The August update

✅COMPLEATED (25/64) ❌NOT STARTED (26/64) 🚧IN PROGRESS (13/64)
✅️ 01. A new game (released within the past year) – Silent Hill The Short Message (released 2024) – JUL 02h00m
✅️ 02. An old game (released 10+ years ago) – God of War Ascension (released 2013) – JUL 16h20m
🚧 03. A really old game (released 20+ years ago) – Resident Evil Code Veronica (2000) –
✅️ 04. An ancient game (released 30+ years ago) – Final Fight (1989) – FEB 01h00m
✅️ 05. A time sink (50+ hours) – Street Fighter 6 (111h52m) – FEB 111h52m
✅️ 06. A quick completion (less than an hour) – Street Fighter ONE MR – JUN 00h48m
❌ 07. A game you got for free – Sackboy a Big Adventure –
❌ 08. A game you've been wishing and waiting for – Alan Wake 2 –
✅️ 09-1. A remake or remaster of a game – Resident Evil 4 Remake (+DLC +Mercenaries rank S) – JUN 60h
✅️ 09-2. A game that received new translations sometime after release – Silent Hill: Play Novel (Unofficial Fan Translation) – JAN 02h43m
✅️ 10. A game with 6+ endings – The King of Fighters XV (6/6 Endings Orochi, K, Sacred Treasures, Super Heroine, Secret Agent, CYS) – JUN 39h07m
🚧 11. A collection of games – Resident Evil Origins Collection (REzero + RE1)
❌ 12. A game recommended to you by someone else – Braid –
❌ 13. A game whose title could describe your life – Journey –
🚧 14-1. A game with an alliterative title – Final Fantasy (FainFan)–
🚧 14-2. A game whose title contains the name of a color – BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle –
❌ 14-3. A game whose title starts with a number – 12 Minutes –
✅️ 15. A game that heavily focuses on flight – Final Fantasy Dissidia NT – MAY 121h18m
❌ 16. A game from a genre you don't usually play – Super Meat Boy Forever (Autorunner) –
❌ 17. A game that is themed around dogs or cats – Stray (cats)–
✅️ 18-1. A game that features multiple genres – Arkham Horror Mother's Embrace (Horror, Adventure, Tactical RPG, Digital Version of Tabletop) – AUG 19:19
❌ 18-2. A visual novel or text-based game – Vampire the Masquerade Shadows of New York –
🚧 19. A game where you play as an antihero or a villain – Grand Theft Auto V –
🚧 20-1. A game set in a historical time period – Age of Mythology –
❌ 20-2. A game set in the far future – Signalis –
❌ 21. A game with a female protagonist - Alone in the Dark (Emily Hartwood) –
❌ 22. A game without any humans – Meat Boy –
❌ 23. A game where you play as a robot or an alien – Megaman Legends –
✅️ 24. An arcade-style high score game – Street Fighter V – JUL 04h00m
✅️ 25-1. A game set in a world you would like living in – Magic the Gathering: Arena – MAR 96h26m
❌ 25-2. A game whose protagonist you'd want to be friends with – Super Meat Boy –
❌ 26. A game where you play as a bug or an aquatic creature – The Elder Scrolls: Arena (as an Argonian) –
❌ 27. A game that was adapted from another medium (book, movie, etc.) – Spider-man Miles Morales –
✅️ 28. A game you watched someone else play first (partially or in full) – Street Fighter 2 Turbo: Hyper Fighting – JUN 04h26m
❌ 29. Another person’s favorite game – Uncharted 4 –
✅️ 30. A game with a diverse cast – Street Fighter 4 – JUL 03h00m
✅️ 31. A cornerstone to gaming culture – Street Fighter 3 the 3rd Strike (Evo Moment 37) – JUN 04h
❌ 32. A game that starts with the same first letter as in your username – Vampire the Masquerade Swansong –
🚧 33-1. A “threequel” (third part of a series) – Uncharted 3 –
🚧 33-2. A spin-off game – God of War Betrayal –
❌ 34. A bright and cheerful game – Multiversus –
✅️ 35. A game containing a real or fictional religion – Silent Hill Origins – JAN 22h13m
✅️ 36. A game that heavily features either fire or ice – Silent Hill Shattered Memories (Ice World) – JAN 13h26m
❌ 37. A game that heavily features money – Pay2Win –
✅️ 38. A game with a subtitle – Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors Dreams – JUL 4h00m
🚧 39. A game that surprised you – Resident Evil 5 (Couch Coop FTW!!) –
🚧 40. A post-apocalyptic game – The Last of Us part2 –
❌ 41. A game with a short title (4 letters or less) – Halo –
❌ 42. A game that had a red retirement rating on HLTB when you started playing it (10% or higher) – Vampire the Masquerade Bloodhunt –
🚧 43. A game that one of your favorite artists worked on – Silent Hill 2 Remake (Akira Yamaoka, Masahiro Ito, Team Silent) –
✅️ 44-1. A game you previously retired or put on hold – Silent Hill Homecoming (due to the gamebreaking bugs) – FEB
✅️ 44-2. A game that you have beaten before and are replaying – Silent Hill Downpour (On hard to get the Good A ending) – JUN
🚧 45. A game that is on someone else’s HLTB 2024 Gaming Challenge List – Titanfall 2 (TheDeadQuacker) –
❌ 46-1. A studio's very first game – Grey Matter (Team Meat) –
❌ 46-2. A studio's most recent game (at the time when you started playing the game) – Dr Fetus Mean Meat Machine (Team Meat) –
✅️ 47. A game that had its HLTB times on a purple/red/gray background – Street Fighter The Movie The Game[/I] – JUN 11h07m
❌ 48. A HLTB Game of the Month – Hades (January 2021) –
✅️ 49. A game listed on the HLTB stats page – God of War Chains of Olympus (Filtering PSP) – JAN 7h
✅️ 50. A game chosen by the HLTB randomizer – The King of Fighters 97' – JAN 6h6m

