Summer 2022 Backlog Challenge

[MidnightDragon 23,157]

Mission 100%: Summer 2022 Backlog Challenge

 

Special thanks to @damon8r351 @colinmazzini and @ShadowStar83x for their parts in hosting the challenge!

If you're like me, you've got an insanely large backlog and have no good reason you keep putting it off and watching it grow. Why not do something about it? Like previous backlog challenges, this event is a challenge to the community to select between 5 and 25 games from your backlog and complete them to 100% starting 00:01 AM EST June 1 and ending at 23:59 US EST on August 31. If you complete the maximum of 25 before the end of the challenge, you can add up to 15 more games for a total of 40.

Now, here are the details and rules. 

• Event Philosophy: This is a firm commitment to complete the games you say you will within the time limit, so choose games you know you can finish, and select a manageable number. The minimum for the event is 5 games, and the maximum is 25. If you finish 25 games, you can add up to 10 more. You can change your games as much as you want until 23:59 EST on May 31. After the event begins, you can make up to three swaps. If you think there's a good reason to drop a game entirely without swapping (like your console broke or the game got damaged beyond repair), message me. If you want to add more games to your list or want to continue after finishing your list, you can add games to your list up to the maximum. Existing DLC counts in the challenge, but any DLC released during the challenge doesn’t have to be completed, but feel free to do so if you wish.
• Eligible Games: Any game with trophies are eligible for the event, with a few exceptions. One game can have a completion percentage of up to 50%, but the rest must be 33% or under. Unreleased games are fine as long as they're released and you buy them within the challenge's timeframe. If it gets delayed outside the challenge window, you can swap it and it not count against the three swaps. Standalone DLC (like Uncharted: The Lost Legacy) is acceptable as long as it's not part of another trophy list. If it is (Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare for example), you have to also complete the other trophies. You can also do a game where 100% is unobtainable if you feel strongly about it, but you must complete all obtainable trophies. Individual episodes of a game that has separate trophy lists, such as in early Telltale games or Broken Sword on the Vita, count as a single game; therefore, Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse counts as 1 game, not 5. For this event, you may complete a game you have previously done for a different platform or region before the start of this event, but you may not do the same game multiple times during this event. Cross-saving a game for an easy completion will also be ineligible. This includes autopopping a cross gen game on PS5. If you want it on both, you have to do it legit.
• Eligible Participants: Anyone is eligible to participate, provided you are serious about completing the games you say will. However, if you have flagged games on your PSNProfile, you are banned from participating unless you hide the games, get unflagged, or use a different profile. No cheating! You will be added to the list with your PSN name rather than PSNP, so if you change your PSN ID, please let me know so I can update you on the list. I will update the participants at least once a day, but if I miss you, @ me or send me a message and I'll add you ASAP.

 

Participation List

 

Hurricane_Tanya

Static_Rook

Ayoama

DFuzed

Fanatixa1

neospoon

StilRh

papert0wng1rl

TalesofGaming

gruffiiti

Kishnabe

kingofbattle8174

Mr-ttaM

Heather342

ConAir

reaperveteran86

Crispy_Oglop

KazaneHime

DoctorCompletion

ZachtheProdigy-

SicilianDragon92

DizzyDavidson

SasquatchSaul

PeachyJacobs

ArtisticGeek

Vulpine9Tails

Yuna4353

mking_63

freddie1989

The_Head_Crusher

Zvetiki

Thirsty_Otter

JDubLuvzTrophies

KimBongUn420

xItsLesterx

DarlingBaphomet

MidnightDragonDX

ferginator88

happyrabbit0053

RomanPeirs

JellySoupForever

XMichaelSithX_

uMaDTeaTowel

GraniteSnake

beerwegor

crharvick

XxViPeRsXx

ViioZero

Yunakia221

Jon22264

Edited June 13 by MidnightDragon

[Heather342 1,579]

Count me in again 😁 I have 4 of my 5 games identified, will post a list once I've got the last game figured out

[kingofbattle8174 1,999]

I am in: 5 games to start

 

A Plague Tale: 31%
 

Marvel Spiderman: 22%

RPGolf Legends: 16%
 

Life is Strange: 0% my mental health  event game

 

Amnesia: Memories: 15%

 

Edited May 1 by kingofbattle8174

[ConAir 772]

I want to continue the journey through my backlog. I'm thinking of games for short bursts and Rayman Legends on PS4. After the Spring Challenge has ended, I will drop my list of 5 games where I will start with. 

