The Games You've Finished This Year

[Demelza]

This year I ended up finishing with almost the same amount as last year lol.

1. Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends and the Secret Fairy (Switch)
2. Spider-Man Miles Morales (PS5)
3. Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger IX 2 (Switch)
4. Pokémon Legends Arceus (Switch)
5. Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna - The Golden Country (Switch)
6. Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 (Switch)
7. Splatoon 3 (Switch)
8. Bayonetta 3 (Switch)
9. Pokémon Violet (Switch)
10. Soul Hackers 2 (PS5)

Still spending most of my time playing handheld games. Got a few others I've been playing and am close to finishing, so 2023 should get off to a good start there. Mainly Sonic Frontiers and Golf Story, but I have Harvestella on the go currently too.

I think my favourite games of 2022 were Atelier Ryza, Bayonetta and the Xenoblade DLC. Soul Hackers 2 was very enjoyable for what it was, but it does get a little bit silly toward the end which undermines some of the earlier bits of the story.

 

[D1tchd1gger]

None again!
I did play a lot of Elden Ring, but like with the Soulsbourne games got stuck only this time on multiple bosses and lost the will to grind.

 

[Gemsy-chan]

Monark
Fire Emblem: Three Hopes
Star Ocean: The Divine Force
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion
Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero
Xenoblade Chronicles 3

I’m sure there’s others I’ve finished but can’t remember.

 

[unknownfate]

Dishonored 2 and Death of the Outsider
Nights of Azure 1+2
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness
Chrono Cross Radical Dreamers Edition
Final Fantasy Explorers
Devil Survivor Overclocked
Dragon Quest Heroes
Dragon Quest XI
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Neptunia Virtual Stars
Super Neptunia RPG
Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne Remaster
No no Kuni II
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

 

[Lucky_Deity]

A bit late but from what I can remember last year I finished.

Final Fantasy VII Remake (PS4) + Intergrade (PS5)
Persona 4 Golden (Steam)
Pokemon Legends Arceus (Switch)
Pokemon Scarlet (Switch)
Sonic Frontiers (Switch)

Need to get back to Soul Hackers 2 (PS4) and Crisis Core (PS5) which I'd picked up at launch, enjoyed very much of what I have played so far though.

 

[Winkuru]

What I can say....crazy year....and I still might finnish Vampire Survivor's and Jusant today.

Anyways. There's various reason's why I ended up beating so many games this year and one of the biggest was July's retro PC game month which added 20+ titles. I almost solely played old PC game's that month and managed to knock one title after another. I'm not going so crazy next year, but I'm planning to do another round next June or July. I'll also try to play less, but longer titles during 2024. There's lot of games I'veen avoiding because of the taunting lenght, but I think I can live with beating less next year

1.Elden Ring (steam)
2.POSTAL: Brain Damaged (Steam)
3.The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe (Steam)
4.Front Mission Evolved (Steam)
5.Way Of The Samurai 4 (Steam)
6.Grim Dawn (Steam)
7.Atelier Sophie The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX (Steam)
8.Necromunda: Hired Gun (Steam)
9.Legend of Mana (Steam)
10.TOEM (Steam)
11.Fire Emblem Engage (switch)
12.Gabrielle's Ghostly Groove 3D (3DS)
13.Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity (3DS)
14.Yo-Kai Watch Blasters (3DS)
15.Shining Force EXA (PCSX2)
16.River City Girls 2 (switch)
17.Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society
18.Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (switch)
19.Wind Waker HD (Wii U)
20.Borderlands 3 (Epic) + DLC
21.Valkyrie Elysium (Steam)
22.The DioField Chronicle (Steam)
23.Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition (Steam)
24.Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikatzu! (switch)
25.Sid Meier's Civilization V (Steam)
26.Operation Tango (Steam)
27.Outriders (Co-Op Steam)
28.The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (switch)
29.Case Of The Golden Idol (switch)
30.Atelier Meruru ~The Apprentice of Arland DX (Steam)
31.The Excavation of Hob's Barrow (Steam)
32.Etrian Odyssey HD (switch)
33.Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U)
34.System Shock Remake (Epic)
35.Night in the Woods (Epic)
36.Dark Stone (GOG)
37.Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (GOG)
38.Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force (GOG)
39.Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos (GOG)
40.Redneck Rampage (GOG)
41.Knights of Honor (GOG)
42.Blood II: The Chosen (GOG) used cheats
43.Sanitarium (GOG)
44.Requiem: Avenging Angel (GOG)
45.Port Royale 2 (GOG)
46.Fate (2005)(GOG)
47.Chasm: The Rift HD (Steam)
48.The 7th Guest (GOG)
49.Dune 2 (Legacy)
50.Typing of the Dead
51.Shadow Warrior Classic (1997)
52.Delta Force 2 (GOG)
53.Strife: Veteran Edition
54.Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (GOG)
55.Afterimage (switch)
56.Death Rally (Classic)
57.Black Mesa: Definitive Edition (Steam)
58.Bad Mojo: Redux (GOG)
59.Blood: Fresh Supply (GOG)
60.Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend
61.POSTAL 2: Paradise Lost
62.Freedom Planet
63.Disney Illusion Island (Switch)
64.Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (Retroarch)
65.POSTAL Redux (Steam)
66.Arc The Lad (Retroarch)
67.American Truck Simulator (Steam)
68.Chocobo GP (Switch)
69.Adventure Academia: The Fractured Continent (Switch)
70.We Love Katamari Reroll (Switch)
71.Children of Morta (Switch)
72.Fae Farm (Switch)
73.Anonymous;Code (Switch)
74.Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line (Switch)
75.Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (Switch)
76.Mon-Yu (Switch)
77.Radical Dreamers: Le Trésor Interdit (Steam)
78.Mushihimesama (Steam)
79.Touhou Makuka Sai: Fantastic Danmaku Festival (Steam) Last boss is ****.
80.Castle of Shikigami (Steam)
81.Tactics Ogre: Reborn (Switch)
82.Touhou Makuka Sai: Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part II (Steam)
83.WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! (Switch Expansion Pack)
84.Pop'n TwinBe (Switch Expansion Pack)
85.Metroid Fusion (Switch Expansion Pack)
86.Maitetsu (Steam)
87.Silent Hope (Switch)
88.We Know the Devil (Steam)
89.Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Switch)
90.Cult of the Lamb (Switch)
91.Iwaihime (Steam)
92.Scar of the Doll: Original (Steam)
93.Sweetest Monster (Steam)
94.Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless (Switch)
95.Saya No Uta: Director's Cut (GOG)
96.Planetarian: The Reverie Of a Little Planet (Steam)
97.Abaddon: Princess of the Decay (GOG)
98.The Witch's House MV (Steam)
99.Metal: Hellsinger (Steam)
100.Kara no Shoujo (Steam)
101.Fashion Dreamer (Switch)
102.Prodeus (Steam)
103.Star Ocean: The Second Story R (Switch)
104.High On Life (Xbox Series X)
105.Venba (Xbox Series X)
106.Lies Of P (Xbox Series X)
107.Like a Dragon: Ishin! (Xbox Series X)
108.Astlibra Revision (Switch)
109.Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour (Steam)
110.Quake 2 HD (Co-op gamepass)
111.Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (Xbox Series X)
112.Quake II (N64) HD (Gamepass)
113.Quake II Mission Pack: The Reckoning HD (Gamepass)
114.Quake 2: Call of the Machine (Gamepass)
115.Steamworld Build (Gamepass)
116.Portal (Steam)
117.Quake II Mission Pack: Ground Zero (Gamepass)
118.Far Cry 6 (Xbox Series X)
119.Persona Tactica (Xbox Series X)
120.Quake: Mission Pack 2 - Dissolution of Eternity (Steam)
121.Forza Horizon 4 (Xbox Series X)
122.Rollerdrome (Xbox Series X)
123.Gris (Xbox Series X)
124.Vampire Survivors (Steam)
125.Jusant (Xbox Series X)

