Gaming By Numbers 2021 (Event Ended - Badges Dispersed)

[Tenzai1980]

Hi all,

 

finished my no. 4 game on sunday: Saturday Morning RPG.

Had a lot of fun with the games especially with all the references to other games etc. The level grinding to lvl 50 was a pain (finished the game with lvl 39) but scaling the enemy lvl to lvl 50 and running Episode 5 again and again and again i managed to pull it of.

 

0. Alice: Madness Returns 

1. Tokyo Xanadu eX+ 

2.

3.

4. Saturday Morning RPG 

5. Biomutant 

6. 

7. Nights of Azure 2 

8. Murdered: Soul Suspect 

9. Song of Memories 

[ladynadiad]

0 -  Sparkle 2 (PS4) ✔️

1 - Metropolis: Lux Obscura (NA Vita)

2 -  Norman's Great Illusion (NA Vita)

3 -  Pic-A-Pix Color 2 (NA PS4) 

4 - Portal of Evil: Stolen Runes (NA PS4), Nier Automata

5 -  Gaps by POWGI (NA PS4)

6 -  Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk

7 -  Kotodama, Block-A-Pix Deluxe (NA PS4), Dragon Quest XI

8 -  Shiness The Lightning Kingdom (12%), Corpse Party: Blood Drive

9 -  Zero Escape: The Nonary Games, Flower, Earthlock, The Tower of Beatrice (NA Vita)

 

So I had like a 50/50 chance that The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles would be a number I needed and it ended up being a 3, go figure.  Went ahead and wrapped up an alternate for 5 and did Gaps by POWGI which wasn't bad.  Pretty easy overall like other POWGI games.  Am pretty set for the rest of the numbers except for 8.  I doubt I'm going to finish Shiness in time since it needs two playthroughs and it's slow going.  Really not wanting to play Corpse Party: Blood Drive too much and I've not found anything else that could work for 8 yet.  Anyone know a decent 8 that is maybe 20 hours or less, not extremely expensive, is an RPG or VN, NA region (or worldwide list) and not VR or PS5?  The stuff I was familiar with on the spreadsheet I've already played or I wasn't sure on length.

[kingofbattle8174]

23 minutes ago, ladynadiad said:

0 -  Sparkle 2 (PS4)

1 - Metropolis: Lux Obscura (NA Vita)

2 -  Norman's Great Illusion (NA Vita)

3 -  Pic-A-Pix Color 2 (NA PS4) 

4 - Portal of Evil: Stolen Runes (NA PS4), Nier Automata

5 -  Gaps by POWGI (NA PS4)

6 -  Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk

7 -  Kotodama, Block-A-Pix Deluxe (NA PS4), Dragon Quest XI

8 -  Shiness The Lightning Kingdom (12%), Corpse Party: Blood Drive

9 -  Zero Escape: The Nonary Games, Flower, Earthlock, The Tower of Beatrice (NA Vita)

 

So I had like a 50/50 chance that The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles would be a number I needed and it ended up being a 3, go figure.  Went ahead and wrapped up an alternate for 5 and did Gaps by POWGI which wasn't bad.  Pretty easy overall like other POWGI games.  Am pretty set for the rest of the numbers except for 8.  I doubt I'm going to finish Shiness in time since it needs two playthroughs and it's slow going.  Really not wanting to play Corpse Party: Blood Drive too much and I've not found anything else that could work for 8 yet.  Anyone know a decent 8 that is maybe 20 hours or less, not extremely expensive, is an RPG or VN, NA region (or worldwide list) and not VR or PS5?  The stuff I was familiar with on the spreadsheet I've already played or I wasn't sure on length.

2064 is a #8. 

[Asuna]

0 - Ghost of Tsushima 

1 - 

2 - Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 

3 - Persona 4: Dancing All Night (PSV) 

4 - 

5 - Fairy Tail 

6 - Final Fantasy XIII-2 

7 - Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight 

8 - Ys IX: Monstrum Nox 

9 - Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (PS4) 

 

?

[ladynadiad]

5 minutes ago, kingofbattle8174 said:

2064 is a #8. 

 

How's the PSN trophy list?  I played it on Steam and remember it being a major pain in the ass to 100% since it requires doing well at some minigames that I suck at.  If those are on the PSN trophy list, doubt I'm up for doing that a second time.

[gruffiiti]

@ladynadiad Children of Morta was a fantastic #8 and its cheap as chips on sale right now. May take you longer than 20hours though...

[Mesopithecus]

33 minutes ago, gruffiiti said:

@ladynadiad Children of Morta was a fantastic #8 and its cheap as chips on sale right now. May take you longer than 20hours though...

