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Recore? It was a solid game pass game, I'll say that much. Plus it came out during a time where Mega Man was enjoying a small resurgeance with it's Legacy collections and it reminded me of the Mega Man games with using certain weapons for enemy weaknesses and such which is why I have a soft spot for it since I love the MM games. Other than that though, it was kinda forgettable and redundant.

OP updated! We got a lotta badges this time!

I beat Feeding Frenzy 2 on the xbox360

Number: 9
Full Title: Mega Man
Platform Played:
Collection: Mega Man Legacy Collection
Native Platform:
Original Platform:
Applicable Badge: Heavy Machine Gun (2/2)

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This has never been my favorite series, but I am revisiting it after lots of years. I wish Contra got 37 same-ish sequels instead of Mega Man.

#10- A Plague Tale: Requiem
It was great returning to this series again after a few years. I didn’t think it would net a sequel even though it was a great stand alone game but am glad to have experienced it until its bitter end. The sequel is just more of the same with more rat hordes and enemies to either stealthily sneak past or strategize how to take out with your limited arsenal of alchemist concoctions. You get a crossbow too for when things get really hairy and can upgrade your tool belt to expand on your gear making surviving and dealing with enemy encounters more manageable. The sequel felt a bit longer than the first game too. I think it took me almost 20ish hours to finish it. Overall if you’re looking for a good stealth game with action elements set during the dark ages with an emotionally driven narrative this will satiate your plague infested appetites.

5th of March, 18 overall, 1st OR MAME since it technically wasn't on the Genesis
Virtua Fighter
Badge Street Fight'n (still need a 2nd)

I beat this for Ren2k's RTT GotM and man was the 2nd title a TON better. When I got my Sega Saturn for Christmas '95 my parents were able to get me the MTV promotion deal with Daytona USA, Virtua Fighter 2 and Virtua Cop, plus the console my dad got also had the first Virtua Fighter inside. I recall playing the first game and finding it okay, but once I tried the 2nd I'm not sure I ever went back. The 2nd played and looked SO much better, plus I really like both new characters - Lion was my go to. So when VF was selected for RTT I sort of hoped that VF2 would count but alas Ren2k said no. I didn't want to dig out my Saturn so I was looking for emulation options and my old PC just doesn't do most Saturn games very well and I haven't got RetroArch setup on my newer gaming focused PC yet. Then I recalled I have a RaspPi4 setup and dug that out and thankfully the 32X version of the game was on there.

So after taking a little while to get my sea legs under me with such a simplistic but still quite challenging title I beat it with Jacky pretty easily shockingly and even beat Dural. Then for this thread I tried with Sarah and she was a lot harder for me. Pai kicked my butt as her and I actually ended up switching to Pai to beat herself. Then Wolf did me in as Pai so back to Sarah, whom I used to reach Akira. Akira then kicked my butt a bunch of times as both Sarah and Pai as I tried to get a better outcome. I was finally able to get him with Sarah and took on Dural, whom I actually did better against but ultimately lost to.

Since I have a MAME icon and this came to arcades and I beat it on the system that I essentially play Arcade games on and I never owned a 32X, let's just list it for MAME.

Number: 10
Full Title: Maniac Mansion
Platform Played:
Collection: N/A
Native Platform:
Original Platform: II /
Applicable Badge: Guybrush Threepwood (1/2)

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I have a serious pet peeve with games that won't let you see everything in one playthrough. I didn't want to spoil everything, so I wound up not picking one of the "best" characters in terms of endings.

I beat Power Rangers:Battle for the Grid on the xbox1 (beating this with soulcalibur gets me the street fightn badge)

#1 Toree 3D

Cevil wrote:

Welcome! Been a bit since you submitted your list. Hope to see your beat list grow.

After about a month of play, I finally beat Freakyforms Deluxre: Your Creations, Alive! .
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It was a weird game for the early 3DS eShop, now given a physical release (which is good, since all versions of Freakyforms were delisted from the eShop way back in 2018). You make weird creatures called Formees using a giant collection of pieces and then make them explore an ever-growing world. I had a good bit of fun creating the Formees on workbreaks. But the gameplay itself leaves something to be desired--you just roam around doing basic sidequests for NPCs and unlocking treasure chests with keys find lying around. It's pretty apparent the game was made for the younger crowd, as it gets repetitive quickly and expects you to make a whopping 50 Formees just to reach the credits. I was ready to be done a while ago, TBH.

Deluxe adds dungeons with auto-controlled RPG battles, but these are just an addition to the main gameplay rather than a new focus. They can get unfairly difficult if you get unlucky with the stats your Formee is randomly given. But I saved King Roy and can call this game soundly done.

