With this being a new forum, the first thing that came to mind was E-mpire and Game Revolution for YEARS would do a traditional "Games you Finished This Year" thread as a competition. Just something fun. You keep the list kind of short and sweet. Post the title and platform. You can add "Hours to Finish" if you want or a short summary of a review that's a few lines. This was also something for people to browse through for games to play. Discussions are allowed too! It's not super strict with "lists only" or anything.
On December 31st (would be the local time of myself since I created the thread) at 11:59 (or as close as I can get it), I would tally up and rank the winners. There's no prize! It's just a fun thing to do and is something regular you can always post to the forum. I would then start next year's thread. If your list gets too long, you can link to posts such as Games 1-20 with a link, etc. Hopefully, it catches on, and if everyone thinks it's a dumb idea, the mods can delete this thread, lol.
I started this in 2005, and it was such a fun tradition that I kept a Google Doc long after those forums died just for myself. I will post mine for the year so far. Obviously, not everyone keeps track of what they completed, so going back 9 months may not be super accurate, but that's okay! This also pushed me to finish games I normally wouldn't and has worked to this day (by keeping track).
Rules:
1. You must have made it to the credits or the game's equivalent. For games that have an "endless mode," you just need to beat the story. For fighting games, you can get through a single character's story mode to count, for example. Online games like Fortnite wouldn't count or any "endless" game with no real ending.
2. The list must be organized in some way to make counting easier and must be numbered.
4. No limits on systems, age, or genre. Even if you beat a Tiger Electronics game, it counts!
5. Have fun!
Rather than continuing to repost this with the same long list, in my next update, I will link to this post and start 51 by itself so it doesn't take up a lot of room. That's my example above from what I've finished this year so far.
Anyways, I hope this takes off and everyone has fun!
On December 31st (would be the local time of myself since I created the thread) at 11:59 (or as close as I can get it), I would tally up and rank the winners. There's no prize! It's just a fun thing to do and is something regular you can always post to the forum. I would then start next year's thread. If your list gets too long, you can link to posts such as Games 1-20 with a link, etc. Hopefully, it catches on, and if everyone thinks it's a dumb idea, the mods can delete this thread, lol.
I started this in 2005, and it was such a fun tradition that I kept a Google Doc long after those forums died just for myself. I will post mine for the year so far. Obviously, not everyone keeps track of what they completed, so going back 9 months may not be super accurate, but that's okay! This also pushed me to finish games I normally wouldn't and has worked to this day (by keeping track).
Rules:
1. You must have made it to the credits or the game's equivalent. For games that have an "endless mode," you just need to beat the story. For fighting games, you can get through a single character's story mode to count, for example. Online games like Fortnite wouldn't count or any "endless" game with no real ending.
2. The list must be organized in some way to make counting easier and must be numbered.
4. No limits on systems, age, or genre. Even if you beat a Tiger Electronics game, it counts!
5. Have fun!
- House Flipper 2 (PC) - Score: 8.5/10
- Dead to Rights: Reckoning (PSP) - Score: 3/10
- Home Safety Hotline (PC) - Score: 7/10
- CounterSpy (Vita) - Score: 6.5/10
- Three Fourths Home: Extended Edition (Vita) Score: 6/10
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (DS) - Score: 6/10
- Milk outside of a bag of milk outside of a bag of milk (PC) - Score: 7/10
- Ad Infinitum (PC) - Score: 6/10
- Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS) - Score: 8/10
- Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (3DS) - Score: 6/10
- Rhythm Heaven Megamix (3DS) - Score: 7/10
- Dementium Remastered (3DS) - Score: 5/10
- Alan Wake II (PC) - Score: 9/10
- Beyond Shadowgate (TG16) - Score: 6/10
- There is No Game: Wrong Dimension (AND) - Score: 8/10
- Lost in Play (AND) - Score: 7/10
- Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (PC) - Score: 8.5/10
- Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden (PC) - Score: 8/10
- Isolomus (PC) - Score: 8/10
- Hylics (PC) - Score: 8/10
- Dark Seed II (PC) - Score: 6/10
- I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (PC) - Score: 5/10
- The Dream Machine (PC) - Score: 7/10
- Alan Wake II: Night Springs (PC) - Score: 8/10
- I live under your house (PC) - Score: 6/10
- Indika (PC) - Score: 8/10
- 1000xResist (PC) - Score: 7/10
- Hollow Cocoon (PC) - Score: 6/10
- Still Wakes the Deep (PC) - Score: 7.5/10
- Ao Oni (PC) - Score: 5.5/10
- The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation (PC) - Score: 5/10
- Mouthole (PC) - Score: 7/10
- Voyager-19 (PC) - Score: 6/10
- Mediterranea Inferno (PC) - Score: 4/10
- Myst (2020) (PC) - Score: Score: 7/10
- The Enigma Machine (PC) - Score: Score: 6/10
- Stories Untold (PC) - Score: 7.5/10
- Heart of Darkness (PSX) - Score: 6/10
- Streets of Rage (GEN) - Score: 6/10
- Parasite Eve II (PSX) - Score: 7.5/10
- The X-Files: Resist or Serve (PS2) - Score: 5/10
- Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits (PS2) - Score: 6/10
- Hypnagogia: Boundless Dreams (PC) - Score: 6.5/10
- Clock Tower (SNES) - Score: 5.5/10
- Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone (Xbox) - Score: 5/10
- Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb (Xbox) - Score: 6/10
- Silent Hill 2 (PC) - Score: 8.5/10
- DreadOut (PC) - Score: 5/10
- DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark (PC) - Score: 5.5/10
- DreadOut 2 (PS5) - Score: 6/10
Rather than continuing to repost this with the same long list, in my next update, I will link to this post and start 51 by itself so it doesn't take up a lot of room. That's my example above from what I've finished this year so far.
Anyways, I hope this takes off and everyone has fun!