What Games Have You Completed? (2021 Edition)

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 02-01-2021 9:52am #1

Skerries · 02-01-2021 4:34pm

Just finished Cyberpunk a few days before new years so I have gone back to the Masterchief collection and have finished Halo: Reach and am now playing Halo 2 as I had played the first one back in the day

earthwormjack · 02-01-2021 5:33pm

Spider-Man Remastered (PS5)

Dragged on towards the end I felt and the stealth sections were a bit crappy. Thankfully they were pretty short when they did pop up. Overall though it was an enjoyable game. One of the few games where I didn't take advantage of fast travel because traversing around the game world felt good.

On to Bugsnax now

Retr0gamer · 02-01-2021 8:40pm

Lots of ace combat there gamer bhoy. That's what I like to see.

Was hoping to finish one or two during Christmas but didn't happen. I beat megaman x2 but got the bad ending so going to plough through that now. And sekiro's combat has clicked with me and I'm ploughing through that.

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 02-01-2021 9:27pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Lots of ace combat there gamer bhoy. That's what I like to see.

Was hoping to finish one or two during Christmas but didn't happen. I beat megaman x2 but got the bad ending so going to plough through that now. And sekiro's combat has clicked with me and I'm ploughing through that.

I'm getting burnt out at this stage lol

Been taking my time on Ace Combat 7 for the past couple of weeks. Really good but it's definitely the most challeging for me so far. The mission where you have to blow up trucks in a sandstorm drove me bonkers. Thank god for checkpoints.

johnny_ultimate · 03-01-2021 2:10am

First game of the year: Rainy Season. Rather delightful little short experience that you'll polish off in less than an hour. You're a young kid in Japan stuck inside his house on a rainy day with his family. And er... that's it! You explore the house, discover little bits of background detail, eat, chat with your family, and pass the day daydreaming (via a half dozen cute little vignettes). Most games draw inspiration from action films - this one is a piece of observational, slice-of-life storytelling more in line with Ozu or Kore-eda films. Exceedingly pleasant, and along with the likes of Wide Ocean, Big Jacket and A Short Hike a fine example of these focused little micro games. Neat visuals, great music and low-key, relaxed vibes. Looking forward to the developer's bigger Inaka Project, which he's been working on for a while.

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

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 03-01-2021 7:17pm

GAME Resident Evil 3
PLATFORM PlayStation 4

Would've been Ace Combat 7 if not for my fiancée begging me to buy RE3 and play through it (she loves watching me play horror games). Since it was very affordable thanks to the PSN's January Sale, I thought why not. She loved watching me play RE2 last year, and I honestly wanted a theme change from playing almost nothing but Ace Combat for the last few weeks.

RE 3 was just as good as the RE2 remake in my books, though I failed to see what they did differently from a gameplay perspective. I know there's ammo crafting in 3, but I can't remember if this was also in RE2. There were moments where the game felt like a proper horror game (

revisiting the police station

) but other than that, honestly it didn't scare me that much. I suppose if you've played RE since the beginning, it tends to become predictable 25 years later (

I always shoot zombies that are lying on the ground before I encounter them

)

Had a lot of fun playing it despite its short length, but these games were always made to be played numerous times. I recommend it.

She's asked me to play RE4 now. I love RE4, it's one of my favourites, but the controls have not aged very well. I'll defend it to the high heavens but I played an hour of it this evening and.... ooft....I'd say if I played RE4 first, I'd be fine, but I've just came off of the perfection of RE3's controls, and it's very jarring.

I won't say no to a remake; I'll say that much.

Games Beaten in 2021
#|GAME|PLATFORM
1|RESIDENT EVIL 3|PLAYSTATION 4

Mr.Saturn · 03-01-2021 7:25pm

D'you have the Wii version of Resi 4? I only ask cause I played the Wii version for the first time a couple months back and found the controls pretty smooth.

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 03-01-2021 7:27pm

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

D'you have the Wii version of Resi 4? I only ask cause I played the Wii version for the first time a couple months back and found the controls pretty smooth.

I have heard of the Wii version of RE4 feeling very nice to play thanks to the motion controls. I have a Wii but I don't have RE4. I might consider a purchase in future.

