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[BossLackey]

By all accounts, this year has been fucking insane with amazing release after amazing release and it's still not even close to over.

I haven't had enough time to finish anything before the next haymaker comes. It's absurd, but what a good problem to have!

I always have a sizeable backlog, but this year has turned it into a parody of itself. How are we supposed to get through even half these games!?

Hell, despite loving Diablo 2 and 3 and buying the "here's my money" edition of D4, I haven't even touched Diablo 4 yet outside of the betas!

When will this madness end!? I gotta start thinking of quitting my job or something.

 

[Beechos]

The backlog is real still haven't beat hogwarts, ff16 along witb a bunch of other games still shrinkwrapped and starfield comes out next week. I'm surprised I did beat dead space and re4 remake though. Actually I did beat diablo 4 still playing it since the game never ends lol.

 

[UnravelKatharsis]

It's growing every year. There will never be enough time. My backlog extends all the way back to the PS1 era. Further truthfully but that's when I started buying my own games.

 

[NO_Quarter25]

clear as day, bring on starfield

 

[In Cold Blood]

It's well and truly fucked. For every game I finish, I buy 5 others.
With Starfield and Forza due out, I'm not sure I will be adding to the completion of many more over the next 6 months.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Infinite and beyond !

 

[BossLackey]

It's growing every year. There will never be enough time. My backlog extends all the way back to the PS1 era. Further truthfully but that's when I started buying my own games.

All I need to do is get divorced, quit my job, and play games non-stop for 5 years and I think I can do it.

 

[Kilau]

It's fine.

 

[Stratostar]

If I had physical copies of every title in my backlog it would amount to a small mountain. I work 6 days a week and complete roughly one game a month if I’m lucky.
In the past I’ve sworn to stop buying new games until I “catch up” to a degree on my existing collection, but I’ve given up on that tbh. I like buying games, I like supporting devs & the industry, and some deals are just way too good to pass up. Just last week I grabbed Death Stranding Director’s Cut PS5 brand new for $10 shipped.

 

[Dr.brain64]

 

[simpatico]

We need a complete and total shutdown of Steam until we can figure out what's going on.

 

[graywolf323]

it’ll take winning the lottery and being able to just game all the time instead of work for me to actually make a dent in my backlog

the only thing preventing this from happening is the fact that instead of buying lottery tickets I buy more games

 

[violence]

I'm trying to beat Horizon Forbidden West and Ratchet and Clank rift apart before my PS plus extra is up. My backlog is crazy though.

 

[skyfall]

It's over.

 

[poodaddy]

It's insurmountable and unfathomable. Seriously, the fact that I have a kid and wife means there's not even a one percent chance that I'll finish even ten percent of my backlog in my lifetime.....which is a bummer.

 

[AJUMP23]

I am about to enter act 3 on BG3 then onto starfield. I have played most of what I have wanted to this year.

 

[liquidzr0]

Making progress but it just keeps growing. currently playing FF3, FF16, Hogwarts Legacy, and RE2 Remake. If Starfield has minimal bugs on launch, I'm going to add it into the mix. I'm waiting to play BG3 because of patches

 

[PrefectAboro]

I hear ya man, my backlog goes back to the NES era! I just started to tackle all the recommended games for the 2010s.

For the next few months I'm gonna (attempt to) play:

1. Castlevania Lords of Shadow
2. Vanquish
3. Limbo
4. Yakuza 3/4 Remastered
5. Red Dead Redemption 1 (switch emulation) if my pc can handle it LOL

 

[Thabass]

Never-ending.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

I just (re-)bought my third Nintendo Switch. So my backlog has grown overnight. Kirby, Triangle Strategy, Luigis Mansion, Pokémon Platium, Arceus, Astral Chain… no to mention Japanese games such as Youkai Watch and Famicom Detective.

 

[Corian33]

It only gets bigger, but I do occasionally complete games.

I recently upgraded my PC so half my time has just been loading up games I already owned and being amazed at how smooth they are. And I’m only half way through my upgrade. Did everything but the GPU and I’m planning to up that in a month.

I’m trying to only buy games on sale, but even then there’s so much good stuff. Along with BG3 just sitting there with 100 hours of high quality game in single play through.

 

[sachos]

I got a PS5 2 months ago. First PS since PS2 so i've been mostly catching up on all the PS3/4 exclusives. Newest game beaten was GoWR that came with the console.
Here are the games i've beaten so far with my personal scores

Spider-Man Miles Morales 8,5 Demon's Souls Remake 9 Bloodborne (Sin DLC) 9,75 God of War 2018 9 God of War Ragnarök 9,25 The Last of Us Remastered 8,5 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune 6,75 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 7,75

Right now going through Killzone Shadowfall as a breather between UC2 and UC3. I'm about to finish it, so far it's been around a 6.5 (Pretty okay).

