The biggest breaker for completion is those games with life counters. I for one love leaving the game with the counter maxed out. That's easy to farm in every game. 😅
Yeah, but he laid out a clearly defined definition of "good games" for the purposes of this video. As for the second part of your comment, that's just hashtag firstworldproblems for ya. I relate. But we are so spoiled in this day and age lol
When I was a kid, I couldnt have many games, but enjoyed each one; Now that I can have any game that I want, I dont enjoy them as much and get sick of them faster... funny right?
As they saying “Too much of a good thing, is never a good thing” I guess that’s true because there are so many good videos games that I want to play but don’t always have the ability to play them all.
Jwittz: “The average gamer only plays video games for about one hour a day” Me: *Nervously looks at the 450 hours I’ve put into animal crossing in 2 months* Jwittz: “Even I only play games for about 2 hours a day” Me: *cries*
That’s nothing I max out three Pokémon and probably having almost 8000+ hours invested in shiny hunting with 462 with sun, moon, crystal, and ultra sun shinies
I really love these more experimental mad scientist-esque videos like the A Button video, the make everything portable video. I love this video for taking that concept of trying to accomplish something crazy not on the tech-building side.
There are too many good shows, movies, games, etc. We just need to spend our time wisely and just do the things we truly enjoy. Life is all about choices.
"Life is about choice." HA, I *wish* it were that easy. Like, imagine actually getting to *choose* how to spend your day. Nah, man, life isn't about choice, it's about *money*. The only people with choice are those lucky few who have a shitton of money.
I mean, I had my suspicions. But the fact you went to the effort of crunching the numbers, really fun little experiment. And I agree, a great little distraction. Perfect end to my day.
well you're doing some 4-5 hours a day or so during uni/college/whatever, and once you're done, you no longer have homework. so all the days you don't have homework bring down the average time of homework that you had so high when young
Bruh, that's an average. He says less that 1 hour of homework a day because for the rest of your life you are going to do 0 hours. You pretend to graduate some day, right?
As someone who loves & consumes many forms of media (games, shows, movies, anime, YT, etc.), the crushing realization of how little time there is forces me to be cynically selective & dismissive of a lot of potentially great content.
Exactly. Well, if you work, you have to balanced everything. I'm so behind on movies, animes and video games. So many good animes and video games to watch. I had to make a schedule to keep all of this balanced. Monday, tuesday, Wednesday are my anime days 5 or 10 episodes in those days. Thursday is a random day, I could either play video game, watch anime, tune on Netflix for a movie, or just sleep. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday is my video game days. Sometimes on Sunday nights, I rarely do a anime night and just watch 5 episodes before I turn in for work
Thanks for sharing me the torture of this vid. Being good varies too. I can't stand Ys 8 and dragon quest 11 because the girl is horribly annoying. I like I am setsuna despite people complaining too much snow. It has far faster load times and doesn't get lazy with recycled plots/NPCs as destiny connect tick tock travelers.
Not possible to do. There are many games that were finished but never released, and are only known to those that worked on them. Then there's remasters, ports, and sequels, many of have the same name as their originals (KIller Instinct (SNES and XBone), Super Smash Bros (64 and Wii U/3DS, Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis and '06)). There's also the fact that many games have different titles between regions, like in the UK where all Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games have to be renamed Teenage Mutant HERO Turtles. Unless someone with an eidetic memory were shown every video game in existence (at least everything that counts as a video game) there's no way someone could recite them all from memory.
I'm glad JWittz posted this since I'm always amazed by how every video-game TH-camr says "I played this obscure video-game for three years straight when I was a kid." It boggles my mind how much free time kids had in the early aughts!
Can you play EVERY good videogame? Technically yes, the title doesn’t specify how much of each game you have to play, so you can play about an hour of each game and you would be able to play every good game, COMPLETING every good video game is a different story however.
yeah COMPLETING games like Jirard "The Completionist" would easy quadriple that time requirement or even more, as completing a game is far longer in scope than just finishing the game.
Personally I like finishing games. Playing isn’t substantial, when someone asks me if I’ve played a game and I haven’t finished it, I don’t feel comfortable telling them that yes I’ve played that game, for example I played maybe 1/3rd of Bayonetta, but I don’t feel like I can say I’ve played it with a straight face even though I technically have. Same with Yakuza, Final Fantasy 7, Tales of Symphonia, God of War, Spider-Man and lots more. All games I’ve played but have not finished, and all games I don’t like telling people I’ve “played.” Completing on the other hand is just too consuming and often times can turn a fun experience into a drag. I love the Kingdom Hearts games for instance, but I have never completed them because there is so much grinding involved in those games that completing them just wouldn’t be fun even though I really enjoy them. So finishing games is the sweet spot I think, finishing + the fun side stuff is good too.
I was looking at the played games list of all my Switch friends yesterday and saw that one person logged over 800 hours in ACNH already. I’m only at around 250 hours so far though.
Been a long time sub and honestly bro loving the direction you're going with these vids, I guess the best compliment I can give is that I love sitting down with a nice meal and watching your vids. Please keep it up, you're making good stuff! Bless up!
One of, if not my favorite aspect of playing games that I haven't before is the relationship I build with them over time. For instance, playing Chrono Trigger and Cross for the first time last year kept my brain coming back to them, their excellent soundtracks, lore, and story until I replayed them again this year, experiencing them in a whole new perspective. I also love how repeated playthroughs allow you to learn games more efficiently, often avoiding irritating and frustrating aspects of them that can plague blind runs w/out the fear of spoilers.
