[Midou]

I play dozens of games at the same time, and finish none of them.

This. Sometimes I get nostalgic and want to play some old game or don't feel like the pace of the one I'm currently playing and want something faster or slower or less story. Started trying to keep it to 2, I finish more games this way, but I can't help it. I have little game time so if I'm not immediately entertained I might just play something else.

[Prophet Steve]

Yeah, quite often more than two nowadays.

Right now The Walking Dead, The Witcher 2, DOTA 2, Swords & Sorcery and Metal Gear Solid HD Collection. With an occasional different multiplayer game thrown in.

[Oreoleo]

Balancing 3 at the moment, but I usually will only play 1 game at a time that has a proper story line and campaign. Right now it's Assassin's Creed Brotherhood broken up by Child of Eden and Wipeout HD. Before ACB I was playing MGS4, and before Child of Eden I was playing Flower. Usually it will manifest by playing 20-45 min of the Wipeout/Flower type of game either before or after I sink an hour or two into the ACB/MGS4 type game.


This 'one game at a time' mindset is kind of outdated. Gaming has more variety than that, why limit yourself.

Also, maybe it's worth pointing out that none of this involves disc-swapping in between games. Makes everything much easier.

[saveweyard]

Always. Right now its The Last Story and NSMB2 (along with some Theatrhythm and Pac-Man).

I also tend to start new games while already playing something else, which usually causes me to have tons of games that I've played for 1 or 2 hours and need to get back to. For example, I started the original Darksiders even though I was already playing Final Fantasy VII and haven't touched it again since that first time (with only like 1 hour of play-time).

I think I have gaming ADD.

Edit: Oh, I forgot I also played through both Walking Dead episodes recently, too. And Sound Shapes. And I'm probably gonna start playing Final Fantasy IX soon too, even though I really should finish The Last Story first...

[NullPointer]

Almost always, with a primary and secondary. Usually a single player primary, and some co-op enabled one that I also play when schedules permit.

So Darksiders 2 and Halo: CEA or Gears 3 right now, with a little Diablo 3 on the side.

[Satchel]

Oops, I though this was literally at the same time.

Last week, I was playing MGS4 and Mario Kart 64 at the same time

I had R1 and L1 taped down on the DS3 while Snake was shooting those little hand only crawling camera things that spawn infinitely on act 5. Then on my CRT I was playing Mario Kart. I was trying to build 500k to buy the tengeshima or whatever that gun is called in MGS4 and I couldn't be bothered sitting there shooting the whole time.

[Conciliator]

I have two games literally running at the same time with some frequency(I'll have Orcs Must Die 2 paused while I'm playing Darksiders II, for example). I'm moody and not a completionist, so I will often just arbitrarily decide that I'm bored of a game while I'm in the middle of headbutting a zombie, and I'll be damned if I will play a game I'm not having fun with for any reason.

[InvincibleAgent]

Nope. It's like having two girlfriends. Just doesn't work for me.

^^^ I can make that work but I only play 1 game at a time.

[Winnie the Pimp]

How else would i EVER possibly have a shot of getting through my enormous backlog?

Currently playing:

- Grandia (PSP)

- Portal 2 (PC)

- Pushmo (3DS)

- Mortal Kombat 9 (PS3)

- Outland (PS3)

[bumpkin]

The only time it works for me is when they're on different consoles. When it's more than one game on the same console, one of 'em inevitably gets shafted and usually finds its way into my backlog.

[LamerDeluxe]

Hundreds, I'm hardly ever interested in finishing a game, event my favorite ones, unless it is an adventure game or has really interesting progress. Some of my games I could probably keep playing forever.
* Currently filling up my brand new Vita 32GB card that I got for my birthday, man it is taking all evening.

[leroidys]

I play like 12 games and read 7 books at the same time. Its weird, because in other things I'm quite organized.

