Name: Markies
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Age/DoB: 42/01-23-1982
Favorite Genre: Role Playing Games
Favorite Game: Final Fantasy X(PS2)
Likes: Video and Board Games, Music, Books
Playing: Kingsburg
Listening: Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising Soundtrack
Reading: Kevin J. Anderson - Hidden Empire
Hello to all reading this,
I play games rather slowly because that is just my nature. I have a terrible combination of a fear of the unknown, extremely cautious and a full time job. So, if I don't update my 'Now Playing' for a few days, it is because I am currently grinding and not avoiding my games. That is just not possible.
I have several rules and guidelines that I follow on my Backloggery. It may be rather confusing and cumbersome, but I have made significant progress on my Backlog. I still enjoy my games, but I also limit myself to prevent too much.
Thank you and I hope you enjoy looking at my collection along with my gaming status.
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Mark's Backlogging Rules
Gaming Status
= Haven't Started Yet
= Have Played, But Not Yet Beat
= Seen Credits, But Still Have Things To Do
= Have Seen And Done Everything I Want
= Beaten The Game With a Difficult Handicap Or Speedrun
Memory Card = Always Positive Number
Wish List = Prequels, Sequels & Games that I want.
Next - Game In Series To Buy Next
(#) - How Many Games In Series
Later - Games In Series Down The Line
Ranking System
5 = I loved this game and it is the best!
4 = I like the game, but it is not perfect.
3 = I thought the game was okay, but it has some major flaws.
2 = I thought the game was passable, but it had way too many flaws.
1 = I really did not like the game at all.
Buying New Games = Get Fire Badge. Buy Next Game from the lowest
Console. If tie, choose console with largest total Wishlist. Start Over. If I ever get below 50 Total
, I go on a buying spree. If I ever get below 2
for one console, I will go on a buying spree for that console.
Now Playing
I will have 5 games on my Now Playing list. 1 active
&
game, 1
&
in wait, & 1 Monday
. I will play the Monday
while watching the Backloggery Streams on Monday. I will switch between the active
&
games every day and switch them out with the ones in waiting. For those 4 Games, I will have them be all from different systems.
New Year Cookie
On January 1st, I will use the Fortune Cookie on my Wishlist. I will purchase whichever Next Game that is pulled that is of a reasonable price. I will also add one Random
Game and one Random
Game to my Now Playing. I will play them after I finish the ones on my Now Playing and then I will continue my regular playing.
New Birthday Game
On my Birthday, January 23rd, I will purchase my Most Wanted game on my Wishlist.
Mark's Gaming Goals
1. Get Fire Badge
2. Get Master Of Unlocking Badge
3. Buy All Games On Wishlist For One Console
4.
a console
5.
a console
6. Buy and
all video games on Wishlist
7.
my entire collection
Backloggery Themes
Use the Banner for the colors to match the theme. Keep text all one color. Make background and foreground two different colors.
Banner = 776 X 300. Avatar = 100 X 100. (Use Postimage.org)
Many years ago when I was creating my Genesis wishlist, I was amazed at how many good Shooters I found on the system. I now know that the Genesis is known for its Shoot'Em Ups, but discovering many games that looked interesting was eye opening to me. Unfortunately, that left me rather paralyzed as I never knew where to get started. Randomly, I found a video on YouTube talking about some of the best Shooters for Beginners and Steel Empire was on it. It looked very interesting and I was happy to see it was on my Wishlist, so it jumped up on my games to buy for the system. Looking for another Genesis game to play, I decided to jump in and see what it was all about.
Steel Empire is a horizontal Shoot'Em Up set in a SteamPunk style environment. With so many space Shooters, the Steam Punk style is the game's best characteristic. One of the planes you can choose from is a Zeppelin, which is very large, but it does have the most HP, so it is perfect for Beginners. The Steam Punk setting goes into the enemies, Bosses and story as it feels like a weird take on World War II. Besides the Zeppelin, the game has different difficulty settings and you don't have to mash the fire button as you can just hold it. With a large life bar and these quality of life improvements, the game was a nice step into the Shooter pool. Also, you have the unique ability of being able to fire backwards and forwards, which works remarkably well when you fight the large bosses and different enemy patterns.
Unfortunately, some of the bosses have incredibly tiny and hard to reach hit boxes, so it can be quite challenging to hit them on a consistent basis. And if you lose your two Option planes, then it becomes even harder. Also, there are parts in the game where you are forced to take damage. You don't know where to go and whats coming next, so you just have to plow through walls and hits the floor or ceilings of wherever you are.
Overall, I still really enjoyed Steel Empire. I have been getting into Shooters because of playing through several arcade games, so it was fun to play one on a console and be able to beat it. I think the game is a great Introductory Shooter game and something that anybody can enjoy. The music, graphics and slowdown aren't very technically impressive, but the ease of play and difficulty make them somewhat of a hidden gem. Give it a try if you are interested in trying the genre!