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[Silvawuff]

I don't personally support the concept of a backlog -- I believe games serve me better when regarded as a collection to be enjoyed based on my mood, whim, and free time to dedicate to the hobby. That said...

I was looking over my gaming habits this year, and I've come to the stark conclusion that I've "finished" one game this year: up to the current content of Stormblood. I've come close to finishing a few other single player titles, but I usually get busy or lose interest.

Howzabout you, Gaf?

 

[chozen]

Resident Evil 4, Kingdom Hearts 0.2, Kingdom Hearts DDD, Resident Evil 7, Horizon Zero Dawn, Zelda BOTW,
Nier Automata, Kingdom Hearts 1FM, Persona 5, Star Ocean 3, Axiom Verge, Shovel Knight Specter of Torment,
Shovel Knight, Hellblade, Destiny 2, RE4 Again, AC Origins, Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix.

...A good year, I mean I played a lot of remasters but Persona 5 my favorite game this year.

 

[Danjin44]

NieR Automata (GOTY)
Persona 5
Gravity Rush 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild
Mario Odyssey
Hellblade
Evil Within 2
Uncharted Lost Legacy
Kingdom Hearts 2.8
Horizon Zero Dawn (I personally didn't enjoy it at all)

 

[strideramc]

Horizon Zero Dawn (I personally didn't enjoy it at all)

Why finish a game you did like?

 

[Evil Carrot]

Not as many as I would have liked, due to a transition in life I only had access to my Switch for the bulk of the year, so I basically beat everything of note on that plus some indie stuff. I have my PS4 back though and will be digging around the 2017 lineup soon, seems I missed a lot as well.

 

[Danjin44]

Why finish a game you did like?

I like to finish the game once I started and people told me the story gets much better but it never did for me.

 

[strideramc]

I like to finish the game once I started and people told me the story gets much better but it never did for me.

The dreaded “it’s going to get better anytime” mentality. I’ve done that before with a few games and movies only to be disappointed when the credits rolled.

Now if something isn’t clicking after I’ve given it some solid time I just move on.

 

[Danjin44]

The dreaded “it’s going to get better anytime” mentality. I’ve done that before with a few games and movies only to be disappointed when the credits rolled.

Now if something isn’t clicking after I’ve given it some solid time I just move on.

Whats done it done. I already finished it and sold it off.

 

[Hoya Destroyer]

The only single player campaign i finished this year was for Just Cause 3.
Im really more of a multiplayer guy these days.

 

[Supreme Allah]

Completed games in 2017 in chronological order:

1. Yakuza 0
2. Horizon Zero Dawn
3. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
4. Day of the Tentacle Remastered
5. Type:Rider
6. Crash Bandicoot (NST)
7. Tales from the Borderlands
8. Crash Bandicoot 2 (NST)
9. Farpoint
10. Until Dawn
11. Job Simulator
12. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
13. Yakuza Kiwami
14. Statik
15. Until Dawn: Rush of Blood
16. Superhot VR
17. Lethal VR
18. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

 

[Phatosaurus]

Breath of the Wild
Super Mario Odyssey
Doom 2016 (PC)
Metro 2033 Redux
LA Noire


That might be all of them, other than, I’ve played online games like Siege, Killing Floor 2, Paragon, etc.

 

[Platinumstorm]

1. Nier Automata
2. FFXV
3. FFXIV Stormblood campaign

Nothing else sadly.

 

[emm_vee]

I thought I only completed one game this year, but looking back it wasn't too bad.

Costume Quest 2
Sly 2: Band of Thieves
Tomb Raider (2013)
Far Cry 3
Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
Final Fight (from Final Fight: Double Impact)
Shadows of the Damned

Minecraft would be on the list if it weren't for that damn Ender Dragon. I also spent the last 2 weeks finally playing Valkyria Chronicles after buying it like in 2009. The backlog must die. 24 to go.

