2018 Backlog Blitz - Work but don’t forget to live

Having a Backlog o 700+ games, it is a difficult task for me....
But if I can manage somehow, I will try fill this Post.


QuickQuestion: How we count the games which are free to play?

SweetSark said:

QuickQuestion: How we count the games which are free to play?

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I add them if I intend to play them. Multiplayer only titles are a little tricky to "beat" but I mark them as such when I feel like I won't play them anymore or if I've reached a certain goal I'd set for myself.

archnemesis said:

I can do it tonight (in about 12 hours). It only takes me five minutes but I need to use a Unix computer to create the images.

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No rush if you're still getting entries, I'm just looking forward to seeing how we've all done.

archnemesis said:

I can do it tonight (in about 12 hours). It only takes me five minutes but I need to use a Unix computer to create the images.

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Previous months:

bought: 39

• Digimon Cyber Sleuth (vita)
• Super meat boy (vita)
• Matterfall (ps4)
• Persona 4 Golden (vita)
• MGS Peace walker (xbox 360)
• Ninja Gaiden Black (xbox one)
• Batman Arkham Asylum (xbox one)
• Batman Arkhan City (xbox one)
• Celeste (switch)
• GOW (ps4)
• Bayonetta (switch)
• Bayonetta 2 (switch)
• Darkness 2 (xbox 360)
• Hitman absolution (xbox 360)
• Xeodrifter (switch)
• Hollow Knight (switch)
• The way Remastered (switch)
• Cave Story (switch)
• Mortal Kombat X (xbox one)
• The adventures of Elena Temple (switch)
• Hexologic (switch)
• Prey (xbox 360)
• Zone of the enders (xbox 360)
• Zone of the enders Second Runner (xbox 360)
• Singularity (xbox 360)
• Alan Wake (xbox 360)
• Duke Nukem 3d (xbox one)
• Bulletstorm (xbox one)
• FF XIII (xbox 360)
• FFXIII-2 (xbox 360)
• Skyrim (switch)
• mario + rabbits (switch)
• Injustice 2 (xbox one)
• Ultimate MvC 3 (xbox one)
• Turok (xbox one)
• smash ultimate (switch)
• cat quest (switch)
• ambition of the slimes (switch)
• Wonder boy (switch)

beaten: 41

• Transformers Fall of Cybertron (xbox one)
• Odin sphere (vita)
• Gravity Rush (vita)
• Steam World Dig 2 (vita)
• AC Chronicle: India (xbox one)
• A boy and his blob (vita)
• AC Chronicle: China (xbox one)
• Illusion of Gaia (snes)
• Ys origin (vita)
• Undertale (vita)
• Donkey Kong Country (snes)
• Bioshock 2 (xbox one)
• Ryse: son of Rome (xbox one)
• Crash Bandicoot (ps4)
• Batman Arkham Asylum (xbox one)
• GOW (ps4)
• Celeste (switch)
• Donkey Kong Country 3 (snes)
• Donkey Kong Country 2 (snes)
• Jeanne D'Arc (psp)
• Ys Seven (psp)
• Ninja Gaiden Black (xbox one)
• Assassin's Creed chronicle Russia (xbox one)
• Trax (gameboy)
• Mummy Demastered (switch)
• Star fox (snes)
• Xeodrifter (switch)
• Doom (xbox one)
• Hollow Knight (switch)
• Cod Infinite Warfare (xbox one)
• Cod Black Ops 3 (xbox one)
• The adventures of Elena Temple (switch)
• Solitairica (Android)
• SpiderMan (ps4)
• Turok (xbox one)
• Castlevania OOE (nds)
• Injustice 2 (xbox one)
• Legend of Zelda (nes)
• Halo 1 (xbox one)
• Adventure Island 2 (nes)
• smash ultimate (switch)

TOTAL

Bought: 39

Beaten: 41

Score: +2

Bought:
- Replica
- Sid Meier's Civilization VI
- Transistor
- Black Mesa
- Sunset Overdrive
- Serial Cleaner
- Cook Serve Delicious 2
- Book of Demons
- Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
- Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
- Pool Panic
- Thumper
- Middle-Earth Shadow of War
- Hitman 2
- Two Point Hospital
- Yakuza 0
- Hollow Knight
- Enter The Gungeon
- X-Morph Defense
- Orcs Must Die 2
- Hidden Folk
- Death's Gambit
- Orcs Must Die
- Mirror
- Double Kick Heroes
- Into The Breach
- Dwarfs!?
- Heroes of Might and Magic 3
- Wonder Boy: Dragon's Trap

