears of War 3: RAAM's Shadow // Xbox 360
06.03 - Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown // Xbox 360
12.03 - L.A. Noire // Xbox 360
13.03 - Street Fighter x Tekken // Xbox 360
18.03 - Dead Space 3***** // Xbox 360
30.03 - Halo 4 // Xbox 360
31.03 - Dead Space 3 - Awakened* // Xbox 360
03.04 - BioShock Infinite // Xbox 360
13.04 - Tomb Raider (2013) // Xbox 360
19.04 - Far Cry 3 // Xbox 360
21.04 - F1 2011 // Xbox 360
29.04 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night* // Xbox 360
06.05 - The Unfinished Swan // Playstation 3
08.05 - Slenderman - Chapter 1: Alone // Android
10.05 - The Room // Android
13.05 - Parappa the Rapper // Playstation
14.05 - Way of the Dogg // Xbox 360
15.05 - Kirby's Epic Yarn // Wii
18.05 - Can Knockdown 3 // Android
22.05 - Uncharted 2: Among Thieves // Playstation 3
22.05 - Year Walk // iOS
04.07 - NCIS // Xbox 360
10.07 - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier // Xbox 360
13.07 - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction // Xbox 360
13.07 - El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron // Xbox 360
03.08 - Hexic HD // Xbox 360
07.08 - Deadly Premonition // Xbox 360
12.08 - Spec Ops: The Line* // Playstation 3
21.08 - Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory** // Playstation 3
27.08 - Sound Shapes // Playstation 3
03.09 - Batman: Arkham Asylum // Playstation 3
03.09 - After Burner: Climax*** // Playstation 3
04.09 - The Room - Epilogue // Android
05.09 - Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy HD // Playstation 3
10.09 - F1 Race Stars // Playstation 3
24.09 - Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 // Playstation 3
03.10 - Batman: Arkham City // Xbox 360
14.10 - Beyond: Two Souls // Playstation 3
22.10 - Castles in the Sky // PC
06.11 - Assassin's Creed III // Xbox 360
11.11 - Need for Speed: Shift 2 // Xbox 360
11.11 - Thomas Was Alone // Playstation 3
01.12 - Sound Shapes // Playstation 4
02.12 - The Playroom // Playstation 4
03.12 - Resogun // Playstation 4
04.12 - Contrast // Playstation 4
07.12 - Call of Duty: Ghosts // Playstation 4
17.12 - Dear Esther // PC
23.12 - Proteus // PC
28.12 - Mirror's Edge // Playstation 3
31.12 - Super Mario 3D Land // 3DS
31.12 - Attack of the Friday Monsters // 3DS


Total Games Completed: 75
Total Game Completions: 97

Proteus
I liked the colourful nature and the friendly, happy soundtrack, but there were times that I felt the 30 minute game was dragging, which isn't a great thing. I think it's been blown out of proportion in the way many indie games can be, but it's still nice enough for me to recommend someone try it.

Mirror's Edge
Still an experience unlike any other.

Super Mario 3D Land
I always wanted to play it but I sold my 3DS to fund a Vita as it wasn't the system for me at that time and I was hoping for an XL version. I now have a 3DS XL and the good people at Nintendo gave it to me as a free game in their latest promotion. I've done the first 8 worlds, all 3-coins and have unlocked the Special Stages post-credits, which I'm looking forward to going through in the new year. All in all I totally understand all the praise it's garnered. Wonderful.
I did actually enjoy it for the most part and there are some very memorable moments that will stick with me for a while.

Attack of the Friday Monsters
Aside from having a great title it's also a really nice, happy game with some genuinely funny moments in it. Absolutely no combat, instead opting for an (almost) optional card system of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Currently on sale at £4.49. Looks beautiful (as you'd expect from a Level 5 game.)

[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)
07 Oct: Batman: Arkham Asylum - Game of the Year (PC)
17 Oct: Grand Theft Auto V (PS3)
07 Nov: LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3)
13 Dec: Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros. (3DS)

30 Dec: Super Mario 3D World (Wii U)
Just the basic completion and credit roll albeit with a couple of worlds fully cleared. Still plenty more to do of course. Amazing stuff from Nintendo's crack in-house Mario coders, a sublime follow-up to the wonderful 3D Land and for me probably the most inventive, compelling and 'magical' Mario since 2007's Galaxy 1.

