The games I played in 2011

Games Finished

Games I played that have a finished status either on the save I have or at another point in time. In other words, I’ve personally made it to the end of the game. In other words, games I don’t have to go back to any time soon unless I’m trying for achievements or playing for nostalgia (which happens a lot :O)

  • Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (Xbox 360)
  • Ace Combat: Joint Assault (PSP)
  • Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (Xbox 360)
  • Altered Beast (Sega Genesis)
  • Armored Core: For Answer (Xbox 360)
  • Atelier Annie ~ Alchemist of Sera Island ~ (Nintendo DS)
  • Atelier Rorona (PS3)
  • Atelier Totori (PS3)
  • Battletech (Sega Genesis)
  • Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance (Xbox 360)
  • Dead Rising 2: Case West (Xbox 360 – XBLA)
  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PC)
  • Ghost Trick (Nintendo DS)
  • Ghouls n’ Ghosts (Sega Genesis)
  • Guardian Heroes (Sega CD)
  • Halo Reach (Xbox 360)
  • Hyperdimension Neptunia (PS3)
  • Macross Trial Fruntier (PS3 – Import)
  • Macross Triangle Frontier (PSP – Import)
  • Mercs (Sega Genesis)
  • Monster Hunter Tri (Nintendo Wii)
  • Parasite Eve (PSOne/PSP)
  • Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity (PSP – Import)
  • Portal 2 (PC/PS3)
  • Project Diva 2: Hatsune Miku (PSP – Import)
  • Solar 2 (PC)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PS3)
  • Stacking (PS3)
  • The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (PC)
  • Tenchu Z (Xbox 360)
  • Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. (Xbox 360)
  • The 3rd Birthday (PSP)
  • Trace Memory (Nintendo DS)
  • Valkyria Chronicles 2 (PSP)
  • X-Men (Xbox 360 – XBLA)

Games left Incomplete

Too many games to play not enough time after work to clear them all. These games were left unfinished at the end of the year unfortunately. These games make up the games I’ll eventually go back to and finish. Some have higher priority then others due to sequels coming up.

  • Anomaly: Warzone Earth (PC)
  • Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (PSP)
  • Chantelise – A Tale of Two Sisters (PC)
  • Dissidia Final Fantasy (PSP)
  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (PC)
  • Fate/Extra (PSP)
  • Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)
  • Front Mission Evolved (PC)
  • God Eater Burst (PSP)
  • Hard Corps: Uprising (Xbox 360 – XBLA)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap (Nintendo 3DSWare – Gameboy Advance)
  • Metroid Fusion (Nintendo 3DSWare – Gameboy Advance)
  • Mighty Milky Way (Nintendo DSiware)
  • Monster Hunter Unite (PSP)
  • My World, My Way (Nintendo DS)
  • Pokemon: White (Nintendo DS)
  • Sonic Generations (PS3)
  • Recettear (PC)
  • Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny (PS3)
  • Samurai Warriors Chronicles (Nintendo 3DS)
  • Tactics Ogre: Lets Cling Together (PSP)
  • Toaru Majutsu no Index (PSP – Import)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (PC)
  • Valkyria Chronicles 3 (PSP – Import)
  • Wipeout HD/Wipeout Fury (PS3)
  • The Witcher 2 (PC)
  • Games Abandoned

    These games I started but have no interest in finishing. They are either TOO hard or the game just didn’t hold my interest and I have since sold them, traded them, put them away or sent back to Gamefly with little interest in getting it again.

    • Alpha Squad (Xbox 360 – Indie Games)
    • Excitebike 3D (Nintendo 3DSware)
    • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 3DS)
    • SOS (Super Nintendo)
    • Sonic the Hedgehog (PS3 – Genesis Vintage)

    Fighting games

    Fighting games really have no end though they do have some stories. Some games I finish till I see everyone’s story or I just finish the characters I like. There was a glut of fighters this year so I’m a little burned out on them… Sorta like how I’m burned out on shooters for a bit.

