Fall/Winter 2021/2022 Backlog Challenge

[DFuzed]

Update #24 for Feb 12th

 

Diablo II Remastered - 67%

 Word Quiz

 Epic Word Search Collection 2 (Vita)

 Life is Strange 3 (PS4)

 Life is Strange 3 (PS5)

Life is Strange Remastered - 27% +7%

Life is Strange: BtS Remastered - 0%  

 Procession to Calvary

 Lego Batman 2 (Vita) 

 Link-a-Pix (PS4)

 Link-a-Pix (Vita)

 Spiderman (PS4)

Lego Star Wars (PS3) - 80%

 Persona 5 Royal

 Trials of Mana 

Borderlands 2 - 20%

Borderlands the Prequel - 0%

 The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Persona 5 Strikers - 61% +38%

 

These are without the DLC included in them. 

 

Swaps: 2/5

 

Current Plans:

 

   - Play Life is Strange Remastered as my backup game.

   - Finish Persona 5 Strikers, only have to fuse the last Persona to finish.

   - Play Borderlands 2 with lots to go.

   - Go back to Diablo II Remastered when possible.

[xItsLesterx]

Update #3

 

Here we are, with what might be my 2nd to last update ? I was able to squeeze in another full game before the event ends. Finished up Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor. I really needed a chill game like this. Good game. I ended up having a harder time doing the trophies for the trials in the DLC than the main-story trophies. Story was ok, but I am playing its sequel so hopefully it'll expand it a lot more. 

 

1 - Nioh    (10% => 100%)

2 - Nioh 2 (0% => 100%)

3 - Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (1% => 100%)

 

Great to see everyone's progress and how you guys got a lot more done than I did ? We'll just keep the moment for the Spring Challenge.

[KimBongUn420]

Final Update:

 

#141 Ghost Recon: Breakpoint

Difficulty 4/10

Grind 3/10

Enjoyment 4/10

 

So this game gets a very bad rap, for lots of valid reasons.  When it released it could be charitably described as "complete dumpster fire" and 2 years later a substantial portion of the game is still not good.  The UI, in particular, is by far the worst UI of any of the ~200 video games I've played in my lifetime.  It takes up almost 50% of the screen when everything is enabled and the menus are a complete mess.  The first generation of BMW's iDrive is easier to use than this game, no joke.  

 

The map is a total pain in the ass to get around because the terrain detection is so janky.  The GR devs must have had a sliding fetish bc half the time you traverse you're sliding down rocky hills, until you run out of stamina and start flailing uncontrollably down a hill like a stunt in a Jackass movie.  The easiest way to get around the map is to buy the most expensive helicopter and fly everywhere, which completely defeats the purpose of the large, open world map.  The facial animations look like a PS2 game.

 

The story is horrible, keeping in fine tradition with previous GR games.  The villain of the main story is entirely forgettable and I'm not sure why all the baddies have horrible southern accents.  Also, gear score makes yet another appearance, since Ubisoft seems hell bent on turning every single one of its open world games into The Division.  At least there's an option to disable gear score for the campaign, although it's still required for the raid.  Speaking of the raid, I didn't do it because I was so burnt out on the game that I didn't want to spend any more time than the 35 hours I put into it.  The Ghost War PvP mode is fine, borderline good even.

 

The sad thing is, underneath all of the mistakes and crap that Ubisoft put in this game, there remains a very competent shooter with good gun feel and endless customization options.  Had Ubisoft simply iterated on Wildlands, which was a great game, I really thing Breakpoint could have been something good.  The added content that Ubisoft put in the game in an effort to salvage its disastrous launch is pretty decent.  Episode 3 in particular is well done, and the crossovers with other franchises are a reminder of the glory days of Wildlands and previous GR titles.  

 

The next GR title is rumored to be a Battle Royale which is proof that Ubisoft has no goddamn idea what to do with this franchise.  It also probably marks the end of me playing this series, which is a shame as it's been one of my favorites.  Wish they'd just Old Yeller it like Splinter Cell.  Overall 4.5/10, and the only reason it's that high is the core gameplay is still decent, it's an ok way to mindlessly kill some time, and Ubisoft's fixes and added content since release have taken the game from "LOL KILL IT WITH FIRE" to "deeply mediocre."  An ignoble end for a once-glorious franchise.

 

Now, onto what was probably the most disappointing game I played this entire challenge:

 

#142 Life is Strange 2

Difficulty 2/10

Grind 3/10

Enjoyment 3/10

 

Ugh.  This game was a massive letdown.  I enjoyed the first game and Before the Storm, though both had their considerable flaws, but LIS2 took all of the good ideas and things from those games and chucked them into a woodchipper.  

 

I'll do something different and start with the good things first.  The music is great, as always.  The art and visuals are good and significantly improved from the first games.  Episode 3 is one of the best episodes out of any of the first 3 LIS games.  

 

Onto the bad.  The writing is utter shit.  It's David Cage levels of awful.  Nearly all of the characters are somehow overwritten and underwritten at the same time, a paradox that is so incredible Schrödinger himself probably wouldn't believe it.  Sean is a completely forgettable main character.  I assume the writers wanted to make Daniel be as insanely fucking annoying as possible, because I spent the first 4 episodes trying to figure out how to get the cops to come arrest him so I didn't have to deal with him anymore.  In the 5th episode, he makes a face turn that's so unbelievable, Vince McMahon would be proud.  (I realize that turn has to do with my choices, but still).  

