2016 l Gaming Backlog

But you don't actually play games, you just run benchmarks.

Not buying anything for 3 months. Luckily I got NBA 2K16 on lock from our resident post Psycho

Just remember to pre order NBA 2k16 for me tho. I'm gonna need that early access.


On topic, how can so many games interest you? Like, I can't think of 10 Vita games I want play.

I don't have that kind of money to be compulsively buying so many games that I know I won't play.

Last few of my purchases have been well worth the money.

I'm 100 hours deep into Witcher 3 and not done yet.

I've spent 15 hours on Ground Zeroes that I paid 10 bucks for.

2K is always going to get 100+ hours
COD AW lasted a while too.

Will probably buy Batman once I'm done with TW3 and then that should hold me until MGSV.

Like, no way you wanted to actually play those 275 games man. I don't think I've played 275 games during the last two gens.

I'm gonna try to use the rest of this year to focus on backlog. Outside of 2K16 and SF V beta there's nothing that really grabs my interest, maybe XCOM 2 if I end up really liking the first. Luckily Arkham Knight seems to want to help me speed up this process.

Assassin's Creed Chronicles
Batman Arkham Knight
Batman Arkham Origins
Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate
Dead Rising 3
Half-Life
Half-Life 2
Guacamelee STCE
Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell
The Witcher 2
The Witcher 3
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

just gonna keep track of this here bc I forgot my backloggery info and I don't feel like making another one.

By psychintellect Go To PostBut you don't actually play games, you just run benchmarks.


Just remember to pre order NBA 2k16 for me tho. I'm gonna need that early access.


On topic, how can so many games interest you? Like, I can't think of 10 Vita games I want play.

I don't have that kind of money to be compulsively buying so many games that I know I won't play.

Last few of my purchases have been well worth the money.

I'm 100 hours deep into Witcher 3 and not done yet.

I've spent 15 hours on Ground Zeroes that I paid 10 bucks for.

2K is always going to get 100+ hours
COD AW lasted a while too.

Will probably buy Batman once I'm done with TW3 and then that should hold me until MGSV.

Like, no way you wanted to actually play those 275 games man. I don't think I've played 275 games during the last two gens.

Most of them don't interest me. Most are impulse. Like Euro Truck Simulator 2. I sat and stared at the one with a confused look on my face. I do not remember buying that game.

I always found threads like these and sites like backlogger tend to backfire, since it turns game playing into some sort of obligation rather than something for recreation. (You don't have to beat every game you buy/play!)

but best of luck to you all the same. It's probably a good idea to try some method to curb your game purchasing if you're spending that much and not playing any of them

By Retro Go To PostI always found threads like these and sites like backlogger tend to backfire, since it turns game playing into some sort of obligation rather than something for recreation. (You don't have to beat every game you buy/play!)

but best of luck to you all the same. It's probably a good idea to try some method to curb your game purchasing if you're spending that much and not playing any of them

It depends how you look at it.

There's a ton of games I've bought that I've accepted I will never play and I'm not going to force myself to play them. There are games I have wanted to play for years though like X-COM, Dark Souls, Metro, STALKER and then even more recent titles like Wasteland 2, Pillars of Eternity. Shadowrun, GTA V.

So instead of paying full price for something like DMC4SE or Mad Max, why not actually play these games and pick those up when they get cheaper?

Every PS4 game I own is backlogged. Said fuck Witcher 3 after playing Gwent for a total of seven days and counting. Got bored with Watchdogs less than halfway through. That physics based racing game is boring as well. I'm almost done with GTA V but want to get Packie before I finish.

By Omega Go To PostIt depends how you look at it.

There's a ton of games I've bought that I've accepted I will never play and I'm not going to force myself to play them. There are games I have wanted to play for years though like X-COM, Dark Souls, Metro, STALKER and then even more recent titles like Wasteland 2, Pillars of Eternity. Shadowrun, GTA V.

So instead of paying full price for something like DMC4SE or Mad Max, why not actually play these games and pick those up when they get cheaper?

It makes sense if you do it

but me personally when I see a list of games like that, and think about going through them one by one to full completion before moving onto anything else, I just end up not bothering. Games are a pretty huge timesink, so when you stack up a bunch of games like that it just seems like an insurmountable chore. Especially when you're depriving yourself of the game you really want to play in the moment in place of the ones on the list.

I feel like you just gotta start fresh and make better buying habits. Buy new games only if that's the game you want to play immediately, and just play old shit when the mood strikes.

Edit: Last post I'll make in here. Feels like i'm just derailing

Backlog |OT| or how I feel bad about my shelves full of plastic cases I'll never touch


I plugged my PS3 back in two days ago, trying to finish Yakuza 4, the story is good but the actual scenes are so silly compared to Y2, SEGA pls.

