Gaming Forums => General Gaming => Topic started by: M.K.Ultra on January 03, 2022, 04:00:06 PM
Title: Games Beaten, Completed, or Played in 2021
Post by: M.K.Ultra on January 03, 2022, 04:00:06 PM
With 2021 in the rearview it is time to start another year of gaming. What better time than to post your records of games played, beaten, or completed. Personally I like to hear what system the games were played on, how long they took, whether you beat them any% or 100%, and if they were first plays or replays. Of course, feel free to post as little or as much as you want.
Title: Mr. Bungle's Games Finished in 2021
Post by: M.K.Ultra on January 03, 2022, 04:55:52 PM
I finished 60 games in 2021. They are listed below by the system they were played on in the format Title (play time, completion%, rating/10, replay) All titles are first plays unless "replay" is indicated.
The Misadventures of Tron Bonne (Vita, 17.5 hours, 100%, 8/10)
Xbox One
Perfect Dark (any%, 8/10)
Banjo-Kazooie (19 hours, 100%, 9/10)
State of Decay 2 (32 hours, any%, 8/10)
Other
Mega Man: The Wily Wars (Sega Genesis, 100%, 10/10)
Learn Japanese to Survive! Kanji Combat (PC, 19 hours, 9/10)
Title: Re: Games Beaten, Completed, or Played in 2021
Post by: Khushrenada on January 03, 2022, 05:03:22 PM
You played a bit more than that! We tackled some deep cut SNES stuff together earlier in the year. Doomsday Warrior, The Peace Keepers, Donkey Kong Country... But I understand you might not count that as true "backlog" games. I don't count them either myself. They're just bonus games to me.
Title: Re: Games Beaten, Completed, or Played in 2021
Post by: TOPHATANT123 on January 04, 2022, 06:18:43 PM
That's a lot of 10/10 games you've got there Bungle, good year.
I'd have to say I agree with the high score given to NES Remix. Underrated, it allowed me to appreciate these games I never would have before, teaching you the mechanics and giving you an abridged tour.
As for myself I finished 51 games.
Switch Consider it [3] 8-Bit Adventure Steins;Gate [6] Super Mario Bros 35 [6] Old Man's Journey [6] Pacman 99 [7] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity [8] Part Time UFO [8] Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind [8] Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir [8] The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures [8] Steins;Gate Elite [8] Astral Chain [9] 51 Worldwide Games [9] The House in Fata Morgana [10]
PC Liyla and The Shadows of War [4] Her Story [6] Democratic Socialism Simulator [7] The Political Machine 2020 [7] Tell Me Why [8] Suzerain [9] Doki Doki Literature Club [9]
PS3 Silent Hill [6] Suikoden [8] Dark Souls [9]
PS4 Erica [6] Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Final Mix [6] Ratchet & Clank [7] The Vanishing of Ethan Carter [7] Abzu [7] Telltale: The Walking Dead Season 4 [7] Telltale: The Walking Dead Michonne [7] Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight [8] Fahrenheit [8] Twin Mirror [8] Yakuza 3 Remastered [8] Monster Hunter: World [8] Life is Strange: True Colours [8] Telling Lies [9] Hitman 2016 [9] Shenmue [9] Horizon Zero Dawn [9] Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward [9] Telltale: The Walking Dead Season 1 [9] Telltale: The Walking Dead Season 2 [9] Telltale: The Walking Dead Season 3 [9] Life is Strange 2 [10] Zero Escape: 999 [10]
3DS SMT Strange Journey Redux [6] Pokémon Trading Card Game [7] Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations [8]
Xbox 360 Resident Evil Revelations [6]
Title: Re: Games Beaten, Completed, or Played in 2021
Post by: M.K.Ultra on January 05, 2022, 10:42:32 AM
You played a bit more than that! We tackled some deep cut SNES stuff together earlier in the year. Doomsday Warrior, The Peace Keepers, Donkey Kong Country... But I understand you might not count that as true "backlog" games. I don't count them either myself. They're just bonus games to me.
Those were good times and I feel bad for leaving them out. One issue is I was not keeping track of them. We were playing through your console so I don't have the save files to remind me of which ones we completed and how long it took. We also played a Twin Bee game right?
Title: Re: Games Beaten, Completed, or Played in 2021
Post by: Luigi Dude on January 06, 2022, 04:33:18 PM
Well I only played the Switch in 2021 so every game on this list was the Switch version or on a collection of classic games on the Switch that contained these games. Sorry but I won't give review numbers to the games I've beaten since many I can't really decide what score I'd give. I'd prefer to just give my thoughts if asked about a certain game instead of labeling all of them with a number that might not accurately describe how I really felt.
