Incline Games you have beaten in 2022

Ash · Dec 31, 2022

HansDampf said:
Ashes 2063: Looks like a nice game of which I'm not the target audience.

Wait, why in the world not? In the same post you mention Blood, Doom, as well as more open games like Metroidvanias. Are you aware that Ashes 2063 is like a demo or introduction to the real deal that is Ashes: Afterglow?

Ashes 2063:

Short
Relatively linear
Relatively bog-standard FPS, with a few nice set pieces

I was not impressed. But then...

Ashes Afterglow:

A full game
Much more non-linear and open. Hub-based.
Absolutely epic FPS. Insane that this is a mod.
RPG elements, like dialogue options that actually are meaningful, quest choices, weapon upgrade system
More engaging story

Eisen · Dec 31, 2022

newtmonkey said:
Grim Dawn (PC)
I made the mistake of not enabling "Veteran" mode, making the game ridiculously easy. With a proper difficulty level, this would be a a 4/5 game easily.

Try Elite, and later Ultimate

Dr1f7 · Dec 31, 2022

I beat final fantasy 1! very good game

that's it.

Was on track to beat Resident Evil 1 by the end of the year but

it's too scary!

Nutmeg · Jan 1, 2023

I should add

Faster than Light - Got a win here too with Engi A. Another game with high ratio of meaningful decisions per unit of time, which is typical of the rogue-* genres. Highly questionable developer decision to go with real time with pause instead of turn based combat, and not enough hot keys for smooth pauseless play either. This, among many other things (for instance, scoring), was improved upon in Subset's next game Into the Breach, nevertheless Faster than Light remains an engrossing and unique experience, being a more structured and well thought out take on something like Star Control.

Tweed · Jan 1, 2023

Geneforge 1 :5/5:

Geneforge 2 :5/5:

Geneforge 3 :3.5/5:

Geneforge 4 I can't even remember anything about it.
Geneforge 5 :3/5:

Would be higher if not for the damage sponge enemies.
Avernum: Escape from the Pit :4/5:

Avernum 2: Crystal Souls :3.5/5:

Avernum 3: Backstroke of the West :3.5/5:

Devil Spire :4.5/5:

ELEX

Uhh, I can't remember any others.

MaskedMan · Jan 1, 2023

AI The Somnium Files :4/5:

Bayonetta

Bayonetta 2 :4.5/5:

Beat Angel Escalayer R :3/5:

Beat Wars Escalation Heroines :1/5:

Call of Duty WWII :2/5:

Closed Game :3/5:

DeadΩAegis Gaiden :0/5:

Death Stranding Director's Cut :5/5:

Deus Machina Demonbane :4/5:

Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library & the Monster Seal :4/5:

Elden Ring :5/5:

God of War :4/5:

Hanachirasu :2/5:

Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition :4/5:

How to Live a Healthy Hentai Lifestyle :1/5:

Inscryption :3/5:

Killzone Shadow Fall :2/5:

Metal Gear Solid V:The Phantom Pain :4.5/5:

Metro Exodus :3/5:

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes :2.5/5:

The Journey Down Chapter Three :3/5:

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition :5/5:

Alphard · Jan 1, 2023

everytime i read some of theze threads about obscure rpgs praised by the codex i start researching about the game, i get interested in deep mechanics and smart features and try the said game, only to be greeted by obscene graphic, while combat and animations are so clunky i couldnt have imagined something like this existed before .... uninstall and return to my action drugs. i get bored and the cycle perpetuates itself

Ninja Destroyer · Jan 2, 2023

Amid Evil
ANNO: Mutationem
Black Mesa
Bright Memory: Infinite
Cayne
Cultic
Cuphead
Cyberpunk 2077
Days Gone
Dead Man's Hand
Dead or Alive 5 - Last Round
Dead Space 1,2,3
Deus Ex: The Fall
Earthworm Jim (Sega CD version)
Final Vendetta
Fobia St. Dinfna Hotel
Halo: Reach
Hedon
Hellbound
Just Cause 3
Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements
Nightmare Creatures
Ninja Gaiden Sigma trilogy
Observation
Postal Redux
Prince of Persia (Snes version)
Prodeus
Project Warlock
Quest For Glory
Read Dead Redemption II
Resident Evil Village
River City Girls
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem
Shadow Warrior - Dos, reboot, II, III
System Shock II
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
Terminator (Sega CD version)
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
The Final Station
XIII
Witchaven
Witcher 1,2,3

