Beat a game from your backlog this September: October Edition

Retr0gamer

So my tally for last month was:

Dark Souls (PC)
Gunhound EX (PSP)
Sonic Adventure (PC)
Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom (PSP)
La Mulana (PC)

This month I'm dropping everything and only playing horror games. First up, Project Zero 2!

Taylor365

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Dead island sux.

sarumite

My tally for last month was......0

Last month I did put time into

Civ5
Skyrim
Walking dead
Dead space 2
Mafia 2
Sim city
Splinter cell chaos theoryhd
Torchlight 2
Ico



But never managed to finish any of them...Maybe this month I will actually stick with a game and finish it. Who knows!

Gunmonkey

Might try finish The Walking Dead, been meaning to get back to it these past few months.

witnessmenow

Got through

Heavy Rain(Ps3) - Really liked it

SR4 (PC) - Also really liked it

richymcdermott

Grand Theft Auto 5 ( Fun game but was some what disappointed in some aspects of the game )

Peace Walker ( played for the second time , still is a masterpiece )

Persona 4 Arena ( Awesome Story mode that had me in stitches multiple times :pac:)

penev10

Taylor365 wrote: »

Dead island sux.

I just beat Dead Island and found it to be surprisingly enjoyable. The focus on melee, the variety of locations, the constant need to repair weapons.... all good stuff in my book. Sure it was clunky in parts and needed a bit more polishing but it did what Far Cry 2 was trying but actually made it fun.

The other game I managed to finish in Sep was Fire Emblem:Awakening. 2 in one month!

Am on to Trails in the Sky and Dragons Dogma now. Don't expect to beat either in October.

Vicxas

Not that I can beat it, but im gonna give SWTOR another bash, see what they've added in to it.

_Godot_

I only beat Jisei so far. It's a visual novel I picked up in a bundle. I'm just started the sequel, Kansei.

Kiith

Bioshock Infinite
Tales of Xillia
Dark Souls (finally!!)
Uncharted 2 / 3
GTAV
Journey
Dragon Age

Ahh the joys of unemployment.

Overheal

completion is so overrated
I have finally put FTL aside though.

I unsealed the wrapper off Mirrors Edge
Broke into a little Worms Revolution campaign


Still debating whether to open up Dark Souls after buying it at a bad price on the summer sale
Played a little War Thunder and Star Conflict but those never end..

shruikan2553

Dragon Age 2 and Bully finished. Currently working on Demon's Souls, Far Cry 3 and all the half life games, now on 2, far better than the first.

Banjo

I was going to storm through Batman Arkham Asylum on WiiU this october and finally - after 7 months of failure - get my name on the board.

So last night I did exactly that.

And the front menu on the game says I'm only 48% of the way to completing it??? Son of a motherless goat! Looks like another month of empty promises and half finished dreams for me.

richymcdermott

Banjo wrote: »

I was going to storm through Batman Arkham AsylumCity on WiiU this october and finally - after 7 months of failure - get my name on the board.

So last night I did exactly that.

And the front menu on the game says I'm only 48% of the way to completing it??? Son of a motherless goat! Looks like another month of empty promises and half finished dreams for me.

Fixed :pac:

ussjtrunks

Been on a crazy backlog cleanse lately got through Uncharted 3, Last of Us, Ni no Kuni, Tomb Raider, Sleeping Dogs and DMC

The games I played on PC made the PS3 stuff look massively ordinary Sleeping Dogs especially was fantastic no Idea what to play next though, got Alan Wake, AC3 Tyranny Episodes, Batman AA and AC, Bastion, Bioshock 1+2, Borderlands 1+2, Crysis 1-3, Dishonored, Dust, Far Cry 3, Mass Effect 1-3, Sam and Max S1-3, The Walking Dead and Sonic Generations on steam thanks to the sales lol any suggestions on what to try 1st?

GTR63

Oh lucky you. I'd go Alan Wake, Arkham Asylum then City, Walking Dead and then on to Mass Effect. The first 4 there aren't the longest but ME1-3 will take a while obv

astonaidan

Accidentally started my own thread about the same thing so going to post in here
Just finished Ratchet & Clank quest for booty= Very short probaably 5 hours maybe a bit less, dont know how everyone feels about it but I liked it pity its not a bit longer
Completed Uncharted Drakes Fortune last week= Dont know why I left it so long really enjoyed the series

So what I have left to complete before I buy the PS4 is:

• Uncharted 3
• Skyrim
• Dragon Age
• Red Dead Redemption
• Fallout 3
• Dishonored
• Homefront

The ones in bold are the ones I intend to finish, I havent played Dishonored our Homefront so not sure if Id like them.
Found Fallout to difficult and got stuck on a boss in Dragon Age I just couldnt kill so pretty much gave up on them along time ago, saying that If I complete the others I might start afresh with these games

eddhorse

Just finishing Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams. 2 more levels.