[RSLAEV]

Yup, but usually one or two of them are racing or rhythm games and I don't really feel a need to plow through those to the end. Also there's PSO2 which will only end when I finally get bored.

In terms of story heavy games I try to keep it down to 2 of those at a time but I might try bumping that up to 4 or 5.

[Hunter-Zero]

Yeah, all the time, more than two usually, eventually i focus just in one of them until i finish it though.

[Dgott]

Here is my gaming rotation as of late:

Battlefield 3 on PS3
Battlefield 3 on 360
Just Cause 2 (Replaying for shenanigans)
Fable 2 (LTTP)
MW3
LA Noire (LTTP)

[Rickenslacker]

I thought this was about simultaneously playing two games, which I've done with SRPGs and Pokemon while playing something else.

I like to focus on one single player title at a time, but I tend to sprinkle in some multiplayer or arcady games or games that I can just mindlessly replay in between. I'm playing Wind Waker right now and whenever I feel like I'm slogging through it I refresh myself with some Um Jammer Lammy. TF2 is also a constant in my life regardless of whatever other game I'm playing at the time.

[Alcoholikaust]

Actually at the same DAMN time.

Sleeping dogs and Darksiders 2 both on pc

[Incendiary]

I'll usually have one on console going, one on PC, and one on handheld. I mean, unless you count things like getting frustrated with Max Payne 3, stopping playing it and playing and beating Lollipop Chainsaw, then going back and finishing Max Payne 3 as playing two games at the same time.

[Izick]

Only if one of them is like a mindless game, like a sports game or a smaller arcade game. I can't have two story based games going at once.

[vilmer_]

I'm currently alt tabbing between SWTOR and Guild Wars 2.

[Shtof]

Usually more than two. One game can't keep my attention for too long anyway.

[Callo Merlose]

Usually not. Although, if there ever is another instance where I'm playing another game, the second usually isn't story-based (to avoid getting confused). So, I'll might play FFXIII and Left 4 Dead 2 or any other online-type game. Left 4 Dead is the sweetest game to have an affair with.

[Metalic]

I sometimes play a mobile game while the game is loading or waiting for something that is unkippable.

[insane0hflex]

Just finished Sleeping Dogs, and now Im working on Darksiders II. For multiplayer I usually hop into a BF3, COD4 or TF2 match on PC.

I've also been playing Skyrim off and on, and tried to get back into New Vegas.

Usually, I play 2-3 games at a time for about a day, then "man up" and focus on one game till I complete it.

[peace in palestine]

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[HyperCubed4]

I tend to play one game all the way through, until I get completely stuck or bored (which rarely happens) and I'll quit the game for a while.

[carfo]

Right now I'm playing:

Battlefield 3 for PC
FF7 for PC
and WoW

[plasticpassion]

Yeah. Right now FFIV on DS as well as Xenoblade Chronicles for Wii. Mind you I've been playing FFIV off and on for years now (finally at endgame) and Xenoblade for several months. One day I'll finish both of them....

[NZNova]

I try not to, but usually fail.

[BrokenEchelon]

Could've sworn we had this thread recently, but:

I usually play one multiplayer title as my "main" time-waster.
I'm always doing something in GT5 on the side (B-Spec or whatever).
I'll play a single-player title on top of that if there's something currently out that I'm interested in.

I was playing Darksiders II with GT5 and TF2 on the side for example.

[throwawayname]

Dota 2
Disgaea 1 on ps2

[Az987]

No. I play one game, start another and never finish the first one. Then I'll start another before I finish the second one and so on and so on. It's a never ending cycle.

I can't remember the last time I finished a game.

[Rei no Otaku]

I usually play three games at once. A primary game which is usually an involved single player game (right now it's Darksiders 2). Then I have a secondary game which is either something I've finished before or something that isn't too involved. For me that's usually a musou game like Dynasty Warriors or a fighting game. Finally whatever I'm playing on my portable systems since I only play those when I'm not at home.

