Guilt, gaming and the "too many games" syndrome

[choadler]

Re: Guilt, gaming and the "too many games" syndrome

I am in very much the same spot as you guys. I used to buy games much more frequently than I do now and I would end up not completing most of them as I would jump to the next "hot" title" that would come out.

Games I am trying to complete or get more play time with:

NFL Head Coach (360)
MLB The Show (PS3)
Madden 10 (360)
GTA IV (360)
Dragon Age: Origins (PC) (Currently owns almost all of my play time)
Lego Star Wars (360) (My wife and I play that together)
Monopoly (360) (Another game my wife and I play)
Trivial Pursuit (360) (And yet another game my wife and I play!)
Grid (borrowed from a friend, haven't put in the PS3 at all)
Baldur's Gate II (PC)


I have done a much better job of getting games and actually beating them:

Bioshock (finally finished after 2 years)
Gears of War (beat twice to get achievements)
Tom Clancy game (can't quite remember the title right now)

Here are games that I still would like to play at some point, but I won't buy until I am done with some of these others:

Mass Effect (PC)
Fallout 3 (PC)
Demon Souls (PS3)
Crysis (PC)
Uncharted (PS3)
Uncharted 2 (PS3)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (360)
Forza Motorsport (360)


I really have a hard time anymore shelling out $65 (after tax) for a game, it really needs to be special. I am trying more and more to wait and buy the game after it has been out for a while so I can pay less for it. With limited play time, I simply don't want to pay full price for a game if it sits around for a month or so without being played regularly.

Diablo 3 will most likely be a first day buy for me though.

[ODogg]

Re: Guilt, gaming and the "too many games" syndrome

Diablo 3 will be a first day buy for me too, it's the ONE. I know I will get my moneys worth from that one!

[Cusefan]

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Well me and my Buddy have decided that there are too many great games out right now so we decided to split up our buying decisions and just trade games later on. I bought MW2, Brutal Legend, and Dragon age and he is getting Assassins creed 2 and Left4Dead 2.

[Bellsprout]

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I sold MW2, Resistance 2, and Madden today.

I had this problem, I no longer have this problem.

Now if I could find damn NCAA Basketball 10, the reason I sold those games, that'd be fantastic.

[mgoblue]

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Picked up L4D2 and AC2 today, hopefully that's my last gaming purchase of the year. I may end up getting New Super Mario Bros. Wii as a gift for Christmas, but that's it. Now I'll just enjoy what I've got!

[ODogg]

Re: Guilt, gaming and the "too many games" syndrome

Cusefan - i think you may be onto something with that strategy, that's a great idea man!!

mgoblue, that's pretty much it for me too - L4D2 and college basketball (and the previously ordered GOW collection) and then stick a fork in me, i'm DONE...for awhile anyways, lol

[mgoblue]

Re: Guilt, gaming and the "too many games" syndrome

Cusefan - i think you may be onto something with that strategy, that's a great idea man!!

mgoblue, that's pretty much it for me too - L4D2 and college basketball (and the previously ordered GOW collection) and then stick a fork in me, i'm DONE...for awhile anyways, lol

Yeah, i can't handle anymore games, and the holidays will be nice to chill and finally have time to play them all.

[ODogg]

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I'll be on vacation some and during the break my goal is to at least get all the shrink wrap removed and at least a few hours into each game!

[WazzuRC]

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I'm still having fun with NCAA Football and Modern Warfare 2. I'm really going to try and not purchase Batman: AA over the next month since I have the previous games, plus getting NCAA Basketball 10 for Christmas (most likely), followed by Mass Effect 2 in January.

But, knowing me, I'll probably bite the bullet. 4 games in 3 months is a lot for me.

[ODogg]

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Yeah, i'm still playing NCAA myself...i know it gets a lot of flak and it looks terrible compared to madden but i am having fun in my OD with my created team.

[econoodle]

Re: Guilt, gaming and the "too many games" syndrome

interesting
i have the opposite problem. lol


all I have is GTA IV for the 3.

i had most of this years major sports titles, but they all bit the bucket.
Now i am getting bored and ordered ACII from amazon for 51 bucks.
used the 10 dollar game card they gave me for buying ACII and bought GOWCollection for 29.

Now i am thinking of taking advantage of my local mom and pops buy2g1f deal tomorrow.

-OblivionGOTY
-Ghostbusters
-MGS

Let the games begin.

