See my backlog here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Hh1LH-iSOix3Zp-EaGoCD8ArJm_XmSlpIJUVN4V85WU/edit?usp=sharing Follow along with me and tell me your own list of games below! Would you also like to see me stream the games on my backlog?
Thank you! You have no idea how much this comment means to me. Editing is my biggest focus for my videos this year. The fact it's been noticed already is amazing, I still have an insane amount to learn
I was also inspired by Daryl Talks Games when he made his first video back in November 2022. That's when I finally organized my backlog and I was able to finish 30 games last year! I didn't have as nearly big of a backlog as him to begin with, but it was still a blast to track my progress and see all that I had done and accomplished throughout the year. Currently this year, I'm up to 15 games beaten so far! I love the website How Long to Beat and you can create an account and track games on your backlog, create wishlists, etc. I saw on your spreadsheet that you had dropped Octopath Traveler. You had some fair criticisms, but I actually stayed away from the 1st game for those reasons and I jumped onto Octopath Traveler II because I had heard it was good. It is amazing and I've heard it actually addressed and fixed a lot of issues that were in the first. If you are willing to give the series another go, I would highly recommend putting Octopath Traveler II on your backlog! Currently, I'm playing through Octopath Traveler II and I have 11 games on my backlog, although a lot of them are RPGs lol.
Love to hear it, you've made good progress! I'm more than happy to give Octopath Traveler 2 a shot. It will go on my 2025 list as I won't be adding any more to this current list. I'm glad you're having a good time with it!
I usually just pick out two games per quarter and play those. It removes the whole 'i need to get through this' so I can just enjoy the game. If I play more, then I play more.
I use steam's "Collections" feature which can automatically divide your games into played and unplayed, my "Pile of Shame". I manually make a "Short List" and have a collection of "To Replay" (which is just XCOM: Enemy Within). Also lets me rate games and lets me gaze upon my vast collection in pride as I do work on it.
So tempted to do this myself. Recently I made a "current focus" shelf on steam so it'll be the first thing I see when I open it up. I keep it at 3 items (right now AC Black Flag, CrossCode, and Fields of Mistria) and since the genres are so different I can choose what I'm feeling without derailing my progress. I've had a bad habit of playing a lot of my games, but finishing very few. Sometimes this almost feels intentional, like I don't want the experience to end because I love the game so much, so I do all the side quests or stop progressing the main story. Tales of Xillia 2, I quit it at the entrance of the final dungeon!!! Crazy! I can't believe I left it there. I guess that could be on my backlog, and I could get an easy win for crossing it off. 😂
Oh you are going to love Red Dead Redemption 2. I rarely finish games and I have thousands of games in my collection, knowing that I will never be able to play them all, let alone finish them but I've still come back to RDR2 to play it from start to finish 3 times already.
Getting COVID really helped me this yaer! first 3 days I couldnt even play games but during the isolation I crushed Moonlighter, and retrunal... and made good progress on BG3 and Prey Mooncrash
Here is my remaining list for the rest of 2024: Cyberpunk 2077 DLC (almost done with this right now) Dishonored Elden Ring DLC Metro Exodus Nier Automata Ori and the Will of the Wisps Soma Tears of the Kingdom Stalker 2 (not out yet) Black Myth Wukong (not out yet) I like to keep my list to something achievable and adjust at the new year. There are just so many games and backlogs change often, priorities shift, etc. I have a lot more games I want to play, but these are the must plays for me right now. This method helps me actually reach the goals I set and not stress over completing them. Gives ample time for me to play my multiplayer games like Rocket League and Apex Legends as well. Anyways, to anyone reading this, good luck on your own backlog adventures! Happy gaming!
I have a list of games in my backlog. Each game has the platform, time to beat, whether I myself paid for it (opposed to free games or physical games in my house that I didn’t buy), and number for the order it was added to the list. This lets me choose my next game in different ways. Sometimes I want to work on all the games I paid for, sometimes I want to knock out some shorter games, sometimes I want to just play the last game for a certain platform. I also have a number for each game which is an order of desired play. I did that in order to try to mix up the order I play games. I try to mix them up so I don’t play 2 games back to back that are the same genre, length, or platform in order to keep them all fresh. My backlog wasn’t super big, so that last part was pretty easy to do. Only about 40 games total
Sounds like a great system! I think I went overboard with 72 because 40 seems a lot more manageable. I definitely need to think more about the order I play as well to keep the momentum
Fun fact, not everyone has a backlog, some of us are poor so we either have very small backlog(50 games tops) or none at all 😅. Although another fun fact, the poor Steam user version of a backlog is *Wishlist* We have like 500+ games on there 😢 so yeah Ig your comment about 99% of Steam gamers having a backlog still makes sense if you view wishlist as it's own backlog!
Absolutely the wishlist counts! I'm not rolling in money myself, the vast majority of my games are free on Epic or physical pre-owned. Gotta take the games where you can get them!
I'm working on my backlog this year too! I made a separate UA-cam channel for streaming longer games (the company is nice), and I made a shortlist of spooky games to focus on in my own time in October!
The good thing of big backlogs are the red games, you thought you would like to play them but you notice very quickly that you don't like them that much. Do them first and then put them away quickly to see your backlog shrink massively, we get overwhelmed when we see more than 30-50 games (choice paralysis). Ask yourself "which game can I finish quickly?" and do it first. If you bought them you might feel like you have to play them because you paid hard earned money but especially when you notice that you don't have time to play them all, choose at least the best ones and not those you don't even like or the average ones. Sometimes other people recommended them and you just don't click with it or you got it for free or a cheap sale which doesn't mean that you will like it. I had it with Witcher 3 for example, didn't like the story or combat system but everyone told me it the best game ever so I had it on my backlog and always thought I still have to play it. After watching reviews I noticed I'm not the only one who doesn't like it for the same reasons so... no I don't have to play or finish it thx. If I still felt like wanting to finish them I just watched the ending or a review/retrospective of the game to know what this game was about. It gave me closure. I also buy a lot less games on sales now when I get a feeling that I won't play them anyway. it's the "oh I'll play it LATER" trap that never comes. Only buy what you can and want to play immediately. There will be other sales in the future where it will be even cheaper anyway. I had 130 steam games and around 70 games were games I never finished because I didn't like them enough, another ~40 were already finished so my backlog after 1 WEEK of sorting my games was only around 20-40 from which 20 are pretty much infinite games I will probably never finish because I don't want to (Cities Skylines for example you can always build a new city). Those are also the games that keep you from playing your backlog btw (in your case Final Fantasy, surely you will play this series forever or at least for a veeery long time and that's ok :D) For the last 20 games I could finish, I now needed 2 years for around 12 of them and still ongoing (Morrowind still on that list which is very long, I enjoy it so obviously I don't want to rush through just to make my backlog smaller) but it's not an overwhelming backlog anymore. Actually I don't call it backlog anymore just my game options... my feeling of a backlog was pretty much gone in that 1 week- 5 months period when I had an overview of all my games and which ones are worth it or not.
