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Robazoid
05/27/17 8:31:57 AM
#1:


Sorry for letting it purge again!

Credit goes to tazzyboyishere for first starting this in 2016. Basically, there are 50 challenges outlined below that will require you to beat 52 games total. This isn't a competition and there's no prize for winning aside from a sense of accomplishment. This is just a fun thing to participate in while we all work through our video game libraries. It also gives us a place to discuss what we're playing. Feel free to join in!


Rules:
- A game can only be used for one challenge
- Use your own judgment to decide if game fits in a certain category
- Games started in 2016 or earlier are fine as long as they're finished in 2017
- Please add your own games to the spreadsheet linked to below, which anyone can edit
- When using the spreadsheet, please don't mess with checklists/tallies that aren't yours
- There's a tab listing favorite games in the spreadsheet if you need help with challenge 43
- If you have any questions, feel free to ask!


Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OrLeLlkjZ5hrlf1UYpPe2DkPKbApMQrSLVyKxbFhZvU/edit?usp=sharing


Challenges:

Years (5)
1. Beat a game released before 1990
2. Beat a game released between 1990-1999
3. Beat a game released between 2000-2009
4. Beat a game released between 2010-2016
5. Beat a game released in 2017

Series (4)
6. Beat a game in a completely new series
7. Beat a game in a series you've already played some of
8. Beat a spin-off or a game that rebooted a franchise
9. Beat a remake or enhanced port

Creators (3)
10. Beat a game made by a director/composer/artist/etc that you like
11. Beat a game made by a developer you like
12. Beat a game made by a developer you've never tried

Genres (11)
13. Beat a WRPG
14. Beat a JRPG
15. Beat a puzzle game
16. Beat a rhythm game
17. Beat a first-person shooter
18. Beat a third-person shooter
19. Beat a platformer
20. Beat an action game
21. Beat a strategy game
22. Beat a fighting game
23. Beat a sports game

Themes (6)
24. Beat a game with romance as a central theme
25. Beat a game with horror as a central theme
26. Beat a game with revenge as a central theme
27. Beat a game with mystery as a central theme
28. Beat a game with the supernatural as a central theme
29. Beat a game with comedy as a central theme

Demographics (6)
30. Beat a game with a female lead
31. Beat a game with a child lead
32. Beat a game with a non-white lead
33. Beat a game with a robot/artificial lead
34. Beat a game with an animal lead
35. Beat a game with a lead that's from a fictional species

Time (5)
36. Replay a game from a long time ago
37. Beat a game that's been in your backlog for a long time
38. Beat a game you'd dropped or had a long hold on
39. Finish a game in one day
40. Finish a game that took you at least twenty-five hours to beat

Stats (3)
41. Beat a game with a Metascore below 70
42. Beat a game with a Metascore above 90
43. Beat another user's favorite game

Adaptation (3)
44. Beat a game based on licensed stories/characters
45. Beat a game that's been adapted into another medium
46. Beat a game that features historical events or people

Miscellaneous (4)
47. Play a game that can't technically be beaten for at least three hours
48. Beat a game that starts with the first letter of your username
49. Choose a random page on TVTropes and beat something from the video game section
50-52. Beat three games in a series
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Robazoid
05/27/17 8:33:05 AM
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Also, here's the link to the 2016 spreadsheet for posterity

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17CXJ-tteBEGdH8mRVN9CFJA8QKdqaLatJiMWP5pBAZo/edit#gid=0
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MegamanX
05/27/17 8:46:57 AM
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45. Beat a game that's been adapted into another medium
Ultra Street Fighter II The Final Challengers


36/50
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KCF0107
05/28/17 2:26:31 PM
#4:


33. Beat a game with a robot/artificial lead

Puzzle Bots
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WalkingWiki
05/28/17 2:29:38 PM
#5:


About halfway through BioShock (for the first time) and I can safely say that it probably is going to be one of my top 10 games by the end
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profDEADPOOL
05/28/17 3:30:52 PM
#6:


