Beat a game from your backlog this April: May Edition

Turtwig

And so May begins. . .

Still plucking away at Anno 2070. Though I think it's fair to say I'm not going to finish the Campaign now keep playing stupid* "continuous games" and currently have two running that I've yet to finish. Probably won't finish one either because I screwed up in planning and basically have to demolish about 1/3 of a residential area.
*Stupidly addictive. Terrific in everyone other sense.

Bit Trip Runner is a lot of fun but it seems like some levels are just far too long. Still Persistence is the name of the game here.

Solved a whopping total of 5 more puzzles in English Country Tune. Some are downright devious and the last one was purely on a basis of trial and error. So much for actual "solving." Game would be a lot better if you had more options of which puzzle to do. The level design is good but having only two, or sometimes, one of each type open to you can drive you nuts.

Hitman : Blood Money. Two levels done. I'd say the hiatus has begun for now.

Just bought Fez, heard great things about that, but I don't think it constitutes a back log entry. So too Fifa 13, which I've already managed to put over 50 hours into. Also got Command and Conquer Generals and have already sunk my teeth into the Campaign on hard. The game is a lot easier than I remembered but it's still a heck of a lot of fun. U.S still my fave faction because I love aerial stuff in games. GLA though are so much fun to just mess around with on a normal game. Or play as U.S and capture a GLA supply depot. Then you can build anything. And who doesn't love SCUD storms?

Recently got started on Mark of the Ninja terrific game so far.
Considering starting Antichamber.

nesf

Seriously distracted by Go so these are very much aspirations!

XCOM - Enemy Unknown, it is criminal that I have not done at least two campaigns of this but I keep getting distracted.

Fantasy Wars - Russian spiritual sequel to one of my favourite games of my teenage years Fantasy General. Full of hilarious UI bugs like "UI_Element_Reset" showing as tooltip text for some buttons and so on. The game itself is fine, just some botched UI stuff. Perfectly playable.

SeantheMan

Completed Bioshock Infinite

Tomb Raider - it's ok, enjoying it enough, dipping into here and there in between other games

Monaco - waiting for 4 people , well....3 people to even get the game so I can do the coop :P

Then there's the huge back catalogue, but no plans in touching them till i've the above done.

2Mad2BeMad

dark souls - completed it once before , but trying to complete it this time on a sl1 character so should keep me going for the month

black ops 2 - about 1/3 way through, liking it though story is keeping me interested , only wished i completed bo1 story first because their seems to be a cross over of sorts between the years

should be alright for the month now :P

folan

still beating the game from april. dishonored. then im not sure its probably Tropico4 for the laugh!

MadYaker

I'm going to beat minecraft.

That_Guy

This month I aim to finish 'Quantum Conundrum' (PS3), 'Dead Or Alive 5' (PS3), 'Hitman: Absolution' (PS3) and 'Perfect Dark Zero' (Xbox 360) even though I really am not enjoying it.

In reality, I'll probably get none of these done. :pac:

Dave_The_Sheep

Starcraft 2 for me.

I also, for the first time ever, won a game of Civ V on a one city challenge. It's great fun, actually.

Up next ... Planetside 2. Oh wait.

richymcdermott

Ratchet and Clank - was enjoyable

Rayman Origins - took a year but finally bet it. Amazing game

VinLieger

Came close to finishing Darksiders 2 but then Planetside 2 dug its addictive claws back into me and i lost the last 2 weeks of april to it. If i can shrug it for just 1 week i probably could put Darksiders 2 happily in the completed column but thats gonna be difficult as i keep finding new things to enjoy about PS2

[CrimsonGhost]

nesf wrote: »

Seriously distracted by Go so these are very much aspirations!

Ohhh, used to play on KGS, these days just have a couple of slow games running on DragonGoServer. If you fancy a game there hit me up. I'm about 12kyu, and happy to play handicap games against stronger or weaker players.

Monty - the one and only

all I have on my to do list this month is Mars Wars : Logs and i need to have it done before may 20th, expansion for sto is out then

Esterhase

I plan to finish Bioshock Infinite this week and get a start made on my first Dark Souls playthrough over the long weekend. And whenever the pounding I get from Dark Souls becomes too much to handle I will play Spyro to recover.

