HyperDebtRay

I've finally got my steam backlog down under 200, this glorious undertaking involves wading through mountains of trash.

Among the refuse, there are certain games that would be considered underrated or not well known but high in quality, this list is quite subjective.

Since I tend to change my mind often I haven't chosen games to fulfill challenges ahead of time so I'll be using this blog post to update challenges as I go along.

Dates are in MM/DD/YYYY format.

Starting date: Jan. 01, 2019
Difficulty: Hard
Completed games at sign-up: 284
List: https://myvideogamelist.com/mylist/HyperDebtRay

✅ 1) Play a game you did not finish last year - Fallout: New Vegas [12/05/2018 -> 01/05/2019]
✅ 2) Replay one of your childhood favorites - Resident Evil 4 [19/04/2019 -> 04/27/2019]
✅ 4) Play a 50+ hours long game OR a 3- hours long game - Deep Space Waifu: NEKOMIMI 🕒 [01/16/2019 -> 01/19/2019]
✅ 6) Play a game while holding the controller/keyboard upside down - Raiden III [02/22/2019 -> 02/24/2019]
✅ 7) Play a game with a self-imposed challenge (i.e. low health run, no death run, etc.) - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time No Shield Run [02/24/2019 -> 04/08/2019]
✅ 8) Play a game on the easiest difficulty - Resident Evil HD [04/06/2019 -> 04/14/2019]
✅ 9) Play a game released in 2019 - Deep Space Waifu: World [05/01/2019 -> 05/03/2019]
✅ 11) Play a game originally released in 1979, 1989 OR 1999 - Sonic Adventure DX (1999) [02/09/2019 -> 02/11/2019]
✅ 12) Play a game that is only available digitally - Maomao Discovery Team [02/11/2019 -> 02/14/2019]
✅ 13) Play a game recommended to a mature audience - Niplheim's Hunter: Branded Azel [01/27/2019 -> 01/29/2019]
✅ 14) Play a game featured in a collection - Hitman: Contracts [01/05/2019 -> 01/25/2019]
✅ 15) Play a PC/Mac game which is NOT available on Steam - Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc [08/12/2019 -> 08/17/2019]
✅ 16) Play an award-winning game - Forgotton Anne [03/12/2019 -> 04/02/2019]
✅ 17) Play a console exclusive game - Oppaidius Summer Trouble! 💻 [05/12/2019 -> 05/12/2019]
✅ 18) Play a game developed in one of your neighbouring countries - Tomb Raider: Underworld 🇺🇸 [04/13/2019 -> 04/20/2019]
✅ 19) Play a game developed by a company which has made a maximum of three games - Dragon Knight [01/30/2019 -> 02/02/2019]
✅ 20) Play a game developed by Ubisoft OR Activision - Child of Light [08/18/2019 -> 09/14/2019]
✅ 21) Play a game featuring day/night cycles - Slave's Sword [04/27/2019 -> 04/30/2019]
✅ 22) Play a game that features an anti-hero or a villain as the protagonist - Hotline Miami 🐓 [01/20/2019 -> 01/25/2019]
✅ 23) Play a game with an anthropomorphic animal as the main character - Dust: An Elysian Tale [05/20/2019 -> 06/20/2019]
✅ 24) Play a game that allows the player to make different decisions to change the course of the story - Fairy Fencer F Advent Dark Force [01/22/2019 -> 03/10/2019]
✅ 25) Play a game that features character customization - Assassin's Creed III Remastered [09/08/2019 -> 10/02/2019]
26) Play a game set in Japan
✅ 27) Play a game that features cel-shaded animation - Prince of Persia (2008) [04/30/2019 -> 05/11/2019]
✅ 29) Play a game featuring a female and male protagonist - Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (Monkey 🐒 & Trip) [01/09/2019 -> 01/20/2019]
✅ 30) Play a game where you can travel the world - Lego: The Lord of the Rings [01/08/2019 -> 01/22/2019]
✅ 31) Play a game where you play as an object - Stargunner [09/22/2019 -> 09/23/2019]
32) Play a game featuring knights
✅ 33) Play a game featuring time manipulation - Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands [08/11/2019 -> 08/12/2019]
✅ 34) Play a Strategy game - One Troll Army [05/18/2019 -> 05/18/2019]
✅ 35) Play a Point & Click adventure game - Kathy Rain [05/06/2019 -> 05/13/2019]
✅ 37) Play a First Person Shooter - Far Cry 2 [05/04/2019 -> 05/05/2019]
✅ 38) Play a game from a genre you rarely play - Gone Home (Walking Simulator) [05/04/2019 -> 05/05/2019]
✅ 39) Play a game that got a „Hard“ for the MVGL Difficulty Rating - Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth [05/18/2019 -> 06/09/2019]
✅ 40) Play a game that was favorited by more than 50 MVGL users - Doki Doki Literature Club! [07/06/2019 -> 07/20/2019]
✅ 41) Play a game that more than 1000 MVGL users have added to their lists - Tomb Raider 2013 [07/06/2019 -> 07/18/2019]
✅ 42) Play a game on which someone recently wrote a review on - Valkyria Chronicles [08/08/2019 -> 09/08/2019]
✅ 43) Play a game featured in the newly added games section - Raiden IV: Overkill [04/22/2019 -> 04/29/2019]
✅ 44) Play a game with a score of 8.5 or higher - Okami HD [07/19/2019 -> 08/08/2019]
45) Play a game recommended to you by another challenge participant
✅ 46) Pick 6 games you want to play and assign them numbers 1-6, roll a dice and play the game with that number - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance [10/04/2019 -> 10/12/2019]
✅ 47) Play a game where the last letter in the title is the same as the last of your MVGL username - Tomb Raider: Anniversary [01/05/2019 -> 01/07/2019]
✅ 49) Play a game with a verb in the title - Smashing the Battle [02/01/2019 -> 02/09/2019]
✅ 50) Play a game where the title consists of over 5 words - The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit [01/26/2019 -> 01/27/2019]

