So, here's my backlog plan- A-Z Amped 3 Edition

By SpudBug January 23, 2010 1 Comments

I decided I got tired of staring at all those sealed/unplayed games on my shelf.
 

So, my plan was to get through some of this crap to make way for 2010. The method? A-Z, system by system, until they're all played, sold, or finished.
 
Pull a game off the shelf, play it until one of two things happens. 
The game is finished, and put back on the shelf.
The game is garbage, and goes to amazon/Gamestop for someone else to be suckered into buying.
 
No compromises. One or the other. Either it's worth keeping to play again, or it's garbage. Life's too short to hang onto all this junk, i say. Just because I want to someday play through Tales of Vesperia or Tomb Raider Underworld, doesn't mean I'm ever going to.
 
First up?

Picked this up on a B2G1 deal with some old GBA games. I couldn't find anything else under $5 that I'd want in my house, thus, we have Amped 3.
 I hoped it would be good for some easy achievements (it's not) or at least some goofy fun. (it is) It's a 360 launch game, really amazing how far games have come since then. Scale back some of the draw distance and I'm sure this would pass for a PS2 game. The game is solid, though. I got through a couple bombcasts/4guys 1up shows while playing it, and I think it's okay. Surely worth the $4 price paid.  It's just lacking any draw for me to keep playing if I don't have a podcast to listen to. Truthfully, I'd spend my time better straightening the house while knocking out a bombcast. 
 
I did like the goofy menus and story. And doing tricks and filling the map with gold medals could be addicting for some. The ~15 hour figure that was given for getting 1000 on the game was what put me over the edge, though. The thought of putting 15 hours into this game while other unplayed classics sat on the shelf was too much. In the end, Amped 3 was a good diversion for  a few podcasts, but I'm not keeping it. I played a lot more than the achievements would care to tell, also - I got all golds on the first part of the mountain for every event, just didn't play many of the story missions.My goal was achievements, so I went for golds in all the side missions.
 
The verdict? Sold. For some reason copies are in somewhat demand on Amazon. It's currently listed for $10, if you want it. I'll probbaly pop it in a few times before it sells, but this one is GONE.

 Next? 

I've played about 2/3 of it, but just got burnt out from playing so much. 20 hours in. I expect I'll finish this one. But that's for next time. Thanks for reading!

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