Financial Year Backlog Challenge Thing

[Super-Fly Spider-Guy]

Firstly, YOU CAN JOIN AFTER JULY 1, 2016!!! Sure, it says financial year, sure, it's designed with that in mind, and sure, starting later kind of defeats the point of the name, but it doesn't defeat the point of the challenge. If you want to join up for this challenge on the second of August, go ahead. You wanna join up on Christmas day? Be my guest. If you do however, the date you joined (in AEST) will be placed against your name in the list below.

 

Second, HERE'S THE ACTUAL RULES. So the deal is pretty simple, you have to try to go the next financial year without spending anything on games. Get it now? Because it's financial, and money's involved? And I'll move right along with it now. The goal is to spend no money or as little money as possible on games, and also try to clear out your backlog. There will be prizes and shit, and they will be outlined below. Now, obviously, realistically no one will make it the year without buying anything, so there's a few concessions that will be made, namely... 

 

I. YOU ARE ALLOWED 3 GAMES TO PURCHASE, regardless of price, and they will not affect your standing in this challenge. Generally, these are things that aren't out yet, but that you know you want, however, let's say you don't have a lot of money and you were saving up for a copy of Just Cause 3 or something, that's cool too, when you have the money, you can buy that game and it's thrown on your list, you're fine to have it. These games DO NOT need to be picked before entering the challenge, essentially it's 3 chances to buy something without feeling any judgment. Something awesome on sale for the first time, or a new release in a franchise you love (I'm looking at you Duke Nukem 3D's 20th (anniversary) re-release), you can cough it up 3 times before we figure out a punishment.

II. FREE GAMES & PS+/GWG GAMES (which aren't free since you have to pay, but whatever) ARE ALLOWED, so if you just loaded up Saints Row: Gat out of Hell, which is one of July's PS+ games for PS4 (which I recommend you do, I had a blast with that game), then that's perfectly fine with this thing.

III. THIS IS ACROSS MULTIPLE CONSOLES, meaning you can't just skip out on buying PlayStation games, and instead play on your Xbone for a year. This also applies to the third main point coming up, more information there.

IV. THERE IS AN ALLOWANCE FOR DLC (and other random shit), and that allowance is agreed to be $20. This 20 bucks can also be extended to other things like if you find a rare or hard to find game at a yard sale or something, but remember, the idea is to stop spending, not find a bargain. If I see a copy of Spider-Man 1 on PS1 for a decent price, I don't care how many challenges I'm in, I'm buying it. This allowance is to cover your ass for such things / DLC content you really want.

V. PHONE GAMES COUNT. Phone games are getting better and better, the last Grand Theft Auto for Android was Liberty City Stories, it was $7.50 at launch, it was awesome, and it was a full on game. For that reason, we are not allowing PURCHASES of phone games as most of the more legit games on phones aren't free, however, you can play as much Candy Cock Saga or any other free game as you want. IN APP PURCHASES WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM THE DLC ALLOWANCE THOUGH.

VI. GIFTED GAMES ARE COOL. If someone buys you that cool new Bareback Simulator for Christmas, that's completely fine. If you really wanted, you could abuse this and, say, have your girlfriend buy you Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and say it was a gift, but although that's not directly wrong, I mean, it really is cheating and if you do that then what are you doing here? Update: I didn't ask for it, but this was kind of abused by me when my girlfriend got me Just Cause 3 and Disney Infinity 3 for my b'day.

VII. RENTALS AND / BORROWING GAMES. The idea is to spend as little money as possible during the challenge / event / thing. Paying 9.95 to borrow a game for a week is spending, isn't it? And rental prices is bullshit as it is so it's not something you should really do anyway unless you have a good place or something. Anyway, free rentals / borrowing games is perfectly fine. It's not ideal, and it was banned at first, but I'm gonna say fuck it, because at the end of the day, you may not be cutting your backlog, but you're saving money, which is almost, or maybe even more important.

VIII. PLAYSTATION NOW / EA ACCESS / ANY SIMILAR SERVICE IS NOT ALLOWED. The reason being, that you are paying for that service, when all you get is games, meaning, you're paying for those games. PS+ and GWG are cool because you need those things to play MP, which I still object to, but completely understand if you shell out the money for that, and the included games are just gonna become part of your backlog anyway, but PSNow and EA Access are effectively just rentals, and according to VII, there's not to be any money spent on a rent. Al.

IX. YOU WILL NOT BE KICKED OUT FOR BUYING ANY GAMES. Ever. The goal is to not buy games, but you're forgiven if you do, we're all human. However, you will have to list your failures in your post, but there's more on that below. You will also probably not be kicked out at all, unless you're going around spreading kiddie porn or something, you'll be fine with everyone in here.

X. HARDWARE PURCHASES ARE COOL. Cool, sure. Ideal, not really. I mean, let's say you've been saving for a PS4 and you finally buy get all the money next week, feel free to buy it, feel free to use up all your 3 games on the thing too, it's all good. It's not really advisable however, that you spend your money on a new machine when you've already got one or more (how else did you get here?) with a stack of games to play anyways. Throwing up the cost in your overall expenses is probably worth doing though, just because it's cool to keep track of stuff like that and compare and shit.

 

Third, here's a tutorial, this is HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CHALLENGE. For the challenge, you have try not to spend money on games. Pure and simple. Just kidding, there's more to it than that, like this stuff.

I. You should make a list of your games that you've played and completed. Use as much or as little detail as you want with it, you could say you spent 5 minutes playing Crash 1 the other day, or you could ignore it. You could say you beat every level in Crash 1 and leave it at that, or you could record your percentage and the gems and whatnot that you got (or the trophy count, if the trilogy on PS4 comes out before this ends). Being a trophy tracking site, trophy tracking is the most common progress tracker so far on this. My list for example, is only updated when I beat a game, I play way too many not to completion to bother writing up that much stuff, so mine is like I beat this game's story and this one and got the plat in this etc. yours can be whatever you want it to be.

II. You should also list the games you intend to pick-up (if you've already picked them), or the games you bought along the way, like the other day at Cash Converters when they had another bargain bin thing and you thought I didn't see you go in there but I did, I saw it.