@@SelecaoOfMidas I always wonder, both with Steam and the Eshop. Is it really that expensive to have a couple reviewers curate it from the beggining? Like, no need to finish every game, just play 20 mins each. Utter garbage asset flip is very easy to differentiate from mediocre but functional and original.
When you're in school, you have so many freedom and choices to do without a care in the world to do anything. I usually finished video games due to amount time I be putting in. Now I work and have to balance all of my hobbies. I'm so behind on movies, animes and video games. So many good animes and video games to watch. I had to make a schedule to keep all of this balanced. Monday, tuesday, Wednesday are my anime days 5 or 10 episodes in those days. Thursday is a random day, I could either play video game, watch anime, tune on Netflix for a movie, or just sleep. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday is my video game days. Sometimes on Sunday nights, I rarely do a anime night and just watch 5 episodes before I turn in for work. This is how far behind I am from watching anime, you guys know I haven't watch dragonball super yet, you know I havent watch any of the new anime after year of 2014? Exactly I havent even finished with naruto shippuden yet
dude thats a great idea to have anime days and video game days, been having a hard time balancing it myself. I usually just watch an episode while eating (im a pretty slow eater). Personally I found the least time for hobbies in college cuz that was just homework 24/7, high school was ok but still had homework after the 8 hours in school, at least with work its just 9 to 5 then free to do whatever, minus other responsibilities?
It's insane how much your quality of your videos have improved over the past few years, that's not to say your content was ever bad, but it feels so much more natural and pure then it used to, I really enjoyed this video and a lot of the ones you have made recently.
@@orangeaurora i happily admit i'm a games mcgee, i love video games and so does my woman, so i've got all that i need... minus the forementioned fortune to buy said games... which that sucks!
Here's an obvious idea for a follow up video: How MANY good video games can you play? Or you can make it more interesting by breaking it down further. How many good games can you play within each genre? How many good games can you 100%? How many good games could you play if you divided your time equally across all genres?
I think this might be one of my favorite videos of yours. The work you put into this is incredibly evident and it's immensely interesting. Thank you for taking the time to do this. A shame it isn't performing as well as it should.
@@Km-qo6ex Also CB is also one of the most popular anime in the anime circle and to recommend that to someone is like to recommend a teenager to watch one super hero movie
Pfff, unironically, reading the manga is more efficient because you can read faster then watching a full anime. I finished Evangelion in a day by reading it
I have a monstrous backlog and I prioritize games with a "save the best for last" mentality. This video was the EXACT wake up call I needed. I'm 23, my life is already a quarter of the way done. I'm only just playing Persona 5 now and I still haven't played FF7, Dragon Quest 11, Mario Odyssey, BoTw, Three Houses, Xenoblade 2 or even the last three most recent Pokemon games. And now I realize that if I prioritize games with the mind set of saving the ones I KNOW I'll enjoy the most for last, there's a very real possibility that I may die before I even get to them. And that's not even taking into account of books, TV, anime, movies or the number of games I plan on playing infinitely like MMOS and fighting games too. There's just too much good stuff that already exists AND is always coming out. So its time I take control of my life and prioritize games that I know I'll like the most and if I'm all out of that, THEN I'll dive into the niche ones that I'm interested in. I was really hyped when Bravely Default 2 was announced. I need to remember how that made me feel and only buy the games that make me feel that way. It's time to stop building the backlog and start assblasting it!
Seeing all these comments from people saying they play over seven hours a day, I can only assume that you are all teenagers, or at least unemployed. If you work forty hours a week, then you usually only get one hour of gaming a day, if that much. There have been many times where I haven't been able to play games for a week or more just because I've been too busy. Being an adult stinks.
Ugh, I can definitely agree. Between my dead-end retail job and my working towards my engineering degree in college, I've had to miss out on so many new releases due to my focus on exams and projects.
I could certainly fit in more than 1 hour of gaming a day alongside my 40 hour job. Taking into account travel, exercise, eating, maintaining basic hygiene ect. I could definitely find 2 or 3 hours to play a video game every night. It would just inadvertently mean doing absolutely nothing else with my free time.
yes, RPGs would of course take the longest, Strategy being the second longest, especially when mixed with RPG mechanics and Simulation making 3rd Place. the quickest genres are Fighting games, Platformers and Shooters.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the level of "unnecessary" work JWittz puts into these videos for us? Especially the acquisition, organization, and summation of all the empirical data. Your question wasn't stupid, JWittz. Because of your hard work, it's actually pretty special. Thanks for the interesting content as always.
@@azuretheegg8308 Zip-Lash ruined my marriage. That, g a m e, killed my whole family. My dog would be alive for not that game. Chibi Robo... killed me.
As someone who also likes to list and categorize stuff, often very big lists of stuff (like a few weeks ago I typed out every single yugioh card name I own on a google docs) I tremble before you in awe
True. I rarely actually complete a game and I've replayed lots of games over and over. Then, there are also games which you can literally not complete, because new stuff always gets added. The fact that gaming isn't the entirety of your free-time also makes sense. I've watched and rewatched countless movies/TV-shows. Even if I were to know which games I consider to be good before I play them, I wouldn't have enough time.
