A year even more amazing than last year. A staggering 166 games stricken from the list this year. 28 more than last years number. The goal of beating the backlog is so close I can taste it. It would have been down to almost a dozen if it weren't for the usual end of year Christmas in-surge of games from gifts and gift cards and the Steam sale and such. But as of today, it stands at 22. The only problem with that seemingly small number is that the majority of them are huge time-consuming RPGs that I have been putting off because I know they will be very lengthy.
PC was once again by far and away the most used system with almost half of the year's games for obvious reasons such as power, performance, convenience, ability to mod and customise, ease of taking screenshots and more.
This will undoubtedly be the last year of the backlog and from then on, my gaming will purely consist of new releases, replaying old favourites, further completion of games I went through quickly and picking up old classics I never owned.
As mentioned before, I am now down to 22 games left on the list. Or 2.2% making it at 97.8% completion. So close.... Again, a fair few number of games were culled that I never knew I was going to play. Good progress was made due to switching jobs twice this year giving me a couple of weeks off work between them to chew through the list at a rapid pace.
Quite a few systems were closed off this year including Android, Gamecube, N64, XBox 360, XBox, Vita, PSP, Wii, XBLA and more meaning that other than any new games I may get for them that take my fancy or anything that is done for co-operative gaming purposes, there will not be a lot more playing done on these systems in the future.
Game of the year
Game of the year? Undoubtedly Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. It's use of the excellent Far Cry 3 engine to deliver everything awesome about the 80s in one sleek neon package just made me grin from ear to ear the whole time I was playing it and laugh out loud at every cheesy one liner.
A close second would probably be The Last of Us. It takes the excellent game play mechanics of the Uncharted series and wraps it up in an amazing and touching story with characters so real you feel you can reach out and touch them.
Resolutions:
As for the list of resolutions that I made at the start of last year, I got the following done:
- original megamans 9-10, x7-8
- metal gear series (solid 3, portable ops, peace walker, solid 4)
- remaining f-zeros (x, gx)
- spec ops the line
- rage
- tom clancys endwar
- burnout dominator
- remaining gtas (Chinatown wars, San Andreas)
- remaining light gun games (point blank 3, crisis zone)
- mario golf (toadstool tour)
- wipeouts (pure, pulse)
- fear series (1, extraction point, perseus mandate, 2, 3)
- Soul reaver series
- DJ Hero
- lost odyssey
- mario golf (n64)
- wipeouts (2048, fusion, 64, 2097)
- fallout 3 and fallout: new vegas
- elder scrolls 4 & 5
- L.A. Noire
- the last story
- contact
I did not manage the following:
- both witchers
- okamiden
- final fantasy ii
Although I am quite sure I will get these done this year. As well as the rest of the list
Complete list of games completed this year ordered by system popularity:
PC (76)
Episode One: All That Remains (PCDL)
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Origin)
Need for Speed: Rivals (PCDL)
Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag (PCDL)
L.A. Noire (Steam)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PCDL)
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2 (Steam)
Rayman Legends (PCDL)
Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion (Steam)
Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition (Steam)
Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition (Steam)
Battlefield 4 (PCDL)
Alpha Protocol (Steam)
Batman: Arkham Origins (PCDL)
Psychonauts (Steam)
Hitman: Blood Money (Steam)
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (Steam)
Hitman: Codename 47 (Steam)
Beyond Good and Evil (Steam)
Atom Zombie Smasher (Steam)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Steam)
Metro: Last Light (PCDL)
Metro 2033 (Steam)
Aliens: Colonial Marines (Steam)
Lost Planet 3 (PCDL)
Saint's Row IV (Steam)
Splinter Cell: Blacklist (PCDL)
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (PCDL)
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (Steam)
Saints Row: The Third (Steam)
Saints Row 2 (Steam)
Just Cause 2 (Steam)
Organ Trail: Director's Cut (Steam)
