2020 Game Clear Thread

[Claytone]

Beaten:
1/11 - Ghosts'n Goblins (PS3 [Arcade])
2/5 - Turok (Switch [N64])
2/8 - Garou: Mark of the Wolves (PSN [Arcade])
2/17 - Makaimura for WonderSwan (WonderSwan)
3/3 - Bust-A-Move Pocket (Neo Geo Pocket Color)
3/7 - Luigi's Mansion 3 (Switch)
3/10 - Night Trap: 25th Anniversary Edition (PSN [Sega CD])
3/22 - Marvel's Spider-Man (PS4)
3/23 - Dragon Quest (Switch [NES])
3/26 - Panzer Dragoon: Remake (Switch)
4/4 - Doom 64 (Switch)
4/21 - Tearaway (PS Vita)
4/24 - Rocket Knight Adventures (Genesis)
5/1 - Streets of Rage 4 (PSN [PS4])
5/20 - Bare Knuckle III (Steam [Mega Drive])
5/21 - Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (GameCube)
5/23 - Forza Horizon 3: Horizon Hot Wheels (Xbone [DLC])
5/26 - Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (Xbone)
7/2 - Star Wars Episode I: Racer (PSN [N64])
7/5 - Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition (Switch [Wii])
7/11 - Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line (Switch [NES])
7/16 - Virtual Boy Wario Land (VB)
7/26 - Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation (Switch[NES])
8/10 - Gate of Thunder (VC [TGCD])
8/26 - Battletoads (Xbone)
9/4 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater [HD Remaster] (PS4 [PS1])
9/4 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 [HD Remaster] (PS4 [PS1])
9/24 - Yakuza 0 (PS4)
10/4 - Maximo: Ghosts to Glory (PS2)

Finally bought a PS2! With October being the month for spooky games, it made perfect sense to continue my quest to beat every Ghosts'n Goblins game. Maximo is a great implementation of the concept into 3D. Although GnG is really a jump and shoot game like Mega Man, I think hack n slash makes more sense for 3D, so the shift was a smart call. If you want a great 3D action platformer, you could do far worse than giving Maximo a look, and if you want a challenging one, it's definitely up your alley. It's not perfect. Enemy variety is very low, and there are a few unfair bits (would it be GnG if there weren't?). Easily recommendable in spite of that. Will be interested to see if the second game builds on and improves the ideas of the original or is content to just be a humdrum sequel. I'll probably play it this month as well, so I'm sure I'll find out soon enough.

Also, gonna plug my blog one more time on here. Gonna start posting about my game clears over there too. I feel more at liberty to ramble on my own blog, and then my thoughts won't be property of the TONe shadow government.

Completed:
1/11 - Ghosts'n Goblins (PS3 [Arcade])
3/3 - Bust-A-Move Pocket (Neo Geo Pocket Color)
3/14 - Night Trap: 25th Anniversary Edition (PSN [Sega CD])
3/22 - Tearaway (PS Vita)
7/2 - Star Wars Episode I: Racer (PSN [N64])

Rebeaten:
9/25 - Super Mario 64 (Switch [N64])

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Progress - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020
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Finished - 0024 - 0041 - 0034 - 0022 - 0025 - 0014 - 0019 - 0025 - 0029
Complete - 0000 - 0004 - 0005 - 0001 - 0002 - 0001 - 0002 - 0002 - 0005
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[Kong Wen]

Also, gonna plug my blog one more time on here. Gonna start posting about my game clears over there too. I feel more at liberty to ramble on my own blog, and then my thoughts won't be property of the TONe shadow government.

Post the link here every time so we don't miss any game clear rambles!

[The Shoemaker]

Jan 03. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Switch)
Jan 10. Captain Toad Treasure Tracker DLC (Switch)
Jan 10. Defunct (Switch)
Jan 20. Outer Wilds (XBO)
Feb 14. Donut County (Switch)
Feb 22. Fire Emblem Three Houses: Cindered Shadows
Apr 04. Mighty Switch Force (3DS)
May 04. Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze (Switch)
May 08. Fire Emblem Three Houses: Golden Deer (Switch)
Jun 27. The Last of Us Part II (PS4)
Aug 05. Paper Mario The Origami King (Switch)
Aug 07. Carrion (XBO)
Aug 09. Alan Wake (X360)
Aug 17. Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
Aug 28. Night Trap: 25th Anniversary Edition (Switch)
Sep 15. Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition (switch)
Sep 20. Super Mario Sunshine (Switch)
Sep 24. Super Mario Galaxy (Switch)
Sep 28. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (Switch)
Oct 07. Super Mario 64 (Switch)

Complete:
Sep 20. Super Mario Sunshine (Switch)
Oct 07. Super Mario 64 (Switch)

This might be the first time I've gotten all 120 stars on my own? Sm64 is still a great game, though it has definitely aged. I found a lot of little maneuvers and tricks that made the game a lot easier to navigate, so it wasn't a real grind for 120, especially since you get stars so quickly.

