How's that backlog coming along, /v/?

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I bit off more than I could chew and ended up dropping Persona 3 and Dark Souls 3. The worst part is that I keep wanting to go back to games I've already played and have to sort of force myself go through something new. I've just finished Liberty City Stories for the third time and I'm in the middle of my third Skyrim playthrough (atleast I this time I intent to play the DLCs too, so that's something new at least). I recently picked up Horizon Zero Dawn and started up Rune Classic, so it's not all bad though.

Finally got a good smartphone and started playing vice city again, since it's one of my favourite games and the PC port is riddled with issues.
On PC shit's huge and keeps getting bigger, no only that working on a restaurant in the summer literally fucks you up, and so when I get home I just got time for some sleep.

>>387227223
I'm playing through it slowly but surely. The problem is - it might be growing faster than that.

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Hell is real.

>>387227223
What is a backlog? I only play videogames

>>387228223
what is this?

>>387228391
Backloggery or w/e it's called. Like MAL for video games.

>>387228465
gotcha, thanks

Stuck on the stasis giants in persona 3 fes. On hard. Its pretty retarded how you need a specific immunity to slash damage to win this fight. My options are limited to leveling my Chernobog or replacing my already awesome Thor with one that has the ability.

If i could control my entire party id probably be able to win but this retarded game only lets you control the lead character. Absolutely fucking stupid. Fun game so far tho

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I own hundreds upon hundreds of games that I will never play

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>tfw no backlog

>>387227223
Are there really people who force themselves to finish games and stuff? Just play whatever you feel like playing.

>>387228950
If you buy games, you should probably give them a good go

>>387229370
I buy a lot of games when I find them for cheap. Sometimes it takes ages before I get to try them. For instance, I bought a brand new copy of Bayonetta 2 for like 7 Yurobucks almost a year ago and still haven't given it a try.

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since summer started I completed

>pokemon gold
>call of cthulhu dcote
>shinobido
>prinny
>diablo
>vagrant story

mostly games I played around release date but never finished, don't know why since they're all great.
felt like a huge weight being released from my mind once I shelved those. Still have shitload of dropped rpgs and grindfests to pickup back though.

Good luck

Watched a streamer instead of playing last night.. my time on earth is becoming less and less significant :/

Nope.

>>387229926
I'm just tired by the time I'm off work and kids are in bed. Being an adult sucks sometimes.

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>over 20 games in the past 3 year untouched
Time is a cunt

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fug

>>387228718
jesus christ, what happened to this man

>>387230371
Are these only the games that you currently own, or did you include games that you've sold off etc. in it as well?

>>387228223
>>387230371
Why do you guys keep track of stuff like this? Why not just play the games you want to play without having to show the world that you played it?

>>387230489
All but three are games I own. There's definitely more games to be added into that unfinished section, but fug.

>>387230584
Because I like it.

>>387230584
This generation is rotton, anon. There are kids that won't play games unless it has an achievement system, so that everyone else can see what they "achieved" in the game... Sad times.

>>387227223
Installed horizon zero dawn and didn't play it yet, and just got the new Hitman

>>387230628
>added into that unfinished section

I was asking because of the low "completed" numbers. Seems strangely low to me.

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I don't know which one to play honestly. Help?

>>387230584
It's not about showing the world. I honestly lose track of my Steam games I've played or not played and it also feels good to cross them off the "list" if you will.

>>387230771
Soma if you're into spooky walking sims

>>387230771
Just play them all in any order.
Except Devil Daggers, Fallout 4 and LA Noire.

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Never have more than 3 games on the go at any one time. Don't turn vidya into a job.

>>387230770
Oh, I just don't 100% a lot of games.

>>387230884
I don't. I always keep very little games installed.

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>>387227223
really good these past few weeks, managed to play multiple hours each day and complete games reasonably but now I want to get into a multiplayer game again

>>387230584
Why do you adding that they're doing it for you rather than just posting a screenshot from a tool they use to keep track of their games?

>>387230771
I've played

>alan wake & AN
repetitive but has a gorgeous world, kind of a meh story but enjoyable on a meta level about writer's block
>alien isolation
drags on a bit without introducing anything new but it's the best game ever made about alien and feels very authentic to the first movie aka the best one
>fallout 4
removes a lot of the rpg but the open world looting is alright
>nier tomato
it's obviously got heart, and it's a good game but I'd slap a low 7/10 sticker on it. don't go in with expectations in the clouds like I did
>teefs
dark project has some sweet tomb raiding and metal age some sweet theafan, both are excellent
>witcher 2 & 3
I didn't care for 2 too much but 3 is one of the best written modern wrpgs dialogue wise

>>387230771
The only one there I've played is Deus Ex, which is a solid 10/10.

>>387227223
Growing, as it should.

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>>387227223
Finally beat FFXV last night. Disappointing t b h but I still started Episode Gladiolus for the hell of it. Castlevania 3 is my next "must beat." I started Nier Automata months ago but I returned to it and have no idea where to go so may have to restart it.

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>>387230869
>>387230870
>>387231309
>>387231346

Thanks guys

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I have over 1500 games and find it really hard to limit what I'm playing at any one time

Any recommendations?

Resi 4 I've played lots before but it's my first pro-mode playthrough/cleaning up 100%

Some others I've played before too like Cave Story, Braid, ~30 hours of Warband

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It will never end.

