I've changed my perspective, a backlog is no longer a "must play" list, it's my own personal menu. I may never play all the games I own, but I have a wide selection for whatever my mood or time constraint.
One way that helps me keep a very low backlog is I have gotten much better at not buying games I am not VERY excited about. Up until a few years ago, I used to buy probably 90% JRPGs on the market (consoles only) and still be able to beat them all (multiple times in some cases). But recently I feel like the sheer quantity of games coming out is ridiculous, to the point where I've had to reevaluate what games I really need. Owning too many unfinished games massively triggers my OCD lol. I also need to learn it's OK to not want to finish a game I'm not enjoying and just remove it from backlog altogether.
That is a VERY good tip! And definitely something I struggle with! I very easily get caught up in the hype of new games that I wasn't previously excited for, so I've been forcing myself to just say no if it's something I know I don't super want!
😂Yes exactly even though they stay for years in library and anther sales come even better😅, we just need to stop looking through the store and look through our library😂 which i still cant 😂😂
Great tips! For me personally, I just don't keep track of a backlog anymore and I rarely buy games that I don't have the intention of playing right away (yes Black Friday still gets me every year). Tracking a backlog makes me feel stressed about how overwhelming it is. Sure I have games that I haven't played yet in my collection but most of them are ones that I don't really want to play or ones that I know I'll get to eventually. I think for me treating games as something that have to be "finished" makes me feel like I failed somehow if I didn't finish a game and that is when it no longer becomes fun or feels like a job. Now I try to look at games not as something to "finish" but something to play and enjoy whether it's for 1 hour or 100 hours. Naturally if I like the game enough I will finish it but I don't treat it as the end goal anymore. It makes it easier to drop things that I'm just not really having fun with or am starting to feel burnt out on. This is totally a personal problem though and I think these are great tips regardless! This also might not work for everyone but I get burnt out if I force myself to only play one game at a time, I like to bounce between a few games of different genres because somedays after a long day of work I just don't want to play a game that makes me use my brain.
The way you narrate your videos feels really professionnal for someone that just started ahaha. I really think you could grow a good following with this style of videos
Wonderful tips! I loved this! I am also added the times of how long games are to beat to my lists so I can try and pick games better. Go from one long one to a short one - that kinda thing. Thank you as well for the shoutout - I'm glad you enjoyed my video! :)
Of course!! I’ve gotta give credit where credit is due!! Tbh I’ve been binge watching a lot of your videos lately while I work and they’ve been so nice😅
I recommend free trial demos before buying a game just to avoid becoming a game hoarder. I tried to stack up my backlog of games I really enjoy playing and completing 🕹️
Excelent tips! I definitelly can see the "I am not feeling it right now" sensation. Assassins Creed and Age of Empires (and other strategy games) are perfect examples of this. The first one I really did not enjoy the first time I played it. Came back a year later and really loved it. Strategy is just so taxing for me depending on my mood. Its like really hard to play those if not on holidays/vacations for me. Thanks for all the tips! Got my excel sheet upgraded after watching
Awesome tips! Thanks for this advice, it'll surely help. I've felt burned out by playing jrpgs back to back for awhile. I recently started Dragon Quest Treasures and am really loving it so far 😍
ugh, I need to get better at starting games over, it's my one weakness that I always tell myself "oh I was loving this game before I took a break, I can jump right back in!" and then its such a slog to get back into it and I give up on it again.
I feel the same way sometimes! My motivation is that often times when I restart, I realize more things about the story/game itself than I did before. Plus sometimes it just feels like I’m returning to old friends🥲
I am SO excited!! I’m very close to throwing the option Octopath final boss out the window at this point because I don’t know how much longer I can wait to play Xenoblade😓
I do this thing where I really love a game, so whe I start to get a feeling that it's coming to the ending, I will switch over and start another game. These are games I would love to finish, but I guess I thought they were good enough that I wouldn't mind coming back to them. Resident Evil revelations, I could easily finish, but I got bayonetta 2 and am going to be excited to come back to RE. Unfortunately I did this with Resident Evil 0 as well, very near to the end. IDK why I do this. Maybe just to have a game I know I like that is always there.