1. Fallout New Vegas
   

2. Resident Evil 4
   

3. Deep Space Waifu: NEKOMIMI
   

4. Raiden III

5. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
   N/A

6. Resident Evil HD
   

7. Deep Space Waifu: World
   

8. Sonic Adventure DX
   

9. Prefer not to get banned by lewds 😅

10. Niplheim's Hunter: Branded Azel
    

11. Hitman: Contracts
    

12. Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
    

13. Forgotton Anne
    

14. Oppaidius Summer Trouble!
    

15. Tomb Raider: Underworld
    

16. Dragon Knight

17. Child of Light
    

18. Slave's Sword
    N/A

19. Hotline Miami
    

20. Dust: An Elysian Tale

21. Fairy Fencer F Advent Dark Force

22. Assassin's Creed III Remastered
    

23. Prince of Persia (2008)
    N/A

24. Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
    

25. Lego: The Lord of the Rings
    

26. Stargunner
    N/A

27. Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
    

28. One Troll Army

29. Kathy Rain
    

30. Far Cry 2
    

31. Gone Home
    

32. Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth
    N/A

33. Doki Doki Literature Club!
    

34. Tomb Raider 2013
    

35. Valkyria Chronicles
    

36. Raiden IV: Overkill
    N/A

37. Okami HD
    

38. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
    N/A

39. Tomb Raider: Anniversary
    

40. Smashing the Battle

41. The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
    

Just recently upgraded to a new custom machine I build myself. I'm finally home back at Team Red, it never felt right these 10 years using an Intel chip.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 2700X
Motherboard: MSI X470 Gaming Pro Carbon
Memory: HyperX Predator RGB DDR4 2933Mhz
GPU: MSI Radeon R9 390X 8GB
PSU: EVGA G3 650W
Storage 1: Samsung 970 EVO 500GB
Storage 2: Samsung 860 EVO 1TB

Display: ASUS VG248QE 1080p 144Hz
Display2: MSI Optix G24C 144Hz Freesync Case: Corsair Carbide 275R

Mouse: Corsair M65 Pro
Keyboard: Cooler Master MK750 (MX Red)

Since I tend to change my mind often I haven't chosen games to fulfill challenges ahead of time so I'll be using this blog post to update challenges as I go along.

