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[cormack12]

I've tried the 52 games a year challenge and it is just overwhelming though fun to try once. So I thought we could have a smaller one for those of us with more pressures on our time, or don't play as much as we used to. Rules are similar.

How do I take part?
Claim a ‘main post’ where you will list all your completions for the year. You can use fancy images or special formatting to make it extra cool. In addition to this post your updates, completions and thoughts as singular posts throughout the year.

How do I know when I've completed a game?
That can be tricky to determine, but it's ultimately up to you. If its a straightforward single player game then it's typically when the credits roll, but if it's say a multiplayer session based game maybe its when you’ve unlocked a certain feature or completed a battle pass.

Do the completions need to be games released this year?
Nope; any video game will suffice. It can be first plays or replays, classics or recent releases. It can be a game you started last year but are finishing this year.

 

[cormack12]

I'll claim my post and am starting with a replay of

Hogwarts Legacy | PS5
Uncharted 4 | PS5
Horizon Zero Dawn | PS5

 

[Banjo64]

Reserved.

Last year I mistakenly updated my main post instead of making separate posts detailing each game. Noted for this time

 

[Fess]

I’ll try this, will probably fail but new year new challenges.

Started Minishoot Adventures in Geoff’s timeline for 2025.

1. Minishoot Adventures
Finished! (Jan 1)

100%! (Jan8, Finished in Advanced Mode, cleared all arenas with minimum 5 hearts)

This game was fantastic! Don’t miss out if you’re into twin-stick shooters and Zelda, it’s an odd mix of genres but it totally works.

2. Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Finished! (Feb 2)
Most annoying end boss ever with no save point between two boss fights. Otherwise I quite enjoyed the game, I didn’t like the combat but by the end of it I thought it was alright. Character design was superb!

 

[KungFucius]

Try this again. 12 I can do, 52 I would have to replay NES games for a few weeks to hit.

1. Stalker 2 - (In progress)

 

[rofif]

Ok let's go

 

[drganon]

I beat 21 games last year, so I should be able to hit at least 12 this year.

1. Master detective archives: raincode (ps5)- completed
2. Sand Land (ps5)- completed
3. Yurukill (ps5)- completed
4. Trails through daybreak (ps5)- in progress
5. Walking Dead : Final Season (ps4)- aborted

 

[LectureMaster]

Let's do this!

1. Vampire Survivors - PS4/PS5 (a whopping 200+ trophy list completed!)
2. Phantom Liberty - PS5 (The quest quality is jaw-droppingly superb, I have faith now for W4)

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Currently playing FFXVI but it's been going a bit slowly since I've got sidetracked by all the gacha games I'm also playing (WuWa, ZZZ and Genshin).

 

[balls of snow]

Lets go. Got 28 done in 2024. And the first game finished in 2025.

Jan
1) Alan Wake 2: The Lake House dlc

 

[Sleepwalker]

Reserved

 

[PatientGamer]

Yups, I'll try taking part in this.

January

1) Astrobot (In-progress)

Happy new year everyone!

 

[Heisenberg007]

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[dragonyeuw]

Last year was probably the most games I've completed in years as I mostly went through my Steam backlog. Terminator Resistance, Robocop Rogue City, and Resident Evils 1/2/3 remakes, Zero, Revelations/Revelations 2, 7 ( I also am playing 5 co-op and I started 6 but the latter is gonna be a drag to finish I think). And I completed the Order 1886 as my first completed game on my PS5, of all games( and enjoyed it more than it's reputation led me to believe I would). I've played others, but those ones aforementioned were completions( In RE2's case, I did the first two A and B scenarios for Leon and Claire and fucked around with the extra modes. I may do a Chris playthrough for REmake this year).

Anyways, I'm in for 2025. Games off the top of my head that I know I want to get through will include Indiana Jones, Silent Hill 2 remake, FFVii intergrade, RE Village and maybe 4 remake, and assuming I get the Switch 2, I've got a bunch of first party current Switch stuff I'd like to get through (and that's without knowing what the new system will bring and when). I also picked up The Forest and Tortured Souls off Steam last week for like $3 total to feed my out of nowhere survival horror kick. And I started the Quarry two years ago but didn't get far, so I'll probably just restart that and hopefully finish Alien Isolation ( just got past the first Xenomorph sighting so I'm still pretty early in that). Oh and I'm planning on grabbing a Quest 3 512gb ( I sold the 128 for a decent price a few months ago) and will definitely be playing the included Batman game.

