Spring 2023 Backlog Challenge

[Vulpine9Tails]

Final update:

 

1. Marvel's Avengers - 4%

2. Hogwarts Legacy - 10%

3. Need for Speed Unbound - 8%

4. Bioshock 1 Remastered - 6%

5. Glass Masquerade 2 - 100% ☑️

6. Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth - 27% -> 32%

7. Life is Strange - 100% ☑️

8. Murdered Soul Suspect - 100% ☑️

9. New Super Lucky's Tale - 31%

10. Code Vein - 10%

11. Persona 5 Dancing in Starlight - 100% ☑️

12. Seasons After Fall - 100% ☑️

13. Sherlock Holmes Crimes and Punishments - 100% ☑️

14. Spongebob Squarepants The Cosmic Shake - 10%

15. Tales from the Borderlands - 100% ☑️

16. The Last Campfire - 100% ☑️

17. The Order 1886 - 100% ☑️

18. Mafia - 30%

19. Back to the Future The Game - 100%☑️

20. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood - 17%

21. Cooking Mama Cookstar - 100% ☑️

22. The Witcher 3 - 100% ☑️

23. Chronos Before the Ashes - 100% ☑️

24. Danganronpa 1-2 Reload - 10%

25. Marsupilami Hoobadventure - 100% ☑️

 

14/25 done isn't too bad I think. I should not have gone with 25 games as that is way too many to try to commit to. I could've gotten more done if I didn't have so many days of not wanting to play anything or not wanting to play these specific games. 

 

I won't be signing up for the Summer event this time as I want to catch up on some games that don't qualify and just play stuff without commiting to anything, but I hope anyone who does join has fun. And I hope everyone had fun at this event too of course.

[Fanatixa1]

Hi everyone, 

 

Here's my last update. I was able to complete Narita Boy. Not an amazing game, but happy to have finished it. I won't be able to complete Cat Quest II before the challenge ends. I will move it over to the summer challenge. I'm happy with the games I completed and excited to move to the next one. Thank you @MidnightDragon for hosting! 

 

1. The Artful Escape 100% 

2. God of War Ragnarök - 100% 

3. Toem - 100% 

4. PowerWash Simulator - 100% 

5. Bugsnax - 100% 

6. A Plague Tale: Requiem - 90% --> 100% 

7. Aerial Knight's Never Yield - 98% 

8. Cat Quest II - 21% --> 31%

9. Narita Boy - 16% --> 100% 

 

Swaps 4/4

Edited May 31, 2023 by Fanatixa1

[freddie1989]

15 hours ago, rjkclarke said:

 

I guess I'd better shoot one more update before the challenge ends tomorrow! I'm going to call 6 out of 7 pretty good considering I'm not getting too much time for gaming by myself these days... Which I must add, is very much not something I'm not complaining about - as co-op gaming has been even more fun, so I'm looking forward to doing more of that in the future with the always awesome @Redblaziken8 - my co-op partner in both gaming and life .....

 

And..... the entire thread collectively reaches for their sick bags....

 

 

13 hours ago, Redblaziken8 said:

Pretty happy with my progress on the challenge, and didn't expect to get 6/7 done really - certainly didn't expect Borderlands 2 to get done! But after a bad back for a week and having to take some time off, managed to finish the rest of the game with Rob. Because I didn't get to Dr Dekker, I'm going to start that one in the Summer Challenge instead, since I'm playing some co-op with Rob at his place for a while.

 

You pair are far too cute.....to the point of the sick bags coming out as you mentioned. Can I get the recipe for my other half please as I can get her to join for a week before she is bored  ?

[reaperveteran86]

Last Update:

- Accel World vs. Sword Art Online: Millenium Twilight 100%

- Asterigos: Curse of the Stars (EU) 4% -> Sea of Solitude (EU) 100%

- Baldur`s Gate: Dark Alliance 100%

- DmC: Devil May Cry (PS4) 100%

- Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star 14% -> Afterimage (PS4) 5% -> 8%

- Gungrave G.O.R.E. 100%

- Onechanbara Z2: Chaos (EU) 7% -> Miss Kobayashi`s Dragon Maid: Burst Forth!! Choro-gon Breath 34%

- Robotics;Notes Elite 17%

- Samurai Maiden (PS4, EU) 82%

- Tokyo Xanadu eX+ 11% -> Blackwind (PS4, EU) 100%

-Wild Arms 2 100%

- Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner MARS 9%

Swaps used: 4 out of 4

 

Not really much to report for my last update.I played a few hours more Afterimage and get 2 trophies out of it and grinded a bit enemy kills in Samurai Maiden for the 15000 kills trophy. I made the mistake to try out a few of the games from my summer list and ended up playing one of them (Summer in Mara) allmost exclusively over the last 2 days.

