Topic: Playstation New Years Resolution Thread- 2018 Edition

@Fight_Teza_Fight Great stuff bringing it back. I struggle to commit as much time to push as I would like so its nice seeing threads from the past making a comeback. Its crazy seeing all the different people here compared to 3 years ago and everyones boss. Im crossing my fingers the bgoat thread can go mental like the Nintendo one last year!

My main resolution this year is not to buy any games until I've powered through my backlog. I've got Yakuza 0, Dark Souls 3, Injustice 2, Final Fantasy XV, Bioshock Collection, and Skyrim Remastered to get through, so I need to resist the temptation to get stuff when it goes on sale.

@Anchorsam_9 Good on you. I've gotten better about that, but it's still a struggle for me.

@Ralizah Definitely, its easy to get overwhelmed by choice when you keep buying stuff, and that really affects my enjoyment of games when you have other games looming over them. Here's hoping I can keep to it!

@Fight_Teza_Fight RPGs are always massive timesinks for me and make quite difficult for me to get through my backlog. Last year Persona 5 took me 2 months to complete and Final Fantasy XII took the same. In 2016 Fallout 4 took six months to finish. Half the year spent on one game is crazy but I did enjoy all the aforementioned so it was time well spent!

My 2018 Gaming Resolutions

1. Don't buy something if it's just going straight in the backlog. I was quite good last year, only buying a game if it was something I intended to play right away. I'll continue that this year. Tied into this is not buying something full price unless it's something I'll play right away.

2. Finish Breath of the Wild. I was playing this on the Wii U and was quite far through it but now I have a Switch am going to restart it on that.

3. Get through my hand-held backlog. I love handheld gaming but over the past few years have played less and less on them. I have a massive PSP and Vita backlog (mostly RPGs!) so I really want to start getting into it again.

4.Finally finish Resident Evil PS1 It's a Halloween tradition of mine to play Resident Evil on my Vita. I've been doing it for three years and still haven't finished it. This Halloween I will.

5. Replay some more favourites Another reason my backlog is slow to dwindle but I do love to go back and replay my favourite games. Not really a resolution per se but I want to replay Metroid Prime gearing up for the release of Metroid Prime 4.

That's all I can think of right now. The first is the most important. I've saved a lot of money the past few years.

2017 Update

2018 PlayStation Resolutions:
1.) I plan to conquer at least 10% of my growing backlog by Christmas 2018.
2.) I plan to not buy more games, yet I know I will when I see tempting sales lol...
3.) At some point during 2018, I plan to buy a Vita, XB1, and Switch.

@Anchorsam_9 The PSN sales are my biggest weakness. During the PS3 era I didn't buy a single digital game. I was pretty selective on what I wanted to play, but now I end up buying all the major releases anyway once they are dead cheap.

@mookysam A lot of people seem to be more conscious about buying games and paying full price on games. I wonder if this is the result of everyone having a nice, big library of games or because the consumer is starting to read the market more. Probably a bit of both.

@ToddlerNaruto Your backlog is insane! I bought a Switch last November and I hardly use it, because I struggle to commit the time to multiple platforms. Got PS4, PSVR, PSVita & the Switch in my current rotation and I can't even manage that. Good luck to you!

I never make Resolutions - that way I can't be disappointed if (or more likely when) I fail.

As far as 'gaming' goes, I can't say I intend to clear X% of my backlog or get Y trophies/achievements. Can't sat I intend to buy more/less games or play more/less either - I wouldn't buy/play more games/hours just because I made a resolution and the games are not interesting me and I certainly wouldn't refuse to buy/play more games/hours because I reached my resolution target and their are still games I want. Not going to clear my backlog at the expense of playing a 'new' game I want to play more either - so Resolutions in this area are pointless to me.

I didn't even mention the 50+ PS3 games I still have left to play, heh.

For me my backlog is between PS2, PS3, PSP, 3DS, DS, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, and PS4.

Thanks I'm gonna need it. Ever since I started working at Amazon, my only free time for gaming is on my two days off every week. Which means I have to juggle my free time between gaming, shows/movies, chatting with friends, etc.

The only one I can think of now is to buy less games. I have a bad habit of buying games and just not having time to play them, or play a little bit of them and get distracted with others. So I am hoping to finish the ones I really want to without the distraction of other games.

So far it seems to be going well but we shall see next month when Bayonetta 1 and 2 hits and Secret of Mana on the PS4

3 month+ update

2018 PlayStation Resolutions:

1) Beat SkyrimVR
This one might be a lost cause. In the last 3 months I've only put in about 5 hours since (~30 hours total playtime) & with the little VR time I actually have, I'd much rather play newer games (Moss, WipEout,...).

2) 'Experience' Metal Gear Solid (main games)
I beat MGS3 last week, which was incredible! Now I've got 4, Ground Zeroes & 5 left. Seems doable.

