My adhd keeps me from finishing a lot of my backlogged games and yeah it’s way harder to jump back into a bunch of half started games months later. I’m going to start using some of your suggestions, hopefully I’ll be able to finally finish more!
I used to do this. One thing I do now is stick to the main story. It allows me to spend the right amount of time In a game. I can find out online how long it should take me and then I’m able to control my yearly gaming outlook from there.
I made an excel sheet where I have my backlog. I wrote down the average playtime per game and sorted it from short to long. This way I can finish many games that aren't that long first and work my way through to the big ones. It also calculates me how long I will need to finish each game based on my average play time per day. Currently I would be done in March 2024. But when I include all the games I haven't bought yet but I want to play I would be done in January 2027. And in this time so many new games will come :D
Backlogs are a blessing and a curse indeed.. on one hand having all these different games to play & having so many options how to play is pure bliss but on the other can be too overwhelming leaving you in a weird state where you have such as vast amount of games to play but can never decide what to focus on and complete.. Thats why for every game i complete i get a sense of pride and accomplishment.. 🔥
yeah I remember growing up and downloading free xbox arcade games or replaying demos for the 100th time because I had no games but now I have tons and I don't play half of them.
my son is the same way, I choose a game by is this a 1000hr game? a 500hr game? or something i will beat in under 20hrs or get bored with in under 100 lol
If playing becomes a second job and you're not having fun, just stop. You don't NEED to complete your backlog. Just play the games you want and that makes you have fun.
Years ago I decided that I will only buy a game if I play it immediately and that was a big help to stop my backlog from growing at such a fast pace. A few months ago I decided to do a "The next three" list. Basically a list of games I will play next where I have three-game-slots that I try to balance. E.g. "one short game, one long game and mid long game" or "one visual novel, one action game and one strategy game" and I can freely choose in what order I play games within a slot of three but can only play a game of the next slot if the previous slot is finished. I then combined my old rule with this list approach as in "if I buy a new game it gets added to the list" and also try to (mostly) put at least 2 games I already own in any given slot of three. I have been doing this for quite a while now (currently I am at the third game of the seventh slot of three games) and I absolutely love it. Like it is so enjoyable to me because I get quite some variety and I have the "looking forward to that game after I finish this one" effect plus flexibility with regard to the order within a slot. Maybe this approach can help someone else :)
This is great. I fell behind on my aging over the last two years with school and working two jobs and I’m finally able to start tackling that backlog again. Very helpful video.
This might be my favorite backlog video. Very concise and actionable advice. Something I’ve used to help with my backlog is serendipity. Something I think you somewhat touched on in the part about looking at a trailer or review to remember why you were interested in a game. What I mean by serendipity is let the games come to you. Have the backlog but try to let motivation and interest come to you. Because sometimes actively seeking something can make it feel like a chore. Which leads you to dislike things you actually might like.
I see what you mean. Some friends of mine will argue with me that going for 100% achievement or platinum, doesn't necessarily mean you're getting your money's worth. The way I look at it is through the week I game probably 15/20hrs so getting the platinum for me is definitely getting my money's worth lol.
Basing my games around choosing which platinum I want next has really helped me to narrow down which game I play next. It incorporates a lot of these tips with keeping up variety.
The Return of the King 😍😍😍 But thanks a ton for this vid, needed the push to work through my collection and 100% a few titles that were collecting dust
I was drawn in by the many, many games on your backlog that are also on mine, but I'm really glad you (unlike other videos on this topic I've watched) addressed the problem of half-finished games. I have 20 hours in Witcher I, but drifted away because it got a bit dull, and it's stopping me moving on to the other two (much better from everything I hear) in the series. So I'm deleting it and moving on. Then I got stuck at one point in the middle of Rise of the Tomb Raider, went off and played some other stuff, and now can't face going back because it's been months and I almost feel like I'd have to start again, and would certainly have to learn it again. But I did enjoy the first half, so maybe that one goes to the bottom of the queue. First, though, I do need to stop (or at least ration) playing the endless games. They're really the culprit here.
It took me 3 10 hour playthroughs of Xenoblade Chronicles to figure out it just wasn't for me... until I played the Definitive Edition where everything just clicked and now that series is one of my favorites
Great video. It’s easy to get sucked into side content and get burnt out myself. It really is hard to resist going down the dead end with a breakable barrel.
I posted on reddit seeking help regarding this. I wish I knew theres already a fine video existing touching all the points. Thanks you helped me tons. I am hoping to become dedicated on finishing my backlog now
What helped me platinum/ 100% achievement 350 games is " i wont buy new games until i platinum this games" mindset but having tons of free time and less responsibilities back then definitely help more
i'm just starting to clear my backlog, and my initial tips to add would be: you can be hyped by new releases, but don't go actively looking through steam store/xbox store/ps store etc, even if there's a sale. On that note i would recommend limiting how many new games you allow yourself to buy in 6/12 month period, as it prompts you to ask yourself, "but is this game worth one of my [limited] slots?" And if your platform allows it, use the library sorting feature! I personally use: Highest Priority, High Priority, Mehh Priority, Low Priority, and As Good As Done (plus adding a completed list) great video too btw!! 👍
I can truly relate to the first minute of this video. I have countless games in my Steam library that I haven't gotten around to playing. There are two main reasons for that I believe. Number one: I am an adult with a lot of adult sh*t going on all the time. Playing games hasn't just taken a back seat. It's in the car trunk right now. That doesn't mean that I don't play games anymore. But on average I get between 7-10 hours a week. Anything from 15 minutes to an hour here and there. Number two: I usually buy them on sale thinking that I eventually play them. You couldn't do that as a kid. You got your one game and it was supposed to last for several weeks or months. You never knew when you would get another one and basically had to play that one game (or your older ones) for an unknown amount of time. The mindset of "later" doesn't exist in children the same way it does in us grown-ups. Also, games where different in our childhood. They where usually shorter and we usually had more time to grind away at it. You almost always played the games to dust before you got a new one. This is where it circles back to reason number one. To sum it up, we played games as kids because we didn't have much else going on in our life. And time is a b!tch that you have less of as you grow older. My opinion: Never play games because you have to. Play them because you enjoy them. We all have a similar approach to it. Once you eventually try that one game you bought 3 years ago and start getting into it, you eventually stick to it until it's finished. Of course it depends on the game. I usually stick to games that have a beginning, a mid and an ending. A story I know will unfold itself and eventually wrap up to a nice ending. Just stay away from the grinding-games, the online games if you will. I'm thinking games such as League of legends, World of Warcraft, Counter Strike and so on. Those are nothing but time wasters.