 

+1 on recommending Children of Morta, I think it took me 33 hours to finish but I spend a lot of time idling in games

Edited July 26, 2021 by Mesopithecus

[kingofbattle8174]

2 hours ago, ladynadiad said:

 

How's the PSN trophy list?  I played it on Steam and remember it being a major pain in the ass to 100% since it requires doing well at some minigames that I suck at.  If those are on the PSN trophy list, doubt I'm up for doing that a second time.

There are two trophies that are mildly annoying. One is for beating the boss of the arcade game at the club and Iron Rom, which is playing the game without loading or continuing. For that do all the other playthoughs and just choose things at random. Most of the minigames  you dont even need to beat to complete the story like the glyphs in chapter 4. You can fail it and still move on. 

[ladynadiad]

1 hour ago, Mesopithecus said:

 

+1 on recommending Children of Morta, I think it took me 33 hours to finish but I spend a lot of time idling in games

2 hours ago, gruffiiti said:

@ladynadiad Children of Morta was a fantastic #8 and its cheap as chips on sale right now. May take you longer than 20hours though...

 

So for both of you, I know it's a roguelike and I tend to be awful at those.  How doable is this for someone who tends to be bad at this genre?  I actually do own it and removed it from my backlog because I'm so terrible at roguelikes.  I also know it has a co-op trophies.  I have two PS4 controllers, but I don't have anyone to play with, so that's another consideration on how doable this is.

 

4 minutes ago, kingofbattle8174 said:

There are two trophies that are mildly annoying. One is for beating the boss of the arcade game at the club and Iron Rom, which is playing the game without loading or continuing. For that do all the other playthoughs and just choose things at random. Most of the minigames  you dont even need to beat to complete the story like the glyphs in chapter 4. You can fail it and still move on. 

 

Ah, now I remember why I passed on getting that one on PSN.  I also don't have it via PS+.  Appreciate the recommendation, but I admit it's probably not a first choice.

[gruffiiti]

19 minutes ago, ladynadiad said:

So for both of you, I know it's a roguelike and I tend to be awful at those.  How doable is this for someone who tends to be bad at this genre?  I actually do own it and removed it from my backlog because I'm so terrible at roguelikes.  I also know it has a co-op trophies.  I have two PS4 controllers, but I don't have anyone to play with, so that's another consideration on how doable this is.

 

Its not punishing like a lot of roguelikes and it gets easier as you play and level up. I did the co-op trophy with my 9 year old daughter and I had to bribe her with chips for a snack just so she would leave for a few minutes so I could kill her character to revive it 5x. I thought for sure she would have died a number of times especially if I pretended to only sort of help but nope she had no problem clearing most rooms. You could do the co-op solo with 2 controllers fairly easy once you are leveled up by just running the first level with weak enemies.

 

Pro Tip: Range users are OP in this game.

 

Ninja'd by @Jens

 

Edited July 26, 2021 by gruffiiti

[Jens]

20 minutes ago, ladynadiad said:

So for both of you, I know it's a roguelike and I tend to be awful at those.  How doable is this for someone who tends to be bad at this genre?  I actually do own it and removed it from my backlog because I'm so terrible at roguelikes.  I also know it has a co-op trophies.  I have two PS4 controllers, but I don't have anyone to play with, so that's another consideration on how doable this is.

 

It's definitely one of the more forgiving rogue-likes out there. You might get dunked on in the beginning for a short while, but you keep leveling and improving all the time. The game becomes easier and easier as time goes on. You find a lot of items during your runs that'll make things even easier, but after a while you won't even need those. Adding the easier ranged characters you can get even more advantages if necessary. You can really kite enemies and bosses around and kill stuff way quicker than "you're supposed to".

 

So rogue-like fear shouldn't be a thing for you in Morta  Yes, you'll die a couple of times in the very beginning. But it will become smooth sailing very quickly, guaranteed.

 

Edit: I hate my life........................................

Edit2: I sniped him, yesssss! Stopped hating my life!!!

Edited July 26, 2021 by Jens
Victory!

[Spinacheq]

dang it now I want to buy this game and play it.  You all are my worse nightmare if you were used car salespeople.  Or Gamstop employees lol

[Cassylvania]

At this point, you probably think I'm just making these games up...

 

0 - Kingdom: Two Crowns (8540)

1 - Crossing Souls (7171)

2 - Wargroove (9412)

3 - Lair of the Clockwork God (11603)

4 -

5 - Phantom Doctrine (8025)

6 - Banner of the Maid (11256)

7 -

8 - Monster Sanctuary (11858)

9 - Toren (3569)

 

Good game. Terrible platinum. Hard to recommend. Check your mental health first.

