Edunstar84 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I've only been tackling my backlog for about 2 months. What works for me is only concentrating on 1-2 game/s. I've been focusing on easy digital games in my Vita backlog but would like to play more PS3 games. I'm doing very well at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Into_Light Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I keep in mind the games I have sat waiting for me to complete, then I just pick what I fancy and have time for. Right now I'm playing a shorter game because I haven't had much free time. I'm not strict on myself because that's no fun so if a new game I'm excited for comes out I will play and enjoy it and then go back to my other games in between the new releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowStar83x Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I'm failing miserably with mine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jak Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Take care of one game at a time, two via special circumstances. Don't move onto another game till one is completed, whether that be getting the game's platinum trophy or going for 100%. And some of the most hardest games I save for last so that the time required to complete them doesn't give time more incentive to add new games to my backlog (something a lot of people here actually suffer from). Additionally, the challenges of these (difficult, or grindy) games could result in long term breaks, which will end up corrupting progression in profile completions, and in frustration strong enough leading to starting other games. (Hence why I've saved/haven't started Killzone Shadow Falls, finished up Dead Space 2, haven't purchased COD: C, and so fourth.) These are the reasons why my backlog is not too big right now, never has been, never will be, and so fourth. The only reason my backlog is the size it is right now is out of my picky/planned/assigned nature of how I want my profile to go via the path to 100 platinums. After 100-105, I'll start completing games in random orders (as opposed to making things like Naruto Storm 4 my #94 back when I was still at 80 platinums, Just Cause 3 my #93 platinum when I was back with 80 platinums, and you get the idea), aside from the extremely difficult games which i'll (still) most of the time save for last. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Leopold Leon III Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpkin Head Cthulhu Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I just play what I feel like. Usually that means RPGs that take a while to complete. When I get really tired of a game, I'll move on to something else and eventually come back again to finish it. Dragon knows 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenpai Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I'm really picky with my games so I usually don't have much of a backlog. Though right now it's the biggest it's ever been for me (12 games) because I've grown curious for a few different franchises over a relatively short period of time. Generally, I just tackle games according to the order I bought them in and I won't begin a new one until the current one is finished. Occasionally, I may be clearing an entire franchise (like I am right now with Persona) or dealing with a very large game (again, Persona), so in those cases, I try to put one or two different games in between different entries in the franchise or major achievements in a large game just so as to not get burned out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NekoSlash Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 It depends on the current objective that spontaneously pops in my mind. For instance, these last weeks my objective was to complete some PS+ games I've started 3/4 years ago (which represents somehing like ten games). Now my objective is starting and finishing easy PS+ games. And at the beginning of 2015, my mood wanted me to finally begin the Assassin's Creed series (I finished the five first game of the series). I haven't started the Mass Effect series, but one day my mood will tell me "hmm, I really should start that one...". I have an excel file in which games in cells are colored according to the completion, so I can see what is done and what has to be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colia100 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I mostly try to finish my downloaded games first, so I don't have to heave my fat ass out of the couch to change the disc... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suicide_Tortuga Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 By not buying games when I know I already have some to play some waiting to be played. I only buy more when I'm down to my last 2-3 which is why don't have a backlog like most. I complete a game fully before I move on to the nest also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DioTheRoadroIler Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I have a huge backlog, and the problem is I have at least 50 more games that I bought but haven't updated in my profile. it's a mess really I am trying to slowly clear it, but I have so many good games that I just can't focus on clearing only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andresauce7 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I always buy games i like, but yeah.. A flash sale usually adds some a lot of games to my backlog. I have a huge backlog of Vita games and i've been working on them during the last 3 months. 6 games left and i'll be done unless there's another flash sale that offers games i want lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Soundelite Posted August 10, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2016 Simple... I just add more to the backlog lol jk 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigma999 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I like how my digital backlog is easily forgettable, unlike my physical backlog, which stares at me everyday to remind me of my everlasting shame. Precisely , my dear friend ! You coudn't be more correct right there. Simple... I just add more to the backlog lol jk Exactly the way i like my backlog . The thrill of searching for the undiscovered gems out there and the impulse of buying them when you don't know much about them is priceless imao . Anyway the way it should only be : gotta keep buying them like crazy and not playing a single damn cause i'm too busy looking for more games to add to my backlog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpkin Head Cthulhu Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 my "backlog" is super small as i am also very picky about my games. i do not buy AAA titles 99.9% of the time. i keep wanting to play Onechanbara and Nights of Azure but life keeps getting in the way. Plus i still have Legends of Heroes but i am waiting for Legend of Heroes 2 before even starting on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumibella Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I handle it by not having one. Same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigma999 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I'm really picky with my games so I usually don't have much of a backlog. Though right now it's the biggest it's ever been for me (12 games) because I've grown curious for a few different franchises over a relatively short period of time. Generally, I just tackle games according to the order I bought them in and I won't begin a new one until the current one is finished. Occasionally, I may be clearing an entire franchise (like I am right now with Persona) or dealing with a very large game (again, Persona), so in those cases, I try to put one or two different games in between different entries in the franchise or major achievements in a large game just so as to not get burned out. I don't follow the order you usually do cause i don't even know which games are my oldest and my newest mkst of the time so i play whatever i feel like to start . Also i have this kinda of tendency of only buying a game per franchise to test it out and play something fresh all the times and don't stagnate on only one franchise mostly for JRPGs and less the case with Visual Novels btw . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FlareXV Posted August 10, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2016 Like my love and sex life, non existent! Wow, funny but also pretty sad. Hello, darkness my old friend! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuelito Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenpai Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I don't follow the order you usually do cause i don't even know which games are my oldest and my newest mkst of the time so i play whatever i feel like to start . Also i have this kinda of tendency of only buying a game per franchise to test it out and play something fresh all the times and don't stagnate on only one franchise mostly for JRPGs and less the case with Visual Novels btw . I do the exact same thing apart from not following purchasing order. But when you get into a franchise, you gotta get 'em all! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warpedsavior Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 On average, I usually focus on 2 games I feel like playing at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuffyZorugelion Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 The whole 'backlog' word sounds like cancer to me. Not that I have a problem with the concept, not that I don't have that said 'backlog' because I DO, but I just hate the word hehe. I just buy all the shit I want and look interesting. I know I'll never play them all, but that doesn't bother me. I'd rather just have shitload of games that I don't even have time to play, then run out of games to play. I constantly buy new games and games from sales, I'm also a collector, but I don't mind having some of the less important games digital. When it comes to playing I just pick whatever interests me at the time. Sometimes I hold my own gaming marathons. This includes a theme, like PSN games with no platinums, super hero games, Star Wars games or anything really. I mostly worry about the games in my trophy profile that I havent 100% yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSXtreme_ Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I'm still unwrapping PSOne games from their shrinkwrap... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AffectatiousDonk Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Who cares ? If it's in your backlog and you really want to play it then do. If you want to buy it then do. Don't waste time playing crap unless you want to, don't worry about completion rates and actively acquire bronze trophies over platinums ( obviously means your playing more games / experiencing new worlds and adventures ). life is short, not going to matter what's on the shelf after your gone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stash70 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I tend to play to my older games which have MPs trophies (e.g. Killzone 2). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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