Bonuses:
🚧 Four games, released in the four quarters of a given year of your choice: 2021
❌ 1. Werewolf the Apocalypse: Earthblood Released 03/02/2021 –
🚧 2. Oddworld: Soulstorm Released 05/04/2021 –
❌ 3. Melty Blood: Type Lumina Released 28/09/2021 –
✅️ 4. Alan Wake Remastered Released 04/10/2021 – AUG 25:56
✅️ A single game released in the same year as the previous four, but during the same month as your birthday, if you are up to the challenge, try to be as close to the day itself as you can – The King of Fighters XIV Ultimate Edition Released 19/01/2021 – JAN 24h8m

Ok current progress after July:

✅️Compleated (22/64) ❌Not started (29/64) 🚧In Progress (13/64)
✅️ 01. A new game (released within the past year) – Silent Hill The Short Message (released 2024) – JUL 02h00m
✅️ 02. An old game (released 10+ years ago) – God of War Ascension (released 2013) – JUL 16h20m
🚧 03. A really old game (released 20+ years ago) – Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines (2004) –
✅️ 04. An ancient game (released 30+ years ago) – Final Fight (1989) – FEB 01h00m
✅️ 05. A time sink (50+ hours) – Street Fighter 6 (111h52m) – FEB 111h52m
✅️ 06. A quick completion (less than an hour) – Street Fighter ONE MR – JUN 00h48m
❌ 07. A game you got for free – God of War 3 Remastered –
❌ 08. A game you've been wishing and waiting for – God of War Ragnarok –
✅️ 09-1. A remake or remaster of a game – Resident Evil 4 Remake (+DLC +Mercenaries rank S) – JUN 60h
✅️ 09-2. A game that received new translations sometime after release – Silent Hill: Play Novel (Unofficial Fan Translation) – JAN 02h43m
✅️ 10. A game with 6+ endings – The King of Fighters XV (6/6 Endings Orochi, K, Sacred Treasures, Super Heroine, Secret Agent, CYS) – JUN 39h07m
🚧 11. A collection of games – God of War Saga (Chains of Olympus, Ghost of Sparta, 2) – JAN CoO 07h00m
❌ 12. A game recommended to you by someone else – Braid –
❌ 13. A game whose title could describe your life – Journey –
🚧 14-1. A game with an alliterative title – Final Fantasy –
🚧 14-2. A game whose title contains the name of a color – BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle –
❌ 14-3. A game whose title starts with a number – 12 Minutes –
✅️ 15. A game that heavily focuses on flight – Final Fantasy Dissidia NT – MAY 121h18m
❌ 16. A game from a genre you don't usually play – Super Meat Boy Forever (Autorunner) –
❌ 17. A game that is themed around dogs or cats – Stray –
❌ 18-1. A game that features multiple genres – BlackBook –
❌ 18-2. A visual novel or text-based game – Vampire the Masquerade Shadows of New York –
🚧 19. A game where you play as an antihero or a villain – Grand Theft Auto V –
🚧 20-1. A game set in a historical time period – Age of Mythology –
❌ 20-2. A game set in the far future – Signalis –
❌ 21. A game with a female protagonist - Uncharted Lost Legacy –
❌ 22. A game without any humans – Meat Boy –
❌ 23. A game where you play as a robot or an alien – Megaman Legends –
✅️ 24. An arcade-style high score game – Street Fighter V – JUL 04h00m
✅️ 25-1. A game set in a world you would like living in – Magic the Gathering: Arena – MAR 96h26m
❌ 25-2. A game whose protagonist you'd want to be friends with – Super Meat Boy –
❌ 26. A game where you play as a bug or an aquatic creature – The Elder Scrolls: Arena (as an Argonian) –
❌ 27. A game that was adapted from another medium (book, movie, etc.) – Spider-man Miles Morales –
