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MZero 01/02/22 9:59:23 PM #1: |
Happy New Year! Good luck to everyone who participates in this. Credit goes to tazzyboyishere for first starting this in 2016, and Robazoid for carrying the torch through 2020. Basically, there are 50 challenges outlined below that will require you to beat 52 games total. This isn't a competition and there's no prize for winning aside from a sense of accomplishment. This is just a fun thing to participate in while we all work through our video game libraries. It also gives us a place to discuss what we're playing. Feel free to join in! Changes from last year: I decided to combine the WRPG and JRPG categories as well as the FPS and third-person shooter categories. I feel like the lines have blurred with JRPG-esque games developed in the west and WRPG-esque games developed in Japan, and there's not much need to separate them. I don't feel the shooting categories need to be separated either, and a lot of games can switch between perspectives anyway. In their place, I added a category for indie games (surprised there wasn't one already!) and one for simulation games, two categories I feel like have seen a lot of growth in recent years. Of course, the Years categories have been moved forward by one year. Rules: - A single playthrough of a game can only be used for one challenge - Use your own judgment to decide if game fits in a certain category - Games started in 2021 or earlier are fine as long as they're finished in 2022 - Please add your own games to the spreadsheet linked to below, which anyone can edit - When using the spreadsheet, please don't mess with checklists/tallies that aren't yours - There's a tab listing favorite games in the spreadsheet if you need help with Challenge 42 - If you have any questions, feel free to ask! Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_UtEH3lbFCyMIbe_LKgvaL_2qug0-r2kAKh7nplxqeM/edit?usp=drivesdk Challenges: Years (5) 1. Beat a game released before 1992 2. Beat a game released between 1992-2001 3. Beat a game released between 2002-2011 4. Beat a game released between 2012-2021 5. Beat a game released in 2022 Series (4) 6. Beat a game in a completely new series 7. Beat a game in a series you've already played some of 8. Beat a spin-off or a game that rebooted a franchise 9. Beat a remake or enhanced port Creators (4) 10. Beat a game made by a director/composer/artist/etc that you like 11. Beat a game made by a developer you like 12. Beat a game made by a developer you've never tried 13. Beat a game made by an indie developer Genres (10) 14. Beat an RPG 15. Beat a puzzle game 16. Beat a rhythm game 17. Beat a shooting game 18. Beat a simulation game 19. Beat a platformer 20. Beat an action game 21. Beat a strategy game 22. Beat a fighting game 23. Beat a sports game Themes (6) 24. Beat a game with romance as a central theme 25. Beat a game with horror as a central theme 26. Beat a game with revenge as a central theme 27. Beat a game with mystery as a central theme 28. Beat a game with the supernatural as a central theme 29. Beat a game with comedy as a central theme Demographics (6) 30. Beat a game with a female lead 31. Beat a game with a child lead 32. Beat a game with a non-white lead 33. Beat a game with a robot/artificial lead 34. Beat a game with an animal lead 35. Beat a game with a lead that's from a fictional species Time (4) 36. Beat a game that's been in your backlog for a long time 37. Beat a game you'd dropped or had a long hold on 38. Finish a game in one day 39. Finish a game that took you at least twenty-five hours to beat Stats (3) 40. Beat a game with a Metascore below 70 41. Beat a game with a Metascore above 90 42. Beat another user's favorite game Adaptation (3) 43. Beat a game based on licensed stories/characters 44. Beat a game that's been adapted into another medium 45. Beat a game that features historical events or people Miscellaneous (5) 46. Beat a game you received for free or through a paid subscription service 47. Play a technically unbeatable game for at least six hours 48. Beat a game that starts with the first letter of your username 49. Choose a random page on TVTropes and beat something from the video game section 50-52. Beat three games in a series --- MZero, to the extreme https://www.twitch.tv/kabazame ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KCF0107 01/02/22 10:00:12 PM #2: |
Re-posting my TVTrope https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MergingMachine Looks like it might be time to finish Mario + Rabbids or finally undertake Persona 5 (Royal) --- KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TheArkOfTurus 01/02/22 10:07:04 PM #3: |
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoolAirship 29. Beat a game with comedy as a central theme Reventure 47. Play a game that's technically unbeatable for at least six hours Romancing SaGa Re; univerSe 2/52 --- Our eyes were removed For our own safety ... Copied to Clipboard!
