The New Year's Resolution Event (Event Finished)

[cstanci]

Would The Sims 4 work for Finish Your Masterpiece?

 

There are so many art/skill related trophies.

 

Thoughts?

[Cassylvania]

The man, the myth, the legend. Fat man Oskar rolls into the competition and puts us one step closer to a badge. Next up: a huge stretch to one of the remaining categories.

 

Lose the Weight - Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book 

Update Relationship Status - Dragon's Lair Trilogy ?

Finish Your Masterpiece - Dragon Quest Builders 2

Volunteer More - Kingdom Come: Deliverance

 

1 hour ago, cstanci said:

Would The Sims 4 work for Finish Your Masterpiece?

 

There are so many art/skill related trophies.

 

Thoughts?

 

I think that works.

[eigen-space]

1 hour ago, cstanci said:

Would The Sims 4 work for Finish Your Masterpiece?

 

There are so many art/skill related trophies.

 

Thoughts?

 

Haven't played the game, but the trophy list has things for becoming an expert writer/painter/guitar player, so I think it works.

[Jens]

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Edited August 9, 2020 by Jens

[SpaceCoresDad]

After a long, difficult month where not many games were played, I finally got another one down.

 

 Lose the Weight - Death Stranding 

 Focus on Family - inFamous First Light 

 Go to the Gym - God of War III 

 Get a Better Job - Valiant Hearts: The Great War 

 Make More Money - Need For Speed Payback 

 

There's a trophy in this that literally uses the word "grind" to get more speed cards, and if that's not enough, I definitely needed to grind up some cash to afford the Regera. That thing was expensive. Fun game, though I'm actual hot garbage at racing games, so that will likely be my first and last platinum in the NFS franchise unless something is REALLY easy. Still, it's good to go out of your comfort zone every now and again I think.

 

With that I believe I'm eligible for the badge! I'll try to keep going with the theme, see if I can get up to 10 in a month, though I doubt it. Oh well, five was all I was really going for anyway. Hope everyone else has been having fun so far!

[ShinigamiSensei-]

Update:

BULLY  Is my school themed game! Just one more to go baby! 

 

Lose the Weight: The Raven Remastered  

Focus on Family: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons  

Update Relationship Status: Final Fantasy VIII Remastered 

Find Time for Yourself: Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter 

Get a Better Job: Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders  

Finish Your Masterpiece: The Unfinished Swan 

Volunteer More: Cat Quest 

Do Better In School: Bully 

Make More Money: LEGO City Undercover  (Mr Gold Trophy)

Edited February 26, 2020 by ShinigamiSensei-

[SigmaCloud]

I was wondering if these games were eligible for Get a Better Job:

The Evil Within (Game starts with you, a detective, investigating a crime scene)

Yakuza 3 (Managing an orphanage for a good portion of the game)

 

[Fnee2000]

Since The Sims 4 was okay’ed for the Finish Your Masterpiece category, I will use that for my list. So another category down. I am still curious if inFamous would qualify for the Go to the Gym. One would have to think Cole MacGrath would be quite muscular in his upper body under that jacket with all of the climbing he does. Any thoughts @eigen-space or @Jens?

Lose the Weight - Sly 2 Band of Thieves (PS3) - Murray 

 

Focus on Family - Life is Strange 2 (PS4) - The tale of brothers Sean and Daniel 

 

Update Relationship Status - Hakuoki : Stories of the Shinsengumi (PS3) - a VN with several relationship options 

 

Go to the Gym - 

 

Find Time For Yourself - Path of Sin : Greed (PS4) - lots of mini games mixed with hidden object puzzles 

 

Get a Better Job - Beyond : Two Souls (PS3) - Jodie Holmes is a CIA operative and you go on missions doing her job 

 

Finish Your Masterpiece - The Sims 4 (PS4) - expert writer/painter 

 

Volunteer More - Far Cry 3 (PS3) - lots of side quests and side missions 

 

Do Better in School - South Park : The Stick of Truth (PS3) - South Park Elementary School 

 

Make More Money - Lego The Lord of the Rings (PS3) - collect 10,000,000,000 studs 

Edited February 27, 2020 by Fnee2000

[Jens]

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Edited August 9, 2020 by Jens

[Cassylvania]

In what was a surprisingly good game, I have finished Star Wars: Fallen Order. It fits in the school category because Cal has flashbacks to his time as a young Padawan. Plus, dude apparently needs to relearn all his Jedi skills throughout the game. I forgot everything I learned in school too.

