The Post your Collections/Favorites/Games finished thread

[Tebunker]

Well, it seems that these two threads have dissapeared becom unsticky at the former forum, and I know that I liked looking through them. Figured we'd tie in the games finished So I was wondering if you guys wanted to start them up again?

I'd say post your collections, games finished and post your top choices out of the collection. Maybe we can sticky it for reference purposes. Much better than having three separate thread.



My collection for the most part



I've finished:

POP
Beyond Good and Evil
Luigi's Mansion
Metal Gear The Twin Snakes
Lost Kingdoms
Wario World
1080 Snowboarding
Metroid Fusion
Metroid Zero Mission
Fable
Second Sight
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy - everything but the End rocked in this game
True Crime Streets of LA <-- Liked it more than GTA
Xmen Legends

This has been a record year for me and beating games. It's amazing

[Driver]

Here's mine.

[Simon]

Here's my current collection.

[Andy]

I tried to put my collection on IGN but they were missing too many games I have

Gameboy Advance

• Advance Wars
• Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
  
• Banjo Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
• Car Battler Joe
  
• Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
• Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
  
• Colin McRae Rally 2.0
  
• Dokapon: Monster Hunter
  
• Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
• Fire Emblem
• Game & Watch Gallery Advance
• Golden Sun
• Golden Sun: The Lost Age
  
• Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
  
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
  
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  
• Mario Golf Advance Tour
• Mario Kart Super Circuit
• Megaman Battle Chip Challenge
• Megaman Battle Network
  
• Megaman Battle Network 3: White
  
• Metroid Fusion
• Metroid Zero Mission
  
• Monster Rancher Advance
• Monster Rancher Advance 2
• Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
• Pokémon Ruby
• Puyo Pop
• Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon
• Shining Soul
  
• Sonic Advance 2
• Sonic Battle
  
• StreetFighter Alpha 3
• Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World
• Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island
• Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
• Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis
• Virtua Tennis
  
• Warioware, Inc.
• Yu-Gi-Oh! DungeonDice Monsters
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Stairway to the Destined Duel
  

GameCube

• Ace Golf
• Animal Crossing
• Bloody Roar: Primal Fury
• Disney Sports Football (Soccer)
  
• Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
  
• Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
• Freekstyle
• F-Zero GX
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  
• Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life
  
• Kirby Airride
  
• The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time/The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
  
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• Lost Kingdoms II
  
• Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
• Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
• Mario Party 4
  
• Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
  
• Metroid Prime
  
• Mystic Heroes
  
• NBA Street Vol. 2
  
• NHL Hitz 2003
  
• Pac-Man World 2
  
• Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II
• Phantasy Star Online Episode III: CARD Revolution
  
• Pokemon Colosseum
  
• Piglet's Big Game
  
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
  
• Rayman Arena
• Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
  
• The Simpsons: Road Rage
• Skies of Arcadia: Legends
  
• Sonic Heroes
  
• Soul Calibur II
• Spider-Man 2
  
• SSX Tricky
• Smugglers Run: Warzones
• Star Wars: Rogue Leader
  
• Starfox Adventures
  
• Summoner: A Goddess Reborn
  
• Super Mario Sunshine
• Super Monkey Ball 2
• Super Smash Bros. Melee
• TimeSplitters 2
  
• Viewtiful Joe
• WarioWorld
  
• X-Men: Next Dimension

X-BOX

• Amped 2
• Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
  
• Beyond Good and Evil
  
• Bionicle
  
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer
• Burnout 2: Point of Impact
• Colin McRae Rally 04
• Deathrow
• Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure
• Dungeons and Dragons Heroes
  
• Dynasty Warriors 3
• The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind - GOTY Edition
• Gauntlet: Dark Legacy
• Gladius
• Hunter: The Reckoning
  
• Jet Set Radio Future/Sega GT 2002 bundle disc
  
• Kung Fu Chaos
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  
• Magic the Gathering: Battlegrounds
• Marvel vs. Capcom 2
• Midtown Madness 3
  
• Midway Arcade Treasures
  
• Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
• MX Unleashed
  
• Pirates: The Legend of the Black Kat
  
• Project Gotham Racing 2
  
• Quantum Redshift
• RalliSport Challenge 2
  
• Sega Soccer Slam
• The Simpsons: Hit & Run
  
• Sphinx & the Cursed Mummy
  
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
  
• SSX 3
  
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• Tiger Woods 2004
• ToeJam & Earl III: Mission to Earth
• Voodoo Vince
  
• Worms 3D
• Wrath Unleashed[
  

key:
newest additions
currently up for trade :
virtually unplayed

lots of virtually unplayed games there most of which my kids have given a good workout.