You raise really good points here. For example, on my spreadsheet I ditched Disco Elysium because it just wasn't clicking with me, yet I know so many people rate the game extremely highly. Same with Octopath Traveler. I rarely buy games either. The vast majority of the games I have on PC have all been claimed for free on Epic, Amazon or Steam
I have this tendency to get a bunch of stuff when I get into a new hobby. I have quite few unread books and unsolved jigsaw puzzles for example. I've always gamed a little bit but didn't truly dive into it until maybe 2022 and now have a pretty big library. Finished maybe 40%, and gave roughly another 35% a decent try (so between ~30 minutes and close to finishing). I'm now slowing down accumulating the games, like it happened with books and puzzles. One thing that helps is zifting your wishlist once in a while with the questions: Do I still want to play this game? Do I really want to add it to my library or just the idea of it? Then again I've never had a strong sense of FOMO for almost anything, always went my own way. I think that's how still want to do all those puzzles and finish most of the unread books (the ones I'm uncertain about are the ones where the Internet hype got to me) and wanna play all the games I have. I'm not certain if that goes for my wishlist, but that's nearly all unreleased so I have the time still. This is great because in some of those genres my to play list feels kinda saturated or it's a wishlisted sequel, so I'm gonna finish the previous game first. In any case I have a rule for my wishlist: no more than 40 games, but that's just for when NextFest hits, I generally try to keep it under 30 games otherwise. Works wonders for playing the stuff you already have. I also don't really impulse buy but tend to leave stuff in my cart for at least a day before coming back, longer during the Summer Sale. I really wanted to be sure if I wanted those games. Plus it helps keeping to a budget if you only buy in a sale once. Prices add up if you get everything at once, which can help you reconsider if you truly want it (now). Now wish me luck actually keeping this up. Steam is optimised for hyperconsumerism and buying way too many games.
I have suffered from the exact same problem in the past and ended up with nothing ever seen through to the end. that's why I only have one game or book on the go at any one time, and it seems to be working for me. 40 is a good, managable number. I may have gone overboard with 70+ for my own so we will see. Good luck finishing yours!
The secret is the 2 hour rule, after 2 hours if you dont feel hooked, take it off the backlog. I did it with crysis 2. I beat crysis 1 after 20 hours and hated it, I forced myself to beat it, I am not doing that again even through crysis 2 is better then 1. Played 2 hours and gave up, meh.
I agree, set a time point at which you evaluate if you want to continue playing but there's quite a few games where 2 hours might not be long enough to get totally into it. Although when that happens to me I usually enjoy some part(s) of the game and feel like it's going to get better. Sometimes vibe and art style is enough to continue longer until I get into it. And then there's Forager... I just don't get what's fun about grinding for the grind. To me Forager kinda feels like and idle game in that it's just not fun and engaging. The only reason to do things is to see numbers go up. Numbers I don't care for. But I can enjoy grinding for a specific goal or upgrade that can change the gameplay in a way I want. I also don't get idle games and why they're so popular. They just bore the hell out of my mind in like 30 minutes. I had some I couldn't return so I most efficiently got all achievement and uninstalled. But a lot of people do enjoy them, so good for them there's quite a few apparently good ones.
@@ammalyrical5646 Forager is a strange one for me. I got REALLY into it for a few hours and then suddenly I was done. It's a well made game for what it is
@Emelenyt to be Forager went like this: Seemed like fun when I started, levelled up a couple of times. But within an hour, I wasn't enjoying it much. The levelling still went quickly enough for the dopamine hits, though, so I was like: just one more level. Just under 5 hours of gameplay , I stopped, never went back, and regretted not being able to get a refund anymore. I could've had one had I actually listened to my boredom meter. Luckily, it's not an expensive game, and I suspect I got it with some kind of discount. My time when I evaluate if I want to continue playing is roughly 5 hours, btw. But I decided on this way more recently than I played Forager.
So the way I'm keeping track of my backlog is through an app called Stash. My breakdown is currently as follows: 12 games I want, 13 games I'm currently playing, 102 games I've beaten, and 46 games I own but have not played yet, 3 of which are game collections, so more than 1 game. My basic idea is to finish at least a handful of these games and if I don't enjoy them enough to keep them for a second round or new game plus, then trade them in. Only then will I get one of the games I want.
I started playing all the game in my backlog last year and I’m doing great I started with the og Xbox games then the 360 and then the Xbox one on advice would be try to play different genres that way u don’t get burnout of the same type games
There is no way I could only play one game at a time. Usually I play them alternating and so couldnt finish a single one. Here is a tip for gamers with a similar "problem": choose 5 games from very different genres you like and only allow yourself to switch between those 5 games. You will always have something fun to play while also getting through multiple games steadily.
I've personally been using Backloggd to log all the games I have yet to play and played. Currently Sitting at 129 games left. Been playing Fire Emblem Awakening and Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. I'm only counting games I have payed for or free ones I would really like to play. Since there are a few games I have had my eye on, I set goals to clear a certain amount of games before I can purchase them, so as to not add to the log too much. I plan to start Katawa Shoujo and The Awakened Fate: Ultimatum next.
I dont like the idea of clearing my backlog. I only buy games on discount and usually dont play the brand new stuff so clearing my backlog would mean I have nothing more to play. I just pick a game I have download it and play it until I finish it or drop it I dont see it as a task that needs to be organized and planned and cleared so I can be done with it. my backlog show me how many more hours of fun I have left.
