Game Progress Thread 2011

[BreakABone]

Think we had a thread like this last year, same idea.

Basically just post what you are up to/where you are at in games you are currently playing and when you beat them.

Interesting to keep track of how many times you beat in a year.

Anyhow,

"Beat" the free Doritos games on XBLA with some friends last night, good times for freebies.

I'm up to chapter 12 I believe in Bayonetta, and at the Pirate Base in Epic Mickey.

[Bube]

-The 3rd or 4th chapter in Mirror's Edge (I forget, I haven't played it in a while).
-Playing through the L4D2 campaign with my brother, on the 3rd act of the 2nd chapter.
-Taking my time with GT5, probably %5 or so completed.

And I'm also playing through some indie games:
-Osmos (last 5 levels or so - but damn hard!)
-World of Goo (played only 5 or 6 levels, playing it whenever I get bored for a few minutes)

Finished Portal, Machinarium and Braid about 10 days ago.

[Combine 017]

Got around 60 hours logged into Fallout New Vegas and im just about to go to Vegas.
Still need to beat Bioshock 2 and Condemned 2.
My girlfriend just got Assassins Creed: Brotherhood, which I will probably steal some time soon.
I also got World of Keflings and Raskulls on XBLA and those are both lots of fun.

[Angrist]

My girlfriend just got Assassins Creed: BrotherhoodWhat is it with girls and Assassins Creed eh? :confused:

[Ginkasa]

I just beat Uncharted 2. Currently playing Pokemon HeartGold; I'm just before the Elite 4. I've got, like, 20 other games I need to get around to at some point.

[Vampyr]

Heh, I'm actually playing SoulSilver right now...about to get the last Johto badge.

Also playing World of Warcraft and Lusternia (www.lusternia.com) a lot.

[The Germanator]

Got to the boss of the game in Ninja Gaiden 1 but died the first try. Got the password though, so hopefully I'll try another run at it soon.

[TheSlyMoogle]

Got to the boss of the game in Ninja Gaiden 1 but died the first try. Got the password though, so hopefully I'll try another run at it soon.

Original Ninja Gaiden? Like NES Ninja Gaiden?

That game is busted. So many ways to rush that shit down.

Uhm I'm in the middle of playing Pokemon SoulSilver, Just picked up that sweet shiny Raikou at gamestop last week. He's so shiny.

Been playing a lot of Heroes of Newerth and League of Legends. Also always playing those fighters. Getting pumped for MvC3 and the beast that is Xero/Haggar/Amaterasu team.

[The Germanator]

Original Ninja Gaiden? Like NES Ninja Gaiden?

That game is busted. So many ways to rush that shit down.

Uhm I'm in the middle of playing Pokemon SoulSilver, Just picked up that sweet shiny Raikou at gamestop last week. He's so shiny.

Been playing a lot of Heroes of Newerth and League of Legends. Also always playing those fighters. Getting pumped for MvC3 and the beast that is Xero/Haggar/Amaterasu team.

Original Ninja Gaiden for NES...Well, actually it's from "Ninja Gaiden Trilogy" on SNES, but it's basically that one. My friend got one of those cartridges with every single SNES game on it that you can play on your regular system. It's an amazing thing.

What do you mean about Ninja Gaiden? It's fun, but super frustratingly hard sometimes. Rewarding when you get by a section though.

[TheSlyMoogle]

There's a wall glitch in ninja gaiden 1 that lets you basically run on an invisible platform all the way to the boss of each level. Aside from that the spinny sword pickup is broke. Literally can one hit most bosses with spinny sword item.

[BreakABone]

Been playing the original God of War on the GoW Collection for Ps3.

Pretty solid game, I'm at the trials of Hades, about 6 hours in, give or take.

[Bube]

Can you send it to me after you've finished it? :p
I still haven't finished GoW2; it's been sitting half-finished on my shelf.

[BreakABone]

Might as well update, beat God of War like 3 weeks ago?

Just beat Wolverine Origins Last night

And started Sonic Colors so

Games Finished in 2011
-God of War
-Wolverine Origins

[Swan]

Got my first Level 30 in DC Universe Online the other night.