[Qbe]

Here's mine.

Finished in 2004:

Ratchet & Clank [PS2]
Arc the Lad [PSX]
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance [PS2]
Ico [PS2]

[Nth Power]

Here's my collection.

Finished :

Fatal Frame 2 [PS2]
Ratchet & Clank : Going Commando [PS2]
Beyond Good & Evil [Xbox]
KOTOR [XBox]
Ratchet & Clank : Up Your Arsenal [PS2]
God of War [PS2]
KOTOR 2 [XBox]
WarioWare : Mega Microgame$[GBA]
Atelier Iris [PS2]
Ultimate Spider-Man [XBox]
Ossu! Tatakae! Ouendan! [DS]
Castlevania : Dawn of Sorrow [DS]

[Chronic]

My Collection

Offhand the ones I remember finishing are-
Halo-I know, I'm late to the party
Time Splitters 2
Culdcept
Ace Combat 4
I think eternal Darkness was this year but I cannot remember exactly.

On the PC side I also finshed- Neverwinter Nights-Shawdows of Undrentide, Diablo 2 + lord of destruction and UT2K4

[Tebunker]

still waiting on the sticky here

[stiffler]

For my collection, just see the sig.  Note, I don't have any PC games listed.

[AgtFox]

still waiting on the sticky here

Ask and ye shall receive.  I haven't been on the forum since I left work, so sorry for the tardiness.

[whiteboyskim]

I've recently added a few to those I've beaten this year:

Completed:

2004 Completed Titles:

Prince of Persia (PS2)
The Simpsons: Hit & Run (Xbox)
The Suffering (PS2)
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (Xbox)
Return of the King (Xbox)
Chronicles of Riddick (Xbox)
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon (Xbox)

2005 Completed Titles:

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)
Mercenaries (Twice) (Xbox)
The Bard's Tale (Xbox)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (PC)
God of War (PS2)
Freedom Fighters (Xbox)
Deus Ex: Invisible War (Xbox)
Cold Fear (PS2)
XIII (XBox)
Half-Life 2 (PC)
True Crime: Streets of LA (PS2)
Katamari Damacy (PS2)
The Curse of Monkey Island (PC)
Serious Sam (PC)
Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil (PC)
Escape From Monkey Island (PC)
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (PS2)
Evil Dead: Regeneration (PS2)
F.E.A.R. (PC)
Call of Duty 2 (PC)
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse (Xbox)
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One (Xbox)
The Suffering: Ties That Bind (PS2)
Total Overdose (PS2)
Star Trek: Elite Force II (PC)

[Daveman]

I'll do mine the old-fashioned way too

Barely/never touched
Returned/Exchanged
Completed!

Gameboy Advance

Advance Wars
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
Donkey Kong Country
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Fire Emblem
Golden Sun
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / The Four Swords
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Mech Platoon
Metroid Fusion
Metroid Zero Mission
Phantasy Star Collection
Poke’mon Sapphire
Super Mario World Advance
Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis
Ultimate Card Games
Warioware Inc., Mega Micro-Game$!

Gamecube

1080 Avalanche
Crazy Taxi
Cubivore
Custom Robo               
Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem
F-Zero GX
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
Gauntlet Dark Legacy
Gladius
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee
Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life
Ikaruga
Kirby Air Ride
The Legend of Zelda: Collector’s Edition
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventure
The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Luigi’s Mansion
Mario Kart: Double Dash
Mario Party 4
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Metroid Prime
Midway Arcade Treasures
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
Muppets Party Cruise
Pac-Man Vs.
Pac-Man World 2
Phantasy Star Online Episodes 1 & 2
Phantasy Star Online Episode 3: C.A.R.D. Revolution
Pikmin
Poke’mon Colosseum
Rayman Arena
Resident Evil
Robotech: Battlecry
Sega Soccer Slam
The Simpsons Hit and Run
Soul Calibur 2
SSX Tricky
Star Wars Rogue Squadron 2: Rogue Leader
Super Mario Sunshine
Super Monkey Ball
Super Monkey Ball 2
Super Smash Brothers: Melee
Timesplitters 2
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3
Viewtiful Joe

[Laner]

Where all my money goes {link}

Most recently, I've polished off:

Doom 3 [PC] 02/13/05
Half-Life 2 [PC] 12/04
Eternal Darkness [GC] 08/04
SW: KOTOR [PC] 06/04
The Suffering [Xbox] 05/04

[Dreamshadow]

I have finished these games so far:

(2004)
Tales of Symphonia
Metroid Zero Mission
Metroid Fusion
Dynasty Warriors IV (All but one musou mode)
Wind Waker
Shining Force: Ressurection of Dark Dragon

(2005)
Minish Cap
KOTOR 2

My Collection:

GBA:

Zelda: Minish Cap *
Zelda: Link to the Past (Four Swords)
Phantasy Star Collection
Golden Sun *
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Super Mario Advance 3: Super Mario World
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance *
Final Fantasy Dawn of Souls
Metroid: Zero Mission *
Metroid Fusion *
Shining Force: Ressurection of Dark Dragon *
Advance Wars

GB:

Heroes of Might and Magic
Dragon Warrior I & II
Dragon Warrior III
Metroid II
Warlocked
R-type DX
Crystalis
Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
Zelda: Oracle of Ages

GameCube

Phantasy Star Online: Episode I & II
Phantasy Star Online: Episode III C.A.R.D. Revolution
Evolution Worlds
Skies of Arcadia Legends
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Harvest Moon: A wonderful  life
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Tales of Symphonia
Soul Calibur 2
Zelda: Wind Waker
Zelda: Bonus disk (OOt, OOt Master, Majora's Mask)
Baiten Kaitos

Playstation 2

R-type Final
Dynasty Warriors 3
Dynasty Warriors 3:XL
Dynasty Warriors 4
Dynasty Warriors 5
Final Fantasy X
Culdcept
Disgaea
Phantom Brave
Katamari Damacy
Freedom Fighters

[depward]

Games Completed this year:

Prince of Persia - Sands of Time
FFVII (psx)
Shadow Hearts: Covenant

[Jeff]

My current collection:

Xbox:

Halo 2
Test Drive Eve of Destruction
Outlaw Golf 2
Project Gotham Racing 2
X-Men Legends
Jet Set Radio Future
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Knights of the Old Republic
Rallisport Challenge 2

PS2
Ratchet & Clank
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
Jak & Daxter
Gran Turismo 3
Final Fantasy X
Champions of Norrath
Hot Shots Golf 3
Culdcept



Recently finished and traded:

Chronicles of Riddick (A)
Psi Ops (B)
Fable (B+)

For PC, I'm eagerly awaiting Half Life 2.

[Jancelot]

Recently Finished (Starting July 1st):

• Brothers in Arms
• Chronicles of Riddick
• Full Spectrum Warrior
• Metal Arms
• Oddworld: Stranger
• Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

To go:

• Jade Empire
• Mercenaries
• Star Wars: KOTOR 2

X-Box Collection:

• Burnout 3
• Chessmaster
• Chronicles of Riddick
• Crimson Skies
• ESPN NBA 2K5
• ESPN NFL 2K5
• ESPN NHL 2K5
• Full Spectrum Warrior
• GTA 3: Vice City
• Halo
• Halo 2
• Links 2004
• Jade Empire
• Mercenaries
• Metal Arms: A Glitch in the System
• Midway Collection Vol. 1
• Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
• NCAA College Football 2004
• Oddworld: Stranger
• Prince of Persia
• Project Gotham Racing 2
• Rainbow 6 III
• Rainbow 6 III: Black Arrow
• Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
• Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
• Star Wars: Battlefront
• Star Wars: KOTOR
• Star Wars: KOTOR 2

[Gwen]

   Games finished in 2004:

PC:
Gothic II
Uru
Divine Divinity
Beyond Divinity
Syberia
Myst IV
NWN and expansions
Sacred
Sim2 (I made a baby and quit)

XBox:
KoTOR

 :lol: Actively playing:

PC:
Planescape: Torment
SS2

XBox:
Sphinx
Fable

:oops: Out of the shrink wrap just to feel and smell the CD and read the manual but not even installed: (I'm so pathetic)  
Rise of Nations
Kohan
Beyond Good and Evil
Baldur's Gate II
Diablo II
Galactic Civilizations

 :shock: Games I've only played a short while and know will never darken my computer again:

When I have a spare day or so I'll make a trade/sell list.

