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Here's my ranking for all 50 games, separated into tiers (games not listed in order within the tiers):

Absolute Must-Plays

Trails In The Sky FC
Trails In The Sky SC
Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
Celeste
Timespinner
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Final Fantasy IX

Must-Plays If You Like The Genre

Ninja Gaiden II (X360/PS3)
Iconoclasts
Rock Band 4
The Last Of Us Part II
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2
428 Shibuya Scramble

Recommended Good Games

Metro: 2033 Redux
Metro: Last Light Redux
Victor Vran
Blazing Chrome
Resident Evil: Revelations
Tacoma
Peggle 2
AI: The Somnium Files
Mad Max
Final Fight
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Minit
Final Fantasy Record Keeper
Heave Ho
Final Fantasy XV

Just OK

Sono
Metal Slug 2
The Awesome Adventures Of Captain Spirit
Life Is Strange 2
Chip N Dale 2
Death Squared
Runbow
Defense Grid
Power Rangers: Battle For The Grid
Date Warp
Cupid
Darkwing Duck
Genetos
Sacred Citadel

Below Average (Play For Challenge Purposes Only)

Crack Down
Alien Soldier
Wurroom
Plasticity
ChronoBreach
Dawn
RED

Straight Up Bad

A Date In The Park
Kyle Is Famous

see you next year!

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switching out the game from a new developer to an actual great game for ranking purposes

12. Beat a game made by a developer you've never tried

Iconoclasts. Another great Metroidvania! I think out of all the recent ones I've played, this one has the best story

And finally...

13. Beat a WRPG

Victor Vran. If you're into the genre this is a good one to play

50/50! Ranking of all the games in next post

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Moved TLOU2 to 3rd person shooter to make room for

41. Beat a game with a Metascore above 90

Final Fantasy VII (92). The OG. Like XV and IX before it, I went for 100% completion for the first time ever. Ruby Weapon was pretty easy to cheese, but Emerald was no joke

49/50

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49. Choose a random page on TVTropes and beat something from the video game section

Timespinner (trope: Another Dimension). So there have been a good amount of high-quality Metroidvanias that came out in recent years, but this might just be my favorite one yet!

48/50

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3. Beat a game released between 2000-2009

Ninja Gaiden II (X360). Fun fact: this was the last game (or more accurately, most recently released console game) that I played on a good ol' fashioned CRT TV. It was time for me to finally experience this in HD.

47/50

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7. Beat a game in a series you've already played some of

Trails In The Sky SC. This series is really good! The 3rd game will have to wait until I finish this challenge though

46/50

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16. Beat a rhythm game

Rock Band 4 (beat World Tour mode). Long time comin' for this one

45/50

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23. Beat a sports game

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2. Awesome remake!

44/50

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50-52. Beat three games in a series

Final Fantasy XV
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Final Fantasy IX

For FFIX, this is the first playthrough in which I defeated Ozma. Thought about 100%, but no way I'm ever doing the jump rope challenge, plus I would need a separate playthrough to go for Excalibur II (which I may do in the far future when I come back to this game)

43/50

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42. Beat another user's favorite game

Celeste. Really good game! Will definitely try for 100% in the future

42/50

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44. Beat a game that's been adapted into another medium

Final Fight

41/50

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Did some shuffling, moved FF15 and FF7R to the series category to make room for:

9. Beat a remake or enhanced port
17. Beat a first-person shooter

Metro: 2033 and Metro: Last Light (both Redux Versions). Last Light leaving Game Pass soon kinda forced this on me, and since I can't just start with the second game I went ahead and beat 2033 as well. Pretty good games.

Since I count the series category as one tally I only gain one point here. 40/50

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48. Beat a game that starts with the first letter of your username

Heave Ho

39/50

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14. Beat a JRPG

The Legend Of Heroes: Trails In The Sky FC. Heavily hyped on this board, and it's worth it. Some games have a great general plot, some have great character development, but not many achieve both. This game does!

38/50

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45. Beat a game that features historical events or people

A Plague Tale: Innocence. When the main combat mechanic was first introduced I wasn't sure if I would enjoy it, but it grew on me pretty quickly and I ended up liking it a lot. Good game!

