Topic: Playstation 4 Backloggery and most wanted!

@Kidfried 3 open world games in 1 go! That is my idea of hell. Good luck bro.

@smelly_jr Mass Effect Andromeda. I loathe that game, there is no way on Earth I could play that again. Really good luck finishing it off.

I will have finished God of War tonight, I've stopped playing PES as it was eating into too much gaming time, and I've got Dark Souls Remastered coming this week.

@JohnnyShoulder get back on the pes pitch i need your help on the clan trophy .

Pretty Please.

@themcnoisy Sorry bud I've traded the game in a couple of weeks back.

Backlog:
Ni No Kuni 2 - Completed, but gunning for platinum.
Monster Hunter World - Up to Nergigante. Would like to complete the story and 70% trophies.
Deus Ex - Picked up from PS+. Close to the end I think.

Next Purchases:
Vampyre - Depending on reviews
God of War - Seems to be many people's GOTY so far.
Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition - Feel like I missed out

@JohnnyShoulder fair one. I ended up teaming with a random just now and we won the first 3-0 no trophy and the second 3-1 and the trophy popped. The last team must have been fuming they went 1-0 up and we literally obliterated them from that goal in the first half until fulltime. I dont think they had another shot. 87% only 13% to go.

@Kidfried Fair. I love Yakuza, Im so glad it is around. Amazing news about 3,4 and 5 I hope they come West. Maybe we should change the backloggery to 4 / 5 games........

PROGRESS

Backlog:
1) Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (COMPLETED!)
2) Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth (COMPLETED!)
3) Yakuza 0 (Two chapters in, but progress is well under way)

Next Purchases:
1) Gal*Gun 2 (PURCHASED)
2) Nier: Automata (PURCHASED; I bought it for under $30 in a recent PSN sale)

Next game I purchase has changed somewhat, though.

3) EITHER Hollow Knight OR Y's VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (whichever releases first on Switch)

@themcnoisy Haha, I feel ya. I was disgusted by Mass Effect Andromeda at first (especially couldn't get over the planetfall sequence at the beginning with no one wearing seatbelts and lots of loose cargo mixed in with the passengers, LMAO) and put it away for several months after it initially launched. I've restarted it probably 20 times...it wasn't until Star Wars: The Last Jedi and the backlash that film got that I taught myself to not be so overly critical about "realism" and plot holes in Sci-Fi, and from that, I was able to FINALLY start enjoying ME:A, haha...

Also, shout out to the stiff controls and clunky 3rd person gameplay of Star Wars Battlefront 2 for helping me realize how good Mass Effect Andromeda's combat really is.

@themcnoisy I've hardly got any of the trophies for pes as i basically only play Master League and My Club, the former less so this season.
There will have to be a serious overhaul for me to get next seasons game, it was starting to do my head in towards the end.
Shame cos it plays a fantastic game of football just everything else stinks of fish.

@JohnnyShoulder Agreed. Master League is way worse than the PS2 versions. It is amazing when you beat that my club legend trophy though. Its one of the best trophies I have on PS4 for sure.

Update

1. Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth
2. Tales of Zestiria [COMPLETE]
3. Dragon Quest VII (8 was a typo I meant 7)

I'll probably get waylaid especially as all three are pretty long but we'll see.

1. Forgotton Anne [PURCHASED and currently playing]
2. Dragon Quest XI
3. Spyro Trilogy

One game down on the backlog, yay! Also making good progress with Forgotton Anne. Tales of Zestiria started getting a little bit of a chore by the end but I stuck with it. Probably the weakest Tales I've played.

Wow, my progress has been abysmal. I’ve been too embarrassed to report. The best I can say for myself is that I am still sane (I think ... or am I?) and that I put a preorder on Shadow of TR and Spidey.
So ... I other words I’ve made more progress adding to my backlog than taking away from it. Actually I think we call that “regress” not progress.

@Th3solution you got 2 weeks before we all report back mate. Backlog regress has a ring to it, I like it. Someone on here mentioned saving on the spot - so I now use the term spot saves. I have a feeling backlog regress could join the gaming lexicon.

@themcnoisy Thanks! Hotline Miami is one of my favourite games on the Vita so far. The music really complements the gameplay. I have yet to play 2 but I listened to the soundtrack and it's great! Good luck finishing PES! I think after the soccer and silly platforming shenanigans you're ready for a more profound experience. Will it be Nier or God of War (or both).

@Kidfried Same here! I think it's great to keep track of the progress you make in the three main games you're playing in this thread but I also play some fighting games, enjoy a few puzzles in Hue with my girlfriend,...

My main gaming goal is still the Downwell platinum. Someday...

@themcnoisy @Th3solution “Backlog Regress” could be slang for a game you shouldn’t have bought but did anyway and now it’s in your library and you have zero intention of playing it but you tell yourself you will someday and it gives you stress, which can ultimately lead to “Backlog Regret”. Adding games you really want to play shouldn’t be considered regression IMO.

“I just found out this game has no spot saves. Hard miss, it would be mere backlog regress!”

@JJ-Firl @themcnoisy I like it. Nice ring to it. The evolution of the English language in action.

So, just another Tuesday for PC gamers.

Seriously, I have hundreds of games in my Steam account that I don't know if I will ever play. And I'm not an especially well-off person.

I've just decided to officially add the ones I'm looking to play to my backlog and hide the rest.

@Kidfried It's practically a right of passage to experience that sinking feeling when you realize how much Valve and Humble Bundle have contributed to your backlog without your even realizing it.

I'm finding that keeping explicit stats on my immediate additions and subtractions to my backlog each year is far more helpful and motivating than keeping some giant list of all the unplayed games I've collected over the years.

I also won't add PS+ or bundled games, because I value my sanity.

So far this year, I'm at:
12 games purchased (mostly indies that were on sale)
17 games completed

So, overall, I'm at -5 for backlog growth this year. Or, to use the parlance of this thread: -5 backlog regress.

My goal, which I probably won't reach, is to ensure that the number of games I've finished this year is roughly double the number of games I bought.

@Kidfried TFW playing lots of video games is an accomplishment. This is why I love hanging with my people.

Any success in stemming the tide of the eternally growing backlog is a victory. Completing as many games as you buy is an extremely healthy habit.

So, if I divide the ones I beat up further, and cross-referencing with howlongtobeat.com...
[2] of them take an average of 1 - 5 hours to complete
[8] of them take an average of 6 - 10 hours to complete
[2] of them take an average of 11 - 20 hours to complete
[3] of them take an average of 30 - 49 hours to complete
[2] of them take an average of 50+ hours to complete

Of course, I go more completionist with some than others, which skews the stats a bit. One of the "30 - 49 hour" games I've spent 97 with so far, as it has a ton of post-game content.