DAMN YOU GAMING BACKLOG

[The Sceneman]

I have this problem where I feel extremely compelled to buy new games even though Im already halfway through 3 games that I intend to complete. So as it stands now I have a formidable stack of games to finish which I feel as if I never will  :'( Anybody else here have the same problem?

[Himu]

I don't know that I'd call it a problem, exactly.
Obviously if a game you bought previously is not good enough to draw your attention away from a game you've just bought, it can't have been that great in the first place.

Or maybe he plays a lot of great games and it's hard to choose

[demi]

Stop buying turds like God Hand and Okami and you wouldn't have this problem.

[demi]

Anyway here's what I bought in the past month

* Baten Kaitos Origins - sealed
* Dragon Quest Rocket Slime - finishing this up, near the end
* Odin Sphere - sealed
* Contact - played a bit, alright
* Lunar Knights - havent touched
* Oblivion - for Shivering Isles, havent touched
* Magical Starsign - mehhhh
* God of War 2 - beat it

I think those are my most recent purchases

[Himu]

Contact is okay. I like the ideas but it's pretty meh at the end of the day.

[bork]

Or maybe he plays a lot of great games and it's hard to choose

Most gamers think the same, but there comes a point where you have to get over this. It's not just a waste of money, you're not making the most of your hobby. Enjoy good games to their fullest and you will still have to pass up other great games. I've used my free time pretty well on gaming, but I still haven't managed to touch classics like RE4. It's through no fault of my own... just a lack of time. But like any sucker, I will by RE4 Wii, just as I bought RE4 GC, and I'd say there's roughly a 10% chance I'll ever play it 

You really need to play RE4!  It won't even take that long to finish in comparison to all those RPGs. 

[Himu]

Or maybe he plays a lot of great games and it's hard to choose

Most gamers think the same, but there comes a point where you have to get over this. It's not just a waste of money, you're not making the most of your hobby. Enjoy good games to their fullest and you will still have to pass up other great games. I've used my free time pretty well on gaming, but I still haven't managed to touch classics like RE4. It's through no fault of my own... just a lack of time. But like any sucker, I will by RE4 Wii, just as I bought RE4 GC, and I'd say there's roughly a 10% chance I'll ever play it 

You really need to play RE4!  It won't even take that long to finish in comparison to all those RPGs. 

I dunno. RE4 is like a good 20-25 hours long. That's the case for some rpgs.

[The Sceneman]

Stop buying turds like God Hand and Okami and you wouldn't have this problem.

 
two of the best games on PS2 are not 'turds'. Although buying Baten Kaitos Origins and saying Contact is 'alright' redeems your ass pretty good. Rocket Slime is cool too, been playing that a bit lately.

And yeah I generally just play AAAAAA titles, Ive got some sort of buying compulsion, I know I dont need a new game but I'll go buy it anyway.

Jonny: RE4 was GOTY 2005. Playyyyy it its so fucking cool

[bork]

Himuro- But it's all action.  No pussy bullshit teen angst and inaction turn based fights n' mindless levelling.  I beat it in less than two days; couldn't put it down, and that NEVER happens with me.

Stop buying turds like God Hand and Okami and you wouldn't have this problem.

 
two of the best games on PS2 are not 'turds'. Although buying Baten Kaitos Origins and saying Contact is 'alright' redeems your ass pretty good. Rocket Slime is cool too, been playing that a bit lately.

And yeah I generally just play AAAAAA titles, Ive got some sort of buying compulsion, I know I dont need a new game but I'll go buy it anyway.

Jonny: RE4 was GOTY 2005. Playyyyy it its so fucking cool

Yes it was; loved it, and that's why I am buying it for the third time.  It will be nice having all the PS2 extras with the GC visuals.  The Wii control set-up even seems interesting and even FUN  for once, but I'd still rather have this on Xbox 360 and/or PS3 with enhanced visuals. 

[The Sceneman]

RE4 will be fantastic with the Wii control set up, its a sound buy for me also as I only own the yucky PS2 version

[bork]

My gaming backlog is HUGE.  MASSIVE.  It goes back to the 16-bit era, actually.  I just accepted that I'd never play through everything and sold off a large chunk of games I didn't feel like keeping.  I also have the impulse buy problem.  Quite frankly, for many games the excitement comes from the purchase; after the newness wears off, I often find that I don't go back.  So what I've done recently is to force myself NOT to buy something I'm not going to play.  I find just going to the store and holding the box in my hands is enough to satisfy me; I think I'm addicted to buying games.  I need to tell the wife-to-be to just kick my ass all over if I even think about buying a game I don't need.

But then I also go back and play some of the older games in my library.  I just recently completed Tomb Raider Legend.  Need to finish Godhand next.