 

There were at least 20 times in the story where the characters made uncontrollable decisions that were completely devoid of logic, purely in order to further the plot.  19 of these occurred in Episode 4, which is by far the worst episodes of this entire franchise and had plot holes so big you could drive a convoy of eighteen wheelers through them.  Karen randomly appearing at the beginning with almost zero explanation gave me flashbacks to the opening titles from Rise of Skywalker (the Emperor's back you guise!!!  He was alive all along!!). I was actually laughing at the end when the church is on fire and after 5 minutes of doing nothing as the church goes up in flames around them, the pastor tries to recreate the prom scene from Carrie, for absolutely zero reason.  

 

The game clearly wants to make a statement about injustice and racism, but it's written so terribly and with such a heavy hand that it becomes completely impossible to take seriously.  Instead of taking two or three moments where Sean and Daniel are treated poorly (for being transients, half-Mexican, or both) and focusing on the reasons and the relationships behind them, the game has like ten of these moments and continuously beats you, the player, over the head that all of the people who oppose Sean and Daniel are purely evil and beyond saving.  For a game that's all about decisions and making choices and understanding character interactions, this makes absolutely no sense.  It's yet another example of where the writing and characters are not very well done.  

 

At the end of the day. the game fails its story and characters, fails at being a realistic narrative tale, and fails in its messaging.  I do give it lots of redeeming points for Episode 3.  Shame the other 4 episodes aren't even close to that caliber.  Overall 4/10.

 

With that, I'm 100% done with this challenge!  Good luck to everyone trying to finish in the next two weeks and see y'all in the next one.

 

Color Key:

Green: Completed Game (This Update) (100% or Plat)

Blue: Completed Game (Previous Updates) (100% or Plat)

Orange: In-Progress Games 

Purple: Newly-Added Games

Black (Non-Bolded): No Change Since Last Update

Swaps: 2/5 

1.  Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Sept 7)
2.  Life is Strange 2 - 22% -> 100% (Feb 12)
3.  Erica (Nov 8)
4.  Guardians of the Galaxy [PS5] (Dec 8)
5.  Ghost Recon Breakpoint - 92% -> 100% (Feb 11)
6.  428: Shibuya Scramble (Jan 13)
7.  Dragon Quest XI S (Oct 7)
8.  Beyond: Two Souls [PS4] (Nov 17)
9.  Subnautica [PS5] (Nov 8)
10.  Deathloop (Nov 20)
11.  Ys IX: Monstrum Nox (Nov 3) 
12.  LA Noire [PS4] (Dec 4)
13.  Far Cry 6 [PS5] - 94% (Jan 14)
14.  Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 (Dec 8)
15.  Judgment [PS5] (Dec 24)
16.  Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (Jan 4)
17.  Tales of Arise [PS5] (Jan 15)
18.  Metro: Exodus [PS5] (Feb 6)

Games Complete: 18/18

Total Trophies: 853/853 (100%)

 

[The_Head_Crusher]

Update #12

 

Phase 1

Final Fantasy VIII ---> 14 16  4  1  = 35/35 100% Finished Dec 10, 2021

Another World ---> 9 3  1  ---> 13/13 100% Finished Sept 30, 2021

Spirit: Lucky's Big Adventure ---> 4 10  7  1  = 22/22 100% Finished Nov 28

Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet ---> 19 1  0  0  = 20/63 24% --->50 9  3  1  = 63/63 100% Platinum Jan 12, 2022/100% Feb 13,2022

Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age  ---> 26 10  4  1  ---> 41/41 100%  Finished Nov 28, 2021

 

Phase 2

PGA Tour 2k21 ---> 0 0  0  0   = 0/30 0% ---> 17 5  7  1  ---> 30/30 100% Finished Oct 24, 2021

Digimon Cyber Sleuth Hackers Memory ---> 0 0  0  0  = 0/46 0% --> 7 0  0  0  = 7/46 10%

Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara (PS3) ---> 15 3   = 18/18 100% Finished Dec 17, 2021

Legend of Korra ---> 8 2  0  0  = 8/31 18%

God of War 3 Remastered ---> 0 0  0  0  = 0/35 0%

 

Green = Newest updated

Red = Previous accomplishments

 

Phase 1 Total Progress

40 35   18  3 ---> 117/117 100% Progress

 

Phase 2 Total Progress

35 8  7  1  ---> 51/146 32.01% Progress

 

Well, work and family life got busy, so my time to play got cut, But after nearly a month I finally 100% SAO: Fatal Bullet.  The last 4 Bronze were a pain which had me Grinding to level 270, defeating 2 end game bosses (lvl 280+) on the hardest difficulty, and beating 12 hardcore missions solo (since my internet sucked up until a week ago....yea starlink).  Pushed all the way to level 300 just to give myself the level and stat boost needed to beat these challenges, but even then it took several attempts to do.

 

With the next challenge starting in just over 2 weeks I do not think I would be able to finish Digimon Cyber Sleuth Hackers Memory in time, so I am going to let that one sit on the back burner until March and pick it up then.  For now, I am going to start God of War 3 Remaster because I believe I can get that one done in these last few days.

Edited February 14, 2022 by The_Head_Crusher

[StilRh]

Hi guys. Happy Valentines day (my favourite day as my daughter's birthday also)

This week I've been drilling into Dying Light 2 so neglecting my list for the most part, I have spent a few mornings with MuvLuv: Alternative though, I've finally passed the place where my corrupted save was and progressed into chapter 7. Enjoying it imensly. I did grind a little in Tales of Arise, but no trophies to show just yet.