 

[Demelza]

Pretty pleased with myself this year since I still hit over 10 games, 12 if we're counting the FF16 DLC (which I personally do). Here's what I finished:

1. Sonic Frontiers (PS5)
2. Bayonetta Origins (Switch)
3. Tales of Arise (PS5)
4. Sackboy: A Big Adventure (PS5)
5. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Switch)
6. Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salburg (Switch)
7. Final Fantasy 16 (PS5)
8. Super Mario Wonder (Switch)
9. Naruto x Boruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections (PS5)
10. Final Fantasy 16: Echoes of the Fallen DLC (PS5)
11. Super Mario RPG (Switch)
12. Sonic Superstars (Switch)

My favourite was probably Zelda closely followed by Final Fantasy. Been a good year for games.

 

[Aeon]

Not a hundred percent sure if I remember all the games I finished in 2023 but I figured it might be fun to rank the ones I do remember from worst (or least favourite as I usually don’t finish bad games and even the lowest ranked on this list is still very fun to play) to best, also I probably won’t go deep into my thoughts regarding all of them as me finishing some of them is hardly recent but if I remember beating the game then it’ll go on the list.

10. Ghosts and Goblins Resurrection: I have a real love/hate relationship with the GnG franchise, on one hand I find most of them incredibly fun to play, on the other hand it’s not good for my health as they are all so soul crushingly hard, this one is probably the worst offender since the first game, with the double jump MIA and several cheap deaths that will frequently occur, in spite of all this, I still couldn’t stop playing it until I got the platinum trophy, which mercifully doesn’t require finishing on legend mode, which I tried until the fourth stage but had to lower it to knight, it’s still a good game but it’s still my least favourite that I finished because of the difficulty, granted you can lower it but going lower than knight will trivialise the game because it’s built around the one hit armour loss system like all the other games.

Edit: I don’t know why but I keep mistakenly calling the new GnG game Ultimate Ghosts and Goblins, anyway that’s not the one here, it’s Ghosts and Goblins Resurrection, ultimate was a PSP title, in any case, it’s fixed now.

9. Hades: I’ll admit that I’m not a big fan of roguelikes but I played Returnal the year before and really liked that one so I figured I’d give the genre another go and…. Hades is good for a bit but I was forcing myself to get to the end knowing that I had to beat the game 10 times, the game is still fun enough for a while but the endgame grind is hardly insignificant.

8. Death’s Door: This game is pretty good overall I got it for Christmas 2022 so I don’t remember exactly what I thought of it but I remember liking it as a one off game that I probably wouldn’t play again but I enjoyed my time with it.

7. Dungeons of Aether: DoA was an excellent game, with a great soundtrack and a really fun combat system………. for the first half hour, afterwards it becomes an increasingly frustrating exercise in praying that you get the right dice rolls because the enemy will have an advantage over you at all times, you are locked into a constant game of blocking and rerolling until either you get very lucky with the dice rolls or you get very unlucky and can’t even defend yourself, all while the enemy regenerates stamina like it’s no big deal, this could have been fixed by not having the enemy regenerate stamina every turn and also it would have been nice if there were more side activities in the main game as it’s actually pretty linear, while being a dungeon crawler, I’m still looking forward to Fleet’s fighter debut in Rivals 2 but this isn’t the best start.

6. Star Ocean the Divine Force: The Star Ocean games haven’t had the best run overall, a lot of them just drag on and on until I just give up, with that said, the latest entry actually maintains a good length to it, doesn’t overstay it’s welcome and is a pretty solid JRPG, I gave this one a review in my own rate the last game thread so that’s probably a better place to get my opinion, as it is far fresher in my mind there but honestly it’s one of the better ones.

5. Spark the Electric Jester 1: Not the best 2D Soniclike on this list but still a pretty good game, though the next one is better as it takes the series in a direction that helps it stand out from the other Soniclike.

4. Spark the Electric Jester 2: Unlike a certain other Soniclike, which I rank very highly on this list, Spark 2 decided to have a go at 3D Sonic instead and it’s a really fun, if short, game which is well worth checking out for 3D Sonic fans, the third one is shaping up to be even better but I didn’t quite get around to finishing that one sadly so it can’t make the list like the first two.