[Hurricane_Tanya 375]

I’ll sign up again, I’m thinking that at least one of my Spring games will need to be moved to Summer, but I still have a tentative list of games ready

- Sly 3 - 38%
- SpongeBob SquarePants BfBB - 13%
- inFamous Second Son - 1%
- Shadow Warrior 3 - 0%
- Islanders - 0%

[MidnightDragon 23,157]

15 minutes ago, Hurricane_Tanya said:

I’ll sign up again, I’m thinking that at least one of my Spring games will need to be moved to Summer, but I still have a tentative list of games ready

- Sly 3 - 38%
- SpongeBob SquarePants BfBB - 13%
- inFamous Second Son - 1%
- Shadow Warrior 3 - 0%
- Islanders - 0%

Added. The rest will be once I see lists. It just simplifies things.

[Static_Rook 2,051]

Count me in again. Trying to actually stick with just 5 games to start this time by using some harder games. A few of these are also on my lists for other challenges. That should be enough motivation for me to actually get them done. That's what I'm hoping for, anyway. See you in June! (or when I add another 10 games to my list at the last second.)

 

Games -

Anthem 23%
Croixleur Sigma 38%
Darkest Dungeon 12%
Devil May Cry 5 5%
Pixeljunk Shooter Ultimate 1%

[DFuzed 1,528]

Adding my hat into this

 

Current list (pending changes):

 

Lego Star Wars 3

Maneater

Persona 4

Life is Strange: BTS Remastered

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning

Slay the Spire

Watch Dogs 2

Chrono Cross

Gaps (PS4)

Sakura Succubus (PS4)

Sakura Succubus 2 (PS4)

Edited May 7 by DFuzed

[RoastedPeanut 1,438]

Oh yes I'm in! I've got uni starting up again soon so I won't go with a huge list to begin with, but I'll add on from time to time when I know I've got a bit more time. For now I'll go with 5 PS3 games.

 

1. Mirror's Edge - 28% (21/51)

2. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow  - 5% (5/54)
3. Darksiders - 0% (0/43)

4. Sly Cooper and the Thievus Raccoonus - 0% (0/36)

5. Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus - 0% (0/23)

 

Swaps Used: 0/3

Games Completed: 0/5

Trophies Obtained: 26/207

[MidnightDragon 23,157]

7 hours ago, Static_Rook said:

Count me in again. Trying to actually stick with just 5 games to start this time by using some harder games. A few of these are also on my lists for other challenges. That should be enough motivation for me to actually get them done. That's what I'm hoping for, anyway. See you in June! (or when I add another 10 games to my list at the last second.)

 

Games -

Anthem 23%
Croixleur Sigma 38%
Darkest Dungeon 12%
Devil May Cry 5 5%
Pixeljunk Shooter Ultimate 1%

 

2 hours ago, RoastedPeanut said:

Oh yes I'm in! I've got uni starting up again soon so I won't go with a huge list to begin with, but I'll add on from time to time when I know I've got a bit more time. For now I'll go with 5 PS3 games.

 

1. Mirror's Edge - 28% (21/51)

2. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow  - 5% (5/54)
3. Darksiders - 0% (0/43)

4. Sly Cooper and the Thievus Raccoonus - 0% (0/36)

5. Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus - 0% (0/23)

 

Swaps Used: 0/3

Games Completed: 0/5

Trophies Obtained: 26/207

Added.

 

2 hours ago, DFuzed said:

Adding my hat into this

 

Current list (pending changes):

 

Lego Star Wars 3

Maneater

Persona 4

Life is Strange: BTS Remastered

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning

Slay the Spire

Watch Dogs 2

Chrono Cross

Gaps (PS4)

Gaps (PS5)

Sakura Succubus (PS4)

Sakura Succubus (PS5)

if you read the rules, you can only do one stack of a game per challenge, so you can do Gaps and Sakura Succubus on PS4 or PS5, but not both. I'll still add you, but be sure to fix that. The rest is fine.

Edited May 2 by MidnightDragon

[Mr-ttaM 281]

Count me in for this too! Here's the short list; gonna start smol and add to it, unlike last time which was big overwhelming list 😅

This is bound to change before June but will come back and edit ahead of then!

