2022: Backlog Progress
So last year I predicted I had no chance of topping close to 100 beaten in a year… and that turned out to be accurate, didn’t do anything different to last year, and try not to focus on the numbers since its meant to be fun after all, but still a bit disappointed, hopefully 2023 will be better!
But the games I did play… may have been the highest quality year I’ve ever had! Really enjoying the Playstation games that have come to PC, with the Spider-Man games and God of War making it onto my favourites list. It Takes Two was a great co-op experience I’d recommend to anyone. Red Dead Redemption 2 was so satisfying to beat such a huge game, both in terms of its rep and its actual length to finish….. and Guardians of the Galaxy was very early on in the year so bit fuzzy on the memory but love the films and had the best time playing this with its humour and characters standing out, remember loving the huddles in combat. Games that didn’t make it onto the list include Batman Arkham Knight which I thought was a great end to the series, Before Your Eyes that made me cry emotionally… Celeste that made me cry tears of frustration, Deathloop that I don’t think is Arkanes best but still a lot to love about it, and have to mention Dark Souls 3 which I think would have made it onto the honourable mentions if I had finished it, but still playing/struggling through it at time of writing.
I did also play quite a few non-Steam games that make my numbers look a bit better, thanks to a couple of ridiculously cheap month deals on Gamepass and Ubisoft+ that I was enticed into trying out for games I wanted to play that weren’t on Steam. These included Gears of War 1-4, Fable 2 and Fable 3, Anthem, Halo 5, Spore, Watch Dogs Legion, Far Cry 6, and Immortals Fenyx Rising. So if I was keeping count I’d add an extra +12 for all those!
Feel free to ask about any beaten on Steam or those above non-Steam, the full list can be found here.
My key targets for 2023 are below, I didn’t make the best progress on my 2022 targets which sucked, so a few repeats again, including Nier… its a bit of a joke at this point, must have been on every list since I started this!!! A lot of exciting recent games I’ve been drawn to, and looks like 2023 has lots of releases planned that I may pick up and play if the prices are reasonable, Hogwarts Legacy, Starfield and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor would be my top 3!
2022: Favourites
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God of War
46 hours playtime
37 of 37 achievements
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It Takes Two
13 hours playtime
9 of 20 achievements
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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
28 hours playtime
59 of 59 achievements
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Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
53 hours playtime
76 of 78 achievements
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Red Dead Redemption 2
96 hours playtime
23 of 51 achievements
2023: Targets
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Assassin's Creed Valhalla
0 minutes playtime
no achievements
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Cyberpunk 2077
0 minutes playtime
0 of 44 achievements
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DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
0 minutes playtime
0 of 63 achievements
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Final Fantasy VII
0 minutes playtime
0 of 36 achievements
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Kena: Bridge of Spirits
0 minutes playtime
0 of 41 achievements
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance
0 minutes playtime
0 of 82 achievements
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NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...
0 minutes playtime
0 of 47 achievements
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Persona 5 Royal
0 minutes playtime
0 of 53 achievements
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Psychonauts 2
0 minutes playtime
0 of 57 achievements
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Yakuza 0
0 minutes playtime
0 of 55 achievements
67 games beaten is crazy imo, especially when you have big games there like RDR 2 so I think you did great!
Thank you! That’s kind of you to say :) I can’t help comparing to previous years but you’re right I did have some huge games that took up a lot of time, haven’t even mentioned Lego Skywalker Saga in my post…….. enjoyed it but wow it took ages to finish!!! My Steam replay had it as my longest game of 10% of my gaming time… not entirely sure it was worth it but its finished thank goodness!
Wow…that’s a lot of games you’ve beaten. I’m jealous. I’ve played a few of the games you’ve played, including Bully and Carto…both good games. Good luck with Kena and Kingdom Come (both on my wishlist). Happy gaming in 2023!!!
Thanks Trent :) I did enjoy both of those, Bully especially which I gave an 8/10 to, felt good playing an older Rockstar game that still gets mentioned to this day, easy to see why with all the fun ideas it has even if its slightly awkward to control by modern day standards! I hope Kena lives up to its promise as it looks beautiful, been wanting to play it since it came to Steam so gave in this sale to buy it, will definitely play it next year! Kingdom Come too should be a safe bet for my 2023 favourite list but its such a long one, my targets always include a ton of these, but do think it’s one I’ll really enjoy! Thanks for the message, happy gaming to you too!