 

Lose the Weight - Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book 

Update Relationship Status - Dragon's Lair Trilogy 

Finish Your Masterpiece - Dragon Quest Builders 2 

Volunteer More - Kingdom Come: Deliverance 

Do Better in School - Star Wars: Fallen Order 

 

Also, I wish I had known Cal wears a poncho throughout most of the game. That would've made drawing him a lot easier.

[Spacey_Dweeb]

It's time for another weekly update from me. Last weekend the plan was to finish Man of Medan.I tried but failed to do that. I worked on it, but messed up something with the saves and had trouble going back for certain collectibles. After wasting a couple of hours loading and reloading saves trying to figure it out, I gave up and decided I'd just need to replay the game from the start with collectibles in mind. It's annoying, but it is what it is. For the rest of the week, I had plans to play Atelier Firis and Dark Souls. I ended up only playing Dark Souls though. My main co-op buddy @gruffiiti was available to play pretty much every night this week, so I never ended up taking the disk out to play the other game. Dark Souls is done now though. It's my fifth game of the event, so I've earned my badge! 

 

Weekend Goal: Anthem and Man of Medan: Both games just need collectibles finished. 

Weekday Goal: Atelier Firis - Make it all the way through the story to the point that Firis is ready to take the final alchemist exam. 

 

 - Lose Weight - Dark Souls - 61% >>> 

 - Focus on Family - Cat Quest - ?

 - Update Relationship Status - Man of Medan - 73% >>> 79%

 - Go to the Gym - AC Odyssey - 17%

 - Find Time for Yourself - Anthem -  91%

 - Find a Job - Valiant Hearts - ?

 - Finish Your Masterpiece - Beat Saber - 82%

 - Volunteer More - Days Gone - 

 - Do Better in School - Atelier Firis  - 9%

 - Make More Money - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands - 

Edited February 28, 2020 by spacey_dweeb

[GonzoArmstrong]

 Lose Weight - Day of Tentacle Remastered - 

 Focus on Family - My brother Rabbit - 

 Update Relationship Status - The Walking Dead: The Final Season - 

 Go to the Gym - Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight - 

 Find Time for Yourself - Final Fantasy VII - 10%

 Get a Better Job - Death End Re;Quest - 

 Finish Your Masterpiece - Fe - 

 Volunteer More - Cat Quest - 

 Do Better in School - Persona 4: Dancing All Night 

 Make More Money - Yooka Laylee - 57%

 

8/10 Finished.

 

Edited February 29, 2020 by GonzoArmstrong

[Spacey_Dweeb]

On 2/27/2020 at 4:13 AM, Jens said:

And with Yakuza... weirdly enough so far Yakuza 3 is the only Yakuza game I've played I can NOT see in "Get a Better Job". Eigen's reasoning for that category is "If the character gets a pay check for doing that, it's a job and therefore it fits the category". I don't believe that he gets payed for running his orphanage, it's surely "just" a honorary service he provides closer to charity than a day job. Even the whole Yakuza thing isn't really a job in this one too, it's more or less just happenstance.

Can you clarify why Yakuza 3 wouldn't work? I haven't actually played it, I don't know what's actually involved with the orphanage. So take this with a grain of salt, but your reasoning for rejecting it seems flawed. You said The Evil Within was fine because of the fact the character is responding to a scene as a detective is part of the story and being a detective is a job where you get a paycheck. Other than the paycheck, what's different in Yakuza 3 where managing the orphanage is central to pieces of the plot? Also, nowhere in the rules does Eigen mention a paycheck. Charity work is still work. Kiryu has "a job to they attend to during the game."