Started Dragons Dogma but will be a time consuming RPG.

Only finishing one PS+ game a month which isn't too bad in my average gamer eyes.

ionapaul

Finished Bioshock Infinite last night, took me quite a while as I didn't have much time to devote to gaming over the past five weeks. I thought it was brilliant, the ending was awesome. Gonna check out the ending thread now!

Very close to finishing a co-op run through of Lego Batman 2 - that's a lot of fun as well.

Not sure what single player game I should start next, I have so many of them to choose from.

sarumite

sarumite wrote: »

My tally for last month was......0

Last month I did put time into

Civ5
Skyrim
Walking dead
Dead space 2
Mafia 2
Sim city
Splinter cell chaos theoryhd
Torchlight 2
Ico



But never managed to finish any of them...Maybe this month I will actually stick with a game and finish it. Who knows!

I finally finished a game....Its the first time in months that I have actually done that. I seem to be going through a slight attention deficit period at the moment.

Danger781

Finally finished Alan Wake.. Now the question is do I go for the achievements now, or do it at a later date..

mise

Working my way through Final Fantasy IX on the Vita at the moment. Loving it apart from the stuttering audio in cut scenes.

Still a beautiful game after all the years!

DuckSlice

Have to finish bioshock infinite, have started it but didn't really get into it at the time, will give it another go this month hopefully. Also have resistance 2&3 to finish. Never even played them but I liked the first one.

tok9

Been a while since I've posted in one of these. (Think it was February even) and I remember posting I'd try and finish Persona 4 Golden

I've finished Killzone Mercenary this month.

After putting another 40 hours or so into Persona (Bringing me to 70 hours in total) I think I'm near enough to getting the good ending (Already got the Bad one)


So this month I hope to finish Persona while also playing through Beyond Two Souls and maybe a few more Vita games.

Retr0gamer

Very slow month for me. Just beat Ninja Gaiden 2 on the 360 on Warrior. Christ I'm exhausted. Fantastic game.

PhlegmyMoses

Bioshock Infinite for me. Been meaning to play it for ages but life gets in the way. A few hours in now, should be finished my the end of the month.

tyrion1234

Just updating my list.

3DS
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Super (3DS)Mario 3D Land
Kingdom Hearts 3D

PS3
Ni No Kuni
LOTR War in the North
Uncharted 2
Infamous 2
The Last Of Us
Mafia 2
God of War Ascension


Xbox 360
Blops 2
Halo 4
Assassins Creed 3
Sleeping Dogs
Bioshock Infinite (Twice)
The Darkness 2 (Twice)
Resident Evil 6
Dark Souls
Tomb Raider
Halo 4 Legendary Playthrough
Dishonoured

Adding:

GTA V (360)
Spec Ops: The Line (PS3)

Grimebox

Overheal wrote: »

completion is so overrated
I have finally put FTL aside though.

I unsealed the wrapper off Mirrors Edge
Broke into a little Worms Revolution campaign


Still debating whether to open up Dark Souls after buying it at a bad price on the summer sale
Played a little War Thunder and Star Conflict but those never end..

Still haven't beaten that damn game. I usually coast through the game then suddenly one fight goes incredibly badly. A complete stark contrast to everything up to that point. That fight is usually the 2nd boss fight. One day I'll finish it...

tok9

Bought Deadly premonition so I'll throw that into the Backlog since I'll be picking up Batman this week too. :P

sarumite

Grr. Updated to windows 8.1 and had a serious problem with windows boot manager. As a result I have had to restore to a previous version of windows which means I have some of my saves:mad:. Oh well, maybe Novermber I can add another game to my list!!

Danger781

Final year of college really limits your gaming time.. what a balls

ionapaul

ionapaul wrote: »

Finished Bioshock Infinite last night, took me quite a while as I didn't have much time to devote to gaming over the past five weeks. I thought it was brilliant, the ending was awesome. Gonna check out the ending thread now!

Very close to finishing a co-op run through of Lego Batman 2 - that's a lot of fun as well.

Not sure what single player game I should start next, I have so many of them to choose from.

Finished Lego Batman 2 last night, on the last level of Anomoly: Warzone Earth story mode. Still not sure what to start afterwards.

sarumite

ionapaul wrote: »

Finished Lego Batman 2 last night, on the last level of Anomoly: Warzone Earth story mode. Still not sure what to start afterwards.

I have Anomoly sitting in my list....never even started it up!

ionapaul

sarumite wrote: »

I have Anomoly sitting in my list....never even started it up!