 

[ChuyMasta]

-Breath of the Wild. Not only finished but nearly completed. I'm only missing the amiibo costumes

-Mario oddyssey, completed 100%

Thats it. Working on Skyrim but that game is huge.

 

[kunonabi]

Wii U:
Scribblenauts Unlimited
Paper Mario: Color Splash - 100%
Zelda no Densetsu: Breath of the Wild - 100%

Wii:
Escape from Bug Island
Excitebots: Trick Racing
Excite Truck
Soulcalibur Legends
Elebits
Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop
Lost in Shadow
Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave Incident
The Conduit

3DS:
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice
Chase: Cold Case Investigations ~Distant Memories~
Petit Novel Series: Harvest December
Zero Time Dilemma - 100%
Planet Robobot
Metroid: Samus Returns - 100%

DS:
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

PS4:
Samurai Warriors 4
Samurai Warriors 4-II
Samurai Warriors 4: Empires
Ultra Despair Girls
Danganronpa 1 2 RELOAD - Platinum
Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness - Platinum
Root Letter - Platinum
Hatoful Boyfriend
Nights of Azure
Gal*Gun Double Peace - Platinum
Night Trap - 25th Anniversary Edition
Senran Kagura Estival Versus - Platinum
Murdered: Soul Suspect

PS3:
Steins;Gate - Platinum

PS2:
R: Racing Evolution
Fatal Frame III: The Tormented

PSTV:
Code: Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~ - Platinum
Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni
Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus
Senran Kagura Bon Appétit! - Platinum

 

[EverydayBeast]

I like how you can't just finish a game these days. You either have to achieve in getting all the trophies/achievements, playing in a timely fashion, playing it in aggressive way, playing it in a passive way, playing through all the different endings, playing it on every difficulty.

 

[1morerobot]

BOTW
Pikmin 2
Mario 3D World

Honestly, the only one I'm positive was this year is BOTW. Mario and Pikmin may have been late 2016.

 

[Gorilla Shark]

Uncharted 4
Zelda: BotW
Titanfall 2
SnipperClippers
Golf Story
South Park: Fractured but whole
Mario Odyssey
Mario x Rabbids: Kingdom Battle

The least amount of games I’ve played/beaten in a long time. Being a new dad makes finding time to game harder than I expected.

 

[MickeyPhree]

Bloodborne
Dark Souls 1-3
Fallout 3, 4, NV
Resident Evil 7
Uncharted 4

 

[KyanMehwulfe]

Don't think I finished any o.0 Didn't game between Jan and May. Then summer was XCOM 2 (got near the end of the game but then went into 'free roam' mode), NMS (free roam mode from the start), and then Darkest Dungeon (same as XCOM 2). Other than that, it was mostly GTA V and GTA Online free roam, MGS V free roam, and Ghost Recon Wildlands (got about halfway through the objectives, and ended up just going HUD-less and randomly free roaming). So, guess I got close with GRW and XCOM2 but I just didn't really care ... That said, I still game hundreds of hours, was just not very into SP stories this year and more into building my own SP stories, so to speak.

Mostly just SP free roam in 2017 for me -- was all about 'survive-build-prosper' free roam. From MGS V Diamond Dogs and GTA V bikers and CEO businesses, to XCOM and Ghost Recon soldiers, to my Darkest Dungeon estate mercenaries and my NMS farming and mining base.

Actually, I did forget one... I guess because it's a remaster. But I did finish FF XII Zodiac Age. Just since it's basically my Goat game, I've already beat more than a half dozen times. And was kinda fast/easy cuz the TZA license changes kinda make the game easy. Genuinely forgot but there's one at least haha.

 

[Dragnalus]

The only game to actively keep my attention was Persona 5, which was a mixture of being blueballed since 2014 and it being one of my favorite series. I'm sure there are other games that I have finished, but it was definitely the one where the idea of 'finishing' felt like a real accomplishment/satisfaction, not just for completion sake.

