Thank you for getting together for the podcast guys, really related to what you said about not optimising enjoyment in gaming time and also from a different video, being more selective about what games to play. I cut loads of games out of my steam wishlist and have had much more fun, and have finished more games since! Thanks again
I have two separate pc's. One in the living room and one in my office. On steam, I've actually created multiple little categories, and then i minimize the lists of games, not in either category. I find it so much more satisfying and t keeps me focused on just the games I'm playing at the time.
This has quickly become one of my favorite podcasts. I love the back-and-forth discussions you guys have; it's super casual, and your opinions are refreshing to hear in a gaming landscape that can be so focused on negativity and obsession with bigger, better and newer. Even just hearing about how these 2025 games you're excited for won't necessarily be ones you play in 2025 is good for helping me break out of this constant FOMO that has become so prevalent.
The backlog discussion at the end was great and i love the "middlelog" idea. I agree with the general advice that you need to treat games like a hobby and not a job. I have a steam folder named "Next" for just games that id play this week or this month. This turns the choice overload into a 5-10 game list thats way more approachable. I'd advise anyone to start here and start small. Love these episodes, looking forward to the next one!
I'm glad I stumbled across episode one of this podcast about a week ago. I've been on the hunt for something fresh for months. I'm looking forward to 2025 and hearing more of you guys talk about all things gaming. I'm hyped to get my hands on a new Fable game after many years of waiting. Also, in terms of future content, I'd love to hear you guys talk about some of your favorite video game soundtracks. Here's to 2025!
I'm a massive Fable fan but have no expectations for the new Fable. Made by completely different people who haven't even made a RPG before and there hasn't been any RPG that has close to the vibes of Fable since 2010. I'm really unsure about it and not hyped personally i'm glad you are though.
@Bargate I do have my reservations about the game. Especially considering we have yet to see proper gameplay. I'm hopeful for what's to come since it's been such a long hiatus. There's a game rant article that includes an interview with Peter Molyneux where he lays out some of his expectations for the game and his admiration of Playground games taking up the mantle to continue the series. Check it out if you get a chance! Hoping we will both be pleasantly surprised come release day.
Thanks for answering my question on this podcast! I'll post a second comment with everything I have to say about the video once I'm done watching, but to answer the description: I'm incredibly excited for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Game looks and sounds absolutely beautiful, the combat looks weighty and dynamic, it has an all-star voice cast, and it was made by a team of only 38 people. You wouldn't know it was an indie just from looking at the trailers. Also hyped for Split Fiction, Mafia: The Old Country, Ninja Gaiden Ragebound, Ghost of Yotei, and Splitgate 2. It's shaping up to be a pretty oustanding year for everyone. And for next week's topics... If that Switch 2 does get revealed in the next week, HOO boy. Some brief thoughts would be cool. Obviously everyone will be covering it but you guys always take a down to earth approach. I've been doing a replay of RDR2 on PC to trophy hunt. Absolutely loving every second, just getting lost in the world and enjoying that outstanding narrative. Do you guys care about achievements? What kinds of games have you spent the time to get them all for? What are your favorite game worlds/locations to get lost in? I know Skyrim would come up for you, Dragoon, lol.
Thank you once again for getting this podcast together. I discovered your channel during late 2024 and it has been a refreshing perspective on games and life itself. Here is to an amazing 2025
i've stopped buying games before i'm ready to play them that day. turns out for me its even cheaper than loading up during sales on games i *might* play before the next sale even if i buy more at full price
I just found your video about why older games have more replayability.Cause it was recommended to me and now I love your channel and here in talk.Thank god I was looking for another podcast. ❤
this is my go-to podcast now, same as bbkdragoon is my go-to channel for gaming. I am 41 though :D keep doiing what you're doing. also you inspire me to get on youtube and just ramble just like that if I can too.
