The 2020 Completed Games List

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• Sam Wachter RPGamer Staff

  January 2

  Off to a great start in 2020, as I completed two games I was at the end of of! What a great way to spend my first day off of the year!
  
  West of Loathing (PC)
  Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout (PS4)
  
• Ombres Games horder Full Members

  January 4 edited January 4

  Good start :)
  
  One Finger Death Punch 2(PC)
  

  Always enjoy all the experience in life, you might gain a level or two.
  
• 7thCircle Proofer of the Realm RPGamer Staff

  January 5 edited January 5

  I feel like I've been slowly picking at The Longest Five Minutes (Switch) for months, but that could be because the ending sequence had me clicking through 1000 text windows often containing 6 or fewer words, and rewatching flashbacks within flashbacks and multiple recaps of flashbacks that literally happened less than a minute ago. Some good ideas wasted on a generic JRPG, which I was expected and am not really complaining about since I planned to play it while watching NFL games, but the drawn out ending was annoying.

  The lesson here is that dreams inevitably lead to hideous implosions.
• Krull Full Members

  January 5 edited January 5

  I fear it looks like I am just ripping through some iOS games to beef up my completed games tally, but I think I am done with 80 Days, the marvellous visual novel by Inkle. Absolutely loved this game, playing Passepartout, the valet to Phileas Fogg, in a bizarre steampunk world. Flying islands, death cultists, a techno-Zulu empire, Captain Nemo - it has it all. Went around the world numerous times, not always within the 80-day limit, but had a ball on each occasion. Once I stopped caring about winning and losing, and just focused on the journey, I really got into it. I’ve got most of Inkle’s games on iOS, but only really dabbled with Sorcery 3 previously. Think I will definitely try to go through the whole Sorcery! series next. Now that is some old-school RP gaming!
  
  Oh, I guess I’d give it a 4/5. It’s hardly a visual or aural feast, but the writing and world-building, in particular, are excellent.
• Ombres Games horder Full Members

  January 6

  Pokémon Shield (Switch)
  
  Did have fun with this one, even if the ending was way to easy, you get fully heal between each fight!!

  Always enjoy all the experience in life, you might gain a level or two.
  
• 7thCircle Proofer of the Realm RPGamer Staff

  January 7

  There was a stretch around the middle to middle-end of The Outer Worlds (PS4) where I wasn't very engaged and found the game on the dull side, but the ending pulled me back into it and left me wanting more. If Monarch were shorter (or denser) and quick travel were quicker, I'd be stoked on this game and wishing it were twice as long. As it is, the writing, setting, characters, and scenarios are fantastic, but the game's mechanics got in the way sometimes.

  The lesson here is that dreams inevitably lead to hideous implosions.
• Ryan McCarthy RPGamer Staff

  January 11

  Wandersong (PS4)
  
  Liked this a lot. Really nice, optimistic game.
• Ombres Games horder Full Members

  January 11 edited February 16

  Stranded Sails Explorers of the Cursed Islands (Switch)
  
  Even if this game, is basically a fetch quest game, there almost no combat, a little bit of farming, cooking, fishing and relationship builder, I did have fun with it anyway, would I recommend this game, sadly no.
  
  You have a stamina bar that go down with everything that you do, even walking, you can sleep or eat to restore it, if you ran out of it in the middle of an exploration, you fall asleep and wake up beside your bed with no other consequence.
  
  To learn new recipe, you have to play a mini game where you need to find what ingredient go where, a bit like the game Master mind, when you have just a bit of ingredients it is fun but as soon as you start to have more kind it become tedious, with a lot of trial and error.
  
  To upgrade the crew happiness, you have to cook a stew, where you pick one ingredient for each member, if you pick one that they like, the happiness of everyone with grow faster, as you level up the happiness, you get tools upgrade and expansion for your camp.
  
  Even the ending is bad, you juste get booted back to the title screen, where they open the credit for you, that have been always available form the start on the title screen anyway...
  

  Always enjoy all the experience in life, you might gain a level or two.
  
