Games You’ve Beaten in 2024

[Member-115369]

I like having a thread to track what I play and finish each year, so posting one here if anyone else wants to do the same!

Games Beaten

1. Final Fantasy 16 (PS5)-Had a really good time with this. Was worried it wouldn't be for me as I'm not big into action games, but I liked the demo so I grabbed it in a Black Friday sale. Combat was fine, even playing on action oriented mode. Just polished it off tonight, took me 57 hours. Did all the sidequests, but not all the hunts (mostly just those tied to sidequests, and a few more to get mats to craft the best sword at the end. Story was nothing special, but interesting enough to keep me going and I liked the characters.

2. Ratchet and Clank: A Rift Apart (PS5)- fired this up as a palate cleanser via PS+ Extra as I didn't want to dive into another big game before FF7 Rebirth. Ended up blowing throw it over a couple of weeks and mostly having a great time with it. I didn't care to 100% it with the collectibles, but did do all the optional missions and the bronze, silver and gold arena challenges. Won't mess with challenge mode either (NG+).

3. Silent Hill: The Short Message (PS5)-It was alright. Can't complain for free. Dark and depressing, just didn't like the chase sequences as they were tedious and mostly trial and error since I suck at making mental maps, especially when corridors and rooms are so samey looking.

4. Lost in Random (XSX-Gamepass)-it was alright. Liked the Tim Burton-ish setting and characters and story was ok. Didn't like the combat much at all, put it on easy around halfway through to speed that up, and ending was very short and meh. But fun enough for a shorter Gamepass game as I burn time until Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth next week.

5. Balatro (Switch)- I'll go ahead and post this as "beat" as finally won a run (won with 2 other decks since). Like most roguelites/likes, tons more to do but I'll never clear it all so I consider them "beaten" once a first run is cleared generally. Great game, and I'll play lots more.

6. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (PS5)- Loved this one! Easily my favorite game of this generation so far. Hit the credits at around 117 hours having done most things I cared to do before moving on. Still need to go do the final Queen’s Blood foe, maybe see how bad the mini game scores are for the final side quest and want to replay chapter 12 with Tifa as the date (got Aerith as both dates in my playthrough). Don’t care to finish the VR challenges (did all the summons ones) nor to play on Hard mode.

7. Open Roads (XSX|Gamepass)-good palate cleanser game after the long time I spent with FF7 Rebirth. Just 2-3ish hours, narrative driven “walking sim” type game in the vein of Gone Home and similar. Nothing great, but was worth a run through via Gamepass.

8. Stellar Blade (PS5)--really enjoyed this! Only gripes would be the janky at times platforming, big difficulty spike for the last few bosses and the story being a bit meh (with pretty bad voice acting). Otherwise looks amazing, fun to play and liked the setting and characters and most action games aren’t anything special on the story front anyway. Solid 9/10 game for me.

9. Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 (XSX-GamePass)-liked it a lot overall, though just for the content/graphics/atmoshpere/sound etc. as the gameplay is meh. But at least the combat and puzzles were easy as I remember getting frustrated sometimes in the first game. I liked it being easier here and just being able to focus on the elements I did enjoy. Not a game I’d be happy paying full price for, but enjoyed my 7+ hours with it via Gamepass.

10. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Switch)-solid overall, but reminded me I’m just not that into tricky platformers nor Metroidvanias these days. Likely wouldn’t have finished it without the lower difficulty/accessiblity options so glad it had those. But very solid game with good map design etc. Just a genre I’m not that into these days I guess. A bit long for the genre 2 at 20 hours for me to finish without being anywhere near 100% on collecting things or exploring the map.

11. Star Wars: Jedi Survivor (XSX-Gamepass)-really loved this one, even better than Fallen Order. Had a bit of a slow start, but I got sucked in there after. Thought gameplay wise it was a lot better than the first. Felt less Souls-lite and more Uncharted with the combat seeming easier (stayed on default the whole time, while I dropped difficulty several times in the first one) which I enjoyed more. Only nitpick is the map kind of sucks and not having a mini-map or compass really sucks and made finding missions objectives and especially sidequest stuff annoying. Didn’t do much side stuff after my first 10 hours or so as I wasn’t finding it that engaging or the rewards (mostly cosmetics) worth it. But that’s fine as I’m not that big on side content unless it has strong story lines anyway. Xbox stats page says I played 30 hours even without doing much of that. I’ll mess around with some side stuff this weekend and see if I want to do more or move on to something new.

