4 Yrs♥✓#
I beat 100 games this year and I completed Game Challenge 2021
Gotta say I played a lot of good games this year but in the final months there was a lot of shit.
I played through the first 3 MGS games and gained a love for Civilization, I beat 4 COD games, I beat most of the Half-Life and all of the Portal series, and finally I beat the entire Killzone series on consoles.
Best Game: CIV VI
Honorable Mentions: Dishonored, Hitman 2, Metal gear Solid 3, and Thomas was Alone
Worst Game: Gears 5
Dishonorable Mentions: Killzone, Killzone Shadowfall, Piglet's Big Game
4 Yrs♥$✓#
Siver
4 Yrs♥$✓#
80 completions for me.
High points: Disco Elysium (so far! not done yet!), Heaven's Vault, Carto, FAR: Lone Sails, Ikenfell
Some replayed favourites: Ghost Trick, Curse of Monkey Island, Trails in the Sky
Low point: Escape from Monkey Island which makes me sad but because I love the rest of the series, but I knew I was in for a rough time there...
6 Yrs♥$✓#
edit:
Oh wait, I haven't finished uploading all of my times (some of the games aren't on the site yet)
Oh wait, I haven't finished uploading all of my times (some of the games aren't on the site yet)
7 Yrs♥✓#
AwesomeNick94
7 Yrs♥✓#
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Pretty good year for games, and hey, I breached the top 10 completions total on the site for the moment so that's neat. My personal favorite has to be Returnal, but for some less common choices, I also absolutely loved KeyWe, Little Nightmares 2, Unsighted, and The Artful Escape.
This year was the start for me of shifting my focus almost entirely to subscriptions like gamepass and my backlog. Buying new games has been reserved for only games I absolutely can't resist throwing money at. The 2021 games I'm most disappointed I haven't gotten to yet are:
Omori, Eastward, Fantasian, Guardians of the Galaxy, Resident Evil 8, Everhood, Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon, and Tales of Arise.
And oh, I finished the 2021 game challenge too: (Master Link)
Will probably do the same thing as I did with 2021 and jump in after few months.
4 Yrs♥✓#
Calbon
4 Yrs♥✓#
2021 was a pretty good year for gaming. I managed to beat my record for completions, but none of the games really jumped out at me for being the best of the best.
Best Games: Devil May Cry 3, Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition, Doom (1993), Ghost of Tsushima, Resident Evil Village
Worst Games: Battlefield One, Battlefield V, Ice Climbers, Kingdom Hearts III, Devil May Cry 2, Erica
4 Yrs✓#
dwarftopia
4 Yrs✓#
I actually had few completions in total this year, which completely makes sense given my love for extremely long games. Do note that there is one missing for December because it's not on this site (understandably so since it's a 12 minute prototype of another game that was originally made for a game jam).
For 2022 I think I'll try to focus a bit more on quantity since I do have quite a few games that have been sitting there for a while.
Best ones: Persona 4 Golden, Persona 3 FES, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Persona 5, Transistor
"Worst" ones: Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension, GRIS
8 Yrs♥$✓#
schiemann
8 Yrs♥$✓#
From my 78 completions, 24 are FFXIV expansions/patches. Comparing my 2021 with 2020, I can say that I was more thoughtful when buying games. Actually spending a few bucks more in one quality game instead of buying 3~4 games mediocre games on sale was definitely worth it in the end.
4 Yrs✓
Wainwright
4 Yrs✓
47 completions this year, i can't compare to the other years because I started to come in this website the last year so my completions in 2020 is like 200~.
My favorites one in my 2021's completions is Sakuna : Of Rice and Ruin.
Honorable Mentions : Hellblade, Nioh, Solar Ash, Sekiro.
12 Yrs♥$✓#
2021 was my lowest year for completions since 2014, only 64 completion entries including dlc and replays. But it was still a fun year nonetheless.
It was an uneven year by monthly completions. Most notably April and November being occupied by only 1 game each. A handful of fairly lengthy 100% projects ate into the completions as well.
And here's the breakdown of completions.
The Best (90% or more)
Sonic 3 & Knuckles - 100% - I still consider this one of the most perfect games ever made. Nostalgia is no doubt a factor but even replaying it all these years later after countless other replays it still provides me with a near unrivalled joy.
Sonic 1 - 90% - It's lacking in some ways but replaying this it's really not hard to see how it spawned one of the most enduring gaming series of all time.
Sonic 2 - 90% - Managed to refine and build upon nearly everything established in Sonic 1. Would be practically perfect if S3&K hadn't pushed that potential even further.
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance - 90% - One of the best expansions for a game I've ever seen. Not only managed to add a bunch of new stuff, it retroactively improved a lot of old content and then surprised me even further with how much was actually added. One of those complete mind blowing situations, made all the more profound when you consider this started as just a fan mod.
The Worst (50% or less)
Sonic Shuffle - 30% - Terrible fundamental mechanics completely ruin the game, especially combined with 3 cheating A.I. opponents
Amnesia: Rebirth - 40% - Really disappointing follow up to Amnesia. Gameplay is constantly being interrupted by annoying flashbacks, characters aren't adequately developed and the core gameplay is propelled by the main character basically tripping and falling into danger every other minute.
Space Pirates and Zombies - 50% - Copy paste a single idea 200 times and call it a galaxy then force the player to explore it twice. So repetitive I nearly retired it.
Shining Resonance Refrain - 50% - Generic and tedious anime JRPG fluff. Just not my kind of thing really.
Sonic Heroes - 50% - Could have been good but just feels really janky to play and doesn't feel like a cohesive game. Special stages are bad, having to play the game 4 times with minimal differences wasn't a great idea either.
It was an uneven year by monthly completions. Most notably April and November being occupied by only 1 game each. A handful of fairly lengthy 100% projects ate into the completions as well.
And here's the breakdown of completions.
01-05: 70% - Sniper Elite V2: St. Pierre DLC
01-06: 80% - Sniper Elite V2: The Neudorf Outpost DLC
01-06: 60% - Sniper Elite V2: Assassinate the Fuhrer DLC
01-07: 70% - Sniper Elite V2: The Landwehr Canal DLC
01-15: 70% - Sniper Elite 4
01-17: 60% - Sniper Elite 4: Target: Fuhrer DLC
01-18: 60% - Sniper Elite 4: Deathstorm Part 1: Inception DLC
01-18: 50% - Sniper Elite 4: Deathstorm Part 2: Infiltration DLC
01-19: 60% - Sniper Elite 4: Deathstorm Part 3: Obliteration DLC
01-27: 60% - Might & Magic: Heroes VI - Pirates of the Savage Sea
02-13: 70% - Shining Force EXA
02-19: 70% - Sniper Elite V2 Remastered
02-24: 70% - Might & Magic: Heroes VI - Danse Macabre
03-06: 50% - Space Pirates and Zombies
03-25: 50% - Shining Resonance Refrain
03-28: 80% - A Way Out
04-16: 00% - Halo: Combat Evolved - Anniversary (replay)
05-19: 90% - The Binding of Isaac: Repentance (100%)
05-25: 80% - Subnautica: Below Zero (100%)
06-02: 60% - Might & Magic: Heroes VI - Shades of Darkness
06-07: 60% - Blade Arcus from Shining: Battle Arena (100%)
06-17: 90% - Sonic the Hedgehog (replay)
06-19: 90% - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (replay)
06-21: 100% - Sonic 3 & Knuckles (replay)
06-24: 90% - Knuckles in Sonic 2 (replay)
06-26: 70% - Sonic 3D Blast (replay)
06-28: 60% - Sonic Spinball (replay)
06-29: 70% - Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
07-02: 60% - Sonic CD
07-03: 70% - Knuckles' Chaotix (replay)
07-04: 70% - Sonic Jam - Sonic World (replay)
07-05: 70% - Sonic 3D Blast (Saturn) (replay)
07-07: 70% - Sonic R (replay)
07-13: 70% - Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (replay) (100%)
07-20: 80% - Sonic the Hedgehog (8-Bit)
07-20: 80% - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-Bit)
07-22: 80% - Sonic Chaos
07-27: 70% - Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (8-Bit)
07-28: 70% - Sonic Drift
07-29: 60% - Sonic Spinball (8-Bit)
08-01: 70% - Sonic: Triple Trouble
08-04: 70% - Sonic Drift 2
08-05: 60% - Tails' Skypatrol
08-08: 60% - Tails Adventure
08-10: 60% - Sonic Labyrinth
08-11: 60% - Sonic Blast
08-20: 70% - Sonic Adventure 2 (replay) (100%)
09-15: 30% - Sonic Shuffle
09-23: 70% - Sonic the Fighters
09-24: 00% - SegaSonic Popcorn Shop
09-27: 70% - SegaSonic the Hedgehog
10-06: 50% - Sonic Heroes
10-14: 70% - No Man's Sky
10-15: 80% - They Hunger (replay)
10-16: 80% - They Hunger 2: Rest in Pieces (replay)
10-17: 70% - They Hunger 3: Rude Awakening (replay)
10-18: 80% - USS Darkstar (replay)
10-23: 70% - Amnesia: The Dark Descent (replay)
10-27: 40% - Amnesia: Rebirth
10-29: 70% - Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft (100%)
11-19: 70% - Disciples: Liberation (100%)
12-16: 80% - Supreme Commander
12-22: 70% - Borderlands Enhanced Edition (replay)
12-25: 80% - Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
The Best (90% or more)
Sonic 3 & Knuckles - 100% - I still consider this one of the most perfect games ever made. Nostalgia is no doubt a factor but even replaying it all these years later after countless other replays it still provides me with a near unrivalled joy.