Spoiler

Age of Wonders: Planetfall 77% (plat achieved)

Airborne Kingdom 100%

Alan Wake 25%

Catharine: Full body 10%

Cities: Skylines 13%

Corpse Party 100%

Cyberpunk 19%

Death’s Door 100%

Deathloop 28%

Hades 33%

Judgement 41%

King’s Bounty 2 10%

Labyrinth Coven of Refrain 36%

Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 2 10%

Moonlighter 26%

Nier Replicant 31%

Persona 5 67%

Rune Factory 4 Special 10%

Tales of Arise 58%

Tales of Iron 100%

The Messenger 100%

The Riftbreaker 73%

The Witness 91%

Visage 100%

Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars 100%

Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sector 100%

 

Dangnronpa V3 Killing Harmony 30%

MuvLuv Alternate 10% > 13%

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove 13%

Spy Chameleon 17%

Tokyo Xandu 21%

This week... I'll be busy working and a few work nights out. Also Horizon Forbidden West may be quite the diversion. But I hope to keep playing Muvluv and one of my JRPGS as I'd love to bag two more platinums before the challenge ends. Have a great week all

[freddie1989]

3 hours ago, KimBongUn420 said:

Final Update:

 

#141 Ghost Recon: Breakpoint

Difficulty 4/10

Grind 3/10

Enjoyment 4/10

 

So this game gets a very bad rap, for lots of valid reasons.  When it released it could be charitably described as "complete dumpster fire" and 2 years later a substantial portion of the game is still not good.  The UI, in particular, is by far the worst UI of any of the ~200 video games I've played in my lifetime.  It takes up almost 50% of the screen when everything is enabled and the menus are a complete mess.  The first generation of BMW's iDrive is easier to use than this game, no joke.  

 

The map is a total pain in the ass to get around because the terrain detection is so janky.  The GR devs must have had a sliding fetish bc half the time you traverse you're sliding down rocky hills, until you run out of stamina and start flailing uncontrollably down a hill like a stunt in a Jackass movie.  The easiest way to get around the map is to buy the most expensive helicopter and fly everywhere, which completely defeats the purpose of the large, open world map.  The facial animations look like a PS2 game.

 

The story is horrible, keeping in fine tradition with previous GR games.  The villain of the main story is entirely forgettable and I'm not sure why all the baddies have horrible southern accents.  Also, gear score makes yet another appearance, since Ubisoft seems hell bent on turning every single one of its open world games into The Division.  At least there's an option to disable gear score for the campaign, although it's still required for the raid.  Speaking of the raid, I didn't do it because I was so burnt out on the game that I didn't want to spend any more time than the 35 hours I put into it.  The Ghost War PvP mode is fine, borderline good even.

 

The sad thing is, underneath all of the mistakes and crap that Ubisoft put in this game, there remains a very competent shooter with good gun feel and endless customization options.  Had Ubisoft simply iterated on Wildlands, which was a great game, I really thing Breakpoint could have been something good.  The added content that Ubisoft put in the game in an effort to salvage its disastrous launch is pretty decent.  Episode 3 in particular is well done, and the crossovers with other franchises are a reminder of the glory days of Wildlands and previous GR titles.  

 

The next GR title is rumored to be a Battle Royale which is proof that Ubisoft has no goddamn idea what to do with this franchise.  It also probably marks the end of me playing this series, which is a shame as it's been one of my favorites.  Wish they'd just Old Yeller it like Splinter Cell.  Overall 4.5/10, and the only reason it's that high is the core gameplay is still decent, it's an ok way to mindlessly kill some time, and Ubisoft's fixes and added content since release have taken the game from "LOL KILL IT WITH FIRE" to "deeply mediocre."  An ignoble end for a once-glorious franchise.

 

 

Another review of this which makes me 2nd guess playing it. I'm currently doing DLC for Wildlands and can safely say I loved my time with this game albeit a bit grindy. 

[MidnightDragon]

Two weeks left in this challenge!

[Static_Rook]

Update 24 - 2/14/2022

Freedom Wars 82%

 

Finally wrapped up the Freedom Wars plat! It feels good to get that one done after 7 years. I was stuck on 8-1 until I got a good Barbara's Easy Blaster and leveled it up and modded it enough. That let me finally beat that mission and then everything else was much easier after that. I wish I had a reason to keep running around with my now fully leveled up Blaster, but the online is shut down. Maybe I'll look into that XLink Kai stuff at some point, but for now the backlog calls.

 

It also feels good to complete another game on my list after a month of nothing. Two weeks left! I'd like to get one more game done, but I also want to take it easy before Elden Ring and the Spring Challenge. Sooooo, I dunno what I'm going to play next.

 

Have a good week!

