Bingo Bonanza 2023[ENDED]

[MICSAM89]

Third update for 2023 with all the progress I made in March.

 

Two games completed this month still spending most of my time playing Hogwarts Legacy. 

 

B1: That you’ve been meaning to get to  –  Untitled Goose Game

Id been wanting to play this ever since it came out, but always got pushed aside for other things then it’s gets added to PSPlus at the perfect time. 

Now my every dream of being a lovable jerk goose has been fulfilled.  It is definitely worth a play if you enjoy puzzle games.  

 

G1: Ultra Rare Platinum  –  Hogwarts Legacy

Surprisingly it was everything I wanted out of a game set at Hogwarts, some quidditch would have been nice though.

 

[DrBloodmoney]

Another entry down!

 

 

 

 

Game: Airoheart

Box: "Anthropomorphised Animals"

 

A kickstarted Indie, designed to be a tribute to SNES era Nintendo RPGs (specifically, and unashamedly aping A Link to the Past).

 

It's pretty good - fun, has some good chip-tune music, and definitely evokes A Link to the Past in it's good moments... but it does have some issues - like hit boxing being a bit of an issue, the map being a bit of a chore to navigate at times, and it generally just feeling a little too "the-same... but-different!"

 

Not to mention a pretty ridiculous trophy glitching issue, that resulted in having to do an entire new playthrough to unlock one trophy that I already did...

 

Still though - on the bright side, this is a pretty well made (for a very small team), fun, loving tribute to a bonafide classic - and aside from some frustrations, was a genuine pleasure to play - hitting a lot of real nougat-soft nostalgia beats for me! 

 

 

 

This one didn't seem to fit many of the boxes I have left - I actually thought this was going to need to blow my "Player Choice" wad...

...but then I remembered ? ? ?

 

that all the special Gems in the game are received from the original "anthropomorphised Animals"...

...they are all received from encounters with Fauns!

 

If mythological half-men-half-goats aren't clearly "anthropomorphised animals," then I don't know what is! ?

Edited April 13, 2023 by DrBloodmoney

[ExHaseo]

 

 

Bingo #3 Let's gooooooooooooo

 

I1 - That Gives You the Feels - Yakuza Kiwami - I totally understand why this series has such a great reputation now. It's pretty difficult to get me to feel things from any kind of media, but especially games. Since I tend to analyze them as I'm playing and have played so many that it's pretty hard to really pull me in. Since I see everything coming and know how things progress long before they do. This game had a roller coaster of a story that was just fantastic though. I don't want to give anything away about the story, but I highly recommend going in as blind as possible. One of my favorite things about this game was that not only does it have an incredible story, but it also never forgets that it's a game. Most games are either one or the other. You either get a big cinematic story with pretty bland gameplay that you put up with to get to the next story section, or you get something gameplay focused without much focus on story. Or at the very least, the gamey nature pulls away from the story and creates a bit of disconnect. This somehow blended both perfectly. I need to figure out how they did this. Anyway, it was fantastic. I'm not sure if I'll play other games in the series though. The first time I tried Yakuza was Yakuza 4, and it wasn't bad, but jumping into a game on it's 4th entry with multiple characters made it difficult to get into. And honestly, I don't really want to ruin the experience of this game due to what I like to call "Stranger Things" syndrome. Basically, a series continuing, even though it would have had a way bigger impact and been way better if left alone. With each subsequent game/season/whatever slowly degrading and making the initial experience worse because of it. We'll see though. I may play 0 to get the full backstory of this first game.

