The purpose of this post is to help 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 *GOTY so far*
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) – April 15th
- 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 via 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 via 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
- Azure Striker GUNVOLT (Switch) – August 26th
- Final Fantasy XV: Episode Gladiolus (PS4) – August 27th
- Final Fantasy XV: Episode Prompto (PS4) – August 29th
- Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4) – August 31st
- Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3) – September 11th
- Binary Domain (Xbox 360) – September 12th
- Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (Xbox 360) – September 15th
- Thimbleweed Park (PS4) – September 23rd
- The Journey Down: Chapter 1 (PC) – September 26th
- The Mask Reveals Disgusting Face (PC via Itch.io) – October 2nd
- The Missing Parts of Maria Gwozdek (PC via Itch.io) – October 2nd
- Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online (PS4) – October 3rd
- The Journey Down: Chapter 2 (PC) – October 8th
- Fran Bow (PC) – October 9th
- Layers of Fear (PS4) – October 11th
- Stories Untold (PC) – October 11th
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (PS4) – October 12th
- The Darkside Detective (PC) – October 14th
- Fire Emblem Warriors (Switch) – October 22nd
- Yono and the Celestial Elephants (Switch) – October 29th
- Super Mario Odyssey (Switch) – October 30th
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PS4) – November 4th
- Assassin’s Creed: Origins (PS4) – November 10th
- Bulb Boy (Switch) – November 12th
- South Park: The Fractured But Whole – November 15th
- Yakuza 0 (PS4) – November 17th
- The Last of Us Remastered: Left Behind (PS4) – November 17th
- Mass Effect: Andromeda (PS4) – November 26th
- Contra (NES) – December 13th
- Persona 5 (PS4) – December 17th
- OPUS: The Day We Found Earth (Switch) – December 23rd
It’ll be interesting to see how this list looks at the end of the year. My primary goal is to avoid buying many new games at launch in favor of chipping away at the ones collecting dust on my shelf or digitally on my various console hard drives.
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!
Cheap Boss Attack 
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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