Games Beaten in 2022

[Bean]

Time to step up once again after letting others handle previous years and put down this annual post. 2022 is going to be a good year for games, so let's see how many we can beat! It doesn't matter if they're new, old, first times, or replays. This list can be whatever you want as long as you get through it. Just to make things easier to look back on, it'd be nice if you put down...

• The game's name
• The platform it was played on
• And the date you beat it

Other than that, your list is your list and it'll be interesting to compare them at the end of the year. And with that, let the game playings begin again!

Past Years: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

For currently playing and general games discussion: https://talkhaus.raocow.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=732

[Bean]

Here we go!

1) Persona 5 Royal (1/28, PS4)
2) Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2 (2/1, Switch)
3) A Way Out (2/22, XBO)
4) Mega Man: The Wily Wars (2/27, GEN)
5) Magical Drop 2 (3/1, SNES)
6) Mega Man [DOS] (3/5, PC)
7) Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World (3/14, Switch)
8) Chocobo GP (3/16, Switch)
9) Kirby Battle Royale (3/27, 3DS)
10) Kirby and the Forgotten Land (3/31, Switch)
11) Kirby's Pinball Land (4/30, GB)
12) Mega Man III [DOS] (5/6, PC)
13) Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (5/14, PS4)
14) Dragon Ball FighterZ (5/31, Switch)
15) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game (6/3, Switch)
16) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge (6/17, XBO)

Last Updated: June 17th

[YelseyKing]

Completed:

Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles (PSP; Completed 1-3-22) [First Time]
Notes: Just the Rondo remake, not SotN or the original Rondo. Took a bit to get used to the controls, but it's definitely a fun game, a solid remake, and probably the best old-school-style Castlevania. I played through it primarily as Maria, simply since she's easier to use, but I might try again as Richter someday.

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSP; Completed 1-14-22) [Replay]
Notes: This is the version unlockable via Dracula X Chronicles, which I wanted to play to see how different it was from the PSX original. The answer? Not much. New voice acting and dialogue, a new ending song replacing I Am the Wind, the two previously Japan-only Familiars restored, a handful of typos and misspellings fixed, and a Rondo of Blood-style child Maria as a playable character... but otherwise, it's the same as the original. Even some of the glitches still work! 200.6% completion (or rather, 200.9%, since I glitched into the room below the gate), naturally.

Shining Force 3 (Saturn) [First Time]
-Scenario 1 (Completed 2-4-22)
-Scenario 2 (Completed 2-24-22)
-Scenario 3 (Completed 3-13-22)
Notes: Man. *Man*. This game was incredible. Right up there with Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre for the best strategy RPGs I've ever played... it took me nigh on two months to complete this massive, underrated gem, and I loved it *all*. It's just a *damn* shame only the first scenario saw an English release, and Sega/Camelot seem to have no interest in bringing it to modern hardware. Still, the fan translation was top notch, and worked perfectly. Moreover, any "flaws" with the game, outside of a few really obnoxious battles in scenario 2, would just be pedantic nitpicking. If you like strategy RPGs, you *owe* it to yourself to play this game! The *whole* game! As an aside, this was the first Saturn game I ever played. Woo!

LEGO Lord of the Rings (PC; Completed 3-29-22) [First Time]
Notes: A fun, rompy collectathon, a nice palette cleanser after the previous game. Wasn't very difficult, which was to be expected, but I still had a good time with it. I only managed 99.2% completion, however, due to a glitch keeping me from getting one last item, which in turn would unlock a few other things. Sadness.

Dragon Quest 5 (DS; Completed 4-12-22) [Replay]
Notes: Replay using a hack that modifies various things, most notably making monsters significantly easier to recruit. It did have the side effect of making an already not terribly difficult game even easier... but it was still fun, and very nice not having to deal with 1/64 or even 1/256 recruitment rates. I also, after much effort, cleared that blasted postgame T'n'T board. Hooray!

