Gamers Year Day 6-20

Might be a little out of date with the keeping you guys up to date with what I've been playing but oh well. So good news in the past two weeks I finally clocked Lego Marvel on the PS4 which the flying stuff was a nightmare for me.  Had quite few bugs and problems as well but overall I really did enjoy the game in the end, if I had to score it I would say a solid 8 out of 10. The graphics was amazing for the series and the open city was brilliant, got to be the biggest lego game so far. As I said though the flying controls and bugs held the game back for me.

Anyway so that was platinum number one for the year and my first next gen game fully clocked (will be referring to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 as current gen from now on). That was last week and now I'm on holiday this week I decided to give Minecraft a big session yesterday, roughly ten hours in fact and got the platinum trophy for that as well. Got to say the PlayStation 3 version re sparked my interest in Minecraft again, not played it on the Xbox/PC in months but after learning enchants, potions etc. I really want to do more maps again and the Enderdragon was awesome, really good boss and a nice addition to the game.

Took a lot of prep work though to get that stage and I would say 80% of the time I spent playing was working towards that goal. So yeah really good game still and I will be making sure to give Minecraft an hour or two each week, need to make a map that I will use constantly. Don't worry I will post up screen shots of my work and when the versions come out for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 I will be able to do videos finally.

So two platinum trophies so far for my year challenge so not bad at all, I want to get at least one this week while I was on holiday but I was not expecting it on the second day. My next goal is to finish the story for Assassin's Creed Black Flags since I've still not done it. Kicking myself for that but I really want to give the game time it deserved instead of small thirty minute windows. So today that is what I will be playing, of course I will be playing some other stuff as well but not sure yet. On that note folks I need to dash since I want to get on and I have a lot of things to do first before I can play some games.

Have a good one folks,
~ Iznic

Gamers Year Day 3/4/5

Evening,
So four days to cover in this post for my year progress and like I mentioned in the last post not a lot was done this weekend. But I did have a good gaming session yesterday which made up for the whole weekend, anyway onto the day posts.


DAY THREE - 3rd January 2014
Not much to report for this day other then I did start the multiplayer for Assassin's Creed Liberation. This game is on my list to get the platinum for but I won't be doing the singleplayer stuff just yet because I have planned for this year to do a full marathon for Assassin's Creed. The entire series starting with one since it's been a few years since I played the older ones, plus the fact I picked up the anthology set last year on PS3 so got plenty of trophies to earn while doing it. Anyway I decided to start the multiplayer since I heard it was similar to a facebook style game and takes a bit of time to get all the trophies.

It's shockingly bad and I'm really surprised with Ubisoft allowing it to be like this. You send agents out on missions or do combat missions which involve stats, actually that's a lie your stats don't matter you always win. Only thing that does matter is energy since you need that for your agent to bring in points. Every seven days is a cycle where the world fights for control of cities and the side with the most wins, of course everyone picks Assassin's so it's one sided. Honestly if I wasn't going for the platinum I wouldn't be touching the multiplayer at all.

So yeah I've started the grind with that on the night and also I picked up a new game for my collection while I was out. Spotted Lego Chima for the Vita in HMV for half price which was the cheapest I've ever seen it anywhere. Tried out the first level and it's pretty much similar to Lego Lord of the Rings so I've put aside next to the games to be clocked over the next few months ready. I know I'm putting a pile together and shouldn't but it unless I'm going to play but it was cheapest I've seen it all year, was not going to turn it down for that price. That was day three pretty much wrapped up so onwards to Saturday!


DAY FOUR - 4th January 2014
Very little to report other then continue with the grind of the multiplayer for AC Liberation, about half way for the first trophy though.


DAY FIVE - 5th January 2014
Sunday was the best day for gaming for me and especially since it was my day off, had a proper chilled out day to myself. Started off with the PS4 and did a few collectibles on Lego Marvel, even got past the annoying flying challenge I was stuck on (how I hate the flying controls). Actually was really getting back into the game and will be focusing more time on it to try and get it fully clocked.

