The TRTSM Monthly Gaming Challenge

[vivisectvi]

The TRTSM Monthly Gaming Challenge
September ~ December 2013​

Objective: Pick any number of games, current or backlogged, full-game or DLC add-on, and list what you'd like to complete* by the end of the month.

*Complete could mean anything from simply finishing off the story mode for the game, or getting 100% on challenges and achievements/trophies. It's up to you. As long as you have fun and feel motivated to clear out some of your backlog while playing current games, it's all good!

If you manage to clear your queue for the month early, and you have the time for more, feel free to pop in here and add more games to your list.

You can use this site to gauge how long a given game normally takes to beat: www.howlongtobeat.com



The List - October 2013

dubq
• GTA V (NEW / PS3)

HSJ
• GTA V (PS3)



Previous Months

SEPTEMBER 2013

Spoiler

BlackFlagg
Saints Row 3 ✓
Torchlight II
Borderlands 2 DLC - Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage
The Walking Dead: 400 Days
Dead Island

dubq
Diablo 3 (New / PS3) ✓
Killer is Dead (New / PS3)
Shadows of the Damned (Backlog / PS3)
Lollipop Chainsaw (Backlog / PS3)
Saints Row 2 (Backlog / PS3)

FLAM
Tales of Xillia (PS3) ✓
Dragon's Crown Infernal Mode (PS3) ✓
Guacamelee (PS3) ✓
Farcry 3: Blood Dragon (PS3) ✓

Flik
Tales of Graces F (PS3)
Tales of Xillia (PS3)
Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS)
Persona 4: Arena (PS3)

KingPK
Dead Island ✓

oldskool
Saints Row IV ✓

AUGUST 2013

Spoiler

CletusVanDamme
Borderlands 2 DLC - Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty ✓
Back to the Future: Episode 1 - It's About Time ✓
Saints Row 3
Torchlight II

dubq
Deadpool (PS3) ✓
Dead Space 3 (PS3) ✓
Metro: Last Light (PS3) ✓
Saints Row: The Third (PS3) ✓

Exslade ZX
Dragon Age II (PS3) ✓
Dishonored (PS3)
DmC Devil May Cry (X360)
Star Trek (X360)

FLAM
Saints Row: The Third (PS3) ✓
Spec Ops: The Line (PS3) ✓
Journey (PS3) ✓
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (PS3)

Flik
Tales of Graces F (PS3)
Tales of Xillia (PS3)
Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS)
Persona 4: Arena (PS3)

HSJ
Infamous (PS3)
Assassin's Creed (360)
Dead Island: GOTY (360)
Earthworm Jim HD (PS3/PSX)

KingPK
Dead Island

oldskool
Alan Wake ✓

 

[Kageho]

Last month's games on this list please, as I haven't beaten a single one. Though I'll probably finish off Fire Emblem by month's end for sure.

 

[FLAM]

1) Tales of Xillia
2) Dragon's Crown Infernal Mode
3) Guacamelee
4) Farcry 3: Blood Dragon

all PS3

GTA V is going to fuck this up for me though.

 

[vivisectvi]

Cool! Added both to the list... and yeah, GTA is going to be in the mix for sure. I was originally going to have that as my "new" game but I figured I'll probably be spending a lot of time on the online mode as well, so there's no way I'd finish the story within a month. Went with a Suda 51 theme instead.

I was also going to add Dishonored to the list, but I didn't realize that I was actually only 2 missions away from the end-game and ended up finishing it off the other night.

 

[FLAM]

I meant to say I liked Shadows of The Damned. Felt it was like a less polished Resident Evil 4 in terms of gameplay with the signature quirky Suda 51 style.

Yeah, I didn't want to add GTA to the list because I want to take my time with it.

 

[vivisectvi]

I meant to say I liked Shadows of The Damned. Felt it was like a less polished Resident Evil 4 in terms of gameplay with the signature quirky Suda 51 style.

I started it last night and I gotta say, I didn't want to put it down. I really like the back and forth between Garcia and Johnson.

 

[KingPK]

Played like 3 hours of Dead Island and made 8% story progress.

This is gonna take a while. Especially with GTA incoming.

 

[BlackFlagg]

I doubt I'll finish SR2 in the next two days, so September for me will be

Saints Row 3
Torchlight II
Borderlands 2 DLC - Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage
Dead Island

 

[HSJ]

I still have two days to finish Infamous damn it!

 

[oldskool]

I'm working through Saints Row IV and then I'll probably get swept up in Madden/back into OOTP/maybe Franchise Hockey Manager if my finances improve to actually play a game with an ending.

 

[KingPK]

I enjoyed the resort part of Dead Island, but the city section is doing nothing for me. It's like a Call of Duty map with zombies. And the sewer section just feels like padding.