3. Castlevania Circle of the Moon: Or just Castlevania as I picked the EU version on the Advance Collection which I picked up on the PSN sale and I’m glad I did because it’s a really fun time, it’s basically symphony of the lite, offering more of what made Symphony of the Night so good such as the interconnected world, the various unlockables and… yeah it’s a metroidvania but there’s a reason why the genre has stood the test of time, it just works, also this was the last game I finished in 2023.

2. Freedom Planet 2: A game that I personally think is one of the best I played this year, Freedom Planet 2 is a refinement on the first game in so many ways, it takes the formula that 2D Sonic started and perfects it, the level design is top tier, the soundtrack, I love the soundtrack, it’s got so many great tracks to listen to, the story is an improvement over the first game’s plot but I’ll admit that it’s not perfect, I was maybe too enthusiastic giving the game a 10 on the rate the last game thread, there’s just enough small issues to make it a 9 really but that’s still an excellent score and it would be the best game I finished in 2023…. but as it turns out.

1. God of War Ragnarok: I nearly didn’t include this because I assumed I finished it in the tail end of 2022, I was wrong, it was finished by me in 2023 and what a game, what a glorious game, by now seemingly everyone has probably played this near masterpiece to completion but it’s no surprise, it is a refinement on the already stellar GOW 2018, the gameplay is at least as fun to play as before, the story is honestly the very best in the series, there is so many meaningful secrets to discover, including an entire new area that can be missed, also I loved that one type of collectible was a bunch of references to other Sony franchises that were interwoven into the GOW lore so well that you could overlook it if you’re not paying attention, because last year had Elden Ring, this couldn’t be GOTY 2022 but by thunder, it is the best game I finished this year, the only thing that makes it’s top spot a little debatable in my mind is the Jotunheim chapter but everything else about this game is just so good that it deserves a top spot of sorts so here we are, the best game I finished in 2023.

So that’s my gaming experience in 2023, I didn’t beat as many games as I used to, with real life getting in the way and me having to rewrite the script for my own game until I’m happy with it, only to find that it’s not good for gameplay so I need to start again but I digress, I hope I remembered them all but a year is a long time to remember everything so there may be a game I’ve forgotten but this was generally my gaming experience in 2023.

 

[HWR]

My list with ratings:

January 2023:
High on Life (XSX) 3/5
Bully: Scholarship Edition (XB360/XSX) 3.5/5

February 2023:
Persona 3 Portable (FemC route) (Steam) 3.5/5
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Steam) 4/5

March 2023:
Persona 5 Royal (PS5) 4/5

April 2023:
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt + Blood and Wine & Sword and Stone expansions (PS5) 4.5/5
Skyward Sword HD (Hero Mode) (NSW) 4/5

May 2023:
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice For All (Steam) 3.5/5
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (Replay) (Wii U) 4/5
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials & Tribulations (Steam) 4/5

June 2023:
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (NSW) 4.5/5
Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster 2.5/5
Final Fantasy II Pixel Remaster 3/5
Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster 3/5

July 2023:
Like a Dragon: Ishin! (PS5) 3.5/5
Batman: Arkham Knight (Replay) (PS4) 4/5

August 2023:
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (NSO) 3/5
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (NSO) 4/5
Final Fantasy XVI (PS5) 4/5

September 2023:
Hogwarts Legacy (PS5) 3/5
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (NSO Replay) (N64/NSW) 3.5/5
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (NSO Replay) (N64/NSW) 5/5

October 2023:
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD (Replay) (Wii U) 4/5

November 2023:
Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 + Phantom Liberty Expansion (PS5) 4.5/5
Spider-Man 2 (PS5) 4/5
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Replay) (PS2/Steam) 3.5/5
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Replay) (Steam) 4.5/5
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Replay) (Steam) 4.5/5

December 2023:
Red Dead Redemption (Replay) (PS4/PS5) 4/5
Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare (Replay) (PS4/PS5) 3.5/5
The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures (Steam) 3/5
The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve (Steam) 3.5/5
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man who Erased his Name (PS5) 4/5
Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth Demo 3.5/5
Monster’s Inc Scare Island (Replay) (PS2/Steam) 3.5/5

Once again a mixture of replays and new titles. I have plenty to play in 2024, with the new Like a Dragon and FFVII titles coming in the next two months, plus plenty in the backlog that need to stop neglecting.

 

[D1tchd1gger]

None again!
I did play a lot of Elden Ring, but like with the Soulsbourne games got stuck only this time on multiple bosses and lost the will to grind.

LOL. Will probably be the same this year too, although I might actually finish it, maybe! I didn't get stuck this time just stopped because I didn't have the time and haven't got back to it yet.
Next year might be different if Rockstar stick to the promise made in the first GTA VI trailer!

 

[Lucky_Deity]

In no particular order and from what I can remember I finished...

• Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (PS5)
• Final Fantasy (Pixel Remaster) (PS4)
• Final Fantasy II (Pixel Remaster) (PS4)
• Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion (PS5)
• Final Fantasy VII (Switch)
• Final Fantasy XVI + Echoes of the Fallen (PS5)
• Theatrhythm Final Bar Line + DLC (Switch)
• Kirby's Blowout Blast (3DS)
• Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe (3DS)
• My Brother Ate My Pudding! (Switch)
• Pokemon Scarlet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero - The Teal Mask + The Indigo Disk (Switch) (DLC)
• Resident Evil 2 (REmake) (PS5)
• Resident Evil 3 (REmake) (PS5)
• Resident Evil 4 (REmake) + Seperate Ways (PS5)
• Sonic Frontiers: The Final Horizon (PS5) (DLC)
• WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames (GBA via NSO)

 

[NormanicGrav]

In 2022 I finished 31 games, so my next goal was finishing 40 games. I ended up finishing 30. Pretty terrible in my opinion, considering there's been a lot of opportunities where I could have played more.