Great podcast guys! This laid back realistic take on how to approach games for the upcoming year as family men is so relatable for me. Like I have my eyes on many games, but I have to be extremely selective with my time and what i choose to get and this is going to be a big for me. A pc upgrade and i didnt get the first switch over fomo of the second one so I completely missed that console experience, and I havent had a nintendo console since gamecube. My kid turns six this year and even though I have ps5 Im diving back into the nintendo ecosystem for nostalgia, intrigue, portability, playing with my kid, and having switch 2 for exclusives. Ive already introduced mario 64 as my kids first video game and I got further in that game playing with my little one then i did as a kid. I want this to be the defining system for my family and I will always play the big universal titles on pc and ps5 will be used for physical game collection of jrpg's and same with switch 2. Excited to get a new pc build for rtx 5000 series upgrading from my rtx 3070 build from 2021. Need it for digital artwork, writing, and now youtube videos, and thus I will emphasize getting a better cpu possibly the amd 9950 x 3d pairing with at least 64 gb ram (ideally 128 gb ram), 4 tb nvme ssd, and high wattage 1000-1200 pcu for an upgrade path in the future. Hyte y70 touch black case, li lian fans, and ideally an rtx 5070ti or 5080. This is a build I will keep at least another 4 years possibly up to 6. I already have a 1440p 260hz monitor with a built in dolby digital sound card I use IEM headphones with so im sticking with that. My first camera im looking to get the sony fx-30 ideally, and shure mic and new wooden hard top desk to attach all the equipment. Im ready to dive into youtube and just enjoy playing games with my kid and do more better creative work. I will use my current pc build for the family computer and for emulators.
On the Adaptove triggers: Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries was the first game I experienced this. As your mech starts to over heat the triggers become harder to press. That kind of feedback is AWESOME!!! I can literally keep track of how hot my mech is by how hard I have to pull the trigger.
For the person paralyzed by choice in their Steam library: last year, I made a bingo board of games on my backlog I was excited about at the start of the year and wanted to play. Whenever I sat down and had time to game, I would only look at the board to choose a game, and having much less choice to deal with was freeing. If I didn’t know what to play, I would just work towards whatever bingo was closest to completion. I put too many long games on my board, but this year I’ve been more conscious of that, and I’m almost three games down already.
A couple tips Ive usef to manage my backlog: 1.) Stop accepting "free"/games: just bc steam/xbox/playstation are giving it away, doesn't mean it's worth going into your library. If you aren't going to play, it just adds to the analysis paralysis. 2.) If it's worth playing, it's worth paying full price. This mentality helps cut down on the " steam sale" fomo where you are more paying for the "good deal" than you are the discount 3.) Wait 24hrs from the time you "want" the game before you buy it. If you still want it after 24hrs, it's most likely not a "just to buy something" purchase. These 3 tips helped me spend less and play more in 2024, both with videogames and tabletop!
20:00 That’s why I enjoy Infinity Ward CoD games so much! I feel like it’s very unpopular opinion nowadays, but I enjoy Infinity Ward’s CoD’s SO MUCH more than the other developers. They tend to get so much backlash from the community for ignoring them, when they’re really just trying to make a certain game experience. That’s just my take, but I enjoy their games so much more
I dont think you both realize how good the handheld market is right now. Steam deck can even run the latest god of war. Most sony games run playable on the steam deck. And there are even more powerful handhelds already.
I honestly still think that 1440p is peak. We don't need 4K. Even 1080p isn't bad on a 21 inch screen. My eyes just can't tell much of a difference if the screen size is smaller. Sure if its a 60+ incher then 4K is a must. Similarly if we start viewing content on 150 inch screens 4K will fall short. It all depends on the pixel density and the viewing distance.
29:30 Dragoon, pick up the Ezio Collection when it's on sale, if you haven't. Those 3 games are the best distillation of what the series should really be about. AC2, Brotherhood and Revelations take 19, 15 and 12 hours on howlongtobeat, respectively. Ezio's one of the most iconic protagonists of gaming for a good reason, and the gameplay is really something special that they haven't managed to properly replicate since. It's the series' peak of social stealth, parkour and narrative, and it's not my fault if you want to move to Italy afterwards, lol.