III. Next up is to list all the DLC and / or other shit you caved in and bought despite the challenge, also with the console of choice it came on, like how you saw Vice City was on sale on PS4 and couldn't resist that glory that the game is. Oh, and the prices you got them for / total money spent, in AUD pls, so I don't have to do currency converting because I'm lazy and it keeps us all on a fair level field, except that money value is always in flux and one week might be a particularly good one for the dollar and the next may be shit.

IV. Finally, you can list your total expenditure if you want. You don't have to, the first three you do though, anyway, the total / overall expenditure is a cool thing to look back on a year later, I'd say do it, but then, you should ideally have nothing in there. 

 

Got all that? Here's how your thing should look then

Your PSN user name

 

Games played 

Goat Simulator PS3 - platinumed

Spider-Man 2 PS2 - beat the story

Pepsiman PS1 - beat the story

Halo 2 Xbone - beat the story

Call of Duty 2 360 - 1000 GS'd

Pick-ups

Spider-Man PS4

Crash Bandicoot PS4

Gravity Rush 2 PS4

Cave-ins

Robot Arms: Glitch in the System PS2 - $3.50

DLC

Goat Simulator PS4 - Goat MMO - $7.50

 

Fourth, PRIZES AND REWARDS and shit. I bought the Capcom Humble Bundle at some point in August for a friend as a gift and when I started typing the codes into a USA account for them I got like 2 or 3 in and realized the games they have no interest in would make better prizes here, since they would have never played them anyway. For this reason, there's a couple that unfortunately aren't in here, they mostly would play Resident Evil and Devil May Cry, but there was some other budget looking PS3 game I typed in and Strider and Megaman that are now unable to be given away because of my lack of foresight. Anyway, they were stoked on Resi and DMC, and I told them to try Strider because it's a dope ass game. Anyway, the list of games is in the spoiler below.

 

Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

Fat Princess

Final Fight Double Impact

Lost Planet 3

Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix

Okami HD

Remember Me

 

Without further ado, 

 

BILLYHORRIBLE - August 1, 2016 

 

GAMES PLAYED THROUGH:

• Ratchet&Clank (played through story)
• DOOM (continued and finished story)
• Mirror's Edge Catalyst (played through story)
• Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India (played through story)
• Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia (played through story)
• Broken Age (PS+, played through story)
• Donkey Kong Country (SNES) (played story)
• Journey (PS+, played through story)
• Amnesia (PS+, played through one world once)
• F-Zero (SNES) (played through all three leagues)
• EVE: Gunjack (played through all levels)
• Rise Of The Tomb Raider (played through story, Baba Yaga DLC and Blood Ties DLC)
• Super Mario World (SNES) (played through main story, without side/special levels)
• Everybody's Gone To The Rapture (PS+, played through story)
• Pinball Deluxe (GB) (played through all tables)
• Kirby's Dream Land (GB) (played through story)
• Watch_Dogs 2 (played through story)

 
GAMES 100% COMPLETED:

• No Man's Sky
• Assassin's Creed: Unity - Dead Kings DLC (free)
• MouseCraft (started during KYC1 event, finished remainder of game)
• The Swapper (PS+)
• Datura (PS+)
• The Playroom VR (free)
• The Deadly Tower Of Monsters (PS+)

ADDITIONAL GAMES PLAYED:

• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (post-story freeroam stuff)
• Far Cry Primal (started)
• LEGO Marvel's Avengers (started) (playing with the missus, couple of levels at a time)
• Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter (tried to do remaining levels on hard, keeps glitching out)
• Tomb Raider: Underworld (continued on story)
• Shütshimi (tried to get through the game again)
• Super Mario Kart (SNES) (played through all 50cc cups and the first two 100cc cups)
• Super Mario Bros. (SNES) (tried to get further in world 7)
• Assassin's Creed III (post-story freeroam stuff, multiplayer, DLC)
• Bound (started)
• Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes (started)
• VEV: Viva Ex Vivo (started)
• Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins (GB) (played through three worlds)
• Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES) (played through first world)
• BADLAND (PS+, started during KYC2 event)
• Lords Of The Fallen (PS+, started during KYC2 event)
• Super Stardust HD (PS+, started during KYC2 event)
• Furi (PS+, started during KYC2 event)
• Tricky Towers (PS+, started during KYC2 event)
• Resident Evil (PS+, started during KYC2 event)
• DiRT 3 (PS+, started during KYC2 event)
• Letter Quest Remastered (PS+, started during KYC2 event)

3 PURCHASED GAMES:

• Rise Of The Tomb Raider (pre-ordered by trading in games, payed an additional €17, AUD translation of €17 at the time was AUD 24,33)
• Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes (paid with PSN credit obtained from selling No Man's Sky)
• Watch_Dogs 2 (pre-ordered by trading in games, payed an additional €17, AUD translation of €17 at the time was AUD 24,58)

DLC (AUD 20,61 spent out of AUD 20 allowance):

• LEGO Marvel's Avengers Season Pass (sale for €5,99 from €9,99, AUD translation of €5,99 at the time was AUD 8,83)
• Assassin's Creed III Season Pass (sale for €7,99 from €29,99, AUD translation of €7,99 at the time was AUD 11,78)

ADDITIONAL VR CAVE-INS:

• Bound (2 for 50% off sale, paid with PSN credit obtained from selling No Man's Sky)
• EVE: Gunjack (paid with PSN credit obtained from selling No Man's Sky)
• VEV: Viva Ex Vivo (paid with PSN credit obtained from selling No Man's Sky)

ADDITIONAL NON-VR CAVE-INS:

• Shadow Of The Beast (2 for 50% off sale, paid with PSN credit obtained from selling No Man's Sky) (bought with Bound for VR, hoping the rumours are true and Shadow gets VR as well)

NON-PLUS GAMES OBTAINED FOR FREE:

• traded: game from before event -> Ratchet & Clank -> Mirror's Edge Catalyst -> Assassin's Creed Unity and a game I could use for the RotTR pre-order
• traded: game from before event -> Witcher 3
• traded: game from before event -> Far Cry Primal
• traded: Rise Of The Tomb Raider -> two games I could use for the Watch_Dogs 2 pre-order
• traded: Watch_Dogs 2 -> Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection

GAMES PRE-ORDERED BEFORE STARTING EVENT:

• No Man's Sky LE (paid €0 for it, bought by trading in old games. After playing, sold it on and used that money for PSN store credit)
• South Park: The Fractured But Whole CE (paid €95 during event, AUD translation of €95 at the time was AUD 137,35)
• Horizon Zero Dawn CE (paid €125 during event, AUD translation of €125 at the time was AUD 180,72)