[Jason Donati]

Current Xbox Collection:

Ninja Gaiden
Halo
Morrowind
Crimson Skies
Phantom Crash
Rallisport Challenge
Project Gotham Racing 2
Project Gotham Racing
Voodoo Vince
Blinx: The Time Sweeper
Oddworld III: Munch's Oddysee
Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack
Jet Set Radio Future
Sega GT 2000
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
Hitman 2
Dead or Alive 3
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Serious Sam
Quantum Redshift
Shenmue II
Crimson Sea
Gunvalkyrie
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Splinter Cell
Splinter Cell 2: Pandora Tomorrow
Fusion Frenzy
Wreckless
Soul Calibur II
Baldur's Gate 2: Dark Alliance
Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit <---Possibly the worst Xbox game!
Deathrow
Max Payne
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Brute Force
Dynasty Warriors 3
Buffy: The Vampire Slayer
Tetris Worlds

Current Gameboy Advance Collection:

Final Fantasy Tactics: Advance
Pokemon: Sapphire
Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
Advance Wars
Advance Wars II
Golden Sun
Tactics Ogre: The Knight of the Lodis
Fire Emblem

Completed (This Year):

Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Full Spectrum Warrior
Thief III

I think Ninja Gaiden was the last Xbox title I purchased. I've had to reallocate my gaming funds elsewhere and haven't been in a position to buy a title every other week or so like I used to. Otogi, DOA:XVB, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, and Riddick are a few of the games I'm hoping to pick up when I get the chance.

Gunvalkyrie, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Deathrow, and Voodoo Vince are some of the games I think have gone widely unappreciated this generation. Murakumo (52% at Gamerankings.com) is the worst game I have played in a very long time. It's developed by From Software. To their credit, they're also the same developer behind the awesome Otogi series. Talk about running the gamut when it comes to quality. But at least Murakumo taught me to never, ever, ever purchase a game based off of boxart alone. That is a lesson I will not soon forget.

Also, Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga turned out to be much more enjoyable than I'd thought it would. In fact, it's probably the most fun and the most I've laughed with any Nintendo game. They may be milking poor Mario to death, but at least the franchise is still producing quality titles.

[dangerballs]

My Collection

[Kagath]

Recently Finished:

Project: Snowblind
Fable
FF: Dawn of Souls - FF 1
Halo 2

Neverwinter Nights OC
Half Life 2
SW: KotOR

[Calvin]

Well, time to start my thread-gotta think back, i have finished quite a few games this year-

Halo 2
Full Spectrum Warrior
Chronicles of Riddick
Rachet and Clank 2: Going Commando

[-Lord Ebonstone-]

Well, my entry is going to be completed, abandoned (after a significant amount of playtime), and in-progress games.  Because I'm cool like that.  And that bored.  (RED = Updated or New).

**[PC]**

-Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Complete

STATUS:  Open.  10% Complete.

Update 8/25/2005:  I've been playing HOMM3 off and on as the desire strikes me.  So far I've completed two or three of the campaigns in Shadow of Death.  Truly a classic.

3/6/2005: I very recently re-purchased and re-installed this collection with the intent to play through all the campaigns, a feat I never managed to accomplish.  This is really my only goal-based single-player title on the PC at the moment--otherwise I'm playing multiplayer games or skirmishes in Rise of Nations or whatnot.

GRADE:  A+


**[GCN]**

-Resident Evil 4

STATUS:  Completed, March 13th, 2005.  ~18 Hours for first playthrough of the storyline.

Wow.  This game is the Cube's killer app, and boy does it deserve that honor.  It's less 'scary' than it is dread-inducing, which is fantastic.  Plus it's just... well... impossible to stop playing, in my opinion.

Literally my only gripe with the game is that the story is wrapped up too neatly at the end--for all the buildup, the ending is kind of pedestrian.  Fortunately the gameplay is sheer bliss up til the end (and even beyond, with the bevy of extras that are unlocked).  Not to be missed.

GRADE:  A+

-Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

STATUS:  Abandoned. ~70% Complete.

A decent game that has far too much back-tracking.  Graphics are pretty for the first few hours, but get same-y very quickly.  Normal enemies are tedious, bosses are boring and unimpressive.  Weapons are largely underwhelming.  Once the sheen wears off, it's a war of attrition my patience just couldn't win.

GRADE:  B/B-

-Paper Mario 2: The Thousand-Year Door

STATUS:  Abandoned.  ~75% Complete.  40+ Hours.

