Topic: Gaming Resolutions for the New Year of 2023

1) At least a third of the games I play next year should be either visual novels or independently developed games (A ton of cool-looking indies released in 2022, and I ignored them all in favor of my usual mix of first-party Nintendo titles and AA Japanese titles like Triangle Strategy and Monster Hunter Rise. Not that I regret my choices, but, next year, I'd like to give indies more of my time. Ditto with visual novels, which I often love to play, but which I also ignored pretty hard last year.)

2) Catch up with the Fatal Frame series (Simple enough. I'll have to emulate the second game, but I borrowed a copy of The Tormented from a friend, own Maiden of Black Water, and will be buying Mask of the Lunar Eclipse)

3) Play and finish more games than I buy (I think this will become a mainstay on my lists, as it helps to control the accumulation of the backlog)

4) Play and finish Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition (I've bounced off this game so many times over the years; time to finally sit down and just git er done)

5) Collect at least three platinum trophies in the Playstation ecosystem (Don't expect to be spending a TON of time playing my PS4 or Vita, but I do like trophy hunting, and I bought a few games on Black Friday, so this seems like a natural fit)

I really hope to reduce my current backlog of games in the new year. Think I have around 60-70 games currently installed on PS4 and another 10-15 on PS5. However I think my main problem has been I am just a sucker for sales, buying plenty of stuff I like the look of but never get around to playing.

So my resolution is to complete at least three games for every new one that I purchase. And by complete I mean at least finish the main game/story more and hopefully see the credits roll.

I think this will prove to be a test of my resolve so wish me luck.

I’m gonna take a load off next year as my missus has taken a conscious step back in her work and I want to meet that with far more of my time dedicated to her and ‘us’… as cheesy as that sounds. Having said that, I want 30 plats, resulting in plat #150 in December 2023. Not totally settled on what #150 will be… but currently circling The Witcher 3.

Apart from that… backlog, backlog, backlog. I will play the odd new game release I’m sure… but baby got back! 😎

@colonelkilgore I like how your “taking a step back” is to accomplish a platinum count in one year equal to what I’ve done in the last five years. 😂

But it’s good of you to consider the wife and make sure she’s well cared for first. The games will always be waiting whenever you want.

Finish off all of my already started games. Some I play local co-op with my bro when he's around but apart from that I'll just go how I fancy. Feeling a bit burned out to be honest so I think gaming will take a bit of a back seat whilst I readjust.

lol wtf

@sorteddan Sales are the worst, man. Especially when games get low enough that it feels like a missed opportunity not purchasing stuff you're vaguely interested in, even if you know you won't get to it for months years after the fact... by which time such games are usually going even lower in sales.

It didn't use to be like this on consoles. You had some sales, sure, but not thousands of games heavily discounted. It's like every platform is running steam sales multiple times per year now.

Has anyone said for all games to be in 4K yet?

Shall I get my coat?

For me, I need to actually play something narrative, having spent the last year doing nothing but racing games. I have several titles queued up to choose from:
The Outer Worlds, Death Stranding, Horizon Forbidden West, Far Cry New Dawn, Far Cry Primal, Ghost Of Tsushima (restart) and Cyberpunk. But probably I will kick off with Spiderman on PS4.

Additionally, I would like to replay (and possibly capture) Mafia 2 and Red Dead Redemption, two of my absolute favourites from the 360 era.

But I'm a racer at heart, so I'll be diving into Grid Legends quite a bit, as it actually feels like a genuine successor to Autosport - which I totally adored!

Happy New Year all 🥂🍻👍🏻

6 month update

1) ’Get good’ at Fighting Games.
Not gotten around to anything yet. Maybe with the current SF6 hype I’ll finally start up the SF collection & work my way through the series.

2) Beat more games than I buy.
So far so good.
Beat 9. Bought 1.
3) Finally beat Kingdom Hearts 3.
Not yet, but I do have it slated in this year. Probably sometime in September.

4) Get 5 Platinum trophies for the year.
Well on my way. I’m on 3/5 for the year. Reckon my next one will be Dragon Quest XI. Still have some TellTale games in the backlog if I want to cheat it😅.

5) Give an online game a chance.
Well & truly checked. I started efootball23 at the start of the year & have long surpassed 1000 hours of game time. Looking forward to the end of year ‘Wrap Up’ just to see how much it’s taken over.
I’ve also dabbled in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Masters & jump in every now & then, but it’s not that great. I much prefer Legacy of the Duelist.

I reckon I can get everything ‘checked off’ by years end.

Preach. I did something similar a couple of years back and have not looked back. It was getting me down a bit, thinking about all the games I've yet to play. I feel so much better about gaming now that I'm not caring so much about my backlog and not buying so many games.

RE: backlogs, one way I could suggest to approach cutting down on the purchases would be to just add games you’re interested in to your wish list and then only look to pick them up when you get the ping to say they’re on sale.

