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

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TheArkOfTurus
10/05/18 5:37:08 PM
#201:


KCF0107 posted...
I should check to see how close I would be if I did a second list. According to the posting topic Google doc, I do have 101 games beaten on the year (in my defense, like 80% were sub-10 hours and many that went over were mostly or partially finished in 2017).

However, I know that it is a big struggle for me to have the desire to start and finish time-consuming games, so I would probably have to intentionally go for the 25+ hour or skip it outright and go for genres I seldom play like fighting and rhythm.


Yeah, it's extremely unlikely I actually finish the list, myself. This is the only place I've been keeping track of what games I beat, though, and I like having that.

Also...

2. Beat a game released between 1990-1999

Super Ghouls n' Ghosts

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ff6man
10/06/18 5:00:24 PM
#202:


Congrats!
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Johnbobb
10/06/18 5:48:02 PM
#203:


26. Beat a game with revenge as a central theme

Mafia III
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kaleee
10/07/18 5:00:26 PM
#204:


crono
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RyoCaliente
10/07/18 5:53:09 PM
#205:


Omg I finally found this thread again. This means I can...

25. Beat a game with horror as a central theme

Zombi
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BetrayedTangy
10/07/18 9:06:32 PM
#206:


4. Beat a game released between 2010-2017

Portal 2
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BetrayedTangy
10/08/18 4:15:44 PM
#207:


Moving Dirge of Cerberus to

3. Beat a game released between 2000-2009

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

Pokemon Snap

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

Call of Duty: Black Ops

Really happy I finally completed this challenge. Now I need to beat it with games solely from my backlog.
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10/09/18 4:01:38 PM
#208:


wii u!

but it's eating all my life time
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tazzyboyishere
10/09/18 6:47:05 PM
#209:


7. Beat a game in a series you've already played some of
Mega Man 11

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

Probably cheating but ow well.

Only challenge left is to beat a fighting game, which Smash should take care of. Long wait though
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Johnbobb
10/10/18 3:45:49 PM
#210:


36. Replay a game from a long time ago
Donkey Kong

1. Beat a game released before 1990
Excitebike

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Johnbobb
10/10/18 4:30:21 PM
#211:


switching 23. Beat a sports game to Super Dodge Ball

moving Golf Story to 4. Beat a game released between 2010-2017
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10/11/18 4:00:27 PM
#212:


too creepy for me
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davidponte
10/11/18 5:54:37 PM
#213:


18. Beat a third-person shooter

Resident Evil 4

Still one of the best games of all-time.

39/50
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Johnbobb
10/11/18 7:01:12 PM
#214:


14. Beat a JRPG
Nier: Automata

got the one and I assume only ending and now I'm sure there's nothing left to do
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HBJDubs
10/11/18 9:31:03 PM
#215:


26. Beat a game with revenge as a central theme

2064: Read Only Memories

39/50
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MaleB8er
10/12/18 9:00:24 PM
#216:


Dolph Ziggler
Kevin Owens
Seth Rollins
?????
Kofi Kingston

Christian
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TheArkOfTurus
10/13/18 4:36:55 PM
#217:


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

Donut County

Cute little game. Not a whole lot to it, but I enjoyed what was there.

7/50
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HBJDubs
10/13/18 7:03:08 PM
#218:


now I can officially say

5. Beat a game released in 2018

Shadow Of The Tomb Raider. I was pleasantly surprised that the game saved right before where it froze during the ending so I didn't have to replay the final boss fight. Good game but definitely the worst in the trilogy.

40/50
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UltraMana
10/14/18 8:00:25 PM
#219:


Just got all six orbs, Zoomed to Arboria, made an extra save, and am done for a while. Have a long day tomorrow and five days away next week so this seemed like a good enough stopping point. Don't want to be lost coming back, y'know?

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Shonen_Bat
10/14/18 11:20:31 PM
#220:


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

Terraria expert mode clear. Expert is way too grindy so that's probably the last time I'll do it.
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Dragon66116
10/15/18 8:31:04 PM
#221:


25. Beat a game with horror as a central theme
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare

21/50
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HBJDubs
10/16/18 3:44:08 AM
#222:


Moved Gears Of War to 2000-2009 to make room for

18. Beat a third-person shooter

Quantum Break. This was a really cool concept and I hope there''ll be more games like this

41/50
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HBJDubs
10/16/18 9:27:47 PM
#223:


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

Shantae: Half Genie Hero (music and art). I think I like this one just slightly better than Pirate's Curse, but both are real fun games.

