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  Glen-i said:
Second one takes place on Christmas Eve funnily enough.

Try and get the double pack if you can, they're both great!

 

I'm more interested in the second one but if I like it I can always pick up the original at some point. There's no guarantee it'll click with me, though :heh:

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Super Mario RPG (Wii U) complete!

 

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Super Mario RPG (Wii U) complete!

 

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Finished J-Stars Victory VS+ (PS4) this morning. I actually started this back in June but stopped playing it for some reason. It took me an hour or so it get to grips with the fighting mechanics again. This is why I hate dropping games and then picking them up again later.

 

Absolutely wacky game, with a bunch of crazy characters, most of which I haven't got a clue who they are. The story mode is very lengthy, lasting at around 15 hours.

 

Not sure when I'll nab the platinum. I've done the hardest trophies but the rest are a complete grind. You have to finish the story mode another 3 times, which doesn't really change apart from the main character you use.

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Finished J-Stars Victory VS+ (PS4) this morning. I actually started this back in June but stopped playing it for some reason. It took me an hour or so it get to grips with the fighting mechanics again. This is why I hate dropping games and then picking them up again later.

 

Absolutely wacky game, with a bunch of crazy characters, most of which I haven't got a clue who they are. The story mode is very lengthy, lasting at around 15 hours.

 

Not sure when I'll nab the platinum. I've done the hardest trophies but the rest are a complete grind. You have to finish the story mode another 3 times, which doesn't really change apart from the main character you use.

 

I say this way too often but I also need to get back to this soon. I played it for a while at release and then must have stopped when something else came out. Completely forgotten the controls now.

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I was going to start sonething else after finishing J-Stars but decided to push through for the platinum. Figured if I went and played something else and came back to this at a later date I would just have to learn the combos all over again.

 

So, platinum obtained and it was hefty grind. Having to do the story another 3 times was bad enough but I also had to fully clear Victory Road mode which consisted of having 123 fights!

 

The final Story mode run was a bit of a pain as well. The characters you had to use were pretty shoddy ( guys from Bleach and Beezlebub ) and didn't have the strength or long range abilities to hammer opponents. Luckily you can change them in the final third of the game. Back to Goku, Luffy and Naruto I went. :D

 

That's possibly the last platinum I will nab this year.

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Just played through The Beginner's Guide, a friend gave it to me for Christmas on Steam and thought I would really enjoy it. I've not played The Stanley Parable yet, but I think I will have to now. The Beginner's Guide was such a unique and personal experience. I have recently been suffering through severe depression and anxiety so playing through this experience was difficult and relatable for me. It really reminds you of the variety that video games can offer, and it's excellent that games such as this, that are so clearly defined by an individual's vision, can find success alongside the more conventional releases.

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I've had a very productive day!

 

Spent the day getting the final two trophies in Drive Club. Got myself the Platinum at long last.

 

The game is excellent and it's only just got better and better as they've released more content and made changes for it. I must say, I think the addition of an easier mode was much needed and it's made the game more "friendly" as a result of it. Beforehand, I enjoyed it but finished almost every race towards the back of the grid. It's a bit more rewarding now, plus just more enjoyable. I really rate the game highly. Plus, it's drop dead gorgeous to look at. :)

 

The other game I've been playing is Cities: Skylines. My favourite City builder. It's what I always wanted SimCity to evolve into, but it never has done. It's a game that I played quite a bit earlier in the year but just got back into it over Christmas. One of those games that you can just sink hours and hours into without realising. :D

 

Games of 2015

 

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor - Finished and PLATINUMED

Transistor - Finished

The Walking Dead Season One - Finished and PLATINUMED

inFAMOUS Second Son - good ending completed

Watchdogs - started in 2014, finally finished main story

The Walking Dead Season Two - Finished

The Order 1886 - Finished

BLOODBORNE - Finished

Never Alone - Finished

Hohokum - Finished

The Witcher 3 - Story (and many other quests!) completed

Journey - Finished

FlOw - Finished

Batman: Arkham Knight - Main story completed. Can't be arsed collecting all of the Riddler trophies

Everybody's Gone To The Rapture - Finished

Entwined - Finished

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - Finished

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Finished

White Night - Finished

Until Dawn - Play-through 1 Finished!

Rocket League - PLATINUMED!

Sound Shapes - Campaign completed

Drive Club - PLATINUMED!

Cities: Skylines

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Started and finished Flower (PS4) today. It had been sitting on my to play list for a while and figured I could just kick back and relax, especially after Paper Jam is annoying the hell out of me.

 

Stunning. Absolutely stunning game. The way the petals move, the way the scenery changes, the way the grass blows in the wind, everything just looks and feels amazing. Beautiful.

 

The later levels seem like a battle between man/machine vs nature. At least that's how it was playing in my head. There was a strange sense of satisfaction when using my petals the bash down the scattered pieces of broken metal and the shards that sprung out, in an attempt to defend themselves.

 

The only negative I have is the last trophy that needed unlocking. It required you to bloom 10,000 flowers. You don't get this through naturally playing through the game and it requires multiple play throughs or grinding level 3 or 6. It was such an unnecessary trophy to have it the game.