 

Full game list (11/31 complete, 5/5 swaps used)

Spoiler

Assassin's Creed II 11/20/2021
Dark Souls III 14%
Darksiders 2%
Dead Space 2 14%
Demon's Souls (PS3) 2%
Deus Ex Human Revolution 11%
Diablo III (PS3) 20%
Disco Elysium 0%
Doraemon Story of Seasons 14%
Drakengard 3 8%
Dungeon Encounters 10/20/2021
Final Fantasy VIII 11/2/2021
Final Fantasy XIII 7%
Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn (PS4) 67%
Freedom Wars 82% 2/13/2022
Gran Turismo Sport 51%
Heavy Rain (PS3) 10/29/2021
Just Cause 2 25%
Just Cause 4 1%
Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII 18%
Nier Automata 10/4/2021
Pyre 9/19/2021
Quake Remastered 62%
Rayman Legends (PS3) 97%
Resident Evil 7 2% 
SaGa Frontier Remastered 7%
Strider 10/1/2021
Unravel 9/13/2021
Untitled Goose Game 11/3/2021
XCOM Enemy Unknown(plat only) 41%
Ys IX Monstrum Nox 10/28/2021

 

Swaps 5/5 Used
Dead by Daylight            - > Gran Turismo Sport 9/13/2021
Stellaris                           - > Nier Automata 9/27/2021
Curse of the Dead Gods - > Diablo III(PS3) 11/1/2021
Resogun                          - > Untitled Goose Game 11/1/2021
Metal Gear Survive          - > Freedom Wars 11/27/2021

 

[YaManSmevz]

Toasty War Journal #21

2/14/22

 

What's up everybody? A happy Valentine's Day to you all, and I hope it finds you with lots of nice, fluffy love in your life - be it romantic, familial, friendly, or otherwise.

 

Murdered: Soul Suspect was a good time! A heavily flawed game, but that's only noticeable because of how good it is and how much potential it had to be great, if that makes sense. A solid concept with excellent atmosphere, but they just tried to add too many things on top that didn't work so well. And 200+ collectibles?? UNNECESSARY, MY GUY.

 

Started Sleeping Dogs, and man. What a fitting title, cuz I been sleepin on this one for far too long. A great story, a fun world to explore, and addictive gameplay. Can't ask for much more than that! If I can get this close to completion (at least) by the week's end, I'll be on track. Was gonna start Ethan Carter this week, but it looks like I could knock it out in a day, so that one has become my new final game for the challenge!

 

Besides, the genie's out the bottle at this point... I'm having too much fun with Sleeping Dogs to bother with much else!

 

Which brings me to RE 5. Bro, Desperate Escape on Professional was rough! After a while it just turned into a speed run where I hoped the RNG would be nice to me. Got it taken care of though, and now it's down to the final playthroughs (with infinite magnum and rocket launcher, wooooo) and multiplayer, which I'll be dippin into this week as well.

 

Some of y'all are so close, you've got me inspired to finish strong!! Congrats to @KimBongUn420 for getting the early wrap-up, great reviews as well! Back to the grind for me... as usual, thanks for reading all my nonsense and thanks for documenting all of your gaming badassery?

 

1. Resident Evil 5 (72-->74%)

2. ️The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (0%)

3. Sleeping Dogs (0-->29%)️

4. Dex️

5. Hitman️

6. Hitman 2

7. Hitman 3️

8. Islanders

9. Afterparty️️

10. The Witness️

11. Hotline Miami

12. Grim Fandango

️1️️3. The Forgotten City

14. Red Dead Revolver️

15. The Wolf Among Us

️16. Murdered: Soul Suspect (60-->100%)

17. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons️️

18. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

[KimBongUn420]

19 hours ago, freddie1989 said:

 

Another review of this which makes me 2nd guess playing it. I'm currently doing DLC for Wildlands and can safely say I loved my time with this game albeit a bit grindy. 

I also thought Wildlands was a great game.  Breakpoint is significantly worse and not worth playing unless you're also a huge fan of The Division, imo.  Even at a short-ish 30-35 hr plat, there are too many other good games out there to waste time on it.

 

6 hours ago, YaManSmevz said:

Toasty War Journal #21

2/14/22

 

Started Sleeping Dogs, and man. What a fitting title, cuz I been sleepin on this one for far too long. A great story, a fun world to explore, and addictive gameplay. Can't ask for much more than that! If I can get this close to completion (at least) by the week's end, I'll be on track. Was gonna start Ethan Carter this week, but it looks like I could knock it out in a day, so that one has become my new final game for the challenge!

 

Besides, the genie's out the bottle at this point... I'm having too much fun with Sleeping Dogs to bother with much else!

 

Some of y'all are so close, you've got me inspired to finish strong!! Congrats to @KimBongUn420 for getting the early wrap-up, great reviews as well! Back to the grind for me... as usual, thanks for reading all my nonsense and thanks for documenting all of your gaming badassery

Thanks!  Glad to see you're enjoying Sleeping Dogs - it's one of my favorite games and I will forever be disappointed that it never got the sequel it so clearly deserved.  

[KunoGuy]

Update #6

 

Been extra busy right now so I'm starting to use some more swaps. Did finish some really fun PS5 games as well as Kaze and the Wild Masks on PS4. Kaze was a bit challenging for me, especially the no hit runs, but it made earning the platinum that much better.

I also really enjoyed Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart on PS5. It's been a great example of the better graphics and really fun storytelling albeit someone shorter. But it's a solid gem to me.

Another great game was Astro's Playroom on PS5. It's a good demonstration of the dualsense as well as having some neat easter eggs strewn throughout the levels. I wish they could make a sequel soon.

I am swapping these last two in since time is running out. But glad I had some good experiences as result of the challenge.

