Utnayan Backlog Challenge: Part 3 ends Feb 28

Crone · Feb 1, 2022

Happy February!

I'll be sponsoring this month's backlog challenge!

Two $50 winners!!

Games under 3 hours will be counted! Complete just 1 and you're in for the $50 raffle!
For the second winner, we will be counting HLTB.com hours for points! Who's going to finally knock out those big marlin's?!
- HLTB.com Main game will be the guide
- Gain 1 point per hour
- Gain 0.5 points if the game is less than 1 hour

Otherwise, rules stay the same. Post proof of the completed game achievement or whatever, along with a completed image. We will count them up at the end.

Good luck everyone! May the backlogs cower in fear!

Seananigans · Feb 1, 2022

Crone said:
Happy February!

I'll be sponsoring this month's backlog challenge!

Two $50 winners!!

Games under 3 hours will be counted! Complete just 1 and you're in for the $50 raffle!

For the second winner, we will be counting HLTB.com hours for points! Who's going to finally knock out those big marlin's?!

HLTB.com Main game will be the guide

Gain 1 point per hour

Gain 0.5 points if the game is less than 1 hour

Otherwise, rules stay the same. Post proof of the completed game achievement or whatever, along with a completed image. We will count them up at the end.

Good luck everyone! May the backlogs cower in fear!

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I move that this post not count as a completion, despite the Completed stamp. Starting a thread is not a searchable game on HLTB. I think Crone is trying to cheat.

KurganAU · Feb 1, 2022

Posting backlog and will draw from this list.
Going to take more of a console focus since I've only been using the PS5 for AC Valhalla, despite getting other games for the system.

PS5

Ghost of Tsushima Directors Cut
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart
Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy

PS4

Uncharted The Nathan Drake Collection
Uncharted 4 A Thief's End
The Last of Us Remastered
Red Dead Redemption 2
God of War
Horizon Zero Dawn
Days Gone
Lego Marvel Superheroes 2
Minecraft Dungeons Hero Edition
Killzone Shadow Fall
Crash Bandicoto N-Sane Trilogy

PC

Witcher 3
Batman Arkham Knight
Wolfenstein The New Order
South Park Stick of Truth
Dying Light
Sleeping Dogs
Dawn of War II
Deadpool
Ryse Son of Rome
Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
Full Throttle Remastered
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Grim Fandango Remastered

Crone · Feb 1, 2022

KurganAU said:
Posting backlog and will draw from this list.
Going to take more of a console focus since I've only been using the PS5 for AC Valhalla, despite getting other games for the system.

PS5

Ghost of Tsushima Directors Cut

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade

Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart

Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy

PS4

Uncharted The Nathan Drake Collection

Uncharted 4 A Thief's End

The Last of Us Remastered

Red Dead Redemption 2

God of War

Horizon Zero Dawn

Days Gone

Lego Marvel Superheroes 2

Minecraft Dungeons Hero Edition

Killzone Shadow Fall

Crash Bandicoto N-Sane Trilogy

PC

Witcher 3

Batman Arkham Knight

Wolfenstein The New Order

South Park Stick of Truth

Dying Light

Sleeping Dogs

Dawn of War II

Deadpool

Ryse Son of Rome

Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing

Full Throttle Remastered

Day of the Tentacle Remastered

Grim Fandango Remastered

Play Horizon Zero Dawn, I'm doing the same thing!

Rajaah · Feb 2, 2022

I'll draw first blood.

Finished Double Dragon Neo. Game is awesome, but it's also one of those games where the final boss is way harder than the rest of the game. Also you can level up, which just means you have to go back and grind to have a chance against the final boss which is kind of annoying.

Other than that the game was great, and 80's AF.

Here lies one issue we can clear up right away: if a game is 3 and a half hours on HLTB, is that 3 and a half points, or are we rounding down/up?

Regime · Feb 2, 2022

Hey guys I am trying to send

KurganAU his steam card. It says I have to wait 3 days.

So I tried to buy him the games he wanted and got this message

Now I am thinking after the 3 day mark is up I will not be able to send him the gift card.

Any ideas? I don't wanna buy a steam card off amazon because it will not work due to region lock.

Falstaff · Feb 2, 2022

Paypal?

Regime · Feb 2, 2022

Falstaff said:
Paypal?

Yeah that’s what I asked him.