Ys Origin (PC; Completed 4-29-22) [First Time]
Notes: Only finished the Yunica path; I'll do the other two in the future. A solid action RPG, though it doesn't exactly stand out in any significant ways, and it's highly linear and formulaic. It's also really weird playing an Ys game and *not* controlling Adol. Contrary to most Ys games, though, the bosses were actually quite a lot of fun.

CrossCode (PC; Completed 5-16-22) [Replay]
Notes: Picked up a (fairly early on) New Game+ save I'd sort of let sit there for a while, and also completed the DLC and other new content. My overall opinion of the game has improved significantly since my initial playthrough; there's a *lot* of depth here, ad the game does a good job of providing you with options for a number of completely viable character builds. The puzzles and boss fights are also, for the most part, highlights... but despite all the positives, it still does have its flaws. Namely, some of the (fortunately optional) sidequests are absolutely horrible... and the DLC *expands* on most of the worst of them, for some god-forsaken reason. Also, I maintain that enemy attacks are simply too fast, numerous, and accurate (those physics-defying mid-air bends in enemy jumps or projectiles, hooray!) to make dodging attacks -- seemingly the way the game *wants* to be played -- viable for anyone except those with very good twitch reflexes... Nevertheless, a few quibbles (that can be overcome) do not mar what is otherwise a fantastic game that any action RPG fan should experience.

[KobaBeach]

i expect rpgs.

1. Star Ocean: The Second Story (PSX) - 02/01/2022, cheats used due to exhaustion (unlimited hp and mp for first four slots)
2. Star Ocean: The Second Story (PSX, replay) - 05/01/2022, legit victory
3. Tales of Phantasia (SNES, replay) - 07/01/2022, first time on snes. fuck dejap
4. Tales of Destiny (PSX) - 11/01/2022
5. Pokonyan! Henpokorin Adventure (SNES) - 19/01/2022
6. Tales of Eternia (PSX) - 21/01/2022, aka tales of destiny ii, but not the actual tales of destiny 2
7. The Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermilion (PSP) - 23/01/2022
8. Way Past Cool (PC, SRB2 2.2 level pack) - 25/01/2022
9. Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (PS2) - 10/02/2022
10. SvC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom (NG, replay) - 03/03/2022
11. Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (SNES, replay) - 19/03/2022, first time on snes, savestates used, galbalan started burning me out...
12. Kirby's Dream Land (GB, replay) - 22/03/2022, extra mode only
13. Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2 (GBA) - 24/03/2022
14. Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim (PC) - 26/03/2022
15. Summon Night 2 (PSX) - 03/04/2022
16. The Legend of Heroes IV: A Tear of Vermilion (PC, replay) - 17/04/2022, first time on pc
17. DuoPrincess (PC) - 04/05/2022
18. Sonic R (PC, replay) - 05/05/2022
19. Touhou Koumakyou ~ Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (PC, replay) - 05/05/2022, normal mode 1cc, ReimuA and ReimuB
20. Touhou Fuumaroku ~ Story of Eastern Wonderland (PC98) - 06/05/2022, easy mode 1cc, ReimuB
21. DoDonPachi (ARC) - 06/05/2022, C-Laser, two continues used
22. Chrono Trigger (SNES, replay) - 19/06/2022

[pholtos]

Key:
[LP] = Lets Play on my channel.
[Stream] = Done via Discord's streaming function on YelseyKing's Discord server at 12am CST Daily.
If it has neither of those, I did it on my own time.
Completed:
1/5 - Equinox (SNES) [LP]
1/7 - Evoland 2 (Steam) [Stream]
1/10 - NightSky (Steam) [Stream]
1/14 - RPM Racing (SNES) [LP]
1/16 - Castlevania Chronicles (PS1) [Stream] - I ended up using save states as checkpoints from the Medusa boss onwards. Sorta sucks I can't adjust difficulty/number of lives once I start up the file.
2/5 - Castlevania Symphony of the Night (PS1) [Stream]
2/11 - Super Ghouls and Ghosts (SNES) [LP] - AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. *head desk*
2/27 - Home Alone (SNES) [LP]
3/11 - Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (Steam) [Stream]
3/13 - Lagoon (SNES) [LP]
3/14 - Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles (PSP) [Stream] - Drackles defeated, did not beat 5', 68%.
3/24 - DROD: The Second Sky (Steam) - All Achievements, Hold Mastered.
3/27 - Clustertruck (Steam) [Stream]
3/30 - Threads of Fate (PS1) [Stream] - Mint side.
4/17 - Super Castlevania IV (SNES) [LP]
5/18 - Lufia 2 (SNES) [Stream]
5/20ish - Grow Home Replay 100% (Steam) [Stream]
5/22 - Earth Defense Force (SNES) [LP]
5/23 - Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Dungeon (Wii) [Stream
6/1 - MAGMML 1 (PC) [Stream]
6/4 - Joe and Mac (SNES) [LP]
6/8 - Snake Pass (Steam) [Stream]