About "The Future of Game Graphics" segment - I view the new algorithms/technologies (upscaling, frame generation) as spice to a main dish (raw performance). Good dish with spice according to personal taste = everything's fine. But what happens when spices get expensive and limited to specific vendors (in GPU terms, new generation of upscaling tech being locked only to new card models)? You get stuck with the main dish if you don't want the spices. And the main dish becomes smaller/more unappealing the more the chefs have been focusing on the spices. Not to mention that eating only spices, leads only to the toilet. (What I mean here is that FSR and DLSS are terrible unless a satisfactory base performance is achieved before they get into action). In less confusing and hungering terms, raw performance shouldn't get forgotten just because software nowadays can do a lot. Old games don't have support of these modern algorithms - there you need community made patches AND raw performance to achieve great visuals and smooth gameplay. Missing the latter, you may get even worse performance on new hardware compared to older one (a good example, I think, is with the games that utilize a single core, and perform worse with multi-core modern CPUs. Not always the case, but still a factor to take into account when returning to older titles). Granted, that's for PCs - but PCs have the emulators, without which you are at the mercy of a dev/publisher to authentically remake/remaster older titles for new hardware you must buy. And these emulators benefit a lot from raw performance. As I stated in the previous paragraph, even modern titles require good performance for the generated frames to provide a good enough illusion of smooth image, and for the upscaled image to be with lower artifacts and blurriness. Consoles to a degree compete with PCs as well - if the competition grows stagnant, everyone loses. And that's my main problem with relying too much on such tech - its exclusivity and focus on modern titles with incompatibility for older ones, downgrades the PC experience to a console experience. This is how we get overpriced garbage peddled as next-gen breathtaking technology. Unreal Engine 5 is a popular example right now for what laziness ultimately leads to in technology - forget optimization, rely on "AI". Sadly, if in the future hardware gets so good as to run a AAA Unreal Engine 5 title, 4K 60-120FPS without upscaling and frame gen, it will become apparent how many ugly visuals get hidden under the blur achieved, and correctly mentioned by Epos, as used to smooth out too sharp details in the image. Just my pessimistic view on the matter, in no way attempting to invalidate the optimistic view shared by you guys on this awesome podcast. As for the backlog topic, I want to share this - KISS. Keep It Stupid Simple principle. 3000 games in the library? Set a timer or a call with a friend, or find another way to apply a bit of discipline for this, then scroll through the covers and choose blindly a single title that catches your eye. To make it even more simple, get a random generator. No matter what, you can't postpone playing this game - if you do at this point, you have to hide it and permanently forget about ever playing it. Sounds too drastic? Then you do want to try it our for one reason or another. Well, in that case, set up 30mins or an hour for this game in the next couple of days, sit down, and play it. Liked it? Finish it, don't look at the other games, don't read reviews about the game you're playing, assume you're in the 90s, no free Internet access, just you, the game, MAYBE a local community (usually friends) to share thoughts and questions with, and MAYBE a PDF of the manuals and/or official guide if you want. Didn't like it ultimately? Uninstall and place into Second Chance category if you have a hope of returning to it, otherwise - hide forever as Abandoned. Assuming that you tried all 3000 games for 1 hour, that's 125 days dedicated, or around 34% of the year. 3000 games is a lot - my Playnite collection of titles both loved and never touched amounts to less than 1000 titles across multiple generations and consoles. Yet it would take you less amount of time to try out 3000 unique experiences than some people clock in a single free-to-play online game. For a year. And usually not every title is one for you, so you'll know when to swiftly skip it and drive those numbers lower. Yes, it requires a bit of discipline - when choosing games, when playing games, when acquiring new games. But remember, that if you add 2 new titles for each 1 you finish, you'll never "end" the backlog. And you shouldn't end it! Remember that Umberto Eco, a great writer, had thousands of books in his library, and many of them were unread. This didn't stop him from reading, buying new ones, and writing some of his own. To finish the backlog means that the Fear of Missing Out made you pause the search for new great games, stop adding new ones to the list, then grind out this imaginary list for the sake of it, until you're left unsatisfied (you surely didn't enjoy the games for what they were, instead treating them like an Ubisoft collectible) and without direction (now what? Add new ones and begin again?). The backlog in gaming mirrors the libraries of books and movies that many people have and will never finish. It mirrors our own library of thoughts, memories and experiences, always expanding, sometimes stagnating, sometimes losing useless material. It mirrors life, and life should sometimes be simple. Grow that library, play what you want from it, give a fair chance to the titles, gamify in a sense the approach and strategies utilized in finding and playing new games (often I have a note in which I log any new titles that are interesting to me; I don't make an impulsive decision to buy them and let them sit on the disk. Once I finish what I have, and those new titles are more interesting than what I originally planned to play, I'll get them and try them out).