I've technically gotten all the stars in all three Mario games now. Though I have to beat Galaxy again as Luigi if I want to real mark it as complete

[Claytone]

I've technically gotten all the stars in all three Mario games now. Though I have to beat Galaxy again as Luigi if I want to real mark it as complete

That's the victory lap! It's fun!

Congrats on getting 'em all! I may have remarked in chat that I think this is the first compilation I've ever bought where I had already 100% completed every game on it lol. I plan to do so again for Galaxy, but I don't think I will for 64 and Sunshine. I'll beat 'em, but reaching 120 on those has some tedium with the 100 coin stars, blue coins, etc. Galaxy is all gold IMO.

[The Shoemaker]

I've technically gotten all the stars in all three Mario games now. Though I have to beat Galaxy again as Luigi if I want to real mark it as complete

That's the victory lap! It's fun!

Congrats on getting 'em all! I may have remarked in chat that I think this is the first compilation I've ever bought where I had already 100% completed every game on it lol. I plan to do so again for Galaxy, but I don't think I will for 64 and Sunshine. I'll beat 'em, but reaching 120 on those has some tedium with the 100 coin stars, blue coins, etc. Galaxy is all gold IMO.

It is! Though I've 100% Galaxy before so I might slowly work away at a Luigi run rather than brute force my way through it right now.

I'm not exactly sure why, but Galaxy felt like a bit of a slog to get all the stars, but it might just be that they all feel like a bit of grind when you're needlessly trying to do everything in the game. It might be the menu's of galaxy that makes it feel longer. You get out of a level then watch all the different counters go up, five pop ups later you save, then you gotta point at the blue star, open the map, pick where you want to go. And then pick the star, all with the pointer. Mario is also the slowest in Galaxy and you can't skip portions of a level in the way you can in the other two games.

This is compared to the other games where you mash A a couple times out of a level then jump back in to it.

But again, Galaxy is definitely the best game in the package, and the most consistent in its variety all the way to the end. Sunshine's blue coins can go **** themselves.

[Sharecrow]

Soma (PS4)
Guacamelee (PS4)
Samurai Warriors 4 (PS4)
Streets of Rage (Genesis via PS4)
Revenge of Shinobi (Genesis via PS4)
Resident Evil - normal mode (PS4)
The Order: 1886 (PS4)
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune Remastered (PS4)
The Sword of Vermilion (Genesis via PS4)
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune Remastered - crushing mode (PS4)
Shadow Dancer (Genesis via PS4)
Streets of Rage 4 (PS4)
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (Genesis via PS4)
Outlast II - normal mode (PS4)
Outlast II - nightmare mode (PS4)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - crushing mode (PS4)
Vigilante (Arcade via PS4)
Final Fantasy XV (PS4)
Ristar (Genesis via PS4)
Suikoden (PS1 via PS3)
God of War: Ascension (PS3)

+ X-Men (arcade via PS3)

2020 total games beaten = 22 (12 new)
2019 total games beaten = 28 (20 new)
2018 total games beaten = 29 (16 new)
2017 total games beaten = 25 (22 new)
2016 total games beaten = 38 (21 new)
2015 total games beaten = 25
2014 total games beaten = 35
2013 total games beaten = 17
2012 total games beaten = 37
2011 total games beaten = 35

[Skullomancer]

• January 13th - Moxxi's Heist of the Handsome Jackpot [Borderlands 3 DLC] (PlayStation 4)
• February 9th - Ys: Memories of Celceta (Steam)
• February 29th - Phantom Brave: We Meet Again (Wii)
• March 8th - Sin & Punishment: Star Successor (Wii)
• April 3rd - Guns, Love, and Tentacles: The Marriage of Wainwright & Hammerlock [Borderlands 3 DLC] (PlayStation 4)
• April 19th - Super Metroid (Wii, Virtual Console)
• April 29th - Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim (Steam)
• June 6th - Shantae and the Seven Sirens (PlayStation Network)
• July 5th - Bounty of Blood [Borderlands 3 DLC] (PlayStation 4)
• September 20th - Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii)
• September 27th - Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (PlayStation Network)
• October 9th - Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck [Borderlands 3 DLC] (PlayStation 4)
• October 10th - Spelunky 2 (PlayStation Network)

[Claytone]