Sonic 1 - 90% - It's lacking in some ways but replaying this it's really not hard to see how it spawned one of the most enduring gaming series of all time.
Sonic 2 - 90% - Managed to refine and build upon nearly everything established in Sonic 1. Would be practically perfect if S3&K hadn't pushed that potential even further.
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance - 90% - One of the best expansions for a game I've ever seen. Not only managed to add a bunch of new stuff, it retroactively improved a lot of old content and then surprised me even further with how much was actually added. One of those complete mind blowing situations, made all the more profound when you consider this started as just a fan mod.
The Worst (50% or less)
Sonic Shuffle - 30% - Terrible fundamental mechanics completely ruin the game, especially combined with 3 cheating A.I. opponents
Amnesia: Rebirth - 40% - Really disappointing follow up to Amnesia. Gameplay is constantly being interrupted by annoying flashbacks, characters aren't adequately developed and the core gameplay is propelled by the main character basically tripping and falling into danger every other minute.
Space Pirates and Zombies - 50% - Copy paste a single idea 200 times and call it a galaxy then force the player to explore it twice. So repetitive I nearly retired it.
Shining Resonance Refrain - 50% - Generic and tedious anime JRPG fluff. Just not my kind of thing really.
Sonic Heroes - 50% - Could have been good but just feels really janky to play and doesn't feel like a cohesive game. Special stages are bad, having to play the game 4 times with minimal differences wasn't a great idea either.
11 Yrs♥✓#
knalb
11 Yrs♥✓#
I completed 39 games which is highest I've completed and that's was practically down to itchmas where I completed 14 games under an hour play time. Still it's been a rather mixed bag of a year for me in terms of games
Ranking:
39.Alien: Isolation - Last Survivor - 15m 44s - 3/10
38.La Maleta - 14m 5s - 3/10
37.Crow Crime: A Murder Mystery - 2m 53s - 4/10
36.Emily is Away - 31m 54s - 4/10
35.Little Nightmares: The Depths DLC - 1h 3m 24s - 5/10
34.Tomb Raider III - 1d 14h 16m 56s - 5/10
33.Storyseeker - 17m 5s - 5/10
32.What Lies in the fog - 21m 9s - 6/10
31.Little Nightmares : The Hideaway DLC - 1h 8m 49s - 6/10
30.Six Cats Under - 17m 19s - 6/10
29.Wandows 95 - 7m 53s - 6/10
28.Little Nightmares: The Residence DLC - 51m 58s - 6/10
27.Tomb Raider II - 1d 4h 14m 5s - 6/10
26.Escaped Chasm - 21m 16s - 7/10
25.Little Nightmares - 3h 20m 33s - 71/0
24.Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch - 3d 9h 35m 38s - 7/10
23.Bird of Passage - 51m 15s - 7/10
22.Super Metroid - 15h 57m 52s - 7/10
21.Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel - 4h 12m 32s - 7/10
20.Cyberpunk 2077 - 4d 52m 8s - 7/10
19.The Black Iris - 47m 59s - 8/10
18.Hyper Light Drifter - 7h 17m 25s - 8/10
17.A Firm Handshake - 8m 46s - 8/10
16.Grimm's Hollow - 3h 2m 17s - 8/10
15.The Messenger - Picnic Panic DLC - 4h 33m 54s - 8/10
14.The Last of Us: Left Behind - 3h 29m 57s - 8/10
13.Octopath Traveler - 5d 11h 37m 14s - 8/10
12.Journey - 1h 36m 22s - 8/10
11.Dark Souls III: The Ringed City - 12h 3m 10s - 8/10
10.Alien: Isolation - 15h 53m 53s - 8/10
9.How we Know We're Alive - 40m 15s - 9/10
8.Therapy with Dr.Albert Krueger - 51m 11s - 9/10
7.A Short Hike - 1h 32m 28s -9/10
6.missed messages. - 24m 7s - 9/10
5.The Messenger - 17h 18m 35s - 9/10
4.BioShock 2: Minerva's Den DLC - 4h 14m 57s -9/10
3.Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition - 11h 55m 39s - 10/10
2.Dark Souls III (Replay) - 2d 7h 07s - 10/10
1.Hades - 2d 20h 50m 11s - 10/10
11 Yrs♥$✓#
November was a bit of a slower month, but other than that I managed to make a pretty decent dent in the backlog.
Some highlights of the year:
Nier: Automata - Xbox One
Little Nightmares II - Nintendo Switch
Hollow Knight - PC
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Xbox One
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Wii U
The Walking Dead: The Final Season - PC
Stars Die - PC
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition - Xbox One
Psychonauts 2 - Xbox One
Disco Elysium - PC
Some highlights of the year:
Nier: Automata - Xbox One
Little Nightmares II - Nintendo Switch
Hollow Knight - PC
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Xbox One
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Wii U
The Walking Dead: The Final Season - PC
Stars Die - PC
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition - Xbox One
Psychonauts 2 - Xbox One
Disco Elysium - PC
Jan 01 - Ikenfell - Xbox One
Jan 08 - Kamiko - Nintendo Switch
Jan 11 - Shrine (2019) - PC
Jan 11 - Three Lesbians in a Winter Special - PC
Jan 15 - Doom 64 - Nintendo Switch
Jan 23 - Diablo: Hellfire - PC
Jan 23 - Diablo - PC
Jan 26 - Calico - PC
Jan 27 - Nier: Automata - Xbox One
Feb ?? - Dream Hard - PC
Feb 02 - Pyramida - PC
Feb 08 - Toy Story 3: The Video Game - Xbox One
Feb 09 - Red Bow - Xbox One
Feb 19 - Little Nightmares II - Nintendo Switch
Feb 25 - Avernum: Escape from the Pit - PC
Feb 26 - First Snow - PC
Feb 27 - Ascension: Transition and Silver - PC
Mar 03 - Celestian Tales: Realms Beyond - PC
Mar 08 - Starry Flowers - Android
Mar 13 - Roombo: First Blood - PC
Mar 15 - Hollow Knight - PC
Mar 15 - Lucius II - PC
Mar 16 - Super Mario 3D World - Wii U
Mar 21 - DUSK - PC
Mar 22 - Little Nightmares - Xbox One REPLAY
Mar 22 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Xbox One
Mar 24 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Wii U
Mar 27 - A Way Out - PC
Mar 28 - Detroit: Become Human - PC
Apr 01 - Total War: Three Kingdoms - PC
Apr 05 - Demonheart - PC
Apr 13 - As We Know It - PC
Apr 13 - Hello Neighbor - PC
Apr 15 - Snake Pass - PC
Apr 15 - He Needs His Medicine - PC
Apr 18 - Our Life: Beginnings & Always - PC REPLAY
Apr 26 - A Plague Tale: Innocence - PC
Apr 29 - Rusty Lake Hotel - PC REPLAY
Apr 30 - Monster Prom - PC
May 01 - Monster Prom: Second Term - PC
May 09 - Toybox Turbos - Xbox One
May 14 - Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood - PC
May 15 - Dear Substance of Kin - PC
May 17 - The First Tree - PC
May 19 - Skyhill - PC
May 19 - Demonheart: Hunters - PC
May 21 - The Signal From Tölva - PC
May 23 - The Walking Dead: The Final Season - PC
May 28 - Armello - Xbox One
May 29 -The LEGO Ninjago Movie Videogame - Xbox One
Jun.05 - Adios - PC
Jun.06 - Stars Die - PC
Jun.08 - Family Man - PC
Jun.08 - Our Life: Beginnings & Always - PC REPLAY
Jun.09 - Pale Spectrum - Part Two of the Book of Gray Magic - PC
Jun.16 - Override: Mech City Brawl - Xbox One
Jun.17 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Nintendo Switch
Jun.22 - Absolute Drift - PC
Jun.23 - Lurkers - PC
Jun.24 - Cthulhu Mythos RPG: The Sleeping Girl of the Miasma Sea - PC
Jun.26 - Football Game - PC
Jun.27 - The Glass Staircase - PC
Jun.29 - Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia - Nintendo 3DS
Jun.29 - LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy - Xbox One
Jun.30 - Titan Souls - PC
Jun.30 - Survive in Space - PC
Jul.01 - The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 - PC
Jul.01 - The Dream Machine: Chapter 2 - PC
Jul.05 - Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition - Xbox One
Jul.08 - Costume Quest - Xbox One
Jul.11 - The Kind Camomille - PC
Jul.15 - Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin - Xbox One REPLAY
Jul.17 - Dirt 3: Complete Edition - PC
Jul.23 - Sumatra: Fate of Yandi - PC
Jul.23 - D - PC
Jul.24 - Fearless Fantasy - PC
Jul.27 - Super Bit Blaster XL - PC
Jul.29 - God of War - PlayStation 4
Aug 04 - Shadow the Hedgehog - Xbox
Aug 05 - TimeSplitters: Future Perfect - Xbox
Aug 06 - Planetary Annihilation: Titans - PC
Aug 07 - The House of the Dead 2 - Wii
Aug 07 - The House of the Dead III - Wii
Aug 15 - Plead with the Mountain God - PC
Aug 15 - The Tiny Bang Story - PC
Aug 23 - Fe - Xbox One
Sep 05 - Dino Crisis 2 - PlayStation
Sep 08 - TimeSplitters 2 - PlayStation 2
Sep 09 - Garshasp: Temple of the Dragon - PC
Sep 12 - Silent Hill: Origins - PlayStation 2
Sep 14 - Soma - PC
Sep 14 - Endless Space - PC
Sep 15 - Sid Meier's Civilization V - PC
Sep 18 - Wheels of Aurelia - PC
Sep 26 - Psychonauts 2 - Xbox One
Sep 27 - Spore - PC
Oct 07 - Little Nightmares: The Depths - PC
Oct 07 - Little Nightmares: The Hideaway - PC
Oct 07 - Little Nightmares: The Residence - PC
Oct 08 - Grey Goo - PC
Oct 19 - Sludge Life - PC
Oct 21 - Terraria - PC
Oct 22 - 12 Labours of Hercules V: Kids of Hellas - PC
Oct 30 - Wolfskin's Curse - PC
Oct 31 - The Remains of My Affection - PC
Oct 31 - The Procession to Calvary - PC
Nov 05 - Unpacking - PC
Nov 10 - Boyfriend Dungeon - PC
Nov 18 - Age of Empires IV - PC
Nov 22 - Moving Out - Xbox One
Nov 30 - Hard Reset Redux - PC
Dec 01 - What Lies in the Fog - PC
Dec 03 - A Firm Handshake - PC
Dec 03 - The Black Iris - PC
Dec 07 - Crow Crime: A Murder Mystery - Browser
Dec 07 - La Maleta - Browser
Dec 08 - Alisa - PC
Dec 08 - Escaped Chasm - PC
Dec 08 - The Forgotten City - PC
Dec 10 - Storyseeker - PC
Dec 10 - Therapy with Dr. Albert Krueger - PC
Dec 10 - Bird of Passage - PC
Dec 11 - Wandows 95 - PC
Dec 12 - Figment (2017) - PC
Dec 14 - Six Cats Under - Browser
Dec 15 - How We Know We're Alive - PC
Dec 22 - Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling - Xbox One
Dec 23 - BAD END THEATER - PC