 

In conclusion, I finished 7 out of 12 games from my list which isn`t bad, but I hope to complete more in the summer event.

Read you all there.

Edited May 31, 2023 by reaperveteran86

[MidnightDragon]

Today is the end of this challenge. Thanks to everyone who participated. And for those skipping summer, hope to see you in the fall! 

[gruffiiti]

Hi everyone

 

Might as well post my final update. I thought I might have gone back and finished Guardians of the Galaxy before now but I have been far to invested in Monster Hunter World and Iceborne to play much of anything else lately. The crown struggle is real but I'm almost done with the main game now so progress is being made! 

 

1. Children of Silentown - 100%  
2. Roki - 100%  
3. Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - 15% --> 54%
4. Dysmantle - 100% 
5. LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham - 100% 

 

Swaps 4/4

[Taruta13]

2 hours ago, MidnightDragon said:

Today is the end of this challenge. Thanks to everyone who participated. And for those skipping summer, hope to see you in the fall! 

It was a good event. I couldn't finish my list but I expected that. Summer will be a freaky season of the 4 Fs: Five. Final. Fantasy. Finishes. (Anyone remember that obscure Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer animated movie where an evil frost giant used an amulet with four Fs on it to manipulate everyone so that he could steal Rudolph's nose power? I was a kid then, and that was a good Christmas in July movie. )

[StilRh]

Hey lovies,

Since Monday I have platinumed Deliver Us the Moon. The game became more fun in the later chapters and some of the trophies were very original (I really liked Goodbye Old Friend, reminded of the Half Life achievement, Gnome Alone, where you carry a gnome across several levels, finally launching it into space). I did clear some chapters in Humanity thinking I could get a last second platinum, but a parenting moment came up and I've been playing wargames with me kiddos instead. I think Humanity is excellent so I will definately be playing that in the next challenge.

 

8/20 isn't terrible for me. I enjoyed the game on my list, those I didn't touch were due to other games getting in the way, not aversion to them (other than Shantae speedruns lol). Between work and my shoulder injury I'm pretty happy with my lot.

 

It's been a real pleasure. See you in the next one x

 

Catan 100%

Chained Echoes 100%

Crosscode 12%

Dredge 100%

Deliver Us the Moon 33% > 100%

Hogwarts Legacy 100%

Humanity 14% > 28%

Kaiju Wars 26% 

Meet Your Maker 100%

Monster Sanctuary 16%

Nobody Saves the World 64% 

Resident Evil 4 (remake) 47%

Shantae: Half-genie Hero 63%

Sniper Elite 4 29%

Star ocean divine force 20%

The Forest 100%

The Last Spell 29%

The Pedestrian 100%

Warhammer 40,000 Mechanicus 27%

Wild Hearts 29%

 

Swaps 2/4

Platinum/100% 8/20

[gruffiiti]

@StilRh Are you planning on adding Company of Heroes 3 to the summer challenge? Id be interested to hear feedback on it. 

[StilRh]

3 minutes ago, gruffiiti said:

@StilRh Are you planning on adding Company of Heroes 3 to the summer challenge? Id be interested to hear feedback on it. 

I probably will add it. My son popped a trophy on my PSN account, so I have to platinum it now for the completion percentage!

 

I've only had it for a few hours with my son playing a bit as it is the half-term/school holidays for my part of the UK. It's been a nice experience so far. I haven't played PC RTS games since Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm, so I may be using old things for comparison (and the few RTSs on Playstation) but here goes:

The gameplay feels like Dawn of War - the map is cut into small territories, capturing that territory will earn you a slow ticking resource (a few different ones and there is a pop cap) that you can spend on buildings, defensive structures, infantry squads and vechicles or for off map abilities like unique unit reinforcement or weapon (like air strike or arty bombardment).

