Because I'm obsessed with making lists and categorizing things, I thought I'd do a brief rundown of all the games I played in 2017. I've dedicated at least a paragraph to each of these games already, so I want to step back and talk about them as a whole and maybe discuss some stats for the year. All told, I finished 40 games in 2017 but I devoted significant time to at least 51. What follows is the list of games I finished.
1. Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (PS1/PSP) - January 9th
2. Oxenfree (PC) - January 12th
3. Evoland (PC) - January 12th
4. Evoland 2: A Slight Case of Spacetime Continuum Disorder (PC) - January 15th
5. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable (PSP) - February 2nd
6. Mega Man ZX (NDS) - February 6th
7. Freedom Planet (PC) - February 10th
8. Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4) - March 3rd
9. Persona 4 Golden (PSV) - April 1st
10. Persona 5 (PS4) - April 28th
11. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (NDS) - May 5th
12. Cosmic Star Heroine (PS4) - May 6th
13. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice (3DS) - May 27th
14. Emily Is Away (PC) - May 31st
15. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd (PC) - June 9th
16. Emily Is Away Too (PC) - June 10th
17. Abzu (PS4) - June 11th
18. Gone Home (PS4) - June 11th
19. Geometry Wars 3 Dimensions: Evolved (PS4) - June 16th
20. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (PS4) - June 19th
21. Azure Striker Gunvolt (3DS) - June 23rd
22. Knights of Pen and Paper (PC) - June 26th
23. Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 (3DS) - June 29th
24. Knights of Pen and Paper 2 (PC) - July 4th
25. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (3DS) - July 23rd
26. Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age (PS4) - August 12th
27. Pokémon Moon (3DS) - August 13th
28. Mega Man ZX Advent (NDS) - September 6th
29. Final Fantasy X (PS4) - September 15th
30. Hiveswap: Act 1 (PC) - September 16th
31. Final Fantasy X-2 (PS4) - September 26th
32. Mega Man 7 (PS4) - September 28th
33. Mega Man 8 (PS4) - September 30th
34. The Walking Dead: Season One (PS3) - October 2nd
35. The Walking Dead: Season Two (PS4) - October 8th
36. The Banner Saga (PC) - October 8th
37. Soul Blazer (SNES) - October 11th
38. Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds (PS4) - November 23rd
39. Final Fantasy Record Keeper (Android) - December 7th
40. Downwell (PS4) - December 15th
Here are the games I played more than a few minutes that I never finished.
1. Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward (PC) - January
2. Stories: The Path of Destinies (PC) - January
3. Child of Light (PC) - February
4. Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition (PC) - February
5. Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone (PS4) - March
6. Nioh (PS4) - March
7. XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PC) - October
8. The Banner Saga 2 (PC) - October
9. Shantae and the Pirate's Curse (Wii U) - October
10. Darkest Dungeon (PS4) - October
11. Nier: Automata (PS4) - October
Looking back on that list of unfinished games really makes me want to consider a few to revisit, maybe on different platforms. I have the Banner Saga Trilogy on PS4 for instance and I've been meaning to get back to it for awhile. In the meantime, though, let's look at some stats!
Most Used Platforms
PS4: 15 games
PC: 11 games
3DS: 5 games
Most Played Genres
RPG: 21 games
Narrative: 10 games
Action/Platformer: 8 games
Well, I definitely have some clear preferences. I think RPG is maybe too broad a category at this point, but once you start breaking things down into subgenres, things start to get a little muddled. Sure, I played several strategy RPGs and a couple of Western RPGs and plenty of Japanese ones, but at the end of the day, they're all RPGs. Even "Narrative" is a pretty nebulous category since I lumped in point-and-click adventure games with "walking simulators."
I'm interested to also do this for 2018 as well after I go through those games. I think the stats are going to end up being quite a bit different.
No comments:
Post a Comment