Finish 52 Challenge 2015

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

1. The Room
2. The Room 2
3. Monument Valley
4. The Unfinished Swan
5. Flower
6. Age of Zombies
7. P.T.
8. Thomas Was Alone
9. Space Expedition
10. Xon episodes one and two (all that are available right now)
11. Republique episodes one, two and three (all that are available right now)
12. Gunman Clive
13. Pixel Staff
14. Hellraid: The Escape
15. Forever Lost: Episode 1
16. GTA 5
17. Gene Effect
18. Nihilumbra
19. Limbo
20. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
21. The Cat Lady
22. Lily Looking Through
23. Botanicula
24. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
25. That Level Again
26. Helidroid 3D
27. Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey New n Tasty
28. Mind: Path to Thalamus
29. Heir
30. Rivers of Alice
31. Ascent of Kings
32. Silly Sausage in Meat Land
33. Catastrophe Escape
34. Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water
35. Random Heroes 3
36. Never Alone
37. Aaru's Awakening
38. Tiny Thief
39. Cabin Escape: short and relatively logical point-and-click-escape prequel to the Forever Lost series of games on Android/iOS. It was alright for free, though I didn't enjoy it as much as Forever Lost Ep1.

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

1. The Book of Unwritten tales
2. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.
3. Trine 2
4. The Banner Saga
5. Shadowrun Returns
6. Ziggurat
7. Legend of Grimrock 2
8. Primordia
9. The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav – Right after Primordia, another great adventure game. This is a more conservative style approach, but the great puzzles and atmosphere made for the lack of innovation

lasermink · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1883

Crysis (PC)
Octodad (PC)
Crysis Warhead (PC)
Tomb Raider: Anniversary (PC)
The Evil Within (PC)
Torchlight (PC)
Mass Effect (PC)
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (PC)
Tomb Raider: Underworld (PC)

On a modern PC with everything cranked up to 11 this is a surprisingly gorgeous game and a big step up in production values compared to its predecessors.

Unfortunately, the engine is slightly wonky, and the combat in particular seems only half finished, and there are no boss battles. The exploration/climby/puzzley bits all work, though, and that's the important thing.

Only the last level gets a bit frustrating, so the whole trilogy ends on a slightly sour note, but overall it is some great tomb raiding once again.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

Saturnalian wrote:

1. The Evil Within (PS4).
2. Rogue Legacy (PS Vita & PS4).
3. Far Cry 4 (PS4)
4. Transistor (PS4)
5. Valiant Hearts (PS4).
6. Heir (Browser?)
7. COUNTER Spy (PS4).
8. Apothena (PS4)
9. Oddworld: New & Tasty (PS4).
10. Bloodborne (PS4).
11. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (PS4).

I've played a game that isn't on PS4!

12. Burn it Down (iOS)

Left/right platformer that gives you an hour to do 50 levels: jump spikes, pull levers, run past stuff. It gets a bit fiddly at the end thanks to touchscreen controls. Fucking touchscreens. I did it in 40 minutes. It's entirely alrightish. Nowt to write home about, but it was free and so therefore worth playing. If you beat 40 minutes I'll send you a cake in the post.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

1. The Room
2. The Room 2
3. Monument Valley
4. The Unfinished Swan
5. Flower
6. Age of Zombies
7. P.T.
8. Thomas Was Alone
9. Space Expedition
10. Xon episodes one and two (all that are available right now)
11. Republique episodes one, two and three (all that are available right now)
12. Gunman Clive
13. Pixel Staff
14. Hellraid: The Escape
15. Forever Lost: Episode 1
16. GTA 5
17. Gene Effect
18. Nihilumbra
19. Limbo
20. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
21. The Cat Lady
22. Lily Looking Through
23. Botanicula
24. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
25. That Level Again
26. Helidroid 3D
27. Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey New n Tasty
28. Mind: Path to Thalamus
29. Heir
30. Rivers of Alice
31. Ascent of Kings
32. Silly Sausage in Meat Land
33. Catastrophe Escape
34. Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water
35. Random Heroes 3
36. Never Alone
37. Aaru's Awakening
38. Tiny Thief
39. Cabin Escape
40. Cryptic Caverns: another in the series of 'Cryptic X' games for Android that are Myst-ish point and click adventures with a simplified interface. Decent commuting fodder though not the best of it's type by a long shot.

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

10. 80 Days

Pretty interesting take on the gamebook genre. I finished it on 70 days.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

1. The Room
2. The Room 2
3. Monument Valley
4. The Unfinished Swan
5. Flower
6. Age of Zombies
7. P.T.
8. Thomas Was Alone
9. Space Expedition
10. Xon episodes one and two (all that are available right now)
11. Republique episodes one, two and three (all that are available right now)
12. Gunman Clive
13. Pixel Staff
14. Hellraid: The Escape
15. Forever Lost: Episode 1
16. GTA 5
17. Gene Effect
18. Nihilumbra
19. Limbo
20. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
21. The Cat Lady
22. Lily Looking Through
23. Botanicula
24. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
25. That Level Again
26. Helidroid 3D
27. Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey New n Tasty
28. Mind: Path to Thalamus
29. Heir
30. Rivers of Alice
31. Ascent of Kings
32. Silly Sausage in Meat Land
33. Catastrophe Escape
34. Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water
35. Random Heroes 3
36. Never Alone
37. Aaru's Awakening
38. Tiny Thief
39. Cabin Escape
40. Cryptic Caverns
41. Far Cry 4

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

1. The Room
2. The Room 2
3. Monument Valley
4. The Unfinished Swan
5. Flower
6. Age of Zombies
7. P.T.
8. Thomas Was Alone
9. Space Expedition
10. Xon episodes one and two (all that are available right now)
11. Republique episodes one, two and three (all that are available right now)
12. Gunman Clive
13. Pixel Staff
14. Hellraid: The Escape
15. Forever Lost: Episode 1
16. GTA 5
17. Gene Effect
18. Nihilumbra
19. Limbo
20. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
21. The Cat Lady
22. Lily Looking Through
23. Botanicula
24. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
25. That Level Again
26. Helidroid 3D
27. Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey New n Tasty
28. Mind: Path to Thalamus
29. Heir
30. Rivers of Alice
31. Ascent of Kings
32. Silly Sausage in Meat Land
33. Catastrophe Escape
34. Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water
35. Random Heroes 3
36. Never Alone
37. Aaru's Awakening
38. Tiny Thief
39. Cabin Escape
40. Cryptic Caverns
41. Far Cry 4
42. The Mystery of the Crimson Manor
43. Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood

The latter is actually very well done but let's not talk about it.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

Saturnalian wrote:

1. The Evil Within (PS4).
2. Rogue Legacy (PS Vita & PS4).
3. Far Cry 4 (PS4)
4. Transistor (PS4)
5. Valiant Hearts (PS4).
6. Heir (Browser?)
7. COUNTER Spy (PS4).
8. Apothena (PS4)
9. Oddworld: New & Tasty (PS4).
10. Bloodborne (PS4).
11. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (PS4).
12. Burn it Down (iOS).

