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I'm playing too many games at once!

I usually just play two games at a time, and maybe a third one.

Plaything through Ori and the Blind Forest (on a 2nd playthrough since the game was short), and some Hyrule Warriors here and there.
 
Define "too many" games. You're only ever actively playing one.

Plus with Wasteland 2 on hold, you're only skipping between three. Four when The Witcher 3 is released.

There's no rule that says that you're cheating on one game when you play another, and your progress doesn't get lost. So...what's the problem? Stop worrying and just play.

How some people get out of bed in the morning, I don't know.
 
Playing Xenoblade 3d, codename steam, just finished tomb raider definitive edition, assassins Creed Unity, final fantasy 8, secret of mana and halo the masterchief collection

Continuously playing smash bros, Mario kart 8 and mcc multiplayer

RPGs have me juggling games a lot
 
I tend to avoid that naturally, when I play a game I play it solely because I'm tend to 100% everything in a game, once I have I move onto another. This only applies to "big" games though, if I'm not playing any "big" games then I maybe play 2-3 different small games at the same time like indies.
 
Well I obtained a ps4 last week and already have 6 games for it, the only game I've completed so far is Mortal Kombat X.
 
I focus all my attention on one game at a time and complete that game as thorough as possible. However, I occasionally mix in a quick couple of multiplayer games of Halo MCC or Mario Kart 8.
 
Yeah, me too. Limiting myself to one per system at a time wasn't working, and that ending up being quite a bit anyway. My backlog continues to grow and I continue to have less time to play these games, hopefully when I'm less busy soon I'll have time.
 
Mostly just played 1-2 games a time in the past but started this a few months ago. Right now I'm playing:

Prey
Dragons Dogma
Puppeteer
Red Faction: Armageddon

and on Vita:
FF 10
The 3rd Birthday
The Swapper

I usually play one game for around 2-3 hours, after that or on the next day I often switch to something different. Sometimes more (Played 20 hours of Dragons Dogma over the weekend in 2 sessions) sometimes less. Puppeteer is a nice "Half an hour per gaming night" thing because of its struture.
But I'm usually pretty good at knowing if I want to play this game till the end after on hour. So I either drop something after a short time and don't consider it as played, just as a demo, or I 98% finish my games.
In the beginning I felt that this also wasn't the perfect solution for me because the feeling of finishing a game gets very rare because you need much more time for that. But right now I'm feeling this was a pretty good descision: In the past I sometimes had the feeling I had to hurry to finish this game now because of my huge backlog, some games felt more like a job to finish before I could go on to the next one. Now I'm more chilled about it and have fun with the games every time I'm gaming because I have so much variety form session to session.

So this really works for me, but I can see how other people might have a problem with it because of being unfocused on one experience or dropping games too often because of this. For me personally the story experiences get even better, because I don't finish Prey in like one week but maybe 8 weeks. I think about certain moments of gameplay or the story much more often, the experience just gets better.

Have the habbit to lay every game I'm playing right now on one stack in front of my tv so I often think about these games.
 
I only play 1 game at a time, though that only really counts if I exclude Dota 2 (which I always come back to...) I also don't buy a new game until I am done with the game I am currently playing, whether that means finishing it or giving up. Too many games at once and I get stressed out.
 
Industrialist said:
Define "too many" games. You're only ever actively playing one.

Plus with Wasteland 2 on hold, you're only skipping between three. Four when The Witcher 3 is released.

There's no rule that says that you're cheating on one game when you play another, and your progress doesn't get lost. So...what's the problem? Stop worrying and just play.

How some people get out of bed in the morning, I don't know.
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I think it is still interesting how this kind of thread has a lot of "Yes, juggling many games", "I buy too many games, I have a huge backlog of games I might never get to play", and "I tend not to finish games..." maybe in the same post and how there is no scarcity of such posts and then threads in which the main issue is that there are no games on a given platform or how games are too short and a robbery, etc...
 
Normally, I only play one game at a time but it really depends on the types of games if I decide to play multiple at the time. Pretty much, if it has a story, I play it exclusively.

Right now, I'm playing FIFA, Captain Toad, and DuckTales Remastered.
 
Let's see:

Demon's Souls

Dark Souls 2:SotFS (re-play)

Okami HD


Ass. Creed IV

Mario Kart 8

Legend of Grimrock II (close to finishing)

Xenoblade Chronicles (almost 90 hours)

And trying to level up in Neverwinter.
Yea, I feel ya.
 
I'm currently playing:

Cities: Skylines
Monster Hunter 4U
Persona 4 Golden
Minecraft
Rogue Legacy
NFS Most Wanted
Wipeout 2048
Steven Universe: Attack the Light.

