Video games

[Keith]

I must have like a hundred video games, most of which I've never beaten. Many games I got when I was a kid but many also came during teenhood and since I turned twenty mostly during times when I didn't have school (e.g. summer break). Today I'm done with college and don't have a full-time job yet, so I end up getting more and more games out of boredom. I feel bad that I keep accumulating games but seldom play them.

 

[King_Oni]

The big question of course is; why do you end up getting more and more games out of boredom, instead of playing the ones you have out of boredom?

It's not that I can't relate, I've got a reasonable collection on Steam and there are games I haven't even played at all. Though the upside of it all is, over half of my games I have beaten and I kinda keep to a list of games I really want and just buy those when I get the chance.

Though rest assured, you're not the only one. I read an article the other day that most people (though this is in the current age of daily flash sales online) haven't even touched over 70% of their game collection.

The other side however is this article, that I found pretty interesting;

​How To Beat 400 Games In 4.5 Years

 

[Ereth]

Am I correct in assuming you have Steam?

While it's great in terms of providing many, many games to a mass market, I believe it's easy to become addicted to its sales and then just buy games because they're cheap.

Try limiting your purchases by focusing only on the titles you know you'll play.

 

[Keith]

I do play the games sometimes.

Although I have the following issues:

1) I got a new monitor last Christmas, and it's incompatible with several games I have on Steam.
2) We only have one TV I can hook my NES up to, and it's annoying hooking up the RF switch.
3) I do alternate my RWY systems, although the cords get tangled often since I have them all in the same place.
4) I play each game for awhile when I choose a system.
5) I enjoy playing my downloaded games the most. I guess it's more convenient.

I guess I have a few problems:

1) I get some games out of curiosity as to why they're popular (I paid for that by downloading Harvest Moon and Fantasy Star II, both of which I have little interest in)
2) I get some games due to their relationship to something in my childhood (e.g. I purchased Tiny Toon Adventures for the NES)
3) I get some games I remember liking as a kid (it turns out Mario Paint hasn't aged well)
4) I ended up getting some old sports games, one of which was out of nostalgia, only to remember you can't even give them away

 

[King_Oni]

While it's great in terms of providing many, many games to a mass market, I believe it's easy to become addicted to its sales and then just buy games because they're cheap.

lol, tell me about it.

In the past 2 years I've went from 5 games up to 150+ or so. But as I already stated in my previous post, over half are actually completed, so I don't feel that bad over it.

I remember a guy on another forum I'm on. He openly started a topic about his addiction to buying new games on Steam. Looking at the numbers he posted, it is quite worrisome. Within 3 months he acquired over 100 games. And it wasn't even summer/winter sale. And last time I read about steam sales and behavior about it on some website, the comments were all somewhat similar. People hoarding hundreds of games to only play a handful of the ones they own.

 

[King_Oni]

I do play the games sometimes.

Although I have the following issues:

1) I got a new monitor last Christmas, and it's incompatible with several games I have on Steam.
2) We only have one TV I can hook my NES up to, and it's annoying hooking up the RF switch.
3) I do alternate my RWY systems, although the cords get tangled often since I have them all in the same place.
4) I play each game for awhile when I choose a system.
5) I enjoy playing my downloaded games the most. I guess it's more convenient.

I guess I have a few problems:

1) I get some games out of curiosity as to why they're popular (I paid for that by downloading Harvest Moon and Fantasy Star II, both of which I have little interest in)
2) I get some games due to their relationship to something in my childhood (e.g. I purchased Tiny Toon Adventures for the NES)
3) I get some games I remember liking as a kid (it turns out Mario Paint hasn't aged well)
4) I ended up getting some sports games only to remember you can't even give them away

Why would a monitor be incompatible? Quite sure you can adjust screen resolution and such.

Stating annoyance as an "excuse" to not play games seems a bit... lazy? The easy way out? As much as I agree that hooking up such cables is annoying, if I want to play I'll hook it up. If I won't hook it up because it's too much of a hassle I might just as well get rid of said gaming system. I once had a playstation and eventually I didn't get turned on for 2 months. That's already enough reason for me to see if I can sell it to someone who has better use for it. But maybe that's just me. I don't like to part with my stuff either, but I do want t have things around for a reason.. and preferably for regular use.

I think the thing with buying games from the past, especially if you had them as a kid. Think and look if they have replay value. I remember Tiny toon adventures very well. But once you played it, you've pretty much played it. Replay value in games has increased a lot with current games, but even now it's still a bit of a waste to play a game twice.

So I think what Ereth says is relevant; Try limiting your purchases by focusing only on the titles you know you'll play.

And by going on saying "I think I might play it"... that's not convincing enough IMO. Maybe you should play all games you have (and finish a decent amount) before you allow yourself new games at all?

 

[Keith]

1) It is a resolution issue, and I've tried adjusting my resolution and various other suggestions. No luck. My previous monitor worked fine except for one game I have on Steam (which I only got because I enjoyed it years ago, and I still do).

2) I enjoy the games I have, it's just that I have too many. Darn corporations.

3) I guess you're right about it being not such a big deal. The TV I have in my room is compatible with both RF and RWY games (although it only has ports for white and yellow). I can have two in the family room (Wii U and a select other system, currently my N64) and two in my bedroom (NES and SNES). One system I actually had to force myself away from is my 360 because I'd gotten too obsessed with one game (Forza 4, but in terms of customizing cars rather than actual racing). I was practially suffering from burnout. The older systems are actually more convenient to swap games because changing cartridges is easier than discs. I also don't like having discs because they're fragile (I have Wind Waker HD, e.g.). If it weren't for the Virtual Console I'd have Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask on cartridge.

 

[Rudy Schmidt]

Glad I'm not the only one who does this. And I don't even have Steam. I just get minorly obsessed with a game for a while and then immediately a newer and shinier one crosses my path and BAM. I always hated that I did this.

 

[Anon88]

But what type of games do you guys play? I like Assassins Creed, Infamous, used to like Splinter Cell, Batman, GTA, Sleeping Dogs and of course I love to use my emulators and roms on my laptop and play snes and n64 games.

 

[Rudy Schmidt]

But what type of games do you guys play? I like Assassins Creed, Infamous, used to like Splinter Cell, Batman, GTA, Sleeping Dogs and of course I love to use my emulators and roms on my laptop and play snes and n64 games.

I love - or would love - all of those. I love playing retro SNES and MegaDrive games. I'm hopelessly obsessed with fighters - Dead or Alive 5 is my absolute favourite. I'm also fast falling in love with racing games, from goofy MotorStorm/Twisted Metal/Mario Kart all the way up to serious Burnout and Moto GP.

Not a big fan of shooters. :/ I prefer my combat to include physical blocks and blows. More strategy, and to me, more satisfying.

 

[Anon88]

I love - or would love - all of those. I love playing retro SNES and MegaDrive games. I'm hopelessly obsessed with fighters - Dead or Alive 5 is my absolute favourite. I'm also fast falling in love with racing games, from goofy MotorStorm/Twisted Metal/Mario Kart all the way up to serious Burnout and Moto GP.

Not a big fan of shooters. :/ I prefer my combat to include physical blocks and blows. More strategy, and to me, more satisfying.

Cool. I like strategy and games with a decent story line.

 

[Rudy Schmidt]

Cool. I like strategy and games with a decent story line.

I have recently picked up Civilization 5. Not usually big on strategy but Civ5 is glorious.