I definitely see where you're coming from. I know this isn't an exhaustive list because next year I'll make another one just as big. Like you, I'm not fussed about playing the latest titles as there is so much to play. My backlog will never truly be cleared, and that's the way it should be
I don't have many games on my backlog but it is still a sizeable enough list that makes me want to try and avoid adding more. They are: - Ratchet and Clank PS4 and Rift Apart - Infamous Second Son - Detroit Become Human - Dying Light - LEGO DC Super Villains - Far Cry 4 - Watch Dogs Legion - Ryse Son of Rome - Portal 2 - Half Life 2 - Saints Row IV - Grand Theft Auto IV + Story DLC - Sunset Overdrive - Super Mario Wonder - SIFU - Monster Hunter Rise - Rise of the Ronin
I did a similar thing after watching DTG's first video, not even joking, my list has grown to over 2000 games. No I can't cut any of them I gotta see what all the Nintendogs hype is about
Been also working on my backlog and tracking it with Backloggd. Made some good progress at the beginning of the year but I've not made much progress since March. Maybe I'll change that.
Ni No Kuni 2 is a wonderful JRPG! First one I crossed off on my list here. FF9 and 10 are my top 2 games of all time so I'll always recommend those. I'd love to hear how you get on with all these games when you get to them
Hi! I like your video. I feel like I am entering a gaming phase. Problem being my family owns lots of games and I don't know what to start playing first.
That sounds great! If you're someone who is new to gaming then I would probably suggest starting with games on the shorter side to get used to different types of gameplay. Though, if you like reading then it could be good to seek out games that tell stories in a similar genre to any books you like. Whatever you choose, I hope you have fun!
@LadyKitsunetsuki fantastic game! Easy to beat as a noob and extremely rewarding for those that master the mechanics. Might I recommend my video on movement in games that goes over this
Love point & clicks, RPGs and of course Final Fantasy ones are the best. Working through a bit of my Steam library and actually enjoying it rather than letting the pressure of a backlog get me down. I just need to stop replaying FF7, FF8 and Skyrim over and over :D. Also, don't go back to social media, it is bad!
FF are the best! I'm playing FF8 for the first time right now and I just got to Ultimecia's Castle. Been a great game so far! And social media is bad, I'll just stick with UA-cam
Is it just me or backlog videos(from reviewing backlog, discussing them, streaming games in said backlogs) are becoming sort of new let's plays of 2024? I kinda hope so, it's an interesting way to innovate let's play genre although I am feeling weirdly left out considering how I think *all* backlog channels had FF games on em while I'm seemingly the only one who haven't played any FF games 😅 (not because I think FF is bad, I don't know it's quality, it's just JRPGs ain't the same as western RPGs like Fallout NV or Vampire Masquerade etc)
I have definitely seen a rise in the amount of backlog videos. That's probably why this is my best performing video. Everyone has their own personal tastes, but if you do get a chance to try out any FF games I strongly recommend giving them a go. I'm currently playing through FF8 as we speak
@@Emelenyt map is really a challenge for a person who has no sense of direction such as myself but I've genuinely enjoying it thought it was really difficult until I realised for the first 6 hours when I first played it, I set it to jedi master difficulty and I'm really rusty now so purge troopers were even tough to fight
@thatdudeghosty6817 I agree, it's definitely needlessly challenging to use the map. I just hope the signposts I point out in that video help people such as yourself to getting around without the map at all
Love the video, this is a real problem for us gamers. I swore I wouldn't buy anything else till I make huge progress on what I already own (just picked up the Saints Row reboot and We Love Katamari Rerolled...), it's hard to not buy more. You can do it! I am tracking my progress for this year, I will attach below. I'm aiming for 100 in 2024, not sure I can, but I'm going to try. Moto GP 21 is the current game I'm playing. (X,Y) Indicates Platform played on and year of first release: January: 4 games (Year Total = 4 games) World Rally Championship 5 (Xbox One, 2015) Gran Turismo 5 (Playstation 3, 2010) Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360, 2007) Moto GP 22 (Xbox One, 2022) | February: 3 games (Year Total = 7 games) Monster Energy Supercross 2 (Xbox One, 2019) Pokémon: Red Version (VBA-M, 1996) Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the Witch (Playstation 3, 2011) | March: 9 games (Year Total = 16 games) Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (Playstation 3, 2008) Tales of Symphonia (Playstation 3, 2003) Resident Evil: Revelations (Playstation 3, 2012) Loco Roco 2 (Playstation Portable, 2008) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Playstation Portable, 1997) Buzz Master Quiz (Playstation Portable, 2008) Kingdom Hearts (Playstation 2, 2002) Katamari Damacy (Playstation 2, 2004) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Playstation 3, 2011) | April: 14 games (Year Total = 30 games) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Xbox 360, 2011) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360, 2009) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Xbox 360, 2013) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Xbox 360, 2014) Gears of War (Xbox 360, 2006) Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360, 2008) Left 4 Dead 2 (Xbox 360, 2009) Adventure Time: HIKWYSOG (Nintendo 3DS, 2012) WarioWare: D.I.Y. (Nintendo DS, 2009) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (Nintendo DS, 2005) Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (Nintendo DS, 2008) Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (Nintendo DS, 2006) Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (Nintendo GameCube, 2005) Hunter: The Reckoning (Nintendo GameCube, 2002) | May: 9 games (Year Total = 39 games) Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (Xbox 360, 2013) Kung Fu Panda (Xbox 360, 2008) Dishonored (Xbox 360, 2012) Superbike World Championship (Xbox 360, 2008) Alan Wake (Xbox 360, 2010) Grand Theft Auto: TLaD (Xbox 360, 2009) Grand Theft Auto: TBoGT (Xbox 360, 2009) Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360, 2008) [PROTOTYPE] (Xbox 360, 2009) | June: 4 games (Year Total = 43 games) [PROTOTYPE2] (Xbox 360, 2012) Resident Evil 6 (Xbox 360, 2012) Crackdown (Xbox 360, 2007) Crackdown 2 (Xbox 360, 2010)
@@Emelenyt yeah its a must play game... probably the best written game ever made. It did take me a couple of times playing it to get hooked mainly because the combat is so janky compared to other Infinity Engine games like Baldurs Gate 1-2.
