Author Topic: What did you finish? 2016 Edition (Read 21116 times)

Cerveza mas fina · « **on:** January 01, 2016, 05:08:28 PM »

Post itt when you finish a game, maybe with some short description

I got nothing yet and dont think I can beat last years 20 but lets see what the year brings!

chronovore · « **Reply #1 on:** January 01, 2016, 08:49:23 PM »

Stealth edit: Reading comprehension fail.

Bookmarking for later bragging rights.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2 on:** January 01, 2016, 09:26:24 PM »

a nap

Rufus · « **Reply #3 on:** January 01, 2016, 09:38:45 PM »

Do games we started last year count?

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #4 on:** January 02, 2016, 02:47:16 AM »

archnemesis · « **Reply #5 on:** January 02, 2016, 03:13:08 AM »

I'm already halfway through two games so I should be off to a good start this year.

Fifstar · « **Reply #6 on:** January 03, 2016, 08:18:10 AM »

Beat Axiom Verge

Solid game, very impressive for just being developed by one guy. Doesn't come close to Super Metroid in terms of level design though.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #7 on:** January 03, 2016, 09:38:30 AM »

How complex/hard is it?

Fifstar · « **Reply #8 on:** January 03, 2016, 09:58:11 AM »

On normal it's a decent challenge, but doable. Definetely not NES hardcore difficulty. There is one annoying boss, was stuck on that one for half an hour. Overall playtime was 12:30, but I will spend a couple more hours to find most of the secret stuff.
Complexity is also finely tuned. There are a couple spots where you will be stuck but you normally won't have to consult a guide, at least as long as you'Re not going for 100%.

It's not a bad idea to keep notes of spots where you can't progress, otherwise you will spend some time running around and backtracking after you get the needed backups. I guess when I was a kid it was easier for me to remember spots like that ;-)

Tasty · « **Reply #9 on:** January 03, 2016, 03:03:05 PM »

I've beaten Civilization: Beyond Earth a couple dozen times but that's about it.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #10 on:** January 04, 2016, 02:49:32 AM »

I've just finished Arkham Knight. Great game, the twist about AKs identity wasn't that surprising with all the foreshadowing but it's definitely a satisfying ending to the series. I still need to finish 90% of the Riddler trophies to get the final ending but they're not too bad.

I so do not want their next game to be Superman though. I just don't think you can make decent sidemissions with somebody who's nearly invincible against regular plebe criminals.

Beezy · « **Reply #11 on:** January 04, 2016, 11:10:48 PM »

Beat the Halo 5 campaign on co-op with my nephew yesterday on heroic difficulty. Easily one of my favorite Halo campaigns.

I'm also a little more than halfway through Dragonball Xenoverse.

T-Short · « **Reply #12 on:** January 05, 2016, 08:45:37 AM »

Finished Just Cause 3 (100%).

Also finished Axiom Verge on PS4. Will play again on Hard mode.

Quote from: Fifstar on January 03, 2016, 09:58:11 AM

It's not a bad idea to keep notes of spots where you can't progress, otherwise you will spend some time running around and backtracking after you get the needed backups. I guess when I was a kid it was easier for me to remember spots like that ;-)

Yeah, really liked the function in the game where you can place two reminder markers per area on the map. That was really clever, I thought. Just sliiightly dumb that you can't remove them entirely once you've placed them.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #13 on:** January 05, 2016, 09:48:28 AM »

Man now I really would like to play it. Might wait fpr Vita version.

Fifstar · « **Reply #14 on:** January 05, 2016, 10:31:43 AM »

Quote from: Hyoushi on January 05, 2016, 08:45:37 AM

Finished Just Cause 3 (100%).

Also finished Axiom Verge on PS4. Will play again on Hard mode.

Quote from: Fifstar on January 03, 2016, 09:58:11 AM
It's not a bad idea to keep notes of spots where you can't progress, otherwise you will spend some time running around and backtracking after you get the needed backups. I guess when I was a kid it was easier for me to remember spots like that ;-)

Yeah, really liked the function in the game where you can place two reminder markers per area on the map. That was really clever, I thought. Just sliiightly dumb that you can't remove them entirely once you've placed them.