 

N1 - Has No Platinum Trophy - Hiveswap Act 2 - This is a steam game, so it does not have a platinum trophy. If it needs to be checked, my name on steam is also ExHaseo.
Ironically, this game was actually one I started for the "That Gives You the Feels" square. I actually backed this project on kickstarter like 10 years ago. While I've grown pretty detached from Homestuck because the fanbase at conventions completely ruined it for me, I enjoyed it for a long time. In large part because I really connected with someone because of it. We were weirdly close for years. In a way I had never had before or since. But we got into an argument and ended up never talking again. That was about 10 years ago now. Anyway, last I had heard, Act 2 was supposed to be the end of the game. I thought it would be the last piece of Homestuck media made, since the series ended a while ago and I had heard it's creator wanted to do something else. I thought that no matter what happened in the game, I thought that losing that last piece of connection to that person would make me emotional. I actually put off playing this for a long time because of that. But it turns out there's now apparently 4 parts planned. Even though it's taken them 10 years to release 2 parts. Which is already pretty ridiculous, since they're fairly basic point and click adventure games that are only 3-4 hours long. It's also a pretty basic art style, limited amounts of animation, and no voice acting or anything, so there's not really a whole lot of work that needs to be done here. It legitimately makes no sense why it's taking so long. People make games like this in a matter of months all the time. But anyway, it ended up just ending on a cliffhanger. The game itself also isn't that good. It's okay, but it doesn't do anything new or particularly interesting with the genre. So, I threw it into this slot instead. Because of the ending and being an overall underwhelming game, it did not give me feels. Unless you count mild annoyance and disappointment that I've been waiting 10 years for a game I don't really care about anymore that's set to take another 7-8 years to actually finish. That disappointment did officially kill that last bit of connection I had with the series though, and without getting emotional. So that's nice. I guess?

 

Been playing Legend of Dragoon, and was hoping to add that one in too, but that game is crazy long. I just finished the first of four parts and it took at long as these two games combined. And while I am enjoying it, it's a bit rough to play sometimes because of the lack of direction and load times. I usually can't play it for too long at a time before I just get annoyed at how slow everything is.
I'm also about to start playing through all 3 Xenosaga games so I can sell them if I need to, so it'll likely be a while before I finish anything else for the event. Especially since we're entering final projects and I wont be playing too many games at all for the next month. Starting this summer, it's going to be pretty intense at school too, so I'll likely have less time overall until the end of the year. I have a full school schedule in the summer and those classes are always more intense. Plus I'm taking more than full time hours in the fall. On top of that, I'm doing multiple independent studies and I have to work on my portfolio since none of my classwork has been good enough and I'll need to start applying for jobs. Since I'm graduating after the Fall semester. Still hoping for that blackout though!

[Wurstmann69]

My progress so far:

 

[AgentPenguin08]

Frightening/Horror - Demon's Souls

 

My first Soulsbourne game finished! I really enjoyed my time with this game and want to try out the other Souls games in the future! I think this games giant flesh balls and human centipede creatures count towards the "Frightening/Horror" theme lol.

 

[BeesTrophies]

This is so cool! Count me in  

Heres my BINGO card. Good luck everyone

[Charizarzar]

Also late to the party but sounds fun, will give this a go too!

 

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Alright, I have a bit of an action plan now, mostly from scouring through the old backlog. I've left the vaguer ones blank for the time being so I can fit in things I really like the look of, and as I have some guide-writing plans this year some things may be replaced to fit in with that. Few notes:

 

• I finished Riders Republic this year but before joining up to this so I'm not sure if that one is allowed. No worries if not though, I'm not against finding a different one to do.
• Tokyo Jungle just about counts as a non-human sidekick game, I think... I believe you have other animals helping you out on your road to survival. Will be glad to get this off my backlog finally.
• I probably could be more adventurous with the punctuation one as a title with a colon isn't exactly unusual. Been meaning to get Peace Walker started for a while now but I don't know if I'm in the mood to start another grindy game this year, so I'll have to see how I feel about that one.
• After reading about the buggy trophies for UNO I may swap it with Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier.

Edited April 25, 2023 by Charizarzar

[Finch_III]

On 31/03/2023 at 10:30 PM, Finch_III said:

My third monthly update. Managing to maintain a schedule of three games a month so far! New games added below. 

