My definitive list of games I finished in 2013, I had a lot of free time to have fun because things weren't very funny otherwise.
PS3 :
- God of war ghost of Sparta : It felt like an expansion of the first god of war, nothing surprising, but I had a good time.
- God of war chains of Olympus : Same as ghost of sparta, it was realy short but entretaining, the first game of the series I actually finished in difficult after maybe 6 months, my skill at this kind of game had improved.
- God of war 2 : Despite I liked the first GOW, this one was a partly frustrating experience for me, mostly because I HATED the QTEs and the "riddles" I found quite stupid, on the story side its just a filler episode between the first and the third.
- God of war 3 : The best and final of the series for me, it went smoothly nothing surprising alas but it was impressive to watch and the ending gave the continuous anger filled bloodbath a kind of sense.
- Overall all of this left me with a kind of mixed feeling about the GOW series, and I'm quite persuaded its not that all awesome as some people pretend it is, even if its good. I honestly prefer devil may cry or darksiders.
- Way of the Samurai 3 : Not actually done with this one, since I finished the game just once, its worth your time if you are curious about a game that doesn't explain you a damn thing at the beginning, has a very small scope and context but enough replayability to offer you 12 different endings if you are willing to find them out.
- Sengoku Basara 3 : A very nice Dynasty warriors like game, probably better and crazier, I've finished the game with all the base characters, which actually takes you... mmh 2 hours per run ?
- Metal Gear Solid : Very retro very old, was semi-furstrating and good at the same time.
- Metal Gear Solid 2 : This game is a total mindfuck, there's a part of frustration from the gameplay but I liked the permises of the story and what it tells about video games and how we play them.
PC :
- Shank 1 : I liked the brutal action of this game and its nervous combat.
- Shank 2 : Good as the first one, but too short.
- Bastion : Too many things to say about this awesome game, shadap and buy it ! One of my favorite games of all times, I even finished it twice.
- Spec. Ops. the line : I liked more what this game has to say about modern shooters and the kick I got in the face at the end. The gameplay was competent but nothing more.
- Torchlight 2 : I went through the whole campaign with one characters and finished the game. I played a few other characters after, damn good piece of diablolike.
- Dead Space : I love the atmosphere of that game, it just rings all the bell of sci-fi for me, the combat was competent the weapon tweaking system as well, the only downside was the quite easy survival aspect and the fact that after the first five chapters its more about jump scares than any kind of horror. The story was good and did make some sense.
- Dead Space 2 : Better survival aspects at some point, more action, but I miss the claustrophobic atmopshere of the first one. 12hrs
- Crysis 2 : It an ok shooter, with a completly ridiculous story that stoped to make any sense as I progressed. I enjoyed the whole thing because I stoped taking it seriously yelling some B movies quotes as I progressed and punched aliens in the face. And then Farcry Blood Dragon was released a week after... heh.
- Breath of death : Whoooo I finished an RPG ! Its the kind of game I played while waiting for things or listening to music, but its worth the few cents it costs !
- Walking Mars : 7hrs, it was something really refreshing and different you can enjoy for an evening.
- Hotline Miami : I wasn't after the achievements or anything, just finished the game nicely as well as the extra chapters, I enjoyed it a lot.
- Streets of rage remake : I went though the campaign four times, its a realy nice remake I'd recommend if you manage to find it.
- Metro 2033 : 12hrs, it was my second play through in ranger mode easy, a much better and realistic experience.
- Doom RL : Yay I managed to go to the last level of this short roguelike on easy with a melee based marine.
- Kohan : Immortal Sovereigns : I loved this strategy game, very much much nods nods.
- Kohan : Arhiman's Gift : Just more of Kohan.
- The Walking Dead season 1 : Liked it even if I don't consider it like a real game, I shedded man tears at the end.
- Sleeping Dogs : All the DLCs, 100% achievements I fucking loved this game. (60hrs)
- Shadowrun Returns : One play-through.
- Serious Sam 3 : Liked it except the underground phases which I ended up quickly by blowing up everything C4.
- Braid : Liked it a lot I felt challenged in a good way and happy to discover and find out things myself
- Limbo : Enjoyed it, it was sometimes painful in a good way.
- Thomas was alone : Enjoyed it, but nothing relay special.
- The Swapper : I liked this game, but it was perhaps too short.
- Mass Effect 3 : Paragon character, imported from mass effect 1-2, I chose the synthesis ending. I didn't had much problem or complains about the ending, the gameplay was « okish » no more.
- DLC quest : I was bored it was funny, nothing more.
- Dragon Age origins : Liked the journey, the ending was very meh, the game is also way too easy.
- Europa Universalis III : Played a few big games up to completion.
- Crusader Kings 2 : Played one big game, up to the end.
- Titan Attacks : A short yet fun game made by puppy games which copies and improve Space Invaders.
- Games of Thrones : This game doesn't deserve all the flak it got, sure its not perfect but it has a good story.
- To The Moon : it was a good story, really different, nothing special on the game aspect its even quite poor, the developers seems to be afraid of letting you actually do something else than spectating.
- DMC : Devil May Cry, despite all the flak it got about the new Dante's look, I found this game superb, amazing gameplay and combat wise. The story was over the top and silly.
- The Stanley Parable : Not sure if you can you actually finish that :p
- F.E.A.R. : Finished for the 2nd time, love this game.
- F.E.A.R. : Extraction point ; More F.E.A.R is always good but there's nothing much to it.
- F.E.A.R. : Perseus Madante : More F.E.A.R better than extraction point save for the bulletspongy enemies.
- F.E.A.R 2 : Project Origin & Reborn : Probably less than its predecessor but an honest FPS nonetheless. The DLC is quite good but too short for it base retail price.
- Bioshock Infinite : While I found the gameplay lacking I enjoyed the story.
- Bioshock : Same thing as Infinite.
MMOs
- Guild wars 2 : Levelled a character to maximum level and finished the story got a lot of exploration of the actual map.
- The Secret world : finished the storyline and put a good 300hrs on it.
Post edited January 11, 2014 by Narakir
