Board 8 > The Great 2018 Video Game Challenge (Topic Two)

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37. Beat a game that's been in your backlog for a long time
Mega Man X3
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in the FAQ it says they did it purposely cause they want you to do it now

40. Finish a game that took you at least twenty-five hours to beat
Trails of Cold Steel
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36. Replay a game from a long time ago

Dynamite Headdy

25/50
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31. Beat a game with a child lead
A Hat in Time

10/50
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41. Beat a game with a Metascore below 70

Uncanny Valley

26/50
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From: Ryo8889 | Posted: 7/4/2011 12:18:44 PM | #017
1 > 6 > 3 > 5 > 2 > 4 btw

what in the god damn world is 6 doing there
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23. Beat a sports game

Trials Fusion. Bit of a reach but I don't play traditional sports games very often so hope you guys are okay with this

27/50
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Raven (Titans)
Wanda Maximoff (X-Men Evolution)

38. Beat a game you'd dropped or had a long hold on

Digimon World: Next Order (PS4)

This game had been on my wishlist and then my backlog essentially since I first heard about it a few months before it was released last year. I kept wanting to play it but knew it'd be a huge time sink so I always put it off. Once I did start, I kind of slogged through it for a couple weeks before putting in 10 hours today to finish it because I'm going on vacation tomorrow and didn't want to come back and have to try and pick up from where I left off.

The game itself felt like nostalgia was being injected straight into my veins. The original Digimon World on PS1 is one of my favourite games of all-time (top 25 on the list I did a couple years ago), and I knew I'd enjoy Next Order considering it was in the same style as that game. What I didn't expect was how much it drew from that first game. The soundtrack had remixed tracks from that first game, which blew my mind, and a lot of the Digimon you recruited performed the same functions in the city as they did in the original game.

I will say that if you don't have the nostalgia for that first game, you'll likely not enjoy this one too much. You get told to explore the world, with little knowledge, and everything kills you. "Grinding: The Game" is an equally appropriate title, with a solid third of my 35 hours spent just training my Digimon, including 8 hours today after I made it to the final bosses and initially got wrecked.

I still loved almost every minute of it! Not enough to dive into post-game stuff, though.

33/50
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15. Beat a puzzle game

Minit

41/50
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Moved a bunch of stuff around

33. Beat a game with a robot/artificial lead
Mega Man X4
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Hah, almost forgot about that comment, this is why you don't engage with Corricks.

And damn do I want that account name.

@vcharon

You had one about a week ago right? How'd you describe it: great taste, odd aftertaste? I'd try it myself but I don't really DO the Dew over Coke variants.

13. Beat a WRPG

The Incredible Adventures Of Van Helsing

28/50
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i miss sweet ol bridgette

25. Beat a game with horror as a central theme

Until Dawn. This is a great game, probably the best "choices matter" game I've played. Definitely planning a full playthrough to see how many choices truly matter, but the first run gives the idea (or maybe illusion) that you can't make any decision lightly, and that's cool stuff.

29/50
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4. Beat a game released between 2010-2017

Windjammers

Picked this up for $2. I've always wanted to try it after seeing how much Jeff and some of the other Giantbomb guys like the game. It's too bad that the online mode is essentially dead at this point, but I did beat arcade mode with all of the characters and might be able to get some local multiplayer games in, so it was worth the price of admission.

34/50
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Celes
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50. Beat three games in a series
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

might change where I put these if I don't end up playing V3 in 2018

41. Beat a game with a Metascore below 70
Brawlout

ok so it technically falls into the "can't really be beaten" category but I finished the arcade mode so I'm counting it
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Johnbobb posted...

50. Beat three games in a series
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

might change where I put these if I don't end up playing V3 in 2018

41. Beat a game with a Metascore below 70
Brawlout

ok so it technically falls into the "can't really be beaten" category but I finished the arcade mode so I'm counting it

Ultra despair girls!
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6. Beat a game in a completely new series
Trauma Center: Under the Knife

Holy shit, this has got to be one of the hardest games I've ever beaten. It's still a fantastic game though
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This game is as garbage as that pick call so far.