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SpikeSetsFire 01/02/22 10:26:30 PM #4: |
Awesome! Excited to play along with you guys this year! --- https://www.youtube.com/user/SpikeSetsFire https://www.twitch.tv/spikesetsfire ... Copied to Clipboard!
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SpikeSetsFire 01/02/22 10:27:09 PM #5: |
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IronButtmonkey I'll have to see what Looney Tunes or Nickelodeon games I have on the shelf. --- https://www.youtube.com/user/SpikeSetsFire https://www.twitch.tv/spikesetsfire ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Cody11533 01/02/22 10:46:50 PM #6: |
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimationAnatomyAging Probably replay Ocarina of Time or one of the KH games for this. --- "Video games are meant to be just one thing. Fun. Fun for everyone." -Satoru Iwata "11533 >>> 1001 imo" - Jeff Zero ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Arti 01/02/22 11:04:54 PM #7: |
let's get started then 18. Beat a simulation game Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection 1/50 --- http://backloggery.com/articuno2001/sig.gif ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Underleveled 01/02/22 11:41:11 PM #8: |
43. Beat a game based on licensed stories/characters Guardians of the Galaxy (PS5) --- darkx Games beaten in 2022 - 1; Most recent - Guardians of the Galaxy ... Copied to Clipboard!
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JONALEON1 01/02/22 11:59:48 PM #9: |
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SlipknotPonytail 32. Beat a game with a non-white lead Raji: An Ancient Epic And also just finished another game: 30. Beat a game with a female lead Jenny LeClue - Detectivu 2/52 --- Congrats to azuarc who beat me by 1 point! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Johnbobb 01/03/22 12:45:08 AM #10: |
Looks like my trope is going to be https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpinOffspring So any game where a main character of a game is the child of a previous game's main character? Sounds easy enough! Maybe I'll finally play Apollo Justice --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Underleveled 01/03/22 2:51:33 AM #11: |
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CarpetOfVirility Haha nice. I've been planning on playing Punch-Out 09 for a while now so that'll do it. --- darkx Games beaten in 2022 - 1; Most recent - Guardians of the Galaxy ... Copied to Clipboard!
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SpikeSetsFire 01/03/22 4:22:57 AM #12: |
28. Beat a game with the supernatural as a central theme Phantasmagoria (1995, PC) What a game! Finally got around to playing and beating this one. I was a big fan of point 'n clicks back in the 90s and Sierra games. The graphics and live action were a delight. The puzzles were not too difficult. Exploring was fun. Got really difficult on the final chapter though. I was ripping my hair out I was missing items and couldn't for the life of me, find what I needed! This game was banned in Australia due to Took me 6 hours to beat. Nice way to spend a lazy Sunday. I didn't intend on finishing it so quickly, but I couldn't stop myself from playing! https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/5/8/AAeuYYAACxL-.jpg --- https://www.youtube.com/user/SpikeSetsFire https://www.twitch.tv/spikesetsfire ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TheArkOfTurus 01/03/22 6:39:56 PM #13: |
50. Beat three games in a series (First game) Shovel Knight: Spectre of Torment I think it's okay to count these as separate games? They're as long as the original, can be bought separately, and Treasure Trove bills itself as having 5 games. 3/52 --- Our eyes were removed For our own safety ... Copied to Clipboard!