 

[big youth]

BotW
Mario x Rabbids
Captain Toad
Kirby Rainbow Curse
Broforce
Human Fall Flat
DmC Devil May Cry
Guacamelee!
Ori and the Blind Forest

More than I thought, and if I wasn't addicted to Rocket League I could have finished another 20+ games.

 

[loki 16]

Zelda
Persona 5
Nier
Horizon
For honor
Destiny 2
Dark souls 3 plus the DLC
South Park
Mass Effect
I also played a lot of games I did not finish.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Freecell

 

[Jade Knight 08]

3DS:

Metroid: Samus Returns
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
4 Elements
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Fairune 2

 

[marcincz]

1. Mirror's Edge Catalyst (PS4)
2. Virginia (PS4)
3. Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (XBO)
4. DmC: Devil May Cry (PS3)
5. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (NDS)
6. Yakuza 0 (PS4)
7. Halo 5 (XBO)
8. Assassin's Creed: Unity (XBO)
9. Assassin's Creed: Unity - Dead Kings (XBO)
10. Assassin's Creed: Rogue (PS3)
11. Burnout Paradise (PS3)
12. Batman: Arkham Origins (PS3)
13. Odin Sphere Leifthrasir (PSV)
14. Brutal Legend (PS3)
15. Knack (PS4)
16. Rime (PS4)
17. Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4)
18. Crash Bandicoot (PS4)
19. Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (PS4)
20. Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (PS4)
21. Final Fantasy X HD Remaster (PSV)
22. Wolfenstein: The New Order (PS4)
23. Watch Dogs (PS4)
24. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (PS4)
25. Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)
26. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (NDS)
27. Wipeout Pulse (PSP)
28. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3)
29. Gran Turismo 6 (PS3)
30. Knack 2 (PS4)
31. Professor Layton and the Pandora's Box (NDS)
32. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PS4)
33. Yooka-Laylee (PS4)
34. Professor Layton and the Lost Future (NDS)
35. Resident Evil 7 (PS4)
36. Resident Evil 7 - Not a Hero (PS4)

 

[Fbh]

Released this year:
Nioh
Horizon Zero dawn
Persona 5
Gravity Rush 2
Nier Automata
Zelda Breath of the Wild
Super Mario Odyssey

Played this year but not released in 2017
Dying Lights
Quantum Break
The Last Guardian

 

[Genio88]

Played and completed:
Resident Evil 7
Zelda Breath of the Wild(my Goty)
The Evil Within 2
Mario Odyssey

Played a few hours but didn't finish cause i wasn't enjoying them enough:
Mass Effect Andromeda
Nier Automata
Walfenstein 2
Splatoon 2 campaign

Played lot of hours in multiplayer:
Rocket League
PUBG
Rainbow Six Siege
FIFA 18

 

[The Scrivener]

33 games this year: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=227459727&postcount=102

Highlights were interesting (mostly backlog stuff):

The Witness - Unbelievable, the moment when you realise the landscape itself is a puzzle.
Mini Metro - Surprisingly relaxing and the kinda game where you always play one more go.
Hue - Last game completed this year from Xbox Game Pass, beautiful.
10 Second Ninja - If you're a fan of Super Meat Boy, you'll love this. I bought the OST online too.

Honourable mentions:

Dear Esther - Gone Home was good but I didn't play it properly. This I did and I love the walking sim now.
Halo: MCC - Screw the haters.

Biggest letdown:

Lumo - thankfully I didn't pay for this, but tried it with Game Pass. It always looked amazing, but the controls were terrible and the platforming extremely bad.

I'm hoping to play and beat even more games this year.

 

[Ceadeus]

Botw and The last Guardian

 

[Varnish La PS]

By monthly,

- Resident Evil 7
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
- Mass Effect Andromeda
- PREY
- Friday 13th The Game
- Cities Skylines PlayStation 4
- Uncharted The Lost Legacy
- The Evil Within 2
- Gran Turismo Sport
- Assassin's Creed Origins
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
- Star Wars Battlefront II

 

[dsier]

Super Mario Odyssey (at least the story)
Life is Strange
Horizon Zero Dawn
CoD WW2
Skyrim (for the 7th or 8th time)
Watch Dogs 2

I’ve also put hundreds of hours into “endless” games like FIFA, NBA 2K, Stardew Valley, Cities Skylines and CoD Multiplayer.

