Didn't come close to hitting my goal of 20 last year, but a new job that doesn't take me on the road every other weekend should hopefully make 2013 more beneficial (because my games shelf isn't getting any barer).

2012 Total: 9
2013 Goal: 20

Totals
1
1
0
0
TOTAL: 2

January
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus (1/1/13) - 36/36 Trophies

March
The Walking Dead (3/3/13) - 40/40 Achievements

2011
2012

Hopefully I can shrink my backlog and have a new record of games completed. Pokemon has been eating a ton of my time .

I'll grab my spot here. All Games 100% Unless Noted.

2013 Completed Games:

January:

01/01/13 - Megaman 9
01/01/13 - Street Fighter x Megaman
01/02/13 - Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3

page 2 warrior again. doing this list actually get me to complete more games.

2010 Total: 22
2011 Total: 20
2012 Total: 18

2013 Totals

9
2




Grand Total
Games: 11
DLC:

January
1/1/13 Quantum Conundrum
1/20/13 Far Cry 3

February
2/3/13 The Cave
2/9/13 God of War: Chains of Olympus (God of War Origins Collection)
2/16/13 The Unfinished Swan
2/25/13 Mark of the Ninja

March
3/25/13 Binary Domain

April
4/8/13 Bioshock Infinite
4/15/13 Battleblock Theater

May
5/14/13 Tomb Raider
5/20/13 Injustice: Gods Among Us (Story Mode)

June
July
August
September
October
November
December

and bingo was his name-O

2013 Completed Games List

January
Corpse Party: Book of Shadows

February
Mass Effect (60%)
Mass Effect 2 (91%)

March
PS Vita Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f (100%)
The Darkness (385/1000)

April
None

May
Black Rock Shooter: The Game (All Missions Complete)
Machinarium (100%)


*Not counted towards # of games.

Not setting a goal this year. Please note: Games completed on subsequent (even on varying difficulties) play-throughs will not be counted towards my final tally of games completed, they are there for reference purposes only.

2012: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...6&postcount=70 36

January
Mass Effect
Scribblenauts Unlimited
FTL
Mass Effect 2
XCOM Enemy Unknown

February
Spec Ops: The Line
Sonic Generations
Borderlands 2
Fallout New Vegas - Mr. House ending

March
Mass Effect 3 + DLC
VVVVVVVV
Star Wars: Starfighter
Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3
DLC Quest
Bioshock Infinite

April
Tomb Raider
Skyrim - Main Quest
Skyrim - Dragonborn

May
Pokemon Snap
Mario Kart Wii
Costume Quest + Grubbins on Ice
Pokemon Black
Star Wars Battlefront 2
Star Wars Republic Commando

My backlog grew in 2012 to over 30 games because Steam, so I would like to bring it back down to a more reasonable number this year. But, I did beat 48 games in 2012, which is the most I've beaten in a single year since 2007!

Blue - beat
Red - complete (if the entry is unnumbered, it means I beat the game previous to this year, and only completed it this year)

January
1. Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP (Steam) - This game was too light on the gameplay/puzzles for me to really enjoy it, but the audio and visuals were fantastic of course. Another feature that I liked in this game that I don't think I've seen before, is how your character actually gets weaker as you keep playing...as in, you start with a lot of health and as you play, your max health goes down. This makes more sense to me than games where you just get stronger and stronger, and often times you end up with an overpowered character at the end. Overall though, a pretty game that is very bland in the gameplay department. 5/10

2. Saints Row: The Third (Steam) - Definitely some fun parts to this game, but after coming off of Just Cause 2, I can't say I enjoyed this one as much...I found most of it to be too over the top, and not in a good way. Obviously this game does some things better than JC2, like driving and customization, but the grapple hook/parachute combo in JC2 > anything in SR3. I did enjoy stuff like the deckers.die and Murderbrawl levels, but some of the last missions had so much shit going on that I just got pissed off. Seriously, one of the last missions made me feel like I was swimming through a sea of armored vehicles, and the onslaught didn't stop...just trying to get away in my own vehicle was nearly impossible. 7/10

The Binding of Isaac (+ The Wrath of the Lamb DLC) (Steam) - I was complete addicted to this for most of January. Total playtime is over 86 hours with all 84 achievments

Paper Mario Sticker Star (3DS) - All 8 Super Flags

February

New Super Mario Bros. U (Wii U) - 5 star profile, gold medals on all challenges

3. Rhythm Heaven Fever (Wii) - Very humorous game with some fantastic cartoony animations and super quirky minigames. Still perhaps too simplistic. 7/10

4. Nintendo Land (Wii U) - Some fantastic minigames, some mediocre. The cooperative minigames are fantastic with the exception of Zelda Battle Quest, which I found pretty boring. Pikmin Adventure was so fun to play through with 3 players; two friends and I mastered it in a couple long-winded sessions. Donkey Kong Crash Course was my favorite single player game. Overall, a great collection of high-quality minigames. 8/10

5. The Basement Collection (Steam) - I've become a huge Edmund Mcmillen fan over the past year. Not every game on this collection is great, but some of them are. Time Fcuk is definitely the best in my opinion, but others such as Spewer, Aether, and Triachnid are great as well.