 

[FLAM]

I finished Guacamelee and Blood Dragon.

Guacamelee is really fun, although I was expecting more wrestling moves in a game about a luchador. Still though, good game, especially for fans of Castlevania. Blood Dragon makes me want to check out Far Cry 3 eventually.

Not the biggest challenge since they're both about 5 hours a piece. But I'd guess it's going to take another 30 hours for Xillia to end.

 

[KingPK]

Christ how long is this game? I've put like 12 hours in and it tells me my story progress is at 53%.

 

[vivisectvi]

Goddamn Diablo 3 is foiling my plans so far! I may have to revise that list!

 

[HSJ]

NHL 14 comes out in a few days, so that will be where most of my september goes.

 

[Exslade ZX]

Christ how long is this game? I've put like 12 hours in and it tells me my story progress is at 53%.

Lol, this is a game that's been in my backlog for quite a while and I've had the same problems as you. The island part of the game? That was fuckin' awesome, and a great introduction. Didnt' get tiring at all. Even going all the way from the 'Diamond' area to the 'Gold' area or whatever it was.

But as soon as I hit that church? Act II I suppose. The game just began to feel horribly outdated or something. Which is weird, because it's the same mechanics. Maybe it does have to do with that part looking like a COD clone or something.

 

[KingPK]

I'm still enjoying it since I'm getting better gear and the analog control is much more fun to use, but the tedium of beating up the same three or four zombie types is starting to wear on me. And there's so little attention paid to any plot that I stopped paying attention to cutscenes a while ago.

 

[oldskool]

Finished Saints Row IV. Spectacular game, best one in the series.

 

[vivisectvi]

Congrats!

I crossed off Saints Row 2 for this month - there's no way I'm going to get to the rest of that game (especially being the open world genre of game that it is). I added in Diablo 3 in it's place as I'm pretty sure I can at least make significant progress in the story mode, if not finish it outright.

 

[FLAM]

Finished Dragon's Crown's Infernal Mode. I've spent about 70 hours on this game total covering every difficulty.

I wonder if I can conquer Xillia before Grand Theft Auto takes up all of my gaming time.

 

[KingPK]

I'm just powering through Dead Island to get it done at this point; everything past the resort just isn't interesting and they just don't offer much variety in the gameplay to justify a 20+ hour quest.

 

[BlackFlagg]

I'm gonna swap out Dead Island for The Walking Dead 400 Days

 

[KingPK]

And Dead Island is complete. That final battle was terrible

Spoiler

The antidote turns White into a Megathug because.....science?

. Haven't played a game like that in a while where I liked it less and less the more I played it. It's worth $20, but know that once you reach the city, the best part of the game is over.

 

[FLAM]

Xillia is done. Finished everything on my list. I don't know whether to feel accomplished or embarrassed. A bit of both. I'm just glad it's all done in time for GTA.

 

[vivisectvi]

Finished Normal mode on Diablo 3. It throws you right into Nightmare mode after that.. but I think I will slot finishing that and the other modes for another month.

 

[oldskool]

Just fell into Saints Row 2 for...this is the fourth time, now? I think my September backlog will match my August one with one finish.

 

[BlackFlagg]

Saints Row 3 complete, and I mean complete, main story, dlc, side tasks and collectables.

 

[Damaramu]

About to beat Saints Row 3.

Someone pick for me next:
-Assassin's Creed Revelations (360)
-Infamous 2 (PS3)
-Uncharted 3 (PS3)
-Saints Row 4 (360)

or I can switch off my brain and play Lego Batman on PS3 since my friend got it for me for my b-day.

My next plan after I finish these is to attack the entire God of War series, Bioshock Infinite and GTA 5. But I don't want to put those into the que until I finish the others.
Of course this could all come crashing down if I get the Skyrim GOTY edition.

 

[vivisectvi]

Modified the thread to be ongoing for the year, instead of starting a brand new one every month. I'll just update the first post to reflect the current month and archives for the year.

September wasn't as successful for me.. I kind of anticipated that, though, with both Diablo and GTA V coming out mid-month. I've added GTA V as my first game to finish for October as I'm pretty sure I'm close to the end of the story mode by now.

 

[oldskool]

About to beat Saints Row 3.

Someone pick for me next:
-Assassin's Creed Revelations (360)
-Infamous 2 (PS3)
-Uncharted 3 (PS3)
-Saints Row 4 (360)

or I can switch off my brain and play Lego Batman on PS3 since my friend got it for me for my b-day.

My next plan after I finish these is to attack the entire God of War series, Bioshock Infinite and GTA 5. But I don't want to put those into the que until I finish the others.
Of course this could all come crashing down if I get the Skyrim GOTY edition.

I'd do Saints Row 4 to finish the franchise, especially since it closes a lot of SR3's plot holes.