I'd almost forgotten to do one of these for 2018. It's certainly not mandatory but it would tremendously hurt my sense of symmetry to do it for 2017 and not 2018. So here we go! I finished 38 games in 2018 but I devoted significant time to at least 44. What follows is the list of games I finished.
1. Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition (PS4) - January 10th
2. Bravely Second: End Layer (3DS) - January 17th
3. Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor (PS4) - January 18th
4. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (NDS) - January 27th
5. Citizens of Earth (PS4) - February 11th
6. Dissidia Final Fantasy NT (PS4) - February 26th
7. Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth (3DS) - March 12th
8. Kamiko (Switch) - April 17th
9. Mortal Kombat X (PS4) - April 21st
10. Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below (PS4) - May 25th
11. Fire Emblem Warriors (Switch) - May 29th
12. Super Mario Odyssey (Switch) - May 31st
13. Children of Zodiarcs (PS4) - June 20th
14. Celeste (PS4) - July 1st
15. Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation (NDS) - July 18th
16. Tales of Zestiria (PS4) - July 24th
17. Yakuza Kiwami (PS4) - July 24th
18. Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance (PS4) - August 18th
19. Risk of Rain (PS4) - August 23rd
20. Super Robot Wars OG: The Moon Dwellers (PS4) - September 16th
21. God of War: Ascension (PS3) - September 19th
22. Ratchet & Clank (PS4) - September 25th
23. God of War III: Remastered (PS4) - October 4th
24. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Remastered (PS4) - October 15th
25. Secret of Mana (PS4) - October 19th
26. Metal Slug (PSN) - October 23rd
27. Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past (3DS) - October 24th
28. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Remastered (PS4) - October 24th
29. Mega Man 11 (PS4) - October 30th
30. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Remastered (PS4) - November 1st
31. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (PS4) - November 11th
32. The Last of Us Remastered (PS4) - November 14th
33. Super Robot Wars A Portable (PSP) - November 27th
34. Romancing SaGa 2 (PS4) - November 28th
35. God of War (PS4) - December 5th
36. Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight (PS4) - December 10th
37. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch) - December 18th
38. Persona 4: Dancing All Night (PS4) - December 26th
Here are the games I devoted a reasonable amount of time to but did not ultimately finish.
1. Orcs Must Die! Unchained (PS4) - April
2. Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition (PS4) - April
3. Fallen Legion: Sins of an Empire (PS4) - June
4. Octopath Traveler (Switch) - July (Finished in January 2019)
5. Tales of Berseria (PS4) - July
6. Mega Man X (PS4) - October
I definitely did better in 2018 on finishing games that I started, but this doesn't include a list of games that I purchased and never started playing. That's a list I'm much less inclined to make at this point. The stats are also much more cut-and-dry this time in that I spent the vast majority of my time on one console.
Most Used Platforms
PS4: 26
Switch: 4
3DS: 3
Most Played Genres
RPG: 16 games
Action/Adventure: 12 games
Action/Platformer: 4 games
I feel like RPG is destined to always be on the top of these lists, but there definitely was a little bit more variety in 2018. I also played three rhythm games and three fighting games that just barely got edged out. A lot of genre differences are pretty nebulous, too. I classified Yakuza Kiwami as an action/adventure game, but it has enough RPG elements that I wouldn't feel uncomfortable classifying it that way. What modern open-world game doesn't feature RPG elements, for instance? I call Super Mario Odyssey a platformer, but is there an argument to be made that it's an action/adventure game? At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter too much; these are just silly stats.
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