 

1: Katamari Forever PS3 44%>48%

2: Chess Knights: Viking Lands PS4 50%>100% 

3: CrossCode PS4 30%

4: LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin VITA 100% 

5: Destiny Connect (Korean) PS4 26%

6: Monsters Vs. Aliens PS3 34%>37%

7: Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles PS4 19%

8: Daedalus PS4 28%

9: Ben10 PS4 14%

10: Subnautica PS4 13%

11: Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom PS3 11%

12: Astro's Playroom PS5 0%>100% 

13: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart PS5 0%>100% 

14: LEGO Jurassic World PSTV 100% 

15: X-Men: Destiny PS3 25%

16: Katamari Reroll PS4 0%

17: Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered PS4 100% 

18: Metropolis Defenders (Korean) PS4 17%>20%

19: Kaze and the Wild Masks PS4 60%>100% 

20: Ratchet & Clank PS4 0%

21: LEGO Movie The Videogame PS3 0%

22: Disney Epic Mickey 2 VITA 100% 

23: Avengers PS5 92%

24: Treasure Hunter Simulator PS4 100% 

25: Nostalgia Train PS5 100% 

26: Inked PS4 100% 

27: Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins 100% 

28: The Solitaire Conspiracy PS5 100% 

29: VOLUME VITA 100% 

30: LEGO Marvel's Avengers VITA 100% 

 

 

(15) games completed.

(3) Swap used.

[freddie1989]

4 hours ago, KimBongUn420 said:

I also thought Wildlands was a great game.  Breakpoint is significantly worse and not worth playing unless you're also a huge fan of The Division, imo.  Even at a short-ish 30-35 hr plat, there are too many other good games out there to waste time on it.

 

Knowing me I will still have a crack at it eventually anyway!!

[PeachyJacobs]

Finished up BioShock Remastered this week. It's such a great game. I played the original back in the day on an old account and it was a pleasure to visit Rapture again. I might add the sequels to the next backlog challenge to motivate me to finally play them. I would really like to finish up Monster Hunter World: Iceborne before the event is over as I can't use it in the next one now. I don't think I will have the time though unfortunately.

 

Games completed (6/20)

1. Alien: Isolation [PS4]
2.  Back 4 Blood [PS5]
3. Batman: Arkham Asylum [PS4]
4.  BioShock Remastered [PS4]
5. Detroit: Become Human [PS4]
6. Hades [PS5]
7. Heavy Rain [PS4]
8. I Am Setsuna [PS4]
9. inFamous First Light [PS4]
10. Marvel's Avengers [PS5] - 61%
11. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne [PS4] - 81%
12.  Murdered: Soul Suspect [PS4]
13. Planet Coaster [PS5]
14.  Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart [PS5]
15. Returnal [PS5]
16. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice [PS4] - 4%
17. Tales of Arise [PS5] - 10%
18. The Riftbreaker [PS5] - 10%
19.  The Wolf Among Us [PS4]
20.  Uncharted: The Lost Legacy [PS4]

Swaps used (5/5)

1. Battlefield 2042 [PS5]
2. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain [PS4]
3. Final Fantasy X [PS4]
4. Jurassic World Evolution 2 [PS5]
5. Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy [PS5]

Key:

Green = Completed

Orange = In progress

Red = Haven't started

[DizzyDavidson]

Final Update:

 

1. Resident Evil 3 [PS4] - 100%
2. Shadow of the Tomb Raider [PS4] - 100%
3. Farming Simulator 14 [Vita] - 100%
4. Skylanders Trap Team [PS3] - 100%
5. Darksiders [PS3] - 100%
6. Metal Gear Solid 3 [PS3] - 100%
7. F1 2021 [PS4] - 100%
8. Far Cry 4 [PS4] - 84% -> 100%
9. LEGO Dimenisons [PS3] - 100%
10. Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear [PS3] - 100%
11. The Good Life [PS4] - 100%

 

Swaps: 1/5

Mugen Souls Z [PS3] => Far Cry 4 [PS4]

 

 

Far Cry 4: Hmm, so the Valley of the Yetis DLC was actually quite good I thought. And that's all I have to say about that.  

 

Anyway, this is it for me, I'm all done. Congrats to everyone that finished already and good luck to those still going.

Thanks for hosting again @MidnightDragon.

 

I think I'll be signing up for spring too. I'm still trying to figure out my games (basically waiting for the announcement for next month's PS+ lineup to see if there's anything worthy).

See you in the next event!

[freddie1989]

Update time and not much to go on this time. As far as theist goes I've pretty much completed one solitary mission on Sniper Ghost Warrior which in truth is no better than the first update 

 

Away from the challenge I managed to get the Wildlands season pass at a good price so made a start on the DLC from the last challenge. The first one i have finished tonight and boy it's a grindy one.

 

Plan for the rest of it is to knock out that 2nd DLC and make a dent in SGW but may end up rolling it over.

 

ME: Shadow of War 100%

Days Gone 70%

Worms Battlegrounds 100%

Sonic Mania 23%

Emily Wants to Play 0%

Assassin's Creed Unity 100%

Late Shift 100%

The Last of Us Remastered 3%

Need for Speed Payback 93%

Borderlands Pre Sequel 41%

Sims 4 27%

Plague Tale 100%

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 3% - 10%

[beerwego]

Just a quick update .....Well after a bright start to the month it's slipped away again.

Finished Plants V Zombies grind at last , blasted through Undertale and most of Mafia before a lack of game time hit me  .Jumped back  on the Classic playthrough and then hit the race ?....well that can just wait !