A decent game which I enjoyed for the entire time I played it.  After getting all but one of the stars and getting all the characters, however, I just lost interest.  Undoubtedly the best RPG on the Gamecube, the story started to lag at the end and I stopped caring about finishing.  It's no Super Mario RPG, (a game that utterly enthralled me -- it struck the perfect balance between Nintendo humor and Final-Fantasy melodrama), but it's a good game in its own right.

GRADE:  A-

**[PS2]**

-Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction

STATUS:  Complete, Late March, 2005.

Update 8/25/2005:  I forgot to ever mention I completed this.  Quite a good game, though the last couple missions drag a bit.  There are definitely areas it could use improvement in, like the targetting of air strikes and their overall usefulness vs. cost, but nothing gamebreaking, and nothing that couldn't be fixed in a sequel (which I'd definitely purchase).

3/6/2005: Pardon the disrespect, but:

Jesus.  Tapdancing.  Christ.

WHERE did this game come from?  Why is it so fun?  How does such an (arguably) AAA title sneak up on the market like this did?

Sure, the Swedish guy's voiceover alternates between sounding like he's from Tennessee and like he's from Jersey, but who cares?  Mercenaries is GTA's 'metagame' of mass destruction outside of missions refined to the n-th degree and blessed with destructible buildings.  Sure, the game turns out to be not as varied or deep as GTA because of this choice, but arguably, it's more consistantly fun too.

It's not innovative.  It's not particularly original.  But it's amazingly well-made, and it's just a blast to play.

GRADE:  A

-Shadow Hearts 2: Covenant

Status:  Abandoned. ~20% Complete.

This game never 'clicked' with me for two reasons:

1.)  It's a cocktease.  Whenever you think you've just come to something cool, it turns out to be pretty shallow and lame (ie:  the 'Graveyard' and the elemental forms, Crests in general, (are we like materia?  are we like spellbooks?  why do we have levels?), the 'Solomon's Key', etc).

2.)  It can't decide what it wants to be.  It openly mocks the melodrama of games like Final Fantasy, but obviously borrows heavily from the series and even delves into melodrama that rivals the FFs only minutes after mocking the notion.  Oh, and the setting is horribly under-utilized and is terribly anachronistic.

Sure, it's up there when it comes to average RPGs.  I've played plenty of RPGs worse than Shadow Hearts: Covenant.  What saddens me, though, is that with a little tighter design and a little more depth, this game could have been a masterpiece.  Ultimately I couldn't shake that depressing notion, so I gave up on trying to play the game.

GRADE:  B

-The Suffering

STATUS:  Completed, mid January 2005.

Talk about being late to the party.

What a ride this game was.  From the cheap-but-effective 'jump' scares to the utterly horrific, disturbing monster design and family "events," The Suffering takes my horror crown from the Resident Evil remake on Gamecube and sets it firmly atop its twisted cranium.

More weapons would have been nice.  Maybe more moves for Torque's 'insane' form.  In fact, I think the game would have been neater if it played the 'insanity' bar up more... I know after having a full bar for a long time Torque would begin to occasionally stop moving and grab his head as if in pain, but beyond that, the bar didn't play any role beyond a charge-up super everything dies move.  I'm not saying I want another Eternal Darkness or anything, but admittedly combat was easy to 'cheap' your way out of by maxing out your 'insane' experience and spamming the map-clearing explosive attack until the waves of enemies dried up.

SPOILER?

Plus, for me at least, the game was very buggy in a certain part -- the slave ship and Clem's escape.  Clem himself was very, very buggy.  It took me 5-6 reloads to finally get him to initiate the conversation to open up the slave ship, and then another 3-4 reloads after that to get him to finally sail away on his ship and get the 'good guy' point.

SPOILER DONE

Still, it was a great game and I'm definitely looking forward to the recently annouced sequel.

GRADE:  B+


-Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal

STATUS: Completed, May 2005.

Probably the second-best game in the series -- better than 1 but slightly less satisfying than 2.  Definitely worth the price of admission at the $30 or $35 I paid for it, though the game does go by fast.

GRADE: A-


-Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

STATUS: Abandoned, ~25% Complete

Wild fluctuations in difficulty; sticky, heavy, unresponsive combat; weaker puzzle/exploration than Sands of Time; skanky enemies; really, really, really bad metal that is the only song that ever plays in the game.  At least the environments are interesting.