BACKLOG AT 2016/08/01

• PS4 12 games and 19 free games
• PS3 10 games and 29 free games
• VITA 0 games and 10 free games

CURRENT BACKLOG:

• PS4 16 games and 24 free games  +9
• PS3 11 games and 34 free games  +6
• VITA 0 games and 11 free games   +1

CURRENT EXPENSES:
€267,98 or AUD 387,59 (current AUD translation of €267,98 is AUD 386,46)

• DLC: AUD 20 allowed with an overflow of AUD 0,61 (current AUD translation results in overflow of AUD 0,16)
• Additionally, spent €20 on PSN store credit, also had a few euros left on there before the event
• Of the expenses listed above, €13,98 was PSN store credit
• Sold on No Man's Sky and used that money for additional PSN store credit. €11,03 remaining of said credit

LAST UPDATE:
2016/12/15

 

CHRIS1-1SIRHC

 

GAMES PLAYED

Jak and Dexter: The Precursor Legacy - PS3 - 30%

Raymans Origins - PS3 - 5%

Batman Arkham City - PS3 - 23%

Jurassic Park: The Depths - PS3 - 66%

Jurassic Park: The Survivors - PS3 - 80%

Dead Island - PS3 - 0%

Mass Effect - PS3 - 4%

Grand Ages Medieval - PS4 - 84%

Fallout 4 - PS4 - 32%

Assassin's Creed Syndicate - PS4 - 43%

Fahrenheit - PS4 - 0%

Sherlock Holmes The Devils Daughter - PS4 - 15%

The Unfinished Swan - PS4 - 61%

Gone Home - PS4 - 57%

Prison Architect - PS4 - 48%

 

PICK-UPS

Hitman

Rise of the Tomb Raider

Final Fantasy VII Remake

 

CAVE-INS

Mafia 3

Final Fantasy XV

Almost Human: Detroit

Crash Bandicoot

Mass Effect Andromeda

God of War 4

 

DLC

 

 

EVIL_JOKER88

 

Currently Playing

 

Dying Light

Dead Nation (PS4)

Batman: Arkham Origins

Project Cars

 

Games played or completed so far

 

 Amnesia: Memories - 100%

 Crysis 3 - 100%

 Dante's Inferno - 100%

 Dragon's Crown - 100%

 Ether One - 100%

 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning 100%

 Metro Last Light - 100%

 Playstation All-Stars Battle Royal (Vita) - 100%

 Playstation All-Stars Battle Royal (PS3) - 100%

 Sleeping Dogs (PS3) - 100%

 Sound Shapes (PS4) - 100%

 Sound Shapes (PS4) - 100%

 Sound Shapes (PS4) - 100%

 Sound Shapes (PS4) - 100%

 The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - 100%

 Volume (100%)

Battlefield 3 - 28%... Campaign (Easy) + Coop (Hard)

Lara Croft & the Temple of Osiris (100%)

Life is Strange - 18%... Episode 1 complete

Lost Planet 2 - 18%... Finished Campaign on Normal

 

Probably buying

 

Virtue's Last Reward

Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition

Project Cars GOTY

 

Bought already

 

Bioshock Ultimate Rapture Edition (PS3) + Bioshock Infinite (PS3) 3€

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 6,20€

Resident Evil 0 HD (PS4) + DMC HD Collection (PS3) 0€

Quantum of Solace 5,60€

Volume: 3,50€

Xblaze Code: Embryo: 7,20€

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood: 9,30€

 

DLC bought already

 

Playstaton All-Stars Battle Royal - Fearless 1,59€

Outlast - The Whistleblower 3,27€

Sleeping Dogs: Year of the Snake + Nightmare in North Point 12,08€

 

 

FREDDIE1989 - July 29, 2016

 

Games played

 

Infamous: Second Son - Platted

Hunted: The Demons Forge

The Last of Us

Assassins Creed Syndicate

Mafia 2 - now 100%

Call of Duty: Ghosts

God of War

Oddworld: Strangers Wrath HD

Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando - complete

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal

 

Cave-ins

 

DLC

GTA IV, The Lost and The Damned (already owned)

 

 

GHOSTEHKINS

 

GAMES COMPLETED

Grim Fandango - platinum’d

Gravity Rush - story beaten

Uncharted 2 - platinum'd

 

GAMES PLAYING

Minecraft

Uncharted 4

No Man's Sky

Black Ops 3

Demon's Souls

Thomas Was Alone

 

PLANNED PICK-UPS

Abzu

Overwatch - $30

No Man’s Sky

 

MISSIONS FAILED

Nothing… yet.

 

 

HAN_THE_DRAGON

 

GAMES PLAYED

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PS3)

Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories

Thief (PS3)

Bloodborne

Muramasa Rebirth

Grand Theft Auto V (PS3)

Blazblue Continuum Shift Extended (PSV)

Need For Speed: Rivals (PS3)

Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix

Tomb Rider (PS3)

Qurare

World of Final Fantasy (PS4)

Star Ocean: Faith and Integrity

Final Fantasy XV

 

GAMES COMPLETED

Ni No Kuni - Platinum/100% Complete

Street Fighter x Tekken (PS3) - Platinum/100% Complete

Street Fighter x Tekken (PSV) - Platinum/100% Complete

Natural Doctrine (PSV) - Platinum/100% Complete

Rainbow Moon (PS3/PSV) - Platinum/100% Complete

Modnations Racers: Road Trip - Platinum/100% Complete

Mortal Kombat 9 (PS3) - Platinum/100% Complete

Lost Dimension (PSV) - Platinum/100% Complete

Doodle Kingdom (PS3) - 100% Complete

Doodle God (PS3) - 100% Complete

Doodle Devil (PS3) - 100% Complete

NBA 2K17: The Prelude - 100% Complete

The Swapper - 100% Complete

Gird 2 - Platinum/100% Complete

Amnesia: Memories - Platinum/100% Complete

Rocket League - Platinum/100% Complete

Race the Sun (PS3/PS4/PSV) - 100% Complete

 

 

PICK-UPS

Persona 5 (PS4)

Final Fantasy XV (PS4) - Deluxe Edition - €87.49

Tekken 7 (PS4)

 