Value: (-29)

Beaten Games (+):
- The Final Station
- Hexcells Infinite
- Black Mesa
- Replica
- Squarecells
- Crimsonland
- Bioshock Remaster
- Into the Breach
- Portal
- Millie
- Huniepop
- Mini Metro
- Mirror
- Mafia 3
- Hidden Folk
- Bloodstained: Curse of The Moon
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Heroes of Might of Magic 3
- Steamworld Heist
- Dead Rising 3
- Metal Gear Sold Phantom Pain
- Thumper
- Resident Evil 4
- Snake Pass
- Quantum Break
- Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
- Serial Cleaner

Value: (+27)

SUM: -2

52 Games. 1 Year

Crap. Got so close.

I decided to add Starblood Arena from the PS+ games to my Backlog. This game is a lot of fun in short bursts. It's an online-game so I will play it while it is fun and set it to "beaten" eventually. I bought Doom VR retail for 17€ - that's hard to skip for that price. I really love VR :)

Current state is -1 for me. Still good ;)

Is there a consensus on how to approach DLC/expansions for this?

Weebos said:

Is there a consensus on how to approach DLC/expansions for this?

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The only real rule is that anything that gives a plus also have to give you a minus when you get it. So if you buy Game X with 3 DLCs and want to count it as 4+, it also needs to be a 4- (if you bought it after starting the "challenge").

I usually only count big DLCs separately, pretty much only stuff that are expandalones (The Last of Us: Left Behind is an example of that) or proper expansions (Like Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls). I will not count Witcher 3 expansions tho because I will "integrate" them into the game. So it's just up to you basically!

Weebos said:

Is there a consentsus on how to approach DLC/expansions for this?

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In addition to what Spyware just wrote, I'd say that it matters when you got the DLC. If you bought it together with the game (a personal example being Witcher 3 GOTY Edition) I might not count it. If instead you pick it up after beating the actual game, it might feel relevant.

In the end though, I don't feel there are any real rules per se here. It's all about keeping the process and thread positive.

Oh, I didn't realize OP had been updated with results. I think the new graphs are much easier to read than the old ones. Good job archnemesis.

[Edit: Hold on... I think I have either entered the form wrong or something is off in the transition to excel. I went +19, not 39... ]

I register (just moved, changed job.and city so.why not).

According to rules I preordered DBFZ so... -1

Here is a question.
If you buy a game collection. Say the Crash collection. Does that count as one or as 3?

Im going to try this out! So many great games came out in the past year that I struggled to keep up.

January 2018

Beat:
The Last Guardian +1
Undertale +1
Agents of Mayhem +1
Guardians of the Galaxy +1
Pyre +1

Bought:
Persona 5 -1
Pyre -1

February 2018

Beat:
Steamworld Dig 2 +1
The Evil Within 2 +1
Shadow of the Colossus +1
South Park: The Fractured but Whole +1
Soma +1
Life is Strange: Before the Storm +1

Bought:
Shadow of the Colossus -1

March 2018

Beat:
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age +1
Rime +1
Resident Evil VII: Biohazard +1
Little Nightmares +1
Halo Wars 2 +1

Bought:
Statik -1
Little Nightmares -1
A Way Out -1
NiNo Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom -1
Farcry 5 -1
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice -1
Nex Machina -1

April 2018

Beat:
Farcry 5 +1
Ni Ni Kuni II +1

Bought:
Gravity Rush 2 -1
God of War -1

May 2018

Beat:
God of War +1
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice +1
Gravity Rush 2 +1

Bought:
Detroit: Become Human -1

June 2018

Beat:
Detroit: Become Human +1
Cibele +1
The Beginners Guide +1
Vampyr +1
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit +1

Bought:
Vampyr -1

July 2018

Beat:

Bought:

August 2018

Beat:
Persona 5 +1
Heavy Rain +1

Bought:

January Score: 3
February Score: 5
March Score: -2
April Score: 0
May Score: +2
June Score: +4
July Score: 0
August Score: +2

Running total: 14

archnemesis said:

I gave you a +1 for each game you removed as well, since they are gone from your backlog. Here is a plot showing the summed score below and the added/completed/removed split above.