13. The Evil Within: The Assignment DLC (PS4)

Decent add-on. Builds on the original games story but plays differently mainly by adding *hnngh* stealth and a torch.

14. The Evil Within: The Consequence DLC (PS4).

Better than the first add-on. You'll get more of the first DLC and more mystery and guff relating to the original story. There's a super mega evil corporation. Again. Probably Umbrella, right? You get more stealth and, which betterer, chemical lights when you lose your torch for a bit. Chem-lights were actually a really good and well implemented idea as you chuck them around to illuminate the area.

15. Bayonetta 2 (WiiU).

Have you ever kicked someone in the face while applying lipstick and are so cool that your apply it perfectly? Bayonetta can. It's as if Platinum Games didn't forget about the golden era of Capcom's Devil May Cry and the original Ninja Gaiden unlike, say, Capcom and Team Ninja. They've put together another absurdly awesome game that filled with (a) nonsense story (b) ludicrous cut scenes (c) crazy Japanese characters and, most of all, (d) a technically sublime fighting game.

The fighting brilliantly has something for everyone. The easy difficulty lets you mash away at the buttons until your heart is contents and let's you see and do everything; normal difficulty lets you play the game but asks that you at least try to have a crack at the finer points of combat - the witch time trigger events have a large window where you can press the dodge button and get it to work; and the hard difficulty gives you smaller windows of opportunity for witch time and demands you step up (2 THA STREETS 8: the final dance off) to the plate and try some hardcore gaming at it's finest. The final difficultly just removes witch time which, frankly, I've always thought was a bit crap but it's there if you want an even tougher challenge.

Personally, I didn't think it was quite as good as the first Bayonetta game since I preferred the story and setting (mind you they do recycle some assets near the end and add some more to the original story), but this is still utterly awesome. Just soon the fighting is awesome. The ONE THING that it wants you to do is so great that you feel empowered and just want to do it some more. I had this terrible feeling after I'd finished it that they weren't going to let me fight as the credits rolled. BUT THEY DID. And it was great.

Plus, since it's ninty now you get the fab costumes and attack modifiers that I put in the Bayonetta 2 topic. Loads of work has clearly been lavishly poured into this. The weapons, the various stuff you can buy, there's tons of game in here available to anyone with a brain in their cranium. I'll definitely be going back for a blast at it.

Platinum Games are ace at making games.

9/10

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Bayonetta is awesome. The fact that Bayonetta 2 is a WiiU exclusive is cuntery of the highest order.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

Saturnalian wrote:

1. The Evil Within (PS4).
2. Rogue Legacy (PS Vita & PS4).
3. Far Cry 4 (PS4)
4. Transistor (PS4)
5. Valiant Hearts (PS4).
6. Heir (Browser?)
7. COUNTER Spy (PS4).
8. Apothena (PS4)
9. Oddworld: New & Tasty (PS4).
10. Bloodborne (PS4).
11. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (PS4).
12. Burn it Down (iOS).
13. The Evil Within: The Assignment DLC (PS4)
14. The Evil Within: The Consequence DLC (PS4).
15. Bayonetta 2 (WiiU).

16. The Tender Cut (PC)

I came for the weird. I got the weird.

I've played it twice in the time it's taken me to post in this thread and the PC Gaming Thread and I've only missed two things to do.

10/10: weirdest game I've ever played.

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

11. The Caverns of the Snow Witch

12. Valiant Hearts. - Very sweet.

13. Sorcery! - Anyone with a slight interest in Fighting Fantasy books should play this. It's excellent.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

1. The Room
2. The Room 2
3. Monument Valley
4. The Unfinished Swan
5. Flower
6. Age of Zombies
7. P.T.
8. Thomas Was Alone
9. Space Expedition
10. Xon episodes one and two (all that are available right now)
11. Republique episodes one, two and three (all that are available right now)
12. Gunman Clive
13. Pixel Staff
14. Hellraid: The Escape
15. Forever Lost: Episode 1
16. GTA 5
17. Gene Effect
18. Nihilumbra
19. Limbo
20. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
21. The Cat Lady
22. Lily Looking Through
23. Botanicula
24. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
25. That Level Again
26. Helidroid 3D
27. Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey New n Tasty
28. Mind: Path to Thalamus
29. Heir
30. Rivers of Alice
31. Ascent of Kings
32. Silly Sausage in Meat Land
33. Catastrophe Escape
34. Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water
35. Random Heroes 3
36. Never Alone
37. Aaru's Awakening
38. Tiny Thief
39. Cabin Escape
40. Cryptic Caverns
41. Far Cry 4
42. The Mystery of the Crimson Manor
43. Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood
44. The Lost Fountain: Another Android Myst-a-like and a bit longer than some of the others I've picked up. Decent stuff with a strong start, though it lost it's way a bit as things progressed.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

1. The Room
2. The Room 2
3. Monument Valley
4. The Unfinished Swan
5. Flower
6. Age of Zombies
7. P.T.
8. Thomas Was Alone
9. Space Expedition
10. Xon episodes one and two (all that are available right now)
11. Republique episodes one, two and three (all that are available right now)
12. Gunman Clive
13. Pixel Staff
14. Hellraid: The Escape
15. Forever Lost: Episode 1
16. GTA 5
17. Gene Effect
18. Nihilumbra
19. Limbo
20. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
21. The Cat Lady
22. Lily Looking Through
23. Botanicula
24. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
25. That Level Again
26. Helidroid 3D
27. Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey New n Tasty
28. Mind: Path to Thalamus
29. Heir
30. Rivers of Alice
31. Ascent of Kings
32. Silly Sausage in Meat Land
33. Catastrophe Escape
34. Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water
35. Random Heroes 3
36. Never Alone
37. Aaru's Awakening
38. Tiny Thief
39. Cabin Escape
40. Cryptic Caverns
41. Far Cry 4
42. The Mystery of the Crimson Manor
43. Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood
44. The Lost Fountain
45. Pettson's Inventions: free Amazon Android app of the day and a puzzle game where you're shown the result required then given the pieces to build a Rube Goldberg machine in order to achieve the result. It's not very difficult or long--I suspect it's mostly for kids--but the things you need to accomplish are amusing and it's a fun way to pass half an hour or so.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