6. Closure (Steam) - Some brilliant puzzle design in this game. I did have to mess with the game files some, because it has problems with some integrated graphics cards, but nothing too irritating. Completed this with 8/8 achievements. 8/10

March

7. Hitman: Blood Money (Steam) - After playing the mediocre tutorial stage, which does a rather poor job of showing you how to play the game well, and dying on the first level repeatedly because I didn't know what I was doing, I was about ready to give up on the game after 30 minutes. Boy am I glad I stuck through it. The game gives you a tutorial level that has you completing it in a very linear fashion, then drops you in a completely open level with little info on what to do. After playing around a bit (and dying a lot), I finally figured out what was going on, and from that point on I was hooked. Each stage in the game is a vibrant, bustling setting that you get to explore to figure out the best ways to dispose of your targets. There are so many different ways to complete a level, I imagine most people will play differently from each other. The soundtrack is haunting and beautiful. It also has one of the best ending "levels" I've ever played. 9/10

8. Shank 2 (Steam) - A pretty fun beat-em-up sidescroller with some really nice cartoony visuals. This game was HARD, even on normal difficulty. I would die 15 times or so on later stages. Good thing there were plenty of checkpoints. One of my biggest complaints is that there are TWO MANY DIFFERENT BUTTON COMMANDS for this game. Seriously, I'm pretty sure there are 6 different buttons just related to attacking: light attack, heavy attack, ranged attack, explosive attack, pounce attack and grab. That's in addition to buttons used for jumping, rolling, and a "use" button. Still a pretty fun game. 7/10

9. Darksiders (Steam) - This game not only has unoriginal gameplay, but also shamelessly pulls too often from other games, namely Zelda, and surprisingly, Portal. I mean did they really need to make the portals that the voidwalker shoots blue and orange??? Sheesh. Other than that and the ridiculous characters that all have super-macho over-the-top voices, this was an OK game. One point taken off for being a bit shoddy of a PC port. 6/10

10. F-Zero (Wii U) - I beat this on beginner, which was still pretty difficult on the Queen and King class. A fun, if dated, title. 7/10

April

11. Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS) - I did an "OCD run" of sorts on Hard/Classic: letting no characters die while also recruiting every possible character. I haven't done all the paralogues yet so I'm not quite done with all the missions, but the main quest is done. Almost everything about this game is an improvement over previous Fire Emblems. I especially love the soundtrack and think it's one of the best I've heard in a while. 9/10

May

12. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (3DS/Wii U) - Once again my life has been overtaken my Monster Hunter and it has led me to have only beaten one game in April, and likely few this month as well. Even though I "beat" the game by completing most of the offline quests, I'm sure I'll still be playing this game for at least another month, though I hope not to play it as much as I did Tri as I don't want to continue to neglect other games. 10/10

13. Kirby Mass Attack (DS) - Neat little Kirby spin-off game that, like most Kirby spin-offs, ends up being just as good, if not better, than the main series. Some of the mini-game extras are really cool, like the pseudo-Kirby's Pinball Land sequel called Kirby Brawl Ball. Canvas Curse is still my favorite Kirby game, however. 8/10

Previous years:
2012: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...7&postcount=97 (48)
2011: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...&postcount=160 (7)
2010: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...3&postcount=83 (9)
2009: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...7&postcount=60 (34)
2008: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...2&postcount=20 (31)
2007: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...&postcount=129 (53)

January
February
donkey kong country 2 - on 2/4
March
sonic fighters - 400/400 on 3/9
virtua fighter 2 - 400/400 on 3/9
fighting vipers - 400/400 on 3/9
batman arkham asylum - 725/1000 on 3/13
dante's inferno - 770/1000 on 3/31
April
Dust an elysian tail - 310/400 on 4/11
Tomb Raider - 310/1000 on 4/15
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

working on
ni no kuni

2011
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...&postcount=108
2012
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...4&postcount=17