[Beyondthegrave07]

18 minutes ago, Cassylvania said:

At this point, you probably think I'm just making these games up...

 

0 - Kingdom: Two Crowns (8540)

1 - Crossing Souls (7171)

2 - Wargroove (9412)

3 - Lair of the Clockwork God (11603)

4 -

5 - Phantom Doctrine (8025)

6 - Banner of the Maid (11256)

7 -

8 - Monster Sanctuary (11858)

9 - Toren (3569)

 

Good game. Terrible platinum. Hard to recommend. Check your mental health first.

The first game I've actually seen gameplay of before from your list. I want to pick it up on sale sometime, but I heard it's so brutal towards the end that it kind of just makes me want to skip the frustration. Lol.

[Cassylvania]

1 minute ago, Beyondthegrave07 said:

The first game I've actually seen gameplay of before from your list. I want to pick it up on sale sometime, but I heard it's so brutal towards the end that it kind of just makes me want to skip the frustration. Lol.

 

Beating the game isn't too hard. The problem is getting an S rank on every mission. To get an S rank, you have to play on the hardest difficulty and beat the map in a very low amount of turns. You can try to follow walkthroughs online, but they recently patched the game and the AI is sometimes unpredictable. You're basically on your own after a few turns.

 

It's also very tedious to play through arcade mode with every character.

[SyIaris]

You guys are a bad influence. Bought and downloading Children of Morta instead of trying to cross off another old PS+ title. 

Three old PS+ games and four games (+ Hunted) that have been sitting in the backlog for 4+ years, pretty nice to finally finish them.

 

4450 - Okage: Shadow King
3291 - The Order: 1886
3992 - Assassin's Creed Syndicate
1443 - Datura
1494 - LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
1945 - Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
5336 - Uncanny Valley
7 - (Maneater)
8 - (Children of Morta)
9 - (Hunted: The Demon's Forge)

[Im2Fast_4U]

0: Ratchet & Clank 1

1: Ratchet & Clank Full Frontal Assault

2: Ratchet & Clank 3

3: AC Valhalla PS5 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order PS5

4: Mirror's Edge Catalyst Control PS5

5: Ratchet & Clank Into the Nexus

6: Ratchet & Clank 2016 Movie Game

7: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

8: Mirror's Edge Ratchet & Clank All 4 One

9: Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time

 

I completed Ratchet & Clank Tools of Destruction (no trophy list ?) and took a break from action to play Control, which I just got the plat for. I was recommended to take a break after Tools of Destruction due to the cliffhanger the story ends on. I will go back and clean up the Control DLC after the event concludes (and after I finish Rift Apart so all the R&C games can be in a straight line on my profile lolol). Control was really interesting. Very fun to play, with an incredibly mind-twisting story I never knew what was actually going on (in a good way). It kept me wanting to know what was actually happening. My one gripe with Control was how terrible the map system was, and no help at all with pointing out points of interest or objective locations on screen. I got lost in the world a few times and very frustrated having to resort to a guide, but otherwise it was a good experience (the "what-the-fuckery" throughout is truly captivating I can't get over how compelling it is). Now back to R&C for the remainder of the event! I'm excited to hop back in and hope I can get the rest done before the end of the event!

[gruffiiti]

I see @Jens has posted updates already to the spreadsheet so I might as well update my list here too. I made some good progress on this event last night. I finished the final level in Megaquarium to pop that plat and started on A Tale of Paper. This turned into a game swap as it apparently was a number I needed yet. The game itself was a lot like Little Nightmares but more about the puzzles than avoiding enemies. Nothing was hard about this game so it was finished in a couple hours. I also completed Headlander since last update but it didn't count for this event. Three games to go...

 

 

1 - The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope [100%]
2 - Little Nightmares II [00%]
3 - A Tale Of Paper [100%]
4 - Megaquarium [90%] --> [100%]
5 - Peaky Blinders: Mastermind [100%]
6 - Blacksad: Under the Skin [00%]
7 - Moss [00%]
8 - Children of Morta [100%]
9 - Transistor [100%]
0 - Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition [100%]

 

 

[ThatMuttGuy]

Sad news for me. I accidentally got #5 with Ultra Mission. I wanted to get the platinum solely because of the description of the platinum, because I really do love my Vita system. However, I didn't realize it was a number I needed, which I was actually super close on finishing with Skylanders Trap Team ): 

 

Oh well, I'm still going to finish Skylanders and then finish my #8 for the Full Badge!