Jumped over to the PS3 and went back on Minecraft and clocked about another six trophies, I'm pretty much all covered now on the crafting stuff. I spent hours building the mine cart track for the 500m trophy then spent over an hour bow duelling with skeletons to get the 50m sniper trophy. Got to say that was one of the most annoying trophies I've ever earned. So all that is left now is four trophies for the platinum, all combat ones as well so I'm currently working on finding some diamonds to make a full set of armour and weapons so I have the full advantage.

Finally I rounded the day off with a multiplayer session of Tomb Raider with a friend, trying to get all the multiplayer trophies for the PS3 version out of the way ready for the next generation at the end of the month. Did pretty sweet last night and got up to level 16/17 I think with about four to five trophies for my troubles.


Very good end to the weekend really and I'm charging full steam ahead for my year challenge, really getting back into the spirit of earning trophies and achievements. Just wished I had bit more time over the weekend since I really wanted to get something clocked. Not much time left today either as well thanks to work so don't expect Day Six to be any good but I am about to head off and get a small session in before bed so on that note have a good one folks.
~Iznic

Day One and Two

Good morning folks,
I thought it might be cool to try and keep the blog updated with my gaming progress towards my 2014 goals. So here is my first two day entries for the new year and what I've got planned for the next few weeks.


DAY ONE - 1st January 2014
I was hoping to get quite a bit of gaming done today but that went out the window since I got lots to catch up on. Of course it did not mean I didn't get any gaming in, I finally clocked Ryse Son of Rome on the Xbox One. I was just two chapters short from completing so I went for it and this is my first game clocked for the new year, plus my first clocked Xbox One game.

Got to say I really enjoyed it to say how many people keep putting it down, I would not say it's triple AAA but it's a brilliant game. Graphics are outstanding and it would be a game you use to show off the Xbox One. Story is ok and bit predictable in some plays but enjoyable, kept me going anyway and the controls was good. Personally I did find some of the fights a nightmare but I've never been been amazing with these type of fighting games.

 
So anyway I did earn 280 gamerscore for finishing off which I was pleased about and was shocked to find I'm now sitting on 700/1,000. Think I might go for the full 1,000 now since I'm so close, it will involve playing through again on Legendary which I think will be hard for me. Plus quite a few achievements are tied into the multiplayer but I do have a few friends with this game. Seems a doable 1,000 to me plus the fact I still want to play the game, not often that happens.

Other then that I never got around to jump onto anything else for today, was hoping to get some gaming done on the PS4 but that won't happen since of the time.


DAY TWO - 2nd January 2014
Complete opposite to yesterday and pretty much zero gaming done today, I did sneak in a quick small mission on Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flags (PS4) on the morning but that was it. Got a funny feeling that the weekend will be the same since I got lots to do plus I'm going to be out a lot as well. But it wasn't all boring, I did sit down and plan out some of my games for my goals. I have a lot of games I want to platinum or 1,000, not just going out and finding the easiest games. Although I was shocked to see that I could get 10 platinum trophies with just Lego games this year (Hobbit and Movie are out this year). I don't care what people say I love the lego games and one of my favourite series plus they not easy to get, amount of time you have to input for the collectibles can rival a good RPG.

Anyway but yeah I got list forming of some great games I want to work on, not a lot future games on the list since no announcements yet but of course that can change when they come out. Might post up the list later once I've finished writing it out.



So that's my first two days of the new year and has I said I will try to post up each day or merge them together like this. My plans for the next week is to finish off Lego Marvel on the PS4 since the story is finished, just the huge grind of collectibles and challenges to do. Also I'm working on Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flags PS4 as well for the story, really want to know what happens next in my favourite game series.