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That's cool, and how I count it myself, but figured we usually only counted completions here.

I've been making a real effort to beat games I already have this year. So far I'm 3 deep.

January 2018

Beat:
Sonic Mania
Rayman Legends
Assassin's Creed Syndicate
The Division
Fire Emblem Warriors

Bought:
Monster Hunter World

January Score: +4

Running total: +4

I'm going to give this a shot this year - why not.

CLEAN SLATE ACTIVATED!

Score in January: 0.

Bought/Beaten: 0

archnemesis said:

I gave you a +1 for each game you removed as well, since they are gone from your backlog. Here is a plot showing the summed score below and the added/completed/removed split above.

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That's why I don't add removed games to the stats btw.
If I was counting from what my total backlog is every year (this year I would start at -388 for example) every removed game would count since removing them would directly influence that number. But since I start every year at 0, only beaten games count as plus for me. The removed games just help make the remaining backlog smaller, in silence.
I want every + to be something I achieved.

I do not at all mind others doing it differently tho, just explaining my reason for my way of counting it. :)

I'm in too. Hoping to do better than last year. We'll see.

Beaten: (+6)
Crash Bandicoot
Hotline Miami
Alan Wake American Nightmare
Ultimate Capcom vs. Marvel 3
Battlefront 2
ARMS

Bought: (-4)
Sea of Thieves
Far Cry 2
Kingdom Come
Monster Hunter World

Score to Date: +2

Current Backlog games I'm playing:
Yakuza 0
Madden '18

First +1 of the year - Finished The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - playthrough clocked at 52 hours.

It's a good game, if a bit heavy on the cliche melodrama. I also picked up the second chapter during the end of year Steam Sale and will play it at some point, but I need a bit of a palette cleanser after such a long game.

Finished in 2018 (1)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - 4/5

Bought in 2018: (0)

Overall Score: +1

Had a productive weekend with beating Fallout 4, Doom VFR and One Piece: Burning Blood. Now at +2 for this year :)
I will get Monster Hunter Worlds this week, so it will be back to +1, but still good.

Currently working on Stein's Gate, Skyrim VR, Dragon's Dogma HD, Bravely Default, Tales from the Borderlands, Raw Data, Thumper, Planescape Torment EE and some more ... ;-)

Cancelt Nioh and Monster Monpiece this weekend. Nioh is good and I might get back to at later, but I got too exhausting and repetitive for me.
Monster Monpiece simply isn't a very good or engaging game IMO.

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Beaten: (+6)
Crash Bandicoot
Hotline Miami
Alan Wake American Nightmare
Ultimate Capcom vs. Marvel 3
Battlefront 2
ARMS

Bought: (-4)
Sea of Thieves
Far Cry 2
Kingdom Come
Monster Hunter World

Score to Date: +2

Current Backlog games I'm playing:
Yakuza 0
Madden '18

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Lol, I need to update this already as I beat Madden '18 and cancelled my Sea of Thieves and Kingdom Come preorders, in addition I bought Song of the Deep.

Beaten: (+7)
Crash Bandicoot
Hotline Miami
Alan Wake American Nightmare
Ultimate Capcom vs. Marvel 3
Battlefront 2
ARMS
Madden' 18

Bought: (-3)
Far Cry 2
Song of the deep
Monster Hunter World

Score to Date: +4

Question, now that Gamepass is going to likely be a bigger "thing" are we counting games on it like we do for GwG and PS+ games? (i.e. no net change in score?)

I would think its the same principle.

With 5 days left, most of them being occupied by work, I can't see my January looking any different in terms of beat/bought than it is today, with DBFZ being the most recent purchase.

