01. A new game (released within the past year)
Released 20/03/2024

02. An old game (released 10+ years ago)
Released 05/06/2007

03. A really old game (released 20+ years ago)
Released 25/03/1994

04. An ancient game (released 30+ years ago)
Released 17/12/1988

05. A time sink (50+ hours)

06. A quickie (less than an hour)

07. A remake or remaster of a game
(Remaster)

08. A game with 6+ endings
Ciel A ✅, Ciel B ✅, Vlov ✅, Fully Powered Ciel ✅, Aoko ✅, Shiki ✅

09. A collection of games
Ghost of Sparta
God of War II

10-1. A game that’s title starts with a number

10-2. A game named after the main character
Lara Croft

10-3. A game that starts with the letter Q or Z

11. A game from a genre you don’t normally play
Autorunner

12-1. A game adapted from another medium
Tabletop RPG to Video game

12-2. A game adapted into another medium
Book(Memory of Heroes), Comic(Manga by Yuu Kaimeiji), Anime(FF:Unlimited)

13-1. A game with a short title (4 letters or less)

13-2. A game with a long title (8+ words or a word with 13+ letters)

14-1. A game with over 1k completions
+1700

14-2. A game with under 100 completions
24

15-1. A game you previously retired or shelved.
Saved in trap but also memory card died.

15-2. A replay

16. A game that’s been a Game of the Month
#117 October 2024 https://howlongtobeat.com/user/abatage/lists/205/HLTB-Game-of-the-Month

17. A game chosen by the HLTB randomizer

18. A game with a real or fictional religion
Imperial Cult, Talos Cult, Almsivi Tribunal, Daedric Cults, Ashlanders followers of the Nerevarine Cult.

19-1. A “threequel” (third part of the series) TR III
34. A game that started a long-running franchise (7+ games) TR I
42. A game with a female protagonist TR II

19-2. A spin-off

20. A cornerstone of gaming culture.
Due to this game we got ESRB, PEGI and the like, games censored in countries and fatalities, movies, comics, tv shows, inspiration of other games like Killer Instinct, Bloodstorm.

21. A game where you play as an anti-hero or villain
https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/James_Sunderland
✅

22. A game heavily featuring zombies

23. A game that hasn't aged well

24. An indie game
This is a remake of the original, I think Type Moon nowadays is no Indie but when they started they were.

25-1. A game that takes place after a timeskip (5+ years)
Previous mainline Tomb Raider Underworld released in 2008

25-2. A game that takes place at the same time as another game in the series
TES:Arena takes place around 3E 389-399, TES II: Daggerfall around 3E 405-417. AESL: Battlespire between 3E 396-405 so at the end of Arena start of Daggerfall

26. A sequel that's more famous than the original
I didn't knew about the frst two GTAs until recently.

26. A sequel that's more famous than the original

27. A game that has no business being in its series
The black sheep of the bunch seemingly rushed and filled with technical issues, the only main TR game below 63 in Metacritic, if not counting Chronicles then the only below 75

28. A game from a franchise that rarely gets new games.
Last Uncharted game was back in 2017 ~8 years ago

29. A game with an interesting hook.
The FFVII hook https://www.nexusmods.com/finalfantasy7remake/mods/74 hehe the opening is now a classic and in the remake even better introduced to a rich world, Aerith, Avalanche & the evil Shinra corporation.

30-1. A game with a great plot twist
Bad guy wins or did he?

30-2. A game with a bad plot twist
I liked Game of Thrones I think the secret is if you are going to kill a protagonist you have bonded with let the retribution be possible and have other protagonists to hold onto.

31-1. The definitive edition of a game (or GOTY edition, Ultimate Edition, Deluxe edition, etc.)

31-2. The base game version of a game with several DLCs or Editions
6 Editions in 2D version of the game and 7 in 3D version also the Whole publishing confusion from Japan to USA where FF3 was equal to FF6.

32-1. A platform exclusive
(PS3)

32-2. A game available on 7+ platforms
Xbox360, XboxOne, Windows10, Windows11, PS4, PS5, MacOS, Linux, Stadia

33. A game you beat to 100% completion
Platinum trophy
✅

35. A recent (within the last 5 years) game in a long-running franchise (7+ games)
Released 2021

36. A game that's smaller than 100MB
~31MB

37. A game that won any category in the SPIKE Video Game awards or the Game Awards hosted by Geoff Keighley
2023 Game Awards winner in Best Game Direction, Best Art Direction and Best Narrative.

38. A game that made it out of Development Hell (5+ years)
Development started around 2004, officially announced in 2005, expected release in 2008 actual release delayed until 2011 so around 7 years in the making.

39. A game where the characters speak a language you don't understand (can be real or fictional)
old greek, egyptian, norse, prostagma?