The purpose of this post is to keep track of my game completions throughout 2017, in a rarely seen optimistic attempt at slaying the never-ending backlog. To topple a giant, you either stab it in the eye or hack away at its ankles. I’m… not really sure where I was going with that, but hey, #inspirationalquotes and stuff.
The bounty board is overflowing with opportunity, and these are the beasts I’ve felled thus far in 2017.
- Ninja Pizza Girl (PS4) – January 5th
- Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS) – January 7th
- Amnesia: Memories (Vita) – January 8th
- Metal Slug 3 (PS4) – January 8th
- Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE (Wii U) – January 22nd
- 2064: Read Only Memories (PS4) – January 24th
- Resident Evil VII (PS4) – January 29th
- Megadimension Neptunia VII (PS4) – February 2nd
- Dragon Age: Inquisition (PS4) – February 9th
- Dragon Age: Inquisition – Jaws of Hakkon (PS4) – February 11th
- Dragon Age: Inquisition – The Descent (PS4) – February 11th
- Dragon Age: Inquisition – Trespasser (PS4) – February 12th
- The Bunker (PS4) – February 28th
- NieR: Automata (PS4) – March 17th
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) – April 15th *current GOTY contender*
- Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds (Vita) – April 25th
- Root Letter (PS4) – April 28th
- Kamiko (Switch) – April 30th
- A Rose in the Twilight (Vita) – May 7th
- Cosmic Star Heroine (PS4) – May 9th
- Batman: The Telltale Series (PS4) – May 14th
- Injustice 2 (PS4) – May 21st
- The Wolf Among Us (Xbox One) – May 27th
- Mars: War Logs (Xbox 360/Xbox One) – May 28th
- The Walking Dead: Michonne (Xbox One) – May 31st
- Minecraft: Story Mode Complete Adventure (PS4) – June 3rd
- Beyond Good & Evil HD (Xbox 360/Xbox One) – June 18th
- Syberia (PC) – June 19th
- Syberia 2 (PC) – June 24th
- Home is Where One Starts… (PC) – June 24th
- Year Walk (PC) – June 24th
- The Shivah (PC) – June 24th
- The Blackwell Legacy (PC) – June 24th
- Lure of the Temptress (PC) – June 25th
- Blackwell Unbound (PC) – June 27th
- Virginia (Xbox One) – July 15th
- The Blackwell Convergence (PC) – July 16th
- Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age (PS4) – August 6th
It’ll be interesting to see how this list looks at the end of the year. My primary goal is to avoid buying new games at launch, instead chipping away at the ones that have lived on my shelf or digitally on my hard drives for a long, long time.
I guess we’ll find out on 12/31/2017 whether or not I stuck to the plan. Don’t fuck this up, future me!
Blowing up the backlog boss monster doesn’t help either. Good luck with your fight! I know future you will be proud of your accomplishments. :)
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Thanks! Fingers crossed!
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Four games in six days? Looks like a promising start!
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Thanks! I’m in the home stretch in Persona Q on 3DS, maybe 5-10 more hours. Feels nice to knock out a meaty RPG! 2 of those games are barely two hours long though, haha. But hey! A game is a game, dammit!
Awesome Games Done Quick is going on this week though, and I watch it every year.. so that’s cutting in to my gaming time. I *love* watching speedruns and it’s on 24/7 for a solid week.
twitch.tv/gamesdonequick
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Ah there it is! I asked about the link in the other comment about this. Feel free to ignore that now :p I’ll bookmark this or just follow them. That’s freaking awesome. I might put it on while I edit or answer emails or something.
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Congrats on beating Fire Emblem. Not buying stuff on launch day and focusing on your back log is a sound strategy. Games depreciate in value so quickly that it is worth having patience. Many times I buy something and within a month or two they are already on sale and available to snap up at a substantial discount.
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Thanks! It was an incredible game that I’m glad I finally took the time to finish.
I find the price depreciation fact to be true with just about everything outside of Nintendo’s games, haha. 3 years later, their games are usually the same price. That’s the main reason I don’t mind buying Nintendo stuff near launch, because I’ll rarely (if ever) save money on them down the line.
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Isn’t it so satisfying to list out games you’ve taken down?! Keep up the good work!
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Absolutely, haha. It’s the small victories! Thanks!
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