 

 

O5 - My platform exclusive choice was Horizon Forbidden West. Really enjoyed this. I haven't played a lot of AAA open-world games in recent years, and much preferred this to the original. It was unfortunate it released at the same time as Elden Ring really – that was always going to be a tough one to compete with. But I enjoyed this more than Ghosts of Tsushima, which I also played recently and thought was hugely over-rated. As for HFW, I thought the graphics were great, the main quest and stories were reasonably interesting, and a decent amount of exploration and points of interest. 

 

 

 

Hmmn, having re-read the original post, I think my 'platform exclusive' won't count. I assumed it meant exclusive to, say, PlayStation (not on Steam, X-Box etc), but it seems that it's specific to a gaming system. HFW was released on both PS4 and PS5, so I'm guessing it doesn't count? 

 

It's no biggie if it doesn't, as I can slot it in elsewhere (female protagonist). 

 

 

Edited April 21, 2023 by Finch_III

[Sir_Bee]

It has been a while since I have made an update here, but I have finally caught up to Mrs Bee :).  Her card doesn't really apply to this competition, as I gave her a handicap in our little competition.  If she gets a platinum trophy, she can fill a second square of her choice.

 

Oh, and that would mean she has 1 bingo, and I just got my second.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

Here is her card:

 

Edited April 21, 2023 by Sir_Bee

[Taruta13]

Would the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters be considered a reboot? I'd love to put either that or the Megaman Battle Network legacy collections in this card but they have no spot for them.

[Vivamp]

 

B1:  OMNO ☑️
B2: Doki-Doki Literature Club
B3: Disney Dreamlight Valley
B4: DayZ
B5: Stories: The Path Of Destinies
I1: Need For Speed: Unbound

I2: Meet Your Maker ☑️
I3: Blizzard Arcade Collection
I4: Saints Row (2022)

I5: Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
N1: Ape Escape
N2:  Opus Castle ☑️
N3: Final Fantasy IX
N4: Salamander County Public Television ☑️

N5: The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

G1: Gabbuchi ☑️

G2: Goat Simulator 3 ☑️

G3: Pinball Heroes ☑️

G4: Inside ☑️

G5: The Sexy Brutale ☑️
O1:

O2: Cyberpunk 2077 ☑️

O3: Lego Bricktales

O4: Puzzletronics: Digital Infinite ☑️

O5: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022)

Another two games slotted into the board, Salamander County Public Television, and Meet Your Maker

I'm a sucker for quirky games so despite it bordering shovel-ware territory, I had a lot of fun with Salamander, it's just a collection of very odd minigames, closest thing I can think of would be warioware-type gameplay
Grabbed meet your maker from ps plus of course and absolutely love it, going to still be playing this one despite the platinum, so satisfying creating a level that gets people stumped 

[MD_91]

3 more boxes done, Goosebumps: The Game for Frightening/Horror, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate for Metroidvania or Rogue-like and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy for Adventure

 

 

Player Operated Vehicles - Team Sonic Racing

By an Independent Developer - Journey of the Broken Circle

Non Violent - Golf Club: Wasteland

Play as an Antihero or Bad Guy - I Am Bread

Developed In A Foreign Country - Catherine: Full Body

One Word Title - Superhot

Has No Humans - Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime

Redeemed from PS Plus - Ark: Survival Evolved

That You Can Beat In One Sitting - My Name Is Mayo 3

[DrBloodmoney]

Another entry down!

 

 

 

 

Game: Two Point Campus

Box: "Aliens or Robots"

 

A decent, if slightly too streamlined campus management sim, in the old Bullfrog "Theme-Park / Theme-Hospital" model.

 

Pretty charming, nicely set up, and fairly funny in an incredibly British-y way - it does suffer a bit from a lack of depth in the actual simulation, but makes up for it (to some extent) by just being silly and fun, and pretty fast-paced as management sims go.

 

 

Was rather pleased when I got to the DLC for the game, and found myself on an asteroid, creating a university for aliens... as it opened up a box for me to use on this Bingo card...

 

...as can be seen in this screenshot, of a bunch of lazy-bastard alien students half-sleeping in the expensive lecture hall they demanded! 