Doing end game stuff now.

[Angrist]

I have 3 levels left in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. I was playing it a lot and then suddenly I stopped. These games get way too easy near the end.

Still playing a lot of StarCraft 2 online.

[Vampyr]

Got to level 99.63 on Lusternia.

Hopefully will get to level 100 this weekend.

[Seth]

Battlefield Bad Company 2
Been playing this mostly, but with school I'm still only at level 14. My roommate got vietnam and it didn't seem worth the 15$ to me.

[BreakABone]

Been making some progress on Pokemon, but slowly.

Recently acquired Enslaved during GameStop's gamer Day sale. I'm about 65% done, I think I'm at like chapter 10 and there's like 14-15 but they vary in duration so much so tough to say.

Good game. Not great, but for 15 bucks can't go wrong.

[Angrist]

WoW (free month): lvl 36 or so Orc Warlock. lvl 5 Gnome Priest.

[Bube]

Finishing up Bowser's Inside Story.
Started Pokemon Black.
Going through a free month of WoW, like Angrist - Level 36 Undead Mage. Planning on continuing.
Playing Starcraft 2 from time to time.
Playing through Torchlight on PC.

Finished Ghostbusters: The Video Game a few days ago.

[Vampyr]

About 8 hours into Dragon Age 2.
Over 40 hours into Pokemon White, currently levelling outside the Elite 4.
Hit level 100 on Lusternia a few months ago, took a break after that.
Also playing a little bit of WoW now that my website is done.

[BreakABone]

Dusted off Enslaved last night, it was a fun experience, an odd final twist, but still enjoyable.

For 15 bucks, like I said you can't go wrong

Games Finished in 2011
-God of War
-Wolverine Origins
-Enslaved
-Batman: The Brave and The Bold
-Sonic Colors

[Ginkasa]

Currently playing Dissidia Duodecim. Its interesting; a lot of fan service. I never played the first Dissida, so I really appreciate that it is essentially included in the sequel.

[Angrist]

I bought Sin and Punishment 2 or €7,50. Now I have to fix my Wii so I can play it (and finish SMG2 :o).

[Vampyr]

I beat the Elite 4 on Pokemon a couple of weeks ago.

I have to say, Black/White must have the largest amount of post game content of any Pokemon Game. There are several towns I haven't even been to yet!

[Angrist]

I finally beat Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GCN).
Nice game, but not as good as the Wii sequel.

[magus113]

I beat the Elite 4 on Pokemon a couple of weeks ago.

I have to say, Black/White must have the largest amount of post game content of any Pokemon Game. There are several towns I haven't even been to yet!

It's a bit difficult to get your Pokemon ready for the second bout with the Elite Four I think. It's part of the reason why I didn't go back and try to level up my Pokemon some more to beat them.

That being said, I'm currently doing Rydia's Tale in FFIV: The After Years, and I'm in Taejin's Tower in FFXIII.
I also finished Ocarina of Time 3D and the Master Quest so that should count for two games right?

[Typhoid]

I just started re-playing Fallout New Vegas on hardcore mode, also on the hardest difficulty. Jesus fucking Christ the simplest things become so difficult. It makes the game so goddamn tactical.

[magus113]

Added Final Fantasy XIII and Red Faction (PS2) as notches in my belt for this year!

[Vampyr]

I started playing Just Cause 2, which I bought on the last day of the Steam sale.

Holy crap this game is amazing.

[Angrist]

Still playing Starcraft 2 a lot. Still awesome.

I hope to finish Zelda: Phantom Hourglass this summer... I'm really bad at finishing the handheld Zeldas.

[magus113]

Still playing Starcraft 2 a lot. Still awesome.

I hope to finish Zelda: Phantom Hourglass this summer... I'm really bad at finishing the handheld Zeldas.

The Temple of the Ocean King makes Phantom Hourglass pretty unsatisfactory to play at times, but you can probably finish it relatively quickly if you keep at it.