Oops
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WalkingWiki
05/28/17 8:31:37 PM
#7:


43. Beat another user's favorite game
BioShock (Johnbobb's)

Is it possible for me to change what my favorite game is on the list? After some reflection, I'd like to change it to Mass Effect 2
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Arti
05/29/17 1:58:44 AM
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14. Beat a JRPG

Persona 5

:)

16/50

Maybe I can get back to these challenges now that I've played almost 80 hours of P5.
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Robazoid
05/29/17 3:03:44 AM
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WalkingWiki posted...
Is it possible for me to change what my favorite game is on the list? After some reflection, I'd like to change it to Mass Effect 2

My only concern about this would be if someone was planning to use your favorite game for that challenge. However, in this case, two people said Batman: Arkham Asylum were their favorite game, so that isn't a problem! I went ahead and added Mass Effect 2 to the doc.

EDIT: To expand on my point, people can definitely change their favorite game, but I think it would be fair to keep the old game on the list too for the rest of 2017. In your case, it just wasn't a problem because someone else had the same favorite
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Corrik
05/29/17 8:25:07 AM
#10:


Beat FFX, REmake, and Resident Evil 0.
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WalkingWiki
05/29/17 11:55:01 AM
#11:


Alright, cool

That's what I figured, since scarlet had the same, so thanks
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davidponte
05/29/17 12:00:48 PM
#12:


Tag.

I've been playing Gwent exclusively in the last week so I'm making no progress in this.
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KCF0107
05/30/17 3:44:24 PM
#13:


Bump
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profDEADPOOL
05/30/17 4:45:38 PM
#14:


11. Beat a game made by a developer you like

Nier: Automata
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WalkingWiki
05/30/17 8:48:02 PM
#15:


31. Beat a game with a child lead
The Walking Dead: Season 2
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BetrayedTangy
05/31/17 8:28:26 PM
#16:


Moving Root Letter to 41. Beat a game with a Metascore below 70

27. Beat a game with mystery as a central theme

Heavy Rain
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Mobilezoid
06/01/17 9:13:13 PM
#17:


Bump
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Cody11533
06/01/17 9:38:54 PM
#18:


40. Finish a game that took you at least twenty-five hours to beat
Pokemon Sun
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KCF0107
06/02/17 3:21:35 AM
#19:


51. Second game from a three-parter
Hexcells Infinite

This is probably the final game, but I played it second, so I'm just going to put it under that.
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WalkingWiki
06/02/17 8:52:06 PM
#20:


Moved BioShock to 50. Beat the first game in a series, and now

51. Second game in that series
BioShock 2

BioShock Infinite's in my backlog too, sooo
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KCF0107
06/03/17 3:49:37 AM
#21:


52. Third game from a three-parter

Hexcells Plus
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Arti
06/03/17 10:05:47 PM
#22:


4. Beat a game released between 2010-2016

Croixleur Sigma

Fun little hack and slash/action RPG hybrid. I was going for the trophy that requires you to beat the story mode in under ten minutes, and an extra battle popped up after the end and the credits rolled, so I'm counting this as beaten. Going to keep playing though, since I haven't unlocked all the characters or Dungeon/Extra modes yet.

17/50
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WalkingWiki
06/04/17 5:03:45 PM
#23:


Uuup
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KCF0107
06/05/17 6:21:49 PM
#24:


bumpers
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WalkingWiki
06/05/17 9:20:49 PM
#25:


9. Beat a remake or enhanced port
DMC: Devil May Cry - Definitive Edition
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Arti
06/06/17 2:45:18 AM
#26:


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

Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed

Hack-and-slash spinoff of the Neptunia series. Not anything really impressive, though.