 

 

[DoctorDrPepper]

Finally got my first Bingo line and over the half way mark to the full blackout.

 

 

B

That everyone has played - 

Redeemed from PS Plus - 

Sci-Fi or Fantasy - Hogwarts Legacy

Inner Weeb - Dragonball Z: Kakarot

Series new to you - 

 

I

In one sitting - Totally Normal Journey

You play an anti-Hero or villain - Persona 5 Royal

Retro-Rerelease - Loco Roco Midnight Carnival

Adventure - 

Peripheral-Based - Horizon: Call of the Mountain (PSVR2)

 

N

Bullet Hell - Void Gore

Historical Fiction or Mythology - 

Player's Choice - Party Bingo

Co-op - Minecraft Dungeons
From last year - The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe

 

G

2023 release - 

Foreign developed - Resident Evil 4 Remake

I think i'll dislike - Forspoken (ended up liking it BTW)

Non-violent -

Starts with D -

 

O

Spawned an expanded universe - Job Simulator

Cult Favorite - Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

Choices or multiple endings - Elden Ring

Meaning to get to - 

Released in December - Final Fantasy I (original release December 1987)

[Hitman_Spinksy1]

 

 

Spoiler

 

B1 = Has Snacks ( Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX) The goal is a burger and you can choose what snack it is. 

B2 = Featuring a romance or romance options

B3 = Released the year you joined PSNP 

B4 = Retro Re-release (Originally w/o trophies) Crash Bandicoot 

B5 = Strategy, Simulation or Management 

I1 = Ultra Rare Platinum (Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time)

I2 = Sci-Fi or Fantasy Theme (South Park: Stick of Truth) 

I3 = Starts with the first letter of your PSNID 

I4 = HYPE! (Assassin's Creed Origins)

I5 = Has no platinum trophy (inFamous: Festival of Blood)

N1 = Frightening/Horror (Metro Exodus) 

N2 = With minigames in it (Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy)

N3 = Player's choice

N4 = Recommended by a psnp member (Mortal Kombat X) 

N5 = Play as an antihero or bad guy

G1 = That you can beat in one sitting (Cat Quest)

G2 = Favourite Genre (Final Fantasy XIII)

G3 = With a female protagonist (inFamous First Light) 

G4 = Redeemed from PS Plus (Assassin's Creed II)

G5 = With gorgeous vistas (Immortals Fenyx Rising)

O1 = In a series new to you 

O2 = Developed in a foreign country (A Plague Tale: Innocence) 

O3 = Originally released in 2023 

O4 = Non-Violent (Lost words: Beyond The Page) 

O5 = One word title

 

 

Finally done another one with Crash 4 as my Ultra Rare Platinum 

[ExHaseo]

I lied. I'm back.

 

 

That's Bingo #4, not that it matters anymore lel.

 

B3 - Developed in a Foreign Country - Mega Man 11 - I didn't have anywhere else to put this, so it's going here. Since I live in the US and it was made in Japan. My PS2 is having issues (the power cord seems to be going out, it randomly turns itself off), so I started going through my PS4 games to see what I could sell and what games I needed to beat before I could sell. This is one of the few games I need to beat before I can sell it. I legitimately forgot I had this game before I started going through everything. It had a generic case, and I keep those separate from my complete games, so I tend to forget about these a lot.

Anyway, with this I have one again beaten every Mega Man game. Classic Mega Man at least. I still need to beat the Star Force games, Battle Network 4-5-6, X7, and Xtreme 1 to have beaten all of them. At least of the localized games anyway. I'm sure there's some Japanese only games I have no idea even exist. Anyway, this sure was a Mega Man game. It was alright in the grand scheme of Mega Man games. I'd throw it somewhere in the middle. My favorite is still Mega Man 3 closely followed by Mega Man and Bass. The double gear system was neat, but I didn't think it added all that much. I also thought it was really weird that there was no mid-game level. But yeah, it was a classic Mega Man game. If you like classic Mega Man, you'll like this. I've always liked the X series way more, as it did everything the classic series did, but better and with more stuff. So it's kind of a bummer they keep reviving the classic series rather than the X series. Or even just adding the X series changes into the newer games. I really think these revivals would do so much better if they did.