3) Finish more games than I buy
Given I decided to buy a PS3 again and pick up some games I've missed, my backlog has started to swell up again. Currently at -8 across all platforms. Luckily I don't see myself buying anything outside of Yakuza 6 and God of War in the coming months.

@Fight_Teza_Fight I was just thinking about this a couple days ago also. My update:

1.) Finish at least the main story of Persona 5, Witcher 3, and Yakuza 0.
Three long games. I needed to finish one per 4 months, so I still have about 4 weeks left to try to complete Persona 5. I’m about 50 hrs along, I think but I keep getting distracted by other games.
My grade on this goal so far: B-

2.) Be more well rounded and play at least one game from a genre I don’t usually play.
I knocked this one out early when I played Fez. I don’t typically play puzzle games. Fez was pretty good actually. I made it to the cool ending, and might go back to 100% it and find all the secrets at some point.
My grade on this goal so far: A

2a.) Play at least one online-centric game.
Well, I can probably count Bloodborne here, although it’s a stretch to call it an online game.
My grade in this goal so far: I think I’ll give myself a C, since although I am playing the game, I’ve yet to ring the bell for co-op help yet. But I do read and leave notes. And Bloodborne is not what most would call online-centric.

3.Buy either PSVR or a PS4 Pro and 4K TV.
Haven’t done any of the above and of the 3, the one I’m leaning toward would probably be a 4K TV first. We’ll see.
My grade so far: F

Let's see... It's April...

1. Shadow of the Colossus
2. ...
3. ..!?

I'm working on MHW, and Gravity Rush 2 and MGSV count towards the backlog/old games.

When I seen we were taking a look back I feared the worst for my resolution but am happily surprised.

1) this was a joke resolution so ignore!

2) Spend 2 full days with psvr. Finish some of the shorter games. platinum 🏆

3) Play some more Disgaea 5.Fail

4) Get gold on all track experience in GT SportGold 🏆 99% done only the sodding nurburgring alludes me by 6 seconds grrrr.

5) Start Trails of Cold Steel on vita.Bronze 🏆Started but literally still at the start.

6) Compile the very last but greatest Best game of all time poll!platinum 🏆Epic tournament with everyone on the forums - which will be even better from tomorrow until Friday.

@Octane hahaha nice one, at least you bested SOTC.

I didn't write mine here but it was to slow down and enjoy the games I buy more fully. It's been a great success so far, I've only bought 3-4 new games (and only 1 major retail game, Ni No Kuni 2). I'm missing some games I'm interested in but hopefully I'll get to them in due course.

I was actually beginning to find it pretty sickening how quickly I was buying games and chucking them to one side to get on to the next thing.

Quality, not quantity is my mantra for the year!!!

Let's see...

Maintain at least a 2:1 completion/purchase ratio for games on all systems (at least until I've cleared out my backlog completely, which won't be for many, many years)

Nope. So far, I've purchased 8 and completed 10 games.

Play half of the games in my PS4 backlog (roughly 9 games)

I've completed one backlogged PS4 game so far this year. Oops.

Platinum Gravity Rush: Remastered, Gravity Rush 2, and Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

Haven't touched either GR game this year. I recently finished Danganronpa V3, but it's at least another good 30 - 40 hours if I want to platinum everything. So far, I've invested 60 hours into the game (main story + post-game content)

3: Finish at least three of the games in my PS Vita backlog (not including Danganronpa V3)

Nope.

4: Finish two of the games in my PS2 backlog.

Nope.

100% Super Mario Odyssey, Breath of the Wild (sans korok seeds: once I've completely opened all of my inventory slots, I'll stop looking for these), Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on my Switch

Nope.

100% Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 I've never done this, but always wanted to.

Haven't touched either of these games so far this year.

Play half of the games in my Wii and Wii U backlog. 15 or so unplayed games between the two systems, I believe.

Only completed one Wii game so far this year.

Finish Xenoblade Chronicles X

Still working on Xenoblade 2.

Complete Rune Factory 4, Etrian Odyssey III, and SMT Strange Journey Redux

Haven't touched these.

Complete 10 Steam games

Completed one Steam game this year.

100% Valkyria Chronicles Remastered

I've completed the main game, but have a long way to go if I want to 100% it.

Play Doki Doki Literature Club

Nope.

@Ralizah 😂 I’m glad I’m not the only one with a lot of catching up to do this year. At least there are still 9 months left!

I didn’t set any officially, but I’ve had some thoughts about it. I want to try and complete more games and to clear out a back-log built from not playing games for 2 years. It’s been going well so far. I’m doing well at avoiding buying new releases. I don’t need to spend $60 on games when I have so many to play and can play cheaper games for now.
For specifics, beat Persona 5 and play through KH 1.5 + 2.5 to get ready for KH3. I honestly don’t mind delta for KH3.

@Th3solution @Jaz007 @Ralizah
Well 2018 so far has been weaker than 2017 and bar some crazy leftfield games coming out looks to be that way throughout. So those backloggs will be getting smashed like Gazza at the Dentist.