Comment on The joy of *not* eking-out games
OmegaMouse@pawb.social 4 months agoYour labelling system is a good idea! I do have plenty of games from bundles, but I only add the ones to my library that I’m actually interested in. So everything in my backlog is something I want to play at some point. Personally I don’t feel that there is any negative connotation to the word backlog, but maybe that’s because mine is full of stuff I intend to play.
I have a spreadsheet listing the games I’ve got to play, and whilst I do usually set an ‘up next’, this can change depending on how I’m feeling at the time. So it’s rare that I play a game I don’t like or doesn’t fit my mood :)
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I’ve just seen far too many people express a sense of guilt about their unplayed games and an obligation to play them all. There’s also the “completionist” group who need to get every achievement in every game they have. Both are unhealthy IMO.
I personally do it because I get “analysis paralysis” where I just freeze up and don’t play anything if the list is too long. So I keep my “play next” list pretty short (like 10-20 games), which also forces me to be a bit more critical about my intentions to play a game.
OmegaMouse@pawb.social 4 months ago
Yeah definitely, wanting to complete every game 100% is a bit much. I’ll only ever do the side content that I actually enjoy. Ratchet and Clank: RA was great for this as it was easy and fun to complete everything (hence it being the only game I’ve managed to get all the trophies for).
In terms of keeping my to-play list short, I’ve done a pretty good job of not buying any games in Steam sales recently. Because 99% of the time they’ll be on sale again in the near future - buying them now only causes paralysis like you say.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Same. I actually did pick up 5 games in this Steam Summer sale, but most are pretty short experiences that I’ll blow through on my Steam deck, and the other is
Cities: Skylines 2, because people are claiming they’ve fixed the issues. But on net, I’ve played more this year so far than I’ve bought, so I think I’m not wasting my money on my new purchases.