>>387227223
PLAYING:
Zelda: Breath of the Wild

BACKLOG:
Kingdom Hearts (Chain of Memories, 358/2 Days, II Final Mix, BBS, Re:coded)
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Final Fantasy XV
Splatoon 2
Dying Light
Tales of Zestria
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Valkyria Chronicles
Fortnite

>>387231792
What is that? HLTB?

>>387231723
It might take a while but you could always put it into a list and then random a game.

>>387231817
>Zelda: Breath of the Wild

How far are you into the game? I'm finally almost done. Just found the last shrine that I was missing.

>>387227223
About how long will it take me to complete Morrowind, Oblivion, Disgaea 1&2, Trails in the Sky trilogy, Divinity Original Sin, Baldur's Gate 2 and Dragon Quest 8&9?

>>387232020
About a thousand hours.

>>387227223
Having a backlog honestly just holds you back. Play what you enjoy and go back to revisit something you haven't finished before if you find it fun at the moment. I understand wanting to finish all your old games before buying new ones, but gaming starts feeling like a job if you're so strict about not being able to play something until you clear "X" number of games out of your backlog

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>>387227223
I gave up a long time ago. It's impossible unless some rich relative shows up so I could play vidya all day every day without working or anything. It's only getting bigger.

>>387232127
fug

>>387231818
Yes, is my How Long to Beat profile.

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Just checked off Alan Wake, only took me all of yesterday and some of today to complete it

22 games left lads... I'm fucking doing it

>>387232002
I've got about 35 shrines completed, 2 divine beasts done (working on Vah Rudania at the moment) and found about half the Zelda memories. So probably no very far.

>>387231792
That's like a third of a year. Just spend a third of everyday playing and you'll be done in a year.

>>387232162
Doesn't hold me back. I random a game out of it and play that when I'm looking for something to play. Any game I really want to play I play regardless.

>tfw tight time schedule every day
>tfw my backlog contains heavy as shit jrpgs which will take A LOT of time to complete (SaGa franchise for example)
Maybe if I break my legs I might be able to make some progress while getting better

>>387232385
>just spend 8 hours per day
Wew.

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>>387227223
I threw away my backlog. Fuck that shit I only play games I REALLY want to play now instead of average 7-8/10 games that I kinda want to play but don't have time for.

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>>387231723
pls more suggestions

>>387231723
>>387232538
F.E.A.R. is fun, it took me 9 hours for the main game and 5 hours for Extraction Point

Perseus Mandate is dogshit so you can skip that

>>387227223
it will never be finished due to buying agrahest: generations of war, no I can't be arsed to look up how to spell it.

>>387227223
Prey
Uncharted 4
Nier
Dragon's Dogma
Salt and Sanct
Resident Evil 7

Fuck man. The shills are so effective on here. They deserve their salary.

>>387230830
>I honestly lose track of my Steam games I've played or not played
Oh I have a system for tracking this too, it's called memory

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41 games left in my Steam backlog. Slowly getting there.

As for my GOG backlog filled with ancient games I keep buying for dirt cheap sale prices... I don't even wanna know right now.

Currently playing through Persona 2, not sure if I'll move on to P3, Nocturne or Raidou 1 after that.

>>387227223
I mostly gave up on my Steam account since it's 90% shit I bought and will never play, it just turns me off when I open it up

Got a PS4 and making sure to beat every game I get before getting another one, I like it

>>387233276
Epic

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Who here /getting there/

I'm 66 hours into New Vegas and 17 into Thief so I'll probably get those done next

0. Finished my backlog for the second time last month. I normally hovered around 10 unfinished games for the second go-around. The first time was going down from 40 or so.

>>387233669
It's nice to know that there is someone who actually made it

Gives me hope, good on you Anon

>>387227223
Just about done with FF3. It was okay.

No, the idea of having a backlog is ridiculous in itself. Play what you find fun. Stop buying games just because it was on sale, too.

Of all my various backlogs my video game backlog is the worse. I finished my tv show backlog last month and it feels good. My anime backlog is the next closest to finishing at around 20 shows.

>>387233421
Honestly if you can't remember playing a game maybe it's time to replay it or just remember that it's trash

If you don't remember playing a game and then see you put a check mark next to it do you go "oh ok i played this, no need to remember SHIT as long as I did it at one point in history". What's the point?

>>387234378
You're being very reductive.

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>>387227223
I'm finally in the last dungeon of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. I really hope I'm strong enough for the final boss because I don't want to do the entire quest cycle for a third time.
I've also started my first Shogun 2:TW campaign and I found out I'm bad at battle tactics so I wonder how far I will go.

>>387227223
I am having so much sex and promotions and success in life and many friends I have no time for video games all of the night and sleep all of the day ha ha :D

>>387227223
Beat the final boss of P5 and now just have to sit through the epilogue, moving on to Danganronpa 2 before V3 comes out and playing Sonic Mania on the side.

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>>387227941
>playing GTA on smartphone
enjoy your garbage controls

>>387230771
Alien Isolation, but only at night.

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>>387227223
I don't even know if I enjoy video games anymore.

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>download game
>play it for 30 minutes
>get bored and quit
>browse /v/ for a few hours
>repeat

How do start having fun again?

>>387235782
Stop browsing /v/. Get rid of other distractions too.