 

I could use a recommendation for my recommended square, if anyone has any recommendations for me. Preferably an incomplete game on my list, if anyone has time to look through it. In the meantime, I'll work on the couple of games I need to beat so I can sell. And hopefully they'll fit somewhere in here lol.

[Biscoito18]

29 minutes ago, ExHaseo said:

I could use a recommendation for my recommended square, if anyone has any recommendations for me. Preferably an incomplete game on my list, if anyone has time to look through it. In the meantime, I'll work on the couple of games I need to beat so I can sell. And hopefully they'll fit somewhere in here lol.

 

Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition seems a good choice. The main story isn't that long and it's my favorite of the Survivor Trilogy.

[Finch_III]

8 hours ago, ExHaseo said:

I could use a recommendation for my recommended square, if anyone has any recommendations for me. Preferably an incomplete game on my list, if anyone has time to look through it. In the meantime, I'll work on the couple of games I need to beat so I can sell. And hopefully they'll fit somewhere in here lol.

 

Depends on how much time you'd like to invest. If you're looking for something quick and easy, I'd probably go for Stray, which is mostly done and a pretty easy game to wipe off your list! 

[DrBloodmoney]

9 hours ago, ExHaseo said:

I could use a recommendation for my recommended square, if anyone has any recommendations for me. Preferably an incomplete game on my list, if anyone has time to look through it.

 

I cannot even begin to describe the length, width and total tonnage of how much I recommend Outer Wilds, which you have on your list, but without any trophies yet...

 

...an amazing game from start to finish!

[Charizarzar]

9 hours ago, ExHaseo said:

I lied. I'm back.

 

 

That's Bingo #4, not that it matters anymore lel.

 

B3 - Developed in a Foreign Country - Mega Man 11 - I didn't have anywhere else to put this, so it's going here. Since I live in the US and it was made in Japan. My PS2 is having issues (the power cord seems to be going out, it randomly turns itself off), so I started going through my PS4 games to see what I could sell and what games I needed to beat before I could sell. This is one of the few games I need to beat before I can sell it. I legitimately forgot I had this game before I started going through everything. It had a generic case, and I keep those separate from my complete games, so I tend to forget about these a lot.

Anyway, with this I have one again beaten every Mega Man game. Classic Mega Man at least. I still need to beat the Star Force games, Battle Network 4-5-6, X7, and Xtreme 1 to have beaten all of them. At least of the localized games anyway. I'm sure there's some Japanese only games I have no idea even exist. Anyway, this sure was a Mega Man game. It was alright in the grand scheme of Mega Man games. I'd throw it somewhere in the middle. My favorite is still Mega Man 3 closely followed by Mega Man and Bass. The double gear system was neat, but I didn't think it added all that much. I also thought it was really weird that there was no mid-game level. But yeah, it was a classic Mega Man game. If you like classic Mega Man, you'll like this. I've always liked the X series way more, as it did everything the classic series did, but better and with more stuff. So it's kind of a bummer they keep reviving the classic series rather than the X series. Or even just adding the X series changes into the newer games. I really think these revivals would do so much better if they did.

 

I could use a recommendation for my recommended square, if anyone has any recommendations for me. Preferably an incomplete game on my list, if anyone has time to look through it. In the meantime, I'll work on the couple of games I need to beat so I can sell. And hopefully they'll fit somewhere in here lol.

 

For something quick (although it may not feel that way, lol) I'd say Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. I personally love it but it's definitely not for everyone. Seems like you still play on your PS3 so I'd also say Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon for something a bit meatier but still short.

 

But there are good recommendations above too (it's a good thing this event is only about finishing the story though, because the grind for that Tomb Raider plat is horrible).

