2016 New Year's Gaming Resolutions

[Kong Wen]

I. Beat at least 6 games I have never beaten before.

1. 2016-01-26 - Ultra Street Fighter IV (PS4)
2. 2016-06-13 - Gone Home (PS4)
3. 2016-07-04 - Little Inferno (Steam)
4. 2016-07-05 - Knightmare Tower (Steam)
5. 2016-07-19 - Life Is Strange (PS4)
6. 2016-08-02 - Severed (Vita)

II. Earn at least 4 new Platinum trophies.

1. 2016-04-02 - The Talos Principle (PS4)
2. 2016-07-19 - Life Is Strange (PS4)
3. 2016-08-02 - Severed (Vita)
4. 2016-xx-xx - ()

III. Reach PSN level 22.

Progress: 4% through Level 22.

COMPLETE - IV. Beat 2 games on Steam.

1. 2016-07-04 - Little Inferno
2. 2016-07-05 - Knightmare Tower

V. Beat the highest-ranked game in the 2015-16 "BEST GAME EVER!!!" Project that I haven't already finished.

1. 2016-xx-xx - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD (Wii U)

I closed out Severed on Vita (what a wonderful game!), and now all I need is one more Platinum trophy and to beat Zelda.

[The Shoemaker]

Honestly, building up the motivation to boot up the Wii U is going to be the hardest gaming accomplishment I face for the rest of the year.

Lol I hear that. Wind Waker is awesome though, and the remaster makes the game even better.


I beat 5 PS4 games, which was actually a goal I wasn't sure I was going to meet this year

Should probably tackle Link's Awakening before summer's end.

[Kong Wen]

Got the Platinum in I am Setsuna. this afternoon, closing out one of the last resolutions. Now the only one left is booting up the Wii U.

...

Maybe in Octoroktober.

[Kong Wen]

Now the only one left is booting up the Wii U.

...

Maybe in Octoroktober.

I actually booted this up in a moment of weakness on Sunday. I didn't play long—just enough to run around the village. Progress!

[A Beta Fu7ure]

Challenge: Beat ten SNES games.

1. Lufia and the Fortress of Doom - Beat 24/01/16
2. Demon's Crest
3. E.V.O: The Search for Eden - Beat 02/02/16
4. The Lost Vikings
5. Tales of Phantasia - Beat 26/06/16
6. Solstice 2: Equinox
7. Secret of Mana 2 - Beat 29/12/16
8. Wild Trax
9. SD: The Great Battle - Beat 20/05/16
10. ?

Well, with only two days left it seems unlikely I will be accomplishing my stated goal! However I did at least manage to beat Secret of Mana 2 today to make it 50% achieved. I just picked up a fan translated repro of Chaos Seed, so that'll be my next big go to game for SNES. I guess this challenge will roll over till 2017!

[Kong Wen]

The only goal I didn't meet was beating Wind Waker. I don't feel too bad about it. I had a pretty good year overall!

[Sharecrow]

Let's see what happened

1 - Get a platinum on a Vita game.
DONE - Got one in Uncharted: Golden Abyss

2 - Beat a PS1 game.
EPIC FAIL - I'm at the last boss of FFV and was hoping I could knock it out but still haven't.

3 - Beat 7 arcade games
DONE
1. The Simpson's
2. Dungeons and Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara - Tower of Doom
3. Dungeons and Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara - Shadow Over Mystara
4. Black Tiger
5. Side Arms
6. X-Men
7. Section Z

[The Shoemaker]

Let's see how 2016 went.

1. Play one of BGE's top games in any of the brackets (main or special, giving myself lots of room here )
- Lots of room, and I still never did this! All I had to do was turn on SMB3!

2. Finish Zelda Link's Awakening (had this since 2011)
- DONE! Feel good about this one, long time coming. It actually motivated me to complete Oracle of Seasons as well, a game I've had since 2013.

3. Finish Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy (another one that has gone on too long)
- DONE!

4. Finish Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney (need to finish at least the first one before moving onto Prof Layton Vs. Phoenix Wright)
- DONE! Finished the first Phoenix Wright anyways

5. Finish more games than I buy
- DONE! Finished 39 games this year, which is certainly more than I bought. I think I finished nearly every physical game I bought this year.

6. Spend less on Amiibo (bought around 25 in 2015, shouldn't be hard)
- DONE! I think I only added about 3 to my collection this year.

7. Finish 5 PS4 games
- DONE! I was actually not sure about this one, but it came easy. Dark Souls III, Fallout 4, The Last of Us, Journey, Uncharted 3, InFamous Second Son, and possibly a couple others. I was expecting to have The Witcher 3 and Game of Thrones on this list, so I guess I also bought more PS4 games than I thought I would!

So overall pretty successful, just didn't finish the easiest one My "finish more games than I buy" resolution was a good motivator for me this year, record year in terms of games finished.

[Jordan]

I did beat Xenoblade X.

I didn't beat Eiyuusenki on hard mode, mainly because I got bored with the game. I did get pretty far.

[Kong Wen]

In case anyone missed it, the thread for 2017 resolutions has been posted right here.