Appreciate this video. I got back into gaming this year after over 10 years without playing much at all. Of course I'm happy and excited and I'm buying a bunch of classics and new ones.. going all out. I do that with most hobbies. I like this. More please lol I've only put a small dent in my wishlist and I'm already thinking. I already have more than I can play/finish. Trying to manage it, play'em not go overboard and have a bunch of fun.. I'm only hearing words like backlog, 100 % completion, and all that jazz in 2023. I don't even know what online gaming is like at all! LOL The one thing I think I can really agree on is if the game doesn't grab you just move on. Life is too short to play mid games. Also there's no competition or race to complete games. Even if you hop around. Having fun? who cares! :) Some games like racing and sports etc doesn't really have endings anyway.
I saw the thumbnail and was worried this would be a super rushed and generic AI voice video - I’m so happy I gave it a chance. Wonderful video and ideas and editing. I’m sorry there’s nothing wrong with the thumbnail that was just a mindless judgement lol
Really help me at some points, I bought Darkwood because it was cheap a friend said it was good but i never open the game, now after finishing ghost of tsushima i will folow the tips and enjoy. Nice video man!
Oddly the thing that helped me the most was catalogueing every game I wanna play with the time to beat them from howlongtobeat. When I was done I had a catalogue that would take 3 years to beat (with no pause, so more like 30 years tbh). This revelation of yeah I'm not getting done anytime soon, because new games will be added as well. But there was something calming about that.
Ok, I had something to comment but as soon as I saw the list with Elden Ring, I thought "someone is going to get triggered by this". Then you said exactly what I was thinking. That's a perfect script there, sir. Well done!
I have a pro tip for this. If you started a game a long time ago but wanna finish it still, put it on your "de-rust list" where you commit 3 minutes of your time to start it up and walk around and lob grenades and crouch until you ger the buttons ago. Just starting the game at all helps
The abandoning part is critical. If you can overcome the feeling of money wasted you are good to go. It's actually a good idea to keep a list of th abandoned games. It has helped me to understand I should not get hyped by a game in a genre with several games I abandoned before. Wasting money sucks, but wasting life is infinitely worse. I guess the older one gets this becomes increasingly more obvious.
I’ve officially renounced any interest in live services so that helps. Though I’m in a very big conundrum because I’m attempting to review Cyberpunk 2077 and it’s a nightmare to sift through my footage to find what I need for the review I’ve already voiced. So aggravating I’ve put it off to play some other games that crossed my path these past few weeks. Hopefully after I get it done I can conquer the smaller games in my backlog that are easier to play and review in a timely fashion.
Personally I help myself by thinking of my wishlist as my backlog, so I only have purchased the games I'm playing, have played or will play soon. This way it also helps me prevent overspending and at least I feel that it helps me finish more games. (though I'm a completionist, so I should try to follow your advice of not going for 100% I everything 😅)
I like to start a bunch at once, then decide which I feel like continuing each day. Some will click with me to fully play it all, others can click a lot later. I also determine "completion" differently for each game, for example: in Elden Ring it's all 238 bosses, but in Zelda BOTW, it's just all main/side/shrine quest (because NO, I will NOT photograph every weapon for my Sheikah Slate). I play a lot of Switch games and I use the new grouping system for "Incomplete", "Complete", and "Need To Buy DLC." I try to keep the attempted games at around 30, I don't want 100 incomplete games at once.
LMAO you read my mind about Elden Ring that was great. Really nice video, I just happened to decide to commit to my backlog today (rather than just doing more runs of Slay the spire)
A great tip to add to this list. Do "make a note", before taking a longer break. write down what you are about to do, what you are saving up for (if you are in the middle of grinding), the controlles and maybe even what you just did. It will make coming back to the game a lot less painful. I did it when I needed a break from Ookami. You draw your attack, so I wrote down how to access the drawing screne and what attack I could do and how to draw them. When I came back, I could just get right back into it.
Great Video, after 8 years on Steam, i collected over 1.6k games and only played 59 games over 12 hours. I made an Account in Backlog and sorted every games i already finished and games i stopped played, even did some reviews on some of them. Tonight im gonna finally start either with Dead Space, Last of us or Remnant 2!
Great topic to make a video on as I suffer from same problem and it caught my attention, I noticed that I have not played a single game you have shown in your video. Turns out the its the type of games I play, they dont really have an end and have large replay value vs games that you can beat in under 20 hrs, thats the majority of my backlog. 7 days to die 500hrs, CK3 501hrs, dyson sphere program 70, factorio 400, kerbal space program 1 900+ hrs, flight simulator 1000 hrs+, oxygen not included 500hrs, rim world 1000hrs, satisfatory 400+hrs, civilization 5, 700hrs. Like im to lazy to play a 20 hr game lol gimme something worth my time. great video, really made me look at my backlog and analyze my situation vs yours. cheers.
sometimes it can be hard to get into a game as well, im someone who basically forces themself to play the first in the series before the next and right now im playing The Witcher 1. I'm finallly starting to have fun after around 15 hours in the game, the amount of things you need to keep track of made it very difficult to come back to the game after I left 9 hours in due to the extremely janky outdated combat system. But my point it sometimes its worth just pushing through the game until you get used to all the menus and weird combat to get to the good parts, it feels more rewarding than playing a game which is simple and instantly fun.
I think one thing I've started doing is letting myself make use of more "cheap" tactics or lower difficulties to get through it and see the end of the plot, sure it hurts the "gamer pride" a bit, but I have a job now and there's less time to waste on grinding on a jrpg
What has worked for me in getting through my backlog is to let go of the games I have no interest in ever playing. Those are usually tiny Indy games or mobile style games that I picked up for $1-3. That’s a solid 25% of my backlog. Then I play 2-3 short games (under 10 hrs) for every 1 longer game. I also aim to complete 35-50 games a year. Helps to keep on task for getting them played.
That was pretty good advice. Personally I'm learning how to not try to keep up with the mass producing industry that gaming has become, because that is literally impossible. I'm trying to find my own pace on the treadmill of games, instead of keeping up with one that I know I will fall off pretty quickly. It's not easy, because indeed hype is a thing, (such as Mario RPG *internal screaming*) but I think once the realization sets in knowing that games are still there even when we're playing other games it might become easier on the backlog and ourselves.
I have quite the backlog myself and I know there are some games I know I can't finish. New can be scary but I may want to wrap up a few games I'm close to finishing. Yeah, after this season quite a few games are gonna jump the line. But can still make time to try a few games at once. I may not always 100% all of them I'm not like that, but one I might platinum. Then not too small a list just too keep the variety still there.
My backlog is massive, and recently I just finished GTA V and Tomb Raider 2013, currently at the moment playing through Spider-Man 2 and Pokémon Omega Ruby. After Spider-Man I'm probably going to finish Ruby and then go on to Tomb Raider Rise or a Switch game. I tend to choose action and adventure, then an FPS or something short that can be beaten within about a day to break up the monotony of action adventure and RPG. After my FPS is an RPG. Also what I usually do lately over the past year is choose a game that I want to buy and take $10 a week stash it up and then go buy it. That gives me roughly six to seven weeks to finish a game or games before I purchase one that I'm planning on playing through fully such as Spider-Man.
