Game Purchases of 2013 - Digital Games

On 01/01/2014 at 03:29 PM by jgusw

For my new friends here on PixlBit, I do these kind of blogs every year. I've been doing them since 2007 back on 1UP.com. I started doing these blogs to show off my collection of games and to try curving my game buying addiction that has grown over the years. Buying games wouldn't be so bad if I actually played most of the games I bought. My backlog is ridiculous. On top on that, I have a growing family to take care of. My wife & I had our 5th child this year. One bonus I didn't account for, from doing these blogs, is that they help me keep track of the games I buy. You wouldn't believe the number of times I'm thinking about buying a game I really want and I go back to one of my old Game Purchases blogs and find out I already own the damn thing. It doesn't happen often, but this year I double bought 3 games. I don't sell games, so I'm thinking about giving them away or maybe if someone has a game I don't have is willing to do a trade.

Anyway, you guys notice the title says, "Digital Games". I figure I should do a separate blog from my physical games because I ended up with so many digital games this year. I don't like spending money on digital games. I don't support them unless I have no choice and even then I usually wait for sales. Many of them were free though.

Xbox 360 Games:

NBA Jam: On Fire Edition - This is the best current version of NBA Jam. Trust me.

El Shaddai - I didn't like the demo, but the game was real cheap during a sale.

Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe

Crysis - I got this free. Played it a bit and didn't really like it.

Sniper: Ghost Warrior - Got this free. I have no idea what it is.

American Mcgree's Alice - I always wanted to get this game on pc.

Battlefield 1943 - Got it free.

Bangai - O HD - I thought this would be fun. I was wrong.

Sonic 4 Episode 1 - Not bad.

Sonic 4 Episode 2 - Hadn't played it yet.

Doritos Crash Course 2 - Not as fun as the first game.

Aegis Wing

Harm's Way - Free.

Limbo

Defense Grid - Free.

Assassin's Creed 2 - Free.

Dead Rising 2 - Free. After playing it a bit, I still don't like these games.

DR2: Case Zero - Free.

Magic 2013 - Free.

Alien Homind - Overly hard, but I keep going back.

TMNT: Out of the Shadows - This game could of been better. Arcade mode is fun.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas - Free.

Ascend: Hand of Kul - Free.

Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes - Free.

Halo 3 - Free.

Mass Effect - Yeah, I bought it again. It was $5.

Dragon Age: Origins - $5.

Awesomenauts

Fable 3

The Cave

Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad - Thank goodness this was $2. Not a good game.

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons - I heard this was good.

Frogger

From Dust

Outland

Ducktales: Remastered

Castle of Illusion

Charlie Murder - I think I'll like this one.

Spelunky

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 - At $5, I couldn't pass it up.

Skullgirls - Damn, I suck at this game.

Gears of War - Free.

PS3/PSP Games:

P.O.W. - Prisoners of War - It's not much, but I still enjoy playing this game.

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment - I always wanted to add this game to my SMT collection.

Papo & Yo - This is an interesting game. I hope it's good.

Valhalla Knights - Free.

PC Games:

Fallout - Free.

Fallout 2 - Free.

Fallout Tactics - Free.

Wii Games:

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Classic. And Free.

3DS Games:

The Legend of Zelda - Free.

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link - Free.

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX - I hear this is good.

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons - Free.

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

Mighty Switch Force - Free. Why are these women almost naked?

Mighty Switch Force 2 - Free.

SteamWorld Dig: A Fistfull of Dirt - I don't know if I like this or not. A lot of digging.

Shantae - I heard this is good.

And that's it for the digital games I got this year. I think I got them all.

About a week ago, I beat Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS). It's a pretty good game. The battles were a little difficult at first, but I got use to them. Later in the game battles get hard again. There is noway I would of made it through the game with my teammates dieing and not coming back. There were mission where everyone died except for 4 people (Chrom & the person I put with him and my character & the person I put with him). After playing SMTIV (3DS), it was nice to have a game that told me where to go next. I'll probably playthrough it again.

Right now I'm trying to play Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner - Soul Hackers (3DS). It's not going so well. I had problems with SMTIV, but at least it was up-to-date. Soul Hackers is dated. The story looks like it should be good, but the interface for the battles is an ancient nightmare. I thought Persona 1 & 2 were bad. I just can't see myself continuing to play Soul hackers. At least not right now. I'll just have to put the game on hold. I'm also playing Bioshock. I just have to make myself play this game. I hear it's not that long. If I just focus on playing it, I would of beat it by now. There are a few games I'm kind of messing around with too. Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Ultimate Ninja Storm 3, Skate 3, Gears of War 2, Mighty Switch Force, Super Street Fighter 4 AE. Too many games and not enough time.

Well, that's me. I'll have pics of my physical games next time. Until then, what are you guys playing?

Casey Curran Staff Writer

01/01/2014 at 03:37 PM

No such thing as owning too many copies of Mass Effect.

jgusw

01/01/2014 at 04:02 PM

I own 5 copies of Mass Effect 1, 4 copies of Mass Effect 2, and 2 copies of Mass Effect 3.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

01/01/2014 at 03:41 PM

Papo and Yo is good. I reviewed it for Pixlbit. I liked it a lot.

Wow, congrats on your 5th child. I think big families are awesome. I'd love to have one of my own someday.