Dates are in MM/DD/YYYY format.

Starting date: Jan. 01, 2018
Difficulty: Hard
Completed games at sign-up: 242
List: https://myvideogamelist.com/mylist/HyperDebtRay

1. Re-play a game - Torchlight II [06/18/2018 -> 07/02/2018]
2. Play through a game on 100% - Hollow Knight (105%) [01/13/2018 -> 01/28/2018]
3. Finish a game you put on-hold or dropped before 2018 - Watch Dogs [01/03/2018 -> 01/12/2018]
4. Play a game that you can finish in one day - Marie's Room [06/24/2018 -> 06/24/2018]
5. Play a game in a language that is not your mother tongue - Fire Emblem: Awakening 🇯🇵 [09/08/2018 -> 10/14/2018]
6. Play a co-op game - Castle Crashers [06/16/2018 -> 06/18/2018]
   8 ) Play a game on the hardest difficulty - Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (ÜBER) [01/13/2018 -> 01/15/2018]
7. Collect all achievements/trophies in a game - Stories: The Path of Destinies [04/21/2018 -> 04/26/2018]
8. Do an evil run of a game, i.e. make most immoral choices possible the entire playthrough - The Walking Dead: A New Frontier [01/31/2018 -> 02/03/2018]
9. Play a game using a controller you have to buy seperately from the console - SoulWorker Logitech F310 🎮 [04/07/2018 -> 09/01/2018]
10. Play a game featuring a female protagonist - Tomb Raider: Legend [05/01/2018 -> 05/07/2018]
11. Play a game with a historical setting - Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (WWII) [02/23/2018 -> 03/01/2018]
12. Play a game that is set in space - Deep Space Waifu [08/25/2018 -> 08/31/2018]
13. Play a game featuring a non-human main character - Rayman 2: The Great Escape [05/10/2018 -> 05/13/2018]
14. Play a game where you can control more than one character - Agents of Mayhem [03/24/2018 -> 03/31/2018]
15. Play a game developed by an Indie-developer - Oxenfree [05/01/2018 -> 05/10/2018]
16. Play a game published by EA or Square Enix - Mirror's Edge (EA) [04/14/2018 -> 04/15/2018]
17. Play a game with a score written by a composer you like - Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (Masafumi Takada)[09/1/2018 -> 10/13/2018]
18. Play a game that was published by the same publisher as one of your favourite games - Assassin's Creed Syndicate (Ubisoft) [5/21/2018 -> 6/11/2018]
19. Play a game that was developed in the country you're from - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 🇨🇦 [03/08/2018 -> 03/15/2018]
20. Play a game originally released in the 80's - Metroid: Zero Mission (1986) [02/23/2018 -> 02/25/2018]
21. Play a game originally released in the 90's - Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (1990) [02/03/2018 -> 02/12/2018]
22. Play a game released in 2018 - Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle [05/19/2018 -> 05/23/2018]
23. Play a game on the oldest console you own - Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars [02/15/2018 -> 02/22/2018]
24. Play a game originally released on an arcade - BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger [03/04/2018 -> 03/22/2018]
25. Play an RPG - Tales of Zestiria [07/07/2018 -> 08/25/2018]
26. Play a Visual Novel - Mutiny!! [06/23/2018 -> 07/02/2018]
27. Play a game from a genre you don't like - Scribblenauts Unlimited (Casual)[07/07/2018 -> 07/16/2018]
28. Play a Racing game - Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing [07/02/2018 -> 07/02/2018]
29. Play a Puzzle game - Antichamber [01/02/2018 -> 01/03/2018]
30. Play a Horror game - Alan Wake [03/18/2018 -> 04/12/2018]
31. Play a Music/Rhythm game - Melody's Escape [02/07/2018 -> 02/14/2018]
32. Play a Card or Board game - The Witcher Adventure Game [03/05/2018 -> 03/31/2018]
33. Play a game featured in the recent user updates - Spec Ops: The Line [04/26/2018 -> 05/01/2018]
34. Play a game with a score of 7.0 or below - Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India [01/01/2018 -> 01/02/2018]
35. Play a game you yourself requested to be added into the MVGL database - MONMUSU [05/26/2018 -> 07/05/2018]
36. Play a game that starts with the same letter as your username - Hitman 2: Silent Assassin [04/02/2018 -> 04/13/2018]
37. Play a remake/remaster of a game - Pokemon FireRed Version [04/14/2018 -> 04/21/2018]
38. Play a game that is based on a movie/tv series/book/comic - GoldenEye 007 [02/10/2018 -> 02/22/2018]
39. Play a game that was made into a movie/tv series/book/comic - BloodRayne [03/03/2018 -> 03/06/2018]
40. Play a game with an adjective in the title - Wolfenstein: The New Order [01/15/2018 -> 01/20/2018]
41. Play a game which is available on Steam - Half-Life 2: Lost Coast [05/26/2018 -> 05/26/2018]

