you two are not the only one, i loved that game, beat it twice, it used the lore of middle earth very well and was a blast to play

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

Portal 2. I found it a bit more challenging than the first one, and still a lot of fun. Great purchase for me, as I got it for about 5 bucks, if memory serves (may even have been during the last Christmas sale. Yeah, it takes me that long to get around to some games).

Anyway, this was a good way to spend a few hours.

Grand total so far for this year (although I doubt I'll get around to finishing another one before year's end):


Nox
Saboteur
Alpha Protocol
Trine 2
Bastion
Cogs
Icewind Dale (3 times)
Icewind Dale 2 (twice)
From Dust
Limbo
L.A. Noire
Planescape:Torment
Spec Ops: The Line
Faerie Solitaire
Kingdoms of Amalur:Reckoning
Lord of the Rings: War in the North
Portal 2

20 games completed;17 individual games in total. For me and my slow gaming pace, that's quite good.

I finished Tomb Raider Underworld and it was very good. Really enjoyed that trilogy.

I'll post a recap' later as I think I can manage to finish another game this year.

06/01/2012: Magic: the Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012
09/01/2012: Portal 2
17/01/2012: Bloodrayne
18/01/2012: Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
27/01/2012: Space Rangers
28/01/2012: Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
15/02/2012: Fortix 2
18/02/2012: Alpha Protocol
11/03/2012: Deus Ex: Human Revolution
17/03/2012: Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link DLC
06/04/2012: Shank
06/04/2012: DLC Quest
07/04/2012: Lume
16/04/2012: Faerie Solitaire
21/04/2012: Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut
05/05/2012: Botanicula
06/05/2012: Machinarium
16/05/2012: The Witcher
29/05/2012: Quest for Glory 1 Original
01/06/2012: Quest for Glory 2 Original
04/06/2012: Quest for Glory 3
12/06/2012: Puzzle Kingdoms
17/06/2012: Quest for Glory 4
11/10/2012: Carmageddon
16/10/2012: XCOM: Enemy Unknown
25/11/2012: Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition
01/12/2012: Stacking
23/12/2012: Batman: Arkham City: A game that I got burned out playing it, thus took me a bit longer to finish. Still have a few catwoman trophies to find, and I haven't touched the extras yet, but so far I'll call it finished.

Let's see if I'll get another game finished this year or not.

12-23-12 Sanitarium (GOG)

Games finished in 2012

1. Assassin's Creed II + Both DLC Sequences- Xbox 360; 1/4/2012 9/10
2. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood: The DaVinci Disappearance- PS3; 1/5/2012 9.5/10
3. Assassin's Creed Revelations- PS3; 1/11/2012 9/10
4. Mario Kart 7- 3DS; 1/13/2012 8/10
5. Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racoonus (Platinum Trophied)- PS3; 1/18/2012 9/10
6. Uncharted II- PS3; 1/29/2012 8/10
7. Super Mario Bros.- 3DS; 2/15/2012 6/10
8. Banjo-Kazooie- N64; 2/20/2012 8.5/10
9. Jak & Daxter- PS3; 2/24/2012 100% Completion 3/4/2012 9.5/10
10. Jak II- PS3; 2/28/2012 7/10
11. Jak III- PS3; 3/7/2012 7.5/10
12. Super Mario 3D Land (Luigi).- 3DS; 3/12/2012 9/10
13. Tales of Symphonia- Gamecube; 3/28/2012 9.5/10
14. DLC Quest- Xbox 360; 4/1/2012 8/10
15. EA Sports MMA (Career Mode)- Xbox 360; 4/20/2012 8/10
16. Knytt Stories- PC; 5/11/2012 8/10
17. Prototype II- 360; 5/16/2012 7.5/10
18. Beyond Good and Evil HD- 360; 6/9/2012 7/10
19. Banjo-Kazooie (100% Completion)- 360; 6/22/2012 8.75/10
20. Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core- PSP; 6/29/2012 9/10
21. Sunset Riders- SNES; 7/6/2012 9/10
22. Saturday Night Slam Masters- SNES; 7/6/2012 6.5/10
23. Sunset Riders- SNES; 7/9/2012 9/10
24. Brutal Legend- PS3; 7/24/2012 7/10
25. Godfather II- Xbox 360; 8/9/2012 7/10
26. Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines- PSP; 8/14/2012 4.5/10
27. True Crime: Streets of L.A.- Xbox; 8/17/2012 6/10
28. Sleeping Dogs- PS3; 8/21/2012 7.5/10
29. Suikoden: Tierkreis- DS; 8/25/2012 6.5/10
30. Uncharted III- PS3; 8/29/2012 8/10
31. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood + DaVinci Disappearance- PS3; 9/5/2012 9/10
32. Daxter- PSP; 9/9/2012 7.5/10
33. L.A. Noire + All DLC Cases- PS3; 9/11/2012 8/10
34. Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier- PSP
35. Megaman: Maverick Hunter X- PSP; 9/22/2012 7/10
36. Max Payne 3- PS3; 9/23/2012 7.5/10
37. God of War: Chains of Olympus- PSP; 10/2/2012 7/10
38. Assassin's Creed: Revelations- PS3; 10/19/2012 9/10
39. Assassin's Creed III (Platinum Trophied)- PS3; 11/9/2012 7.5/10
40. WWE '13 (Attitude Era Mode)- PS3; 11/16/2012 8.5/10
41. Bastion- 360; 11/22/2012 8/10
42. Uncharted: Golden Abyss- Vita; 12/05/2012 8/10
43. Sonic Adventure 2 HD- PS3; 12/20/2012 6.5/10
44. Assassin's Creed III: Liberation (True Ending)- Vita; 12/23/2012 7.5/10: Man.... this game is glitchy as balls. At one point I became a fucking tree... seriously... I was a damn tree... a worthless... unmoving.... damage absorbing tree. Still... at the very least Aveline was a much more entertaining character than Connor (even if her story was not all that entertaining as a whole). One thing I absolutely hated was that the only real way to make money is through your shipping business.... this wouldn't be a problem could you access it at any time or at the least have places to access it littered throughout the world.... instead you can only access it through the safe house... which is often far out of your way..... oh... and the Lady persona is completely worthless. She runs slow, can't climb, is worthless in battle & makes the game altogether frustrating when you are forced to use it. Still... the game is good for what it is & I did for the most part enjoy it.

