Year in Finished Games: 2014
I dubbed this the year of the weeaboo. Let's see if that holds true.
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Finished(ish) Jan 2014. I played my first campaign for over 70 hours and received 0 Steam achievements. I only did the beginner friendly Irish duke path. I was able to hold the Irish crown and I was poised to take Scotland before time ran out. I really like CKII, but it is taking over my life (and it's showing up in my dreams) so I'm shelving it to make way for other games on my backlog. When I get back to it I want jump into the deep end and work my way up the Holy Roman Empire.
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Finished Mar 2014. Game crashing bug on the last level, so I watched the last 20 minutes on Youtube. Pretty mediocre hack and slash adventure game. I play any awful game with the LotR license, so I knew what I was getting into. Talking Eagles and an excellent creepy character model of Elijah Wood saved it.
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Finished May 2014. Wow, the year of the weeaboo hasn't been going so well. I needed to clear off space from my computer's SSD so I played the biggest game installed. I really hate Bethesda games so I went in expecting to hate New Vegas. Luckily Obsidian wrote a really strong game. The main narrative and side quests were stronger than anything Bethesda has ever done.
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Finished May 2014. I wanted something goofy to play where I could drive around and listen to the radio. You know, an open world game. I had a good time.
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Finished July 2014. Wow this took what felt like an eternity to finish. I picked it up and put it down at least four times over 10 years. Something about the story I thought was really off putting. The dungeon combat was fun, but all the mechanics like city building, weapon leveling, golf, and fishing were not deep enough to be interesting. Not a bad game, but I didn't enjoy it as much as Rogue Galaxy.
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Finished July 2014. Fun little diversion. That last boss took a bunch of tries. Nice palate cleanser.
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Finished July 2014. I would love a more developed version of this capitalism/action concept.
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Finished August 2014. It would have been been better with a combo or chain kill system, because this game was kinda boring. Pull, kick, pull, kick, shoot.
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Finished August 2014. Infamously the game Vinny tried to show on UPF that the rest of the crew could not care less about, this was a game I kickstarted years ago. A lot of walking, some fun platforming, and light puzzle mechanics, enhanced by great music and sound design.
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Finished September 2014. I was expecting an RPG with puzzle elements but it was more of a puzzle game with RPG mechanics. Good for a freshman game. I am looking forward to the sequel.
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Finished October 2014. Completed in 29 hours. A good homage to Hong Kong cinema with a dose of added troubling gender dynamics. The car driving was a little squirrelly, but otherwise I enjoyed it.
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Finished October 2014. I'm not sure I should count a game I finished in an hour and some change. Even thought it has an interesting aesthetic, I am disappointed with the length and recycled assets. I would not recommend it at the $15 being charged (and certainly not the $35 I contributed to the kickstarter).
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Finished November 2014. I'm really only putting this on the list to discourage myself from playing it anymore. I'm not sure how to judge "beating" The Binding of Isaac. I beat Satan a few times and I played for 36 hours, so I'm calling it. I don't like the poop and dead baby aesthetic but the game play is solid.
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Finished December 2014. Puzzle platformer. I finished it on and off over a few months. Enjoyable for what it is.
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Finished December 2014. I'm playing through the Complete Collection that came out on the PSP. My first Final Fantasy was FF3 (VI) on the SNES. I somehow never went back and played this one. I was impressed by how much it held up. I'm sure the re-translation helped, but I was really enjoying the story. I'm playing through the After Years now. I probably won't finish it until 2015. So far, I'm disappointed Screech didn't follow Cecil to college and instead stayed behind to be Assistant Principle at Bayside Castle.
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