Now I just got Borderlands 3 Plat and I'm working my way through the dlc but time is against me .10 days to squeeze in what I can 

 

PvZ Battle for Neighborville 90%.......>100%

 

Nier Automata 100%

 

Borderlands 3  48%.......>58%

 

We Were Here 24 %

 

Metro 2033 Redux ...100%

 

Tekken 7........100%

 

Uno  61%........>100%

 

Bugsnax...100%

 

Demetrios....100%

 

Astro's Playroom....100%

 

Mafia Definitive Edition...67%,.........>90%

 

Undertale ..0%.........>100%

 

2 swaps used 

9/12 games completed

Good luck everyone 

[skeggah]

Yeah, turns out I really don't have the willpower to go through Kay yet. I will absolutely play it, but without the pressure of time. Instead, I'll be swapping in the last LEGO game I want to hunt trophies for, Legends of Chima. At least this way I will get the 30 games completed, instead of missing my goal with just 1 game.

 

Completed games! 29/30.

1) Dark Cloud (PS4)

2) Altered Beast (PS3)

3) Brave (PS3)

4) Moving Out! (PS4)   

5) Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (PS4)  

6) MediEvil (PS4) 

7) Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride (PS4)

8) Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard (PS4) 

9) Order Up!! (PS3) 

10) Little Nightmares 2 (PS5)

11) LEGO Marvel's Avengers (Vita)

12) Seasons After Fall (PS4)

13) Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood (PS4)  

14) Knack 2 (PS4) 

15) Overcooked: All You Can Eat (PS4)

16) LEGO Jurassic World (Vita) 

17) Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (PS4) 

18) Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (PS4) 

19) Marsupilami: Hoobadventure (PS4) 

20) Gigantosaurus The Game (PS4) 

21) The Smurfs: Mission Vileaf (PS4) 

22) The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem (PS4)

23) Mass Effect 2: Legendary Edition (PS4)

24) Word Maze by POWGI (PS4) 

25) Samurai Warriors 5 (PS4) 

26) Sackboy: A Big Adventure (PS5) 

27) Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All (PS4) 

28) Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition (PS4) 

29) Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PS4) 

 

Ongoing games!

LEGO Legends of Chima: Laval's Journey (VITA) - 0%

 

Swaps: 2/5

Subnautica (PS5) (Completed) - LEGO Jurassic World (Vita)

Legend of Kay Anniversary (PS3) - 15% - LEGO Legends of Chima: Laval's Journey (VITA)

[rebeccafar]

So this will be my second last update! I have used another swap as I've just not had much time at all, I bought myself Subnautica: Below Zero for xmas so I played it this week when I had a bit time over Resident Evil 2 because I just don't think I have the time to finish that game atm. Can't recommond Subnautica games enough though I really enjoy the exploration of the game, really great games! I'm so close to finishing Superhot I have like 3 challenges left to get through so really hoping to finish it before February and maybe get the last bits of Dead Island done too. 

1. Among Us (100%) 
2. Carto (100%) 
3. Dead Island - Definitive Edition (88%) 
4. Gris (100%) 
5. Life is Strange - Before the Storm (100%) 
6. Mafia (100%) 
7. Resident Evil 2 Subnautica: Below Zero (100%) 
8. Superhot (73%) 
9. Undertale (100%) 
10. Vampyr (100%) 

(2 swaps used) 

[DFuzed]

Update #25 for Feb 19th

 

Diablo II Remastered - 67%

 Word Quiz

 Epic Word Search Collection 2 (Vita)

 Life is Strange 3 (PS4)

 Life is Strange 3 (PS5)

Life is Strange Remastered - 27% +7%

Life is Strange: BtS Remastered - 0%  

 Procession to Calvary

 Lego Batman 2 (Vita) 

 Link-a-Pix (PS4)

 Link-a-Pix (Vita)

 Spiderman (PS4)

Lego Star Wars (PS3) - 80%

 Persona 5 Royal

 Trials of Mana 

Borderlands 2 - 20%

SWAPPED Persona 4 Golden (Vita) - 7% +7%

 The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Persona 5 Strikers - 100% +39%  

 

These are without the DLC included in them. 

 

Swaps: 3/5 - Swapped Borderlands the Prequel for Persona 4 Golden (Vita)

 

Current Plans:

 

   - Play Life is Strange Remastered as my backup game.

   - Play Borderlands 2 with lots to go.

   - Play Persona 4 when possible.

   - Go back to Diablo II Remastered, trying to get to lvl 99 on my Necromancer for trophy, currently at 88.

[rjkclarke]

Update #16

 

1. Agents of Mayhem (PS4) 0% > 95% >100%
2. Beholder 2 (PS4) 11% > 100%
3. Little Nightmares (PS4) 0%
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (PS3) 0% > 100%
5. Hue (PS4) 0% > 100%
6. Bastion (PS4) 0%
7. Agatha Chistie: The ABC Murders (PS4) 0%> 100% 
8. Legend of Kay: Anniversary (PS3) 0% > 100%
9. Wreckfest (PS4) 0%> 100%
10. Oxenfree (PS4) 0% > 100%
11. LEGO Movie 2: The Video Game (PS4)  0%> 100%
12. Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (PS4) 0% > 100%
13. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (PS3) 0%> 100%
14. Mars: War Logs (PS3) 0%> 100%
15. Medievil (PS4) 0% > 100%
16. Abzu (PS4) 0% > 100%
17. Lords of the Fallen (PS4) 0%
18. Thimbleweed Park (PS4) 0% > 100%
19. Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love (PS4) 0%
20. Stranded Deep (PS4) 0% >7% >17%> 100%
21. Yakuza 3 Remastered (PS4) 0% >19%> 100%
22. Cat Quest II (PS4) 0%> 100%
23. The Wolf Among Us (PS4) 0% >100%
24. Afterparty (PS4) 0% > 100%
25. VA-11 Hall-A (PS4) 0%> 100%

 

Games Completed - 21/25

 

 

Swaps Used 5/5

Mass Effect 3 Swapped for Medievil.

