I was hoping to get this out a few days ago unfortunately I have been rather busy. Better late than never, and it is still January so I don't think I'm too tardy with this.
I do things a bit differently than most sites out there. Rather than hand out the awards for the games released this year, I hand them out to games I played this year. So, here goes.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
2011 Goals
I had some trouble reaching my goals last year. Based on my performance from last year I've tailored some new goals for me.
- Beat or Complete 50 games. I hit 48 last year so I don't think this is too much of a stretch. It'll require some work, but at the same time, it should be attainable.
- For every 3 games I acquire, I must beat 1 game. Last year I choked hard on this one. My target was 2 to 1. I didn't even come close, I was 4 to 1. That's just pathetic. The idea was that I was supposed to limit my acquisitions but the collector in me took over in many cases. I've modified this to be a bit more reasonable.
- Finish a Zelda game. I tried to beat the original Zelda, but there was so much grinding to get gems so I could afford things that it got tedious. Dungeon 5 was the real killer though, I just could not get past that one.
- Clean up PC titles. Last year there was a goal to finalize my inventory. I finished everything except for the PC titles. That must be remedied.
- Beat all my SNES titles. I only have 6, and I've already beat 1. This should be doable.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
The 2010 Final Tally
2010 is done.
So how did I end up?
Here's the overall count of games owned. Note that this is games not discs or carts or whatever, so a compilation that is on a single disc but has 4 different games will count as 4.
While I made some good progress on beating games in my collection, the collector in me just took over this year and my backlog grew by 162 titles. Ugh.
In total I beat/completed 48 games. Not too shabby if I don't say so myself.
Here's the breakdown of the 48 titles by platform:
For fun I could squish that down and see which is the console family that gets the most love:
And here's the full list of everything I played and beat/completed this year:
As for my goals this year, I think I did okay.
1. Beat or Complete 40 or more unfinished games.
Done!
2. For any console that I have 10 or more unfinished games, I have to beat at least 1 game for that console over the next year.
Close but not quite. In the end, I had 10 of the 12 platforms done. For some reason I never got around to playing a game on the original Xbox or the N64. However, I did beat and SNES game (Super Mario World) so it kinda offsets it even though I only have 6 titles on the SNES.
3. Finalize game inventory
Yeah I pretty much choked on this one this year. I did make some headway but my PC collection is still in disarray.
4. Finish at least 1 Zelda game
It's not as though I didn't try. I did get about halfway through The Legend of Zelda and then I couldn't get past the 5th dungeon, so I stopped playing for a while. I think I might come back to this in 2011. Or maybe I'll just jump straight to A Link to the Past. We'll see
5. Buy a Nintendo Entertainment System
No I didn't actually do this but I did get a Dreamcast so I'm calling this one done as part of the idea of the goal was to add a retro console to my collection in 2010, which I accomplished.
6. For every 2 games I acquire, I have to beat least 1 game
Ok, I choked really hard on this. I beat 45 games (that's unfinished to beat or complete not the total games I played this year) and I acquired 208. So instead hitting a 50% ratio, I was at 21.63%. Ouch.
And that's about it! Over the next few days I'll be posting up my goals for 2011 as well as my yearly GOTY update.
Until next time...
So how did I end up?
Here's the overall count of games owned. Note that this is games not discs or carts or whatever, so a compilation that is on a single disc but has 4 different games will count as 4.
| Status | 2010 | 2011 | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1092 | 1254 | 162 |
 | 157 | 191 | 34 |
 | 37 | 48 | 11 |
 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Total | 1291 | 1499 | 208 |
While I made some good progress on beating games in my collection, the collector in me just took over this year and my backlog grew by 162 titles. Ugh.
In total I beat/completed 48 games. Not too shabby if I don't say so myself.