Even just accounting for personal taste, the question suddenly becomes 'Do I want to play every *good* game?'. Aside from the fact that sitting all day staring at a screen negatively impacts your life, so does forcing yourself to commit your leisure time to games you're not enjoying. It may even lead to you harming your own love for gaming overall, so the answer being no is more of a positive overall in my opinion. Just play what YOU think is good and you'll be gucci, that's what really matters in the long run.
@@lukewhitsell942 No, you can watch it on literally any modern device ever. Do you count it as watching TV if you are watching it on your phone? Shouldn't you count youtube too then? Why not watching movies at the theater?
This is a fascinating video. I'm a Chemistry teacher, so I already love science, data, and experiments. This video is a fantastic study! You covered parameters, your procedure and the asterisks around them; your results, data, and methods of collection; even better, in your conclusion, you talked about the limitations of your study and ways your study could be revised or improved. This is an incredible example, and I may even use this in my own class to teach students about the broad and detailed nature of a legitimate research study.
As someone who thinks about this a lot, I strangely felt some relief knowing that I'll just have to accept I can't play em all but will just cherish the ones I love. And never waste time on a bad game again
I have a method for video game time management that has so far worked very well for me. I've nearly completed every game on my "to-play" list, even though it does grow gradually over time. 1. Play only genres I like. With rare exception, I don't enjoy "chill" games like Animal Crossing all that much. I'll play them for about 5-10 hours, then get bored. Sometimes I'll do that just to cross a game off my life. 2. Don't play grindy games. RPGs, optional missions, open world games. If the grind can be avoided or skipped, like in Monster Hunter, where you can focus only on one weapon tree and play through the story, I'll do that. If that's not an option, I skip the game entirely. 3. Don't play games for the story. Lots of games have terrible gameplay but great stories. If that's the case, I just watch the cutscenes on TH-cam, usually at increased speed if it tends to drag. This is how I got through the Drakengard series, for instance. I'm doing the same for Fate:GO right now. 4. Play several at a time. No better way to make yourself sick of a game than to force yourself to beat it before playing another one. I play several games at a time, limit myself to 30m - 1h of playtime of each per day, then use my remaining time for other things. 5. Good games only. Don't waste time on mediocre releases. 6. Don't repeat play game sequels. I enjoyed the first Call of Duty, but they release a new one every year, and they're too similar for me to enjoy them. For this same reason, I also skipped Twilight Princess HD and Windwaker HD. They do have some key differences, but I've beaten these games before, and I have no interest in playing them again.
After all that research, I think this channel needs more love. Game Critics gotta play so many games in such a short time and when they do it well, you'll want that game.
I play very casual games & stick to let's plays when it comes to skill games, but even so, video games are interesting to me. Awesome video, great job!
Great job on this research study JWittz. You took the time to look at the question and surmise that everyone will have their own games that they love to play. It makes the finiteness of life very existential.
You collect and rotate when get lost/frustrated. Digital Sales and preorder physical bonuses help for the full price ones. Gaming is like a random event, and I'm not even talking card/board products. We're no longer in an age where we need something to last like Chrono trigger with replay value, or be Nintendo hard.
There are so many good games that I only ever buy game snow if they are on sale with a few exceptions such as Silksong when it releases. It's totally possible if you devote all your leisure time to games, cut down on sleep, some games can be played with one hand so eat while playing, get someone else to do other activities for you like shopping and cooking.
This video was fascinating. The stats and thought process was really enjoyable and refreshing from what I normally watch. Thanks for effort you put into this video.
Oh silly Jwittz, before the age of 15 is prime time for gaming. Not joking, I started at age4, mastered Devil May Cry 2 by age 5 and I literally played a video game everyday, unless I got grounded, all the way to age 21, where I still play today. At least 3-5 hours a day with my record being 25 hours straight. Sure, I'm an outliar, but I've met SO MANY kids in my life that have similar stories and I still know a few that haven't really changed. Even when we work and exercise, we still find time to game.
By golly, I think it's fair to say this here is the best video you have ever made Josh, amazing all the way through out, I loved it even though I hate hearing how I'm gonna die and leave forever and not gonna get to make any more great experiences
Absolutely loved the video. Thanks for addressing several if not all of the potential flaws in the data and how they could skew the numbers. The vid was just fascinating, I guess I’m weird for dumping 10+ hours a day whenever I play something like Terraria 😭
one metric you didn't account for(or minorly accounted for) is the fact you can discount many games on the list by genre by subjective value, only a few gamers are really asking "can i play all the good games" and those are gamers like jwittz describes himself as "always wanting to try new genres", what you should be asking is "can i play all the games in the 2-4 genres i already enjoy" or "that i want to play" and i think it's much more doable, but still ultimately impossible/impractical
I've been watching you for a long time now, and this is definitely one of the most interesting videos you've ever done. keep it up man, no stagnation here
My personal goal is to play every game in my own collection that I care about, which comes to about 150 unplayed games out of my 650+ game library spanning across all my consoles/handhelds/PC
*Super Metroid: Completionist: 9 hours* uh that doesnt sound right, but i might just be thinking of of the completion time bonus of beating the game in under 3 in-game hours. although im pretty sure when i played it on VC back in the day that i used a guide to find all items and i somehow still got in under 3 in-game hours.
