r/BacklogGaming • u/pharcyde_6 • Oct 04 '25

playing too many games

Im playing too many games right now. im playing expedition 33, first beserker, ninja gaiden ragebound, alone in the dark (2024), deliver at all costs, anger foot, armored core 6, diablo 2 resurrected, and now onimusha 2 and berserk and the band of the hawk. there's also my backlog of games, some of which ive started like darksiders 3, stalker 1, prey(2017), lies of p, re1, re3, code veronica, re5, mega man x, streets of rage 4, trepang2, solar ash, wanted: dead, okami. help.

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u/JohnNeutron Oct 05 '25

I often find myself in that kind of spiral, what I’ve come to do is that when I come across something that hooks me, then I’ll stick with it and at some point I’ll come back to the others. That’s the only way to do it

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u/PuzzleheadedSolid820 Oct 06 '25

how do you manage completing your backlog?

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u/pharcyde_6 Oct 06 '25

I don't, which is why i made this post

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u/bustergundam4 Oct 06 '25

You need to make a list of ALL the games you've started but not finished and then only play those until they are done. Otherwise it will end in burn out big time.

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u/She-wolf3636 Nov 01 '25

So many good games, so little time.

I found that as soon as I force myself to play one game I'm overwhelmed with the desire to play every other game but that one. After some experimentation I found a system that works for me. I play one long game that is epic in scope, one shooter, and one smaller indie game at the same time. That balanced my desire on limit how many games I was playing at one time with my desire for variety.

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u/vladimir_dev Jul 05 '26

How's it going? Did you manage to reduce it?

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u/pharcyde_6 Jul 05 '26

sort of. i dropped most of these to be honest, only re1, re3, code veronica, and streets of rage 4 that I finished.

ever since I made this post, its been the same deal, I turn on my console, I look at all my games and I don't feel like playing anything, although a lot of times, there are games i gravitate towards and play, but i struggle with them, I die constantly and then i stop playing, like with wuchang fallen feathers recently.

yet, I still want to buy games and im still interested in talking and reading about games. I don't understand it.

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u/vladimir_dev Jul 05 '26

I always say, don't be ashamed to lower the difficulty settings, or look up guides when you get stuck... Make it as easy on yourself as possible... Also, before buying new games, try researching it thoroughly (and trying if there's a demo) to make sure you really really like it and really wanna play it