The Code of the Elves!

[Toogie53]

 

Hey again! We've officially started the event. What you see now is a list of participants and the games they selected. I am allowing people to pick games that they have already started, so the progress on games isn't necessarily reflective of effort put forth in the event. I, for example, started with two games above 60%. I'll update this list at least once every weekend. 

 

 

@Toogie53

1. Saints Row IV and How the Saints Saved Christmas DLC - and ?
2. inFamous Second Son -
3. Just Sing -
4. Song of the Deep - ?

 

@redcar200

1. Uncharted 2 -
2. Star Wars Battlefront 2 - 77%
3. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep - 3%
4. Heavy Rain - 2%

 

@Surge3Beast

1. Saints Row IV and How the Saints Saved Christmas DLC -  and ?

2. Mass Effect - 76%
3. Thumper - 32%
4. Song of the Deep - 0%

 

@Uchiha_Snake__

1. Borderlands -
2. Metal Gear Solid 3 -
3. Dragonball Xenoverse - 
4. Final Fantasy X - 

 

@ShakeNBake663

1. South Park: The Fractured But Whole -
2. Guardians of the Galaxy -
3. Life is Strange: Before the Storm -
4. Child of Light - ?

 

@soultaker655

1. Batman Arkham Origins - 60%
2. inFamous Second Son - 1%
3. Persona 4 Dancing All Night -  

 

@CjShai

1. Saints Row IV and How the Saints Saved Christmas DLC - 0%
2. Beyond: Two Souls - 1%
3. Project Diva Future Tone DX - 100%
4. Final Fantasy XV - 25%

 

@Psy-Tychist

1. Dead Space 3 - 58%, Syberia - 0%
2. Darksiders - 81%
3. Color Guardians 60%, Entwined - 52%, Funk of the Titans - 9%
4. Child of Light - 42%

 

@Kent10201

1. Horizon Zero Dawn - 

2. Life is Strange Before the Storm - 

3. Guitar Hero 5 - , Amplitude -
4. Fallout 3 - 3%, The Little Acre -

 

@ImplyingYouCare

1. Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star - 0%
2. Game of Thrones - 78% 
3. Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F - 0%

 

@RVMcypress_grave

1. Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star - 0%
2. Trine 2 -
3. Chronicles of Teddy: Harmony of Exodus -  ?
4. Bioshock - 0%

 

@FrostIsFurious

1. South Park: The Stick of Truth - 65%

2. Until Dawn - 38%

3. SingStar - 0%

4. Alien: Isolation - 75% 

 

@xMissFantasy

1. KONA -

2. The Wolf Among Us -  

3. Final Fantasy XV -

4. The Little Acre - 

 

@Evil_Joker88

1. 巫女学校物語～楓編 (Miko Gakkou Monogatari - Kaede Hen) - 
2. Claire -
3. Hannah Montana -
4. N.E.R.O. -

 

@gernboes

1. Until Dawn - 
2. Pyre -
3. Color Guardians -
4. Song of the Deep - 42%

 

@monkeydluffy512

1. The Puppeteer - ?
2. Beyond: Two Souls -
3. Funk of the Titans - ?

 

@Wxddlindan

1. Saints Row IV and How the Saints Saved Christmas DLC - 16% and 0%
2. Bully - 23%
3. Assassin's Creed 3 - 16%
4. Harry Potter Collection - 0%

 

@masaru-san

1. Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space Episodes 1-5 - ?????
2. Spec Ops: The Line - 15%
3. Conga Master -
4. Katamari Forever -

 

@Dessane

1. South Park Stick of Truth -
2. Persona 5 -
3. Color Guardians - 

 

 

Entry Information

Spoiler

 

Welcome to my call for participants for the The Code of the Elves. This is a more casual focused Christmas event. The short version is you will commit to finishing 3 or 4 games with themes centered around The Code of the Elves from the Elf movie. I am accepting 20 participants. Please review and let me know if you’re going to hop in an join us. I’d be happy to have you! 

