It's a tragedy this fella doesn't have way more subs. Watched two of your vids and they spoke directly to my soul. I struggle with "gamer guilt" constantly because I collect more than I'll ever play. This is especially true as I dive further and further into emulation. Thank you so much for your awesome vids. Just downloaded a RNG app! Game on!💪❤️
Thanks for your kind words! I probably don't deserve more subs since I haven't posted consistently! As for gamer guilt, or backlog guilt, I've been reading a lot of comments about that lately, so it's starting to feel like the next natural topic to explore for a new video. Hope you were able to use that app to pick some games!
I actually did tip 6 a while back and uninstalled every single solitary game I owned, and I ended up not playing any video games for almost 8 months. I didn't realize I was so burnt out on gaming. I came back and video games were super fun again, and my backlog was actually interesting rather than being a chore. Highly recommend.
Highly recommend. I took two month long breaks in 2021 and I found that was really helpful. I started rediscovering other hobbies and was able to reprioritize some things in my personal life. The best part is you can come back refreshed and see it differently.
Great video, your videos actually inspired me to go trough with my backlog in late 2021, started october 2021 as of today have already beaten 10 games and am now playing the witcher 1, really good to see you develop more on your analysis paralysis video, really liked that one, cheers!
Wow, that's awesome and great feedback. Thanks for letting me know the other videos were helpful to you! It means a lot. More videos are on the way! P.S. if you finish Witcher 1, teach me your secrets. I've tried to beat it 3 times and now and I give up every single time.
@@SnapsZGaming welp, my biggest problem with the game was the poor optimization and the fact that i completely forgot alchemy was a thing, otherwise I grew into the combat system tbh, the story I really liked!
Bruh. Editing on point. Content is brought up straight forward. Content is actually logicall... you speak fluently and just fast enough for me. Your voice is pleasent to hear to. You kinda sound like gameranx crew. ma men u deserve more subs / views. Keep doing those atleast for fun. Even if it has only 100 views, u will make 100 peoples day. Keep on goin'!
My method is to narrow down the choice by assigning a 1-10 "excitement score" to games on my backlog based on how excited I am to play them. Then, after rating a couple of games this way, I look at the highest rated games and make a choice from there.
Thanks for this. I always go back to games you can play forever, like Slay the Spire. I like the “opposites” idea especially, since I definitely fall in the play-the-whole-series trap and then get bored. Glad I found your channel!
The series trap is real. I think it’s really about playing a game that is familiar and comfortable. It’s a lot easier than having to learn something new. Welcome to the channel!
Very nice approaches! I think all of those tips and tools have the same goal overall… take your gaming experience more with ease. It’s not a competition and you aren’t obligated to finish everything you started. Recently I played through 1/2 of Phoenix Wright and while I had fun with it, it was just too slow for me personally. So I take an radical approach of deleting the game instantly. Being gone from my harddrive, the guilt of seeing that unfinished game every day vanishes a bit. At the same time, if the game pops into my mind again, I can always download it again and give it another try.
We attack our backlogs by creating a wheel with the names of the games on it and spin it.....mixed results but it helps take the choosing out of the equation
I try and pair a big game with a small one. Mostly focusing on the big game but taking breaks in between to tackle the small game in between. Usually I try and mix up the genre/type of the two.
I've recently started a backlog that, i'm not so sure if calling it so, since it's composed of 99% games i don't even own (but will get them right before playing them) of over 400 games, games that i've heard so much about and hit my interest, mostly i thought at first on making a short list with the must play games and play through them, but as i added more things i got myself a bit carried away, my objective is analyzing each of these games, maybe stream it, and take away as much game design as possible, (since i'm studying programming and art to some day hopefully get my own indie dev studio) Right now i have everything in one big dumb unorganized notepad txt file, but after discovering your channel it has helped me a lot and will be organizing everything in the next few weeks I'll be joining the discord and seeing how everything goes, sadly i don't always have much time, since most of the time i spend playing with my gf games that are multiplayer, the rest goes to my classes and other study things, but any free time i get i try to dedicate it to this
Welcome to the community! Being more organized is a great tool to ACTUALLY playing the games you think you want to play. I also end up abandoning single player stuff for multiplayer, just how it goes.
I keep telling myself I'm not buying anymore games until I beat at least a good amount of my backlog. I haven't bought a new game in months and even before then I had so many games on my Switch that it will literally take years to replay. I wish there was a more active community that kept hype going for games regardless of the time they were being played so that social momentum compelled me to keep going through games. Sometimes I will breeze through short games and games I just love and other times I lose hype as new stuff comes up. I try to limit the number of games I play at once and it's generally around 10 which is still too many.
As a shameless plug, our Discord has an active community of ppl who play older games and keep that hype going. We actually have someone replaying old Prince of Persia games atm. Otherwise I'd recommend r/patientgamers as another good place to look. It's a good practice to not start a bunch of games at once, otherwise it's tough to finish any of them.
