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Dec28
12 days of Christmas re-capPermalink
I took part in this years 12 days of XMAS challenge - my first on TA and I found it quite enjoyable (at least in the early stages). As the challenge went on I benefitted from being in the correct time zone for the announcement and was able to get straight into a few of the challenges which was cool. The last two took a few days each, mainly due to there being a number of Xmas parties during those days that slowed everything down as well as having to play multiple games to get the one achievement I needed (Day 12, in particular, took 6 days).

In the 12 days, my lowest placing on any given challenge was on Day 1 where I placed 1585. My highest placed challenges were Day 4 where I placed 8th Overall (Online Game mode) and Day 7 where I placed 6th Overall (Back compatible

I'm not going to list out the achievements I got for each day but all the games I played to complete the challenges:

Day 1: The Bridge
Day 2: Halo MCC
Day 3: 1 in Assassins Creed Chronicles - Russia & 2 in Super Buggy racing
Day 4: 3 in Tiles (should have really just got all of them in Tiles if I'd paid attention to the guides) and 1 in #Wargames
Day 5: 5 in Super Mega Baseball 2
Day 6: 2 in Refunct, 1 in each of Enigmatis 2, F1 2017, God of Light, Heart Slash
Day 7: all 7 in Brave - The Video Game
Day 8: 3 in Far Cry 3, 3 in Ms Pac Man, 1 in Super Buggy Racing and 1 in Clockwork Tales
Day 9: 1 in each of 101 Ways to Die, Mark of the Ninja, Bomber Crew, Goat Simulator (DLC), F12017, Beach Buggy Racing, Oh Sir ... The insult simulator, Clockwork Tales, White Knight
Day 10: 4 in Paw Patrol, 5 in Super Lucky's Tale, 1 in Human Fall Flat
Day 11: 5 in Clockwork Tales, 4 in Deployment, 2 in Assault Android Cactus
Day 12: 3 in Clockwork Tales, 1 in F1 2015, 1 in Deadlight Directors Cut, 1 in Serial Cleaner, 1 in Flockers, 1 in Lost Grimoires, 1 in Enigmatis 2, 1 in Assassins Creed Chronicles Russia, 1 in The Gardens Between and the final achievement 1 in Noir Chronicles.

So in total, that was 34 games played to get 78 Achievements

I started Brave (GWG), Super Luckys Tale (GamePass), Assault Android Cactus (GWG), Mark of the Ninja, The Gardens Between (Gamepass)

I purchased and started Ms Pac Man, Clockwork Tales, a DLC pack for Goat Simulator, Deployment and Noir Chronicles. Of these I would have purchased Clockwork Tales and Noir Chronicles regardless of the challenge.

Highest Scoring Achievements (over 100 TA Score)

All that Glitters - Paw Patrol - 163 TA Score
Pawfect Platinum - Paw Patrol - 157 TA Score
Circus Act in 101 Ways to Die - 134 TA Score
Puzzle Expert - Lost Grimoires - 120 TA Score
Running on Fumes - Bomber Commande - 114 TA Score
Diehard - - Deployment - 110 TA Score
Physics Degree - Deployment - 109 TA Score
Big Red Button - Deployment - 111 TA Score
All your base are belong to us - Deployment - 105 TA Score

I did find that I enjoyed AC Chronicles Russia and will probably put some time into that in the near future (although technically its very similar to Mark of the Ninja which I enjoyed more first time around and will probably also get into again). Also, Bomber Crew I did enjoy (for some reason I stopped playing that one). And Super Mega Baseball 2 I'm working towards winning the season in the next copule of days. Don't rate Heart and Slash, Oh Sir and probaly wouldn't have played either of these unless I had to. And even thought I started 5 new games, this didn't effect my Completion Percentage too badly!

