{"id":63,"date":"2008-04-04T10:28:12","date_gmt":"2008-04-04T18:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/driph.com\/words\/?p=63"},"modified":"2010-02-20T14:15:39","modified_gmt":"2010-02-20T22:15:39","slug":"the-play-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/2008\/04\/the-play-list\/","title":{"rendered":"The Play List"},"content":{"rendered":"

A list of games on immediately available platforms that I want to either revisit or play through for the first time. In the case of games without a definitive ending, a solid experiencing of<\/em> is in order. A good portion of this list additionally acts as my personal Pile of Shame<\/em>, ie great games I own that I have yet to actually complete.<\/p>\n

With a list like this, why do I even bother to buy new games?
\n<\/p>\n

Currently playing:<\/strong>
\nHeroes of Newerth
\nEarthbound
\nNew Super Mario Bros Wii
\nPersona 3 FES
\nBorderlands<\/p>\n

PC\/Mac<\/h5>\n

Defcon
\nPlanescape: Torment – completed Feb 09<\/strike> [A]
\nSins of a Solar Empire<\/strike> [B]
\nSTALKER
\nTron 2.0
\nVampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
\nX-Com<\/p>\n

Xbox\/360<\/h5>\n

Assassin’s Creed
\nBatman: Arkham Asylum – completed Oct 09<\/strike> [A]
\nBrutal Legend
\nArmy of Two – completed Mar 08<\/strike> [B-]
\nKing Kong – completed Feb 08<\/strike> [C]
\nCall of Duty 4 – ka-boom Apr 08<\/strike> [A]
\nEternal Sonata – completed May 08<\/strike> [B]
\nFallout 3 – completed Nov 08<\/strike> [B+]
\nHalf Life 2: Episode 1 – completed Oct 08<\/strike> [A]
\nHalf Life 2: Episode 2 – completed Oct 08<\/strike> [A]
\nHalo ODST
\nLost Odyssey
\nMass Effect – completed Jan 08<\/strike> [A-]
\nMirror’s Edge – completed Mar 09<\/strike> [C-]
\nModern Warfare 2 – completed Nov 09<\/strike> [B]
\nPrince of Persia
\nPsychonauts – completed July 09<\/strike> [B-]
\nRainbow Six Vegas 2
\nRock Band 2<\/p>\n

Xbox 360 Live Arcade<\/h5>\n

Rez HD – continuous play<\/strike> [A+]
\nBraid
\nBionic Commando Rearmed
\nShadow Complex<\/p>\n

Gamecube\/Wii<\/h5>\n

New Super Mario Bros Wii
\nMetroid Prime Triology
\nResident Evil 4
\nSuper Mario Galaxy
\nLostWinds
\nWorld of Goo<\/p>\n

Nintendo DS<\/h5>\n

Advanced Wars: Days of Ruin
\nChrono Trigger – completed Apr 09<\/strike> [A]
\nFinal Fantasy VI
\nHotel Dusk
\nRetro Game Challenge
\nThe World Ends With You
\nTactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis<\/p>\n

PS3<\/h5>\n

Demon’s Souls – completed Nov 09<\/strike> [A]
\nHeavenly Sword
\nMetal Gear Solid 4
\nValkyria Chronicles – completed June 09<\/strike> [A]<\/p>\n

Playstation Network<\/h5>\n

Pixeljunk Monsters<\/p>\n

PSP<\/h5>\n

Cave Story – completed May 08<\/strike> [A+]
\nFinal Fantasy VII: Crisis Core – completed July 08<\/strike> [A-]
\nLoco Roco
\nR-Type Command
\nPatapon – completed May 09<\/strike> [B+]<\/p>\n

PS2<\/h5>\n

Beyond Good & Evil – completed August 08<\/strike> [A-]
\nDeux Ex
\nFinal Fantasy XII
\nFreedom Fighters
\nGod of War – completed Dec 08<\/strike> [B-]
\nGod of War 2 – completed Dec 08<\/strike> [B]
\nICO – completed July 09<\/strike> [A-]
\nKingdom Hearts
\nKingdom Hearts II
\nMetal Gear Solid 2
\nMetal Gear Solid 3
\nOkami
\nPersona 3 FES
\nPersona 4
\nShadow of the Colosseus
\nShin Megami Tensei: Nocturne – played Jan 09<\/strike> [B-]<\/p>\n

PS1<\/h5>\n

Bushido Blade
\nBushido Blade 2
\nCastlevania: Symphony of the Night- completed Dec 08<\/strike> [A]
\nChrono Cross
\nFinal Fantasy Tactics
\nFinal Fantasy VII – completed June 08<\/strike> [A]
\nFinal Fantasy VIII
\nFinal Fantasy IX
\nMetal Gear Solid – completed Sept 08<\/strike> [A]
\nOgre Battle
\nPolicenauts<\/p>\n

Dreamcast<\/h5>\n

Armada
\nBeats of Rage (homebrew)
\nEGG
\nJet Grind Radio
\nLodoss War
\nProject Justice
\nShenmue
\nSpace Channel 5
\nTyping of the Dead
\n…and a whole ton of shmups<\/p>\n

Misc<\/h5>\n

9:05 (IF) – completed August 08<\/strike> [A]
\nEarthbound
\nThe Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
\nMother 3
\nThe Secret of Monkey Island<\/p>\n

I expect this list to grow much faster than I can cross items out, and there will most likely be a bit of carry-over to next year’s list. Hell, you should see my Netflix queue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A list of games on immediately available platforms that I want to either revisit or play through for the first time. In the case of games without a definitive ending, a solid experiencing of is in order. A good portion of this list additionally acts as my personal Pile of Shame, ie great games I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[43,5],"tags":[63],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-play-list","category-video-games","tag-playlist"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2276,"href":"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions\/2276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}