Spoiler: Completed Games of 2023

No.	Game	Console​	Acquired​	Finished	Genre
1​	Shining Resonance Refrain	PS4​	2018​	January​	Action RPG
2​	Wing of Darkness	PS4​	2022​	February​	Action, Arcade
3​	Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania	PS4​	2022​	February​	Puzzle
4​	Tales of Zestiria	PS4​	2018​	March​	Action RPG
5​	RESIDENT EVIL 4	PS5​	2023​	April​	Action, Survival Horror
6​	RESIDENT EVIL 2	PS5​	2022​	April​	Action, Survival Horror
7​	RESIDENT EVIL 3	PS5​	2022​	April​	Action, Survival Horror
8​	Resident Evil Revelations	PS4​	2022​	April​	Action, Survival Horror
9​	Resident Evil Revelations 2	PS4​	2022​	April​	Action, Survival Horror
10​	Resident Evil 6	PS4​	2022​	May​	Action, Survival Horror
11​	Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart	Vita​	2018​	May​	Tactical RPG
12​	FINAL FANTASY XVI	PS5​	2023​	July​	Action RPG
13​	Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed	Vita​	2018​	July​	Action, Musou
14​	MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies	Vita​	2018​	July​	Action, Musou
15​	Superdimension Neptunia VS SEGA Hard Girls	Vita​	2018​	August​	Turn-Based RPG
16​	Hot Wheels Unleashed	PS5​	2023​	August​	Arcade Racing
17​	DoDonPachi Resurrection	Switch​	2023​	August​	Bullet Hell, Shoot em up
18​	Espgaluda II	Switch​	2023​	August​	Bullet Hell, Shoot em up
19​	Marvel's Spider-Man 2	PS5​	2023​	October​	Action, Adventure
20​	One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3	PS4​	2020​	November​	Action, Musou
21​	One Piece: Burning Blood	PS4​	2022​	November​	Fighting
22​	Jet Moto (Jet Racer)	PS5 (PS1 Classics)​	2023​	December​	Racing
23​	Jumping Flash!	PS5 (PS1 Classics)​	2022​	December​	Platformer
24​	Kurushi (I.Q.: Intelligent Qube)	PS5 (PS1 Classics)​	2023​	December​	Puzzle
25​	Ape Escape	PS5 (PS1 Classics)​	2023​	December​	Platformer
26​	Twisted Metal	PS5 (PS1 Classics)​	2023​	December​	Action
27​	Everybody's Golf (Hot Shots Golf)	PS5 (PS1 Classics)​	2023​	December​	Sports
28​	Syphon Filter	PS5 (PS1 Classics)​	2023​	December​	Action, Shooter
29​	Syphon Filter 2	PS5 (PS1 Classics)​	2023​	December​	Action, Shooter
30​	Syphon Filter 3	PS5 (PS1 Classics)​	2023​	December​	Action, Shooter

I've compiled all of what I've written on this forum via my blog across the Part 1 & Part 2 posts.

In terms of how I felt about the completed titles, there's a few interesting picks. We have a few JRPGs that I had bought back in 2018 that I finally played with Shining Resonance Refrain and Tales of Zestiria, both of which I really enjoyed. There's also more Resident Evil games played with Resident Evil 2 Remake, Resident Evil 3 Remake and Resident Evil 4 Remake as well as a few others that were remastered on PlayStation 4. I enjoyed the remakes whilst the remastered games were fine.

The biggest achievement for myself is finishing off the Hyperdimension Neptunia games on Vita, with the four spin-off titles finally completed including Hyperdevotion Noire which took 75+ hours just for the Platinum. Hot Wheels Unleashed gets a shoutout as this had online trophies that I managed to sort out, but the game was very fun too. I also played two Cave bullet hell games on Nintendo Switch which were not planned to be played immediately but was entertained.

I also played new games Final Fantasy XVI and Marvel's Spider-Man 2, both were pretty solid titles. Also played were 9 classic PlayStation games via PlayStation 5 which were all good fun, including experiencing the Syphon Filter trilogy, the original Ape Escape and the first Twisted Metal for the first time.

Overall, it's not a bad batch but I definitely could have done better and it's been impacted due to getting ill here and there, work getting in the way and my One Piece re-read which definitely impacted the final few months of the year.

Spoiler: Current Backlog

Backlog status:

• 2017 [06 total]: 3 PlayStation 3 games, 1 PlayStation 4 game, and 2 PlayStation Vita games.
• 2018 [08 total]: 3 PlayStation 3 games, 4 PlayStation 4 games, and 1 PlayStation Vita game.
• 2019 [24 total]: 2 PlayStation 3 games, and 22 PlayStation 4 games.
• 2020 [11 total]: 11 PlayStation 4 games.
• 2021 [32 total]: 2 Nintendo Switch games, 5 PlayStation 3 games, 24 PlayStation 4 games, and 1 PlayStation 5 game.
• 2022 [57 total]: 10 Nintendo Switch games, 2 PlayStation Classic games, 35 PlayStation 4 games, and 10 PlayStation 5 games.
• 2023 [91 total]: 33 Nintendo Switch games, 7 PlayStation Classic games, 6 PlayStation 3 games, 15 PlayStation 4 games, and 30 PlayStation 5 games.

Yes this list has grown a lot, but don't worry as a lot of the Nintendo Switch additions are games that are much shorter in length (about 1-10 hours for many of them). Some titles have been shuffled around for instance Muv Luv games were removed from the Vita backlog since a Switch version is incoming, and Ys IX has moved from PS4 backlog to PS5 backlog. Chaos;Child may also be moved from the PS4 backlog to the Switch version when I eventually pick up the Chaos;Head Noah collection.

I think my goal for 2024 will be to beat my current record which is about 38 so I'll put the target to 40 once again! That should be more realistic than before. I wanted to do 52 in previous years, but due to anime and work that wasn't possible, unless the games were shorter in length.

