Beaten in 2007 [Archive] - Retrogaming Roundtable

chicnstu

01-01-2007, 05:00 PM

Super Monkey Ball: Bananna Blitz
New Super Mario Bros. 100%.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
Metal Slug Anthology (Wii)
Super Mario RPG
Shadow Hearts: From the New World
Super Mario World
Donkey Kong Country
Prey: Limited Collector's Edition (if that matters, 360)
Lost Planet (360)
Fable: The Lost Chapters

roushimsx

01-01-2007, 07:04 PM

#1 - Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Gamecube)

Man, what a flawed game. I love the graphical style and animation, I love the music, and the game starts off pretty strong, but the senseless padding of the game towards the end totally kills the flow. I'd already sailed the entire ocean and mapped every square, but then I had to go back and find all of the triforce maps which I then had to get decyphered and then I had to find the triforce pieces...ugh. I had been warned about it, but I figured it wouldn't be so bad since I'd already charted everything...I was wrong.

Also, right before you do that, there's a two temples in a row where you have to play through with an NPC, picking them up, switching to them, etc for the whole damn dungeon. Normally it'd be a bit annoying always having to babysit them, but in Wind Waker it was especially bad because everytime you wanted to control them, you had to conduct a little song. That shit got real old, real fast.

Finally, the Z-targeting (or L-targeting, I guess) is a bit better than it was in Ocarina, but against that sand worm boss guy it was ineffective as hell because at times it would target him without a problem and at other times it'd take a few minutes to FINALLY get it to target him instead of his spawn. Good lord was that tedious.

So I guess the game is kind of the opposite of Ocarina. Instead of starting off bad and getting really good, it starts of really good and fizzles.

youruglyclone

01-02-2007, 12:10 PM

Halo 2

Technically it was a resolution for me to beat it in 06...but I procrastinated.

so on the last day of 06 I decided to marathon it.

With the xbox that had my save at the office I had to start from the beginning. So I'm at the fight with Tartarus and my brother walks in and says "Happy New Year".

I'm like...What!?!

so when Tartarus finally bites it...my clock says 12:05am.

That's how it became the first game I beat in 06.

in hindsight...I shouldn't have took that nap (which ended up being 4 hours), and ate my food at a table like a normal human being.

cyberfluxor

01-02-2007, 12:35 PM

I have a strong aim at beating games I own and nearly stop at buying video games. With that said I'm hoping to be posting quite often in here, and often with all the stuff I've got.

Some games I beat in '06:
Baku Baku (Saturn) - Easy and Normal
Castlevania: DoS (NDS) - Completed game, have do beat modes now
D (Saturn) - Did ending #2
Neo Contra (PS2) - Didn't unlock everything yet :-/
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (Saturn) - Unlocked everything :)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare (NDS) - Easy & Normal

And I believe that's it... See, I have a lot to beat this year around.

diskoboy

01-02-2007, 01:35 PM

After having it for two-and-a-half years now, I finally beat Ninja Gaiden on the Xbox.

And after finally beating it, I can now safely say that Ninja Gaiden was my absolute favorite game from this past generation.

Now, all I can do is sit, and pray for a sequel. Not another remake...

Chainsaw_Charlie

01-02-2007, 04:30 PM

#1 Rhapsody

Fun quick little game and despite the fact it was kinda too mushy wushy at times it had a decent battle system.

Overbite

01-02-2007, 08:16 PM

I beat Final Fantasy 12 on new years eve...that probably doesnt count

Red Hedgehog

01-02-2007, 11:49 PM

Vice: Project Doom for the NES.

At first I was put off by how much of a rip-off it is of Ninja Gaiden, but despite being inferior in many ways, it has some things to recommend it. Still, I'm undecided as to whether I think it's good or just above average.

wallydawg

01-03-2007, 01:25 AM

Kirby's Canvas Curse. Just beat it with kirby, going through it again with Waddle Dee. Percentage wise, I'm just above 50%

xmagxus

01-03-2007, 02:42 AM

I beat star trek legacy on admiral difficulty this morning (about 20 hours ago)

goemon

01-03-2007, 03:16 PM

I just beat Ningyo no Rakuin (Mark of the Mermaid) for Playstation. It's a tactical RPG based on HP Lovecraft. I was stuck on the second to last scenario for a long time, but today I finally figured out how to pass it and I crushed the final boss. So, that's #1 for 07!

Famidrive-16

01-04-2007, 06:05 PM

The arcade version of 1941.

ig88vsbobafett

01-04-2007, 06:42 PM

I beat Gears of War for the 360 Boy that last boss in a pain

s1lence

01-04-2007, 06:49 PM

I beat Gears of War for the 360 Boy that last boss in a pain

I did the same last night, on the Hardcore difficultly level. He was a bitch to take down.

eric nintendo

01-04-2007, 07:11 PM

I completed The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess yesterday.