One thing that’s hard for me is that I’m a College student and have a part time job. It’s hard for me to just sit down and play certain games. What I’m going to try to do is play more relaxed/cozy games this year so I don’t have to worry so much about a story. I would still play the bigger titles but maybe more on the weekends or on school breaks. If anybody has any suggestions for games that have the relaxed/cozy feel to them you can reply to this comment (preferably games on the Switch or Mobile games) I also have a windows computer but don’t really use it for gaming. I can also take non cozy game suggestions. I also have a ton of non cozy games so that’s why I didn’t include them here. I already have Disney Dreamlight Valley, ACNH , & Minecraft ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Thanks for the tips. Maybe I'll use some of them in 2023. I did not play a lot of games in 2022. It's been a bit of a crazy and busy year. I also got hooked on Slay the Spire, so I didn't play much else. I'm still playing it a little each day (including while I watched this video). I'm currently playing Elden Ring and Pokemon Legends Arceus. I'm hoping to finish both, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to beat Elden Ring because it's hard. I am getting better though, so it would be a pretty big confidence boost if I finished it. I tried Arceus when it came out, but never got super far, so I'm hoping to get through it this time after having finished Pokemon Violet. I just got Wargroove as well on a sale, so that's also on the backlog and I'll probably try that after I finish or drop one of the two games I'm playing now. The first PS4 God of War game is also one I want to do. I have played some of it before. I loved the story so far, but didn't like being in menus so much. I want to eventually finish Horizon Zero Dawn. I've tried 2-3 times over the years, got a good way into the game and stopped for various reasons. I think I'll just try picking it back up from my last save point instead of restarting again. I pretty much remember what was going on, I think. I know you said that games I haven't bought yet aren't on the backlog, but I would like to buy the new Kirby game, Digimon Survive, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, and maybe a couple others from this year and I'm looking forward to Fire Emblem Engage and the new Zelda game next year. I'm hoping that I get to play and finish more games in 2023.
I went from being a student to a full time teacher. As a student, I would game, but I would play "the comfort game"; a game that I know and am familiar with. That I would feel "safe" with. I remember a comfort game took 2 years for me, in correllation of the pursuit of the degrees I was getting. Juggling assignments also didn't help, so the comfort game got me through uni, but I would buy games. Now as a teacher, I have time off work. I can excercise and do other things. Time management has gotten easier, now it is clicking I can play YEARS worth of backlog on multiple systems.
I definitely get that! Early college, I pretty much stuck to only a few games because I was busy adjusting! Then later on when I had slightly more money, I started buying a lot more games and not being able to play all of them! So I feel you on the years of catch-up!
Great video and good pointers. I like to have lists and find it very satisfying to cross games off. I also tend to have a longer game and shorter game on the go at the same time
Very good advice. I think I might put together a spreadsheet for myself in the new year. And maybe I'll prioritize Monster Hunter Stories to play first...? My wife got it for me for Christmas this year and she made a crack about how it'll take me seven years to get to it, so sticking it to her is my motivation. 😅😂
MesireeCeramics on Etsy! They're a Michigan ceramics studio, so I picked up the moon phases mug from the ren faire a few years ago! Literally my favorite mug ever, and their stock is changing all the time--check them out! tinyurl.com/yc58meef
between the free epic games and ones i've picked up and yet to have installed my resolution this year is to (gasp!) not purchase anything else until 2025. i've just got too much and there isn't anything announced for this year that i can't live without.
*since Pandemic 2020, ive cleared like 95% of my backlog because there was nothing else to do 😂 RDR2, RDR1, Watch Dogs 2 and 3, Yakuza 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, Like A Dragon, Lost Judgment, AC Valhalla, Tomb Raider, Far Cry 6, Binary Domain, Rumble Roses XX 😬 I beat SO MANY FUKING GAMES now all I have left is little Gamepass loose ends, Yakuza 4, Coffee Talk 2, Atomic Hearts, Hellblade 2 🕵 then Infinite Wealth around May/June and The Man Who Erased His Name in the Fall....and I'll try to close the year out with Bully 1 and maybe GTA4 FINALLY but there's no rush 🙏 show me how u play that flute hommaaayyy* 🗣🌈💃
Ahh I’m so glad someone noticed Sight of Spira in the background!! I’m still trying to work out the perfect levels so the music is heard but not covering me up😂 but I’ve been listening to the OST a lot recently’
I've changed my perspective, a backlog is no longer a "must play" list, it's my own personal menu. I may never play all the games I own, but I have a wide selection for whatever my mood or time constraint.
