Spring 2023 Backlog Challenge

[MidnightDragon]

Mission 100%: Spring 2023 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 March 1 and ending at 23:59 US EST on May 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. Signups will close on March 31.

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 15 more. You can change your games as much as you want until 23:59 EST on February 28. After the event begins, you can make up to four 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. Shovelware games (jump, Breakthrough, the random object letter, etc.) are strictly prohibited.
• 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

 

 

 

Buff_Cupcake

Heather342

viech54

iXanon

reaperveteran86

Taruta13

Static_Rook

FrostDragoon28

TravisBrown17

PeachyJacobs

Hurricane_Tanya

RoastedPeanut

neospoon

brdplz

zalcarezio

RaxxisOmega

Redblaziken8

serrated-banner9

freddie1989

be_minor

Vulpine9Tails

Fanatixa1

Priorum2

irishmonkey77

gruffiiti

MidnightDragonDX

beerwego

The_Head_Crusher

StilRh

rjkclarke

SicilianDragon92

DarlingBaphomet

BlackSquirrell1

grumpaluffagus_1

Rello-Evante

DaveB2204

JellySoupForever

DJ__Beatroot

Vanqished

Charizarzar

 

 

Edited April 15, 2023 by MidnightDragon

[maxfighter23___]

i am not going to join the spring backlog challenge 

Edited January 30, 2023 by zalcarezio

[Buff_Cupcake]

Count me in! Will be fun to do this in tandem with my overall 2023 goals.

1. Resident Evil 3 Remake
2. Resident Evil 4 Original
3. Resident Evil 4 Remake
4. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
5. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
6. Hogwarts Legacy
7. Silent Hill 2 (PS3)

Looking forward to seeing what everyone else is going to list!

[Taruta13]

I was wondering if I should do the PS5 version of Shantae and the Seven Sirens. I heard that you can get a second platinum for playing the PS5 version. I got the platinum on the PS4 version. Want to do Seven Sirens again even though the shooting gallery was annoying.

 

Sorry, I'll get a list up soon.

Edited January 28, 2023 by Taruta13

[Heather342]

I think I'll be back in an official capacity for this season ?. Preliminary list below:

 

- Red Dead Redemption 2 - 35%

- Spiderman Remastered - 0%

- Bioshock Remastered - 0%

- Bloodborne - 0%

- Shin Megami Tensei 3 Nocturne - 0%

[viech54]

On 1/28/2023 at 9:01 PM, MidnightDragon said:

 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. Signups will close on March 31.

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 February 28. 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.

It says you can add up to 15 more games for a total of 40 in the first line, then, in the list element, it says you can add up to 10 more. Don't think I'll be able to complete that many games, but thought you'd like to change it to 10 or 15 for both instances.

 

Anyway. I'd like to join with a tentative list. Unless mentioned otherwise, all games are at 0% at the time of writing this.

1. Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart: 0%
2. A King's Tale: Final Fantasy XV: 0%
3. Final Fantasy VIII: 0%
4. Nightmares from the Deep 2: The Siren's Call: 0%
5. Final Fantasy XIV: 0%

Swaps: 0/3

Edited February 27, 2023 by viech54

[MidnightDragon]

@viech54 Fixed the typo. 
 

Will add all signups so far later or tomorrow.

[DizzyDavidson]

I’ll be joining again as well. I’m still thinking on my list. I do have a couple of games in mind, not everything is all together but I do want to focus more on my PS3 games. Most likely 4 out of 5 will be that.

[Vulpine9Tails]

I'm joining! Since doing the fun thing of allowing PS4 games on my account again I suddenly have a huge backlog of oldies I would love to play again. I want to see how many I get done before this event starts so will be doing a list later. There are quite a few games from my previous accounts I have never actually gotten the platinum in before so I am very excited to not have to keep playing the same stuff from the Winter challenge; I pretty much gave up on it lol.

[reaperveteran86]

I will be in again.

