Anybody else NOT have enough time to play all the games they have? [Mobile/Archive]

basketkase543

02-09-2004, 12:36 PM

I know i can't be the only one. When i was in highschool i used to have plenty of time to play and since i didn't have much money I would really get into the games that I got. Now in college there is zero time during school to get into games and yet I am getting all these cheap ass deals. Anybody else have tons of games that they got but never had time to play? What is the game that you wish the most you had time to play? For me on top of my list is Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.

metroidkiller9

02-09-2004, 12:43 PM

games i own that i have yet gotten around to playing:
gamecube-
legend of zelda collectors edition
legend of zelda ocarina of time
resident evil zero
tony hawks underground

gameboy advance-
none amazingly enough

playstation 2-
beyond good and evil
castlevania: lament of innocence
silent hill 3
grand theft auto vice city
ratchet and clank going commando
jak II
final fantasy x-2
metal gear solid 2

xbox-
prince of persia
max payne 2
lord of the rings two towers

way too little time

moiety

02-09-2004, 12:47 PM

Ugh, I totally agree! I'm in my senior year at college, and my time is wrapped up in classes, papers, and projects. I have quite a few games which I've started and have yet to finish. Sadly, I haven't even beaten Metroid Prime yet! There are numerous others, but I hafta beat that one. I may be the only one who hasn't! :oops: Just wish there was more time in the day to sit back, relax, and play my games.

D4rkewolfe

02-09-2004, 12:49 PM

I hear ya Mo, but I will go on terminal leave on May 6th (though I still will have classes until May 22nd, but that's at night), so I will actually have 59 days of doing nothing but gaming. I'm gonna love it.

moiety

02-09-2004, 12:50 PM

I am absolutely jealous! Enjoy it! :)

Santorum X

02-09-2004, 12:54 PM

True. College totally takes large chunks of time, and if you work as well you hardly have time for anything. I still have seven games I have yet to open, plus I just recently got a DC, and I'm only into the third mission on RS3: RS for the PC that I got for Christmas.

Five more weeks...

javeryh

02-09-2004, 12:59 PM

College? Wait until you have a job. I'm lucky to cram in 2-3 hours a week now. In college it was more like 2-3 hours a day...

BigDirty

02-09-2004, 01:01 PM

EggViper

02-09-2004, 01:03 PM

this post reminds me... i got some games sitting in the closet i bought way back i havent even opened yet.

simplygriff

02-09-2004, 01:13 PM

I was playing Metroid prime before christmas. I tried to finish it after but I just couldn't. Now I'm playing Need for speed underground but I've got Capcom vs SNK 2 EO, SSX3, Primal, Viewtiful joe, a couple others and I just got a Sega Genesis with 4 games about 2 weeks ago. This semester sucks too between work, and trying to graduate college I gots no free time for games. :( Least I didn't have to pay too much for the games :)

st0neface

02-09-2004, 01:22 PM

I currently am at home most of the day and I still don't have time to beat all my games.

Danimal

02-09-2004, 01:39 PM

I'm with javeryh on this one. I know college can leave you with little free time, but it only gets worse when you've got a full-time job. I work about 50 hours a week, and then lots of my free time is spent with my with my wife and two young kids. If I can find 3 hours a week for games, that's a pretty good week for me.

Games I have lined up and waiting to be played:
Prince of Persia
Beyond Good and Evil
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Splinter Cell
Primal
True Crime
Downhill Domination
Need for Speed: Hot pursuit
Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds

At least I have plenty to hold me until Onimusha 3 and the next GTA come out.

arcadia67

02-09-2004, 01:54 PM

Wow...BigDirty that's quite a collection you have. Very impressive! And I agree with you totally...I have upwards of 40 PS2 games and 10 GBA games...and I rarely get a chance to play any of them. Combination of a job, social life and most of all, horrible time management skills. :( Many of the games are still in the wrapper. But like you, BigDirty, I just keep buying them and buying them, and I cant quite figure out why. For some reason I just cannot pass up a great video game deal for either PS2 or GBA. Sometimes I cant decide if this website is a blessing or a curse! But dont get me wrong, I LOVE this site to death, for both the deals and the forums...

