Games Beaten: 2010

[Ack]

Soul Calibur IV (Xbox 360)
Super Bomberman 2 (SNES)
Cybernator (SNES)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (PC)
Devil Kings (PS2)
Still Life (PC)
Dead Space (PS3)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
LEGO Batman (Xbox 360)
Penumbra: Black Plague (PC)
Half-Life 2: Episode One (PC)
Penumbra: Requiem (PC)
Portal (PC)
Medal Of Honor: Airborne (PC)
Aliens Vs. Predator 2 (PC)
Aliens Vs. Predator 2: Primal Hunt (PC)
Zork 1 (PC)
LEGO Star Wars 2 (PS2)
Gungrave (PS2)
Saints Row 2 (Xbox 360)
Red Faction 2 (PC)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (PC)
Command & Conquer Renegade (PC)
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (PS2)
Alien Swarm (PC)
Red Faction: Guerrilla (PS3)
Way of the Samurai 3 (PS3)
Mercs (Arcade)
Son Son (Arcade)
The Bouncer (PS2)
Beyond Good & Evil (PS2)
The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (PS2)
Borderlands (PC)
Red Dead Redemption (PS3)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES)
Super Mario World (SNES)
Golden Axe: The Duel (SAT)
Bonkers (SNES)
Smartball (SNES)
Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems (SNES)
X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse (SNES)
Genetos (PC)
Super Castlevania IV (SNES)
The Magical Quest, Starring Mickey Mouse (SNES)
Super Metroid (SNES)
Power Instinct (SNES)
The Great Circus Mystery, Starring Mickey and Minnie (SNES)
Primal Rage (SNES)
Fatal Fury (SNES)
Fatal Fury 2 (SNES)
Fatal Fury Special (SNES)
Tuff E Nuff (SNES)
Xardion (SNES)
ClayFighter (SNES)
ClayFighter: Tournament Edition (SNES)
C2: Judgment Clay (SNES)
Ranma 1/2: Hard Battle (SNES)
Art of Fighting (SNES)
Stargate (SNES)
WeaponLord (SNES)

TOTAL: 60

I posted a few days ago that I beat this in the Fighters forum, but I decided to wait a few days and let other folks post about their games before I posted again. I've beaten 60 this year, which is a nice round number to stop on. I've got more fighters raring to go for next year, among others.

First off, I beat WeaponLord on the easiest difficulty. Yes, yes, I know, normally I wouldn't post it, I'd play through it a few more times on higher difficulties before counting it beaten (I marathoned Art of Fighting four times on subsequently higher difficulty settings one evening before putting it up here). But WeaponLord has a well-deserved reputation for chewing up and spitting out human players. Even on the easiest setting, this game will crush you, and I lost quite a few matches before even figuring out what the controls were...not counting special moves. I must also admit that I managed to make so many attempts because the AI was kind enough on the easiest setting to not kill me after the match, which it has done to me before on higher settings after perfecting me on both rounds.

Over the course of the game, I figured out 1 of the 11 special moves available for my character, despite having to fight all comers twice because I didn't kill them. That's right, the game rewards you for butchering your opponents by making sure you only fight them once. I used Jen-Tai, a massive female barbarian who's range made up for her somewhat slower speed, and it took quite a bit just to get some of the opponents off of me. While you don't want to get knocked into a corner in any 2D fighter, the AI in WeaponLord is particularly adept at keeping you there, and it seems to get some kind of sick delight out of trouncing your escape attempts. By the end of the game, I had definitely become better at it, but my hands cramped something awful.

By the way, part of the reason I've been playing so many fighters is because I was attempting to train up to this game. I've read a little bit from good WeaponLord players on the game, and some of those guys had to train for several hours a day to get anywhere. I don't feel I've got the time to dedicate to it. I suppose it's saying something when folks have to train like they were preparing for a tournament simply to beat the AI.

[noiseredux]

added an overview of my 2010 games beaten to my blog.

[Pingfa]

Ack, keep experimenting with all the combos. It is key to learn the combos.

That being said, I've only completed it as Korr - I usually only have 2, maybe 3
characters I use often in Fighters, and almost never use other characters.
I assure you if you learn a few of Korr's vital moves then it will get much easier.
In particular from the ones I can recall his flaming sword moves and his elbow smash are very useful.