Games I finished for the first time
Y's Origin Yoku's Island Express Jotun Owlboy Splasher Moonlighter The Way Remastered Wild Guns Reloaded Wild Guns (SNES Version) Y's VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment Doom 64 Doom (2016) Doom 3 Steam World Heist Cosmic Star Heroine Blaster Master Zero 3 Onimusha: Warlords Hyper Light Drifter Guacamelee 2 Flashback Super Hydorah Metroid Dread Okami HD Xenoblade 2 Astral Chain Broforce
Games I've already finished in previous years but replayed again
Donkey Kong County Donkey Kong Country 2 Donkey Kong Country 3 Super Mario World Yoshi's Island Mega Man Mega Man 2 Mega Man 3 Mega Man 4 Mega Man 5 Mega Man 6 Mega Man 7 Mega Man 8 Mega Man 9 Mega Man 10 Mega Man 11 Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope Blaster Master Zero 2 Castlevania 3 Super Metroid
Games I played that I enjoyed, but didn't finish because either I'm not good at the genre or certain aspects frustrated me too much to bother finishing them
Furi Iron Crypticle GoNNer Enter the Gungeon Gradius R-Type (I just can't beat the final fucking boss) >:( Crypt of the NecroDancer Sundered Lumines Remastered Superbeat: Xonic Vasara Thumper Joe and Mac
Games I played but didn't finish because they were so boring I couldn't make it more then a few hours before I wanted to fall asleep
Snake Pass Bastion Pankapu Shovel Knight: King of Cards Transitor Yooka-Laylee Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Title: Re: Games Beaten, Completed, or Played in 2021
Post by: M.K.Ultra on January 06, 2022, 05:08:32 PM
Games I finished for the first time Owlboy Steam World Heist
Games I played that I enjoyed, but didn't finish because either I'm not good at the genre or certain aspects frustrated me too much to bother finishing them Lumines Remastered
Luigi Dude, what did you think of Owlboy and Steam World Heist? I have both, just wondering if I should move them up the backlog queue.
I also hit a wall with Lumines. It is really tough to complete, but I continue to peck away at the puzzle mode.
Title: Re: Games Beaten, Completed, or Played in 2021
Post by: Khushrenada on January 06, 2022, 08:21:56 PM
You played a bit more than that! We tackled some deep cut SNES stuff together earlier in the year. Doomsday Warrior, The Peace Keepers, Donkey Kong Country... But I understand you might not count that as true "backlog" games. I don't count them either myself. They're just bonus games to me.
Those were good times and I feel bad for leaving them out. One issue is I was not keeping track of them. We were playing through your console so I don't have the save files to remind me of which ones we completed and how long it took. We also played a Twin Bee game right?
We did Twin Bee in December of last year for sure. Don't know if that carried over to this year but it doesn't make a big difference. Save files aren't anything since they were done in two player and not single player although if you had wanted save files on your end I guess we've swapped back and forth a bit more when playing these. Off the top of my head, this is what all I recall playing with you:
Pop'N'Twin Bee - Finished Super Tennis - Unfinished Smash Tennis - Unfinished Mario's Super Picross - Unfinished Donkey Kong Country - Finished Joe and Mac 2 - Finished Doomsday Warrior - Finished The Peace Keepers - Unfinished
I decided to boot up the system and scroll through the titles. Pretty sure that's everything we went through. I forgot there's some stuff that's been added I'd like to try out one of these days. Mainly I've just booted up the app to peck away at Super Picross. (And I'm still not done! I finished the Ultra Puzzles only for there to be more puzzles. This game....) That and DKC1. Got the itch to 100% after our playthrough.
Title: Re: Games Beaten, Completed, or Played in 2021
Post by: Khushrenada on January 06, 2022, 09:06:19 PM
Games I played that I enjoyed, but didn't finish because either I'm not good at the genre or certain aspects frustrated me too much to bother finishing them Lumines Remastered
I also hit a wall with Lumines. It is really tough to complete, but I continue to peck away at the puzzle mode.
Lumines, baby! It's the 2021 game for Switch it would seem. Started getting into last year and have also been getting rebuffed by its difficulty. *fist pump* Boo-yah!
I little while ago I was talking about it with the Pietriots and this is what I said at the time:
Quote
Khushrenada I was so close to finally starting and trying out Hollow Knight and the Metroid Dread came out and it was like, well, guess I got my Metroidvania fill. Now I’m playing the PSP killer app Lumines You had your chance Hollow Knight and Nintendo stabbed you in the back
Redacted lumines is basically the metroidvania of falling block puzzle games to be fair
Khushrenada I’m really impressed with Lumines. It’s pretty difficult though and I’m not a big “falling block” type gamer. Have only really gotten into Tetris and trying to get better at that in the past couple years because of Tetris 99. However, Lumines seems to be the best puzzle game since Tetris.