1. The Room
2. The Room 2
3. Monument Valley
4. The Unfinished Swan
5. Flower
6. Age of Zombies
7. P.T.
8. Thomas Was Alone
9. Space Expedition
10. Xon episodes one and two (all that are available right now)
11. Republique episodes one, two and three (all that are available right now)
12. Gunman Clive
13. Pixel Staff
14. Hellraid: The Escape
15. Forever Lost: Episode 1
16. GTA 5
17. Gene Effect
18. Nihilumbra
19. Limbo
20. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
21. The Cat Lady
22. Lily Looking Through
23. Botanicula
24. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
25. That Level Again
26. Helidroid 3D
27. Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey New n Tasty
28. Mind: Path to Thalamus
29. Heir
30. Rivers of Alice
31. Ascent of Kings
32. Silly Sausage in Meat Land
33. Catastrophe Escape
34. Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water
35. Random Heroes 3
36. Never Alone
37. Aaru's Awakening
38. Tiny Thief
39. Cabin Escape
40. Cryptic Caverns
41. Far Cry 4
42. The Mystery of the Crimson Manor
43. Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood
44. The Lost Fountain
45. Pettson's Inventions
46. Spoiler Alert: an auto-running platformer where the first thing you do is finish the game...and then play the whole thing in reverse. So while constantly running backwards you need to jump on enemies to unkill them, pass through coins to uncollect them and tap the screen to suck in fireballs so you unshoot people in the face. If you miss any of these tasks in a level you get a 'Time Paradox!' warning and have to start the level again. It's a nice idea but it's very short, not very difficult and is made into a memorisation challenge by the fact you can't see far enough backwards to properly react to upcoming stuff. Which is fine in itself as each level is purposefully very short, but it would be nice if you could better see what you were doing as often you'll fail because you can't jump early enough to unkill an enemy by the time they've actually arrived on screen. It's also a bit odd because the real challenge is to gold star each level by completing it first time. The thing is, if you do fuck up, you have to go back to the level select screen and retry from there to reset your Time Paradox count to zero; so forcing you to do this is pointless and weird and a bit of an annoyance. Resetting your Time Paradox count has no effect at all on the level itself so each playthrough is the same regardless of how you started the level making a bit of a mockery of the gold star thing. Anyway, definitely worth a go on Android or iOS; though as a Windows game it would feel pretty lacking I think.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

Saturnalian wrote:

1. The Evil Within (PS4).
2. Rogue Legacy (PS Vita & PS4).
3. Far Cry 4 (PS4)
4. Transistor (PS4)
5. Valiant Hearts (PS4).
6. Heir (Browser?)
7. COUNTER Spy (PS4).
8. Apothena (PS4)
9. Oddworld: New & Tasty (PS4).
10. Bloodborne (PS4).
11. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (PS4).
12. Burn it Down (iOS).
13. The Evil Within: The Assignment DLC (PS4)
14. The Evil Within: The Consequence DLC (PS4).
15. Bayonetta 2 (WiiU).
16. The Tender Cut (PC).

17. Monsterbag (Vita).

Monsterbag-o-shit. I'd watch it if it was just a cartoon (it looks real nice and has lots of character) but as a game it's fucking dire. Oh, and it crashed a bunch of times and the ending credits glitched so I couldn't watch them. Just dreadful. This is happening too often in games nowadays. Far far too often.

Don't play it. It's shit.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

Saturnalian wrote:

1. The Evil Within (PS4).
2. Rogue Legacy (PS Vita & PS4).
3. Far Cry 4 (PS4)
4. Transistor (PS4)
5. Valiant Hearts (PS4).
6. Heir (Browser?)
7. COUNTER Spy (PS4).
8. Apothena (PS4)
9. Oddworld: New & Tasty (PS4).
10. Bloodborne (PS4).
11. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (PS4).
12. Burn it Down (iOS).
13. The Evil Within: The Assignment DLC (PS4)
14. The Evil Within: The Consequence DLC (PS4).
15. Bayonetta 2 (WiiU).
16. The Tender Cut (PC).
17. Monsterbag (Vita).

18. Murasaki Baby (Vita).

I quite enjoyed that actually. It's so short that it's inoffensive enough to pass the time away. I really liked the art style and the sound effects were great. Some of the little tiny stories about the 4 folk you meet are done quite well too. The rest of the game is typical bland puzzle affair that won't tax you and will probably bore you. Despite it being A to B stuff though, it's done with enough style that you might just want to get to the next bit.

Want an example? At one point you can shrink yourself. How? GIANT EYE PEERING THROUGH A MAGNIFYING GLASS THAT'S STARING AT YOU, that's how. You want to break through some rocks? CALL MASSIVE BUNNY RABBIT TO JUMP UP AND DOWN. Actually those capital letters make it sound more interesting that it actually is. It'll take about an hour or two to smash through so why not give it a punt if you've got a PS Vita and access to PS+: it's a bit different, init.

3/10

lasermink · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1883

Crysis (PC)
Octodad (PC)
Crysis Warhead (PC)
Tomb Raider: Anniversary (PC)
The Evil Within (PC)
Torchlight (PC)
Mass Effect (PC)
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (PC)
Tomb Raider: Underworld (PC)
Monument Valley (Android)

Very nice visually, and it is fascinating to see the Escher geometry unfold. They obviously spent a lot of time polishing the engine and getting it just right. The relatively small screen of my Nexus 4 didn't do it justice, though, it really needs something bigger to draw the player properly in. It played fine all the same.

Only 10 short levels, though, and of those I would estimate that you only need to do any actual thinking on 3 or so of them, the rest is just trial and error or immediately obvious. I imagine this was actually a lot more fun and challenging to design than it is to play, at least for the seasoned gamer.

Quite artsy, but in a nice way, like those illustrated children's books that we don't quite remember, but still lurk in our subconscious. In fact, I think I would have loved this as a child, but my 40-something year old self was slightly disappointed - until I realized I didn't even pay €1 for it. Bloody hell, what a bargain for what is a very nice hour of light entertainment.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

1) Broken Sword 2 (iOS)
2) Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies (iOS)
3) Machinarium (iOS) - Puzzler where you play a little robot who has to wander around, find his love, and beat up some bullies by solving puzzles and pulling switches. Absolutely lovely, although needed a walkthrough for a couple of puzzles.
4) SlitherLink (iOS) - All included puzzles completed on easy, medium and hard.
5) Conceptis SlitherLink (iOS) - All included puzzles completed on easy, medium and hard, and a couple of extra packs purchased.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Dr Lave wrote:

Ooh, I'll try and do this all year this time (yeah, right).

