Gamer Challenge Ended

Over the last few month's I've kinda realised that setting year long challenges as taken the fun out of gaming, I mean right now I keep thinking how I'm going to get the next 17k gamerscore by christmas or I need to clock this many games on this system. There is a ton of new games coming out that I want to play and enjoy, I don't want to be thinking "cannot waste anymore time on this game, i still need x amount of gamerscore".

So I'm scrapping my challenge altogether, I will keep tracking the score and maybe do smaller goals like when i set my challenge to get 5k by my birthday (that was more fun) but nothing huge any more.


~Iznic

100,000 Baby

12th July 2010 at 11.03pm I finally hit 100,000 gamerscore on the Xbox 360

All i can say is....WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!

One more down

Found myself spending alot more hours at work recently, then coming home I've been too tired or too busy to do anything else. When I do have time to play, either I jump into a multiplayer game with the guys from work or sit down and play arcade games.

Well because of this, I finally finished Wheres Wally on the PC arcade last night. Releasing I just needed one more arcade game complete to finish one of my gaming challenge goals, I then spent all this morning finishing off Portal Still Alive.

So I'm happy to say one more goal is down :-) and now few hundred more points added to the gamerscore along with two more games 100% completed.


Goal 8: Complete three arcade games - SUCCESS!!

Update

About time I updated this thing, over the last month or so I've been real busy with life and gaming. My score is now standing on 93,000 and almost 94, of course I'm really happy with the progress made.

Been poping into all the Games, Gamestations etc to look for cheap games in the sales. Picked up most of the 2006 sports games for less then £2, also picked up some old games I kept saying I was going to get as well (Alone in the Dark, Mirrors Edge etc).

Have to admit though, the last four weeks or so as been bit dead on the gamescore increase. Burnt myself out really and with the extra hours at work my spare time just vanished. Need to get back into the spirit and get to that 100k marker :)

Thoughts for the day

Well I'm currently working on the last achievement for Madden 06, the wonderful long boring 30 years of franchise. So while the simulator is running thought I would login and do a couple of posts about what as been happening with my gaming.

Last few weeks have been boring, mostly because I lost the spark to play any games right now. But I've got it back and already the progress as been great. The other day at work I was talking to one of mates about the gaming challenge (thing we do often lol) and some calculations where done. According to him, if I'm to hit 120,000 by the end of the year, that means I need to clock around 125/131 gamer points a day lol. So I challenged myself to hit 90,000 by the end of April (although the calculations say 9 weeks) which of course the next day I started to wonder if I could hit it.

Well from the looks of it I'm going to hit 90,000 by end of next week LOL, how you ask? i picked up Madden 06 and Fifa 06 last night. Already now sitting on 600 gamer score for madden, should have the full thousand in a hour or so. Also this morning in the post arrived Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper another easy game. Finally I found out Madden 08 is just as easy as this one so tonight when I go to Lynn's and we pop to the shopping centre going to see if I can get a copy and maybe have a look for NHL 2K6 and NBA 2K6.

Its going to be one awesome week this week for achievements, hopefully I will hit it :)


Of course I'm not just playing these easy achievement games, been working hard on FXIII and did another couple of chapters which I'm proud of. Really looking forward to completing my first JRPG and since I'm starting to get the hang of it I do believe this could be the game.

Also clocked all the collectables in Brothers in Arms so now all I got left is to get the 100 days of play clocked, just keep poping the disc in each day. Should be any time now :) another game completed that I can trade in against something else, maybe if I'm lucky it will clock by next week in time to be traded in for Splinter Cell. One can dream...

PS3 Games for Trophies

I've decided today to stop replaying games on the PS3 for trophies that I've already done on the Xbox for achievements.

Let me explain better, basically I've got easily a hundred games plus I want to play and right now I'm finding myself ... (well I wouldn't say wasting my time but close enough) spending time playing games again for there trophies after getting the xbox version done.

Thing is I'm not a big fan of the PS3 anyway so not sure why I'm going for the trophies. The other week I did Lego Indiana Jones 2 again, spending at least a good part of my week playing it but at the same time FFXIII and Battlefield Bad Company 2 was out. See there is no logic to it, again today I start Tomb Raider Underworld yet I've not even done hard mode on the xbox yet for the last achievement, bad enough having to do two run through's but adding a third one for the PS3 is a waste of time really.

