Excuse me, but you mean to say you never got to experience the whole game and the expansion, just because you were stuck in one mission? The expansion has got 3 more campaigns, plus the 4 of the main game, that's 7 campaigns in total. And that mission of the undead is only at the end of the 2nd campaign! So, you haven't played through 5 campaigns, due to just one mission?!! It isn't a shame if one uses cheats to help him pass something difficult, in order for him to peacefully experience the whole... experience. Please consider it again, and start anew (if you still have the game).

I'm currently at the 2nd mission of the first campaign of the expansion, and I already like it more than the main game! In the expansion you can also use ships to move your army among islands (of the same map), and the borders of the Upkeep have been increased by 10. So, it's now 0-50 No Upkeep (instead of 0-40), and 51-80 Low Upkeep (instead of 41-70). The top is still at 90.

Oh, that was way back, 2003-2004 I think, and never had the expansion. And when I figured out how the orcs played, I didn't want to play their campaign to begin with. Plus that I suck at RTSs anyway and generally they're an exercise in frustration. Or were, haven't played one in a very long time... There were Kohan 2 and Homeworld 2, not quite sure of the order since I'm not quite sure when I played HW anymore, but Kohan 2 was in 2010. And then, unless HW2 was somehow later, which I really doubt, the last was Empire Earth in early 2012, just went through the pre-modern campaigns, no interest in modern warfare.
So just finished K2 and HW2, fair and square, and those may be the only ones, forgot whether I finished the original StarCraft campaign fairly or with cheats or not at all. Know a mission stopped me just shy of finishing BroodWar, think it was the next to last, and way back I used cheats heavily to get through Warcraft 2 and the expansion. And I largely poked at AoE1 and its expansion back in the day, not sure how far I got, and really banged my head against AoE2, tried the first scenario of each campaign available and seem to remember managing to beat a single one, being stopped by the second in that campaign and the first in the rest.
Otherwise, poked a little at the first Command and Conquer and Red Alert and a Dune game, but way back in the day and just poked at them briefly. And I think that's the entire list.

RoboCop: Rogue City (XSX)

A decent AA standard game for people that may be tired of all the modern hyperactive shooters- like Doom and Borderlands 3. As you would expect, this is slower paced and more deliberate combat- Robo controls like a small mech and can take a bit of punishment.

I think it pays respect to the source material...though it's a long time since I watched the original movie- but it feels about right, with corny dialogue straight from 80's cinema and with that industrial cyberpunk feel to it. It's well worth it for the cheap price it sells for on sale.

Endless Stairwell

A fully active (except for one section) incremental game.

The numbers start reasonable, with you fighting enemies, getting experience, leveling up, and eventually progressing further in the game. But then you start to see some bigger numbers, you're gaining multiple levels at once, and a prestige mechanic is introduced. Further on, the numbers get to the point where math breaks down, any attack either does nothing or is an instant kill (no RNG; it's just that the representable numbers are too far apart to do damage that doesn't round to 0 without killing), and even that +75% XP boost you can get with a temporary rune is meaningless.

By the time you reach the end of the game, the numbers are so big that one no longer has a good sense of their size.

I'm very sure I've reached a higher level in this game than is possible to reach in any other game in existence.

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

The first The Darkside Detective game was one of my memorable gaming experience back in 2020 (huh, just realized 5 years gone by already) so when I could get the sequel cheaply I couldn't resist. The prequel was just a right game at the right place with no fat in it. But a year ago when I first installed the 2nd one and played it I could only managed to solved 2 cases and was not really interested in finishing the others.

But I got through them this week. Perhaps I'm just getting weary and bitter and old in this last 2 years all the puns and humors in this one failed to grabbed me. Finishing them in around 3 days but couldn't really enjoyed the cases. It's not the game, it's just probably me.

Panzer Corp Gold (Steam)

The spiritual successor to Panzer General and Allied General. Some of my all-time favorite games. I've played the base campaign before, but I replayed it using the new updated rules. The base game campaign takes about 40 hours and pretty much replicates the original Panzer General campaign right down to the victory requirements of taking all objectives or take them faster for a decisive victory. The campaign has many branches, depending upon level of victory or loss. Do it right and you end up in America.