• Sam Wachter RPGamer Staff

  January 12

  Pokemon Sword (Switch)
• ChickenGod Overdosing Heavenly Bliss Moderators

  January 14 edited January 22

  The 25th Ward: The Silver Case (PS4) - Got this recently on sale as a lot of games weren't really clicking with me lately. This turned out to be one that really captured my attention, and in a way that the original Silver Case just couldn't manage. The 25th Ward's visuals are much improved over the first Silver Case, which led to a lot less confusion during gameplay. On top of that, they trimmed down the weakest aspect of this Visual Novel, the gameplay itself, to be a lot less tiresome. Honestly, they could have just removed all interaction and it likely would have been better for it. Also, removing the silent protagonist from the first game in favor of just following specific characters allows the three stories to flow better. The Match Maker perspective helped anchor the bizarre and almost nonsensical happenings in the second half of Correctness. The story's absurdity that borders between gibberish and inspiration really stands out as an avant-garde style thats rarely seen in any games. Heck, just having a narrative that is somewhat abusive and absolutely assumes its reader is an adult is refreshing. Its actually pretty fascinating to play a game where all of the characters have essentially normalized psychotic behavior. Unfortunately, the game veers off just a little too much with its lack of explainations, specifically when it comes to cases like

  Spoiler:

  Sumio Kodai, who should have been in jail, escapes/gets released without mention, wandered around in a dissociate fugue state as another person, returned to where he was living and allowed to continue his previous job, only to show up in this game for all of 10 minutes and maybe gets possessed temporarily by some sort of spiritiual personality for no discernable reason?

  There's just too many interesting loose threads that don't get tackled even in an obtuse way to really leave me feeling fully satisfied. That being said, the pacing, visuals, style, and sheer strangeness of the title was quite enamoring and I certainly had a lot more fun with this one than the original Silver Case. If they ever make another one I'd give it a try for sure.
  
  Edit: Also, Thanks Ombres for your work on keeping this going.
• Ombres Games horder Full Members

  January 17

  Always a pleasure, I really like the fact to have a list of all games that I finished years after years, and it fun to share with you all :)
  
  Also, on what system did you play that one?

  Always enjoy all the experience in life, you might gain a level or two.
  
• 7thCircle Proofer of the Realm RPGamer Staff

  January 18 edited January 18

  I'm so glad Disco Elysium (PC) didn't fly under my radar. Suppose I have Steam to thank for that. Outstanding writing and a special game. Looking back, I've played several games lately with either a great story or great writing or both -- this, Outer Worlds, Shadowbringers, Numenera, and even Borderlands 3 has its moments -- I appreciate the extra effort that goes into building these worlds and dialogue trees.
  
  Slay the Spire (PC) released a new, free character last week and I hadn't uninstalled the game from playing it last year, so I played it several times with the new character. Probably still prefer Silent, but the new one was fun too. And free. Free is good.

  The lesson here is that dreams inevitably lead to hideous implosions.
• ChickenGod Overdosing Heavenly Bliss Moderators

  January 18 edited January 18

  Whoops, I ended up playing it on the PS4. Edited the post to reflect that.
  
  Nice to see you enjoyed Disco Elysium, 7th. I've been hearing really good things about it, but I've yet to try it out mostly because I don't want to go through such a large download without being certain I'll like the game. Supposedly a PS4 port is coming this year, but I might end up giving it a try on PC if there's a good enough sale or I get too curious to try it.
• Ombres Games horder Full Members

  January 19 edited January 19

  Overcooked (Switch)
  
  Did have a lot of fun with this one, did play with my wife a good while, but she did find it way to stressful!
  
  Castlevania (via Castlevania Anniversary Collection) (Switch)
  
  Always to do a quick run of that game, I might do the rest later this year :)

  Always enjoy all the experience in life, you might gain a level or two.
  
• ChickenGod Overdosing Heavenly Bliss Moderators

  January 21 edited January 22

  Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim (PC) - Picked this up on sale for $5 awhile back. I remember hearing Ys 6 was a let down, but wow. I was not expecting it to be as horrible as it was. Thinking about it for a moment, this might be the worst game I played over the last year and a half. Basic combat with normal enemies is relatively boring, there's not a ton of variety and most enemies are really small and kind of blob like. Boss fights here are probably the worst I can recall in any Ys I've played, you jump and upslash or downslash nearly every boss in the game besides the final couple. There's a lot of broken hitboxes on bosses like the Ship and Cave boss that aren't challenging as much as they are there to troll you. Infact, the whole game found tons of little ways to troll the player, from the first mini-boss having a 1 shot kill enemy fall from the ceiling in the very first dungeon to things like having to guide uncontrollable NPCs through hordes of enemies that will game you over if they die. The story is pretty weak even by old Ys standards, and I felt like I needed to use a guide right from the beginning to avoid having to wander around aimlessly with no direction until you happen upon where to go next. About the only saving grace here was the music and the fact that the game is really short. Overall, I'm SO happy that Falcom evolved Ys when they did, otherwise this series would be dead in a ditch. The only thing that led me to keep going was the desire to say I've finished every Ys, plus now I have a newfound appreciation for just how blessed the series is to have made such a significant overhaul from the garbage that this game is.
• redwing42 Just Monika Full Members