The problem is that most games are too long. They're not even realistic to finish. They get old mechanically way before the finish line. AC: Odyssey is definitely one such game.
@@Emelenyt Yeah, you're right about Valhalla. It's somehow even worse in that regard. You have a 100+ hour game that has the legs to stay interesting for maybe 30 hours. There's this design paradigm where games have to be as long as possible, even if it means copy-pasting the same gameplay hundreds of times. So definitely don't feel bad about not finishing games; many of them turn into torture half-way through due to the way they're designed.
@@Elintasokas oh I definitely don't feel bad about not finishing games. Funnily enough, I just recorded a video about that very thing 😂 should be up over the weekend
@@Emelenyt Ah, interesting. There is a sort of satisfaction to finishing a game, but if the journey isn't fun, then it's not worth pushing to the destination if you ask me. Games are entertainment after all. It's different if you're reading a non-fiction book. It might not be all that fun, but that's not really the point. You're in it to learn something, which is different. Whatever entertainment is had is incidental.
Similarly to you, I have a pretty big backlog. Of youtube videos rather than games. Around 3100 of them in my watch later playlist. You have been relegated to it. You will be informed when I decide to watch it.
I want to finish my PS+ extra backlog by the time it runs out in Feb. I only have 10 left. YS 9, Sea of Stars, Immortals of Aveum, Tunic, Dredge, Ghostrunner 2, Celeste, Killzone Shadowfall, and Need for Speed Unbound, and a Rayman maybe 2, plus whatever they decide to add that peaks my interest i was at 7 before May's got announced and detoured and I'm paying for that or not Stellar Blade and Grandblue were amazing. Then I'm off to Ubisoft+ for Shadows, Outlaw, and Prince of Persia with maybe Mirage or Far Cry 7 if it comes out by like May if I have time. Then off to gamepass for Metaphor, hopefully Doom, and hopefully a bunch of CoD camapigns. I like subscriptions.
I believe you can do this! There's a few games on your list that I definitely want to play, like Sea of Stars. Subscriptions are great for consumers that have time to get the most out of their money
If for some goddamm reason you have not play GTA 5 and ghost of tsushima , then only play them and nothing else. Well maybe you could also add cyberpunk and doom eternal, also starfeild as well Detroit become human is also good.
Detroit was a great game! I will admit that I played most of Ghost before but never finished it and lost my save data from my old PSN. But yeah, GTA V is high on my list
I totally understand where you're coming from. For me personally, I find enjoyment in organising things into lists. My main focus is to still have fun while playing that games. As I said in the video, I won't be rushing through them just to tick them off, and I won't be upset if I don't get through them. It's all fun
@@Blackfatrat I feel the same way at times. I often go back to World of Warcraft or FF9 and 10 for comfort, and because I know them. I can just veg out and play Never force yourself to play a game you find boring. It's not worth it
Well a job isn't fun. Playing games is fun. He owns hundreds of games. mathmatically its impossible for him to finish them all so this is just a way of organizing it. I understand the mentality. I own thousands of games and I've considered playing one new game every day, which would still take me years to get through.
I feel like it's hard to break out of it. But you don't need to play any of these games... 1000+ hours is something you could learn something way more productive in than waste your time with games
Time doing something you enjoy is not time wasted. On top of that, I pour my time into this UA-cam channel which is a creative outlet for me, picking up the skill of editing along with it. I know gaming isn't for everyone, but not everyone needs to be productive in their spare time either
Can't wait to see your progress. If you are going to post to any social media, can it be Instagram? I too have given up social media and Instagram is the only one I am willing to return to😅
Love to have you along for the ride! I'll be honest, I was leaning towards Instagram anyway, but UA-cam will be the main place. Possibly use the community tab some more
See my backlog here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Hh1LH-iSOix3Zp-EaGoCD8ArJm_XmSlpIJUVN4V85WU/edit?usp=sharing
Follow along with me and tell me your own list of games below! Would you also like to see me stream the games on my backlog?
bioshock infinite is a 10/10 i hope u enjoy ☺
@@penguen029 gotta get through the first two before then! I'm excited to play them all
cool list with fin games, I have played about half the games on your list
Man, I cant even get past the title screen. From there, I just shut off the game and sleep.
Motivation issues
Stop deluding he's just not in the mood to play thats not about lack of motivation @@Kozmo-Kamuy
yo huge props on the editing and the flow of the video ! this is some 100k+ subs type of content, keep up the amazing work
Thank you! You have no idea how much this comment means to me. Editing is my biggest focus for my videos this year. The fact it's been noticed already is amazing, I still have an insane amount to learn
I was also inspired by Daryl Talks Games when he made his first video back in November 2022. That's when I finally organized my backlog and I was able to finish 30 games last year! I didn't have as nearly big of a backlog as him to begin with, but it was still a blast to track my progress and see all that I had done and accomplished throughout the year. Currently this year, I'm up to 15 games beaten so far! I love the website How Long to Beat and you can create an account and track games on your backlog, create wishlists, etc. I saw on your spreadsheet that you had dropped Octopath Traveler. You had some fair criticisms, but I actually stayed away from the 1st game for those reasons and I jumped onto Octopath Traveler II because I had heard it was good. It is amazing and I've heard it actually addressed and fixed a lot of issues that were in the first. If you are willing to give the series another go, I would highly recommend putting Octopath Traveler II on your backlog! Currently, I'm playing through Octopath Traveler II and I have 11 games on my backlog, although a lot of them are RPGs lol.
Love to hear it, you've made good progress!
I'm more than happy to give Octopath Traveler 2 a shot. It will go on my 2025 list as I won't be adding any more to this current list. I'm glad you're having a good time with it!
I usually just pick out two games per quarter and play those. It removes the whole 'i need to get through this' so I can just enjoy the game.
If I play more, then I play more.
Stress free and full of fun, that's all you need! What have you got on the go at the mo?
I use steam's "Collections" feature which can automatically divide your games into played and unplayed, my "Pile of Shame".
I manually make a "Short List" and have a collection of "To Replay" (which is just XCOM: Enemy Within).