[bork]

RE4 will be fantastic with the Wii control set up, its a sound buy for me also as I only own the yucky PS2 version

That reminds me, I gotta try RE4 on the PS3 with the smoothing and upscaling options...

[G The Resurrected]

RE4 will be fantastic with the Wii control set up, its a sound buy for me also as I only own the yucky PS2 version

That reminds me, I gotta try RE4 on the PS3 with the smoothing and upscaling options...

take some pictures, i want to see how bad it looks

i personally have just a few games in my backlog

Pokemon Pearl (play on and off)
GodHand (stuck at chapter 7)
Okami (just started playing it a few days ago)
Shadow of the Collosus (stoped playing at like chapter 9)
and a few others i cant remember

i remember a time where i used to buy ps2 games ever week and had a large collection of just shit games that was more than 5 years ago but i had a lot of ps2 games i bought for the hell of it and never even played or finished.

[Van Cruncheon]

RE4 is great until the mandatory escort mission, and then it becomes shite.

[bork]

RE4 is great until the mandatory escort mission, and then it becomes shite.

No, it was fucking great the entire way through.  No problems with Ashley, since they gave you a lot of time to rescue her should she get kidnapped, plus you could make her hide or duck down in places.  It's one of the few (only?) games to get it right.

[Van Cruncheon]

fuck that, i got so annoyed with the bitch i quit in the forest area. maf quit somewhat about there, too. we have many a good rant about how deluded re4 fans are!

[The Sceneman]

Escort missions/sections will always suck, no matter how well implemented they are. But RE4 is still really fucking good. I love shooting those stupid ganados in the face!

[bork]

fuck that, i got so annoyed with the bitch i quit in the forest area. maf quit somewhat about there, too. we have many a good rant about how deluded re4 fans are!

No my friend, tis YOU AND THE MAF WHO ARE INDEED DELUDED.

Go back and play this awesome game!  It make me am cry.  :'(

[Himu]

RE4 is great until the mandatory escort mission, and then it becomes shite.

WORD.

RE4 was amazing until that fucking escort mission. The entire game is an escort mission. I HATE escort missions.

[bork]

You guys are gaming pussies.  RE4 made it so easy to mow down waves of baddies, all while keeping the girl safe.

[Van Cruncheon]

i don't WANT to worry about another character, especially a dumb slab of jailbait prone to staggering into bear traps or backing into ganados. why couldn't i just leave her in a dumpster and just GET ON WITH THE BIZNESS OF SURVIVAL HORRORING.

[Himu]

Fuck that. The castle wouldn't fucking END and when Ashley got taken away I was like,"God. I'm spent. I want to love it, because it has so much potential, but goddamit. I spent all this time looking for this damn bitch, saving her, and keeping her out of trouble constantly and now I have to look for her AGAIN."

RE4 would be amazing if they just kept Ashley out of the picture until the very end of the game. What game puts the most basic story goal near the very beginning? If it was an end game goal, it would have been awesome.

[bork]

RE4 would be amazing if they just kept Ashley out of the picture until the very end of the game. What game puts the most basic story goal near the very beginning?

Well if you actually played farther, you'd know that Ashley ISN'T WITH YOU THE ENTIRE TIME.   

Jeezus Rice I don't consider myself to be the expert gamer or anything, but I think I got maybe one or two game overs from Ashley getting taken away.  They made it really easy to defend her and get her back.  I hate the lame escort missions in games too, but this game just did it right.  It didn't even feel like that kind of "escort mission" to me.

[Van Cruncheon]

i didn't have any game overs with her -- i just hate escort missions in general and having to babysit a dumb and helpless ai. it interferes with SHOOTING and SURVIVALING, and is about as fun as, oh, i dunno, alchemizerating in odin sphere, which is to say NOT AT ALL.

[bork]

You bitter, bitter old man.  :'( :'( :'(

[MrAngryFace]

Oh lyte edge teh fanboy

[demi]

RE4 is amazing, I should make a video to show you crappy archaic players how to do it, you could use a few tips. Prole even made a thread stating that he sucked at the game.

[Himu]

I don't suck at it all. The game has good difficulty, but then there's the whole escort bs which gets tiring.

[demi]

Oh, I wasn't implying I cared what you thought. My bad.

[Himu]

Well, your tips would be nice.

[hyp]

yea i'm pretty fucked w/ my backlog as well.  i did a little bit of catching up and beat lost planet & got through co-op in crackdown finally. 

this week is gonna suck though -- shadowrun, forza 2 and mario party 8.   and the backlog gets deeper and deeper.

[hyp]

So what I've done recently is to force myself NOT to buy something I'm not going to play.  I find just going to the store and holding the box in my hands is enough to satisfy me; I think I'm addicted to buying games. I need to tell the wife-to-be to just kick my ass all over if I even think about buying a game I don't need.

doesn't end with marriage dude.  i thought my woman would put me in check, instead she kinda just gave up.... i'm back to buying a shitload of games a month.