[Crow]

Claiming my spot now because yeah

Crow Story (1/1)
Elechead (1/2, 100%)
Psychonauts 2 (1/7, 100%)
Disco Elysium (1/10)
Monster Sanctuary (1/14)
The Forgotten City (1/16, all endings)
Super Mombo Quest (1/17, 100%)
Supraland: Six Inches Under (1/19; 100% on 1/21)
The Rewinder (1/28, 100%)
Treasures of the Aegean (1/29, 100%)
Here Comes Niko! (2/5, 100%)
Fearmonium (2/6, 100%)
Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault (2/8)
Pokemon Legends: Arceus (2/18; Pokedex complete 2/23)
The Pathless (2/26, 100%)
Toree 3D (3/1, all characters unlocked)
Toree 2 (3/1, all characters unlocked)
Tametsi (3/7)
Demon Turf (3/8, 100%)
OPUS: Echo of Starsong (3/14)
TRI: Of Friendship and Madness (3/22, replay, 100%)
The Rewinder: Root of Evil (3/26, 100%)
A Short Hike (3/27, 100%)
Itorah (3/27)
The Testing Chamber (3/28)
Patrick's Parabox (4/3, 100% on 4/4)
FixFox (4/6, 100%)
System Purge (4/7)
Kirby and the Forgotten Land (4/9, all waddle dees & souls)
The Artful Escape (4/17, 100%)
Rhythm Journey (4/21)
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe (4/28)
GNOSIA (4/29, true ending)
Haiku, the Robot (5/1, 100%)
Retro/Grade (5/13, X-treme, Replay)
Button City (5/14, 100%)
Platonic (5/20, 100%)
Linelith (5/27, 100%)
Gordianaut (5/27)
Aqorel (5/27)
We Are Definitely the Baddies (5/27, I guess?? %)
Triga (5/27, 100%)
Frequency Dissonance (5/27, 100%)
Space Ducks: The Great Escape (5/28)
IFO (5/28, 100%)
Tendy: Robot Gardener (5/28, 100%)
A Dance of Fire and Ice: Neo Cosmos (6/2)

[HatKid]

01/08/2022: Atelier Sophie ~ The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book ~ (PS4)

[camwoodstock]

here's our post, all rights reversed. you don't get them B)

[Ashan]

1. Luigi's Mansion 3 | Switch
   • All gems + all boos | Jan 1
2. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney | Switch
   • Main missions | Jan 5
   • Rise From the Ashes (DLC) | Jan 11
3. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker | Switch
   • Main chapters, all gems | Jan 15
   • 100% base game | Jan 17
   • 100% DLC | Jan 18
4. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice For All | Switch
   • Main missions | Jan 24
5. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations | Switch
   • Main missions | Feb 6
6. Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney | DS
   • Main missions | Feb 16
7. Elden Ring | PC
   • Main story | Mar 14
   • All achievements | Mar 19
8. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies | 3DS
   • Main missions | April 3
   • Special episode | April 6
9. Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition | PC
   • All achievements | April 15

[EllenHouraisan]

