@Kidfried I use HLTB all the time because time is a big deal and I want to know what type of game I am letting myself in for. I typically spend longer on games than the average but it does help give me an idea of scope. I'm not bothered so much about length as value as some of my fave games have only been an hour or so.
Now I may be an idiot, but there's one thing I am not sir, and that sir, is an idiot
@Tasuki i have just bought my first house and it needs a little work too;
Full rewire
Upstairs back end windows replacements
Downstairs back bay window changing to french doors
Minor roof repairs
Then we can move in. After that, replacement Kitchen & Bathroom.
Personally, even though I am going to spend a little bit on these improvements, it is far better than renting. Mortgage is half that of rent and it is mine!
Hey everyone, sorry I haven’t been around lately!
As some of you may recall, I recently got engaged.
We’re planning to hold the wedding sometime mid-next year.
I’m still very much alive, but I’ve had to pick up a second job, as I’m also planning to move to London by year-end.
I’ve recently freed up some time & managed to actually play some games, so expect to see me around .
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If we could perceive time for what it really was,
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@kyleforrester87 Thanks mate! I’d never really leave anyways, even if I stopped playing games entirely.
Lives, Lived, Will Live.
Dies, Died, Will Die.
If we could perceive time for what it really was,
What reason would Grammar Professors have to get out of bed?- Robert & Rosalind Lutece
So odd topic so thought I would lob it in here. On the subject of backlogs. So anyway, I was prepping for an idea for a podcast episodes about an imaginary backlog related mental health disorder whereby people can't stop themselves in sales and amass huge backlog. It was looking to be a mockumentary style approach. Anyway, when I thought about it, I thought I would assess my own gaming backlog. Ended going up with Backloggery.com to go through my list.
Now I am very very luckly that I have multiple platforms and have had things like Gold on XB gifted to me. So i thought that I would go through my backlog and add up all the games that I could play. My ground rules were as follows:
1) Wouldn't include my retro collection of games or previous (ish) gen. There are some exceptions or borderline cases which I will come on ti.
2) If I paid for the game, it was included, be it physical or digital.
3) Subscriptions - If it was a gold game or PS Plus I have included it IF it is something I feel I would actually like to play. I have lots of random PS Vita and PS4 games which may be great but I have zero interest. Now whether I will play them over anything else is debatable but the aim is to say, what games could be considered a backlog.
4) Services like gamepass or the NES online sub thing for Switch were excluded at time of writing.
5) Under no circumstances would I tell my wife of the backlog size.
So anyway, I spent some time cataloguing and also listing all the games I have beaten overall for context.
The result? I have over 176 games I could possibly play across the following platforms: PS4, PS Vita, Switch, Wii U, 3DS, XB1 (inc backwards compat titles via gold). I also added GBA just because I had started 1 game.
In context, I think I have 'beaten' something like 100 odd games in the last 4 years and played another 30 odd.
Now I know this isn't necessarily important or indicative of how to play games or anything (or that beating a game means much really) but I was surprised just how much I had in my backlog. In fairness, I think I had bought or owned about 50 of that list, and many were from sales etc. But wow - what a list!
Now I may be an idiot, but there's one thing I am not sir, and that sir, is an idiot
@Rudy_Manchego I probably complete 1/3 of the games I play these days. Some games start good, and drop off, and some games are just bad from the get go - I don't force myself to see them through.
I don't mind watching a bad film to completion, but theirs just no way I'm investing 50 hours into a poor JRPG.
Oooh is that The Legend Of Kyle & The Lampshade Of No Real Signficance you're playing there @kyleforrester87 ?
(Bad joke and no idea what Zelda it actually is 😂... Looks pretty nice though!)
.... I think my backlog is maybe only 4 games from over the years that I've just not really got round to beating/got fully in the mood for @Rudy_Manchego
Darkest Dungeon
Breath Of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Transformers (The Atari one for ps2)
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven
Breath Of Fire, Transformers and Tenchu I got in a 4 for £5 deal at some local game shop with Sonic Heroes a few years back
Wouldn't mind that list of 176 games of yours though!
And yeah I don't purchase a whole lot of games, especially in the last few years when I moved up from Teaching Assistant to Teacher. That is technically the entireity of my backlog
Plus I admittedly like revisiting my older games quite a bit!
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