So as I said at the start, going to start focusing on the games I've got and the new games coming out :-) of course this does not mean I've given up on the PS3 for good. Will still play exclusive titles on there (God of War, Uncharted and Killzone etc) but just not going out of my way like I am right now. I might now and again in the future pick up a easy game but just not when I got ton of games to play already.

End of Month Posts

OK February had no post and march will be getting a small post but to be honest I forgot what's really happened this month. So for April I'm going to create a saved draft post and anything I think that needs to be written down will be added there, so by the end of the month I should have a detailed post for the months progress. Well that's the theory anyway and if I stick to it, but knowing me probably won't lol

Another Goal

Well Another Code R was my first Wii game to be completed which means I finished my first goal for this years gaming challenge. Took alot longer then I thought since I was meant to get this game done in January but glad it's finished now. Now standing on two of the eight goals completed, so I feel like I'm doing ok with it.

Also clocked Disney UP on the PS3 the other day, now I have one of three platnium trophies for another goal too.

Lets hope I can keep this up


Goal 1: Complete at least one Wii game - SUCCESS!!

80,000 Milestone

Last week I finally hit the 80,000 gamerscore mark, really pleased with myself since this is one of my personal goals. 80K Sounds so much better and I think the next 20k (upto 100k) might fly past better (well I hope).

It was a good week last week since I even hit 81k a day or two after, thanks to the spongebob game that was being rented. Of course, since then not earned much. Think I burnt myself out slightly, that and I'm working on two long/hard games (Star Ocean and Bioshock).

Hopefully I will be on soon saying I've hit 90k, wish me luck!

Gaming List / Update

I mentioned not so long ago that I was trying to play games one at a time in a order, playing a brand new game then one old game. It's not that I don't want to play the older games just that the newer ones look more appealing, this system as worked well so far. It's like having something to work towards and I've found myself really enjoying playing the games I've missed out on.

So far I've done the following...

Mass Effect 2 (story only)
Ghostbusters (story only)
G.I.Joe (story only)

Now I'm working on Dante's Inferno which is putting me in the gaming mood again, G.I.Joe was a nightmare to work on and nearly killed my gaming spirit. Got over 800 gamerscore for it but I cannot cope with the last few, having to get perfect max score on those last three missions is killing me. Either one of my guys dies losing a ton of points or I will fall short at the end with the points. After 11 tries last night on one mission I realised that my time was being wasted, there is no light at the end of the tunnel.

So anyway after DI, I think the following will be the next games. Of course this can change thanks to my rentals and newer games coming out, or change of mind.

Spongebob (Rental)
Bioshock 1
Dark Void
Prince of Persia
Army of Two 40th Day
Tomb Raider Underworld (Hard mode)
Assassin Creed 2
End War
Mass Effect 2 (Insanity Mode)
Darksiders

End of Month Thoughts (Jan 10)

I know this is a bit late but who cares, hopefully each month I will stop being lazy and post my thoughts of how that month went, gaming wise and especially about the Challenge.

If I was to be honest, I think I had a good start to the year. Could had been better but I wont complain, really enjoying myself and that's what counts really in the end.

Hitting one of my goals in the first few weeks was a great accomplishment, especially with it being a PSP game as well. Over the year's, I have found myself regretting buying one since I never play on it, so completing a game made it seem a little worth it. Just hope I can keep this progess up now.

Other then completing a goal, i did finish a few games on my lists. Two 1k achievements games and one story was a good result for the motnh, could had better but can't change that now. Hopefully I can knock a few more off the list soon and maybe make a dent in my gaming collection.

That's it really for my thought's on January, lets hope Feburary is better

Mass Effect 2 Review

-!Winner!-
GAME OF THE YEAR 2010

I been trying to think of a way to review this game and came up with this....



WOW!


Think that sums it up well lol.



Mass Effect 2 is a amazing sequel, I started playing this games with my hopes up but in the back of my mind I was worried since it was a sequel and normally they fail big time. But Mass Effect 2 proved me wrong, it's already 1st place for Game of the Year for me.

Story is brilliant as always and kept me wanting to know more, I won't go into details since I do not want to spoil it for anyone but you will enjoy. The game as had alot of changes since the first one and everything for the good. The first major change would be the customisation on weapons/armours etc. When I heard they took out a lot of the customisation I got a bit worried, I really liked that in Mass Effect 1 where you could change your ammo types to cause different damages. But my fears where for nothing. in ME2 ammo types are now like powers and it worked, it worked really well. Just simply select the ammo you want (radial or by the bumper buttons) and its changed, quick and painless which is great in a intess fight. I was shocked how good the combat system is now, everything fits perfectly.