Also working on finishing Iron Tank for the NES. Tough game.

Joker T

01-07-2007, 07:17 PM

Xbox 360:
Tony Hawk's Project 8

Gnarkill

01-08-2007, 12:59 PM

I beat Gears of War on insane (co-op tho) in 2 sittings?

My gaming resolution for the this month is to beat Zelda and hopefully by years end have everything completed in it but it might be hard, busy year coming up.

Chainsaw_Charlie

01-09-2007, 07:20 PM

#2 Shadow Hearts Covenant

Short for my tastes but great game anyways.

roushimsx

01-09-2007, 08:06 PM

#2 Shadow Hearts Covenant

Short for my tastes but great game anyways.

How long did it take you to beat/ how does it compare, length-wise, to the first game? I recall the first game took me about 25 hours to beat, and while it wasn't that long compared to a lot of other RPGs, I thought the pace and length was just around right. I'm really glad they didn't pad it out with a ton of senseless fluff.

Kitsune Sniper

01-09-2007, 08:13 PM

Double Dragon III (NES)... on an emulator. It counts! :P

Neil Koch

01-10-2007, 11:50 AM

Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance (Xbox).

An interesting idea (kind of a mash-up between GTA, Final Fight and Reisdent Evil) but it isn't all pulled together. I only paid $5 for it new, so I'm not complaining too much.

djbeatmongrel

01-10-2007, 01:32 PM

heres what i have beaten so far. its note a bad start

Elebits (wii) 1/6/07
Red Steel (wii) 1/1/07

Red Hedgehog

01-10-2007, 03:11 PM

I beat Metal Gear Solid 3 two nights ago. Man, I love those games. This one, with the camouflage and without the radar and with all the crawling around on your belly just felt great. I played a no alert, no kill game and am tempted to go back and beat it again to attain some more special rankings.

jcalder8

01-10-2007, 09:07 PM

Just finished Kirby and the Amazing Mirror

7th lutz

01-11-2007, 04:01 PM

Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime

fcw3

01-11-2007, 07:56 PM

Stubs the Zombie for the XBox

Lucifersam1

01-11-2007, 07:57 PM

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. I beat he New Super Mario Bro's on Christmas Day as well. I know that was last year, but the fact that I beat two games within 2 weeks was cool, as I hadn't beaten (or really played any games) for a LONG time.

Red Hedgehog

01-11-2007, 10:56 PM

I just beat Contact for the DS. Intriguing story and awesome localization, with mediocre gameplay.

PallarAndersVisa

01-11-2007, 11:41 PM

haven't beaten a full game since Snake Eater! I always get tired of games and something new falls in my lap.

Played FFXII for 40 hours but I got a 360 and haven't touched my PS2 in weeks.

Retsudo

01-12-2007, 01:42 AM

Almost beat Alien 3 on the Snes. One more level to go.

Xexyz

01-12-2007, 12:22 PM

12 days in and I've got three down.
- Neo Contra (PS2): 100% everything unlocked. It's definately one of the easier Contra titles out there, but S-Ranking all the stages in succession isn't what I'd call a cakewalk.

- Yoshis Island DS (DS): Beat the main game. I dobut I'll try to 100% the whole thing, as I'm starting to grow bored of the collect-a-thon Stage completion just to unlock a few bonus levels. I'm only up to 3-2, and I can only imagine how much of a nightmare the world 5 stages will be to complete with 30 stars and all the red coins and flowers.

- Shadow of the Ninja (NES): I've had this game for about a year now, but never managed to beat it until last week, when I dedicated a few days to it. What a superb game, I went from disliking the game to loving it in two days. I even proceeded to re-beat it multiple times, even 1CC'ing it on my most recent try.

Currently I'm working on Contra: Shattered Soldier, 1CC'ing Kid Niki, and 1CC'ing Ghouls 'N Ghosts (the slightly more forgiving Genesis port).

djbeatmongrel

01-13-2007, 11:36 AM

Cubivore (GC) 1/12/07
Elebits (wii) 1/6/07
Red Steel (wii) 1/1/07

Chainsaw_Charlie

01-14-2007, 06:56 AM

djbeatmongrel

01-14-2007, 11:02 AM

Cubivore (GC) 1/12/07
Elebits (wii) 1/6/07
Red Steel (wii) 1/1/07

Slate

01-15-2007, 12:39 AM

I've beat 4 games now.