#​	PC/Steam Backlog - Game Name:​	Genre:
1​	The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky	Turn-Based RPG
2​	The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC	Turn-Based RPG

#​	PlayStation 3 Backlog - Game Name:​	Genre:
1​	3D Dot Game Heroes	Action RPG
2​	Bleach: Soul Resurrección	Fighting
3​	Castlevania: Lords of Shadow	Action, Hack n Slash
4​	Catherine	Puzzle
5​	Drakengard 3	Action RPG
6​	Eternal Sonata	Turn-Based RPG
7​	Folklore	Action RPG
8​	Gran Turismo 5 Academy Edition	Racing
9​	inFAMOUS	Action
10​	inFAMOUS 2	Action
11​	Katamari Forever	Puzzle
12​	Prince of Persia	Action, Platformer
13​	Puppeteer	Platformer
14​	SEGA Rally	Racing
15​	Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time	Action, Platformer
16​	Split/Second: Velocity	Racing
17​	Stranglehold	Action, Shooter
18​	Tears to Tiara II: Heir of the Overlord	Tactical RPG, Visual Novel
19​	Way of the Samurai 4	Action

#​	PlayStation 4 Backlog - Game Name:	Genre:
1​	13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim	Tactical RPG, Visual Novel
2​	AI: The Somnium Files	Adventure, Visual Novel
3​	Black Clover: Quartet Knights	Action, Fighting
4​	Bullet Girls Phantasia	Action, Shooter
5​	Burnout Paradise Remastered	Racing
6​	The Caligula Effect: Overdose	Turn-Based RPG
7​	Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions	Sports
8​	Catherine Full Body	Puzzle
9​	Chaos;Child	Visual Novel
10​	Conception Plus: Maidens of the Twelve Stars	Turn-Based RPG
11​	CRYSTAR	Action RPG
12​	Cyberdimension Neptunia: Four Goddesses Online	Action RPG
13​	Danganronpa 1 Reload	Visual Novel
14​	Danganronpa 2 Reload	Visual Novel
15​	Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls	Action, Shooter
16​	Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony	Visual Novel
17​	Date A Live: Rinne Utopia (Rio-Reincarnation)	Visual Novel, Dating Sim
18​	Date A Live II: Ars Install (Rio-Reincarnation)	Visual Novel, Dating Sim
19​	Date A Live III: Twin Edition: Rio Reincarnation	Visual Novel, Dating Sim
20​	Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory	Turn-Based RPG
21​	Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories	Adventure, Simulation
22​	Dissidia Final Fantasy NT	Arcade, Fighting
23​	Dragon Quest Heroes II	Action RPG, Musou
24​	Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition	Turn-Based RPG
25​	Dragon's Crown Pro	Action RPG
26​	Fairy Tail	Turn-Based RPG
27​	Fate/Extella Link	Musou
28​	Final Fantasy IX	Turn-Based RPG
29​	Final Fantasy VIII Remastered	Turn-Based RPG
30​	Full Metal Panic! Fight! Who Dares Win	Tactical RPG
31​	Gal*Gun 2	On-Rails Shooter
32​	Gintama Rumble	Action, Musou
33​	GOD EATER 3	Action Hunter RPG
34​	Gravity Rush 2	Action, Platformer
35​	The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures	Visual Novel
36​	The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve	Visual Novel
37​	Gundam Breaker 3 BREAK EDITION	Action, Arcade
38​	The Hong Kong Massacre	Top-Down Shooter
39​	Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Infinite Combate	Action RPG
40​	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven	Fighting
41​	Kotodama: The 7 Mysteries of Fujisawa	Puzzle, Visual Novel
42​	Langrisser	Tactical RPG
43​	Langrisser II	Tactical RPG
44​	The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel	Turn-Based RPG
45​	The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II	Turn-Based RPG
46​	The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III	Turn-Based RPG
47​	The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV	Turn-Based RPG
48​	Legend of Mana	Action RPG
49​	Megadimension Neptunia VII	Turn-Based RPG
50​	Megadimension Neptunia VIIR	Turn-Based RPG
51​	MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA	Fighting
52​	Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm	Action, Fighting
53​	Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 2	Action, Fighting
54​	Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 3	Action, Fighting
55​	Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 4: Road to Boruto	Action, Fighting
56​	NEO: The World Ends With You	Action RPG
57​	Neptunia Virtual Stars	Action
58​	Neptunia x Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars	Action
59​	Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered	Turn-Based RPG
60​	Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom	Action RPG
61​	Nights of Azure	Action RPG
62​	Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon	Action RPG
63​	One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4	Action, Musou
64​	One Piece: Unlimited World Red	Action
65​	One Piece: World Seeker	Action
66​	Our World Is Ended	Visual Novel
67​	Persona 5 Royal	Turn-Based RPG
68​	Persona 5 Strikers	Action RPG, Musou
69​	Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney	Visual Novel
70​	Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All	Visual Novel
71​	Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations	Visual Novel
72​	Punch Line	Visual Novel
73​	Raging Loop	Visual Novel
74​	Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-: Prophecy of the Throne	Visual Novel
75​	Robotics;Notes DaSH	Visual Novel
76​	Robotics;Notes ELITE	Visual Novel
77​	RUINER	Action, Shooter
78​	SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays	Tactical RPG
79​	SD Gundam G Generation Genesis	Tactical RPG
80​	Secret of Mana	Action RPG
81​	Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi	Musou
82​	Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal	Action
83​	Shadow of the Colossus	Platformer
84​	Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster	Turn-Based RPG
85​	Star Ocean: First Departure R	Action RPG
86​	Star Ocean: The Last Hope HD Remaster	Action RPG
87​	Steins;Gate Elite	Visual Novel
88​	Super Neptunia RPG	Turn-Based RPG
89​	Super Robot Wars 30	Tactical RPG
90​	Super Robot Wars OG: The Moon Dwellers	Tactical RPG
91​	Super Robot Wars T	Tactical RPG
92​	Super Robot Wars X	Tactical RPG
93​	Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet	Action RPG
94​	Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Sessions!	Music, Rhythm
95​	Tales of Berseria	Action RPG
96​	Tales of Vesperia	Action RPG
97​	Theatrhythm Final Bar Line	Music, Rhythm
98​	Tokyo Xanadu eX+	Action RPG
99​	Trials of Mana	Action RPG
100​	Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception	Tactical RPG, Visual Novel
101​	Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth	Tactical RPG, Visual Novel
102​	Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen	Tactical RPG, Visual Novel
103​	Utawarerumono: Zan	Action, Musou
104​	Valkyria Chronicles 4	Tactical RPG
105​	Valkyria Revolution	Action RPG
106​	WipEout Omega Collection	Racing
107​	The Witch and the Hundred Knight Revival Edition	Action RPG
108​	WORLDEND SYNDROME	Visual Novel
109​	Yakuza 3 Remastered	Action, Beat em up
110​	Yakuza 4 Remastered	Action, Beat em up
111​	Yakuza 5 Remastered	Action, Beat em up
112​	YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World	Visual Novel

