List of Games You've Beaten 2021

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Just Finished: Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled (PS4)

I bought this game the day it came out. Started playing it soon after. I only just got around to completing it though. I was enjoying the game but I got stuck on a particular race in the Adventure Mode. I tried playing the game on the Classic difficulty setting. I feel a gamer of my skill level should have been able to clear the game in that mode, yet I hit a wall where I just couldn't win one of the races. I cannot adopt the racing style where you just drift boost for the whole race. The rubber band AI is also bad and the enemies always seem to nail you with an item just before you win. Wanting to clear the game out of my backlog I switched the Easy difficulty. It was definitely easier to beat but I still lost a few races along the way. The Adventure mode doesn't last long if you just want to compete the 16 races and boss faceoffs. However there is a lot of extra goals to go for.  Of course I didn't do any of that. The loading times are atrocious (playing on original model PS4). The graphics and the animation are stellar. The tracks are fun and so are the items. It is great they included tracks from the original and Nitro Kart. I only sampeld the online play. Activision turned this game into a microtransaction fest, even though you could earn the unlockables your own with enough grinding. All the other extra gameplay modes offer nice variety. This is a worthy competitor to Mario Kart, but Mario Kart's mechanics are more forgiving and accessible. There are a lot of obscure Crash characters that I don't care about. I have now played all three of the major Crash releases of this generation. It felt so good to have Crash back at his former glory.

8/10

Full Completed 2021 List:

• Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition (PS Now)
• New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS)
• Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (PS4)
• God of War: Ascension (PS Now)
• Streets of Rage 4 (PS Now)
• Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix HD (PS4)
• Bayonetta 2 (Switch)
• Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered (PS4)
• Gravity Rush Remastered (PS Now)
• WarioWare Gold (3DS)
• Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus (PS Now)
• Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled (PS4)