Here are my personal favorite Formees, if anyone wants to see/download them.
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Just finished Metroid Prime Remastered. I'm going to use that as my GameCube entry though, since that's the console it originated on.

I really enjoyed it, but man was it more difficult than I anticipated. I kept getting very lost. Thankfully I managed to defeat the final boss without having fully upgraded missiles.

#2 Macbat 64

#25 down: Hogwarts Legacy on PS5. This (alongside my previous 100+ hour clear of Marvel's Midnight Suns) gives me the Days Gone By badge. Here's my proof of going over 100 hours: https://imgur.com/a/YsclOjR. Even having put so many hours in, I'm still not finished with the platinum. There is so much to do in this game.

I was never a huge Harry Potter fan, but I like games based around magic, and I did read the first few books and watch a couple of the movies. This game nails the atmosphere and the aesthetics. It also has so many details to appreciate from the Slytherin common room door that appears in the form of a snake slithering into the outline of a door to the paintings that move and talk to the ghosts randomly going around. There's something to look at everywhere you go. At one point, I found a secret kitchen, and there were a bunch of house elves working. When I passed one particular house elf, he was tenderizing some meat with his feet. When I headed back toward the door, he had rolled up the meat and started slicing it into spirals and then was stacking it. You get a strong sense that people in the world are actively living their own lives around you. The combat is solid with lots of interesting ways to chain spells together. The story held my attention, and even the side stories were interesting with characters who seemed multidimensional. The only real downsides are the overwhelming amount of collectibles (which is avoidable if you aren't going for the platinum) and the tedium of a few of the puzzles (but I've never really been a fan of puzzles in general, so take this with a grain of salt). Overall, this is a great game. It feels like Avalanche Software's breaking out moment like Horizon: Zero Dawn was for Guerrilla or Ghost of Tsushima was for Sucker Punch.

Finally beat Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana -

Not that I didn't enjoy it. But I beat it on back in the day. And it's pretty long. I have a backlog and was ready to move on to the next game in my switch collection.

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I actually beat a game, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
I really like this game, it had na interesting story, but the time travel thing really threw me off. The old characters were kinda like "yeah so that just happened... oh well" and it's never explained how the new champions go back in time to the old champions.

If you've played any Warriors style game before, you know what this is all about. It's just a good ol hack n slash button masher. I never got into the original Hyrule Warriors, but that might have to by my game to beat this year! I don't like fighting games too much because I can never remember the combos but in HW it's all just Y then X and you get to kill a whole slew of enemies.

I played through this game to get hyped for TOTK, and I am so ready for it to come out in a month and a half!

great game @ErickRPG

ErickRPG wrote:

Nice! I played that over the span of a year in 2020. Right when I was ready to pick it up again, my cat died, and I set it down for months again. But I got there eventually.

My #18 is Resident Evil 4 Remake

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What a game! Stays true to the original while updating things and adding some new content. I spent the most time not with a boss but with the defending the house early in the game. I think it took me 3 hours to finally beat it. 9.5/10

DemonAlcohol wrote:

Is it still corny? I won’t play it if it’s not.

I beat Detana Twinbee (originally ).
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I like it. It’s challenging and a little short, but it’s a nice little shmup. I’m still working on the Hard mode, but I cleared Easy and Normal. This counts as the first half of Localize Mother 3, since this version of the game was never localized outside of Japan. (The arcade version was, but not the TG16 version.)

SupremeSarna wrote:

Yes I think you mentioned it. You offered condolences for my Oliver who died around that time I think. Sorry bout your cat. I've got two 1 year old cats now. It took me a year and a half b4 I was ready to get another cat. But I've never had a bonded pair, and they are super close, it's wonderful to see.

ErickRPG wrote:

That’s wonderful! My last childhood kitty is in her final days, which is sad to see—it’s one per per year these days, sadly. But we have adopted a pair of happy cats (bro and sis—they love each other) amid the deaths, so maybe we can get some peace for a while.

SupremeSarna wrote:

Ya, still has some of the same lines from the original and a few new ones.

I've had a really hard time sitting down and finding the time to spit out a write-up, but with April fast approaching, I think it's time to call out that I finished another game and another platform, in the name of the Retro Talkshop Thread. And it's a big one.

Number: 13
Full Title: Final Fantasy VI
Platform Played: MiSTer
Collection: N/A
Native Platform: Super Famicom
Original Platforms: Super Famicom
Applicable Badge: Level Up! (1/2)

I've been jumping around between Crisis Core Reunion, Doom 64, and Circle of the Moon, but once the Retro Talkshop Thread vote is over, things will likely settle on another longer title, based on how things are going.