You know what, I can't keep writing this...my words cannot describe how good this game is. Just go try it for yourself!


Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360)
Score: 10 out of 10
Gameplay: Good
Graphics: Good
Story: Good
Length: Decent
Controls: Good

Too many games!

The new releases over the last few weeks is insane! It's become nearly impossible to keep up and my bank account is having a heart attack as we speak. It would not even shock me if I have over 10 pre-orders across numerous websites for new upcoming games.

*Bangs head on wall*

I think the trueachievement percent goal I set myself, will be going out the window very soon. I have tried to focus on just one game, complete the story/all the achievements before working on the next one. Was also trying to do it a list, new game then a old game so I could get some of my older games that have been sitting on the shelf finished. It worked at first but with more and more exciting games coming out, its making it a challenge to stick to one game.

The list started with Mass Effect 2 (finished the story), then went onto my Ghostbusters rental (finished the story) and now working on GIJoe which is the next rental which was to be followed by Dante's Inferno. As I said though, I'm struggling to stick to this kind of routine. I've always been the type of person to play half dozen games at once. All I can ask is, wish me luck! lol going to need it

1K/Plat Trophy List & Story List Challenge

Earlier this month I finally sat down and posted this year's challenge for myself. At the end I did a list of games that I wanted to either finish the story or 1k/plat trophy.

Last week or the week before (cannot remember lol), I finally finished one of the games on that list. When I checked the list out again I was shocked to realise how short it is compared to my collection.

For those that don't know, I'm a gaming addict, big time. Got hundreds of games sitting around my room waiting to be started/opened/finished etc. So this list I did earlier on, didn't even scratch what wanted to do. I've now decided to finally rewrite the list.

So here it is!

Completion Collection List v2.0
Finish the Story List
Ace Attorney Trails and Tribulations
Ace Attorney Apollo Justice
Afro Samurai
Another Code R
Battlestations Midway
Battlestations Pacific
Borderlands
Command & Conquer - Red Alert 3
Damnation
Dragonball Z Burst Limit
End War
Eternal Sonata
Farcry 2
Ghost Recon AW
Ghost Recon AW 2
Hawx
Infamous
Infinite Undiscovery
Killzone 2
LastRemnant
Lost In Blue 2
Lost Odyssey
Lost Planet
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Metal Gear Solid 4
N3
Naruto Rise of a Ninja
Naruto The Broken Bond
Ninja Blade
Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising
Orange Box (Half-Life's)
Rainbow Six Vegas
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Resistance Fall of Man
Resistance Fall of Man 2
Resistance Fall of Man Retribution
Rise of the Argonauts
Spiderman Web of Shadows
Star Ocean - The Last Hope
Star Wars Lethal Alliance
Stormrise
Stranglehold
Timeshift
Trauma Centre Second Opinion
Trauma Center New Blood
Tomb Raider - Anniversary
Too Human
Two Worlds
Warhammer 40,000 Squad Command
X-men Legends 2
Zelda - Twilight Princess

1,000 Gamerscore / Platinum Trophy List
Assassin Creed 2
Battlestorm
Bioshock
Brothers In Arms HH
Command & Conquer 3 TW
Command & Conquer 3 KW
Crackdown
Darksiders
Dawn of War 2
Dynasty Warriors 6
Dynasty Warriors Gundam
Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2
Dragon Age Origins
Elderscrolls 4 - Oblivion
Enchanted Arms
Fable 2
Fallout 3
Lego Indiana Jones 2
Lego Star Wars TCS
Lost Odyssey
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Mass Effect
Overlord
Overlord 2
Prince of Persia
Star Wars The Force Unleashed
Supreme Commander
The Simpsons Game
Uncharted
Viva Pinata
Warhammer Battlemarch

Well thats the entire collection, well sort of...there is a few games I've not included. But if I can just dent this list I will be happy, think every gamer suffers this problem of having too many games to play and not enough time.

75,000 Gamerscore

I hit the 75k milestone this weekend, very pleased with myself since I was stuck on 74k for like a month which was annoying me to hell.

Have to admit this last bit upto 100k is going really slow, painful slow to be honest. I think it's because instead of playing every easy game I got for quick achievements, I'm working on a few of my better games. Trying to complete the stories or to get 1k in them (C&C3, Mass Effect etc).