1. Odin Sphere Leifthrasir (35%, 25 / 48)
2. SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (1%, 1 / 33)
3. Steins;Gate 0 (1%, 1 / 28)
4. 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (1%, 1 / 56)
5. Spiderman: Miles Morales (0%, 0 / 50)

[redlightning610 0]

can i join and how do i post  on backlog challenges 

[MidnightDragon 23,157]

20 minutes ago, redlightning610 said:

can i join and how do i post  on backlog challenges 

Read the rules on the first post and submit your list. As long as it follows the rules, I'll add you. If not, I'll say what needs to be fixed. 

[Fanatixa1 1,277]

Hi everyone, 

 

I’d like to sign up again! Here’s my list. 
 

Elden ring - 0%

Cook, serve, delicious 2 - 27%

Evil Genius 2 - 4%

Lego: Harry Potter years 1-4 - 0%

Cuphead - 17%

Edited May 24 by Fanatixa1
Changed the list

[neospoon 934]

I'm in again!

This is my list (for now) 

 

- Metro Last Light (PS3) - 4%

- God of War (PS3) - 17%

- Splinter Cell Blacklist (PS3) - 41%

- The Last of Us II (PS4) - 2%

- Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor (PS4) - 6%

- Ace Combat 7 (PS4) - 28%

 

Edited May 24 by neospoon

[Crispy_Oglop 5,110]

I'm absolutely in! I'll figure out my list nearer the start of the event.

[StilRh 2,540]

My provisional list:

Control: Ultimate Edition 0%

Disco Elysium 4%

Genesis Alpha One 13%

Legend of Heroes: Cold Steel 3 0%

Outer Wilds 0%

Returnal 16%

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 17%

Shadow Tactics 48%

Southpark: Stick of Truth 0%

Thea: The Awakening 24%

Spoiler

So, only 1 new game (Cold Steel 3) with some others on 0% that were gifted or part of subscription service.

-I already have the Control PS4 plat but I loved the SCP setting and so can't wait to revisit this with DLC and PS5 performance

-Disco Elysium, considering I've only played 5 hours or so of this rather interesting detective RPG. I think I put it down due a bug with a collectable not being accessible, hope it's fixed now.

-Genesis Alpha One is my guilty pleasure of the list. This game is pretty campy with sci-fi tropes and I like the explore-build-defend gameplay loop.

-Cold Steel 3. Loving the other games in this series. 3 had astonishing reviews when it came out. If I have a good guide this will be golden.

-Outer Wilds. Heard nothing but good things about this. I have on PS Now so should give it a go

-Returnal - playing through other bullet hells and  roguelikes lately has made me want to come back to this very beautiful game. I'll look at the new content. I hope they've added a save feature I was having to spend hours on each run before (skipping to the later chapters was a bit sketchy as I didn't have all the upgrades I wanted)

-Sekiro - a 'hard' game for me to throw myself against. This may not be possible

-Shadow Tactics. Awesome game, I put this down when the plot became unbearably sad, having platinumed Desperados semi-recently, this is a game I think about returning to alot. I'd have to do the special objectives and play on the hard modes but I think I can do this,.

-Southpark - Heard good things about this. I got it free with Fractured But Whole, never played it before.

-Thea. This has been on my challenge list before. I usually will go very deep into a campaign and get bored and then quit. This time I'll probably choose to surrender so at least my score counts towards leveling up the different Gods and I can play a different clan on a fresh map to maintain some freshness.

 

[damcrac5 891]

Signing up knowing that I likely won't be able to post the entire event.  Will update list when we get closer to the end of the month as I'm currently in the on-going backlog challenge!

[papert0wng1rl 502]

I'm signing up again, of course! I'll start small, as usual, and add to it as I go. Three months is a pretty short amount of time, and I am hoping to finally get a few extra long games off my backlog.

1. Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2. Resident Evil 2 
3. L.A. Noire
4. El Hijo: A Wild West Tale
5. Wolfenstein: The New Order

[TalesofGaming 2,511]

I'll be signing up again! This event really keeps me focused on my backlog. 😀

 

1. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch - 2%

2. LEGO Harry Potter Collection: Years 1-4 - 0%

3. LEGO Harry Potter Collection: Years 5-7 - 0%

4. Maneater - 0%

5. SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated - 0%

 

I may change some of these games depending on my progress with the Spring Backlog challenge. 😂

[MidnightDragon 23,157]

10 hours ago, Fanatixa1 said:

Hi everyone, 

 

I’d like to sign up again! Here’s my list. 
 

Elden ring - 0%

Cook, serve, delicious 2 - 27%

Oceanhorn: Monster of uncharted sea - 37%

Lego: Harry Potter years 1-4 - 0%

Jurassic World Evolution - 18%

 

9 hours ago, neospoon said:

I'm in again!