Spirit Tracks is much easier to get through imho

[Angrist]

I had the same problem with Oracle of Seasons. I got stuck somewhere and I never finished it. I don't think I ever will. :(

[magus113]

I had the same problem with Oracle of Seasons. I got stuck somewhere and I never finished it. I don't think I ever will. :(

I found some time to get through Oracle of Ages and Seasons to get the complete ending, but jeez it was tough. Some of the puzzles drove me insane.

[Angrist]

I loved Oracle of Ages, great puzzles. And yeah I guess I should finish Oracles so I can see two more endings. :)

[Vampyr]

Ages is my favorite Zelda game ever, other than Ocarina of Time.

[magus113]

I finished Red Faction II today. Is it just me or is that game really short? Also I think it's funny that Shrike's VA is Jason Statham. Funny stuff.

[magus113]

Another notch in the belt! Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time has been conquered!

[Jason1]

The Temple of the Ocean King makes Phantom Hourglass pretty unsatisfactory to play at times, but you can probably finish it relatively quickly if you keep at it.

Spirit Tracks is much easier to get through imho

I second this about Phantom Hourglass. That dungeon you had to keep revisiting was just hell. I never finished the game because of this.

[magus113]

Just finished the single player campaign of Black Ops on Hardened. It was my first and probably only time going through it. Finished it in a day. Back to the shelf it goes. I don't think I want to invest so much time in the multiplayer when Modern Warfare 3 is coming around the corner. I have other games I want to finish.

[Vampyr]

I started playing Banjo-Tooie last night, on Xbox Arcade, rofl.

This is why I can't finish games.

[magus113]

I started playing Banjo-Tooie last night, on Xbox Arcade, rofl.

This is why I can't finish games.

Finish FFXIII damn it, you're practically done.

[Bube]

I started playing Banjo-Tooie last night, on Xbox Arcade, rofl.

This is why I can't finish games.
Banjo-Tooie's on XBL now? Makes me want to cry; I loved that game.. Ran a website, even had a bit of a community.. Sniff :'(

[magus113]

Banjo-Tooie's on XBL now? Makes me want to cry; I loved that game.. Ran a website, even had a bit of a community.. Sniff :'(

Yup! It even supports the stop n swap feature they took out of the original two games.

[Vampyr]

And it has achievements. :D

[Bube]

I know I keep crying about this, but how I wish my Xbox hadn't died :(

[magus113]

I know I keep crying about this, but how I wish my Xbox hadn't died :(

Don't feel too bad, man. It took me something like two years to get a new one.

[Bube]

Sad thing is, since nobody has an Xbox here, there's no point in buying one. All of my friends have PS3s. And with life catching up, I have much less time for games these days. Having 2 consoles is a luxury I can't afford.

Still, I really hate missing out on some great games..

Anyway, I finished Mirror's Edge, God of War 2 (yes, 2) and Portal 2 completely some time ago so I could start on my backlog.

Started GoW3 but hated it and left it.

Now playing Alice: Madness Returns.

Maybe I'll finish Infamous if I have time after that.

[magus113]

Started GoW3 but hated it and left it.

Don't say things like that. It makes me sad! :(

[Bube]

Don't say things like that. It makes me sad! :(
You love it that much?

The first game was great, the second was good, and the third could've been much better - had they not made a game that revolved only around violence. [minor spoiler] The minute I ripped off Helios' head, I turned the game off and decided not to touch it again. [/minor spoiler]

[magus113]

You love it that much?

The first game was great, the second was good, and the third could've been much better - had they not made a game that revolved only around violence. [minor spoiler] The minute I ripped off Helios' head, I turned the game off and decided not to touch it again. [/minor spoiler]

That part was in the E3 demo that I think everyone had access to, so I think you're good with the spoiler.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not in love with the game, but I did enjoy it well enough. The second one will always be my favorite, and the second is pretty guilty of some gratuitous violence, like when you get the key from that dude on the horses or steeds of time or whatever.

Never had so much fun mashing the circle button in my life.

But yeah, if gratuitous blood and violence turns you off, then I never really thought the God of War series was for you. I think that's why Earl's not too keen on it.

[Bube]

That part was in the E3 demo that I think everyone had access to, so I think you're good with the spoiler.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not in love with the game, but I did enjoy it well enough. The second one will always be my favorite, and the second is pretty guilty of some gratuitous violence, like when you get the key from that dude on the horses or steeds of time or whatever.