Zero Dawn wasn’t really overshadowed by Breath of the Wild. Yes, BOTW sold more overall, but Zero Dawn sold very well at the same time. I think that’s why they did the same thing with Forbidden West going against Elden Ring. And unfortunately, FW was overshadowed by Elden Ring.
I always forget how young guys are. Also not having enough hours played in the Switch 1 is a weird reason to not pick up a Switch 2, just sell the Switch 1 and use that to buy a Switch 2!
Unfortunately I don't Metroid Prime 4 is going to sell very we'll regardless of how much a flawless masterpeace it is, due to the Metroid series track record in terms of sales.
Thank you for getting together for the podcast guys, really related to what you said about not optimising enjoyment in gaming time and also from a different video, being more selective about what games to play. I cut loads of games out of my steam wishlist and have had much more fun, and have finished more games since! Thanks again
I have two separate pc's. One in the living room and one in my office. On steam, I've actually created multiple little categories, and then i minimize the lists of games, not in either category. I find it so much more satisfying and t keeps me focused on just the games I'm playing at the time.
This has quickly become one of my favorite podcasts. I love the back-and-forth discussions you guys have; it's super casual, and your opinions are refreshing to hear in a gaming landscape that can be so focused on negativity and obsession with bigger, better and newer. Even just hearing about how these 2025 games you're excited for won't necessarily be ones you play in 2025 is good for helping me break out of this constant FOMO that has become so prevalent.
Perfect timing!
I have some snow to shovel in the driveway, so I'm gonna throw on the ear buds and listen to you guys 😄
The backlog discussion at the end was great and i love the "middlelog" idea. I agree with the general advice that you need to treat games like a hobby and not a job. I have a steam folder named "Next" for just games that id play this week or this month. This turns the choice overload into a 5-10 game list thats way more approachable. I'd advise anyone to start here and start small. Love these episodes, looking forward to the next one!
I'm glad I stumbled across episode one of this podcast about a week ago. I've been on the hunt for something fresh for months. I'm looking forward to 2025 and hearing more of you guys talk about all things gaming.
I'm hyped to get my hands on a new Fable game after many years of waiting. Also, in terms of future content, I'd love to hear you guys talk about some of your favorite video game soundtracks.
Here's to 2025!
I'm a massive Fable fan but have no expectations for the new Fable. Made by completely different people who haven't even made a RPG before and there hasn't been any RPG that has close to the vibes of Fable since 2010. I'm really unsure about it and not hyped personally i'm glad you are though.
@Bargate I do have my reservations about the game. Especially considering we have yet to see proper gameplay. I'm hopeful for what's to come since it's been such a long hiatus. There's a game rant article that includes an interview with Peter Molyneux where he lays out some of his expectations for the game and his admiration of Playground games taking up the mantle to continue the series. Check it out if you get a chance! Hoping we will both be pleasantly surprised come release day.
Almost 2 hours of goodness, thanks you two!
Thanks for answering my question on this podcast! I'll post a second comment with everything I have to say about the video once I'm done watching, but to answer the description:
I'm incredibly excited for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Game looks and sounds absolutely beautiful, the combat looks weighty and dynamic, it has an all-star voice cast, and it was made by a team of only 38 people. You wouldn't know it was an indie just from looking at the trailers.