I play one each day usually. As a result I don't come back to another after a few weeks occasionally. Eventually after 6 months to a year I beat a game and another gets added to the backlog. Lots of games never get finished because the list gets too long and I have to cut some games. For example, Hotel Dusk. I got halfway through but I was just too focused on other games. Usually I pick up a game a few years later and finish it though. That's what happened with Resident Evil: Revelations.
 
I try and play with a maximum 3 game rotation. If I stick to that usually one grabs me more and I concentrate on that one until I finish.
 
I tend to play a number of different games at a time and whenever I start a game that I really like, I'll focus on that. Right now I have no games that I really want to play so I've just been floating between:

The Last of Us Remastered
Cook, Serve, Delicious,
OlliOlli 2

and a bunch of other miscellaneous games that I play on occasion. I could see The Witcher 3 being my next main game whenever I eventually buy it.
 
I try to keep it at a minimum, but find myself doing it more than I would like. Games playing through:

At the moment:

Bloodborne
Shovel Knight
Shadow of Mordor
Halo MCC - Halo 1

Games I will get back to:
AC Unity
Dragon Age:I

Recently bought XB1, had to justify the purchase. Looking forward to Halo 5 and need to buy Sunset Overdrive on the cheap.
 
Same here and I do try to make an effort to finish a game once in a while. Like, really sit down and finish it before I go back to playing 5-6 games at the same time.

Currently playing;

Bloodborne
Dark Souls II
Cities: Skylines
Pillars of Eternity
Planetside 2 beta
Rocket League beta
GTA V

And then my eye catches an expansion released for Age of Wonders III and I'm tempted to buy it, adding another game to my already huge backlog.

I will never learn
 
Well if you play more then one game at a time, thats disrespecting yourself and the game.

You are disrespecting yourself because you don't value your time and you disrespect the game cause you think it its not worth to be solely played.

Do you read two books at the same time?
 
Yeah...I'm playing the handsome jack collection, mortal kombat x and shovel knight and rouge legacy. Still haven't finished dying light, alien isolation, dragon age inquisition, dbz Xenoverse, dmc ultimate, bloodborne, and the list goes on and on. What can I say I like to buy games. I don't feel bad doing it because it is my one hobby. I like having a collection that I can one day show my kids. Now the witcher 3....I've read all the books (including the ones that had to be translated for now) and played both the games. I've even watched the shitty show. That game will take top priority and be finished in a timely manner
 
I have so many games to play. That I dont play any of them and look foward to the next big thing (Witcher 3, TPP & Chronicles X )
 
Right now I'm in the process of playing Pillars of Eternity, GTA V PC, Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China, Majora's Mask 3D and The Witcher 2. I'm managing to get through it OK right now heh but the new Wolfenstein is out soon too but as long as I'm finished a few before The Witcher 3 is out I'm good.
 
I'm currently playing Pillarsof Eternity, Gurumin, Dungeon of the Endless, Crystal Story II and eventually Starbound. Even playing various games at the same time I tend to focus more time on one game in this case PoE, except that I took a break from the game on Act 3 because
the plot was getting more depressing.
 
I was like this when I discovered Steam Sales and Humble Bundles. Jumping between games I just bought without completing them. Now I usually only play two games at a time. One on consoles/PC, one on handhelds.
 
I'm playing through so many long ass games right now and I hate it.

Right now I'm playing

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
Xenoblade Chronicles
Persona 2 Innocent Sin
Far Cry 4
Final Fantasy Type-0 and XII

I'm a completionist so it'll take forever to beat all these games.
 
Since I had a sega and nintendo and had yo choose between Mario or Sonic I have always played more than one game at a time.

At the moment I think the titles that I have heavily invested time into is in double digits. At the moment my main focus is Dark Souls 2, Baldurs Gate 2EE Black Pits and FFIV which are all end game saves.

I sometimes wish there were 25 hours in a day.
 
I still have to finish SoM, REmake HD, Ori, Pillars of Eternity...it's like most of the time I complete nearly 80% of a game and when I realize I'm about to end the journey, something stops me. The forces of nature, obligations, I really don't know.
 
I find it tough to juggle more than a single game at once. At most I'll do one console and one handheld game.
 
I tend to go all at a game for an intensive, short burst of ~10 hours over a few days, at which point I usually burn out and rotate it out for a different one.