18/50
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Mobilezoid
06/07/17 1:07:30 AM
#27:


Bump

I'm still playing the occasional game but not as much as I was and none that easily fit into the remaining challenges. Looks like my dream of finishing two lists will never be realized!
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KCF0107
06/07/17 1:34:28 AM
#28:


I totally forgot about my trope thing until I looked at my bookmarks and decided to switch things around since Tomb Raider: Legend qualifies

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GuerrillaBoulders
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WalkingWiki
06/07/17 12:05:40 PM
#29:


Oh, I forgot about that too

I'll probably get a random trope when I've filled in a lot of the other categories first
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tazzyboyishere
06/07/17 12:10:56 PM
#30:


7. Beat a game in a series you've already played some of
Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus

18. Beat a third-person shooter
Mass Effect 3
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WalkingWiki
06/08/17 12:16:14 AM
#31:


44. Beat a game based on licensed stories/characters
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
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davidponte
06/08/17 1:42:36 AM
#32:


44. Beat a game based on licensed stories/characters

Yugioh! Legacy of the Duelist

Took a break from Gwent to finally finish the final campaign in this. I initially bought the game when it first came out but burnt out after dozens of hours of the same thing over and over. Went back to it because I had nothing else to play, but then Gwent came out.

24/50
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Robazoid
06/09/17 4:21:25 AM
#33:


Bump
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Mobilezoid
06/10/17 2:57:59 PM
#34:


Bump
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BetrayedTangy
06/11/17 4:04:12 AM
#35:


2. Beat a game released between 1990-1999

Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening
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WalkingWiki
06/12/17 10:57:49 PM
#36:


Beat a game released between 2010-2016
Saints Row IV
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Cody11533
06/14/17 8:57:24 PM
#37:


24. Beat a game with romance as a central theme
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
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KCF0107
06/15/17 7:19:41 PM
#38:


I haven't played a Walking Dead game since the first season, but if romance is a central theme in later seasons, then I probably won't get them.
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Dragon66116
06/15/17 8:02:43 PM
#39:


42. Beat a game with a Metascore above 90
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

16/50
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Cody11533
06/15/17 10:30:21 PM
#40:


KCF0107 posted...
I haven't played a Walking Dead game since the first season, but if romance is a central theme in later seasons, then I probably won't get them.

1st season is still unquestionably the best, I thought that 2 and 3 both had some major issues that I won't really get into here. I will say that the overall quality has gotten worse with each game. I had several really stupid glitches in the last episode, including a previously dead character showing up in the background just fine for a few seconds, which apparently happened to a lot of people.

Romance is only in New Frontier. Whether you want it to or not, it plays a role in the story. My path led to it being incorporated about as naturally as it could have been. But from what I've seen online, even if you completely decline going that route, it still leads to a love triangle and big dramatic confrontation in the end because Telltale.
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MZero11
06/15/17 10:35:18 PM
#41:


7. Beat a game in a series you've already played some of
Final Fantasy Type-0

50-52. Beat three games in a series
Uncharted 1/2/3
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MZero11
06/15/17 10:39:58 PM
#42:


19. Beat a platformer
LittleBigPlanet 3

5/50
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KCF0107
06/16/17 9:15:45 PM
#43:


3. Beat a game released between 2000-2009
Power Stone 2

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

I also beat the NES Remix games, but I don't think that I can slot them anywhere, not without some questionable finagling anyway.
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WalkingWiki
06/16/17 11:07:40 PM
#44:


48. Beat a game that starts with the first letter of your username
Wolfenstein: The New Order
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Robazoid
06/18/17 2:13:39 AM
#45:


Bump
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tazzyboyishere
06/18/17 9:50:33 AM
#46:


26. Beat a game with revenge as a central theme
God of War III
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Cody11533
06/18/17 9:59:07 AM
#47:


30. Beat a game with a female lead
Grim Legends 3: The Dark City
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Mobilezoid
06/19/17 9:33:33 PM
#48:


Bump
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BetrayedTangy
06/20/17 1:41:54 AM
#49:


Not sure if I can count this yet, but I did beat the Wall of Flesh. I just haven't done hardly any of the hard mode stuff, which I don't see a point in yet, because the Moon Lord isn't even in the console versions yet. So I guess it's considered beaten.

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

Terraria
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Mobilezoid
06/20/17 8:54:37 PM
#50:


Daily safety bump
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