>>387235782
Me, but I get hooked into it for about an hour or so, then next touch it again.

pretty well actually

grinding out a lot of games on ps4

>>387235782
>Come back to it years later
>It's fucking amazing
It's a horrible curse

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>using your backlog as a checklist of games you need to beat
>not using it for a backup in case there isnt anything new to play
i almost finished my backlog during 2014-2016

>>387233547
17 Hours into Thief? It's not that long is it? Or are you doing multiple playthroughs

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>>387236038
>still get bored of it after a couple of hours

>>387227223
>Backlog

Oh, well I mean I made a list at least. On backloggery, a few years ago.

I've completed maybe 2 games since then?

>>387235782
The solution to your problem is right there. STOP BROWSING /v/.

>>387228391
Backloggery, it's like MAL but not as good, there are a few other options but it's the best one, they're all kinda crap if you care about sharing/etc compared to MAL though

>>387227223
Going through MGS series before Danganronpa comes out. Just got to The End boss fight in Snake Eater. Also playing some Dragon's Crown on the side.

>>387227223
After finally breaking up with annoying ass gf recently


Persona 5
SMT3 Nocturne
Bloodbourne
Got to work on my Path of Exile character

pretty nice

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>>387236190
Is such a thing possible?

Playing - Rune Factory 4


Immediate backlog
Rune Factory Tides of Destiny
Nier Automata
Bioshock 2
Digital Devil Saga 2
Shadow Hearts Covenant
Radiata Stories
Xenosaga 2
Xenosaga 3
Final Fantasy 12 Zodiac Age

I could go on, but those are next at bat.

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>>387235815
>>387236190
And then do what?
4chan is pretty all i do on the internet.

>>387236287
Yes.

https://getcoldturkey.com/

>>387236332
Play your games

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>>387236349
But I can just disable it, or use my phone.

>>387236332
Then get off the internet and find something better to do.

>>387236375
You can't disable cold turkey. Once you set it, you can't turn it off. Unless you reset your computer to factory settings.

If you're using you're phone, then you obviously don't want to leave /v/ enough, so keep browsing.

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>enjoy game
>get bored
>feel like playing a game
>"i wish I could play a game like x"
>what about X
>nah, something LIKE x
I'm so fucking stupid sometimes.

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>>387227223
It's getting worse. I just got an Xbox 360 and immediately downloaded 8 games, and I only have about 15 days to play them all. Is it even possible?

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>>387236135
n-no just one playthrough

Maybe I'm just shit at it, I have this autistic streak where I reload a lot and keep trying to get the perfect run where nobody saw me and whatnot
I'm only at the wizard towers

How Long To Beat lists times from 20.5 to 34.5 hours so I guess I'm still somewhere in there

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>>387227223
Skyrim
Doom (almost finished)
Digimon CS
Final fantasy VII
Arkham Knight
Fallout NV
Lisa
Crash trilogy

Too bad i work for almost ten hours a day, now i make a shitload of money and can't stop buying games that i never touch. Send help

>>387231139
I like tracking them for myself that's why I use backloggery, I don't care too much about sharing them.

Iknow that I'll forget down the line but ther are also some games I intend to play but just don't have time or means to do at the moment (My PSP broke), so I'll put them on the backburner and note them down so I can go back at some point and beat/complete them. I can also leave little notes for myself in the future if in say 10 years I decide I want to play some DS games.

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>play Gaem
>spend hours and hours exploring, talking to every character, trying out branching paths, investing your soul and falling in love with it
>after exhausting all gameplay options, mod it and keep going
>finally run out of things to do for good and start to find interest in other games
>try those other games, have some fun but only spend a few hours each on them
>backlog grows
>reinstall Gaem

>>387236332
>And then do what?
I don't know, but I'll tell you this.

This site has nothing to offer anybody. There is no quality content here you cannot get more quickly and efficiently elsewhere. This is an addiction which reduces your productivity, attention span, and free time. You are becoming more bitter, narrow minded, haughty, and old. Leave now and block this site. There is nothing here but slow, lonely suicide.

People do not have arguments here. Posters do not engage one another on key points, they nitpick with greentext and mock each other. Nobody is interested in the truth; people are battling for fleeting moments of superiority. Active commenters are loud jackasses who tumble into one internet fight after another, anxiously keeping ten tabs open to ensure they keep the last word in all of them. An insightful post is one in ten thousand, and no matter how hard you filter this place you are still searching for diamonds in a garbage dump.

This place is not making you happy. You are not having fun. You are not gathering stories to tell, learning, or growing as a person. Instead you chuckle every thirty minutes and are occasionally spurred to masturbation by libidinal posts or pictures. You are addicted to readily available information and pressure free social interaction. This place is slowly poisoning you with misogyny, narcissism, a false dichotomy surrounding normalfags, and insecurity.

I'm not telling you to b urself. I'm not telling you to go outside. I'm not even telling you to make friends. Just leave 4chan. Do anything else.

>>387232345
Ey good job mate, how many games did your list start with before you tackled it seriously?

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>>387236974
Ive been here for 10 years, m8. Im already dead inside

>>387232345
I want to finish this game but I can't for the life of me get past that section with the fucking bulldozer and shit.

What the fuck I feel like such a scrub

>tfw you go back to one game while your backlog grows
What's her name /v/?