Grand Campaign

The gold version of the game that is now sold comes with all DLC. That includes the massive Grand Campaign, that I finished. It consists of 10 linked campaigns, take your core German forces from 39 through to 45 on the eastern front or branch to the Western front from 42/43 to 45. It took me over 300 hours to do all of it! At the end of each year the game saves your core force to take into the next season. The Grand Campaign tries to be more realistic, and it is in terms of victory conditions at least. It is also annoying when some battles introduce scripted events that change conditions mid scenario.

It's a great experience, though not without its annoyances. I really hate how the enemy jumps you many turns using off map waves of aircraft (with full fuel) that you cannot see coming. It feels really cheap that they don't abide by the same rules as the player. Also, the prestige rewards are so miserly, that it just doesn't seem worth the effort and losses trying for decisive victories in many scenarios. In fact, sometimes you get more prestige by not trying for decisive victories! Like one mission where I looked at the map and decided to just deploy only half my force and concede a decisive victory and just defend behind the Dnepr River...gaining over 1000 prestige per turn because my force was so small. I'd much rather the game really encourage trying for decisive victories.

Nevertheless, a long and great experience. I've begun the Afrika Korp campaign...but I'm finally starting to run out of steam after 350 hours, so will probably shelve the other campaigns to come back to.

Baldur's Gate EE (Steam)

I've played the regular version a few times, including once with the mod that joins it to BG2. The EE is now the one stop way to just get straight in and play without modding. Even if you don't want the new characters, you can simply not recruit them. I did use the new characters and did their quests, since I've played the vanilla version of the game a few times anyway.

I played as a Monk and I intend to take the character through to the end of BG2 eventually- but not right now. I like playing monks and Sorcerers because they are the least equipment dependent- which allows good equipment to go to the rest of the party whilst still having a powerful main. I eventually finalized my party with the more evil and neutral party members, such as Viconia. I did this by maintaining my reputation slightly negative or neutral.

I pretty much cleared the entire map and all dungeons, including all of the Tales of the Sword Coast areas. I'm sure I missed a few quests here and there, but it's close to a full completionist playthrough. I still prefer the first game to BG2...as there are far less scripted sequences in the first game- you know those big fights where your party get taken over by a cutscene, walk into the middle of a room to have a chat and then get ambushed like fools. I hate that shit and it's something Bioware became known for. I also like the first game more for its more open feel to the map- you can just start at the bottom and work your way, clearing everything as you go.

Anyway, I don't feel like going straight to The Siege of Dragonspear- I'll leave that until a later time when I feel like some more Infinity Engine gameplay.

Ultima II

My second time ever playing through this classic, about 40 years apart! It's grindy of course, but what old school RPG wasn't? Good nostalgia value for an old timer like myself, and has me ready to move onto Ultima III for another 2nd time play through decades apart. Hope everyone out there is enjoying their games as much as I'm enjoying mine!

Golden Idol Mysteries, Jul 1 (Netflix)-Wrapped up the two DLCs for The Case of the Golden Idol. Here we get the prequel story for the main game. They were fun but a little easier than the first game. The final case had several grammatical errors that made solving it very difficult. I had to look up a spoiler for it and found a lot of people had issue with it. Looking forward to playing the sequel.

Full List

Include me, thanks
(another late post after abt a year of inactivity)

Games finished in 2025 (date format is dd/mm):
7/4: Half-Life 2 (PC/Steam) (20h)
27/4: Half-Life 2: Episode One (PC/Steam) (5h)
3/5: Half-Life 2: Episode Two (PC/Steam) (7h)
20/5: Rise of the Half Moon (Google Doodle) (30mins) (completed April cards)
23/5: AirStrike 2 (PC/Unlicensed) (1.5h)
29/5: Portal (PC/Steam) (3.5h)
5/6: Figment (PC/GOG) (5.5h)
5/6: Dear Esther: Landmark Edition (PC/Steam) (2h)
28/6: A Space for the Unbound (PC/Steam) (10h)
29/6: Florence (PC/Steam) (30mins)

(if you realize the significant increase in number of games beaten, it's cuz I finally got my own hardware that can handle most of the games in my library)

2024 - 2 games
2023 - 6 games
2022 - 5 games

I think you mean 2025 :)

oh right sry lol

En Garde!

Borderlands 2 (max level)

Borderlands The Pre-Sequel (max level)

Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

Borderlands (max level)

The Invincible

Atlas Fallen

Redfall

The Division 2 & Warlords of New York

The Division

The Gunk (GOG)

Robocop: Rogue City (GOG)

Sir Whoopass: Immortal Death (GOG)

Devil's Hunt

Hogwarts Legacy