It’s just beyond stupid they made things so restrictive.

KurganAU · Feb 2, 2022

Regime said:
Hey guys I am trying to send KurganAU his steam card. It says I have to wait 3 days.

So I tried to buy him the games he wanted and got this message

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Now I am thinking after the 3 day mark is up I will not be able to send him the gift card.

Any ideas? I don't wanna buy a steam card off amazon because it will not work due to region lock.

Appreciate you trying bud, didn't realize it would turn into such a hassle. Lets wait out the required days and go from there.

Regime · Feb 2, 2022

KurganAU said:
Appreciate you trying bud, didn't realize it would turn into such a hassle. Lets wait out the required days and go from there.

no problem but it got me thinking like what if I wanna send something to

faille or another aussie bro. Just dumb.

KurganAU · Feb 2, 2022

From the FAQ at the bottom
Digital Gift Cards

What happens if my friend lives in another country?

The digital gift card you purchased will automatically be converted into your friend's currency.

Hopefully that ends up being the most straight forward way

Regime · Feb 2, 2022

KurganAU said:
From the FAQ at the bottom
Digital Gift Cards

What happens if my friend lives in another country?

The digital gift card you purchased will automatically be converted into your friend's currency.

Hopefully that ends up being the most straight forward way

Yep we’ll just wait. I’m just a Lannister man. I don’t like debts.

Crone · Feb 2, 2022

Rajaah said:
I'll draw first blood.

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Finished Double Dragon Neo. Game is awesome, but it's also one of those games where the final boss is way harder than the rest of the game. Also you can level up, which just means you have to go back and grind to have a chance against the final boss which is kind of annoying.

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Other than that the game was great, and 80's AF.

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Here lies one issue we can clear up right away: if a game is 3 and a half hours on HLTB, is that 3 and a half points, or are we rounding down/up?

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3.5 points, since any game under 1 hour counts as 0.5 points.

Regime · Feb 2, 2022

Rajaah said:
I'll draw first blood.

View attachment 396317

Finished Double Dragon Neo. Game is awesome, but it's also one of those games where the final boss is way harder than the rest of the game. Also you can level up, which just means you have to go back and grind to have a chance against the final boss which is kind of annoying.

View attachment 396316

Other than that the game was great, and 80's AF.

View attachment 396314

Here lies one issue we can clear up right away: if a game is 3 and a half hours on HLTB, is that 3 and a half points, or are we rounding down/up?

View attachment 396315

3.5 points

faille · Feb 2, 2022

Regime said:
no problem but it got me thinking like what if I wanna send something to faille or another aussie bro. Just dumb.

happy to help if I can. Let me know what I have to do

Rajaah · Feb 2, 2022

I beat Double Dragon 4, which is another half point. "40 minutes" on HLTB but it took me a couple hours. Game is hard! Until you realize there's a way to start at the level before the one you game over'd at. So I had to repeat a couple levels but eventually I got to the end by attrition. That was my last unbeaten Double Dragon game (I think) and it wasn't very good, just like people say.

At 4 points now, need to go for a bigger fish.

Crone · Feb 2, 2022

With all my game times, I fit squarely in the Main + Extras time frame. I don't do everything, or care about trophies but for sure don't just stream line the main story only. I'm at 20 hours into HZD, and HLTB says Main is 22 hours. Uh oh!

Gavinmad · Feb 2, 2022

lol @ Below Zero being marked 20 hours for main story.

Rajaah · Feb 2, 2022

Yeah, literally every game takes me longer than HLTB says it will. I don't take it as gospel so much as a "rough estimate" of the general time range I might be looking at. It's also good for issuing point scores in a contest like this.

I'm looking at Skyward Sword and how it says 30 hours for Skyward Sword HD and 38 hours for OG Skyward Sword. That's a big difference. In a case like that I'd say stick to the exact version you played. Skyward Sword HD has much better controls for slashing, which makes it easier and thus less time-consuming. Jirard the Completionist said the new controls almost make it too easy because the game wasn't designed with that in mind. It might be one of the next things I play so I thought all of this was worth making a note of.

Seananigans · Feb 3, 2022

I'm guessing HLTB takes cutscenes and load times into account too. I actually came in under their estimate for Guardians of the Galaxy, but a lot of that game is cutscenes and/or dialogue.

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