January 2018:
Bought: 5
-1 Tales of Berseria
-1 Dragon Ball FighterZ
-1 Gravity Rush
-1 Gravity Rush 2
-1 Tales of Zesteria

Beaten: 5, including 4 from the near-top of the backlog
+1 Blossom Tales - The Sleeping King
+1 Cat Quest
+1 The Next Penelope: Race to Odysseus
+1 Tales of Berseria
+1 The Mummy: Demastered

Total score: 0
I'm fairly confident at least two of those new additions (GR2 and Zesteria) won't be marked back off for a while, since I know I can't really play through multiple games from the same franchise so close to one another without burning out, Berseria was enough for my RPG fix for a bit, and whilst I know GR2 is a noted upgrade to it's original, it's still gonna have to wait. Let's see what February brings, eh?

watdaeff4 said:

Question, now that Gamepass is going to likely be a bigger "thing" are we counting games on it like we do for GwG and PS+ games? (i.e. no net change in score?)

I would think its the same principle.

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Curious too, but I'm gonna just go off the principle that it's a game I still got, technically for the price of the PS+ subscription, so I'll definitely be adding them to my bought score as I go. Just sucks for me that I already played TT Batman and Deus Ex :(

watdaeff4 said:

Question, now that Gamepass is going to likely be a bigger "thing" are we counting games on it like we do for GwG and PS+ games? (i.e. no net change in score?)

I would think its the same principle.

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I would count it the same as I so PS+ and GWG... if I start playing the game I'll add it, otherwise I leave it off the backlog. I want the free games to count for and against my score if I *actually* add it to the backlog, but there's plenty of free games that I'll never play so I never add them in the first place.

But, what you decide is fine, as long as you're consistent :)

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Here is a question.
If you buy a game collection. Say the Crash collection. Does that count as one or as 3?

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I know I'm late on this, but it depends on what you want to do. I would personally count it -3, and then each one I beat is +1, eventually getting to +3. Some people count the whole collection as -1, but then you only get +1 when you beat all the games in the collection.

Again, your choice, provided you're consistent in scoring. Don't say it's -1 and then give you a total of +3 when you beat them all :p

For the sake of transparency... I just got Forza Horizon 3 with the Matchbox DLC, but I got it mostly for my son so I'm not counting it.

For now.

WHEN I start to play (which is extremely likely to happen) I'll add it in to my backlog. I have so many games like this. Especially on the Switch. Grrr...

Really productive month, but the pace will be short-lived, as I've cleared most of the shorter games off of my backlog.

1/30/2018 Update
https://www.backloggery.com/boheme_lane

Bought in 2018: -1
Beat in 2018: +9
Current Score: +8

Bought:
January (-1)

• Monster Hunter: World

Beat:
January (+9)

• The Mummy Demastered
• Never Stop Sneakin'
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - Revelations DLC
• Resident Evil: Revelations 2
• Resident Evil 5
• Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares DLC
• Resident Evil 5: Desperate Escape DLC
• The Evil Within 2

Currently Playing:

• Monster Hunter: World

Whew, long month. I've set myself the goal to beat the KH series before KH3 comes out and I've now completed two of the main games, with three to go. I combined all the RE7 DLC together into one purchase and completion, cause a) They're each fairly short and b) I'm lazy. I absolutely love what Capcom did with that DLC though, they really experiment with the core gameplay with each mode and they're all fantastic. It's really cool. I also finished Dragon Quest V, which has been sitting in my backlog for years and was as amazing as I'd been told, and The Silver Case, which is a weird and kinda disjointed story but still very interesting and I ended up liking it.

Right now, I've just started my second playthrough of Night in the Woods (great game) and am also playing UFC, which I bought back in 2014, played for 10 minutes and put back on the shelf because I didn't have the patience to learn its weird grappling mechanics. This time, I've actually put some time into learning the mechanics and am actually having some fun with it, though it can still be quite frustrating.

And as always, a huge thanks to archnemesis for keeping these threads going and compiling the end of year data.

January Update

Backloggery

Currently Playing:

• EA Sports UFC (PS4)
• Night in the Woods (PS4)

January Bought:

1. Adventures of Mana (PSV) - 02/01/18
2. Resident Evil 7: biohazard Season Pass (PS4) - 12/01/18
3. Night in the Woods (PS4) - 26/01/18

January Beaten:

1. Dragon Quest V: The Hand of the Heavenly Bride (DS) - 13/01/18
2. Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories (PS4) - 17/01/18
3. Resident Evil 7: biohazard DLC (PS4) - 26/01/18
4. The Silver Case (PS4) - 27/01/18