#​	PlayStation 5 Backlog - Game Name:	Genre:
1​	Alan Wake Remastered	Action, Shooter
2​	CONTROL Ultimate Edition	Action, Shooter
3​	Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII -Reunion-	Action RPG
4​	Cyberpunk 2077	Action
5​	Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles	Fighting
6​	The DioField Chronicle	Tactical RPG
7​	DOOM Eternal	Action, Shooter
8​	Forspoken	Action RPG
9​	Ghost of Tsushima	Action, Adventure
10​	Ghostwire: Tokyo	Action, Survival Horror
11​	GrimGrimoire OnceMore	Real-Time Strategy RPG
12​	Hades	Dungeon Crawler
13​	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R	Fighting
14​	Judgment	Action, Beat em up
15​	The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie	Turn-Based RPG
16​	Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name	Action, Beat 'em up
17​	Lost Judgment	Action, Beat em up
18​	Mobile Suit Gundam BATTLE OPERATION Code Fairy	Action
19​	MONARK	Tactical RPG
20​	Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten	Turn-Based RPG
21​	Neptunia ReVerse	Turn-Based RPG
22​	Neptunia: Sisters vs Sisters	Action RPG
23​	Nioh 2	Action Souls RPG
24​	One Piece: Odyssey	Turn-Based RPG
25​	Pac-Man World Re-Pac	Platformer
26​	Quake	Action, Shooter
27​	Quake II	Action, Shooter
28​	Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit of Wonder Labyrinth	Metroidvania RPG
29​	Relayer	Tactical RPG
30​	SD Gundam Battle Alliance	Action RPG
31​	Soul Hackers 2	Turn-Based RPG
32​	Star Ocean: The Divine Force	Action RPG
33​	Star Ocean: The Second Story R	Action RPG
34​	Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin	Action Souls RPG
35​	Tactics Ogre Reborn	Tactical RPG
36​	Tales of Arise	Action RPG
37​	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2	Sports
38​	Valkyrie Elysium	Action RPG
39​	Yakuza 7: Like a Dragon	Turn-Based RPG
40​	Ys IX: Monstrum Nox	Action RPG
41​	Yurukill: The Calumniation Games	Shoot em up, Visual Novel

#​	PlayStation Classics (via PS5) Backlog - Game Name:	Genre:
1​	Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue	Platformer
2​	Everybody's Golf 2	Sports
3​	Grandia	Turn-Based RPG
4​	Kurushi Final: Mental Blocks	Puzzle
5​	The Legend of Dragoon	Turn-Based RPG
6​	Twisted Metal 2	Action, Racing
7​	Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth	Turn-Based RPG
8​	Wild Arms	Turn-Based RPG
9​	Wild Arms 2	Turn-Based RPG

#​	PlayStation Vita Backlog - Game Name:	Genre:
1​	Bullet Girls	Action, Shooter
2​	Freedom Wars	Action
3​	Valkyrie Drive Bhikkhuni	Action

#​	Nintendo Switch Backlog - Game Name:	Genre:
1​	Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition	Adventure, Point & Click
2​	Castlevania (Anniversary Collection)	Action, Platform
3​	Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge (Anniversary Collection)	Action, Platform
4​	Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (Anniversary Collection)	Action, Platform
5​	Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (Anniversary Collection)	Action, Platform
6​	Castlevania: The Adventure (Anniversary Collection)	Action, Platform
7​	Castlevania: Bloodlines (Anniversary Collection)	Action, Platform
8​	Contra (Anniversary Collection)	Side-scrolling Shooter
9​	Contra Hard Corps (Anniversary Collection)	Side-scrolling Shooter
10​	Contra III: The Alien Wars (Anniversary Collection)	Side-scrolling Shooter
11​	Cytus Alpha	Music, Rhythm
12​	Final Fantasy	Turn-Based RPG
13​	Final Fantasy Adventure (Collection of Mana)	Action RPG
14​	Final Fantasy II	Turn-Based RPG
15​	Final Fantasy III	Turn-Based RPG
16​	Final Fantasy IV	Turn-Based RPG
17​	Final Fantasy V	Turn-Based RPG
18​	Final Fantasy VI	Turn-Based RPG
19​	Fire Emblem: Three Houses	Tactical RPG
20​	The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero	Turn-Based RPG
21​	The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure	Turn-Based RPG
22​	The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails	Action RPG
23​	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Action RPG
24​	Live A Live	Tactical RPG
25​	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Racing
26​	Metroid Dread	Metroidvania
27​	Metroid Prime Remastered	Action, Shooter
28​	Mushihimesama	Bullet Hell, Shoot 'em up
29​	MUSYNX	Music, Rhythm
30​	New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe	Platformer
31​	Octopath Traveler	Turn-Based RPG
32​	Operation C (Anniversary Collection)	Side-scrolling Shooter
33​	Powerslave Exhumed	Action, Shooter
34​	Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess	Turn-Based RPG
35​	Rhapsody III: Memories of Marl Kingdom	Turn-Based RPG
36​	River City Girls Zero	Action, Beat 'em ups
37​	Secret of Mana (Collection of Mana)	Action RPG
38​	Senran Kagura Peach Ball	Pinball
39​	Senran Kagura Reflexions	Simulation
40​	Shadow Man Remastered	Action, Adventure
41​	Super Castlevania IV (Anniversary Collection)	Action, Platform
42​	Super Contra (Anniversary Collection)	Side-scrolling Shooter
43​	Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury	Action, Platformer
44​	Super Mario Galaxy	Action, Platformer
45​	Super Mario Sunshine	Action, Platformer
46​	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Fighting
47​	Syd of Valis (SD Valis) (Valis Collection II)	Action, Platformer
48​	Trials of Mana (Collection of Mana)	Action RPG
49​	Valis: The Fantasm Soldier (Valis Collection I)	Action, Platformer
50​	Valis II (Valis Collection I)	Action, Platformer
51​	Valis III (Valis Collection I)	Action, Platformer
52​	Valis IV (Valis Collection II)	Action, Platformer
53​	Witch on the Holy Night	Visual Novel
54​	Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition	Action RPG
55​	Xenoblade Chronicles 2	Action RPG
56​	Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna - The Golden Country	Action RPG