- 08/02: Disco Elysium (Very good game, extremely well written, a tad buggy, ends a bit abruptly, but still a wonderful experience.)
- 25/02: Child of Light (Fun combat that gets a tad repetitive later on, story is so-so, also ends abruptly, but super fun nonetheless.)
- 28/03: Sonic Forces (It's okay. Avatar customization is neat, gameplay is fun at times and annoying at others. Story's a 10/10, though.)
- 10/04: The Gray Garden (It's a Mogeko game, but probably the best one??? Eh... Next.)
- 04/05: UNSIGHTED (Too much Zelda, 7/10. Grandma survived, though! :D)
- 05/05: Dungeon Fighter Online (Ozma saga) (Does clearing the single player campaign of an MMO count? I guess it does now!)

[thatguyif]

I will claim this space with bunnies

Completed
Furi/PC/Twitch Prime/Best Ending/January 6
Super Metroid/SNES (Online)/Switch/100%/January 9
Metroid Fusion/GBA/99% (FUCK OFF)/January 16
Metroid Fusion/GBA/100% 2:01 (SERIOUSLY?!)/January 23
Sid Meier's Pirates!/PC/Steam/Perfect Score (Rogue, 1640 start)/January 30
Metroid Fusion/GBA/100% 1:52 (Rest in piss)/February 1
Bioshock Infinite/PC/Steam/Main Game/February 20
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/GBC/3DS VC/March 27
Metroid: Zero Mission/GBA/WiiU VC/100%/April 4
Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye/True Ending/May 31

Currently In Progress
Ring Fit Adventure/Switch
Animal Crossing: New Horizons/Switch
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga/PC/Steam

In Progress But Inactive
Hollow Knight/PC/Postgame
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2/PC/Epic Game Store
Shift Happens/Co-Op/PC/Steam
Hyrule Warriors/Switch

Reserve 1: Nintendos
Paper Mario series/Wii U/Dolphin/Wii/3DS/Switch
Sonic Mania-Encore Mode/Switch
Dead Cells/Switch/Open All Levels
Earthbound Trilogy/Wii U/Emu
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate/Fighter Collection/Switch
Shinsekai: Into the Depths/Switch
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening/Switch/Hero Mode
World of Final Fantasy Maxima/Switch
Going Under/Switch
Fluxteria/Switch
Garden Story/Switch
Golf Story/Switch
No More Heroes II: Desperate Struggle/Switch

Reserve 2: Computer Box!
Grand Theft Auto IV+Episodes from Liberty City/PC
Spore/PC
The Outer Worlds/PC
Slime Rancher/PC
Cities: Skylines/PC
Sublevel Zero Redux/PC
Moonlighter/PC
Rebel Galaxy: Outlaw/PC
Strike Suit Zero/PC
Yakuza 0/PC
Grand Theft Auto V/PC
Civilization VI/PC
Journey to the Savage Planet/PC
Elite: Dangerous/PC
Lenna's Inception/PC
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order/PC
Train Valley 2/PC
Control/PC
Abzu/PC
Lifeless Planet/PC
SUPERHOT: Mind Control Delete/PC
Star Wars: Squadrons/PC
Supraland/PC
Metal Wolf Chaos XD/PC

Reserve 3: Those Subs
Darksiders: Warmaster Edition/Twitch Prime
Blasphemous/Twitch Prime

Reserve 4: Fweeeennnds (Co-Op)
Parkitect/PC

Special Reserve
Metroid: Samus Returns/3DS
AM2R/PC

[Dizzybelle]

\/ games go here \/

Pokemon Legends: Arceus (Switch) - 22/02/22
TRIANGLE STRATEGY (Switch) - 19/03/22

/\ games go here /\

[raekuul]