Greedfall Swapped for Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love.

Darksiders III Swapped for Little Nightmares.

Pyre Swapped for Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders

Resident Evil 4 Swapped for Wreckfest

 

Time for another update!

 

Anyone fancy tying my hands behind my back to stop me from quoting the Muse song I keep thinking about every time I think about the end of the challenge?..... I'm sure you know the one, if not, why not.

 

I ended up getting a little distracted last week, for one reason or another. Real life, that sort of thing, you guys know the drill. I didn't game all that much, but I did manage to get two more completions knocked out. I've basically got a week to kill off four games - one of which is quite long? Can I manage it? Who knows, I can only try - I guess I could go all Carl from Beholder and just not sleep for a week, but I fear if I did that, then I'd likely not be able to take part in the spring challenge as I'd probably have to spend the entire spring sleeping

 

I can live with losing a tiny bit of challenge progress to be able to finally have a gaming session with @YaManSmevz though, that was awesome. Even if we were just shooting each other in the face in the hot African sun in Resident Evil 5 - plus I almost got Resident Evil 5 to 100% myself, so I'd consider that a bit of backlog progress anyway, even if I can't include it in the event!

 

So what did I think of the newest completions?

 

Thoughts on Wreckfest

 

Damn! What an absolutely surprising game this was....no seriously, it really was. The upside to going into games with practically no expectations is that every now and then you can have a really enjoyable time like I did with this game.

 

Is it the best game I've ever played? No, nor the best racer - but I'd be very comfortable in saying that it's actually quite good. It's got some brilliant attention to detail with it's various states of difficulty, which is pretty cool. It essentially allows you to play the game however you wanted to.

 

Fancy a thrilling knock about where you can cause as much carnage as possible, whilst racing? You can do that. Or..... if you fancy something a little more simulation-ish turn the damage to realistic and fiddle around with the A.I difficulty and you'd get a pretty interesting almost arcade-simulation racing hybrid.

 

There's just a lot of variety - if you have this on your backlog from when it was given away free on PS5 and think you might enjoy it, it definitely can be  a fun little time.

 

If you wanted to read a little bit more about my time with it, like frantically driving away from some Big Rig Trucks in a three wheeled car (yes if you're from the UK the kind you're thinking of,) then I'll leave a link to my thoughts here

 

Thoughts on Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders

 

Oh dear.... This is one of those times where I found the game to neither be good, or bad - just inoffensive and a little bland and flavourless.... I was really looking forward to this game, and I had genuinely high hopes for it.

 

I imagine this is what it feels like if you went to order one of those ultra luxury pizzas that have truffles and gold leaf on them. Then.... when your order arrives it's a circular disc of cardboard with some red felt-tip pen all over it it, some hay instead of cheese and some sliced hot dogs with pepperoni written on them with a sharpie. ?

 

Ahem.... anyway, it's been at least a week since I've made a hackneyed strange analogy, so I had to make another one at some point soon. AND IT FEELS GREAT..... ?

 

Yeah, The ABC Murders is fine - it's just not going to blow you away, or probably do anything exciting for you really. It isn't a waste of time - but it also isn't probably a good use of your time. These are the games that frustrate me the most - where, it's not even bad enough to be mad about it, or good enough to really even praise it, what an odd situation.

 

On the off-chance that you stumbled through the street, then fell directly onto a lit crackpipe and inhaled (hey you never know, stranger things have happened,) and you'd like to hear in detail exactly why I couldn't quite get on with The ABC Murders I guess I'll leave a link for that here too. At least I can say that I've seen Hercule Poirot become one with a table, I guess I never expected that one.

 

Anyway..... I've taken up more than enough of your time!

 

Keep up the awesome updates people! We're in the final stretch and so many of you have been absolutely killing it still, so it's nice to have plenty of inspirational things to read, which is a big help in keeping me motivated!

 

Catch you in the next one folks!

Edited February 21, 2022 by rjkclarke

[StilRh]

Hi guys. I hope you are well. This week I platinum'd Tales of Arise, a good JRPG and reasonable platinum. Cleared a chapeter in MuvLuv Alternate and started a game from the upcoming new challenge - Horizon Forbidden West. Have a good week

Spoiler

Age of Wonders: Planetfall 77% (plat achieved)

Airborne Kingdom 100%

Alan Wake 25%

Catharine: Full body 10%

Cities: Skylines 13%

Corpse Party 100%

Cyberpunk 19%

Death’s Door 100%

Deathloop 28%

Hades 33%

Judgement 41%

King’s Bounty 2 10%

Labyrinth Coven of Refrain 36%

Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 2 10%

Moonlighter 26%

Nier Replicant 31%

Persona 5 67%

Rune Factory 4 Special 10%

Tales of Arise 58% > 100%

Tales of Iron 100%

The Messenger 100%

The Riftbreaker 73%

The Witness 91%

Visage 100%

Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars 100%

Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sector 100%

 

Dangnronpa V3 Killing Harmony 30%

MuvLuv Alternate 13%

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove 13%

Spy Chameleon 17%

Tokyo Xandu 21%

 

[ArtisticGeek]

Update #13

Swaps used: 2

El Shaddai has been completed! This one feels special to me since it was one of my older ps3 games other I just didn’t get to till now and good thing since I know for certain younger me would not have had the patience for going for the G ranks. Lol even now chapter 10 was such a pain I’m just so happy to have finally conquered this beast that’s haunted my backlog. One last game to go and this list will be finally finished! 