>>387237340
New Vegas

>>387237227
It's not that hard

Dropping flares to the ground helps because it keeps the shadow men away and the bulldozer takes damage when it drives over them, grenades also damage both bulldozer and shadow people

Also you can just run past the bulldozer and open the gate

>>387236974
>There is no quality content here you cannot get more quickly and efficiently elsewhere
Spotted the redditor

>>387237202
I hear you, I somehow made it out during those redditor years when they started because it was so bad ther was no reason to stay. Even now I don't browse anywhere near the levels I did in 2006-7 but for some reason when I'm feeling bored between games Istill come back here because everywhere else has shit people. It's almost like the anonymity humanizes people in a way that a typical forum simply cannot ,how peculiar but wonderful.

I'm pretty sure anyone who's enjoyed the 'good old days' (aka shit but not as shit as now) will never truly be able to leave. Although I contemplated blacklisting it from my router after moot quit

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>>387236974
>Just leave 4chan
This nigga...

>>387237340
Overwatch at the moment, and a few MMOs.

I'm really really meaning to jump back into Dark Cloud, I lost my memory card with my save on it even though I set up my old PS2

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>>387237571
>moot left 4chan before you did
Dont remind me

>>387237571
>go to reddit
>everyone behaves in a civil manner
>it's possible to have a constructive discussion

>go to 4chan
>everyone is bitter, cynical, and pessimistic
>everyone just shitposts and calls each other jew, SJW or cuck

>>387236974
When people write shit like this I wonder if they realize that they're also here. I mean I guess the redditspacing gives you away, but how fucking selfcentered are you that you think you're the only one worth a shit on here. 4chan is precisely worth it because as always it's been like swimming in an ocean of piss or sifting through shit, the diamonds are there but you gotta work for it. Those diamonds don't exist elsewhere, not on reddit unless they take it from somewhere else.

500 games and counting, humble is gonna be up later and ill probably pick that up too

even if I go full neet I cant finish them all

>>387237852
>the diamonds are there but you gotta work for it.
Like what?

>>387237847
>go to reddit
>try to say something that's not the most popular opinion
>get 1000 downvotes
>your comment is hidden and you're banned

>>387237847
dont be fooled, the only reason why they act like this is to get gold (aka money)

>>387237707
I feel bad for you.

>>387237969
Then explain why people act like the way they do on 4chan.

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>>387237114
Thank you Anon!
It's a little complicated because it's been going for a long while now, it steadily grew with me checking off a game here and there but I definitely bought a lot more than I checked off
Meaning I kind of can't tell at what point I had the most games sitting there

But this is the lowest it's been since the earliest days of my Steam account, I was at 30 not too long ago

This is basically me making a hard cut and promising myself not to buy any more shit
I still did buy more shit but I'm finishing stuff at a higher rate and I will not buy any more so help me god
I'm playing a lot of video games right now and I don't have shit to do until October, so I'm confident I will make a serious dent this time around

The hardest part is to keep going once you check a game off, playing through it is easy once you're in the flow but that break can be difficult
We are all going to make it

Recently graduated and was clearing my wii and 3DS backlogs. So far so good.
On another note, fuck all you memers. I was never really a metroid fan and i got around to playing other m. Excluding samus' annoying internal monologues and pointless story, I found the core gameplay to be pretty fun.

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Growing every day because I can't bring myself to play anything other than Dota. I don't know how to stop this cycle.

>>387238495
I quit Dota once I realized I wasn't actually having fun or progressing in the game in any manner.

>>387238495
My inner slav keeps calling for me to start playing Dota but I will stay strong and work on my backlog instead

Maybe it would help you if you realized that with how much time you spend playing Dota you could easily finish your backlog if you wanted to
And it doesn't have to be all the way, you don't have to stop playing Dota to work on your backlog here and ther

>>387237847
People behave like that because they are incentivized by rules. Good post? Gold and 'forum points'. Bad posts? Possible ban.

Good men need no rules. Sometimes we'll be silly, sometimes we'll be straight rude, but you'll find less sheep and chameleons here pre-reddit invasion.

>>387237938
You'd have to be there, I could link some stupid posts but they've already been linked to death on sites like reddit, imgur, 9gag, etc. Greentext stories are great, threads about old games, skeleton threads, etc.

>>387238482
I played it at the time because I happened to for once have a console WHILE a metroid game was out, and it was pretty good, but same as you while those things were annoying, the game itself was fun.

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>backlog
>seeing games as a checklist and not something that you get interested and complete whenever
You'll never get anywhere like that.

>>387238803
>You'd have to be there
>I CAN'T THINK OF ANY

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>>387238131
There's no need to hide your feelings and you can have fun, being anonymous is the best!

4chan is the cool classroom where the teacher doesn't care what happens for the most part and you just fuck around.

Reddit is where all the Randall's be at.

>>387238853
I have games in my backlog because I'm interested in playing them. I just don't have time or motivation to play all the games I want to play all the time.

>>387227547
Different games, but me exactly.

>>387238918
Gotta put in your years of lurking my man. There were some good times watching GETs and some quality memes/greenposts being made. Also try visiting other boards, /mu/ had some good stuff when moot got some actual musicians to come talk about shit and whatnot.

Now everyone cops out and does AMAs.

I don't think I've ever seen one of those reddit shill things as funny as Andrew WK's on /mu/

I realized I've replaced achieving goals in real life with slowly checking video games off a list... why am I like this.