January
Saints Row: The Third
The Walking Dead (500/500)

February
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords

March
Borderlands 2 (Mechromancer)
Sonic the Fighters (400/400)
Fighting Vipers (400/400)
Virtua Fighter 2 (400/400)
Back to the Future: Episode 2 - Get Tannen!
Back to the Future: Episode 3 - Citizen Brown
Back to the Future: Episode 4 - Double Visions
Back to the Future: Episode 5 - OUTATIME

April
Max Payne 3

JANUARY:
Pokemon Black 2
DMC: Devil May Cry
Torchlight 2

FEBRUARY
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Borderlands 2: Campaign of Carnage DLC

March
Tomb Raider
Mass Effect 3: Citadel DLC

APRIL
Heavy Rain: Director's Cut
Injustice: Gods Among Us

May
Sleeping Dogs

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January
Rhythm Thief & The Emperor's Treasure
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD Edition
Catherine

February
Crashmo

March
New Super Mario Bros. 2

April
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Halo 4


Going to be a tough year for gaming - taking the CFA level 2 and house hunting, which'll eat up a few months of valuable gaming time. Maybe I'll get through my current-gen backlog before the rest of the next-gen arrives.


Current Progress: 7
Goal for the year: 15


In progress:
Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
The Gunstringer
Valkyria Chronicles 2
Punch-Out!!
Kid Icarus: Uprising
Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Far Cry 3

January (3)

Little Inferno
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
FTL - Finished on Normal

2011 Completed: 12
2012 Completed: 12

January
February
March
April
Bastion
May
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Boom! Reserved.


Dead Space 3
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Lego Lord of the Rings
Poker Night 2
Rock of the Dead


To the Moon


Amazing Spider-Man
Bioshock Infinite
DarkStalkers Resurrection
Injustice
Lego Batman 2
Metal Gear Rising
Playstation All-Stars
Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
Rayman Origin
Sleeping Dogs
The Walking Dead
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Unfinished Swan

iOS
Angry Birds Star Wars
Injustice
Super Monsters Ate My Condo
The Spookening

(1/1) I really liked doing this in 2012 (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...0&postcount=98).
I'm jumping from page 5 to page 2 this year. And I did a great job on page 5 last time around. Let's just see how many of you Reservists write!
(1/6) For the record, I'm going to set a goal this year the same as last year - 40 games. Because 1 a week is too many.



January (3):
: RAGE - Rails FPS for the iPad. Kind of fun once you get the hang of it. Loads more achievements than I chased, which is good since there are only three levels. It almost feels like cheating to start with this. Just played through it because it was a big drive space hog I wanted to get rid of. 3/5
Little Inferno - Platinum Rainbow Elite Status in the Tomorrow Corporation Loyalty Program achieved. I think I hoped there would be more videos, or a longer endgame. This was kind of fun, and better than people in the steam thread made it sound, but not nearly as wonderful as that kotaku review would suggest. 3/5
: Devil's Attorney - Courtroom strategy kind of game I saw on some best-of-year lists. Gameplay is fine in bursts, and it got me through a dreadful open mic last night. Voice acting is good, but the writing is pretty terrible. Like if you had an uncle who wasn't funny, and he didn't think he was funny either, but someone told him he has to be funny for the kids and then he can go back to reading his Clive Cussler novels. 3/5

February (3):
: Hundreds - iPad puzzle game. I thought the difficulty would ramp up until I just had to quit, but I made it through! 4/5
: Biolab Disaster - I don't remember why this was on my phone. And now that I've seen it's 10 minutes of gameplay through to completion, it isn't. 3/5
: Tiny Tower - I guess I would count it if I just played some DLC for an existing game. Tiny Tower added a few sets of new floors since I 'completed' it last year. I've collected all of those and all the new missions, and all but one perfect employee. Disappointed there weren't new costumes to go with the new floors though. (Update in May: They did another update, 8 more floors, 1 more costume, I'm caught up again.) 3/5

