Actually, I consider that my things to do now and in Retirement age. Its basically so I enjoy gaming when I am old and don't have to work. Why do I collect and have so many? Meh, its my little collection, and playign slowly helps me enjoy the game more. If I get this done in my lifetime then well and good, otherwise, I'll bury these games with me in my crypt.
If you keep collecting at that rate though, your backlog could be in the 4 digit area by the time you retire. There's no way you'll have time for all those old games. By that time, you'll have 138 versions of Harvest Moon.
Provided that I still buy games. Of course, during that time, I probably won't be working or when I have a family, my game buying will become a trickle, so I think I'll be safe from 138 versions of Harvest Moon.
Actually, I consider that my things to do now and in Retirement age. Its basically so I enjoy gaming when I am old and don't have to work. Why do I collect and have so many? Meh, its my little collection, and playign slowly helps me enjoy the game more. If I get this done in my lifetime then well and good, otherwise, I'll bury these games with me in my crypt.
If you keep collecting at that rate though, your backlog could be in the 4 digit area by the time you retire. There's no way you'll have time for all those old games. By that time, you'll have 138 versions of Harvest Moon.
As a fellow owner of at least 6 Harvest Moon Games (not counting ones I have owned and traded)...
You can NEVER own too many Harvest Moon games.
NEVER.
Except for Innocent Life on PSP. that one was ass and does not deserve to be called Harvest Moon.
Stubbs The Zombie: Rebel without a Pulse - Xbox
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System - Xbox Prince of Persia: Warrior Within - Xbox
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly - Xbox Blinx: The Timesweeper - Xbox Ninja Gaiden: Black - Xbox Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee - Xbox
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 - Xbox
Conker: Live and Reloaded - Xbox Gun Valkyrie - Xbox Jet Set Radio Future - Xbox Magic The Gathering: Battlegrounds - Xbox X-Men: Legends - Xbox Breakdown - Xbox
Panzer Dragoon: Orta - Xbox
Resident Evil 4 - GCN Balduer's Gate I + Tales of the Sword Coast expansion - PC
Starcraft + Brood War expansion - PC
Half Life 1 - PC
Half Life: Opposing Force - PC
Half Life: Blue Shift - PC Deus Ex - PC
Syberia 1 - PC
Tomb Raider - PC
Tomb Raider III - PC
Diablo II + Lord of Destruction expansion - PC
Banjo-Kazooie - N64
Goldeneye 007 - N64
Legend of Zelda: Ocrania of Time - N64 Legend of Zelda: Majoras Mask - N64
South Park - N64 Super Mario 64 - N64
Perfect Dark - N64 Populous - SNES
Yoshi's Island - SNES
Super Mario world - SNES Castlevania IV - SNES Earthworm and Jim - SNES
Donkey Kong Country - SNES
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Genesis
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - Genesis
Sonic and Knuckles - Genesis
Altered Beast - Genesis Prince of Persia - Genesis Shaq Fu - Genesis Chakan - Genesis X-Men - Genesis Boogerman - Genesis
Sonic Adventure - Dreamcast
Evolution 1 - Dreamcast Shenmue - Dreamcast
Tenchu 1 - PS1 Tenchu 2 - PS1
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It's very overwhelming. Italics are games I only played for 5-10 minutes. Bold have never even been played... I was just looking at a bunch of shit I own while contemplating whether or not to buy Catan, Castlevania, and Marathon on XBLA and being indecisive because of how many books and video games I have bought and barely touched.
Nowadays, I buy games and beat them but when I was younger, I used to never finish games... I only beat FF7 and MGS1 this year when I finally overcame this "problem". But going back to a lot of these games, even the "great" ones seems like such a daunting task... O_o
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ShogunHair long; money long; me and broke wizards we don't get alongRegistered Userregular
edited December 2007
I'm just now playing Half-life. 1. For the first time.
In the span of 3 weeks I got Assassin's Creed, Oblivion, and Overlord. I've got some playing to do.
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TavIrish Minister for DefenceRegistered Userregular
edited December 2007
PC
Orange Box (Played Portal, playing TF2, need to re-play HL2 before going onto the episodes)
Max Payne 1&2
Bioshock
Full Throttle
Thief: Deadly Shadows (Played it yonks ago when I was like 14 and was stupid.... need to replay it in order to fully get the experience...)