Next up - end of year reveiw and setting some more goals for 2019

Happy Holidays!
Posted by JCB DUKE on 28 December 18 at 10:19 | There are 2 comments on this blog post - Please log in to comment on this blog.
Dec12
Last push for 450KPermalink
Games Completed:

Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan: 26 of 26 for 1,163 TA SCore
Doodle God: Crime City: 14 of 14 for 1,147 TA Score
My Brother Rabbit 30 of 30 for 1,063 TA Score
Madden NFL 19: 38 of 38 for 2,647 TA Score

Games Played excluding 12 games of Christmas Event Games - that will be covered separately

Black & White Bushido: 11 of 12 for 1,075 of 1,099 TA SCore
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Editon: 8 of 30 for 164 of 2,435 TA Score
Sherlock Holmes: The Devils Daughter: 4 of 25 for 144 of 1,300
Forza Horizon 4: 27 of 55 for 687 of 2,408 TA Score
Far Cry 3 Classic Edition: 38 of 43 for 1,291 of 1,729 TA Score

Notes:

Been playing a lot of random games due to signing up for the 12 days of Christmas but I'll do a seperate blog on that. Taking those games out of the equation - I did try and get through Sherlock Holmes: The Devils Daughter before it went from Gamepass but ran out of time.

Most of my effort has been on Far Cry 3 Classic Edition which I had already done once on the 360 but went back to it. Still a fun game, although not as good as Far Cry 4 which I finished earlier this year. Once its done I'll still have Primal and Far Cry 5 to go but I may have a break from Far Cry games for a bit and get into something else.

I did finish Madden NFL 19 the longshot mode was interesting and it certainly helped me in my league games to have played that many longshot games. Doodle God was just to pass the time. Grim Legends 2 is not a bad Artifax game but my favourite completion this month was My Brother Rabbit which is by far the best game that Artifax have put out - even if its quite short and easy it's really enjoyable.

Not a lot else really to report. The year is coming to an end and I'd like to get to 450K TA Score before end of December.

Notable Achievement(s):

Madden NFL 19Devin's GradeThe Devin's Grade achievement in Madden NFL 19 worth 79 pointsFinish the story with a grade of 80 or higher in Randy's fansite for Colt.


Not the last one in Madden 19 I got but certainly the trickiest

Milestones:

TA Score: 440K - 25 November 2018
GamerScore: 320K - 07 December 2018
Achievements Won: 13,250 - 08 December 2018
Completed Games: 160 - 09 December 2018

Streak and Goals:

1048 days ongoing for 5246 Achievements

Completion Percentage of 42% (time progress 81.69%) - 23 November 2018
Completed games 150: Completed: 150 - 100% (time progress 62.64%) - 27 October 2018
Gamerscore of 300,000: Score: 300,000 - 100% (time progress 74.05%) - 27 September 2018
TA Score of 420,000: Score 420,000 - 100% (time progress 74.86%) - 30 September 2018

My Completed games in order of recommendation (ongoing list):

Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Far Cry 4
Mad Max: 48 of 49
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare: 36 of 50
Storm Boy
Candleman
Star Wars Battlefront II: 22 of 43
Batman: The Enemy Within
Tales from the Borderlands
My Brother Rabbit
Costume Quest 2
Madden NFL 19
Assassins Creed Rogue Remastered: 45 of 46
Strider: 28 of 30
Lego Star Wars: The force awakens
Call of Duty Advanced Warfare: 37 of 90
Call of Duty - Ghosts: 37 of 50Fruit Ninja
GeoDefense Swarm
Agatha Christie - The A.B.C Murders
Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell: 42 of 45
Knee Deep
ACA NEOGEO Metal Slug
Flying Tigers: Shadows over China
Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan
The Assembly
Tacoma
Samsara
Level 22
MechaNika
Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride
Mooseman
Monkey King Saga
Paladin
Tennis in the Face
Race Arcade
Midnight Deluxe
Jack N' Jill DX
Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden
Sigi: A Fart for Melusina
Sam and Max Beyond Time and Space
Sam and Max Save the World
SEGA Golden Axe: 8 of 12
Doodle God: Crime City
One Eyed Kutkh
The Station
SEGA Streets of Rage
SEGA Alex Kid: 5 of 12
Collapse
Assemblance
Assemblance: Oversight
Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
Fullblast
Super Destronaut DX
InkSplosion
DYING: Reborn
Energy Cycle
Decay the Mare
Touchdown Hero: New Season
Rememoried
North
Posted by JCB DUKE on 12 December 18 at 09:05 | There are no comments on this blog - Please log in to comment on this blog.
Nov23
Completed all my year goalsPermalink
Games Completed:

Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour Edition: 27 of 27 for 1,388 TA Score
Level 22: 23 of 23 for 1,158 TA Score
Monkey King Saga: 41 of 41 for 1,107 TA Score
Storm Boy: 11 of 11 for 1,021 TA Score
The Mooseman: 15 of 15 for 1,103 TA Score
MechaNika: 30 of 30 for 1,148 TA Score

Games Played:

Madden NFL 19: 33 of 38 for 2,433 of 2,666 TA Score
Doodle God: Crime City: 4 of 14 for 291 of 1,190 TA Score
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition: 8 of 30 for 164 of 2,435 TA Score
Black & White Bushido: 11 of 12 for 1,074 of 1,099 TA Score
Assassin's Creed Rogue Remastered: 45 of 46 for 1,690 of 1,805 TA Score
Forza Horizon 4: 22 of 55 for 480 of 2,453 TA Score
Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan: 3 of 26 for 62 of 1,164 TA Score
Soul Axiom: 6 of 51 for 105 of 2,091 TA Score
Wolfenstein: The New Order: 4 of 50 for 53 of 1,606 TA Score

Notes:

Well, that's it - my last goal for the year has been completed. clap. My completion percentage hit the lofty heights of 42%. Which means I can finally start something big again with lots of achievements and evaluating what I want to achieve next year as the backlog is still growing.

I've joined an on-line Madden league and I'm playing a couple of games a week, so I decided to try and crack longshot mode as its good practice - nearly finished with that. Looking back, I have two other Madden games within reach, so since I'm still learning the delicacies of the passing game I will probably take a stab at them as well.

I also got every achievement I can be bothered with in AC Rogue Remastered: There were at least 8 missions where I didn't get the full synchronisation and I can't be bothered with going back to get them, so that's now done and deleted.

Mooseman reminded me in places of Never Alone in that is seems to be based on ancient knowledge and lore, which always interests me. Apart from one frustrating section, I followed a guide from Maka to get through it. Monkey God was a tricky, but quite polished, first tower defence game but once I had the hang of it, was pretty simple to get through and MechaNika was OK (may have to go back to Agatha Knife now since it's from the same developers.) Duke Nukem is as terrible a game as it was when it first came out on the PC 20 years ago, but the god mode made it easy to complete following this sites guide. Level 22 was pretty good fun, a good puzzle/stealth game and well worth a play.

Next few weeks leading up to Christmas will probably see a slowing down on the scoring as Shopping, Parties, School events, Work parties etc will impact into that.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you on the other side of the pond.

Notable Achievement(s):

Storm BoySecret AchievementJCB DUKEThe Secret Achievement achievement in Storm Boy worth 151 pointsContinue playing to unlock this secret achievement


A Note on Storm Boy. Probably everyone will rush through it as its the shortest 1000 points I think there has been since Avatar. But I really enjoyed the game, as did my 3-year-old daughter (except the end). So in a break from tradition, I'm not deleting it even though its completed so she can play it again and again.

Milestones:

42% Completion Percentage - 23 November 2018
155 Completed Games - 19 November 2018
13,000 Achievements won - 13 November 2018

Streak and Goals:

1029 days ongoing for 5069 Achievements

Completion Percentage of 42% (time progress 81.69%) - 23 November 2018

Completed games 150: Completed: 150 - 100% (time progress 62.64%) - 27 October 2018
Gamerscore of 300,000: Score: 300,000 - 100% (time progress 74.05%) - 27 September 2018
TA Score of 420,000: Score 420,000 - 100% (time progress 74.86%) - 30 September 2018



My Completed games in order of recommendation (ongoing list):

Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Far Cry 4
Mad Max: 48 of 49
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare: 36 of 50
Storm Boy
Candleman
Star Wars Battlefront II: 22 of 43
Batman: The Enemy Within
Tales from the Borderlands
Costume Quest 2
Assassins Creed Rogue Remastered: 45 of 46
Strider: 28 of 30
Lego Star Wars: The force awakens
Call of Duty Advanced Warfare: 37 of 90
Call of Duty - Ghosts: 37 of 50
Fruit Ninja
GeoDefense Swarm
Agatha Christie - The A.B.C Murders
Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell: 42 of 45
Knee Deep
ACA NEOGEO Metal Slug
Flying Tigers: Shadows over China
The Assembly
Tacoma
Samsara
Level 22
MechaNika

Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride
Mooseman
Monkey King Saga
Paladin
Tennis in the Face
Race Arcade
Midnight Deluxe
Jack N' Jill DX
Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden
Sigi: A Fart for Melusina
Sam and Max Beyond Time and Space
Sam and Max Save the World
SEGA Golden Axe: 8 of 12
One Eyed Kutkh
The Station
SEGA Streets of Rage
SEGA Alex Kid: 5 of 12
Collapse
Assemblance
Assemblance: Oversight
Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
Fullblast
Super Destronaut DX
InkSplosion
DYING: Reborn
Energy Cycle
Decay the Mare
Touchdown Hero: New Season
Rememoried
North
Posted by JCB DUKE on 23 November 18 at 09:45 | There are no comments on this blog - Please log in to comment on this blog.
Nov10
A look at my first 150 completions ...Permalink
First completed game:

Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Burning Earth

Isn't this everyone's ? I seem to recall buying this from blockbuster (One for the kids there) for 4.99 and playing it for 10 minutes.

150th Completed Game:

Midnight Deluxe

From Ratalika - kings of the £4 - 1-hour completion. Or as I put it - costs about the same as a pint of beer and lasts about as long.

Highest TA Completion Score:

LEGO Marvel's Avengers (Xbox 360) - 2301 including 5 DLC packs

Lego Games make up 10.6% (16 games) of the total completions. That's a lot of gold bricks and studs collected. There's 2 more that are close to completion in my backlog but I generally give them a break between finishing the story and the cleanup.

Lego Games: Lego Batman, Lego Batman 2, Lego Batmen 3, Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4, Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7, Lego Indiana Jones, Lego Indiana Jones 2, Lego Jurassic World, Lego Marvel Super Heros, Lego Marvel's Avengers, Lego Pirates of the Carribean, Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lego The Hobbit, Lego Lord of the Rings, The Lego Movie Videogame

Telltale games make up another 10.6% (also 16 games). When they first came out they were a breath of fresh air - I remember starting the first walking dead and thinking "What a great experience" too bad they really failed to advance the genre they could claim to have created, the games got too samey and we saw the firey explosion a few months ago.

Telltale Games: Batman, Batman: The Enemy within, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Minecraft: Story Mode, Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space, Sam & Max Save the World, Tales from the Borderlands (X360 and X1),The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead: A new frontier, The Walking Dead Michonne, The Walking Dead: Season 2 (X360 and X1), The Wolf Among Us (X360 and X1)

Others I've completed a few times include Costume Quest games which are quite charming and fun, SEGA Games because back in the day their arcade cabinets were absolute must plays (That outrun soundtrack - bliss) and a few Artifax Mundi games. There would be more Artifax games but I'm not a big fan of having to play the same game twice in short notice

Costume Quest: Completed Costume Quest 2 twice (360 and x1) and Costume Quest.

Sega Games: Daytona USA, Afterburner Climax, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, SEGA Vintage Collection - Streets of Rage, Outrun, Rez HD

Artifax Mundi Games: Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden, Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek, Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride, Nightmares from the Deep: The cursed heart,

Ones that I'm most proud of

Rez HD - top 5 favourite games of all time
Brothers (twice) - wonderful story experience
Assassin's Creed Syndicate - first Assassin's Creed game I 100% completed
Far Cry 4 - Didn't get to do the multiplayer on X360 but go it completed on the One
Outrun - Final achievement is 1 race, taking all 15 stages - approx 15 minutes. Superb
Never Alone - Super polished platforming game
Life is Strange: Before the storm - Personally, I think this is better than Life Is Strange, which is high praise indeed
Virginia - So stylish. And that soundtrack .. oh wow!