[bork]

Oh lyte edge teh fanboy

go play dot hack lolz lolz

I don't suck at it all. The game has good difficulty, but then there's the whole escort bs which gets tiring.

You suck at it, my friend.     It shouldn't be that much of a problem to keep Ashley safe.  If you're just running through the game not bothering to make her stay out of the way, then of course you're going to get constant game overs.

doesn't end with marriage dude.  i thought my woman would put me in check, instead she kinda just gave up.... i'm back to buying a shitload of games a month.

One of my friends used to (maybe still does)hide 80% of what he bought from his wife.  He had a small removable panel in his entertainment center, and behind it were a ton of games he bought that his wife didn't know about. 

[Mr. Gundam]

You know what has helped prevent me from amassing an even larger backlog than I already have? Combining bank accounts with my wife. I can no longer buy stupid ass games that I'll never play on a daily basis, unless I want to face the wrath of my fiscally responsible spouse. I still buy more than my fair share of games, but the impulse shit has finally stopped consuming me.

[Madrun Badrun]

  I'm glad most of you are banned at gaf!  RE4 hate is distinguished mentally-challenged. I can understand if it's not your game, but to criticize it for it's "escort" stuff is just wrong.   

[Mr. Gundam]

I'm glad most of you are banned at gaf!  RE4 hate is distinguished mentally-challenged. I can understand if it's not your game, but to criticize it for it's "escort" stuff is just wrong.   

I loved RE4. But, I'm not banned at GAF, either.

[Himu]

I played some RE4 today. Still like it. I was at the part where Leon and Luis take on Granados in the vacant house. I forgot how TENSE that part is.

[Mr. Gundam]

I played some RE4 today. Still like it. I was at the part where Leon and Luis take on Granados in the vacant house. I forgot how TENSE that part is.

Oh, man, that part was awesome. I was playing that in my ground level apartment over in Ellensburg, WA during my grad school years. It was about 2am and the wind picked up and slammed part of a tree into the wall behind my couch. Scared the shit out of me.

[Madrun Badrun]

I can't wait to pick up the wii version.   

[Himu]

I forgot how scary the game gets. I put off on replaying it because those freaky guys with the weird heads freak me out. First play through I got to the castle and the pacing wasn't my liking. It was less scary, and more puzzle oriented, plus it had considerable less places for Ashley to hide (if I remember) so it felt like I was baby sitting the whole time. The village, however, is gaming sex. I give RE4 a hard time because I really really do enjoy the game. It's just that escort shit and the odd pacing (dammit, the castle won't fucking end!) just turn me off. I want to love it, but these things get in my way!

[The Sceneman]

Cant wait to replay this on Wii.



KILLER 7 WIIMAKE IS RUMORED OMG

[ananus]

re4 in 4 steps:

1) tell ashley to hide
2) shoot enemy in the leg
3) knife enemy
4) run and go to 1 or 2

occasionally you have to use the shotgun or grenades when there are too many enemies or on bosses. so awesome

[Himu]

Cant wait to replay this on Wii.



KILLER 7 WIIMAKE IS RUMORED OMG

Where did you get that?

[Madrun Badrun]

Cant wait to replay this on Wii.



KILLER 7 WIIMAKE IS RUMORED OMG

Where did you get that?

Its on gaf.  just a rumor though. 

[Himu]

God. Fuck this "it's on gaf!" crap. Not everyone reads gaf here.

 :'(

[The Sceneman]

Now you know how it feels when tough gaffers move up close to you and shit on your hand

[Himu]

What? You aren't a tough gaffer.

[demi]

God. Fuck this "it's on gaf!" crap. Not everyone reads gaf here.

 :'(

Open Letter to NeoGAF Staff and members whom I have caused grievance to.

I apologize to the neogaf staff. The last time we did this, I messed up badly. I burnt a lot of bridges by using the last chance you gave me last time and reignited arguments in the Okami thread. I also apologize to Amir0x for my juvenile comments. Neogaf is really the only big name gaming board I ever felt comfortable posting at and that is because the community was always so good. If unbanned, I'll be sure to let every post count. I feel I can offer something to the gaming side of the board, better than I have attempted to in the past. Neogaf is my favorite gaming board and It would mean a lot to be able to continue posting if possible. I know we have had a rocky relationship in the past, but if you gave me one more chance, I promise I won't mess it up.

[G The Resurrected]

Wooo hoo i finished GoW2 one less thing on my backlog great game too. Now if only i could finish Godhand as easily.

[The Sceneman]

Keep going bro. The song at the end is worth it  Gotta give hard mode a shot soon. I miss playing Godhand

[G The Resurrected]

dont think i can the big gay guys have my ass in a hold and have pounded my butt without vasaline.