Great topic, by the way...I thought I was the only one with a stack of games and no time to play them!

O-Dog

02-09-2004, 02:01 PM

Same boat here. College was a breeze, gaming, easily, 10, 20, 30 hours a week. Once you start pulling down a salary and putting in those 40+ hour weeks, I find myself forgoing sleep just to be able to get in a 2-3 hour fix some nights.

Stay in school...and you'll be sure to get your gaming time in. Once you get a job...kiss your gaming days goodbye.

The greatest irony, being of course, that once you have the bank to fund your gaming habit, you haven't the time to stoke it.

daphatty

02-09-2004, 02:03 PM

Makes me wish I was still a video game tester. I always had time to play then! :cry:

Wshakspear

02-09-2004, 02:10 PM

GF+Work+Games=Sleep?

Lets see, im playing through:

GC:
Wind Waker (Kinda boring....)
Veiwtiful Joe
Super Monkey Ball 2 (so...freakin...hard...)
Metroid Prime (close to the end...too much backtracking to figure out where i was going)
Zelda 2 (stupid controller..)
Sonic Heroes

Xbox:
Shenmue 2
Splinter cell (it was only $5... :) )
Gungrave
Bloodrayne (without codes...ugh)

GBA:
Fire Emblem

DC:
Too many to name.

PSOne:
FFVII
FFIV
Chrono Cross

PS2:
.Hack pt1 (meaning 2-4 as well)
Kingdom Hearts

Snes:
Donkey Kong Country 2
Mickey's Magical Quest

Genesis:
Rocket Knight Adventures

PC:
Black and White

Soon ill have a nice relaxing place to play, not some pit thats under constant maintenance. Cant wait to actually sit down with Kingdom hearts for more than an hour

BjAngel

02-09-2004, 02:12 PM

Take a look at my Game Collection (http://users.ign.com/collection/bigdirty) and you'll see quite a few games that are still sitting sealed on my shelf, from Pocahontas for Genesis, up to Beyond Good and Evil, and numerous more. I've got 20-some still sealed, and lots that I've only lightly played. Between work and a handful of other projects, I really don't have any time to play games, but for some strange reason, I keep buying them.

One day I'll get the chance to play, one day. Mercy Big Dirty Awesome game collection

BigDirty

02-09-2004, 02:52 PM

Great topic, by the way...I thought I was the only one with a stack of games and no time to play them!

I don't have a stack that I have yet to play, I'm nearing an entire shelf.. or possibly even a bookcase ;)

Snake2715

02-09-2004, 02:55 PM

So true so true!

I practically have to call in or put aside some of my house projects to get some gaming in.

Between work, Wife, social and house, family etc.. I am pretty much booked and look forward to the weekends.

It was about 2 months ago I took a whole sunday(8-10 hours) and dumped it into gaming. It was so great.

Otherwise I get maybe 1-3 hours a week in unless I skip sleep or some other obligation..

Oh well I have bought so many games since I joined this site and i try to play the most interesting ones first and alternate systems. PS2,Cube, and in betwen GBA..

JSweeney

02-09-2004, 03:16 PM

tamno1

02-09-2004, 03:37 PM

Anyone of you guys wanna sell the games that you don't have time to play to the people who have too much time but too few games? You know, make them useful?

Doylerulez

02-09-2004, 04:52 PM

I never had this problem till I came to this site for the most part, some prices are just too good to pass up. I only planned on a few games per year before, course old roomates and friends expand collections. Now that I work 40+ hours, I make more money, but less time. Though I have been able to sneek my GBA in my office, which helps.

evilmax17

02-09-2004, 05:03 PM

The title of this thread is the story of my life.

Wshakspear

02-09-2004, 05:06 PM

Anyone of you guys wanna sell the games that you don't have time to play to the people who have too much time but too few games? You know, make them useful?

Nope. I want to have a very spoiled child that gets to play games with daddy. Oh, and i like collecting things

Whambamm

02-09-2004, 08:28 PM

Damn and I thought I was the only one. I definately don't have enough time, and like most people finding this site didn't quite help my situation. I have managed to play a few games recently, and even put aside some studying for classes, in order to play Xenosaga this past week. But I am paying for it now because I have to cram for 2 tests this week and write a damn research paper, not to mention I still have to work every night. Oh well.... I did have fun playing it.