 

WHEN: November 23, 2017 (Thanksgiving Day) – January 8, 2017 (The first Monday after New Year's Day)

 

WHAT DO I DO? Play video games! You were going to do that anyway right?! Except for this time you have to follow the Code of the Elves! The code has three parts and you will choose one game for each part of the code. There is an optional fourth category where you can earn a second badge for this event. You can even play on the Xbox, if you want to. However, you need to give me your gamertag, so I can follow your progress to verify completion.

 

1. TREAT EVERY DAY LIKE CHRISTMAS! - Complete a game that is set during Christmas or a snow-themed game. The more snow the better! Also acceptable is a game with a significant holiday DLC. If you choose this, both the main game and the specific holiday DLC must be completed. You don't have to complete other DLC, if there is any.  

   
   Examples: The Division (Christmas Time), Batman Arkham Origins (Christmas Time) , Saints Row 4 (DLC), Costume Quest 2 (DLC), Disney's Frozen Free Fall (Snow-themed)
    

2. THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYONE ON THE NICE LIST! - Complete a game where a major character is bad and becomes good and basically changes sides, finds redemption, or honor at the end in some way. You can also play something with morale choices where you can be evil or good (Be good! Santa is watching!)

   
   Examples: Red Dead Redemption (Redeeming), Grim Fandango (Redeeming), Infamous (moral choices), Mass Effect (moral choices)
    

3.  THE BEST WAY TO SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER IS SINGING LOUD FOR ALL TO HEAR! - For this one play any music/rhythm based game, but I highly encourage a karaoke type game if you can manage it. If you're truly stimped, just a game where you really like the music will do. 
   
   Examples: Singstar (Karaoke), We Sing (Karaoke), Just Dance (Dance), Guitar Hero (Instrument), Sound Shapes (Rhythym), Parappa the Rapper (Rythym)
    
4. BYE BUDDY HOPE YOU FIND YOUR DAD! - This is an optional category. For this category, play any game that includes finding your lost dad. The plot doesn't have to center around your dad's disappearance, but finding/rescuing your dad should be an event that occurs. I'm not aware of any but a game where you go looking for your dad and never find him will work.
   
   Examples: Song of the Deep, Fallout 3, The Walking Dead Season One, The Little Acre.

WHAT DO I GET OUT OF THIS? You will get some enjoyment from the games you play and the chance to meet some people and talk about those games. Another reward you will get is a community badge. (See below for the design.) Yes, I'm kind of a dick and I watermarked it. You have to participate to get one. No stealing! I'll add usernames and the event title at the end based on your preference. If you get all three and do the bonus category, you will get a second narwhal themed badge. 

WHAT IF I WANT TO PLAY A GAME THAT DOESNT HAVE A PLATINUM TROPHY? This is fine too, but I’m expecting you to 100% it to make it count. I'm counting a platinum or a 100% so don't worry about DLC trophies, unless you picked a Christmas DLC for "Treat Every Day Like Christmas!"

 

WHAT IF I HAVE ALREADY STARTED “SANTA'S REVENGE” IN 2015? Cool! This is a great chance to boost up your completion rate by getting some old games on your profile wrapped up. You can play games you’ve started in the past, if you finish them in the time frame given above.

 

HOW DO I JOIN? Before Thanksgiving Day, reply to this post and let me know. Please provide a list of your chosen games as soon as possible because it really helps others figure out what they might be able to play too. Once I see that you post saying you want to join, I’ll add you to contest. 

WHO’S IN? @toogie53 @pikachu @redcar200 @surge3beast @uchiha_snake__ @shakenbake663 @soultaker655 @cjshai @psy-tychist @kent10201 @implyingyoucare @RVMcypress_grave @FrostIsFurious @doctordrpepper @xmissfantasy @evil_joker88 @gernboes @monkeydluffy512

 

 

 

Edited January 19, 2018 by Toogie53

[Toogie53]

The games I have chosen for myself are:

 

(Everyday is Christmas) Saints Row 4 - It has a DLC called "How the Saints Saved Christmas." This is one of my first ps4 games. I will need to get the plat from the main game and that DLC to count. I have already started this way in the past. I have a lot of misc. clean up to do in the main game and of course I need to do the DLC.