 

As an occasional hospital ER volunteer in real life, I have experience in this area. When I volunteer, I have commitments to the hospital. I have a role and responsibilities and the hospital management is relying on me to fill those. I wear a uniform. I have a schedule, I have an ID card, I represent the company. My presence, or lack thereof, affects forecasting, staff scheduling, etc. I'm not just a bonus or a perk when I show up. I don't get to show up and just fart around. I have specific things I need to be doing, policies I have to adhere to,  and procedures I need to be following,  If I don't, I can be fired, just the same as a real employee. The paycheck changes very little about the equation and I think of it the same as my actual job. 

[Leon Castle]

6th update:

 

. Lose the Weight - Sonic the Fighters 100%

. Focus on Family - Warriors All-Stars

. Update Relationship Status - Azur Lane: Crosswave 

. Go to the Gym - Dynasty Warriors: Godseekers

. Find Time For Yourself - Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

. Get a Better Job

. Finish Your Masterpiece

. Volunteer More - Mary Skelter 2 (JP Version)

. Do Better in School

. Make More Money - Ratchet & Clank 3: Up Your Arsenal

 

I put Azur Lane in Update Relationship Status and moved Mary Skelter 2 to Volunteer More(there's side quests or work orders as the series called it)

 

Does being a adventurer counts for Get a Better Job?

[Inuty]

Lose the Weight - Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair   

Focus on Family - Bioshock 2 

Update Relationship Status - Detroit Become Human 

Go to the Gym - Guacamelee! 2 

Find Time For Yourself - Yooka-Laylee   

Get a Better Job - Shibuya Scramble 

Finish Your Masterpiece - Bioshock 

Volunteer More - Cat Quest  

Do Better in School -  Zanki Zero: Last Beginning   

Make More Money - Code Vein   
 

Managed to find a Game for „Do better in School“ category. Zanki Zero: Last beginning has a school level and all the character are connected via school with each other. The world ended and only 8 People still live and need to find out what the hell happened. Cant say much more without spoiling to much. If you like Dungeon Crawler you should give it a Go because it has an very interesting story with a lot of twists. 
 

With this I finished the Event. It‘s Not mentioned in the excel, so i warnt to mention to exclude me from the Spider Man raffle. The PSN Code is More interesting for me, but only if this is also possible with a german PSN Card for €. If it‘s only a US Card you can exclude me there to

 

thanks for the Event and your Hard work making it a Joy to be Part of this Community!

[Cassylvania]

When I think of peak human physical condition, I think of BATMAN. Fittingly, I chose to do the game a week before I begin my second round of P90X, making this probably the only actual New Year's resolution I'll have made for myself. Way to go above and beyond, me.

 

Lose the Weight - Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book 

Update Relationship Status - Dragon's Lair Trilogy 

Go to the Gym - Batman: The Enemy Within

Finish Your Masterpiece - Dragon Quest Builders 2 

Volunteer More - Kingdom Come: Deliverance 

Do Better in School - Star Wars: Fallen Order 

Edited February 29, 2020 by Cassylvania

[eigen-space]

13 minutes ago, Cassylvania said:

When I think of peak human physical condition, I think of BATMAN. Fittingly, I chose to do the game a week before I begin my second round of P90X, making this probably the only actual New Year's resolution I'll have made for myself. Way to go above and beyond, me.

 

 

Tony Horton is my favorite.

[eigen-space]

Finished all 10 of my games for the event!

 

 Lose the Weight - The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3 - Overweight George makes several appearances in this game and some of his actions are critical to the plot.

 Focus on Family - Forgotton Anne - Anne's adoptive father is present in the game, and there's spoilers regarding her birth parents.

 Update Relationship Status - Chaos on Deponia - Rufus romances Goal-- who is engaged to Cletus-- and refers to her as his girlfriend, and his dad takes her out on a date...

 Go to the Gym - Atelier Ryza - Lent is super buff and his mid-drift cutoff shirt displays his six pack prominently.

 Find Time for Yourself - Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink - Tons of puzzle mini-games in this game, including bar-tending and jigsaw puzzles.

 Get a Job - Virginia - You play as an FBI Agent investigating the case of a missing kid while also investigating your partner for internal affairs.

 Finish Your Masterpiece - Detroit: Become Human - There's at least two times where Marcus can play the piano and one spot where he paints.

 Volunteer More - Cat Quest - 64 different side quests in this game, all of which need to be completed for a trophy.