 

0. Ultimate Chicken Horse [NA] (6990) 

1. Drive Girls [EU] (6191) 

2. Cave Digger: Riches (8842) 

3. Megadimension Neptunia VII (4293) 

4. Kawaii Deathu Desu [NA PS4] (11244) 

5. Ultra Mission [NA] 13485 

6. Musynx (7786) 

7. Gal*Gun Double Peace (4927)  

8.

9. Vacation Simulator (9229) 

[blu3st4rdust305]

'Nother One

 

"9" covered with LEGO The Lord of the Rings. I already had this one set up. Was saving popping it for the THL CWC. Still going strong on the all PS3 goal. 8/10 completed. As an update to my previous post, I found a couple of used DS3 on the cheap for "Rio" to maybe take over the "1" slot. 

 

Rounding the corner for the event with a whole month left to go. I will definitely finish. The bigger challenge will be maintaining the discipline necessary to stay 100% PS3 completions. 

 

0 - 1250 - Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

1 - Rio/Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time

2 - 62 - WWE: Legends of Wrestlemania

3 - 1823 - Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear

4 - 884 - No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise

5 - 1475 - Lollipop Chainsaw

6 - 1966 - Ratchet: Deadlocked

7 - 2467 - South Park: The Stick of Truth

8 - LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues/Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom

9 - 1729 - LEGO The Lord of the Rings

[Inuty]

8 hours ago, gruffiiti said:

The game itself was a lot like Little Nightmares but more about the puzzles than avoiding enemies.

 

Well it seems like you will experience little nightmare 2 soon enough a really good game, you will enjoy it for sure

[Spinacheq]

Another one complete for me.  #8 is my 8th complete on the list.  hehe  that worked out accidentally.  

 

Beast Quest - This game was a nice break from guides and worrying about collectables.  It was a pretty simple game and while that was nice, it also had its flaws.  Unfortunately the several years I spent as a game tester made the bugs stick out way too much.  A lot of them were simple easy to find ones and confused me why they never got fixed or addressed.  None of them were game breaking so they didn't ruin the game, just took away a little bit from the enjoyment.  This was certainly a game designed for young kids as the story was very simple the characters oriented towards a younger audience.  Not a bad play if you want a relaxing game to play through were the Beast mode (hard difficulty) was other games easy mode lol.  I never played on easy mode as I was worried it would be a joke of a mode and it would ruin the game lol.

 

0 Eiyuu Senki The World Conquest (PS3) (4040)  

1 

2 

3 Darksiders (PS3) (213)  

4 Chaos on Deponia (PS4) (6964)  

5 Time and Eternity (PS3) (2025)  

6 The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III (PS4) (9846)  

7 Everybody's Gone To The Rapture (PS4) (3767)  

8 Beast Quest (PS4) (7348)  

9 Song of Memories (PS4) (8609) 

And yes thanks to @gruffiiti, @Mesopithecus, and @Jens  I bought Children of Morta.  Though I had already started Beast Quest so it was destined to be my #8, I will play children of morta here soon I hope.  So not sure how it works but I guess you 3 should talk to sony about your commission checks? lol

 

[Jens]

On 27.7.2021 at 3:49 AM, SyIaris said:

You guys are a bad influence. Bought and downloading Children of Morta instead of trying to cross off another old PS+ title. 

One of us, one of us, one of us! 

 

29 minutes ago, Spinacheq said:

And yes thanks to @gruffiiti, @Mesopithecus, and @Jens  I bought Children of Morta.  Though I had already started Beast Quest so it was destined to be my #8, I will play children of morta here soon I hope.  So not sure how it works but I guess you 3 should talk to sony about your commission checks? lol

 

Two of us, two of us, two of us!

[gruffiiti]

7 hours ago, Inuty said:

Well it seems like you will experience little nightmare 2 soon enough a really good game, you will enjoy it for sure

 

Yes. Likely in the next week or two.

[Yen-Pop]

0.  Vampyr (7640) 

1.  Katamari Damacy Reroll (11871) 

2.  Life is Strange 2 (8232) 9%

3.  Lair of the Clockwork God (11603)  

4.  Oxenfree (4844) 0%

5.  Papo & Yo (1565) ?

6.  Assassin's Creed Revelations PS3 (1176) 94%

7.  Moss (7297) 

8. 

9.  The VR Playroom (5409) 

 

Decided to swap out a frustrating game for... Another frustrating game! Honestly I love this series and almost 100%'d it in a day, but hoo bud getting all the items was a slog, especially when broken up by an impromptu weekend trip. But now that I'm about to leave on a 2 week trip, I have some cleaning up to do before I run out of time all together.