Truth be told, sometimes (like right now) I'm so exhausted from work that I just wanna lay down and stare at a tv or phone screen without moving a muscle.
@TheJWittz something to consider, gaming streamers and speed runners. This would apply maximum (healthy) time gaming, as your work literally is playing games and your free time is playing other games. And speed runner who strive for the absolute minimum time in a game.
The 1 hour a day sounds about right. It's a lot easier to just laze around on the internet than it is to work myself up to actually putting in the effort to play something.
This’s probably one of the sickest openings ever. Short, simple, and to the point
Right!!!
It's sick.
“Hey all, Scott here.”
@@chimcham300 lol
Pulled a MrBeast on us
8-year-old me who tried to compile every game he ever wanted based on metacritic scores finds the amount of time you spent on this relatable
Daniel Johnson good for you
I did this but then never finished them
"Average gamer plays about 1 hour a day" *thinks about how long I play games each day* "Wait, I play abnormally long compared to even other gamers?"
The biggest breaker for completion is those games with life counters.
I for one love leaving the game with the counter maxed out. That's easy to farm in every game. 😅
i mean i play literally nothing on week days but then 7 hours on weekends.
Same. Since Terraria 1.4 has been released, ive kitten a day into one character.
Question
Do you have a job, school, or have a family? Most people with those.hardlt have much time.
I play for like 7 hours 0.0
It's much worse in lockdown though, when I don't have to go to school.
"Good" depends on mood. I'm sure I'm not the only with hundreds of games on steam and "nothing to play."
Mood. I have like 50 games on Steam, not including console games, and I feel this like all the time.
Yeah, but he laid out a clearly defined definition of "good games" for the purposes of this video. As for the second part of your comment, that's just hashtag firstworldproblems for ya. I relate. But we are so spoiled in this day and age lol
I have 395 games and i only play terraria and the binding of isaac 😂
Also, sometimes a good game becomes boring after a while
When I was a kid, I couldnt have many games, but enjoyed each one;
Now that I can have any game that I want, I dont enjoy them as much and get sick of them faster... funny right?
As they saying “Too much of a good thing, is never a good thing”
I guess that’s true because there are so many good videos games that I want to play but don’t always have the ability to play them all.
At least there's too many instead of too little.
@Student Zachary Torres Mine is like 6 videos I still havent gotten around to watching.
The amount of playlists ive saved though....
And to think of all those NEW good games that come out while you try and beat the OLD good games.
Jwittz: “The average gamer only plays video games for about one hour a day”
Me: *Nervously looks at the 450 hours I’ve put into animal crossing in 2 months*
Jwittz: “Even I only play games for about 2 hours a day”
Me: *cries*
I only play 7 hours a day =
*looks at tyler1 who played 16 league of legends on average for 3 months, which is basically 1/3rd of his day including sleep*
I feel attacked
@@xstoofpeer Well yeah, but it's basically his job isn't it?
That’s nothing I max out three Pokémon and probably having almost 8000+ hours invested in shiny hunting with 462 with sun, moon, crystal, and ultra sun shinies
I really love these more experimental mad scientist-esque videos like the A Button video, the make everything portable video. I love this video for taking that concept of trying to accomplish something crazy not on the tech-building side.
> You can't play every "good" game ever made
Guess I'll die
Id that meme still alive?
Here lies a gamer
2020-2020
"You can't play every good game ever made smh"
There are too many good shows, movies, games, etc.
We just need to spend our time wisely and just do the things we truly enjoy. Life is all about choices.
Amen, brother.
Thank you for your wisdom, Just Some Guy without a Mustache.
like you spend your time wisely
"Life is about choice." HA, I *wish* it were that easy. Like, imagine actually getting to *choose* how to spend your day. Nah, man, life isn't about choice, it's about *money*. The only people with choice are those lucky few who have a shitton of money.
I get this existential dread every single day i look at my switch, steam, 3ds, and ps4 library
Same
And your Europa Universalisisisiziz?
I FEEL THIS.
i looked at my ps4 library and... decided to play atelier sophie again even tho i have the plat trophy. i feel you
@@russianbot8576 Good taste though.
I mean, I had my suspicions. But the fact you went to the effort of crunching the numbers, really fun little experiment.
And I agree, a great little distraction. Perfect end to my day.
“Less than an hour of homework a day”... I wish...
well you're doing some 4-5 hours a day or so during uni/college/whatever, and once you're done, you no longer have homework. so all the days you don't have homework bring down the average time of homework that you had so high when young
I have 7+ hrs of homework, I'm only doing 15 credits per semester but during last semester I didn't do anything accept homework.
@@TheRunningLeopard I mean that sounds accurate lol
Bruh, that's an average. He says less that 1 hour of homework a day because for the rest of your life you are going to do 0 hours. You pretend to graduate some day, right?
@@ElWeebDelBarri Wait, you're allowed to graduate? Like, just...leave school? Well dangit. Wish I knew that before I spent 42 years in high school.
As someone who loves & consumes many forms of media (games, shows, movies, anime, YT, etc.), the crushing realization of how little time there is forces me to be cynically selective & dismissive of a lot of potentially great content.
that yuusuke avatar tho says you have your life straightened out son
Spirit gun
Sad I probably won't try you you Hakusho out
There's a point so many people are overlooking in this video.