[MrT-Tar]

I play one game from each of my 3 main platforms (3DS, Wii and PS3). At the moment it is SMT: DS, NPC Pikmin 2 and Dark Souls.

[upandaway]

One game per console, not counting the games like TF2 or Mario Kart that I play when I get a spontaneous itch.

But only one game at one time for all my handhelds. Right now it's Xenoblade for Wii, Diablo 3 for PC, and Pokemon Conquest for handheld.

I feel like having only one game total is a bit limiting. What if you don't feel like playing it?

[Cameron122]

Currently playing Dark Souls on PS3, Darksiders II on PC, and Sleeping Dogs on PS3. I want to get started on a Witcher series playthrough when I'm done with Sleeping Dogs.

[Sora_N]

I try too hard and fail.

I think it's ok for me to try to do 1 games per consoles, and 1 handheld game.

I play some PS3 (no game atm that I'm focusing on), PS2 (Kingdom Hearts CoM), and 3DS (NSMB2).

I WAS playing Pokemon Conquest until NSMB came out and got me sidetracked, I'll get back to Pokemon after I finish NSMB2.

[Slaker117]

I usually have one multiplayer game I play regularly while working through single player games one at a time.

[gryz]

I try to follow the 1 game per console rule, but I have a lot of consoles so it doesn't always help much

[csquared587]

I have 15 hours in both Sleeping Dogs and Darksiders 2 since release. I usually only play one SP game at a time.

[Tenki]

Right now:

New Super Mario Bros 2
Sleeping Dogs
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition

[aidan]

I usually have a console and a handheld game on the go at any given time.

[DeuceGamer]

Normally play one Single Player Game (Currently Darksiders II), One coop Game with the wife (Currently Rayman Origins), and one Handheld game (Currently Heroes of Ruin).

This works out really well for me, granted the Handheld has a distinct role as does the coop Game and the coop takes a while to finish since my wife and I don't get free time to game together very frequently these days.

I also picked up both Darksiders II and Sleeping Dogs. I'll save Sleeping Dogs till I finish up Darksiders II :)

[1-UP]

No.

[MarkusRJR]

I'm playing so many games at the moment...

-Pokemon White
-New Super Mario Bros. 2
-New Super Mario Bros. Wii
-The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
-Pokemon Rumble Blast
-Rhythm Thief

I'm also playing the usual Minecraft, Animal Crossing, and Mario Kart.

[Aeana]

If I try to play two games at once, I soon find that I'm playing zero. I don't really know why, but if I try to divide my attention between multiple games, I end up losing interest in all of them. So I just focus on one at a time, and that works out very well for me.

[SatelliteOfLove]

I used to play an MMO, a single player RPG, and a single-player non-RPG at one time.

[animlboogy]

I'll do this, but rarely in similar genres. This gen that's more difficult, since so many RPGs share basic mechanics with shooters, but in general that's how I go. I'll play through an FPS while playing an MMO, or I'll get into a single player RPG while on a TF2 kick. Unless its something that just absorbs me completely and kills my desire to touch anything else, I usually have this sort of thing going on.

[atomsk]

right now playing

Resonance of Fate
Persona 1 (psp)

then I'll be burned out on RPG's for a bit (same thing happened last year when I spent a few weeks playing Radiant Historia and Fallout 1)

[ilnadmy]

This. Sometimes I get nostalgic and want to play some old game or don't feel like the pace of the one I'm currently playing and want something faster or slower or less story. Started trying to keep it to 2, I finish more games this way, but I can't help it. I have little game time so if I'm not immediately entertained I might just play something else.

Yup this is exactly it. Back when I was in college I had hours every day to game, so I could play multiple games and finish them all. Now when I get home from work, and after going to the gym/running errands, I have an hour or two of gaming time. If I'm not playing something that is immediately appealing to me, I will switch to something else.

So I'm currently playing like 5 games and will likely not finish any of them before I buy new ones.