dk

Yesterday I’ve reached a milestone: 100 games finished in 2016 (I got 100% in 53 of them). There were plenty of short games but it still feels like a nice accomplishment.
It’s been a month since my last update. Here is what I’ve been up to in August (too many games to review individually so I will just split them into 3 categories):
Good are the games I enjoyed the most. Okay is a combination of “could’ve been better” and “okay for what it is”. Bad = don’t waste your time.

HIGHLIGHT
  • White Night
    White Night

    9 hours playtime

    33 of 33 achievements

This is a pretty good game, not the best. I will remember it for a long time because for whatever reason I decided to 100% it. One of the achievements requires you to finish the game in one night (pretty much in one sitting).
I decided that spending a weekend night playing a relaxing adventure game doesn’t sound too bad. What I failed to notice (who reads description and tags when you can look at screenshots) is that this is not a relaxing adventure but a horror game that reminded me of early Resident Evil (just without fighting / shooting and ghosts instead of zombies).
This game is stressful. It’s dark. You don’t have a flashlight. You have to use matches. They don’t last long. You die. Thankfully the game is not hard but there are a lot of collectibles and many can be missed and would require a second walkthrough. Since I was trying to get everything in one walkthrough I had to take it slow. I was hoping to finish the game in 4-5 hours but I ended up spending about 7-8 hours playing this game. I took a couple of breaks in the beginning but then I realized that I was running out of “one night” and may not get the achievement I wanted so I had to power through the rest of the game. That was certainly a fun experience but I am not sure if I want to do it again :)

GOOD
  • Rise of the Tomb Raider
    Rise of the Tomb Raider

    34 hours playtime

    57 of 113 achievements

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops III
    Call of Duty: Black Ops III

    16 hours playtime

    23 of 77 achievements

  • SquareCells
    SquareCells

    10 hours playtime

    7 of 7 achievements

  • Montaro
    Montaro

    7 hours playtime

    15 of 15 achievements

  • MISSING: An Interactive Thriller - Episode One
    MISSING: An Interactive Thriller - Episode One

    68 minutes playtime

    17 of 17 achievements

  • Projector Face
    Projector Face

    6 hours playtime

    5 of 5 achievements

  • Time Mysteries 3: The Final Enigma
    Time Mysteries 3: The Final Enigma

    4 hours playtime

    11 of 11 achievements

  • Port of Call
    Port of Call

    38 minutes playtime

    7 of 7 achievements

OKAY
  • Time Mysteries: Inheritance - Remastered
    Time Mysteries: Inheritance - Remastered

    4 hours playtime

    10 of 10 achievements

  • Time Mysteries 2: The Ancient Spectres
    Time Mysteries 2: The Ancient Spectres

    6 hours playtime

    11 of 11 achievements

  • Over The Hills And Far Away
    Over The Hills And Far Away

    6 hours playtime

    8 of 8 achievements

  • Please, Don’t Touch Anything
    Please, Don’t Touch Anything

    4 hours playtime

    13 of 15 achievements

  • Mandagon
    Mandagon

    42 minutes playtime

    5 of 5 achievements

  • Woodle Tree Adventures
    Woodle Tree Adventures

    3 hours playtime

    8 of 8 achievements

  • simian.interface++
    simian.interface++

    55 minutes playtime

    8 of 8 achievements

  • Radiator 2
    Radiator 2

    83 minutes playtime

    5 of 5 achievements

  • Echo Tokyo: Intro
    Echo Tokyo: Intro

    2 hours playtime

    6 of 6 achievements

BAD
  • My Bones
    My Bones

    4 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • The Deer
    The Deer

    3 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • The NADI Project
    The NADI Project

    50 minutes playtime

    9 of 9 achievements

  • Houston, we have a problem
    Houston, we have a problem

    28 minutes playtime

    no achievements

Ghostie

Congratulations on the milestone. :)

dk

Thank you :)

uguleley

So you’ve finished 100 games in 8 months. My slow math head makes it about 12 games per month, nice! Even if there were short games as you say, that’s still an impressive tally.

dk

My initial goal was 15 games this year but I got carried away :D I still have 4 more months. Maybe I’ll be able to get to 150 but I doubt.

Shax

I wish I counted how many games I played this year.

dk

Do it next year :) I have a spreadsheet (started using it before I joined the site) but you can just create a new list for this here on the site.

Shax

That sounds like a plan!

malabagaa

Wow, congratz! :D
+1 to the spreadsheet :) (I actually have more than one)

nellyneko

wow, that’s amazing progress, congrats! I haven’t even finished half as much overall …

dk

You can do it! Making short lists and beating games one by one is where it all started for me. I completed 5-10 games total last year so it’s definitely a progress.

EvilBlackSheep

Congrats on the impressive milestone!!! I’m not sure how many games I finished this year before I joined BLAEO but for sure I’m nowhere near your number!

dk

Your backlog is tiny comparing to mine so you are okay :D

Baron Khazadson

Wow, that is impressive, that’s usually the number of books I finish a year, give or take a dozen. I spend a lot of time playing “neverending” games like open world rpgs(Mount&Blade) or rts/4x games. I have several HOGs in my library I keep meaning to play, I probably should since that rush of “completion” feels good and urges one on to complete more.

dk

I should really read more. I only read one book over the past year T_T I read visual novels though but that barely counts, however, some of them are pretty good.
Most of the HOGs are easy and relaxing and usually pretty short so that’s a good place to start :)

Crystal

A lot of titles finished/completed, congrats :) You got me interested in White Night by that description.

dk

The story is kinda weird but overall it’s a decent game and if you are into somewhat rare achievement the top 3 are 0.6-0.7%