My list:

- Accel World vs. Sword Art Online: Millenium Twilight 6%

- Asterigos: Curse of the Stars (EU) 3%

- DmC: Devil May Cry (PS4) 0%

- Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star 10%

- Onechanbara Z2: Chaos (EU) 7%

- Robotics;Notes Elite 1%

- Tokyo Xanadu eX+ 11%

- Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner MARS 0%

 

[iXanon]

I'm still very much working toward my list on the Winter 2022/2023 Backlog Challenge.. There's an outside chance of me actually completing a list that I've set out to do, though it will require me continuing to game at quite a pace! So we'll see.. ?

 

A bit of forward planning, here's what I'd like to try and tackle for Spring 2023. Think I'll try to stick to the five for now!

 

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (PS4) - 33%

MouseCraft (PS4) - 15%

Need for Speed: Rivals (PS4) - 44%*

The Saboteur (PS3) - 15%

SAW (PS3) - 1%

 

* One game can have a completion percentage of up to 50%, but the rest must be 33% or under.

 

Edited February 13, 2023 by iXanon

[Taruta13]

Okay, I think I have a list to go on this time so I'm in for the next iteration. I know it's a month early but this is my initial list. If I add or change it, it'll probably be around Valentine's Day or something, in case I accidentally disqualify one of the games by going over 33%:

1. LEGO Avengers (0%)
   (I had this sitting around for a while, not fond of the final story level because you might miss collectibles, but I will make do.)
2. LEGO DC Super Villains (0%)
   (I will be playing story mode for the Casual Gaming Club, it'll be the "L" game.)
3. World of Final Fantasy (12%)
   (I failed to get this last time, will put it on here this time, and I will finish it. I actually played it a bit and got more trophies.)
4. Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (0%)
   (I am going to try to see if I can cheese the debug mode on it for some of the trophies. )
5. Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan (0%)
   (I got this in physical disc from the local GameStop while waiting for my mom to fix a flat tire. Art style of Cuphead and the guide said it wasn't too difficult despite having to befriend 80 creatures.)

Edited January 30, 2023 by Taruta13

[Static_Rook]

I'm in again. Looking to clean up some of my lingering PS3 games this time:

 

Comix Zone 28%
Jet Set Radio 14%
Kingdom Hearts 1%
Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom 26%
Malicious 20%
Sleeping Dogs 6%

 

Kingdom Hearts and Sleeping Dogs are the biggies. I kept the other four shorter / smaller so I don't overload myself.

[FrostDragoon28]

1. Tales of Berseria-2%
2. Dark Souls II: Scholar of the first sin-28%
3. Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy-10%

4. Tera-10%
5. Maneater-4%
6. Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid-1%

 

count me in

[TristanBrown17]

This is cool. I'll try to hold off on these until the event, but I can't make any guarantees, so here's my tentative list!

 

1. Car Mechanic Simulator (PS4) - 21%
2. Crash Bandicoot (PS4) - 9%
3. Dust: An Elysian Tail (PS4) - 11%
4. Dying Light (PS4) - 7%
5. FIFA 19 (PS4) - 50%
6. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (PS4) - 7%
7. My Singing Monsters (PSVita) - 29%
8. Trine 2 (PS4) - 7%
9. God of War (PS3) - 0%
10. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PS3) - 10%

I'll come back and update this list if I take on some of these games before the event start, but this could be a lot of fun!

[PeachyJacobs]

I'll sign up again!

 

I'm hoping to finish the previous challenge off in time although I think I may fall 1 game short as I don't think I will get God of War Ragnarok done. We'll see though, I still have a month.

1. Hogwarts Legacy - 0% - There is a good chance this is all I'll play for the duration of the challenge so signing up may be a waste of time ?
2. Resident Evil 2 - 0%
3. Resident Evil 3 - 0%
4. Biomutant - 0%
5. Life is Strange - 0%

Good luck, everyone!

[Hurricane_Tanya]

Okay, I am signing up again. Here are the games I’m hoping to get done this time:

 

- Man of Medan - 34%
- Knack - 0%
- Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order - 7%
- Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse - 0%
- Gone Home - 0%
- The Last Day of June - 0%

[Taruta13]

7 hours ago, PeachyJacobs said:

Hogwarts Legacy - 0% - There is a good chance this is all I'll play for the duration of the challenge so signing up may be a waste of time 

Oh yeah, I probably should add or replace a game with that.