  January 22

  Resident Evil 2 Remake (XBONE) - Resident Evil 2 on PSX was my introduction to the series, and was one of my favorite games of the entire PSX catalog. However, I hadn't actually played that game for at least 15 years at this point. I finally picked up the remake around the holidays, and it did not disappoint. I know there were some changes, but I couldn't tell you what they were, aside from thinking there was a bit less duplication between the Leon A and Claire B stories in the original. I will certainly be going back to play the opposite side (Claire A, Leon B), and will probably go through the side stories as well. Definitely looking forward to RE3make.
• ChickenGod Overdosing Heavenly Bliss Moderators

  January 23 edited January 23

  YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World (PS4) - Been working on this one for quite some time. Cold Steel 3 made me put it down, and I'm not sure why I didn't pick it back up faster. I kinda regret not finishing it earlier. The biggest standout for me with YU-NO is the soundtrack. In this game, the music is just on a completely different level. There's literally 5 hours worth of different tracks here, and all of them work masterfully to set the mystic mood and otherworldly feeling this game has. Its no stretch to say that this game's soundtrack is its soul, and would be a completely different experience without it. Truly inspired stuff here. I've noticed it more and more, but music is has become increasingly important to me over the years in gaming, and it really culminated with this title in a fantastic way. As far as the story goes, it was pretty good and entertaining with its fair share of emotional and memorable moments. This VN protagonist was more interesting than most due to the clash between how he expresses himself outwardly and how he really feels. You also get to see a tremendous amount of growth as he gets put into a rare role. Unfortunately, I do think the very end was rushed just a tad. As the grandfather of the branching mystery VN, YU-NO was quite good if not exceptional, and long as heck.
• 7thCircle Proofer of the Realm RPGamer Staff

  January 26 edited January 26

  ChickenGod wrote: »

  Nice to see you enjoyed Disco Elysium, 7th. I've been hearing really good things about it, but I've yet to try it out mostly because I don't want to go through such a large download without being certain I'll like the game.

  
  I've found, based on a small sample size, that I like Eastern European writing a lot. I wasn't surprised when I read after playing it that Disco was written by an Estonian author. The communist influences were a giveaway, but the game's whole tone appealed to me in the same way Witcher and Dostoevsky do.
  
  I played Borderlands 3 (PS4) last year couch co-op on my brother's system, and got it for Christmas to replay solo. Weirdly, all the bugs and issues we ran into couch co-op didn't happen when I played solo, but I ran into a new batch of minor bugs we didn't encounter couch co-op. I went with Amara the siren this time and midway through the game started putting out a massive amount of damage while keeping plenty of survivability and breezed through the 2nd half. I only changed my primary weapon once in the last half of the game. Found a legendary that fit my build so well, nothing better dropped until the final boss. I'd say FL4K was more fun, but Amara was much stronger. Could just be I knew the mechanics better the 2nd time or got luckier with weapon drops.
  
  I still think this is the best Borderlands game. The main thing it does worse than BL2 (excluding bugs) is the story and characters are hit and miss, with some big misses, whereas this is a consistent strength in BL2. I think the plan is for me and my brother to start over again once all the DLC is out, so there's a 3rd playthrough in my future.
  

  The lesson here is that dreams inevitably lead to hideous implosions.
• Ombres Games horder Full Members

  January 26

  Minit (PC)
  
  a fun little game that you live only 60 seconds, you have to use that time to find a new thing to do to advance the story, yo do keep every item that you found, take less that 2 hours to finish and there a lot of puzzle, good time :)

  Always enjoy all the experience in life, you might gain a level or two.
  
• ChickenGod Overdosing Heavenly Bliss Moderators

  January 26 edited January 30

  Bravely Second: End Layer (3DS) - My final team comp was Magonilia: Ninja/Pirate, Yew - Yokai/Summoner, Edea: Monk/Dark Knight, and Tiz: Kaiser/Catmancer. Special thanks to Strawberry whose Ablink saved me a lot of money so I could use Mimic and items on my Catmancer and therefore didn't need to grind much for costume money.
  