 Claire - Claire is a student, and one of the settings of the game is in her school.

 Make More Money - Marvel's Spider-Man - You have to spend tokens in order to buy suits and gadget upgrades for 4 different trophies.

[MarkusT1992]

Im going to submit Detroit: Become Human for the Find a better job theme.

Connor's purpose is to investigate crimes involving androids which should count as a job even though he's not human.

Should that not count I'll use it for Finish your Masterpiece.

[FielVeredus]

Update on Mine:
 

Focus on Family - Family is one of the most important things in life, so you need to spend time with them. Play a game where there are strong family elements or where multiple main/supporting characters are family.

Castlevania Requiem: Symphony of the Night & Rondo of Blood

 

Update Relationship Status - What's the point in being lonely when you could be in love instead? Play a game that showcases romantic relationships.

The Sims 4

 

Go to the Gym - Time to pump some iron, and don't skip leg day! Play a game where a prominent character has a chiseled physique.

Darksiders Genesis

 

Find Time For Yourself - It's important to find time for your hobbies. Play a game that contains mini-games.

Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs

 

Make More Money - Gotta get that hustle on and pay those bills! Play a game where there is a trophy related to grinding/collecting currency or spending currency.

Omega Strike

[DoctorDrPepper]

Two more down. Finished up Detroit and Murdered.

 

Lose Weight: X-Men Origins Wolverine (PS3)

Focus on Family: Broken Age (Vita) 

Update Relationship Status: Detroit: Become Human (PS4) 

Go to the Gym: Captain America: Super Soldier (PS3) 

Find Time for Yourself: Queens Quest 3 (PS4) 

Get a Better Job: Phoenix Wright Trilogy (PS4) 

Finish Your Masterpiece: Tearaway: Unfolded (PS4) 

Volunteer More: Murdered: Soul Suspect (PS3) 

Do Better in School: Kick-Ass 2 (PS3) 

Make More Money: Ice Age: Scrat’s Nutty Adventure (PS4) 

[Jens]

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Edited August 9, 2020 by Jens

[Salima-sensei]

Kingdom Hearts and Uncharted are also finished, that should make 10.

 

Go to the Gym – One Piece: Burning Blood 

Focus on Family Life is Strange 2 

Update Relationship Status - Tales of Xillia 2 

Find Time For Yourself - World of Final Fantasy  

Get a Better Job - XBlaze Code: Embryo 

Finish Your Masterpiece - Infamous: Second Son 

Volunteer More - Infamous 

Do Better in School - Persona 5 

Make More Money – Kingdom Hearts 

Lose the Weight - Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Remastered 

 

Edited March 1, 2020 by Salima-sensei

[GonzoArmstrong]

 Lose Weight - Day of Tentacle Remastered - 

 Focus on Family - My brother Rabbit - 

 Update Relationship Status - The Walking Dead: The Final Season - 

 Go to the Gym - Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight - 

 Find Time for Yourself - Final Fantasy VII - 10%

 Get a Better Job - Death End Re;Quest - 

 Finish Your Masterpiece - Fe - 

 Volunteer More - Cat Quest - 

 Do Better in School - Persona 4: Dancing All Night - 

 Make More Money - Yooka Laylee -

 

9/10 Finished.

[Mesopithecus]

Update #9

 

Lose the Weight: Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom  02/10/2020

Focus on Family: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons -  01/06/2020

Update Relationship Status: 

Go to the Gym: Uncharted: The Lost Legacy  01/09/2020

Find Time for Yourself: Machinarium - ? 01/20/2020

Get a Better Job: The Raven Remastered  01/19/2020

Finish Your Masterpiece:  BioShock  02/16/2020

Volunteer More: Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below  01/28/2020

Do Better in School: Life is Strange: Before the Storm  03/01/2020

Make More Money: Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 3: V Generation  01/17/2020

 

 

Played through Life is Strange: Before the Storm and adding it to the Do Better in School category, as a portion of the game takes place at Blackwell Academy.  I honestly didn't really enjoy this as much, the story wasn't very interesting, I didn't really like the characters and for most part I found the dialogue kinda cringeworthy.  Kind of disappointed really but at least it only cost me a couple of dollars.