I have been asked how I determine what games I play for my backlog. I knew I had to get my collection under control, first and formost, and dedicated myself this year to actually finishing games.
I thought about this for a few minutes and came up with this list:
1. It is a game I know I really want to beat for whatever reason(maybe a sequel is coming soon or I have beaten all the other games in the series)
2. I have previously put some time into it before. This makes it easier to go back and finish more quickly. Now this can also be a challenge as it can be hard to remember what I need to do. IGN guides and Gamefaqs are a great help with this!
3. It is a relatively short game. I love RPG's and have a tome of them but I wanted to make sure that I finished as many games as possible this year so I decided to focus on games under 15 hours. Playing on easy helps out a lot as well. I used to refuse to do this but anymore, I want to see the end of the game and enjoy it instead of getting frustrated by replaying the same level for the 50th time.
4. It is a game that I enjoy. This ties into number two. I really don't buy games that I know I won't like so pretty much all the games I get I will enjoy in some aspect.
That is really about it. I do find that blogging here really helps me stay focused as well, regardless if many people read the blog or not.
How do you decide what games to play on your backlog?
I just go for whatever I'm in the mood for at the time. Lots of bouncing around from system to system and genre to genre, but I've finished well over half my library and played a ton more than that. Never really had a system in place to choose whats next. As long as I always have choices for whats next its never seemed to be a problem.
I don't do much system bouncing any more. I do bounce from game to game quite a bit though. Like you i love RPGs but i tend to complete games that are in the 20 hour or less category the most. I do end up finishing some games that probably would take me longer than an RPG but with RPGs i hate starting and stopping. You forget where you are going or what needs to be done or forget critical plot points if you go too long in between plays.
On the other hand if i put 50 or 60 hours into something like GameRoom(XBLA) or Halo: Reach or some other shooter or fighter it doesn't matter if i don't play it for a week or two or even a month or two. What is there to really forget other than the control scheme?
I should add i logged way more than 60 hours into Reach.... I could have knocked out a few RPGs with the time i spent playing it.
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