Oh you can place two per area? Did not realize that, that makes them a lot more useful. Btw. i think you can remove them by "clicking" again on the same square.

archnemesis · « **Reply #15 on:** January 05, 2016, 11:14:27 AM »

I just completed Technobabylon and it was great.

€13 for Axiom Verge is a bit too pricey for me. I'll get it at some later point.

T-Short · « **Reply #16 on:** January 05, 2016, 11:31:46 AM »

Quote from: Fifstar on January 05, 2016, 10:31:43 AM

Quote from: Hyoushi on January 05, 2016, 08:45:37 AM
Finished Just Cause 3 (100%).

Also finished Axiom Verge on PS4. Will play again on Hard mode.

Quote from: Fifstar on January 03, 2016, 09:58:11 AM
It's not a bad idea to keep notes of spots where you can't progress, otherwise you will spend some time running around and backtracking after you get the needed backups. I guess when I was a kid it was easier for me to remember spots like that ;-)

Yeah, really liked the function in the game where you can place two reminder markers per area on the map. That was really clever, I thought. Just sliiightly dumb that you can't remove them entirely once you've placed them.

Oh you can place two per area? Did not realize that, that makes them a lot more useful. Btw. i think you can remove them by "clicking" again on the same square.

oh. derp. well that makes sense if true. will try

Trent Dole · « **Reply #17 on:** January 05, 2016, 05:38:48 PM »

Quote from: archnemesis on January 05, 2016, 11:14:27 AM

I just completed Technobabylon and it was great.

€13 for Axiom Verge is a bit too pricey for me. I'll get it at some later point.

You can get it for 0 if you know where to go

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #18 on:** January 05, 2016, 07:55:38 PM »

Dragon Quest Heroes (PS4) - I would consider it a middle tier Musou title. I'm not a huge DQ nerd so I'm sure there was tons of fanservice that went over my head. The game's biggest weakness is that it appears to be focused heavily on escort missions. Like many games featuring escort missions, the people you're supposed to protect are the dumbest motherfuckers alive, running headlong into a huge group of enemies. Like many Musou games, your team members will often stand with a thumb up their ass while you're fighting off a dozen monsters. Lots of Rare style collectathon missions but you can assemble a ring that is more likely to get mini medals and then trade in mini medals for some of these hard to find items, creating a shortcut. There are some challenging missions in the game and the game fortunately will let you keep the loot and experience if you fail out of a mission. A 6.5/10 game.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #19 on:** January 06, 2016, 02:31:35 AM »

Quote from: archnemesis on January 05, 2016, 11:14:27 AM

I just completed Technobabylon and it was great.

€13 for Axiom Verge is a bit too pricey for me. I'll get it at some later point.

Think its on sale now

archnemesis · « **Reply #20 on:** January 06, 2016, 02:41:11 AM »

Quote from: Trent Dole on January 05, 2016, 05:38:48 PM

You can get it for 0 if you know where to go

I don't mind paying for media as long as the price is reasonable.

Quote from: Premium Lager on January 06, 2016, 02:31:35 AM

Think its on sale now

€13 was the sale price. Now it's back to €18 again.

I have hundreds of games in my backlog and I don't mind waiting a few more months for it to drop to a lower price.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #21 on:** January 08, 2016, 12:29:46 AM »

Axiom is a $10 game but they refuse to price it at that.

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #22 on:** January 09, 2016, 12:08:36 PM »

Wolfenstein: The New Order
Grabbed this on sale a while back after seeing some glowing praise from people who's tastes I respect. Wasn't expecting much, but this shit was a blast for the most part. It manages to ride the line between being campy and overly serious much better than I would expect from a game about Nazis taking over the world. Ending boss fight is awful though. Boss fights in general are a pretty tired concept but throwing a player in a room filled with environmental hazards and a bulletsponge is so fucking lazy that after I died twice I just ratcheted the difficulty down to zero and ran through it. After 11 hours of shooting dudes to death, the penultimate test of the game shouldn't be 'run around trying to find enough ammo to kill this thing before it kills you'.