Also hyped for Split Fiction, Mafia: The Old Country, Ninja Gaiden Ragebound, Ghost of Yotei, and Splitgate 2. It's shaping up to be a pretty oustanding year for everyone.
And for next week's topics...
If that Switch 2 does get revealed in the next week, HOO boy. Some brief thoughts would be cool. Obviously everyone will be covering it but you guys always take a down to earth approach.
I've been doing a replay of RDR2 on PC to trophy hunt. Absolutely loving every second, just getting lost in the world and enjoying that outstanding narrative. Do you guys care about achievements? What kinds of games have you spent the time to get them all for? What are your favorite game worlds/locations to get lost in? I know Skyrim would come up for you, Dragoon, lol.
Thank you once again for getting this podcast together. I discovered your channel during late 2024 and it has been a refreshing perspective on games and life itself. Here is to an amazing 2025
i've stopped buying games before i'm ready to play them that day. turns out for me its even cheaper than loading up during sales on games i *might* play before the next sale even if i buy more at full price
I just found your video about why older games have more replayability.Cause it was recommended to me and now I love your channel and here in talk.Thank god I was looking for another podcast. ❤
Absolutely love BBK and pod. Found this at the end of 2024 and you’ve truly changed my view on gaming and honestly a lot of my life
this is my go-to podcast now, same as bbkdragoon is my go-to channel for gaming. I am 41 though :D keep doiing what you're doing. also you inspire me to get on youtube and just ramble just like that if I can too.
I've been enjoying this podcast a lot, keep it up guys : )
Great podcast guys! This laid back realistic take on how to approach games for the upcoming year as family men is so relatable for me. Like I have my eyes on many games, but I have to be extremely selective with my time and what i choose to get and this is going to be a big for me. A pc upgrade and i didnt get the first switch over fomo of the second one so I completely missed that console experience, and I havent had a nintendo console since gamecube.
My kid turns six this year and even though I have ps5 Im diving back into the nintendo ecosystem for nostalgia, intrigue, portability, playing with my kid, and having switch 2 for exclusives. Ive already introduced mario 64 as my kids first video game and I got further in that game playing with my little one then i did as a kid. I want this to be the defining system for my family and I will always play the big universal titles on pc and ps5 will be used for physical game collection of jrpg's and same with switch 2.
Excited to get a new pc build for rtx 5000 series upgrading from my rtx 3070 build from 2021. Need it for digital artwork, writing, and now youtube videos, and thus I will emphasize getting a better cpu possibly the amd 9950 x 3d pairing with at least 64 gb ram (ideally 128 gb ram), 4 tb nvme ssd, and high wattage 1000-1200 pcu for an upgrade path in the future. Hyte y70 touch black case, li lian fans, and ideally an rtx 5070ti or 5080. This is a build I will keep at least another 4 years possibly up to 6. I already have a 1440p 260hz monitor with a built in dolby digital sound card I use IEM headphones with so im sticking with that. My first camera im looking to get the sony fx-30 ideally, and shure mic and new wooden hard top desk to attach all the equipment. Im ready to dive into youtube and just enjoy playing games with my kid and do more better creative work.
I will use my current pc build for the family computer and for emulators.
Great podcast! Hope there’s many more to come.
On the Adaptove triggers: Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries was the first game I experienced this. As your mech starts to over heat the triggers become harder to press. That kind of feedback is AWESOME!!! I can literally keep track of how hot my mech is by how hard I have to pull the trigger.
For the person paralyzed by choice in their Steam library: last year, I made a bingo board of games on my backlog I was excited about at the start of the year and wanted to play. Whenever I sat down and had time to game, I would only look at the board to choose a game, and having much less choice to deal with was freeing. If I didn’t know what to play, I would just work towards whatever bingo was closest to completion. I put too many long games on my board, but this year I’ve been more conscious of that, and I’m almost three games down already.