Redacted yeah it's a tricky game to start with, especially timing when to match the blocks
Khushrenada Better than Puyo Puyo or Planet Puzzle League (or Yoshi ) as far as I’m concerned
Redacted (i've never been able to figure out puyo puyo lol)
Khushrenada Or Meteos, one of the other few puzzle games I actually spent a lot of time playing Just a bit better than Zoo Keeper DS as well.
Redacted zoo keeper!! the secret best DS launch game
Khushrenada I mainly played Puyo Puyo via Kirby’s Avalanche on SNES. Actually made it to the final of Dedede. Didn’t defeat him. Gave up. Needed the rewind function but it didn’t exist at that time.
Now it's the killer app of the Switch, I suppose. Way back when the PSP and DS first came out, a friend of mine got the PSP soon after it launched (and felt pretty sure it would beat the DS :P >:( ) and he had Lumines for it. I got to briefly see it in action and might have even played it for 5 minutes or so. Can't really recall know but the he described it as being a bit hypnotic with its blend of music and falling puzzle action and I did like the look and sound of it from what I saw though that was just the first and maybe second skins I saw in action. A falling puzzle games with techno beats did seem like it could be a fun thing but that alone wasn't going to make me get a PSP.
Unclebob had a forum thread some time ago asking what game you most associate with a system. For instance, if someone said NES perhaps you immediately think of Duck Hunt or Super Mario Bros. or some other game. For me, when I think of the PSP, Lumines is the first game I think of. I can think of a couple other games for the system that seemed alright but that brief experience with it and seeing Lumines basically has entwined the two together since I had very little other exposure to the system in the years after. When I saw it on the eShop, it got put on my wishlist and when I sale came along I finally dove in but still didn't get around to playing it out until this year.
I must say, I don't find it hypnotic. More frantic instead. Like you all seem to be posting. I also have been hitting a bit of a wall early on and having a hard time making more progress in it. I've been stymed in the Mission section by one Hard Mission in which I need to clear 150 blocks in 3 minutes. I was playing it again last night and got to 144. Urghhh! So close. Best I've done so far. A few days ago, it was 125 that was my best. So, there is some slight improvement there. I'm around 55% or 56% done the Puzzles and that mode has been alright. I'd like to unlock all the skins from the Challenge mode but I haven't been able to get past 45% for awhile now. Last night, I played it and bombed out at the skin just before the last one I've been able to get to. Played another round of Basic Challenge and was doing so much better. I was getting a bunch of one color left Bonuses and even cleared out all the blocks at one point around the 7 or 8 skin. It was the best early game management I'd done so far. And then it just started falling apart on me. The subtle jump in speed is still too much right now and I ended up defeated at the same lousy grey and purple skin that has been my furthest reach so far.
I know I need to be looking more at what's coming to already have an idea or start planning where I want to drop some of these blocks instead of reacting as they start falling but still need more practice there. Yet, the speed they start dropping makes difficult already to get them where I want in time even when I have an idea or know what's coming. Then there's the slider which can also have an effect on plans. Sometimes I have a block drop and split thinking this will now create a chain reaction only for that reaction to not happen because the slider was there and removed part of the blocks that had started to merge and ruined the expected chain reaction. I was expecting chill action not frustrating madness. Can't imagine what the speed would be like further into the challenge unless it just stays that way and it is about just being able to manage at that speed for a long time.
As well, I'd say that so far I've liked 40% or so of the skins I've encountered. Lot of stinkers in there which is also a bit disappointing. I guess they can't all be bangers like Shake Your Body or even the first skin. For now, I'll keep booting up the game from time to time and seeing if I can't slowly improve and chip away at it. Again, the base gameplay of mixing and matching squares is really well done and if that part wasn't as good and was more like Puyo-Puyo then I'd likely be writing off the game at this point.
Title: Re: Games Beaten, Completed, or Played in 2021
Post by: Luigi Dude on January 06, 2022, 10:24:04 PM
Luigi Dude, what did you think of Owlboy and Steam World Heist? I have both, just wondering if I should move them up the backlog queue.