I just made a choice to start going through my backlog alphabetically. I'm not playing everything in my library, but just scrolling it alphabetically and picking the first game I see that I actually really want to play. Can't tell how well it's gonna work yet because I'm still on the first game, Alan Wake, but I'm enjoying it
@@SinisterFlesh66 Nice. I've been definitely getting through a lot more games, I was really proud of my Steam Review of 2023. Though at the moment I have gotten kinda stuck at C and D because I have a bunch of really big games back to back haha. I've been chipping away at Cyberpunk 2077 for a while now, though I am really enjoying it.
@sebarus8108 one thing I didn't mention is that I'm going alphabetically but only playing a game if it's under 6 hours. Just started this approach. Finished bastion and now I'm on capcom beat em up bundle
Man, I'v had the itch to replay a few games but I also want to play some new games on my backlog as well, but I also want to upgrade my monitor before playing certain games, but I unfortunately lost my job, so its all tricky right now lol
Man I have the exact same problem as you had. The problem for me is that I open up Steam and see like 50 uncompleted games, get's overwhelmed, boots up League of Legends or UA-cam and then feels bad for not completing games. The thing is that I get the dumb feeling of feeling lonely while playing single-player games, the games story, characters and everything else could be awesome but deep down I know that I'm sitting here alone and that I could instead study, call a friend or do something else. I love gaming, I really do but very often single-player games feels like I'm wasting my time (even though it could be like 9PM and my work for the day is already done). Even after all this I still buy single-player games just to let them sit in my library for some reason, like I bought Witcher 3 in 2020 but haven't installed it ones yet and I feel stupid for it.
I just beat breath of the wild and did all 120 shrines and now I'm jumping right into tears of the Kingdom finally after like two months I can finally enjoy the height of Tears of the Kingdom I was playing Resident Evil and Mortal Kombat as a side game for breaks of breath of the Wild
I feel like the only thing holding me back from my backlog is ARK, MW3 zombies and occasionally destiny 2 with my wife. I cherish that time thatbwe are able to connect and just my procrastinatuon of a big list and constantly put off games that i really want to play just because of that routine we have in the evenings.
I wonder...what about old games or games that you can't "complete" in a modern way. Many older games just have a high score system. what even means finishing a game? Do everything in it or just do a part of it until you finished that "part"? I know there questions are dumb but they kinda hold me back from switching my games from "played" to "completed"
The idea of 'I've sunk $$$ into this game so I should get my money's worth' even if you're not that into it is the Sunk Cost Fallacy - i.e. the money you spent is gone no matter what you do, so there is no point in factoring it in. With new games, I agree it's totally fine to play something shiny and new over something that's been sitting on your list for a while. However 'shiny and new' can just mean you personally only just bought it, not necessarily that the game is only just released. Personally I've adopted the principle of never buying anything unless it's on sale (even if only by a little bit) and that means always waiting at least a short while. But also games always get patched and it's worth waiting a bit for at least the most major bugs to be ironed out. Ultimately, though, as someone who has actually at times cleared backlogs of things, while I totally relate to that itch to clear out a list, it's not anywhere near as satisfying as you might think to actually do it. I think the perfect balance is to have a manageable list of games to play that you can comfortably work through and rotate at a manageable rate.
Or just don't make the "backlog" buying uninteresting for you games and spend your money on something actually useful (Gym ticket, gas, throw in a pizza party (tho I'd suggest to *not* throw in parties too often and keep them a kind of "special events"))
The problem: when is a game "finished"? When you got through the main quest? When you accomplished even side quests and/or the coop-mode (I'm looking at you, Portal 2). Or do you even have to get every achievement? What about games like Cities Skylines, Europa Universalis or Minecraft? Can those even be finished?
I try to have one "comfort game" (e.g. Binding of Isaac, Vampire Survivors, Heroes of the Storm) and one "Progress game" (e.g. Control, Yakuza, Days Gone). That way if I'm exhausted or have less than 30 minutes, I can just launch my comfort game. If I have some time and feel for it, I'll launch a progress game. And be critical as to when to cross games off the backlog list instead of keeping them.
The only sad thing is RPGs is my favourite genre in gaming but as i have grown up and got a job i just dont have time for 100+ hr games. I usually only complete 1 or atmost 2 rpgs a year(ones i desperately want to play) but i would like to try so many more especially jrpg's but i just dont have the time and i have learned to live with it
The reason for my backlog is 1- i play multiplayer games and most of my time goes in there even though iv stopped playing them for a week now. Just got bored. 2- after coming back from work i just feel so tired that id rather just sit back and watch something but the thing is i do wanna play the games i bought and i just dont know what to do. Maybe ill start by uninstalling the multiplayer games since i dont enjoy them much anymore and forcing myself to start up a game after coming back from work. And since i would have no more multiplayer games i would have to play singleplayer games. Idk if this will work but ill post an update after a month. Ill save this video in my watch later.
I have similar issues with some other hobbies like anime and sometimes I see a great movie that looks good and may want to watch but never do it. Games was because I had a potato pc I coudn't play the games I bought before , now I have a good pc ( but a gaming laptop and I'm new to using laptops ) . But My games are like Avatar from 2009 , and I also want to play new free games to test my pc , but also my mind hovers to my comfort zone like prince of persia , or warcraft 3 . I do wanted to play the games I bought , but it's much easier to play games like Warcraft 3 or Magic The Gathering , or just start a online game for me. I did start playing some games but I can't maintain too much attention either. I had anxiety before in past years where due to relationship I constantly check my phone during game so It's affecting me till now a bit , so more than 3hrs of gameplay feels like isolation for me. Just 1 hr break and socials and etc , and back for more. In past , 7 years ago I did 12hrs straight on games like torchlight 2 ( it was not a demanding game with my gt210 ) . Now at age 21 if I play a game for 12 hrs I'd not be able to , due to work , anxiety and some other issues. I love RPG games a lot ! but they're most anxious game to me because they can take a long time. I want to emerse in games , often leading to playing lot long but also same time worry about other stuff. I have similar issues with anime where I started watching 1.5 and 1.75 for One piece and same for youtube , 2x sometimes + some jumps . In comics also I sometimes just read summary , only worthy ones read full . To be honest I want to spend a lot of quality times with all of my hobbies , my self , my friends and family , but you can't do everything. Something must go. As I grow older , I know time is just hard to get . I also have a bad habit of trying a lot hard , so in games like warcraft , dota , starcraft , magic , I play multiple times , almost 1 game for long time to improve , see videos , write my self experience and even read guides and test them all. That also waste a lot of time. I still remember failing 30 games in a row and quitting starcraft 2 crying. Ever since then I have improved my ways of training to games + taken loss in positive way , but also I called myself loser often and I no longer like being called gamer . I just play games but I don't like that title , specially with the starcraft 2 thing where I lost that way. I lost 30 games due to lots of simple stuff like social anxiety , panicking or not checking replays and improving so I just want to not associate myself with the " gamer " thing. I still like competitive games but I'm afraid of trying to get good again in most games I'd like to. Dota 2 is on my mind but I wonder. These games just can be played on fun , basic knowledge and no need hard core practise but sometimes my old habit can kick in. aside from the hardcore habit of getting good at most games , there aren't many things inside gaming that waste my time except just roaming around in games and trying stuff to find easter eggs and new stuff and things,. Some games have hidden stuff. To me gaming is my first hobby but not calling myself gamer frees myself from stress that I have to be good at it. I also don't like others to know I love games a lot. most people know me as artists or some weeb. ( which I'm also not a weeb since I just watch anime but not too deep into cultures and community , I also like Dub sometimes because it's easier to switch between Anime and TV which are both english [ if anime is dub ] but some are best sub.) Video Games are for all types of people . I'm a nerd who come from being a science lover so I always like strategy games and like to improve a lot on those . But I also do want to play more and get out of being stale . I suck at shooters I think but I haven't tried them , I just thought I'd suck at them since I'm only good at nerdy games. Games are for fun , and I want to find the balance between fun and what makes games slightly hard so that it feels more like a good achievement but also want to experiment and research on how each genre can teach us more than fun. Like how RTS helps in management behaviours or how I was thinking if racing games will do any good on road searching while driving things , and specially simulation games giving us virtual work to do and some demo of what that would be if done irl . I do need to mention I overthink a lot , no doubt my comment is long. I'm sure when I will be playing one game , I will think about something else in my mind time to time. Hopefully I will get over it / control it.