Dec 31 - Disco Elysium - PC
6 Yrs✓#
FakeEntity
6 Yrs✓#
completed (bold recommendy / crossed NOPE)
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Shady Part of Me (2020)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (2009)
Little Nightmares 2 (2021)
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (2003)
Morkredd (2020)
Maquette (2021)
Cry of Fear (2013)
Hades (2020)
The Medium (2021)
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb (2003)
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (2020)
Portal Reloaded (2021)
Hitman (2016)
Necromunda: Hired Gun (2021)
The Pedestrian (2020)
Deliver Us The Moon (2019)
Hitman 2 (2018)
Hitman 3 (2021)
Resident Evil: Village (2021)
Death's Door (2021)
Escape from Naraka (2021)
Unbound: Worlds Apart (2021)
Resistance: Fall of Man (2006)
Greak: Memories of Azur (2021)
Psychonauts 2 (2021)
Kena: Bridge of Spirits (2021)
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch (2021)
Solar Ash (2021)
Aspire: Ina's Tale (2021)
extras
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Quake 2: Ground Zero (1998)
Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode 1 (2013)
Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode 2 (2014)
The Talos Principle: Road to Gehenna (2015)
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One (2020)
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part Two (2021)
4 Yrs♥✓#
R2D21999
4 Yrs♥✓#
Best Games: Metroid Dread, Metroid Fusion, Bioshock 2 Minerva's Den
Worst Games: Family Party: 30 Great Games Outdoor Fun, WWE 2K Battlegrounds
Longest Games: Breath of the Wild, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+
Shortest Games: Crow Crime: A Murder Mystery, A Firm Handshake, Donkey Kong Jr.
4 Yrs♥✓#
domido
4 Yrs♥✓#
I completed 61 games according to HLTB, but I actually beat 58 when I don’t count the redundant collections. This is insane considering I beat 3 games last year. I loved getting back into gaming in 2021 and I can’t wait to see what 2022 has in store for me.
These are all the titles I based sorted on playtime:
1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 79:15:00
2. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 73:33:00
3. Hades 63:30:00
4. Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin 51:45:00
5. Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch 50:45:00
6. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 48:51:00
7. Nier: Automata 38:26:00
8. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity 38:04:00
9. Final Fantasy VII 37:47:00
10. Marvel's Spider-Man 30:28:54
11. Disco Elysium 29:49:00
12. Pokemon Sword and Shield 26:27:00
13. Luigi's Mansion 3 22:10:00
14. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine 21:34:37
15. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 19:15:00
16. The Messenger 18:10:00
17. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019) 16:25:00
18. Kena: Bridge of Spirits 16:21:00
19. Metroid Dread 16:10:00
20. Control 15:26:55
21. Alan Wake Remastered 15:22:00
22. Ori and the Blind Forest 15:15:00
23. Super Metroid 14:54:00
24. God of War II 14:54:00
25. Super Mario 64 14:40:00
26. Bayonetta 13:21:00
27. BioShock Infinite 13:01:56
28. BioShock 12:32:27
29. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception 12:06:00
30. Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse 7 12:00:00
31. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 11:33:51
32. God of War 11:15:00
33. BioShock 2 10:17:25
34. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone 09:00:58
35. The Medium 08:35:00
36. Until Dawn 08:34:04
37. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune 08:30:00
38. Hyper Light Drifter 07:30:00
39. The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes 06:49:00
40. Bastion 06:05:00
41. Beneath a Steel Sky 05:39:00
42. Twelve Minutes 04:56:00
43. Oxenfree 04:40:00
44. BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode 2 DLC 03:40:23
45. Marvel's Spider-Man: The Heist DLC 03:28:00
46. Gris 03:25:00
47. BioShock 2: Minerva's Den DLC 03:22:01
48. Marvel's Spider-Man: Silver Lining DLC 02:30:00
49. BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode 1 DLC 02:09:47
50. Gone Home 02:05:00
51. ABZÛ 01:53:00
52. Marvel's Spider-Man: Turf Wars DLC 01:52:00
53. Journey 01:44:00
54. Therapy with Dr. Albert Krueger 00:50:00
55. What Lies in the Fog 00:48:00
56. Yellow 00:41:00
57. Escaped Chasm 00:26:00
58. Bird of Passage 00:10:00
My favourite games this year: Breath of the Wild, Link’s Awakening (2019), The Witcher 3, Nier: Automata, Hades, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky and The Medium
Honourable mentions: Control, Alan Wake, Marvel’s Spider-Man, BioShock (the first and Infinite) and Uncharted 2.
My least favourite games this year: Super Mario 64 and Twelve Minutes
11 Yrs♥✓#
TheOro44
11 Yrs♥✓#
As always, games in bold are my personal recommendations, titles marked with a * are replays. Anything underlined is to be avoided. Here we go!
Alpha Polaris
Alpha Protocol
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs*
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Amnesia: The Dark Descent - Justine
Aragami
Aragami: Nightfall
Army of Two*
Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel
Battlefield: Bad Company*
Battlefield: Bad Company 2*
Battlefield 3*
Battlefield 4*
Battlefield: Hardline
BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
Blacksad: Under the Skin
Blair Witch
Call of Duty: Black Ops*
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - DLC Collection 1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - DLC Collection 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - DLC Collection 3
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Ultimate Edition
Cloud Climber
ColdSide
Condemned 2: Bloodshot*
Conflict: Denied Ops*
Dark Fall: The Journal
Dark Fall 2: Lights Out
Dementium II HD
Detention
DOOM (2016)
DOOM 3: BFG Edition
DOOM 3: Phobos - Episode 1
DOOM 3: Phobos - Episode 2
DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil
Downfall (2016)
Duke Nukem Forever*
Duke Nukem Forever - The Doctor Who Cloned Me*
Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard*
Goldeneye 007: Reloaded
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories*
Half-Life 2*
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days*
Lost in Vivo
Lust from Beyond
Metro 2033 Redux
Obscuritas
Overclocked: A History of Violence
Pineview Drive
Red Alliance
Red Steel
Remember Me
Resident Evil 4*
Resident Evil: Dead Aim
Rise of Insanity
Shellshock 2: Blood Trails*
Sherlock Holmes: The Secret of the Silver Earring
Silver Chains
Simulacra
The Beast Inside
The Painscreek Killings
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
The Town of Light
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (360)*
Tormented Souls
True Fear: Forsaken Souls - Part 1
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty*
Turok (2008)*
Unforgiving: A Northern Hymn
Venetica
Visage
We Went Back
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood
75 completions total, 20 of which are replays.
And that boils down to my top 5:
1. The Painscreek Killings
2. Alpha Protocol
3. DOOM (2016)
4. Dark Fall: The Journal
5. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux
Alpha Polaris
Alpha Protocol
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs*
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Amnesia: The Dark Descent - Justine
Aragami
Aragami: Nightfall
Army of Two*
Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel
Battlefield: Bad Company*
Battlefield: Bad Company 2*
Battlefield 3*
Battlefield 4*
Battlefield: Hardline
BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
Blacksad: Under the Skin
Blair Witch
Call of Duty: Black Ops*
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - DLC Collection 1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - DLC Collection 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - DLC Collection 3
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Ultimate Edition
Cloud Climber
ColdSide
Condemned 2: Bloodshot*
Conflict: Denied Ops*
Dark Fall: The Journal
Dark Fall 2: Lights Out
Dementium II HD
Detention
DOOM (2016)
DOOM 3: BFG Edition
DOOM 3: Phobos - Episode 1
DOOM 3: Phobos - Episode 2
DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil
Downfall (2016)
Duke Nukem Forever*
Duke Nukem Forever - The Doctor Who Cloned Me*
Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard*
Goldeneye 007: Reloaded
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories*
Half-Life 2*
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days*
Lost in Vivo
Lust from Beyond
Metro 2033 Redux
Obscuritas
Overclocked: A History of Violence
Pineview Drive
Red Alliance
Red Steel
Remember Me
Resident Evil 4*
Resident Evil: Dead Aim
Rise of Insanity
Shellshock 2: Blood Trails*
Sherlock Holmes: The Secret of the Silver Earring
Silver Chains
Simulacra
The Beast Inside
The Painscreek Killings
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
The Town of Light
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (360)*
Tormented Souls
True Fear: Forsaken Souls - Part 1
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty*
Turok (2008)*
Unforgiving: A Northern Hymn
Venetica
Visage
We Went Back
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood
75 completions total, 20 of which are replays.