✅️ 28. A game you watched someone else play first (partially or in full) – Street Fighter 2 Turbo: Hyper Fighting – JUN 04h26m
❌ 29. Another person’s favorite game – Uncharted 4 –
✅️ 30. A game with a diverse cast – Street Fighter 4 – JUL 03h00m
✅️ 31. A cornerstone to gaming culture – Street Fighter 3 the 3rd Strike (Evo Moment 37) – JUN 04h
❌ 32. A game that starts with the same first letter as in your username – Vampire the Masquerade Swansong –
🚧 33-1. A “threequel” (third part of a series) – Uncharted 3 –
🚧 33-2. A spin-off game – God of War Betrayal –
❌ 34. A bright and cheerful game – Multiversus –
✅️ 35. A game containing a real or fictional religion – Silent Hill Origins – JAN 22h13m
✅️ 36. A game that heavily features either fire or ice – Silent Hill Shattered Memories (Ice World) – JAN 13h26m
❌ 37. A game that heavily features money – Pay2Win –
✅️ 38. A game with a subtitle – Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors Dreams – JUL 4h00m
❌ 39. A game that surprised you – God of War 2018 –
🚧 40. A post-apocalyptic game – The Last of Us part2 –
❌ 41. A game with a short title (4 letters or less) – Halo –
❌ 42. A game that had a red retirement rating on HLTB when you started playing it (10% or higher) – Vampire the Masquerade Bloodhunt –
🚧 43. A game that one of your favorite artists worked on – BlazBlue Central Fiction (Daisuke Ishiwatari) –
✅️ 44-1. A game you previously retired or put on hold – Silent Hill Homecoming (due to the gamebreaking bugs) – FEB
✅️ 44-2. A game that you have beaten before and are replaying – Silent Hill Downpour (On hard to get the Good A ending) – JUN
🚧 45. A game that is on someone else’s HLTB 2024 Gaming Challenge List – Titanfall 2 (TheDeadQuacker) –
❌ 46-1. A studio's very first game – Grey Matter (Team Meat) –
❌ 46-2. A studio's most recent game (at the time when you started playing the game) – Dr Fetus Mean Meat Machine (Team Meat) –
✅️ 47. A game that had its HLTB times on a purple/red/gray background – Street Fighter The Movie The Game[/I] – JUN 11h07m
❌ 48. A HLTB Game of the Month – Hades (January 2021) –
❌ 49. A game listed on the HLTB stats page – Ghost of Tsushima –
✅️ 50. A game chosen by the HLTB randomizer – The King of Fighters 97' – JAN 6h6m

Bonuses:
🚧 Four games, released in the four quarters of a given year of your choice: 2021
❌ 1. Werewolf the Apocalypse: Earthblood Released 03/02/2021 –
🚧 2. Oddworld: Soulstorm Released 05/04/2021 –
❌ 3. Melty Blood: Type Lumina Released 28/09/2021 –
🚧 4. Alan Wake Remastered Released 04/10/2021 –
✅️ A single game released in the same year as the previous four, but during the same month as your birthday, if you are up to the challenge, try to be as close to the day itself as you can – The King of Fighters XIV Ultimate Edition Released 19/01/2021 – JAN 24h8m

So for July the beated games were:

1) Silent Hill the short message: So officially have been able to beat all the Silent Hill titles which deemed worthy of playing except for the PT which sadly was unable to get (sorry the Arcade and the Book of Memories deemed unworthy). But I think The Short Message felt that it didn't belong in the Silent Hill series, I'm not saying it was bad just that it didn't happen in Silent Hill or even near Silent Hill and the connection to the series seemed almost like an after thought.