 

 

(Nice List) Infamous Second Son - This one works because of the morality thing. You can be good or evil. I played through good once a long time ago. I would need to do the evil side and on the hard difficulty and a lot of misc trophies.
 

 

(Sing Loud) Just Sing - This looks like a typical karaoke game. On the surface, it's full of young hipster music from like One Direction and Justin Beiber. However, I checked the track list online and found a bunch of other songs that I like better that they didn't advertise. Maybe it's my age, but I'm looking more forward to stuff from the Spin Doctors and The Cranberries. 

 

 

(Find Dad) Song of the Deep - A girl builds a submarine to find her missing father. He was some kind of underwater explorer that never came home one day. 

 

 

Also, just a head's up. I changed my choice for my music game. My original choice was Omega Quintet, which is a japanese RPG that centers around a girl band. I don't know exactly how that one works, but it seemed to have a musical theme. It could be used for this event if someone wanted to go for it. It is heavy on required time though with 100ish hours needed to plat it.  i just decided to be more on the nose with the singing concept. 

 

These may help you guys pick a game or two... 

 

Edited November 14, 2017 by Toogie53

[redcar200]

Hey Toogie,

Sign me up for the event. Now to choose what games to play. This event seems more doable than the Halloween event. Makes me want to do all 4 platinums. I'll keep u updated. 

[Wavergray]

Sign me up.

1. TREAT EVERY DAY LIKE CHRISTMAS!: Batman Arkham Origins (I've already done the MP, is that okay?)
2. THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYONE ON THE NICE LIST!: inFamous Second Son 
3. THE BEST WAY TO SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER IS SINGING LOUD FOR ALL TO HEAR!: Persona 4 Dancing All Night 

[Toogie53]

12 minutes ago, soultaker655 said:

Sign me up.

1. TREAT EVERY DAY LIKE CHRISTMAS!: Batman Arkham Origins (I've already done the MP, is that okay?)
2. THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYONE ON THE NICE LIST!: inFamous Second Son 
3. THE BEST WAY TO SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER IS SINGING LOUD FOR ALL TO HEAR!: Persona 4 Dancing All Night 

These all sound good and its totally fine if youve started games in the past or done the multiplayer etc. You just need to finish during the event. 

1 hour ago, redcar200 said:

Hey Toogie,

Sign me up for the event. Now to choose what games to play. This event seems more doable than the Halloween event. Makes me want to do all 4 platinums. I'll keep u updated. 

You are in!

[AffectatiousDonk]

Seeing I was so disorganised and missed the Halloween event, would love to join this one. 

 

Could I choose :

 

Game 1 : Saints Row 4

 

Game 2 : Beyond Two Souls ( this game has moral choices / good evil. Haven't read synopsis but hopefully it's ok for redemption)

 

Game 3 : Project Diva Future Tone DX (JP Physical release)

 

Game 4 : Song of the Deep

Edited November 13, 2017 by CjShai

[Surge3Beast]

The games I would like to do are:

 

1) Saints Row IV

2) Mass Effect

3) LEGO Rock Band (might change this one if I can't find anyone else to play with)

4) Song of the Deep

[MysticjMax]

I am going to be starting up a fresh new account just for the fun of it, and this looks like a great event. I can think of a few games I have that fit the Code of the Elves but I'll have to improvise for everything else.

[Psy-Tychist]

After my abysmal showing in the Halloween event, I think I should try harder for the Christmas event.

 

So, here are my options for the Code of the Elves:

1. TREAT EVERY DAY LIKE CHRISTMAS! - Batman: Arkham Origins (if the MP is still working), Dead Space 3 (if I have a co-op partner), Jotun, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Syberia.

    

2. THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYONE ON THE NICE LIST! - Titan Souls, Darksiders, Bioshock Infinite, Beyond: Two Souls.

3. THE BEST WAY TO SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER IS SINGING LOUD FOR ALL TO HEAR! - Color Guardians, Electronic Super Joy, Entwined, Funk of the Titans, KickBeat, Retro/Grade.
4. BYE BUDDY HOPE YOU FIND YOUR DAD! - Still looking... (would've used N.E.R.O, but have already finished it)

[mako-heart]

31 minutes ago, Psy-Tychist said:

 

BYE BUDDY HOPE YOU FIND YOUR DAD! - Still looking... (would've used N.E.R.O, but have already finished it)

 

child of light maybe?