World of Outlaw: Sprint Cars 2002 received an 8.3.
i came to the conclusion that thre is just too much enterntainment out there from videogames to movies and tv shows its imposable to ever be caught up
It becomes Analysis paralysis
I never watch TV and I watch movies rarely. So it's basically TH-cam and video games for me.
Exactly. Well, if you work, you have to balanced everything. I'm so behind on movies, animes and video games. So many good animes and video games to watch. I had to make a schedule to keep all of this balanced. Monday, tuesday, Wednesday are my anime days 5 or 10 episodes in those days. Thursday is a random day, I could either play video game, watch anime, tune on Netflix for a movie, or just sleep. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday is my video game days. Sometimes on Sunday nights, I rarely do a anime night and just watch 5 episodes before I turn in for work
MetalSonicGamerX200 that’s a really good schedule you got there
Thanks for sharing me the torture of this vid. Being good varies too. I can't stand Ys 8 and dragon quest 11 because the girl is horribly annoying. I like I am setsuna despite people complaining too much snow. It has far faster load times and doesn't get lazy with recycled plots/NPCs as destiny connect tick tock travelers.
Oh, youre a hardcore gamer?
Name all games.
what does memory account for being hardcore? hardcore is a life choice.
Not possible to do. There are many games that were finished but never released, and are only known to those that worked on them. Then there's remasters, ports, and sequels, many of have the same name as their originals (KIller Instinct (SNES and XBone), Super Smash Bros (64 and Wii U/3DS, Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis and '06)). There's also the fact that many games have different titles between regions, like in the UK where all Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games have to be renamed Teenage Mutant HERO Turtles.
Unless someone with an eidetic memory were shown every video game in existence (at least everything that counts as a video game) there's no way someone could recite them all from memory.
All games
@@russellbrown6888 You're clearly not a hardcore gamer then smh
@@russellbrown6888 CASUAL DETECTED
I'm glad JWittz posted this since I'm always amazed by how every video-game TH-camr says "I played this obscure video-game for three years straight when I was a kid." It boggles my mind how much free time kids had in the early aughts!
5 year old Jwittz had a veggitales felt on his wall, my life is complete
“The average gamer only plays games for an hour a day”
Me: looks at my friend’s 1000 hours on Splatoon 2
Me: I’m not so sure about that
I think they are too busy playing games to take part in a survey
"Average." Your friend is and outlier.
@@AntoanArcana more like casual and mobile gamers deflate the number.
Most who have gaming as their main hobbie, tend to have sessions of 2-4 hours.
Splatoon 2 came out just over 1000 days ago, so it's actually possible your friend is playing an average of one hour per day.
Can you play EVERY good videogame?
Technically yes, the title doesn’t specify how much of each game you have to play, so you can play about an hour of each game and you would be able to play every good game, COMPLETING every good video game is a different story however.
yeah COMPLETING games like Jirard "The Completionist" would easy quadriple that time requirement or even more, as completing a game is far longer in scope than just finishing the game.
Personally I like finishing games. Playing isn’t substantial, when someone asks me if I’ve played a game and I haven’t finished it, I don’t feel comfortable telling them that yes I’ve played that game, for example I played maybe 1/3rd of Bayonetta, but I don’t feel like I can say I’ve played it with a straight face even though I technically have. Same with Yakuza, Final Fantasy 7, Tales of Symphonia, God of War, Spider-Man and lots more. All games I’ve played but have not finished, and all games I don’t like telling people I’ve “played.” Completing on the other hand is just too consuming and often times can turn a fun experience into a drag. I love the Kingdom Hearts games for instance, but I have never completed them because there is so much grinding involved in those games that completing them just wouldn’t be fun even though I really enjoy them. So finishing games is the sweet spot I think, finishing + the fun side stuff is good too.
Well said.
I feel horrified with myself seeing that I’ve put about 500 hours into Animal Crossing in two months.
Wow
500? im over 800 GOML d00d. ;p
E: actually over 850
Well there are 1460 hours in two mounts
I was looking at the played games list of all my Switch friends yesterday and saw that one person logged over 800 hours in ACNH already. I’m only at around 250 hours so far though.
I've done the same!
I mean, Glover is only about 4 1/2 hours long, so if you set aside an afternoon you can play the only good video game ever made
That game is such a chore, lol.
WittzGaming spelunky?
Those were some gamer moments man
Been a long time sub and honestly bro loving the direction you're going with these vids, I guess the best compliment I can give is that I love sitting down with a nice meal and watching your vids. Please keep it up, you're making good stuff! Bless up!
9:44 The Jwittz-EU crossover I never knew I needed
"Hey, have you played-"
"I DON'T HAVE TIME!!!"
One of, if not my favorite aspect of playing games that I haven't before is the relationship I build with them over time. For instance, playing Chrono Trigger and Cross for the first time last year kept my brain coming back to them, their excellent soundtracks, lore, and story until I replayed them again this year, experiencing them in a whole new perspective. I also love how repeated playthroughs allow you to learn games more efficiently, often avoiding irritating and frustrating aspects of them that can plague blind runs w/out the fear of spoilers.
Meanwhile I’ve got about 100 games in my backlog yet I keep replaying my favs instead
2:50 The Switch has more games than the PS4 now? That's kinda scary but impressive at the same time
Scary when you realize most of that is becoming asset flips and shovelware... It's becoming the Wii on steroids.