Completions:

1. Jan 11- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle( PC Gamepass)

 

[Lunarorbit]

Nice, first page style.

Got several games in the works now: silent hill 2, black ops (guess I'll work on what completing this game means), dragon warrior 3...

 

[adamsapple]

Sure, I'll bite. It's probably gonna end up being a lot more than 12 tho.


Reserved for adamsapple

1. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (in progress)
2. Arkham Asylum (next)

 

[RedC]

Will start playing Red Matter 2 today

 

[Duchess]

I'm planning on getting a PS5 Pro in 2026 (hopefully drives will be readily available by then). I'll be saving the best games for then. So, this year I'm planning on getting through:

Trinity Fusion
Horizon: Burning Shores
Sea of Stars
RoboCop
Hi-Fi Rush
Ravenswatch
Everspace 2
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Trine 5
Astro Bot
Pacific Drive
The Sinking City
Observer
League of Legends: The Ruined King
The Chant

 

[Windle Poons]

No fucking chance

But good luck to everyone else.

 

[duck_sauce]

I claim this post and start the year with the following game.

January
- Allan Wake 2

Games on my list:

Diablo 3
Silent Hill 2
Final Fantasy Remake

 

[Cert.in.Death]

The list is in no particular order, I expect to finish at least 12 games by the end of March. Granted, I intend to frontload most of the time-intensive games this year.
I will likely play something not on this list at some point, so I'll substitute it in when I do.

Objective is to achieve the platinum trophy for every game listed, you are welcome to check my day-to-day progress here (I do almost all of my single-player gaming on Playstation):
PSN Profiles Account

2025 Backlog

1	Reveil
2	Ad Infinitum
3	FFVII Rebirth *Platinum, 1.19.2025*
4	Black Myth Wukong *currently playing*
5	Metro Awakening
6	Sprawl *Platinum, 1.21.2025*
7	System Shock
8	Helldivers II
9	Cyberpunk 2077
10	Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
11	Armored Core VI: Fires Of Rubicon
12	Resident Evil Village
13	Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection
14	Unicorn Overlord
15	The Talos Principle II
16	Guardians Of The Galaxy
17	Kill Knight
18	Citizen Sleeper
19	Synapse
20	Metal Slug Tactics
21	Immortals Of Aveum
22	Young Souls
23	Sword of the Vagrant
24	Darksiders: Genesis
25	Dodgeball Academia
26	Indivisible
27	A Hat In Time
28	Saturday Morning RPG
29	Unsighted
30	Dishonored
31	Dishonored 2
32	Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
33	Mass Effect
34	Mass Effect 2
35	Mass Effect 3
36	Pentiment
37	Resident Evil 3
38	Dead Space Remake
39	Rez Infinite
40	Sea Of Stars

2025 New Releases

1	Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
2	DOOM: The Dark Ages
3	Judas
4	Mouse: PI For Hire
5	Lunar: Remastered Collection
6	Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
7	Riven (PS5)
8	Coffee Talk Tokyo
9	Ghost of Yotei
10	Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
11	Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
12	Death Stranding 2: OTB

 

[hemo memo]

That's easy as I can hit that target. 58 though? That's just insane.

Starting with Ghost Trick

 

[FatallyYours]

Did well in last year's challenge completing 37 games

Completed 5 games
Which includes 4 Platinum trophies

Currently Playing
Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty (doing full playthrough)
Civ VII

January

Spoiler: Final Fantasy XV PS4 - 7.5/10

Platinum Achieved
Base game - 100%
DLC - completed all episode stories, but not all optional trophies
Overall completion 67% (up from 46% originally)
Replay - Played at release

Score 7.5/10 - good game, not brilliant

Quick side note, I've only ever played 13 (dropped quickly) & 15, so I have no nostalgic feelings towards the series at all

I never fully finished 15 on release, leaving the fishing, cooking, survival & most DLC trophies. I remember there being pushback about the final chapters or ending? I couldn't remember the story at all

I followed a reddit post for this replay/trophy mop up, telling me when to watch the films & cartoons, when to play the DLC's & the story is now much more complete. It's just a shame that you have to go to Netflix for the film, YouTube for the cartoons, SE site for the pdf file for the prequel book. SE should come back to FF15 with a directors cut or something & add all this in at the right place in the game