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SpikeSetsFire 01/05/22 8:35:32 AM #14: |
50-52. Beat three games in a series Have you guys put any thought into this one yet? (ArkofTurus is going for the Knight series, as he just posted). Curious to hear some others thoughts. Even if it doesn't eventuate... --- https://www.youtube.com/user/SpikeSetsFire https://www.twitch.tv/spikesetsfire ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MZero 01/05/22 8:54:51 AM #15: |
almost definitely Trails for me again this year --- MZero, to the extreme I never saw azuarc coming, but he won the Guru! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Mega Mana 01/05/22 9:01:23 AM #16: |
Reposting, unfortunately. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ADegreeInUseless Three games on my someday list, but doubtful this'll be the year. --- "In my headcanon, some staffer saw Trump pull out his phone and start typing so they just Terry Tate Office Linebacker'd him out of his shoes." - FFD ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Johnbobb 01/07/22 10:16:18 PM #17: |
Inscryption but since this is a virtual card game, would that count as a simulation game? Because I might move it over to that --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Arti 01/07/22 11:14:40 PM #18: |
43. Beat a game based on licensed stories/characters Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- The Prophecy of the Throne 47. Play a technically unbeatable game for at least six hours Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage 3/50 --- http://backloggery.com/articuno2001/sig.gif ... Copied to Clipboard!
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SpikeSetsFire 01/08/22 2:00:49 AM #19: |
8. Beat a spin-off or a game that rebooted a franchise Jack Bros. (1995, Virtual Boy) Oww... my eyes!! 60 floors of puzzles and combat in a race against time. I chose to play as Jack Ripper, as his attack, although short range, is really powerful. I found that the long range attacks are not helpful in some of the tight passageways. This was the first time for me to play and beat this game. Half the challenge was battling eye soreness and discomfort while playing. But overall, really enjoyed the game a lot! Jack Bros. is a spin-off from Atlus' video game series Megami Tensei. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/8/0/AAeuYYAACyMY.jpg --- https://www.youtube.com/user/SpikeSetsFire https://www.twitch.tv/spikesetsfire ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KCF0107 01/08/22 5:46:59 AM #20: |
4. Beat a game released between 2012-2021 Hidden Through Time 47. Play a technically unbeatable game for at least six hours Apex Legends I forgot that I it's a new year, and I have to keep up with this --- KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MZero 01/09/22 7:18:44 AM #21: |
31. Beat a game with a child lead Pokemon Shield I actually liked it! 1/52 --- MZero, to the extreme I never saw azuarc coming, but he won the Guru! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Cody11533 01/09/22 12:39:08 PM #22: |
39. Finish a game that took you at least twenty-five hours to beat Terraria --- "Video games are meant to be just one thing. Fun. Fun for everyone." -Satoru Iwata "11533 >>> 1001 imo" - Jeff Zero ... Copied to Clipboard!
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andylt 01/09/22 1:25:47 PM #23: |
Lol at Turus already having a second list on the spreadsheet (I know it'll just be a holdover from last year but lol) https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StudentAndMasterTeam I really think there should be way more games here than the ones listed... I've been meaning to play KOTOR2 for a while but the bugs/unfinished nature put me off (I don't have a PC), so hopefully they'll put a better version on Switch or something and I can do that. Or maybe I'll finally get around to Suikoden. SpikeSetsFire posted... Have you guys put any thought into this one yet?Probably Final Fantasy for me again. I'm working through the series and there's enough entries left that shouldn't be hard to get. 46. Beat a game you received for free or through a paid subscription service Firewatch Will probably move this around later. I enjoyed this a great deal, the game's tone was perfect and the dialogue was great. A bit anticlimactic near the end, but I guess that's the point. --- Slowly becoming a Final Fantasy aficionado. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Shonen_Bat 01/09/22 1:56:19 PM #24: |
39. Finish a game that took you at least twenty-five hours to beat Monster Sanctuary Basically Pokemon crossed with a Metroidvania which I wasn't sold on at first, but once I figured out you actually need to put a strategy together I ended up blasting through it. Great game, even if I felt like the endgame was lacking a little. --- Hello again. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TheArkOfTurus 01/09/22 4:28:17 PM #25: |
21. Beat a strategy game Into the Breach 50. Beat three games in a series (Second game) Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows Shovel Knight was good. Spectre Knight was great. Plague Knight... I don't think I can say it was bad, but I didn't enjoy it at all. Would have dropped it if not for this topic/the sunk cost fallacy. Every fight was beyond trivial due to how many tools he had, but Plague Knight felt really awkward to control, making the platforming sections extremely frustrating to me. I'm pretty sure this isn't a common opinion, but it just didn't click with me. 5/52 --- Our eyes were removed For our own safety ... Copied to Clipboard!