Mr.Saturn · 03-01-2021 7:54pm

I picked it up for 5 beans from CeX online, if you're looking. Bargain of the year to go along with game of the year.

Retr0gamer · 03-01-2021 11:41pm

Retr0gamer · 03-01-2021 11:44pm

First Blood of 2021:

Game|Platform|Game|Platform
Mega Man X2|SNES||

Mega Man X2

This one loses the interactions between stages from the first game but makes up for it with far more interesting weapons. Actually think the level design and boss design is better than X and I think I ended up enjoying this game a lot more.

Top Class SNES action platformer at its finest, just like the first.

Mr.Fantastic · 05-01-2021 10:11am

Kingp35 · 05-01-2021 4:46pm

My first completed game of 2021 is Resident Evil 3 and I loved it. It's definitely more an action based game than survival horror and it's shorter than RE2 with only one character to play as. However the gameplay is excellent, the story is good and the game mechanics themselves are extremely tight. I never played the original RE3 but I'm delighted to be working my way through the RE games. I'm moving onto RE4 next.

#|Game|Platform
1|Resident Evil 3| PlayStation 4|

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 06-01-2021 1:32am

GAME Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
PLATFORM PlayStation 4

Pretty much stuck to this game from the moment I got up this morning. This one took me the longest because I sort of procrastinated on it for about a week, playing one mission at a time until today.

It's definitely the most challenging Ace game I've ever played. I can't count how many times I failed/restarted a mission. Either it's the most challenging, or I was burnt out on the games as a whole - maybe it's both.

I still have to go back and retry Ace Combat 3 but honestly I don't think that'll be for a good while. Aside from stopping to play through RE3 (which only took 6 hours) I've ploughed through nothing but Ace Combat after Ace Combat from 1 - 7 (besides 3) and I'm rather exhausted to say the least.

Class set of games, and a series I never thought I'd get into.

Games Beaten in 2021
#|GAME|PLATFORM
1|RESIDENT EVIL 3|PLAYSTATION 4
2|ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN|PLAYSTATION 4

SeantheMan · 06-01-2021 6:49am

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

GAME Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
PLATFORM PlayStation 4

Pretty much stuck to this game from the moment I got up this morning. This one took me the longest because I sort of procrastinated on it for about a week, playing one mission at a time until today.

It's definitely the most challenging Ace game I've ever played. I can't count how many times I failed/restarted a mission. Either it's the most challenging, or I was burnt out on the games as a whole - maybe it's both.

I still have to go back and retry Ace Combat 3 but honestly I don't think that'll be for a good while. Aside from stopping to play through RE3 (which only took 6 hours) I've ploughed through nothing but Ace Combat after Ace Combat from 1 - 7 (besides 3) and I'm rather exhausted to say the least.

Class set of games, and a series I never thought I'd get into.

Get a lend of the PSVR, the VR missions were amazing if a little short. Found them to be tougher than the main game, I enjoyed Ace Combat 7 but I didn't like the progression tree forcing me down 2 completely seperate paths as 2 of my fave planes were either side.
F-15E was complete opposite side to Su34/37, forcing me to dump all my points into either one or the other.

AceCombat 2 is still my favorite. I especially enjoyed the special aircraft/aces/teams where you'd get a special medal etc for taking them down during your mission. I 100% that game back in the day.
The final rank you achieve if you literally kill everything is 'Commander in Chief'. I didn't realise till years later that that's the rank of the president.

Kingp35 · 06-01-2021 10:20am

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

She's asked me to play RE4 now. I love RE4, it's one of my favourites, but the controls have not aged very well. I'll defend it to the high heavens but I played an hour of it this evening and.... ooft....I'd say if I played RE4 first, I'd be fine, but I've just came off of the perfection of RE3's controls, and it's very jarring.

I've done exactly this, just finished and loved RE3 and started RE4 last night. I've never played it before and I have to say the controls are infuriating! I'm finding it really difficult to play as you can't move left or right without turning first and you can't move when aiming. It's totally messing with my head and I keep getting killed so I've had to drop the difficulty to easy. I'm hoping the controls just 'click' with me soon but I'm struggling at the moment.