42/50
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ff6man
10/17/18 9:00:22 PM
#224:


PrinceKaro posted...
sounds about the right time to announce a smash 4 port


Nintendo pls
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Johnbobb
10/17/18 9:40:40 PM
#225:


15. Beat a puzzle game

SIM
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UltraMana
10/18/18 9:00:22 PM
#226:


Cannonball (New Mutants) is nigh-invulnerable when he's blastin'!
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UltraMana
10/19/18 8:01:32 PM
#227:


Didn't expect it, but loving the Maxwell Lord reference.
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Mega Mana
10/20/18 2:14:36 PM
#228:


Oh hai, me.

33. Beat a game with a robot/artificial lead

Crosscode


- Highly recommend playing this. There's still at least one quest and a post-game still to be implemented, but the entire experience is absolutely incredible as it is.

It's an Action RPG. Skill trees, equipment, combat styles, lots and lots of slashing and shooting and dodging and blocking with an emphasis on timing and chaining and attacks of opportunity and strategy. Every enemy has different attack patterns or specialties, and more than a few at once can get pretty overwhelming if you don't have the equipment, levels, partners, or knowledge to deal with them. Bosses are very fun, and even running around fighting low level enemies again just to collect loot can be entertaining with how swiftly you can dispatch them (and still may get killed due to recklessness).

It's a Puzzle Platformer. Every overworld map and town hub has multiple paths you can go with plenty of wayward islands to hop, cliffs to find a way to climb, switches to figure out how to get to, quests to endeavor, and chests to beat yourself up when you spend hours trying to figure out what screen to come from or what sequence of jumps could get you there... when the answer is literally not far off and just requires you to notice that you could've easily walked to it the entire time and you just feel silly. Um, yes, and it's just a lot of collectibles to get if you want them. Figuring out the landscape and how to get places is tons of fun, especially unlocking paths.

It's has Zelda Dungeons. Hi, Lea! The dungeons are massive complex structures with lots of puzzle sequences. Hell, maybe Lufia II might be more apt for its puzzle structure. Every dungeon has an element attached to it which you get late in the dungeon to get through the final, hardest sequences. Bosses are tied to those puzzles and elements to beat, but it never becomes simple and formulaic.

It's a Character-driven Story. Lea is the main character and she's a mute amnesiac. You'd think that wouldn't make for a solid main character, but holy **** she is amazing. Her expressiveness, her sass, her fears, her cheers, those mindbreaking moments, those dreams, every interaction she has with her friends and her rivals... The world is a fully realized with as great cast. At the end, I was even reminded of a LARPing group and how each character feels a lot like someone I know in real life. That was really cool and unexpected.

So, yeah, definitely definitely play it.
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KCF0107
10/20/18 4:07:02 PM
#229:


It's been #1 on my Steam wishlist for a few years now.
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HBJDubs
10/20/18 9:18:55 PM
#230:


Moved Shantae: Half-Genie Hero to random trope (Prehensile Hair) to make room for:

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

Double Dragon Neon. WayForward has some great artists. Also, Jake Kaufmann for music is always good.

43/50
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Mega Mana
10/20/18 9:45:05 PM
#231:


KCF0107 posted...
It's been #1 on my Steam wishlist for a few years now.


It's full release (aside from a few minor things postponed due to medical) now so definitely go for it. I rmemeber playing alpha last year sometime and loved it, but got through all available content.
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StartTheMachine
10/21/18 1:08:55 AM
#232:


TheArkOfTurus posted...
2. Beat a game released between 1990-1999

Super Ghouls n' Ghosts

6/50

I'm assuming you beat this using save states/the rewind feature on the SNES classic? If not, you are a god.
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sraegonex
10/22/18 1:00:25 AM
#233:


XD
I did have a drawer filled with PS2 games fall with the corner on my foot turning my toe a lovely shade of purple for a day or two. I somehow managed to not start yelling out expletives in front of the kid at the counter.
The second time it happened I didn't have as much restraint. <_<
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GTN
10/23/18 2:00:25 AM
#234:


I AM SO FUCKING UPSET RIGHT NOW augh
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GTN
10/24/18 2:00:24 AM
#235:


10 stories and Sheamus
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Johnbobb
10/24/18 6:00:38 PM
#236:


20. Beat an action game
SUPERHOT

been meaning to play this for the longest time. Was shorter than I was expecting but a lot of fun and pretty challenging
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davidponte
10/24/18 6:26:47 PM
#237:


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

Devil May Cry

I played a very small portion of this and the second game when I was a kid, and then never played any of them again. I was in the mood for an action game, and I'm intrigued about the new one coming out, so I figured I'd pick up the remastered collection and catch myself up before then.