400 Days (PCDL)
Legacy of Kain: Defiance (Steam)
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 (Steam)
Prey (PC)
Alien vs Predator (Steam)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein (PC)
F.E.A.R. 3 (Steam)
Ghostbusters (PCDL)
F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin (Steam)
F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate (Steam)
F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point (Steam)
F.E.A.R (Steam)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword (Steam)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Gold (Steam)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Island Thunder (Steam)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Desert Siege (Steam)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (Steam)
Lone Survivor (Steam)
Hotline Miami (Steam)
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (PCDL)
Cave Story+ (Steam)
BIT.TRIP RUNNER (Steam)
Bioshock Infinite (PCDL)
Simcity 3000: World Edition (PC)
Super Meat Boy (Steam)
Crayon Physics Deluxe (Steam)
Gratuitious Space Battles (Steam)
VVVVVV (Steam)
Hammerfight (Steam)
NightSky HD (Steam)
Osmos (Steam)
Tomb Raider (PCDL)
Revenge of the Titans (Steam)
Cogs (Steam)
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP (Steam)
Crysis 3 (PCDL)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (GFly)
Machinarium (Steam)
Section 8 (Steam)
Tom Clancy's Endwar (Steam)
Rage (Steam)
Spec Ops: The (Steam)
DmC: Devil May Cry (PCDL)
Moonbase Alpha (Steam)
PS3 (14)
Gran Turismo 6 (PS3)
Gran Turismo 5 (PS3)
Grand Theft Auto V (PS3)
Killer is Dead (PS3)
The Last of Us (PS3)
Star Trek (PS3)
Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel (PS3)
God of War: Ascension (PS3)
Battlefield: Bad Company (PS3)
Metal Gear Rising: Revengence (PS3)
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (PS3)
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
House of the Dead III (PSN)
House of the Dead 4 (PSN)
PS2 (11)
Wipeout Fusion (PS2)
Extermination (PS2)
Colin McRae Rally 04 (PS2)
Colin McRae Rally 3 (PS2)
Time Crisis: Crisis Zone (PS2)
Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith (PS2)
Mega Man The Power Battles (PS2)
Mega Man 2 The Power Fighters (PS2)
Burnout Dominator (PS2)
Mega Man X7 (PS2)
Mega Man X8 (PS2)
Race Driver: GRID (360)
Project Gotham Racing 4 (360)
Lost Odyssey (360)
Just Cause (360)
DJ Hero (360)
Call of Duty 2 (360)
Gears of War Judgement (360)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (360)
Dead Space 3 (360)
Gamecube (6)
Phantasy Star OnEp III C.A.R.D Revolution (GCN)
Eternal Darkness (GCN)
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (GCN)
F-Zero GX (GCN)
Mario Golf Toadstool Tour (GCN)
Viewtiful Joe (GCN)
The Dark Knight Rises (Droid)
Shadowgun (Droid)
Asphalt 7: Heat (Droid)
N.O.V.A. 3 (Droid)
Angry Birds Space Premium (Droid)
World of Goo (Droid)
Vita (5)
Wipeout 2048 (PSVita)
Assassins Creed III: Liberation (PSVita)
Killzone Mercenary (PSVita)
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PSVita)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PSVita)
The Last Story (Wii)
Kirby's Epic Yarn (Wii)
A Boy and His Blob (Wii)
Wario Land: The Shake Dimension (Wii)
Wii Play Motion (Wii)
inviZimals (PSP)
Wipeout Pulse (PSP)
Wipeout Pure (PSP)
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (PSP)
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (PSP)
Battleblock Theater (XBLA)
Outpost Kaloki X (XBLA)
Wik: Fable of Souls (XBLA)
Connect 4 (XBLA)
'Splosion Man (XBLA)
XBox (3)
Ninja Gaiden Black (Xbox)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (Xbox)
Colin McRae Rally 2005 (Xbox)
3DS (3)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DSDL)
Resident Evil Revelations (3DS)
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (3DSDL)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DSDL)
Resident Evil Revelations (3DS)
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (3DSDL)
Atari St (3)
Space Crusade (AtrST)
Thunder Burner (AtrST)
Chicago 90 (AtrST)
Playstation (3)Space Crusade (AtrST)
Thunder Burner (AtrST)
Chicago 90 (AtrST)
Wipeout 2097 (PS)
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (PS)
Point Blank 3 (PS)
DS (2)
Contact (NDS)
Picross DS (NDS)
Dirty Racing (GB)
4 Wheel Drive (GB)
WiiWare (2)
Mega Man 10 (WW)
Mega Man 9 (WW)
iPad (1)
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (iPad)
Mario Golf (N64)
GBA (1)
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga (GBA)
Virtual Console (1)
F-Zero X (VC)