GRADE: C


-X-Men: Legends (PS2)

STATUS: Abandoned, ~10% Complete

Ugh.  It's just awful, at least on the PS2.  Graphics are blurry and slushy and all meld to this mysterious blob of bad cel-shaded color.  Pulling up the Inventory actually invokes a Loading screen and a 4-5 second wait.  Items are boring, characters are boring, combat is hamfisted.  It feels less like you're an X-Man and more like you're using a controller to manipulate a hand that's playing with an action figure.

GRADE: D


-Test Drive: Eve of Destruction

STATUS: Abandoned, ~5% Complete

Tom Chick was right about one thing -- this game is a better racing game than Burnout 3.  Unfortunately, it's a much worse, much less entertaining crashing game, mostly because it attempts to be somewhat realistic.

Interesting title if you were a fan of the Destruction Derby series.  Just be prepared for minimalist, earthy graphics.

GRADE: B


-Burnout 3

STATUS: Abandoned, ~25% Complete

You'll love the game until you figure out the AI rubberbands more than that creepy tube-machine at the newspaper press.  Crashing is a joy in that it's very pretty, has some cool physics associated with it, and loads fast.  Sadly, racing against the AI is just trash because it cheats so badly.  And crashing, hilarious and fun as it is, gets sort of old.

GRADE: B


TBA:
-Guild Wars (PC)
-Space Rangers 2 (PC)
-Meteos (DS)
-Kirby Canvas Curse (DS)
-Mario DS (DS)
-LoZ: Minish Cap (GBA)
-Final Fantasy: Dawn of Souls (GBA)
-God of War (PS2)
-Ico (PS2)
-Dark Cloud 2 (PS2)
-Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land (PS2)
-Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires (PS2)
-Viewtiful Joe 2 (PS2)

[Dreamshadow]

PC:
KOTOR II - Yay.. *shoots the ending*

[Jumangi]

2005 List:

Mech Assault 2
KOTOR II
Republic Commando
SC: Chaos Theory
Jade Empire
Area 51

[biggercup]

2005 Finished Game List

PS2
God of War (wow!)

XBOX
Project Snowblind (good game)

PC
Star Wars Republic Commando (great game, can't wait for movie)
Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone (short but sweet)
Half-Life 2
Finished on May 8th, took me about 2 weeks. even I do not like Steam-thingy, it is one of best FPS I have played.

[Temjin]

Here's my collection:

http://users.gamestats.com/collection/FingFangFoom

I have yet to add my NES and Intellivision games.  



Recently Finished Games


PS2 - God of War - B-

I was very unimpressed.  The combat was no better than Devil May Cry and the graphics had a strange "glitch" that appeared as if v-sync were turned off to maximize the frame rate.  Also, it felt like they wasted the Greek mythology setting.  The game climaxes 30 minutes in with the epic Hydra battle.    

PC - Freedom Force Versus the Third Reich - A+

GC - Paper Mario:  The Thousand Year Door - A

[EddieA]

2005 Games Finished
------------------------
Dragon Warrior - Gameboy Color
Dragonball Z : Legacy of Goku 2 - GBA
Star Trek : Elite Force 2 - PC
Star Wars Episode 3 - XBox
Kya : Dark Lineage - PS2
Simpsons Hit & Run - XBox
FATE - PC
Arc the Lad : Twilight of The Spirits - PS2
Prince of Persia : The Sands of Time - XBox
The Hobbit - XBox
Metroid Fusion - GBA
Dragon Warrior 3 - Gameboy Color
Baldur's Gate : Dark Alliance 2 - XBox (second time through)
Lord of The Rings : The Third Age - XBox

[stiffler]

GBA
Astro Boy: Omega Factor
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
Metroid: Zero Mission

PS2
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II
Cold Winter
God of War
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
Tony Hawk's Underground

Xbox
Destroy All Humans!
Project Gotham Racing 2
Soulcalibur II
Spider-Man 2

PC
Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Civilization III
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Half-Life 2
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

[JuniorDan]

2005 list

PC
ACT OF WAR


PS2
GOD OF WAR

XBOX
JADE EMPIRE

GAME CUBE
NONE

GAME BOY DS & ADVANCE
NONE

I have many games yet to  be completed. and the fact I have completed 3 game so far for the year is unheard of for me.
Halo 2, ratchet and clank 3, GTA: SA are all close to completion
Future games such as Darkwatch, 187 ride or die, 25 to life, & gun  will more than likely be completed before the year end.

This should be 25% of game purched completed I am going for a record increase by decreasing my purchase limite to 40 games max this year.

Xbox 360 is not included in this.