 

[HWR]

My 2024 list, again with ratings:

January 2024:
Final Fantasy Crisis Core Reunion (PS5) 2.5/5
Final Fantasy VII Intergrade (PS5) 4/5
The Simpsons Hit and Run (Replay) (PS2) 3.5/5
Metal Gear Solid (PS1/PS5) 4/5

February 2024:
Final Fantasy VII (NSW) 4/5

March 2024:
Persona 3 Reload (PS5) 4/5
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2/PS5) 4/5

April 2024:
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (PS5) 4/5
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2/PS5) 4/5
Ed Edd n’ Eddy: The Mis Edventures (PS2) 2.5/5
Robocop Rogue City (PS5) 3.5/5
Another Code: Recollection (NSW) 4/5
Bayonetta 3 (NSW) 3/5

May 2024:
Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360/Xbox Series X) 4/5
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and the Damned (Xbox 360/Xbox Series X) 3/5
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (Xbox 360/Xbox Series X) 3.5/5
Danganronpa (NSW) 4/5

June 2024:
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (PS5) 4/5
Danganronpa 2 (NSW) 3.5/5
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga (PS2) 3/5

July 2024:
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 (PS2) 3.5/5
God of War (PS2) 3.5/5
God of War II (PS2) 3.5/5
God of War III Remastered (PS4/PS5) 4/5
God of War (2018) (PS4/PS5) 4/5

August 2024:
God of War Ragnarok + Vahalla DLC (PS5) 4/5, 2.5/5
Disney Pixar Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue (PS1/PS5) 3.5/5
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (PS2) 3.5/5
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (PS2) (Replay) 3.5/5
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES/NSW) 3.5/5
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (NSW) 3/5

September 2024:
Persona 4 Golden (Replay) (NSW) 4.5/5
Persona 5 Royal NG+ Run (Replay) (PS5) 4.5/5

October 2024:
Persona 5 Scramble NG+ Run (Replay) (PS4/PS5) 3.5/5
Persona 3 Reload Episode Aigis: The Answer (PS5) 2.5/5
Silent Hill (Replay) (PS1) 4/5
Silent Hill 2 (Replay) (PS2) 4/5
Silent Hill 3 (Replay) (PS2) 4/5
Alan Wake Remastered (PS5) 3/5
Alan Wake The Signal & The Writer DLCs (PS5) 3/5
Control & WKE DLC (PS5) 3.5/5
Alan Wake II (PS5) 4/5
Medievil (PS1/PS5) 3.5/5

November 2024:
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (NSW) 3.5/5
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Replay) (PS2) 4/5
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Replay) (Steam) 4.5/5
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Replay) (Steam) 4.5/5
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Replay) (PSP) 3/5
Grand Theft Auto III Definitive Edition (Replay) (PS5) 2.5/5

December 2024:
Metaphor ReFantazio (PS5) 4/5
*I also ended up perusing the new update for the Definitive Edition for VC/SA, and ended up more or less beating them both again.

Finally got around to playing through the core God of War entries and Remedy Games, which had been on the backlog for a while. Also managed to get through some 2024 titles from Atlus and Sega and a number of shorter titles that took less than 10 hours to finish.

2025 should be a good year if the Switch 2 has a solid launch line-up, and I’m looking forward to the next Yakuza spin-off too.

 

[D1tchd1gger]

Winning a run on Balatro sort of counts, right? Otherwise none yet again! Looked back and the last AAA game I finished was Persona 5, the original not Royal!

 

[Demelza]

Oddly enough I managed to finish the exact same number of games as last year, lol. Quite a few are backlog titles as opposed to things that came out in 2024. I have been buying a lot of new titles, but not so much finishing them...

1. Final Fantasy 7 Remake (PS5)
2. Final Fantasy 7 Remake: Intergrade (PS5)
3. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Switch)
4. Hi-Fi Rush (PS5)
5. Ghost of Tsushima (PS5)
6. Ghost of Tsushima: Iki Island (PS5)
7. Cat Quest 3 (Switch)
8. Final Fantasy 16: The Rising Tide (PS5)
9. Astro Bot (PS5)
10. Bakeru (Switch)
11. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (Switch)
12. The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Switch)

I was really happy to finish 7Remake, maybe next year I'll play Rebirth finally lol. I think of all the things I finished Astrobot and Ghost of Tsushima are the highlights though, I really enjoyed both games and Ghost especially I didn't expect to as it's not usually the kind of game I play.

 

[Lucky_Deity]

I didn't finish to much this year but Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth being a huge standout title for me more than made up for it.