Not caring about Batman and not having new releases for the entire Summer, Rocket League aside, will help be clear my backlog a bit. Too bad there'll be a 40% on all games in a nearby store tomorrow, more backloggery food for me yay.

By Retro Go To PostI always found threads like these and sites like backlogger tend to backfire, since it turns game playing into some sort of obligation rather than something for recreation. (You don't have to beat every game you buy/play!)

but best of luck to you all the same. It's probably a good idea to try some method to curb your game purchasing if you're spending that much and not playing any of them

I took an evening to go through and see exactly how many games I have and have not played. It was alarming. I probably won't play all 275 of the games I have, but seeing it laid out in clear text is alarming.

Forza 3
Vanquish
Kingdoms of Amalur
Bioshock 1 and 2
Outland
Beyond Good & Evil - Got bored and gave up
The Witcher 2 - Got bored and gave up
SSX - Got bored and gave up
Viva Pinata TIP - Got bored and gave up
GTA SA - Got bored and gave up
Guardian Heroes
Fez
Skyrim
Ilo Milo
Just Cause 2

I've gotten better with buying games during steam sales. I use to buy things if they looked mildly interesting and let them sit in my backlog for years. I think the only big game I've got sitting in my backlog right now is Witcher 3

Most games are super easy to beat nowadays. Driveclub is the only game I can think of (that's not an indy game I got for free as a PS+ member) that I haven't completed and it's mostly due to my frustrations with the wheel support. I'm not shelling out $300+ for forced feedback when I had it for $125 on PS3. LPB on PS4 is getting a little dusty, but that's because my wife and I play that and she plays sparingly. I'm kinda of a completionist. I tend to finish one before picking up another.

wrong thread

Wrong thread.

Beat Ground Zeroes in 2 hours. Accomplishment.

On to the next one

Finished my MaxPayne games
Amazing games, especially the first and second both gameplay and story.
Might start Bioshock after i'm done with mgsv.

New year. New games. But first. That back log. Mine is miles deep and I'm going to make an effort to cut it down. Cancelled Gamefly membership. Not buying anything for awhile.

What are yall starting with?

Starting with what I've been missing on the Wii U tbh

Wonderful 101, def

Then I might hop back into some DMC. I haven't played any of them since DMC2.

just MGSV.

By PSYCH! Go To Postjust MGSV.

Its fun just.... fuck

By PSYCH! Go To Postjust MGSV.

but...why.

technically that's in my backlog but after watching that Quiet rain fukkery, combined with what I already knew about the story, I....don't think I can do it.

By DY_nasty Go To PostIts fun just.... fuck

By Smokey Go To Postbut...why.

technically that's in my backlog but after watching that Quiet rain fukkery, combined with what I already knew about the story, I....don't think I can do it.

mission 43 reinvigorated me.

Finished MGSV

i think

Don't you have to do some dumb shit to get a "true ending"?

MGS V just hurts my gaming soul all around

My backlog is down to like 18 games and I don't know if I'll ever finish it, but I've only bought 1 new game in the last 8 months (Stein's Gate - also got a couple from Club Nintendo before it shut down). Progress is being made.

Starting with Tomb Raider Anniversary.

Probably Dark Souls after. I've had it installed forever and always tell myself I'm finally going to play it but I click on CSGO instead.

Only planning on finishing The Witcher. I will persist with Bloodborne but I'm still at Blood-Starved Beast

It took me 2 years, but I finally finished Persona 4 Golden. Yes, I got the good ending. A part of me really wants to platinum this, but I just can't see going through all of that again, my first run took me just over 100 hours (!) I guess if I get the itch again some day.

Next up, Fire Emblem on Virtual Console.

Okay...so instead of finishing Fire Emblem, I got sucked into FF VIII. I've tried to start this game a couple of times, and always hated it. I think because the beginning of the game puts you in a large, boring and slightly awkward to navigate area, while bombarding you with long and garbled tutorials about their nonsensical systems. And bitchy characters. Also, PS1 games look awful on large TVs.

On Vita, this looks a lot more passable. And once I got far enough in the game that I had a bit of freedom and I looked up a few online explanations of how the systems actually worked I started to enjoy it more. But man, the junction system was so poorly implemented. Like, on the one hand the game encourages you to grind for practically infinite spells by making it easy. But then it discourages you from actually using them once they're junctioned because then your stats will drop. And it gives you summons that make every fight trivial, but punishes you for actually using them by giving your characters no xp. And on top of that, it makes you choose what abilities you have at any given time, like, item, GF or magic, but not all three. I guess they wanted to let you differentiate your characters in a custom manner, but really it just means you don't have access to basic shit until you go back into the menu and flip the switch again. Worst of all, the game seems to be super broken because of these systems. Everyone says to go through the game without getting xp until the end game because of how the stat buffs ramp up.