Anyhew:

Assassin's Creed II - PC
Astro Boy - GBA
Battle Kid: Fortress of Peril (Both Endings) - NES
Breakdown - Xbox
Chrono Trigger (3 or 4 Endings) - SNES
Comix Zone (Both endings) - Mega Drive
Damnation - PC
Dead Rising 2 - PC
Deus Ex - PC
Doom 3 - Xbox
Gangster Town - Master System
Left 4 Dead 2 (Expert) - PC
Legend of Wukong - Mega Drive
Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past - SNES
Lylat Wars/Star Fox 64 (All Routes)
Mass Effect - PC
Mass Effect 2 - PC
Metal Gear Solid - PSX
Nights into Dreams (Both endings)
Ninja Gaiden - NES
Resident Evil 5 - PC
Rise of the Dragon - Sega CD
Rocket Knight Adventures (Hard mode) - Mega Drive
Saints Row 2 - PC
Shenmue - Dreamcast
Shinobi III (Expert) - Mega Drive
Sin and Punishment - N64
Snatcher - Sega CD
Sonic Advance - GBA
Sonic Adventure (All Characters) - Dreamcast
Sonic CD (All Time Stones) - Sega CD
Sonic the Hedgehog (All Emeralds) - Mega Drive
Sonic the Hedgehog (All Emeralds) - Master System
Sonic 2 + S2&Knuckles (All Emeralds) - Mega Drive
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (All Emeralds) - Master System
Sonic 3 & Knuckles (All Emeralds) - Mega Drive
Streets of Rage - Mega Drive
Vectorman - Mega Drive
Virtua Cop (All difficulties, seperately) - Saturn
Weaponlord (Korr) - Mega Drive

40

[YoshiEgg25]

Since Thanksgiving:

• VVVVVV (PC)
• Portal (PC)
• Octodad (PC)
• Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent (PC)
• Genetos (PC)
• Braid (PC)
• Shift (iTouch/iPhone) NEW
• Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge NEW

Total: 8

Finally, a couple of non-PC games!

Shift is a short little game that feels like a Flash game. I like its play mechanic (flipping the screen) and it's not too long, though maybe a little short. I think this was my fourth time playing it, and at the price of free, it's definitely worth a download.

As a Banjo-Kazooie fan, Grunty's Revenge left me disappointed. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice little 3D platformer for the GBA. However, it just doesn't feel like a B-K game. Maybe it's because Kazooie is underutilized, or because Mumbo's transformations aren't that great (outside of the tank, but its only used for one type of puzzle, and you don't even really get to use its gigantic gun), or because the game is so short; five worlds and sixty Jiggies just doesn't really get it done for me. I got a 100% completion rate, but it took less than seven hours of gameplay to get it done. Also, a lot of areas just seemed cheap, and the boss battles really had no challenge to them at all. All in all, it was worth the $6 I paid for it, but I don't think I'd spend more.

[SwooshBear]

Luigi's mansion (Gc)
Starfox 64 (N64)
Pokemon snap! (N64)
Final Fantasy 7 (Ps1)
Assassin's Creed 2 (Ps3)
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (Ps3)
Fallout 3 (Ps3)
Portal (Ps3 orange box)
Kirby's Adventure (NES)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (Ps1)
Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis)
Army of Two: 40th day (360)
Tetris (GB)
Half Life 2 (Xbox)
Halo 2 (Xbox)
Halo: Reach (360)
Call of Duty: World at War (360)
Left For Dead (360)
Dark Nebula: Episode 1 (IPod Touch)
Radiant (iPod Touch)
1942 (NES)
Fastar! Fighting angry squares the action rpg! (iPod touch)
Fallout New Vegas (Ps3)
Space Invaders (Ps1)
Just Cause 2 (Ps3) *NEW*

Total: 26

Story mode was way too short. Ive been doing mercenary mode all day. Cant wait for next years games beaten thread, I have a lot of games saved up for next year.

