completely overwhelmed by my gaming collection

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#1 TerrorRizzing
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not to mention games I dont own that I want to play. I have about 30 new games waiting to be played, and I still havent gotten around to trying wow or finishing the witcher, anyone else have this problem?

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#2 ChiliDragon
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Definitely. I've had this problem since that day in my second year when I realized that even if you flunk out of college due to playing video games when you should have studied, you don't get any refunds and you still have to pay your loans back. In the interest of being able to afford games after college I stopped gaming and started studying, and at the rate I'm adding to that backlog I'll never be able to get rid of it...
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#3 TerrorRizzing
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its only going to get worse once starcraft 2 comes out...

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#4 no1alboogie
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LOL :lol: .... don't know what to say, I'm in the same boat ..... and that's not mentioning all the older games that I have, that I'd really like to play again sometime too :cry::lol:

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#5 Baranga
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Well, summer's coming. Nothing to play between Singularity and Starcraft 2. That's an entire month to burn through my collection.

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#6 harrisi17
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I have a rediculous amount of games, some i've never even touched (mainly the older games i got and said i would play).

Right now i beat HL2 again just for the heck of it, trying to do Bioshock 2, since the first was awesome.

I've started Mass Effect 2, but just haven't double clicked the icon again...

bought dragon age, but suck at it

thinking about playing cryostasis,DOW2,CNC3,SC2,Metro2033, but i just dont for some reason, guess im getting bored? :(

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#7 couly
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Yep I'm glad of the Summer lull. I've gone back to Fallout 3 to finish all the DLC and I still have to play ME2 DLC, GTA4:EFLC, finish Dragon Age, get back playing BC2 and I just bought Mirror's Edge and some old games like Pirates! for next to nothing.
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#8 Decoy123
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i wouldnt actually say thats a prob, would you kindly adopt me

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#9 Ikavnieks
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I had this problem. I used to have quite a bad PC, so poor performance often put me off in most games, so I kept buying various games on sale, now I have my new computer, I have all these games to finish. I've already finished most now, like Mirrors Edge, ME1 & 2.
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#10 grafficsak
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I have like 6 Q409 / 2010 titles that I have yet to even begin playing, like I just started playing AC2 last night. I guess its because everynight when I come home from work, I find myself logging onto TF2 or BC2..... bad multiplayer, baaaad.

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#11 dyproximy
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I also have a huge backlog of over 80 games I haven't played. When a new game comes out I want I always buy it, but I don't always have time to play it, it sucks =(.

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#12 deactivated-5926b7362eeb7
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I'd say its only a problem if you continue buying games to not play them. I usually try to have 1 or 2 I'm yet to play for something to do on those rainy days when you really have nothing else on. I can't even imagine having that many of them.

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#13 flipin_jackass
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Oh same here. But I mostly buy deals or packages and I try my best to put at least a couple of hours in a game. Unless it's something like Juiced 2 which came part of the THQ pack. I have the Codemaster pack, NFS, Burnout Paradise, etc... and I have a feeling that game will just disappointment and probably not worth the bandwidth. Same thing will sequels, like me not playing HL: Ep 2 until I finish Ep 1..
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#14 FelipeInside
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not to mention games I dont own that I want to play. I have about 30 new games waiting to be played, and I still havent gotten around to trying wow or finishing the witcher, anyone else have this problem?

TerrorRizzing
30 GAMES !!! Are you rich ??? lol... Hey here's an idea, the ones you don't play or don't have time to play..... send them my wayyyyyyy
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#15 DJ_Headshot
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Thanks to steam sales and the like you buy alot games at once but soon find you have no time to play them so you become over whelmed and eventually lose interest The to many games syndrome i like to call it. This is why I've pretty much stopped buying any games from the sales and such and playing the games i have tilI i beat them or get bored up them and then instead of buying some game just cause its on sale and cheap i buy the games I really want to play.
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Thanks to steam sales and the like you buy alot games at once but soon find you have no time to play them so you become over whelmed and eventually lose interest The to many games syndrome i like to call it. This is why I've pretty much stopped buying any games from the sales and such and playing the games i have tilI i beat them or get bored up them and then instead of buying some game just cause its on sale and cheap i buy the games I really want to play.DJ_Headshot
ya its geting to the point im skipping games I actually would like, such as alpha protocol.

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#17 ChiliDragon
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E] ya its geting to the point im skipping games I actually would like, such as alpha protocol.

TerrorRizzing
You'll want to wait for that one to get fan-patched anyway... It has some serious potential though. One thing Obsidian was always good at was characters and story.
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[QUOTE="DJ_Headshot"]Thanks to steam sales and the like you buy alot games at once but soon find you have no time to play them so you become over whelmed and eventually lose interest The to many games syndrome i like to call it. This is why I've pretty much stopped buying any games from the sales and such and playing the games i have tilI i beat them or get bored up them and then instead of buying some game just cause its on sale and cheap i buy the games I really want to play.TerrorRizzing

ya its geting to the point im skipping games I actually would like, such as alpha protocol.