Frets on Fire with community made song packs downloaded
Call of Cthulhu
Warhammer 40k: DoW
Oblivion
FEAR
Prey
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Pro Evo Soccer 2008
Dark Messiah
Hitman: BM
Splinter Cell
Still in Shrink wrap
Front Mission 4
KOTR 2
Disgaea 2
Katamary Damacy 2
XenoSaga 2-3
Partially Played
FF8
FFXII
FFX-2
Persona 3
Jade Empire
Eternal Sonata
Devil May Cry 1-3
Ninja Gaiden Black
Enchanted Arms
Oblivion (damn mods keep holding me back from finishing the main story)
XenoSaga
Odin Sphere
Metroid Prime Corruptions
Twilight Princess
...I think I should just stop buying games until I finish all these.
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KageraImitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered Userregular
edited December 2007
My backlog?
PS2:
Xenosaga 2
Suikoden 3
Star Ocean
Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX
Devil May Cry
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
God of War
Dragon Quest VIII
Killzone
...I think I should just stop buying games until I finish all these.
I'm fairly certain I post this every backlog thread, but my strategy is to make a list of the games I want to play, and restrict myself to buying only those games. I also resolved to only buy a game when I finish one I already have, and then I restrict myself to buying whatever I can find that's on the list cheapest.
It prevents backlogs from becoming money sinks, and means I don't buy games for full price when, by the time I would actually get around to playing them, they're available budget or used for a quarter of the price.
If I hold myself to buying the cheapest thing on the list, I also tend to prune it more ruthlessly, because I drop games for which my enthusiasm has waned, which is good proof against getting caught up in hype.
Bioshock
Dead Rising
Super Mario Galaxy (60/120 stars. It's really fun, but for some reason I can't bring myself to get the last 60 stars)
Resident Evil 4
Skies of Arcadia Legends
Call of Duty 2
Half Life 2/Ep. 1/Ep. 2
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
If I don't finish a game within the first week or two of purchasing, it never gets finished.
Judge-ZTeacher, for Great JusticeUpstate NYRegistered Userregular
edited December 2007
I'm not even going to bother posting my backlog. It is too depressingly huge due to...
1. The fact that I have an almost 3-year old, which leaves me precious little time to game. Despite this, I still buy games when they come out like they were bottled water and a hurricane was coming. Utter the words "hard to find" and I MUST own it!
2. Fucking online gaming. Damn you, WoW, the BF series, and Hellgate!
3. Cheapass Gamer - deals to good to pass up. I'm saving money, honest!
4. Target's clearance rack. They have some seriously good deals. STALKER for $7? Yes, please!
I easily have 50-75 games I need to beat. Used to be I'd clear my backlog when I was off work for the summer. My daughter, with all of her unreasonable demands to be "parented," "fed," and "changed" have dampened that.
I love the lil' punk. I take solace in the fact that a few years down the road, we'll be able to play shit together. She gets the crappy old computer, though!
I'm with the guys who won't post their backlogs. I know good and well that I have an incredibly large pile of games, yet.. I go out each month and buy at least four more to stack ontop of the ones I already have.
All I can do is look on in dread as my backlog gets bigger.. and bigger.. Plus. I have a buy only, no trade policy. If I get it, I keep it forever.
Good greif.. just looking at all of my Xbox 360 games is a bit much... And I just bought a PS3 last week.. and then there's my Wii on the side.. and...WoW... :x
I still got games I bought from 2006 in my backlog. Work sucks. They give me lots of hours so I get a ton of money to spend on this stuff and no time to play it. And I can't stop playing Mass Effect!
GBA:
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town - Didn't even start yet
Metroid Fusion - Stuck on some boss somewhere
Mario&Luigi: Superstar Saga - Barely started
DS:
Hotel Dusk - Can't even remember where I left off...need to restart
Kirby Squeak Squad - Maybe the second world
Rune Factory - Barely went into the first dungeon
Pokemon Diamond - I think I have like 6 badges
Picross DS - Still many puzzles to go
Trauma Center - I suck
Puzzle Quest - Forget where I am but I'm stupid and bought the Xbox Live version as well
Contact - Military base maybe?