@@FormulaTroy Damn, didn't expect that info from the head honcho himself. Thank you. Appreciate the video, definitely gonna use some of your tips. Greetings from Poland !
I have all the time in the world and like less than 15 story mode games, but I, for the life of me cannot finish a damn game. I play like halfway absolutely loving it, then decide to dabble a little bit in another game and never go back to the last game for a while
Biggest realization I’ve had with games recently: if you’re not having fun, don’t play it. You can always revisit it later or refund, but don’t force yourself to like a game just because you bought it
I literally have more than 200 games in my backlog and just bought 34 new games from steam summer sales and a fun fact I haven't played the games I bought last year's summer sale ( all rpg games)
There is this one game, I'm trying to tackle every year, Darksiders 2. It's just not good. D1 was nice, the 2nd feels bad. And because I can't finish 2, I can't even start with D3
Do you play to credits or until you feel that you got your money's worth? I've played RDR2 but I want to play it again for the alternate ending. It's just that... It's such a gargantuan task to do that. RDR2 lives rent free on my hard drive and I never play it.
Yeah I'm definitely about rolling credits and then setting it down. Then if there was something like an alternate ending from different choices, I'll check it out on UA-cam. That way I can see the extra ending without needing to replay anything. Or for games that have a specific decision point, I'll do a full save just before it so that I can come back after finishing the game and immediately play the other ending, without needing to replay the whole game.
I organized my library on steam as Completed, Need to Finish, Not Interested in Finishing and Multiplayer / Endless. Also hid games I have absolutely no interest in and it's helped a lot. Now I have to choose a game to start.......
Since I am getting new pc soon I started buying more games on sale Games that im yet to play are Dead Island 1, Sleeping dogs, Arkham Knight,Red Dead 2, Bioshock 2 and Infinite I tried Witcher 2 but im not really enjoying it
Luckily I don't generally have too big of a backlog at any given time (3-5 games) since the quality of games and stuff that interests me has drastically gone down since 2020. I'm a trophy hunter as well as tight with my money so I won't buy anything I'm interested in unless it's at least 50-75% off lol. The time it takes to 100% a couple games is usually long enough to ride out the time between PS store sale periods. If I run out of things to play then I'll go back to a game to finish up any trophies I put off because they took too long or frustrated me too much at the time. Or I'll just replay the games I really liked until the next sale and I find something new to play. I also as a rule generally avoid playing anything with multiplayer trophies anymore since I hate having to rely on others or becoming better than tryhards, not to mention buggy or broken servers.
My adhd keeps me from finishing a lot of my backlogged games and yeah it’s way harder to jump back into a bunch of half started games months later. I’m going to start using some of your suggestions, hopefully I’ll be able to finally finish more!
Impulse spending also plays a big factor here😢
bro I swear I'll play a game get like 25% of the way through and then come back a few months later just to restart and get to that 25% again lmao.
I used to do this. One thing I do now is stick to the main story. It allows me to spend the right amount of time In a game. I can find out online how long it should take me and then I’m able to control my yearly gaming outlook from there.
Writing a note with what you are about to do and what the controls are, makes the process easier :)
@@archonthaaproduceru just like me fr😂😂
I made an excel sheet where I have my backlog. I wrote down the average playtime per game and sorted it from short to long. This way I can finish many games that aren't that long first and work my way through to the big ones. It also calculates me how long I will need to finish each game based on my average play time per day. Currently I would be done in March 2024. But when I include all the games I haven't bought yet but I want to play I would be done in January 2027. And in this time so many new games will come :D
Backlogs are a blessing and a curse indeed.. on one hand having all these different games to play & having so many options how to play is pure bliss but on the other can be too overwhelming leaving you in a weird state where you have such as vast amount of games to play but can never decide what to focus on and complete.. Thats why for every game i complete i get a sense of pride and accomplishment.. 🔥
That's what analysis paralysis is, my my friend
yeah I remember growing up and downloading free xbox arcade games or replaying demos for the 100th time because I had no games but now I have tons and I don't play half of them.
my son is the same way, I choose a game by is this a 1000hr game? a 500hr game? or something i will beat in under 20hrs or get bored with in under 100 lol
Awesome video bro! This is the first vid I ever watched from you and I subbed. Looking forward to more content on this subject :)
If playing becomes a second job and you're not having fun, just stop. You don't NEED to complete your backlog. Just play the games you want and that makes you have fun.
Years ago I decided that I will only buy a game if I play it immediately and that was a big help to stop my backlog from growing at such a fast pace.
A few months ago I decided to do a "The next three" list. Basically a list of games I will play next where I have three-game-slots that I try to balance. E.g. "one short game, one long game and mid long game" or "one visual novel, one action game and one strategy game" and I can freely choose in what order I play games within a slot of three but can only play a game of the next slot if the previous slot is finished.
I then combined my old rule with this list approach as in "if I buy a new game it gets added to the list" and also try to (mostly) put at least 2 games I already own in any given slot of three.
I have been doing this for quite a while now (currently I am at the third game of the seventh slot of three games) and I absolutely love it. Like it is so enjoyable to me because I get quite some variety and I have the "looking forward to that game after I finish this one" effect plus flexibility with regard to the order within a slot.