A couple tips Ive usef to manage my backlog:
1.) Stop accepting "free"/games: just bc steam/xbox/playstation are giving it away, doesn't mean it's worth going into your library. If you aren't going to play, it just adds to the analysis paralysis.
2.) If it's worth playing, it's worth paying full price. This mentality helps cut down on the " steam sale" fomo where you are more paying for the "good deal" than you are the discount
3.) Wait 24hrs from the time you "want" the game before you buy it. If you still want it after 24hrs, it's most likely not a "just to buy something" purchase.
These 3 tips helped me spend less and play more in 2024, both with videogames and tabletop!
love the show guys!!!
So many great games coming!
Great discussion. Thanks guys.
20:00
That’s why I enjoy Infinity Ward CoD games so much! I feel like it’s very unpopular opinion nowadays, but I enjoy Infinity Ward’s CoD’s SO MUCH more than the other developers. They tend to get so much backlash from the community for ignoring them, when they’re really just trying to make a certain game experience. That’s just my take, but I enjoy their games so much more
I dont think you both realize how good the handheld market is right now. Steam deck can even run the latest god of war. Most sony games run playable on the steam deck. And there are even more powerful handhelds already.
I honestly still think that 1440p is peak. We don't need 4K. Even 1080p isn't bad on a 21 inch screen. My eyes just can't tell much of a difference if the screen size is smaller. Sure if its a 60+ incher then 4K is a must. Similarly if we start viewing content on 150 inch screens 4K will fall short.
It all depends on the pixel density and the viewing distance.
just keep these coming.
29:30 Dragoon, pick up the Ezio Collection when it's on sale, if you haven't. Those 3 games are the best distillation of what the series should really be about. AC2, Brotherhood and Revelations take 19, 15 and 12 hours on howlongtobeat, respectively. Ezio's one of the most iconic protagonists of gaming for a good reason, and the gameplay is really something special that they haven't managed to properly replicate since. It's the series' peak of social stealth, parkour and narrative, and it's not my fault if you want to move to Italy afterwards, lol.
Great video. Xbox still has the quick resume and it's a feature I really like and would love PC to do some day lol
I just recently got a PS5 as well and I’m absolutely loving it
Whatcha playing?
@ I’m about 10 hours into God of War 3 Remastered and am loving it
About "The Future of Game Graphics" segment - I view the new algorithms/technologies (upscaling, frame generation) as spice to a main dish (raw performance). Good dish with spice according to personal taste = everything's fine. But what happens when spices get expensive and limited to specific vendors (in GPU terms, new generation of upscaling tech being locked only to new card models)? You get stuck with the main dish if you don't want the spices. And the main dish becomes smaller/more unappealing the more the chefs have been focusing on the spices. Not to mention that eating only spices, leads only to the toilet. (What I mean here is that FSR and DLSS are terrible unless a satisfactory base performance is achieved before they get into action).
In less confusing and hungering terms, raw performance shouldn't get forgotten just because software nowadays can do a lot. Old games don't have support of these modern algorithms - there you need community made patches AND raw performance to achieve great visuals and smooth gameplay. Missing the latter, you may get even worse performance on new hardware compared to older one (a good example, I think, is with the games that utilize a single core, and perform worse with multi-core modern CPUs. Not always the case, but still a factor to take into account when returning to older titles). Granted, that's for PCs - but PCs have the emulators, without which you are at the mercy of a dev/publisher to authentically remake/remaster older titles for new hardware you must buy. And these emulators benefit a lot from raw performance. As I stated in the previous paragraph, even modern titles require good performance for the generated frames to provide a good enough illusion of smooth image, and for the upscaled image to be with lower artifacts and blurriness. Consoles to a degree compete with PCs as well - if the competition grows stagnant, everyone loses. And that's my main problem with relying too much on such tech - its exclusivity and focus on modern titles with incompatibility for older ones, downgrades the PC experience to a console experience. This is how we get overpriced garbage peddled as next-gen breathtaking technology. Unreal Engine 5 is a popular example right now for what laziness ultimately leads to in technology - forget optimization, rely on "AI". Sadly, if in the future hardware gets so good as to run a AAA Unreal Engine 5 title, 4K 60-120FPS without upscaling and frame gen, it will become apparent how many ugly visuals get hidden under the blur achieved, and correctly mentioned by Epos, as used to smooth out too sharp details in the image. Just my pessimistic view on the matter, in no way attempting to invalidate the optimistic view shared by you guys on this awesome podcast.
