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Post by Xeogred on Dec 13, 2021 15:37:13 GMT -5
Not even sure if this thread will be worthwhile, but maybe it'll stir a few posts.
This was a very slow year for modern gaming in ways and even then, I'm still mildly puzzled by just how few modern games I beat this year. As of 12/13/2021, I'm at 60 Retro games, 14 Modern. Granted modern games thesedays tend to consistently be longer time sinks but yeah, still amusing.
2021 Favorites:
1. Metroid Dread - Even better than Bloodstained for me and even some of the 2D Metroid games. This seriously feels like the best one since NES and Super to me. The music is a big sore spot though, it's really forgettable.
2. Resident Evil Village - RE8 goes back into the RE4 styled campiness and was better than RE7 in every way for my tastes. Like Dread, I played RE8 twice back to back (higher difficulty on a NG+). RE8 is up there in the high RE ranks for me and one I know I'll be revisiting a lot over the years.
3. Halo Infinite - 343 finally made a great Halo for me. It's Big Halo 1 with some new blood in there. Good stuff.
Looks like I did hit up some good NeoRetro stuff though, good enough that these went on my growing notepad file to reference my favorites:
- Cyber Shadow
- Devil Engine
- Blaster Master Zero 2
- Touhou Luna Nights
- Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-
Valfaris was pretty solid too, but that one and Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 I wouldn't slot up there with my favorites. But still recommended to fans of such things.
Two other modern games I greatly enjoyed this year that are non-2021 games, would be Metroid Exodus and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
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Post by Sarge on Dec 13, 2021 15:52:00 GMT -5
Definitely. I have more "new-to-me" modern games that scored very highly this year. And I'm not surprised you didn't beat that many modern games, given the big honking classic RPGs you finished this year.
My 9.0 games:
20) Final Fantasy 7 Remake / PS4 / 9.0 / 40h30m / Feb 19
41) Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth / PC / 9.0 / 6h30m / Mar 28
112) Metroid Dread / Switch / 9.0 / 9h12m / Oct 14
FF7R shocked me with how good it was. I'm looking forward to more for sure.
Lodoss might be stripped down from SotN, but dang if it doesn't play really well, and it's gorgeous.
Metroid Dread sees the series return to form. Must-play for series fans.
My 8.5 games:
76) Panzer Paladin / Switch / 8.5 / 4h30m / Jul 5
83) Blasphemous / PC / 8.5 / 19h27m / Aug 1
119) Zelda II: Amida's Curse / NES / 8.5 / 6h / Dec 11
Panzer Paladin has that Natsume/Sunsoft NES feel, and I'm here for it.
Blasphemous is a super-dark Metroidvania, but it's a good one, too. Glad I went through it.
Amida's Curse is one of the best ROM hacks I've played. Absolutely give it a go.
And the 8.0:
96) Immortals: Fenyx Rising / Switch / 8.0 / 45h0m / Aug 30
There are areas where it excels compared to Breath of the Wild and areas where it falters, but the entire experience was really fun. I'm looking forward to doing more in it if there's ever a "GOTY" edition, especially since it supports cross-saves between platforms.
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Post by Xeogred on Dec 13, 2021 15:55:28 GMT -5
Panzer Paladin, Blasphemous, and Amida's Curse, yeah those all look like a good time. I was iffy on Blasphemous but seeing even you liked it, kind of convinces me to check it out.
I slot Touhou Luna Nights and Lodoss War on my NeoRetro favorites list for now, but I feel like they're kind of just loosely hanging on. I beat both and felt like there was still a little more missing to them. Maybe a bit too stripped down from the SoTN flavored stuff for my tastes, but I can't really complain. Fun romps for a few hours.
I already kind of want to revisit Cyber Shadow, so that one was excellent to me.