Bully (PS2, This game is awesome) Beat on 1/6/07

F.E.A.R. (Xbox 360, Towards the ending it gets kind of sad and I imagine that world war III starts after the end) Beat on 1/14/07

Home Alone (NES ROM, Beat it with save states, The game's ending is as bad as the game itself) - Beat on 2/3/07

Land Of The Dead: Road To Fiddler's Green (Xbox, This game was OK, Although not a must have) Beat on 1/22/07

Tony hawk's American Wasteland (Xbox 360, I didn't intend to beat this game again, But my rental company sent it to me as I was going to remove it from my queue, And I take back what I said about this game, It is pretty good, If you can play it online) Beat on 2/22/07

Tron 2.0

01-15-2007, 01:15 AM

GC
Zelda TP

VACRMH

01-15-2007, 02:12 AM

#3

Shadow Hearts

Good way to bring in Koudelka and transistion to SH 2. I love the battle system. Great story in a 20-25 hr game. My question is there really 2 endings because i could never get Yuri to face Atman

Yes, there is. The FAQ describes how to do it, took me an extra hour or 2 but it was worth it. But I think the sequel follows the "easier" ending, the one that you got.

Oh, and what i've beaten so far...

1/4: Psychic Storm - PC Engine CD
1/15: Exile - Turbo Grafx CD (Beat in one damn sitting)

Kroogah

01-15-2007, 02:20 AM

Beat Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine on the Wii today. NOW TRY HARD MODE

Chainsaw_Charlie

01-15-2007, 06:54 AM

Yes, there is. The FAQ describes how to do it, took me an extra hour or 2 but it was worth it. But I think the sequel follows the "easier" ending, the one that you got.

Oh, and what i've beaten so far...

1/4: Psychic Storm - PC Engine CD
1/15: Exile - Turbo Grafx CD (Beat in one damn sitting)

I got my malice to red and walked around Blue castle running from fights if it wasnt the one i needed to fight(was that wrong)

eric nintendo

01-15-2007, 05:14 PM

Beat Super Castlevania IV a few times the other night.

Gave up on Iron Tank. I got to the last level but screwed up on the boss. When you continue, you restart nearby it, but you have to preservere through a hellish gauntlet of turrets to make it to the battle. That would be easy enough, the problem is you aren't given the ammo/supplies you'll need and the password starts you off in the same place minus the supplies as well.

So as near as I can tell, you basically have to always complete the game in one sitting and can't screw up on that final boss, or else you won't win.

I'll go back to it later, but it's a long, tough game and I don't feel like traversing it's perverse level design at the moment.

I'm currently working on Lunar: Silver Star Story for Sega CD. I am about halfway through, but due to school it will probably be a few weeks before I finish. The weekend is the only time I really have to play games lately.

djbeatmongrel

01-15-2007, 05:45 PM

Magical Starsign (DS) 1/15/07 *i'm on a friggin roll already*
Cubivore (GC) 1/12/07
Elebits (wii) 1/6/07
Red Steel (wii) 1/1/07

marshalldylan1

01-17-2007, 06:27 PM

Just beat FFIV for the Advance about 30 seconds ago. Was switching between playing it on my DS and Game Boy Player.

Chainsaw_Charlie

01-21-2007, 08:14 AM

#4 Sprung

Ok is all i can say and i did play both paths.

roushimsx

01-21-2007, 10:33 AM

#2 - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (PC)

Wow, what a great game. I'm not a Star Wars fan, but I did love Baldur's Gate II, which in turn gave me high hopes for this one. There were some Bioware-centric bugs in there (shit pathfinding AI, some annoying as hell bugs, etc), the endgame was tedious, and there were some scripted event problems (that kind of go hand in hand with the bugs)...but jesus, what a great game.

Took about 28 hours to play through my first time and I imagine if I'd used a FAQ and had a better optimized character then it would have taken a bit less. I didn't have enough direction when I was choosing my powers and skills and wound up with a pretty underpowered little Jedi in a lot of respects (wasted a power on force persuade, force valor, and other abilities that I wound up never using), but I guess that's part of the fun. If I ever play through the game again, I'm going to do it the Fallout-way: extremely persuasive talker :)

SeverThe7th

01-21-2007, 01:50 PM

Just found this thread, not too mention joined this forum like 4 hours ago.

I beat Zelda : Twilight Princess about 7 days ago, with 60 poe souls, all hearts, all sword techniques, all upgrades ... took just under 60 hours.

Red Hedgehog

01-21-2007, 02:19 PM

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap for GBA. Nothing incredibly special in the game, but it is just polished to perfection.

Celestial Avenger

01-22-2007, 10:22 AM

Finally beat a game this year.

Mario Baby for the NES (Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa)

Video review of the game is in my sig.

theshizzle3000

01-22-2007, 10:30 AM

I just knocked out Bully the other day

Kamisama

01-24-2007, 07:40 AM

King of Fighters Extreme N-Gage yesterday :)

Fear The Turtle

01-24-2007, 08:46 AM

I'm trying for 52 games this year.

1 down so far!
1. Symphony of the Night (PSX) - Awesome game, obviously.