Phoenix Wright 3 - Did the first two cases
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - Got the upgraded sword
Gamecube:
Zelda: Wind Waker - Barely started
Super Mario Sunshine - Barely started
Resident Evil 4 - Bought and stopped playing due to others games then the Wii version came out
Metroid Prime - I might be close to the final boss
Metroid Prime 2 - Didn't start
Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes - Didn't start
Paper Mario - Totally forgot
PS2:
Bully - I think I'm in the final season
Xbox 360:
skate. - Need to skate more?
Assassin's Creed: Need to assassinate more?
Splinter Cell: Double Agent - Blew up a boat I think
Earth Defense Force - Need to save earth
Wii:
Red Steel - Who cares?
Call of Duty 3 - Eh.
Elebits - Need more zap
Manhunt 2 - Sorry but this comment has been censored
Metroid Prime 3 - Aw I was having fun but Halo 3 distracted me
Resident Evil 4 - See gamecube version...I beat this but it's too good not to be played every so often
Virtual Console (Damn you Nintendo):
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World - Gilder played these for me!
Metroid - I can't jump back up after killing Kraid
Super Metroid - Aw I was having fun and Metroid Prime 3 distracted me
Zelda - I got a bunch of triforce
Zelda II - Brought this to a friends house and we took turns playing...it's too freakin' hard
Zelda: Link to the Past - Dark world
Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Deku tree
Paper Mario - Didn't start
Super Mario 64 - Maybe like 16 stars
Sin & Punishment - Did the tutorial
Donkey Kong Country 2 - I played the second level for the music
And that's it...Attention game industry: Stop making games until I'm almost done with these!
4. Target's clearance rack. They have some seriously good deals. STALKER for $7? Yes, please!
If I saw that, I would buy it and give it away to a friend at the drop of a hat. There's only a 1 in 3 chance they'd like it, but damn I love that game.
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4. Target's clearance rack. They have some seriously good deals. STALKER for $7? Yes, please!
If I saw that, I would buy it and give it away to a friend at the drop of a hat. There's only a 1 in 3 chance they'd like it, but damn I love that game.
The sad part is that I bought it for near full price. I bought the $7 copy for just the reason you stated - to spread the joy to a friend.
I basically blame all these backlogs and my own on the PS2 having far far too many quality S/RPGs on it.
They take too much time.
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NocrenLt Futz, Back in ActionNorth CarolinaRegistered Userregular
edited December 2007
I'm just going to go down my list on my disc rack and list how far I've gotten.
PS3/2:
Resistance - Probably not even going to bother with this one.
Eye of Judgment - N/A
Ace Combat 04 - Second (maybe 3rd) mission
Ace Combat 5 - Completed
Ace Combat Zero - Completed
Metal Gear Solid Trilogy - Completed
God Hand - Second level
Devil May Cry Trilogy - Completed
Beyond Good & Evil - Rescued the missing reporter
Kingdom Hearts 2 - Shit... I don't remember.
Steambot Chronicals - I finished fighting the boss in the Quarry
Front Mission 4 - See KH2
Disgea 2 - See KH2
Xbox/360:
Halo Trilogy - Completed
Ace Combat 6 - Mission 10 (Hard)
Phantom Dust - Gonna be awhile
Panzer Dragoon - Thank god I got this after BC update
Ninja Gaiden Black - Completed
Shadowrun - N/A (if you're counting tutorials, I've got two more to go)
Codemned - Chapter 2
FEAR - Don't even remember
Guitar Hero 2 - Second to last tier, Hard
Prey - Stuck in a certain area. Haven't picked up again.
Gears of War - Completed
Splinter Cell DA - Disc Damaged, DNF
Splinter Cell CT - Completed
Dead Rising - Maybe second day?
Crackdown - Completed
Blitz - 4 and Oh
The Bigs - Just finished Spring Training
Virtua Tennis - Why bother?
Need for Speed Carbon - 2 Bosses down
Sneak King - No. Just no.
Marvel UA - Murderworld completed.
Skate - Finished the game (working on the LoD video now)
Rainbow 6: Vegas - Just started the Dam
Crimson Skies - Completed once on oXbox, need to replay
Fable TLC - See above
Warriors Orochi - I'd say I'm 5% in.
Viva Pinata - Probably not anytime soon (Fully upgraded equipment)
DOA4 - Unlocked all characters, for all intents and purposes, I'm done.