[jfe2]

First 50 games
Dragon's Lair - iPhone
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow - GBA
Star Wars: Cantina - iPhone
Angry Birds - iPhone
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow - DS
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - DS
Castlevania: Order of Eclessia - DS
Chaos Rings - iPhone
I Dig It - iPhone
DoDonpachi Resurrection - iPhone
Espgaluda II - iPhone
Metroid: Zero Mission - GBA
Mega Man 2 - iPhone
Ghosts 'n Goblins: Gold Knights - iPhone
Ghosts 'n Goblins: Gold Knights II - iPhone
The Incident - iPhone
Super Mega Worm - iPhone
Pizza Boy - iPhone
Dark Void Zero - PC
Warlock Bentspine - PC
R-Type Leo - Arcade
Altered Beast - Arcade
Elevator Action Returns - Arcade
Mega Man 9 - XBLA
Mega Man 10 - XBLA
1942: First Strike - iPhone
HookChamp - iPhone
Super Metroid - SNES
Super Quick Hook - iPhone
Monster Mayhem - iPhone
Metroid: Other M - Wii
Dead Space: Extraction - Wii
Plants vs. Zombies - iPhone
King of the Monsters 2: The Next Thing - Arcade
Deathsmiles - 360
House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (HotD 2) - Wii
House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (HotD 3) - Wii
House of the Dead: Overkill - Wii
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 - iPhone
Angry Birds Halloween - iPhone
Bit. Trip Beat - iPhone
Cut the Rope - iPhone
Super Meat Boy - XBLA
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - 360
Shank - XBLA
Halo: Reach - 360
Baseball Superstars 2010 - iPhone
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game - XBLA
Donkey Kong '94 - Gameboy
Fallout 3 - 360
Space Invaders Extreme - XBLA
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX - XBLA
Gunstar Heroes - XBLA
Space Invaders Infinity Gene - XBLA
Star Guard - PC
Sonic the Hedgehog - XBLA
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 - XBLA
Halo 2600 - Atari 2600
Mighty Jill-Off - PC
Sky Scream - PC
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - XBLA
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - XBLA*new*
Platformance: Castle Pain - XNA *new*
Angry Birds Seasons - iPhone *new*
TOTAL: 117

[Gamerforlife]

I'm definitely on the bandwagon for 2011. Several of you have suggested this thread has been a motivating factor in diving into an excessive backlog, and mine is HUGE.

Same here, I'm surprised by how little it seems I played this year

I don't know if I mentioned it in this thread yet, but recently finished Lords of Shadow, which I find myself referring to it as lately, as there's hardly anything Castlevania-ish about it. Not even candles to whip

[MrHealthy]

Motorstorm (PS3)

I meant to comment before, but that is damn impressive. I am a fan of both of those games but can only get about 2/3 of the way through either before the asshole AI stops making it fun. Bravo!

Hey, thanks, it was very frustrating at times, however, since this is the game that made me want a PS3, I felt compelled to continue, and the sense of satisfaction for winning was still worth it too me. The only race I truly ended up dispising was the second to last, in which you are forced to use and ATV (my least favourite) going up against a bunch of racing trucks.

[final fight cd]

NES
castlevania
kid icarus
trojan
mega man 2
mega man 6
journey to silius
metroid
ghost n goblins
mega man
little nemo: dream master

snes
super metroid
super castlevania 4
super mario world

sega
streets of rage 2
streets of rage 3
shinobi 2
shinobi 3
shadow dancer
rocket knight adventure
bloodlines
taz escape from mars
vectorman 2
world of illusion starring mickey mouse and donald duck
earthworm jim 2
earnest evans
jurassic park rampage edition
wonder boy in monster world
valis
double dragon
hard corps
toy story
flashback
boogerman
gaiares
golden axe II
task force harrier ex
mercs

sega cd
final fight cd x 4
terminator
prince of persia
lords of thunder
android assault
road avenger
flying keio squadron
earthworm jim: SE
popful mail

32x
pitfall
tempo

saturn
clockwork knight
bust-a-move 2

xbox360
project gotham racing 4
mega man 9
metal slug 3
bioshock
super meat boy

i beat popful mail before christmas sometime. i thought the game was good. the graphics and gameplay really reminded me of wonder boy in monster world. all throughout the game you could save anywhere you wanted, but you had to beat the last 3 final bosses in a row without saving. the first 2 bosses were easy peasy, but the last boss was kind of tricky. it was a pain in the ass having to go through the first 2 bosses every time you died fighting the final boss.

super meat boy is awesome! it just might be my favorite game i have played this year. i wish all current gen games were as good as this. i didn't find it as hard as reviews were making it out to be. all current gen gamers are just pussies with their auto saves every few steps. don't get me wrong, that one warp zone in rapture city is ridiculous, but it isn't necessary to beat the game.

and i think that will be my last two games i beat this year.

[dsheinem]

I just realized I counted Ikaruga as 2 beaten games!

That means I need to get something else in between now and the 1st!