12. God of War: Valhalla (PS5)--Damn that was a really good DLC--especially for a free DLC. Addicting rogue-like, with permanent unlocks/upgrades which I love. And more story and character development than I was expecting from that type of DLC. Will play a bit more as I definitely have more Kratos' memories and dialogue bits to see/hear, but won't 100% it as there's still a lot of stuff to unlock/upgrade and I've got other games to get to. Editid a bunch more runs and exhausted the dialogue/story bits. Amazing DLC.

Games Abandoned

1. Jusant (XSX-GamePass)-just wasn't really enjoying the climbing puzzles/figuring out where to go, story bits from reading letters etc. you find weren't grabbing me etc.

2. Everything PSVR2- tried a couple more times to get back into this and I just can't. Accepting I just don't enjoy VR as I don't like being that shut off from things, I get too sweaty wearing these headsets with anything active, some motion sickness with many of the games like the RE ones I do kind of enjoy, get very disctracted by all the graininess, small sweet spot/clear field of view etc. Just not my cup of tea and was a dumb ass purchase given my PSVR1 gathered dust before I sold it----definition of insanity. Anyway, sold my PSVR2 off a while back so done with it in any case.

[dyne]

Pretty light for me. I work 90 hours a week and my free time is spent on stuff I need to get done.

God of War: Ragnarok - Pretty and much more of the same. It's a very good game but just something I zoned out and went through the motions on.

Goldeneye 007 - Could have been so much better. Still a good time.

Quake 2/The Reckoning/Ground Zero/Call of the Machine/Quake 64 - Played these on Series X. They just feel so great to play.

Crypt Stalker - really good Castlevania style indie game I grabbed on Switch. Very short (even with 2 modes) but for $2 you know what to expect. Developer says in the upcoming patch there should be alternate control schemes. Right now it's locked to B to jump and A to attack.

Silent Hill: The Short Message - a blunt hammer shoving suicide at you. The maze/chase also sucked.


Gave up on

FF7 Rebirth - played for a bit but knew I didn't have the time to invest so it's aside until I can properly devote time to it.

[Batman1980]

So far just Madden '24, YLAD 1 & 2.

[Cremildo]

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

[Talal86]

Resident Evil 4 Remake (Ps5): A great game/remake, not much to say. will still go back to play the DLC and the S+ rank trophies

Assassins Creed Mirage (Ps5): I actually forgot I played this lol, but I was reminded when I looked at my trophy list.

Like a Dragon 7 (Ps5): I played half of it last year, decided to give it another chance to see it through. and while I enjoyed it, I have to say it overstayed its welcome. a shame because I would've been more invested in the story if it wasn't as bloated.

Resident Evil 5 (Ps5): the RE 4 remake put me in an action mood, so I guess that helped because after all of these years RE5 finally clicked with me and I had a blast with it

saying that, it's purely an arcade game, so I wasn't wrong about it per se. I just can appreciate it more now because the series is in a better place. I don't understand how Capcom thought the game was deserving of a main RE title at the time. (not because it's bad, but it's so fundamentally different). video games companies were wild in the ps360 days.

the Lost in Nightmare DLC is also pretty good. and it kind of proved that with some tweaks they could've turned RE5 into a good survivor horror if they wanted.

Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Switch): not my favorite genre, but I had a good time with it, despite some frustrating parts, specially the chase sections.

[Batman1980]

Just beat PSP version of Final Fantasy IV on my laptop. The DS version of Final Fantasy IV is too hard, this one is a bit too easy. Zeromus just got jobbed, although a lot of that was me remembering Rydia's summons are useless against him.

