The Completion Thread 2007

[Melf]

That shit isn't fun on Veteran. Not sure if you could pick that difficulty when you first start either.

COD 3 was ass, and I finished it once and never touched it again. Actually, I traded it in. Part 2 was so much better.

I finished Half-Life 2 last night, and I must say that the game sucked at the end. The Gravity Gun finally became what it should have been the whole time, and the final battle was just dumb. The ending was just one step above a "game over" screen, and I felt really, really cheated. The game spent so much time building things up only to cut off with that lame ass, bullshit ending. I still want to play Ep. 1 and 3, but suffice it to say that I'll be waiting until the Orange Box hits clearance prices before I get into this again.

[Othello Harrington]

Beat Black...meh

[PKBMax]

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess...finally, in 68 hours (I took my time).

Of the Aonuma Zeldas it's right in the middle -- better than Wind Waker, but not as good as Majora's Mask.

I found the complete lack of music in some areas, and short repeated loops in dungeons, distracting. I bet they had to limit the audio tracks to fit the game on a GC disc. Then again Nintendo still mostly uses MIDI...

[B-Ri]

Zone of The Enders

enjoyable, cant wait till 2 comes in the mail

Also no one answered my question on NGS.

[MechDeus]

Also no one answered my question on NGS.

Wikipedia loves you.

Inserting the stone tablet activates a series of teleporters strategically placed throughout Tairon and the one at the Twin Serpents Plaza brings him back to the Hayabusa Village, where he acts on a hint given by the blacksmith Muramasa and picks up Kureha's necklace (Kureha a member of the Hayabusa clan killed by Doku in the village).

[kingoffighters]

Finished Rainbow Six Vegas single player campaign on normal difficulty. Going to tackle Realistic next.

[NeoZeedeater]

Shinrei Jusatsushi Taromaru - Dark action-platformers are totally my kind of game. This was quite good although it's lacking something that keeps it from being among the best games in the genre. I can't pinpoint what, though.

I also replayed Burning Rangers for the first time since 1998. The frame rate is atrocious but it was for its time too so I expected that. I still love this game, technical issues aside. 32-bit 3d doesn't bother me if the game's design is good.

[Tain]

Finished Outlaws.

You'd think that after loving Jedi Knight when I played it a few years back, I'd have checked out the other LucasArts FPSes. Ancient engine behind this game, iffy cutscene animation, and some shitty repetitive environments from time to time. The music is awesome, though, and the gunfights can be really challenging and satisfying.

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Also finished Tetris DS. Moving from Heboris with Arika's rules to this made it easier for my shitty-at-Tetris self to clear Marathon mode.

[007bond]

Finished Super Mario Sunshine. It was ok. The camera annoyed me, and while some of the episodes were fun, many were not. I liked Mario 64 a lot better (though that may just be nostalgic thinking).

[Melf]

Finished Cars on the Xbox 360 with all achievements. When I initially reviewed the PS2 version last year, I wasn't really feeling it and gave it a 6. My daughter nagged for me to get it again, and since it was cheap and on the 360, I indulged her. After playing for three days, I can honestly say that this game is pretty cool and deserves a 7. The objectives are clear and fun, there are plenty of races to run, and the control is decent once you get used to it.

It's one of the better licensed games I've played in recent years, and now I'm going to have to get the movie on DVD for my little girl, since I'm done with the game.