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cakophon 01/10/22 2:45:57 AM #26: |
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PracticallyJoker well. we'll see what i pick for that 25. Beat a game with horror as a central theme Inscryption --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdnOym-kbh4 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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andylt 01/10/22 8:28:38 AM #27: |
TheArkOfTurus posted... Shovel Knight was good. Spectre Knight was great. Plague Knight... I don't think I can say it was bad, but I didn't enjoy it at all. Would have dropped it if not for this topic/the sunk cost fallacy. Every fight was beyond trivial due to how many tools he had, but Plague Knight felt really awkward to control, making the platforming sections extremely frustrating to me. I'm pretty sure this isn't a common opinion, but it just didn't click with me.FWIW I think Plague is easily the worst campaign and I know I'm not alone on that, it's the least fun to control by far. The next campaign is a great return to form and very substantial (though nothing feels as smooth as Specter). --- Slowly becoming a Final Fantasy aficionado. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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JONALEON1 01/10/22 2:23:44 PM #28: |
42. Beat another user's favorite game Batman: Arkham Asylum 3/52 --- Congrats to azuarc who beat me by 1 point! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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plasmabeam 01/10/22 3:07:52 PM #29: |
43. Beat a game based on licensed stories/characters The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series: The Final Season --- ~Jacksonville Jaguars~ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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cakophon 01/10/22 4:57:19 PM #30: |
26. Beat a game with revenge as a central theme The Hex --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdnOym-kbh4 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Arti 01/10/22 11:53:24 PM #31: |
46. Beat a game you received for free or through a paid subscription service Dragon Fantasy: Volumes of Westeria 4/50 --- http://backloggery.com/articuno2001/sig.gif ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Arti 01/11/22 6:56:03 PM #32: |
15. Beat a puzzle game Sparkle 2 5/50 --- http://backloggery.com/articuno2001/sig.gif ... Copied to Clipboard!
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BarbaricAvatar 01/11/22 8:13:50 PM #33: |
I'll play again, but i'm changing a bunch of the challenges to ones that suit my backlog better; same number though. My random tropes page has more than 1 game i own this year! Yay! https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheDeadCanDance EDIT: I tried to enter my name on the sheet but something weird happened and everything disappeared. Thank heck for "undo"! --- Habitual Judge ... Copied to Clipboard!
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BarbaricAvatar 01/11/22 8:18:25 PM #34: |
Hit the ground running this year. 27. Beat a game with mystery as a central theme Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala 38. Finish a game in one day Splatter: Zombiecalypse Now 7. Beat a game in a series you've already played some of Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 24. Beat a game with romance as a central theme Perky Little Things 12. Beat a game made by a developer you've never tried Turbo Dismount 5. Beat a game released between 2020-2022 Milo and the Magpies 6/52 --- Habitual Judge ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Buffy_Summers 01/11/22 8:36:27 PM #35: |
2. Beat a game released between 1992-2001 Super Mario 64 3. Beat a game released between 2002-2011 Resident Evil 0 38. Finish a game in one day Sonic the Hedeghog 2 42. Beat another user's favorite game Resident Evil: Remake Might be able to do this, since games count that we started last year. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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JONALEON1 01/13/22 12:23:27 AM #36: |
40. Beat a game with a Metascore below 70 The Academy: The First Riddle 4/52 --- Congrats to azuarc who beat me by 1 point! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Arti 01/13/22 12:49:14 AM #37: |
32. Beat a game with a non-white lead The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve 6/50 --- http://backloggery.com/articuno2001/sig.gif ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Johnbobb 01/13/22 8:34:23 PM #38: |
44. Beat a game that's been adapted into another medium Hitman 3 I'm counting it; there's been plenty of Hitman adaptation --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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BarbaricAvatar 01/14/22 6:59:15 AM #39: |
40. Beat a game with a Metascore below 70 Buzz! Master Quiz (PSP) The score is 68, which is about right as i'd give the game a 7 too. 7/52 --- Habitual Judge ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TheArkOfTurus 01/14/22 6:35:30 PM #40: |
52. (Third game in the series) Shovel Knight: King of Cards andylt posted... The next campaign is a great return to form and very substantial (though nothing feels as smooth as Specter). It's close, but I think it might actually be my favorite. Needless to say, I enjoyed it quite a bit. Felt great to control, tons of charm, I liked the shorter, more varied levels, and it never wore out its welcome despite being quite a bit longer than the others. Not sure how much of that was Joustus (which I enjoyed, but maybe not as much as I was hoping to,) but it seems like it would have been longer even without that. 6/52 --- Our eyes were removed For our own safety ... Copied to Clipboard!