Mass Effect - Completed
Bioshock - Completed
Tomb Raider Legend - 3rd stage
Tomb Raider Anniversery - Haven't even started
Rock Band - I'm going to file this one under N/A
EDF 2017 - Not even started on my own machine.
Wii/GCN
Super Paper Mario - First time playing as someone other then Mario
Resident Evil 4 - 95% (Need to finish Seperate Ways)
Pokemon Revolution - N/A
Zelda - I don't even have my fucking sword yet. ANY sword.
Wii Play/Sports - N/A
Killer 7 - See KH2
Smash Bros. Melee - Not going to bother.
Phantasy Star Online Episodes 1, 2, 3 - Completed, not going to happen, not going to happen
Fire Emblem Path of Radiance - Escaping with the help of the beast men.
Geist - I'm possesing the scientist and a boss monster just ate my buddy.
PSP/DS/GBA
Too many to list, but here's the notable ones
Castlevania Drac X - 3rd form of Drac, need to find SotN
Final Fantasy Tactics - Stuck at the gallows
Tales of Eternia - just boarded the train
Brave Traveler - Just got my forth permanent party member
Hotel Dusk - Can't remember
Fire Emblem (first one) - Just got Nina in my party
Final Fantasy 4 - Whaling on the Moon, though I'm probably now going to wait for the DS version
Final Fantasy 3 - See KH2
Final Fantasy 6 - Trying to finish all side quests before final boss
Trauma Center - Last thing I remember was saving that kid in Africa, maybe the emergency operation at the medical conference
PW:AA - Last original Case (so 2 cases left)
PW:JfA - Maybe case 4?
So far, I still have to complete (or start to play)
[PSP]
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops
Me and My Katamari
Need for Speeed
Monster Hunter Freedom 2
Patapon
Daxter
Ratchet and Clank Size Matters
Syphon Filter Logans Shadow
GTA VCS
[Wii]
Metroid Prime 3
Eledees
Pokemon Revolution
[DS]
Super Mario Bros
Elite Beat Agents
Hotel Dusk
[PS2]
Psychonauts
Fatal Frame 2
FF12
Kingdom Hearts (have two, one doesn't wprk)
Kingdom Hearts 2
Vexx
Fahrenheit
Family Guy
FFX-2
Shadow of the Colossus
Metal Gear Solid 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Jax and Daxter
Jax 2
Jax 3
And with Odin Sphere coming out, I think I have to start working on some of these games. I think I'll put aside FFX for a while, play something else, like a horror, or Shadow of the Colossus, which I've wanted to play for a while now. (Sorry if I'm not allowed to bump this. If it's against the rules, feel free to kick my ass.)
Just thinking of my entire list makes me cry. It so big. So instead of listing the entire list, I'll list the big ones I really want to play over the next few months:
PS2:
Persona 3
Rogue Galaxy
PSP:
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Okami
Patapon (now playing)
Silent Hill: Origins
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
SOCOM: Tactical Strike
DS:
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
I'm hoping to have at least finished half of them by the time MGS4 comes out in June.
I don't have a huge backlog, because I don't have enough money to own a backlog, because like I've complained about before, games cost the world here. But I do have a few. The next two Sam & Max games for the PC, Metroid Prime 3 and finishing Galaxy (I got up to the final boss and then just stopped). Doesn't help that I've just rediscovered Neverwinter Nights. And if I had the money or the time, I only just bought a DS, so there's a whole bunch of games I need for that.
Now that I'm back from my crazy-busy first semester of college, I've been spending the first three days basically just playing and progressing in some of my older video games.
-Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin -- Almost done
-The Orange Box -- got the Orange Box a couple of months ago, and I'm actually replaying the original HL2 single player so I can feel more connected to Episodes 1 and 2, when I get to them. I also played through most of Portal, and had some fun with Team Fortress 2
-Okami: My brother and I have been taking turns playing this ever since we first got it. Still haven't beat it yet. =/ I've looked at some walkthroughs to see how far we are, and it looks we still have a ways to go. Dang, this seems like a long game...
We're currently collecting ingredients for the imp chef in the Moon Cave. The last brush technique we got was the wind one.