[Member-115369]

6. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (PS5)- Loved this one! Easily my favorite game of this generation so far. Hit the credits at around 117 hours having done most things I cared to do before moving on. Still need to go do the final Queen’s Blood foe, maybe see how bad the mini game scores are for the final side quest and want to replay chapter 12 with Tifa as the date (got Aerith as both dates in my playthrough). Don’t care to finish the VR challenges (did all the summons ones) nor to play on Hard mode.

[elax]

I also really enjoyed Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

[aredell2nd]

I wish I could post in this thread with a slew of games that I beat, but I think that the only one that I've beaten this year is Jedi Survivor which was a replay to prep for Fallen Order.

Started and paused The Ascent, Baldur's Gate 3, Diablo IV, Spider-Man 2, Saints Row (re-start), and Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

Started and gave up on Ghostrunner and Trek to Yomi. Ghostrunner got a little too hard after awhile and Trek to Yomi got too repetitive. Just when I thought I was done, the story continued. I couldn't do it anymore.

Started and currently working on GTA III, Sleeping Dogs (re-start), AC Origins, Stray, and Marvel's Midnight Suns. May have 2 or 3 of those beat in short order... but I did find a renewed interest in COD: MWIII after realizing that I'm not all that bad at Warzone and have a crew to run with. Shit... who am I kidding? I'll never beat these games.

[Member-115369]

Beat the 3 below (updated my original post) since beating FF7 Rebirth.

7. Open Roads (XSX|Gamepass)-good palate cleanser game after the long time I spent with FF7 Rebirth. Just 2-3ish hours, narrative driven “walking sim” type game in the vein of Gone Home and similar. Nothing great, but was worth a run through via Gamepass.

8. Stellar Blade (PS5)--really enjoyed this! Only gripes would be the janky at times platforming, big difficulty spike for the last few bosses and the story being a bit meh (with pretty bad voice acting). Otherwise looks amazing, fun to play and liked the setting and characters and most action games aren’t anything special on the story front anyway. Solid 9/10 game for me.

9. Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 (XSX-GamePass)-liked it a lot overall, though just for the content/graphics/atmoshpere/sound etc. as the gameplay is meh. But at least the combat and puzzles were easy as I remember getting frustrated sometimes in the first game. I liked it being easier here and just being able to focus on the elements I did enjoy. Not a game I’d be happy paying full price for, but enjoyed my 7+ hours with it via Gamepass.

[Member-115369]

10. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Switch)-solid overall, but reminded me I’m just not that into tricky platformers nor Metroidvanias these days. Likely wouldn’t have finished it without the lower difficulty/accessiblity options so glad it had those. But very solid game with good map design etc. Just a genre I’m not that into these days I guess. A bit long for the genre at 20 hours for me to finish without being anywhere near 100% on collecting things or exploring the map.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by dmaul1114

10. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Switch)-solid overall, but reminded me I’m just not that into tricky platformers nor Metroidvanias these days. Likely wouldn’t have finished it without the lower difficulty/accessiblity options so glad it had those. But very solid game with good map design etc. Just a genre I’m not that into these days I guess. A bit long for the genre 2 at 20 hours for me to finish without being anywhere near 100% on collecting things or exploring the map.

I am very hit or miss with these types of games, mostly miss. But I did have fun with this one, the platforming was very well handled. But now I’m probably good to not play another game in this style for another year or two.

[Diesel]

So far this year I’ve beaten either for the first time or a replay:

Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Gotham Knights
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Tunic
Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster
Stellar Blade

All on PS5 so far, my Switch has been dormant this year and probably will remain that way outside of the new Zelda game in the fall as it winds down its life cycle.

I keep meaning to sign up for the Switch Online expansion pass to play some of the games I am interested in revisiting but I haven’t had a gap in newer games long enough yet to make that worth it. I’m not a subscription service type of person, so when I sign up I make sure I’ll get the use out of it that I need and then cancel when done.