Spoiler: Final Fantasy VII Remake PS5 - 5.5/10

Story Complete
Base game - 67%
DLC - Not started yet
Overall completion 55%
First playthrough

Score 5.5/10 - it's fine, but a far way from being good

Let me again preface this by saying I haven't played the original, I have no nostalgic, rose tinted feelings towards it, & it shows in how I feel about it whilst everyone else seems to fawn over the game

Apart from Tifa's large tits, I found nothing about 7 above average at all

Story was dull, non existent or dependant on you having played the original. Graphics were terrible in places, looking like a late gen PS3 game or early gen PS4 game for most of the time. Far too many squeeze through cracks slowly & mandatory slow walking scenes. Side quests, mini games & collectables were poorly implemented or not needed. I found every character annoying in thier own way with flower girl being the worst of the bunch. I muted voices due to her, the best part was her getting kidnapped & missing from the 2nd half of the game

This was a free game from PS+. I'll go ahead and do some more of the trophies, hell I may end up getting the plat for it, eventually, but I'm done with 7 for now

I don't think I'll play other parts for this game, even if they do become "free" on PS+. In fact it's put me off the FF series if this is FF at its supposed best. No thanks

Spoiler: Sherlock Holmes The Devils Daughter PS4 - 7/10

Platinum Achieved
Base game - 100%
Replay - Finished the story originally late last year

Score 7/10 - good game, not brilliant

This was more of a trophy mop up run, seeing as I played the game late last year, but I'm now counting it as a "completed" game. I also needed something quick/easy/light to play after 2 big RPG's

Spoiler: The Outer Worlds PS5 - 7.5/10

Platinum Achieved
Base game - 100%
DLC - 100%
Replay - originally played early 2024

Score 7.5/10

I played last year, doing a quick-ish, normal playthrough. Its now leaving PS+ so I wanted to go back & finish this off

I may have been a tiny bit unfair towards the game last time. The hardest mode - survival/Supernova makes you eat, drink, sleep, properly spec out your character & especially for the first 3rd of the game, forces you to be very careful with encounters. This made it a better game in my opinion, I actually enjoyed going through it again & the story has sunk in a little more this time round

February

Spoiler: Murder on the Orient Express PS5 - 7/10

Platinum Achieved
Base game - 100%
First playthrough

Score 7/10

Much like the previous years challenge, I use these types of games as family time, slowly working through the game over a few weekends with alcohol & food

The story has been updated well for modern times. The game also helped break up all the big RPG's I've been playing

Updated list 2nd Feb

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Really enjoyed taking part last year.

Reserved!

 

[Bojji]

Reserved.

1: Indiana Jones

 

[WX3]

RESERVED

Hopefully I get to update this 12 times this year!

 

[justiceiro]

Reserved. Let's try this once

 

[Jrecard]

Committing to this for 2025. I started my log for 2024 but fell off and finished I think around 8 games without really keeping track. Will do better here!

January
1. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - Completed 14.1 hours. Really well presented and fun 3d platformer/action game. The in map rifts and dimension switching in real time was a pretty cool gimmick.
2. Deadspace 2 - Completed 11.5 hours. Preferred the original for atmosphere and horror, 2 leant into action a bit more but the story was still great.
3. Deadspace 3 + Awakened DLC - Completed 14.8 hours. Leans further again into action over horror and loses the Dead Space charm. Awakened DLC the only redeeming piece but far too short.

 

[Alpha Male]

Games I've finished in January:

Indiana Jones
Astrobot
Horizon Zero Dawn Remaster
Hogwarts


These are the games I'll be finishing up in the near future:

FF7 Rebirth
Returnal
Starfield
Age of Wonders 4
Homeworld 3
Star Wars Empire at War
WARNO

New games that are known so far coming out that I'm planning on finishing this year:

Kingdom Come 2
Assassin's Creed Shadows
Avowed
Tomb Raider 4 and 5 Remasters
Death Stranding 2
Ghost of Yotei

 

[ReyBrujo]

Hey! I'm in the 52 games one but I will pick this one with a personal twist: 12 first-person dungeon crawlers in 12 months.