@@SelecaoOfMidas I always wonder, both with Steam and the Eshop. Is it really that expensive to have a couple reviewers curate it from the beggining? Like, no need to finish every game, just play 20 mins each. Utter garbage asset flip is very easy to differentiate from mediocre but functional and original.
When you're in school, you have so many freedom and choices to do without a care in the world to do anything. I usually finished video games due to amount time I be putting in. Now I work and have to balance all of my hobbies. I'm so behind on movies, animes and video games. So many good animes and video games to watch. I had to make a schedule to keep all of this balanced. Monday, tuesday, Wednesday are my anime days 5 or 10 episodes in those days. Thursday is a random day, I could either play video game, watch anime, tune on Netflix for a movie, or just sleep. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday is my video game days. Sometimes on Sunday nights, I rarely do a anime night and just watch 5 episodes before I turn in for work. This is how far behind I am from watching anime, you guys know I haven't watch dragonball super yet, you know I havent watch any of the new anime after year of 2014? Exactly I havent even finished with naruto shippuden yet
dude thats a great idea to have anime days and video game days, been having a hard time balancing it myself. I usually just watch an episode while eating (im a pretty slow eater). Personally I found the least time for hobbies in college cuz that was just homework 24/7, high school was ok but still had homework after the 8 hours in school, at least with work its just 9 to 5 then free to do whatever, minus other responsibilities?
Your Spelunky Let's Play is still my favorite Let's Play series of all time to this day
Me:Huh JWittz hasn't uploaded in awhile.
JWittz: *Tired AF* "I finished!"
It's insane how much your quality of your videos have improved over the past few years, that's not to say your content was ever bad, but it feels so much more natural and pure then it used to, I really enjoyed this video and a lot of the ones you have made recently.
We've seen it all ladies and gents, gone from "wasting time" playing video games, to complaining about not having enough time.
Then realizing it was my own doing. Not caring about that then starting to play overwatch for 3 hours farming anniversary skins
"The average time a gamer spends playing video games is an hour a day"
*Laughs at amateur numbers*
Umm I might play 7hour sooooooo... am I a average gamer?
@@user-ry3bw2bg9n that's generally above average, i myself have about 12 hrs per day.
@@UltimateGamerCC GAMES MCGEE, THERE HE IS
@@orangeaurora i happily admit i'm a games mcgee, i love video games and so does my woman, so i've got all that i need... minus the forementioned fortune to buy said games... which that sucks!
I am also games mcgee lol, but I don't have money to buy any video game so I am forced to sail the pirate sees in search for free treasure.
8:04 "and then you've got du ..... PLICATE games" Idk why I laughed so hard at this!! lol
Love the darkest dungeon clips when you were talking about dying lol
6:31 Gaston? Ah yes, you’re a man of culture
Here's an obvious idea for a follow up video:
How MANY good video games can you play?
Or you can make it more interesting by breaking it down further.
How many good games can you play within each genre? How many good games can you 100%? How many good games could you play if you divided your time equally across all genres?
Thank you for calling out the Explorers of Sky fans. :’D
I saw him call it out and I paused the video to gather my bearings. They disgraced a beautiful game.
I think this might be one of my favorite videos of yours. The work you put into this is incredibly evident and it's immensely interesting. Thank you for taking the time to do this. A shame it isn't performing as well as it should.
It’s pretty much the same thing as anime. There’s a million to watch, and new ones come out like every month
Or if you don't enjoy isekai, there's nothing to watch.
@@Ramperdos cowboy bebop
@@toooydoeur Well CB is pretty old. I think they meant newer ones.
@@Km-qo6ex Also CB is also one of the most popular anime in the anime circle and to recommend that to someone is like to recommend a teenager to watch one super hero movie
Pfff, unironically, reading the manga is more efficient because you can read faster then watching a full anime. I finished Evangelion in a day by reading it
I have a monstrous backlog and I prioritize games with a "save the best for last" mentality.
This video was the EXACT wake up call I needed.
I'm 23, my life is already a quarter of the way done. I'm only just playing Persona 5 now and I still haven't played FF7, Dragon Quest 11, Mario Odyssey, BoTw, Three Houses, Xenoblade 2 or even the last three most recent Pokemon games.
And now I realize that if I prioritize games with the mind set of saving the ones I KNOW I'll enjoy the most for last, there's a very real possibility that I may die before I even get to them.
And that's not even taking into account of books, TV, anime, movies or the number of games I plan on playing infinitely like MMOS and fighting games too. There's just too much good stuff that already exists AND is always coming out.
So its time I take control of my life and prioritize games that I know I'll like the most and if I'm all out of that, THEN I'll dive into the niche ones that I'm interested in.
I was really hyped when Bravely Default 2 was announced. I need to remember how that made me feel and only buy the games that make me feel that way. It's time to stop building the backlog and start assblasting it!
Seeing all these comments from people saying they play over seven hours a day, I can only assume that you are all teenagers, or at least unemployed. If you work forty hours a week, then you usually only get one hour of gaming a day, if that much. There have been many times where I haven't been able to play games for a week or more just because I've been too busy. Being an adult stinks.