[MidnightDragon]

I’ll update everyone within the next 24 hours. Things were busy. 

[RoastedPeanut]

I'll jump back in for Spring! I'll have a PS5 by the start of March so my first five games will all be on the PS5. I still plan to add some PS3 games in the future, but for now my first five games will be:

 

1. Hogwarts Legacy 

2. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

3. Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

4. Resident Evil 4 (24/3)

5. Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key  (24/3)

[MidnightDragon]

On 1/28/2023 at 2:07 PM, zalcarezio said:

i am not going to join the spring backlog challenge 

Fair enough.

 

On 1/28/2023 at 2:28 PM, Buff_Cupcake said:

Count me in! Will be fun to do this in tandem with my overall 2023 goals.

1. Resident Evil 3 Remake
2. Resident Evil 4 Original
3. Resident Evil 4 Remake
4. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
5. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
6. Hogwarts Legacy
7. Silent Hill 2 (PS3)

Looking forward to seeing what everyone else is going to list!

 

On 1/28/2023 at 3:38 PM, Heather342 said:

I think I'll be back in an official capacity for this season . Preliminary list below:

 

- Red Dead Redemption 2 - 35%

- Spiderman Remastered - 0%

- Bioshock Remastered - 0%

- Bloodborne - 0%

- Shin Megami Tensei 3 Nocturne - 0%

 

On 1/28/2023 at 3:45 PM, viech54 said:

It says you can add up to 15 more games for a total of 40 in the first line, then, in the list element, it says you can add up to 10 more. Don't think I'll be able to complete that many games, but thought you'd like to change it to 10 or 15 for both instances.

 

Anyway. I'd like to join with a tentative list. Unless mentioned otherwise, all games are at 0% at the time of writing this.

1. Dissidia Final Fantasy NT: 0%
   •  I'm playing the Dissidia NT Free Version in the Winter Backlog Challenge and will transfer my progress to the paid version once I'm done to complete that as well.
2. A King's Tale: Final Fantasy XV: 0%
3. Final Fantasy VIII: 0%
4. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII: 0%
   • Have yet to buy this game
5. Final Fantasy XIV: https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/12696-final-fantasy-xiv/viech54 or https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2096-final-fantasy-xiv-a-realm-reborn/viech54
   • Not sure yet which one I want. Probably the PS4 version. I'll clarify that before the event starts. I might swap this game out before the challenge starts. Well, that or I will replace all other games with shorter games as it's either Final Fantasy XIV or all other games due to the length of this game. This game can't be completed in 3 months thanks to the daily quests, it takes at least a bit less than six months. So I'll do as much as I can if I choose FFXIV.

Swaps: 0/3

 

On 1/29/2023 at 3:46 AM, reaperveteran86 said:

I will be in again.

My list:

- Accel World vs. Sword Art Online: Millenium Twilight 6%

- Asterigos: Curse of the Stars (EU) 3%

- DmC: Devil May Cry (PS4) 0%

- Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star 10%

- Onechanbara Z2: Chaos (EU) 7%

- Robotics;Notes Elite 1%

- Tokyo Xanadu eX+ 11%

- Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner MARS 0%

 

 

22 hours ago, iXanon said:

I'm still very much working toward my list on the Winter 2022/2023 Backlog Challenge.. There's an outside chance of me actually completing a list that I've set out to do, though it will require me continuing to game at quite a pace! So we'll see..

 

A bit of forward planning, here's what I'd like to try and tackle for Spring 2023. Think I'll try to stick to the five for now!

 

I Am Alive (PS3) - 9%

MouseCraft (PS4) - 15%

Need for Speed: Rivals (PS4) - 44%*

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (PS3) - 21%

The Saboteur (PS3) - 15%

 

* One game can have a completion percentage of up to 50%, but the rest must be 33% or under.