Just Cause 3
A lot of fun but suffers from the exact same problems as JC2, albeit not as strongly. About midway in JC2 I got really burnt out, and the last half/third of the game just felt like a chore. I had a similar feeling in JC3 when the veneer of blowing shit up and zooming around kinda wore off, but the addition of extra tethers, the wingsuit, and some of the new weapons added enough variety to keep it from feeling too stagnant. The story is as silly as ever, but the VO is well cast and it's never too corny.

archie4208 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 10, 2016, 10:04:56 PM »

Pony Island

You're a trapped soul in a satanic video game that has the facade of kids game. Solve some puzzles, beat some runner levels and get the fuck out.

It's only $5 and 2.5 hours long. It's a cute novelty that sadly wears itself thin near the end.

7/10 wait for a Steam sale.

mormapope · « **Reply #24 on:** January 10, 2016, 10:23:31 PM »

Based on what I saw, that review is spot on.

Yeti · « **Reply #25 on:** January 15, 2016, 12:33:31 AM »

First game beaten of 2016 is Life is Strange.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #26 on:** January 15, 2016, 07:04:51 AM »

First game to be beaten this year was Soma. Damn that was good stuff!

Now to finish 2015's big ass long games Fallout 4 and Witcher 3.

Beezy · « **Reply #27 on:** January 16, 2016, 05:14:56 PM »

Finished the main story in Xenoverse today. It's really fun though, so I'll continue playing the parallel quests and and doing some more of the apprenticeships. Only finished Krillin and Vegeta's so far.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #28 on:** January 17, 2016, 10:30:22 AM »

Framed

I think Kojima-san said this was one of his favourite games some year and it is a nice little puzzler for mobile. Its pretty short so it doesn't outstay its welcome which is important for mobile, and it can be played in very short bursts too.

The puzzles aren't hard but some will make you think and try just long enough so that this game doesn't turn boring or frustrating.

7/10

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #29 on:** January 17, 2016, 12:44:35 PM »

So far...

Room 3
Kingdom Hearts and KH2

Positive Touch · « **Reply #30 on:** January 17, 2016, 01:13:45 PM »

you do the hd versions of Kingdom Hearts?

Purrp Skirrp · « **Reply #31 on:** January 18, 2016, 12:03:51 PM »

Quote from: seagrams hotsauce on January 09, 2016, 12:08:36 PM

Wolfenstein: The New Order
Grabbed this on sale a while back after seeing some glowing praise from people who's tastes I respect. Wasn't expecting much, but this shit was a blast for the most part. It manages to ride the line between being campy and overly serious much better than I would expect from a game about Nazis taking over the world. Ending boss fight is awful though. Boss fights in general are a pretty tired concept but throwing a player in a room filled with environmental hazards and a bulletsponge is so fucking lazy that after I died twice I just ratcheted the difficulty down to zero and ran through it. After 11 hours of shooting dudes to death, the penultimate test of the game shouldn't be 'run around trying to find enough ammo to kill this thing before it kills you'.

Really liked this game and played it on the hardest difficulty, which was challenging but fair. Last boss fight was bullshit though and the only time I had to lower the difficulty.

The Old Blood was more of the same, while offering less. Never really reached those same highs and if the main game was say a B+, the expansion was more like a C.

archie4208 · « **Reply #32 on:** January 24, 2016, 08:51:43 AM »

Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen

God tier combat

Mediocre everything else

Would buy the shit out of a sequel that added more meaningful content (actual quests would be nice ) and a better world (shit just give me a dozen BBIs and we're good).

8/10

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #33 on:** January 25, 2016, 09:39:10 AM »

I finally actually finished Axiom Verge. The last boss was a real hurdle when I got there months and months ago but when I came back to it over the weekend I beat it in 3 tries.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #34 on:** January 25, 2016, 10:21:11 AM »

Beat Trails in the Sky FC over the weekend.

tiesto · « **Reply #35 on:** January 25, 2016, 10:27:09 AM »

I beat the main story in Xenoblade X over the weekend, but I'm not gonna call it 'complete' for myself until I finish all the Normal and Affinity missions. Got a handful of Normal Missions left to do, but I have to do affinity grinding to unlock the 20 or so Affinity Missions I haven't done, ugh.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #36 on:** January 25, 2016, 01:34:32 PM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on January 17, 2016, 01:13:45 PM

you do the hd versions of Kingdom Hearts?