Right I better shoot since I've got lots to do, have a good one folks.
~Iznic

Looking Back and Forward

Before I jump into my gaming session tonight I decided to clear up the stats page for the blog and setup a new page for this year's progress. Got to say it was disappointing to look at when I've only earned just over 7k in gamerscore this year compared to the normal 17k that I did in 2012 and 2011. Can clearly tell that the PlayStation took over most of my time in the year and then work at the end of the year.

My new games completed dropped over 10% as well and was only just over the 30% thanks to a few games I clocked in my free time (what little I had). Hoping that 2014 will a great year for gaming for me and this year I'm determined not to make a pile of shame. Most of my past pile is gone now thanks to it being traded in to pay for my new consoles and games, was sick and tired of not playing games and having them gather dust on the shelf.

In fact I'm being quite brutal lately and even trading in new games if I'm not playing, whats the point of having them if I don't play them. Plus I can still get quite a high amount for the trade in if I don't let them sit on the shelf for two years. Already gutted half my new generation collection since I picked up multiple games to play with friends on different consoles and no one was bothering, so off they went. No more clutter this year....famous last words and no doubt I will be regretting that at the end of 2014.

Anyway the pages are setup for this brand new year, several new games on the horizon for the next few months so I think it's time to start clocking a few games and get a good head start (rest of the year seems quite dead right now). On this note I'm going to leave you with two pictures of my starting stats and I'm off to have some food then decide on what to play tonight.

~Iznic

Xbox Gamerscore

PlayStation Trophies

2014 Games List

Here you will find the complete list of this years releases that I have bought so far, fingers crossed that I can get a 50% completion rating this year.

1. Assassin's Creed Liberation HD PlayStation 3
2. Assassin's Creed Liberation HD Xbox 360
3. Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition PlayStation 4
4. Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare Xbox One
5. South Park Stick of Truth PlayStation 3
6. Titanfall Xbox One
7. Lego Movie PlayStation 4
8. Lego Movie Xbox One
9. Lego Hobbit PlayStation 4
10. Lego Hobbit PlayStation Vita
11. inFamous Second Son PlayStation 4
12. Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls PC
13. Child of Light PlayStation 4
14. Lego Hobbit PlayStation 4
15. Lego Hobbit PlayStation Vita
16. South Park Stick of Truth Xbox 360
17. Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Xbox One
18. Invizimals: The Alliance PlayStation Vita
19. Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom PlayStation 3
20. Professor Layton x Phoenix Wright Nintendo 3DS

2013 Gaming Progress

Start of the Year Stats

Xbox 360 Gamerscore: 146,809

PlayStation Level: 14 (55%)

PlayStation Trophies:

- Platnium 21

- Gold 114

- Silver 302

- Bronze 888

- Total 1,325

Gamerscore Earned This Year

7,626

Trophies Earned This Year

Level 16 (94%)
  9 Platnium

  54 Gold

132 Silver

  581 Bronze

Games Working On

Games Completed In 2013
1. Lego Lord of the Rings (X360) - 1,000 Gamerscore
2. Hitman Absolution (X360) - Story only
3. Halo 4 (X360) - Story only
4. Saints Row the Third + DLC (X360) - 1,000 Gamerscore + 100% Gamerscore
5. Lego Batman 2 (PS3) - Platinum Trophy
6. Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse (PS3) - Story only
7. Hitman Contracts HD (X360) - Story only
8. Medal of Honor Warfighter (X360) - Story only
9. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (PS3) - Story only / Veteran
10. Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm (PC) - Story only
11. Tomb Raider (X360) - Story only
12. Gears of War Judgement (X360) - Story only
13. Plants vs. Zombies (PSV) - Platinum Trophy
14. God of War Ascension (PS3) - Story only
15. Rise of the Guardians (X360) - 1,000 Gamerscore
16. Hitman HD Collection - Hitman Blood Money (PS3) - Platinum Trophy
17. Hitman HD Collection - Hitman Contracts (PS3) - Platinum Trophy
18. The Unfinished Swan (PS3) - 100% trophies
19. Lego Lord of the Rings (PS3) - Platinum Trophy
20. Lost Planet 2 (X360) - Story only
21. Bioshock Infinite (X360) - Story only
22. Saints Row the Third DLC (PS3) - 100% Trophies
23. Back to the Future Episode 1 Digital (PS3)- 100% Trophies
24. Back to the Future Episode 2 Digital (PS3) - 100% Trophies
25. Back to the Future Episode 3 Digital (PS3) - 100% Trophies
26. Back to the Future Episode 4 Digital (PS3) - 100% Trophies
27. Back to the Future Episode 5 Digital (PS3) - 100% Trophies
28. Rise of the Guardians (PS3) - Platinum Trophy
29. Ratchet & Clank QForce (PS3) - Platinum Trophy
30. Bulletstorm (PS3) - Story only
31. Back to the Future Retail (PS3) - Platinum Trophy
32. Paint Park Plus (PSV) - 100% Trophies
33. Defense Grid (X360) - Story only
34. Phantasy Star Universe (X360)- 1,000 gamerscore
35. Saints Row IV (X360) - Story only
36. Grand Theft Auto V (PS3) - Story only
37. Diablo 3 (PS3) - Story only
38. Pokemon Black 2 (NDS) - Story only
39. Batman Arkham Origins (PS3) - Story only
40. Beyond Two Souls (PS3) - Story only
41. Call of Duty Ghosts (PS3) - Story only veteran difficulty
42. Wonderbook Book of Potions (PS3) - Platinum trophy
43. Lego Marvel (PS4) - Story only  

2013 Releases Completed

- 16/51 - 31% -
1. Hitman HD Collection - Hitman Contracts (X360) - Story only
2. Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm (PC) - Story only
3. Tomb Raider (X360) - Story only
4. Gears of War Judgement (X360) - Story only
5. God of War Ascension (PS3) - Story only
6. Hitman HD Collection - Hitman Blood Money (PS3) - Platinum Trophy
7. Hitman HD Collection - Hitman Contracts (PS3) - Platinum Trophy
8. Bioshock Infinite (X360) - Story Only
9. Saints Row IV (X360) - Story Only
10. Grand Theft Auto V (PS3) - Story only
11. Diablo 3 (PS3) - Story only
12. Beyond Two Souls (PS3) - Story only
13. Batman Arkham Origins (PS3) - Story only
14. Call of Duty Ghosts (PS3) - Story only veteran difficulty
15. Wonderbook Book of Potions (PS3) - Platinum trophy
16. Lego Marvel (PS4) - Story only

2013 Games List

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Happy New Year

Evening folks,
Well it's a brand new year and things are slowly starting to get back to normal for me, it's great having some time to actually write a post out for once. 2013 will go down in the history books for one of the busiest Christmas's I've ever worked. But you not here to hear about that so let's talk about games, well this year I've decided to go all out and do a few challenges.

For the last two years I've always set myself a goal for the PS3 with a friend from work, get x trophies or mostly get x platinum trophies and this year is no different. Originally it was meant to be ten new platinum trophies but after five minutes I could already work out what they was and realised I would have them by the summer at the latest. So I've made it a little harder and set it to twenty new platinum trophies, no pressure of course (trying not to panic).

Of course I did joke about setting some stupidly hard goals to go along side this and here they are, first up ten of those platinum trophies must be on the PlayStation 4. Might be a little hard since I cannot even name ten games yet for me, not to mention how hard they are to get the platinum. Then the cherry on the top, to finally reach 200,000 gamerscore on the Xbox. Yeah I bet you laughing with me since I barely get 17k gamerscore a year and I'm talking about a 45-50k increase. But where is the fun without a little challenge! so bring it on 2014 and let's get the gaming started.

Readers set yourself some goals, have a laugh and a great new year!! I will update again very soon but until then have a great day and new year.
 ~Iznic