I looked back at a backlog post I made someplace else in March of this past year... A lot of the games on that list still haven't been completed. =P I really don't care about some games anymore, but there are others that I feel like I want to get my money's worth out of them more, and there are some also that I'm so close to beating I just want to complete them already.
Some of these other games include Super Mario Galaxy, Ninja Gaiden DS, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance...
I've actually been pretty good about the backlog this year, or at least beating games in general, which has always been a problem for me. I've beaten:
Baten Kaitos
BK: Origins
PA: Ep 1 and 2
HL:Ep 1
Beyond Good and Evil
Fire Emblem: PoR
Twilight Princess
Harvey Birdman
Fallout 3
and probably some other stuff I forgot at the beginning of the year.
I'm still slogging through a bunch of rpg's though, hopefully I'll beat at least one more by the end of the year:
Mario rpg (just started)
Disgaea
FF: Tactics (apparently neither of these two work with the ps2 component cables.:evil:)
Tales of Symphonia
FF12
Secret of Mana
It took me too long to realize that I should be a lot more careful about buying RPGs, at least if I care about ever getting very far in them. I mean, I like a lot of things about RPGs, but the time I feel like I need to invest to really enjoy them (and to "get my money's worth") is just too much sometimes. I've had to just accept that there are some RPGs that I have that I will probably never complete...
Any game that is more action-oriented, and can be played for short bursts at a time (or maybe not short bursts at a time, but the difficulty is not too high), and has something else that is charming/amusing/appealing/FUN about it, to keep me motivated to play it...that's the type of game I need these days.
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Provided that I still buy games. Of course, during that time, I probably won't be working or when I have a family, my game buying will become a trickle, so I think I'll be safe from 138 versions of Harvest Moon.
As a fellow owner of at least 6 Harvest Moon Games (not counting ones I have owned and traded)...
You can NEVER own too many Harvest Moon games.
NEVER.
Except for Innocent Life on PSP. that one was ass and does not deserve to be called Harvest Moon.
Stubbs The Zombie: Rebel without a Pulse - Xbox
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System - Xbox
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within - Xbox
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly - Xbox
Blinx: The Timesweeper - Xbox
Ninja Gaiden: Black - Xbox
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee - Xbox
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 - Xbox
Conker: Live and Reloaded - Xbox
Gun Valkyrie - Xbox
Jet Set Radio Future - Xbox
Magic The Gathering: Battlegrounds - Xbox
X-Men: Legends - Xbox
Breakdown - Xbox
Panzer Dragoon: Orta - Xbox
Resident Evil 4 - GCN
Balduer's Gate I + Tales of the Sword Coast expansion - PC
Starcraft + Brood War expansion - PC
Half Life 1 - PC
Half Life: Opposing Force - PC
Half Life: Blue Shift - PC
Deus Ex - PC
Syberia 1 - PC
Tomb Raider - PC
Tomb Raider III - PC
Diablo II + Lord of Destruction expansion - PC
Banjo-Kazooie - N64
Goldeneye 007 - N64
Legend of Zelda: Ocrania of Time - N64
Legend of Zelda: Majoras Mask - N64
South Park - N64
Super Mario 64 - N64
Perfect Dark - N64
Populous - SNES
Yoshi's Island - SNES
Super Mario world - SNES
Castlevania IV - SNES
Earthworm and Jim - SNES
Donkey Kong Country - SNES
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Genesis
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - Genesis
Sonic and Knuckles - Genesis
Altered Beast - Genesis
Prince of Persia - Genesis
Shaq Fu - Genesis
Chakan - Genesis
X-Men - Genesis
Boogerman - Genesis
Sonic Adventure - Dreamcast
Evolution 1 - Dreamcast
Shenmue - Dreamcast
Tenchu 1 - PS1
Tenchu 2 - PS1
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It's very overwhelming. Italics are games I only played for 5-10 minutes. Bold have never even been played... I was just looking at a bunch of shit I own while contemplating whether or not to buy Catan, Castlevania, and Marathon on XBLA and being indecisive because of how many books and video games I have bought and barely touched.
Nowadays, I buy games and beat them but when I was younger, I used to never finish games... I only beat FF7 and MGS1 this year when I finally overcame this "problem". But going back to a lot of these games, even the "great" ones seems like such a daunting task... O_o
Shogun Streams Vidya
Orange Box (Played Portal, playing TF2, need to re-play HL2 before going onto the episodes)
Max Payne 1&2
Bioshock
Full Throttle
Thief: Deadly Shadows (Played it yonks ago when I was like 14 and was stupid.... need to replay it in order to fully get the experience...)