[unbreakable]

Mine would be a damn long (and probably very incomplete) list.  It would go all the way back to the Atari 2600!  Sure would be funny to compile it...

[warning]

My finished games list for 2005:

January
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (PS2)
Amplitude (PS2) on Mellow - I'm a wimp.

February
Max Payne 2 (PC)

March
Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (PC)

April
Tribes: Vengeance (PC)
The Chronicles of Riddick (PC)

July
Vampire: Bloodlines (PC)
Fire Emblem (GBA)

August
Kriby Canvas Curse (DS)

[Calvin]

I finished a ton earlier this year that I forgot to post. Recently:

PC:

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault: B+
Homeworld 2(replay): B+
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory: A-

Edited to add grades.

[-Lord Ebonstone-]

I updated my post on the previous page... and jeez, I still have alot of updating to do.

[Darren8r]

My collections pretty big when it comes to Playstation 1, so I'm just going to list my favorites.

Games with a * beside them I have completed, to as full as you can complete them(Unlocking everything, etc.) They also include a grade, A+ being the best C- being the worst.

PlayStation 2[/u]
- Grand Theft Auto III* A
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City* A+
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas* A+
- Final Fantasy X* A+
- Final Fantasy X-2 B
- Final Fantasy XI A
- Midnight Club 1* C
- Midnight Club: DUB Edition A-
- Star Wars EP 3: Revenge of the Sith* B+
- Madden 2004* B
- Madden 2006* B+
- NHL 2k5(ESPN)* A
- NHL Hitz Pro* B
- Kingdom Hearts A

PlayStation 1[/u]
- Syphon Filter 3* A
- Madden 2004* B
- Madden 2003* B
- Madden 2002* B
- NHL 97* C
- NHL 98* B+
- NHL 99* B
- NHL 01* A-
- Final Fantasy VI* A
- Final Fantasy VII* A+
- Final Fantasy VIII* A+
- Final Fantasy IX A
- Tony Hawk Pro Skater* B
- Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2* B+
- Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3* B+
- Tomb Raider 3* A
- The Italian Job* A+
- WWF Smackdown C
- WWF Smackdown 2* B+
- Fifa 2003* B-
- NHL Rock The Rink* C+
- ECW Hardcore Revolution* C+
- Gran Turismo A
- James Bond: The World Is Not Enough* B+
- Need For Speed: Porshe Unleashed* B+
- WCW Mayhem* C-
- World's Scarist Police Chases* A
- Driver* B+
- Driver 2: The Wheelman is Back A
- Grand Theft Auto* B-
- Grand Theft Auto 2* B+
- Ready to Rumble Boxing 2* B+

PC[/u]
The Sims 2003 - Gold Edition* B+
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire* C

I dont really feel like posting my Sega and Nintendo games and Atari and all that other crap. So yeah, those are my games.

[TheMissingLink]

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

My very first FE - I enjoyed it very much.  At times, didn't feel strategic enough for my taste.  But it was a fun 24-hour ride.

B

Beyond Good & Evil

When I decided to actually play this one, I really got into it.  It captured my attention for a few nights and I think I completed it around the 8-hour mark.  Such an underrated game.  Shame it didn't sell more.

B+

Ossu! Tatakae! Ouendan

I've beaten it on easy and normal (currently halfway through hard), so I'll consider it beaten.  Fantastic ending (song).  Serious contender for GOTY - absolutely fantastic game.  Can't recommend it enough.

A+

Shadow of the Colossus

Very well perhaps could be the G-O-This-Console-Generation.  It should be included in those "history of video games" sort of deals along with the Mario's and Zelda's, IMO.  Nothing like it.  One of my most favorite games of all-time.

A+


Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
*updated December 4th, 2005*

Well, I had played this one in tiny, tiny bursts for QUITE awhile.  Finally sat down with it and really got into it this weekend.  I really, really enjoyed it.  Fantastic stuff.  

A

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
*updated December 29th, 2005*

I liked the story a little better than MGS2, I liked the gameplay quite a bit better, the ending wasn't quite as good, but I really, really enjoyed this one.  Such a great game throughout.  Learning more and more of the backstory of the MGS series is awesome.

A

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
*updated January 2nd, 2006*

My first entry into the PoP series...sort of.  I had played about an hour each of the first two, but found this one for super cheap, so I grabbed it.  It was a somewhat enjoyable ride with some bumpy spots along the way.  It seemed really God of War-ish, which is just fine to me, but just a step below.  The platforming rocked, but it was an average game.  The ending sequence raises the grade from a C+ to a...