Retr0gamer · 06-01-2021 10:34am

All this Ace combat love :eek:

I'd actually recommend Project Wingman for Ace Combat fans, particularly if you have a VR headset.

Retr0gamer · 06-01-2021 10:36am

Kingp35 wrote: »

I've done exactly this, just finished and loved RE3 and started RE4 last night. I've never played it before and I have to say the controls are infuriating! I'm finding it really difficult to play as you can't move left or right without turning first and you can't move when aiming. It's totally messing with my head and I keep getting killed so I've had to drop the difficulty to easy. I'm hoping the controls just 'click' with me soon but I'm struggling at the moment.

It's part of the games design. You'll be used to it in no time. I think dropping it to easy was a huge mistake.

Basically go for shots that stagger enemies and you can do melee attacks that are great for crowd control. And run away and only aim when it's safe to do that. If you are aiming at an enemy you have to commit fully to it as you are rooted in place.

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 06-01-2021 6:08pm

GAME Gris
PLATFORM PlayStation 4

Fairly basic puzzle-platformer when you put it to gameplay - no real challenge.

What struck my attention with this game were the visuals and the tone. Absolutely stunning game.

Done and dusted in an afternoon. I missed a lot of trophies so I reckon the game had more within it that I missed.

Games Beaten in 2021
#|GAME|PLATFORM
1|RESIDENT EVIL 3|PLAYSTATION 4
2|ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN|PLAYSTATION 4
3|GRIS|PLAYSTATION 4

Potential-Monke · 07-01-2021 12:31am

Finally got back to and finished Ghost of Tsushima. Excellent game overall, and while it doesn't do anything new, what it does do it does really well. The combat is satisfying if a bit simple, especially towards end game. But the main draw is the stunning art and graphics of the scenery/world. Amazing job done there.

Looking at peoples end of year lists, where do ye get the time? I work full time but nearly every other moment is free for me to do what I want, and I spend easily more time gaming per week than working, yet I still only have a fraction of the games played as ye have... Are ye all working in games/journalism to say ye play that many games per year?

Retr0gamer · 07-01-2021 2:03am

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Looking at peoples end of year lists, where do ye get the time? I work full time but nearly every other moment is free for me to do what I want, and I spend easily more time gaming per week than working, yet I still only have a fraction of the games played as ye have... Are ye all working in games/journalism to say ye play that many games per year?

Honestly I finished feck all games 2019 and decided not to waste any time on over long triple A borefests so have been playing much shorter or older games. It's made me rediscover why I love videogames. It means I got through a lot of games last year but it also means I put more time into it because I actually wanted to play them rather than forcing myself through them and deciding to catch up on TV because I wasn't actually enjoying them. Only game I really struggled through this year was Last of Us Part 2 and I supplemented that with some old school action games so I wasn't totally put off playing.

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 07-01-2021 7:53pm

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

This is on my hit list. The art style looks pretty but I dunno just seems like one of those indie games that are hyped to the max but I play them I'm just left feeling like it was ok/merely a pleasant time.

You might get that latter experience. It does nothing special gameplay-wise, really. Then again it's only 3 hours. I'll probably have this game forgotten in a month's time, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. If it wasn't for the visuals and music, I'd say the game would be mediocre; it's really those two aspects that make this game good.

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Looking at peoples end of year lists, where do ye get the time? I work full time but nearly every other moment is free for me to do what I want, and I spend easily more time gaming per week than working, yet I still only have a fraction of the games played as ye have... Are ye all working in games/journalism to say ye play that many games per year?

It's my go-to hobby when I'm not at work. It's all I do on weekends.

My nights are spent watching something on TV with the missus but other than that my free time is 80% dedicated to gaming. I love it. Also, some games are not as long as others. I beat Gris yesterday in one sitting. And some games I beat are games that I have returned to and are not that far away from actually beating.

I beat 3 games in 2021, but one of them (Ace Combat 7) I had started a few weeks prior. Resident Evil 3 is not long at all - takes about 7 hours on average. Also, like what Retr0 said - I tend not to go through huge AAA games. The biggest game I beat in 2020 was Ghost of Tsushima. That game took me a month.