>>387227223
Good. Since I don't really have one. I just play games when I feel like it. No point in forcing things, if I want to play a FPS I'll play an FPS, not an RTS my backlog demands I should play.

>>387238932
normal person + anonymity + audience = total retard

That is 4chan and explains why this place is terrible.

>>387239069
>Gotta put in your years of lurking my man.
Lurk for what? These 'diamonds' you keep talking about? Get real.

>There were some good times watching GETs and some quality memes/greenposts being made.
Yes, but not anymore.

>Also try visiting other boards, /mu/ had some good stuff when moot got some actual musicians to come talk about shit and whatnot.
Oh wow, serious diamond you've got there, anon.

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Most of the games on my backlog are shit games I got on humble bundle or for free. I managed to finish one or two of them but there's still more than remains.

>>387236332
Unplug your ethernet cable and then play some offlibe games. Turn off your phone if you have one too

>>387236556
>>387233547
How do you git gud at system shock? I keep getting lost and triggering alarms.

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I ignored it and played a new game. Breddy gud.

I got to the end already and I'm debating whether to go back and 100% it or return to my backlog.

I want to emulate Yakuza 1 or Yakuza 2. Are they good?

>>387239410
I haven't started System Shock 2 yet so I don't know, sorry

Which starting guy did you pick? There's three classes, right?

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I don't have a backlog. I have a gigantic list of games that I start, don't finish and will probably never get around to unless something big happens (like a sequel getting announced, for example)

>>387233547
Just wanna let you know that both Deus Ex(es) takes about 20 to 26 hours to complete one playthrough. And it's worth it.

>>387238853
My backlog isn't just random garbage I found, I want to play all these games.

I'm confident they are all great and that many of them are some of the best video games ever created.
I will have fun playing them.

That doesn't change the fact that I haven't played them yet and need to get through them one by one

>>387238495
>>387238695
>>387238738
I'm sub-1k MMR and still can't quit. I know that I'm below double-digit third worlders but I just keep going with the vain hope that I'll eventually improve.

How do I escape?

>>387239069
Didn't Trent Reznor recently post on /mu/?

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>>387238695
>>387238738
I enjoy playing Dota a lot, it's just I like other games too. For some reason I just keep thinking "I could be playing Dota right now" when I play something else these days. I thought it was getting better but my Dota friends all started tryharding again after TI so I feel this weird need to constantly practice and try to get better even though I have no real goal in mind.

Maybe I just have to keep doing it until Dota eventually dies like all multiplayer games.

>>387239567
Guns, Psy, and something else. I picked guns though.

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>>387238695
Same reason why i quit LoL.
It was feeling more like a second job than a fun hobby.

I havent touched any online competitive games since.

>>387239606
That's nice to hear, thanks Anon

I'm not really sure what to play next, maybe I will go through New Vegas all the way but I'm also thinking about doing it alphabetically, that's how I got to Alan Wake after taking a break from Fallout
That way Beyond Good&Evil would be up next, and then Deus Ex

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I haven't even started the games I preordered back in January

>>387239207
Feel free to go to reddit, no one gives a fuck if you stay or not. Just please go stay there if you go.

Most of the good times can't be appreciated in hindsight, they're little things that pop up and the sincerity and quality of posts by others that you won't find on other websites. Seriously no one is keeping you here nor do I want to, the fact that I explained that much was because I was bored, if you don't like /v/ overall and don't think there's anything to stay for at all, please leave. Unless you get paid to shill in which case go to your designated shilling thread.

>>387239768
I think so, I go to /mu/ only every few years but I heard something about it possibly happening

>>387240343
You're right. Reddit is better for me, and I'll stay there.

>>387239771
Watching TI really made me want to play Dota 2, but I have to stay strong for my backlog's sake
I played maybe 250 hours with my friends when it first came out, it helps that I'm not in contact with any of them anymore

>>387240103
After playing it on and off since the beta, on my own and, more importantly, with friends, I quit LoL a couple years back because I couldn't shake the feeling that the game was fucking terrible and nobody on the design team knew what the fuck they were doing
Having a friend you duo with while voice chatting will fucking forge you to them though, even if you get angry at each other the whole aspect of working on something and trying hard and improving and whatnot is sort of like a shittier version of if you were a tennis duo, that shit was good times

>>387240272
There's still like half a year left, you can make it

>>387240157
Alan wake is episodic, and honestly you should play it like once a week like TV show. Because if you binge it you won't like it all that much.

>>387240103
>>387240548
I forgot the actual thing I wanted to respond with

There's a couple shooting games I like playing on the side, those don't have ladders or any of that stuff so the "work" feeling doesn't come up and you still have multiplayer fun that's different from co-op

>>387239719
pls respond

>>387239719
>>387240780
I didn't know it was possible to be sub-1K, sorry to hear that. By escape do you mean stop playing or get good?

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>>387240574
I enjoyed my time with it, binge watching TV shows is a thing people do as well
But I can see where you're coming from, if I finish all of my backlog I might go back through it on nightmare difficulty with the director's commentary and try the one episode per week thing

The game reminded me of Deadly Premonition a whole lot, I've never heard anyone compare the two but having played DP like four months back I felt like there were a lot of similarities

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>>387227223
Not bad actually, last night I finally finished Styx Master of Shadows after months of prolonging it.
Today I'm taking a break and playing some online stuff since my internet just turned back on.