As for the backlog topic, I want to share this - KISS. Keep It Stupid Simple principle. 3000 games in the library? Set a timer or a call with a friend, or find another way to apply a bit of discipline for this, then scroll through the covers and choose blindly a single title that catches your eye. To make it even more simple, get a random generator. No matter what, you can't postpone playing this game - if you do at this point, you have to hide it and permanently forget about ever playing it. Sounds too drastic? Then you do want to try it our for one reason or another. Well, in that case, set up 30mins or an hour for this game in the next couple of days, sit down, and play it. Liked it? Finish it, don't look at the other games, don't read reviews about the game you're playing, assume you're in the 90s, no free Internet access, just you, the game, MAYBE a local community (usually friends) to share thoughts and questions with, and MAYBE a PDF of the manuals and/or official guide if you want. Didn't like it ultimately? Uninstall and place into Second Chance category if you have a hope of returning to it, otherwise - hide forever as Abandoned.
Assuming that you tried all 3000 games for 1 hour, that's 125 days dedicated, or around 34% of the year. 3000 games is a lot - my Playnite collection of titles both loved and never touched amounts to less than 1000 titles across multiple generations and consoles. Yet it would take you less amount of time to try out 3000 unique experiences than some people clock in a single free-to-play online game. For a year. And usually not every title is one for you, so you'll know when to swiftly skip it and drive those numbers lower.
Yes, it requires a bit of discipline - when choosing games, when playing games, when acquiring new games. But remember, that if you add 2 new titles for each 1 you finish, you'll never "end" the backlog. And you shouldn't end it! Remember that Umberto Eco, a great writer, had thousands of books in his library, and many of them were unread. This didn't stop him from reading, buying new ones, and writing some of his own. To finish the backlog means that the Fear of Missing Out made you pause the search for new great games, stop adding new ones to the list, then grind out this imaginary list for the sake of it, until you're left unsatisfied (you surely didn't enjoy the games for what they were, instead treating them like an Ubisoft collectible) and without direction (now what? Add new ones and begin again?). The backlog in gaming mirrors the libraries of books and movies that many people have and will never finish. It mirrors our own library of thoughts, memories and experiences, always expanding, sometimes stagnating, sometimes losing useless material. It mirrors life, and life should sometimes be simple. Grow that library, play what you want from it, give a fair chance to the titles, gamify in a sense the approach and strategies utilized in finding and playing new games (often I have a note in which I log any new titles that are interesting to me; I don't make an impulsive decision to buy them and let them sit on the disk. Once I finish what I have, and those new titles are more interesting than what I originally planned to play, I'll get them and try them out).
Zero Dawn wasn’t really overshadowed by Breath of the Wild. Yes, BOTW sold more overall, but Zero Dawn sold very well at the same time. I think that’s why they did the same thing with Forbidden West going against Elden Ring. And unfortunately, FW was overshadowed by Elden Ring.
Yesss
My prediction os sony will expand the portal so you can play any digital game you own
I always forget how young guys are.
Also not having enough hours played in the Switch 1 is a weird reason to not pick up a Switch 2, just sell the Switch 1 and use that to buy a Switch 2!
I beat botw and played tears, beat odyssey aswell on a legion go. But we arent able to play these games day one
I bought gta on ps1 on launch day.
1:22:00
Unfortunately I don't Metroid Prime 4 is going to sell very we'll regardless of how much a flawless masterpeace it is, due to the Metroid series track record in terms of sales.