1. Nidhogg Vita/PS4 - the greatest fighting game since bushido blade. Essential same room multiplayer. Even really enjoyed the, very short, single player.
2. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. - PS4 - Short, sweet campaign and the best in years. The first since MW with a coherent plot, and the robosuits really freshen it up. But the end is a bit of a squib. Enjoyable fluff. (it appears to be Xmas tradition that the wife gets a copy - well done Activision).
3. Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze - WiiU such a great game. Controls wonderfully, and so differently to mario. The lion king level is a musical masterpiece. Rayman legends gets so much love due to its graphics, but give me something that controls as well as this any day.
4. Game of Thrones: Episode 1 - PS4 - Not bad at all. Never really got on with Telltale's Walking dead game, but I think that is possibly because I got the whole season at once. Playing this for a couple of hours every other month seems better somehow. Very enjoyable way to 'play an episode'. Excited to find out my partners choices when she plays it as I think she will be appalled at some of my choices.
5. Final Fantasy X - Vita The first time I've finished a FF game since VII at release. I thought JRPGs were dead to me. Full of grind and random battles and filler, but in a portable format I loved this. Would never have completed it on a couch, but it's made the last month of commuting a blast. Ignored every side quest and went straight down the path, so was constantly a somewhat low level, which made the combat fascinating, rather than the typically. Hammer-standard-attack-until-you-win style of others. Fell apart at the 3rd to last boss when I had to do X damage in 15 or so turns, and that was impossible with my skill set, so I had to grind to level a character for 2 hours, and then they had an attack that made the rest of the battles boringly easy. Looking forward to X-2.
6. Kick and Fennick - Vita - I've said it all over the place, but this is such a surprising delight. A genuinely novel and new 2D platformer. Game of the Year contender. I'll be wittering about this all year. Fantastic. As I said in the PS+ thread, there is something really primal and entertaining about parabolas. Must be evolution getting us to enjoy chucking rocks at mammoths. Or the use of urinals. Or something. But whatever the reason, a 2D platformer based on the recoil from a sniper rifle sending you flying in beautiful parabolas across the map is just superbly enjoyable to play. Binged and completed it over 3 days. Didn't outstay it's welcome, and bar a tiny dip in the middle where there is too much of a focus on timing puzzles, it fires on all cylinders throughout.
7. The Swapper - PS4/Vita if anything this year has proven it's that 2D platformers are such a vibrant platform for different experiences. Wonderfully explores it's central idea, and the mechanisms tie so well with its, actually great, plot. Genuinely good scifi. Which is rare in any format outside books. Highly recommended.
8. GoT: Episode 2 - PS4 yep, I guess this will count as six games over the year. Treaded water, slightly, and I'm hesitant about the importance of our decisions. But it's interesting how different me and my partners choices were.

A huge gap due to playing, and adoring, MH4 on the 3DS and Bloodborne on the PS4. Nowhere near done with either, but so, very very good.

Stopped to complete a few 'easy games' to give me a breather, so:

9. BoxBoy - 3DS - Played it for 7.5 hrs. It cost about £4.50 - 5.50? And every tiny level was incredibly entertaining. I recommend it very highly. it's all about making squares.
10. Gunvolt - 3DS - the nes de-make that comes free with the 'real' game, or available for a couple of quid. Very slight, but fun enough. Doesn't set the world on fire.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Mr Russell wrote:

4) SlitherLink (iOS) - All included puzzles completed on easy, medium and hard.
5) Conceptis SlitherLink (iOS) - All included puzzles completed on easy, medium and hard, and a couple of extra packs purchased.

!?!

Are they by the DS Slitherlink people? I really want a good Picross or Slitherlink iOS game, but they always seem so lacking in comparison to the DS/3DS versions.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

1. The Room
2. The Room 2
3. Monument Valley
4. The Unfinished Swan
5. Flower
6. Age of Zombies
7. P.T.
8. Thomas Was Alone
9. Space Expedition
10. Xon episodes one and two (all that are available right now)
11. Republique episodes one, two and three (all that are available right now)
12. Gunman Clive
13. Pixel Staff
14. Hellraid: The Escape
15. Forever Lost: Episode 1
16. GTA 5
17. Gene Effect
18. Nihilumbra
19. Limbo
20. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
21. The Cat Lady
22. Lily Looking Through
23. Botanicula
24. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
25. That Level Again
26. Helidroid 3D
27. Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey New n Tasty
28. Mind: Path to Thalamus
29. Heir
30. Rivers of Alice
31. Ascent of Kings
32. Silly Sausage in Meat Land
33. Catastrophe Escape
34. Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water
35. Random Heroes 3
36. Never Alone
37. Aaru's Awakening
38. Tiny Thief
39. Cabin Escape
40. Cryptic Caverns
41. Far Cry 4
42. The Mystery of the Crimson Manor
43. Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood
44. The Lost Fountain
45. Pettson's Inventions
46. Spoiler Alert
47. Stealth Bastard

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

Saturnalian wrote:

1. The Evil Within (PS4).
2. Rogue Legacy (PS Vita & PS4).
3. Far Cry 4 (PS4)
4. Transistor (PS4)
5. Valiant Hearts (PS4).
6. Heir (Browser?)
7. COUNTER Spy (PS4).
8. Apothena (PS4)
9. Oddworld: New & Tasty (PS4).
10. Bloodborne (PS4).
11. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (PS4).
12. Burn it Down (iOS).
13. The Evil Within: The Assignment DLC (PS4)
14. The Evil Within: The Consequence DLC (PS4).
15. Bayonetta 2 (WiiU).
16. The Tender Cut (PC).
17. Monsterbag (Vita).
18. Murasaki Baby (Vita).

19. Super Mario 3D World (WiiU)

It's ok and then it's great and then it's bloody compulsive. I might write about it if I can be bothered.

20. Resident Evil: Revelations (WiiU)

It is a festering barrel of lazy game design. I got so angry that I wrote a shit load of words about it in this very forum. Not bad for a game that, hopefully, no one will ever play.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

20 games in 5 months. I'm back on track, baby.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Saturnalian wrote:

20 games in 5 months. I'm back on track, baby.

Amateur.

lasermink · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1883

Jesus, has it been 5 months already?

Morte · **Posted:** Tue May 26, 2015 11:38

This thread is a constant reminder that I have not finished a single game this year...not one.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Tue May 26, 2015 12:44

1. Danganronpa (PSV)
2. Unfinished swan (PS4) It has a swan, but no disappointed bear noises.

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

I'm now very much into Pillars of Eternety, so i'm sure there won't be any finished game for a long time...