And that boils down to my top 5:
1. The Painscreek Killings
2. Alpha Protocol
3. DOOM (2016)
4. Dark Fall: The Journal
5. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux
6 Yrs✓#
SmilingShadows
6 Yrs✓#
This year was a far more productive year in terms of completions. Rather than abstain from playing games for half a year due to school, I've had much more time to dedicate to getting through my backlog. I also wanna wish my fellow HLTB users a very happy New Year. Here's to 2022 y'all. :)
January
01/01-Donkey Kong Jr. (4/10)
01/01-Donkey Kong Country (8/10)
01/07-Golden Axe (6/10)
01/08-Golden Axe II (7/10)
01/08-Donut County (8/10)
01/10-Golden Axe III (4/10)
01/13-Yakuza Kiwami (8/10)
01/16-Super Punch-Out!! (7/10)
01/17-Double Dragon (4/10)
01/26-Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition (8/10)
01/28-Misao: Definitive Edition (7/10)
01/29-Metal Slug 2 (8/10)
February
02/09-Shank (6/10)
02/15-Disney's Aladdin (1993) (7/10)
02/21-Into the Breach (8/10)
March
03/04-Friday Night Funkin' (8/10)
03/09-Tennis (1985) (5/10)
03/10-Pinstripe (7/10)
03/16-Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (7/10)
03/19-Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (8/10)
03/22-Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon (7/10)
03/28-Donkey Kong 3 (3/10)
03/29-Illusion of Gaia (7/10)
April
04/01-Mega Man 8 (5/10)
04/21-The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (8/10)
04/21-Devour (5/10)
May
05/02-Castle Crashers (8/10)
05/13-Half-Life (7/10)
05/16-Ristar (8/10)
05/18-Mario vs. Donkey Kong (6/10)
05/19-Operation Logic Bomb (6/10)
05/19-Ice Hockey (1988) (6/10)
05/19-Ape Out (810)
05/24-A Story About My Uncle (7/10)
05/27-Life Is Strange - Episode 4: Dark Room (7/10)
05/27-Layers of Fear (6/10)
June
06/15-Devil May Cry (7/10)
06/24-A Way Out (7/10)
06/28-Life Is Strange - Episode 5: Polarized (6/10)
06/28-Life Is Strange (5/10)
06/30-DuckTales (7/10)
July
07/04-NiGHTS into Dreams... (7/10)
07/09-Doom (2016) (9/10)
07/11-The Wolf Among Us - Episode 1: Faith (10/10)
07/11-The Wolf Among Us - Episode 2: Smoke and Mirrors (8/10)
07/11-The Wolf Among Us - Episode 3: A Crooked Mile (8/10)
07/12-The Wolf Among Us - Episode 4: In Sheep's Clothing (8/10)
07/12-The Wolf Among Us - Episode 5: Cry Wolf (9/10)
07/12-The Wolf Among Us (8/10)
07/12-The Peace Keepers (5/10)
07/12-Ice Climber (4/10)
07/14-WHAT THE GOLF? (8/10)
07/18-Muse Dash (10/10)
07/20-Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (8/10)
07/21-Toki Tori 3D (6/10)
07/28-X-Men Origins: Wolverine (7/10)
07/30-Demon's Crest (7/10)
07/30-Crazy Taxi (7/10)
07/31-Wrecking Crew (4/10)
August
08/01-Slayaway Camp (7/10)
08/04-Luigi's Mansion (8/10)
08/05-Kirby's Adventure (7/10)
08/05-Balloon Fight (6/10)
08/08-Five Nights at Freddy's (7/10)
08/08-Double Dragon II: The Revenge (6/10)
08/11-Metro 2033 Redux (7/10)
08/23-Final Fantasy (7/10)
08/24-Stories Untold (4/10)
08/27-Fault Milestone One (8/10)
08/31-Super Mario 3D World (8/10)
September
09/05-Ninja Gaiden (1989) (6/10)
09/16-Dr. Mario (6/10)
October
10/17-Steamworld Heist (8/10)
10/17-Steamworld Heist: The Outsider (7/10)
10/20-Limbo (7/10)
10/21-Streets of Rage 2 (8/10)
10/21-Fault Milestone 2 (9/10)
10/22-Kirby's Dream Land 2 (5/10)
10/24-Adventures of Lolo (7/10)
10/25-Altered Beast (4/10)
10/30-Metroid: Zero Mission (8/10)
November
11/10-Code Vein (7/10)
11/11-Kid Icarus (5/10)
11/13-Devil May Cry 2 (3/10)
11/15-Inside (8/10)
11/22-Shining Force (7/10)
11/23-Galaxy Force II (4/10)
December
12/14-Mega Man 9 (10/10)
12/14-Super Dodge Ball (4/10)
12/14-S.C.A.T.: Special Cybernetic Attack Team (5/10)
12/14-Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 (7/10)
12/14-Pro Wrestling (1987) (3/10)
12/14-NES Open Tournament Golf (6/10)
12/14-Space Harrier II (5/10)
12/20-Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (6/10)
12/21-Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (10/10)
12/22-Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk (7/10)
12/26-Streets of Rage 3 (5/10)
12/26-Amnesia: The Dark Descent (8/10)
12/30-Eliminator Boat Duel (5/10)
Total Games Completed: 100
Total Retirements: 13
Top Five Favorite Games:
1. Mega Man 9
2. Muse Dash
3. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
4. Fault Milestone Two
5. Doom (2016)
Top Five Least Favorite Games:
1. Devil May Cry 2
2. Stories Untold
3. Golden Axe III
4. Life Is Strange
5. Streets of Rage 3
January
01/01-Donkey Kong Jr. (4/10)
01/01-Donkey Kong Country (8/10)
01/07-Golden Axe (6/10)
01/08-Golden Axe II (7/10)
01/08-Donut County (8/10)
01/10-Golden Axe III (4/10)
01/13-Yakuza Kiwami (8/10)
01/16-Super Punch-Out!! (7/10)
01/17-Double Dragon (4/10)
01/26-Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition (8/10)
01/28-Misao: Definitive Edition (7/10)
01/29-Metal Slug 2 (8/10)
February
02/09-Shank (6/10)
02/15-Disney's Aladdin (1993) (7/10)
02/21-Into the Breach (8/10)
March
03/04-Friday Night Funkin' (8/10)
03/09-Tennis (1985) (5/10)
03/10-Pinstripe (7/10)
03/16-Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (7/10)
03/19-Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (8/10)
03/22-Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon (7/10)
03/28-Donkey Kong 3 (3/10)
03/29-Illusion of Gaia (7/10)
April
04/01-Mega Man 8 (5/10)
04/21-The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (8/10)
04/21-Devour (5/10)
May
05/02-Castle Crashers (8/10)
05/13-Half-Life (7/10)
05/16-Ristar (8/10)
05/18-Mario vs. Donkey Kong (6/10)
05/19-Operation Logic Bomb (6/10)
05/19-Ice Hockey (1988) (6/10)
05/19-Ape Out (810)
05/24-A Story About My Uncle (7/10)
05/27-Life Is Strange - Episode 4: Dark Room (7/10)
05/27-Layers of Fear (6/10)
June
06/15-Devil May Cry (7/10)
06/24-A Way Out (7/10)
06/28-Life Is Strange - Episode 5: Polarized (6/10)
06/28-Life Is Strange (5/10)
06/30-DuckTales (7/10)
July
07/04-NiGHTS into Dreams... (7/10)
07/09-Doom (2016) (9/10)
07/11-The Wolf Among Us - Episode 1: Faith (10/10)
07/11-The Wolf Among Us - Episode 2: Smoke and Mirrors (8/10)
07/11-The Wolf Among Us - Episode 3: A Crooked Mile (8/10)
07/12-The Wolf Among Us - Episode 4: In Sheep's Clothing (8/10)
07/12-The Wolf Among Us - Episode 5: Cry Wolf (9/10)
07/12-The Wolf Among Us (8/10)
07/12-The Peace Keepers (5/10)
07/12-Ice Climber (4/10)
07/14-WHAT THE GOLF? (8/10)
07/18-Muse Dash (10/10)
07/20-Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (8/10)
07/21-Toki Tori 3D (6/10)
07/28-X-Men Origins: Wolverine (7/10)
07/30-Demon's Crest (7/10)
07/30-Crazy Taxi (7/10)
07/31-Wrecking Crew (4/10)
August
08/01-Slayaway Camp (7/10)
08/04-Luigi's Mansion (8/10)
08/05-Kirby's Adventure (7/10)
08/05-Balloon Fight (6/10)
08/08-Five Nights at Freddy's (7/10)
08/08-Double Dragon II: The Revenge (6/10)
08/11-Metro 2033 Redux (7/10)
08/23-Final Fantasy (7/10)
08/24-Stories Untold (4/10)
08/27-Fault Milestone One (8/10)
08/31-Super Mario 3D World (8/10)
September
09/05-Ninja Gaiden (1989) (6/10)
09/16-Dr. Mario (6/10)
October
10/17-Steamworld Heist (8/10)
10/17-Steamworld Heist: The Outsider (7/10)
10/20-Limbo (7/10)
10/21-Streets of Rage 2 (8/10)
10/21-Fault Milestone 2 (9/10)
10/22-Kirby's Dream Land 2 (5/10)
10/24-Adventures of Lolo (7/10)
10/25-Altered Beast (4/10)
10/30-Metroid: Zero Mission (8/10)
November
11/10-Code Vein (7/10)
11/11-Kid Icarus (5/10)
11/13-Devil May Cry 2 (3/10)
11/15-Inside (8/10)
11/22-Shining Force (7/10)
11/23-Galaxy Force II (4/10)
December
12/14-Mega Man 9 (10/10)
12/14-Super Dodge Ball (4/10)
12/14-S.C.A.T.: Special Cybernetic Attack Team (5/10)
12/14-Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 (7/10)
12/14-Pro Wrestling (1987) (3/10)
12/14-NES Open Tournament Golf (6/10)
12/14-Space Harrier II (5/10)
12/20-Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (6/10)
12/21-Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (10/10)
12/22-Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk (7/10)
12/26-Streets of Rage 3 (5/10)
12/26-Amnesia: The Dark Descent (8/10)
12/30-Eliminator Boat Duel (5/10)
Total Games Completed: 100
Total Retirements: 13
Top Five Favorite Games:
1. Mega Man 9
2. Muse Dash
3. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
4. Fault Milestone Two
5. Doom (2016)
Top Five Least Favorite Games:
1. Devil May Cry 2
2. Stories Untold
3. Golden Axe III
4. Life Is Strange
5. Streets of Rage 3
10 Yrs♥$✓#
This is what my stats look like for my 2021 completions:
There is an obvious peak in September which is when I did my Itch.io marathon and completed 34 short games. Otherwise it's been a below average gaming year. Since I've started keeping track of my gaming sessions and completion times (exactly eight years ago), I've played ~1600 hours, which is roughly 200 hours per year in average. All things considered and because IRL stuff happens all the time, it's not too bad for me.