Nah, but I did run them on an emulator at 4x native res

Positive Touch · « **Reply #37 on:** January 25, 2016, 08:30:44 PM »

you missed out bro. hd versions are the much-improved final mix versions and worth going thru if you never tried them. kh2fm in particular is amazing and way wayyyyyy better than kh2.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #38 on:** January 30, 2016, 12:41:16 PM »

Finished D3 on PS4

Played hardcore with a friend, game is amazing on consoles. And Blizz has made big improvements.

Still a bit too easy

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #39 on:** January 31, 2016, 07:21:57 PM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on January 25, 2016, 08:30:44 PM

you missed out bro. hd versions are the much-improved final mix versions and worth going thru if you never tried them. kh2fm in particular is amazing and way wayyyyyy better than kh2.

I have no way to play those

Yulwei · « **Reply #40 on:** January 31, 2016, 10:01:18 PM »

Max Payne 3

Great third person shooter with amazing production values. Controls were very responsive and the gunplay was satisfying. I also really loved how varied the levels were. Fighting your way out of the Brazilian favela was awesome. That said, I am never going to replay it because someone at Rockstar thought interweaving the gameplay with cutscenes every couple of minutes would be a good idea. That completely killed any replayability the game might have had imo.

Not sure how well the game sold but I hope enough for sequel!

Quote from: Premium Lager on January 30, 2016, 12:41:16 PM

Finished D3 on PS4

Played hardcore with a friend, game is amazing on consoles. And Blizz has made big improvements.

Still a bit too easy

I also beat D3 Ultimate Evil edition on the ps4 last year. My only complaint was the difficulty as well. I leveled a Barb, A Wiz and a Crusader. Things really didn't get hard until Torment. great game otherwise. I think I prefer the console to the PC version. It just felt good to play with a gamepad.

chronovore · « **Reply #41 on:** February 02, 2016, 01:06:26 PM »

MP3 probably sold a great number of units after all the super-cheap sales it has had. I think I bought the game and the season pass for a total of US$7 or 8. I don't think it sold nearly the amount Rockstar assumed it would, but a good portion of the work on the RAGE engine and networking code was most likely amortized into GTA V's core.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #42 on:** February 03, 2016, 10:21:31 AM »

Yakuza 5. Holy shit that was like the biggest Yakuza game ever. The story was also kinda bad but there was lots of face grinding and putting people through plate glass windows so there ya go

chronovore · « **Reply #43 on:** February 03, 2016, 01:26:02 PM »

Quote from: Sho Nuff on February 03, 2016, 10:21:31 AM

Yakuza 5. Holy shit that was like the biggest Yakuza game ever. The story was also kinda bad but there was lots of face grinding and putting people through plate glass windows so there ya go

Bu- bu- but you could have just played Sleepeh Dawgs for that kind of action!

I still have to go back and play the last DLC for that game. Man, what a heap of fun.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #44 on:** February 03, 2016, 01:29:24 PM »

MP3 was really amazing and with such a well executed and original setting.

Shame we prob wont see more due to sales.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #45 on:** February 03, 2016, 02:57:48 PM »

I beat Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. It was...okay. The Paper Toad missions really drug the game down and I wasn't a fan of the papercraft battles, although they were more bearable. The core gameplay is still pretty fun, though.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #46 on:** April 17, 2016, 09:58:12 AM »

Finished the Division, was alright. Fun shooting, great setting, but horrible story and repetitive missions.

Coop missions were fun.

7/10

tiesto · « **Reply #47 on:** April 17, 2016, 10:07:37 AM »

Xenoblade X
Guardian's Crusade
Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Life Is Strange
Fire Emblem: Awakening

soon hopefully I will have Trails SC on here.

I also beat the Peaceful route in Undertale though the final boss of the Genocide route is close to impossible.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #48 on:** April 17, 2016, 10:20:30 AM »

tiesto · « **Reply #49 on:** June 15, 2016, 11:54:36 PM »

Some more games:

Trails in the Sky: SC
Snatcher
Breath of Fire 4
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
Genso Suikogaiden vol 1

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #50 on:** June 16, 2016, 12:40:56 AM »

Damn tiesto

how was snatcher?

tiesto · « **Reply #51 on:** June 16, 2016, 12:50:15 AM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on June 16, 2016, 12:40:56 AM

Damn tiesto

how was snatcher?