March (4):
: Spec Ops: The Line - I'm torn over this one, but not for the usual reasons. On the one hand, I would say this was way overrrated, and possibly I would have liked it more if I hadn't heard so much about it in advance. I didn't read any spoilers, just how crazy and twisty and so on it was going to be. On the other hand, I would have never played what appeared to be a generic military shooter if I hadn't heard all that stuff. It reminded me a lot of Bulletstorm, plus some of that Medal of Honor game I played last year about how war isn't good. I love Apocalypse Now, but once I hear we're looking for Col. [C/K]onrad, it's pretty obvious what the story is going to be. It was a good enough value for $2, but maybe a little too ham-handed for me. Saw four endings, two difficulties, all but 2 achievements. 3/5
: The Button Affair - Perfectly fine little game for what it is. Uses the phrase "Shut your beak, Victor!" which is excellent. Saw two endings. 3/5
: 400 Years - This year's first little web thing to make the list. It's like Das Rad: The Game. Pretty neat. Found two endings, although they weren't as congruous as I might've hoped. 4/5
: Ridiculous Fishing - Nothing wrong with it, but now that I've collected everything, I'll probably never open it again unless there's an update. Saw ending, filled fish-o-pedia, bought all hats. For an indie hat simulator, it's okay, but it's no TF2. Not worth the money, imo. 3/5

April (2):
: X-COM: Enemy Unknown - Pretty great. I wanted to be sure to play it since it was one of the most expensive purchases of my holiday season. One victorious run on normal difficulty and exactly one multiplayer match took about 25 hours and earned 32/55 achievements. Bit of an anti-climactic final mission. Might go again, but I probably need a break first so it's not totally infuriating to go back to untrained troops with no gear. 5/5
: The Darkness 2 - Pretty lousy. I picked this one up because of all the discussion over in the steam thread when Amazon had it for a couple bucks. All the yip-yap in this game... sheesh. I finished it since I heard it was short, but nothing about the plot was for me at all. Best part was Johnny, when he's telling you about your artifact collection. Just the one ending, on one difficulty, 41/50 achievements. 2/5

In Progress:
: Final Fantasy 1,
LA Noire, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Lego Batman
Sound Shapes
You Don't Know Jack, Lost in Shadow
Trace Memory

Played, enjoyed, but never really ends: Left 4 Dead 2, Letterpress

Last year, I also kept my other media consumption all in this post, just for fun and to keep me coming back. So I'm going to keep that trend going too.

Seasons of TELEVISION:

• The Wire s3
• The Wire s4
• The Wire s5
• Hustle s1
• Billy on the Street s1
• Battlestar Galactica Miniseries
• Hustle s2
• Battlestar Galactica s1
• Battlestar Galactica s2
• Hustle s3

New to me MOVIES:

• All-Star Superman
• Midnight in Paris
• Paprika
• The Hurt Locker - Rewatch
• Czech Dream
• Death Note
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Jim Gaffigan: Mr Universe
• The Bourne Legacy
• Robot & Frank
• Argo
• The Amazing Spider-Man - rewatch
• For a Few Dollars More
• Django Unchained
• Smokin' Aces
• Trouble with the Curve
• Pigeon Impossible
• Plot Device
• Tempo
• Form 17
• Order Up
• The Men Who Stare at Goats
• Haywire
• Cassandra's Dream
• The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
• Safety Not Guaranteed
• Tiny Furniture
• The Do-Deca Pentathalon
• Gymkata
• Room 237
• We've All Been There
• Nebraska
• Spy Vs. Guy
• Iron Man Three
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
• The Oxford Murders
• Louis CK: Oh My God

Also BOOKS:

• Ready Player One

Totals: (last year's score)
: 6
: 6
Video Games: 12 (30)
Seasons of TV: 10 (30)
New-to-me Movies: 35 (71)
Books!: 2 (11)
Standup: 42 (86)

Foreward:
This is my fourth year documenting all the games I've completed throughout this year. What completing a game means to me basically is if I see credits rolling, I beat it. As a bonus, I'm also trying to earn all of the trophies and achievements if I can. Previous years, I set a goal amount of games I wanted to beat/ This year instead, I'm focusing on beating more games than I buy.

Key
* = got all achievements/trophies


January
17th. God of War III*
27th. Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock

February
00th. None

March
30th. Bioshock Infinite

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December


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Totals

2010: 15
2011: 15
2012: 09
2013: 03

2006 (10), 2007 (15), 2008 (40), 2009 (44), 2010 (29), 2011 (33), 2012 (34):

January
:wiiu:Little Inferno
The Unfinished Swan
Papo & Yo
Enslaved: Oddysey to the West

February
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
Asura's Wrath
House of the Dead 4
:vita:Plants vs. Zombies
:vita:Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time

March
Karateka
:android:Plants vs. Zombies
God of War: Ascension
:android:10000000
:vita:Touch My Katamari

April
Sam & Max Save the World
Sam & Max Beyond Time & Space
:android:The Room
:vita:Guacamelee!
:vita: Dragon Fantasy Book I
:vita:Thomas Was Alone
:vita:Thomas Was Alone - Benjamin's Flight

May
Saints Row The Third

Me