  There's got to be a small line that divides the sum total pieces of this game into a perfect halves between things I liked, and disliked. Its pretty nuts. Glossing over the story a bit, I honestly wasn't all that impressed with most of the major plot points. Unfortunately, tons of important events that are key to the overall tale happen off screen or are glossed over with backstory or little silhouettes, which leads to a rather weak presentation. I'm also not big fan of how you're just kinda supposed to accept some of the crazier things that happen, it just seemed like they were trying to do too much and as a result nothing in the main story ended up being cooked quite to temperature. That being said, I did like the very end, it was pretty cool and clever. On top of that, the smaller events that happen (which make up the bulk of the experience), such as the conflicts between asterisk holders, were enjoyable. I liked the dialogue between the whole cast, as well as the voice acting too.
  
  Concerning the gameplay, its the same chasm of likes and dislikes for me. Just like the original Bravely Default, I absolutely cannot stand things like turning off encounters or the host of mechanics that destroy the game's challenge if you elect to have fun with them. I know people defend this, but for me its a constant headache. Turning encounters off means you make dungeons these vast empty spaces to walk through, and completely kills any sense of attrition that mage classes have with holding on to MP. Keeping them on as you go, on the other hand, means you end up being over leveled and make the game even easier. If there was a harder difficulty I can see some of these issues being softened up. Bravely Second is just way too easy, even on Hard. Keeping Hard on is also a waste of time for normal encounters as you get no benefit for doing so other than sometimes not wiping them due to their higher HP, so thats kind of annoying. Basically, all the optional little mechanics in the game work together beautifully to create a system that I cannot bleeping stand. Looking at the good, however, there's actually a lot to like here. The job system was really fun this time around, and there is so much you can do, especially with the revamped way jobs level and grow. Ablink can also unlock a class early if you want to have fun experimenting without actually investing time. Throughout the game I used tons of different class combinations, from things like the Patisser's Flambe with Quad Wield, to Catmancer's heavy use of items + specials, Spellcraft and Summoner spells, and so much more. It was loads of fun and I had a blast, especially since magic and elemental attacks felt stronger overall in Second. There were a nifty amount of bosses in the game that did different things and gave you opportunities to try different stuff out. I actually had much more fun in Bravely Second than I did Default, as there's no repetition here, only solid, well streamlined content.
  
  Considering Bravely's biggest draw for me is the Jobs, I'd say they actually hit it out of the park here, and as such I had quite a good time with the game in spite of the shortcomings. Excited to see what Bravely Default 2 and its imaginary sequel, Bravely Second: Squared have in store on the Switch!
• Cassandra Ramos Eternal Kyoshi Administrators

  January 31 edited January 31

  I just finished Chrono Trigger for DS. It was on New Game+, so it took me only 26 hours to finish, and that's with the major side quests. I specifically went for the Dream's Epilogue ending. I didn't think I'd be revisiting this game out of the blue.
  
  It is interesting how this version's additions tie it better to Chrono Cross.
  

  ChickenGod wrote: »

  Special thanks to Strawberry whose Ablink saved me a lot of money so I could use Mimic and items on my Catmancer and therefore didn't need to grind much for costume money.

  You're welcome. :)

  Bravely second...
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• ChickenGod Overdosing Heavenly Bliss Moderators

  February 2 edited February 2

  Marvel's Spiderman (PS4) - Another of the many games I've been working on. This is one of the few AAA games that managed to live up to the hype for me, more or less. The visuals were stunning, and it being one of the most colorful games I've played in HDR yet was pretty impressive. All the aspects of gameplay here were outstanding too. Traversing the open city was more fun than expected, and Spiderman's movement options feel fluid and accurate to his character. Fighting normal groups of enemies is extremely satisfying, as the gadget options give you a lot of different ways to attack them, and because they were so fun, keeping boss fights to a minimum also let them feel meaningful and impactful down the line as well. Even the side missions and other open world collectables were pretty fun to mess around with, which is a rarity for me. However, I do think there were way too many crimes to deal with by the end of the game, which prevented me from completing 100% because they are just too repetitive for how many there are. Other than that, I do think the main plot was a little confused on where it wanted to go, and it felt like you could see the ideas the developers had evolve over time, rather than it being a cohesive vision from beginning to end. It was certainly serviceable, but I'd love to see a second game with a story really dialed in, as thats the main thing missing that would have pushed the game from being just "Great" to an "All time Great" for me. Regardless, this is by far the best Spiderman game I've ever played and I loved doing whatever a Spider does in the Scarlet Spider costume. Hopefully there's more on the way in the future.
• Ombres Games horder Full Members

  February 6

  Dimension Drive (Switch)
  
  This was a very fun 2D shooter, with a twist that the screen is spit in two and you can warp from one side or the other side with press of a button, just make sure you don’t warp in a wall, not that it did happen to me… a lot. Also, as the story progress you unlock two others ability that is very well done and have a sense that it give you a very good sense of progression.
  