CAVE-INS

Need For Speed: Rivals (PS3) - €7.99

Star Ocean: Faith and Integrity Limited Edition - €44.55

XBLAZE Code: Embryo (PSV) - €7.99

World of Final Fantasy - €54.99

DeusEx: Mankind Divided Steelbook Edition/Day 1 Edition - €29.99

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth (PS4) - €23.58

Tales of Zestiria (PS4) - €29.87

Project Cars GotY - €21.77

God Eater 2 (PS4) - €34.59

Hitman GO - €2.99

 

DLC

Grid 2 Season Pass - €10.49

Table Top Racing - Tropical Ice Pack - €1.99

Rocket League - Chaos Runs - €2.39

Rocket League - Supersonic Fury - €2.39

Rocket League - Revenge of the Battle-cars - 2.39

 

HELICENE - July 6, 2016

 

GAMES PLAYED

PS3:

Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 2 - The Siege of Spinner Cay

PS4:

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness

PSV:

Smart As

 

PICK-UPS

No Man’s Sky (PS4)

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition (PS4)

Tales of Berseria (PS4)

 

CAVE-INS

None, damn it

 

DLC

$0.00 thus far

 

STARTING STATS

Trophy level 18 (19%)

Trophy count 2505 (1621 bronze/686 silver/166 gold/32 platinum)

Completed games 52/106

Completion percentage 56.14

 

 

LUMPHY101 - July 2, 2016

 

CURRENTLY CLEANING UP / PLAYING

Mirror's Edge Catalyst (PS4)

Badland (PS Vita)

 

THINGS I’M PROBABLY GONNA BUY

BF: Hardline on sale $4

 

HOW MUCH STUFF I’VE COMPLETED BECAUSE OF THIS EVENT

Rocket League (PS4) - 64% 

Unit 13 (PS Vita) - 100% 

Sound Shapes (PS Vita) - 38% 

Guacamelee (PS Vita) -  72% 

 

HOW MUCH PAIN MY WALLET IS IN

Mirror's Edge Catalyst: $42.59

 

HOW MUCH PAIN MY WALLET IS IN: DLC EDITION

Batman: Arkham Knight Season Pass: $9.99

 

TOTAL EXPENDITURES

$52.58

 

STARTING STATISTICS

Trophy Level 21 (62%)

Trophies 4053

Platinums 32

Average completion 44.09%

 

 

MATTYH16

 

GAMES COMPLETED

Tales from the Borderlands (PS3)

Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour (PS4)

My Name is Mayo

Jazzpunk

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

 

GAMES INCOMPLETE

 

MY 3 PLANNED PURCHASES

Crash Bandicoot Trilogy PS4

No Man’s Sky PS4

Tekken 7 PS4

 

WHAT I CAVED IN FOR

 

DLC PURCHASED

 

 

NETENTITY

 

CURRENT PROGRESS

Tales of Destiny (PS1)

The Guided Fate Paradox (PS3)

Freedom Wars (PSV)

DMC: Devil May Cry (PS3)

Journey (PS3)

Trine (PS3)

Strider (PS3)

 

GAMES CROSSED FROM THE BACKLOG DURING THIS CHALLENGE

Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited (PSV)

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA f 2nd (PSV)

Tales of Phantasia (PS1)

Mousecraft (PSV)

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (PS3)

Sound Shapes (PSV)

Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope (PS3)

Actual Sunlight (PS4)

LittleBigPlanet (PSV)

Child of Light (PS3)

Letter Quest Remastered (PSV)

Outland (PS3)

Rainbow Moon (PSV)

Home (PSV)

Steins;Gate (PS3)

Demon Gaze (PSV)

 

PLANNED PICKUPS

Zero Time Dilemma

Odin Sphere Leiftrasir

Persona 5

 

FELL INTO THE SPEND SIDE

God Eater Resurrection + Rage Burst

 

DLC

Prince of Persia: Epilogue - 4$

The Evil Within Season Pass - 8$

DLC Allowance left - 8$

 

 

QUIKDRAWJOE

 

BACKLOG

Rocket League - Bought the DLC (planned) - Just need the trophies for freezing an opponent's shot and 535 shots on goal.

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations - Still need to "Impress Warren Vidic"

God of War II - Challenge 7

Time Crisis 4: Arcade Version - 1CC clear using Evan

Dark Void - Bought the DLC but haven't started

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - still need to buy the DLC

Bioshock Infinite - Finished Clash in the Clouds need to start the story DLC

Razing Storm - Finished Arcade, cleaned up the story and now working on the Sentry trophies

Deadstorm Pirates - haven't started

Destiny: Rise of Iron - Just need to clear Wrath of the Machine HM but been playing Warframe

 

 

PLANNED EXPENDATURES

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (DLC) - come on sale

Rocket League (DLC)

Watch_Dogs 2 - didn't end up buying this so yay?

Destiny 2 / any Destiny expansion / DLC

 

GUILTY PLEASURES

DarkVoid DLC, Bioshock Infinite DLC

 

RATCHET2425

 

CURRENTLY PLAYING

Hyperdimension Neptunia

Tales of Graces f

Tales of Xillia

Metal Gear Solid 2

Metal Gear Solid 3

Dragon Age II

Heavy Rain

Beyond: Two Souls

Dynasty Warriors

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd

Mass Effect 2

Ratchet Deadlocked

Ratched & Clank: Full Frontal Assault

Jak 3

Sonic Adventure

Final Fantasy X HD

Valkyria Chronicles Remastered

Rock Band 4

Senran Kagura Estival Versus

Uncharted 2

Uncharted 1 Remastered

Command & Conquer Red Alert 3

Assassin's Creed III

Echochrome

Sonic Adventure 2

Journey

Super Stardust HD

Broforce

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X

AdVenture Capitalist

Darkest Dungeon

 

COMPLETED GAMES

Gone Home

Skyrim (100%)

Driveclub (100%)

NBA 2K17 The Prelude

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

Grim Fandango Remastered

 

PICK-UPS

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X

Tales of Berseria

Darkest Dungeon

 

GAMES BOUGHT BECAUSE I’M A BITCH AND COULDN’T HOLD OUT

None, yet

 

DLC ALLOWANCE

None, hopefully it stays this way

 

CURRENT OVERALL SPENDINGS $0.00

 

 

SENOR_T_DUB

 

NOW PLAYING

WWE 2K16 (PS4)

Olli Olli 2 (PSV)