CaptainObviousXl

02-09-2004, 08:53 PM

You do know out of the time it took you to write on this fourum and fill out those ign things you could have made one of those games come of the shelve.

evilmax17

02-09-2004, 08:59 PM

You do know out of the time it took you to write on this fourum and fill out those ign things you could have made one of those games come of the shelve.

Your screenname seems oddly appropriate :wink:

ananag112

02-09-2004, 09:03 PM

I am in highschool and am lucky to get in 1-2 hours of gaming a week. I own all 3 of the current consoles so it is hard for me to get through many of my games. If what your saying is true, then I will get in like 15 minutes of gaming in college.

Gothic Walrus

02-09-2004, 09:09 PM

*sighs*

So many unfinished games I'll never get around to...

I haven't done too badly with my NES and Genesis, and I think I've finished the majority of my GB games. but I've still got far too many N64 games to complete...and please, don't get me started on all of the RPGs I've bought but never finished.

And then there's my PC...let's just not go there. Ever. :D

basketkase543

02-14-2004, 05:09 PM

Gaming is one of those things that has to come at a cost besides cash for so many people. I soooo want to get in one more game of madden right now or start playing Xenogears, Onimusha 2, etc. But three research papers really bring down the time to play. One thing that i used to love doing was playing a game several times to find different ways through it or to find all items or something. Now, having enough time to beat the game ONCE is an accomplish and there is no time to find all those hidden fun stuff because must move on to the next game on the list. What do most of you do? Do you practice quality over quantitiy and beat the hell out of one game or are you forced to casually beat it and quickly move on like a relay race with the fear that you might never have time to play it?

Medium_Pimpin

02-14-2004, 05:16 PM

Of course, i have unopened games for ps2,xbox,gc that i havent played. Many used games for DC,N64,(still havent played the saturn+classic rpg's, i just picked up)It's mostly about time to hook up the games in my room(i keep the systems elsewhere)and ease of playing the ps2/pc. And my time is also occupied by surfing the web/chatting online.

lyric706

02-14-2004, 05:30 PM

basketkase543

02-14-2004, 05:35 PM

if I can play 15 minutes before I go to sleep, I'm lucky. But I keep buying.... I think it's an addiction. Some people drink, gamble. I collect games, CDs, DVDs.

That's the magic "a" word. I think i might be addicted to collecting games, movies, and other stuff i'll never have time to use.

wookieballz

02-14-2004, 05:47 PM

I've got way too many games to play and not nearly enough time to play them.

My current to-play list contains the following:
Silent Hill 3
Dark Cloud 2
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Final Fantasy X-2

And pretty soon, I'll have to add these to the list:
Max Payne 2
Ninja Gaiden
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Breakdown

And eventually:
Sudeki
Full Spectrum Warrior
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Fable
Halo 2
Jade Empire

And that's in addition to all of my Xbox Live games.

I'll be back-logged for some time to come.

starman9000

02-14-2004, 05:58 PM

I was into the 8-bit Nintendo through Sega Genesis when I was a kid. I got out of gaming in college, and now that I'm in the "real world" with a "real world" job, I do have the money to pick up the hobby. Just not the time! I have all three next-gen consoles, and if I can play 15 minutes before I go to sleep, I'm lucky. But I keep buying.... I think it's an addiction. Some people drink, gamble. I collect games, CDs, DVDs.

Im the same way, got a ton of everything, DVD's I usually keep up with, but when you get video games that take 50 hours to beat, that is like a month on that game alone. Buying DVD's seems like a no brainer though, as it would cost my wife and I upwards of 20$ to see a movie in theaters...might as well buy one.

CaseyRyback

02-14-2004, 06:04 PM

my new year's resolution was to not buy many games and so far I think I have only bought Tactics Ogre , Mega Man and Bass, Super Double Dragon and Startropics 2 so I would say I have been pretty good

Ben_F

02-15-2004, 06:00 PM

Im gonna go play some games now.

stealthking

03-03-2005, 04:08 PM

I also go to college full time .
I work only 20 hours a week.
I spend about 1 hour a week playing games and 40 hours a week studying.

