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My 2010 Year in Review!
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Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:36:41
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Well 2010 was a very strange year for me in terms of gaming. I had the unfortunate event of my PS3 breaking down on me mid year which completely through off my normal playing habits. It also did not help that I am in really bad money trouble. At least I have a great family and for Christmas I got a new PS3 and enough games to keep me busy for a long time. 2011 should be an up year, it better be a damn up year cause I dont want to go any lower than last.

My playing habits changed from play as many new games as possible to play old games that I never finished or simply play old favorites. The Wii became my system of choice cause it was the working one. I still maintain that it is a fine secondary system to have but a bad primary, I felt so left out this past year. Last year I completed an insane 102 games, you can see the full breakdown here. This year it was a far more modest 59 games finished and approx. 997 hours playing.

Its time to break it all down.

New Games and consoles I bought/recieved (mostly recieved) in 10:

PS3

  • Bayonetta
  • Mega Man 10
  • Final Fantasy XIII
  • God of War 3
  • GTA Episodes of Liberty City
  • 3D Dot Game Heroes
  • 160G PS3
  • Gran Turismo 5
  • Darksiders
  • Fallout New Vegas

Wii

  • Blaster Master Overdrive
  • Cursed Mountain
  • Super Mario Galaxy 2
  • Cave Story
  • Klonoa
  • Metroid Other M
  • Red Steel 2
  • Sonic 4 Episode 1
  • Muramasa
  • Sonic Colors

PS2

  • Yakuza 2
  • Tomb Raider Legend
  • Sphinx
  • Syphon Filter Dark Mirror
  • Klonoa 2

DS

  • Sonic Chronicles
  • Soul Bubbles

PC

  • X-Com
  • X-Com Terror of the Deep
  • X-Com Enforcer
  • X-Come Interceptor
  • X-Com Apocalypse
  • Half-Life
  • Doom 2
  • Master Levels Doom

Games Bought/ Recieved: 34

Estimated Cost (what I paid, lots were given to me): $400

I recieved many games as gifts this year, which keeps the cost down. I bought 8 games at or around launch and that is where the grand majority of the what I paid for came from. I will be renting far more this year.

Games I beat in 2010, in order of my rating:

First time completions:

  1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 - 9.8
  2. God of War 3 - 9.5
  3. Donkey Kong Country Returns - 9.4
  4. Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time - 9.4
  5. Bayonetta - 9.4
  6. The World Ends With You - 9.3
  7. Dragon Age: Origins - 9.3
  8. GTA: Ballad of Gay Tony - 9.3
  9. Sonic Colors - 9.1
  10. Final Fantasy 13 -9.1
  11. Sin and Punishment 2 - 9.0
  12. 3D Dot Game Heroes - 8.9
  13. Cave Story - 8.9
  14. We Love Katamari - 8.7
  15. Red Steel 2 - 8.6
  16. Metroid Other M - 8.5
  17. Tomb Raider Legend - 8.4
  18. Donkey Kong Country 2 - 8.3
  19. Metroid 2 - 8.2
  20. Jak 3 - 8.1
  21. GTA: Lost and the Damned -8.1
  22. Syphon Filter Dark Mirror - 8.0
  23. De Blob -7.9
  24. Klonoa 2 - 7.9
  25. Muramasa - 7.9
  26. Mega Man 10 - 7.7
  27. Heavy Rain - 7.5
  28. Sonic 4 Episode 1 - 7.4
  29. Klonoa - 7.4
  30. World of Goo - 7.2
  31. Phantasy Star 0 - 6.8
  32. Big Bang Mini - 6.5
  33. Sonic Chronicles - 5.9
  34. Sonic Advance 2 - 5.5
  35. Cursed Mountain - 4.5
  36. X-Men (Arcade) - 4.5

Average Score: 8.0

Previously beaten:

  1. God of War 2
  2. Super Mario Bros.
  3. X-Com UFO Defense
  4. Zelda TP
  5. Zelda Alttp
  6. Metroid Fusion
  7. Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
  8. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
  9. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2
  10. Legacy of Kain: Defiance
  11. Super Metroid
  12. Resident Evil DS
  13. Castlevania 3
  14. Castlevania SOTN
  15. Castlevania Rebirth
  16. Sonic the Hedgehog
  17. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
  18. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
  19. Sonic and Knuckles
  20. Sonic Adventure 2
  21. Sonic Rush
  22. Sonic Rush Adventure
  23. Zelda Majora's Mask

Games Beaten - 59

Hardware Breakdown:

  • Wii Games beat - 10
  • PS3 Games beat - 9
  • PS2 Games beat - 8
  • DS Games Beat - 7
  • Genesis Games beat - 4
  • WiiWare - 3
  • SNES Games beat - 3
  • PS1 Games beat - 3
  • DC Games beat - 2
  • NES Games beat - 2
  • GBA Games beat - 2
  • PC Games beat - 2
  • PSN Games beat - 1
  • Gameboy Games beat - 1
  • N64 - 1
  • Other/Arcade - 1

I beat lots of Wii games obviously. I played far more games like the PS2 games this year, of course cause my PS3 broke. I finally had time to play DS, 7 games beat, very nice.

Genre Breakdown :

  • Action/Adventure - 30
  • Platforming - 17
  • RPG - 5
  • Puzzle - 2
  • Shooters (Like Shoot em ups) - 2
  • Action (arcade/side scroller/beatem up) - 1
  • Adventure - 1
  • Strategy - 1

Woah I did not finish one FPS (no Red Steel 2 is not a FPS, its a sword game with shooting), how is that possible this day in age. As always Action/adventure is my main genre and it always will be. It was a platforming revival this year, I loved it. I finished 5 RPGs that is very impressive for me. Not one fighting game, thank god. Nyaa

Franchise Breakdown:

  • Sonic - 11
  • Metroid - 4
  • Kain - 4
  • Castlevania - 3
  • Zelda - 3
  • Lots at 2 GTA, Mario, Klonoa, DKC, God of War

This was Sonics year, I replayed a ton of Sonic games and finished a bunch of new ones. Metroid got some play cause of Other M. I had the Kain playthrough which was nice, I really want a new one. I played a few Zelda games, I expect this year to have a few more finished. Last year RE was my most played franchise, this year I only had one RE game beat, that will change this coming year.

Publisher Breakdown:

  • Sega - 13
  • Nintendo - 12
  • Sony - 6
  • Eidos - 5
  • Konami - 4
  • Namco - 3
  • Capcom - 2
  • Take Two - 2
  • Square - 2
  • Ubisoft - 1
  • EA - 1
  • THQ - 1
  • Atlus - 1

For the first time in two years Capcom is not my most played, they dropped to just 2 games beaten. Sega wins mostly cause of Sonic, Nintendo had the most variety of games. As always I sway toward the Japanese developers more than others.

Now normally I would have a GOTY award post but since I played so few 2010 games I will wait till I finish a lot more before I do my 2010 GOTY awards.

Edited: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:44:04
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Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:45:09
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The link for last year is not working, here it is http://www.gamespot.com/users/dvader654/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-25777075

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Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:24:20
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How on earth did you ever beat Big Bang Mini -- that game got hella hard.

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Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:20:14
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Nintendo fanboy. Nyaa

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