SupremeSarna wrote:

It's incredibly hard to lose a cat. But we'd never get to enjoy all the happy times if we didn't do it again. My 2 babies are both almost 1 year old. I'm already so much happier with them around, they are a joy to watch and play with. And it's the first time I've personally had a bonded pair, I never would get to see that if I just made Oliver the last cat I'd ever own.

Number: 11
Full Title: Contra
Platform Played:
Collection: Contra Anniversary Collection
Native Platform:
Original Platform:
Applicable Badge: Facelift (1/2)

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I'm not as fond of this one as I am of the NES version, but it's still enjoyable.

#11 Stray
I thought this was a solid 5ish hour game and felt that even though it mostly encompasses what it feels like to be a feline some things felt more so constructed solely for progressing in the story like there’s one part which pretty much turn the cat into a dog by having them fetch and retrieve something but anyone who owns a kitty knows the majority of the time while they will run after toys and play with them they’ll as soon as swipe the object down a drain or off a cliff before returning it to you. Other than that I felt while the focus on a dystopian future was appreciated it was mostly forgettable in the end and was solely there to drive the game forward but on the other hand I would rather a story based game about being a cat vs a goat sim like game where there’s no direction other than to do anything you want. But perhaps if it was structured more like that untitled goose game with a clearer focus on small objectives of mischievous deeds it might have fared better.

Oh and @SupremeSarna I’m not sure if you saw yet but my #10 was A Plague Tale Requiem on I noticed my list still says 9 games beaten and that’s the missing link. Thanks!

My 1st of April, 19th overall, 6th
My Friend Pedro
Badge: Counting towards Heavy Machine Gunner as it's somewhat similar to Metal Slug, only with platforming

This was another GP title that's been installed on my system for a good while b/c I was curious about it and I finally pulled the trigger (literally) and started it up a few days ago. It's was pretty enjoyable, though the talking banana's voice was just noise and that was actually rather grating, but since you can't understand it, you have to read the dialog bubble and can hit B to skip forward faster. Otherwise it was your somewhat standard fare of head generally right and shoot the dudes and other things that get in your way. There's also a decent bit of platforming and obstacles to maneuver around. I did generally alright with the shooting, but didn't dodge or take advantage of the bullet-time like feature a ton. You get ranked on your performance each level with C-B-A ranks generally. I mostly got C's. Got a handful+ of B's and only a few A's and I think maybe 2x S's.
Game was decent, short but I have about zero interest in replaying any levels to rank-up or whatever. Moving on to the next one. I would generally recommend this as it was surely enjoyable and easy to jump in/out of and overall only like 2-3 hours I think. Plus if you were into chasing leaderboards I could see that appeal - most levels were pretty quick.

I beat who wants to be a millionaire on the ps1 beat on ps2

Got my 2nd of April, 20th overall, 1st
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Don't think there's a badge I could apply it to

Was just clicking through some older, longer owned, untouched games and decided to give this one a try. It wasn't bad, didn't overstay its welcome and was worth the couple of hours I put into it. I did collect every power-up but missed 4 of 2 different categories of collectables while exposing 99% of the map. Without fast travel points I was ready to move on and didn't care about those last few missed things.
I suppose the game could *almost be called a metroidvania, as areas of the map do require upgrades, but it was pretty short and didn't have much else in common so eh.

#26 down: Gotham Knights on Steam Deck. With my previous clear of the Deadpool DLC for Marvel’s Midnight Suns, this gives me the Quest for Peace badge.

I was on the fence about this game given the negative reviews, but it was part of a bundle for Ukraine, so I went for it. The story’s not bad, the combat is reasonably fun, and the traversal is pretty solid as well (you zip across on hookshot type lines you shoot out or ride a motorcycle). I appreciate that the movement doesn’t feel boxy or weighed down, and you can actually run at a reasonable speed. There are some annoying parts (like fighting talons, which dodge almost everything, and the process required to find and interrogate people). The graphics are pretty disappointing. It basically looks like a PS3 game. However, I had some fun with it.

I'll update this today after Splatfest ends.

Number: 12
Full Title: 1943
Platform Played:
Collection: Capcom Arcade Stadium
Native Platform:
Original Platform:
Applicable Badge: N/A

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This is a noticeable improvement over 1942, but it is still too long. Surprisingly, I liked the fuel bar mechanic, despite my general despise for Euro shooter that employ it. It made for some interesting choices about when to take a new weapon and when to restore fuel.

