I Finished These 26 Video Games in 2014

Here we go again. For the ninth year in a row (since 2006!), I’ve counted up how many video games I either started or finished in the past 12 months. Let’s see how I did. As always, some notes: I only list games I played on my own, outside of any shows like E3 where I may have winner55 tried a new game on a demo kiosk. All of the games you listed are games I either bought or was provided access to. I played most of them at home or during my commute.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); I don’t play old games very often, but even if I do on rare occasion return to an old game, I only list games that I either started or finally finished in a given year. People justifiably get hung up on what I mean when I write that I “finished” a game. I basically mean that I got to the credits or storyline conclusion of a game. That’s why I’ll count Diablo III as “finished” even though I only cleared Act V with one character on a non-Torment difficulty and only have one level-70 hero. There is a lot more that I can and will get out of playing that game. I considered dropping the “finished” part of this list this year, since I think it’s interesting enough to tally which games I started playing. Doing so would keep me from listing older games that I finally finished in 2014, and I thought that was still worth noting. Maybe I’ll change things next year. I played no games on Facebook or Ouya in the last year, so I’ve eliminated those categories. I did play a GameBoy game on my 3DS, so I’ve added that one. I played very few games on my MacBook Air—none that I didn’t also play on my PC—so I’ve eliminated that listing, too. I’m including standalone DLC as games this year. I’m not trying to pad the count. It just feels like something like Burial At Sea or Freedom Cry can be seen as its own thing. I’ve included Early Access games, some of which I’ve put quite a few hours into. After all, it isn’t just the idea of a player finishing a game that is a murkier concept these days; so is the idea of when a developer is finished making a game. Some supposedly unfinished games that I played this year (Crypt of the NecroDancer!) gave me plenty to play. I’m surprised to see how many games I played on PS4, especially because I’ve been using my Xbox One more regularly this fall. The PS4 had the early-year advantage. On with the list! My 2014 Games Played/Finished List (Games I started listed below. Finished games are bolded. Games not from 2014 are noted as such) 3DS (16 games played; 6 finished) Bravely Default Fantasy Life Fire Emblem Awakening (2013) – FINISHED Kirby: Triple Deluxe Luigi’s Dark Moon (2013) – FINISHED Mario & Luigi Dream Team Paper Mario Sticker Star Picross e4 Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy – FINISHED Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball – FINISHED ww winner55 The Starship Damrey (2013) – FINISHED Steel Diver: Sub Wars Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Tomodachi Life Weapon Shop de Omasse Yoshi’s New Island – FINISHED DS (2 games played; 1 finished) Professor Layton and the Last Specter (2009) – FINISHED Professor Layton and the Unwound Future GameBoy (1 game played; 0 finished) Metroid II iOS (33 games played; 1 finished) A Dark Room Adventure Quest Dragons Alternative Function IV Angry Birds Epic Boom Beach Circle Stop Civilization Revolution 2 Clash of Clans Craft the World Crossy Road Farmville 2 Flappy Bird Framed Hearthstone Helix Hitman Go Hoplite Incredipede Kingdom Rush Origins Kiwanuka Monument Valley NarcoGuerra Pako SimCity Buildit Subete al SITP Sunburn! Swing Copters Summetrain Tengami Threes Tilt To Live 2 Trials Frontier Year Walk (2013) – FINISHED PC (25 games played; 2 finished) BioShock Infinite Burial At Sea Parts 1 and 2 – FINISHED Broken Age Civilization: Beyond Earth Cookie Clicker Crypt of the NecroDancer Dungeon Of the Endless Endless Legend Far Cry 3 (2012) – FINISHED Habitat Hack ‘n’ Slash Infinity Runner Invisible Inc Jazzpunk LA Cops The Nightmare Cooperative (also played on iOS) Nom Nom Galaxy Nuclear Throne Road Not Taken (also played on PS4) Serena Spacebase DF-9 Sunless Sea The Talos Principle Ultimate General: Gettysburg This War of Mine The Vanishing of Ethan Carter PS3 (4 games played; 4 finished) Assassin’s Creed Liberation – FINISHED Assassin’s Creed Rogue – FINISHED The Last of Us: Left Behind – FINISHED Puppeteer (2013) – FINISHED PS4 (24 games played; 8 finished) Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry – FINISHED Child of Light Destiny Diablo III Reaper of Souls – FINISHED Far Cry 4 Infamous Second Son – FINISHED Lego Marvel Super Heroes – FINISHED Lego The Hobbit – FINISHED Mercenary Kings Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor – FINISHED OlliOlli P.T. PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate Rollers of the Realm Secret Ponchos Strider The Tomorrow Children (Alpha) The Lego Movie Video Game – FINISHED Transistor Valiant Hearts: The Great War – FINISHED Velocity 2X Watch Dogs Wolfenstein: The New Order WWE 2K15 Vita (3 games played; 0 finished) Luftrausers Metrico Dangaronpa Wii U (9 games played; 3 finished) Bayonetta 2 Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – FINISHED Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – FINISHED Dr. Luigi Hyrule Warriors – FINISHED Mario Kart 8 Pushmo World Shovel Knight Super Smash Bros. Xbox 360 (1 games played; 0 finished) Dark Souls II Xbox One (11 games played; 1 finished) Alien Isolation Assassin’s Creed Unity – FINISHED Dragon Age Inquisition สมัคร winner55 เครดิตฟรี​ Forza Horizon 2 Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Halo: The Master Chief Collection Kinect Sports Rivals Nutjitsu Sunset Overdrive Super Time Force Titanfall The final 2014 tally is: 129 games played; 26 finished That compares to: 2013…117 played; 31 finished 2012…139 played; 23 finished 2011…161 played; 28 finished 2010… 195 played; 52 finished 2009… 165 played; 48 finished 2008… 135 played; 37 finished 2007… 118 played; 35 finished 2006… 102 played; 21 finished