Completed:

1. Wet- 100% 

2. Battle Princess Arcadia - 100%

3. Asura’s Wrath - 100%

4. Raji an Ancient Epic - 100%

5. Spirit of the North - 100%

6. The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince - 100%

7. Mafia definitive edition - 100%

8. Riddled Corpses Ex -100%
9. Darkwood- 100%
10. Vampire the masquerade shadows of New York- 100%
11. Vampire the masquerade coteries of new York- 100%

12. Among the Sleep - 100%

13. Narcosis- 100%

14. The Coma 2 Vicious sisters- 100%

15. Observer System Redux - 100%

16. Soma - 100%

17. Little Nightmares 2 - 100%

18. The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan- 100%

19. The Sinking City- 100%

20. The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope - 100%

21. Carrion - 100%

22. The Medium- 100%
23. Tormented Souls- 100%

24. Apsulov: End of Gods- 100%

25: Killer is Dead - 100%

26: Witch and the Hundred Knight - 100%

27: Hitman 3 - 100%
28: Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon - 100%
29: Pantsu Hunter back in the 90’s - 100%
30: Balan Wonderworld - 100%
31: Wildfire - 100%
32: El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron - 100%

 

Incomplete: 

Allan Wake Remastered - 0%

[dark_moon689]

10th Update:

 

This is probably my last update for this event, I don't think I will have time to play anything in the next 7 days. I think I did ok, will probably join the spring event next week. As always it was fun to read about everyone's progress.

 

1. (PS4) Judgment 0% - 100%  September 28th

2. (PS3) God of War 11% - December 17st

3. (PS4) Nier Automata 0% - October 29th

4. (PS4) Infamous Second Son 2% - December 1st

5. (PS4) Murdered: Soul Suspect  43% - February 1st

6. (PS4) Yakuza 0  0% - February 1st

7. (PS4) Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments 0% - February 18th

8. (PS3) God of War II 0% - December 17st

9. (PS4) Darkest Dungeon 0% - 80%

 

Games completed: 8/9

Swaps: 3/5

 

- Control 0% -> Yakuza 0

- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor 4% -> Undertale 0%  ->  Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments 0%

[Static_Rook]

Final Update - 2/21/2022

 

Didn't make any more progress on any games on my list, and I don't want to try and binge anything before Elden Ring so I'm gonna go ahead and call it a week early. Ended up at 11 of 31 games complete. I didn't expect to finish all 31, but I was hoping to hit 20 or so. Eleven is still more than I would have completed without taking part in the challenge though so I'm happy with that number regardless. Cleared out some games that were on my backlog for 7+ years as well as a couple big, recent titles. I'm also happy that I managed to finish Freedom Wars before the end of the challenge, too.

 

All in all, another fun event that kept me motivated through some dreary months. I enjoyed reading everyone's updates and I'm looking forward to the Spring challenge. See you there! 

 

 

Final Game List  starting % - final % (leaving it unspoiled since it's the final update)

 

Assassin's Creed II 8% -  11/20/2021
Dark Souls III 4% - 14%
Darksiders 2% (never started)
Dead Space 2 14% (never started)
Demon's Souls (PS3) 2% (never started)
Deus Ex Human Revolution 11% (never started)
Diablo III (PS3) 16% - 20%
Disco Elysium 0% (never started)
Doraemon Story of Seasons 14% (never started)
Drakengard 3 3% - 8% 
Dungeon Encounters 0% -  10/20/2021
Final Fantasy VIII 5% -  11/2/2021
Final Fantasy XIII 5% - 7%
Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn (PS4) 11% - 67%
Freedom Wars 43% -  2/13/2022
Gran Turismo Sport 20% - 51%
Heavy Rain (PS3) 4% -  10/29/2021
Just Cause 2 4% - 25%
Just Cause 4 1% (never started)
Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII 18% (never started)
Nier Automata 0% -  10/4/2021
Pyre 0% -  9/19/2021
Quake Remastered 29% - 62%
Rayman Legends (PS3) 1% - 97%
Resident Evil 7 2% (never started)
SaGa Frontier Remastered 7% (never started)
Strider 1% -  10/1/2021
Unravel 10% -  9/13/2021
Untitled Goose Game 0% -  11/3/2021
XCOM Enemy Unknown(plat only) 3% - 41%
Ys IX Monstrum Nox 10% -  10/28/2021

 

Swaps 5/5 Used
Dead by Daylight            - > Gran Turismo Sport 9/13/2021
Stellaris                           - > Nier Automata 9/27/2021
Curse of the Dead Gods - > Diablo III(PS3) 11/1/2021
Resogun                          - > Untitled Goose Game 11/1/2021
Metal Gear Survive         - > Freedom Wars 11/27/2021

[MidnightDragon]

Down to the last six days of the challenge. Good luck to everyone!