Replays:

Alan Wake
Blood
Crusader: No Remorse
Crusader: No Regret
F.E.A.R + expansions
Legend of Grimrock (+ many custom campaigns)
Leisure Suit Larry 6 - Shape Up Or Slip Out
Max Payne I, II
No One Lives Forever II
Serious Sam I,II,III
Sin
Soldier of Fortune
Syndicate + American Revolt data disk
Terminator: Resitance + Annihilation Line DLC
Doom, Heretic, Hexen wads - mixed old campaigns with some new ones as well.

Dadd · Jan 2, 2023

Alphard said:
everytime i read some of theze threads about obscure rpgs praised by the codex i start researching about the game, i get interested in deep mechanics and smart features and try the said game, only to be greeted by obscene graphic, while combat and animations are so clunky i couldnt have imagined something like this existed before .... uninstall and return to my action drugs. i get bored and the cycle perpetuates itself

Which games to be specific?

Jvegi · Jan 2, 2023

Dadd said:
Which games to be specific?

Dragon Age, probably. Edit: lol, I wasn't that off.

To be honest, Gold Box titles are clunky, to the point of being unnecessary in the age of KotC.

BTW, how the hell are you guys finishing so many games? I finish perhaps 10% of games I play.

Alphard · Jan 2, 2023

Dadd said:
Alphard said:

everytime i read some of theze threads about obscure rpgs praised by the codex i start researching about the game, i get interested in deep mechanics and smart features and try the said game, only to be greeted by obscene graphic, while combat and animations are so clunky i couldnt have imagined something like this existed before .... uninstall and return to my action drugs. i get bored and the cycle perpetuates itself

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Which games to be specific?

underrail comes to mind. also POE ( horrible horrible game) only played cause half of the codex was praising it. elex too with that awful combat. and others i now dont remember

Dadd · Jan 2, 2023

Alphard said:
Dadd said:

Alphard said:

everytime i read some of theze threads about obscure rpgs praised by the codex i start researching about the game, i get interested in deep mechanics and smart features and try the said game, only to be greeted by obscene graphic, while combat and animations are so clunky i couldnt have imagined something like this existed before .... uninstall and return to my action drugs. i get bored and the cycle perpetuates itself

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Which games to be specific?

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underrail comes to mind. also POE ( horrible horrible game) only played cause half of the codex was praising it. elex too with that awful combat. and others i now dont remember

Underrail looks bland but adequate, not obscene.

Catacombs · Jan 3, 2023

MaskedMan said:
Death Stranding Director's Cut

What made this a 5/5 for you?

gzaholic · Jan 3, 2023

i play mostly older/classic :martini:

games.
in chronological order:
Silent Hill :3.5/5:

- the only silent hill out of the first three where gameplay felt like it 'mattered' (for lack of a better word), thus the most tense
Silent Hill 2 :4.5/5:

- highly conceptual with all the bricks falling in place. loved it for what it is
Silent Hill 2: Born From A Wish :2/5:

- meh
Avernum: Escape from the Pit :4/5:

- was great, expected less
Silent Hill 3 :3/5:

- was disappointed. some segments felt very tedious and unnecessary. gameplay certainly ain't the series strength
Baldur's Gate: The Original Saga (replay) :4.5/5:

- my first proper rpg so i'm biased. love this game, feels so much more like an adventure than it's sequel
Return to Castle Wolfenstein :4.5/5:

- great FPS. went in with no expectations and ended up liking it very much
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 :3/5:

- brain-dead pew-pew, ok overall
Northern Journey :4/5:

- truly felt like a journey with a great sense of mystery. respects to the lone guy that made it
No one lives under the lighthouse :3/5:

- a bit too pretentious but ok
Portal :4/5:

- great puzzle-game. having played the sequel later i can say that the game works best in a short format
Half-Life: Opposing Force :3.5/5:

- good
Iron Lung :3/5:

- interesting idea
Half-Life: Blue Shift :3/5:

- quite bland. read that the source engine remake is out, maybe it betters the experience
Quake :4.5/5:

- still one of the best
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.2 :3.5/5:

- janky but enjoyable, liked the design
Resident Evil 4 :4/5:

- great amusement park. you can tell how much effort went into designing the 'fun' side of the experience
Resident Evil 4: Separate Ways :3.5/5:

- more of the same
Blade of Darkness :3.5/5:

- dabbled with it when it came out and finally played it from beginning to end 20 years later. the enemy chopping and visual style still hold up, alas the game oustays it's welcome
Soldier of Fortune :3.5/5:

- could be better
Red Faction :2.5/5:

- another childhood game that i finally got to play to the end. had a potentially good concept that was wasted, overall a big disappointment
Unreal :4.5/5:

- loved it
Shadow Warrior :4/5:

- build engine classic
American McGee's Alice :4/5:

- loved the style
System Shock 2 :4/5:

- great atmosphere, gameplay-wise the first one was better
Duke Nukem 3D :4.5/5:

- build engine classic
Blood: Fresh Supply :5/5:

- one of the best games ever
Rune Classic :4/5:

- the game conveys the feeling of being on an adventure very well, that alone makes the experience worthwhile
Black Mirror :3.5/5:

- liked the cosy visual style
Cryptic Passage (Blood add-on) :4/5:

- nothing special but the gunplay went nowhere
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords :4/5:

- better than the first game
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay :3.5/5:

- vaseline: the game. not bad, obviously not a fan of the visuals
Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven :4.5/5:

took me like a year and a half of playing on and off to finish (mostly because it was hard getting you bearings after a significant break). excellent RPG jam-packed with quality content
Fallout 2 :4/5:

- a little bit too much tongue-in-cheek stuff for my taste but still great
Condemned: Criminal Origins :3.5/5:

- janky but pretty enjoyable. except the final boss, final boss was shit
Dead Space :4/5:

- was good despite being formulaic
Dead Space :3/5:

- it's like mass effect 2 to mass effect 1. production qualities went up and with them the amount of 'dumb-downedness'
Cold Fear :2.5/5:

- meh
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic :4/5:

- FUN!
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl :4.5/5:

- all atmosphere
Half-Life 2: Episode One :3/5:

- it's HL2 so the gunplay is bland, besides that quite a meh experience. don't even remember what the game was about. it also includes a segment in the citadel - the worst part of HL2
Half-Life 2: Episode Two :4/5:

- much more enjoyable than HL2: episode one
Signalis :3/5:

- ok game. gets repetitive towards the end. story is pretentious and has gay stuff, not that i cared much about it
Portal 2 :3.5/5:

- the puzzle thingy still works great on a conceptual level but got too tiresome over time. maybe shouldn't have finished the game in almost one sitting and instead chopped the playthrough into smaller portions

MaskedMan · Jan 3, 2023

Catacombs said:
MaskedMan said:

Death Stranding Director's Cut

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What made this a 5/5 for you?

I like delivering packages, getting stuck up a mountain, falling in a river and running from ghosts. First true walking sim.

Catacombs · Jan 4, 2023

MaskedMan said:
I like delivering packages, getting stuck up a mountain, falling in a river and running from ghosts. First true walking sim.

You should be a Dasher, in that case.