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HBJDubs 01/14/22 6:38:25 PM #41: |
As someone who isn't really into simulation games and hasn't played one in a long time, what are some good recommendations to check out? --- Save in the name of true love ~Project 1000~ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KCF0107 01/14/22 6:43:56 PM #42: |
I feel like a lot of games belonging to more specific genres can double as sim games, such as numerous sports and racing games --- KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TheArkOfTurus 01/14/22 6:53:07 PM #43: |
I went looking to see which games in my Steam library counted as a simulation game. Apparently Into the Breach has it listed as part of its genre? Guess I can move that there, and stop worrying about it. On that note, I recommend Into the Breach. Or FTL, FTL's great too. --- Our eyes were removed For our own safety ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MZero 01/15/22 12:16:39 AM #44: |
HBJDubs posted... As someone who isn't really into simulation games and hasn't played one in a long time, what are some good recommendations to check out? Persona 5 imo --- MZero, to the extreme I never saw azuarc coming, but he won the Guru! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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BarbaricAvatar 01/15/22 10:28:34 AM #45: |
TheArkOfTurus posted... I went looking to see which games in my Steam library counted as a simulation game. Apparently Into the Breach has it listed as part of its genre? Guess I can move that there, and stop worrying about it. The meaning of simulation is subjective, it seems no dictionary or site can agree on whether or not it's a realistic imitation. One could claim Gameboy Tennis is a simulation of Tennis and have a dictionary definition to back them up in doing so. If you think something fits then that's good enough for the challenge! --- Anyway. 46. Beat a game you received for free or through a paid subscription service Hitman Sniper 8/52 --- Habitual Judge ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TheArkOfTurus 01/15/22 9:15:47 PM #46: |
22. Beat a fighting game Shovel Knight Showdown 49. Choose a random page on TVTropes and beat something from the video game section Final Fantasy X Will this be the time I finally feel like playing more than like 3 hours of Final Fantasy X-2? Probably not, but I'll start it up anyway! 8/52 --- Our eyes were removed For our own safety ... Copied to Clipboard!
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cakophon 01/17/22 1:32:04 AM #47: |
34. Beat a game with an animal lead Chicory: A Colorful Tale 3/52 --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdnOym-kbh4 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Cody11533 01/18/22 12:24:34 AM #48: |
15. Beat a puzzle game Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker --- "Video games are meant to be just one thing. Fun. Fun for everyone." -Satoru Iwata "11533 >>> 1001 imo" - Jeff Zero ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KCF0107 01/18/22 8:22:02 PM #49: |
43. Beat a game based on licensed stories/characters Batman: The Enemy Within I think someone messed up the work someone put in to make the tally sheet automatically update because now my name is missing from that list when I was listed and being tracked maybe a week ago, and I get a warning sign that I could mess the script up when I try to manually add myself. --- KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MZero 01/18/22 8:42:32 PM #50: |
KCF0107 posted... I think someone messed up the work someone put in to make the tally sheet automatically update because now my name is missing from that list when I was listed and being tracked maybe a week ago, and I get a warning sign that I could mess the script up when I try to manually add myself. aw nuts I'll fix it when I get home and make that sheet protected, so only the list sheet can be edited --- MZero, to the extreme I never saw azuarc coming, but he won the Guru! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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