>>387227223
I just finished Megaman ZX after giving up on the lava section for a few months. ZX Advent seems lame if all you can do is turn into bosses, is it worth going through?

>>387230830
>it also feels good to cross them off the "list" if you will.
No, you just like to show some result for what you're doing. Just play the fucking game. Jesus christ.

>>387240936
That's probably because they're both heavily inspired by Twin Peaks.

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Does a gtx 1050 work well with an old cpu?
my pc just died

>>387241232
Different guy here, I don't do it with games but I keep a log of shows/movies I've seen or plan to see. I've never showed it to anyone, I have no plans to show it to everyone, but it does give me pleasure to switch a thing from "backlog" to "completed".

>>387241018
How did you like Styx?

I had fun with it and think it's good, the way the knights just bash your head in mercilessly if they find you is nice and I liked the vertical stuff and all that

But the part where they send you through some of the old levels the other way was a meme, and when I got to the part where you have to "escort" the old man I left it sitting for a long while and then came back finish it
The actual escorting only takes like 5 minutes but it was a point in the game where I grew somewhat tired with it I guess

>>387241265
Alan Wake is way more inspired by Stephen King than it is Twin Peaks

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I dont really consider it a backlog, more like a graveyard of rotting bodies I'll never touch again.

>>387241559
It's comfy and very Twin Peaksy

>>387237852
IT'S A FUCKING PASTA YOU NEWFAG, STOP TRYING TO ACT LIKE YOU AREN'T NEW

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>>387241586
Ok wrong pic, I swear that picture had a context in the thread I created it for

I've finally gotten pretty good at playing games at the same rate I buy them. but now I have a huge backlog of pornography.

>>387241265
Yeah that's probably at the core of it, but I thought the similarities went further than just having Twin Peaks somewhere in the background in both cases

And I think you'll agree Deadly Premonition was a good bit heavier on the Twin Peaks influence

>>387240917
stop playing. It just feels like a time killer at this point.

>>387227223
Just bought Mega Man Zero Collection. Should keep me occupied for a while.

>Bayonetta
>Darksiders 2
>Unfinished save DS2 (i don't think i can bring myself to finish it)
>Until dawn
>Just Cause 3

I just unlocked WotW on Nioh, I think i'll do a few mission on the first three regions and leave it there untill the next DLC. Then I can focus on Darksiders 2 and after that maybe Bayonetta or Just Cause 3.

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>tfw you get to a game in your backlog that's easy 70% achievements on the first time through and your average completion goes up

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Thinking of perfecting FF7 but having flashbacks of grinding for master materia. Also working on Bastion, considering Bioshock Remastered since it's free and it got achievements now. I know, >bioshock infinite, but it was in the bundle with 1 and 2.

Sonic Adventure DX and Adventure 2 I'm having second thoughts since the fucking levels and cameras are so bad. It's just so frustrating that the cameras would try and fuck you over this much.

>Been unemployed since the end of May
>Play video games pretty much constantly when I'm not with friends
>Finishing 2-3 video games a week

It's going depressingly well. If it continue like this I might have nothing to play while unemployed.

>>387242250
That's fucking good

I don't do shit either but I'm not that fast with completing video games

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I don't play video games. I really don't. My Steam Library may be 382 almost 400 games but my laptop with intel hd 3K is suffering hell even chokes on Path of Exile on DX9 I can only imagine it'll shit itself on Dota 2 too despite it supports intel 3000 and old i7 dual core 8 GB RAM it's going to take me a long time to stop being NEET and get a job and finally get damn desktop computer

>>387241232
I don't give out my URL. It's completely for personal reasons.

>>387230420
>man
No longer anon.

>tfw can't immerse into single player games because I don't have a lot of free time due to wagecuck work
>tfw you can only play casual games without story and quick multiplayer games like BF, overwatch and TF2
Anyone else feel like this? How can I into single player games again?

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>>387241413
It really is just a tiring game in general, it starts off strong but eventually you just start cursing the game for having such a shitty map and your objective indicator is FO3-tier useless in several cases. I did enjoy the Hitman elements though, sneezing into bowls of fruit to poison guards and dropping chandeliers is too fun
I still eventually plan to get Shards of Darkness, Styx is /ourgob/

I'm doing nice, my advice is do NOT buy games just because you heard they were good, buy games that really interest you and that you'll play right away

>>387243284
My problem with the Styx games are the coin collecting. I know I can redo missions later but fuck me if I dont scour the whole fucking map the first time every time trying to find them. Fuck my autism meme

>>387244051
Yeah this bugged me too, you can practically Dishonored your way through most levels but they put those coins in areas that force guard confrontation

>>387227223
Heroes of Might & Magic 3 Campaigns
Arcanum pretty much last dungeon remains
Divinity Original Sin 2

That's only games I'm planning on playing.

I have completed some games in the previous months, namely Sonic Adventure DX, Steamworld heist and Transistor. I'm currently playing through Divinity Original Sin, DSII: SotFS and DW8's Ambition mode (which is just grinding resources). I haven't actually played DSII for some time; kept trying to do the DLC's before I finish the first playthrough, but I kept dying so I just moved on to something else.

>It's actually coming along.
I mean it's still going to take me years, but it's actually still coming.

>>387237340
dark souls
i always try a shitty build but end up using havel armor anyways

>>387227223
I have no backlog, my toaster can only run mmos so I play ff14 and ESO. I don't feel like emulating old ps1 or snes games, isn't really appealing to me.