Absolutely loved it. It's Kojima through and through (I'm a big fan), and very ahead of its time with its subversiveness and production values (a LOT of spoken dialogue, some awesome cutscenes, and some absolutely gruesome pixel art). Terminator 2 is one of my favorite movies ever and it's a HUGE inspiration to this game, and cyberpunk is also my shit... It's got a bit of that Japanese Adventure game "investigate everything multiple times until a new option appears" logic and a few combat sequences that are like whack-a-mole but other than that I was absolutely hooked and could not put it down. Just check how badass the intro is:

chronovore · « **Reply #52 on:** June 16, 2016, 12:51:25 AM »

Looks like so far I've only finished Disney Infinity 1.0, 2.0, and Saints Row IV and all its DLC.

Gonna have to step up!

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #53 on:** June 16, 2016, 03:17:50 AM »

I'm not a Koijma fan (like MGS1) but everything about Snatcher sounds right up my alley damn, always wanted to play it back in the day too, but Sega CD you know $:-\$

Now that I got a working PS again after two months I'm sure I'll finish some games again, Uncharted 4 will prob be the first.

chronovore · « **Reply #54 on:** June 16, 2016, 03:39:02 AM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on June 16, 2016, 03:17:50 AM

I'm not a Koijma fan (like MGS1) but everything about Snatcher sounds right up my alley damn, always wanted to play it back in the day too, but Sega CD you know $:-\$

Now that I got a working PS again after two months I'm sure I'll finish some games again, Uncharted 4 will prob be the first.

Did you finally get all that cooling paste off the CPU?

Positive Touch · « **Reply #55 on:** June 16, 2016, 07:27:56 AM »

if you want to play Snatcher there's a really good emulator called Kega that almost perfectly emulates every Sega system up til Saturn. very easy to use, and ofc much easier than buying the old game and finding a good Sega cd.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #56 on:** June 16, 2016, 07:32:30 AM »

Oh wow I will look into that! Thanks!

Quote from: chronovore on June 16, 2016, 03:39:02 AM

Quote from: Premium Lager on June 16, 2016, 03:17:50 AM
I'm not a Koijma fan (like MGS1) but everything about Snatcher sounds right up my alley damn, always wanted to play it back in the day too, but Sega CD you know $:-\$

Now that I got a working PS again after two months I'm sure I'll finish some games again, Uncharted 4 will prob be the first.

Did you finally get all that cooling paste off the CPU?

Bought a new one

demi · « **Reply #57 on:** June 16, 2016, 09:05:54 AM »

Xbox:

Telltale Game of Thrones
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Halo 5
Black Ops 3
Castle Crashers Remastered
How to Survive: Storm Warning
Conker's Bad Fur Day (Rare Replay)
Jet Force Gemini (Rare Replay)
Perfect Dark XBLA (Rare Replay)
The Division
Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
Tales From The Borderlands
DOOM
Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders
Dark Souls (1) (via BC)
Goat Simulator

3DS:

Paper Mario: Paper Jam
Fire Emblem: Birthright \
Fire Emblem: Conquest -- (via Fire Emblem Fates: Special Edition)
Fire Emblem: Revelation /

Vita:

Dragon's Crown
Sound Shapes
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC (PSP)

WiiU:

Devil's Third

bork · « **Reply #58 on:** June 16, 2016, 03:27:14 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on June 16, 2016, 12:50:15 AM

Terminator 2 is one of my favorite movies ever and it's a HUGE inspiration to this game

Actually...Snatcher is from 1988. Terminator 2 came out in 1991. Cameron copied Kojima?

Quote from: Premium Lager on June 16, 2016, 03:17:50 AM

I'm not a Koijma fan (like MGS1) but everything about Snatcher sounds right up my alley damn, always wanted to play it back in the day too, but Sega CD you know $:-\$

Now that I got a working PS again after two months I'm sure I'll finish some games again, Uncharted 4 will prob be the first.

Snatcher is awesome and worth a play-through- It and MGS1 are my favorite Kojima games. I couldn't get into its follow-up, Policenauts, however.

One day I'd like to play SD Snatcher. I wonder if it ever got fan-translated...

Positive Touch · « **Reply #59 on:** June 18, 2016, 01:11:38 PM »

just beat Shenmue 2. i give it 6.8 Megaman Legends 2 out of ten.

News:

Author Topic: What did you finish? 2016 Edition (Read 21116 times)