Beaten in 2015

[Aussie2B]

I've been wanting to do this since 2013s topic, so I've now added links to all the 'Beaten in' topics going back as far as the search would find them to the first post. If someone other than me makes the next topic, I'll PM you the premade list and ask that it be added to the first post there.

Thanks! I had been wondering if that'd get added. I kinda wish I had participated every year, but I'm still half tempted to compile a list of everything I beat in the years I did participate.

Edit: Dang, I didn't start posting in these topics until 2011. That's even later than I thought. Skimming through the old topics is kinda depressing, haha. Not only did my total number of games beaten diminish each year, but so did the activity in these threads when the board as a whole began to lose activity and members.

Now if only someone could help me out with my laziness and compile a list of links to the old daily playing topics, haha. If I really had nothing better to do, I could dig through those and compile lists of what I beat in the years prior to 2011, since I was participating in those topics long before the "Beaten in" topics.

[JSoup]

Thanks! I had been wondering if that'd get added. I kinda wish I had participated every year, but I'm still half tempted to compile a list of everything I beat in the years I did participate.

I do that. I keep a notepad document version of the list so I don't have to hunt the forums (and there are other forums with yearly beat topics that I participate in).

Now if only someone could help me out with my laziness and compile a list of links to the old daily playing topics, haha. If I really had nothing better to do, I could dig through those and compile lists of what I beat in the years prior to 2011, since I was participating in those topics long before the "Beaten in" topics.

Doing a search for "daily" and "daily check" only showed this years. Either the other years didn't have one or they are under different titles.

2003, 2005, 2004 (PC gaming specific), 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015.

[Aussie2B]

Thanks once more! Hmm, I think that might be all of them. It wasn't a yearly thing for a long time, so that 2003 topic ran clear to 2011 until it was closed and then it was a new topic for each year like the "Beaten in" topics. The 2003 topic was here in the Classing Gaming section, but everybody posted about all kinds of games, both old and new. Then that 2005 topic was in the Modern Gaming section, in an attempt to split the discussion into classic/modern (but it never really worked and the discussion of modern games in the original topic still continued, haha). And then there was the 2004 topic for PC gaming, as you labeled.

Man, it'd be a pain, but I really want to dig through those topics. A lot of people would just list off games, but I'd usually write about where I was in the game and my impressions and such. In a way, it's almost like I kept a gaming journal for a great number of years.

[Leo_A]

Can't all those topics be merged together? I think that would be preferable.

I've now finished Super Mario 3D World, minus replaying it for the four character specific stamps that require me to replay the entire game four more times. I'll do that someday, but I stuck with Mario for my first play through, only switching when I had to in order to activate a character specific switch.

I think my tally for 2015 is as follows...

-Command & Conquer (PC; NOD and GDI campaigns along with all special missions)
-Command & Conquer: Red Alert (PC; Allied and Soviet campaigns)
-Super Mario Bros. (NES version; Both quests)
-Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese Famicom version; Just worlds 1-9 as Mario, but I'm in the process of replaying as Luigi and working towards accessing worlds A-D)
-Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA NES version; Played as Princess Toadstool)
-Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES version)
-Super Mario 3D World

I see a theme...

[JSoup]

The 2003 topic was here in the Classing Gaming section, but everybody posted about all kinds of games, both old and new.

Same with the Beaten topics. Someone complained a year or three about posting about beating modern games on the classic board topic, but we've been pretty open about any beats are fine. It's in classic because it's assumed several of the games listed will be classic, this being DP and all.

Can't all those topics be merged together? I think that would be preferable.

To be honest, I don't think it would matter either way. A decade long mega thread doesn't strike me as any better or worse than just having a thread locked to each year.

[Aussie2B]

Actually daily playing went yearly precisely because the mega-thread that went on for several years became a problem. It got so large and unwieldy that the forum could barely support it back then. For a long while there, it was difficult to get it to even load up, let alone get a post to go through. That's why it ultimately got locked and we were told to do yearly threads.

[Rickstilwell1]

9. Donkey Kong Land III - GB

I finally completed this game with all bonuses done, all DK coins collected and all time trials done for 103% completion. I have to say it was a bit easier than Donkey Kong Land 2 and more enjoyable.

[JSoup]

1. Costume Quest 2 (Rebeat)
2. SigCorp - Holiday Special #2
3. LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
4. Half-Life 2
5. Half-Life 2: Episode 1
6. Half-Life 2: Episode 2
7. Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
8. Blackwell Epiphany
9. KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days HD
10. Broken Age
11. Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent
12. Contrast

13. Murasaki Baby

So, looks neat, sounds neat, plays like ass. Another game that is just infuriating to play because the Vita is just not a responsive system and I'm willing to give the game a break for the failings of the system, but it really seems like the developers should have been aware of it's limitations. Also, save glitch. About mid-game, the Vita starts spitting out "can't save, sorry" errors back to back and I've read that it can cause system crashes as well. In the state it's in, I can't recommend buying. If you got it free via PSN+ (or other promotion) as I did, it's worth looking at.

[Captain_N77]

BEATEN IN 2015

JAN
01) Cadash(TG16)

FEB
02) Contra(NES)
03) Bad Dudes(NES)

MAR
04) Rival Turf(SNES)
05) Macross 2036(PCE-CD)
06) Metal Slug Advance(GBA)
07) Kirby: Triple Deluxe(3DS)

APR
08) Yoshi�s New Island(3DS)

MAY
09) Talespin(NES)
10) Legendary Axe II(TG16)
11) Air Zonk(TG16)
12) King of Dragons(SNES)
13) Ys: The Vanished Omens(SMS)

JUN
14) Alex Kid: The Lost Stars(SMS)
15) Raiden III(PS2)

16) Gate of Thunder (4 in 1, TCD)
Very fun game. Perfect challenge level for a shmup to me. Slaps you around a bit at first, but then you feel the progress you make with each attempt. Awesome music and love the powerup system.

