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Steam
Helldivers II
Democracy.

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Azur Lane
I'm doing stuff but my amount of play has fallen way back.

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Final Fantasy XIV
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Ragnell's Status

(U) Unfinished ?No significant accomplishments.     (B) Beaten ?The main objective has been accomplished. Usually marked by the defeat of a final boss and/or viewing of credits.     (C) Completed ?For games which are 100% done. All extras and modes have been unlocked and finished. All significant items have been collected.
1178 (U)
  970 Unplayed  
82.3% of Unfinished
74% of Total
89.9%
82 (B)
6.3%
50 (C)
3.8%
Wishlist  370 ?         Top-Rated  2 ?????         Master Runs  0 (M)
Miscellaneous 3 (U) 0 (B) 1 (C) 4 Total
PlayStation 5 BEAT 2 (B) 0 (C) 2 Total
PC 44 (U) 3 (B) 0 (C) 57 Total
Steam 79 (U) 3 (B) 0 (C) 84 Total
Origin BEAT 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 Total
GOG.com 14 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 14 Total
PC Downloads 4 (U) 1 (B) 0 (C) 5 Total
NES 55 (U) 4 (B) 11 (C) 107 Total
SNES 31 (U) 8 (B) 12 (C) 66 Total
Nintendo 64 8 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 10 Total
GameCube 31 (U) 1 (B) 0 (C) 32 Total
Wii 30 (U) 1 (B) 0 (C) 31 Total
Wii U 10 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 11 Total
Nintendo Switch 30 (U) 9 (B) 1 (C) 40 Total
WiiWare 3 (U) 3 (B) 0 (C) 6 Total
Virtual Console (Wii) 5 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 5 Total
Virtual Console (WiiU) 4 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 4 Total
Switch Downloads 1 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 2 Total
Game Boy 21 (U) 0 (B) 5 (C) 29 Total
Game Boy/Color 11 (U) 1 (B) 0 (C) 13 Total
Game Boy Advance 53 (U) 4 (B) 0 (C) 58 Total
Nintendo DS 70 (U) 4 (B) 0 (C) 74 Total
Nintendo 3DS 18 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 18 Total
Virtual Boy 2 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 3 Total
PlayStation 91 (U) 4 (B) 10 (C) 119 Total
PlayStation 2 172 (U) 7 (B) 4 (C) 183 Total
PlayStation 3 54 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 55 Total
PlayStation 4 63 (U) 10 (B) 0 (C) 74 Total
PlayStation Portable 65 (U) 3 (B) 0 (C) 68 Total
PlayStation Vita 25 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 25 Total
PlayStation Network 4 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 4 Total
Xbox 29 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 37 Total
Xbox 360 39 (U) 5 (B) 0 (C) 44 Total
Xbox One 9 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 9 Total
Xbox Series X 1 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 1 Total
Xbox LIVE Arcade 2 (U) 4 (B) 0 (C) 7 Total
Master System 1 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 1 Total
Genesis / Mega Drive 3 (U) 1 (B) 0 (C) 4 Total
Saturn 8 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 8 Total
Dreamcast 10 (U) 3 (B) 6 (C) 19 Total
Game Gear 3 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 5 Total
Plug-and-Play 72 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 72 Total
Android 0 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 1 Total
All Games 1412 Total
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about 3 months ago (edited)

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Right Hand of Bak'laag: 1000+ unfinished games
Treasure Hunter: 1000+ games
A little bit of catchup, I suppose.

Super Mario RPG for Switch was fantastic and is a surprisingly faithful remake of the SNES original. A few things about it bug me, but they're ultimately not anything that took away from my enjoyment of the game. The arranged soundtrack slaps. I would honestly recommend this versus the original for anyone looking to play it for a first-hand experience with the story, not because it is (somewhat) easier but because it is somewhat more refined.

Somewhat for jokes, and somewhat for curiosity, I started off the year by playing Infidelity's SNES ports of Mega Man 2 and Mega Man 4. They are exactly what they say on the tin, with the added bonus of optional MSU-1 enhanced soundtracks. Nothing else is changed, leading to a very familiar experience, for better or worse.

I'm not sure of what direction I take from here. There are plenty of games I want to dig into for the first time this year, especially a number of Mega Man fangames, but also quite a few I've started and didn't finish. Both Wario Land Shake It! and Super Princess Peach have somewhat obnoxious collection requirements to reach the end of the main quest, which lessens my enthusiasm for those. I left Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary at its most infamous point without actually dipping into it, and I walked away from Doom 64 fairly early, after picking up the first major secret. I still want to get that 1CC of Vs. Super Mario Bros. Blaster Master Zero deserves a finished playthrough after I started it four years ago. My partner sent Baldur's Gate 3 my way for my birthday in August and I barely touched it because it seemed overwhelming, and I feel terrible about it, and there are many other games I've been gifted over the years that I never touched that I really should. If I eliminated my entire backlog beyond what I've mentioned here, I would still have dozens of options to pick from.

I'm still poking at Azur Lane daily, and there's plenty left for me to do in Final Fantasy XIV ahead of its next expansion releasing this summer. Some friends have picked up Final Fantasy XI recently, and I'm considering poking at that as well.

Whatever happens, Super Mario Bros. Wonder left me more motivated to play games than I've been in a long time. Hopefully, I slap that B status a lot this year, and actually finish getting all system lists current.

Have a safe 2024!
about 4 months ago

Badges
Right Hand of Bak'laag: 1000+ unfinished games
Treasure Hunter: 1000+ games
Super Mario Bros. Wonder was a delight. There's more personality in the first few stages than in the whole of any of the "New" games, the stage design is almost universally excellent, and the gimmicks never get old. Aside from the final-final stage, which is wholly optional unless you're aiming for 100%, this is the most fun I've had playing a 2D platformer -- especially one with Super Mario's name attached to it -- in a long time.

It's the first game in literal decades where I've actively sought to achieve that 100% mark.

The best 2D Super Mario game released to date.
about 1 year ago

Badges
Right Hand of Bak'laag: 1000+ unfinished games
Treasure Hunter: 1000+ games
Hitting the ground running in 2023. I started the "regular" side of New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe over Thanksgiving, and decided I'd finish that up over the next week or so; I ended up doing the second half of the game in one night.

Beating NSMBU is enough for me to give it status. I poked at the Luigi game a bit, and I'm not sure if I'll actually finish it. I won't be going after a 100% in any case, though.
Is it ever enough?