Maybe this approach can help someone else :)
Wow! I'm not the only person struggling with this? Even just that fact gives me motivation. Great vid, thanks.
This is great. I fell behind on my aging over the last two years with school and working two jobs and I’m finally able to start tackling that backlog again. Very helpful video.
This might be my favorite backlog video. Very concise and actionable advice. Something I’ve used to help with my backlog is serendipity. Something I think you somewhat touched on in the part about looking at a trailer or review to remember why you were interested in a game. What I mean by serendipity is let the games come to you. Have the backlog but try to let motivation and interest come to you. Because sometimes actively seeking something can make it feel like a chore. Which leads you to dislike things you actually might like.
The main problem with me is that i consider every game backlogged as long is i didn't get 100% achievements
Ouch. That's rough
I see what you mean. Some friends of mine will argue with me that going for 100% achievement or platinum, doesn't necessarily mean you're getting your money's worth. The way I look at it is through the week I game probably 15/20hrs so getting the platinum for me is definitely getting my money's worth lol.
Letting go of that mindset will put your mind at so much ease, I can guarantee it 😊
Finishing the main story should be considered completed.
Seeing the end credit is the main goal for me but I agree that some games I need to 100% them.
holy.... you're back!
Like any form of media (books, tv, movies, games) you don't have to consume all of them but just enjoy what you want to enjoy at your pace 😁
Basing my games around choosing which platinum I want next has really helped me to narrow down which game I play next. It incorporates a lot of these tips with keeping up variety.
I gave up live service games and my whole world opened up to play tons of incredible experiences
The Return of the King 😍😍😍
But thanks a ton for this vid, needed the push to work through my collection and 100% a few titles that were collecting dust
Really liked how this video was structured, it flows really well whilst still packing in a ton of info and advice
I was drawn in by the many, many games on your backlog that are also on mine, but I'm really glad you (unlike other videos on this topic I've watched) addressed the problem of half-finished games.
I have 20 hours in Witcher I, but drifted away because it got a bit dull, and it's stopping me moving on to the other two (much better from everything I hear) in the series. So I'm deleting it and moving on.
Then I got stuck at one point in the middle of Rise of the Tomb Raider, went off and played some other stuff, and now can't face going back because it's been months and I almost feel like I'd have to start again, and would certainly have to learn it again. But I did enjoy the first half, so maybe that one goes to the bottom of the queue.
First, though, I do need to stop (or at least ration) playing the endless games. They're really the culprit here.
It took me 3 10 hour playthroughs of Xenoblade Chronicles to figure out it just wasn't for me... until I played the Definitive Edition where everything just clicked and now that series is one of my favorites
Great video. It’s easy to get sucked into side content and get burnt out myself. It really is hard to resist going down the dead end with a breakable barrel.
The only side quest worth my time is yakuza 0, the side story sometimes even better than main story lol
@@engagex1you definitely have missed a ton on *interesting* and unique content in The Witcher series (especially 3)
I posted on reddit seeking help regarding this. I wish I knew theres already a fine video existing touching all the points. Thanks you helped me tons. I am hoping to become dedicated on finishing my backlog now
Very good video. This tips are gold to me, because my Backlog keeps on growing. Now I absolutely know what to do. Thank you so much. Keep it up.
What helped me platinum/ 100% achievement 350 games is " i wont buy new games until i platinum this games" mindset but having tons of free time and less responsibilities back then definitely help more
i'm just starting to clear my backlog, and my initial tips to add would be:
you can be hyped by new releases, but don't go actively looking through steam store/xbox store/ps store etc, even if there's a sale. On that note i would recommend limiting how many new games you allow yourself to buy in 6/12 month period, as it prompts you to ask yourself, "but is this game worth one of my [limited] slots?"
And if your platform allows it, use the library sorting feature! I personally use: Highest Priority, High Priority, Mehh Priority, Low Priority, and As Good As Done (plus adding a completed list)
great video too btw!! 👍
If I stop buying new games now and with my backlog checked and available game time checked, I should make it through around 2030.
I can truly relate to the first minute of this video. I have countless games in my Steam library that I haven't gotten around to playing. There are two main reasons for that I believe.
Number one: I am an adult with a lot of adult sh*t going on all the time. Playing games hasn't just taken a back seat. It's in the car trunk right now. That doesn't mean that I don't play games anymore. But on average I get between 7-10 hours a week. Anything from 15 minutes to an hour here and there.
Number two: I usually buy them on sale thinking that I eventually play them. You couldn't do that as a kid. You got your one game and it was supposed to last for several weeks or months. You never knew when you would get another one and basically had to play that one game (or your older ones) for an unknown amount of time. The mindset of "later" doesn't exist in children the same way it does in us grown-ups. Also, games where different in our childhood. They where usually shorter and we usually had more time to grind away at it. You almost always played the games to dust before you got a new one. This is where it circles back to reason number one.
To sum it up, we played games as kids because we didn't have much else going on in our life. And time is a b!tch that you have less of as you grow older. My opinion: Never play games because you have to. Play them because you enjoy them. We all have a similar approach to it. Once you eventually try that one game you bought 3 years ago and start getting into it, you eventually stick to it until it's finished. Of course it depends on the game. I usually stick to games that have a beginning, a mid and an ending. A story I know will unfold itself and eventually wrap up to a nice ending. Just stay away from the grinding-games, the online games if you will. I'm thinking games such as League of legends, World of Warcraft, Counter Strike and so on. Those are nothing but time wasters.
Appreciate this video. I got back into gaming this year after over 10 years without playing much at all. Of course I'm happy and excited and I'm buying a bunch of classics and new ones.. going all out. I do that with most hobbies. I like this. More please lol I've only put a small dent in my wishlist and I'm already thinking. I already have more than I can play/finish. Trying to manage it, play'em not go overboard and have a bunch of fun.. I'm only hearing words like backlog, 100 % completion, and all that jazz in 2023. I don't even know what online gaming is like at all! LOL The one thing I think I can really agree on is if the game doesn't grab you just move on. Life is too short to play mid games. Also there's no competition or race to complete games. Even if you hop around. Having fun? who cares! :) Some games like racing and sports etc doesn't really have endings anyway.
This is an amazing video! Can’t wait to see what else u produce in the future!
I saw the thumbnail and was worried this would be a super rushed and generic AI voice video - I’m so happy I gave it a chance. Wonderful video and ideas and editing. I’m sorry there’s nothing wrong with the thumbnail that was just a mindless judgement lol
Really help me at some points, I bought Darkwood because it was cheap a friend said it was good but i never open the game, now after finishing ghost of tsushima i will folow the tips and enjoy. Nice video man!