• Pokemon Scarlet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero - Epilogue: Mochi Mayhem (DLC) (Switch)
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (PS5)
• Final Fantasy XVI: The Rising Tide (DLC) (PS5)
• Ratchet & Clank (2016) (PS4)
• Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (PSP via PS5)
• Sonic x Shadow Generations + Movie Pack (PS5)

I did play a lot of Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero! but as I'm still yet to beat the other characters stories as well as the what if's and unlock Goku Black I don't count it as finishing it but as I did beat Goku's story I have seen the credits roll at least once so I wanted to mention it at least.

I also got the default ending in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Burst Forth!! Choro-gon Breath but not the true ending so I didn't count this either but once again I have seen the credits roll once at least.

 

[NormanicGrav]

So throughout 2024 I aimed to complete 40 or so games, and I failed once again! Work was so bad that I lost hundreds of hours of my personal time which impacted both my video game backlog and anime watch as well.

I did manage to play a good number of titles, reaching a total of 30 games at the very last moment. You can read my overall thoughts for each one over on my blog (Part 1, Part 2).

In January I finished Quake Remastered, Quake II Remastered and MushimeSama. Both Quake games also include their expansions so you could argue multiple games were completed here, but I kept it to a single package each. Quake II 64 was also included in the playthrough for Quake II's completion as well as a Platinum trophy! For MushimeSama, because its an arcade game the completion here is playing through all of the modes with various characters.

In February I finished Nioh 2 Remastered and Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade. Nioh 2 was soley focused on the base game's content because the path to the DLC expansions was pretty terrible game design (you have to replay the entire game on a harder mode to make the DLC progression more accessible). For Final Fantasy VII Remake's revisit we have both the base game and the Intermission DLC expansion.

In March I finished Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. This was a mammoth of a game with 90+ hours playtime and most of the side content completed alongside its main story. I really enjoyed my time and was one of the best experiences I had in years.

In April I finished Puppeteer, Stranglehold and Final Fantasy VIII Remastered. Both Puppeteer and Stranglehold were attempts to play two different games at the exact same time but it kinda backfired a bit, however they were sorted within a short timeframe. I did use a walkthrough to assist me with Final Fantasy VIII due to its sneaky difficulty setup so I couldn't treat it like a traditional JRPG experience.

I took a break in May and continued in June where I finished Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, The Hong Kong Massacre and RUINER. Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin is a similar vein to Nioh 2 where I also only focused on the base game's content because the expansion has a similar entry curve. The latter two were shorter games though one of them gave me nausea due to repeating the same moment hundreds of times at a rapid rate due to its difficulty.

In July I finished One Piece: Unlimited World Red and One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows. Both were anime games from Bandai Namco with the latter being one of the biggest surprises I had for a low budget game in a while, very enjoyable time.

In August I finished My Hero Academia: One's Justice, Spec Ops: The Line and Ys IX: Monstrum Nox. Spec Ops was a classic experience for me as I played a lot of games back in the seventh gen era and its aged pretty well. Ys IX was a lot of fun and also kept the classic feel that Falcom games were known for.

In September I finished Secret of Mana (2018) and Astro Bot. Despite its visual look, Secret of Mana was a lot of fun and worth checking out. And Astro Bot is once again another contender for having one of the best experiences I had in gaming, short but sweet.

Started in October but continued into November I finished Metaphor: ReFantazio. Of the three games I played that were released in 2024, this one was my favourite. I enjoyed the improvements it had on the Persona/SMT formula, combined with a great cast of characters, an interesting story and villain and a unique but wonderful soundtrack. Yeah the time limit concept did put me off at times from immediately continuing where I left off but it was rewarding working my way through it at the same time.

In December I finished Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!, Twisted Metal 2, Everybody's Golf 2, TimeSplitters, Super Stardust Portable, Pinball Heroes, Killzone: Liberation, LocoRoco Midnight Carnival, Akai Katana Shin and Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time. This was a rapid one like 2023's completion. This month mostly centered on shorter games with 3 of them from the original PlayStation, 4 from the PlayStation Portable and 1 from PlayStation 2. There were plans to play TimeSplitters 2 & 3 but my body wasn't feeling right, don't know if its nausea or not but plans were shelved for the time being. I did end the year on Sly Cooper to end on a high note.

Additional notes from this completion:

1. 8 games were purchased in 2024, 9 games in 2023, 4 games in 2022, 3 games in 2021, 1 game in 2019, and 5 games were not purchased but played via PlayStation Plus. For comparison with 2023's line-up that was 14 in 2023, 9 in 2022, 1 in 2020, and 6 in 2018.
2. 17 games from PlayStation 5 (8 of which are considered as 'Classics' titles), 7 from PlayStation 4, 4 from PlayStation 3, and 2 from Nintendo Switch. For comparison with 2023's line-up that had 16 games from PlayStation 5 (9 of which 'Classics'), 8 from PlayStation 4, 4 from PlayStation Vita, and 2 from Nintendo Switch.
3. 13 were Western developed games and 17 were Japanese games. In 2023 this was 7 Western games and 23 Japanese games.
4. 3 games were released in 2024 (Astro Bot, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth & Metaphor: ReFantazio). In 2023 we had 3 games as well (Final Fantasy XVI, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 & Resident Evil 4 Remake).

Backlog status:

• 2017 [5 total]: 3 PS3 games, 1 PS4 game, and 1 PS Vita game.
• 2018 [7 total]: 3 PS3 games, 3 PS4 games, and 1 PS Vita game.
• 2019 [22 total]: 1 PS3 game, and 21 PS4 games.
• 2020 [10 total]: 10 PS4 games.
• 2021 [29 total]: 2 Nintendo Switch games, 4 PS3 games, 22 PS4 games, and 1 PS5 game.
• 2022 [53 total]: 10 Nintendo Switch games, 1 PS Classic game, 34 PS4 games, and 8 PS5 games.
• 2023 [99 total]: 52 Nintendo Switch games, 4 PS Classic games, 4 PS3 games, 13 PS4 games, and 26 PS5 games.
• 2024 [113 total]: 83 Nintendo Switch games, 1 PS Classic game, 4 PS3 games, 4 PS4 games, and 21 PS5 games.

A good chunk of the Switch games are older retro titles that have fairly short playtimes.