01/01/2014 at 04:09 PM

I didn't know what it was until I saw it for sale on PSN. I saw a trailer and decided to put down the $5 to get it.

My wife & I planned to have 1 more. Once you get pass 3 kids, it doesn't get much harder. It's also nice when the older kids can help take care of the younger ones.

Super Step Contributing Writer

I'm still playing Fez and Batman: Arkham Asylum. I have a lot of games I have not installed from Steam yet, cause I'm thinking I'll save space if I wait until I feel I've completed what I want to of some games, then get them off my hard drive and download others. I am starting to have a problem with buying too many digital games as well, lol

01/01/2014 at 04:11 PM

I almost picked up Fez. I saw it on sale. Arkham Asylum is great. I really should playthrough it again.

mothman

01/01/2014 at 04:13 PM

I have a lot of those too.

I actually enjoyed Soul Hackers because of the story. I had to turn off the alignment thing that prevents you from negotiating with some demons and turn on the automapper for the many dungeons that are filled with nasty warps that hinder your progess. Other than that it's pretty good

01/01/2014 at 04:31 PM

Thank you for telling them that. I still hadn't got over the hidden warps I ran into in Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (DS). Yeah, I think I'll put Soul Hackers down. I'm really not in the mood to play a game like it at this moment. Why can't they all be like Persona 3 & 4 (PS2) or Devil Survivor 1 & 2 (DS) or Devil Summoner 1 & 2 (PS2)?

Cary Woodham

01/01/2014 at 05:01 PM

Wow that's a lot of games. Yes, Shantae and Link's Awakening are good.

Bangai-O is from Treasure. I thnk they're a bit overrated.

01/01/2014 at 06:14 PM

I remember you mentioned they were good games in one of your blogs. I hope they're not really hard games.

Aboboisdaman

01/01/2014 at 05:38 PM

Speaking of TMNT, did you hear that James Avery died yesterday? He voiced Shredder (and played Uncle Phil on Fresh Prince) in the original cartoon. I heard mixed stuff about that TMNT game. I wonder WTF Mighty Switch Force is. That pic doesn't tell me much lol.

01/01/2014 at 06:22 PM

About a hour ago, I saw on the twitter feed that James Avery died. I didn't know he was 65 years old. I thought he was younger than that.

I was really hoping TMNT: Out of the Shadows was going to be good. It's not terrible, but they could of made a few changes that would of made it great. You can unlock an arcade mode that's pretty good. It's short though and you unlock it a stage at a time.

Mighty Switch Force is a puzzle game. You play a female cop (that's barely dressed) and you chase down escapees (that are barely dressed). You have a "switch" button and you use it to get through obstacles. They get pretty tricky and timing is very important. You can replay levels to improve your time.

BrokenH

01/01/2014 at 07:11 PM

It's a shame Soul-Hackers is frustrating because the character designs look awesome! I'm sorry about James Avery's passing. Loved him as Uncle Phil in Fresh Prince. It's funny because I mistook him for Carl in Family Matters. Guess things from my youth are getting kind of hazy. lol.

01/02/2014 at 06:09 AM

Soul Hackers is a disappointment. I knew it was an old game re-released, but damn. Maybe, after a little time has passed, I can go back to it.

goaztecs

01/01/2014 at 07:17 PM

Now that is a crazy digital backlog, and we have a few games in common (great minds I tell ya). For the UMvC3 did you get all the add-on stuff? I heard that was going to be removed or something like that. One of the best things on your list that everyone should take advantage of is when games are free. Can't go wrong with freebies right?

Congrats on the most important item on that list: Baby #5.

01/02/2014 at 06:17 AM

I didn't realized how many I got for free until I went through them.

I think I have want I wanted for UMvC3. I already had Shuma-Gorath and Jill Valentine because I had the collector's edition of the original MvC3. I didn't want the costume dlcs. I hope I didn't miss something.

KnightDriver

01/02/2014 at 03:50 AM

Thanks for reminding me to play SMTIV. I just stacked a bunch of 3DS backlog games and I had fogotten that one. Hope I'll get to it soon.

01/02/2014 at 06:19 AM

Beware of the map in SMTIV. The game will go a lot smoother if you try remembering where you're going and how you got there.

01/02/2014 at 03:12 PM

Will do. Thanks.

Halochief90

01/04/2014 at 06:33 PM

Well, there's a good advantage of digital games: you'll be hard pressed to find this many free disc-based games!

01/06/2014 at 08:44 PM

That is true. Still, I feel I'm missing something in the fine print.

NSonic79

01/14/2014 at 01:07 PM

See! I knew this would happen! Atleast the only double purchases you've made have been physical games. I sadly did the double digital buy last year. I hang my head in shame. My offer to take some of your backlog is still valid =P

How on earth did you get most of those games for free! I usuall wait too for digital sales given my preferense for phyiscal media but wow!

01/14/2014 at 05:29 PM

Some of the free games came from MS giving away actual free digital games to gold xbl members. Damn shame Sony doesn't do the same. I got more games from friends that had digital codes they didn't use or from buying used games that still had unused digital codes. I got free 3ds and Wii games from using the Nintendo Club. There are plenty of ways to get free games and there are out there for the taking.

PixlBit