Also lets me rate games and lets me gaze upon my vast collection in pride as I do work on it.
So tempted to do this myself. Recently I made a "current focus" shelf on steam so it'll be the first thing I see when I open it up. I keep it at 3 items (right now AC Black Flag, CrossCode, and Fields of Mistria) and since the genres are so different I can choose what I'm feeling without derailing my progress.
I've had a bad habit of playing a lot of my games, but finishing very few. Sometimes this almost feels intentional, like I don't want the experience to end because I love the game so much, so I do all the side quests or stop progressing the main story.
Tales of Xillia 2, I quit it at the entrance of the final dungeon!!! Crazy! I can't believe I left it there. I guess that could be on my backlog, and I could get an easy win for crossing it off. 😂
Oh you are going to love Red Dead Redemption 2. I rarely finish games and I have thousands of games in my collection, knowing that I will never be able to play them all, let alone finish them but I've still come back to RDR2 to play it from start to finish 3 times already.
I did start it a couple years back and got to Guam but I never finished it. I'll be starting it from the very beginning again because it was fantastic
Getting COVID really helped me this yaer! first 3 days I couldnt even play games but during the isolation I crushed Moonlighter, and retrunal... and made good progress on BG3 and Prey Mooncrash
That's awesome! Shame about the COVID but there is a little upside I guess. Which was your toughest one to get through?
Here is my remaining list for the rest of 2024:
Cyberpunk 2077 DLC (almost done with this right now)
Dishonored
Elden Ring DLC
Metro Exodus
Nier Automata
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Soma
Tears of the Kingdom
Stalker 2 (not out yet)
Black Myth Wukong (not out yet)
I like to keep my list to something achievable and adjust at the new year. There are just so many games and backlogs change often, priorities shift, etc. I have a lot more games I want to play, but these are the must plays for me right now. This method helps me actually reach the goals I set and not stress over completing them. Gives ample time for me to play my multiplayer games like Rocket League and Apex Legends as well. Anyways, to anyone reading this, good luck on your own backlog adventures! Happy gaming!
That's a solid list right there. For sure it needs to be manageable and fun above all else.
Good luck with your efforts!
"ive never played gta5" Good for you!
"and I intend to change that" NOOO
Ha! I take it it's not a game you recommend?
great video and i’m almost done with my backlog like 20 ish games left lol
That's good going! Any recommendations?
I have a list of games in my backlog. Each game has the platform, time to beat, whether I myself paid for it (opposed to free games or physical games in my house that I didn’t buy), and number for the order it was added to the list. This lets me choose my next game in different ways. Sometimes I want to work on all the games I paid for, sometimes I want to knock out some shorter games, sometimes I want to just play the last game for a certain platform.
I also have a number for each game which is an order of desired play. I did that in order to try to mix up the order I play games. I try to mix them up so I don’t play 2 games back to back that are the same genre, length, or platform in order to keep them all fresh. My backlog wasn’t super big, so that last part was pretty easy to do. Only about 40 games total
Sounds like a great system! I think I went overboard with 72 because 40 seems a lot more manageable.
I definitely need to think more about the order I play as well to keep the momentum
Fun fact, not everyone has a backlog, some of us are poor so we either have very small backlog(50 games tops) or none at all 😅.
Although another fun fact, the poor Steam user version of a backlog is *Wishlist*
We have like 500+ games on there 😢 so yeah Ig your comment about 99% of Steam gamers having a backlog still makes sense if you view wishlist as it's own backlog!
Absolutely the wishlist counts! I'm not rolling in money myself, the vast majority of my games are free on Epic or physical pre-owned. Gotta take the games where you can get them!
Just pirat them all lmao
You only have a backlog if you think you need to play/complete games.
Just let it go and play what you feel like.
Dawg you dont want to see my backlog, like 750+ games I was gonna review all of them and make a youtube out of it but I am too lazy for it
750?! Dude, is that like every game you own? 😂
@@Emelenyt oh no I own more
I'm working on my backlog this year too! I made a separate UA-cam channel for streaming longer games (the company is nice), and I made a shortlist of spooky games to focus on in my own time in October!
Good luck getting through it! Which spooky games are on your list?
@@Emelenyt There's a bunch, I'm most excited for Hollow Knight and Crypt Custodian :)
5:02 good lord man I was eating
I barely have backlogged nowadays due to clearing almost all my Xbox stuff
Now I have a Wishlist and emulation list that steadily keep growing
Wishlist is a whole other subject! I too have a growing list. I might tackle that one in the future too, thanks for the idea
Ever since I recently made a switch to PC gaming now all of a sudden I have a massive backlog and wishlist. 😅
@@Kung_Fu_Junkie it's easy done! Way more games on PC 😂
@@Kung_Fu_Junkie glad I don't have a backlog
The good thing of big backlogs are the red games, you thought you would like to play them but you notice very quickly that you don't like them that much. Do them first and then put them away quickly to see your backlog shrink massively, we get overwhelmed when we see more than 30-50 games (choice paralysis). Ask yourself "which game can I finish quickly?" and do it first.
If you bought them you might feel like you have to play them because you paid hard earned money but especially when you notice that you don't have time to play them all, choose at least the best ones and not those you don't even like or the average ones. Sometimes other people recommended them and you just don't click with it or you got it for free or a cheap sale which doesn't mean that you will like it. I had it with Witcher 3 for example, didn't like the story or combat system but everyone told me it the best game ever so I had it on my backlog and always thought I still have to play it. After watching reviews I noticed I'm not the only one who doesn't like it for the same reasons so... no I don't have to play or finish it thx.
If I still felt like wanting to finish them I just watched the ending or a review/retrospective of the game to know what this game was about. It gave me closure. I also buy a lot less games on sales now when I get a feeling that I won't play them anyway. it's the "oh I'll play it LATER" trap that never comes. Only buy what you can and want to play immediately. There will be other sales in the future where it will be even cheaper anyway.