There is an obvious peak in September which is when I did my Itch.io marathon and completed 34 short games. Otherwise it's been a below average gaming year. Since I've started keeping track of my gaming sessions and completion times (exactly eight years ago), I've played ~1600 hours, which is roughly 200 hours per year in average. All things considered and because IRL stuff happens all the time, it's not too bad for me.
9 Yrs✓#
seznam88
9 Yrs✓#
January:
Tomb Raider (1996) (PlayStation) - January 08, 2021 - REPLAY
Cyberpunk 2077 (PlayStation 4) - January 20, 2021
The Medium (Xbox Series X/S) - January 30, 2021
February:
Doom Eternal (Xbox One) - February 07, 2021 - REPLAY
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Xbox One) - February 10, 2021
Resident Evil 7 Teaser: Beginning Hour (PlayStation VR) - February 13, 2021 - REPLAY
Kitchen (PlayStation VR) - February 13, 2021
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (PlayStation VR) - February 22, 2021 - REPLAY
Resident Evil 3 Remake (PlayStation 4) - February 24, 2021 - REPLAY
March:
Doom Eternal (PlayStation 4) - March 15, 2021 - REPLAY
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One (PlayStation 4) - March 17, 2021 - REPLAY
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part Two (PlayStation 4) - March 19, 2021
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part Two (PlayStation 4) - March 21, 2021 - REPLAY
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PlayStation) - March 22, 2021
Journey to the Savage Planet (Xbox One) - March 29, 2021
Journey to the Savage Planet (Xbox One) - March 30, 2021 - REPLAY
April:
Resident Evil: Director's Cut (PlayStation) - April 11, 2021 - REPLAY
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (PlayStation 4) - April 20, 2021 - REPLAY
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - Banned Footage Vol. 1 (PlayStation 4) - April 25, 2021
May:
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - Not a Hero (PlayStation 4) - May 05, 2021
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - End of Zoe (PlayStation 4) - May 06, 2021
Resident Evil Village (Xbox Series X/S) - May 11, 2021
Battlefield V (Xbox One) - May 20, 2021
Resident Evil Village (Xbox Series X/S) - May 25, 2021 - REPLAY
June:
Observation (Xbox One) - June 09, 2021
Observation (Xbox One) - June 14, 2021 - REPLAY
Alien: Isolation (Xbox One) - June 28, 2021 - REPLAY
Doom (2016) (Xbox One) - June 29, 2021 - REPLAY
July:
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One (PlayStation 4) - July 01, 2021 - REPLAY
Dirt 5 (Xbox Series X/S) - July 02, 2021
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part Two (PlayStation 4) - July 05, 2021 - REPLAY
Astro's Playroom (PlayStation 5) - July 20, 2021
Max Payne (Xbox) - July 30, 2021 - REPLAY
August:
Forza Horizon 3: Blizzard Mountain (Xbox One) - August 31, 2021
September:
God of War (2018) (PlayStation 4) - September 06, 2021
The Last of Us Remastered (PlayStation 4) - September 11, 2021 - REPLAY
Metroid Fusion (Game Boy Advance) - September 27, 2021
October:
Metroid: Zero Mission (Game Boy Advance) - October 05, 2021
Metroid Dread (Nintendo Switch) - October 13, 2021
November:
Halo 2 (Xbox) - November 05, 2021 - REPLAY
BioShock 2 (Xbox 360) - November 12, 2021
Halo 3 (Xbox 360) - November 16, 2021 - REPLAY
Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360) - November 24, 2021
Halo: Reach (Xbox 360) - November 30, 2021
December:
Halo 4 (Xbox 360) - December 04, 2021
Halo 5: Guardians (Xbox One) - December 08, 2021
The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience (PlayStation 5) - December 11, 2021
Halo Infinite (Xbox Series X/S) - December 19, 2021
Doom II: Hell on Earth (PC) - December 23, 2021 - REPLAY
Doom II: Hell on Earth (PC) - December 30, 2021 - REPLAY
Pretty great year! So many good games.
I expected a bit more completions this year than 50, because that was the same amount of completions I had last year and I thought I could beat that this year, but sadly I didn't. Doesn't matter though, 50 completions is a lot and I had fun with pretty much all of them and that's what matters.
Happy new year and happy gaming for 2022!
12 Yrs✓#
lackofselfcontrol
12 Yrs✓#
As always, I've completed a sickening amount of games. I really love games - I really have no life outside them.
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TOTAL: 118
77 - PC
10 - PS1
8 - SNES
4 - GC
4 - PS4
3 - SAT
2 - PS2
2 - NES
2 - WiiU
1 - C64
1 - XBO
1 - N64
1 - PS3
1 - GEN
1 - Wii
BEST - Resident Evil Village / Super Monkey Ball 2 (9/10)
WORST - Police Quest: SWAT (2/10)
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TOTAL: 118
77 - PC
A Way Out
Amnesia: Rebirth
Armed Seven
Back 4 Blood
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Bright Memory: Infinite
Byzantine: The Betrayal
Code of Princess
Cyberpunk 2077
Dead Island: Ryder White
Deathloop
Devil May Cry 4
Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches
Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall
Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain
Fallout 4
Fallout 4: Automatron
Fallout 4: Far Harbor
Fallout 4: Nuka-World
Far Cry 6
Frostpunk
Gears 5: Hivebusters
Generation Zero
Get Even
Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Half-Life 2: Survivor
Halo 2
Halo 4
Halo Infinite
Hitman 3
I Saw Black Clouds
It Takes Two
Katamari Damacy
Life is Strange: True Colors
Life is Strange: True Colors - Wavelengths
Mafia: Definitive Edition
Maneater
Mecha Ritz: Steel Rondo
Night Book
Outlaws
Panzer Dragoon: Remake
Planescape: Torment
Police Quest: SWAT
Quake 64
Quake: Dimension of the Machine
Quake: Dimension of the Past
Quake: Dissolution of Eternity
Quake: Scourge of Armagon
Red Faction: Armageddon
Resident Evil Village
Shatter
Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective
Spycraft: The Great Game
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Star Wars: Squadrons
Sunset Overdrive
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
The Age of Decadence
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
The Blackwell Legacy
The Bunker
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
The Dark Side of the Moon
The Forgotten City
Twin Mirror
Tyranny
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Wattam
Way of the Samurai 4
We Were Here
We Were Here Together
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
World War Z
10 - PS1
Bushido Blade 2
Crash Bandicoot
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Elemental Gearbolt
Panzer Bandit
Project: Horned Owl
Puzzle Bobble 2
Puzzle Bobble 3
Puzzle Bobble 4
Strikers 1945
8 - SNES
Battle Clash
Edo no Kiba
Kirby's Super Star Stacker
Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge
Operation Thunderbolt
Puzzle Bobble
Run Saber
Yoshi's Safari
4 - GC
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Super Monkey Ball
Super Monkey Ball 2
4 - PS4
Control: AWE
Control: The Foundation
Devil May Cry 5
Rez
3 - SAT
PuLiRuLa
Virtua Cop
Virtua Cop 2
2 - PS2
Burnout 3: Takedown
Need for Speed: Underground
2 - NES
Castlevania
Law of the West
2 - WiiU
Bayonetta 2
Mario Kart 8
1 - C64
Law of the West
1 - XBO
Gears 5
1 - N64
Yoshi's Story
1 - PS3
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
1 - GEN
Beyond Oasis
1 - Wii
Alien Crush Returns
BEST - Resident Evil Village / Super Monkey Ball 2 (9/10)
WORST - Police Quest: SWAT (2/10)
7 Yrs✓#
yuna67876
7 Yrs✓#
This year was good, some months had no completion but I still did 21 games so I am happy about it
2 of my favorites were Lost Judgment, and 13 Sentinals Aegis Rim
I think my most disappointing was Scarlet Nexus but I still need to see another half of the story.
let hope 2022 is successful.