Here's the breakdown of the 48 titles by platform:
| Platform | Total |
|---|---|
| GBA | 1 |
| GCN | 1 |
| NDS | 5 |
| PC | 3 |
| PS1 | 2 |
| PS2 | 8 |
| PS3 | 11 |
| PSN | 1 |
| PSP | 4 |
| SNES | 1 |
| Wii | 1 |
| X360 | 9 |
| XBL | 1 |
| Total | 48 |
For fun I could squish that down and see which is the console family that gets the most love:
| Vendor | Total |
|---|---|
| Nintendo | 9 |
| Microsoft | 13 |
| Sony | 26 |
| Total | 48 |
And here's the full list of everything I played and beat/completed this year:
| Status | Game | Platform | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80's | PS2 | Jan 03 |
| Super Monkey Ball | GCN | Jan 14 |
| PixelJunk Monsters | PSN | Jan 20 |
| Assassin's Creed II | X360 | Jan 27 |
| Game & Watch Collection: Oil Panic | NDS | Jan 28 |
| Game & Watch Collection: Green House | NDS | Jan 28 |
| Game & Watch Collection: Donkey Kong | NDS | Jan 28 |
| Halo 3: ODST | X360 | Feb 01 |
| Final Fantasy: Anniversary Edition | PSP | Feb 05 |
| Kingdom Hearts | PS2 | Feb 14 |
| Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim | PC | Feb 15 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | X360 | Feb 19 |
| God of War: Chains of Olympus | PSP | Feb 24 |
| Mass Effect | X360 | Feb 12 |
| God of War Collection: God of War II | PS3 | Mar 21 |
| God of War III | PS3 | Mar 29 |
| Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy | PS2 | Apr 15 |
| Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus | PS2 | Apr 24 |
| Defense Grid: The Awakening | XBL | Apr 25 |
| MotorStorm: Pacific Rift | PS3 | May 16 |
| Need for Speed II | PS1 | May 24 |
| Final Fantasy X-2 | PS2 | Jun 01 |
| Red Dead Redemption | PS3 | Jun 08 |
| Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All | NDS | Jun 23 |
| Final Fantasy II Anniversary Edition | PSP | Jun 30 |
| Red Dead Redemption | X360 | Jul 09 |
| Ico | PS2 | Jul 11 |
| Raiden III | PS2 | Jul 18 |
| Secret Agent Clank | PSP | Jul 21 |
| StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty | PC | Aug 12 |
| Halo: Reach | X360 | Sep 25 |
| Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories | GBA | Sep 26 |
| Super Mario World | SNES | Sep 28 |
| Spyro the Dragon | PS1 | Oct 22 |
| Star Wars: The Force Unleashed | PS3 | Oct 23 |
| NCAA Football 07 | X360 | Nov 06 |
| Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Collector's Edition | PS3 | Nov 10 |
| Shadow of the Colossus | PS2 | Nov 15 |
| Assassin's Creed II: Sequence 12: Battle of Forli | X360 | Nov 17 |
| Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Tatooine Mission Pack | PS3 | Dec 12 |
| Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Hoth Mission Pack | PS3 | Dec 12 |
| StarCraft | PC | Dec 12 |
| Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Apprentice Mission Pack | PS3 | Dec 13 |
| Dead Space | PS3 | Dec 15 |
| Klonoa | Wii | Dec 20 |
| Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Collector's Edition | X360 | Dec 25 |
| Lair | PS3 | Dec 27 |
| Final Fantasy III | NDS | Dec 31 |
As for my goals this year, I think I did okay.
1. Beat or Complete 40 or more unfinished games.
Done!
2. For any console that I have 10 or more unfinished games, I have to beat at least 1 game for that console over the next year.
Close but not quite. In the end, I had 10 of the 12 platforms done. For some reason I never got around to playing a game on the original Xbox or the N64. However, I did beat and SNES game (Super Mario World) so it kinda offsets it even though I only have 6 titles on the SNES.
3. Finalize game inventory
Yeah I pretty much choked on this one this year. I did make some headway but my PC collection is still in disarray.
4. Finish at least 1 Zelda game
It's not as though I didn't try. I did get about halfway through The Legend of Zelda and then I couldn't get past the 5th dungeon, so I stopped playing for a while. I think I might come back to this in 2011. Or maybe I'll just jump straight to A Link to the Past. We'll see
5. Buy a Nintendo Entertainment System
No I didn't actually do this but I did get a Dreamcast so I'm calling this one done as part of the idea of the goal was to add a retro console to my collection in 2010, which I accomplished.
6. For every 2 games I acquire, I have to beat least 1 game
Ok, I choked really hard on this. I beat 45 games (that's unfinished to beat or complete not the total games I played this year) and I acquired 208. So instead hitting a 50% ratio, I was at 21.63%. Ouch.
And that's about it! Over the next few days I'll be posting up my goals for 2011 as well as my yearly GOTY update.
Until next time...
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