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Kawika's Game Journal of 2014

Update 1/2/2014: Its a new year and I decided to do it all over again. I enjoyed the journal last year. It made the games I played a lot more memorable. I might track trophies & achievements this year. I don't really care about that stuff so its likely I won't but its just a thought.

Well its July and I have completely neglected this list. I am going to try to put it in some order. Dates may be alittle off and games might be out of order.

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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

1. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

Finished: 1/15/2014 Wow, that was a great game. I really powered through it. This is a big game and I for whatever reason felt I should collect it all. I think the game could be finished a lot quicker if decided to just skip out on some of the collectibles. I skipped AC3 and I really feel bad for doing so. Everyone hated AC1 and I loved it. It had its problems but in the end my take away was greater than what was repetitive. Without spoiling anything about the story or the characters, the game ends in a satisfying way with one exception. Does anyone care about the real world sequences? Some people didn't like Desmond but I thought he was infinitely more enjoyable to the faceless soulless Goo...Abstergo employee you are forced into. If Ubisoft wants to keep the modern day thing going, they need to make it worth while. I thought that whole bit was a waste of time and completely devoid of fun. Black Flag was great. I really hope they start mixing these franchises up a lot more. I think it would be nice to alternate between these black flag style games and the traditional AC games. If I finished this last year, I think it might have made my game of the year. 15 days late isn't that bad. Who am I kidding, it still would have been Last of Us. 1/2/2014 Update: I couldn't finish this in December so it will be the first game pushed from my backlog to 2014. I am loving this game. I really, really don't want it to end. This has been my favorite AC game since AC2. Without getting too deep into the story, I really miss actually playing an Ezio or Altair type of character. Maybe the monastic story line has gone a little stale but maybe it just needs a little more attention too. Either way, this game is great and I think I am going to buy the DLC for it.

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

2. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Finished 1/31/2014 What a wonderful game. The Scandinavian styled fairy tail of two brothers on a journey to save their father. Emotional, funny, and breath taking, this journey tested what I thought possible in a game's story. Even more so, because there wasn't a single line of text or one actual word spoken. I highly recommend this game. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is up there with Bastion as far as one of my favorite downloadable titles. Trophies collected 100%

Bravely Default

3. Bravely Default

Bravely Default Demo Finished 1/4/2014: So I'm counting this as a game finished because it was a complete side story. I was able to max out all classes and max out my character levels. I'm really excited for the main game now.

Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn

4. Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn

PS4 Beta

inFamous: Second Son

5. inFamous: Second Son

The Elder Scrolls Online

6. The Elder Scrolls Online

beta

Titanfall

7. Titanfall

Beta

Diablo III: Reaper of Souls

8. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls

Hearthstone

9. Hearthstone

Watch Dogs

10. Watch Dogs

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