    • Arcana Heart 3 (PS3)
    • Blazblue Continuum Shift (PS3)
    • Eternal Fighter Zero (PC)
    • Marvel vs Capcom 3 (PS3)
    • Melty Blood: Act Cadenza Ver B (PC)
    • Soul Calibur IV (Xbox 360)
    • Super Smash Brothers Melee (Nintendo Wii)
    • Tekken 6 (PS3)

    Blame Valve

    Games I started but weren’t planning on playing just yet thanks to the recent Steam Achievements for the holidays.

    • And Yet It Moves (PC)
    • Bastion (PC)
    • X3: Albion Prelude (PC)

    Games with no end

    I can’t justify I’ve beaten them nor is there an indicator of such unless you count kill screens which these games don’t have. They can be picked up and played with no connection to previous plays outside of high scores or achievements not earned. Some have stories but they’re pretty shallow.

    • Audiosurf (PC)
    • Catan (Xbox 360 – XBLA)
    • Dungeon Defender (PC)
    • MAG (PS3)
    • Minecraft (PC)
    • PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX (Xbox 360)
    • Pinball FX (PS3)
    • Rockband 3 (Xbox 360)
    • Terreria (PC)
    • Tetris (PS3)
    • Tetris DS (Nintendo DS)
    • Touhou Battle Gaiden (PC)

    Games Demoed

    Games I’ve played once or twice either full or demos are on a list to eventually get back to, buy, rent, etc.

    • Bayonetta (Xbox 360)
    • Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy (PSP)
    • Robot Alchmic Drive (Playstation 2)
    • House of the Dead Overkill (PS3)
    • Samurai Warriors 2 (Xbox 360)
    • Stargate (Sega Genesis)
    • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Sega Genesis)

    MMOs

    I play a lot of MMOs so here’s the list I touched this year. Not saying which ones I’mstill in, that’s for me to know and well, and if I run into you in game… hi!

    • CosmicBreak (PC)
    • Final Fantasy XI (PC)
    • Final Fantasy XIV (PC)
    • Jade Dynasty (PC)
    • Rusty Hearts (PC)
    • Shin Megami Tensei Imagine (PC)
    • Spiral Knights (PC)
    • Star Trek Online (PC)
    • Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC)
    • World of Warcraft (PC)

    Beta Tested

    These are games I beta tested this past year. I’m pretty sure there were more and a good number of them weren’t games so they can’t be included on the list. Also these games have NDAs lifted so don’t go throwing it around that I’m breaking one. I actually read them :O

    • Battlefield 3 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
    • Rusty Hearts (PC)
    • Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC)
    • Uncharted 3 – Multiplayer(PS3)

    Gamelogs: Dec 15th thru Dec 26th

    Well this is going to be fun to fill out :O Thank Valve for this :P

    Final Fantasy XIII
    Platform: PS3
    Started: 2010
    Status: Ongoing

    FINALLY! Beat that damn boss! So I pulled this out to see if I could get further into the game and possibly finish it before XIII-2 releases. I’m in the process of maxing out my characters… my usual shtick with the series… before I face the final boss. I have access to the double CP item however I can’t even put a dent in the boss. So I’ll need to do a bit of upgrading on my equipment. Sadly the FAQs are poor in terms of clean information so I’ll need to do some research tonight.


    Valkyria Chronicles 2
    Platform: Playstation Portable
    Started: 2010
    Status: Completed

    Pulled this out to play with friends. Wow does this game get broken the more players you add in. You can really draw enemy fire to sneak up behind them. Also doesn’t help that each of us have overpowered units to throw out there :P


    Anomaly: Warzone Earth
    Platform: PC
    Started: Dec 19th, 2011
    Status: Ongoing

    The first of the Valve winter event. Anomaly I originally started months ago but I lost the safe file due to a demo/full patch snafu. The game is very unusual as you play the attacking side of a tower defense game. That means trying to setup your team to survive the onslaught of towers to get past. It’s a lot of fun and REALLY gets challenging. I wish there were more of these games out there.


    Spiral Knights
    Platform: PC
    Started: Dec 20th, 2011
    Status: Ongoing

    Another Valve achievement. I originally played Spiral Knights with friends so I never got around to playing PvP. Overall the PvP isn’t bad but I didn’t have my controller setup so I was a bit overwhelmed.


    Audiosurf
    Platform: PC
    Started: 2011
    Status: N/A

    Here’s another fun one. This is very much a music game and I played a lot of it back during the Portal 2 release. The holiday achievement wasn’t bad but required some very good reflexes to get right.


