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The Games I Completed In 2012
In 2011, I completed 70 games. The blog I wrote listed 69 games, but I managed to finish L.A. Noire on December 31 with just two hours left before ringing in the New Year.
In 2012, my total is far lower than I expected it to be. I’m probably missing a few games, but I believe I finished 48 games last year. The birth of my first child obviously led to me having far less time to game. I also feel that 2012 didn’t have as many “must-play” titles that kept me up late into the night.
There’s another factor at play here, too. Many of the games I play on iOS don’t have a defined conclusion. The same could be said of sports games like MLB 12: The Show, but winning the World Series or being awarded the American League MVP in Road to the Show are conclusions of sorts. Should games I obsessed over like Temple Run and Madcoaster be added to my list? I don’t think so, but they are definitely worth mentioning given how much of my time they consumed.
The game I spent the most time with was Dragon’s Dogma. I played through it with a friend over the course of three months, and nearly completed a second playthrough by myself. That playthrough was completed on January 13, 2013.
I got a huge kick out of seeing all of the games you completed in 2011, and once again extend an invitation to all of you to jot down the games you finished in 2012 in the comments section below.
My List of Completed Games in 2012:
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare
The Amazing Spider-Man
Angry Birds Star Wars
Assassin’s Creed III
Battleship
Borderlands 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Darksiders II
Dishonored
Disney Universe
Dragon’s Dogma (almost two complete playthroughs)
The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn
Fable: The Journey
Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse
Far Cry 3
Fez
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Halo 4
I am Alive
Hell Yeah!
Journey
Jurassic Park
Kinect Star Wars
Lego Batman 2
Lego Lord of the Rings
Little Inferno
Lollipop Chainsaw
Lord of the Rings: War in the North
Major League Baseball 2K12
Mass Effect 3
Max Payne 3
MLB 12: The Show
New Super Mario Bros. U
Prototype 2
Resistance 3
Skylanders Giants
Sleeping Dogs
Soul Calibur V
Spec Ops: The Line
Street Fighter x Tekken
Syndicate
Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
The Unfinished Swan
The Walking Dead
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PC, almost completed on 360)
Zuma’s Revenge
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