Sonic Mania, Nintendo Switch - Beaten 2022-01-01. Once again, I got the itch to play sanic over NYE. I've developed my own tradition <3
Shin Megami Tensei IV, Nintendo 3DS - Neutral Ending 2022-02-06, four stars 2022-04-19. The Tokyo Ending is basically the only one I can stomach, which is a shame because mechanically this is a damn fine game and the Tokyo Ending is a pain in the ass to reach.
Dune 2: The Building of a Dynasty, Microsoft DOS - Atreides Campaign cleared 2022-03-22. If not for the fact that I need to clear Mission 9 to reach the end credits, I would have been finished a week ago. And 'Thopters continue to be 100% not worth the spice investment thanks to Rocket Turrets.
Heirs to Skull Crag, Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures - Final battle beaten 2022-03-27. I mean really all I did in that final battle was have my Magic-User blow herself up twice. And it's not like death is permanent in D&D or anything (except it totally was in the end because of the -1 CON cost of raising)
UNDERTALE, Nintendo Switch - True Pacifist 2022-04-20. I missed Vegetoid and... something in Hotland? for full yellow credits, but m'eh. I also missed sparing all of the bonus bosses but I wasn't going out of my way to do that.
deltarune chapters 1+2, Nintendo Switch - 2022-04-21 (both chapters) - so I like Chapter 1 less than undertale but chapter 2 more than undertale so yeah. also holy shit that ending.
Pokemon Red litelocke, Nintendo 3DS VC - Champion Challenged 2022-05-13. Final team was Aerodactyl 'Wingman', Gengar 'Big Boo', Raichu 'Himeko', Snorlax 'Really Really Big Man', Blastoise 'Takagi', and Vileplume 'Hannah'.
Shantae, Nintendo Switch - Risky ruined 2022-05-20. Gecko Racing continues to be my best source of gems (you have absolute control over when the AI's die stops rolling, so with a little practice you can make them always roll 1's)
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, Nintendo 3DS VC - Birdhouse 2022-06-03. Final score was 525 which isn't great but it's still below the Birdhouse threshold; I can definitely do better by jumping in after Minotaur to void the coin shower and by bringing Jet into the Zenisukii fight.
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, Nintendo 3DS - Regular Game 2022-06-04. Missed three heart squids (1 on Tan Line, 2 on Permafrost), got all the Dark Magic. Monster Milk makes mighty men mincemeat. Pirate Mode beaten 2022-06-06 with a time of 2:32:xx (went for all squids+cacklebats; I think next time I'll just go for all cacklebats since 100% includes unique shop purchases and I really don't want to run the Tan Line Temple loop a hundred times just for that)
Bravely Default, Nintendo 3DS - Ouroborous Obliterated 2022-06-14. The true final boss is susceptible to AI exploitation that the false final boss (and penultimate boss on the true route) is not; they both get caught in the same support/strike loop, but True Final Boss ultimately can't outpace double curagas with it while False Final Boss will OHKO you for your troubles (since False Final Boss's support spell has Dispel built into it, which True Final Boss's support spell just self-buffs).

[metasomnia?]

Forgot it was a new year for a day.

Playing:

Considering playing Pokemon Shining Pearl, Legends Arceus, or Kirby and the Forgotten Land, or finishing up Mario 3D World

Finished:

Furi, 4/28 [Steam]
Timespinner, 6/4 [Steam]

[Nast]

01/05 - Yoku's Island Express - PC
01/08 - Wario Land II (100%) - GBC
01/17 - Ratchet & Clank 3 (replay) - PS2
01/26 - Pokémon Puzzle Challenge (Challenge mode, normal) - GBC
01/27 - Aggelos - PC
02/14 - VVVVVV (replay) - PC
02/15 - Super Mario 3D Land - 3DS
02/27 - Pokémon Trading Card Game - GBC
03/02 - Micro Machines - GBC
03/05 - Pokémon Ranger - DS
03/22 - Pixross - PC
04/13 - The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures - PC
04/24 - Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate - 3DS
05/01 - The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve - PC
05/08 - Bugs Bunny: Rabbit Rampage - SNES
05/09 - Tom & Jerry - SNES
05/11 - Yooka-Laylee - PC
05/14 - Fez - PC
05/20 - Sonic Wings (Kohful Easy, both loops) - SNES
05/24 - The Lion King - SNES
05/29 - Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King - PC
06/04 - Goofy's Hysterical History Tour - Mega Drive
06/05 - Sonic Adventure DX (replay) - PC
06/20 - Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town (replay) (married, saw credits) - GBA
06/25 - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 A.I.R. (replay) - PC