4 Yrs✓
Eichward
4 Yrs✓
Games beaten:
Not many of them where a first playthrough. Most of them i had finished many times before. But i started my account just in December 2020.
Pc
Half Life + Blue Shift
Half Life 2 + Episode 1 + 2
Halo MCC = Halo 1 + 2 + 3 + Reach + ODST
Far Cry 3 + 4
Casle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
Freelancer
Max Payne 1 + 2 + 3
Metro Last Light Redux
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Ryse: Son of Rome
Star Trek Elite Force
Terminator Resistance + Annihilation Line DLC
Tom Clancys Ghost Recon
Warhammer 40k: Space Marine
Wolfenstein: The old Blood
Game Boy
Super Mario Land
Nintendo Switch
Final Fantasy Adventure
Metroid Dread
Playstation 2
Bully
WRC 2
Original xbox
The Simpsons Hit & Run
7 Yrs♥✓#
Son_of_a_Pitch
7 Yrs♥✓#
2021, I feel my gaming this year can be defined by the re-revival of Pokémon for me, I really got invested into it again this year 😅. Overall I had 22 completions this year, one less than last year but still about equal to most of the years I've been on this site. I did complete more DLCs this year, 4 out of my 22 completions were DLCs, and out of the remaining 18 game completions one was a replay. PS4 was my console with the most completions as usual, but it was closely followed by PS5 (which granted had 3 DLC completions to boost it numbers).
Completions Dates:
1/2/21 - Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS5) - 15h 1m
1/13/21 - Star Wars: Squadrons (PS4) - 8h 2m
1/28/21 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS) - Replay - 24h 24m
2/15/21 - Nier: Automata (PS4) - 46h 39m
2/23/21 - ABZU (PS4) - 2h 7m
3/20/21 - Astro's Playroom (PS5) - 4h 24m
4/14/21 - Kirby's Adventure (NES) - 3h 11m
4/20/21 - XCOM 2 (PS4) - 44h
4/30/21 - Battle Arena Toshinden (PS1) - 59m
5/31/21 - Pokémon Ultra Sun (3DS) - 51h 4m
6/21/21 - Marvel's Spider-Man: The Heist (DLC) (PS5) - 3h 25m
7/4/21 - Tekken 3 (PS1) - 4h 31m
7/5/21 - Marvel's Spider-Man: Turf Wars (DLC) (PS5) - 2h 21m
7/7/21 - Marvel's Spider-Man: Silver Lining (DLC) (PS5) - 1h 59m
8/4/21 - Pokémon Go (IOS)
8/28/21 - Pokémon Sword (Switch) - 29h 14m
9/19/21 - The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (3DS) - 18h 40m
9/21/21 - Life is Strange (PS4) - 22h 25m
10/2/21 - Kirby Super Star (SNES) - 4h 30m
10/5/21 - Impostor Factory (PC) - 5h 6m
11/3/21 - BioShock 2 (PS4) - 15h 35m
11/6/21 - BioShock 2: Minerva's Den (DLC) (PS4) - 4h 29m
Completions Dates:
1/2/21 - Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS5) - 15h 1m
1/13/21 - Star Wars: Squadrons (PS4) - 8h 2m
1/28/21 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS) - Replay - 24h 24m
2/15/21 - Nier: Automata (PS4) - 46h 39m
2/23/21 - ABZU (PS4) - 2h 7m
3/20/21 - Astro's Playroom (PS5) - 4h 24m
4/14/21 - Kirby's Adventure (NES) - 3h 11m
4/20/21 - XCOM 2 (PS4) - 44h
4/30/21 - Battle Arena Toshinden (PS1) - 59m
5/31/21 - Pokémon Ultra Sun (3DS) - 51h 4m
6/21/21 - Marvel's Spider-Man: The Heist (DLC) (PS5) - 3h 25m
7/4/21 - Tekken 3 (PS1) - 4h 31m
7/5/21 - Marvel's Spider-Man: Turf Wars (DLC) (PS5) - 2h 21m
7/7/21 - Marvel's Spider-Man: Silver Lining (DLC) (PS5) - 1h 59m
8/4/21 - Pokémon Go (IOS)
8/28/21 - Pokémon Sword (Switch) - 29h 14m
9/19/21 - The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (3DS) - 18h 40m
9/21/21 - Life is Strange (PS4) - 22h 25m
10/2/21 - Kirby Super Star (SNES) - 4h 30m
10/5/21 - Impostor Factory (PC) - 5h 6m
11/3/21 - BioShock 2 (PS4) - 15h 35m
11/6/21 - BioShock 2: Minerva's Den (DLC) (PS4) - 4h 29m
5 Yrs✓#
GCTuba
5 Yrs✓#
Looks like my standalone thread isn't getting any traction so I'll repost here:
Just like last year, I wanted to take some time to run down my top 10 video games I played this year. When I found out that I beat 98 games last year, I thought that was ludicrous. The indie game site itch.io offered a huge bundle in June 2020 for racial justice that added hundreds of games into my backlog and really upped my completions. I figured I would work my way through those games and then go back to the bigger budget games. Turns out that same website ran another huge bundle in June of this year in support of Palestinian aid that added hundreds more. As a result, I played a total of 584 games this year and beat 450 of them. That’s a lot of games! Surely I won’t come close to that number next year, right? …Right?
Now as a caveat, most of those games were small indie games that probably took under two hours to beat. Still, 450 is a large number and I fully acknowledge that I wasted a lot of time to achieve that. The way I choose which game to play next is by lowest rating as determined by the users of howlongtobeat.com. However, since most of these games aren’t even well-known enough to have a rating, they were mostly just in alphabetical order. If it’s a co-op game, I give my friends some input on what to play next to mix things up and not get them sucked into an indie game rabbit hole like I’ve been in for the last two years. The exciting part is that I’m very close to finishing all the unrated games in my backlog and moving onto the rated ones. Granted, that’s going to start with games with terrible ratings but eventually it’ll move to games that are actually good. I imagine these good games will also tend to be a little longer as well which is why I actually believe I will never be able to pass this number of games again. Without further ado, here are my top 10 games I played in 2021:
10. Gears of War: This is one of Microsoft’s largest exclusive franchises and this is the first entry in the series. This game came out all the way back in 2006 so it’s not new by any means. For a AAA game by a big studio, it really is starting to show it’s age graphically. I played this one with a friend and we had fun for the most part. Some of the weapons were genuinely interesting to use like the chainsaw gun and orbital laser. However, the writing and generic cover-based shooting mechanics did nothing to really stand out to me. I think the biggest offender are the weird alien bats that swoop in and kill you almost instantly when you step into the darkness. It was also not always clear when you were safe in the light or in danger in the darkness. This was the most infuriating thing about this game and they used it multiple times throughout the game including during the final boss fight. This kept the game from being further up on my list.
9. Life is Strange 2: Just like the previous entries I played last year, this is a walking simulator game that emphasizes story over gameplay. Unfortunately, the story and characters in this game were not nearly as good as the first one. In the first game, you have the power to manipulate time which leads to a lot of interesting scenarios and the eventual breakdown of reality itself. It also had an interesting cast of characters that actually made me care about them. Sure the writing could be cheesy at times (as is the case with most high school dramas), but it was still a very interesting story. In this game, however, it’s your little brother who has the superpower to…levitate things. Still kind of interesting I suppose, but it doesn’t hold a candle to time powers and you don’t even get to use it yourself. You also spend most of the time just running away from your childhood home which doesn’t give you time to really care about any of the secondary characters as they keep changing. The ending was disappointing as well and the stakes weren’t as high as the first. Still, I played this one with a friend as well so it was still an enjoyable time.
8. Gun Rounds: Believe it or not, this is first and foremost a mobile game although I did play it on PC. As a result, it had very simplistic 2D graphics and basically no story. However, the roguelike gameplay had me enthralled for nearly the entire short time I played it. For those that don’t know, a roguelike is a game where when you die, you start the entire game over again. However, the weapons, powerups, and enemies you encounter from run to run are semi-randomized so it isn’t the exact experience every time. I have very little experience in this genre and I thought starting from scratch after every death would get extremely frustrating after a while. However, some of the weapons and powerups you get are very interesting and when I finally got the perfect loadout to take out the final boss, it was immensely satisfying. It was a simple game deigned for mobile, but it made me realize there’s an entire genre of game that I could possibly get into. That earns it a place in this list.
7. Rogues Like Us: As the name implies, you may think that this is a roguelike like the previous game. However, this game is known as a roguelite. A roguelite is very similar to a roguelike except that you get to keep some weapons/upgrades from a previous run when you die. I have a little more experience in this genre but it is still pretty new to me. It seems to really be taking off lately and I can see why. I thought the weapons were interesting and unique enough that I was excited when I found a new one to add to my collection for the next run. The bosses were also surprisingly interesting to me which I think is why I ranked this one as high as I did. As with Gun Rounds, finally defeating the final boss was very satisfying and I can’t wait to explore this genre some more.