[Member-115369]

11. Star Wars: Jedi Survivor (XSX-Gamepass)-really loved this one, even better than Fallen Order. Had a bit of a slow start, but I got sucked in there after. Thought gameplay wise it was a lot better than the first. Felt less Souls-lite and more Uncharted with the combat seeming easier (stayed on default the whole time, while I dropped difficulty several times in the first one) which I enjoyed more. Only nitpick is the map kind of sucks and not having a mini-map or compass really sucks and made finding missions objectives and especially sidequest stuff annoying. Didn’t do much side stuff after my first 10 hours or so as I wasn’t finding it that engaging or the rewards (mostly cosmetics) worth it. But that’s fine as I’m not that big on side content unless it has strong story lines anyway. Xbox stats page says I played 30 hours even without doing much of that. I’ll mess around with some side stuff this weekend and see if I want to do more or move on to something new.

[Member-115369]

12. God of War: Valhalla (PS5)--Damn that was a really good DLC--especially for a free DLC. Addicting rogue-like, with permanent unlocks/upgrades which I love. And more story and character development than I was expecting from that type of DLC. Will play a bit more as I definitely have more Kratos' memories and dialogue bits to see/hear, but won't 100% it as there's still a lot of stuff to unlock/upgrade and I've got other games to get to. Editid a bunch more runs and exhausted the dialogue/story bits. Amazing DLC

[renegadeviking]

https://www.giantbomb.com/profile/wi...en-list/82486/ <-- mine

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by Diesel

So far this year I’ve beaten either for the first time or a replay:

Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Gotham Knights
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Tunic
Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster
Stellar Blade

All on PS5 so far, my Switch has been dormant this year and probably will remain that way outside of the new Zelda game in the fall as it winds down its life cycle.

I keep meaning to sign up for the Switch Online expansion pass to play some of the games I am interested in revisiting but I haven’t had a gap in newer games long enough yet to make that worth it. I’m not a subscription service type of person, so when I sign up I make sure I’ll get the use out of it that I need and then cancel when done.

Games I finished in the second half of 2024:
Octopath Traveler - I think I might actually like this one more than the sequel overall, though Hikari from the original is still my favorite of the 16 playable characters. Shame it took so long to get onto the PS5 but was worth the wait.

Jedi Survivor - I really did not care for this game. It cleaned up some of the rough edges of the original but introduced a ton of its own. On a technical level the game feels like it is held together by chewing gum.

Ghost of Tsushima - My third time playing through this one, such a fantastic game. Sucker Punch really needs more recognition among the Sony 1st Party studios.

Trails of Cold Steel 1-4 / Trails into Reverie - Yowza did this eat up a TON of my time the last few months (354 hours to be precise). I had interest in this series before but never got into it since it seemed like the barrier to entry was so high being such a long running series (starting in 2004). But with Trails through Daybreak launching in the West this year and its sequel coming in February I finally took the plunge and started with these games. I am VERY glad I did. Yes, most of the games could probably be trimmed by 10-15 hours each and the side quests are almost entirely uninteresting/unneeded, but the main story and characters are where the series shines. The world building and character development of this series is fantastic. Multiple times I would think that there are too many characters (by the end of Trails into Reverie you have a team of FORTY playable characters to choose from), but I honestly don't know which ones I would cut because they all have their strong points. Now that does become an issue where some get shortchanged in different games because there just isn't enough time to devote to them all, but across the series as a whole you come to love most of them. Of all of the characters introduced in the Cold Steel games and not having been in the Trails in the Sky or Crossbell games, I really only didn't care for two of them which I'd say is a remarkable achievement. There were multiple points where something would happen in a main story cutscene where I'd even find myself shouting "YES!!" out loud with excitement or "NOO!!" when something tragic happened. Any game(s) that can get me that emotionally invested has my respect.

Astro Bot - A fun little platformer. I enjoyed it but not nearly as much as the internet seemed to. I'd play a sequel though.

[Bernardo A.]

I've had 2 platinums in 2024:

1. Hogwarts Legacy
2. God of War (2018)

[D00mM4r1n3]

Just one: Satisfactory (PC.) Played it since beta so it was just going through the motions to get 100% of the achievements.