    And Yet It Moves
    Platform: PC
    Started: Dec 24th, 2011
    Status: Ongoing

    My cousin got me this some time ago, but never got around to playing it. This is an interesting game as the goal of the game is to move your person to the exit but in order to make it, you need to spin the world which causes gravity to take affect. The Achievement was easy to pull off but dang is it a pain just to get there. Damn lizards…


    X3: Albion Prelude
    Platform: PC
    Started: Dec 26th, 2011
    Status: Ongoing

    I still haven’t gotten this achievement as this game is NOT easy. First thing I realized was I forgot all the damn keys for this game and every key does something. I’m going to have to research this one to see how best to get this achievement. The game does look beautiful though.


    Bastion
    Platform: PC
    Started: Dec 26th, 2011
    Status: Ongoing

    Oh man… this game is gorgeous. I’m really surprised this was made by the former C&C4 team. The game and the narrator… oh man that narrator. I really need to sit down and play this.



    Gamelogs: Dec 8th thru Dec 14th, 2011


    Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny
    Platform: PS3
    Started: December 6th, 2011
    Status: Ongoing

    Go figure that the first request I took locked me up for a bit till I dropped it. Once I did the game opened up. Sure enough the way to actually grow stuff in this game is weird. At the moment I have a few monsters on hand but need to work on it. There really isn’t any girls in the game that I could send my character after that I would consider just yet. The more I play this the more I want to go back and replay Rune Factory 3… I might just do that!


    Fate/Extra
    Platform: PSP
    Started: November 1st, 2011
    Status: Ongoing

    Argh… the new area is giving me a headache. I’m spinning my wheels at the moment just trying to survive one battle even though I’m 4 levels over the area due to the rock/paper/scissor mechanics. Since I don’t know what they’ll throw unless I either memorize or right down the thing or do enough battles to actually expose their commands its like trying to stop a semi-truck with a sheet of paper. So at the moment no progress.


    Minecraft
    Platform: PC
    Started: N/A
    Status: N/A

    More building projects. This time It’s a tower spanning from the base of the world to the top of the sky! The tower is complete (as of this posting) and it’s looking good. I experimented with the idea of jumping from the top of the tower to the bottom and into a portal to The End but apparently momentum carries through the portal and I found myself dead as soon as I arrived there. I tried to compensate with water but apparently with 4 blocks high of water you can only survive from the floor just below the roof level. The roof level still has enough momentum to kill you. On top of that due to the freezing situation the surface begins to ice after a few minutes. As such a nixed that portal idea. I need to furnish the tower as well as build secondary entrances and exits at various floors.


    Gamelogs: Nov 27th thru Dec 7th, 2011

    Eh… This week isn’t that great for me but here are the logs…

    Atelier Totori
    Platform: PS3
    Started: October 26, 2011
    Status: Completed

    What can I say, I’m ready for the next game… kinda… I ended up rushing the ending but I left most of my people fully equipped. I didn’t get any other ending but normal but the next play through I’m hoping to get the true ending. I’m taking a break from it for now before I dive back into it. Since I know where everything is now, it shouldn’t be too hard and I’ll be concentrating on getting everything possible this time.



    Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny
    Platform: PS3
    Started: December 6th, 2011
    Status: Ongoing

    I’m really not sure about this game. I love the series but this is a pretty big departure from the normal formula. So far ALL i have done is adventure, i haven’t found out how to farm which is kinda odd to me. Where the hell is the farming? I only did a little bit so far but haven’t gotten much done since then. I’m beginning to wonder if this is even a decent game…


    Fate/Extra
    Platform: PSP
    Started: November 1st, 2011
    Status: Ongoing

    Finally free of that crazy ass clown! I’m not far from the end of the game. I’m beginning to regret not writing down all the attack combinations for enemies now. That’ll be a project for the future.

    Minecraft
    Platform: PC
    Started: N/A
    Status: N/A

    Did a bit more with this game and gotten some more buildings cleared out. I was able to re install the plugin system and have all my tools again and apparently the snow issue we’re having isn’t due to the plugin, we just have some buggy biomes. Well at least I named the world appropriately.