2014 Game Clear Thread

[Sharecrow]

Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain DS (DS) - beaten on January 28th
Gain Ground (Genesis via PS3) - beaten on January 29th
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3) - beaten on February 1st
Beyond Oasis (Genesis via PS3) - beaten on February 16th
Fatal Labyrinth (Genesis via PS3) - beaten on February 23rd
Rain (PSN) - beaten on March 4th
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (PSN) - beaten on March 23rd
P.O.W. Prisoners of War (Arcade via Vita) - beaten on April 8th
The Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse HD (PSN) - beaten on May 31st
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode Two (PSN) - beaten on June 4th
1943: Battle of Midway (arcade via PS3) - beaten on June 13th

New one:
+ Journey (PSN) - beaten on June 17th

2014 total games beaten = 12
2013 total games beaten = 17
2012 total games beaten = 37
2011 total games beaten = 35

[Claytone]

Beaten:
1/21 - Dead Rising 3 (Xbone)
2/1 - Peggle 2 (Xbone)
2/11 - Devil May Cry (360 [PS2])
2/16 - The Walking Dead (Vita)
2/21 - NBA Jam (360)
2/26 - Strider (Genesis)
3/2 - Strider (Xbone)
3/6 - Shaq-Fu (Genesis)
3/8 - Ratchet & Clank (PS3 [PS2])
3/13 - Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus (PS3 [PS2])
3/14 - PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (PS3)
3/15 - MediEvil (PSOne Classics)
3/18 - Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Xbone)
3/25 - Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA)
3/27 - Earthworm Jim HD (XBLA)
4/17 - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Wii U)
4/19 - Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (PS3 [PS2])
5/30 - Mario Kart 8 (Wii U)
6/20 - Dragon's Lair (PC [ARC])

I always wanted to play this goofy romp, and now I finally have. Payed a couple bucks for it during the sale, and I'm pleased with what I got. It only took me about a half-hour to beat, but I got a couple laughs and beat the most QTE riddled game I'll ever play.

Completed:
2/16 - The Walking Dead (Vita)
2/26 - Pac-Man: Championship Edition (XBLA)
3/10 - Ratchet & Clank (PS3 [PS2])
3/15 - MediEvil (PSOne Classics)

2012 totals:
Beaten: 24
Completed: 0
2012 games beaten average release year: 2002*
Favorite game beaten in 2012: Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D (3DS [PS2])

2013 totals:
Beaten: 41
Completed: 4

2014 totals:
Beaten: 19
Completed: 4

[Kong Wen]

COMPLETE:
+ 20. 2014-06-22 Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 (PSN)

PLATINUM:
+ 05. 2014-06-22 Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 (PSN)

[The Shoemaker]

Beat:
Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
Mario and Luigi Dream Team
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Mario and Donkey Kong Mini's on the Move (3DS)

Complete:
SteamWorld Dig (3DS)
Ittle Dew (Wii U)

Ittle Dew was a great little indie game, it's a good Zelda-like experience but it mainly focuses on block puzzles. It has a lot of short cuts built in for speed running and a lot of forth wall breaking charm. The puzzles near the end get to be quite creative, especially in the "master cave". For $10 I'd give it a solid 4/5.

[Kong Wen]

Ittle Dew was a great little indie game, it's a good Zelda-like experience but it mainly focuses on block puzzles. It has a lot of short cuts built in for speed running and a lot of forth wall breaking charm. The puzzles near the end get to be quite creative, especially in the "master cave". For $10 I'd give it a solid 4/5.

That's good to hear! I was worried the puzzles would be boring/uncreative. I picked it up for $0.55 last summer but I haven't taken it for a spin yet. About how long would you say it is?

[The Shoemaker]

Ittle Dew was a great little indie game, it's a good Zelda-like experience but it mainly focuses on block puzzles. It has a lot of short cuts built in for speed running and a lot of forth wall breaking charm. The puzzles near the end get to be quite creative, especially in the "master cave". For $10 I'd give it a solid 4/5.

That's good to hear! I was worried the puzzles would be boring/uncreative. I picked it up for $0.55 last summer but I haven't taken it for a spin yet. About how long would you say it is?

No no, the puzzles get rather complicated, I was pretty impressed. It took me about 6 hours to beat it normally with most things collected, after that I did the optional dungeon and had to use a guide to finish :p Like I said it's an excellent game to speed run, I've heard of people beating it in around 20 minutes!