Solid game overall. I know the second game is considered bad, but I'm still going to go through it. It can't be that bad, right?

40/50
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TheArkOfTurus
10/25/18 9:12:12 AM
#238:


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

The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories

A lot less goofy than what Swery usually makes (although it certainly has its moments), but the writing was quite good. I didn't always like the way it controlled, but overall it was a great experience. A shame it's $30. I certainly feel like I got my money's worth, but that price point is probably going to make a lot of people avoid it.

8/50
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davidponte
10/25/18 5:52:18 PM
#239:


41. Beat a game with a Metascore below 70

Devil May Cry 2

Finished the story mode with both characters. Wow, this was bad. Everyone says it's bad, but I was expecting a game that maybe wasn't as good as the first one but still decent, which wasn't the case. This was basically "mash triangle to win", combined with lifeless, bland environments, and awful platforming puzzles. I don't think this series is known for it's story, but how did we even get from the ending of the first game to this? I have no idea what's going on here.

I've got RDR2 coming tomorrow, so it'll be awhile before i get to the third and fourth game in the series.

41/50
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HBJDubs
10/26/18 1:11:53 AM
#240:


21. Beat a strategy game

Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius

44/50
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10/27/18 1:00:28 AM
#241:


Maniac64 posted...
I really hope Zayn just points out that he was never at ringside. He was clearly on the ramp and in the entrance, he never got near the ring.


graves said "they're not technically at ringside!"
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GTN
10/28/18 1:00:26 AM
#242:


the text thing is not a new thing and yes its bad, as bad as the text on the phone promos
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ff6man
10/29/18 12:01:40 AM
#243:


TsunamiXXVIII posted...
<a href="/community/KokoroAkechi">@KokoroAkechi</a> <a href="/community/Haste_2">@Haste_2</a> @MikeTavish

Are those offers still open?


Mine is, who am I nominating,?
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Mega Mana
10/29/18 1:34:11 AM
#244:


Hoping to be done by the end of November.

Current Plans:

WRPG - Planescape: Torment. Tried a few times earlier this year, never got into it. Finally got into it this week, but I'm struggling now that the world's opened up more. Might fall back on playing something from the 2000s to move Witcher.

Historical - Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends. I hated this game back in February. I still kind of hate it, but Wei campaign has been much more fun than Liu Bei's and the Sun clan. And I get superinvested in Ambition grinding to the detriment of my sanity. Could always put Terranigma here if I were to break out another '90s game.

Supernatural - Trails of Cold Steel. Soon. Maybe.

Romance - Stardew Valley. Or Monster Prom is I play another M game, or another sports game and move Mario Superstar.
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TheArkOfTurus
10/29/18 12:35:53 PM
#245:


46. Beat a game that features historical events or people

Warriors Orochi 4

I don't get what they were thinking with the way EXP was handled in this game. I was at half the recommended level the entire time. Did they expect you to only play 3 characters in a game with a roster of 170? Why did every character have to start at level 1? I guess it isn't the biggest problem a game could have, but it bugged me the entire time.

9/50
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Arti
10/30/18 9:06:24 AM
#246:


40. Finish a game that took you at least twenty-five hours to beat

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory

Probably around 40-50 hours, and more for the platinum obviously.

29/50
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TheArkOfTurus
10/30/18 5:46:13 PM
#247:


30. Beat a game with a female lead

What Remains of Edith Finch

Some extremely interesting storytelling. One of the best "walking simulators" I've played, no doubt.

10/50
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HBJDubs
10/30/18 6:34:13 PM
#248:


46. Beat a game that features historical events or people

Dynasty Warriors 9. I'll still be playing this a bit as I like to do at least one run with each kingdom. I think making this game open world was worth the try, but a lot of things fell flat because of it. Basically, nothing really feels unique in the environment. It really hit me when I got to the Battle of Chibi. With that fight I expect running across burning ships destroying everything in my path, and in this game it's pretty much a regular old battle just like everything else. I still like the game cause it's DW, but overall it is a weak entry for the series.

45/50. I have games planned/in progress for each category left except for rhythm game, I just don't know what to pick there.
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HBJDubs
10/30/18 10:01:48 PM
#249:


another one

29. Beat a game with comedy as a central theme

Battleblock Theater. Been on and off this for quite some time

46/50
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Johnbobb
10/31/18 4:38:40 PM
#250:


13. Beat a WRPG
Delta Rune Chapter 1
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