  It was short but hard enough that it was a perfect length for me.
  
  I was looking into my switch collection and got a couple of those games that I want to do, it is hard to pick a game! So many I want to play!!
  

  Always enjoy all the experience in life, you might gain a level or two.
  
• Krull Full Members

  February 9 edited February 9

  After about 60 hours, I’m ready to say I’m done with Astral Chain (Switch). Actually rolled credits about a week ago, but didn’t feel I could put it aside till I’d done some postgame stuff - and rescued all the cats, obvs.
  
  Very good game. The combat system is extremely satisfying, in that Platinum way, but I probably enjoyed the exploration, secrets and stupid mini games even more. Got its hooks into me more than Bayonetta ever did - but it’s convinced me to give Bayo another go some day. Astral Chain has ridiculous amounts of personality, even if the story is basically just a riff on

  Spoiler:

  Neon Genesis Evangelion

  . The postgame stuff, however, is mainly just screwing the combat up to the max. I burnt out after 20-odd missions - out of over 70! Got my cat ears, I’m done.
• Sam Wachter RPGamer Staff

  February 10 edited February 10

  Star Ocean: First Departure R (PS4)
  Professor Layton and the Last Specter (NDS)
• Ombres Games horder Full Members

  February 11

  The Stanley Parable (PC)
  
  That is a weird game, lot of fun to try to find everyway you can end the game.
  

  Always enjoy all the experience in life, you might gain a level or two.
  
• Sam Wachter RPGamer Staff

  February 15

  Coffee Talk (PS4)
• Ombres Games horder Full Members

  February 17

  SquareCells(PC)
  
  A fun little puzzle game, it nice to change the pace sometime to do some puzzle games!

  Always enjoy all the experience in life, you might gain a level or two.
  
• ChickenGod Overdosing Heavenly Bliss Moderators

  February 18 edited February 18

  Code Vein (PS4) - Initially I started this game having spent 3 hours in the character customizer, only to be disappointed with how it looked in motion and other light sources. This caused me to focus on other games in the busy months of its release, but I went back again a few weeks ago and made a Samus character that came out looking infinitely better. Code Vein might by my favorite game with Samus as a main character, haha. Though I was interested in using Bayonets as my main weapon, I ended up sticking to Hammers in the early game, and then used the fire and ice 1-handed swords for the rest. For me, the game was at its most fun during the Cathedral of Sacred Blood, when you have a huge labyrinth with minor built in puzzles to solve. Unfortunately, Code Vein does suffer from a build up of minor issues that just compounded to keep the game from being something truly standout. A few examples include the ugly glow effect and walk speed in Vestige Memories, the difficulty being kind of on the easy side, few clothing options, and no option to hide the often ugly blood veil armors. The last few in particular are especially damning, because this game was promoted for its character customization and these issues come as a blind side for those who care about the feature. Overall though, I really did enjoy Code Vein and I believe a more polished sequel could go a long ways towards being a truly fantastic game. Styling on enemies with the large number of gifts available lets you execute some pretty impressive attacking patterns that simply aren't in other Souls-like games. A Code Vein 2 with more weapon types, and a tighter focus on Blood Codes as actual classes rather than generally collectible abilities with the other issues cleaned up would just be amazing. I loved the visuals, and things like the Quick mobility dash, many of the boss fights, and the general presentation of the world and its formation help drive things forward in a way that others of this type can be lacking.
• Krull Full Members

  February 20

  Aw, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Switch) is adorable. Given the age and basic platform of the source material, it’s amazing what a rich and rewarding action-adventure this is. The polish of the Switch version is certainly lovely, but the bones are what makes this game special. I haven’t played them all, but I think this is my favourite 2D Zelda - I liked it even more than ALttP, which I played just last year. On a first-time playthrough, it took me around 20hrs, including fooling around with most of the dungeon-building mini game (only the first three-quarters of it offer real rewards, so I did those). TBH, this was one of those games where I went looking for extra stuff to do because I wasn’t ready for it to end. A well-deserved 4.5 for me.
  
  Next up is The Witcher 3 on Switch - so I probably won’t post in this thread again for some time!