Same...I still want to get GTA 4 Episodes from Libery City and Alpha Protocol, but with a backlog of games plus Starcraft 2 coming out soon and Mafia 2 in August....going to need to find time which I don't have :P
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#19 Zillaschool
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not to mention games I dont own that I want to play. I have about 30 new games waiting to be played, and I still havent gotten around to trying wow or finishing the witcher, anyone else have this problem?

TerrorRizzing
I am having complete opposite problem of yours! i have no game to play,i desperately need some new game especially a deep RPG.Someone pls recommend me some good rpg game:)
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#20 FelipeInside
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[QUOTE="TerrorRizzing"]

not to mention games I dont own that I want to play. I have about 30 new games waiting to be played, and I still havent gotten around to trying wow or finishing the witcher, anyone else have this problem?

Zillaschool
I am having complete opposite problem of yours! i have no game to play,i desperately need some new game especially a deep RPG.Someone pls recommend me some good rpg game:)

How the hell do you run out of games.....lol
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#21 waitaseck
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It's quite the opposite for me, I almost never have a game to play. However recently, I've been buying games once a month but I always end up beating them fast.
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#22 ekultus
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very sad, do yourself a favor and stop letting the corporations control your mind and your wallet

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#23 TerrorRizzing
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very sad, do yourself a favor and stop letting the corporations control your mind and your wallet

ekultus

? what are you talking about? Im buying/playing games I want to play. But I guess corporations are controlling my mind by selling games I want to play.

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#24 OoSuperMarioO
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Rome Total War, Alien Vs Predator, Max Payne 1 and 2, Evil Genius, Far Cry, Braid, Expansion packs for Dawn of War, and Titan Quest are some games still sitting on my desktop waiting to be played.

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#25 coreybg
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It's quite the opposite for me, I almost never have a game to play. However recently, I've been buying games once a month but I always end up beating them fast.waitaseck

Unfortunatly ^ that.Thinking of buying L4D2 soon.

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#26 Litchie
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If I had lots of new games I haven't played, I wouldn't get another one. Maybe you should.. stop buying games that you don't play? Just a tip..

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#27 TerrorRizzing
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If I had lots of new games I haven't played, I wouldn't get another one. Maybe you should.. stop buying games that you don't play? Just a tip..

Litchie
lol, its the sales and spotting older games for cheap. I do want to play all these games.
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#28 ChiliDragon
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If I had lots of new games I haven't played, I wouldn't get another one. Maybe you should.. stop buying games that you don't play? Just a tip..

Litchie
Next you'll tell me I only need one pair of shoes and one shade of lipstick as well. Ridiculous. Psssh *make dismissive gesture and goes back to waiting for Steam's next sale*
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#29 mrbojangles25
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haha yea, I have that problem

the only game I consistently come back to is WoW.

I should play/finish the following more often:

BF:BC2
The Witcher
Thief 3
Anno
Tropico 3
and more

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#30 TerrorRizzing
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haha yea, I have that problem

the only game I consistently come back to is WoW.

I should play/finish the following more often:

BF:BC2
The Witcher
Thief 3
Anno
Tropico 3
and more

mrbojangles25

mmos are horrible for that, they have so much content and are so addictive. Add in a few games like left 4 dead and team fortress 2, no time left!

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#31 Totalgym9000
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Thanks to steam sales and the like you buy alot games at once but soon find you have no time to play them so you become over whelmed and eventually lose interest The to many games syndrome i like to call it. This is why I've pretty much stopped buying any games from the sales and such and playing the games i have tilI i beat them or get bored up them and then instead of buying some game just cause its on sale and cheap i buy the games I really want to play.DJ_Headshot
yes the too many games syndrome is real, I have it now and have had to stop buying games and finish the ones I have, you can really lose interest in games if you have to many going at once
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#32 mrbojangles25
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[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

haha yea, I have that problem

the only game I consistently come back to is WoW.

I should play/finish the following more often:

BF:BC2
The Witcher
Thief 3
Anno
Tropico 3
and more

TerrorRizzing

mmos are horrible for that, they have so much content and are so addictive. Add in a few games like left 4 dead and team fortress 2, no time left!

no I only recently got back into WoW about two months ago after an 8-month break. This problem existed regardless of whether I was playing an MMO or not, unfortunately.

I think its just the fact that games often disappoint me nowadays, and the old ones I've played so much I get bored with them. I recently loaded up Oblivion again and the second I got out of the jail and into the world I was like "Meh. Ive played this too many times" and havent touched it since.

I hate to say it, but the only games I enjoy nowadaysare linear ones.I had no problem playing ME2, Dragon Age, and BF:BC2 all the way through even a few times, but I just cannot get into X3 for the life of me, which really bugs me. BF:BC2 multiplayer was fun, but once I got all the unlocks it just seemed like a waste of time. TF2 was awesome, and I still play it in spurts, but again the unlocks ruin it for me. When developers replace playing a game for the sake of of just playing it with playing the game for the sake of a semimaterial reward, it just kills the experience.

I think I just need to budget myself more; it was not too long ago where I would only buy a game six times a year. I blame Steam; damn them and their deals! lol