Never had so much fun mashing the circle button in my life.

But yeah, if gratuitous blood and violence turns you off, then I never really thought the God of War series was for you. I think that's why Earl's not too keen on it.
It's not that violence puts me off; my problem is that this game revolves around it. There were fewer puzzles, the story just made Kratos seem like an asshole and there was a ton of unnecessary violence imo.

The second game barely passed the fun barrier for me; the third was just outrageous.

[Vampyr]

I'm sinking way too much time every night into League of Legends...not progressing on any other games.

[magus113]

I'm on the fifth of six (I hope) dungeons in 3D Dot Game Heroes and I'm getting through the Ice Cavern at the start of the third disc in Lost Odyssey.

I also got a free limited edition collector's copy of Perfect Dark Zero and I'm firing through that since I never played it cause I had no Xbox 360 at launch. It's not terrible but it sure isn't great either.

[magus113]

I finished the fifth temple and I had to go running around trying to find the Flame Sage so I could get the spell from the Red Orb. I literally had to run around to all the temples and find the old sages so they could tell me that they saw him and he went somewhere else.

Ugh.

[magus113]

I beat 3D Dot Game Heroes today! Yay!

[Ginkasa]

Finally got myself a decent gaming PC. I just started playing The Witcher (the first one). Haven't gotten very far, though. Took a while to download and its getting late.

[Seth]

Give us the specs!

[Ginkasa]

Windows 7 64-bit
4 GB RAM
AMD Phenom II X4
GeForce GTX 550 Ti


Nothing super fancy, but it seems to be working well so far. I've never built a PC before, so I'm pretty excited about it.

[Angrist]

I bought Wii Play Motion. :p Mostly for the 3rd controller. But some mini games are actually pretty good.

[Seth]

Ginkasa, which Phenom chip did you settle with? Also, who manufactured your gpu? Looking like a nice rig. I've got 4 gigs of some really good OC'ing RAM at 1666 mhz but I'm not sure about timing and everything to have it run efficiently if I get another 4 gigs. I bought my rig almost a year ago, parts sourced from newegg. It was my first build from scratch too. A fun experience.
Gonna wait until a good sale.

[Vampyr]

I beat Castlevania Portrait of Ruin over the weekend.

My power went out one night, so I played OoT 3D until my 3DS died, then switched to PoR. It's a game I've been playing off and on for a long time...so it was cool to finally kill Dracula and finish the game. :)

Took me 19 hours total.

Next up is Castlevania Order of Ecclesia. My girlfriend bought it for my birthday last year. I've been putting it off until I finished Portrait.

[magus113]

I just finished Deus Ex! I chose the Helios assimilation ending. I've been reading the Bioshock Rapture book a little, as well as getting to Fontaine's area in Bioshock 2.

[magus113]

Finished Fontaine Futuristics. I found and rescued all of the Little Sisters. I found myself using a lot more of the gene tonics than plasmids. The plasmids I really use the most are electric bolt and security command. I think Electric Bolt is more effective for stopping and managing enemies than incinerate. Personal opinion, but that's how I play.

[magus113]

Fired up FFIV: Perfect Collection again to try and get The After Years finished.

I completed Yang's tale but apparently I also have to do Ceodore's again because I accidentally overwrote Ceodore's tale's clear data. Whatevs. Should be quick. I don't remember it taking more than a few hours.

[Ginkasa]

I'm now on The Witcher II. I like it a lot better than the first game so far. Also, its absolutely incredible to look at.

[magus113]

I'm now on The Witcher II. I like it a lot better than the first game so far. Also, its absolutely incredible to look at.

I bought the first one for 4 bucks on Gamersgate.com as part of a sale they were having. I should be replacing my video card very soon so I should be able to handle the crazier games like Witcher 2, Crysis 2, and Metro 2033 in DX11 mode.

[magus113]

I finished Bioshock 2! Yay! I got both parts of the good ending (if you can put it that way).

[Angrist]

I started Sin & Punishment 2! :D

Finished 3 levels on Easy so far. It's more fun than expected... it's the Star Fox we haven't had since 64.