Frets on Fire with community made song packs downloaded
Call of Cthulhu
Warhammer 40k: DoW
Oblivion
FEAR
Prey
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Pro Evo Soccer 2008
Dark Messiah
Hitman: BM
Splinter Cell
Assassin's Creed
Mass Effect
CoD4
Guitar Hero 3
Wii:
Mario Galaxy
DS:
Phoenix Wright 3
PSP:
Final Fantasy Tactics
Daxter
PS2:
Final Fantasy XII
Okami
Front Mission 4
KOTR 2
Disgaea 2
Katamary Damacy 2
XenoSaga 2-3
Partially Played
FF8
FFXII
FFX-2
Persona 3
Jade Empire
Eternal Sonata
Devil May Cry 1-3
Ninja Gaiden Black
Enchanted Arms
Oblivion (damn mods keep holding me back from finishing the main story)
XenoSaga
Odin Sphere
Metroid Prime Corruptions
Twilight Princess
...I think I should just stop buying games until I finish all these.
PS2:
Xenosaga 2
Suikoden 3
Star Ocean
Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX
Devil May Cry
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
God of War
Dragon Quest VIII
Killzone
XBox:
JRSF
Bard's Tale
Fatal Frame 2
Steel Battalion
Crimson Skies
Gamecube:
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Skies of Arcadia (though I did beat the Dreamcast version)
RE4
RE
RE: 0
Eternal Darkness
360:
Halo 3
Mass Effect
Dead Rising
Viva Pinata
the 2 games the 360 came with
I have a bad habit of replaying games over and over again instead of moving on to the new ones,
Crysis
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
I'm fairly certain I post this every backlog thread, but my strategy is to make a list of the games I want to play, and restrict myself to buying only those games. I also resolved to only buy a game when I finish one I already have, and then I restrict myself to buying whatever I can find that's on the list cheapest.
It prevents backlogs from becoming money sinks, and means I don't buy games for full price when, by the time I would actually get around to playing them, they're available budget or used for a quarter of the price.
If I hold myself to buying the cheapest thing on the list, I also tend to prune it more ruthlessly, because I drop games for which my enthusiasm has waned, which is good proof against getting caught up in hype.
Bioshock
Dead Rising
Super Mario Galaxy (60/120 stars. It's really fun, but for some reason I can't bring myself to get the last 60 stars)
Resident Evil 4
Skies of Arcadia Legends
Call of Duty 2
Half Life 2/Ep. 1/Ep. 2
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
If I don't finish a game within the first week or two of purchasing, it never gets finished.
1. The fact that I have an almost 3-year old, which leaves me precious little time to game. Despite this, I still buy games when they come out like they were bottled water and a hurricane was coming. Utter the words "hard to find" and I MUST own it!
2. Fucking online gaming. Damn you, WoW, the BF series, and Hellgate!
3. Cheapass Gamer - deals to good to pass up. I'm saving money, honest!
4. Target's clearance rack. They have some seriously good deals. STALKER for $7? Yes, please!
I easily have 50-75 games I need to beat. Used to be I'd clear my backlog when I was off work for the summer. My daughter, with all of her unreasonable demands to be "parented," "fed," and "changed" have dampened that.
I love the lil' punk. I take solace in the fact that a few years down the road, we'll be able to play shit together. She gets the crappy old computer, though!
All I can do is look on in dread as my backlog gets bigger.. and bigger.. Plus. I have a buy only, no trade policy. If I get it, I keep it forever.
Good greif.. just looking at all of my Xbox 360 games is a bit much... And I just bought a PS3 last week.. and then there's my Wii on the side.. and...WoW... :x
GBA:
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town - Didn't even start yet
Metroid Fusion - Stuck on some boss somewhere
Mario&Luigi: Superstar Saga - Barely started
DS:
Hotel Dusk - Can't even remember where I left off...need to restart
Kirby Squeak Squad - Maybe the second world
Rune Factory - Barely went into the first dungeon
Pokemon Diamond - I think I have like 6 badges
Picross DS - Still many puzzles to go
Trauma Center - I suck
Puzzle Quest - Forget where I am but I'm stupid and bought the Xbox Live version as well
Contact - Military base maybe?
