I saw this same topic brought up on kotaku and figured we could talk about it here.
I don't know about you all, but I have games literally spread across multiple platforms and game launchers on PC I've never even downloaded. Some free other I paid for but only put a small amount of time in thinking I would go back, but never did. Some were just so terrible I couldn't continue. Lots of free games on Steam and Epic I will probably never play but figured I would grab just in case. I'm not even going to go into console games I guess. I get a pass since my kids mostly took those over throughout the years.
(Not counting MMOs of course) at this point I would imagine I'm hovering around at least 500+ titles I've yet to dive into or even finish. Too many to actually count accurately since I consider not finishing some games in there entirety part of said backlog, so I can only give an estimate.
4x games are probably the hardest for me go back to once I shelve them for a while since I feel like I have to relearn the entire game again to get anything out of it which takes considerable time and i find myself quickly wanting to play something else. Sim games are probably the games I've put the most time into but after expansions hit I jump ship due to them becoming increasingly expensive. Take Cities Skylines for example. I've put over 100 hours into it, but I feel it's harder to pick back up now due to the multitude of expansions for it I don't own because I feel they are slightly overpriced.
Sometimes I get envious of those folks who find that one game they can literally dump hundreds of hours into where I'm only able to manage maybe 2 or 3 hours. More power to them they really get their monies worth. Looking at Steam Stats, none of the top games even interest me; for some of those people those are the only games they play. Hundreds of hours are being put into Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, almost 1 million people playing at any given time. If only life were that simple, having one game you love to play....never caring about what else is out there because you found that one "It" game.
So what does your Backlog look like?
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Though there are games that just take up more energy that are difficult to finish. I like souls type games but after dying a few times I just lose the will to continue so usually have to go and do something else. So I end up "slowly" getting through them.
Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
Thank you. If that is so, including the "I want / plan to play, but still haven't" stipulation, then some 15-ish. Without that stipulation, in a wider sense, some 70-ish.
/Cheers,
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Kyleran on yours sincerely
'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'
Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...
'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless.
It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.
It is just huge resource waste....'
Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer
constipation ...... ...... .. ..
One game i kind of want to play is kingdom come deliverance, pillars of eternity, swg legends (now that j figured how to get a copy) and them i cycle between games, path of exile, starcraft 2, project entropia, and rocket league.
But weirdly, im getting really bored with poe, last season i played more than usual and was planning on skipping thia league but read up on ultimatum and liked it. I did play a bit of the 2nd subnautica but got stuck and dont have the desire to go figure it out again.
I do want to try dark souls 3 again. So perhaps a backlog of about 3 to 4 games.
But im truly like kyleran, usually, a one game at a time person. Then again, im back to laddering in starcraft 2 and i need breaks from that, plus, i can only play when everyone is asleep in the house.
You can see my sci-fi/WW2 book recommendations.
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I rarely ever "beat" a game...I usually play to a point of where I feel I have done enough and move on. That's why I have no interest in additional DLC content as I have usually had enough well before I reach the point where the DLC comes into play.
You can see my sci-fi/WW2 book recommendations.