Board 8 > The Great 2022 Video Game Challenge

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Happy New Year! Good luck to everyone who participates in this.

Credit goes to tazzyboyishere for first starting this in 2016, and Robazoid for carrying the torch through 2020. 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!

Changes from last year:
I decided to combine the WRPG and JRPG categories as well as the FPS and third-person shooter categories. I feel like the lines have blurred with JRPG-esque games developed in the west and WRPG-esque games developed in Japan, and there's not much need to separate them. I don't feel the shooting categories need to be separated either, and a lot of games can switch between perspectives anyway. In their place, I added a category for indie games (surprised there wasn't one already!) and one for simulation games, two categories I feel like have seen a lot of growth in recent years. Of course, the Years categories have been moved forward by one year.

Rules:
- A single playthrough of 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 2020 or earlier are fine as long as they're finished in 2021
- 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 42
- If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zh9gEuppguONyYfioh4xEGKafqN1KGpKn3SRFOryAV8/edit?usp=sharing

Challenges:

Years (5)
1. Beat a game released before 1992
2. Beat a game released between 1992-2001
3. Beat a game released between 2002-2011
4. Beat a game released between 2012-2021
5. Beat a game released in 2022

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 (4)
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
13. Beat a game made by an indie developer

Genres (10)
14. Beat an RPG
15. Beat a puzzle game
16. Beat a rhythm game
17. Beat a shooting game
18. Beat a simulation game
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 (4)
36. Beat a game that's been in your backlog for a long time
37. Beat a game you'd dropped or had a long hold on
38. Finish a game in one day
39. Finish a game that took you at least twenty-five hours to beat

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

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

Miscellaneous (5)
46. Beat a game you received for free or through a paid subscription service
47. Play a technically unbeatable game for at least six 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

New for this year, I decided to do monthly themes, just for fun. There's no prizes or anything, just something fun to talk about or help you decided what to play next

In honor of New Year's, January's theme is 6. Beat a game in a completely new series

New year, new you. January is a time to try something new, so why not try a new series?

Posting my TVTrope
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MergingMachine

Looks like it might be time to finish Mario + Rabbids or finally undertake Persona 5 (Royal)

Oof, I have absolutely no idea what to do for simulation.

I got https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoolAirship , which I guess means any Final Fantasy?

Or if you are a person of taste, DKC2 or any of the numerous Super Mario games listed

Final Fantasy it is!

Awesome! Excited to play along with you guys this year!

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ADegreeInUseless

Looks like I need to upgrade my computer this year for either Mankind Divided or Wild Hunt

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IronButtmonkey

I'll have to see what Looney Tunes or Nickelodeon games I have on the shelf.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeamOWar

some good options here!

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SlipknotPonytail

Man, not a lot of options here. Guess it gives me more incentive to finally play through the DMC series.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StudentAndMasterTeam

...I feel like there should be way more games listed there. Ah well.

32. Beat a game with a non-white lead
Raji: An Ancient Epic

In to play like five games this year

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NightmareFuelColoringBook

Omori time (once it hits Switch)

Where's the 2022 spreadsheet?

38. Finish a game in one day

Sonic the Hedgehog 2
It was okay for a platformer. I played it on the Switch. Didn't take but a couple hours.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimationAnatomyAging

I don't think I've ever completed this one but maybe this year I'll get to it!

TheArkOfTurus posted...

Where's the 2022 spreadsheet?

...I actually made it and everything and just forgot to change the link. I'm surprised no one said anything until now! It sucks that I can't edit the first post and it's going to be wrong all year

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_UtEH3lbFCyMIbe_LKgvaL_2qug0-r2kAKh7nplxqeM/edit?usp=drivesdk

Could always make a new topic?
And we'd only lose a day...
I'm sure we can all repost again and no-one would mind.
I think the 3rd rule needs to be changed to 2022, as well.

I wouldn't mind Reposting these new topic. I'll still post these in case you don't Restart it, though.

29. Beat a game with comedy as a central theme

Reventure

47. Play a game that's technically unbeatable for at least six hours

Romancing SaGa Re; univerSe

Re.

2/52