Phoenix Wright 3 - Did the first two cases
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - Got the upgraded sword
Gamecube:
Zelda: Wind Waker - Barely started
Super Mario Sunshine - Barely started
Resident Evil 4 - Bought and stopped playing due to others games then the Wii version came out
Metroid Prime - I might be close to the final boss
Metroid Prime 2 - Didn't start
Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes - Didn't start
Paper Mario - Totally forgot
PS2:
Bully - I think I'm in the final season
Xbox 360:
skate. - Need to skate more?
Assassin's Creed: Need to assassinate more?
Splinter Cell: Double Agent - Blew up a boat I think
Earth Defense Force - Need to save earth
Wii:
Red Steel - Who cares?
Call of Duty 3 - Eh.
Elebits - Need more zap
Manhunt 2 - Sorry but this comment has been censored
Metroid Prime 3 - Aw I was having fun but Halo 3 distracted me
Resident Evil 4 - See gamecube version...I beat this but it's too good not to be played every so often
Virtual Console (Damn you Nintendo):
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World - Gilder played these for me!
Metroid - I can't jump back up after killing Kraid
Super Metroid - Aw I was having fun and Metroid Prime 3 distracted me
Zelda - I got a bunch of triforce
Zelda II - Brought this to a friends house and we took turns playing...it's too freakin' hard
Zelda: Link to the Past - Dark world
Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Deku tree
Paper Mario - Didn't start
Super Mario 64 - Maybe like 16 stars
Sin & Punishment - Did the tutorial
Donkey Kong Country 2 - I played the second level for the music
And that's it...Attention game industry: Stop making games until I'm almost done with these!
PSN: JPBrowncoat Xbox: BamSaidTheLaday Also on Steam! Streaming games!
The sad part is that I bought it for near full price. I bought the $7 copy for just the reason you stated - to spread the joy to a friend.
They take too much time.
PS3/2:
Resistance - Probably not even going to bother with this one.
Eye of Judgment - N/A
Ace Combat 04 - Second (maybe 3rd) mission
Ace Combat 5 - Completed
Ace Combat Zero - Completed
Metal Gear Solid Trilogy - Completed
God Hand - Second level
Devil May Cry Trilogy - Completed
Beyond Good & Evil - Rescued the missing reporter
Kingdom Hearts 2 - Shit... I don't remember.
Steambot Chronicals - I finished fighting the boss in the Quarry
Front Mission 4 - See KH2
Disgea 2 - See KH2
Xbox/360:
Halo Trilogy - Completed
Ace Combat 6 - Mission 10 (Hard)
Phantom Dust - Gonna be awhile
Panzer Dragoon - Thank god I got this after BC update
Ninja Gaiden Black - Completed
Shadowrun - N/A (if you're counting tutorials, I've got two more to go)
Codemned - Chapter 2
FEAR - Don't even remember
Guitar Hero 2 - Second to last tier, Hard
Prey - Stuck in a certain area. Haven't picked up again.
Gears of War - Completed
Splinter Cell DA - Disc Damaged, DNF
Splinter Cell CT - Completed
Dead Rising - Maybe second day?
Crackdown - Completed
Blitz - 4 and Oh
The Bigs - Just finished Spring Training
Virtua Tennis - Why bother?
Need for Speed Carbon - 2 Bosses down
Sneak King - No. Just no.
Marvel UA - Murderworld completed.
Skate - Finished the game (working on the LoD video now)
Rainbow 6: Vegas - Just started the Dam
Crimson Skies - Completed once on oXbox, need to replay
Fable TLC - See above
Warriors Orochi - I'd say I'm 5% in.
Viva Pinata - Probably not anytime soon (Fully upgraded equipment)
DOA4 - Unlocked all characters, for all intents and purposes, I'm done.
Mass Effect - Completed
Bioshock - Completed
Tomb Raider Legend - 3rd stage
Tomb Raider Anniversery - Haven't even started
Rock Band - I'm going to file this one under N/A
EDF 2017 - Not even started on my own machine.
Wii/GCN
Super Paper Mario - First time playing as someone other then Mario
Resident Evil 4 - 95% (Need to finish Seperate Ways)
Pokemon Revolution - N/A
Zelda - I don't even have my fucking sword yet. ANY sword.