I had 130 steam games and around 70 games were games I never finished because I didn't like them enough, another ~40 were already finished so my backlog after 1 WEEK of sorting my games was only around 20-40 from which 20 are pretty much infinite games I will probably never finish because I don't want to (Cities Skylines for example you can always build a new city). Those are also the games that keep you from playing your backlog btw (in your case Final Fantasy, surely you will play this series forever or at least for a veeery long time and that's ok :D)
For the last 20 games I could finish, I now needed 2 years for around 12 of them and still ongoing (Morrowind still on that list which is very long, I enjoy it so obviously I don't want to rush through just to make my backlog smaller) but it's not an overwhelming backlog anymore. Actually I don't call it backlog anymore just my game options... my feeling of a backlog was pretty much gone in that 1 week- 5 months period when I had an overview of all my games and which ones are worth it or not.
You raise really good points here. For example, on my spreadsheet I ditched Disco Elysium because it just wasn't clicking with me, yet I know so many people rate the game extremely highly. Same with Octopath Traveler.
I rarely buy games either. The vast majority of the games I have on PC have all been claimed for free on Epic, Amazon or Steam
I have this tendency to get a bunch of stuff when I get into a new hobby. I have quite few unread books and unsolved jigsaw puzzles for example. I've always gamed a little bit but didn't truly dive into it until maybe 2022 and now have a pretty big library. Finished maybe 40%, and gave roughly another 35% a decent try (so between ~30 minutes and close to finishing). I'm now slowing down accumulating the games, like it happened with books and puzzles.
One thing that helps is zifting your wishlist once in a while with the questions: Do I still want to play this game? Do I really want to add it to my library or just the idea of it?
Then again I've never had a strong sense of FOMO for almost anything, always went my own way. I think that's how still want to do all those puzzles and finish most of the unread books (the ones I'm uncertain about are the ones where the Internet hype got to me) and wanna play all the games I have. I'm not certain if that goes for my wishlist, but that's nearly all unreleased so I have the time still. This is great because in some of those genres my to play list feels kinda saturated or it's a wishlisted sequel, so I'm gonna finish the previous game first.
In any case I have a rule for my wishlist: no more than 40 games, but that's just for when NextFest hits, I generally try to keep it under 30 games otherwise. Works wonders for playing the stuff you already have. I also don't really impulse buy but tend to leave stuff in my cart for at least a day before coming back, longer during the Summer Sale. I really wanted to be sure if I wanted those games. Plus it helps keeping to a budget if you only buy in a sale once. Prices add up if you get everything at once, which can help you reconsider if you truly want it (now).
Now wish me luck actually keeping this up. Steam is optimised for hyperconsumerism and buying way too many games.
I have suffered from the exact same problem in the past and ended up with nothing ever seen through to the end. that's why I only have one game or book on the go at any one time, and it seems to be working for me.
40 is a good, managable number. I may have gone overboard with 70+ for my own so we will see. Good luck finishing yours!
The secret is the 2 hour rule, after 2 hours if you dont feel hooked, take it off the backlog. I did it with crysis 2. I beat crysis 1 after 20 hours and hated it, I forced myself to beat it, I am not doing that again even through crysis 2 is better then 1. Played 2 hours and gave up, meh.
100% agree with you! It's gotta be fun above all else
I agree, set a time point at which you evaluate if you want to continue playing but there's quite a few games where 2 hours might not be long enough to get totally into it. Although when that happens to me I usually enjoy some part(s) of the game and feel like it's going to get better. Sometimes vibe and art style is enough to continue longer until I get into it.
And then there's Forager... I just don't get what's fun about grinding for the grind. To me Forager kinda feels like and idle game in that it's just not fun and engaging. The only reason to do things is to see numbers go up. Numbers I don't care for. But I can enjoy grinding for a specific goal or upgrade that can change the gameplay in a way I want.
I also don't get idle games and why they're so popular. They just bore the hell out of my mind in like 30 minutes. I had some I couldn't return so I most efficiently got all achievement and uninstalled. But a lot of people do enjoy them, so good for them there's quite a few apparently good ones.
@@ammalyrical5646 Forager is a strange one for me. I got REALLY into it for a few hours and then suddenly I was done. It's a well made game for what it is
@Emelenyt to be Forager went like this:
Seemed like fun when I started, levelled up a couple of times. But within an hour, I wasn't enjoying it much. The levelling still went quickly enough for the dopamine hits, though, so I was like: just one more level. Just under 5 hours of gameplay , I stopped, never went back, and regretted not being able to get a refund anymore. I could've had one had I actually listened to my boredom meter. Luckily, it's not an expensive game, and I suspect I got it with some kind of discount.
My time when I evaluate if I want to continue playing is roughly 5 hours, btw. But I decided on this way more recently than I played Forager.
So the way I'm keeping track of my backlog is through an app called Stash. My breakdown is currently as follows: 12 games I want, 13 games I'm currently playing, 102 games I've beaten, and 46 games I own but have not played yet, 3 of which are game collections, so more than 1 game. My basic idea is to finish at least a handful of these games and if I don't enjoy them enough to keep them for a second round or new game plus, then trade them in. Only then will I get one of the games I want.
That's a pretty good idea. I've not heard of Stash before so I'll look into it
I started playing all the game in my backlog last year and I’m doing great I started with the og Xbox games then the 360 and then the Xbox one on advice would be try to play different genres that way u don’t get burnout of the same type games
There is no way I could only play one game at a time. Usually I play them alternating and so couldnt finish a single one.
Here is a tip for gamers with a similar "problem": choose 5 games from very different genres you like and only allow yourself to switch between those 5 games. You will always have something fun to play while also getting through multiple games steadily.
I've personally been using Backloggd to log all the games I have yet to play and played. Currently Sitting at 129 games left. Been playing Fire Emblem Awakening and Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. I'm only counting games I have payed for or free ones I would really like to play. Since there are a few games I have had my eye on, I set goals to clear a certain amount of games before I can purchase them, so as to not add to the log too much. I plan to start Katawa Shoujo and The Awakened Fate: Ultimatum next.
I dont like the idea of clearing my backlog. I only buy games on discount and usually dont play the brand new stuff so clearing my backlog would mean I have nothing more to play. I just pick a game I have download it and play it until I finish it or drop it I dont see it as a task that needs to be organized and planned and cleared so I can be done with it. my backlog show me how many more hours of fun I have left.
