Board 8 > The Great 2022 Video Game Challenge 2

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35. Beat a game with a lead that's from a fictional species
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile

14/52

29. Beat a game with comedy as a central theme
South Park: The Stick of Truth

52. Beat three games in a series
Sonic CD

37/52

24. Beat a game with romance as a central theme
Catherine: Full Body

31. Beat a game with a child lead
INSIDE

39/52

moved Infernax to horror and Shredder's Revenge to 2022 so I can place:

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

Yoku's Island Express. aka the pinball metroidvania. Being pinball the controls can be a bit wonky but overall I enjoyed it

39/50

16. Beat a rhythm game

AVICII Invector

24/50

21. Beat a strategy game

Steam Tactics

25/50

2. Beat a game released between 1992-2001

Donkey Kong Country 3. Did a randomizer of this which was fun

40/50

moved Knight Lore to supernatural for:

1. Beat a game released before 1992

Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Played this a ton as a kid at one of my local pizza places but never beat it. One of my friends bought this on Arcade1up and I finally got to beat it.

41/50

9. Beat a remake or enhanced port

Burnout Paradise Remastered

26/50

16. Beat a rhythm game
Sayonara Wild Hearts

40/52

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

Adam's Venture: Origins

Moved Astro's Playroom to 33. Beat a game with a robot/artificial lead

27/50

40. Beat a game with a Metascore below 70

Sonic Unleashed (60). I had fun with it, even the Werehog parts, but it deserves its score. Could have been a great game, but marred by too many glitches. My favorite bug was in a 2D level I jumped toward a wall and somehow got nudged just slightly behind the path; I was able to still get to the end, but I couldn't actually get through the goal ring to complete the level because I was technically "behind" it.

The worst offense of this game isn't even a bug! Any time you jump you have no idea where you're going to land. I can't tell you how many times I overshot a platform because the camera made it look like I was going to land dead center.

42/50

23. Beat a sports game

FutureGrind. The future of extreme sports! Basically a rail grinding game, very nice easy to learn hard to master game, and it's pretty short. If you bought the first big itch.io bundle a few years back this was part of it.

43/50

3. Beat a game released between 2002-2011

Prototype

5. Beat a game released in 2022
Midnight Fight Express

Moving Trek to Yomi to 26. Beat a game with revenge as a central theme

13. Beat a game made by an indie developer
Escape Academy

Moving Kraken Academy!! to 28. Beat a game with the supernatural as a central theme

42/52

40. Beat a game with a Metascore below 70

Adventures of MANA

28/50

I have been sitting on my last two for what seems to be all summer. I should fix that.

13. Beat a game made by an indie developer

Kawaii Deathu Desu

Moved Light Fairytale: Episode 2 to 7. Beat a game in a series you've already played some of
Moved The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II to 10. Beat a game made by a director/composer/artist/etc that you like

29/50

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

fun fact for the longest time I thought this category meant a game that took longer than 6 hours to beat (including like, speedruns and stuff)

25. Beat a game with horror as a central theme
Inside

Never played Limbo but I enjoyed this. Some of the secrets are a bit out there though.

18. Beat a simulation game
Umurangi Generation

Cool idea, very stylish, hope they can get a bigger budget next time round to make it more substantial. The DLC levels were starting to get very creative!

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

Onechanbara Z2: Chaos

30/50

27. Beat a game with mystery as a central theme

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. Same deal as the first game, played the base version way back but this time got to play the Anniversary edition with the extra stuff.

44/50

42. Beat another user's favorite game
Final Fantasy X

21. Beat a strategy game

Into the Breach

I can probably wrap up my final one on the weekend

49. Choose a random page on TVTropes and beat something from the video game section
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle

See you all next year

26. Beat a game with revenge as a central theme

Ryse: Son Of Rome

45/50

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

Hydrophobia. This looks like it belongs on the Dreamcast, and that's not a bad thing!

46/50

1. Beat a game released before 1992
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers

47. Play a technically unbeatable game for at least six hours
Rumbleverse

44/52

35. Beat a game with a lead that's from a fictional species
Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey (iOS)

2. Beat a game released between 1990-1999
Slipstream 5000 (PC)

21/52

31. Beat a game with a child lead
Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion

22. Beat a fighting game

One Piece: Burning Blood

31/50

2. Beat a game released between 1992-2001
Fighter's History

22. Beat a fighting game
Street Fighter EX3

46/52

45. Beat a game that features historical events or people
Return of the Obra Dinn

Does this count? Not sure if the category refers to real history or just any game set in the past, but I see others have put down Hades and Forgotten City for this so I assume the latter is OK.

Terrific game, very hard to find fault with it. I played it in short bursts and I think that was probably for the best. A little disappointed that the final chapter didn't have any revelatory new info, you've kinda pieced the whole thing together by then, but that's a tiny nitpick.

I wouldn't get too hung up on categories. I often see people really stretch or completely miscategorize them.

2. Beat a game released between 1992-2001
Umihara Kawase (SNES)

This is surprisingly good!

15/52

17. Beat a shooting game
Splatoon 3

23/52

5. Beat a game released in 2022

The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story

32/50

39. Finish a game that took you at least twenty-five hours to beat
Dark Souls

4. Beat a game released between 2012-2021
Scarlet Nexus

two years in a row!

16/52

Been neglecting this a bit.

13. Beat a game made by an indie developer
Dead Cells

27. Beat a game with mystery as a central theme
Westerado

33. Beat a game with a robot/artificial lead
Everhood

44. Beat a game that's been adapted into another medium
Detroit: Become Human

34/52

Probably going to need to target a bunch of short games if I want to finish this this year.

Oh, and I guess I can count this now since it has a final boss?

25. Beat a game with horror as a central theme

Vampire Survivors

35/52

15. Beat a puzzle game
Solomon's Key 2

Enjoyable little puzzle game. I'm not a big NES guy, but this one was surprisingly good!

17/52

31. Beat a game with a child lead
LIMBO

29. Beat a game with comedy as a central theme
The Procession to Calvary

Moved South Park: The Stick of Truth to 14. Beat an RPG

47/52

3. Beat a game released between 2002-2011
Portal

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

Utawarerumono: ZAN

33/50

Moving Hydrophobia to 2002-2011 so I can fit another letter H game on my list later.

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

LIMBO (Minimalism)

47/50

32. Beat a game with a non-white lead
Detroit: Become Human

39. Finish a game that took you at least twenty-five hours to beat
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

48/52

16. Beat a rhythm game

Avicii Invector

48/50

Updated some earlier without posting. But here's a few more:

40. Beat a game with a Metascore below 70
Saint's Row (62 metascore)
It wasn't that bad. Really short, though.

48. Beat a game that starts with the first letter of your username
Bayonetta. Was pretty fun, not sure if I'll get 3 or not.

Working on Undertale for the indie game. But I was told to wait, and took it very seriously. She never came back. I was disappointed.