Bought in January 2018: -3
Beaten in January 2018: +4

Bought in 2018: -3
Beaten in 2018: +4
Removed in 2018: 0
Score: +1

January Update

Master Post

Backloggery

Bought in January -

Amnesia Collection: Amnesia: A Dark Descent (PS4) -15/1
Uncanny Valley (VITA) - 19/1
Ace Combat 4: Distant Thunder (PS2) - 20/1
Amnesia Collection: Amnesia : Justine (PS4) - 29/1

Beat in January -

Teen Agent (GOG) - 1/1
Godzilla: Save the Earth (PS2) - 2/1
Touch My Katamari (VITA) - 12/1
UmJammer Lammy (PSOneClassics) - 13/1
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (PS3) - 14/1
Amnesia: A Dark Descent (PS4) - 18/1
Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles (PSP) - 19/1
Lure of the Temptress (GOG) - 19/1
Uncanny Valley (VITA) - 20/1
Ace Combat 4: Distant Thunder (PS2) - 23/1
MegaMan X5 (PSOneClassics) - 26/1
Dead Space: Extraction (PS3) - 28/1
Amnesia: Justine (PS4) - 30/1

Total Score: +9

A pretty great start to the year albeit with plenty of short games. My aim for this year is to get through some of the shorter games in my backlog and then tackle some of the beefier games once I get below 500, only another 67 to go..... One thing this month has taught me is I'm not a fan at all of horror games, Amnesia is way too much for me.

January Update:

Digging a hole to start the year, as usual. That said, God of War is probably my first "must have" game of 2018, so I may focus on my backlog until then. Lotta good, big stuff coming up in the queue. I also added the SNES Classic games that I plan to do this year only (rather than dumping all 20+ of those games into my backlog, since I don't know which ones I'm going to do at this point), and I expect to be chipping away at Skyrim for a while. Started Nioh a couple weekends back and played a dozen hours or so, but haven't gotten back to it yet. I'm liking it quite a bit so far, but I just needed a quick break away from playing games. Looking forward to playing more this weekend.

Bought (-7):

1. Gorogoa (Switch)
2. Nioh (PS4)
3. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Switch)
4. Yakuza Kiwami (PS4)
5. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES Classic)
6. Super Mario World (SNES Classic)
7. Donkey Kong Country (SNES Classic)

Beaten (+2):

1. Gorogoa (Switch)
2. Cuphead (XBO)

Currently Playing:

1. Nioh (PS4)
2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Switch)

Backlog Priorities:

1. Yakuza Kiwami (PS4)
2. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES Classic)
3. Final Fantasy XV (PS4)
4. Super Mario World (SNES Classic)
5. Thief: Deadly Shadows (PC)

Bought in 2018: 7
Beat in 2018: 2
Current Score: -5

gaiages said:

January Update
New Game Total - -2
Beat Games Total - +11
January 2018 Backlog Blitz Total: +11 -2 = +9

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A decent start to the year, here. I had planned on beating a couple more games, but... then I bought Monster Hunter so there goes my progress for a while. For February I had originally planned on buy a FFXIV sub and working through the expansions, but... I have Monster Hunter so that'll probably take up a lot of my game time. I don't plan on buying anything unless it's on sale, so my new game totals shouldn't be going up much, at least. Mainly besides Monster Hunter, I'll probably try to finish my Darkest Dungeon playthrough and work on some shorter Steam games, to hopefully keep my + streak strong. I always need that buffer for the summertime slump...

February Update

New Games (-):
Under Night In-Birth: Exe Late[st]
Mercenaries Saga Chronicles (3 game collection)
New Game Total - -4

Beat Games (+):
Under Night In-Birth: Exe Late[st]
BlazBlue: Centralfiction
Picross S
Beat Games Total - +3

Removed Games (Net 0)
Uncharted 2
Uncharted 3
Sunset Overdrive
Removed Games Total - 3

February 2018 Backlog Blitz Total: +3 -4 = -1

Backlog Notes:
Uncharted games - Games like Uncharted and the newer Tomb Raider titles aren't really for me. I kept the Nathan Drake Collection around only for my boyfriend, and honestly I thought I removed the games from my backlog already. Either way, my boyfriend doesn't want to play them anytime soon, and we can sub to PlayStation Now for a month or two when he does, so I've added the still sealed game to the sell pile.
Sunset Overdrive - The first game I tried out when I got my XBO! However, I only had a little fun with the normal gameplay, and the first defense mission soured me on the game so badly (and that was the easiest one!) that I never had the motivation to pick it up again in six months.

