It's super hard to take on a backlog, but it is nice to see how people have responded and actually encouraged others to keep chipping away. A good piece of advice that helps me with my backlog is to start knocking out some of the shorter games you have. I also delete all the games I finish from my Playstation just so I know I beat them. Right now I am playing Hamster Ball and this game shouldn't take me more than 2 hours to complete. I finished Malicious earlier today and over the weekend I finished Outlast, Streets of Rage 2, Altered Beast and the Simpsons Arcade game. Outlast was a good 6 hours but the rest took no more than an hour and half and I was able to scratch off a decent little chunk of the backlog.
Asura's Wrath is a game I have always wanted to play, but haven't been able to pick it up. I am leaving tomorrow for 5 weeks for school (which I know I mentioned before) and will be taking my Vita. I downloaded Dragon Fantasy Book II and God of War I and II. My priority is school, but I wouldn't be upset if I finished one of those games
.That's my goal/strategy as well as we've discussed before.
I think it's also alright to just drop games, especially if they're physical. There's no reason to punish yourself and play through the whole game. Of course for those who aren't strong-willed that may be a bad idea as you might start dropping good games just to make room for more.
I count a backlog as anything that I have not beaten the main story of that isnt an arcade/sports game (ie UNO, NHL, MLB The Show).
I agree, however while there are a couple of games I'm glad I dropped (Dead Rising)there is one game that, now, I wish I hadn't dropped - Silent Hill 2. I've heard a lot of people say it has one of the best, if not the best, video game endings of all time. Yet the gameplay and atmosphere was so depressing, I didn't want to waste my time drudging through it. I decided to spoil myself and watched one of the endings on YouTube. Definitely a good ending but I can't help but think it would have made a much greater impact had I chosen to stick it out.
I've played it but it didn't do anything for me. Glad you liked it though, if only some of it.
I really hate in games where the next thing you have to do, that you can't, is find the next place to go. If it makes sense for the game fine but if it's just BS then that sucks.
I go back to them, but I still actively collect for old systems as well. Most recently I'm starting to get into all the Panzer Dragoon games.
I mostly wrote my PS3 backlog off to focus on keeping up with PS4 releases and not having a backlog this gen. It's mostly PS+ freebies at this point.
Lego MarvelI would highly recommend Bioshock Infinite. I just beat it myself yesterday, and it took me less than 15 hours to complete.Been on vacation since Wednesday so I actually beat a few games this week! List below:
Mario Kart 8 (all SP circuits)
Uncharted 2
Now I'm gonna start AC3 on 360 and for my PS3 either Metro Last Light, Enslaved, Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen, or Bioshock Infinite?
I could not get into Prototype. It just seemed like a jumbled mess when I started it. Granted, I didn't give it more than 20 minutes, so perhaps I should try one more time.
yea to that Incredible Hulk game, it was amazing. I would kill for another. Hell, I would for just a HD remake of the first one.
Yeah it seemed the same way to me as well. I was about to give it up too but I'm glad I didn't. I say give it another try.I could not get into Prototype. It just seemed like a jumbled mess when I started it. Granted, I didn't give it more than 20 minutes, so perhaps I should try one more time.
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I agree about infamous I enjoyed it but it didn't blow me away. Maybe its the hype I don't know. I liked the powers though they did a good job changing it up, but I felt like it was more of a shooter than a beat em up. Maybe that's why I like the others better.
I loved the first condemned so I would play part 2 even though I haven't played it personally. Killzone 3 is a huge leap from Kz2 almost as big as AC1 to AC2. Not quite severe but seriously noticeable. If you are looking for quantity I would say you could probably finish any 2 of those games in the amount of time you would finish brotherhood. If you want to finish a longer game to reduce your total hours go with AcBrohood. Hopefully something I said helped.
Thanks for the recommendations!
Thanks! Mine wasn't a huge deal though as I did much better last gen than in prior ones of not buying a bunch of things just because they were cheap. I just mostly built a small PS3 backlog after getting one late in the gen (Jan 2012) and getting too many games there between cheap older games and PS+).