Alpha Protocol and Miasmata. Both really excellent, if unpolished games. Not for everyone, but I highly recommend both.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story - DS (9/10)
Trauma Team - Wii (4/10)
Croc 2 - GBC (3/10)
Link to the Past - GBA (7/10)

What can I say, it's been a light year. Barely put a dent in my backlog. I think I may be getting old. :P

I just finished Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. A good game, though it became a bit boring in the end (the last missions were nice, though). I ended up on 93,07% synchronized, with all missions done, but many not 100%, and not all flags found (I missed some in the Lairs) and Guild challenges done (kill streak and jump from horse to beam). Maybe I'll try to make it 100% one day.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution--The Missing Link is now finished. That's 8 so far this year, about average for me. So the total so far stands at:

2012--

The Sims 3: Pets
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
Alpha Protocol
Beneath a Steel Sky (August 26)
Angry Birds (October 21)
Dishonored (October 27)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (November 20)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution--The Missing Link (December 23)

Dead Space
Tron Evolution
Dead Space 2
Venetica
Mega Man: Network Transmission
Duke Nukem Forever
BloodRayne
Hard Reset
LIMBO
BloodRayne 2
Bob Came in Pieces
Mega Man 10
Serious Sam 3: BFE
Resident Evil (GameCube remake)
Cave Story+ (normal ending only)
Transformers: War for Cybertron
Jade Empire: Special Edition
Alan Wake (+ both DLCs - The Signal & The Writer)
American McGee's Alice
Resident Evil 5
Project I.G.I.
Bulletstorm
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven
Kingpin: Life of Crime
Risen
Red Faction Armageddon
Scarygirl
Red Dead Revolver
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Vessel
Dark Void
System Shock 2
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Rochard
Darksiders
Mutant Mudds
Lunar Flight
Metro 2033
Alan Wake's American Nightmare

----- since then

Street Fighter X Mega Man (fun, but just doesn't feel like a proper Mega Man game)
Bully: Scholarship Edition (loads of fun - 92% completion rate)

Likely the last games I'll finish this year, though a short and sweet indie title may be possible.

Games I had played (or replayed) and finished (or am done with, but had experienced enough to grade them) in 2012, in actual order and with final grades (♥ symbol indicates the all-time favourites; ○ indicates the partially finished games; ☻ indicates the community patched & updated versions; ☺☻ indicates the heavily community patched & updated versions; ► indicates the revisited games):

♥ Sensible World of Soccer ▒ 84% ►;
♥ Fallout 2 ▒ 88% [☺☻] ►;
• Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura ▒ 82% [☺☻];
♥ Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares ▒ 89% [☻] ►;
○ Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic ▒ 66% [☻];
○ Divine Divinity ▒ 71%;
♥ Little Big Adventure ▒ 89% ►;
○ The Last Express ▒ 70%;
• Far Cry ▒ 84%;
• Star Control II ▒ 89% ►;
♥ Moto Racer ▒ 93% ►;
• Icewind Dale, The Complete ▒ 73% [☺☻];
• FlatOut ▒ 82%;
• Screamer ▒ 78%;
• Moto Racer 2 ▒ 83%.


Initially the plan was to write brief impressions after playing each of the games, but how many would actually read that.

I just managed to beat Oddworld. Stranger's Wrath, a solid game, though towards the end some of the fights became a chore.