Val the Moofia Boss · Jan 4, 2023

Monochrome Mobius (7/10. It's good but not what I wanted out of an Utawarerumono prequel. Looking forward to the sequel).
Final Fantasy XIII (looks great with graphics mods).
Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons (disappointing resolution to the 10 year long storyline, and a very mediocre expansion in terms of content quality and quantity and class design).
Ring of Red (dropped after 20-25 hours. The spectacle of the battles is fun at first, but then you're looking at doing it for 30-50 hours straight with nothing to break it up)
Vanguard Bandits (decent gameplay, surprisingly nuanced story if you go the empire route).
World of Final Fantasy (Spent 30 hours on it. I didn't really like the characters and the gameplay was meh).
Valkyria Chronicles 4 (pretty good)
Suikoden 5 (is fine but not much to write home about)
Suikoden 3 (great story but feels unfinished. Gameplay becomes tedious).
Suiko-Gaiden 1&2 (visual novel set between 2 and 3, expands the world).
Suikoden 2 (fun but isn't as good as the first game)
Aselia the Eternal - the Spirit of Eternity Sword (good concept but the gameplay is atrocious)
Vantage Master (great aesthetics, fun gameplay for a 15-20 hour long game)
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (55 hours, great story, gameplay was great during the middle half and then was tedious during the first and last 1/3rd).

Morpheus Kitami · Jan 5, 2023

My completion rate this year got really kicked in on thanks to multiple games having game breaking glitches, some of which people haven't even seen before. I distinctly remember trying to play through Sleeping Gods Lie and Ultima Underworld and both had some special item that just failed to materialize, on top of already annoying glitches.

Day of the Viper :3.5/5:

Dungeon Master-style FPS. Sort of simple, but has decent enough level design.
Deathtrack :2.5/5:

Weird early racer/car combat game. It has this weird control scheme where you're basically moving around on a rail.
Doctor Hauzer :3/5:

Take Alone in the Dark, add a weird Japanese take on religion, remove combat, and add a whole bunch of deathtraps.
Ecstatica :4/5:

A weird-looking survival horror game from before Resident Evil. Focused on melee combat, and has some interesting puzzles. Does the inescapable enemy jazz better than any other game I've seen.
Galactic Empire :4/5:

An ugly, horribly controlling game with one of the most interesting content, NPC dialog and game world I've seen.
Ironseed 25th Anniversary Edition :4/5:

Space RPG where you have to find a new home planet for humanity and eventually save the galaxy from a dangerous threat. Very moody, but I'm not sure the remaster is any better than the original.
Nightmare of Decay :3.5/5:

Blood meets Resident Evil with awkward controls.
Pathways into Darkness :5/5:

Budgie's first FPS, the best non-Doom FPS at the time.
Personal Nightmare :4.5/5:

Hard as nails adventure game, the first proper graphic adventure from the people who would bring you Elvira and Simon the Sorcerer.
Star Cruiser :3.5/5:

A Japanese FPS/RPG hybrid from the '80s. I'm still not really sure what the game was trying to accomplish.

Atlet · Jan 6, 2023

Lady Error said:
Rimworld (without crappy DLC content) - played it for a while but this was the first time I finished it

Pacific General (sibling of Panzer General) - surprisingly fun and more naval focused

Why the DLCs are bad? Are you modding it? Which ones?

Lady Error · Jan 6, 2023

Atleticano said:
Lady Error said:

Rimworld (without crappy DLC content) - played it for a while but this was the first time I finished it

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Why the DLCs are bad? Are you modding it? Which ones?

The Nobility DLC doesn't really add anything interesting and the Transhumanism DLC is kind of batshit crazy (and disgusting, considering that this is where the "elites" want to take humanity). I prefer the glittertech mods instead.

I posted my favorite Rimworld mods before, copied this list from the RimPy Mod Manager:

orcinator · Jan 7, 2023

Okay let's check the torrents:
Condemned 2: One of the most realistic depictions of an evil conspiracy since their main goal is to flood the city with violent homeless people. Kinda shit/10
FAITH part 1: Kinda boring, part 3 is the one where the game gets some actual charm but I watched it on youtube after being disappointed with part 1. ✞ ✞ / ✞ ✞ ✞ ✞ ✞
Incision Episode 1: Okay boomy shooty but kinda bland, maybe later episodes will improve it like how DUSK did. Meatballs/Meat Stew
SIGNALIS: Basically the undertale of indie horror but without decent gameplay. Even as a yurifag I can't support this/10
Saints Row: A transcendental experience in what horror a cat lady is capable of enacting. Also they made sure none of the clothes allow for cleavage. Terror/10 Watch the last few mission on youtube.
Glitchpunk: A reminder of why GTA moved away from the top down perspective. Vaporwave/10
Silent Hill 3: I replayed it on hard but stopped at the final boss because it requires you to use the strafing mechanic and then forgot to download the thing that fixes it. General Public's Opinion/10
Elden Ring: Pretty impressive for a stand alone version of those Dark Souls skyrim mods/10
Hylics: Really shitty lolsorandom rpgmaker game I got tricked into playing. narwhal bacon/10
Watchdogs: Legion I saw they put cute girls into the DLC and that turned out to be true. Abysmal if you're not a weird girls with guns fetishist/10
Death Stranding: 2deep4u Subnautica/10
Foundry VTT: Having so many options for special features and customization is making my autism go into overdrive. I don't think I'll ever "finish" it. Ruining my life/10