Going for Aria of Sorrow, Harmony of Dissoscance, Mega Man 4, Gunstar Heroes, Neo Contra, Legend of Mana, Xenogears, TMNT 3, TMNT TiT, and Super Castlevania IV in upcoming weeks.

s1lence

01-24-2007, 10:55 AM

After 3 years of on and off playing, finished FF X-2 last night.

Fear The Turtle

01-25-2007, 06:32 AM

Update!

2nd game beaten.
1. Symphony of the Night (PSX)
2. TMNT: Turtles in Time (SNES)

Got up to Krang in TMNT 3 but got game over. :( Oh well, that game will be defeated soon.

SegaAges

01-27-2007, 12:23 AM

So far:

Tony Hawk's Project 8 (PS2)
Guitar Hero 2
Sonic Riders (NGC)
Rallisport Challenge (I never beat racing games, I was happy with this one)

SeverThe7th

01-27-2007, 06:05 AM

2 games finished this year so far. Im pretty far on Tales of Symphonia too, clocked 48 hours and just formed a pact with Volt. No idea how close to the end though... first play through too.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GCN)
Quackshot Starring Donald Duck (SMD)

RegSNES

01-27-2007, 06:33 PM

So far I've beaten Final Fantasy V Advance and Castlevania: SOTN. Final Fantasy III for DS is what I'm working on now.

le geek

01-27-2007, 07:09 PM

Beat NES Zelda on Wii virtual console (1/27)
Finished last 'Picross' puzzle in DS Puzzler: NumPlay Fan & Oekaki Logic (2/14)

Cheers,
Ben

roushimsx

01-28-2007, 12:17 AM

Just beat #3, Yakuza (PS2)

The game got mixed reviews and I agree with pretty much all of them. The localization blows (to be edgy they took the script and added a healthy dose of "fuck"s), the voice acting is uneven (ranging from average to flat out terrible), the fighting system is a bit sloppy, and there's load times all over the place...but despite that, I fucking loved the game. I mean like, flat out fucking loved it.

The only thing keeping it from being the true successor to Spikeout is the lack of any co op multiplayer.

But seriously, they went overboard on the language. I thought Liberty City Stories was pretty overdone, but in Yakuza you'll hear a vulgarity every other line...except in random encounters, where you'll hear one every other word.

Chainsaw_Charlie

01-30-2007, 06:49 AM

#5 Marvel Ultimate Alliance

I loved every second of it, great game with some flaws. My biggest issue is getting trapped by stairs or an object and having to switch heroes just to get them back. Would have liked to seen the Punisher Hulk Nightcrawler Psylocke and Gambit as playable characters. For the 360/Wii/Ps3 versions how does Moon Knight/colossus handle?

Captain Wrong

01-30-2007, 08:18 AM

Godfather, PS2. I'm a handfull of safes cracked from being at 100% but I'm not gonna run around looking for the damn things. More games to play! :D

Rogmeister

01-31-2007, 04:24 PM

I don't usually keep track...I did beat New Super Mario Bros. on the DS today, though...

7th lutz

02-02-2007, 01:05 PM

#2-lufia &The fortress of doom(snes)

djbeatmongrel

02-03-2007, 12:40 AM

phoenix wright: justice for all was awesome. i cant wait for a 3rd US release.

Phoenix Wright: Justice For all (DS)2/3/07
Shadow of the Colossus (PS2) 1/17/07
Magical Starsign (DS) 1/15/07
Cubivore (gc) 1/13/07
Elebits (wii) 1/6/07
Red Steel (wii) 1/1/07

Red Hedgehog

02-03-2007, 03:21 AM

Beat Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode last night. I can't really decide what I thought of this game. I definitely enjoyed it, but for all its fun areas (and sex scenes!), the mazes could be tedious and the controls could be awkward.

eric nintendo

02-03-2007, 03:21 AM

I'll update mine since I have been to busy with school to message board it up lately...

Super Castlevania IV
Twilight Princess
Snatcher (beat this last night)

Chainsaw_Charlie

02-04-2007, 06:49 AM

#6 Echo Night

Short but sweet first person game. It's like a first person point and click version of the first shadow hearts.

AMG

02-04-2007, 07:55 AM

So far:

CastleVania:CoD - PS2
Final Fantasy XII - PS2
Zelda:TP - Gamecube

p_b

02-04-2007, 09:32 AM

Yesterday: Zelda Twilight Princess (Wii). My first completed game on the Wii :-)

VACRMH

02-04-2007, 10:18 AM

1/6 - Psychic Storm on PC Engine CD
1/15 - Exile on Turbo CD
1/19 - Advanced V.G on PC Engine CD
1/22 - Virtua Cop on Saturn
1/26 - Magic Knight Rayearth on Saturn
2/1 - Last Alert on Turbo CD
2/1 - Mighty Morphin Power Rangers on SNES
2/3 - Terminator 2 on NES
2/3 - Project Horned Owl on Playstation