[spankdatazz22]

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The beginning of next year is going to be really difficult then because there are some great A+ titles coming out - all in the first half of the year. I'm kinda glad there aren't anymore major releases I'm interested in; past couple weeks I got MW2, Assassin's Creed, and God of War Collection (which is essentially TWO great games because I'm trying to play them back to back). And I have a very short attention span - I still haven't finished Batman, Fallout 3, or GTA III - and have both the Lost and the Damned and the Gay Tony expansions to play through. Now that I think about it I never finished Devil May Cry 4... Or even worse, never finished Lost Planet - which I kept promising myself I'd get to. And Lost Planet 2 comes out in a few months... And I brought Zelda Wii at a buy2get1free at Gamestop, thinking I'd get around to playing it at some point.

This generation has definitely had it's share of great games, but having so many makes it difficult to finish any one because I just pop in what I have a flavor for at the moment. Good in some ways but overall probably bad. Need to be more disciplined.

[jnofx]

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I too am suffering from this affliction....

All-Pro Football 2K8 - 3 games into a season

Borderlands - Hit level 30 and lost interest

Call of Duty 3 - Never beat, not worth trading in

Condemned - Never PLAYED, not worth trading in

Condemned 2 - Not playing until I play the above game, lol

The Club - Fun for about 30 minutes

Command & Conquer 3 - Not good without a mouse

Fable 2 - Played this for a lil while, dropped it, then forced myself to power through the rest recently, still left TONS of sidequests untouched

Fallout 3 - Still have intentions to play this more!

Fight Night Round 4 - Shouldn't have dropped right before Madden....

GRID - This was fun, just didn't last that long

Guitar Hero 2 - This just isn't as fun for me as it is for everybody else I guess..

Halo 3 - Still haven't beat it, probably never playing a Halo game again honestly. Sci-Fi ain't for me

Infinite Undiscovery - I love me some RPG's, but this one is mehh.... And the main character as such a Sally! Got about 5 hours logged here

Left 4 Dead - Can't possibly enjoy knowing 2 just dropped

Madden 10 - This still gets a little bit of spin

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 - Soooo repetitive!! I got to the point where you choose sides, then never played it again

NBA 2k10 - This is one I only play when my Bro is online, although I loved the "my player" for about a week

NCAA Football 10 - Bought on the release day and kept with intentions of uploading draft classes into Madden, until I found out you can't upload draft classes into Online franchises... But I still have it because I paid $60 for it

NHL 10 - This one I feel bad for... It's a lot of fun, but I don't really follow hockey, so I guess my sporting game time is on Madden or NBA, even though this is probably a better GAME than both of those titles

Ninja Gaiden 2 - I'm like 3 or 4 levels into this, haven't touched in like 9 months

Quake Wars - Bought 4 game bundle off Craigslist with this, never touched it

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - Played the first level, came with my XBox

Saints Row 2 - Another title in the CL bundle I've never played

Silent Hill Homecoming - Bought used at Blockbuster for $9.99 because it was such a good deal, haven't even put it in the XBox

Sonics Ultimate Genesis Collection - A couple old-school games on this occupied me for about 30 minutes..

Spiderman: Web of Shadows - I gave this one about an hour of my time

Street Fighter 4 - Had some fun with this, bought it used, then a week later Fight Night dropped, and I haven't touched this since

Viva Pinata - Came with my Xbox, played it for about 30 minutes and got 300 Achievement points, and called it good

X-Men Origins: Wolverine - This was also bought used at Blockbuster for $12.00 when it's still $55.00 used at Gamestop, played it for awhile, and just lost interest....


The worst part of all this? These are all 360 titles, but I got Modern Warfare 2 on PS3 and haven't turned my 360 on since. Hey, at least I'm stimulating the economy. If my little brother switches from 360 to PS3, I'm gonna bundle all of these games with my Elite and sell everything (or just trade-in for PS3 gear). I do feel kinda lame for not playing NHL, and Borderlands mostly, considering how good both of those games are.

[ODogg]

Re: Guilt, gaming and the "too many games" syndrome

wow that's courageous to make that list, i fear mine would be bigger though. i'm outright embarrassed by some of my choices.

one word of advice though - try playing rainbow six vegas 2 online in co-op terrorist hunt, its a freakin adrenaline rush man!!

[dorismary]

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I normally only buy or play one game at a time then I sell them when they are still worth something if I dont like them .

This year I bought Mlb the show 09 in April didnt like the forced AI cpu boost so I sold that in June and bought LOWM finished it loved it , sold it and bought FNR4 liked it but no time and will rebuy cheap after new year , THEN bATMAN AA loved it finished it and then sold and got NHL 10 and will keep till mlb the show 10 in april .
i also bought NBA Live didnt care for it sold it and got NBA 2K10 and loved it so that will take me thru winter .
I only have current games I just dont understand why someone would keep Madden 06 when there are so many other games.
Like this year I normally only buy sports games but Batman AA was the best game I ever played ....
I have a little trick I use all legit but I dont lose a dime and most of the time I make money on the games .