1) At least a third of the games I play next year should be either visual novels or independently developed games
Still holding pretty good with this one, as two of the four games I've started recently have been independently developed
2) Catch up with the Fatal Frame series
Nada again, although more by design, as a 'new' entry releases in less than a week, and I intend to play it immediately
3) Play and finish more games than I buy
I've fallen off with this goal a bit. Have bought six games to date, and only beat five. I have several games near completion, though, so it'll rebalance itself soon enough
4) Play and finish Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
I've made SIGNIFICANT progress on this goal in the last month. I'm now 50+ hours in and in the late-game stages of XCDE
5) Collect at least three platinum trophies in the Playstation ecosystem
1) At least a third of the games I play next year should be either visual novels or independently developed games
5 out of the 9 games I've played this year have been indies, and I'm currently playing through a visual novel as well. Doing really well with this goal so far.
2) Catch up with the Fatal Frame series
Working my way through Fatal Frame 4, but that's it.
3) Play and finish more games than I buy
I've technically bought nine games this year, but am only counting six of them, since three of them were digital purchases that my nephew wanted and I agreed to share the cost on. So definitely pulling ahead on this goal. Even if we counted those purchases, though, I'd still break even, so to speak.
4) Play and finish Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
I beat the main game, so I'm counting this, but I also plan on going through Future Connected soon as well.
5) Collect at least three platinum trophies in the Playstation ecosystem
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.
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
3 out of 3 so far. Proud of my efforts here. Those games are Hogwart’s Legacy, Tchia, and Jedi Survivor (still not complete yet), not to mention I started and played a couple hours of FF16 also. I’m killing this goal.
2. Watch at least 4 video game related cross-media TV shows or movies (either live-action or animated)
2 out of 4 so far. I watched HBO’s TLoU (which was great) and I’m cheating a little but I’m counting Across the Spider-Verse. (Hey, it’s video game adjacent 😅). I also just started season one of The Witcher. So make that 2.1 out of 4.
3. Play at least 6 indies.
3 out of 6 so far. Although that’s going by the strictest definition of “indie.” The 3 so far are Tacoma, Tchia, and The Stanley Parable. I also played The Pathless and am playing Stray both published by Annapurna but developed by small studios indie-type studios, but I couldn’t find anything saying whether Annapurna helped fund the games and owns the IP’s or not. So I’ll not count those 2 for now.
4. Take at least 1 screenshot from every game I play this year (Vita games excluded, unfortunately)
90%. I missed getting a screenshot in Tacoma. And by the time I thought of it I had the platinum and had deleted the game. Ah well. I’m 100% in all my others though.
5. Play a “simulator” style game.
None yet. Still mulling over which of these to try.
So far, so good. I’m mostly on schedule.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
1) Reduce backlog by at least 5 games
This one's off target. As I bought a bunch of 3DS/Wii U games before Nintendo closed the Eshop, my backlog has only increased. This'll balloon even further once the Metal Gear Solid collection releases, as that'll count as an additional 6 or so games (I'm interested in playing the original Metal Gear games along with the Solid series). However, I've cleared some long games, whilst most bought games were fairly short, so absolute number of games doesn't give the full picture.
2) Clear all Wii games from by backlog
This is going a lot better. I've cleared the majority of what I had, including big names such as Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword, Pikmin 1/2, and Metroid Prime 2. There's only three games left, with Metroid Prime 3 being the main noteworthy one.
@Th3solution I also platinumed Tacoma last weekend. Fun little game. Enjoyed it more than Gone Home for sure. I took a few screenshots of the house cats in weird places but I might just be coming off Stray😅.
Having said that you technically are still on for 100% as you get a screenshot every time you earn a trophy.
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
@KilloWertz@Fight_Teza_Fight Yeah, I disabled the trophy screenshot feature when I set up my PS5. I think you can set it to just screenshot platinums; so I should probably enable that. I only get a few of those per year so it wouldn’t be too cumbersome to my tiny memory. That, and I need to buy and install supplemental memory expansion
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
Absolutely rockin’ this one so far, having played 5 — Hogwart’s Legacy, Tchia, Jedi Survivor, Humanity, and now Final Fantasy 16 (in progress)
2. Watch at least 4 video game related cross-media TV shows or movies (either live-action or animated)
3 out of 4 so far. I watched HBO’s TLoU, the Gran Turismo movie, and currently watching The Witcher.
3. Play at least 6 indies.
Still stuck at 3 out of 6 so far, going by the strictest definition of “indie.” Those being Tacoma, Tchia, and The Stanley Parable. But this year so far I also played The Pathless, Stray, and Humanity which are indie style games but technically speaking are not since they have publisher support. I’m going to still see if I can get a few more true indies played on the next 3 months but I’ve done well with my intent of trying out smaller experimental games, nonetheless.
4. Take at least 1 screenshot from every game I play this year
I’m at 90%, although I did go back and snap a screenshot from Tacoma which I had missed. But there’s one other game I haven’t done a screenshot yet.
5. Play a “simulator” style game.
Nope. These simulation games are so long that I’m not sure I’ll get to this before years end. I’ve considered trying Snowrunner, Two-Point Hospital, Lawn Mowing Simulator, Jurassic World Evolution 2, Farming Simulator 22 or Planet Coaster. If someone has a recommendation of a simulation game that is short and easy for beginners, especially if it’s on PS+, then let me know. I’m intimidated by these games.
I’m doing okay with my goals, but the year is running out fast!
@Th3solution Well done! The big question is.... did Power Wash Simulator hook you in like so many others? It's like the Bermuda Triangle for many, you get lost, time mysteriously disappears and you can't quite explain what you were doing for all that time that was so absorbing. lol (it's not for everyone though)
Looking at you list, my results.