[Claytone]

Beaten:
1/21 - Dead Rising 3 (Xbone)
2/1 - Peggle 2 (Xbone)
2/11 - Devil May Cry (360 [PS2])
2/16 - The Walking Dead (Vita)
2/21 - NBA Jam (360)
2/26 - Strider (Genesis)
3/2 - Strider (Xbone)
3/6 - Shaq-Fu (Genesis)
3/8 - Ratchet & Clank (PS3 [PS2])
3/13 - Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus (PS3 [PS2])
3/14 - PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (PS3)
3/15 - MediEvil (PSOne Classics)
3/18 - Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Xbone)
3/25 - Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA)
3/27 - Earthworm Jim HD (XBLA)
4/17 - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Wii U)
4/19 - Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (PS3 [PS2])
5/30 - Mario Kart 8 (Wii U)
6/20 - Dragon's Lair (PC [ARC])
6/23 - Persona 4 Golden (Vita)

Golden indeed! Given its premise and genre, I was certainly predisposed to disliking this game. I'm very glad I bit the bullet nevertheless. It has soundly joined the ranks of my very favorite games. The game is founded on solid gameplay (although it's perhaps a bit easy) creatively and riskily mixed with visual novel/relationship building aspects, and it's even got half-decent rhetoric from time to time. I was drawn back to this game time and time again despite my usual reluctance to pour hours and hours into long games. It's hard to extract exactly what was so intriguing about this game, but I suppose humans are wont to learn more about characters and to learn more about murder mysteries, so those elements perhaps had some innate draw. This is not to mention the dungeon crawling, which I felt involved a fun combat system that rewarded appropriate levels of time spent fusing personas without requiring a great deal of grinding. The idea that people derive utility from something whose name already bears connotations of unpleasant monotony blows me away, so I'm glad that wasn't a big component of this game (played on normal difficulty, anyway). This is all not to mention the soundtrack, which is almost entirely great, and only adequate at worst.

Indeed, I haven't been this impressed with a game since I beat MGS3 in June of 2012. Both come highly recommended, and we are lucky that the fifth installments of both series await us in 2015!

Completed:
2/16 - The Walking Dead (Vita)
2/26 - Pac-Man: Championship Edition (XBLA)
3/10 - Ratchet & Clank (PS3 [PS2])
3/15 - MediEvil (PSOne Classics)

2012 totals:
Beaten: 24
Completed: 0
2012 games beaten average release year: 2002*
Favorite game beaten in 2012: Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D (3DS [PS2])

2013 totals:
Beaten: 41
Completed: 4

2014 totals:
Beaten: 20
Completed: 4

[The Shoemaker]

Beat:
Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
Mario and Luigi Dream Team
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Mario and Donkey Kong Mini's on the Move (3DS)
Pokemon X (3DS)

Complete:
SteamWorld Dig (3DS)
Ittle Dew (Wii U)

This was my first Pokemon game, I enjoyed the experience but I have a lot of critiques. I have high hopes for future games.

[VictorViper]

Finished

- TPA: Taxi (Vita)
- TPA: Terminator 2 (Vita)
- TPA: Theatre of Magic (Vita)
- TPA: Twilight Zone (Vita)
- Gaia Seed (PSone)
- Ys: The Oath in Felghana
- TPA: Attack from Mars (Vita)
- TPA: Big Shot (Vita)
- Killzone Mercenary
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (Vita)
- THE BishiBashi (Arcade, 1cc)
- Toukiden: The Age of Demons
- Dark Souls II


Complete

- TPA: Bride of Pin·Bot
- TPA: Ye olde Medieval Madness

100%

- Guacamelee incl. El Infierno DLC
- Machinarium
- Fez (209.4%)
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
- 1001 Spikes
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War

This is an excellent game, a beautiful work of art, and truly honours the centenary of The Great War.

Platinum

- South Park: The Stick of Truth

Total 2013: 35
Total 2012: 34
Total 2011: 30

[Forscyvus]

Beaten:

1/22: DmC: Danty
2/10: PokemonX
2/15: Unsharted: Drake's Fortune
3/27: Bruddaz: A Tale of Two Sons
5/12: Niu Supa Mario Bruddaz U
5/17: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
5/17: Monument Valley (Android)
5/23: Transistor
6/4: Mario Kart 8
6/14: Mario Golf World Tour
7/4: 140

REALLY neat little game. Love to see more from the creator.