While my backlog is huge, especially since I emulate a lot of consoles as well, the fact of the matter is I've pretty much stopped buying more games now. The video game industry is really bad now and it's good timing. I have a nice library of games to choose from and it doesn't scare me and it's not daunting. It's refreshing to have all this choice.
I love having lots of options as well. The AAA industry is still in a weird place, but the myriad of indie games means gamers can be happy and tons of choices without getting shoehorned into the NFT/MTX wasteland that a lot of big pubs are turning toward.
I’ve played recently God of war 3 and I’m currently playing God of war (2018), but I don’t know if I play Ragnarok after I beat God of war (2018). What would you recommend me?
I thought God of War (2018) was pretty good, and Ragnarok would be a natural progression (but don't be like me and burn out because you play an entire series). The Darksiders series has a lot of good hack and slash action, but something meatier and weightier would be getting into the Dark Souls series (Bloodborne would also be excellent.)
We are still really active in the Discord server! I became a dad at the start of last year and life got really busy. I'm working on a video now and have more coming this year!
It's nice to be poor. That way you can barely afford any games so you're pretty much left with only a few games to play which is nice because these days, I barely have the time or energy to focus on a game so a game with 10-20 hrs story mode is a nice overall length and doesn't leave me with endless grinds that are pointless and boring to complete.
This was me for a long long time. It's why my backlog grew so much actually. I only had about $50-100 to spend every month or so on entertainment so I collected discounted bundles. It grew from there.
It's a tragedy this fella doesn't have way more subs. Watched two of your vids and they spoke directly to my soul. I struggle with "gamer guilt" constantly because I collect more than I'll ever play. This is especially true as I dive further and further into emulation. Thank you so much for your awesome vids. Just downloaded a RNG app! Game on!💪❤️
Thanks for your kind words! I probably don't deserve more subs since I haven't posted consistently!
As for gamer guilt, or backlog guilt, I've been reading a lot of comments about that lately, so it's starting to feel like the next natural topic to explore for a new video.
Hope you were able to use that app to pick some games!
5:57 "WIPE THE SLATE CLEEEAN! MAKE THE -MOJAVE- STEAM BACKLOG LIKE IT WAS MEANT TO BE! *Undisturbed by men* "
yes
I actually did tip 6 a while back and uninstalled every single solitary game I owned, and I ended up not playing any video games for almost 8 months. I didn't realize I was so burnt out on gaming. I came back and video games were super fun again, and my backlog was actually interesting rather than being a chore. Highly recommend.
Highly recommend. I took two month long breaks in 2021 and I found that was really helpful. I started rediscovering other hobbies and was able to reprioritize some things in my personal life.
The best part is you can come back refreshed and see it differently.
4:17 Is this Octopath? It looks... *Gorgeous* 🥹
Yes.
Great video, your videos actually inspired me to go trough with my backlog in late 2021, started october 2021 as of today have already beaten 10 games and am now playing the witcher 1, really good to see you develop more on your analysis paralysis video, really liked that one, cheers!
Wow, that's awesome and great feedback. Thanks for letting me know the other videos were helpful to you! It means a lot. More videos are on the way!
P.S. if you finish Witcher 1, teach me your secrets. I've tried to beat it 3 times and now and I give up every single time.
How did you like witcher 1, in my opinion the gritty and good story made up for the dated graphics and rough combat and was a solid game
@@SnapsZGaming welp, my biggest problem with the game was the poor optimization and the fact that i completely forgot alchemy was a thing, otherwise I grew into the combat system tbh, the story I really liked!
Bruh. Editing on point. Content is brought up straight forward. Content is actually logicall... you speak fluently and just fast enough for me. Your voice is pleasent to hear to. You kinda sound like gameranx crew. ma men u deserve more subs / views. Keep doing those atleast for fun. Even if it has only 100 views, u will make 100 peoples day. Keep on goin'!
Thanks for the kind words! I like to make videos that are helpful for people, so I'm glad you enjoyed it.
My method is to narrow down the choice by assigning a 1-10 "excitement score" to games on my backlog based on how excited I am to play them. Then, after rating a couple of games this way, I look at the highest rated games and make a choice from there.
I like this, this is a great idea. I should probably do something similar.
Thanks for this. I always go back to games you can play forever, like Slay the Spire. I like the “opposites” idea especially, since I definitely fall in the play-the-whole-series trap and then get bored. Glad I found your channel!
The series trap is real. I think it’s really about playing a game that is familiar and comfortable. It’s a lot easier than having to learn something new.
Welcome to the channel!
Another really good tips video for dealing backlog👍
Glad it was helpful!
I am a disciple of RNGsus. 🎲
He always guides me when I find myself lost in the backlog. 😇
he gets us
Very nice approaches! I think all of those tips and tools have the same goal overall… take your gaming experience more with ease. It’s not a competition and you aren’t obligated to finish everything you started. Recently I played through 1/2 of Phoenix Wright and while I had fun with it, it was just too slow for me personally. So I take an radical approach of deleting the game instantly. Being gone from my harddrive, the guilt of seeing that unfinished game every day vanishes a bit. At the same time, if the game pops into my mind again, I can always download it again and give it another try.