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Well, I’ve neglected it for most of the year lol. Metroid Prime Remastered started it, then TOTK and FF16 hit. And I completely skipped RE4 Remake, Fire Emblem Engage, etc. Aside from a shorter game here and there it’s been all new stuff for me. So my backlog has only been growing.


Sea of Stars hits Tuesday and it will continue the trend. At this point there doesn’t seem to be a ton of new stuff to play around the holidays and that is good news for me - finally I should be able to catch up.

 

[StereoVsn]

I have no idea what backlog you are speaking of. I have an extensive library full of excellent catalog titles I can draw upon!

But yeah, the year has been quite fruitful for pretty good games overall, somewhat marred by technical jankiness of the titles (anything EA, Hogwarts, etc).

 

[Happosai]

I pulled some games out of the shrinkwrap that I keep thinking I picked up a month back. Turns out it was over 8-months and they're dusty. Yet I'm replaying older games in between. I need a planner to get through this...

 

[kikkis]

I dont have a backlog, there isnt enough games that really interest me enough.

 

[ZehDon]

 

[L*][*N*K]

I gave up on it, I am sorry.

 

[Last Hearth]

My so called back log are made of games that I took a flyer on when they go for huge discounts on Steam or given away for free on Epic or some such. Those game I might get to someday, or not.
I don't buy full or nearly full price unless I mean to play them right away. For example even Starfield, I'm going to hold off buying it right away and wait until I finish BG3.

 

[Maestr0]

Not giving up on it.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Not giving up on it.

 

[bender]

For games that came out this year, I really only need to spend more time with TOTK.

 

[tecmo9000]

Blasphemous
Fallout 2
Quake 2 Remastered

 

[amigastar]

I still have to play Thimbleweed Park
Then Detective Gallo (also a Point n' Click Adventure)
Continue Chronicles Of Myrtana
Yakuza 0
and many more

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

As im a guy that stopped buying games day one while waiting for a sale, I got FF16, Diablo 4, GOW Ragnarok and others....then we got Starfield and Forza 8 for "free" and plus MK1 I cant miss that.

 

[rofif]

That mad max game is still in there somewhere. We are good friends by that point.

 

[DeVeAn]

My problem is I actually like to replay older games. So I’ll never catch up lol.

About to finish RDR 360 version on series x. Looks really sharp compared to when I played it on PS3 at launch.

 

[Jibran#one]

I have 3 4 hours to play everyday and my backlog has like 20 games now
I'm an idiot and bought ubisoft+ for 1 dollar because I wanted to play dawn of Ragnarok but I haven't tried it yet only 7 days left in my membership

 

[Dirk Benedict]

My backlog is always one step forward, two steps back. Always. It's infuriating, but only when I remember... it is my own fault.

 

[Robb]

 

[Labadal]

I have completed 50-60 games per year for over half a decade, and my backlog is bigger than ever.

 

[badblue]

 

[Tarnpanzer]

Its massive. Can´t believe I put 100h into Horizon:FW last month. A game I (in the end) didn´t really liked, but had to complete it.

 

[Three]

 

[Fart Knight]

Its massive. Can´t believe I put 100h into Horizon:FW last month. A game I (in the end) didn´t really liked, but had to complete it.

 

[Hydroxy]

I manage my backlog a bit well. Whenever my backlog goes above 20 games I stop buying new games and play the ones I have. Once its back in single digits, i think of buying new games again. Also not being rich means i will never have too many games in my backlog at once. Also i only buy games on sale at 50% or more. I have no problem in waiting. So games like Hogwarts Legacy, Dead Space, Final Fantasy 16, etc can all wait.

 

[mrmustard]

Its massive. Can´t believe I put 100h into Horizon:FW last month. A game I (in the end) didn´t really liked, but had to complete it.

I know that feeling, had this with RDR2 and Days Gone. At one point you already invested so much time that you want to finish it and when it's done you say thank god it's over.

 

[ShadowNate]

Getting more pregnant by the day.

Which is kind of a good thing I guess? I can wait for the really expensive titles that I'm interested in playing (some day anyway, lol), for years even, until they go on a good sale or at least drop to a reasonable price.

 

[Long Far Gone]

I'd estimate my backlog is roughly 50+ games across PSN and Steam. Just thinking about Starfield, and the amount of hours that is going to take, makes me want to cry with various emotions, from joy to sadness. Cities Skyline 2 is right around the corner. Only played the intro of FF16. I haven't even finished the original God of War (2018), never mind Ragnarok.

It's come to the point where games I've had a mind to starting now have actual sequels released, such as MH: Iceborne, Breath of the Wild & Genshin Impact. I haven't even completed Dawnguard or Dragonborn and they've been out there for over a decade! This shit is RIDICULOUS.

 

[Long Far Gone]

It's over.

I simply love how that entire list is categorised as Extreme priority.