Infantry squads have several models that move as a blob. They will take cover (different map features including play created ones may act as heavy or light cover protecting you from certain angles of attack) and shoot as you would expect. As they take damage you loose infantry models - so a damaged squad is going to have a single guy left and not put out the damage of a full squad. You can retreat and replenish these through certain map nodes, your HQ or things like an ambulance. Infantry can do things like take over points, occupy (and clear) buildings and capture crew weapons (your MG nests, anti tank guns etc). I don't think there is a morale system but you can supress and 'pin' infantry with heavy weapons.

Vechicles are a single unit. Armour is modeled on different sides, allowing you to get backstabs on weaker rear armour etc. Some component damage (eg I've had engines blow after hitting a mine and I'm sure you can command gun crews to target tank tracks). Some vechicles can taxi infantry or tow things like heavy gun emplacements.

All units seem to have unique activated abilities. These may cost resources and be on a cool down. Some units have passives (example of this is the infantry who actively can use smoke grenades and passively has buffs to abilities when they emerge from smoke due to wearing gasmasks).

I've not gotten deep into the game. Couldn't comment on building tree or upgradings things. All units have a veterancy, some abilities may be gated behind a certain experience level. I think there are ways to add flavour to your units (there are 4 different factions) through the use of sub factions/doctrines etc.

From the 4 maps I've seen so far, they are big enough not to be cheesed/rushed but not so huge that you can sit on your larrels (I didn't like the spawling ones in Sudden Strike 4, that was already quite a slow game without the big theatres) and they are tactically interesting enough.

AI seems competent but in the first few levels I found it passive as they sit defending unless you start an objective that triggers an attack wave - I'm sure later levels and the skirmish AI could be different. I have heard there is some passivity in the Italian campaign overworld AI (kinda like Total war is what I've heard it referred to) - but I've not seen it with my own eyes and couldn't comment on that yet.

I'm playing on the shorter campaign that has a weird civilian substory. I really don't care for it (like the vinettes in Battlefield 1, oh noes indigineous people that I have no emotional connection too or no importance to the gameplay are dying!!111!!eleven!!). In the levels there seems to be no story intersection so far.

Gameplay is pretty smooth. No bugs, no performance issues. Sound and graphics are what I would expect. Controls are quite decent, the staple wheel o' selection and contextual commands when you move your cursor over something - feels much better than PS4/5 versions Iron Harvest and Spellforce 3 (which is a shame as I would love to be good at that game). It took me no time at all to feel comfortable with the controls bar multi unit selection which I think I'm starting to understand now. There is a tactical pause option that lets you halt the game and then issue commands (thinking this wont be in multiplayer).

Again, I've found the early campiagn AI passive but the battles I've had so far have been thrilling. In one mission I had to drive my army down a ravine, only for a massive anti tank ambush to pop up. I lay down smoke and retreated my tanks. My infantry, faring better against anti tank guns ran to the emplacements and to grenade them. I then captured the guns and turned them on the ambushers. I brought my tanks back... only for my command tank to roll over some mines and have it's engine get damaged. Again I pull my armour back for repair. This time I take my infantry through a small passage in the cliff to the North. I backstab the remaining AT guns and on seeing the objective (the enemy command tank) I use an off map abilities to clear it (I could afford this as I had kept my units intact and so had not spent resources replenishing them).

I can't say if it will have legs - depends on the mission variety. I think the factions are quite distinct from each other and that is fun to play with.

I hear the Italian campaign can be quite long and gets samey :/

From a trophy standpoint - seems doable but some of the trophies require set up on the Italien campaign. I probably will skim any guides on Steam and then play with those in the back of my mind.

Tl;dr: Good console RTS. Yet to decide if it will hold my interest. Trophies could be ok or they could be a nightmare, lol. Gameplay is good but nothing you've not experienced 100 times before on PC.

[be_minor]

Final update.. I didn’t quite meet my goals this backlog season, but I’m happy with the overall progress I’ve made. Most of the games I completed were ones offered on PS+ Extra. This event pushed me to utilize the service and get more out of my subscription (I have a habit of ignoring it most of the time). I plan to continue working on TLoU Part 1 this summer (I’m in the hotel basement ?) and trim down my ever-growing backlog, but I probably won’t be joining another backlog event until the Fall iteration. I thoroughly enjoyed reading everyone’s updates and will be lurking in the summer event. Thanks for hosting @MidnightDragon and keeping me accountable for my backlog! 