There probably are more that I simply can’t think of right now, but off the top of my head, those are the ones.

 

[UnknownScout]

Punch Club - PC
Sleeping Dogs - PC
Dragon Quest Builders - Vita
Just Cause 2 - PC
Earthbound - Wii U
Chronicles of Mystara - PC
Mega Man 2 - NES
Contra - NES
Middle Earth: Shadows of Mordor - PS4
Alien Breed 2: Assult - PC
Asterbreed - PC
Rive - PC
Bayonetta - Wii U
Witcher 2 - PC
Beyond: 2 Souls - PS3
Penny Arcade: Episode 1 - PC
Glittermitten Grove - PC
Counterspy - PC
Fire Emblem: Awakening - 3DS
Cosmic Star Heroine - PC
Alien Breed 3: Descent - PC
Bomb Squad Academy - PC
Axiom Verge - PC
Invisible Inc. - PC
Undertale - PC
Blackguards - PC
Bravely Second - 3DS
Just Cause 3 - PC
Breath of the Wild - Switch
Penny Arcade Episode 2 - PC
Steamworld Dig 2 - Switch
X-Com: Enemy Within - PC
Far Cry 3 - PC
Ys 1 - PC

 

[mrbogus]

Breath of the Wild and Blaster Master Zero.

 

[InsaneFandom]

Finished 16 games which is reasonable but less than I expected. Didn't get much finished in the last quarter of the year though, kept bouncing between 4 big games for some reason (Final Fantasy XII, Fallout 4, TES Online & replaying Skyrim)

• Pokemon Sun
• Dungeon Siege 3
• Demon’s Souls
• Dark Souls
• Mass Effect Andromeda
• Bound by Flame
• Tomb Raider Definitive Edition
• Rise of the Tomb Raider
• Telltale GOT
• Until Dawn
• Alice Madness Returns
• South Park Stick of Truth
• Among the Sleep
• Sherlock Holmes the Devil’s Daughter
• Infamous Second Son
• Doki Doki Universe

 

[//ARCANUM]

These are the games I “beat” in 2017. I played more than this of course, but these are the ones I completed. (Story mode, arcade mode, etc.)

The King Of Fighters XIV
For Honor
Resident Evil VII Biohazard
Uncharted Drake's Fortune
ARMS
Uncharted 2 Among Thieves
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Super Mario World
Super Mario Odyssey
Hidden Agenda
Star Wars Battlefront II
Sonic Forces
Star Wars Battlefront II Resurrection
Sonic Mania

 

[Kadayi]

I think about the only ones I can clearly tick off are Watchdogs 2, Mass Effect Andromeda, Telltales Game of Thrones & INSIDE. Otherwise, it's principally been a lot of delving into titles as well as large amounts of CK2, which is neverending. Hoping to conclude a lot more titles this year as I'm down for the 52 games challenge

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/52-games-1-year-2018.1460268/

Though I'm concentrating on getting those big RPGs loitering in my backlog ticked off. The smaller games can wait until the heavy lifting is done.

 

[GAFDooMsDaY]

In the past few month, Horizon , mgs 5 uncharted 4 and new cod campaign

 

[Neo 007]

Got to Max story lvl in Diablo 3.
Holding my head in shame...

 

[Shotpun]

- Neverwinter Nights OC (PC)
- Resident Evil 1 (PSX)

Just two games in the whole year, has to be my all time low ever since I turned ten. I've been very aware that there seem to be less and less new games I'm interested in evey year, but this is getting alarming.

 

[Artistic]

From my achievements list:
Inside
The Old Blood
Gears of War 4
The New Order
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Mass Effect 3

Could be others, but the dates are not accurate.