B-

[Zarkon]

2005 Completed Games:

Def Jam Fight for New York
Burnout 3 (100% races, only missing a handful of signature takedowns)



Xbox
Amped (PH)
Beyond Good and Evil
Burnout 3: Takedown
Chronicles of Riddick
Crimson Skies
Deus Ex 2: Invisible War
ESPN NFL 2K5
Grand Theft Auto 3
Grand Theft Auto Vice City
Jet Set Radio Future
Mechassault
Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Sega GT 2002
Top Spin
Xbox Live Arcade
X-Men Legends

PS2
Amplitude
Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
Armored Core 3
Auto Modelista
Bombastic
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Champions of Norrath
Culdecept
DDR Max 2
Dark Cloud 2
Devil May Cry
Disgaea
Dynasty Warriors 4 Xtreme Legends
Final Fantasy X-2
Front Mission 4
Jak and Daxter (GH)
Katamari Damacy
Kingdom Hearts
La Pucelle Tactics
Phantom Brave
Samurai Warriors
Shadow Hearts
Shadow Hearts Covenant
Smackdown: Here Comes The Pain!
Soul Calibur 2
Space Channel 5 Special Edition
Spider-Man 2
Suikoden 3
Twisted Metal Black Online
Victorious Boxers
Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (GH)
Wild Arms 3
Xenosaga Episode 1

Gamecube
Animal Crossing
Eternal Darkness
Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition
Phantasy Star Online Episode 1&2 Plus
Phantasy Star Online Episode 3

PSX

Final Fantasy 8
Final Fantasy Tactics
Wild Arms 2

PC
11th Hour
Age of Wonders
American McGee's Alice
Anachronox
Anarchy Online (all but Alien Invasion)
Baldur's Gate 2
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
Blade Runner
City of Heroes
Command and Conquer Red Alert 2
Command and Conquer Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge
Command and Conquer Renegade
Contract J.A.C.K.
Crimson Skies
Darkstone
Descent: Freespace
Descent: Freespace Silent Threat
Deus Ex
Diablo 2
Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction
Divine Divinity
Dungeon Hack
Empire Earth
Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest
Enter the Matrix
EVE Online
Everquest (All but Dragons of Norrath)
Everquest 2 + Starter Kit
Evolva
Europa Universalis
Fallout
Fallout 2
Final Fantasy XI
Freedom Fighters
Freedom Force
Freespace 2
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
Galactic Civilizations
Half-Life
Heroes of Might and Magic: Millennium Edition
Homeworld
Homeworld Cataclysm
Icewind Dale
Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter
Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos
Leisure Suit Larry's Greatest Hits and Misses (1-3, 5)
Mafia
Majesty Gold Edition
Master of Magic
Master of Orion 2
Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries
Messiah
Might and Magic
Might and Magic 2
Might and Magic Millennium Edition
Might and Magic 8: Day of the Destroyer
Morrowind Game of the Year Edition
MVP Baseball 2005
Need for Speed High Stakes
Need for speed Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2
Need for Speed Porche Unlimited
Need for Speed Underground
Neverwinter Nights + Both Expansions
No One Lives Forever
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'S Way
Painkiller
Planescape Torment
Pool of Radience: Ruins of Myth Drannor
Quake Shareware
Rage of Mages 2: Necromancer
Railroad Tycoon 2
Railroad Tycoon 2: The Second Century
Rails Across America
Republic The Revolution
Return of the Phantom
Sacrifice
Sanity: Aiken's Artifact
Serious Sam
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Soldier of Fortune
Soulbringer
Star Control 2
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation
Star Wars Galaxies
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Starcraft
Starcraft: Brood War
Starlancer
Startopia
Syndicate Plus
Syndicate Wars
Tachyon The Fringe
Take No Prisoners
Thief 2: The Metal Age
Tie Fighter: Collector's Edition
Tron 2.0
Ultima IX: Ascension
Ultimate Wizardry Archives (Wizardry 1-7)
Unreal Gold
Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition
Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption
Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Warcraft III: Frozen Throne Expansion
Warlords 4
Wing Commander 3
Wing Commander 4
Wing Commander Prophecy
Wizards and Warriors
World of Warcraft
X: Beyond the Frontier
X-Com UFO Defense
X-Com Terror From the Deep
X-Wing
X-Wing Alliance
X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter
X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter: Balance of Power

List is nowhere near complete.