Ugh, I can definitely agree. Between my dead-end retail job and my working towards my engineering degree in college, I've had to miss out on so many new releases due to my focus on exams and projects.
the pandemic definitely contributes to increased gaming time though unless this is how much they would play before than you would be right
I could certainly fit in more than 1 hour of gaming a day alongside my 40 hour job. Taking into account travel, exercise, eating, maintaining basic hygiene ect. I could definitely find 2 or 3 hours to play a video game every night. It would just inadvertently mean doing absolutely nothing else with my free time.
I'm still trying to play all the good SNES and 64 games. I still don't have a Switch yet cause there's so many old games I play
“Average gamer plays about 1 hour a day”
Me who plays 25 hours a day and 8 days a week : yes
I have that Tec too where you can play video games in sleep
Me, who plays video games 101 years in a century: u were sayin' mate?
Me too, well when I feel like it.
1:00 Being able to control a computer by tapping your fingers on where the keyboard is is actually an impressive skill!
Maybe you could but it would take a VERY long time especially with how long some of these good games are
yes, RPGs would of course take the longest, Strategy being the second longest, especially when mixed with RPG mechanics and Simulation making 3rd Place.
the quickest genres are Fighting games, Platformers and Shooters.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the level of "unnecessary" work JWittz puts into these videos for us? Especially the acquisition, organization, and summation of all the empirical data. Your question wasn't stupid, JWittz. Because of your hard work, it's actually pretty special. Thanks for the interesting content as always.
You should have hired a python developer to automate recording the “good games list” using scraper software. It would have taken a lot less time.
Man especially being in college and working that 1 hour a day really hit me lol. Gonna make me appreciate the games I can play so much more now
25% of every game ever made are "good"? (80% or higher score)
To quote a legend, "It's hard to make bad games. It's like making bad water."
@@azuretheegg8308 Zip-Lash ruined my marriage. That, g a m e, killed my whole family. My dog would be alive for not that game. Chibi Robo... killed me.
As someone who also likes to list and categorize stuff, often very big lists of stuff (like a few weeks ago I typed out every single yugioh card name I own on a google docs) I tremble before you in awe
Now I know I feel when I'm trying to finish a game before another game gets released
This video kind of reminded me of a classic Game Theory video, back when he actually focused on math and science.
This is exactly what I tell anyone who recommends a new tv show or anime, I don't have time for them.
True. I rarely actually complete a game and I've replayed lots of games over and over. Then, there are also games which you can literally not complete, because new stuff always gets added. The fact that gaming isn't the entirety of your free-time also makes sense. I've watched and rewatched countless movies/TV-shows. Even if I were to know which games I consider to be good before I play them, I wouldn't have enough time.
It depends what you speculate as “Good” games
Especially if “Good” is merely a scale, and there’s higher ones like “Great” or “Perfect”
Yeah, the Metacritic page of games with a score over 80 is very questionable, I could easily reduce it by 50% with barely any effort.
for me a good game ranges around 60, here's my scope on video game scores:
10-30 Bad
40-50 Mediocre
60-70 Good
80-90 Great
95-100 God Tier
Even just accounting for personal taste, the question suddenly becomes 'Do I want to play every *good* game?'. Aside from the fact that sitting all day staring at a screen negatively impacts your life, so does forcing yourself to commit your leisure time to games you're not enjoying. It may even lead to you harming your own love for gaming overall, so the answer being no is more of a positive overall in my opinion. Just play what YOU think is good and you'll be gucci, that's what really matters in the long run.
“The Average American spends over half of their free time watching TV”
...I’m sorry what
cable television is highly inferior to every other source of entertainment out there. Its not an opinion, its a fact.
Does Anime count as TV?
@@Katpasniss It does not if you live in a country where anime is not broadcasted on tv :)
ElWeeabooDelBarri so you don’t count watching Netflix as watching TV then?
@@lukewhitsell942 No, you can watch it on literally any modern device ever. Do you count it as watching TV if you are watching it on your phone? Shouldn't you count youtube too then? Why not watching movies at the theater?
As a LONG time fan, who watched that Spelunky LP when it was first uploaded, that ending made my DAY.
Stares at my hours of Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem Three Houses with a little shame...
@TheJWittz happy to see the first youtuber I got into upload some more cant wait to see what else you got in store!!! Great work on this video too!
alt title: i used the government to prove that videogames are awesome
I’ve actually tried to at least partially do this, so now I have over 2000 hours of games I haven’t played/finished.
Of course you can. Melee players have been playing the only good game for 20 years now
Zach Funkhouser good job melee man but I beg to differ (it’s not brawl)
This is a fascinating video. I'm a Chemistry teacher, so I already love science, data, and experiments. This video is a fantastic study! You covered parameters, your procedure and the asterisks around them; your results, data, and methods of collection; even better, in your conclusion, you talked about the limitations of your study and ways your study could be revised or improved. This is an incredible example, and I may even use this in my own class to teach students about the broad and detailed nature of a legitimate research study.
As someone who thinks about this a lot, I strangely felt some relief knowing that I'll just have to accept I can't play em all but will just cherish the ones I love. And never waste time on a bad game again
The effort u put into these videos u are making now is really amazing. Your videos has also become really creative and diverse. Awesome work man.
I have a method for video game time management that has so far worked very well for me. I've nearly completed every game on my "to-play" list, even though it does grow gradually over time.
1. Play only genres I like. With rare exception, I don't enjoy "chill" games like Animal Crossing all that much. I'll play them for about 5-10 hours, then get bored. Sometimes I'll do that just to cross a game off my life.