Edit: beat Bowser in SMG2. Still lots of stars to get though.

I'm still playing the campaign of Portal 2. I finished the rooms and I got past the plot twist... and now the game is SO boring. I hope that doesn't take long, because I can barely stand it.

[magus113]

I finished the third disc of Lost Odyssey yesterday. Since I technically don't have class until tomorrow I guess I could try and get some more out of the way tonight.

[magus113]

I did a dungeon and I actually took some time to go exploring in Lost Odyssey, whether it was to look for more dreams to read, or a treasure quest or two. It's nice, but sadly it won't help me get closer to finishing the game.

Now that class started who knows how much time I'll have to finish this during the semester.

[Angrist]

Some of the levels of Sin & Punishment 2 are awesome. I've had 1 really frustrating boss so far, that will be a disaster on normal/hard.

[magus113]

I might just want to try and get some more stuff done in Lost Odyssey tonight before the REAL work starts piling up. I had to set all my calendar reminders for my online course quizzes and the like and it looks like a barrel of monkeys from here until December. I think I should try to enjoy what fun I can have while I still can.

[magus113]

I finished Lost Odyssey! The credits haven't finished rolling yet, but there should be a little more than 53 hours clocked in on there.

The ending was really long too. I think from the second the last boss battle ended to the credits it was 20+ minutes. I mean it's not MGS fare, but long enough when it's not expected.

EDIT: At the clear save it clocked me at 54 hours, 28 minutes.

[Angrist]

I think I'm fighting the last boss of Sin & Punishment 2. It's on easy, so no big deal. After this I'll try a normal run and I'll choose the other character. I'm also looking forward to being able to switch character.

[Angrist]

I beat S&P2. After this I'll try a normal run and I'll choose the other character. Also: original Japanese voice acting! :D


I tried picking up Zelda Phantom Hourglass, but I coudln't remember what I was doing. I played for 15 minutes and all I did was redo parts of the AWEFUL Temple of Tedious Repetition.
I'll have to look up a walkthrough... again. :( :mad:

[magus113]

I tried picking up Zelda Phantom Hourglass, but I coudln't remember what I was doing. I played for 15 minutes and all I did was redo parts of the AWEFUL Temple of Tedious Repetition.
I'll have to look up a walkthrough... again. :( :mad:

Man Spirit Tracks was sooo much better. SO MUCH BETTER

[Angrist]

I don't want to start that before I finished PH. I'm very close too, I got all the 3 metals. And the hammer.

[magus113]

My co-workers and I went back to 1995 after work. We were playing The Dig for a few hours at a time and we finally finished today. Sci-Fi adventure gaming at its best. Difficult, but its best.

[magus113]

I finally finished Perfect Dark Zero. Now I can finally say I beat the game and never play it again.

[Angrist]

I finally beat Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. I've struggled with it for years... and I really started to appreciate it after I beat the last boss.
So after that I went back to fetch chests, collect ship parts etc. A customizable ship was genious, I hope we'll see things like that more often in Zelda games.

In the next few weeks I will start Spirit Tracks.

[magus113]

I finally beat Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. I've struggled with it for years... and I really started to appreciate it after I beat the last boss.
So after that I went back to fetch chests, collect ship parts etc. A customizable ship was genious, I hope we'll see things like that more often in Zelda games.

In the next few weeks I will start Spirit Tracks.

The customizable ship thing goes into Spirit Tracks with the trains. You'll like it, as the central "hub" or "temple" was done much much better this time around, and the whole attachment you get from having Princess Zelda around makes for a wonderful storytelling mechanic, like in Twilight Princess with Midna.

[Angrist]

Nice, looking forward to it.

But before ST, I want to beat SMG2 and S&P2 (on normal, maybe try hard). Oh and maybe Monster Hunter 3 (the offline part... 2 monsters left).

[Angrist]

So yesterday night I started Zelda: Spirit Tracks.
Now I'm wondering: when does the game actually take place? I know it's a totally new Link, but is it before or after Phantom Hourglass?

[magus113]

So yesterday night I started Zelda: Spirit Tracks.
Now I'm wondering: when does the game actually take place? I know it's a totally new Link, but is it before or after Phantom Hourglass?