[SAJewers]

Lost Ruins (Recommended Difficulty) - January 4
Sanae Toumaden X - February 3
TUNIC (Good Ending) - March 20
DRAINUS - May 25

[Enjl]

01/05 - Inscryption (PC)
01/07 - Solar Ash (PC)
01/13 - Pokemon X Randomizer Nuzlocke (3DS)
01/20 - Pokemon Ultra Moon Randomizer Nuzlocke (3DS)
01/29 - Ender Lilies (PC)
02/06 - Pokemon Legends Arceus (Switch)
02/22 - Monolith (PC)
02/24 - Pokemon TCG 2: The Invasion of Team GR! (GBC)
03/11 - Pokemon Black Randomizer (DS)
03/17 - Pokemon Alpha Sapphire Randomizer (3DS)
03/19 - Eastward (Switch)
03/25 - Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Switch)
05/12 - Outer Wilds + Echoes of the Eye DLC (PC)
05/23 - Drainus (PC)
05/27 - Haiku, the Robot (PC)
06/17 - La Mulana (PC)

[RedMageSusie]

I guess I'll keep track for once. Let's see if I forget about it later.

Metroid Dread - Normal 100% - Jan 3
Perfect Cherry Blossom - Hard 1CC (Reimu B) - Jan 5
Mega Man X4 - Jan 9
Disgaea 4 Complete - Feb 6
Yoku's Island Express - Feb 8
Mega Man X5 - Feb 21
A Hat in Time - Mar 6
Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom - Normal Marisa 1CC - Apr 4
Wild Arms V - Apr 18

[alleightbits]

Yeah, sure. Not much going on here, anyway.

Jan02: Friday Night Funkin' (browser)
Jan21: Trogday Micro Game (browser)

[ultratowel112]

Okay, time to list like 3 things for the whole year.

