So many games, so little time

[Ayen]

Are there any video games that you've been dying to play that you just haven't for one reason or another? Be it money issues, time constraint and so on?

One of the main ones for me is Metal Gear Solid 4. I've wanted to play that game since it came out in 2008 but since money is so tight around here I haven't been able to due to how much the game and a PS3 would have cost.

The same goes for inFAMOUS. I wanted to play that since playing a demo down at Walmart or Target (can't remember which). If the demo is any indication then I'm going to have a lot of fun with that game whenever I can play it.

And pretty much the rest of the Phoenix Wright games after 1 and 2.

Diablo 2, because it sounds really, really, REALLY fun from what my friends have told me about it. And Final Fantasy IX (what can I say, people have put me in a IX mood. I can't even remember the last time I played IX, that's how long it's been since I played IX)

[Spuuky]

You could play Diablo 2, but if you "online only" doesn't bother you, Path of Exile is better at this point. And if online only does bother you, Titan Quest is still better.

My backlog of games is eternal and interminable. I get through one pretty regularly, but usually not before several more have been added, especially if it's a longer game I'm playing. I got three done this week, though.

[Del Murder]

Half my 3DS collection. Still hooked on Pokemon.

[Pike]

All of them. I probably have about 150 unplayed games on Steam at this point. That's not counting console stuff.

[Ayen]

You could play Diablo 2, but if you "online only" doesn't bother you, Path of Exile is better at this point. And if online only does bother you, Titan Quest is still better.

Online only?

Lame.

[Shauna]

All of the games I own. And I just keep getting more. ;_;

[Tasura]

All of the games I own. And I just keep getting more. ;_;

Entirely this.

[Dr Unne]

Someone somewhere on the internet made an apt analogy between a game backlog and a fridge full of food. Do you feel pressure to eat all of the food in your fridge? No, you eat what you're in the mood for and you only eat a little at a time.

You can think of a game backlog in the same way. Play the games you're in the mood for. Play a game until you get a good sense of what the game is all about. If you like it, play it lots more. If you don't like it, or if your mood takes you elsewhere, put it down and play another one. It's a game, not a chore or an obligation. In the case of a downloaded game, it's an imaginary piece of property that leapt into existence when you bought it. It's not like you're depriving starving kids in Africa of games by wasting yours.

There's no shame in not playing/beating every game you own. Especially in this age of absurd sales. When I buy a Humble Bundle for one game and get 5 other ones for free, I feel no pressure to play/beat those other 5. I'll try them and if they blow me away, sure I'll play, but if not, then oh well.

I got every Tomb Raider game including the 2013 one for $12 last week on Steam. I only wanted the 2013 one, but the price of the whole bundle was significantly less than the normal price of TR2013 on its own. That's a bunch of games I'll probably never beat either. Who cares?

ToriJ: If past MGS games are any indication, they'll keep re-releasing MGS4 for all eternity in special editions and collections. And yeah, play FF9. You know you want to.

[Bolivar]

I signed up for Playstation Plus for PS4 multiplayer and thought I'd check out what's free on PS3. Turns out its insane stuff like XCOM, Hotline Miami, Ico and SotC HD, Grid 2 and some other things. I think Borderlands 2 is free either today or Thursday. I also had so many free games on Vita I just up and bought one because it's not like I had any choice.

[Black Magic Shopkeeper]

Ugh, I'm not even done with Nier and it's almost been a whole year, I started Resonance of Fate and left it off and I haven't gotten back to it since May, and I bought Last Story and haven't even gotten to THAT yet.
Dammit life, get out of my way. I wanna play games.

[NeoCracker]

YOU'RE SENSIBILITIES HAVE NO PLACE HERE UNNE!

[Shorty]

Skyrim!

[Araciel]

I have so many games but I play for like an hour or three then don't come back - newest game I have but don't play is still dragon's crown.

[Madame Adequate]

Absolute buttloads of games, including both PS3 games, a ton on Steam, FFXIV, AssCreed 4, Battlefield 4, the list goes on and on.

[Del Murder]

Someone somewhere on the internet made an apt analogy between a game backlog and a fridge full of food. Do you feel pressure to eat all of the food in your fridge? No, you eat what you're in the mood for and you only eat a little at a time.

Food goes bad so you pretty much have to eat it all or waste it...plus who buys a ton of food and only eats what they feel like for months? That's kinda weird. Just buy the food you're going to eat that week.

Game backlog is more like a bookshelf full of books. Some of us have one shelf, some have an entire case, some have a whole library. Depends on your tastes. I'm more of a one shelf man but we do have several 'librarians' here.