Couldn't have said it any better. Being a completionist and an backlog assassin are two contradictory elements. I love doing both just as you do, but I'm more committed to complete the games from my real backlog than just from a large library of games I might wanna play. I truly encourage that anybody who does play this way to find one thing at a time. Either complete games or crush your backlog. I spoke about this many many times in my videos.
It's a tough journey to tackle on both sides, you just have to find a balance when it comes to shifting your priorities according to how you are feeling on certain days or weeks.
Exactly what I've been thinking about lately! It's really hard to do both at the same time, so it's probably best to focus on either trophy/achievement hunting or 100% completing games. And ofc great video as always legend!
This is a great video discussing a pretty nuanced angle when it comes to these subjects. I think in the end the healthiest approach is to enjoy trophy/achievement hunting in games youre already enjoying. That's actually somewhat hard to do 100% of the time, but its a good guiding principle for me. Something I've found that helps is to have different outlets for thise different styles of gaming. I have my YT channel which focuses mostly on trophies, i have a twitch stream where i play my retro backlog, and i have podcasts focusing on beating the backlog and on indie games. Time can definitely be a struggle between them, but it means i always have a place to discuss whichever of those is speaking to me the most at any given time. Again, great video and great discussion. Good luck clearing that backlog!
Thank you for the comment! Certainly having different outlets to portray the different facets of your hobbies is a good way to approach anything, but I do think at all times enjoyment has to be what comes out on top!
I recently decided that I won't be getting the platinum in Space Marine 2 due to slow loading & current issues joining friends I've had. If it gets fixed then maybe I'll reconsider, but a 30 second load for levels on PS5 just seems too much in my books & brings down an otherwise fantastic game. Astro Bot however I had the opposite reaction of deciding during my first play through that I'm going to platinum it. It's not a shock as I'd intended to from the start, but now I've committed myself. Though I've got games I want to play for making content like Resident Evil 2 on N64, so I'll have to put things aside to do that. My close buddy does however do trophy hunting, primarily becsus he had the free time & also because he self-admittedly had a bit of an addiction problem with them. He's never gotten bad, but will play through a game longer to get trophies long after he stops having fun with it. It doesn't help that at least for us in Canada trophies = PS Points which can be used as money, so he's extra compelled to recoup costs beyond his enjoyment. Meanwhile my biggest collection of games for this generation is & probably will stay on the Nintendo Switch which doesn't have any trophies/achievements & I hope Nintendo never adds them. Not that I'd complain if they did, but it just goes against their core designs for most games.
Thank you for the comment! Great points as always, when it comes to achievements on Nintendo I do agree that I hope they never add them, would put different implications on game that up until modern gaming have no point in existing.
great video been feeling this a lot this last month not even playing games unless I know ill complete them. Gonna take a break from trophies for a bit cuz like you said Id rather actually finish some games and clear my backlog than spend longer getting achievements nobody will care about except me.
I love getting trophy, always had, but recently yes the backlog do take a whole lot more of my time especially really older one where you get no trophy, but also with the raising price of recent game, getting ps5 game as been a low priority over getting them on steam, especially since i got the steamdeck. I still have a huge backlog of vita, ps3 and ps4 game i could play and get trophy, but like you say between playing another 50 hour to complete the game and play another game entirely playing the other game seem like the no brainer.
There isn’t really a point to buying Entire New Games and ONLY playing them for the Achievements, Instead of trying to enjoy them. Hell, i only get all Achievements if truely like a certain game and want to 100% it
Couldn't have said it any better. Being a completionist and an backlog assassin are two contradictory elements. I love doing both just as you do, but I'm more committed to complete the games from my real backlog than just from a large library of games I might wanna play. I truly encourage that anybody who does play this way to find one thing at a time. Either complete games or crush your backlog. I spoke about this many many times in my videos.
It's a tough journey to tackle on both sides, you just have to find a balance when it comes to shifting your priorities according to how you are feeling on certain days or weeks.
Exactly what I've been thinking about lately! It's really hard to do both at the same time, so it's probably best to focus on either trophy/achievement hunting or 100% completing games. And ofc great video as always legend!
Thanks for the kind comment :D Yeah it's really good to keep changing your focus according to how you're feeling :)
This is a great video discussing a pretty nuanced angle when it comes to these subjects. I think in the end the healthiest approach is to enjoy trophy/achievement hunting in games youre already enjoying. That's actually somewhat hard to do 100% of the time, but its a good guiding principle for me.
Something I've found that helps is to have different outlets for thise different styles of gaming. I have my YT channel which focuses mostly on trophies, i have a twitch stream where i play my retro backlog, and i have podcasts focusing on beating the backlog and on indie games. Time can definitely be a struggle between them, but it means i always have a place to discuss whichever of those is speaking to me the most at any given time.
Again, great video and great discussion. Good luck clearing that backlog!
Thank you for the comment! Certainly having different outlets to portray the different facets of your hobbies is a good way to approach anything, but I do think at all times enjoyment has to be what comes out on top!
I recently decided that I won't be getting the platinum in Space Marine 2 due to slow loading & current issues joining friends I've had. If it gets fixed then maybe I'll reconsider, but a 30 second load for levels on PS5 just seems too much in my books & brings down an otherwise fantastic game.
Astro Bot however I had the opposite reaction of deciding during my first play through that I'm going to platinum it. It's not a shock as I'd intended to from the start, but now I've committed myself.
Though I've got games I want to play for making content like Resident Evil 2 on N64, so I'll have to put things aside to do that.
My close buddy does however do trophy hunting, primarily becsus he had the free time & also because he self-admittedly had a bit of an addiction problem with them. He's never gotten bad, but will play through a game longer to get trophies long after he stops having fun with it. It doesn't help that at least for us in Canada trophies = PS Points which can be used as money, so he's extra compelled to recoup costs beyond his enjoyment. Meanwhile my biggest collection of games for this generation is & probably will stay on the Nintendo Switch which doesn't have any trophies/achievements & I hope Nintendo never adds them. Not that I'd complain if they did, but it just goes against their core designs for most games.
Thank you for the comment! Great points as always, when it comes to achievements on Nintendo I do agree that I hope they never add them, would put different implications on game that up until modern gaming have no point in existing.
great video
been feeling this a lot this last month
not even playing games unless I know ill complete them. Gonna take a break from trophies for a bit cuz like you said Id rather actually finish some games and clear my backlog than spend longer getting achievements nobody will care about except me.
I wish you the best of luck! And thanks for the comment!
I love getting trophy, always had, but recently yes the backlog do take a whole lot more of my time especially really older one where you get no trophy, but also with the raising price of recent game, getting ps5 game as been a low priority over getting them on steam, especially since i got the steamdeck. I still have a huge backlog of vita, ps3 and ps4 game i could play and get trophy, but like you say between playing another 50 hour to complete the game and play another game entirely playing the other game seem like the no brainer.
It's just a matter of what let's you find the most fun in the hobby :)
There isn’t really a point to buying Entire New Games and ONLY playing them for the Achievements, Instead of trying to enjoy them.
Hell, i only get all Achievements if truely like a certain game and want to 100% it
True that friend!