 

edit: fallout 3, re6 (lol thats a stretch and probably hard to do)

Edited November 14, 2017 by mako-heart

[Psy-Tychist]

7 minutes ago, mako-heart said:

child of light maybe?

 

Not a bad option indeed, cheers!

[Toogie53]

22 hours ago, CjShai said:

Seeing I was so disorganised and missed the Halloween event, would love to join this one. 

 

Could I choose :

 

Game 1 : Saints Row 4

 

Game 2 : Beyond Two Souls ( this game has moral choices / good evil. Haven't read synopsis but hopefully it's ok for redemption)

 

Game 3 : Project Diva Future Tone DX (JP Physical release)

 

Game 4 : Song of the Deep

 

Got you added!

10 hours ago, MysticjMax said:

I am going to be starting up a fresh new account just for the fun of it, and this looks like a great event. I can think of a few games I have that fit the Code of the Elves but I'll have to improvise for everything else.

Added you too.

1 hour ago, Psy-Tychist said:

After my abysmal showing in the Halloween event, I think I should try harder for the Christmas event.

Happy to have you again. That Halloween one was pretty crazy. I hope this one works out better for you. 

Edited November 14, 2017 by Toogie53

[Kent10201]

Awesome idea for an event. I hope you continue to do more holiday themed events in the future. I'll go ahead and see if I can complete two games for each category.

 

1. TREAT EVERY DAY LIKE CHRISTMAS! - Saints Row 4, The Division

2. THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYONE ON THE NICE LIST! - Beyond Two Souls, Dishonored 2 

3.  THE BEST WAY TO SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER IS SINGING LOUD FOR ALL TO HEAR! - Guitar Hero 5, Amplitude
4. BYE BUDDY HOPE YOU FIND YOUR DAD! - Fallout 3, The Little Acre 

 

[Toogie53]

7 minutes ago, Kent10201 said:

Awesome idea for an event. I hope you continue to do more holiday themed events in the future. I'll go ahead and see if I can complete two games for each category.

 

1. TREAT EVERY DAY LIKE CHRISTMAS! - Saints Row 4, The Division

2. THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYONE ON THE NICE LIST! - Beyond Two Souls, Dishonored 2 

3.  THE BEST WAY TO SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER IS SINGING LOUD FOR ALL TO HEAR! - Guitar Hero 5, Amplitude
4. BYE BUDDY HOPE YOU FIND YOUR DAD! - Fallout 3, The Little Acre 

 

Nice picks. We got lots of people going for Saints Row 4. I love how crazy that one is. I'll add you to the roster. Good luck on doubling-up on the challenge. That's a lot of gaming!

Edited November 14, 2017 by Toogie53

[ImplyingYouCare]

I loved the halloween event so I'm definitely in for this one too. It's nice to see that it's only 3 or 4 games too because that's really doable even during the holidays. I'm going to use it to clear some easier backlog games.

1. TREAT EVERY DAY LIKE CHRISTMAS!- Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star (If it's too short to count then I can trade it out for something like Indigo Prophecy or maybe Uncharted 2.)
2. THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYONE ON THE NICE LIST! - Game of Thrones (Should count since you make moral choices.)
3.  THE BEST WAY TO SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER IS SINGING LOUD FOR ALL TO HEAR!- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 
4. I can't think of any games off the top of my head where you have to save your dad. I'll have to look into that.

 

[Toogie53]

17 hours ago, ImplyingYouCare said:

I loved the halloween event so I'm definitely in for this one too. It's nice to see that it's only 3 or 4 games too because that's really doable even during the holidays. I'm going to use it to clear some easier backlog games.

