Beaten:
1/8 - Flywrench (PSN)
1/13 - Batman: The Telltale Series (PSN)
1/15 - Windjammers (PSN)
1/29 - Panzer Dragoon (Saturn)
Among my Gaming Resolutions for this year was to beat at least one game on each of the platforms I own that I've not beaten a game on. That list consists of only the Sega Saturn and Sega Master System. Technically, I'd beaten a GameCube re-release of
Sonic R, but I really hesitate to count that.
I've owned a Saturn for probably over 10 years. It was given to me by an old babysitter who had no use for it. Unfortunately, as a consequence, the games she gave me with it weren't any good. So it sat in utter disuse for most of its life. Nevertheless, I've kept it around. Once I decided to finally dig it up and play it, I knew I had my work cut out for me to find a game that was both affordable *and* good. The conventional wisdom there is that the
Panzer Dragoon series is a great place to start a Saturn retrospective. Fortunately -- except for the mightily lauded and equally rare
Saga -- the series' games aren't terribly expensive either, especially if you're willing to buy a Japanese copy like I did.
I'm super glad I did, because
Panzer Dragoon was exactly the game I needed. Like
Flywrench before it, it satisfied an action game urge that had been welling up since my 2017 was largely dominated by the likes of
Personas 1 and 5 (not to mention a general feeling of lack of free time with which to play games at all). It's a fun rail shooter not quite like any I've played before. It's got a great soundtrack, solid graphics, and staunch challenge. I'd recommend it to anyone. I know I'll be looking to buy
Zwei soon myself.
Completed:
1/13 - Batman: The Telltale Series (PSN)
Also, finally decided to adopt Kong/Slurm's yearly stats tracker. It's much nicer!
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Progress - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018
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Finished - 0024 - 0041 - 0034 - 0022 - 0025 - 0014 - 0004
Complete - 0000 - 0004 - 0005 - 0001 - 0002 - 0001 - 0001
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