Oddly the thing that helped me the most was catalogueing every game I wanna play with the time to beat them from howlongtobeat. When I was done I had a catalogue that would take 3 years to beat (with no pause, so more like 30 years tbh). This revelation of yeah I'm not getting done anytime soon, because new games will be added as well. But there was something calming about that.
Ok, I had something to comment but as soon as I saw the list with Elden Ring, I thought "someone is going to get triggered by this". Then you said exactly what I was thinking. That's a perfect script there, sir. Well done!
I have a pro tip for this. If you started a game a long time ago but wanna finish it still, put it on your "de-rust list" where you commit 3 minutes of your time to start it up and walk around and lob grenades and crouch until you ger the buttons ago.
Just starting the game at all helps
The abandoning part is critical. If you can overcome the feeling of money wasted you are good to go. It's actually a good idea to keep a list of th abandoned games. It has helped me to understand I should not get hyped by a game in a genre with several games I abandoned before. Wasting money sucks, but wasting life is infinitely worse. I guess the older one gets this becomes increasingly more obvious.
I’ve officially renounced any interest in live services so that helps.
Though I’m in a very big conundrum because I’m attempting to review Cyberpunk 2077 and it’s a nightmare to sift through my footage to find what I need for the review I’ve already voiced. So aggravating I’ve put it off to play some other games that crossed my path these past few weeks.
Hopefully after I get it done I can conquer the smaller games in my backlog that are easier to play and review in a timely fashion.
This is a really awesome video. Seriously motivating and reminds me why I love gaming. Take care and gg 😊❤
Personally I help myself by thinking of my wishlist as my backlog, so I only have purchased the games I'm playing, have played or will play soon. This way it also helps me prevent overspending and at least I feel that it helps me finish more games. (though I'm a completionist, so I should try to follow your advice of not going for 100% I everything 😅)
Appreciate u man im a busy guy so this is really cool. All love and i hope u blow up❤
I like to start a bunch at once, then decide which I feel like continuing each day. Some will click with me to fully play it all, others can click a lot later.
I also determine "completion" differently for each game, for example: in Elden Ring it's all 238 bosses, but in Zelda BOTW, it's just all main/side/shrine quest (because NO, I will NOT photograph every weapon for my Sheikah Slate).
I play a lot of Switch games and I use the new grouping system for "Incomplete", "Complete", and "Need To Buy DLC." I try to keep the attempted games at around 30, I don't want 100 incomplete games at once.
LMAO you read my mind about Elden Ring that was great. Really nice video, I just happened to decide to commit to my backlog today (rather than just doing more runs of Slay the spire)
A great tip to add to this list. Do "make a note", before taking a longer break. write down what you are about to do, what you are saving up for (if you are in the middle of grinding), the controlles and maybe even what you just did.
It will make coming back to the game a lot less painful. I did it when I needed a break from Ookami. You draw your attack, so I wrote down how to access the drawing screne and what attack I could do and how to draw them.
When I came back, I could just get right back into it.
Great Video, after 8 years on Steam, i collected over 1.6k games and only played 59 games over 12 hours. I made an Account in Backlog and sorted every games i already finished and games i stopped played, even did some reviews on some of them. Tonight im gonna finally start either with Dead Space, Last of us or Remnant 2!
Great topic to make a video on as I suffer from same problem and it caught my attention, I noticed that I have not played a single game you have shown in your video. Turns out the its the type of games I play, they dont really have an end and have large replay value vs games that you can beat in under 20 hrs, thats the majority of my backlog. 7 days to die 500hrs, CK3 501hrs, dyson sphere program 70, factorio 400, kerbal space program 1 900+ hrs, flight simulator 1000 hrs+, oxygen not included 500hrs, rim world 1000hrs, satisfatory 400+hrs, civilization 5, 700hrs. Like im to lazy to play a 20 hr game lol gimme something worth my time. great video, really made me look at my backlog and analyze my situation vs yours. cheers.
wait I rewatched video, i have played a bunch of these game lol
sometimes it can be hard to get into a game as well, im someone who basically forces themself to play the first in the series before the next and right now im playing The Witcher 1. I'm finallly starting to have fun after around 15 hours in the game, the amount of things you need to keep track of made it very difficult to come back to the game after I left 9 hours in due to the extremely janky outdated combat system. But my point it sometimes its worth just pushing through the game until you get used to all the menus and weird combat to get to the good parts, it feels more rewarding than playing a game which is simple and instantly fun.
I think one thing I've started doing is letting myself make use of more "cheap" tactics or lower difficulties to get through it and see the end of the plot, sure it hurts the "gamer pride" a bit, but I have a job now and there's less time to waste on grinding on a jrpg
Thanks. I needed that. I was beginning to think I am just a collector.
3:20 section is how I feel about the entire dark souls series + elden ring and sekiro
What has worked for me in getting through my backlog is to let go of the games I have no interest in ever playing. Those are usually tiny Indy games or mobile style games that I picked up for $1-3. That’s a solid 25% of my backlog. Then I play 2-3 short games (under 10 hrs) for every 1 longer game. I also aim to complete 35-50 games a year. Helps to keep on task for getting them played.
That was pretty good advice. Personally I'm learning how to not try to keep up with the mass producing industry that gaming has become, because that is literally impossible. I'm trying to find my own pace on the treadmill of games, instead of keeping up with one that I know I will fall off pretty quickly.
It's not easy, because indeed hype is a thing, (such as Mario RPG *internal screaming*) but I think once the realization sets in knowing that games are still there even when we're playing other games it might become easier on the backlog and ourselves.
I have quite the backlog myself and I know there are some games I know I can't finish. New can be scary but I may want to wrap up a few games I'm close to finishing. Yeah, after this season quite a few games are gonna jump the line. But can still make time to try a few games at once. I may not always 100% all of them I'm not like that, but one I might platinum. Then not too small a list just too keep the variety still there.
My backlog is massive, and recently I just finished GTA V and Tomb Raider 2013, currently at the moment playing through Spider-Man 2 and Pokémon Omega Ruby. After Spider-Man I'm probably going to finish Ruby and then go on to Tomb Raider Rise or a Switch game. I tend to choose action and adventure, then an FPS or something short that can be beaten within about a day to break up the monotony of action adventure and RPG. After my FPS is an RPG. Also what I usually do lately over the past year is choose a game that I want to buy and take $10 a week stash it up and then go buy it. That gives me roughly six to seven weeks to finish a game or games before I purchase one that I'm planning on playing through fully such as Spider-Man.
I just made a choice to start going through my backlog alphabetically. I'm not playing everything in my library, but just scrolling it alphabetically and picking the first game I see that I actually really want to play. Can't tell how well it's gonna work yet because I'm still on the first game, Alan Wake, but I'm enjoying it
@@GreyMonarch Literally just finished it. It's incredible. Except driving. The driving sucks. Other than that it still holds up great
Haha, I just started doing alphabetically too.