Owlboy
The pixel art is amazing and I love the look of the world. The gameplay on the other hand is kind of a mixed bag. Some sections are really good and the game has some great boss fights as well. But it's also filled with tedious puzzles throughout that go on longer then they have any right too. The game is also filled with too much story if you ask me, that gets kind of cringy at times because of how over dramatic it gets at time. This is made worse by the fact the ending is rather anti-climatic with the story setting up something big to happen, but then it literally just ends. It feels like the developer ran out of money to make a final boss and real ending so they just slapped together whatever they could to give it some closure.
So it's an overall decent experience with some signs of greatness here and there. It took me less then 10 hours to beat it, so it's not a very long game. If your looking to get some games out of your backlog it should be a pretty quick one to get through since it's easy to get through in 1-2 days. Steam World Heist
Now this game is amazing all the way through. Very engaging strategy game with hilarious writing and characters. Game has a good cast of characters with unique abilities, that give you many different ways to get through each mission. I played the game on the 2nd highest difficulty option that the game even says is the recommended level and I thought the challenge was perfect. Lots of times I was cornered but made a comeback thanks to one well aimed shot that created an opening for one of my characters to use their special ability to save the day. I tried to replay the game on the hardest difficulty right after beating it but the hardest setting got too much into BS territory, so that's when I stopped. Still there's many different difficulty settings so everyone has something to choose from. I found the second highest to be perfect, but I'd imagine there's some who might find that too hard and fight the 3rd highest the best. Either way, this game has something for everyone.
The only negative I have with this game is I wish there were more boss fights because the few that are in were so good. I want to say it took me around 20-30 hours to beat it, but I also did all the missions which include optional hard ones.
So this one is a longer time investment, but I'd say it's worth it. Heavily Recommended
Title: Re: Games Beaten, Completed, or Played in 2021
Post by: Order.RSS on January 09, 2022, 01:11:03 PM
Games I played that I enjoyed, but didn't finish because either I'm not good at the genre or certain aspects frustrated me too much to bother finishing them
R-Type (I just can't beat the final fucking boss) >:(
Vasara
Regarding R-Type, there's a really annoying trick to it: you must shoot the Force Pod into the final boss' eyeball. Keep firing and that ends him real quick. And you have to be quick, because those 1-3 tracking fireballs it sends out cannot die and will kill you at some point. One is manageable to avoid, once all three are out you may as well give up.
The issue is how to stay alive without your Pod as protection; I've only been able to do it once, with both of those little helper turrets presents, and constantly moving in a small cross pattern (very small adjustments) to draw fire to one spot, then position the turrets there to block the shots, rinse and repeat. Once the tracking fireball comes out I switch to moving in an 8-shape to accomplish the same but keep the fireball behind me.
Vasara I couldn't beat either, the final level is just stupid difficult. I had a bit of fun in the endless mode, but prefer games with achievable end goals, so I bounced off it quite quickly too.
Title: Re: Games Beaten, Completed, or Played in 2021
Post by: Luigi Dude on January 09, 2022, 07:26:57 PM
Games I played that I enjoyed, but didn't finish because either I'm not good at the genre or certain aspects frustrated me too much to bother finishing them
R-Type (I just can't beat the final fucking boss) >:(
Vasara
Regarding R-Type, there's a really annoying trick to it: you must shoot the Force Pod into the final boss' eyeball. Keep firing and that ends him real quick. And you have to be quick, because those 1-3 tracking fireballs it sends out cannot die and will kill you at some point. One is manageable to avoid, once all three are out you may as well give up.
The issue is how to stay alive without your Pod as protection; I've only been able to do it once, with both of those little helper turrets presents, and constantly moving in a small cross pattern (very small adjustments) to draw fire to one spot, then position the turrets there to block the shots, rinse and repeat. Once the tracking fireball comes out I switch to moving in an 8-shape to accomplish the same but keep the fireball behind me.
Yeah I've been shooting the Force Pad into the boss but I've never been able to survive until it dies. My problem is I cant get to the final boss with both helper turrents to protect me from those green lizards that come from the top and bottom of the screen. No matter how good I play I always seem to die in the 6th or 7th stage and lose my helpers. Now I've gotten good enough to beat the 6th stage after losing my helpers and the 7th stage as well as long as it's before the check point in that stage. But that still only gives me one shot at the final boss with the one helper you get before the Stage 7 boss, and I always get cheapshot by a green lizard hitting the unprotected part.
I just need to get a perfect run going one of these days. I did get close to the end of Stage 7 once with both helpers still intact but then I accidentally crashed into a wall since I wasn't used to playing that level with upgraded speed. I then tried to get back there without upgrading my speed but Stage 5 always kills me if I dont have 2 speed upgrades by that point.
Still, I'll go back to this game one of these days. I just had to stop last year because I eventually got so sick of replaying the earlier levels for the hundredth time.