Hopefully my spirit will pick up soon, would had hate to take a break from the challenge so early into it

2010 Gaming ChallengeTracker

Just created a goal tracker on TrueAchievements to keep a track of the progress for my xbox gamerscore. Of course it starts from today and not 1st january but oh well :-)

http://www.trueachievements.com/gamergoals.aspx?gamerid=15334

Good Start to the Year

Well its only few weeks into the new year and I've already completed one of my goals. As of five minutes ago I finished Resistance Retribution on the PSP :-) happy days!

Goal 2: Complete at least one PSP game - SUCCESS!!


At the start I really got addicted to the game, story was decent enough and the gameplay was enjoyable. Found the controls where very easy to use for the PSP, since the lack of a second analog stick they decided to use the triangle/square etc buttons for aiming. Great way to make up for the lack of a stick, the added auto lock on if a enemy was near the cursor was really helpful as well.

Of course there was some bad points, by the end it did seem a little too long for what it was.
Could had done without the last area (around 4ish small levels), reason being its the same couple of type of enemies every few minutes and when you do it for 4-6 hours you will get bored very quickly. Last bad point would be some of the boss battles and them moving around the room quickly, thats fine but the camera was already hard to use with the triangle/square buttons.


Overall though I did enjoy the game, kept wanting to play it and it as made me want to go and complete Resistance 1/2 on the PS3 so i can see the rest of the story. So here is the score



Resistance Fall of Man: Retribution (PSP)
Score: 7 out of 10
Gameplay: Good
Graphics: Good
Story: Average
Length: Long
Controls: Good

New Year's Resolution - 2010 Gaming Challenge

Through out the year I've been saying to myself and everyone that knows about the challenge that I would not do another one this year. Well forget that lol I'm setting myself several more goals again! I like working towards a goal, makes it alot more fun when you accomplish them.

Let's start with the consoles I barely use, think at least something complete on each one.

Goal 1: Complete at least one Wii game
Goal 2: Complete at least one PSP game

I've came up with two goals for my DS since there are a few games on there that I want to try and complete this year.

Goal 3: Complete at least one Pokemon game

When i say complete i mean beat all the gyms and the elite four, only done it once on Pokemon Red and that is going back a good few years lol.

Goal 4: Complete Phoenix Wright ace attorney 3 and Apollo Justic

This year they releasing a new spin off series based on Miles from AA, so i really need to finish the past ones first.


I did well with the PS3 goal last year by getting two plat's, so going to raise the bar slightly this year and hopefully it will mean using my PS3 more.

Goal 5: Get x3 Platinum trophies

Now for the Xbox 2010 challenge I've decided to make it alot harder lol, espically since I've got a back log of games to play which I really want to get through but never try and make the time for. So here is the huge list of goals...

Goal 6: Reach 120,000 gamescore by December 31st 2010

I know its a quite high but this year I did 30k and that wasnt even a full year, so hopefully I can do this one but even I don't I will be having fun trying :-D

Goal 7: Complete at least one japanese RPG
Goal 8: Complete at least three arcade games

Finally the last bit is more of the list of games I would like to get complete in my collection. The list is split into two, one being finish the story and the other is for 1k/plat complete.

Finish the story
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Star Ocean - The Last Hope
Command & Conquer - Red Alert 3
Tomb Raider - Anniversary
Lost Planet
Orange Box
Rainbow Six - Vegas 1
Ghost Recon 1
Timeshift
Afro Samurai
Battlestations Midway
Spiderman Web of Shadow
End War
Dragonball Z Burst Limit
Naruto Rise of a Ninja
Resistance fall of Man
Resistance fall of man 2
Star Wars Lethal Alliance
Trauma Center Second Opinion
Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess

1k/Platinum Complete
Mass Effect 1
Mass Effect 2
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1
Bioshock
Dynasty Warriors 6
Uncharted
Lost Odyssey
Lego Indiana Jones 2
Overlord
Overlord 2
Prince of Persia
Viva Pinata
Assassin Creed 2
Battlestorm
Fable 2
Enchanted Arms
Uncharted
Fallout 3
Star Wars The Force Unleashed

Quite a list really lol but it will be so worth it to get some of them done. Right now I'm not setting any goals for the list like complete x amount but just try to get some done on my challenge. I will be adding a counter on the site though to show how many on the list as been done though and will keep you post if any of the list is done.

Anyway that's it, this is the 2010 Gaming Challenge!!!

Wish me luck