1. Torchlight II

2. Hollow Knight

3. Watch Dogs

4. Marie's Room

5. Fire Emblem: Awakening
   

6. Castle Crashers

7. Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

8. Stories: The Path of Destinies

9. The Walking Dead: A New Frontier

10. SoulWorker

11. Tomb Raider: Legend
    N/A

12. Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

13. Deep Space Waifu

14. Rayman 2: The Great Escape

15. Agents of Mayhem

16. Oxenfree

17. Mirror's Edge

18. Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
    

19. Assassin's Creed Syndicate

20. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
    N/A - Steam screenshot didn't work.

21. Metroid: Zero Mission

22. Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

23. Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle

24. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

25. BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

26. Tales of Zestiria
    

27. Mutiny!!
    

28. Scribblenauts Unlimited

29. Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
    N/A

30. Antichamber
    N/A

31. Alan Wake

32. Melody's Escape

33. The Witcher Adventure Game

34. Spec Ops: The Line

35. Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India

36. MONMUSU
    

37. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

38. Pokemon FireRed Version
    

39. GoldenEye 007

40. BloodRayne

41. Wolfenstein: The New Order

42. Half-Life 2: Lost Coast

No surprise after setting the difficulty to Death March on the first playthrough, I've had my ass kicked by bandits and guts torn to shreds by monsters over and over and over again for 30 odd hours. The first ghoul fight in the very beginning of the game must have killed me numerous times and ate my corpse, didn't help that I totally forget that I have Quen in the beginning.

Managed to get to level 15 now 48 hours in, game is now much easier once I've got a good variety of potions, bombs, swords and armor. Dying a lot less, now they're due to stupid mistakes, wrong positioning on group encounters and bad preparation/strategy on boss fights.

Also helps that I can just walk into people's homes and loot everything lol.

Well I managed to finally finish off the last achievement outstanding on Deus Ex: Mankind Divided/Breach on this fine Sunday afternoon.

To be honest I found Breach to be really fun despite all the negativity surrounding it, and as for the micro-transactions within Breach. It was never really a necessity as most of the time you'll be earning credits at a fast rate during NETWORK_0 and NETWORK_1.

For those of you who are curious what the Ghost Servers are all about, they are random servers generated daily on a special network. At the end of the network if you are rewarded with a Master Pack with high rates of obtaining A or S rank items. However, just be aware that to actually start dominating some of the servers you will need at least 1 Firewall key, if you don't have any you can just buy one off the shop for 50K credits.