January summary:

The best game I played this month is Steam World Dig 2. I played the prequel and thought it was OK but this one improved on everything. My only complain is a bug I ran into that prevented me from 100% the game. Not restarting it.

Gravity Rush has been a surprise. This was my second attempt at it and it finally clicked. I think I am finally grasping the concept of waifu. I would totally date Kat if I was straight. Fun little game with a very lovable main character. Raven is a bitch.

Dougalism said:

January Update

Master Post

Backloggery

Bought in January -

Amnesia Collection: Amnesia: A Dark Descent (PS4) -15/1
Uncanny Valley (VITA) - 19/1
Ace Combat 4: Distant Thunder (PS2) - 20/1
Amnesia Collection: Amnesia : Justine (PS4) - 29/1

Beat in January -

Teen Agent (GOG) - 1/1
Godzilla: Save the Earth (PS2) - 2/1
Touch My Katamari (VITA) - 12/1
UmJammer Lammy (PSOneClassics) - 13/1
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (PS3) - 14/1
Amnesia: A Dark Descent (PS4) - 18/1
Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles (PSP) - 19/1
Lure of the Temptress (GOG) - 19/1
Uncanny Valley (VITA) - 20/1
Ace Combat 4: Distant Thunder (PS2) - 23/1
MegaMan X5 (PSOneClassics) - 26/1
Dead Space: Extraction (PS3) - 28/1
Amnesia: Justine (PS4) - 30/1

Total Score: +9

A pretty great start to the year albeit with plenty of short games. My aim for this year is to get through some of the shorter games in my backlog and then tackle some of the beefier games once I get below 500, only another 67 to go..... One thing this month has taught me is I'm not a fan at all of horror games, Amnesia is way too much for me.

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I'm totally with you on Amnesia. I also finally got around to it this month, and I must say that it's some of the least fun I've ever had with a game.

With that said, I'm fine with horror games that give me a weapon - even if there's not enough ammo to shoot too many enemies. So don't give up just yet.

Alright, time for the first update! I would love to be fancy with colors and everything but I am too lazy! :D

Backloggery
52 Games Master Post


January:

I did really well this month! A superb start! Not much else to say about it actually. It's one of my best months ever I think.
But I did make one purchase that will make February into a terrible month! Monster Hunter is extremely good and I don't want to play anything else! Ack! It's long too so it's gonna eat up so much time.

Bought: -4



Finished: +26



2018 Total Score: +22

EDIT: Never mind!

Holy shit Spyware that is one crazy good score for the month... I will likely never achieve something like that with the games I've got left!

Backlog Blitz 2018

Bought:

February
Pokémon Black
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
Professor Layton and the Lost Future

March
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
South Park: The Fractured But Whole - Season Pass
Total War: Shogun 2
The Curse of Monkey Island

April
Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition
Dead Island: Definitive Edition
FIFA 18

June
Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Expansion Pass
The Walking Dead: The Final Season

July
Kingdom Come: Deliverance - From the Ashes

August
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright

September
Spider-Man: Digital Deluxe Edition
Thief
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

October
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood
Pokemon Let's Go Eevee
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition - Digital Deluxe Edition
Kingdom Come: Deliverance - The Amorous Adventures of Bold Sir Hans Capon

November
King's Bounty: The Legend
Mario Tennis

December
Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
Battlefield 4
Heroes of Might and Magic V
Expeditions: Vikings
The Banner Saga 3
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey - Gold Edition
Styx: Masters of Shadows

Total: -35

Beaten:

January
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Doki Doki Literature Club
Finding Paradise
Call of Duty: World at War
flOw
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Mortal Kombat XL
Corpo Tale
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor - Lord of the Hunt DLC
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord DLC

February
Secret Files: Sam Peters
Secret Files 3
Battlefield Hardline
Pokémon Platinum
Grim Fandango Remastered
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy

March
Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Farewell DLC
Golf Story
Shadow of the Colossus
Batman: The Enemy Within
Assassin's Creed
Call of Duty: Ghosts