Rogue Galaxy (PS4)

The Legend of Heroes: Trail of Cold Steel (PSV)

Doom (PS4)

 

PLANNED PURCHASES

No Man’s Sky

Final Fantasy XV

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

 

COMPLETED

Oxenfree (PS4)

Shutshimi (PS4)

Zero Time Dilemma (PSV)

 

TOTAL EXPENDITURES $0.00

 

STARTING STATISTICS

Trophy Level 38

Trophy Count 9362

Platinums 154

Completion Percentage 75.24%

 

 

STOOGEBAG

 

GAMES COMPLETED

Feeding Frenzy (Xbox 360) - completed main game

Joy Ride Turbo (Xbox 360) - completed all GPs on all difficulties

Spider-Man 3 (PSP) - completed main story mode

Spider-Man 2 (PSP) - completed the game 

The Warriors (PSP) - completed main story mode

Lego Star Wars II (PSP) - completed main story mode

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Xbox One) - all achievements unlocked

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (Game Cube) - all goals and gold medals unlocked

Spider-Man (Game Cube) - completed the game

NBA 2K17: The Prelude (Xbox One) - all achievements unlocked

Wordament (iOS) - all achievements unlocked (game syncs with Xbox account)

Wordament (Android) - all achievements unlocked (game syncs with Xbox account)

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China - completed main game

Goat Simulator (PS4) - platinum'd on girlfriend's account

Resogun (PS4) - completed main game

Lego Marvel's Avengers (PSV) - completed main game

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Android) - completed main game story

Olli Olli (PSV) - completed all levels on ametuer, and all trick spots

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (PS4) - platinum'd

Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary Edition World Tour (PS4) - platinum'd (at the moment, on 4 different accounts)

Dying Light (PS4) - completed main story again with friend in co-op, mostly just played from near the end though

Crazy Taxi (Android) - achieved S rank on both levels and completed Crazy Box

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS4) - completed main story, will plat soon probably

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (PS4) - platinum'd

Bully (PS4) - platinum'd

Batman: A Telltale Series (PS4) - platinum'd

Arcade Game Series: Pac-Man (PS4) - platinum'd

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Remastered (PS4) - platinum'd

 

PICK-UPS

Spider-Man PS4

Super Mario Maker 3DS

Duke Nukem 3D World Tour PS4 

 

DLC BANK

Halo Reach (Xbox 360) - $1

Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360) - $1

Assassin's Creed: Unity (Xbox One) - $2.66

Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360) - $1

$14.34 remaining

 

 

SYIARIS - August 26, 2016

 

Games Played:
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood [PS3]
Dragonvale [Android]
Assassin's Creed 3 [PS3]
Lollipop Chainsaw [PS3]
The Last of Us (some multiplayer) [PS3]
Batman: Arkham Origins (multiplayer) [PS3]
inFamous [PS3]
SSX [PS3]
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow [PS3]
Mass Effect [PS3]
Flame Over [PSTV]
Jak II [PS3]
Rayman Origins [PS3]
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations [PS3]
Pokemon Sun [3DS]
Okami [PS3]
Grow Home [PS4]
Yu-Gi-Oh! 7 Trials to Glory [GBA]

The Sims 4 [PC]

Games Beaten: (* are on hold for platinum rain)
*The Sims 3: Pets [PS3] - 98%
*Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves [PS3] - 79% ➝ 98%
Bathory: The Bloody Countess [Android] - 91% (glitched)

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth [PC]

*Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault [PS3] - 35% ➝ 57% ➝ 98%
*Disney Infinity 2.0 [PS3] - 97%
Myths of the World: Spirit Wolf [Android]
Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires [PS3/rental] - 100%
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham [PSTV/rental] - 61% ➝ 100%
Zero Time Dilemma [PSTV]/rental] - 100%
Young Justice: Legacy [PS3/rental] - 100%
*Disney Infinity 3.0 [PS3/loan] - 98%
Child of Light [PSTV/rental] - 100%
Captain America: Super Soldier [PS3/rental] - 100%
Pokemon Silver [Gameboy]
Sonic Advance [GBA]
Mario Tennis [GBC]
Lost Lands 3: The Golden Curse [Android]
*Heavy Rain [PS3] 98%
Gone Home [PS4] 100%
The Emerald Maiden: Symphony of Dreams [Android]

Lost Lands: Dark Overlord [Android]
*Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One [PS3] - 10% ➝ 42% ➝ 98%
*Tales from the Borderlands [PS4] 91%
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Tara's Adventure [GBC]
Pokemon Yellow [GBC]
Saints Row: The Third [PS3] 55%
Sid Meier's Civilization V [PC]
The Secret Order 2: Masked Intent [Android]
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker [PS3] 35%

Pick-ups:
1. Pokemon Sun [3DS]
2. Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth [PSTV]
3.
x. PS4 console + Uncharted 4 + Assassin's Creed: Syndicate + Assassin's Creed: Unity (bundle)

DLC/other purchases (USD 15.28/20):
$4.94 - Dragon Age Inquisition: Jaws of Hakkon DLC [PS3]
$1.06 - One month of Gamefly rentals
$0.75 - Watch_Dogs + Sacred 3 [PS3]
$1.34 - Tales from the Borderlands [PS4]
$7.19 - Shadow of Mordor GOTY [PS4]

Christmas
Age of Empires III [PC]
Civilization Revolution [PS3]
Dragon Quest Heroes [PS4]
Hyrule Warriors Legends [3DS]
Ratchet & Clank [PS4]
The Book of Unwritten Tales [PS4]
The Sims 4 [PC]
Unravel [PS4]

Free stuff/PS+:
Costume Quest [PS3+]
Forgotten Books: The Enchanted Crown + Myths of the World: Spirit Wolf + Bathory: The Bloody Countess + Revenge of the Spirit: Rite of Resurrection [Android]

Disney Infinity 2.0 [PS3/gift]

[PC] to save the hassle/clutter: 1-3 free bad to mediocre games a month added for potential steam cards and not worth noting/keeping track of.
[PS4+] all the NA PS+ games as of Jan 2017.