[celerystalker]

16) Gate of Thunder (4 in 1, TCD)
Very fun game. Perfect challenge level for a shmup to me. Slaps you around a bit at first, but then you feel the progress you make with each attempt. Awesome music and love the powerup system.

Gate of Thunder rules. I agree, it's superbly balanced. Maybe my favorite horizontal shooter.

[WelcomeToTheNextLevel]

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. Beat the game in one run, started playing at exactly midnight June 3rd and finished at 11:56 am June 3rd. Took my sleep schedule until June 7th to recover. Finished the game 100% on June 4th. Well all 101 Power Cells anyway.

[Nirvana]

My brother got me Phoenix Wright - Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies for the 3DS on my birthday, and I immediately beat it. I love that series

[gameofyou]

Over the weekend, I finally beat a game I've had for years: Hissatsu! On Sega Saturn.

Previously, I could never get past level 4. Somehow, I was able to finally get past level 4, and then go on to complete level 5, which is the last level of the game. I really thought that this was a game I would never finish. My perserverence paid off, lol.

[JSoup]

1. Costume Quest 2 (Rebeat)
2. SigCorp - Holiday Special #2
3. LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
4. Half-Life 2
5. Half-Life 2: Episode 1
6. Half-Life 2: Episode 2
7. Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
8. Blackwell Epiphany
9. KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days HD
10. Broken Age
11. Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent
12. Contrast
13. Murasaki Baby

14. Sound Shapes

Another game I passed up when it was new cause it didn't look interesting at all. Another game I was completely wrong about. Fairly short, but pretty fun. The music is good, the platforming is good, it looks good. Just good. Did you know Beck did songs for this game? Do recommend.

[Leo_A]

For probably at least the 20th time, I wrapped up Super Mario World last night.

[JSoup]

1. Costume Quest 2 (Rebeat)
2. SigCorp - Holiday Special #2
3. LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
4. Half-Life 2
5. Half-Life 2: Episode 1
6. Half-Life 2: Episode 2
7. Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
8. Blackwell Epiphany
9. KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days HD
10. Broken Age
11. Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent
12. Contrast
13. Murasaki Baby
14. Sound Shapes

15. The Stanley Parable

Interesting, funny. A tad boring at some points. Listening to some guy pontificate about choice gets old if all you have to do is look at blank walls.

[AceAerosmith]

1. Vegas Stakes (SNES) 01/13/15 - Won $10,000,000. Yay.
2. Super Star Wars (SNES) 01/13/15
3. Revolution X (SNES) 01/17/15
4. Quake 4 (360) 02/09/15
5. Star Wars: Episode I - Battle For Naboo (N64) 02/14/15
6. Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (XB1) 03/25/15
7. Monster Madness - Battle For Suburbia (360) 03/30/15
8. Red Faction: Guerrilla (360) 04/06/15
9. Call of Juarez (360) 04/09/15
10. Bionic Commando (360) 04/26/15
11. Dragon Age: Origins (360) 05/08/15
12. Shadow of Destiny (D ending) (PS2) 05/26/15
13. Disaster Report (PS2) 06/23/15

[The 1 2 P]

I haven't been playing nearly as much lately but I did manage to beat Halo 3: ODST as part of the Master Chief Collection twice. I'm still working through Batman: Arkham City.

[Collector_Gaming]

Alan Wake 1/2 PC
Lego Batman 2 3/1 PC
Forza Horizon 2 5/30 XBOX 360 (and also the F&F2 expansion)
Lego Batman 3 6/27 PC

Its another Lego game done with batman and the justice league in mind. Good times good fun.
Best part IMO. The end credit sequence. Probably the best/funniest I've ever seen in this game series definitely makes you wanna go through it for once.

9/10

[Captain_N77]

JAN
01) Cadash(TG16)

FEB
02) Contra(NES)
03) Bad Dudes(NES)

MAR
04) Rival Turf(SNES)
05) Macross 2036(PCE-CD)
06) Metal Slug Advance(GBA)
07) Kirby: Triple Deluxe(3DS)

APR
08) Yoshi�s New Island(3DS)

MAY
09) Talespin(NES)
10) Legendary Axe II(TG16)
11) Air Zonk(TG16)
12) King of Dragons(SNES)
13) Ys: The Vanished Omens(SMS)

JUN
14) Alex Kid: The Lost Stars(SMS)
15) Raiden III(PS2)
16) Gate of Thunder(4 in 1, TCD)

17) Ys Books I & II(TCD)
18) Ys III: Wanderers From Ys(TCD)

Well, after wanting to play Ys for over 20 years, I've now played/finished 4 of them in the last 2 months. Books I&II on Turbo CD is definitely my favorite so far. The voice acting in I&II was top-notch, especially for the time. I love the bump-attack mechanic. A bit too maze-happy at times, but what a great adventure. And damn that music rocks.

III was also a lot of fun, just not on the level of I&II. I'd have preferred if it stayed with the top-down bump-attack style of I&II, but the sidescrolling traditional attack button setup works well. Another cool adventure, with a big step down in the voice acting. Great music in this one as well.