Day 14: Looking back at 2007

Internet went out again today then I went shopping so I didn't get to work on what I was originally cooking up so I figured I'd take a look back at my chart of games I'd finished and see what kind of years I've had. I didn't start keeping track until recently so I don't have hard dates beyond 2007, so I'm going to start there.

Gamecube:
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Nintendo DS:
Kirby Squeak Squad
Mario Kart DS

Xbox 360:
Gears of War

PS2:
DDR SuperNova
Final Fantasy XII
Guitar Hero 2
Katamari Damacy
God of War
God of War 2

Wii:
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
Super Mario Galaxy
Warioware Smooth Moves
Wii Sports

Not bad, 16 games. I didn't own an Xbox so my exposure there was limited though I did get a Wii in the summer. Prior to that I spent most of 2006 playing Guitar Hero 2 and DDR. Over the summer I picked up Final Fantasy XII and God of War 2, fantastic titles if you have the time to dedicate to it. Then later in the year my focus shifted to my shiny new console with Mario Galaxy and Twilight Princess. While I didn't own either of the titles my friends all had Wii consoles and their own sets of games so I figured I'd get the goofy party games like WarioWare and Raving Rabbids. Ultimately we never spent nearly as much time on them as we did on DDR and Guitar Hero. Also, the couple of DS games were fun for a little while but felt too lacking for me to want to buy more.

Twilight Princess, Mario Galaxy, Final Fantasy XII, God of War 1&2, Gears of War and Paper Mario 2. A pretty spectacular lineup of games in my opinion to round out a year. Seven great solo campaigns with a healthy supply of less traditional, off beat party and experimental titles. It'd have been a pretty light year if not for the quality of these games and all the Guitar Hero and DDR moments spread between them, those games never really get old.