{"id":3518,"date":"2014-01-23T20:22:09","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T20:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templeofmick.com\/?p=3518"},"modified":"2014-01-23T20:55:25","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T20:55:25","slug":"the-woeful-108-a-year-of-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.templeofmick.com\/?p=3518","title":{"rendered":"The Woeful 108 – A year of (backlog) sin"},"content":{"rendered":"

We started here<\/a> and wound our way through quarterly updates one<\/a>, two<\/a> and three<\/a>. This is quarterly update four as well as a look back on the 108’s first year in operation. To sum it up in one sentence it was a partial success. The goal was to clear my backlog and to cut way down on the amount of money I spent on games. The first goal failed rather spectacularly. As it was almost inevitably bound to. The second goal was much more of a success and didnt waver much even in the face of thanksgiving and winter sales. The key factor in the success of the latter and failure of the former is the same, the changes quality free to play games (specifically TERA, Hearthstone, Path of Exile and Warframe) made to my gaming habits. (FFXIV: ARR didnt help either).

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So how did the last quarter of the year go? How did October, November and December i.e. the months where most of the years major games are released and major sales are held go? Better than expected to to be honest. I did pick up a fair few games but as I just mentioned the years biggest sales were on so I got most of them for dirt cheap. I picked up Resident Evil 5, Resident Evil 6 and Resident Evil Revelations for around eighteen quid. Far Cry 3 for a fiver, Fallen Enchantress Legendary Heroes for seven quid and Monaco, Legend of Dungeon and Rogue Legacy for about seven quid between them. My most expensive PC gaming purchase was probably the twenty five quid I spent on a Warframe bundle (and that was 66% off, which was nice). Oh and I spent about a tenner on Hearthstone (and so much time). So thats around \u20ac60 on PC games over three months which is really good and I’m quite happy with. Sadly gaming wise the majority of my time was sunk into Hearthstone (F2P), Path of Exile (F2P), Final Fantasy XIV:ARR (curse you MMO’s!) and Warframe (F2P got seriously addicted to this in December and on into January). In terms of content cleared I’m happy to count Hearthstone, Path of Exile and Warframe as complete and FFXIV:ARR is more than complete enough for me. Ah wait I totally forgot the excellent XCOM: Enemy Within, while it bumps my spend total up by another twenty quid (got an excellent pre-order deal on it) it also increases my completed games by one which is nice.<\/p>\n

Things went significantly worse on the console front. In terms of purchases I ended up buying Disgaea D2, The Guided Fate Paradox, 1 year of PS+ (got this on sale for twenty fiveish), One Piece Pirate Warriors 2 (on sale for a tenner) and Diablo III (PS3). Actually that isnt as bad as I thought, it basically works out to one game a month and as I bought then from the US PSN it worked out cheaper. About \u20ac120 in total (as I also picked up some DLC). Sadly not only have I not completed any of those games, apart from Diablo III I havent even played any of those games (dont ask the last few months have been weird and shit).<\/p>\n

So for October – December I am counting as complete Hearthstone, Path of Exile, Warframe and XCOM: Enemy Within. Just over one game a month (as opposed to the ludicrous nine I should be banging through). On the other hand all of the games mentioned are pretty time consuming, I’d say I easily sunk over thirty hours into each (and so much more into Warframe). Not sure what to make of that really. In theory I could have used the time more productively, but crippling depression has a way of undercutting attempts at productivity. Fuck me, looking at this it also clearly undercuts attempts at wasting\/leisure time as well. <\/p>\n

Ah I totally forgot that I picked up Pokemon X as well. Curses.<\/p>\n

\"108-6\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Key: Unplayed, Preordered<\/span>, To Replay<\/span>, To Finish<\/span>, Completed<\/span><\/p>\n