1. TREAT EVERY DAY LIKE CHRISTMAS!- Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star (If it's too short to count then I can trade it out for something like Indigo Prophecy or maybe Uncharted 2.)
2. THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYONE ON THE NICE LIST! - Game of Thrones (Should count since you make moral choices.)
3.  THE BEST WAY TO SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER IS SINGING LOUD FOR ALL TO HEAR!- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 
4. I can't think of any games off the top of my head where you have to save your dad. I'll have to look into that.

 

 

Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star is totally fine. I'm not worried about length at all. I just installed the original Hatoful Boyfriend on my vita since it was free on PS+ recently. I haven't even put in a whole hour yet. It reminds me of another free one I got called Amnesia: Memories. I didn't really like that one though because it's weird for me to pick a guy and try to date them lol. Maybe the whole pigeon thing will make it feel different.

Edited November 14, 2017 by Toogie53

[Toogie53]

13 hours ago, Surge3Beast said:

The games I would like to do are:

 

1) Saints Row IV

2) Mass Effect

3) LEGO Rock Band (might change this one if I can't find anyone else to play with)

4) Song of the Deep

I already had your spot reserved. Thanks for posting your game list!

[Toogie53]

I'm getting really eager to start the games I picked out. But today, it hit me on how close Christmas actually is. For me, I have just two more paychecks between now and then. I've been trying to think of what released this year that I really want to get my hands on. It's pretty close, but I think I really my top spot goes to Horizon Zero Dawn. It's one of those that I can't believe I haven't picked it up yet. South Park and Uncharted Lost Legacy would round out my top 3. what about you guys? Any of you have high hopes for Christmas games?

[Uchiha_Snake__]

On 13/11/2017 at 7:00 PM, Psy-Tychist said:

After my abysmal showing in the Halloween event, I think I should try harder for the Christmas event.

 

So, here are my options for the Code of the Elves:

1. TREAT EVERY DAY LIKE CHRISTMAS! - Batman: Arkham Origins (if the MP is still working), Dead Space 3 (if I have a co-op partner), Jotun, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Syberia.

I would love to plat Dead Space 3 but currently I have no internet at home (freaking ISP problems) but if the problem is solved by the start of the event I'll let you know ?

Also if anyone is interested, Puppeteer for the PS3 fits perfectly rules number 1,2 and 3 is also a very good and enjoyable game.

[MysticjMax]

On 11/13/2017 at 6:42 PM, Toogie53 said:

Added you too.

But... I... uh...

 

Note to self: Don't say anything on a forum thread if you don't want to participate.

 

Fine, I'll try to get my games up but I don't think I'll be able to find all of them as I don't like Saint's Row 4 and I am too poor to subscribe to Overwatch just for one month for the Christmas-themed game. I could re-sub to FFXIV for December and play their holiday event, though, if that's allowed. I'll try to find a rhythm game I can suffer through.

[Kent10201]

8 minutes ago, MysticjMax said:

But... I... uh...

 

Note to self: Don't say anything on a forum thread if you don't want to participate.

 

Fine, I'll try to get my games up but I don't think I'll be able to find all of them as I don't like Saint's Row 4 and I am too poor to subscribe to Overwatch just for one month for the Christmas-themed game. I could re-sub to FFXIV for December and play their holiday event, though, if that's allowed. I'll try to find a rhythm game I can suffer through.

Did you not say that you wanted to join the event? You even said you were creating a new account for it. 

 

Also, you don't subscribe to Overwatch. You just buy the game and play. 

Edited November 15, 2017 by Kent10201

[Mesopithecus]

29 minutes ago, MysticjMax said:

But... I... uh...

 

Note to self: Don't say anything on a forum thread if you don't want to participate.

 

Fine, I'll try to get my games up but I don't think I'll be able to find all of them as I don't like Saint's Row 4 and I am too poor to subscribe to Overwatch just for one month for the Christmas-themed game. I could re-sub to FFXIV for December and play their holiday event, though, if that's allowed. I'll try to find a rhythm game I can suffer through.

 

If you're planning on doing this on (yet another) new account, then I can make some game suggestions to fit each theme.  Also, you don't have to play Saint's Row 4 or Overwatch just because others are, it might be a good idea to choose games you already have for this and it's only one game per theme.