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

1. The Room
2. The Room 2
3. Monument Valley
4. The Unfinished Swan
5. Flower
6. Age of Zombies
7. P.T.
8. Thomas Was Alone
9. Space Expedition
10. Xon episodes one and two (all that are available right now)
11. Republique episodes one, two and three (all that are available right now)
12. Gunman Clive
13. Pixel Staff
14. Hellraid: The Escape
15. Forever Lost: Episode 1
16. GTA 5
17. Gene Effect
18. Nihilumbra
19. Limbo
20. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
21. The Cat Lady
22. Lily Looking Through
23. Botanicula
24. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
25. That Level Again
26. Helidroid 3D
27. Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey New n Tasty
28. Mind: Path to Thalamus
29. Heir
30. Rivers of Alice
31. Ascent of Kings
32. Silly Sausage in Meat Land
33. Catastrophe Escape
34. Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water
35. Random Heroes 3
36. Never Alone
37. Aaru's Awakening
38. Tiny Thief
39. Cabin Escape
40. Cryptic Caverns
41. Far Cry 4
42. The Mystery of the Crimson Manor
43. Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood
44. The Lost Fountain
45. Pettson's Inventions
46. Spoiler Alert
47. Stealth Bastard
48. Hohokum: what a fucking brilliant little game. Even if you don't figure out it's puzzles, which are largely straightforward, there's a joy to be had from it's lovely visual design and amazing sound. It's weird and stupid and funny and polished to a ludicrous level of shine.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

1. The Room
2. The Room 2
3. Monument Valley
4. The Unfinished Swan
5. Flower
6. Age of Zombies
7. P.T.
8. Thomas Was Alone
9. Space Expedition
10. Xon episodes one and two (all that are available right now)
11. Republique episodes one, two and three (all that are available right now)
12. Gunman Clive
13. Pixel Staff
14. Hellraid: The Escape
15. Forever Lost: Episode 1
16. GTA 5
17. Gene Effect
18. Nihilumbra
19. Limbo
20. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
21. The Cat Lady
22. Lily Looking Through
23. Botanicula
24. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
25. That Level Again
26. Helidroid 3D
27. Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey New n Tasty
28. Mind: Path to Thalamus
29. Heir
30. Rivers of Alice
31. Ascent of Kings
32. Silly Sausage in Meat Land
33. Catastrophe Escape
34. Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water
35. Random Heroes 3
36. Never Alone
37. Aaru's Awakening
38. Tiny Thief
39. Cabin Escape
40. Cryptic Caverns
41. Far Cry 4
42. The Mystery of the Crimson Manor
43. Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood
44. The Lost Fountain
45. Pettson's Inventions
46. Spoiler Alert
47. Stealth Bastard
48. Hohokum
49. Tiny Dangerous Dungeons: Nice little Metroidvania platformer for Android with a well realised Gameboy visual style.

lasermink · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1883

Crysis (PC)
Octodad (PC)
Crysis Warhead (PC)
Tomb Raider: Anniversary (PC)
The Evil Within (PC)
Torchlight (PC)
Mass Effect (PC)
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (PC)
Tomb Raider: Underworld (PC)
Monument Valley (Android)
Impossible Mission (Commodore 64)

I've finally gotten hold of a bread bin model C64, which unlike the later models will play those digital sounds that impressed so much back in the day. Another visitor! Stay a while! Stay forever! Unfortunately, this particular vintage that I got has one of the more aggressive and distorted audio filters in it, so not everything sounds great, and some of Hubbard's later work sounds decidedly terrible.

I still have a little CRT TV (long may it live), so no ugly pixelation, ghosting, jerkiness or control lag. It is not commonly known, but the C64 does s-video output, so with the right cables you don't get any of the awful color distortion present in the C64's composite and RF signals. I bought a new old stock Wico Command Control joystick that someone put on ebay a while ago, and it's just about the best joystick ever made. And of course I have my 1541 Ultimate-II, so I can play anything I want from a Micro SD card. All I could possibly wish for is a way to play games designed for NTSC at their proper speed. Maybe someone will think of something. Some day.

But enough about me. We're here to play...

IMPOSSIBLE MISSION

Professor Elvin Atombender is working to break the launch codes of key military installations of every major world power and trigger a missile attack that will destroy the world.

You are Special Agent 4125. You must make your way through a set of randomly placed rooms, dodging cute but deadly robots, and search all the furniture you find for keycard pieces, 36 in total. You must combine these pieces into 9 keycards by solving visual puzzles on your pocket computer as the remaining seconds tick away in the corner of the screen. These puzzles really do seem impossible at first, but you click and you arrange, you mirror and combine, and suddenly you get something right and things start to make sense. When you have all 9 keycards and thus the password that will grant you access to Elvin's hideout, you race back through all the rooms trying to remember where you saw that locked doorway.

Oh those cute but deadly robots! Each robot is randomly programmed at beginning of the game, but they are programmed, and they stick to their programs. Some robots change their behavior when they spot you, but they still follow a program. So for each robot you need to figure out what makes it tick, so to speak, then create a strategy for it that takes into account the topography of the room and the behavior of the other robots. Then you need to actually carry it out, through some fairly demanding platform action. Or you can decide that it is indeed impossible and spend one of those precious passwords that will temporarily disable robots in this room. If you run out of passwords, you can spend some of your valuable time in one of two special memory puzzle rooms to earn more.

You have 6 hours to complete the mission, which sounds like a lot, but every time you die you lose 10 minutes, and death lurks around every corner. In reality, the game takes less than an hour to complete, which is fortunate, since you can't save your progress. I think this is only the second time I've managed to beat it, and it was with something like 25 minutes left on the clock. It gets tense.

Gorgeous graphics. Sensational sound. Perfect game design. Great controls. One of the best games on the Commodore 64.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

1. The Room
2. The Room 2
3. Monument Valley
4. The Unfinished Swan
5. Flower
6. Age of Zombies
7. P.T.
8. Thomas Was Alone
9. Space Expedition
10. Xon episodes one and two (all that are available right now)
11. Republique episodes one, two and three (all that are available right now)
12. Gunman Clive
13. Pixel Staff
14. Hellraid: The Escape
15. Forever Lost: Episode 1
16. GTA 5
17. Gene Effect
18. Nihilumbra
19. Limbo
20. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
21. The Cat Lady
22. Lily Looking Through
23. Botanicula
24. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
25. That Level Again
26. Helidroid 3D
27. Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey New n Tasty
28. Mind: Path to Thalamus
29. Heir
30. Rivers of Alice
31. Ascent of Kings
32. Silly Sausage in Meat Land
33. Catastrophe Escape
34. Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water
35. Random Heroes 3
36. Never Alone
37. Aaru's Awakening
38. Tiny Thief
39. Cabin Escape
40. Cryptic Caverns
41. Far Cry 4
42. The Mystery of the Crimson Manor
43. Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood
44. The Lost Fountain
45. Pettson's Inventions
46. Spoiler Alert
47. Stealth Bastard
48. Hohokum
49. Tiny Dangerous Dungeons
50. Shadow Blade: What a fucking game. Once you master all the moves and you're rhythmically bouncing through levels slitting throats it's just brilliant, brilliant stuff.