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Post by Ex on Dec 13, 2021 16:11:33 GMT -5
As usual, I didn't play anywhere near the amount of modern stuff you guys did. (Not that there's anything wrong with playing as much modern as retro!) But I did finish some stuff that was less than 10 years old this year. So here's what I beat in order of best to less: A Way Out (PS4) - 9/10 - Absolutely the best co-op game I've ever played, fantastic. Mass Effect 3 (360) 9/10 - A nice cap off to the original trilogy, though not as strong as its predecessors. Beyond Blue (PS4) - 7/10 - Pretty good SCUBA diving simulator with a pleasant plot. Garfield Kart: Furious Racing (PS4) - 7/10. Surprisingly decent Mario Kart clone with a great IP. Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix (PS4) - 6/10 - An improved sequel, but still best for kids. Nickelodeon Kart Racers (PS4) - 5/10 - Not particularly great but would be good for kids. 3D Mini Golf (PS4) - 5/10 - Rather bland mini golf sim, but I enjoy mini golf so I finished it. Those are all the modern games I finished this year, according to my HLTB. -
At the very end of this month, I plan to make a post listing every game I beat in 2021, along with stats. |
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Post by Ex on Dec 29, 2021 2:54:59 GMT -5
At the very end of this month, I plan to make a post listing every game I beat in 2021, along with stats. I don't see myself beating anymore games before 2022, so here's my stats/games beat for this year:
So a sum total of 8 days 3 hours 42 minutes 16 seconds invested this year, into the games I beat anyway. That doesn't count various games I played for a while but dropped. Or the 13 hours I have invested into Dark Souls thus far.
The only modern gaming I did was on PS4 and 360 (for Mass Effect 3). Getting a PS4 early this year lead me to do more modern gaming than I normally do by a mile.
I beat a total of 61 games in 2021. Here they are, and how much time I put into each:3D Mini Golf 1h 30m
A Way Out 6h 15m
Ace Combat 2 1h 54m
All-Star Fighters 25m
Battle Cars 3h 35m
Beyond Blue 2h 45m
Beyond Oasis 5h 54m
Blue Breaker Burst: Bishou o Anata 10m
Blue Breaker Burst: Egao no Asu ni 20m
Bomber Raid 35m
Chocobo Racing 1h 15m
Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel 40m
Dead or Alive Paradise 1h
Einhander 57m
Elemental Gearbolt 45m
F-Zero 1h 35m
FIST 20m
Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition 20m 41s
Fighting Angels 20m
Garfield Kart - Furious Racing 1h
Girly Block 2h 45m
Gradius Gaiden 50m
Gun-Nac 2h 45m
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! 2h
Jackal 45m
Keio Flying Squadron 56m
Konami Krazy Racers 1h 35m
Link's Crossbow Training 35m
M.U.S.H.A. 45m
Mass Effect 3 1d 17h
Mega Man Battle & Chase 1h 35m
Metroid Prime Pinball 30m
Monstania 4h 15m
My-Otome: Otome ButÅshi!! 35m
Mystic Defender 1h
Omega Boost 47m 37s
Panzer Bandit 1h 15m
Phantasmagoria 5h 50m
Philosoma 57m
Project: Horned Owl 1h 10m
Queen's Blade: Spiral Chaos 1d 3h 50m 58s
Rapid Reload 1h 30m
Running High 45m
Samurai Shodown: Warriors Rage 45m
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 1d 3h 41m
Simple 1500 Series Vol. 24: The Gun Shooting 35m
Sonic Advance 1h 25m
Sonic Advance 2 1h 25m
Sonic Advance 3 2h 25m
Sonic Rush 3h 30m
Soul Blade 20m
Spellcaster 4h 30m
The Adventure of Little Ralph 1h 35m
The Final Fantasy Legend 12h
Time Crisis 25m
Twinkle Tale 1h 05m
Vertical Force 33m
Wade Hixton's Counter Punch 2h
Wily and Light no Rock Board: That's Paradise 35m
X-Zone 36m
Yoshi's Safari 45mWhat's interesting is I also beat 61 games last year. That is to say, I beat 61 games in 2020, and 61 games in 2021. Weird.
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Post by Xeogred on Dec 29, 2021 10:40:59 GMT -5
What's interesting is I also beat 61 games last year. That is to say, I beat 61 games in 2020, and 61 games in 2021. Weird. That's a fair bit WTF,  By the way is it me, or is HLTB running a little slow lately?