TPD

Failed the previous month or two. I've "borrowed" my sister's DS so I'm playing through the games I missed while the thing was relevant. Currently stuck into zelda: spirit tracks, and enjoying it. Started pokemon white 2 and ace attorney also, will return to them once I've finished zelda.

brianregan09

I aim to beat beat Tomb Raider and Castlevania on Xbox and Metal Gear solid 4 and Sabatouer on PS3

Falthyron

My brother gave me a lend of his PS3 so I have:

Uncharted 1
Uncharted 2
Uncharted 3

On PC, and if I get the time:

Dishonored
Deus Ex: Human Revolution

RedXIV

Want to beat prof layton 3DS that I've had for weeks and then I think I might the final nail in FF13

Pyr0

I have a huge list of games to even start playing, let alone finish off playing. I will get home later and have a gander and what I can get through before the month is up.

Pushtrak

folan wrote: »

still beating the game from april. dishonored. then im not sure its probably Tropico4 for the laugh!

Dishonored, you playing the main game or are you on to the DLC? I've got all the main game stuff done and the Knife of Dunwall DLC. Have just started on the Dunwall Trials DLC and not much done. It's very challenging.

I got Dragon's Dogma done now, but will level up some more to go to that new region from the expansion.

I finished BioShock Infinite.

Pretty sure I finished Deus Ex Human Revolution in April too.

Oh, and I did the Assassin's Creed 3 DLC, the 3 episodes of that DLC the last of which came out a week or two ago I guess.

As for this month? I'm mostly looking forward to Metro Last Light.

Duggy747

I've gotten Morroblivion up and running (Morrowind running on Oblivion's engine) so that's my new game that'll keep me busy for a good while, hopefully.

The Thief games have been gathering dust and I keep meaning to play them so this weekend I'll get cracking on Thief 2.

Pushtrak

Duggy747 wrote: »

I've gotten Morroblivion up and running (Morrowind running on Oblivion's engine) so that's my new game that'll keep me busy for a good while, hopefully.

You really ought to post something as to how good that is when you've had some time with it.

MadYaker

Duggy747 wrote: »

I've gotten Morroblivion up and running (Morrowind running on Oblivion's engine) so that's my new game that'll keep me busy for a good while, hopefully.

Pushtrak wrote: »

You really ought to post something as to how good that is when you've had some time with it.

Yeah start a thread or something will you? I tried to get into Morrowind but I couldn't stick the graphics.

Grimebox

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Starcraft 2 for me.

I also, for the first time ever, won a game of Civ V on a one city challenge. It's great fun, actually.

Up next ... Planetside 2. Oh wait.

Wait a second... it is actually possible to finish a game of civ?!

Pushtrak

MadYaker wrote: »

Yeah start a thread or something will you? I tried to get into Morrowind but I couldn't stick the graphics.

Morrowind is a great game. I think its better than Oblivion or Skyrim (at least when you take them as products of their time) though it isn't exactly accessible. The combat, for instance with how important your skills are and how much your hits will miss when at a low level. No enemy scaling, so there are some areas you really don't want to go near while a low level. No quest compass, you are given directions by NPCs that take a form similar to how you'd describe how to get somewhere... "When you see a landmark, go this way until you see this, and then go...." and you have to keep an eye out for where you are going.

No fast travel in the instant travel sense, but there are lots of means of travel, a giant bug, boats, mages and if you have a long trek to make to get somewhere, you have to kind of plan where you are going. The story is quite enjoyable. Had lots of fun with the guilds, too. When the game first came out, the journal was crappy. They came out with a GOTY edition that fixed the journal so you could find the active quests and it included two expansions. I've spent countless hours on Morrowind on the Xbox and PC, both the regular and GOTY edition.

Duggy747

I'll start a thread when I can comment more on the game. I played a bit of the original Morrowind but the combat threw me off, plus I played it after Oblivion so it felt like a downgrade to me. I probably would've liked this game a lot if I had played it when it came out.