Slightly annoyingly I've got 20 games that are within 2 achievements of being complete as well, so maybe I'll take a look at that list and see If there are any I can do add to this list swiftly. And there's probably at least another 20 games that I need to do a second playthrough to complete - so maybe that's a task for the next few months!
Posted by JCB DUKE on 10 November 18 at 14:27 | There are 2 comments on this blog post - Please log in to comment on this blog.
Nov08
150 Completed GamesPermalink
Games Completed:

Midnight Deluxe: 13 of 13 for 1,031 TA Score

Games Played:

Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary Edition World Tour: 14 of 27 for 709 of 1,371 TA Score
Assassin's Creed Rogue Remastered 41 of 46 for 1,469 of 1,811 TA Score
Level 22: 14 of 23 for 566 of 1,159 TA Score
Forza Horizon 4: 8 of 55 for 90 of 2,544 TA Score
Late Shift: 4 of 20 for 187 of 1,359 TA Score
PAW Patrol: On a Roll 11 of 17 for 566 of 1,421 TA Score
Sky Force Anniversary 23 of 26 for 1,306 of 1,898 TA Score

Notes:

I completed my third goal of the year clap- complete a total of 150 games with Midnight Deluxe. Of the Rakalita published games I've played (all of which are in the 1 hr complete) this was the most polished and actually challenging (partly due to the very sketchy controls)

I also hit 1000 days Achievement streak. clapdance Looking back I'm amazed I've kept it up (there have been some quite late last minute's in the 1000 days) with travelling with work, holidays and a daughter who was nearly 1 when I started and is now coming up to her 4th birthday. Note PAW Patrol is for her to play with me, she's pretty good at it!

Most of my gaming has been in ACRogue Remastered which I'm nearly done with - I'm just deciding if I can be bothered to go back and 100% all the missions. I started Forza 4 knowing it was going to be a massive time sink (it does look glorious though). I'll probably get Level 22 and Duke Nukem done quite quickly.

Notable Achievement(s):

Sky Force AnniversaryFidelity MedallionThe Fidelity Medallion achievement in Sky Force Anniversary worth 153 pointsEarn 100 medals


I don't think I can be bothered to grind out the 3 remaining achievements on Sky Force Reloaded (and its gone from Gamepass) but I was pleased to get the 100 medals achievement

Milestones:

Gamerscore - 310,000 7-Nov-18
TA Score: 430,000 28-Oct-18
Completed games: 150 - 27-Oct-18
Streak: 1000 days - 25-Oct-18

Streak and Goals:

1014 days ongoing for 4905 Achievements:

Completion Percentage of 42%: Percentage: 41.66 - 81% of target (time progress 74.77%) 106 achievements left

Gamerscore of 300,000: Score: 300,000 - 100% (time progress 74.05%) - 27 September 2018
TA Score of 420,000: Score 420,000 - 100% (time progress 74.86%)30 September 2018
Completed games 150: Completed: 150 - 100% (time progress 62.64%)


My Completed games in order of recommendation (ongoing list):

Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Mad Max: 48 of 49
Far Cry 4
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare: 36 of 50
Star Wars Battlefront II: 22 of 43
Candleman
Batman: The Enemy Within
Tales from the Borderlands
Costume Quest 2
Strider: 28 of 30
Lego Star Wars: The force awakens
Call of Duty Advanced Warfare: 37 of 90
Call of Duty - Ghosts: 37 of 50
Fruit Ninja
GeoDefense Swarm
Agatha Christie - The A.B.C Murders
Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell: 42 of 45
Knee Deep
ACA NEOGEO Metal Slug
Flying Tigers: Shadows over China
The Assembly
Tacoma
Samsara
Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride
Paladin
Tennis in the Face
Race Arcade
Midnight Deluxe
Jack N' Jill DX
Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden
Sigi: A Fart for Melusina
Sam and Max Beyond Time and Space
Sam and Max Save the World
SEGA Golden Axe: 8 of 12
One Eyed Kutkh
The Station
SEGA Streets of Rage
SEGA Alex Kid: 5 of 12
Collapse
Assemblance
Assemblance: Oversight
Fullblast
Super Destronaut DX
InkSplosion
DYING: Reborn
Energy Cycle
Decay the Mare
Touchdown Hero: New Season
Rememoried
North
Posted by JCB DUKE on 08 November 18 at 12:36 | There are 2 comments on this blog post - Please log in to comment on this blog.
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