Good game - finished it last night, had a bit of trouble with the final boss (playing Advanced Mode) until I figured out an easier way to defeat it.

Have decided to start on the Walking Dead DLC now, then maybe look at one of the many platformers I haven't touched yet. Bought Fez a few weeks ago, it looks pretty good.

McGrath5

Finally got around to finishing Far Cry 3, what a fantastic game.

sarumite

McGrath5 wrote: »

Finally got around to finishing Far Cry 3, what a fantastic game.

roughly how long did it take you yo finish it?

Dave_The_Sheep

Dragonborn. Eventually. Very short DLC. Not massively impressed.

Washington Irving

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Dragonborn. Eventually. Very short DLC. Not massively impressed.

How does it compare to Dawnguard? If you've played both that is. Have been waiting for them to drop to €5 since Dawnguard was released, but not that fussed due to the reviews despite loving the main game.


Hadn't planned on making any dent in the backlog this month due to GTA Online and the constant temptation of Civ V, but I'm completely burned out on GTA after a month and wanted something a bit different so decided to try out The Testament Of Sherlock Holmes which has been sitting in my library for quite a while.

About halfway through now and am enjoying it, certainly not without it's flaws (some laughably bad sound effects, certain character models, one freeze where I was forced to alt tab) but it's quite satisfying to play, with plenty of puzzles, which I love, and a decent story. It's a nice change of pace from my usual games anyway. Worth picking up during a sale if anyone is curious about it and didn't get it in the Humble Bundle.

McGrath5

sarumite wrote: »

roughly how long did it take you yo finish it?

Approx 15 hours.
Although I still have some more of the Islands to explore, so that in itself will swallow up a few more hours.

Dave_The_Sheep

SaulGoode9 wrote: »

How does it compare to Dawnguard? If you've played both that is. Have been waiting for them to drop to €5 since Dawnguard was released, but not that fussed due to the reviews despite loving the main game.

I preferred Dawnguard. There was a bit of personality to that expansion, despite it being set - mainly - in Skyrim. Even with a new area (Solsteim), Dragonborn doesn't really have any identity to itself. There's a Dwemer section that's decent fun, and I'm sure it's nice to see Morrowind again if you played that before (I haven't). Maybe I just didn't take to it.

richymcdermott

Just played super metroid for the 3rd time but first time beating it

Easily one of my fav games of all time , just simply perfection

Kirby

Well then this will blow your mind. As somebody who has played it recently, you might appreciate some of the major skips going on here.

A recent world record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCkIwVZkWlE

Grimebox

I remember trying that when I was around 10 years old, I had no strategy other than running through everything. I couldn't get past the second fight with Ridley with almost no missiles or health tanks...

ionapaul

Grimebox wrote: »

I remember trying that when I was around 10 years old, I had no strategy other than running through everything. I couldn't get past the second fight with Ridley with almost no missiles or health tanks...

Finished the story mode of Fez yesterday - have to admit I didn't really see much of a narrative framework and didn't exactly know when exactly I was supposed to go through the doors and finish the thing. Despite that I really enjoyed it and have already started on New Game+ to try to get a few more achievements; there are a good few levels I haven't seen yet.

Finished The Walking Dead: 400 Days last week, more of same good stuff.

Not sure what's up next, maybe the latest Hitman? Or Shogun 2?

richymcdermott

Kirby wrote: »

Well then this will blow your mind. As somebody who has played it recently, you might appreciate some of the major skips going on here.

A recent world record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCkIwVZkWlE

what a glorious freak

2Mad2BeMad

Danger781 wrote: »

Final year of college really limits your gaming time.. what a balls

hate that

Nothing like been a bum on the sofa all year round :pac:

Kirby

richymcdermott wrote: »

what a glorious freak

Indeed. Skipping the metroid baby when it tries to grab you and drain you at the end of the game is godlike. Also being able to shoot mother brain when you are supposed to be locked in a cutscene.

tok9

Beat Metal Gear Rising last night. Found it to be a very enjoyable game but I'm not too surprised by that either.

Not particularly long and the last boss battle goes on for ages but all in all a very good game.


Still working through Persona though I'm halfway through January on it now.

folan

finished Metro 2033! it only took me 2-3 months to get the time together!

on level 9 or 10 of Hotline Miami. And have saved Matt Millar in SR4.

getting there. by christmas, i might even have beaten those 2 games.

just in time for the sale..

Retr0gamer

I beat Tomb Raider Underworld last night. Decent game but nothing special. Pretty shabby month I had with just that and Ninja Gaiden 2.

Cravez

Beat Metro 2033 at the weekend. Playing Last Light now and hope to have that completed by end of the weekend coming.