KingDox

03-03-2005, 04:12 PM

this thread should get like a thousand posts. There are tons of people on CAG who have the same problem.

I wish I had time to start my Anarchy Online account. A free MMORPG for a year sounds great but having zero time to put into it makes me disapointed

neohacker

03-03-2005, 04:21 PM

Yes, I don't have nearly enough time to play all the games that I want to. College is good at keeping you busy. I even had to drop WoW because of lack of time. :(

chickenhawk

03-03-2005, 04:21 PM

College? Wait until you have a job. I'm lucky to cram in 2-3 hours a week now. In college it was more like 2-3 hours a day...

Amen! I had the most time in college to play games. Hell, I think I spent more time playing games than studying when I went for my Masters. Even though I'm not a big fan of school, I wouldn't mind at all being a career student. It's just so much easier and less time consuming.

FriskyTanuki

03-03-2005, 04:25 PM

I've played maybe 30 minutes or less on a majority of my opened games, and a couple dozen of those I've played much more than that. I've only beaten maybe 1-2% of my whole collection, so I'll need lots of time to do good damage to that percentage.

onetrackmind

03-03-2005, 04:29 PM

i have atleast 25 games that are either unplayed or still sealed. I have atleast another 150 that i havent beat yet... so yeah i'm gulty as charges

adamada

03-03-2005, 04:29 PM

I wish I had as much time as I did during undergrad. 50-60 hours a week of grad school (cell and molecular biology) keep me pretty much busy. 2-3 hours a week of gaming means I did a good job scheduling. I have more money now, though. I do very much enjoy getting paid for going to grad school. Now I just have to find a way to strike the balance of having money AND free time.....

HOTSHIET

03-03-2005, 04:32 PM

I love my games, but time is very scarce. I too use to have lots of time but no games, but now with a full time job and a GF, it's a complete different story. I keep thinking I'll play them in the future but it's never going to happen!

jam3582

03-03-2005, 04:56 PM

I guess I will join the party also I atleast have like about 4 hours every day to play games . I usually will do one game at a time like right now im playing far cry (excellent games by the way ) but after join this community iv been buying more and more games. so that stack piles up and im still not done with one . it dosent help when all ur friends are gamers and decide to buy u games as x-mas presents and b-day present . damn I wish I was back in junior high. to bad aI work and have a kid to take care of damn time to get back to work sheeeesh.

GuilewasNK

03-03-2005, 05:02 PM

I don't have time for anything nowadays.

Other than CAG that is.

I just try to get in any gaming when I can. Usually I turn to my GBA just because I can take it anywhere. Playing Metroid Zero Mission during lunch breaks at work.

Kaijufan

03-03-2005, 05:33 PM

I still have cheap PC games I got from EB to play, a few from Shop.com, and a few from TRU. I wish I had time to play them all.

stealthking

03-04-2005, 02:00 AM

I'm planning to sell all my game colllection .
My brother tells me not to.
I would be free of wasting money on things i dont need.
Maybe I'll get a car.

Strider Turbulence

03-04-2005, 03:31 PM

Too many games, not enough time. I just got Stranger's Wrath, MP2, Kessen III, Tekken 5, and all I wanna do is play the same damn three games: Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8-9, and KOTOR II.

Oh well.

<goes off to order lots of .99 cent games from ebgames>

ashram

03-04-2005, 03:35 PM

i have like 200+ games.....and about 25-30% of them have been beaten

doodle777_98

03-04-2005, 03:37 PM

i have like 20 games just sitting there collecting dust. i finally decided to sell off the gems and valuable ones i'll never play.

gsr

03-04-2005, 04:23 PM

I got rid of a bunch of games in the eb trade in but I have beaten them all or bought them for the purpose of trading in

Current unplayed/unfinished games:

Katamari Damacy = unfinished
Freedom Fighters = unopened
DMC 3 = currently playing, on mission 5

basketkase543

03-11-2005, 04:05 PM

Wow, I started this thread more than a year ago and its amazing how much I've changed since then. I've pretty much kicked my addiction and haven't bought a game since Mario 64 DS. I also managed to sell a bunch of games that I knew I would never have time to play. It was hard to do but it had to be done.