TheCookie197 · **Joined:** 23rd Sep, 2010 **Posts:** 729

Cookie197 wrote:

1) Sunset Overdrive (XB1)
2) Wolfenstein: The New Order (XB1)
3) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (XB1) - meh. Just more shooting.
4) Monument Valley (DLC)(Android) - I love this game.
5) Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
6) Halo 2: Anniversary
7) Halo 3
8 ) Halo 4
9) State of Decay
10)Scribblenauts Unlimited

11) Destiny - Haven't got the DLC, but I've done every planet-side mission at least once, and I'm bored of it now so - Done.
12) The Bureau - XCOM Declassified
13)Hitman: Absolution
14)Left 4 Dead 2 - Infinitely replayable, but I've finally managed to play each level at least once.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2015 0:38

By that metric I’ve completed L4D2 eleventy billion times.

It’s still my favorite game ever ever.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Dr Lave wrote:

Ooh, I'll try and do this all year this time (yeah, right).

1. Nidhogg Vita/PS4 - the greatest fighting game since bushido blade. Essential same room multiplayer. Even really enjoyed the, very short, single player.
2. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. - PS4 - Short, sweet campaign and the best in years. The first since MW with a coherent plot, and the robosuits really freshen it up. But the end is a bit of a squib. Enjoyable fluff. (it appears to be Xmas tradition that the wife gets a copy - well done Activision).
3. Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze - WiiU such a great game. Controls wonderfully, and so differently to mario. The lion king level is a musical masterpiece. Rayman legends gets so much love due to its graphics, but give me something that controls as well as this any day.
4. Game of Thrones: Episode 1 - PS4 - Not bad at all. Never really got on with Telltale's Walking dead game, but I think that is possibly because I got the whole season at once. Playing this for a couple of hours every other month seems better somehow. Very enjoyable way to 'play an episode'. Excited to find out my partners choices when she plays it as I think she will be appalled at some of my choices.
5. Final Fantasy X - Vita The first time I've finished a FF game since VII at release. I thought JRPGs were dead to me. Full of grind and random battles and filler, but in a portable format I loved this. Would never have completed it on a couch, but it's made the last month of commuting a blast. Ignored every side quest and went straight down the path, so was constantly a somewhat low level, which made the combat fascinating, rather than the typically. Hammer-standard-attack-until-you-win style of others. Fell apart at the 3rd to last boss when I had to do X damage in 15 or so turns, and that was impossible with my skill set, so I had to grind to level a character for 2 hours, and then they had an attack that made the rest of the battles boringly easy. Looking forward to X-2.
6. Kick and Fennick - Vita - I've said it all over the place, but this is such a surprising delight. A genuinely novel and new 2D platformer. Game of the Year contender. I'll be wittering about this all year. Fantastic. As I said in the PS+ thread, there is something really primal and entertaining about parabolas. Must be evolution getting us to enjoy chucking rocks at mammoths. Or the use of urinals. Or something. But whatever the reason, a 2D platformer based on the recoil from a sniper rifle sending you flying in beautiful parabolas across the map is just superbly enjoyable to play. Binged and completed it over 3 days. Didn't outstay it's welcome, and bar a tiny dip in the middle where there is too much of a focus on timing puzzles, it fires on all cylinders throughout.
7. The Swapper - PS4/Vita if anything this year has proven it's that 2D platformers are such a vibrant platform for different experiences. Wonderfully explores it's central idea, and the mechanisms tie so well with its, actually great, plot. Genuinely good scifi. Which is rare in any format outside books. Highly recommended.
8. GoT: Episode 2 - PS4 yep, I guess this will count as six games over the year. Treaded water, slightly, and I'm hesitant about the importance of our decisions. But it's interesting how different me and my partners choices were.
9. BoxBoy - 3DS - Played it for 7.5 hrs. It cost about £4.50 - 5.50? And every tiny level was incredibly entertaining. I recommend it very highly. it's all about making squares.
10. Gunvolt - 3DS - the nes de-make that comes free with the 'real' game, or available for a couple of quid. Very slight, but fun enough. Doesn't set the world on fire.

11. Knights of the Round - Arcade, via PSP Capcom Collection, on a PS Vita - looks pretty, but absolutely mindless. A real example of how business models can make a game truly terrible (cf. F2P).

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Grim... wrote:

It’s still my favorite game ever ever.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

Saturnalian wrote:

1. The Evil Within (PS4).
2. Rogue Legacy (PS Vita & PS4).
3. Far Cry 4 (PS4)
4. Transistor (PS4)
5. Valiant Hearts (PS4).
6. Heir (Browser?)
7. COUNTER Spy (PS4).
8. Apothena (PS4)
9. Oddworld: New & Tasty (PS4).
10. Bloodborne (PS4).
11. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (PS4).
12. Burn it Down (iOS).
13. The Evil Within: The Assignment DLC (PS4)
14. The Evil Within: The Consequence DLC (PS4).
15. Bayonetta 2 (WiiU).
16. The Tender Cut (PC).
17. Monsterbag (Vita).
18. Murasaki Baby (Vita).
19. Super Mario 3D World (WiiU)
20. Resident Evil: Revelations (WiiU)

21. Infamous: First Light (PS4).

How long have I been holding onto this since it was on PSN? 12 months? Anyway, I finally found the strength to bother to play it and guess what? It's terrible. The most bring and tedious fetch quests I've ever had the displeasure to chore through. Shoot down 4 cameras, scan 10 cameras, fight 10 waves of baddies, find 8 trucks and destroy them etc etc. Honest to god, I thought they were taking the piss and someone would pat me on the back and say "Haha, we made you pretend that we were the laziest game designers on the planet but now you can play the real game for sticking with us." Why? Cause the main character is called Fetch!!! ... Turns out I was wrong and it was just the laziest game design that anyone has thrown into a sandbox. My god have mercy on your soul if I ever catch up with the people who cobbled this steaming turd together.

Mind you, I thought the main character was being voiced by the girl who did Elli in the Last of Us. I'm pretty certain it was but can't be arsed to check.

22. Towerfall: Ascension (PS4).

All levels done on normal. I shall go back and clear hard but only when I've done something else. But I shall be back cause this game is deliciously difficult. I think it's the bees knees even on the campaign but apparently it's the multiplayer that shines cause it's sooooo zany. Is it though? No seriously, is it? I don't really have any friends who play games, let alone those that will sit in the same room and play an indie game with me because that's what you need since you ain't getting any on-line multiplayer action here me'laddy cause that'd be too difficult on the world's most powerful console.

It feels like someone is being a goddamn killjoy cause I really fancy playing this with others for a bit. I bet the PC version is online. Or maybe not.