>>387241374
just get a ryzen 3 or a decent pentium cpu

Backlogs are for losers who don't play video games.

>>387247593
who play too many video games.*
If you don't have a backlog you play, what, one game a month? I got plenty of rhythm, fightan, or multiplayer games I want to keep up with alongside an RPG or two.

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>>387227223

I got about 13 visual novels and like 80 actual games to go through. I keep going back to FFXIV even though I'm getting sick and tired of the game. Maybe one day.

>>387250186
You're part of the problem why vidya is so shit today.

>>387227223

I actually finished more games in my backlog these past few months than I thought I would. I just finished Rondo of Blood this week, fun game.

>>387250465
I'm a MMO addict anon. Don't blame me, blame the drug.

>>387227223
Growing

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current backlog at this moment in time, keep updating it in case I might muster the courage playing another. I have this autistic compulsion to try and beat every game I play, most of the games I have played there are all ones I have owned for years but never bothered coming back to. Currently playing deus ex revision for the first time in ages, really enjoying it once i got through the MJ12 labs.

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>>387227223
I currently have around 45 games on my backlog. I-I'll comment again and give you the update in a few years OP...

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>start game
>really enjoy it but get distracted by other stuff and leave it a few hours in
>pick it up again months/years later and have to start again
>get a little further than the first run then drop it again
>and again

I'll finish you one day, Ys: The Oath in Felghana.

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>>387236974
I'm actually back on 4chan after about a few years of being gone. Back then I figured out that 4chan wasn't doing anything but taking up my free time. I'm actually not doing any better because I found other internet places to waste my time on. I literally put lots of parts on my life on hold because of my computer and internet addiction. At least one part is solved because I'm really not addicted to 4chan anymore. I'm just here out of curiosity really, and coincidentally stumbled into this thread.

I'll be leaving again. One step at a time I guess...

Welp, my backlog just got bigger

https://www.humblebundle.com/2k-playstation-bundle?linkID=&mcID=102:599235278eab4ea1161a35fb:ot:596c2c6066d5d920559e507f:1&utm_source=Humble+Bundle+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2017_08_15_2kplaystation_bundle&linkID=&utm_content=cta_button

>>387254376
My backlog is 90% older shit

What are you on about? Seems like autism.

>>387252565

It's not long

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>>387227223
My current backlog
Fucking help me someone get motivated again.

Cut out small time shit pretty much entirely

If I don't enjoy something 15% of the way through its average playtime then i drop it.

Churning through all shorter games first, saving RPGs for last to make progress.

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>>387256525
Finished all these games though this year so slowly making progress.

>>387256525

uninstall both borderlands, both dead islands, dead rising 3, life is strange, fear 3, and saints row 3.

that's eight games off your backlog already.

next boot up one of those lego games and balance it with short sessions of one of those arcade-y games, like spelunky or or something.

repeat this until october, at which point you should marathon fear 1, and it's expansions, and then lower your expectations a little bit for fear 2

>>387256525
civ v, back log

Just roll Pochatello or whatever and beat it in the stone age.

>>387227223
>finish one from backlog
>buy new game and finish it
>start and stop a lot of stuff from backlog until i settle into one
>finish one from backlog
And then you turn the page, and then you wash your hands.

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My backlog is massive, I can't imagine finishing before 5-6 years. That combined with new games and it's tough. I am happy with what I've been able todo so far though

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>>387258673

>>387258818
What did you think of Automata its currently my favourite game of 2017.

Too big to ever tackle in its entirety. At this point I'm on a repetition where I buy a new game and then drop it mid-way through. Nothing really wows me anymore and the only time I'm really having fun is when I'm playing online with my brother or friends who now live far away. Can't get into huge single player games anymore because I realize my completionist nature conflicts with my ability to stay interested. I can't just collect everything on a game anymore. It crushes me to progress past an area and not obtain all collectibles, I can never bring myself to just complete the damn game. I'm getting older.

>>387259130
I loved it, while it's not my favorite for 2017 it is definitely in the top 3. I was a fan of the original Nier and Drakengard, and I was really impressed with what Taro could do with a development team who can actually make a game with good gameplay. I hope he makes more and doesn't end his career early, I think he has a lot of potential

>>387260031
Curious to ask what are the other two games you enjoyed for 2017? I kept thinking about the game days after finishing it. Looking forward to doing another playthrough of it sometime in December.

>>387236265
I had trouble with Nocturne because the main menu music made me feel so comfy I just sat on it all day

>bought DmC: Definitive Edition, Revelations 2, Shadow of Mordor, Rise of the Tomb Raider and Nioh a month ago
>played DmC for two hours, Mordor for 10 or so, haven't played Revelations 2 or Tomb Raider, played Nioh for 20 hours
>instead finished Dark Souls 3 NG+ and going through Bloodborne DLC on NG++
>bought Prey yesterday and played for 30 minutes

G-going fine, guys.

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>>387227223
I've given up over the past couple of months, the only video-game that I still have the motivation to play is 100% Orange Juice and that is only because I do not have to concentrate and can watch a film on the side. I suppose I'm pushing past the age of enjoying video-games, it sucks though it'd seem there's no two ways about it. A shame really, I'd rather hoped I'd play Resident Evil IV and Shadow Complex, never mind the Mother series and an onslaught of shmups.