#12 Little Hope
I got this with my PS Extra upgrade and decided to give it a whirl since I enjoyed Man of Medan. I thought this was better than Man of Medan in the biggest way which was that Silent Hill 2 like feel with walking on fog dense filled streets. I also enjoyed the Salem witch trial esque plot going on here but did think the ending I got with that one big twist was kinda silly to an extent and the voice acting felt really stiff at times minus Will Poelter that is. And whenever you actually had to control and move players that too felt rigid as it did in Man of Medan. And that was fast button still feels just as useless as it did in Man of Medan as well.

Got my 3rd of April, 21st overall, 7th
Forza Horizon 5: Rally Adventure DLC
Not counting towards any badges since DLC doesn't count IMO at least

FH5 is a game that I've continually gone back to weekly since it came out and according to Xbox info I've got over 11 days worth of time spent playing it, I really enjoy it. When the Hot Wheels DLC dropped last year I bought the offered DLC pack for both, so I had paid for and was waiting for this to come out. Overall it's pretty good. It's nowhere near as impressive as the HW one b/c it's not a toy-like floating island in the sky - but the roads, courses and overall feel is good and I enjoy most rally titles and team Horizon did a pretty good job.

I beat the 'story' aspect here, which consisted of

I will have some things remaining as I didn't do every single thing, but I did a very large chunk and what is considered the core of the DLC. I will for sure keep playing this, just like I have been over the past many weeks and months. But it's certainly completed now.

OP updated for March! With that month done and dusted, here are some stats:
-We collectively beat 71 games this month, trouncing February's 59 but falling short of January's 97. I can't decide if St. Patrick's Day drunkenness helped or hindered that total.
-We earned 16 badges this month. That's a lot! That tops January's 11 and February's 9. I noticed Guybush Threepwood and Street Fightin' were the popular ones, the latter inspired by Virtua Fighter becoming the Game of the Month in a different board.
-Cevil beat a few games. Welcome in, dude! RVM, nonamesleft, and Scott haven't beaten anything yet, but I hope you'll update whenever you can.
-I spent way too long beating Freakyforms Deluxe, but enjoyed making weird creatures. Kirby's Return to Dream Land and its new Deluxe remake were a lot of fun, too!

Let's keep the momentum up in April! And don't forget to investigate any strange icons you might see around GameTZ; you won't regret it!

As always, late to the stats post. For March:

Bayonetta 2 (Switch) Took me multiple months to finally beat this. The experience gets better and faster once you stop trying to make any sense of the story and just treat it like a score attack thing. Now that I know that, I might play the first one at some point, as it didn't make any sense for me either some years ago. The over-the-topness is on another level, lol.

Red Death (PS4)
Project Starship (PS4) A couple of fast shmups. Red Death is better IMO, although nothing too memorable. What's the deal with the obsession with Cthulhu?

Sine Mora EX (PS4) You start playing this and you don't know wth is going on. You finish this and you might have an idea of what's going on. Cool effects and enemies.

Tembo the Badass Elephant (PS4) Some nice references to Rambo, and a couple of challenging levels.

#'s 8, 9 and 10 of the year for all three games in the Mass Effect - Legendary Edition (PS4). I think this is my 5th time through the trilogy, first time on PS4. Still as epic as ever :)

Number: 13
Full Title: Metal Gear
Platform Played: (GOG)
Collection: N/A
Native Platform:
Original Platform:
Applicable Badge: Grown-Ass Man (1/2)

I could not remember how to take screenshots through GOG, so I hosed this up.

It's pretty amazing how well this one has held up over more than a quarter century. This was one of the few Konami games I didn't play on NES, and it makes me regret it. The free time and patience of youth would have benefitted me greatly.

@SupremeSarna hey I just noticed my list isn’t updated still. Missing #11 Stray , #12 is Little Hope and my #13 is below, Mario+Rabbids Sparks of Hope Thanks!

#13- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
A bit on the longer side than the original for my tastes between 30-40ish hours and yea those constant enemy respawns within almost every battle get quite tedious and frustrating. But overall it was still a solid sequel I thought adding onto what made the original game such fun and simple strategy turn based combat. The story was cookie cutter defeat the dark energy yadda yadda to save the Star bits blah blah but we all know what we came here for. That sweet turn based combat with elemental twists. And there’s just something that satisfies a primal need watching you dash into enemies and making them go flying into a combo maneuver passive counter attack. 👌🏻 But alas I did enjoy this one as a whole. Not sure if I’d play a 3rd installment or not, especially if it’s as long as this entry and has those damn enemy respawns. I got my fill for a while.