April
Emily is Away
Emily is Away Too
Assassin's Creed II (The Ezio Collection)
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (The Ezio Collection)

May
None :(

June
Assassin's Creed: Revelations (The Ezio Collection)
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
God of War III Remastered
Layers of Fear

July
God of War
Hitman GO: Definitive Edition
The Next BIG Thing
Detective Pikachu

August
Star Wars: Episode I - Racer
Oxenfree

September
A Story About My Uncle
Assassin's Creed: Origins
Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition
Assassin's Creed: Origins - Discovery Tour DLC
Assassin's Creed: Origins - The Hidden Ones DLC
Medal of Honor
Assassin's Creed: Origins - The Curse of the Pharaohs DLC

October
Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series

November
Deltarune
Homefront
Spyro the Dragon (Reignited Trilogy)
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition

December
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage (Reignited Trilogy)
Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon (Reignited Trilogy)
Dragon's Lair (Dragon's Lair Trilogy)
Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp (Dragon's Lair Trilogy)
Space Age (Dragon's Lair Trilogy)

Total: +56

2018 Backlog Blitz Current Score: +21

52 Games. 1 Year. 2018 post

January:
Beaten: ROTR, Wolfenstein:TNO
Bought: Pre-ordered two and i dont think that should be taken into consideration for this month, so nothing.

2018 Backlog Blitz: +2

Spyware Thats a crazy score, almost one game every day. Kudos!!

January Update

Well, that was a long month for such an underwhelming update. Not a huge amount of gaming time, and I spent part of it finishing NG+ in Trails of Cold Steel, which I've already beaten so can't really count as backlog. At least I didn't buy anything new?

Currently playing: Yakuza 0, mostly.

Bought: 0

Beaten: 1

• Batman (Telltale) [PS4]

2018 Total So Far: +1

Well January started of really well, but then I started buying stuff. Ending up 7 purchased, 8 beaten.

January update

Well, it's something, I guess? I have a few other games near completion as well, at least.


Games acquired: 0

Games completed: +1

• Steamworld Dig 2 (PC)

January total: +1

2018 running total: +1


Recently playing

Super Mario Odyssey
Hey Pikmin!
The Sexy Brutale

OH. FUCKING. NO.

Main OP

I did not finish a single game this month. It wasn't even until the middle of the month I first started playing an actual game for the first time in the year.

Since then, I've been buying like crazy. After rebuying an Xbox One in November during Black Friday, I've been building up my Xbox One collection again. And now in the week-and-a-half before this post going up, I've gotten a 40' Samsung 4K TV, a PS4 Pro, traded my Xbox One S towards and subsequently bought an Xbox One X in the past few days and now most likely today, rebuying a PSVR ahead of Zone of the Enders 2's 4K/VR release in the Spring. And in light of those purchases, I've bought games that bring out the best of each system quite a bit which has added to my tally a ton. Plus with a PSVR purchase today, I'm buying Skyrim VR.

Legit question: someone please do an intervention on me. It's getting out of hand. :<

Backloggery|HowLongtoBeat|52 Games main post

January

Bought (-)

Prey (PlayStation 4)
Zombi (PlayStation 4)
Monster Hunter World (PlayStation 4)
Resident Evil 7 (PlayStation 4)
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (PlayStation 4)
Ghost Recon: Wildlands (Xbox One)
Forza Horizon 3: Hot Wheels expansion (Xbox One)
Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 (PlayStation 4)
Kingdom Hearts 2.8 (PlayStation 4)

Beaten (+)

N/A

Dropped (x)

N/A

Net worth: -9
Overall net worth (so far): -9

Not a lot of games in my backlog, but I do have a pile of games I have given up on which I really should give a second chance and games I want to replay. My goal this year is to mostly play those instead of buying new games. So far, so good.

January:
Beaten: (+1) NiER: Automata, endings A, B, C, D and E.
Bought: 0

February:
Beaten: 0
Bought: (-1) Gravity Rush 2

Currently playing: Gravity Rush 2

2018 Total: 0

JehutyRunner said:

OH. FUCKING. NO.

Main OP

I did not finish a single game this month. It wasn't even until the middle of the month I first started playing an actual game for the first time in the year.