[Indiana747]

Im really chuffed with myself on the amount of games i got through in 2013. Even with Battlefield 3 still having its grip on me for most of the year. I know alot of the games were smaller/shorter titles, but still some great gaming expieriences were had. I tried to take a chunk out of the huge backlog of games that i have amassed over time. This plan would have went swimmingly if i stopped buying more though. I do love the FPS genre, which my list is proof of, although i will give most games a decent shot. All in all i played plenty of different types & have already got literally hundreds of games to choose for 2014. Most of them are going to be nearly 20hr playthrough games too. Got some on a shortlist to try & tackle first like The Saboteaur, Enslaved, Castlevania:Lords of Shadow, Assassins Creed 3, God of War:Ascension, Dead Island:Riptide, Dead Space 3, Crysis 3, Sniper Elite V2, Driver:San Francisco, Dishonored, Sly 2, Batman:Arkham City, Witcher 2, Deus Ex:HR, Portal 2, Transformers:Fall of Cybertron, Xcom:Enemy Unknown, Yakuza 4.
Will be trying my best to get through these in the first half of the year along with a sprinkling of smaller titles and of course the obligatory obsession of Battlefield 4 on the PS4.
I would just like to thank all the other C&R gamers for making this forum what it is & to Leon, Tony, Jay, Karl, James, Joshua, Darren G & Darren F & the rest of the guys on the podcast for reinvigorating my interest in completing games. Cheers guys, your enthusiam for the medium rubs off onto us all. Also like to thank all the guys/gals that post in this thread for adding the spice to actually seeing end credits in games so we can post it here. Hopefully 2014 will be as busy as last year. Happy gaming peeps. See you in the 'Games Completed 2014' thread.

[NokkonWud]

Thanks Don .

You have a cracking set of games to play too, Enslaved, Assassin's Creed III, Dead Space 3, Driver: San Francisco, Dishonored, Batman: Arkham City and Portal 2 are all games I completed and enjoyed quite a lot and the others aren't exactly too bad! Fun times ahead!

[AndyKurosaki]

41 games finished in total, not as much as some years where I've pushed 80 odd, but it's been quality over quantity this year.

[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)
12/10 - Grand Theft Auto V (PS3)
13/10 - eXceed: Gun Bullet Children (PC)
19/10 - Grabbed By The Ghoulies (360 b/c)
26/10 - Pikmin 3 (Wii U)
26/10 - The Stanley Parable & Demo (PC)
03/11 - Luxuria Superbia (Android)
06/11 - Batman: Arkham City (PC)
07/11 - 140 (PC)
07/11 - Batman: Arkham City - Harley's Revenge DLC (PC)
08/11 - To The Moon (PC)
12/11 - Batman: Arkham Origins (PC)
25/11 - Proteus (Vita)
26/11 - The Last Of Us (PS3)
30/11 - Mark Of The Ninja (PC)
03/12 - God Hand (PS3)
08/12 - Batman: Arkham Origins - Blackgate (Vita)
08/12 - Tearaway (Vita)
10/12 - Super Mario Bros. 2 (SNES via Super Mario All-Stars)
15/12 - Super Mario 3D World (Wii U)
16/12 - Papers, Please (PC)
18/12 - Call Of Juarez: Gunslinger (PC)
23/12 - Gears Of War: Judgement (360)

29/12 - Rayman: Legends (Vita)
29/12 - The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past (Wii U)
30/12 - Gunpoint (PC)

Where to start? Rayman had highs that reached even higher than the already wonderful Origins, but I found the touchscreen levels incredibly obnoxious. I'm going to play through the Wii U version a bit to see how they compare, but the controls felt imprecise, my finger being on the screen blocked my view, and (most unforgivably) the game didn't register my inputs. Awful stuff that coloured my experience of an otherwise sublime musical platformer.

20 years after my first (and previously last) playthrough of ALTTP, I returned to refresh myself before A Link Between Worlds. I'm not sure how to sum up that much nostalgia, but it was an incredible experience to see how much I remembered and how much I'd forgotten (or never knew in the first place). Gaming, and Zelda, have moved on in many ways, but A Link To The Past holds up remarkably well. A true masterpiece of world and game design.

My final game completion of 2013 was Gunpoint, and I was not disappointed. A mix of Ghost Trick puzzling and Hotline Miami stealth that came together through some nice tongue-in-cheek writing. A thoroughly enjoyable experience that I could gladly go back to a few times more.

Onwards to 2014!

Final total = 90
The running total includes all playthroughs (NG+, alternative difficulties, alternative endings, co-op, etc.), but the list is spared them to keep it shorter.