When you become a serious enough gamer, you're likely to encounter one big problem. You just don't have enough time to finish every game in your collection before the next wave of games hits. It may be because you just love collecting games, and your collection has gotten out of hand, or it could be that you have more responsibilities than you used to.
Of course, long games like rpgs, and collections, don't help at all in this respect. So, you begin to develop what, in gaming terms, is known as a backlog.
A backlog is the part of a collection that isn't played right away, or is only partially played, and set aside for a time. On its own, one game is not that intimidating, and there's no reason to believe it won't be played at one point.
However, as collections grow, so do backlogs. It can get to the point where climbing Mt. Everest sounds like a less daunting task than completing every game in your backlog. But, even though it would take forever just to complete the games you have, you can't miss out on the latest releases can you? Don't panic. You're among friends.
I for one, sympathize with your plight. Mine has been going since the tail end of the 6th gen, and about a year or two after the start of the last handheld gen. I still have ps2 games to get through. Yet, somehow, people still manage to amaze me with the magnitude of their backlogs. Mine is large enough, however, that I'm able to reassure those who are new to the backlog problem. Stay tuned for part 2, where I will list all the stages of backlogs.
In the meantime, what are your thoughts? Are you a part of the backlog club? Leave your comments below. Also, feel free to drop by my blog: landofgaming.net
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Something about recreating old school graphics in an era of HD high poly photo realism just hits a spot. I'm not nostalgic cause I mostly played GameCube and GB/A, but it's a visual style that gets over looked even by indies.
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Bethesda France was made up of roughly 15 people... they couldn't of being doing much
Bethesda France mainly did publishing and marketing within the region
Bethesda France focused on publishing and marketing in the region. And 15 people lost their jobs as part of the closure.
I wonder if this is part of Microsoft's strategy to abandoned physical media or possibly gamepass advertising makes their roles redundant you don't need to market a game as hard when the majority of players get the game as part of a sub which already promoted upcoming games
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My backlog is absolutely ridiculous ... Seriously its depressing. Not sure how ill ever get around to play most of them .... :(
My backlog goes back to the PS One! I still haven't completed Vagrant Story p_p
PSN+ is basically what ruined me. Before that, games would be dealt with in a timely manner then assigned to the collection.
It goes something like...
PS+: here's XCOM and Tomb Raider
Me: Thanks PS+, i'll give those a go as soon as they download.
PS+: here's Dead or Alive 5 and Bioshock: Infinity
Me: Hang on, I've only just started on XCOM and I have just bought Last of US so I want to play that
PS+: but you haven't played Sleeping Dogs or Demon's Souls yet...
Me: Wait, slow dow..
PS+: or Dragon's Dogma and Uncharted 3
Me: wtf...
PS+ TAKE OUR GAMES, TAKE THEM!
Me: *faint*
Good timing for this article ! This is the best time to play your backlog games due to the fact that there is not too many big games coming out on all platforms!