>>387228792
>>387229792
Must feel momentous.

>>387235782
>>387236038
>>387236137
I know that feeling, though I browse /v/ very little.

>>387242059
Only download Visual novels because of this.

>>387230420
leftism

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pick one, im almost there buckos

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>>387260860
>8 games
>all linear single player with beginning and end
>nothing overly long

You are going to fucking do it champ

>>387260860
ass effect

>>387260374
Breath of the Wild and Persona 5. I'm a bit biased about Persona since the series has my GOAT, but even then I couldn't tell you if it's better than Breath of the Wild or not. Nier Automata, in comparison to such huge games with history/financial expectations, is really impressive. I might wait a bit to replay since there's that rumor that Automata will get more DLC, here's hoping

>>387261519
>there's that rumor that Automata will get more DLC

YES! I really hope so!

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>>387258818
>gone home

Why is it that the fun you have while playing a game decreases exponentially?

Stage 1
>First 1-8 hours of a game and maybe even longer, depending how long you can play without going to bed
>everything is new and exciting, you try to be the best and master the game. You get acquainted with controls, lore, etc... you have fun

Stage 2:
>This is now the hard stage. The hardest thing is simply to turn the game on. But even if you do so the magic from stage 1 is gone. You rarely discover something new and everything became a routine. The game feels like work now.

Stage 3
>You are now about 50% into the game. You know that the second half will introduce only few interesting stuff. You mastered the game to 90% but you have to keep doing the same thing over and over to get to the end and it gets harder. You drop the game, because it feels like a chore. You want something new and fresh.

Often I drop it in Stage 2 and start another one just to experience the magical 1st stage of a new game.

Does someone know the feel? Perhaps the answer is to not binge too much in the first half and play only 1 hour of it every day?

>>387250716
I was going to say at least the concept of MMOs are good so it's okay to try to find a good one, but FFXIV is shit and I imagine you probably played WoW, so you're part of the problem if so.

>>387241648
I don't browse /s4s/ because I'm not a fucking newfag and those were the most cancerous times, a board that literally welcomes redditfags is a trash board and associating with anything that came from it is shit and you're shit for doing so.

Not knowing about shit that hapened after the reddit-raid is common for anyone who mainily left when reddit joined, as I did. NeoGAF, Gaia, etc at least they tried to blend in, reddit was just fucking garbage and they try to use itas just an extension of their site for m-muh points

>>387254376
Almost all of my backlog is shit I emulate, only reason it's not complet is because my PSP-2000 broke years ago and geting it fixed was a pain, then Iwiped my MS-DS so I'd have to start from scratch to get back where I was.,

Name me one emulation handheld as good as the PSP, I'll wait.

>>387253885
Good on you man, I'm in a similar boat, I came back because I picked up an MMO so Ivisit the general, which in turn led to me periodically clicking /v/ on a slow day again. I still waste too much time on the internet, but at least a lot of it isn't on /v/ anymore.

>>387260860
Mass Effect will leave you sad. Shit game that was overhyped.

Well, rather, ME 1 was good but ME2 was meme shit and everyone should have seen it a mile away but unfortunately at that point other boards were already so far into /v/ that they drowned out the people calling it shit for what it changed, ME3 was just a lost cause overall but you will still find people defending that sack of shit. Nothing should have to be said for the newer game.

Go with Bioshock 2 or Thief 2.

>>387227223
Playing through bloodborne for the first time. I just beat rom

>>387263510
I find that starting a game is the most tedious part as the game falls over itself to explain shit to you through tutorials. Just let me play

>>387235054
I played the shit out of LR and the final boss for me was not the final boss of the game.
It was that damned Chocobo Eater you fight before him, I never beat him

>having a backlog

How? There aren't enough good games to form one. Have you literally just started playing games and haven't played any of the 10-20 games that are actually worth playing? Or do you just have bad taste like the majority of people who play video games and are so dumb you mindlessly buy/collect trash that catches your eye on steam?

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>>387227223
Going back and forth between Grimoire and Lands of Lore. Having a real good time.

>>387263483
I got it for free, figured I would see what all the drama was about. People rightfully deserved to think some backdoor shit was happening with that garbage, how could anyone give this higher than a 2?

>>387266735
>the 10-20 games that are actually worth playing
post em nigga

>>387267053
Is that Ted Cruz?

>>387267082
Got it for free aswell, i think i lasted about 30 minutes just because the graphics aren't all that bad. It kinda feels like you're trapped in a 3D Tumblr.

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>>387267313
that is my governor, he likes to scream at people while holding food in his hands

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>>387227223
I finish 5 games a year and add 50.

I have plenty of free time though, but in my free time I worry about wasting my free time and just end up lurking here.

>>387230771
I have literally every single game from your list. All of them are fun, I would start with thief and witcher prolly. Maybe add fear for some action

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I have a backlog of about 50 games and I haven't played anything (besides FE when I'm on the toilet) for about two months.

>>387230830
Just write it down on paper or a .txt file in notepad.

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I finished Abe's Oddysee and Abe's Exoddus about a month ago, I dropped Stranger's Wrath because it was kinda boring and I started playing Alundra again had to start the game from the beginning because ePSXe shat itself for some reason, lost 30 hours of gameplay because of that. After that I'll start playing Metal Gear 2, Grim Dawn or Alan Wake I have dropped so many games over the past 3 years and I don't want to think about them right now