I've spent about 2 hours on it so far and it's essentially Oblivion 2 minus the voice acting (you can download voice acted packs people are making) but the text is well laid out and easy to read (you can get different mods that lays it out). It acts like how you would talk to people in Oblivion with close-ups of their faces and the dialogue list.

The game plays exactly like Oblivion, it carries over pretty much everything from Morrowind (characters, music, weapons, skins, monsters, locations, etc) and all quests and factions fully work while keeping some of Oblivion's features like fast travel and quest markers.

I loved Oblivion, more than Skyrim, so it's nice to be back in the game but with all new stuff to do. There's bugs but I haven't come across any yet and I don't think they're anything game-breaking.

Only thing about it all is that it's a mess to set up and install. It's not hard but it takes time and there's a lot of files you need along with GOTY editions of Morrowind & Oblivion but it looks like a solidly built mod.

Dave_The_Sheep

Grimebox wrote: »

Wait a second... it is actually possible to finish a game of civ?!

My next challenge, try and raze every other city in the world from this starting point. Fairly sure that won't be possible to finish!

Mal-Adjusted

I'm going to try to finish Mysteries of the Sith and the Ghost Recon expansion packs.

I was thinking of starting up Star Wars X-Wing and Might & Magic 8 but those would take all year!

Monty - the one and only wrote: »

all I have on my to do list this month is Mars Wars : Logs

Is this any good? i can't find any decent reviews for it.

nesf

[CrimsonGhost] wrote: »

Ohhh, used to play on KGS, these days just have a couple of slow games running on DragonGoServer. If you fancy a game there hit me up. I'm about 12kyu, and happy to play handicap games against stronger or weaker players.

12k where?

I'm back after a longish break somewhere around 8k KGS/10k EGF at best. I've no idea what that translates to in DGS terms, myself and turn based aren't getting on well, I keep getting depressed and stopping playing with the resultant bunch of time outs.

Josey Wales

I plan on beating Far Cry 3 this month. Following that I might start God of War: Ascension.

Plumpynutt

Working my way through Tomb Raider- enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would, and when I complete it I'll go back and get all the collectables I missed. It annoys me that there are online trophies though, otherwise I would have given it a go to platinum it. Online trophies- actually multiplayer in general on games like this annoy the hell out of me.

Also giving Lego Lord of the Rings a bash, hilarious game and one that I will definitely platinum I reckon

Grimebox

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

My next challenge, try and raze every other city in the world from this starting point. Fairly sure that won't be possible to finish!

I have never managed to finish any game of civ ever is what I meant...

penev10

Am knee deep in lengthy games - Persona 3, GT5 and Fire Emblem. Plan on giving Catherine a go too. Don't think I'll be finishing any this month

Retr0gamer

Pretty poor month for me:

Resident Evil 6
Megaman 3 (GB)
Castlevania (N64)

This month I'll be concentrating on Riviera and Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey.

My friend is trying to get me into Dragon's Dogma and I'll be dropping back into Bioshock 2 every so often.

Harps

Only got Far Cry 3 done last month though Super Metroid should be finished by tomorrow and Strider on the Xperia Play (PS1) should follow suit by next week

I have Mass Effect 3 and Dark Souls running at the moment but doubt ill get either finished within the month, that'll be me up to date then though on xbox, Dark Souls is the only game I've bought since Christmas so I've managed to get through my whole backlog

Falthyron

Falthyron wrote: »

My brother gave me a lend of his PS3 so I have:

Uncharted 1
Uncharted 2
Uncharted 3

On PC, and if I get the time:

Dishonored
Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Uncharted 1 finished. Starting Uncharted 2 now. Already it feels like a superior game. I found 1 to be very tedious and some things just didn't make sense :P Still though, a decent cover based shooter with elements of Tomb Raider thrown in.

Icaras

finshed MW BO2 this morning - never had to slog so hard to get through game

PhlegmyMoses

I'm playing Fallout 3 again. So many things I didn't do last time so I'm going to take my time with it. Just reached Rivet City.

DeSelby83

Icaras wrote: »

never had to slog so had to get through game

you obviously havnt played Assassins Creed 3 then

tyrion1234

Gonna finally start Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate tonight on the 3DS. should keep me busy for the next year or so.