Personally, I find it very satisfying to delete a game that I'm not gelling with. The big goal is to just enjoy what you have and toss the dross.
This is one of those videos that need millions of views. Good work!
Thanks! Did you pick a game?
@@ChrimChrimbo LA Noire, almost finished with it. I’ve also been jumping between that and Halo: Combat Evolved
We attack our backlogs by creating a wheel with the names of the games on it and spin it.....mixed results but it helps take the choosing out of the equation
That works! Whatever it takes to get something picked!
Good night~Thanks, taht is excellent ~ have a good day-🤩
Thank you! You too!
Stumbled on this video in my recommended. Sounds awesome going to try it on my deck first thing. 👍🏽
YES STEAM DECK BRETHREN.
I try and pair a big game with a small one. Mostly focusing on the big game but taking breaks in between to tackle the small game in between. Usually I try and mix up the genre/type of the two.
Yep, this is a great way to tackle it. Getting stuck on multiple big games usually means I beat nothing.
Aaaahhhhhh I just found this chanell. Really hope you begin uploading again, this content is great!
Welcome! I'm actually working on one right now, hoping I can release within the next week.
I've recently started a backlog that, i'm not so sure if calling it so, since it's composed of 99% games i don't even own (but will get them right before playing them) of over 400 games, games that i've heard so much about and hit my interest, mostly i thought at first on making a short list with the must play games and play through them, but as i added more things i got myself a bit carried away, my objective is analyzing each of these games, maybe stream it, and take away as much game design as possible, (since i'm studying programming and art to some day hopefully get my own indie dev studio)
Right now i have everything in one big dumb unorganized notepad txt file, but after discovering your channel it has helped me a lot and will be organizing everything in the next few weeks
I'll be joining the discord and seeing how everything goes, sadly i don't always have much time, since most of the time i spend playing with my gf games that are multiplayer, the rest goes to my classes and other study things, but any free time i get i try to dedicate it to this
Welcome to the community!
Being more organized is a great tool to ACTUALLY playing the games you think you want to play.
I also end up abandoning single player stuff for multiplayer, just how it goes.
I keep telling myself I'm not buying anymore games until I beat at least a good amount of my backlog. I haven't bought a new game in months and even before then I had so many games on my Switch that it will literally take years to replay. I wish there was a more active community that kept hype going for games regardless of the time they were being played so that social momentum compelled me to keep going through games. Sometimes I will breeze through short games and games I just love and other times I lose hype as new stuff comes up. I try to limit the number of games I play at once and it's generally around 10 which is still too many.
As a shameless plug, our Discord has an active community of ppl who play older games and keep that hype going. We actually have someone replaying old Prince of Persia games atm.
Otherwise I'd recommend r/patientgamers as another good place to look.
It's a good practice to not start a bunch of games at once, otherwise it's tough to finish any of them.
Great video! Thank you for the tips, helped a lot
Glad to help!
While my backlog is huge, especially since I emulate a lot of consoles as well, the fact of the matter is I've pretty much stopped buying more games now. The video game industry is really bad now and it's good timing. I have a nice library of games to choose from and it doesn't scare me and it's not daunting. It's refreshing to have all this choice.
I love having lots of options as well. The AAA industry is still in a weird place, but the myriad of indie games means gamers can be happy and tons of choices without getting shoehorned into the NFT/MTX wasteland that a lot of big pubs are turning toward.
@@ChrimChrimbo Yes. This. Exactly.
Playnite is great for letting fate decide. You can import a bunch of libraries and you can categorize and randomize them
YES! I love Playnite.
I’ve played recently God of war 3 and I’m currently playing God of war (2018), but I don’t know if I play Ragnarok after I beat God of war (2018). What would you recommend me?
I thought God of War (2018) was pretty good, and Ragnarok would be a natural progression (but don't be like me and burn out because you play an entire series).
The Darksiders series has a lot of good hack and slash action, but something meatier and weightier would be getting into the Dark Souls series (Bloodborne would also be excellent.)
Assign a game to each number. Then use a random number generator, and hit generate. If you don’t like the result then why did you buy the game?
I feel called out.
Why did you stop uploading videos
We are still really active in the Discord server! I became a dad at the start of last year and life got really busy. I'm working on a video now and have more coming this year!
Great!
Even though i have watched this video so many times, always come back here when feeling burn out.
That’s encouraging to hear! I’m glad it’s helpful for you.
It's nice to be poor. That way you can barely afford any games so you're pretty much left with only a few games to play which is nice because these days, I barely have the time or energy to focus on a game so a game with 10-20 hrs story mode is a nice overall length and doesn't leave me with endless grinds that are pointless and boring to complete.
This was me for a long long time. It's why my backlog grew so much actually. I only had about $50-100 to spend every month or so on entertainment so I collected discounted bundles. It grew from there.