I definitely see where you're coming from. I know this isn't an exhaustive list because next year I'll make another one just as big. Like you, I'm not fussed about playing the latest titles as there is so much to play. My backlog will never truly be cleared, and that's the way it should be
I don't have many games on my backlog but it is still a sizeable enough list that makes me want to try and avoid adding more. They are:
- Ratchet and Clank PS4 and Rift Apart
- Infamous Second Son
- Detroit Become Human
- Dying Light
- LEGO DC Super Villains
- Far Cry 4
- Watch Dogs Legion
- Ryse Son of Rome
- Portal 2
- Half Life 2
- Saints Row IV
- Grand Theft Auto IV + Story DLC
- Sunset Overdrive
- Super Mario Wonder
- SIFU
- Monster Hunter Rise
- Rise of the Ronin
Great list here! Ryse Son of Rome is underrated for sure
Will fun to see when you cross games off the list
I did a similar thing after watching DTG's first video, not even joking, my list has grown to over 2000 games. No I can't cut any of them I gotta see what all the Nintendogs hype is about
That's quite the list! God speed 🫡
Mate, you know what Hades taught me?
If you're not playing a game? It's for a reason.
Great video :) love your positivity and your overall welcoming attitude
Thank you! I like to try and be positive about most things so I'm glad that comes across
Been also working on my backlog and tracking it with Backloggd. Made some good progress at the beginning of the year but I've not made much progress since March. Maybe I'll change that.
As long as its all in the name of fun! What games have you got on the list?
You should totally play Ghosts of Tsushima. Some games on my backlog are Ni No Kuni 2, Final Fantasy 9, 10, AC Unity, and Yazuka like a dragon.
Ni No Kuni 2 is a wonderful JRPG! First one I crossed off on my list here. FF9 and 10 are my top 2 games of all time so I'll always recommend those.
I'd love to hear how you get on with all these games when you get to them
@Emelenyt Certainly will. Currently tackling the original final fantasy 7 and am really enjoying it.
Hi! I like your video. I feel like I am entering a gaming phase. Problem being my family owns lots of games and I don't know what to start playing first.
That sounds great! If you're someone who is new to gaming then I would probably suggest starting with games on the shorter side to get used to different types of gameplay.
Though, if you like reading then it could be good to seek out games that tell stories in a similar genre to any books you like.
Whatever you choose, I hope you have fun!
@@Emelenyt Hi! So my husband helped me pick a game. Super Mario Odyssey on the Switch. I was just playing it but had to stop for a bit.
@LadyKitsunetsuki fantastic game! Easy to beat as a noob and extremely rewarding for those that master the mechanics.
Might I recommend my video on movement in games that goes over this
Love point & clicks, RPGs and of course Final Fantasy ones are the best. Working through a bit of my Steam library and actually enjoying it rather than letting the pressure of a backlog get me down. I just need to stop replaying FF7, FF8 and Skyrim over and over :D. Also, don't go back to social media, it is bad!
FF are the best! I'm playing FF8 for the first time right now and I just got to Ultimecia's Castle. Been a great game so far!
And social media is bad, I'll just stick with UA-cam
@@Emelenyt it is great fun, though a nit annoying having to get back your skills in the castle 😂
Good luck with the project!
Thank you! Got a video on the Deponia games coming real soon
72? huh such a Noob
I have 243+ games to play yet i cannot play a single one because I don't have a PC, PlayStation or Xbox 😭
I feel for you 😔 hopefully you're able to soon!
I got hundreds of games, these are just the ones I have nailed down to try and get through this year
Is it just me or backlog videos(from reviewing backlog, discussing them, streaming games in said backlogs) are becoming sort of new let's plays of 2024?
I kinda hope so, it's an interesting way to innovate let's play genre although I am feeling weirdly left out considering how I think *all* backlog channels had FF games on em while I'm seemingly the only one who haven't played any FF games 😅 (not because I think FF is bad, I don't know it's quality, it's just JRPGs ain't the same as western RPGs like Fallout NV or Vampire Masquerade etc)
I have definitely seen a rise in the amount of backlog videos. That's probably why this is my best performing video.
Everyone has their own personal tastes, but if you do get a chance to try out any FF games I strongly recommend giving them a go. I'm currently playing through FF8 as we speak
also going through my backlog
currently on jedi fallen order
Nice! How are you finding it? I know the map can be a bit of a challenge, but lucky for you I have a video that goes over that 😉
@@Emelenyt map is really a challenge for a person who has no sense of direction such as myself but I've genuinely enjoying it
thought it was really difficult until I realised for the first 6 hours when I first played it, I set it to jedi master difficulty and I'm really rusty now so purge troopers were even tough to fight
@thatdudeghosty6817 I agree, it's definitely needlessly challenging to use the map. I just hope the signposts I point out in that video help people such as yourself to getting around without the map at all
Love the video, this is a real problem for us gamers. I swore I wouldn't buy anything else till I make huge progress on what I already own (just picked up the Saints Row reboot and We Love Katamari Rerolled...), it's hard to not buy more. You can do it! I am tracking my progress for this year, I will attach below. I'm aiming for 100 in 2024, not sure I can, but I'm going to try. Moto GP 21 is the current game I'm playing.