Anyway, it's bloody good if you're looking for something to pass the time and challenge your skillz.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Saturnalian wrote:

Mind you, I thought the main character was being voiced by the girl who did Elli in the Last of Us. I'm pretty certain it was but can't be arsed to check.

IMDB says no. Though, interestingly, The Last Of Us same actress was in the game but just not as the main character; she did the voice for 'Jenny'.

ETA: Oh, and the guy who did Joel on TLOU was 'Delsin Rowe' here.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3803962/

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

That's a groovy coincidence.

Edit: I bet they're doing it.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

1. The Room
2. The Room 2
3. Monument Valley
4. The Unfinished Swan
5. Flower
6. Age of Zombies
7. P.T.
8. Thomas Was Alone
9. Space Expedition
10. Xon episodes one and two (all that are available right now)
11. Republique episodes one, two and three (all that are available right now)
12. Gunman Clive
13. Pixel Staff
14. Hellraid: The Escape
15. Forever Lost: Episode 1
16. GTA 5
17. Gene Effect
18. Nihilumbra
19. Limbo
20. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
21. The Cat Lady
22. Lily Looking Through
23. Botanicula
24. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
25. That Level Again
26. Helidroid 3D
27. Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey New n Tasty
28. Mind: Path to Thalamus
29. Heir
30. Rivers of Alice
31. Ascent of Kings
32. Silly Sausage in Meat Land
33. Catastrophe Escape
34. Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water
35. Random Heroes 3
36. Never Alone
37. Aaru's Awakening
38. Tiny Thief
39. Cabin Escape
40. Cryptic Caverns
41. Far Cry 4
42. The Mystery of the Crimson Manor
43. Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood
44. The Lost Fountain
45. Pettson's Inventions
46. Spoiler Alert
47. Stealth Bastard
48. Hohokum
49. Tiny Dangerous Dungeons
50. Shadow Blade

51. The Tender Cut: Very short game based on a scene from a Salvador Dali film. Just as weird as you'd imagine from that premise, but pretty cool. There were two scenes I couldn't work out how to activate annoyingly but I couldn't come up with any further combination of things to do and the internet was no help.

lasermink · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1883

Crysis (PC)
Octodad (PC)
Crysis Warhead (PC)
Tomb Raider: Anniversary (PC)
The Evil Within (PC)
Torchlight (PC)
Mass Effect (PC)
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (PC)
Tomb Raider: Underworld (PC)
Monument Valley (Android)
Impossible Mission (Commodore 64)
The Tender Cut (PC)

I also did this.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

1. The Room
2. The Room 2
3. Monument Valley
4. The Unfinished Swan
5. Flower
6. Age of Zombies
7. P.T.
8. Thomas Was Alone
9. Space Expedition
10. Xon episodes one and two (all that are available right now)
11. Republique episodes one, two and three (all that are available right now)
12. Gunman Clive
13. Pixel Staff
14. Hellraid: The Escape
15. Forever Lost: Episode 1
16. GTA 5
17. Gene Effect
18. Nihilumbra
19. Limbo
20. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
21. The Cat Lady
22. Lily Looking Through
23. Botanicula
24. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
25. That Level Again
26. Helidroid 3D
27. Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey New n Tasty
28. Mind: Path to Thalamus
29. Heir
30. Rivers of Alice
31. Ascent of Kings
32. Silly Sausage in Meat Land
33. Catastrophe Escape
34. Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water
35. Random Heroes 3
36. Never Alone
37. Aaru's Awakening
38. Tiny Thief
39. Cabin Escape
40. Cryptic Caverns
41. Far Cry 4
42. The Mystery of the Crimson Manor
43. Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood
44. The Lost Fountain
45. Pettson's Inventions
46. Spoiler Alert
47. Stealth Bastard
48. Hohokum
49. Tiny Dangerous Dungeons
50. Shadow Blade

51. The Tender Cut
52. SURREALISTa: Another short and very fucking weird game. It's less a game and more an interactive gallery of works by Giorgio de Chirico but it's got levels and some platforming and suchlike so I'm counting it. An interesting wee thing, though very rough around the edges. According to the website there's a big update coming later in the year so I'll keep an eye on it. Sidenote: one of the paintings that appears looked really familiar and I eventually realised it was the cover of ICO. Although Giorgio de Chirico's stuff was apparently an inspiration for the cover of ICO it's not actually his so it's odd they've stuck that image in there with no context. There's some related chat here.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

Interesting factoid: ICO's creator bloke, I forget his name, Myziami(?), painted that ICO box art himself and they let him use it.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2015 23:13

Bamba can stop playing games now.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Dr Lave wrote:

Ooh, I'll try and do this all year this time (yeah, right).

1. Nidhogg Vita/PS4 - the greatest fighting game since bushido blade. Essential same room multiplayer. Even really enjoyed the, very short, single player.
2. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. - PS4 - Short, sweet campaign and the best in years. The first since MW with a coherent plot, and the robosuits really freshen it up. But the end is a bit of a squib. Enjoyable fluff. (it appears to be Xmas tradition that the wife gets a copy - well done Activision).
3. Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze - WiiU such a great game. Controls wonderfully, and so differently to mario. The lion king level is a musical masterpiece. Rayman legends gets so much love due to its graphics, but give me something that controls as well as this any day.
4. Game of Thrones: Episode 1 - PS4 - Not bad at all. Never really got on with Telltale's Walking dead game, but I think that is possibly because I got the whole season at once. Playing this for a couple of hours every other month seems better somehow. Very enjoyable way to 'play an episode'. Excited to find out my partners choices when she plays it as I think she will be appalled at some of my choices.
5. Final Fantasy X - Vita The first time I've finished a FF game since VII at release. I thought JRPGs were dead to me. Full of grind and random battles and filler, but in a portable format I loved this. Would never have completed it on a couch, but it's made the last month of commuting a blast. Ignored every side quest and went straight down the path, so was constantly a somewhat low level, which made the combat fascinating, rather than the typically. Hammer-standard-attack-until-you-win style of others. Fell apart at the 3rd to last boss when I had to do X damage in 15 or so turns, and that was impossible with my skill set, so I had to grind to level a character for 2 hours, and then they had an attack that made the rest of the battles boringly easy. Looking forward to X-2.
6. Kick and Fennick - Vita - I've said it all over the place, but this is such a surprising delight. A genuinely novel and new 2D platformer. Game of the Year contender. I'll be wittering about this all year. Fantastic. As I said in the PS+ thread, there is something really primal and entertaining about parabolas. Must be evolution getting us to enjoy chucking rocks at mammoths. Or the use of urinals. Or something. But whatever the reason, a 2D platformer based on the recoil from a sniper rifle sending you flying in beautiful parabolas across the map is just superbly enjoyable to play. Binged and completed it over 3 days. Didn't outstay it's welcome, and bar a tiny dip in the middle where there is too much of a focus on timing puzzles, it fires on all cylinders throughout.
7. The Swapper - PS4/Vita if anything this year has proven it's that 2D platformers are such a vibrant platform for different experiences. Wonderfully explores it's central idea, and the mechanisms tie so well with its, actually great, plot. Genuinely good scifi. Which is rare in any format outside books. Highly recommended.
8. GoT: Episode 2 - PS4 yep, I guess this will count as six games over the year. Treaded water, slightly, and I'm hesitant about the importance of our decisions. But it's interesting how different me and my partners choices were.
9. BoxBoy - 3DS - Played it for 7.5 hrs. It cost about £4.50 - 5.50? And every tiny level was incredibly entertaining. I recommend it very highly. it's all about making squares.
10. Gunvolt - 3DS - the nes de-make that comes free with the 'real' game, or available for a couple of quid. Very slight, but fun enough. Doesn't set the world on fire.
11. Knights of the Round - Arcade, via PSP Capcom Collection, on a PS Vita - looks pretty, but absolutely mindless. A real example of how business models can make a game truly terrible (cf. F2P).

12. Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo - Vita, via PSP Capcom Puzzle Collection - on sale for £1.60. Bargain. and great fun, but I've yet to really click to why it's the tetris beater people claim. It must be so much better in multiplayer than the single player experience.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

Multiplayer is a real treat. If ever you can get someone about your level to compete against you you'll have hours of fun.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

1. The Room
2. The Room 2
3. Monument Valley
4. The Unfinished Swan
5. Flower
6. Age of Zombies
7. P.T.
8. Thomas Was Alone
9. Space Expedition
10. Xon episodes one and two (all that are available right now)
11. Republique episodes one, two and three (all that are available right now)
12. Gunman Clive
13. Pixel Staff
14. Hellraid: The Escape
15. Forever Lost: Episode 1
16. GTA 5
17. Gene Effect
18. Nihilumbra
19. Limbo
20. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
21. The Cat Lady
22. Lily Looking Through
23. Botanicula
24. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
25. That Level Again
26. Helidroid 3D
27. Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey New n Tasty
28. Mind: Path to Thalamus
29. Heir
30. Rivers of Alice
31. Ascent of Kings
32. Silly Sausage in Meat Land
33. Catastrophe Escape
34. Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water
35. Random Heroes 3
36. Never Alone
37. Aaru's Awakening
38. Tiny Thief
39. Cabin Escape
40. Cryptic Caverns
41. Far Cry 4
42. The Mystery of the Crimson Manor
43. Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood
44. The Lost Fountain
45. Pettson's Inventions
46. Spoiler Alert
47. Stealth Bastard
48. Hohokum
49. Tiny Dangerous Dungeons
50. Shadow Blade

51. The Tender Cut
52. SURREALISTa
53. Nub's Adventure: a pretty sizeable Metroidvania platformer for Android/iOS which focuses mostly on exploration, with no small challenge in some sections, and it probably the most traditional implementation of the form I've yet played on Android. Very, very good stuff indeed and comes highly recommended as I've been totally gripped by it for the week or so it's taken me to finish it. You know it's a good mobile game when you' carry on playing it as soon as you get in the door after commuting home.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

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1. The Room
2. The Room 2
3. Monument Valley
4. The Unfinished Swan
5. Flower
6. Age of Zombies
7. P.T.
8. Thomas Was Alone
9. Space Expedition
10. Xon episodes one and two (all that are available right now)
11. Republique episodes one, two and three (all that are available right now)
12. Gunman Clive
13. Pixel Staff
14. Hellraid: The Escape
15. Forever Lost: Episode 1
16. GTA 5
17. Gene Effect
18. Nihilumbra
19. Limbo
20. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
21. The Cat Lady
22. Lily Looking Through
23. Botanicula
24. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
25. That Level Again
26. Helidroid 3D
27. Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey New n Tasty
28. Mind: Path to Thalamus
29. Heir
30. Rivers of Alice
31. Ascent of Kings
32. Silly Sausage in Meat Land
33. Catastrophe Escape
34. Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water
35. Random Heroes 3
36. Never Alone
37. Aaru's Awakening
38. Tiny Thief
39. Cabin Escape
40. Cryptic Caverns
41. Far Cry 4
42. The Mystery of the Crimson Manor
43. Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood
44. The Lost Fountain
45. Pettson's Inventions
46. Spoiler Alert
47. Stealth Bastard
48. Hohokum
49. Tiny Dangerous Dungeons
50. Shadow Blade

51. The Tender Cut
52. SURREALISTa
53. Nub's Adventure
54. Kraven Manor: short and pretty easy indie PC horror game which has you investigating the titular manor to find out what's going on with the metal statues that pop-up to chase you around. Surprisingly pretty for such an otherwise amateur-ish game actually. Taught me that I really don't spent enough time WASD-ing around these days as the fingers on my left hand are fucking killing me after spending the couple of hours it took to finish it.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

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1. The Room
2. The Room 2
3. Monument Valley
4. The Unfinished Swan
5. Flower
6. Age of Zombies
7. P.T.
8. Thomas Was Alone
9. Space Expedition
10. Xon episodes one and two (all that are available right now)
11. Republique episodes one, two and three (all that are available right now)
12. Gunman Clive
13. Pixel Staff
14. Hellraid: The Escape
15. Forever Lost: Episode 1
16. GTA 5
17. Gene Effect
18. Nihilumbra
19. Limbo
20. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
21. The Cat Lady
22. Lily Looking Through
23. Botanicula
24. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
25. That Level Again
26. Helidroid 3D
27. Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey New n Tasty
28. Mind: Path to Thalamus
29. Heir
30. Rivers of Alice
31. Ascent of Kings
32. Silly Sausage in Meat Land
33. Catastrophe Escape
34. Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water
35. Random Heroes 3
36. Never Alone
37. Aaru's Awakening
38. Tiny Thief
39. Cabin Escape
40. Cryptic Caverns
41. Far Cry 4
42. The Mystery of the Crimson Manor
43. Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood
44. The Lost Fountain
45. Pettson's Inventions
46. Spoiler Alert
47. Stealth Bastard
48. Hohokum
49. Tiny Dangerous Dungeons
50. Shadow Blade

51. The Tender Cut
52. SURREALISTa
53. Nub's Adventure
54. Kraven Manor
55. Montague's Mount: an exploration/puzzle game described pretty accurately by one Steam reviewer as, "like Dear Esther with puzzles." It was an alright way to spent a few hours, but nothing special all in all.

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