Completions Continue With Rewards Challenge Success

This week saw the Microsoft Rewards 10k Challenge continue with the starting of Lanternium.

Jan 8th saw 12 unlocks on the above for a total of 800 G. The last few levels of the colourful puzzler took more effort than the earlier ones and meant that the completion moved into the 9th. 

This day saw the last unlock for a total of 200 G and moved the total completions for the month up to five.

The next day saw another new start in the form of Without Escape which proved to be a fairly short completion with 12 unlocks for 1000 G. The game itself is a point and click but with a horror theme to it.

The final part of the 10k challenge saw the starting of Hardcube, a game that truly lived up to its name as some of the levels proved very difficult with some taking between 20-25 minutes to plan and complete successfully. The progress itself saw eight unlocks for a total of 570 G.

The following day saw the game completed with yet more difficult levels passed in the early morning for a total of five unlocks for 430 G. The day's progress saw the month's total completions move to seven with the goal of one per week in 2021 going strong with seven weeks done in that sense. 

The final game of the week was Doug Hates His Job which is one I have been looking at for a while and due to its being on sale recently, snapped up as its quite an interesting game. The first day of progress saw 11 unlocks for a total of 700 G. 

The week came to an end with the final three unlocks for a total of 300 G and brings the totals for the month to 182 unlocks for 13,045 G. Also as the new board layout makes it easier to produce the images, a return to the old way of daily posts should begin with tomorrow's progress on the 15th. 

 

Completions Aplenty Open 2021

 After falling massively behind with this blog, a decision to reboot for 2021 overruled trying to even try and catch up the backlog so here is Week One of 2021.The year began with play on Mushroom Savior.

The opening day of the year as mentioned above began Mushroom Savior with a good session resulting in seven unlocks for a total of 800 G. Playing saw the progress from the first to seventh level with ease. 

The next day saw Mushroom Savior continue with five further unlocks for a total of 900 G. 

The third day saw a change with play on the recent Game Pass addition in Tetris Effect Connected. Play involved entering 'The Zone' for a total of ten minutes with around 90 seconds possible per zone so this unlock for 15G took a fair amount of effort to achieve. 

After yesterday's play on Tetris Effect Connected, play resumed on Mushroom Savior with a single unlock of 200 G. 

Today's progression saw the completion of 20 of the games 30 playable levels meaning completion was within reach. 

The first completion of the year was accomplished on Jan 5th with the final two unlocks on Mushroom Savior totalling 200G.

This involved finishing all 30 playable levels and in doing so defeating the Evil Tree which took a number of attempts.

A new game for the year but one played a lot in previous years is World of Tanks which has had a number of name changes and updates with the latest making gameplay and the menu layouts a lot different and sadly worse than the previous iterations.  Play today saw three unlocks for a total of 30G.

The week ended in style with the Microsoft Rewards 10000G challenge in full swing with three starts and three completions. First up was Cold Silence which saw a total of 60 unlocks for a total of 1000 G. The game is a platformer and one of the Xitilion group as are todays other two games which are famous for being edited and re-edited after Microsoft issues. 

Next up was the duo of Castle of No Escape and its sequel Castle of No Escape 2. The original game saw 20 unlocks for 3000G. This one is a top down room explorer with play limited to a grid style. 

Sept-Dec 2016 Catch-Up

The catch-up of last year's statistics continue with the summaries from September-December.

September

September saw the run of 100+ unlocks per month continue comfortably with a total of 155.

The platform split returned with a 135/20 divide so a strong performance on the Xbox One.

Completion wise, the month saw a double with Bedlam and Galaga. The other totals saw a huge 9399 TA with a 7954/1445 divide and the gamer score saw a total of 4035 G with a 3090/985 divide.

A trio of gaming goals began by reaching 9000 achievements on the 20th, 300000 TA on the 21st and finally hitting a 1000 day achievement streak on the 23rd.

October

October saw the run of 100+ unlocks per month continue comfortably with a total of 160.

The platform split continued with a 96/64 divide so a strong performance on the Xbox One but also a good haul from the X360/Windows platforms.

Completion wise, the month saw a double with Monopoly Plus and Forza Horizon both on the Xbox 360.

The other totals saw a huge 7230 TA with a 4574/2656 divide and the gamer score saw a total of 4895 G with a 3095/1800 divide.

No gaming goals reached this month.

November

November saw the run of 100+ unlocks per month continue comfortably with a total of 170.

The platform split continued but for the first time across the year the Xbox One was not the leader with an 83/87 divide.

Completion wise, the month saw a single in the form of Touchdown Hero (Windows 8). The other totals saw 5983 TA with a 3920/2063 divide and the gamer score saw a total of 3590 G with a 2170/1420 divide.

A duo of gaming goals this month starting with hitting 10000 G on the Windows platform on the 10th followed by reaching 194,358 G (11th) meaning the total G for the year beat the 2015 haul. 

December

December saw the run of 100+ unlocks per month span the entire year and this month comfortably with a total of 160. The platform split continued with a return to the led from the Xbox One in a 106/60 divide.