1. Potato Flowers in Full Bloom
2. Mon-Yu
3. Labyrinth of Zangetsu
4. Wizardry: The Five Ordeals
5. Class of Heroes 1
6. Class of Heroes 2
7. Kowloon High-School Chronicle
8. Demon Gaze Extra
9. Sakura Dungeon
10. Drawngeon: Dungeons of Ink and Paper
11. TBD
12. TBD

Order​	Title​	Mini Review​	Image​	Date​	Score​
1​	Potato Flowers in Full Bloom (Switch)	Started back in December but finished it today after 36 hours. It's a cute first-person grid dungeon crawler (favorite genre) with teams of 3 with as 7 or 8 classes. The game has a simple story and is quite straightforward (4 areas with between 1 and 7 floors each) however got stuck a couple of times since you had to do like two locations at the same time. It's been ages since I had to rotate equipment and weapons to exploit weak points in enemies so it was a nice change of pace. Experience is based on size difference which means you cannot grind yourself to a big size, you ought to advance. Overall a cool game for anyone starting this genre. Encountered one crash (but game saves automatically often enough) and probably a dozen typos (like the one in the screenshot).​		1/2​	6/10​
2​	Mon-Yu	Started this after Potato Flowers and it took a good while, almost 52 hours. Another first-person grid-based dungeon crawler with 9 different locations (each with 1-3 different floors). Played in "medium setting" with map available only after finding the map (options were always on or never available). The character creation screen lets you choose the developers themselves as game characters which was funny. There's a level cap for each stage which means some battles are harder since you cannot grind, but you can save anywhere. Had to repeat final boss 30 or so times playing with statistics and skills and RNG which felt dirty.		1/27​	5/10​
3​	Labyrinth of Zangetsu	A (mostly) black & white dungeon crawler with hand-drawn stages and enemies based on Japanese yokai. Follows Wizardry rules. Finished it in 46 hours and a half in "hard" mode which prevents you from copying the save file and leaves corpses at the entrance of the level instead of the room where they died fortunately since I lost my team against the final boss. One optional boss left. No crashes. 5 main stages, each with 3-7 floors. Simple but I liked it.		2/6​	7/10​

 

[SenkiDala]

Well this time I'll bite. Indeed 52 seems undoable for me (or it'd become a pain instead to be a pleasure).

It can also motivate me to finish games on my backlog that I REALLY want to finish but never did...

I'll start with :

January : Hollow Knight (on Xbox) / I expect a lot of it.

Next games that I could chose :

• Castlevania Symphony of the Night (1st playthrough)
• Final Fantasy XIII (new playthrough)
• Final Fantasy XIII-2 (new playthrough)
• Binary Domain (1st)
• Daymayre 1998 (1st)
• Doom 3 (attempted it dozens of times and never completed it)
• Final Fantasy VII OG (new playthrough like almost every year)
• Mad Max (1st)
• Mass Effect Andromeda (1st)
• NieR Automata (1st)
• Momodora (1st)
• Octopath Traveler (1st)
• Sea of Stars (1st)
• Witcher III (never got to the end... far from it)
• Tomb Raider I or II or III remastered (finished the OG ones but not remastered)
• Okami HD (new)
• Wolftenstein II (1st)

Well I could continue for long, in fact I think I've hundreds of games on my backlog...

 

[Aion002]

Last year I tried and I failed.

This year I will try harder.

For January I finished Stellar Blade yesterday and I am working towards the Platinum right now.

Edit:
Which I just did it:

Now I will start working towards my Rise of the Ronin plat, which should take up to the Monster Hunter Wilds release.

 

[AJBungah]

Reserved. Can't see me even making 10 but I will try.

Currently dabbling in Astro Bot helping the kids with tricky bits and doing the odd world when I've had a chance over the Christmas holidays.

Downloaded Indiana Jones off Game Pass PC and played through the first section. Looking forward to more.

Also got a Fallout 3 GOTY replay planned as I haven't played it since release.

 

[Katajx]

I hit 22 last year. I’ll try for this again this year. I already have 2 with good progress for January.

 

[Kings Field]

1. Killer Frequency - Replayed it on the portal after beating it on Xbox when it dropped. Fun game
2. Gran Turismo 7- beat the "main" game but not 100% yet.

 

[bbw_lover87]

Started granblu relink lets go

 

[reinking]

I'm in.... My goal for this year is more playing and less buying and whining.

Current playing.
PS5 - Astro Bot - I still need to complete this one.

Started but not very far and will most likely restart because of the gap in playing time.
PS5 - Metaphor: ReFantazio.
PS5 - Master Detective Archives: Rain Code.