Also, I'd say a lot of us were just out of work for a majority of the year. I was off work from March til July, so I had lots of time to play. I could've increased that list if I wanted to, though.

Retr0gamer · 08-01-2021 5:33pm

Game|Platform|Game|Platform
Mega Man X2|SNES||
Streets of Rage 4|PC||

Streets of Rage 4

Completed in Co-op but will definitely play this again.

I was worried with the original reveal as the combat seemed off and the art seemed flat. Well I was wrong about it. The art is gorgeous, the soundtrack has a different feel to the original but is still excellent and it's probably a better games than the original series.

The addition of combos and fighting game mechanics gives this game so much depth. There's a huge variety in enemy types and their different actions keep things unpredictable. Even the bosses are excellent, being a lot fairer than the usual bosses from this genre and a lot more interesting to fight. Just a fantastic brawler that does for the genre what Etrian Odyssey did for Wizardry Dungeon crawlers.

Mr.Fantastic · 12-01-2021 9:26am

#|GAME|PLATFORM
1|Streets of Rage 4 | Switch
2|Cyberpunk 2077 | PS5(Ps4 version)

Finally rolled the credits on cyberpunk there last night, enjoyed parts of it but its not a patch on the Witcher 3 for me in many aspects.

Some side stuff is good and large parts of the main quests are good too but seems like there was stuff missing,

Hyped it up myself but its nothing but average to me and docked a few points for the bugs as it crashed around 20-30 times on me, managed to do all the major side quests,

I might give it another look with DLC and the PS5 version but kinda regret not waiting until the summer to play it.

Mal-Adjusted · 12-01-2021 11:41am

First Blood of 2021

Bioshock 2 PC

A very decent game but feels more like a streamlined Bioshock 1.5 than a true sequel. I don't understand the point of playing as a Big Daddy but bieng a prototype one that plays more or less as a normal person.

Retr0gamer · 13-01-2021 10:41am

Game|Platform|Game|Platform
Mega Man X2|SNES||
Streets of Rage 4|PC||
Sekiro|PC||

Sekiro

Finished with the best ending and the Shura ending.

You could make a great argument for this being from software's best game. The combination of stealth and parry focused combat is excellent and then you wrap that all up in From Software's usual best in class world building and level design. There's so many boss encounters here that I'd rank as some of the best of all time.

It's also got what is probably From's best combat system. I felt Dark Souls 3 was a bit cheap with so many bosses relying on winding up attacks then delaying them to catch you coming out of a roll. It felt like it was punishing you for reading the boss and felt it artificially inflated the difficulty. By turning the combat into what is effectively a rhythm game it now makes a lot more sense.

Kingp35 · 13-01-2021 11:17am

#|Game|Platform
1| Resident Evil 3| PlayStation 4|
2| Resident Evil 4| PlayStation 4|

Resident Evil 4

After finally getting to grips with the tank controls, I enjoyed this game a lot. Perhaps it wasn't the greatest idea to play this after the RE2 & RE3 remakes as they are vastly superior games imo and they make RE4 seem very dated, however the fact that gameplay wise RE4 is such a different game made it feel fresh. I enjoyed the action with plenty of varied enemies and the story was enjoyable, both the main game and the side game Separate Ways which tells Ada's story.

I did have a few issues though - I thought it was too long for this type of game. It took me just over 18 hours to finish the main game and I was feeling jaded well before the end. I also felt the boss fights were very easy, your knife is way over powered, a few slices is all it takes, no guns required.

I think I'll try out The Umbrella Chronicles next for something different as I work my way through the RE series!

wotzgoingon · 14-01-2021 11:48pm

[Xbox]

Watch Dogs Legion

My first game to complete of 2021 but started in 2020. It was a very good game and loved every minute of it. It was actually nice to play the game and not be hacked by others who already were probably finished the game and more experienced than you. I know in previous games I was always a bit dumb when I was hacked when just starting but as I gained experience I was always able to find who was hacking me pretty easily.

What Games Have You Completed? (2021 Edition)

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