Also started my 2nd playthrough of Bioshock Infinite on 1999 mode.

Corvo

May 2013 or May 2012?

I'm so far behind. I hate growing up. Stupid job.

Pushtrak

Icaras wrote: »

finshed MW BO2 this morning - never had to slog so had to get through game

Slog as in it was tedious to play or hard? And are you talking the story/DLC or it all? I'm going to fess up to something that probably is going to sound bad...

I'm kinda pissed at BLOPS as I didn't really get along with the Zombies mode and I didn't get 25 of the achievements due to not wanting to spend 1200 MS points per pack. Well, it wasn't limited to BLOPS as I didn't really want to spend so much money getting the DLC in MW3 either.

I haven't gotten BLOPS 2 as I know it'll be a game I play on a secondary profile, so for that reason I don't want to spend much on it, if anything. As in, borrow it from a friend, preferably. I buy a lot of DLC but I don't really think the DLC in COD games seem worth it.

eddhorse

Got "Sleeping dogs" finished, tried to get platinum but my triad score isn't high enough and it's a chore to increase it.

Finished "Thomas Was Alone". Got all trophy pickups, great little game. Good music and good story.

On "God of War HD" now, half way through.

Lots to choose from after that, PS+

moc moc a moc

Got a Wii again, so I'm finally going to finish Wind Waker...

ziggyman17

have finished mgs1 and 2, half way through mgs3, have mgs4 lined up after I finish 3..

Pushtrak

3 is brilliant. I hope you are playing the subsistence version rather than the regular version, it's a hell of a lot better.

ziggyman17

Pushtrak wrote: »

3 is brilliant. I hope you are playing the subsistence version rather than the regular version, it's a hell of a lot better.

playing the Hd version.. loving the whole story so far of all the games.. This is my first play through of them all, I missed them first time around for one reason or another.. want to be up to speed when the new one is released later on in the year...

Pushtrak

Pretty sure the HD one is based on Subsistence with the better camera. The regular edition camera was quite poor by contrast.

ziggyman17

Pushtrak wrote: »

Pretty sure the HD one is based on Subsistence with the better camera. The regular edition camera was quite poor by contrast.

so far the boss battles in the first are alot better and more memorable.. boss fights in 2 and 3 seem to be watered down abit..

Icaras

Pushtrak wrote: »

Slog as in it was tedious to play or hard? And are you talking the story/DLC or it all? I'm going to fess up to something that probably is going to sound bad...

I'm kinda pissed at BLOPS as I didn't really get along with the Zombies mode and I didn't get 25 of the achievements due to not wanting to spend 1200 MS points per pack. Well, it wasn't limited to BLOPS as I didn't really want to spend so much money getting the DLC in MW3 either.

I haven't gotten BLOPS 2 as I know it'll be a game I play on a secondary profile, so for that reason I don't want to spend much on it, if anything. As in, borrow it from a friend, preferably. I buy a lot of DLC but I don't really think the DLC in COD games seem worth it.

tedious and boring, and talking about single player campaign - I cant remember 1 part (nevermind level) that was enjoyable. Played through all the MW and BO SP campaigns and while some were poor there were always some good bits in them. I found nothing enjoyable from BO2 single player.

Falthyron

Falthyron wrote: »

My brother gave me a lend of his PS3 so I have:

Uncharted 1
Uncharted 2
Uncharted 3

On PC, and if I get the time:

Dishonored
Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Uncharted 1 and 2 down now. Uncharted 2 was a solid sequel. Vastly superior graphics, more variety in gameplay, better puzzles, and great humour. However, I felt the latter half of the game returned to Uncharted 1; mostly cover based shooting and endless waves of men coming at you. Better than it's predecessor, much better, but still, it had similar flaws.

Reluctant to play Uncharted 3 except my brother assures me it is even better than the previous two games.

Mal-Adjusted

Finished Jurassic Park: The game. I really don't understand the hate. it's advertised as an interactive movie and i thought the storyline was pretty good (save for a silly twist ending and the odd out of place set piece)

Also finished Grand Theft Auto III at last. it only took me 9 years! played a little bit of Vice City, controls are a little over-sensitive, otherwise great.