[Finch_III]

A quick question for @Squirlruler on the 'Platform exclusive' tab. Would Returnal count? Given that it was originally a PS5 exclusive, but has since been released on Steam a couple of years later? I'm not really fussed either way, as I've got other options – and I appreciate this is all just a bit of fun! – but I thought I'd check haha. 

 

Otherwise, I think I'll just get the Horizon Forbidden West DLC, as I recently completed the main game, and the DLC has only been released on PS5. 

[Finch_III]

My April update: 

 

 

B1 – Released in your birthday month. Goddamn, this proved to be trickier than I thought. It seems October is Call of Duty month, and not much else. So, after scrawling through cheap games I'd bought in my back catalogue, I found Neversong, which is advertised as a 'psychological action adventure'. In reality, it's more of a platformer in the mould of Limbo. It was a pretty short and sweet game, with some interesting themes. Completing it was relatively easy (3-4 hours), but the platinum is a bastard, as you have to do a one-hour speed run, a no-hits run and a no deaths run. Still working on the platinum... but for the purposes of the Bingo Challenge, I've completed it. 

B3 – Releasing your inner weeb. Not too hard for me this, as I watch a decent amount of anime and enjoy JRPGs. I chose Scarlet Nexus, and if I'm honest, I was pretty disappointed. There was loads I didn't really like about it – the characters were very generic; the combat was satisfying at first, but quickly became repetitive due to a lack of variety in enemies; and the side quests were some of the worst I've seen in a modern game. The plot was pretty convoluted too, and the bond episodes felt a bit forced/cringe-y. I know a lot of people loved it though, so I must be missing something! Ultimately, I was pretty eager to get it finished and off my backlog. I pretty much skipped all the dialogue and cut scenes in my second playthrough. 

B4 – Sci-Fi or fantasy themes. I chose Armello for this, a game that I've been putting off playing for a long time because it has a couple of really difficult trophies. This is a tabletop/card fantasy game, with anthropomorphic animals (shame I didn't have that bingo square!). Each game is only 20 or so minutes long, so it was tough to decide what counted as 'completion'. Ultimately, there are trophies linked to multiple victory types, and a trophy for winning a game with certain characters – so I counted it as finished after I'd done all those (70% trophy completion). It's a really fun little game, although it's going to be a chore getting the remaining trophies for other challenges I'm doing this year. It's an Ultra Rare platinum though, so there's that. 

 

I'm still short of my first Bingo line because I removed Horizon Forbidden West from my 'platform exclusive' tile, as it's not technically exclusive to PS5. Maybe next month... 

Edited May 1, 2023 by Finch_III

[Squirlruler]

55 minutes ago, Finch_III said:

A quick question for @Squirlruler on the 'Platform exclusive' tab. Would Returnal count? Given that it was originally a PS5 exclusive, but has since been released on Steam a couple of years later? I'm not really fussed either way, as I've got other options – and I appreciate this is all just a bit of fun! – but I thought I'd check haha. 

 

Otherwise, I think I'll just get the Horizon Forbidden West DLC, as I recently completed the main game, and the DLC has only been released on PS5. 

I think I am going to encourage a stricter view on this tile. Go for the DLC

[Finch_III]

1 minute ago, Squirlruler said:

I think I am going to encourage a stricter view on this tile. Go for the DLC

 

No problem ... I was planning to do both either way, so works for me. Thanks for clarifying! 

[Sir_Bee]

On 4/21/2023 at 2:14 PM, Taruta13 said:

Would the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters be considered a reboot? I'd love to put either that or the Megaman Battle Network legacy collections in this card but they have no spot for them.

 

I did not notice anyone provide you any insight.  If you were asking me, I would say that a "remaster" is not the same as a "reboot".  I would say that 2018 God of war, or FF VII Remake would be good examples of reboots (or bloodstained ritual of the night as a spiritual successor which I used).  Since the pixel remaster is effectively the same game, I would not classify it as a reboot.

 

That being said, I believe the spirit of this competition is what you feel comfortable with, as long as you can make your case.  So if you can make a case for the pixel remasters being reboots, then you should be good.