This is my list (for now) 

 

- Metro Last Light (PS3) - 4%

- Resident Evil 5 (PS3) - 9%

- God of War (PS3) - 17%

- Splinter Cell Blacklist (PS3) - 41%

- The Last of Us II (PS4) - 2%

- OlliOlli2 (PS4) - 32%

 

5 hours ago, StilRh said:

My provisional list:

Control: Ultimate Edition 0%

Disco Elysium 4%

Genesis Alpha One 13%

Legend of Heroes: Cold Steel 3 0%

Outer Wilds 0%

Returnal 16%

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 17%

Shadow Tactics 48%

Southpark: Stick of Truth 0%

Thea: The Awakening 24%

  Reveal hidden contents

So, only 1 new game (Cold Steel 3) with some others on 0% that were gifted or part of subscription service.

-I already have the Control PS4 plat but I loved the SCP setting and so can't wait to revisit this with DLC and PS5 performance

-Disco Elysium, considering I've only played 5 hours or so of this rather interesting detective RPG. I think I put it down due a bug with a collectable not being accessible, hope it's fixed now.

-Genesis Alpha One is my guilty pleasure of the list. This game is pretty campy with sci-fi tropes and I like the explore-build-defend gameplay loop.

-Cold Steel 3. Loving the other games in this series. 3 had astonishing reviews when it came out. If I have a good guide this will be golden.

-Outer Wilds. Heard nothing but good things about this. I have on PS Now so should give it a go

-Returnal - playing through other bullet hells and  roguelikes lately has made me want to come back to this very beautiful game. I'll look at the new content. I hope they've added a save feature I was having to spend hours on each run before (skipping to the later chapters was a bit sketchy as I didn't have all the upgrades I wanted)

-Sekiro - a 'hard' game for me to throw myself against. This may not be possible

-Shadow Tactics. Awesome game, I put this down when the plot became unbearably sad, having platinumed Desperados semi-recently, this is a game I think about returning to alot. I'd have to do the special objectives and play on the hard modes but I think I can do this,.

-Southpark - Heard good things about this. I got it free with Fractured But Whole, never played it before.

-Thea. This has been on my challenge list before. I usually will go very deep into a campaign and get bored and then quit. This time I'll probably choose to surrender so at least my score counts towards leveling up the different Gods and I can play a different clan on a fresh map to maintain some freshness.

 

 

37 minutes ago, papert0wng1rl said:

I'm signing up again, of course! I'll start small, as usual, and add to it as I go. Three months is a pretty short amount of time, and I am hoping to finally get a few extra long games off my backlog.

1. Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2. Resident Evil 2 
3. L.A. Noire
4. El Hijo: A Wild West Tale
5. Wolfenstein: The New Order

 

5 minutes ago, TalesofGaming said:

I'll be signing up again! This event really keeps me focused on my backlog. 😀

 

1. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch - 2%

2. LEGO Harry Potter Collection: Years 1-4 - 0%

3. LEGO Harry Potter Collection: Years 5-7 - 0%

4. Maneater - 0%

5. SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated - 0%

 

I may change some of these games depending on my progress with the Spring Backlog challenge. 😂

Added

[gruffiiti 2,214]

Here is my list for the summer. Of the 5 I picked 3 are already on the backlog with just a few trophies popped. Will be nice to get these up to 100%.

 

• Everybody's Golf - 0%
• South Park: The Fractured But Whole - 1%
• Assassin's Creed : Origins - 2%
• Death's Door - 0%
• Jurassic World Evolution - 5%

 

Edited May 2 by gruffiiti

[MidnightDragon 23,157]

24 minutes ago, gruffiiti said:

Here is my list for the summer. Of the 5 I picked 3 are already on the backlog with just a few trophies popped. Will be nice to get these up to 100%.

 

• Everybody's Golf
• South Park: The Fractured But Whole
• Assassin's Creed : Origins
• Death's Door
• Jurassic World Evolution

 

Added, but would be nice to see the completions of what you've done already.

[gruffiiti 2,214]

15 minutes ago, MidnightDragon said:

Added, but would be nice to see the completions of what you've done already.

 

Good thinking. I completely missed adding that. I have edited my post above now.

[Kishnabe 4,065]

Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth 20%   Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales 0%   Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy 0%   Gravity Rush Remastered 1%   Gravity Rush 2 0%     0/3 Swaps

Edited June 1 by Kishnabe