 

I love Journey but I think I preferred the experience I had with this game. Hmm....hard to call, really.

 

Dat Game Company, indeed. :bowdown:

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With many of us having kept track of everything we played this year, perhaps we could all look back through our lists to each pick out the best and worst games we played in 2015 :smile:

 

I'll probably finish off my list tomorrow as I haven't updated for a while :hehe:

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With many of us having kept track of everything we played this year, perhaps we could all look back through our lists to each pick out the best and worst games we played in 2015 :smile:

 

I'll probably finish off my list tomorrow as I haven't updated for a while :hehe:

 

Yeah, I plan on doing a bit of an analysis of the games I've played. I may yet squeeze another one in though...

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  nekunando said:
With many of us having kept track of everything we played this year, perhaps we could all look back through our lists to each pick out the best and worst games we played in 2015 :smile:

 

I'll probably finish off my list tomorrow as I haven't updated for a while :hehe:

 

How would that work? One best game and one worst? Or would there be several categories?

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How would that work? One best game and one worst? Or would there be several categories?

 

It's up to yourself, really :smile: You could branch out into things like the most disappointing game you played or the biggest surprise if you wish but it doesn't have to be anything particularly formal : peace:

 

You don't even have to tell us your best one as we already know :heh:

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Yeah, I plan on doing a bit of an analysis of the games I've played. I may yet squeeze another one in though...
How you getting on with Transformers? That's supposedly a pretty short game.
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How you getting on with Transformers? That's supposedly a pretty short game.

 

Campaign is but the platinum trophy isn't. :D

 

I just put it in to install it and let my youngest nephews have a go. They seen it on my shelf and wanted to play it. Luckily they didn't nab any trophies, so I just deleted it from my list. I'm not ready to play it yet.

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Campaign is but the platinum trophy isn't. :D

 

I just put it in to install it and let my youngest nephews have a go. They seen it on my shelf and wanted to play it. Luckily they didn't nab any trophies, so I just deleted it from my list. I'm not ready to play it yet.

Ah! I thought it was strange how there were no trophies on your list. :hehe:
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Here's my final list of games completed for the year. I forgot to put Starfox Assault on the list, which I finished in June. I played it during E3 week and never added it to the list. Probably because my list was being kept up to date on my laptop at work and I forgot to add it when I returned from my week off.

 

Sadly this means that Devils Third wasn't actually game 100. That achievement now goes to Wonderbook, which is equally as quirky and stupid. :D

 

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BIG thanks to @Hero\-of\-Time[/b]!

 

I was about to complete my list, worrying that I may forget to add a few from the last couple of months, but there's a possibility that I will see the credits of one final game before 2015 draws to a close :hehe:

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For those who question whether PS+ is worth it, 15 games that I played this year were from that service. That's really just a small fraction of the games that were on offer as well.
24 of the 63 games I completed this year were PS+ titles! Including the sensational Yakuza 4! :awesome: (I've said it before, but that game alone was worth the 32 quid I paid for my subscription :hehe:).

Was hugely skeptical of PS+ initially, but it really is a great service.

Need to keep an eye out for any deals in January so I can renew for 2016! ;)

 

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BIG thanks to @nekunando for crating this topic. :heart: It helped in keeping me focused and on track and also allowed me to look back at the games I had played during the year.

 

Here's to a another cracking gaming year in 2016. Let's see if I can finish 114 games this time. :D

Yeah, quality thread. Cheers again, nekunando. : peace: Edited by RedShell
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Gotta add my thanks as well, @nekunando. This thread made me pay more attention to my gaming schedule, as well as making me notice when I was going through a dry spell (since those have reasons behind them, that's kind of important).

 

Furthermore, my thoughts on each game at the time of completion is in this thread, and that's pretty neat.

 

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On Hold/Hiatus:-Shadow Man

 

Out of curiosity, how far have you got in it? I played a considerable chunk of the N64 version, possibly within the last 12 months, but managed to lose my bearings a little and ended up not really being sure if where to go next in order to progress :hmm:

 

I think I'm probably done with it now as I can't see myself returning to try to get into it, particularly due to the fact that it helps to remember some of the details about the locations in order to return later with new abilities.

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SURPRISE!

 

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I didn't get as much done this year as I'd hoped and forgot about this thread.

Did manage to nab the platinum in Assassins Creed Syndicate to end the year though.

 

Will definitely keep more of a record for 2016!

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Out of curiosity, how far have you got in it? I played a considerable chunk of the N64 version, possibly within the last 12 months, but managed to lose my bearings a little and ended up not really being sure if where to go next in order to progress :hmm:

 

I think I'm probably done with it now as I can't see myself returning to try to get into it, particularly due to the fact that it helps to remember some of the details about the locations in order to return later with new abilities.

 

I reached a cathedral where I had to fight one of the serial killers in the physical world, but the fight was unwinnable.

 

I'm unsure if I ought to restart when I do pick it up again. Sure, I'll remember better where the portals are, but I felt that early-game combat was boring, and I don't need to go through that again.

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