@@SinisterFlesh66 Nice. I've been definitely getting through a lot more games, I was really proud of my Steam Review of 2023. Though at the moment I have gotten kinda stuck at C and D because I have a bunch of really big games back to back haha. I've been chipping away at Cyberpunk 2077 for a while now, though I am really enjoying it.
@sebarus8108 one thing I didn't mention is that I'm going alphabetically but only playing a game if it's under 6 hours. Just started this approach. Finished bastion and now I'm on capcom beat em up bundle
Dude WTF this video is amazing, thank you so much !
great video, you're incredibly underrated
I've been trying to work through my backlog since the beginning of 2023. I've finished about 20 games so far but still have like 200 to go
Man, I'v had the itch to replay a few games but I also want to play some new games on my backlog as well, but I also want to upgrade my monitor before playing certain games, but I unfortunately lost my job, so its all tricky right now lol
Alright:
1) Don't make any impulsive expensive purchases untill you find a job
2) Get a job
3) Buy new monitor
4) enjoy
This motivated me to get back to working on that backlog.
Curious about what website you use to log completed games?
Sweet! I use Backloggd.com 👍
We rate games differently a 7 out of 10 game is a great game by my standards.
Man I have the exact same problem as you had. The problem for me is that I open up Steam and see like 50 uncompleted games, get's overwhelmed, boots up League of Legends or UA-cam and then feels bad for not completing games. The thing is that I get the dumb feeling of feeling lonely while playing single-player games, the games story, characters and everything else could be awesome but deep down I know that I'm sitting here alone and that I could instead study, call a friend or do something else. I love gaming, I really do but very often single-player games feels like I'm wasting my time (even though it could be like 9PM and my work for the day is already done). Even after all this I still buy single-player games just to let them sit in my library for some reason, like I bought Witcher 3 in 2020 but haven't installed it ones yet and I feel stupid for it.
I just beat breath of the wild and did all 120 shrines and now I'm jumping right into tears of the Kingdom finally after like two months I can finally enjoy the height of Tears of the Kingdom I was playing Resident Evil and Mortal Kombat as a side game for breaks of breath of the Wild
I feel like the only thing holding me back from my backlog is ARK, MW3 zombies and occasionally destiny 2 with my wife. I cherish that time thatbwe are able to connect and just my procrastinatuon of a big list and constantly put off games that i really want to play just because of that routine we have in the evenings.
Goal is to finish 2-3 games per month, it allows me to balance gaming, working, and living life outside / hanging out w/ friends 👌
I wonder...what about old games or games that you can't "complete" in a modern way. Many older games just have a high score system. what even means finishing a game? Do everything in it or just do a part of it until you finished that "part"? I know there questions are dumb but they kinda hold me back from switching my games from "played" to "completed"
The idea of 'I've sunk $$$ into this game so I should get my money's worth' even if you're not that into it is the Sunk Cost Fallacy - i.e. the money you spent is gone no matter what you do, so there is no point in factoring it in.
With new games, I agree it's totally fine to play something shiny and new over something that's been sitting on your list for a while. However 'shiny and new' can just mean you personally only just bought it, not necessarily that the game is only just released. Personally I've adopted the principle of never buying anything unless it's on sale (even if only by a little bit) and that means always waiting at least a short while. But also games always get patched and it's worth waiting a bit for at least the most major bugs to be ironed out.
Ultimately, though, as someone who has actually at times cleared backlogs of things, while I totally relate to that itch to clear out a list, it's not anywhere near as satisfying as you might think to actually do it. I think the perfect balance is to have a manageable list of games to play that you can comfortably work through and rotate at a manageable rate.
Or just don't make the "backlog" buying uninteresting for you games and spend your money on something actually useful (Gym ticket, gas, throw in a pizza party (tho I'd suggest to *not* throw in parties too often and keep them a kind of "special events"))
What site do you use or recommend for your lists? (The one shown at 5:30 for example?)
It is backloggd.com 👍
@@FormulaTroy thanks!
I end up playing sports games, they're quick, and easy.
Just finished xenoblade 3 after 184hrs and paused to another games. Still working through my backlog on huge 3 consoles libraries..
The problem: when is a game "finished"? When you got through the main quest? When you accomplished even side quests and/or the coop-mode (I'm looking at you, Portal 2). Or do you even have to get every achievement? What about games like Cities Skylines, Europa Universalis or Minecraft? Can those even be finished?
True, if someone tells me they "finished" Elden Ring, but only killed the main bosses, I'm like "you mean you beat 30 out of 238 bosses... 🤔"
I try to have one "comfort game" (e.g. Binding of Isaac, Vampire Survivors, Heroes of the Storm) and one "Progress game" (e.g. Control, Yakuza, Days Gone).
That way if I'm exhausted or have less than 30 minutes, I can just launch my comfort game.
If I have some time and feel for it, I'll launch a progress game.
And be critical as to when to cross games off the backlog list instead of keeping them.
amazing video i really enjoyed and helped my a lot with my confused mind HAHAH
Nice vid!
What tool is that you showed in the video of lists of your completed games?
The only sad thing is RPGs is my favourite genre in gaming but as i have grown up and got a job i just dont have time for 100+ hr games. I usually only complete 1 or atmost 2 rpgs a year(ones i desperately want to play) but i would like to try so many more especially jrpg's but i just dont have the time and i have learned to live with it
Great video!
The reason for my backlog is 1- i play multiplayer games and most of my time goes in there even though iv stopped playing them for a week now. Just got bored. 2- after coming back from work i just feel so tired that id rather just sit back and watch something but the thing is i do wanna play the games i bought and i just dont know what to do. Maybe ill start by uninstalling the multiplayer games since i dont enjoy them much anymore and forcing myself to start up a game after coming back from work. And since i would have no more multiplayer games i would have to play singleplayer games. Idk if this will work but ill post an update after a month. Ill save this video in my watch later.
I have similar issues with some other hobbies like anime and sometimes I see a great movie that looks good and may want to watch but never do it. Games was because I had a potato pc I coudn't play the games I bought before , now I have a good pc ( but a gaming laptop and I'm new to using laptops ) . But My games are like Avatar from 2009 , and I also want to play new free games to test my pc , but also my mind hovers to my comfort zone like prince of persia , or warcraft 3 . I do wanted to play the games I bought , but it's much easier to play games like Warcraft 3 or Magic The Gathering , or just start a online game for me. I did start playing some games but I can't maintain too much attention either. I had anxiety before in past years where due to relationship I constantly check my phone during game so It's affecting me till now a bit , so more than 3hrs of gameplay feels like isolation for me. Just 1 hr break and socials and etc , and back for more. In past , 7 years ago I did 12hrs straight on games like torchlight 2 ( it was not a demanding game with my gt210 ) . Now at age 21 if I play a game for 12 hrs I'd not be able to , due to work , anxiety and some other issues. I love RPG games a lot ! but they're most anxious game to me because they can take a long time. I want to emerse in games , often leading to playing lot long but also same time worry about other stuff.