Beaten:
1/11 - Ghosts'n Goblins (PS3 [Arcade])
2/5 - Turok (Switch [N64])
2/8 - Garou: Mark of the Wolves (PSN [Arcade])
2/17 - Makaimura for WonderSwan (WonderSwan)
3/3 - Bust-A-Move Pocket (Neo Geo Pocket Color)
3/7 - Luigi's Mansion 3 (Switch)
3/10 - Night Trap: 25th Anniversary Edition (PSN [Sega CD])
3/22 - Marvel's Spider-Man (PS4)
3/23 - Dragon Quest (Switch [NES])
3/26 - Panzer Dragoon: Remake (Switch)
4/4 - Doom 64 (Switch)
4/21 - Tearaway (PS Vita)
4/24 - Rocket Knight Adventures (Genesis)
5/1 - Streets of Rage 4 (PSN [PS4])
5/20 - Bare Knuckle III (Steam [Mega Drive])
5/21 - Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (GameCube)
5/23 - Forza Horizon 3: Horizon Hot Wheels (Xbone [DLC])
5/26 - Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (Xbone)
7/2 - Star Wars Episode I: Racer (PSN [N64])
7/5 - Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition (Switch [Wii])
7/11 - Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line (Switch [NES])
7/16 - Virtual Boy Wario Land (VB)
7/26 - Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation (Switch[NES])
8/10 - Gate of Thunder (VC [TGCD])
8/26 - Battletoads (Xbone)
9/4 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater [HD Remaster] (PS4 [PS1])
9/4 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 [HD Remaster] (PS4 [PS1])
9/24 - Yakuza 0 (PS4)
10/4 - Maximo: Ghosts to Glory (PS2)
10/12 - Super Ghouls'n Ghosts (SNES)

My local game shop happened to have this in stock when I visited this weekend, so I figured there was no reason not to add it onto my October gaming schedule. I talked in chat about my misadventures with losing my progress twice to a power outage and a SNES crash, so I technically wrapped it up on Switch. Still marked it as an SNES clear on Backloggery, though, since I don't really "own" it on Switch anyway.

Great game! This is definitely more approachable than the first game for a beginner, and it's readily available on Switch Online for people who have it. And although I think the brutal difficulty is kind of the point with a game like this, the rewind feature is certainly there if you want a more casual Halloween jaunt. As with the rest of them, I highly recommend it if insanely challenging and occasionally unfair action platforming is your thing.

Blog post

Completed:
1/11 - Ghosts'n Goblins (PS3 [Arcade])
3/3 - Bust-A-Move Pocket (Neo Geo Pocket Color)
3/14 - Night Trap: 25th Anniversary Edition (PSN [Sega CD])
3/22 - Tearaway (PS Vita)
7/2 - Star Wars Episode I: Racer (PSN [N64])

Rebeaten:
9/25 - Super Mario 64 (Switch [N64])

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Progress - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020
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Finished - 0024 - 0041 - 0034 - 0022 - 0025 - 0014 - 0019 - 0025 - 0030
Complete - 0000 - 0004 - 0005 - 0001 - 0002 - 0001 - 0002 - 0002 - 0005
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[Claytone]

I'm not exactly sure why, but Galaxy felt like a bit of a slog to get all the stars, but it might just be that they all feel like a bit of grind when you're needlessly trying to do everything in the game. It might be the menu's of galaxy that makes it feel longer. You get out of a level then watch all the different counters go up, five pop ups later you save, then you gotta point at the blue star, open the map, pick where you want to go. And then pick the star, all with the pointer. Mario is also the slowest in Galaxy and you can't skip portions of a level in the way you can in the other two games.

This is compared to the other games where you mash A a couple times out of a level then jump back in to it.

But again, Galaxy is definitely the best game in the package, and the most consistent in its variety all the way to the end. Sunshine's blue coins can go **** themselves.

Yeah that's a good point, actually. Definitely a pretty long iteration delay between stars in SMG. I think that's part of why I blazed through 64 so fast. It's just so snappy and easy to get through. Still love Galaxy, though! But as I've said before, it's my favorite game ever, so it goes without saying it's my favorite game on the card.

[Sharecrow]

Soma (PS4)
Guacamelee (PS4)
Samurai Warriors 4 (PS4)
Streets of Rage (Genesis via PS4)
Revenge of Shinobi (Genesis via PS4)
Resident Evil - normal mode (PS4)
The Order: 1886 (PS4)
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune Remastered (PS4)
The Sword of Vermilion (Genesis via PS4)
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune Remastered - crushing mode (PS4)
Shadow Dancer (Genesis via PS4)
Streets of Rage 4 (PS4)
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (Genesis via PS4)
Outlast II - normal mode (PS4)
Outlast II - nightmare mode (PS4)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - crushing mode (PS4)
Vigilante (Arcade via PS4)
Final Fantasy XV (PS4)
Ristar (Genesis via PS4)
Suikoden (PS1 via PS3)
God of War: Ascension (PS3)
X-Men (arcade via PS3)

+ Silent Hill (PS1 via PS3)

2020 total games beaten = 23 (13 new)
2019 total games beaten = 28 (20 new)
2018 total games beaten = 29 (16 new)
2017 total games beaten = 25 (22 new)
2016 total games beaten = 38 (21 new)
2015 total games beaten = 25
2014 total games beaten = 35
2013 total games beaten = 17
2012 total games beaten = 37
2011 total games beaten = 35