So yeah. They didn't think this shit through. The weirdest part is that there doesn't even seem to be much of an in-world explanation for why every character is a magic vampire with god-monster slaves. It's like, that's just what happens when you go to mercenary high? I dunno, I started this game years ago, maybe they did info dump it and I forgot.

In spite of how ridiculous this all is, I'm still enjoying all the typical Square polish around the rest of the game, and how incongruous the traditional Final Fantasy silliness is when wedged into this world. I'll see if I can finish the game before losing steam with it.

FF8 is one of the best, despite its junction system bullshit. You eventually pick up on what spells are pure junction fuel and what isn't. Early on? Its brutal. Later? You'll be farming some hole in the wall for Ultima to cheese if you're not satisfied with how thoroughly you've already broken the game.

Its is... kinda sorta explained though. You won't like the explanation most likely.

FF8 is actually pretty dope though. Better than 7 by a significant margin imo too. Once it gets going, a little before the end of disc 1, it pretty much stays awesome til the end.

Also, Triple Triad is addictive as fuck.

bot to the G.O.A.T league in Play Now mode on NBA 2K16(while mostly using shit teams). I'm done with that mode.

I love FF8. I also think FF9 got a raw deal, too.

Final Fantasy VI, X/X-2, and XII are my favorites in that order.

then IX, IV, V, VII, VIII, III are a tier lower.

Then XIII, II

Then the Final Fantasy.

I prefer Dragon Quest to Final Fantasy tho post Final Fantasy VI when Dragon Quest VI, VII, and VIII were out.

Final Fantasy XII > IV > I > IX > VI > XIV > VII > Legend of Dragoon > VIII > stuff I actually want to play > X

XII had so many things I really liked, not the least of which that it let me sideline the requisite blonde boy lead character for pretty much the whole game. The first game gets ranked that high purely on nostalgia. VII gets ranked that low because nerds on the internet ruined it for me. VI I can't rank any higher because I've never managed to finish it; a friend showed me the opera house scene and the ending when it came out and I was like "whelp, I guess that's that." I've started it a couple of times over the years but never found the motivation to finish it. IX was pure magic, especially as it came out at a time when it looked like it was just going to be J-pop Final Fantasy forever and the classic series was dead. IV was like the definitive JRPG for me, though I have no idea how/if it holds up. But in my mind it comes down to that or XII as my favourite.

X had a great battle system and a couple of cool characters, but the lead was annoying and it had probably the dumbest story of any game I've ever played. And for some reason it gets a free pass for being linear while XIII get dumped on. (Though I've never played XIII, maybe it deserves it).

II I only played briefly on GBA, I couldn't get into it.

III, V & XI I've never played

Added Dragons Dogma and Rise of TR to be backlog. Making no progress at all -_-

Reviving this thread. But for myself I'll be flipping the format. Rather than making a long list of things I own and crossing them out as I complete them, I'll just be listing the games I play as I go through them this year. Figured it'd be more motivating to create a big list of games by the end of the year than to slowly hack away at one from the beginning.

So far

Games Completed:
Persona 4 Golden
The Legend of Heroes VII: Trails in the Sky - Second Chapter
☆ The Legend of Heroes VIII: Trails of Cold Steel
Xenogears


Currently Playing:
Ys 1 Chronicles
Ar Tonelico
Persona 4 Golden (NG+)
Guilty Gear 2: Overture

Overture

wasn't.... 'bad' a few years ago. Now? It might feel legit awful

I had high hopes for my backlog, at one point. Now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

End of summer update

Games Completed:
Persona 4 Golden
The Legend of Heroes VI: Trails in the Sky - Second Chapter
☆ The Legend of Heroes VIII: Trails of Cold Steel
Xenogears
☆ Steins;Gate
Ys Seven
☆ Odin Sphere Leifthrasir
Chrono Trigger
☆ Ys: Memories of Celceta


Currently Playing:


5 games and 3 plats done in 3 months. Wooo.

Gonna take a break from games for a minute and catch up on my reading. Good timing too as I start my fall courses on Monday.

Forgot about this thread

Final tally for the end of the year

Games Completed:
Persona 4 Golden
The Legend of Heroes VI: Trails in the Sky - Second Chapter
☆ The Legend of Heroes VIII: Trails of Cold Steel
Xenogears
☆ Steins;Gate
Ys Seven
☆ Odin Sphere Leifthrasir
Chrono Trigger
☆ Ys: Memories of Celceta
☆ The Legend of Heroes VIII: Trails of Cold Steel 2
☆ Steins;Gate 0
Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

Not a big list, but not bad considering the length of some of those games I think. and that 6 are platinum/100% completions.

I was playing alot more over break, but kinda lost interest in gaming last month.