Amnesia: The Dark Descent
\nAnalogue: A Hate Story<\/span>
\nAnarchy Reigns
\nAnomaly Warzone Earth
\nAsura’s Wrath
\nAtelier Rorona<\/span>
\nAtelier Totori Plus
\nBatman Arkham Asylum<\/span>
\nBatman Arkham City<\/span>
\nBeyond Good & Evil
\nBit Trip Beat
\nBotanicula
\nBraid
\nChaos;Head
\nChrono Trigger
\nCivilization V (Win a campaign on Hard)
\nCompany of Heroes
\nCompany of Heroes: Tales of Valor
\nCompany of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
\nCrusader Kings II<\/span> (Finish a campaign)
\nDanganronpa
\nDarkness II
\nDarksiders II
\nDark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition<\/span>
\nDawn of War: Soulstorm<\/span>
\nDawn of War II<\/span>
\nDawn of War II: Chaos Rising<\/span>
\nDawn of War II: Retribution
\nDead Island
\nDead Rising 2: Off the Record
\nDevil May Cry 4<\/span>
\nDeus Ex:HR The Missing Link
\nDevil Survivour: Overclocked
\nDisgaea 3: Absence of Detention
\nDisgaea 4<\/span> : DLC Run (finished multiple times but bought all DLC at christmas)
\nDishonored
\nDragonquest VIII
\nDustforce
\nEador: Masters of the Broken World
\nEndless Space<\/span> (Finish a campaign)
\nEver 17: The End of Infinity
\nFTL
\nFire Emblem Awakening
\nFist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2
\nFront Mission 3<\/span>
\nGravity Rush
\nG senjou no Maou
\nGuild Wars 2
\nHalf-Minute Hero
\nHanachirasu
\nHard Reset
\nHitman: Blood Money
\nHome
\nHotline Miami<\/span>
\nIntrusion 2
\nJet Set Radio HD<\/span>
\nJust Cause 2
\nLegend of Grimrock
\nLollipop Chainsaw
\nLone Survivour
\nMagicka
\nMark of the Ninja
\nMetal Gear Rising<\/span>
\nMetal Gear Solid 3 HD
\nMuv Luv Extra
\nMuv Luv Unlimited
\nMuv Luv Alternative
\nNaruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3
\nNi no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
\nOmerta: City of Gangsters
\nOne Piece: Pirate Warriors
\nOrcs Must Die
\nOrcs Must Die 2
\nPersona 3 FES<\/span>
\nPersona 3 Portable
\nPhoenix Wright: Ace Attorney<\/span>
\nPrototype 2
\nRadiant Historia
\nRecettear<\/span>
\nResonance of Fate<\/span>
\nSaints Row: The Third<\/span>
\nSerious Sam 3<\/span>
\nSine Mora
\nSins of a Solar Empire: Trinity
\nSleeping Dogs
\nSpaceMarine<\/span>
\nSPAZ
\nSteins;Gate
\nStranglehold<\/span>
\nSuper Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition<\/span>
\nTales of Vesperia
\nThe Last of Us<\/span>
\nThe Last Remnant
\nTrails in the Sky
\nThe Longest Journey
\nThe Walking Dead
\nThe Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition<\/span>
\nTokyo Jungle<\/span>
\nTorchlight II<\/span>
\nTotal War: Shogun 2
\nVanquish
\nVessel
\nVirtues Last Reward
\nWarlock
\nWatch Dogs<\/span>
\nYakuza: Dead Souls
\nYs Origin
\nYs The Oath in Felghana<\/p>\n

Unplanned<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bioshock Infinite<\/span>
\nTERA
\nMarvel Heroes<\/span>
\nFinal Fantasy XIV<\/span>
\nHearthstone<\/span>
\nWarframe<\/span>
\nXCOM: Enemy Within<\/span>
\nPath of Exile<\/span>
\nFar Cry 3<\/p>\n

Unauthorised<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shin Megami Tensei IV
\nDynasty Warriors 8
\nEuropa Universalis IV
\nDragon’s Crown<\/span>
\nTales of Xilla
\nDisagea D2
\nThe Guided Fate Paradox
\nOne Piece Pirate Warriors 2
\nDiablo 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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