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Guess I'm not sure if I'll beat anything either in ~2 more days, so here's my full list:
1. Halo Reach* (PC)
2. Halo: CE Anniversary* (PC)
3. Halo 2: Anniversary (PC)
4. Assassin's Creed Odyssey (PS4)
5. Halo 3* (PC)
6. Halo ODST* (PC)
7. Halo 4* (PC)
8. Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (ARC)
9. Phantasy Star IV (GEN)
10. Resident Evil Survivor (PSX)
11. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 (PC)
12. Metro Exodus (PC)
13. Bloody Roar (PSX)[Arcade, Alice]
14. Bloody Roar 2 (PSX)[Story, Jenny]
15. Tekken (PSX)[Arcade, Law]
16. Tekken 2 (PSX)[Arcade, Law]
17. Tekken 3* (PSX)[Arcade, Law]
18. Bloody Roar 3* (PS2)[Arcade, Bakuryu]
19. Soul Blade (PSX)[Arcade, Li Long]
20. Tekken Tag Tournament* (PS2)[Arcade, Law+Misc]
21. Street Fighter EX3* (PS2)[Original, Chun-Li]
- Metro Exodus: The Two Colonels (PC)
22. Soulcalibur* (DC)
23. Soulcalibur II* (GC)
24. Soulcalibur III (PS2)
- Metro Exodus: Sam's Story (PC)
25. Virtua Fighter 4 - Evolution (PS2)
26. Mortal Kombat Armageddon (PS2)
27. Bloody Roar 4 (PS2)
28. Cyber Shadow (PC)
29. Soulcalibur IV (PS3)
30. Touhou Luna Nights (PC)
31. Blaster Master Zero 2 (PC)
32. Front Mission 4 (PS2)
33. Blaster Master Boy (GB)
34. Blaster Master *(NES)
35. Virtua Fighter 5 (PS3)[Arcade, Pai-Chan]
36. Devil Engine (PC)
37. Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth- (PC)
38. Resident Evil Village (PC)
39. Space Megaforce (SNES)
40. Dragon Quest 6 (SNES)
41. Doom 2: Plutonia* (PC)[PS/UV]
42. Doom 2* (PC)[PS/UV]
43. Soldier Blade (PCE)
44. Doom* (PC)[PS/UV]
45. Turrian (PS4)[Turrican Flashback]
46. Turrican II: The Final Fight (PS4)[Turrican Flashback]
47. F-Zero* (SNES)
48. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (PS4)
49. Altered Beast (Gen)
50. Valkyria Chronicles (PS4)
51. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)
52. Ristar* (Gen)
53. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne (PS2)
54. Resident Evil 4* (PC)
55. Valfaris (PC)
56. Sonic Advance (GBA)
57. Sonic Advance 2 (GBA)
58. Sonic Advance 3 (GBA)
59. Donkey Kong Land (GB)
60. Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (GBA)
61. Dark Souls* (PC)[Remastered]
62. Metroid Dread (Switch)
63. Metroid* (NES)
64. Super Metroid* (SNES)
65. Metroid Fusion* (GBA)
66. Dragon Quest 8 (PS2)
67. Metroid Prime* (GC)
68. Metroid Prime 2* (GC)
69. Metroid Prime 3* (Wii)
70. Shadow Tower Abyss (PS2)
71. Tomb Raider II (PSX)
72. Parasite Eve (PSX)
73. Soul of the Samurai (PSX)
74. Halo Infinite (PC)
75. Gradius Gaiden (PSX)
76. King's Field II (PSX)
77. King's Field J (PSX)
78. King's Field III - Pilot Style (PSX)
* = replay
First: 53
Replay: 25
Modern: 14
Retro: 64
Misc/Hack/Wad: 20
Romhack - 3
DLC - 2
Romhacks:
1. Donkey Kong Country: DK Mania
2. Super Metroid: Ancient Chozo[3:17,94%]
3. Super Metroid: Project Base[2:00,99%]
Doom Wads:
- Doom: Lunar Catastrophe (PC)[UV,~8h]
- Doom 2: Switcheroom II (PC)[UV,~6h]
- Doom: Phobos Mission Control (PC)[UV, Single, Romero]
- Doom 2: Doom Zero (PC)[UV,5h30m]
- Doom 2: Plutonia AD (PC)[PS/UV,48m]
41. Doom 2: Plutonia* (PC)[PS/UV]
- Doom: Tech Gone Bad (PC)[UV, Single, Romero]
42. Doom 2* (PC)[PS/UV]
44. Doom* (PC)[PS/UV]
- Doom 2: Scythe (PC)[PS/UV]
- Doom 2: Doom 2 The Way id Did* (PC)[PS/UV]
- Doom 2: Syringe (PC)[PS/UV]
- Doom: Fava Beans (PC)[PS/UV]
- Doom 2: Arrival (PC) [PS/UV]
- Doom 2: Eviternity (PC)[Incomplete, 20/30 done]