37/50

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5. Beat a game released in 2020

Sono. Another short free game on Steam

36/50

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29. Beat a game with comedy as a central theme

Kyle Is Famous. Free short game on Steam. Not my kind of humor though

35/50

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41. Beat a game with a Metascore above 90

The Last Of Us Part II. Fantastic game, glad I was able to avoid spoilers for it. Comparing with the first game, I think I lean towards TLOU1 having the better story, but the gameplay edge by far goes to TLOU2.

34/50

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22. Beat a fighting game

Power Rangers: Battle For The Grid

33/50

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26. Beat a game with revenge as a central theme

Cupid. Pretty decent visual novel. Probably wouldn't have bought this game, but luckily it's free on Steam

32/50

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8. Beat a spin-off or a game that rebooted a franchise

The Awesome Adventures Of Captain Spirit

10. Beat a game made by a director/composer/artist/etc that you like

Life Is Strange 2 (for the art). I like that they went a different direction with the setting and player character not having the "power" to minimize direct comparisons to the first game since that's an impossible standard to meet. Still not nearly as good for two reasons: some parts do drag a little bit and this game doesn't have a sense of mystery like the original had. LiS 1 is a "play immediately" whereas the sequel is still worth a play but can be backlogged.

31/50

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24. Beat a game with romance as a central theme

Date Warp. Pretty neat short visual novel

9. Beat a remake or enhanced port

Final Fantasy VII Remake. Really enjoyed this

29/50


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25. Beat a game with horror as a central theme

Resident Evil: Revelations

27/50

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7. Beat a game in a series you've already played some of

Final Fantasy XV. I beat the vanilla game back when it was first released before all the patches and extra plot; this time around I beat all the content (all sidequests and character episodes). Not quite 100%, there is one fish they added with the royal edition that is such a pain to catch and I just wasn't having fun with it. Game is much better than I initially gave it credit for, there's still some holes with the story I wished they filled but I can at least accept the end result.

27/50


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21. Beat a strategy game

Defense Grid. Been very casually playing this one the past few years, doing a level every now and then. Saw that I only had two levels left so I decided to finish it up to get this category locked up.

26/50

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moved Chip N Dale 2 to developer I like (Capcom) to make room for:

43. Beat a game based on licensed stories/characters

Mad Max. Fun game, if you're a fan of the Arkham games the gameplay is in a similar vein and worth a try

25/50

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FF7R pull a total bust, two Sephiroth LMs which was already a dupe

failed Syldra, so thinking I'll likely pull on the FF8 banner at some point. I have no interest in farming 14 5* mags per week at this point since I'll get burned out on the game real quickly and I don't have any auto teams set up until I can get enough in my collection to get good passives ready. For now I'll casually do runs through the two I can beat reliably (Hecatoncheir and Mateus). Fest stuff should help me push through Manticore now as well

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32. Beat a game with a non-white lead

428 Shibuya Scramble. Awesome "live-action" visual novel, highly recommended

24/50

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Finally did all the anniversary ticket pulls and the relic set, ended up with:

Minwu USB
OK OSB (dupe)
Quina LM
Alphinaud Glint
Vincent Chain
Aerith BSB (dupe)
Meia OSB
Alphinaud Chain (dupe)
Jecht USB
TGC OSB (dupe, my 7th one!)
Shantotto Chain (dupe)
Rydia bUSB (dupe)
Galuf BSB (dupe)
Cid IV USB
Shelke LM
Irvine Chain (dupe)
Paine bUSB
Gordon Chain
Aria USB
Lenna USB
Refia AOSB
Yuffie USB
Terra's relic set

For me big winners are Vincent, Gordon, and Lenna as they fill some glaring holes. Terra's set lets me set up a full fire mage team. Going forward I'll need to upgrade magic earth and both phys/mag lightning as my main priorities

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3/11 on B4:

Alma USB
Serafie bUSB
Alphinaud Sync

Second sync pickup to solidify wind as my dominant element

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5/11 on B3 pull!

Noctis LM x2
Sabin Glint+
Balthier Glint+
Balthier Chain

Another big win with the chain. Thought about pulling again to try and get an Awakening or Sync but I think I will hold off. Will probably do one B4 pull and call it a fest

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two pulls on B2, 4/22:

Vivi AOSB
Tellah Awakening
Tellah Chain
Edea Chain

My goal was to get at least one chain, and ended up getting both with the second pull!