These servers are not very difficult and if you've already finished NETWORK_4A then these servers shouldn't be any problems for you. As always just keep your trigger finger ready, top up your ammo and get ready to make a quick escape.

This is probably the most difficult Prime Unit server that I've dealt with in the entire network, I've highlighted my approach to tackling this server in some steps below. Keep in mind this is only one way of dealing with the Prime Unit, this was the most efficient way with the setup I have.

The strategy I used for this server was to keep the Titan Aug on for as long as possible to fulfill the server preloaded patch criteria and be able to survive while at the same time dishing out some serious damage.

Here you can see that the server is preloaded with a Damage Ban patch which makes things harder if you are aiming for a high score. To help with Titan Aug maintenance we added an S-Rank and A-Rank Energy Modifier. If you've invested in Energy Augs then you can swap out the A-Rank for a Avatar Weakness Patch for a higher score multipler since you can't get hurt during Titan.

Next you're going to want to unlock or turn-on your Titan Aug and invest in the energy saving enhancements which will help greatly. If you have enough praxis consider investing in the Energy Aug tree to further boost your energy.

Next on the preparation is too load out your inventory with:

1. Biocells
2. Energy Expansion Kits
3. A High DPS Weapon (S-Rank Preferable)
4. AP Bullets
5. EMP Grenades/Mines (Disable The Sentry Bot When It Moves Towards You)

Lastly you should fine-tune your weapon for DPS as much as possible, as I've said before S-Rank is preferred as it has the most upgrades and damage potential. Also you should take off the silencer if you have one because it will reduce your damage output.

Once you enter the server hide behind the railing a bit north of where you spawn and you should see a Sentry Bot with a yellow warning sign. Next turn on the Titan Aug and start unloading your weapon on the robot, you can drop some EMP mines if it starts walking towards you. At this point you may wonder why you even need Titan if the robot is disabled, the reason is that once you start the fight, every sniper and gunner in the Santeau Server will start sniping you and without Titan your health will drop faster than Jensen's Icarus Strike.

That's all I've got, have fun in Breach.

After clocking in about 846 hours between both Skyrim Legendary Edition and Skyrim Special Edition, I can fully say I am completely done with this game and will no longer be (re)-playing this game for the foreseeable future. There comes a time when you've played a game long enough that you have to move-on and do something new regardless of how many new features or mods come out for the game (Skyrim).

I've had a blast with Skyrim and with the addition of modding have added countless hours of gameplay and customization to the game. My final goal for both games were to complete all the achievements, all 75 of them and complete all DLC as well. In the end my final level in SE is level 80, specializing in 2-Handed combat, saved Tamriel from Alduin and engaged in a Death Match between the first Dragonborn and the last Dragonborn in the realm of oblivion.

Ecstasy for a completion freak like me.

I'm done, my Dragonborn bids you all farewell.

Posted this on my main profile as well, this is for those who are curious and also for those who have also ascended.
I will most likely start to include some comments about performance in my game reviews if they are directed towards the PC version.

CPU: Intel Core i7 6770k @ 4.5Ghz
Motherboard: MSI Z170A Gaming M5
Memory: G.Skill TridentZ 32GB DDR4
GPU: MSI Radeon R9 390X 8GB
PSU: EVGA GQ 850W
Storage 1: Samsung 750 EVO 250GB
Storage 2: Corsair Force LE 480GB
Storage 3: HyperX Savage 480GB
Storage 4: HyperX Savage 480GB

Display: ASUS VG248QE 1080p 144Hz
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 760T

Mouse: Corsair Scimitar
Keyboard: Coolermaster Storm QuickFire Ultimate (Cherry MX Blue)

Lastly one of my personal favorite characters to play, it's my old OG Karok.