 

XFALIONX

 

CURRENTLY PLAYING

GTA: Liberty City Stories (PS3)

Pumped BMX +

 

COMPLETED GAMES

Rune Factory Oceans (PS3) - completed the story and earned the platinum trophy

Sword Art Online -Hollow Fragment- (PSV) - completed the story and earned the platinum trophy

Journey (PS3) - 100%

Actual Sunlight

Letter Quest Remastered

 

CASUALLY PLAYING

Osu! (PC)

World of Warcraft: Legion (PC)

Mad Riders (PS3)

Mitos.is (PC)

 

PICK-UPS

Pokemon Moon (3DS)

World of Warcraft: Legion (PC) - 57,98€

Persona 5 (PS3)

 

MY LITTLE SINS

Darksiders (PS3) - 1,99€ (Still covered by DLC allowance)

 

DLC

I can assure you that this list will stay empty for the rest of the year, I despise DLC

 

WALLET STATUS

>200 Annihilated

>100 Writhing in pain

>50 On diet < 59,97€

<50 Completely fine

 

Edited January 1, 2017 by Super-Fly Spider-Guy

[DJROE95]

Good luck with this buddy, will be hard to stick to but I think you can do it

I'm way to impulsive and hoard-er-ish to attempt anything like this

[NetEntity]

Hm. This, actually, is a great idea. For me, personally, it's more of the problem to keep the amount of unplayed games from growing, rather than money spent, because I keep getting new games for my newest consoles while the old ones stand in the corner untouched for months. And since my combined backlog for PS3\Vita has reached a whooping 150 titles, my poor PS1, PS2, PSP, Cube and Wii will stay untouched even longer... and each one of them has their own gigantic backlogs. And since the JRPGs are the prevalent genre across all backlogs... yep, I'm doomed.

And I feel really, really guilty about it. So very guilty.

Good luck on your challenge.

Edited June 19, 2016 by NetEntity

[Saionji]

Good luck to anyone attempting this  if I see a good price on games I m interested in there is no way to stop me from buying it, nice idea but not for everyone ​

[Mcbeanstr]

I had a good ol' chuckle at that (possible) typo in the first paragraph and Candy cock saga

 

Now OT: This sounds like a very good plan and I can definitely relate to your plight . I purchased some games years back and haven't gotten to them yet. Ni No Kuni and Splinter Cell Blacklist comes to mind immediately. I shall make up a list and see where it gets me

[GoldenShaka]

Doctor spidey, that's a good therapy for all those lost souls which cannot stop buying games in general, but more important that cannot resist a great deal.

Because even when those are your exceptions for purchase a game, let's be real, -unless you're a purist that only play one genre- it's very hard to not find a good deal every month. And little by little your backlog will continue growing.

Still thinking about what to buy from the E3 sale :/

All our prayers go with you.

[DetectiveCJ]

 

Thankfully I have a child, so I mean, that takes up a lot of my time anyways. Anywhore, here's the challenge

 

I surely hope your kid doesn't read this post as you have "whore" in your words and we adults know what a whore is.

 

Regardless, I don't think I can do this challenge as I plan to buy a new 2DS soon and get Pokemon Moon and Kingdom Hearts 2.8, but I wish you good luck.

[Evil_Joker88]

A really tough challenge i jump in

 

Good to see that ps+ games doesn't count for this buy very little new games

 

I think i'll buy 3 games for sure in this year even if i stick to my PS3  

Let's see how long it takes

 

Backlog

Grand Theft Auto 5 (in progress)

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

Malicious

Crysis 3

Bleach: Soul Resurrección

 

Games played

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Run Sackboy! Run!

 

Pick-Ups

Crysis 3 - Lost Island (DLC)

Dante's Inferno - Dark Forest (DLC)

Dante's Inferno - Trials of St. Lucia (DLC)

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - Legend of Dead Kel (DLC)

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - Theeth of Naros (DLC)

 

Games you bought because you're a bitch and couldn't hold out

None yet... lucky me

 

Edit: I added recently DLC purchases which i consider half a game purchase each

Edited June 27, 2016 by Evil_Joker88

[Ratchet2425]

I'll jump in and take this challenge up with you to. My backlog has been getting ridiculously huge over the past year or 2, and combined with the need to save my money to help me get through the rest of my university program, this should really help me in the long run.

 

 

 

Games played (% completed before July 1st, % currently completed, date game was started, (additional information)). 

Games played at beginning of event (In no particular order):

 

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: 94% base, 78% overall. 94% base, 78% overall. January 6th, 2012.

• Dawnguard: 62%. 62%. February 27th, 2013.
  
• Hearthfire: 100%. 100%. February 20th, 2013. (Finished already but listing here to show I have all the DLC)
  
• Dragonborn: 0%. 0%. February 17th, 2013. (Bought on this date, is installed but haven't started working on it yet)
  

Hyperdimension Neptunia: 32%. 32%. March 14th, 2016.

Tales of Graces f: 11%. 11%. ~October 5th, 2015.

Tales of Xillia 2: 24%. 24%. ~October 24th, 2014. (Unsure of exact start, was likely closer to November as I wanted to complete Xillia 1's story first)

Metal Gear Solid 2: 77%. 77%. September 13th, 2014.

Metal Gear Solid 3: 15%. 15%. November 8th, 2015.

Dragon Age II: 39%. 39%. October 18th, 2013.

Heavy Rain: 42%. 42%. October 3rd, 2014.

Beyond: Two Souls: 36%. 36%. September 5th, 2014.

Dynasty Warriors 7: 34%. 34%. November 21st, 2015.

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd: 29%. 29%. September 13th, 2015.

Mass Effect 2: 89% base, 85% overall. 89% base, 85% overall. September 14th, 2014

• Zaeed: The Price of Revenge: 100%. 100%. September 14th, 2014. (Finished Already, listed here to show I have all the DLC)
  
• Arrival: 0%. 0%. March 19th, 2016 (Bought on this date, is installed but haven't started yet)
  

Ratchet Deadlocked: 3%. 3%. May 29th, 2016.

Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault: 15%. 15%. May 28th, 2016.

Jak 3: 58%. 58%. February 2nd, 2013.

Sonic Adventure: 43% base, 30% overall. 43% base, 30% overall. July 22nd, 2015

• Sonic Adventure DX: 0%. 0%. July 22nd, 2015.
  

Final Fantasy X HD: 9%. 9%. July 24th, 2015.

Valkyria Chronicles Remastered 0%. 0%. May 17th, 2016.

Gone Home: 23%. 23%. June 27th, 2016.

Rock Band 4: 8%. 8%. June 29th, 2016.