(X,Y) Indicates Platform played on and year of first release:
January: 4 games (Year Total = 4 games)
World Rally Championship 5 (Xbox One, 2015)
Gran Turismo 5 (Playstation 3, 2010)
Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360, 2007)
Moto GP 22 (Xbox One, 2022)
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February: 3 games (Year Total = 7 games)
Monster Energy Supercross 2 (Xbox One, 2019)
Pokémon: Red Version (VBA-M, 1996)
Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the Witch (Playstation 3, 2011)
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March: 9 games (Year Total = 16 games)
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (Playstation 3, 2008)
Tales of Symphonia (Playstation 3, 2003)
Resident Evil: Revelations (Playstation 3, 2012)
Loco Roco 2 (Playstation Portable, 2008)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Playstation Portable, 1997)
Buzz Master Quiz (Playstation Portable, 2008)
Kingdom Hearts (Playstation 2, 2002)
Katamari Damacy (Playstation 2, 2004)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Playstation 3, 2011)
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April: 14 games (Year Total = 30 games)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Xbox 360, 2011)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360, 2009)
Call of Duty: Ghosts (Xbox 360, 2013)
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Xbox 360, 2014)
Gears of War (Xbox 360, 2006)
Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360, 2008)
Left 4 Dead 2 (Xbox 360, 2009)
Adventure Time: HIKWYSOG (Nintendo 3DS, 2012)
WarioWare: D.I.Y. (Nintendo DS, 2009)
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (Nintendo DS, 2005)
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (Nintendo DS, 2008)
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (Nintendo DS, 2006)
Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (Nintendo GameCube, 2005)
Hunter: The Reckoning (Nintendo GameCube, 2002)
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May: 9 games (Year Total = 39 games)
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (Xbox 360, 2013)
Kung Fu Panda (Xbox 360, 2008)
Dishonored (Xbox 360, 2012)
Superbike World Championship (Xbox 360, 2008)
Alan Wake (Xbox 360, 2010)
Grand Theft Auto: TLaD (Xbox 360, 2009)
Grand Theft Auto: TBoGT (Xbox 360, 2009)
Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360, 2008)
[PROTOTYPE] (Xbox 360, 2009)
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June: 4 games (Year Total = 43 games)
[PROTOTYPE2] (Xbox 360, 2012)
Resident Evil 6 (Xbox 360, 2012)
Crackdown (Xbox 360, 2007)
Crackdown 2 (Xbox 360, 2010)
This is fantastic! You're smashing your list. Keep up the good work
Uh my backlog is uh plamescape torment i think.
Looks like a fantastic game! I own it but it didn't quite make my list for this year. I'll add it to next year's
@@Emelenyt yeah its a must play game... probably the best written game ever made. It did take me a couple of times playing it to get hooked mainly because the combat is so janky compared to other Infinity Engine games like Baldurs Gate 1-2.
The problem is that most games are too long. They're not even realistic to finish. They get old mechanically way before the finish line. AC: Odyssey is definitely one such game.
I definitely found that to be true with Valhalla, and that's one reason I keep putting off playing Odyssey
@@Emelenyt Yeah, you're right about Valhalla. It's somehow even worse in that regard. You have a 100+ hour game that has the legs to stay interesting for maybe 30 hours. There's this design paradigm where games have to be as long as possible, even if it means copy-pasting the same gameplay hundreds of times. So definitely don't feel bad about not finishing games; many of them turn into torture half-way through due to the way they're designed.
@@Elintasokas oh I definitely don't feel bad about not finishing games. Funnily enough, I just recorded a video about that very thing 😂 should be up over the weekend
@@Emelenyt Ah, interesting. There is a sort of satisfaction to finishing a game, but if the journey isn't fun, then it's not worth pushing to the destination if you ask me. Games are entertainment after all. It's different if you're reading a non-fiction book. It might not be all that fun, but that's not really the point. You're in it to learn something, which is different. Whatever entertainment is had is incidental.
@@Elintasokas it's like you're inside my brain. 100% agree with you. Fun is of the utmost importance when consuming media for entertainment
Similarly to you, I have a pretty big backlog. Of youtube videos rather than games. Around 3100 of them in my watch later playlist. You have been relegated to it. You will be informed when I decide to watch it.
Ha! I look forward to your future reply. God speed 🫡
I want to finish my PS+ extra backlog by the time it runs out in Feb. I only have 10 left. YS 9, Sea of Stars, Immortals of Aveum, Tunic, Dredge, Ghostrunner 2, Celeste, Killzone Shadowfall, and Need for Speed Unbound, and a Rayman maybe 2, plus whatever they decide to add that peaks my interest i was at 7 before May's got announced and detoured and I'm paying for that or not Stellar Blade and Grandblue were amazing. Then I'm off to Ubisoft+ for Shadows, Outlaw, and Prince of Persia with maybe Mirage or Far Cry 7 if it comes out by like May if I have time. Then off to gamepass for Metaphor, hopefully Doom, and hopefully a bunch of CoD camapigns. I like subscriptions.
I believe you can do this! There's a few games on your list that I definitely want to play, like Sea of Stars.
Subscriptions are great for consumers that have time to get the most out of their money
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks!
u are supposed to enjoy the game while playing, not after u finish it...
Is it just organized religion or just simply belief systems much like how japan struggles with old and new cultural clashes
If for some goddamm reason you have not play GTA 5 and ghost of tsushima , then only play them and nothing else. Well maybe you could also add cyberpunk and doom eternal, also starfeild as well
Detroit become human is also good.
Detroit was a great game! I will admit that I played most of Ghost before but never finished it and lost my save data from my old PSN. But yeah, GTA V is high on my list
this just seems like treating games like a job. I'll never understand this kind of mentality
I totally understand where you're coming from. For me personally, I find enjoyment in organising things into lists. My main focus is to still have fun while playing that games. As I said in the video, I won't be rushing through them just to tick them off, and I won't be upset if I don't get through them. It's all fun
@@Blackfatrat I feel the same way at times. I often go back to World of Warcraft or FF9 and 10 for comfort, and because I know them. I can just veg out and play
Never force yourself to play a game you find boring. It's not worth it
Well a job isn't fun. Playing games is fun. He owns hundreds of games. mathmatically its impossible for him to finish them all so this is just a way of organizing it. I understand the mentality. I own thousands of games and I've considered playing one new game every day, which would still take me years to get through.
I feel like it's hard to break out of it. But you don't need to play any of these games... 1000+ hours is something you could learn something way more productive in than waste your time with games
Time doing something you enjoy is not time wasted. On top of that, I pour my time into this UA-cam channel which is a creative outlet for me, picking up the skill of editing along with it. I know gaming isn't for everyone, but not everyone needs to be productive in their spare time either
Nah, in that case this should apply to all sort of entertainment, stop reading books because it takes too much time, no watching tvs.
You're not a gamer here with this opinion, then out the door
Can't wait to see your progress. If you are going to post to any social media, can it be Instagram? I too have given up social media and Instagram is the only one I am willing to return to😅
Love to have you along for the ride! I'll be honest, I was leaning towards Instagram anyway, but UA-cam will be the main place. Possibly use the community tab some more