Completion wise, the month saw double with Minecraft- Story Mode (X1) and Cut The Rope (Win 8). The other totals saw a huge 8102 TA with a 5851/2251 divide and the gamer score saw a total of 4295 G with a 2860/1435 divide.

A quartet of gaming goals to end 2016 began by reaching 319219 TA (20th) to beat the haul of 2015, hitting a 1096 day (3 years) achievement streak, 9516 achievements to complete trio of main records that makes 2016 the 'Best Ever Year' and reaching 200000 G with the trio of goals coming on the 28th.

The overall totals for the year - 1731 achievements (1399 on X1/332 on X360/Win), 78734 TA (67090 on X1/ 11644 on X360/Win) and 46385 G (39110 on X1/7275 on X360/Win).

A duo of gaming goals this month starting with hitting 10000 G on the Windows platform on the 10th followed by reaching 194,358 G (11th) meaning the total G for the year beat the 2015 haul. 

May-August 2016 Catch-Up

After a huge delay in catching up the backlog on this blog, finally 2016's statistics can be continued with this post featuring May- August.

May

May saw the run of 100+ unlocks per month continue with a total of 134. The platform split saw a 129/5 divide- a huge domination for the Xbox One.

Completion wise, the month saw two in the form of Life is Strange and Coffin Dodgers.

 
The other totals saw a haul of 3347 with a 3297/50 divide while the gamer score saw a total of 3095 G with a split of 3055/40.No gaming goals completed this month.

June

June saw the run of 100+ unlocks per month just about continue with a total of 103. The platform split saw a 101/2 divide -a near complete domination for the Xbox One.

Completion wise, the month was the second of 2016 without a completed game.The other totals saw a haul of 5514 with a 5498/16 divide while the gamer score saw a total of 3760 G with a split of 3745/15.

A trio of gaming goals in June began with reaching 275,000 TA on the 2nd followed by 8500 unlocks on the 11th and 175,000 G on the 22nd. Great milestones ahead of the year's midpoint.

July

July saw the run of 100+ unlocks per month continue comfortably with a total of 217. The platform split saw a 214/3 divide -a near complete domination for the Xbox One.

Completion wise, the month saw one in the form of Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition.

  

The other totals saw a haul of 6137 with a 6096/41 divide while the gamer score saw a total of 3690 G with a split of 3650/40.A duo of gaming goals in July saw 75000 G (12th) and 3000 unlocks (14th) both on Xbox One.

August

August saw the run of 100+ unlocks per month continue with a total of 119. For the first time in a while, there was no platform split due to a domination from the Xbox One.

Completion wise, the month saw one in the form of The Fall. 

  

The other totals saw a haul of 7240 TA and 4525 G.

No gaming goals earned this month.

January- April Catch Up

After beginning a backlog catch-up at the start of the year, 2016 has seen a gigantic lull in blogging updates with gaming suffering the most. The catch up has finally begun and starts with monthly summaries only while the daily/weekly statistics are being collated which has taken a long time with such a backlog.

January

Continuing from where the opening blog for the year left off, January started 2016 in good form with 152 unlocks to extend the run of 100+ per month.

The platform was 122/30 so a huge domination for the 'current gen'. Just one completed game this month in the form of Cubot -The Complexity of Simplicity.

The other totals saw a haul of 7783 TA with a 7148/635 divide while the gamer score saw a total of 4800 G with a split of 4325/475.

The first gaming goal of the year came on the 22nd as I finally reached 250,000 TA.

February

February continued the good start to the year with a slight reduction on January with 141 unlocks to extend the run of 100+ per month.

The platform split was 133/8 which saw not only a huge domination from the 'current gen' but a sorry total for the X360 era.

The other totals saw a haul of 6196 TA with a 6027/169 divide while the G achieved was 3535 with a split of 3415/120.

No game completions this month though sadly but there was success in terms of goals with 8000 unlocks reached.

March

March continued the run of 100+ unlocks for the year but with a slightly lower total of 111 overall.

The platform split was 96/15 meaning another month dominated by the current gen but one which saw the figures for the non X1 platforms improve.

The other totals saw a haul of 6419 TA with a 5539/880 divide while the G achieved was 3600 with a split of 3110/490.

A single completion this month in Lego Marvel Super Heroes. 

April

April just about continued the run of 100+ unlocks for the year with a slightly lower total of exactly 100 unlocks.

The platform split was 62/38 meaning that the non X1 platforms formed over a third of the total for the first time in 2016.

The other totals saw a haul of 6385 TA with a 3994/2392 divide while the G achieved was 2405 with a split of 1950/455.

A single completion this month in Riptide GP2,

This summary was originally started earlier in the year but after such a backlog of writing and blogging has taken until November to complete.

The next post will see May-August catch-up but the timescale of publishing is unconfirmed at present.

January Begins In the Past

Hopefully, the proposed weekly posts I tested in the back end of 2015 will be caught up in time for February but it's been said before so there is no guarantee. January began with a single achievement on the first day as I continued on Back To The Future on the Xbox One for 15 G.