Senran Kagura Estival Versus: 20%. 20%. March 19th, 2016.

Uncharted 2: 26%. 26%. September 8th, 2012.

Uncharted 1 Remastered: 9%. 9%. December 26th, 2015.

Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: 88%. 88%. May 5th, 2009.

Driveclub: 66% base, 29% overall. 66% base, 29% overall. January 15th, 2016.

• so many... may make new spoiler just for these (Basically have all the DLC but only started a few, will list out at another time)
  

 

Pick-ups

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X (PS4)

Tales of Berseria

Darkest Dungeon (PS4)

 

Games bought because I'm a bitch and couldn't hold out

 

None, Yet...

 

 

I'll keep my 3rd nomination spot open in case I get really interested in another game but this should be good challenge (especially with how many games I buy on Flash Sales and in other random sales.

 

Update: Just remembered that Darkest Dungeon will be coming out sometime soon, so my 3 reserved slots are now filled.

 

Update 2: My list is finally done and ready for the challenge to officially begin

Edited July 1, 2016 by ratchet2425

[XX_FTW]

Wow good luck! A shorter time frame and I'd be in but that's too long for me. I def have the backlog to maintain it though... Cheers.

[Xionx]

1 full year? no sorry . i cannot even handle 2 months ....  but good luck everyone.

[xFalionx]

Wow, I'm scrolling through the forums and what do I find?

An average year in my life challenge!

 

Since I have a yearly income of 0 units of any currency in the multiverse (give or take 50 cents) this challenge is gonna be surprisingly easy for me.

I mean I am gonna get some gifted games for sure but the only game I would get myself this year is Pokemon Moon.

Most of my time is probably gonna be spent on anime and Osu! instead of my backlog, though. But I do have a few games that I either still need to finish or want to platinum in the near future.

And I don't even have to care about the android clause since I don't own any android devices.

 

But yeah, it's gonna be one heck of a normal year for me.

 

Games played:

PC:

Block N Load [F2P|Steam] (27/64 - 42%) 101 hours ; now: 101 hours | 01/07/16

PS3:

[planned] Rune Factory Oceans (17%)

PSVita:

Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (72%) 134 hours ; now: 134 hours | 01/07/16

[planned] Persona 4 Golden (18%)

 

Pick-Ups:

Pokemon Moon

 

My little sins:

Nothing yet

 

(Legend: Game name (Achievement/Trophy progress X/Y Z%) playtime at the start of the event A hours ; playtime now B hours | first time played in the event DD/MM/JJ

 

Edit:

 

-Updated game lists (I'm gonna do this pretty frequently (whenever I start a game or once every 1-3 days) so check back here from time to time Spider-Guy)

 

I'm not listing all of my games since I want this list to be diary style. I've pretty much started all of my owned games except for Jak 2 and 3, and Terraria. Might have overlooked one or two of my unstarted games, though...

And I can happily state that the only DLC I own are the free DLC from SAO: HF.

 

Changelog:

 

01/07/16

• Changed layout of "Games played"
• added SAO: HF, P4G, RFO and Block N Load

Edited July 1, 2016 by xFalionx

[Super-Fly Spider-Guy]

Ayy, some other people are down. Y'all have been added and I'll maybe post something more of a follow up later, this is a good start, more than I was expecting to be honest.

[xFalionx]

Actually regarding the played games section:
I think I'm probably gonna do it like this:

[Game name] [progress% / story done / platinum trophy]

And I'm probably gonna make separate sections for PC and consoles, because otherwise it'd be pretty easy to get lost in a years worth of games.

 

I might even include a little personal rating of the games to make it more interesting.

But I'm not the biggest fan of the time idea so I'll most likely be leaving that out of my posts.

Well, maybe I'll make an exception for steam games since they basically time themselves.

 

Edit: Now that I think about it: would you call getting the new WoW expansion buying a game?

I think that's some grey territory. I'm gonna leave it off my list for now since I'm still not 100% sure if I should get it.

Edited June 20, 2016 by xFalionx

[Quikdrawjoe]

Backlog:

Assassin's Creed Revelations

God of War II

Time Crisis 4 Arcade Version

Dark Void

Need for Speed:  Hot Pursuit

Bioshock Infinite

Rocket League

Razing Storm

Deadstorm Pirates

Destiny:  Rise of Iron (already purchased available 9/20/16)

 
Planned Expenditures:

Need for Speed:  Hot Pursuit (DLC)

Rocket League (DLC)

Watch Dogs 2

Destiny 2/any Destiny expansion/DLC

 
Guilty Pleasures:

None

[ghostehkins]

I think I'd like to try this. It will help me get through all these PS+ games, and save some money in the long run.

 

Games Played

Grim Fandango - platinum'd!

Gravity Rush - in progress

Planned pick-ups

Abzu

No Man's Sky

Missions Failed

None... yet.

 

 

 

 

[Evil_Joker88]

Quickdrawjoe mentioned something important i think... i just bought DLCs for Crysis 3, Kingdoms of Amalur and Dante's Inferno... but should i consider these as bought any game? I guess so, because albeit they're cheap i spent some money on these games... and this challenge shall prevent me from buying too much/ unnecessary things, right?

[Ratchet2425]

I'm going to start adding in games to my Games Played section over the next week or so, and since this challenge is about clearing out backlogs I plan on adding everything in my collection (including purchased games that I haven't downloaded/started yet) that I haven't completed which I plan to complete at some point. As to the question of does DLC count, I would think that smaller DLCs like skins or maps wouldn't count as they're not "new games", but expansions and biggers DLCs that have trophies associated with them might have to go on a case-by-case basis, although I'm good with whatever interpretation you guys feel is appropriate.

[Jacob_Neal01]

I can't do this...

 

1, I don't have enough games to last me until next year

2, I impulsively buy things on sale

3, I always forget about these challenges and leave them hanging halfway through

[AffectatiousDonk]

Great idea. If only I had more self control I would join instantly. Best of luck to all

[Super-Fly Spider-Guy]

Actually regarding the played games section:

I think I'm probably gonna do it like this:

[Game name] [progress% / story done / platinum trophy]

And I'm probably gonna make separate sections for PC and consoles, because otherwise it'd be pretty easy to get lost in a years worth of games.

 

I might even include a little personal rating of the games to make it more interesting.

But I'm not the biggest fan of the time idea so I'll most likely be leaving that out of my posts.