16. Beat a rhythm game
Persona 5 Dancing Star Night

Wow I'm rusty at rhythm games... had to play on Hard like a pleb
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Mr Lasastryke posted...

congrats!

unfortunately there's not even a board for level 39 users :-(

I'd assume that's because there aren't any level 39 users yet.
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Persona 3: FES - Brand New Days
Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Bramble Blast

That one guy, you know the one.
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43. Beat another user's favorite game
BioShock
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37. Beat a game that's been in your backlog for a long time

Ori and the Blind Forest

42/50

(I also beat Banner Saga 1 and 2, but I'm going to use them for the series category)
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33. Beat a game with a robot/artificial lead

Mighty No. 9...Not sure why this game gets shit on a lot. I mean sure it lacks the charm of Mega Man games, the music is unmemorable, and the mechanics sound more convoluted than they actually are, but it's not that bad of a game.

30/50
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still in love with desi please dont mari takahashi yourself
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50-52. Beat three games in a series

Banner Saga 1, 2, and 3.

Had a lot of fun with it. Story wasn't as satisfying as I hoped (feels like a lot of plot threads didn't really go anywhere), but everything else was excellent. It felt more like an episodic game than three full sequels, so I'm glad I waited to play all three in a row.

43/50
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Couldn't grab a post from GenesisSaga...

2.

28. Beat a game with the supernatural as a central theme

Extreme Exorcism

31/50
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37. Beat a game that's been in your backlog for a long time

Pokemon Stadium
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39. Finish a game in one day

60 Seconds

Not sure what inspired me to play this again (it's kind of a nothing game), but it was a decent enough time killer.

44/50
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Hah, he does look pretty adorable there.

On the topic of thumbnails I've been looking to tickle my design muscles a bit (is that a phrase? I don't know if that's a phrase), if anyone wants me to take a crack at designing a thumbnail overlay for a show.

That one guy, you know the one.
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1. Beat a game released before 1990
Super Mario Bros. 2 (Lost Levels)

12/50
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40. Finish game that took 25+ hours
Dragon Quest III

I don't know if I played it for 25+ hours this year (probably in the 15-20 range), but I easily clear that mark if we include the time I spent on this file in the early 2000s.
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I just need to beat a game from this year or rhythm game, and I'm set. I think that I will do Chime Sharp later this month or early September.
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I dont think it was as bad as a full anxiety attack but yeah she was in shock and couldnt make sense of what happened. A true blindside

The downside to getting every warrior's Perfect Link is that there's not enough room to keep everyone in your castles. So now I have to deal with fighting Tyranitar, Gyarados, Conkeldurr, Gallade, etc... in regular battles. >_>

24. Beat a game with romance as a central theme

Azure Dreams (PSX). It has dating sim elements, even though I kind of wish it didn't.

It's the only Mystery Dungeon style roguelike I've ever really gotten into. A lot of it is probably the nostalgia talking, though. I replay it every so often, but it's the first time in a long time that I've actually finished it.

45/50
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Oh weird we both beat azure dreams this year

I played the surperior gbc version tho
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That is weird. Can't even remember the last time I saw someone mention the game.

I own (used to own? I have no idea where my old Game Boy games are) the GBC Azure Dreams. I didn't really care for it as much, but it's been so long that I should probably give it another go.
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Remove doubles from Persona 4 and Mass Effect 2

16. Deus Ex
17. Deus Ex Human Revolution
18. Skies of Arcadia Legends
19. Darkest Dungeon
20. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
21. Stardew Valley
22. Valkyria Chronicles
23. Bioshock Infinite
24. Avernum: Escape From the Pit
25. Secret of Mana
26. Secret of Evermore
27. Seiken Densetsu 3
28. Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
29. Suikoden II
30. Breath of Fire III

17. Beat a first-person shooter
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

10. Beat a game made by a director/composer/artist/etc that you likeA Way Out
A Way Out (Josef Fares)
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Moved Invisible Apartment to new series to make way for:

4. Beat a game released between 2010-2017

Mariovania. It's a fangame, and a very good one at that.

32/50
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