On deck.
PS5 - Silent Hill 2
PS5 - Horizon Forbidden West
PS5 - Fantasian New Dimension

It's not all going to be PS5 but it looks like I am starting 2025 off that way.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Seems doable. Here's my progress so far:

1) Mass Effect 2
2) Mass Effect 3

 

[Jesb]

I’ll try this.

Currently working on Indiana Jones.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

I’m in.

January - Alien: Dark Descent (WIP)

 

[watdaeff4]

This is something doable for me

Right now playing:
FFVII Rebirth
Persona 5
Black Ops 6 campaign

 

[RCX]

I did 52 in a year several years ago and in retrospect it was an absolute slog towards the end. 12 in a year is much more doable and will definitely drive me less mental!

Ok, let's start out!

1) Warhammer Space Marine 1. Damn good game, loved the 360 era design and the story was surprisingly compelling.

Started just before Christmas and finished the first couple of days of the new year. A perfect 7-8 hour campaign.

2) 9/1/25 The Simpsons - Hit and Run

Definite case of rose tinted spectacles. Played this years ago on GameCube and somehow remembered it as being good, its not.

Ultra frustrating and unfair fail states on missions. Insanely frustrating AI behaviour. No mission variety.

Thank god for save states on Dolphin. I have no idea how I finished this game all those years ago without them.

3) 23/1/25 BioShock Remastered

Wanted to see how well Winlator works on my Odin 2 so figured I'd give an old favourite another spin. Well, the game is still excellent. Story and atmosphere are just as compelling as the first time and the game is fun as hell too.

As an aside, Winlator works Impressively well. I was hitting 60fps most of the time at 720p medium with slight dips into the 50s here and there. x86 emulation on android looks like its making big strides and it bodes very well for the future

 

[yamaci17]

hehe I guess I can join this one alongside with 52 games challenge? however for me 52 games challenge is something that I mostly do with games that take between 30 minutes to 4 hours!

for 12 games challenge, I will try to make sure I finish at least 12 games that takes at least 10 hours. could be one per month or more than one.

I'm already working on the first game of the year, indiana jones. great game really, I'm enjoying it a lot, going for 100% completion so it will taka a while

 

[Fess]

Is it better to make a new post or just edit the first post when more games are finished? Or maybe do both? Add to a list and bump the thread.

Anyway, I got 100% in Minishoot Adventures today. Fantastic game!

Getting close in Final Fantasy Remake. Chapter 14 now. Really enjoy the story so far! They’ve fleshed out the characters a ton compared to the original. Still don’t like the combat but it’s not without strategies later on. Hell House boss was a struggle.

 

[cormack12]

Hogwarts Legacy down for the year! Working on nier automata and huntdown atm, also playing drg and will be playing se resistance end of the month

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Had a good time last year doing this, much more achievable than the 52. I almost always sit in between that, including a mix of both short and long games.

1. Death Stranding kicks things off this year, technically started in mid-late December but did not get far. Really enjoying this one, though I didn't know what to expect going in. It's going to take a while to complete because I've been spending a lot of time rebuilding roads and ziplines, trying to get the preppers to 5 stars and I'm only in episode 5.


Future games on the list:

God of War: Ragnarok
Monster Hunter Wilds
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Tunic
Metroid Prime 4
Whatever the new 3D Mario game is called
Silksong

I'm sure there will be other things that come along to distract me as well, including random games from my massive backlog that will call to me.

 

[Lokaum D+]

This year i ll try to finish at least 6

1. KCD1 - finished, amazing game, really really underated - 9/10
2. SH2R - i think i m to dumb, old or not empathetic enough to care/understand this game - 6/10
3. MHWi
4. SH1 - geez, how are u suppose to get the good ending in these games ? - 5/10

 

[Roberts]

Reserved!

05.01 - Astrobot - PS5 - 8/10
14.01 - Terminator: Resistance Complete Edition - XSX - 7.5/10
19.01 - Call of Duty 6 SP - XSX 8/10

 

[Fess]

Badabump

2. Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Finished! (Feb 2)
Most annoying end boss ever with no save point between two boss fights. Otherwise I quite enjoyed the game, I didn’t like the combat but by the end of it I thought it was alright. Character design was superb!

 

[SenkiDala]

Finished nothing in January... No time and not in the mood to focus on 1 game. I'll try to finish 2 games in February. It works too right ?