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1. Beat a game released before 1990

Crack Down

23/50

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Finished off RoP pulls:

VII - Barret Glint+
VI - Locke USB
V - Faris Glint+
IV - Golbez LM
III - Arc bUSB
II - Guy USB
I - Wol BSB

After a pretty mediocre first half, I get a much more useful set here. Locke in particular was instantly put to good use against Mateus.

Current plan for the anniversary banners is skip B1, two pulls for B2/B3, one pull for B4

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15. Beat a puzzle game

Death Squared. Nice chill game, never really gets obnoxiously hard except for 2 or 3 levels.

22/50

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pulls starting with RoP

T0: Rem LM
FFT: Ramza Awakening (not sure how to work it in since hes my holy chain guy)
XV: Prompto USB (dupe)
XIV: Alphinaud USB (dupe)
XIII: Lightning LM
XII: Penelo Awakening
XI: Shantotto Chain
X: Wakka USB2
IX: Steiner Chain (dupe)
VIII: Fujin USB (dupe)

LM/Glint Lucky: Zell LM, CoD LM
AOSB Lucky: Cloud (dupe), Dorgann, Ramza
Awakening Lucky: Emperor, Auron

Now I have to manage my full inventory. Finally get a Fire awakening, just in time for the Mateus weekly mission. Speaking of which, those 6* mote rewards finally gave me the motivation to try out 5* magicites, finally got my first one down (Hecatoncheir). I think my party can auto it once I have better magicities. That same party can auto the 4* earth easily so I can do a little bit of farming to get the lower level magicites ready to be inheritance fodder and then start going around the circle. Trying to take Madeen down as soon as I can but still working on a party for it. Been seeing some setups that use a phys character as a dark mage, and I should be able to pull that off since I have Riku's awakening

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34. Beat a game with an animal lead

Darkwing Duck. That finishes off the Disney Afternoon Collection

21/50

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Did a FFX pull before it disappeared, even though I'm stacked well for it I wanted Tidus Sync since he is my favorite character. Didn't get it but 2/11

Rikku Glint+
Paine Chain

Huge pickups regardless! I have Rikku's USB1 and 2 so she got boosted tremendously. Paine being a 2.0 is great enough, but more importantly I can take Tidus off chain duty so he can do other things.

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6. Beat a game in a completely new series

Metal Slug 2. Very laggy!

20/50

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40. Beat a game with a Metascore below 70

Sacred Citadel. A beat-em-up I've been off and on with for a few years now, it's solid but not really noteworthy.

19/50

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36. Beat a game that's been in your backlog for a long time

RED. Another short and free Steam game, this one is like a beat-em-up. The plot translation is pretty bad, and overall the game is just not that interesting.

18/50

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20. Beat an action game

Blazing Chrome (Contra style game that's really fun)

31. Beat a game with a child lead

Plasticity (free Steam game that's not very fun but it's short)

17/50


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Appreciate the Chrome Gadget love, such a banger

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46. Beat a game you received for free or through a paid subscription service

Minit (Xbox Game Pass)

15/50

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12. Beat a game made by a developer you've never tried

Ikeda: The Scrap Hunter EP. Another short free Steam game, this one's a platformer.

14/50

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another short game

27. Beat a game with mystery as a central theme

A Date In The Park. Shouldn't take more than 30 minutes to beat. Free on Steam

13/50

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moved Bloodstained to supernatural theme

30. Beat a game with a female lead

Tacoma. Pretty cool narrative-driven game, just a few hours long. It's on Xbox Game Pass if you have that.

12/50

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35. Beat a game with a lead that's from a fictional species

Dawn. Another short free game on Steam. This one took about 20 minutes.

11/50

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33. Beat a game with a robot/artificial lead

ChronoBreach. Very short action/platformer game that's free on Steam, should only take 15-20 minutes to complete

10/50

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moved Chip N Dale 2 to licensed characters category

2. Beat a game released between 1990-1999

Alien Soldier. Slowly working through the Sega Genesis Classics

9/50

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