 

1. Ape Escape 
2. Biomutant 
3. Deliver Us The Moon 
4. Hogwarts Legacy 
5. Life Is Strange: True Colors 
6. Omno 
7. The Artful Escape 
8. The Last of Us Part I - 1% ➡️ 7% 

Swaps (3/4)

[RaxxisOmega]

On 5/26/2023 at 0:32 PM, RaxxisOmega said:

Week 12: It Ain't Over Till It's Over - Lenny Kravitz

The finish line is in sight, time to pull out my patented brand of deadline panic and get these last few done.

So come on brain, less than a week to go and a public holiday coming up.

Work with me here!

On The Chopping Block

Guardian's of the Galaxy 34%  68%  87%

 Ghostwire: Tokyo 20%  30%  64%  95%

Swapped

Kamen Rider: Memory of Heroez  Ghostwire: Tokyo

COMPLETED!

 Spongebob Squarepants: The Battle for Bikini Bottom  

 Detroit: Become Human 

 Final Horizon 

DLC done and dusted. A most enjoyable game

Till next time my Guys, Gals and Non-Binary Pals; Happy Hunting!

FINAL UPDATE: IT is the End - Ice Nine Kills

 

This has been an interesting season for RaxxisOmega. Life came at me hard and I endured.

Even got most of my list done and though I failed Ghostwire, I won't let it rest I just REALLY suck and Rouge-likes (I still can't believe my mate convinced me to try Dead Cells)

On The Chopping Block

 Ghostwire: Tokyo 20%  30%  64%  95%

 

Swapped

Kamen Rider: Memory of Heroez  Ghostwire: Tokyo

 

COMPLETED!

 Spongebob Squarepants: The Battle for Bikini Bottom  

 Detroit: Become Human 

 Final Horizon 

 Guardian's of the Galaxy 

 

Once again, big respect to @MidnightDragon for taking the time to orgainse and continue this great event.

 

Till next time my Guys, Gals and Non-Binary Pals; Happy Hunting!

[SicilianDragon92]

Final Update

 

1. Ghostwire: Tokyo 0% > 95%  
2. Final Fantasy 0% > 100% 
3. Immortals Fenyx Rising 6% > 30%
4. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 39% > 93% 
5. Wasteland 3 9% > 48%
6. Mass Effect 3 0% > 100% 
7. Kona 0% > 100% 

Updates in Bold, swaps (3/4) in Purple and completed games in Blue.

 

While I only managed full completion of 3 of the 7 games I’m pretty satisfied with how I’ve done this challenge. 2 of those unfinished were so only due to slightly unwelcome dlc and got a good chunk of the other two unfinished which I’m carrying over into summer.

 

Final stats

 

Total Completion Percentage: 54% > 566%

Total Trophies Earned: 51 > 315

Total Unearned: 347 > 83

Platinums: 0 > 5

Edited June 1, 2023 by SicilianDragon92
Counting error

[The_Head_Crusher]

Final Update

 

MLB The Show 23 ---> 0  0  0  0   = 0/26 0% --->  9  10  6    = 26/26 100% (Plat #75 4/27/23)

Scott Pilgrim vs the World (PS4) ---> 0  0  0  0  = 0/20 0% ---> 0  12  7   1  = 20/20 100% (Plat #73 3/17/23)

Golf With Friends (PS4) ---> 10  3  1  0   = 14/44 25% ---> 18 (+4)  4 (+5)   5   0   = 37/48 84%

The Walking Dead Season 1 (PS4) ---> 0  0  0  0  = 0/49 0% ---> 37  5  6  1  = 49/49 100% (Plat #74 3/18/23)

Final Fantasy (PS4) ---> 0  0  0  0  = 0/24 0% ---> 10  6  7  1  = 24/24 100% (Plat # 76 5/9/23)

 

Swaps: 2/3

Final Fantasy 7 Remake (PS5) ------> MLB The Show 23

Heavy Rain (PS4) ------> Final Fantasy 

 

Total Progress

 

 64 (+4)   44 (+5)   30   4   = 143/153 93.72% (+3.47%)

 

I couldn't do it, I just couldn't bring myself to finish the Golf With Your Friends trophy list.  Not only did they release a new DLC with a week or so left in this challenge, I just came to absolutely loathe this game.  Even with the online under par guides, I consistently found 1 or 2 holes that I just struggled on and ruined my attempt.  For a game that seemed like such an easy platinum, It nearly killed the desire to hunt any more trophies ever.

[MidnightDragon]

Thanks again for participating!