 

1. TREAT EVERY DAY LIKE CHRISTMAS! - I recommend Disney's Frozen Fall - it's a free to play game so no hit to your bank account
    

2. THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYONE ON THE NICE LIST! - I recommend Grim Fandango or one of the Infamous games, I know you own both of these so it wouldn't be an extra expense

    

3.  THE BEST WAY TO SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER IS SINGING LOUD FOR ALL TO HEAR! - I recommend Patapon as I believe I saw that you had this on one of your other accounts and again it would save you buying a new game
    
4. BYE BUDDY HOPE YOU FIND YOUR DAD! - I recommend The Little Acre, again it's a game you already have so no additional expense

 

The above should be low stress, non-time consuming, enjoyable games.

Edited November 15, 2017 by Mesopithecus

[Toogie53]

17 hours ago, MysticjMax said:

But... I... uh...

 

Note to self: Don't say anything on a forum thread if you don't want to participate.

 

Fine, I'll try to get my games up but I don't think I'll be able to find all of them as I don't like Saint's Row 4 and I am too poor to subscribe to Overwatch just for one month for the Christmas-themed game. I could re-sub to FFXIV for December and play their holiday event, though, if that's allowed. I'll try to find a rhythm game I can suffer through.

Hey! I'm sorry if I misunderstood. If you're not into it, I'll take your name off of the participants. 

17 hours ago, Kent10201 said:

Did you not say that you wanted to join the event? You even said you were creating a new account for it. 

 

Also, you don't subscribe to Overwatch. You just buy the game and play. 

Overwatch needs PS+ to work. 

17 hours ago, Mesopithecus said:

 

If you're planning on doing this on (yet another) new account, then I can make some game suggestions to fit each theme.  Also, you don't have to play Saint's Row 4 or Overwatch just because others are, it might be a good idea to choose games you already have for this and it's only one game per theme.

 

1. TREAT EVERY DAY LIKE CHRISTMAS! - I recommend Disney's Frozen Fall - it's a free to play game so no hit to your bank account
    

2. THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYONE ON THE NICE LIST! - I recommend Grim Fandango or one of the Infamous games, I know you own both of these so it wouldn't be an extra expense

    

3.  THE BEST WAY TO SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER IS SINGING LOUD FOR ALL TO HEAR! - I recommend Patapon as I believe I saw that you had this on one of your other accounts and again it would save you buying a new game
    
4. BYE BUDDY HOPE YOU FIND YOUR DAD! - I recommend The Little Acre, again it's a game you already have so no additional expense

 

The above should be low stress, non-time consuming, enjoyable games.

Great recommendations. 

[RVMcypress_grave]

1. TREAT EVERY DAY LIKE CHRISTMAS!- Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star ps4 
   I'd like to do this although my gf still makes fun of me for doing the first male-pigeon dating sim and ending up joining an all female biker gang on my first playthrough. lol
   
   
   
    
2. THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYONE ON THE NICE LIST! - Trine 2 ps4
   I started this one a few years back but still have all of the hard trophies and dlc if that is acceptable.
   
   
   
    
3.  THE BEST WAY TO SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER IS SINGING LOUD FOR ALL TO HEAR!- Chronicles of Teddy: Harmony of Exidus ps4
   I'll probably play Puppeteer too but this one will work.
   
4. BYE BUDDY HOPE YOU FIND YOUR DAD! - Bioshock ps4
   Absolutely loved the first 2.
   
   
   
   That is if there is still room, didn't see my name up there ?

Edited November 16, 2017 by RVMcypress_grave

[Toogie53]

Doh! I forgot to add you when you said you were in via a private message. Your choices sound good. Puppeteer looks like a platformer to me, but since it is like a live puppet show with an audience, I can see the possibility that there might by some musical-type scenes or something. I'm fine with trusting @Uchiha_Snake__ about it. I don't think it would be as centered around music as I'd want, but I prefer to let people pick their own games. I understand we may not know every thing going into a game and may think it fits the theme up front and find out later it didn't. I actually kind of worried about spoilers for some games just by saying they have redemption or finding your dad in them. As long as you're attempting to fit the themes, I'd count it.