In this way, I make gradual progress in a wide number of games, completing them over a period of months or even years. But I'm fine with not finishing games. I'll only play for as long as I'm enjoying something.
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I follow the Sith Rule of Two with my gaming. Only two games should be active at one time. I had been playing Bloodborne and Dark Souls 2 but that has turned out to be a double edged sword. Playing DS2 after a Bloodborne session suffers due to the loss of the faster paced, smoother combat. However, going from DS2 to BB also hurts since going from 60fps to BB's mess of a framerate is painful. As I just beat BB, I'll shelve ng+ activity until I'm done with DS2. It is nigh time I take on Wolfenstein TNO as my new apprentice.
 
Im running through all the missions in FFXIII, playing the new MK8 dlc, Fire Emblem on 3DS, Pokemon Shuffle, and just started Xenoblade again using the Dolphin this time.

Oh and playing retro stuff here and there.

My ADHD wont let me sit and play the same thing too long. lol
 
I avoid this purposely. I did this a long time ago, I'd play 3-5, maybe even more games at one time, and I'd never get anywhere. I would pick one up for about 30 minutes and do nothing, get bored and move on to another, and then do the same thing again and again. Heck it ruined gaming for me at the time, I just wasn't involved in anything I played.

Now I strictly play more or less just one story-driven / single-player campaign focused game at a time. I have stuff like FIFA, Smash Bros, Mario Kart 8, and similar games on the side of course (although up until February I was without my WiiU so I literally just had a FIFA demo to play for a casual game I could pop on for a few minutes to relax with), but I'll only play one thing with it. I played FF Type-0 from September until about the end of last month, and now I'm playing Kingdom Hearts 2. Despite the size of my backlog, this works best and I'm actually not just getting through it, but I'm enjoying my games more this way. Give it a try OP.
 
If I'm playing an RPG it has to be the only game I'm playing at that point in time; excluding multiplayer fun-times like Mario Kart.

I've found that if I take even a short break from an RPG I come back to it completely lost in either story, mechanics, or both. It can completely destroy the game's immersion.
 
Valiant hearts
Far Cry 4 (Might say bye to this)
Bloodborne
Child of Light
dying light

Driveclub
Shadow of mordor
Borderlands 2
Metro last light
grim fndango
 
Wag said:
First I was playing Wasteland 2, and I stopped that when I read they were going to release a graphical overhaul. Then I started playing Pillars of Eternity with a bit of Risk of Rain on the side. Then I stopped playing Pillars of Eternity when GTA V came out on the PC.

I'll probably stop playing GTA V when Witcher 3 comes out.

Is anyone else like this?
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I probably play half a dozen at the time. I hate it, can't can't seem to change it. At least I've been able to cut down on my purchases, which help reduce the buildup.
 
I am currently playing the following :

Pillars of eternity
Mario kart 8
Uncharted 3
Xenoblade chronicles
Wind waker
Donkey kong country returns
Metal gear solid

And then there are games like dark Souls and gta v(ps3 version) which are being kept on a very low heat on the back burner.

I am also really keen to start and finish an alternative path witcher 2 playthrough before w3.

This is way too many games to be juggling concurrently but they mostly scratch a different itch. I have next weekend to myself so I intend to cross a few games of the list.
 
Yup right now I'm playing through Alien Isolation, XCOM Enemy Unknown, The Walking Dead Season 2 and Rayman Legends.

I'm gonna do my best focus on the walking dead as I've been meaning to play it for awhile now
 
Let me document my current list of ongoing games!

Bloodborne-PS4
BF Hardline-X1
Neverwinter-X1
DSII Scholar of 1st Sin-X1
PREY-PC
The Evil Within-PC
ESO-PC
FFXIII-PC
FF Type 0 HD-X1
AC Unity-X1

None of which captures me enough to gain dedicated play time and that is my main issue. Game like the Witcher 3 are the ones I will dedicate all of my time to, but they are very few and far between. Right now I actually am yearning for a game to draw me in like the Witcher series does, so I'll keep plugging away at the above list until it launches.
 
Right now for the remainder of this month I'm playing:

1. Sleeping Dogs (Definitive Edition)
2. PES 2015
3. NBA 2k15
4. NBA Street Vol 2
5. Killzone Mercenary
 
I have a huge problem finishing games. I always start way too many games at once and rarely finish any of them.

Right now I'm playing GTA V, Pillars of Eternity, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Shadowrun: Dragonfall, Assassin's Creed Unity and Path of Exile.

Usually what happens to me I fail to finish even typical 12 hour single player games and then I just go and burn 30 hours in a week on Path of Exile or WoW.
 
I'm doing the same, I'm currently part way through

GTA V
Bloodborne
Far cry 4
Dying light

I'm gonna try not buy anymore games until I've finished the story on at least one of them, guess I have a month or so until Arkham Knight is out so will try complete one by then
 
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