6. Lucid Awakening 2: This game was made in a program known as RPGMaker. If you don’t know what that is, games using it typically look something like the first six Final Fantasy games on the NES and SNES way back in the 80s and 90s. As a result, a lot of games using this program tend to look pretty similar and have similar art styles, menus, sounds, combat, inventory systems, etc. I’ve played a lot of RPGMaker games and they tend to play very similarly so none of them typically stand out. This one, however, was particularly well done. It had a unique combat system where all members of your party had two different “souls” with completely different combat styles. It also had an interesting story, a working map system, and a clear-cut path on where you were supposed to go. A lot of RPGMaker games are not very high quality but this one was particularly polished. My favorite part came in the final battle. You were teleported to another realm with all the characters you met throughout the game that you could add to your party including both of their souls. You could choose the order with which you battled everyone you had been fighting with until there was only one remaining. It was very surreal and left a lasting impression that moved it this high up on my list.
5. Grapple Force Rena: This is your typical 2D platformer game with the addition of a grappling hook to swing around everywhere. Not only was the swinging mechanic super fun but the story and characters were interesting as well. Once again, the bosses were very fun to fight which is always a nice bonus. Everything about the game was super cute as well. Not much more to say on this one, I just had a good time with it.
4. Gears of War 2: Most of my notes on the first game apply to this one as well. I actually played this game solo way back in high school but this time I played it in co-op with a friend. Everything was slightly more refined compared to the first one. Slightly better gameplay, slightly better story, slightly better writing, etc. The set pieces definitely seemed more bombastic compared to the first one. I think the biggest improvement from the first was those damn bats that killed you instantly were removed. This may seem like a minor point, but I remember having a much better time with this game as result which is why it ranks so much higher on my list. We’re playing through Gears of War 3 at the moment but have not finished it yet so it does not qualify for this list. We currently have 3, Judgement, 4, and 5 to play through so it’s possible some of those will be included on my top 10 games of 2022 list. Stay tuned!
3. Hellenica: This is a turn-based RPG similar to Final Fantasy Tactics or XCOM set in a steampunk version of ancient Greece. Try to think of Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire mixed with Greek mythology. The setting was super cool and the characters all had interesting powers you could use during battle. I’ve had a soft spot for turn-based RPGs ever since I was introduced to XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Civilization V back in college and this game didn’t disappoint. There was one mission in particular that I had a lot of trouble with that almost soured the entire experience. After numerous attempts, I was finally able to beat it and went on to have an enjoyable time for the rest of the experience. I’m also a sucker for Greek mythology so this game was appealing to me on two fronts.
2. I am not a Monster: First Contact: This is another turn-based RPG similar to the last game. This one, however, was in a setting akin to super cheesy sci-fi movies from the 60s and 70s. I had never really played a game that used this setting before so it was really interesting to me. There was also an interesting mechanic where the two weapons/items you had equipped would determine what powers each character has. Also, the power you get from each weapon would merge to form a “super” power with a longer cooldown. It was fun to experiment with different weapons not only on their own merit but to see what combined powers I could get as a result. There was actually some controversy involving this game a couple years ago that I completely missed. The game launched as a multiplayer game and added a campaign later. At that time, the campaign became the default mode and you had to pay extra to access multiplayer again. As someone who never played or cared about multiplayer, I was perfectly content with the content I got. Anyway, this game caught me off-guard by how much I enjoyed it and it had a surprisingly meaty 40+ hour campaign.
1. Amnesia: Rebirth: This is the third mainline entry in the Amnesia series following Dark Descent and A Machine for Pigs. It is a series of horror games where you can’t fight the monsters, you can only hide or run away. The first one is known for being one of the scariest games around and the second one didn’t have nearly as good a reputation. I played both of those a couple years ago and had a good enough time with them. This might be the newest game on my list having come out in 2020 and it was graphically quite impressive. In my opinion, it also had the most interesting story and setting out of the three (although the monsters weren’t as scary). Throughout the game, you would travel between the real world in deserts and caves to a really cool looking sci-fi world that totally clashed with the 1930s setting. I took turns playing this one with a friend but I don’t think he enjoyed it as much as I did. It’s not as well-regarded as the first one but it might actually be my favorite of the series. The story kept me engaged from beginning to end and I cared more about the main character than the first two games. As a sci-fi fan, the alternate world definitely helped as well.
And there you have it! I have to say, I’m not super confident about the ranking this time around. While I enjoyed all of these games, they also all had flaws that hampered that enjoyment in various ways. That probably has something to do with the fact that I’m still at the bottom of my backlog so most of the games I played are not particularly well-known or highly rated. Hopefully when I start moving up the list, the games will get noticeably better. This will likely also have the effect of the games getting longer and me having many fewer completions. I’m OK with this though, as long as I’m still having fun! I also want to point out that while I did manage to snag an RTX 3080 for my PC in November 2020, I still have not picked up a VR headset yet. Hopefully by this time next year, the next generation of headset will be available so I’ll have a better selection to pic from. Maybe there will be VR games on my top ten list? We shall see. I attached a picture of my games completed by month if you’re so inclined. And since I once again had so much fun putting this list together, I came up with a list of honorable mentions that didn’t quite make my top ten. I leave you all with this list of 21 games in alphabetical order should you want to look into them yourself. Have a happy new year!
A Forgetful Loop
Booth: A Dystopian Adventure
CO-OPEN
Dimension Drive
Eye of Ra
HELIUM RAIN
Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians
Lonely People Potion Shop
Meeting in the Flesh
NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics
Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle
Oceanwork
Out For Delivery
Pale Cachexia
Rage In Peace
Skeletris
Super Skull Smash GO! 2 Turbo
SYSCRUSHER
The Lost Art of Innkeeping
The Witchling Marjolaine
VideoHole: Episode I
Just like last year, I wanted to take some time to run down my top 10 video games I played this year. When I found out that I beat 98 games last year, I thought that was ludicrous. The indie game site itch.io offered a huge bundle in June 2020 for racial justice that added hundreds of games into my backlog and really upped my completions. I figured I would work my way through those games and then go back to the bigger budget games. Turns out that same website ran another huge bundle in June of this year in support of Palestinian aid that added hundreds more. As a result, I played a total of 584 games this year and beat 450 of them. That’s a lot of games! Surely I won’t come close to that number next year, right? …Right?
Now as a caveat, most of those games were small indie games that probably took under two hours to beat. Still, 450 is a large number and I fully acknowledge that I wasted a lot of time to achieve that. The way I choose which game to play next is by lowest rating as determined by the users of howlongtobeat.com. However, since most of these games aren’t even well-known enough to have a rating, they were mostly just in alphabetical order. If it’s a co-op game, I give my friends some input on what to play next to mix things up and not get them sucked into an indie game rabbit hole like I’ve been in for the last two years. The exciting part is that I’m very close to finishing all the unrated games in my backlog and moving onto the rated ones. Granted, that’s going to start with games with terrible ratings but eventually it’ll move to games that are actually good. I imagine these good games will also tend to be a little longer as well which is why I actually believe I will never be able to pass this number of games again. Without further ado, here are my top 10 games I played in 2021:
10. Gears of War: This is one of Microsoft’s largest exclusive franchises and this is the first entry in the series. This game came out all the way back in 2006 so it’s not new by any means. For a AAA game by a big studio, it really is starting to show it’s age graphically. I played this one with a friend and we had fun for the most part. Some of the weapons were genuinely interesting to use like the chainsaw gun and orbital laser. However, the writing and generic cover-based shooting mechanics did nothing to really stand out to me. I think the biggest offender are the weird alien bats that swoop in and kill you almost instantly when you step into the darkness. It was also not always clear when you were safe in the light or in danger in the darkness. This was the most infuriating thing about this game and they used it multiple times throughout the game including during the final boss fight. This kept the game from being further up on my list.
9. Life is Strange 2: Just like the previous entries I played last year, this is a walking simulator game that emphasizes story over gameplay. Unfortunately, the story and characters in this game were not nearly as good as the first one. In the first game, you have the power to manipulate time which leads to a lot of interesting scenarios and the eventual breakdown of reality itself. It also had an interesting cast of characters that actually made me care about them. Sure the writing could be cheesy at times (as is the case with most high school dramas), but it was still a very interesting story. In this game, however, it’s your little brother who has the superpower to…levitate things. Still kind of interesting I suppose, but it doesn’t hold a candle to time powers and you don’t even get to use it yourself. You also spend most of the time just running away from your childhood home which doesn’t give you time to really care about any of the secondary characters as they keep changing. The ending was disappointing as well and the stakes weren’t as high as the first. Still, I played this one with a friend as well so it was still an enjoyable time.
8. Gun Rounds: Believe it or not, this is first and foremost a mobile game although I did play it on PC. As a result, it had very simplistic 2D graphics and basically no story. However, the roguelike gameplay had me enthralled for nearly the entire short time I played it. For those that don’t know, a roguelike is a game where when you die, you start the entire game over again. However, the weapons, powerups, and enemies you encounter from run to run are semi-randomized so it isn’t the exact experience every time. I have very little experience in this genre and I thought starting from scratch after every death would get extremely frustrating after a while. However, some of the weapons and powerups you get are very interesting and when I finally got the perfect loadout to take out the final boss, it was immensely satisfying. It was a simple game deigned for mobile, but it made me realize there’s an entire genre of game that I could possibly get into. That earns it a place in this list.
7. Rogues Like Us: As the name implies, you may think that this is a roguelike like the previous game. However, this game is known as a roguelite. A roguelite is very similar to a roguelike except that you get to keep some weapons/upgrades from a previous run when you die. I have a little more experience in this genre but it is still pretty new to me. It seems to really be taking off lately and I can see why. I thought the weapons were interesting and unique enough that I was excited when I found a new one to add to my collection for the next run. The bosses were also surprisingly interesting to me which I think is why I ranked this one as high as I did. As with Gun Rounds, finally defeating the final boss was very satisfying and I can’t wait to explore this genre some more.