- Doom 2: Tarnsman's Projectile Hell (PC)
- Doom 2: Cydonia (PC)[PS/UV]
- Doom 2: No Rest for the Living* (PC)[UV,~2h]
- Doom 2: DBP37: AUGER;ZENITH (PC)[UV,3h48m]
- Doom: Ultimate Doom the Way id Did E4 (PC)[PS/UV]
- Doom: E4 Draft Excluder (PC)[PS/UV]
- Doom 2: WMC02: Thy Flesh Vored RC3 (PC)[PS/HMP]
- Doom 2: WMC01: The Rising - RC2 (PC)[PS/HMP]
- Doom 2: Eviternity (PC)
- Doom: The Lost Episodes (PC)[UV]
I think between what I put into DQ6, DQ8, Valkyrie Profile (10 hours), Phantasy Star IV, Front Mission 4, SMT3, and maybe something else, that's like 300 hours of JRPG's alone.
It's always funny how bloated my PC numbers are on HLTB, while I've never proclaimed myself to be a pure "PC gamer". But I guess that's ports, indie games, double dipping for some old FPS replays, etc all adding up in the long run.
My current top 3 totals:
PC -100 - 20.96%
PlayStation - 48 - 10.06%
PlayStation 4 - 47 - 9.85%
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Post by Ex on Dec 29, 2021 11:31:33 GMT -5
Yeah you had a helluva year for RPGs in general. And it's awesome to see someone else beating King's Field games around here. I forgot you played through Dark Souls this year as well, no wonder you always know what I'm talking about in detail, it's still fresh on your mind.
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Post by Xeogred on Dec 29, 2021 12:06:36 GMT -5
Yeah you had a helluva year for RPGs in general. And it's awesome to see someone else beating King's Field games around here. I forgot you played through Dark Souls this year as well, no wonder you always know what I'm talking about in detail, it's still fresh on your mind. I go through it so quickly nowadays, even I kind of forgot for a moment I beat it again this year haha. It's like a ~20 hour run for me now. This should be the last time I play that one for awhile though. I'm excited to revisit the later ones again, but it's all about Elden Ring now!!
I was actually talking about this with another friend, outside of Elden Ring I'm drawing a total blank on anything else modern gaming wise for 2022 that excites me. I wonder if it'll be another slow year like 2021. But that's a non issue for me with so many retro games I still want to play and have around. I'm excited for my own personal plans to hit up Dragon Quest 11, another Front Mission, and more SMT in 2022.
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Post by Ex on Dec 29, 2021 12:18:09 GMT -5
outside of Elden Ring I'm drawing a total blank on anything else modern gaming wise for 2022 that excites me So you forgot about Project Eve already huh?  |
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Post by Xeogred on Dec 29, 2021 12:24:19 GMT -5
outside of Elden Ring I'm drawing a total blank on anything else modern gaming wise for 2022 that excites me So you forgot about Project Eve already huh? NO! I just don't think we have any concrete release date info on that one yet.
This game looks 10x better than a Bayonetta 3 could ever be though. Definitely like a top 5-10 for me and modern upcoming releases.
I'm excited about that weird Team Ninja Final Fantasy/Nioh game too.
But yeah just not sure about any hard dates for 2022 yet.
I'm definitely starting to wonder if Breath of the Wild 2 will be on current Switch hardware or not. Metroid Prime 4 as well.
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By the way is it me, or is HLTB running a little slow lately?