Since then, I've been buying like crazy. After rebuying an Xbox One in November during Black Friday, I've been building up my Xbox One collection again. And now in the week-and-a-half before this post going up, I've gotten a 40' Samsung 4K TV, a PS4 Pro, traded my Xbox One S towards and subsequently bought an Xbox One X in the past few days and now most likely today, rebuying a PSVR ahead of Zone of the Enders 2's 4K/VR release in the Spring. And in light of those purchases, I've bought games that bring out the best of each system quite a bit which has added to my tally a ton. Plus with a PSVR purchase today, I'm buying Skyrim VR.

Legit question: someone please do an intervention on me. It's getting out of hand. :<

Backloggery|HowLongtoBeat|52 Games main post

January

Bought (-)

Prey (PlayStation 4)
Zombi (PlayStation 4)
Monster Hunter World (PlayStation 4)
Resident Evil 7 (PlayStation 4)
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (PlayStation 4)
Ghost Recon: Wildlands (Xbox One)
Forza Horizon 3: Hot Wheels expansion (Xbox One)
Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 (PlayStation 4)
Kingdom Hearts 2.8 (PlayStation 4)

Beaten (+)

N/A

Dropped (x)

N/A

Net worth: -9
Overall net worth (so far): -9

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Dude, wtf? :O

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-much-am-i-spending-on-video-games.13576/
Start tracking your spending and maybe seeing it summed up can make you slow down? Hell, maybe you don't need to, but to me that seems completely crazy!

January update

Got a new job earlier this month with difficult hours making this year a tough start. The gaming year also started off strong but I don't believe theres any other AAA published game im getting till Fall besides SotC, so my score will go up :)


Games acquired: -3

Monster Hunter World
Celeste
Dragon Ball FighterZ

Games completed: 0

January total: -3

2018 running total: -3


Currently Playing

Celeste
DBZ
Persona 5

Ikon said:

Dude, wtf? :O

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-much-am-i-spending-on-video-games.13576/
Start tracking your spending and maybe seeing it summed up can make you slow down? Hell, maybe you don't need to, but to me that seems completely crazy!

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I'm not the person you quoted but thanks for the link, it made me feel better about my spending habits and impulse buying Monster Hunter >.>

Ikon said:

Dude, wtf? :O

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-much-am-i-spending-on-video-games.13576/
Start tracking your spending and maybe seeing it summed up can make you slow down? Hell, maybe you don't need to, but to me that seems completely crazy!

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That's going to legit make me tear my hair out in embarrassment and shame come the end of year, but that's genuinely fucking handy! Cheers!

Final January update. I didn't actually buy the DLC of Witcher 3 now, but I was so psyched that I had finally beaten the main story that I wanted to count it, and since I had bought the GOTY edition, this was the only way I felt good about counting it. I should be done with second DLC within a few days too, which will set me free of this game - and I have no idea of how to feel about this. Some parts of this game are absolutely fantastic, others are complete garbage (combat is a total bore at this point, and the menu slow down on PS4 is killing me). I will say that the story of the Hearts of Stone DLC in particular was some of the best I've experienced in a video game ever.

Doubt I'll add a single game for quite a few months, but I see myself clearing out a bunch of 10-ish hour games to clear my head before heading into any other open world games.

Bought in January: 2 games
The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine - PS4
The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone - PS4

Beat in January: 4 games
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin - PC
F.E.A.R. 3 - PC
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - PS4
The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone - PS4

Quit in January: 5 games
Antichamber - PC
The Darkness II - PC
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition - PC
Amnesia: The Dark Descent - PC
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs - PC

Score in January: +2
Bought in 2018: 2 games
Beat in 2018: 4 games

Kirie said:

January Total: -3+7= 4

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Did a pretty good job in January! Better than I thought I would at least.

February
Backloggery (Feel free to add me!)


New Games (-4):
~Tacoma
~The Silver Case
~Verdant Skies
~Gleaner Heights
New Game Total = -4

Beat Games (+7):
~Tacoma
~Divinity Original Sin 2
~The Silver Case
~Verdant Skies
~Owlboy
~Rakuen
~Gleaner Heights
Beat Games Total = +7

February Total: -4+7= 3

Retired: Breath of the Wild - Since watching my husband play the majority of the game, I really just haven't had really any inclination to get back to this unfortunately. It's hard for me to enjoy open world games with already knowing the story, since I'm not huge into exploring.