Comment on Visual November 2023

cod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Paranomaly@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I really enjoy it, even when finding the stinkers. I’ve uncovered a lot that would have otherwise sat in the someday column of my backlog

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  • cod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s a very large column for me personally. I’d like to go through as much of my backlog as I can in 2024

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    • Paranomaly@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’ve made goals to help with that and partially gamify completion. Helped me get to where it’s more reflex to pick up a game and play it through completion rather than dick around in service games or bounce midway through a bunch of different titles

      I started by just putting a complete x games this year goal, but found that it punished me too much from playing longer games. Instead, I gave myself a point total that I’d aim for for the year and then assigned games points.

      A good goal I’ve found is about 30-35 points, as it is reachable without having to super grind at games or sacrificing other hobbies. This is supposed to be fun rather than a chore. Games have points based on the following:

      Game base point value: Howlongtobeat average playtime /10 rounded up to the nearest .5. This since people tend to report on the low end on that website. Also, games with a lot of side content shouldn’t be penalized, so sometimes real play time / 10 works as well. For example, Skyrim’s completion would technically be after finishing the main quest but that isn’t at all what Skyrim is about.

      100%ing/Platinuming the game gets x2 points

      Substantial DLC for the game are considered separate games for the point of the list.

      A game that I had beaten in the past only offers half base points, however getting 100%/platinum on a game that I previously hadn’t counts as a full game completion.

      The game’s full points are only earned on game completion.

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      • cod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Whoops, just seeing this now a week later. I really like that idea though! I think I’ll implement it as well.

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