Well, maybe I'll make an exception for steam games since they basically time themselves.

 

Edit: Now that I think about it: would you call getting the new WoW expansion buying a game?

I think that's some grey territory. I'm gonna leave it off my list for now since I'm still not 100% sure if I should get it.

Quickdrawjoe mentioned something important i think... i just bought DLCs for Crysis 3, Kingdoms of Amalur and Dante's Inferno... but should i consider these as bought any game? I guess so, because albeit they're cheap i spent some money on these games... and this challenge shall prevent me from buying too much/ unnecessary things, right?

I'm going to start adding in games to my Games Played section over the next week or so, and since this challenge is about clearing out backlogs I plan on adding everything in my collection (including purchased games that I haven't downloaded/started yet) that I haven't completed which I plan to complete at some point. As to the question of does DLC count, I would think that smaller DLCs like skins or maps wouldn't count as they're not "new games", but expansions and biggers DLCs that have trophies associated with them might have to go on a case-by-case basis, although I'm good with whatever interpretation you guys feel is appropriate.

At the end of the day, it's your list, so it's up to you, if you were to include DLCs and the sort, I'd at least put in brackets that it is DLC, but to me, and I stress me personally and not this challenge thing, I'd consider independent releases, like the GTA IV episodes, the inFamous Festival of Blood and First Light DLCs, & Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, that function without the main game, to be their own game, but again, just do whatever you think is right.

In terms of DLC purchased though, that's a tough one, I'm going to put forth that we count DLC purchases as half a game, mostly so as to cover Quikdrawjoe who has 4 purchases listed. Edit: I forgot to add that I'd like you guys' opinion on this, we'll figure it out however you find to be fair.

 

Backlog:

Assassin's Creed Revelations

God of War II

Time Crisis 4 Arcade Version

Dark Void

Need for Speed:  Hot Pursuit

Bioshock Infinite

Rocket League

Razing Storm

Deadstorm Pirates

Destiny:  Rise of Iron (already purchased available 9/20/16)

 

Planned Expenditures:

Need for Speed:  Hot Pursuit (DLC)

Rocket League (DLC)

Watch Dogs 2

Destiny 2/any Destiny expansion/DLC

 

Guilty Pleasures:

None

Love the enthusiasm with the backlog list, and if you're 100% you'll play all of them I'll leave it as is, but the idea was to write down what you played as you go, kind of like a diary, but fun. If I told you the length in kilometres of the list of my backlog, that's one thing, but saying I'll get through them all in a year? I just won't, and I'll wind up probably playing a third of them if I'm lucky. The point is, if you're sure you'll play all of these, like 169% sure, I'll keep it, but it's meant to be added to, because realistically we're not gonna finish up our entire backlog, that's all

Edited June 20, 2016 by Super-Fly Spider-Guy

[Evil_Joker88]

At the end of the day, it's your list, so it's up to you, if you were to include DLCs and the sort, I'd at least put in brackets that it is DLC, but to me, and I stress me personally and not this challenge thing, I'd consider independent releases, like the GTA IV episodes, the inFamous Festival of Blood and First Light DLCs, & Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, that function without the main game, to be their own game, but again, just do whatever you think is right.

In terms of DLC purchased though, that's a tough one, I'm going to put forth that we count DLC purchases as half a game, mostly so as to cover Quikdrawjoe who has 4 purchases listed. Edit: I forgot to add that I'd like you guys' opinion on this, we'll figure it out however you find to be fair.

 

Love the enthusiasm with the backlog list, and if you're 100% you'll play all of them I'll leave it as is, but the idea was to write down what you played as you go, kind of like a diary, but fun. If I told you the length in kilometres of the list of my backlog, that's one thing, but saying I'll get through them all in a year? I just won't, and I'll wind up probably playing a third of them if I'm lucky. The point is, if you're sure you'll play all of these, like 169% sure, I'll keep it, but it's meant to be added to, because realistically we're not gonna finish up our entire backlog, that's all

 

Well if we agree on these terms regarding DLC then i think Crysis 3 and Kingdoms of Amalur should be considered 1 purchase each because the DLCs have the size of something like "Freedom Cry" or "Left Behind"... Great... that means that i may buy one smaller DLC in the upcoming year

 

And the names i listed are mostly games i plan to complete within until End of August as part of the Summer Backlog Challenge, so i'm dead confident i will play these   ... but more gonna be added in the next months... cuz i have hundreds of games lying around ... i bet you know what i mean

[Quikdrawjoe]

At the end of the day, it's your list, so it's up to you, if you were to include DLCs and the sort, I'd at least put in brackets that it is DLC, but to me, and I stress me personally and not this challenge thing, I'd consider independent releases, like the GTA IV episodes, the inFamous Festival of Blood and First Light DLCs, & Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, that function without the main game, to be their own game, but again, just do whatever you think is right.

In terms of DLC purchased though, that's a tough one, I'm going to put forth that we count DLC purchases as half a game, mostly so as to cover Quikdrawjoe who has 4 purchases listed. Edit: I forgot to add that I'd like you guys' opinion on this, we'll figure it out however you find to be fair.

 

Love the enthusiasm with the backlog list, and if you're 100% you'll play all of them I'll leave it as is, but the idea was to write down what you played as you go, kind of like a diary, but fun. If I told you the length in kilometres of the list of my backlog, that's one thing, but saying I'll get through them all in a year? I just won't, and I'll wind up probably playing a third of them if I'm lucky. The point is, if you're sure you'll play all of these, like 169% sure, I'll keep it, but it's meant to be added to, because realistically we're not gonna finish up our entire backlog, that's all

 

Yup, I pretty much want to finish my backlog and just play Destiny with what time I have.  I mostly included Watch Dogs 2 because I might buy it but it's unlikely.  DLC is for the 100% completion goal and as I said I plan on playing only Destiny I'll continue buying expansions/DLC as they are released.  With only 9 games on my entire backlog that gives me around 40 days to play each game and I've already got a head start on Bioshock Infinite (started the Clash in the Clouds DLC).

[damage_6-9]

Absolutely, positively can not possibly even begin to even contemplate this challenge..... have a backlog from hell which grows every week,

[Lars]

Good luck with this man, i won't take part in this because i just got a ps4, so i want to buy a couple of games in the future, especially ones that come out this financial year. 

But it wouldn't be bad for me and my wallet that's for sure