Episode 31: Hindsight is 2016
2016 was the most interesting trip around the Sun that we have taken, and the same can be said for the gaming accomplishments of Jake and Trav! Listen along as they discuss the games they completed, added to their collections, and a variety of superlatives!
Episode 31
Recent pickups
Trav-
Twilight Princess HD WiiU
Demon’s Crest
Jake-
Darkest Dungeon
Hyper Light Drifter
Stardew Valley
Steam world Heist
Subnautica
PREVIOUSLY ON PAWLYKEEEL
Trav and Jake enjoy the mushy bits between Thanksgiving and Christmas by completing a handful of games each. Trav knocked out Mystical Ninja on N64, Turtles 3 for NES, Toad’s Treasure Tracker on WiiU, and finally finished Fallout 4. Jake overcame hell in space by knocking out Doom and completed a novel experience with Virginia. Trav added Paper Mario to his backlawg while Jake took it easy and added nothing. Will Jake stick with Mirror’s Edge Catalyst or give it the boot? Will Trav and his couch bro-op buddy Brian finally finish Geist on Gamecube? That’s all coming up. Last episode the fellas talked about what it takes to get back into gamer’s good graces for the TAWPIC OF DISGGUSSH!
Added to BL:
Trav - Demon’s Crest (SNES), Sonic Adventure (DC), Super Metroid (SNES)
Jake - Super Metroid, Dishonored DE
Completed
Trav - Intelligent Qube (PS1), Geist (GC), Paper Mario (N64), Metroid II: Return of Samus (GB), Batman Telltale Series
Jake -Metroid 2, Gears of War 4
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The Long Play
Games that we are spending time with in our backlog.
Trav- Shadow of Mordor, Wolfenpuss Old Blood, Beyond Good and Evil?
Jake -Stardew Valley
Sidequests
Trav - God of War: Chains of Olympus (psp), Fatal Frame (GC)
Jake- Dishonored/Deus Ex Mankind Divided
STOP THE FUCKING CAMERA
Discush (We’ll put our answers on different sheets)
Easiest game beaten in 2016?
Fastest game beaten in 2016?
Most regretted game beaten in 2016?
Game beaten in 2016 you’d most likely play and beat again?
Oldest game beaten in 2016?
Newest game beaten in 2016?
Scariest game beaten in 2016?
Most difficult game beaten in 2016?
Most compelling story of a game beaten in 2016?
Crappiest story of a game beaten in 2016?
Most unique game play of a game you beat in 2016?
Platform of most beaten games for you in 2016?
Platform you wish you’d beaten more games on in 2016?
Games beaten in a single session?
Best Co-Op experience in 2016?
Best multiplayer experience in 2016?
Best overall value
Game you wish you’d beaten
New ideas?
Most badass experience?
Most relaxing experience?
Best soundtrack game?
Game that surprised you most?
Biggest disappointment?
Best RPG played?
Best action game played?
Best puzzle game played?
Most underrated game played?
JAKE’S SUPERLATIVES
Year of Adventure
Inside
Oxenfree
Abzu
Gone Home
Virginia
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Tales of the Borderlands
Life is Strange
Telltale Walking Dead Season 1 / 2
Pneuma
Firewatch
Proudest Gaming Accomplishments
Beat every Numbered Gears of War Release
Beat Metroid 1 and 2
Discush (We’ll put our answers on different sheets)
Easiest game beaten in 2016?
Virginia
Fastest game beaten in 2016?
Gunman Clive
Most regretted game beaten in 2016?
None
Game beaten in 2016 you’d most likely play and beat again?
Titanfall 2/Doom
Oldest game beaten in 2016?
Metroid
Newest game beaten in 2016?
Na
Scariest game beaten in 2016?
Doom / Inside
Most difficult game beaten in 2016?
Metroid
Most compelling story of a game beaten in 2016?
Titanfall 2 / Virginia
Crappiest story of a game beaten in 2016?
Most unique game play of a game you beat in 2016?
Virginia
Platform of most beaten games for you in 2016?
Xbox
Platform you wish you’d beaten more games on in 2016?
PlayStation
Games beaten in a single session?
1
Best Co-Op experience in 2016?
Gears of War 4
Best multiplayer experience in 2016?
Gears of War 4
Best overall value
Doom
Game you wish you’d beaten
FarCry Primal
New ideas?
Most badass experience?
Doom
Most relaxing experience?
Stardew Valley
Best soundtrack game?
Tie Virginia/Doom
Game that surprised you most?
Titanfall 2
Biggest disappointment?
Mirror's Edge
Best RPG played?
Skyrim SE/Pokemon Moon
Best action game played?
Mafia 3
Best puzzle game played?
Inside
Most underrated game played?
Tales of the Borderlands
TRAV’S SUPERLATIVES
Easiest game beaten in 2016?
Journey (Feb 17, 2016)
Fastest game beaten in 2016?
Super Mario Bros (July 30, 2016)
Most regretted game beaten in 2016?
Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Jan 23, 2016)
Game beaten in 2016 you’d most likely play and beat again?
Metroid II: Return of Samus (Dec 22, 2016)
Oldest game beaten in 2016?
Bomberman (1983) → NES version in 1989
Ice Climber (Oct 1985)
Newest game beaten in 2016?
Doom (Came out May 13, 2016)
Scariest game beaten in 2016?
Outlast (Jan 26, 2016)
Most difficult game beaten in 2016?
Metroid, Batman (March 13, 2016)
Ori and the Blind Forest (July 29, 2016)
Most compelling story of a game beaten in 2016?
Life is Strange
Crappiest story of a game beaten in 2016?
Fallout 4
Most unique game play of a game you beat in 2016?
Superhot
Platform of most beaten games for you in 2016?
NES (beat 25) 65 total
Platform you wish you’d beaten more games on in 2016?
SNES
Games beaten in a single session?
Beat two games in same day multiple times:
Jan 9: Donkey Kong Country & Tales from the Borderlands
July 4: Toki & Rocket League Tournament
Aug 22: Beyond Oasis & Commando
Oct 23: Bomberman & Batman
Oct 25: Mega Man & Astyanax
Nov 27: Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon & Fallout 4
Best Co-Op experience in 2016?
Borderlands 2
Best multiplayer experience in 2016?
Rocket League
Best overall value
Rocket League
Game you wish you’d beaten
Dragon Quest VIII
Most badass experience?
Doom
Most relaxing experience?
Adventure of Lolo’s
Best soundtrack game?
Doom
Game that surprised you most?
Mystical Ninja
Biggest disappointment?
Far Cry 4
Best RPG played?
Action RPG - Soul Blazer
Best action game played?
Gunstar Heroes
Best puzzle game played?
Palamedes
Most underrated game played?
Blackthorne
Gaming Resolutions for 2016
Trav
Beat at least 1 game apiece on secondary platforms (Jaguar, Saturn, Dreamcast)
Get into Super Smash Bros for WiiU (finally use my amiibos)
Got Luigi gamecube controller for WiiU for christmas
Beat Final Fucking Fantasy 7.
Jake
Beat More Games
Buy Fewer Games
Play and beat more hallmark titles
Gaming Resolutions for 2017
Trav
Beat a space shmup (Darius Twin, Gradius, R-Type, etc.)
Beat Ocarina of Time or A Link to the Past
Continue to attempt games on secondary platforms
Play more RPGS
Jake
Beat a large scale RPG (Skyrim, Fallout 4, Witcher 3)
Beat more Retro Games
Track Progress Better
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