6. Lucid Awakening 2: This game was made in a program known as RPGMaker. If you don’t know what that is, games using it typically look something like the first six Final Fantasy games on the NES and SNES way back in the 80s and 90s. As a result, a lot of games using this program tend to look pretty similar and have similar art styles, menus, sounds, combat, inventory systems, etc. I’ve played a lot of RPGMaker games and they tend to play very similarly so none of them typically stand out. This one, however, was particularly well done. It had a unique combat system where all members of your party had two different “souls” with completely different combat styles. It also had an interesting story, a working map system, and a clear-cut path on where you were supposed to go. A lot of RPGMaker games are not very high quality but this one was particularly polished. My favorite part came in the final battle. You were teleported to another realm with all the characters you met throughout the game that you could add to your party including both of their souls. You could choose the order with which you battled everyone you had been fighting with until there was only one remaining. It was very surreal and left a lasting impression that moved it this high up on my list.
5. Grapple Force Rena: This is your typical 2D platformer game with the addition of a grappling hook to swing around everywhere. Not only was the swinging mechanic super fun but the story and characters were interesting as well. Once again, the bosses were very fun to fight which is always a nice bonus. Everything about the game was super cute as well. Not much more to say on this one, I just had a good time with it.
4. Gears of War 2: Most of my notes on the first game apply to this one as well. I actually played this game solo way back in high school but this time I played it in co-op with a friend. Everything was slightly more refined compared to the first one. Slightly better gameplay, slightly better story, slightly better writing, etc. The set pieces definitely seemed more bombastic compared to the first one. I think the biggest improvement from the first was those damn bats that killed you instantly were removed. This may seem like a minor point, but I remember having a much better time with this game as result which is why it ranks so much higher on my list. We’re playing through Gears of War 3 at the moment but have not finished it yet so it does not qualify for this list. We currently have 3, Judgement, 4, and 5 to play through so it’s possible some of those will be included on my top 10 games of 2022 list. Stay tuned!
3. Hellenica: This is a turn-based RPG similar to Final Fantasy Tactics or XCOM set in a steampunk version of ancient Greece. Try to think of Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire mixed with Greek mythology. The setting was super cool and the characters all had interesting powers you could use during battle. I’ve had a soft spot for turn-based RPGs ever since I was introduced to XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Civilization V back in college and this game didn’t disappoint. There was one mission in particular that I had a lot of trouble with that almost soured the entire experience. After numerous attempts, I was finally able to beat it and went on to have an enjoyable time for the rest of the experience. I’m also a sucker for Greek mythology so this game was appealing to me on two fronts.
2. I am not a Monster: First Contact: This is another turn-based RPG similar to the last game. This one, however, was in a setting akin to super cheesy sci-fi movies from the 60s and 70s. I had never really played a game that used this setting before so it was really interesting to me. There was also an interesting mechanic where the two weapons/items you had equipped would determine what powers each character has. Also, the power you get from each weapon would merge to form a “super” power with a longer cooldown. It was fun to experiment with different weapons not only on their own merit but to see what combined powers I could get as a result. There was actually some controversy involving this game a couple years ago that I completely missed. The game launched as a multiplayer game and added a campaign later. At that time, the campaign became the default mode and you had to pay extra to access multiplayer again. As someone who never played or cared about multiplayer, I was perfectly content with the content I got. Anyway, this game caught me off-guard by how much I enjoyed it and it had a surprisingly meaty 40+ hour campaign.
1. Amnesia: Rebirth: This is the third mainline entry in the Amnesia series following Dark Descent and A Machine for Pigs. It is a series of horror games where you can’t fight the monsters, you can only hide or run away. The first one is known for being one of the scariest games around and the second one didn’t have nearly as good a reputation. I played both of those a couple years ago and had a good enough time with them. This might be the newest game on my list having come out in 2020 and it was graphically quite impressive. In my opinion, it also had the most interesting story and setting out of the three (although the monsters weren’t as scary). Throughout the game, you would travel between the real world in deserts and caves to a really cool looking sci-fi world that totally clashed with the 1930s setting. I took turns playing this one with a friend but I don’t think he enjoyed it as much as I did. It’s not as well-regarded as the first one but it might actually be my favorite of the series. The story kept me engaged from beginning to end and I cared more about the main character than the first two games. As a sci-fi fan, the alternate world definitely helped as well.
And there you have it! I have to say, I’m not super confident about the ranking this time around. While I enjoyed all of these games, they also all had flaws that hampered that enjoyment in various ways. That probably has something to do with the fact that I’m still at the bottom of my backlog so most of the games I played are not particularly well-known or highly rated. Hopefully when I start moving up the list, the games will get noticeably better. This will likely also have the effect of the games getting longer and me having many fewer completions. I’m OK with this though, as long as I’m still having fun! I also want to point out that while I did manage to snag an RTX 3080 for my PC in November 2020, I still have not picked up a VR headset yet. Hopefully by this time next year, the next generation of headset will be available so I’ll have a better selection to pic from. Maybe there will be VR games on my top ten list? We shall see. I attached a picture of my games completed by month if you’re so inclined. And since I once again had so much fun putting this list together, I came up with a list of honorable mentions that didn’t quite make my top ten. I leave you all with this list of 21 games in alphabetical order should you want to look into them yourself. Have a happy new year!
A Forgetful Loop
Booth: A Dystopian Adventure
CO-OPEN
Dimension Drive
Eye of Ra
HELIUM RAIN
Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians
Lonely People Potion Shop
Meeting in the Flesh
NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics
Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle
Oceanwork
Out For Delivery
Pale Cachexia
Rage In Peace
Skeletris
Super Skull Smash GO! 2 Turbo
SYSCRUSHER
The Lost Art of Innkeeping
The Witchling Marjolaine
VideoHole: Episode I
12 Yrs♥$✓#
59 total completions this year (2 in Jan, 9 in Feb, 6 in Mar, 3 in Apr, 6 in May, 6 in Jun, 7 in Jul, 3 in Aug, 7 in Sep, 4 in Oct, 5 in Nov, and just 1 in Dec). That seemed a little low to me, but it's actually not far behind the completion pace I've had for the past 3 years. I thought getting a full-time job might have slowed me down, but apparently not all that much.
My most-played console was PS4 (30/59 completions), probably because I got PS Now right before summer.
My mean rating was a slightly above-average 5.66, and I gave out the most 6's (a whopping 18 of 'em). My lowest score was a 2, which I gave to Dead Island: Definitive Edition, Ethan: Meteor Hunter, and Billy the Wizard: Rocket Broomstick Racing. My highest score was a 9, which I gave to Persona 5 Royal, Return of the Obra Dinn, and Resident Evil Village. Basically, there was a handful of duds, a handful of gems, and a whole lot of filler I just played to pass time/clear my backlog. Still, the year itself felt like a 5.66, so the score seems fair.
My most-played console was PS4 (30/59 completions), probably because I got PS Now right before summer.
My mean rating was a slightly above-average 5.66, and I gave out the most 6's (a whopping 18 of 'em). My lowest score was a 2, which I gave to Dead Island: Definitive Edition, Ethan: Meteor Hunter, and Billy the Wizard: Rocket Broomstick Racing. My highest score was a 9, which I gave to Persona 5 Royal, Return of the Obra Dinn, and Resident Evil Village. Basically, there was a handful of duds, a handful of gems, and a whole lot of filler I just played to pass time/clear my backlog. Still, the year itself felt like a 5.66, so the score seems fair.
5 Yrs✓#
Leowe
5 Yrs✓#
This year I had 18 completions. They weren't necessary long. Honestly, I'm just surprised at the pace people complete games here :P
I know I divide gaming attention with anime and manga as well, but I don't think I slacked off either.
Either way, it's been an amazing gaming year for me as I feel that I mostly chose games that I knew I would love it.
This year, I:
- Played 99% of my games on PS5;
- Finished the Trails saga (which I would say is a accomplishment on itself);
- Finished my first roguelike/lite: Children of Morta and some months later Returnal;
- Continued to delve in the visual novel "genre" with 999 and AI: The Somnium Files, totalizing 4 games completed on the genre. Woo hoo!
- Gave a whole lot of 9s and 10s. Overall, amazing stuff and hopefully I start 2022 with the right foot as well :)
Honourable bad mention: Kena and The Bridge of the Spirits. Amazing graphics, but hollow and junky gameplay. Would not recommend.
[15/01] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV (119h): 8/10
[11/02] Control: Ultimate Edition (18h): 8/10
[15/02] 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (20h): 9/10
[23/02] Demon's Souls (2020) (18h 35m): 9/10
[09/03] Children of Morta (12h): 8/10
[12/03] Burly Men at Sea (35m): 6/10
[27/03] AI: The Somnium Files (24h): 9/10
[11/04] Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir (36h 24m 18s): 9/10
[10/05] Returnal (32h): 9/10
[15/07] Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! (6h): 9/10
[25/07] ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights (17h 19m 34s) 9/10
[31/07] CrossCode (56h 21m 21s): 10/10
[28/08] Hades (29h 30m): 10/10
[28/09] F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch (15h 33m 38s): 7.5/10
[24/10] Kena: Bridge of Spirits (8h): 6.5/10
[15/12] Tales of Arise (60h 47m 11s): 8.5/10
[23/12] Death's Door (8h 44m 56s): 9/10
[31/12] Spiritfarer (31h 57m 47s): 10/10