1) Yes played 3 games from 2023. But only just on PlayStation
2) Cross media...errr.... Witcher, Spiderman, TLOU, Castlevania. So Yes!
3) Yes easily played 6 indies, probably nearer 15-20. Best were Chained Echoes, Tinykin, Cocoon, Turnip Boy, Gris
4) Screenshots? Yes by trophies
5) Simulator... Yes I played some more PWS.
@themightyant Thanks! And to answer your question - indeed, PWS seems to have lulled me with its siren’s song and I lost several hours to its trance. I have wondered what all these ‘simulator’ games were all about and why people would ever want to spend their leisure time simulating work, but I can see some of the appeal.
During the first two jobs I thought it was silly, tedious, and a little boring, but after getting into a groove, it became more of a relaxing low stress outlet between other games. It scratches a part of the brain that desires order and accomplishment and specifically breaking down large tasks into smaller bite-sized checklists, and gives you the small dopamine hit with each lesser completion toward the whole. Not unlike a ‘collectithon’ type of mechanic seen in other games where you are working through long checklists of things, a la checking off all the backpacks in Spider-Man, getting all the artifacts In Uncharted, or all the gold bolts in Ratchet & Clank. The game would have grown indeed boring if it was just giving you a dirty thing and telling you to wash it, but instead by breaking it down into its constituent parts with a nice “ding!” patting you on the back every time you complete a section it makes for a low-key strategy game. The inclusion of a list with completion percentage of each small part is genius to keep you on task and decrease the frustration of what’s missing for 100% job completion.
The other analogous pastime that came to mind as I was sweeping pressured water streams over dirt and grease covered objects was that this was akin to people doing those adult coloring books as a means for stress relief. It’s not something I do, but I know people who do those as a diversion to shunt their minds anxious energy.
I don’t know if I’ll invest the time to complete the whole game and all its DLC but I plan to have it available on my console for a diversion if/when I want a simple distraction. I did find that I lost a few hours to it and looked back wondering where time went!
Good job, by the way with also hitting my goals. 😄 I find setting these goals helps me stay diversified and somewhat up to date on my gaming. As for 2024, I don’t know yet. I’ll formulate an official resolution list in coming days. I’ll probably have something in there about trying a new genre (similar to the “sim” goal I had last year). Maybe RTS, a fighting game, or a live service game… or another genre which is a blind spot in my gaming. I might build a goal for trophies too, since I have dropped off on trophy achievements lately. We’ll see. Do you have any ideas for what you would like to accomplish this year?
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
1) ’Get good’ at Fighting Games. Nope😅.
I’m still as bad/good at them as I was last year. Maybe this year…
2) Beat more games than I buy. Done.
Beat 33 games. Bought 6.
3) Finally beat Kingdom Hearts 3. Nope.
I have accepted I’m just going to have to replay the collection again. It’s been too long.
4) Get 5 Platinum trophies for the year. Done.
Got 8 for the year & Dragon Quest XI: S just has one trophy left (admittedly one I might never get).
5) Give an online game a chance Done.
efootball is my most played game of the year & also messed around with Yu-Gi-Oh! Master duel.
Both are Konami games. Maybe they ain’t that bad😂.
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
@Th3solution You very eloquently nailed exactly what it is about PWS that pulls people in. I didn't think it was for me either, but after hearing so many rave about it decided to give it a go and sunk in. Don't underestimate the satisfaction of that DING! when you complete a task. We just need AR goggles to include this for IRL tasks like washing up! lol. I did fall off after 15 or so hours as the things to clean got larger I found it more of a chore and dropped it, but went back for the FF7 DLC, just a small bike not an entire skatepark!
You are 100% right about the adult colouring books and side of the brain this appeals to. It's both relaxing, satisfying and steals your concentration from other things. Just what some need to unwind. Like train sets or Lego... or video games. I'll mostly stick with the later.
That said my goals for this year are also about diversifying... but not in games, i'm quite good at that naturally. In fact I need to prioritise other hobbies and stop playing, discussing and thinking about games as much. (To the gaming forums I go. lol) Ultimately just need a better balance of hobbies. Within games, same as 2023 to attack my backlog. I did pretty well this year!
@themightyant Unironically, the drive to break large accomplishments into smaller task is what setting goals is all about! 😅 I’ve developed a natural inclination to almost subconsciously break things down into smaller pieces that are more tangible, measurable, and able to be checked off. PWS is an archetype of New Years goal setting in itself! 😆
And there’s a life lesson there which I have been prone to employ — when I’m up against a large real world job that I’m dreading or dragging my feet on, it helps to cut it into small parts and sometimes even make a game of it to turn it into something fun. Some of my busier days at work, I make lists of steps I need to go through to finish my work, and it keeps me from completely losing my motivation when looking at the heap of work as a whole. “Eating the elephant one bite at a time”, etc, etc.
Man, I love it when gaming mirrors legitimate life lessons. Gives me the warm fuzzies. 😊
Well, a 2024 thread for resolutions should pop up soon, so mull things over of what you might like to commit to. I think diversification of non-gaming hobbies is a fantastic idea. Maybe hiking, or quilting, or karate, or painting, or … whatever!
PWS is an archetype of New Years goal setting in itself!... Man, I love it when gaming mirrors legitimate life lessons.
Spot on! lol. I remember climbing a mountain in Greece (not to jump off the top, and become the new God of War) and someone had spray-painted little yellow markers to highlight hand holds and routes to take so you didn't fall off the mountain and die. All felt very video gamey apart from the Vertigo and made ascending and descending the mountain feel very achievable and bite-sized.
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