I also download them straight to my console so they’re sat there staring at me until I do play them!

Same here. They are not so much resolutions for me as they are necessities that have been occurring naturally.

Play less - I just have less time and less mood at the moment. I'm not sure how long that will last.

Buy less - well I have less money. I still wouldn't mind loading another ton on to my Nintendo account so I can get a bunch of DS games on the Wii U (just in case) before the shop closes but I really don't know if I'm going to be able to do that

In terms of games I want to play. I think I want to play more of the games I own rather than "ticking off" ps plus games or hitting up the "leaving soon" on game pass.

A few games on my shelf/in my digital library that have been catching my eye lately:

• Dragonball Z Kakarot (I may wait for the free Series X upgrade)
• The first Ace Attorney game (I bought the Turnabout collection on Switch recently)
• Astral Chain
• the platinum games TMNT/Transformers games (picked these up in CEX a little while back)
• Spider man DLC and also miles morales
• I started fist of the north star a lil while back as well so I should probably finish that even if I don't feel like playing it very much

I might (but not definitely) have another play through of the splinter cell games this year. I've been buying up the Xbox (because they have the FPS boost on that system) versions when I see them in CEX using the meagre credit I've attained from clearing out my DVD collection (overcoming my hoarding is probably a non gaming resolution as well)

I'm also tempted to play a couple games from my Wii library that I bought really cheap not long after release but never played. A Shadows Tale and Pandora's tower. Mainly because they have accrued significant value over the years and as I have no personal attachment to them, I am thinking of selling them on. Should probably play them through first though! (Both are unsealed but PT is the collector's edition with the steelbook)

@Thrillho I usually see if there is a similar game already in my library that I yet to play or finish. Most of the time there is. Or I just avoid looking at the sales altogether on PSN for the most part.

If I read this topic I see a lot more people struggle with the buy a lot in sales and having a huge backlog problem. My resolutions for 2023 will be

1) Buy less games.
This one is pretty simple. My backlog is huge. I'm also subbed to both ps plus and gamepass so with everything combined I can play games for years without replaying a single game. I especially should buy less new games, since they will still be here in a few months or years and a lot cheaper than on day 1.

2) My backlog has to shrink
This should happen when I take rule 1 seriously. A new game isn't always better than a game I already own or is on a service. There is enough fun stuff I can play already.

3) Care less about platinums but enough about game completion.
There were periods in 2022 that I was only looking at games which had an easy platinum instead of games I really want to play. I already started this change since my last game I platinum ed was over 3 months ago. I still want to be sure I finish my games though. At least see the credits if I enjoy it and if I don't enjoy it just drop it.

4) Trying out games from genres I don't generally like.
Last few years I became a fan of jrpgs and turn based games which I used to never like. So I want to try some more games from genres I generally don't like. For instance platformers or rogue likes.

Let's hope I can finish some more backlog games and find some new gems in them.

Finish every game I start this year. Not platinums, but actually beat every game I start. That obviously doesn't count games that aren't story based like WWE 2K22 or something like that.

@Lavalera Same here with the sub services, I feel it is pointless being subbed to them if you are still going to rinse the sales. I still buy the odd game here throughout the year, but it is nowhere near as many before I was signed up to Extra.

@Ralizah if you don’t mind I am going to join you in the completion of XBC1 goal - I got 30 hours into the 3DS version, 50 into the DE edition, then 20 hours into another play through of the DE edition. I just can’t stick with it somehow, but maybe XBC3 has given me a new appreciation. And it seems a shame to leave it unfinished while having 2 and 3 under my belt.

Best to keep it simple and try and actually stick to one of these gaming resolutions for once, so that’s it!

Clear XBC DE in 2023!

@RogerRoger It is funny how often people really do get in this headspace where they start treating gaming like a job or an obligation. And fair enough if it actually IS your job, I guess, but for most of us, it's just a big ol' waste of time. When I'm picking up games, playing them for a bit, and not really getting hooked on anything, I know that's my signal to just do some other stuff for a while. My passion for the hobby will return with a vengeance when I'm ready to dive into something else. It usually helps that I need a few days to a week of... off-time, I guess, when I've finished a game and am processing the experience. It helps me to avoid the sort of hobbyist burn-out a lot of people report feeling.

@kyleforrester87 Sweet! I haven't played the DE yet, but I did play the Wii version for 20-ish hours, and the 3DS version for... 50 hours? I got pretty far in. It has always bugged me how the game was never able to snare me. Even if I never play it again, I at least want to be able to say that I finished it once.

Are you including Future Connected in that goal? My understanding is that it's fairly short, so I'll probably push on to that once I'm done with the main game.

@Ralizah I think I’ll just go for the main game, but if I end up really aching for more I’ll include FC. I heard it’s not that great.. but maybe it’ll tie into XBC3 future expansions a little, somehow. 🤷‍♂️