2) God of War Ascension: Well sadly my PS3 is already feeling its age and on top of that some bugs of the game made it harder than it should, specially for the trial of Archimedes were the difficulty spike was notable and some times reaching the final stage (level3) the game froze or just soft-locked but at the end being able to beat it despite this difficulties made it more satisfying.

3) Street Fighter Alpha Warriors Dreams: In the past had already played the other Alpha games (2 and 3) but never the 1st of the series and this month being the EVO tournament and hyped about Street Fighter decided to play this one and replay 4 and 5.

4) Ultra Street Fighter 4: The objective this time was to beat the arcade in max difficulty with a new character this time was with Gouken.

5) Street Fighter 5 Champion Edition: The objective this time was to beat the Survival mode in hard (50 fights).

✅️Compleated (17/64) ❌Not started (36/64) 🚧In Progress (11/64)

Alright I'm back to the challenge with some progress and planning for the remaining half of the year:
🚧 01. A new game (released within the past year) – Silent Hill The Short Message (released 2024) –
❌ 02. An old game (released 10+ years ago) – God of War Ascension (released 2013) –
❌ 03. A really old game (released 20+ years ago) – Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines (2004) –
✅️ 04. An ancient game (released 30+ years ago) – Final Fight (1989) – FEB 01h00m
✅️ 05. A time sink (50+ hours) – Street Fighter 6 (111h52m) – FEB 111h52m
✅️ 06. A quick completion (less than an hour) – Street Fighter ONE MR – JUN 00h48m
❌ 07. A game you got for free – God of War 3 Remastered –
❌ 08. A game you've been wishing and waiting for – God of War Ragnarok –
✅️ 09-1. A remake or remaster of a game – Resident Evil 4 Remake (+DLC +Mercenaries rank S) – JUN 60h
✅️ 09-2. A game that received new translations sometime after release – Silent Hill: Play Novel (Unofficial Fan Translation) – JAN 02h43m
✅️ 10. A game with 6+ endings – The King of Fighters XV (6/6 Endings Orochi, K, Sacred Treasures, Super Heroine, Secret Agent, CYS) – JUN 39h07m
🚧 11. A collection of games – God of War Saga (Chains of Olympus, Ghost of Sparta, 2) – JAN CoO 07h00m
❌ 12. A game recommended to you by someone else – Braid –
❌ 13. A game whose title could describe your life – Journey –
🚧 14-1. A game with an alliterative title – Final Fantasy –
❌ 14-2. A game whose title contains the name of a color – BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle –
❌ 14-3. A game whose title starts with a number – 12 Minutes –
✅️ 15. A game that heavily focuses on flight – Final Fantasy Dissidia NT – MAY 121h18m
❌ 16. A game from a genre you don't usually play – Super Meat Boy Forever (Autorunner) –
❌ 17. A game that is themed around dogs or cats – Stray –
❌ 18-1. A game that features multiple genres – BlackBook –
❌ 18-2. A visual novel or text-based game – Vampire the Masquerade Shadows of New York –
🚧 19. A game where you play as an antihero or a villain – Grand Theft Auto V –
🚧 20-1. A game set in a historical time period – Age of Mythology –
❌ 20-2. A game set in the far future – Signalis –
❌ 21. A game with a female protagonist - Uncharted Lost Legacy –
❌ 22. A game without any humans – Meat Boy –
❌ 23. A game where you play as a robot or an alien – Megaman Legends –
🚧 24. An arcade-style high score game – Street Fighter V –
✅️ 25-1. A game set in a world you would like living in – Magic the Gathering: Arena – MAR 96h26m
❌ 25-2. A game whose protagonist you'd want to be friends with – Super Meat Boy –
❌ 26. A game where you play as a bug or an aquatic creature – The Elder Scrolls: Arena (as an Argonian) –
❌ 27. A game that was adapted from another medium (book, movie, etc.) – Spider-man Miles Morales –
✅️ 28. A game you watched someone else play first (partially or in full) – Street Fighter 2 Turbo: Hyper Fighting – JUN 04h26m
❌ 29. Another person’s favorite game – Uncharted 4 –
🚧 30. A game with a diverse cast – Street Fighter 4 –
✅️ 31. A cornerstone to gaming culture – Street Fighter 3 the 3rd Strike (Evo Moment 37) – JUN 04h
❌ 32. A game that starts with the same first letter as in your username – Vampire the Masquerade Swansong –
❌ 33-1. A “threequel” (third part of a series) – Uncharted 3 –
❌ 33-2. A spin-off game – God of War Betrayal –
❌ 34. A bright and cheerful game – Multiversus –
✅️ 35. A game containing a real or fictional religion – Silent Hill Origins – JAN 22h13m
✅️ 36. A game that heavily features either fire or ice – Silent Hill Shattered Memories (Ice World) – JAN 13h26m
❌ 37. A game that heavily features money – Pay2Win –
🚧 38. A game with a subtitle – Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors Dreams –
❌ 39. A game that surprised you – God of War 2018 –
🚧 40. A post-apocalyptic game – The Last of Us part2 –
❌ 41. A game with a short title (4 letters or less) – Halo –
❌ 42. A game that had a red retirement rating on HLTB when you started playing it (10% or higher) – Vampire the Masquerade Bloodhunt –
🚧 43. A game that one of your favorite artists worked on – BlazBlue Central Fiction (Daisuke Ishiwatari) –
✅️ 44-1. A game you previously retired or put on hold – Silent Hill Homecoming (due to the gamebreaking bugs) – FEB
✅️ 44-2. A game that you have beaten before and are replaying – Silent Hill Downpour (On hard to get the Good A ending) – JUN
🚧 45. A game that is on someone else’s HLTB 2024 Gaming Challenge List – Titanfall 2 (TheDeadQuacker) –
❌ 46-1. A studio's very first game – Grey Matter (Team Meat) –
❌ 46-2. A studio's most recent game (at the time when you started playing the game) – Dr Fetus Mean Meat Machine (Team Meat) –
✅️ 47. A game that had its HLTB times on a purple/red/gray background – Street Fighter The Movie The Game[/I] – JUN 11h07m
❌ 48. A HLTB Game of the Month – Hades (January 2021) –
❌ 49. A game listed on the HLTB stats page – Ghost of Tsushima –
✅️ 50. A game chosen by the HLTB randomizer – The King of Fighters 97' – JAN 6h6m