I have similar issues with anime where I started watching 1.5 and 1.75 for One piece and same for youtube , 2x sometimes + some jumps .
In comics also I sometimes just read summary , only worthy ones read full .
To be honest I want to spend a lot of quality times with all of my hobbies , my self , my friends and family , but you can't do everything. Something must go. As I grow older , I know time is just hard to get .
I also have a bad habit of trying a lot hard , so in games like warcraft , dota , starcraft , magic , I play multiple times , almost 1 game for long time to improve , see videos , write my self experience and even read guides and test them all. That also waste a lot of time.
I still remember failing 30 games in a row and quitting starcraft 2 crying. Ever since then I have improved my ways of training to games + taken loss in positive way , but also I called myself loser often and I no longer like being called gamer . I just play games but I don't like that title , specially with the starcraft 2 thing where I lost that way. I lost 30 games due to lots of simple stuff like social anxiety , panicking or not checking replays and improving so I just want to not associate myself with the " gamer " thing. I still like competitive games but I'm afraid of trying to get good again in most games I'd like to. Dota 2 is on my mind but I wonder. These games just can be played on fun , basic knowledge and no need hard core practise but sometimes my old habit can kick in.
aside from the hardcore habit of getting good at most games , there aren't many things inside gaming that waste my time except just roaming around in games and trying stuff to find easter eggs and new stuff and things,. Some games have hidden stuff. To me gaming is my first hobby but not calling myself gamer frees myself from stress that I have to be good at it. I also don't like others to know I love games a lot. most people know me as artists or some weeb. ( which I'm also not a weeb since I just watch anime but not too deep into cultures and community , I also like Dub sometimes because it's easier to switch between Anime and TV which are both english [ if anime is dub ] but some are best sub.)
Video Games are for all types of people . I'm a nerd who come from being a science lover so I always like strategy games and like to improve a lot on those . But I also do want to play more and get out of being stale . I suck at shooters I think but I haven't tried them , I just thought I'd suck at them since I'm only good at nerdy games. Games are for fun , and I want to find the balance between fun and what makes games slightly hard so that it feels more like a good achievement but also want to experiment and research on how each genre can teach us more than fun. Like how RTS helps in management behaviours or how I was thinking if racing games will do any good on road searching while driving things , and specially simulation games giving us virtual work to do and some demo of what that would be if done irl .
I do need to mention I overthink a lot , no doubt my comment is long. I'm sure when I will be playing one game , I will think about something else in my mind time to time. Hopefully I will get over it / control it.
Does anyone know what's the name of the website where Troy keeps his lists of finished games ? The one that appears in 5:12.
It is backloggd 👍
@@FormulaTroy Damn, didn't expect that info from the head honcho himself. Thank you. Appreciate the video, definitely gonna use some of your tips. Greetings from Poland !
what is this website 5:31 you used for reviewing and listing games?
What site do you use to rank/review your games? I've been looking for something like a letterboxd for gaming for awhile, seems similar.
Currently use backloggd.com and can highly recommend!
I have this chronic problem of installing a game in my backlog and the next thing I know is I'm in Whiterun
I have all the time in the world and like less than 15 story mode games, but I, for the life of me cannot finish a damn game. I play like halfway absolutely loving it, then decide to dabble a little bit in another game and never go back to the last game for a while
Biggest realization I’ve had with games recently: if you’re not having fun, don’t play it. You can always revisit it later or refund, but don’t force yourself to like a game just because you bought it
I literally have more than 200 games in my backlog and just bought 34 new games from steam summer sales and a fun fact I haven't played the games I bought last year's summer sale ( all rpg games)
What's the game at 11:09? Looks cool. Great video btw, ever since I got into game collecting my backlog has just kept on growing and growing.
That was Warframe 👍
@@FormulaTroywhat website do u use to rank ur top 10 games of the year?
@shockscape3573 I use backloggd.com 👍
I stopped playing gollum bc the controls & glitchs were fun killers for me.
is that a website you can link for reviewing games after you are done
What do you do if you really want to replay a game you have previously played but you still have a backlog lol
What website/app do you use to log and review the games you play?
I use backloggd.com 👍
Great video!! What is the website at 5:18 called??
Thanks! It is backloggd.com 👍
@@FormulaTroy thank you!!!
Starting up divinity original sin was probably not good for my backlog. 12 hours in and I'm still in the first area.
There is this one game, I'm trying to tackle every year, Darksiders 2. It's just not good. D1 was nice, the 2nd feels bad. And because I can't finish 2, I can't even start with D3
And i am sitting here with no backlog, becauce i beat it and have nothing to play 😅😢
Do you play to credits or until you feel that you got your money's worth? I've played RDR2 but I want to play it again for the alternate ending. It's just that... It's such a gargantuan task to do that. RDR2 lives rent free on my hard drive and I never play it.
Yeah I'm definitely about rolling credits and then setting it down. Then if there was something like an alternate ending from different choices, I'll check it out on UA-cam. That way I can see the extra ending without needing to replay anything. Or for games that have a specific decision point, I'll do a full save just before it so that I can come back after finishing the game and immediately play the other ending, without needing to replay the whole game.
I had my backlog for 10 years now im 27 and doing more important things in life. Rip gaming for me.
I organized my library on steam as Completed, Need to Finish, Not Interested in Finishing and Multiplayer / Endless. Also hid games I have absolutely no interest in and it's helped a lot. Now I have to choose a game to start.......
I have over 500 games, and I need to clear them.
Great video, definetlly helped :)
It so odd that as a kid I didn't have enough games but was happy and now I have too many and im not happy about it lol
Since I am getting new pc soon I started buying more games on sale
Games that im yet to play are Dead Island 1, Sleeping dogs, Arkham Knight,Red Dead 2, Bioshock 2 and Infinite
I tried Witcher 2 but im not really enjoying it
what is this app/site from the beginning where you got all of your games with ratings?
It is backloggd.com 👍
Luckily I don't generally have too big of a backlog at any given time (3-5 games) since the quality of games and stuff that interests me has drastically gone down since 2020. I'm a trophy hunter as well as tight with my money so I won't buy anything I'm interested in unless it's at least 50-75% off lol. The time it takes to 100% a couple games is usually long enough to ride out the time between PS store sale periods.
If I run out of things to play then I'll go back to a game to finish up any trophies I put off because they took too long or frustrated me too much at the time. Or I'll just replay the games I really liked until the next sale and I find something new to play. I also as a rule generally avoid playing anything with multiplayer trophies anymore since I hate having to rely on others or becoming better than tryhards, not to mention buggy or broken servers.
What were you using for those top 10 lists?
They are ranked lists on backloggd.com 👍
Does anyone know the puzzle game at 8:02
Opus Magnum!