2. Don't play grindy games. RPGs, optional missions, open world games. If the grind can be avoided or skipped, like in Monster Hunter, where you can focus only on one weapon tree and play through the story, I'll do that. If that's not an option, I skip the game entirely.
3. Don't play games for the story. Lots of games have terrible gameplay but great stories. If that's the case, I just watch the cutscenes on TH-cam, usually at increased speed if it tends to drag. This is how I got through the Drakengard series, for instance. I'm doing the same for Fate:GO right now.
4. Play several at a time. No better way to make yourself sick of a game than to force yourself to beat it before playing another one. I play several games at a time, limit myself to 30m - 1h of playtime of each per day, then use my remaining time for other things.
5. Good games only. Don't waste time on mediocre releases.
6. Don't repeat play game sequels. I enjoyed the first Call of Duty, but they release a new one every year, and they're too similar for me to enjoy them. For this same reason, I also skipped Twilight Princess HD and Windwaker HD. They do have some key differences, but I've beaten these games before, and I have no interest in playing them again.
Man, Jwitzz's videos just keep getting better and better. So happy I subscribed to you years ago. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Croatia👋🏻🇭🇷
After all that research, I think this channel needs more love. Game Critics gotta play so many games in such a short time and when they do it well, you'll want that game.
I play very casual games & stick to let's plays when it comes to skill games, but even so, video games are interesting to me. Awesome video, great job!
You put a lot of work into this, interesting video dude well done!
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Netflix adaptation
Great job on this research study JWittz. You took the time to look at the question and surmise that everyone will have their own games that they love to play. It makes the finiteness of life very existential.
You collect and rotate when get lost/frustrated. Digital Sales and preorder physical bonuses help for the full price ones. Gaming is like a random event, and I'm not even talking card/board products. We're no longer in an age where we need something to last like Chrono trigger with replay value, or be Nintendo hard.
There are so many good games that I only ever buy game snow if they are on sale with a few exceptions such as Silksong when it releases.
It's totally possible if you devote all your leisure time to games, cut down on sleep, some games can be played with one hand so eat while playing, get someone else to do other activities for you like shopping and cooking.
This video was fascinating. The stats and thought process was really enjoyable and refreshing from what I normally watch. Thanks for effort you put into this video.
You seriously have been coming up with the coolest video ideas for a while now. Keep it up!
How can this video be so good and so depressing at the same time?
Oh silly Jwittz, before the age of 15 is prime time for gaming.
Not joking, I started at age4, mastered Devil May Cry 2 by age 5 and I literally played a video game everyday, unless I got grounded, all the way to age 21, where I still play today. At least 3-5 hours a day with my record being 25 hours straight.
Sure, I'm an outliar, but I've met SO MANY kids in my life that have similar stories and I still know a few that haven't really changed. Even when we work and exercise, we still find time to game.
Remember Gamepro? Those short, reviews with multiple writers comments and scores? Always loved how they approched reviewing games.
"The average gamer gets 1.5 hours a day of gaming, and you can't play all good games in that time."
Me: *4 hours per day*
Me: "you **FOOL**
By golly, I think it's fair to say this here is the best video you have ever made Josh, amazing all the way through out, I loved it even though I hate hearing how I'm gonna die and leave forever and not gonna get to make any more great experiences
Your underestimating my gaming abilitiies?
Loved the vid! I can truly tell how much you care about your videos with how much effort you put in. Awesome job dude 👍
I needed this video, so much. Thank you for existing
The world is so stressful
Absolutely loved the video. Thanks for addressing several if not all of the potential flaws in the data and how they could skew the numbers. The vid was just fascinating, I guess I’m weird for dumping 10+ hours a day whenever I play something like Terraria 😭
Late August 2011 is a time I'll never forget. Losing City of Heroes was like losing a loved one...
one metric you didn't account for(or minorly accounted for) is the fact you can discount many games on the list by genre by subjective value, only a few gamers are really asking "can i play all the good games" and those are gamers like jwittz describes himself as "always wanting to try new genres", what you should be asking is "can i play all the games in the 2-4 genres i already enjoy" or "that i want to play" and i think it's much more doable, but still ultimately impossible/impractical
I've been watching you for a long time now, and this is definitely one of the most interesting videos you've ever done. keep it up man, no stagnation here
My personal goal is to play every game in my own collection that I care about, which comes to about 150 unplayed games out of my 650+ game library spanning across all my consoles/handhelds/PC
*Super Metroid: Completionist: 9 hours* uh that doesnt sound right, but i might just be thinking of of the completion time bonus of beating the game in under 3 in-game hours. although im pretty sure when i played it on VC back in the day that i used a guide to find all items and i somehow still got in under 3 in-game hours.
The more open he is with his sense of humor, the funnier he is. Keep it up! We're loving the content
Truth be told, sometimes (like right now) I'm so exhausted from work that I just wanna lay down and stare at a tv or phone screen without moving a muscle.
JWittz has officially become Polygon Unraveled and I am SO here for it
@TheJWittz something to consider, gaming streamers and speed runners. This would apply maximum (healthy) time gaming, as your work literally is playing games and your free time is playing other games. And speed runner who strive for the absolute minimum time in a game.
The 1 hour a day sounds about right. It's a lot easier to just laze around on the internet than it is to work myself up to actually putting in the effort to play something.