I believe it's about a hundred years after Phantom Hourglass.

[Angrist]

Yeah that's what I remembered... but now the game opens with "This is the oldest story of the land!" or something like that.
I guess I shouldn't expect Zelda games to make too much sense, especially the handheld ones.

[Angrist]

What! Crashing with another train means instant game over?? Pfffffffffff!! That's just silly. I usually never save after a game over... but this time I hadn't saved after a long dungeon, so I had to.
Oh, talking about Spirit Tracks, which is a much nicer game than Phantom Hourglass.

I have 109 stars in SMG2. I do remember all you guys talk about 240 stars, so I wonder what that's all about. Mirror mode or so? I think I'll save that for in a few years (like I did with Luigi in SMG).

Still haven't continued Portal 2. I just expect it to be incredibly boring. And I think I've also been stuck for an hour or so.

[BreakABone]

Bested Gears of War 3 campaign with Magus.

Slight bump in the road with my Xenoblade progress due to it.

[Seth]

Been updating my soldier class in BF2. Ghost Town map. Getting warmed up for BF3.

I would love console extinction. Imagine developers and consumers balancing entirely within a "pc" market.

http://www.megagames.com/news/nvidia-pc-gaming-revenue-will-surpass-consoles-2014

[Ginkasa]

Bumping this thread because I want to complain about having too many games to play.

So, anyway, I beat Zelda the other day. As is typical with me I didn't 100% or anything, but I also didn't rush through it. I did things as they came naturally, but didn't spend hours nooking through every cranny hoping there might be a secret or something.

I'm also playing Skyrim. I technically started prior to getting Zelda, but paused when Zelda came out. I've been playing Skyrim more for the past day and a half or so, but kind of got to stopping point. Part of me wants to keep playing, but I also know its an immense game that will take oodles of times to finish. I kind of want to hold off on it for that reason. I have several other, shorter games I could knock out. Such as...

Assassin's Creed: Revelations. I actually started this same time as Skyrim and then put it off when Zelda came out. Priorities. I've been thinking about going ahead and playing this, but I'm torn between it and...

Uncharted 3. This is actually the first Uncharted game I've gotten while it was still new hotness. The first one I got, like, two years later and the second I got just earlier this year. I'm looking forward to playing tres, but I don't quite love the series as much as...

Zelda. Yeah, I've beaten it, but its still on my list. As I said before, I didn't 100% it so there's still stuff I can do there. I won't necessarily 100% it, but I would like to try out the boss rush and see what this Hero Mode is all about. But, I have technically beaten it and waiting on the shelf is...

Sonic Generations. First new Sonic game I've gotten since Adventure 2 for obvious reasons. I've played this one a little bit the other day and enjoyed it. Its pretty interesting how it makes me hardcore nostalgia (that's a verb, right?) for both my 6 year old self rocking the Genesis and my 13 year old self rocking the Dreamcast. Also, I'm kind of reliving the Great Console War of 1991 since I also have...

Super Mario 3D Land. I actually bought this mostly for my wife. She digs Mario. I'll want to play with it sometime, too, though. At the very least, I feel slightly obligated to put some time on this snazzy new Zelda edition 3DS I have sitting right next to me. That and my gold Wiimote are probably the most uselessly cool things I own.

Anyway, those are just the brand new games I've got fighting got my attention. I also have a pretty sizable backlog of games that I bought newish on a whim but never played significantly (Gears 1 and 2 as an example), older games that I wasn't able to experience until now (Fallout 1 and 2 to name just the most recent old school purchase), and older games that I'm interested in playing again for whatever reason (like, maybe because they've been re-released in HD in the Team Ico Collection). We must also not forget that Star Wars: The Old Republic comes out in as little as 12 days (depending on how early I get my early access).

I'm also kind of holding off wanting to keep something saved for me to do when I take 3-4 weeks off later this month. But, I might also not have time to play games ever again at that point since I will also be in charge of a newborn. Nobody wants to be this guy. (http://www.dorkly.com/picture/28175/gamer-dad-has-his-priorities-straight)