The session continued into the following day with two further achievements on Back To The Future before starting on Child Of Light on the Xbox One which saw two further unlocks taking the total for the day to four and 90 G.




Jan 3rd saw a long awaited return from Jetpack Joyride (W8) which produced a single unlock before a huge debut for Goosebumps- The Game (X1) which resulted in ten unlocks making the day's total 11 achievements for a total of 215 G.




The session on Goosebumps- The Game continued into the 4th with seven further unlocks before the return of Rare Replay (X1) resulted in a single unlock bringing the total to eight for a total of 175 G.






Jan 5th saw the return of Spectra (X1) which was started back in Nov 15 and the return saw six unlocks for a great total of 200 G. The game has a good balance between point-to-point driving and retro graphics.

The first backward compatible play of the year came on the 6th as Dirt Showdown (X360) raced in for a debut of nine unlocks for a total of 100 G and what a great game it is to play despite its age!





Completing the first week of 2016, Dirt Showdown continued from the previous day and for a game that came out back in 2012, I'm puzzled as to how I had never known I owned it as it was a Games With Gold download just unsure as to when. The session resulted five unlocks for 60 G bringing the weekly total to 39 achievements for 795 G.

December/2015 Summaries

After finally getting around to catching up my posts left over from the end of November, the chance to do weekly summaries for December would make them out of date so I'll do the December summary coupled with the overall stats for 2015 before catching up on January itself.


December 

The final month of end of 2015 saw the run of 100+ unlocks per month continue which meant that I had reached a full year of centurion months. The month saw a total of 108 unlocks with a wide split of 89/19 across the platforms.

The other totals saw a haul of 5543 TA with a 4710/833 divide while the gamerscore saw a total of 3165 G with a split of 2785/380.


The final three gaming goals which were within reach for the year were all successful with the goal of  beating 2014's unlock total completed on the 24th. Followed by the achieving on 150 different games goal came on the 27th and the 2-year achievement streak/730 days on the 28th.

Two completions came in the month with Lego Jurassic World (X1) on the 18th followed by Stick It To The Man (X1) on the final day of the year.

2015

The year itself surpassed all records from the previous one to take the title of 'Best Ever Gaming Year' with the primary trio of records coming in the form of 1688 achievements (prev. 1652), 74,954 TA points (prev. 51,932) and 39,743 G (prev. 32,047).

Due to being the best year overall, 2014 featured a total of 35 milestones including...

• Completed games- 45 (Mar), 50 (Jun) and 55 (Oct)
• Achievements won- 6,250 (Jan), 6,500 (Mar), 6,750 (Jun), 7,000 (Jul), 7,250 (Sep), 7,500 (Oct) and 7,750 (Dec)
• TA score- 170,000, 175,000 (Jan), 180,000 (Feb),185,000 (Mar), 190,000,195,000 (Apr), 200,000 (May), 210,000 (Jul) 220,000 (Aug), 230,000 (Oct) and 240,000 (Dec).
• Gamerscore- 115,000 (Jan), 120,000 (Mar), 125,000 (Apr), 130,000 (May), 135,000 (Jul),  140,000 (Sep), 145,000 (Oct) and 150,000 (Nov).

So overall a great 2015 with plans and goals already in place to try and equal the success in 2016.

 

November Summary

After playing catch-up with the blog updates for November, here is the summary of the month as a whole...

November

The end of 2015 is just  a month away and after this month, just the annual achievement record is on the to-do list.

November saw a reasonable total of 131 achievements which continues the streak of 100+ in every month so far this year.

The biggest positive of month was reaching my all-time goal of 150,000 G (11th) which was coupled with just one completion in the form of Costume Quest 2 (X360).

In terms of numbers, November had a spread of 79 on Xbox One and a decent total of 52 on the Xbox 360/Windows platforms.

The other totals saw a haul of 4336 G split at 2739 (X1) and 1897 (X360/Win) coupled with 6317 TA split at 3262 (X1) and 3055 (X360/Win).

Lego Jurassic World Dominates November Finale

This post focuses on the final week of November from the 23rd-30th with the monthly summary to follow in the next post.

The 23rd saw Halo-The Master Chief Collection continue from the previous day with two further achievements for a total of 20 G.

The following day saw the return of Minecraft-Story Mode with Episode 2 being the focus with the outcome of six achievements for a nice haul of 200 G. The next episode came into play the following day with five achievements unlocked for 135 G. The third episode was completed on the 26th with the last two achievements unlocked for 65 G.

The 27th saw Lego Jurassic World return with a long session across the story mode and hub worlds resulting in eight achievements for a reasonable 130 G.  The session continued into the next day resulting in a further two achievements for 40 G. Another two unlocks came the following day for just 30G as the game began to dominate the week.

The month ended with the debut of the Xbox 360 version of Frozen Freefall - Snowball Fight which saw four achievements unlocked for a total of 220 G.