Wii Play/Sports - N/A
Killer 7 - See KH2
Smash Bros. Melee - Not going to bother.
Phantasy Star Online Episodes 1, 2, 3 - Completed, not going to happen, not going to happen
Fire Emblem Path of Radiance - Escaping with the help of the beast men.
Geist - I'm possesing the scientist and a boss monster just ate my buddy.
PSP/DS/GBA
Too many to list, but here's the notable ones
Castlevania Drac X - 3rd form of Drac, need to find SotN
Final Fantasy Tactics - Stuck at the gallows
Tales of Eternia - just boarded the train
Brave Traveler - Just got my forth permanent party member
Hotel Dusk - Can't remember
Fire Emblem (first one) - Just got Nina in my party
Final Fantasy 4 - Whaling on the Moon, though I'm probably now going to wait for the DS version
Final Fantasy 3 - See KH2
Final Fantasy 6 - Trying to finish all side quests before final boss
Trauma Center - Last thing I remember was saving that kid in Africa, maybe the emergency operation at the medical conference
PW:AA - Last original Case (so 2 cases left)
PW:JfA - Maybe case 4?
[PSP]
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops
Me and My Katamari
Need for Speeed
Monster Hunter Freedom 2
Patapon
Daxter
Ratchet and Clank Size Matters
Syphon Filter Logans Shadow
GTA VCS
[Wii]
Metroid Prime 3
Eledees
Pokemon Revolution
[DS]
Super Mario Bros
Elite Beat Agents
Hotel Dusk
[PS2]
Psychonauts
Fatal Frame 2
FF12
Kingdom Hearts (have two, one doesn't wprk)
Kingdom Hearts 2
Vexx
Fahrenheit
Family Guy
FFX-2
Shadow of the Colossus
Metal Gear Solid 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Jax and Daxter
Jax 2
Jax 3
And with Odin Sphere coming out, I think I have to start working on some of these games. I think I'll put aside FFX for a while, play something else, like a horror, or Shadow of the Colossus, which I've wanted to play for a while now. (Sorry if I'm not allowed to bump this. If it's against the rules, feel free to kick my ass.)
PS2:
Persona 3
Rogue Galaxy
PSP:
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Okami
Patapon (now playing)
Silent Hill: Origins
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
SOCOM: Tactical Strike
DS:
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
I'm hoping to have at least finished half of them by the time MGS4 comes out in June.
-Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin -- Almost done
-The Orange Box -- got the Orange Box a couple of months ago, and I'm actually replaying the original HL2 single player so I can feel more connected to Episodes 1 and 2, when I get to them. I also played through most of Portal, and had some fun with Team Fortress 2
-Okami: My brother and I have been taking turns playing this ever since we first got it. Still haven't beat it yet. =/ I've looked at some walkthroughs to see how far we are, and it looks we still have a ways to go. Dang, this seems like a long game...
I looked back at a backlog post I made someplace else in March of this past year... A lot of the games on that list still haven't been completed. =P I really don't care about some games anymore, but there are others that I feel like I want to get my money's worth out of them more, and there are some also that I'm so close to beating I just want to complete them already.
Some of these other games include Super Mario Galaxy, Ninja Gaiden DS, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance...
BK: Origins
PA: Ep 1 and 2
HL:Ep 1
Beyond Good and Evil
Fire Emblem: PoR
Twilight Princess
Harvey Birdman
Fallout 3
I'm still slogging through a bunch of rpg's though, hopefully I'll beat at least one more by the end of the year:
Disgaea
FF: Tactics (apparently neither of these two work with the ps2 component cables.:evil:)
Tales of Symphonia
FF12
Secret of Mana
Any game that is more action-oriented, and can be played for short bursts at a time (or maybe not short bursts at a time, but the difficulty is not too high), and has something else that is charming/amusing/appealing/FUN about it, to keep me motivated to play it...that's the type of game I need these days.
360:
Dead Rising (I want the A ending not C)
Grand theft Auto 4
Oblivion
Orange Box (all the half lifes in it)
PC:
Warhammer age of reckoning (want to max level a character)
Crysis
Medieval Total War 2 (win a campaign)
Soulstorm