Bonuses:
❌ Four games, released in the four quarters of a given year of your choice
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✅️ A single game released in the same year as the previous four, but during the same month as your birthday, if you are up to the challenge, try to be as close to the day itself as you can – The King of Fighters XIV – JAN 24h8m

Well February is a normally short month didn't manage to play much and basically Street Fighter 6, MTG:arena, and the million bugs of Silent Hill Homecoming took much of my gaming time.

Beaten
-Silent Hill Homecoming
-Street Fighter 6

On Hold
-Grand Theft Auto V
-Final Fantasy 1
-God of War Saga Collection - Ghost of Sparta

Started
-Silent Hill Downpour (replay)

The good thing is that even though Silent Hill Homecoming seemed almost impossible to play due to all the technical bugs that sadly plague the game, was able to solve or partially solve most of them to get to the end, I think it was an overall ok Silent Hill game except for the bugs.
So it is possible to beat Silent Hill homecoming Steam version with a PS4 dualshock controller in 2024 in case it can help someone the most game breaking bugs that I recall were solved like this:

- Controller randomly changing button mappings (change the settings in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Silent Hill Homecoming\Engine\binds_pc_mjs.cfg fully close and reopen the game, if continues restart the PC)
- Impossible Quick Time Events (Install the unnofficial patch)  [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Silent_Hill:\\\_Homecoming](https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Silent_Hill:%5C%5C%5C_Homecoming)
- Random Crashes (Install de unnofficial patch reduces this crashes significantly but not 100%) [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Silent_Hill:\\\_Homecoming](https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Silent_Hill:%5C%5C%5C_Homecoming)
- Hotel 5th floor descent option not appearing (sadly the only solution is to reload the game from earlier state and not saving more than once after that 1st savepoint in the hotel before the singing lady ghost. Had to do the hotel run in one go without dying).
- Every time Sheriff Wheeler dance or gets stuck and/or Josh gets stuck (temporarily change the game to play with keyboard and mouse after they have allow you to continue then change back to controller)

Well looking back at this january managed to beat a couple of games also trying reduce the eternal backlog and even some to participate in the HLTB 2024 challenge so far beaten:

-Silent Hill Play Novel - 2h43m
-Silent Hill Origins - 22h13m
-Silent Hill Shattered Memories - 13h26m
-God of War Saga Collection - Chains of Olympus ~7h
-The King of Fighters '97 Global Match - 6h6m
-The King of Fighters XV - 24h8m

Started but not yet beaten:
-Grand Theft Auto V
-Final Fantasy 1
-Silent Hill Homecoming
-God of War Saga Collection - Ghost of Sparta
Sadly have not been able to dedicate as much time to gaming as would like to