 

21 hours ago, Taruta13 said:

Okay, I think I have a list to go on this time so I'm in for the next iteration. I know it's a month early but this is my initial list. If I add or change it, it'll probably be around Valentine's Day or something, in case I accidentally disqualify one of the games by going over 33%:

1. LEGO Avengers (0%)
   (I had this sitting around for a while, not fond of the final story level because you might miss collectibles, but I will make do.)
2. LEGO DC Super Villains (0%)
   (I will be playing story mode for the Casual Gaming Club, it'll be the "L" game.)
3. World of Final Fantasy (12%)
   (I failed to get this last time, will put it on here this time, and I will finish it. I actually played it a bit and got more trophies.)
4. Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (0%)
   (I am going to try to see if I can cheese the debug mode on it for some of the trophies. )
5. Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan (0%)
   (I got this in physical disc from the local GameStop while waiting for my mom to fix a flat tire. Art style of Cuphead and the guide said it wasn't too difficult despite having to befriend 80 creatures.)

 

21 hours ago, Static_Rook said:

I'm in again. Looking to clean up some of my lingering PS3 games this time:

 

Comix Zone 28%
Jet Set Radio 14%
Kingdom Hearts 1%
Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom 26%
Malicious 20%
Sleeping Dogs 6%

 

Kingdom Hearts and Sleeping Dogs are the biggies. I kept the other four shorter / smaller so I don't overload myself.

 

20 hours ago, FrostDragoon28 said:

1. Tales of Berseria-2%
2. Dark Souls II: Scholar of the first sin-28%
3. Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy-10%

4. Tera-10%
5. Maneater-4%
6. Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid-1%

 

count me in

 

20 hours ago, TristanBrown17 said:

This is cool. I'll try to hold off on these until the event, but I can't make any guarantees, so here's my tentative list!

 

1. Car Mechanic Simulator (PS4) - 21%
2. Crash Bandicoot (PS4) - 9%
3. Dust: An Elysian Tail (PS4) - 11%
4. Dying Light (PS4) - 7%
5. FIFA 19 (PS4) - 50%
6. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (PS4) - 7%
7. My Singing Monsters (PSVita) - 29%
8. Trine 2 (PS4) - 7%
9. God of War (PS3) - 0%
10. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PS3) - 10%

I'll come back and update this list if I take on some of these games before the event start, but this could be a lot of fun!

 

20 hours ago, PeachyJacobs said:

I'll sign up again!

 

I'm hoping to finish the previous challenge off in time although I think I may fall 1 game short as I don't think I will get God of War Ragnarok done. We'll see though, I still have a month.

1. Hogwarts Legacy - 0% - There is a good chance this is all I'll play for the duration of the challenge so signing up may be a waste of time 
2. Resident Evil 2 - 0%
3. Resident Evil 3 - 0%
4. Biomutant - 0%
5. Life is Strange - 0%

Good luck, everyone!

 

14 hours ago, Hurricane_Tanya said:

Okay, I am signing up again. Here are the games I’m hoping to get done this time:

 

- Man of Medan - 34%
- Knack - 0%
- Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order - 7%
- Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse - 0%
- Gone Home - 0%
- The Last Day of June - 0%

 

11 hours ago, RoastedPeanut said:

I'll jump back in for Spring! I'll have a PS5 by the start of March so my first five games will all be on the PS5. I still plan to add some PS3 games in the future, but for now my first five games will be:

 

1. Hogwarts Legacy 

2. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

3. Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

4. Resident Evil 4 (24/3)

5. Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key  (24/3)

I think that's everyone so far.

Edited January 30, 2023 by MidnightDragon

[MidnightDragon]

As for myself, I would like to join, but not sure if it’ll work. 

[Taruta13]

Almost posted my progress, then remembered that the event doesn't start for four weeks. Oops!

[neospoon]

I would like to join again and challenge myself with some interesting games, more stealth again 

- Gravity Rush 2 - 15%

- Rage - 12%

- Metal Gear Solid 4 - 7%
- The Last of us Part 2 - 2%

- Republique - 1%

 

 

[Buff_Cupcake]

Quick heads up to anyone including Star Wars Jedi: Survivor in their list - It got delayed from March 17th by 6 weeks, so the new release date will be 28th April. It's still within the challenge timeframe, but much closer to the end-of-challenge date.