Yeah I should probably finish something that doesn't suck this year.

orcinator · Jan 7, 2023

Oh yeah and we have a bunch of good animes and I did play with the rats by the river though I'm not finished with that.

Vic · Jan 8, 2023

This thread has inspired me to try and beat as many games this year as possible, let's see how many I can get this year.

curds · Jan 8, 2023

Vic said:
This thread has inspired me to try and beat as many games this year as possible, let's see how many I can get this year.

This thread inspires me to do that same every year, and yet I seem to beat the same amount every year.

Nelka · Jan 14, 2023

Dying Light 2 - 2/5 sadly, a biggg letdown, I had so much fun playing the first game, but it's like they never enhanced any of the aspects that made the first game good. Here's a winner for the worst story in 2022 AAA games.
Expeditions Rome - 4/5 Very nice tactical RPG, instant buy if you haven't played it already. Logic Artists went retard, but hopefully the series will be continued. After I was done with this game, they put an effort to make the legion battles more interesting, so I guess I will be replaying this game in 2023/2024 to check out the changes. A BIG CAT!
System Shock 2 - 5/5 playing this for first time ever, amaziinng game, but with very flawed system mechanics. Not my fav. immersive sim, but I fell in love with this game. Amazing audiologs. Played with some mods my friend suggested, but nothing game breaking like disabling respawn (uhm... hate it anyway).
The Outer Worlds - 4/5 replayed the game mainly for the DLCs I haven't played before. It's actually a good shooter with some RPG mechanics.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - 5/5 won't write much about it, since 99% of you hate weeb stuff anyway xD
Aliens vs Predator 2 - 4/5 well, had fun with this abandonware. Making this game playable on modern PC, 1080p widescreen took me three attempts, but finally it worked! Loved Marine campaign. Severus Snape Cameo - CLICK!
Solasta Lost Valley DLC - 4/5, just more of a good game, bugged as hell (i couldn't even finish it, had to load older save and replay some of game), but the combat is sooo good! Too bad in this DLC we got way less vertical combat scenarios, since this is what made the based game soo good. Wish the company all the best, with new OGL changes they need it.
Neon White - 5/5 - nice music, very fast action, addictive as hell
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - 4.5/5 flawed but still my GOTY. Love the series, and loved this game, but I felt like they could do a little better...
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - 4/5 fun but getting boring after 10h+, played with my dad, just another gamepass title to check
The Caligula Effect 2 - 2/5 first few hours were good, but I gave up later on and dropped this game...
Persona 5 Royal - 5/5 - ...and played some more Persona instead. Play this one even if you are not a weeb, just do it!!
Tyranny - 3.5/5 - replay just for more story, yeah combat is bad
Stray 4/5 - a cat game, good for what it's. Probably the game I screenshotted the most in 2022 :3 COW

There were also few more replays not worth notting, some games I started and never finished (Elex 2 for example, waiting for better times), or just to kill some time like playing TW: Warhammer 3 (thank you gamepass!). And maybe 1 or 2 games I forgot to mention.

Incline Games you have beaten in 2022

Arcane

Learned

Scholar

Arcane

Professional Kobold

very cool

Magister

Arcane

Self-Ejected

Arcane

Magister

Self-Ejected

Arcane

Novice

very cool

Arcane

Learned

Liturgist

Self-Ejected

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Liturgist

Liturgist

Savant

Magister

Educated