• Mario Bros 3 (NES Classic) - Jan 13: Not much explanation needed. Outside of Gradius and GnG, this was the last NES Classic game with an ending that I hadn't beat (to my knowledge). I've beaten the Marios before, but my goal was to get a snapshot of each ending.
• Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (PS3) - Jan 22: Pretty fun game. I didn't get a PS3 until a couple weeks ago, but I loved the PS2 games in the series. The story is alright, definitely sets up for sequels unlike the PS2 games. The weapons are pretty fun and I like the raritanium upgrade system. I won't really be able to give a final opinion on the weapons until after challenge mode - first playthrough of any RnC with upgrades is very much "this one is upgraded, time to never use it again until they all are". I got all gold bolts and the RYNO first time through, but not all skill points.
• RaCF:ToD (PS3 100%) - Feb 14: Good and fun game for the most part. All the weapons are fun except the Predator Launchers. They are too weak and slow, and the knock back doesn't make up for it. Speaking of slow... Everybody Dance Now. I dedicated a second challenge mode run just for this skill point. Every encounter was exactly the same: throw Groovitron, wait for it to end (there is no consensus whether the start, end, or entire dance counts), then RYNO. Also, there is no in game tracker and you have to do it in one run, so you better hope you didn't miss any NPC. Just a simple "(planet) is grooving" message would work.
• RaCF: Quest for Booty (PS3) - Feb 18: a nice, fun, short, pirate romp. I'm glad it comes bundled with Into the Nexus. I played on hard and upgraded every weapon to V5, and it took about 3 hours. My thoughts on the weapons are the same as ToD: all good except Predator Launchers.
• RaCF: A Crack in Time (PS3) - Mar 18: I liked ToD, I like aCiT much more. I got all the gold bolts and Zoni on my normal mode playthrough (hard difficulty), and am currently making my way through challenge mode. The extra Clank puzzles are wonderful, I want more of those. I'm not a big fan of the RYNO5 - it is definitely much more suited for crowds than individual enemies. Weapons are good and fun, except the 6-axis gun because I couldn't get it to go backwards (I could with the ToD tornadoes easily). I also miss the raritanium upgrades, and the constructo weapons could have been Deadlocked/Gladiator levels of fleshed out. Hoverboots are fun, but I wish they could be double-tap-R2 activated so that I could do it with my right hand easily. I know this seems like a lot of complaints, but everything else is excellent.
• RaCF:aCiT (PS3 100%) - Mar 30: Still excellent. It turns out that I had done most of the non-"go out of your way to do specific thing" skill points in my first playthrough. For example, some of the ones I didn't get were "Terachnoid Rave", "Bug Bait", and "Pest Control". I did bolt grinding in the arena (x20 to elite hydra tank nets 63xxx bolts per round) and level grinding in Gimlick Valley (clear out first area, die, repeat; takes under 2 hours if you had been working on levels throughout the game). Now for the two "switch up the formula games"...
• RaC: All 4 One (PS3) - Apr 14: Big oof. At times I didn't mind the super on-rails nature of the game, but there were multiple instances where I saw something, said "I'll get it after the fight", and the camera turned making it impossible for no reason. Also, the AI partner is... not great. A few noteworthy moments: jumping off the edge for no reason; multiple times it tried to do my part of the coop "puzzle" and refusing to do the easy part; and finally, standing still using the vac-u-suck in the middle of 3 enemies instead of coming to pick me up. I'm not going back to "100%" this, that would require beating it 4 times, buying another controller, and also doing a bunch of online coop for a dead 10+ year old game. On the plus side, the final boss was pretty neat, and the "shoot together" mechanic is interesting.
• Ratchet and Clank: Full Frontal Assault/Q-Force (PS3) - Apr 27: Surprisingly good? I enjoyed myself a lot more than I thought I would, so much so that I'm going to give this a proper 100% minus online treatment. Weapons were good, stages were good, gameplay is fun. It's not "proper" RaC, but whatever.
• RaC: FFA (PS3) - May 11: Well, I'm not going to full 100%. I did all the skill points except "travel this far", "break all crates" (except the first planet), "buy a bunch of barriers", and the co-op/online ones. Getting the speedrun points were fun, and the skill based ones weren't too much trouble. Onto Nexus.
• Ratchet and Clank: Into the Nexus (PS3) - May 19: Pretty good game. A nice return to "normal" RaC gameplay. Most things are fun, my least favorite thing is the Clank gameplay. It's a sort of VVVVVV thing - you can move and also control the 4 directions of gravity. I have yet to get "good" at it yet, but that's because I don't have a lot of experience with two-handed control. I got the RYNO and all the gold bolts on the first playthrough, I'll get the rest of the skill points and trophies in challenge mode. I like that the some of the skill points and trophies are Sony/ESRB rejected names of RaC games - ClockBlockers (aCiT), Into the Nether Region (Nexus). It's too bad Multiple Organisms/Four Play (A4O) didn't make it in.
• RaC:ItN (PS3 100%) - June 5: Still a good game. I finished up the 100% on challenge mode run 3, only needing the "break all glass" skill point and "scare all enemies" trophy on that run. I've changed my mind on the Clank gameplay - it's odd at first, but it only took a couple tries for each of the skill points (time trial, limited moves, and no damage). I was originally trying to solve all my problems by changing gravity, but normal movement is better.

[Argumentable]

I beat Pokemon Legends: Arcerus a little bit back.

Will I remember to actually update this list? No, but I'll see you for my mid-year update when I do remember

[ano0maly]

I don't know what the future holds in terms of playing games, but here we go

In Progress

CrossCode (Windows - Steam)
Baba Is You (Windows)

Completed

Tobari 2: Nightmare (Windows - Steam)
6-8 - February 15th

[Reecer7]

i should make a post here, if only to establish how much i do not game

Rivals of Aether (PC) - February 5
Hyperbolica (PC) - March 18
Fortune-499 (PC) - March 21