 

[IronFlemying]

I managed 38, though that's counting some short PSVR experiences and some Telltale episodes:

1. Assassin's Creed 3
2. Yakuza 0
3. What Remains Of Edith Finch
4. The Order 1886
5. Journey - PS4
6. Uncharted 4
7. COD MWR Campaign
8. COD IW Campaign
9. Firewatch
10. Until Dawn
11. Last Of Us Remastered
12. Uncharted Collection
13. ABZU
14. Batman S1
15. Apollo 11 VR
16. Tales From The Borderlands S1
17. Batman Arkham VR
18. Injustice 2 Campaign
19. The Martian Experience VR
20. Virginia
21. COD AW Campaign
22. Brothers Two Sons
23. Bioshock Infinite
24. Bioshock: Burial At Sea
25. Battlefield Hardline
26. Mass Effect 1
27. Bioshock
28. Infamous Second Son
29. Batman S2 Ep1
30. Mafia 3 + all DLC
31. Titanfall 2
32. Uncharted: Lost Legacy
33. Destiny 2 Campaign
34. Blues & Bullets episode 1
35. COD WWII Campaign
36. Everest VR
37. Spiderman Homecoming VR
38. Star Wars Battlefront 2 Campaign

 

[ehead]

I guess I'll go in order.
Inside
Horizon Zero Dawn
The Wolf Among Us
The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild
Super Mario Odyssey

I find myself having less playtime year after year.

 

[navii]

Yakuza 0.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

The witcher 3
Day of the tentacle
REMake
Hyper light drifter
Until dawn
Doom 2016
Persona 5
Tales from the borderlands
The evil within 2
Cod ghosts
Mario kart 8D
Golf story
Rise of the TR
Wolfenstein TNO

Theres some others i cant think of rn too

I typically finish all games i start unless i really do not enjoy it, most recently that game was Arkham Knight

 

[CaptainLoveline]

In no order whatsoever.

Resident Evil VII
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Final Fantasy XV
Persona 5
NieR Automata
Yakuza 0
Yakuza Kiwami
TLoZ: Breath of the Wild
Sonic Mania
Sonic Colours
Sonic Forces
Doom (2016)
Alien: Isolation
Borderlands The Pre-Sequel
Batman: Arkham Knight

I think 2018 for me will be more retro focused (SNES, PS1, Dreamcast etc.), I've pretty much had my fill of modern gaming for now.

 

[Musky_Cheese]

Not many. I played RB6 most of the year. With The Show sprinkled in, and now have moved onto BF2.

I did complete My Name is Mayo. Admire me Gaf!

 

[Chinbo37]

Mega Man X (SNES version)
Legend of Zelda, Wind Waker HD
Half-Life 1 (PC)
Legend of Zelda, Breath of the Wild
Wolfenstein, the New Order (PC)

 

[BuddyTheBestPuppy]

I got a Ps4 pro in late November. I managed to beat

Horizon
Uncharted 4
Last of us remastered

Horizon and last of us were an amazing experience. Uncharted was meh.

 

[tav7623]

The past couple of years I haven't finished no where near as many games as I'd like (about 4 years ago I somehow managed to beat over 80 games in a year and since then I've been finishing fewer and fewer games each year) and this past year kinda continued that trend as you'll see below. Hopefully this year I'll be able to finished more games than I did last year as there are a handful of games I had started in previous years (like Horizon: Zero Dawn, Y's Origin, Wolfenstien 2: The New Colossus) that I haven't gotten around to finishing.

RE 7
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Final Fantasy XV
Uncharted 4
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Yakuza Kiwami
The Evil Within 2
Sundered
Uncharted: Drakes Fortune Remastered (part of The Nathan Drake Collection)
A King's Tale: FF XV

Note: I am not including games that have a very light story mode or have a very heavy/hefty Multiplayer component like CoD, Battlefield 1, Friday the 13th, Street Fighter V,etc. as you can't really "finish" them