I love that perspective!!
I know why my backlog exists, it's because my favorite games still aren't boring
Yeah same here I always find myself replaying my favourite games 😅
One way that helps me keep a very low backlog is I have gotten much better at not buying games I am not VERY excited about. Up until a few years ago, I used to buy probably 90% JRPGs on the market (consoles only) and still be able to beat them all (multiple times in some cases). But recently I feel like the sheer quantity of games coming out is ridiculous, to the point where I've had to reevaluate what games I really need. Owning too many unfinished games massively triggers my OCD lol. I also need to learn it's OK to not want to finish a game I'm not enjoying and just remove it from backlog altogether.
That is a VERY good tip! And definitely something I struggle with! I very easily get caught up in the hype of new games that I wasn't previously excited for, so I've been forcing myself to just say no if it's something I know I don't super want!
Alex, great tips! My downfall is sales. That's when I grab games because I need to get it for that price and then my backlog cries.
😂Yes exactly even though they stay for years in library and anther sales come even better😅, we just need to stop looking through the store and look through our library😂 which i still cant 😂😂
"This can be applied to things other than books!" *eyes my extensive tbr pile* 👀
Great tips! For me personally, I just don't keep track of a backlog anymore and I rarely buy games that I don't have the intention of playing right away (yes Black Friday still gets me every year). Tracking a backlog makes me feel stressed about how overwhelming it is. Sure I have games that I haven't played yet in my collection but most of them are ones that I don't really want to play or ones that I know I'll get to eventually. I think for me treating games as something that have to be "finished" makes me feel like I failed somehow if I didn't finish a game and that is when it no longer becomes fun or feels like a job. Now I try to look at games not as something to "finish" but something to play and enjoy whether it's for 1 hour or 100 hours. Naturally if I like the game enough I will finish it but I don't treat it as the end goal anymore. It makes it easier to drop things that I'm just not really having fun with or am starting to feel burnt out on. This is totally a personal problem though and I think these are great tips regardless! This also might not work for everyone but I get burnt out if I force myself to only play one game at a time, I like to bounce between a few games of different genres because somedays after a long day of work I just don't want to play a game that makes me use my brain.
The way you narrate your videos feels really professionnal for someone that just started ahaha. I really think you could grow a good following with this style of videos
When she said she was a flute teacher, it clicked where her skills come from.
Thank you so much!! That means a ton!!!
@@qualitea_individual wait! You play flute?
Wonderful tips! I loved this! I am also added the times of how long games are to beat to my lists so I can try and pick games better. Go from one long one to a short one - that kinda thing. Thank you as well for the shoutout - I'm glad you enjoyed my video! :)
Of course!! I’ve gotta give credit where credit is due!! Tbh I’ve been binge watching a lot of your videos lately while I work and they’ve been so nice😅
@@qualitea_individual Oh wow, thanks so much!!!
I recommend free trial demos before buying a game just to avoid becoming a game hoarder. I tried to stack up my backlog of games I really enjoy playing and completing 🕹️
Yes! Really really good tip!!
Excellent tips. I started laughing when you said you have an ever-increasing stack of JRPGS....that's me too I totally relate 😅😅😅
The holiday switch sales have not been kind to my backlog lol… great advice in the video!
I restrained myself on the Steam sale for as long as I could but still ended up cracking at the very last second😂
Stumbled on this because I kept getting backlog videos.
This was such a fun watch
Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it!!
Excelent tips! I definitelly can see the "I am not feeling it right now" sensation. Assassins Creed and Age of Empires (and other strategy games) are perfect examples of this.
The first one I really did not enjoy the first time I played it. Came back a year later and really loved it.
Strategy is just so taxing for me depending on my mood. Its like really hard to play those if not on holidays/vacations for me.
Thanks for all the tips! Got my excel sheet upgraded after watching
So many games to play
Great video!
9:23 A wild rowlet has appeared!
A backlog game review will be so good!
subscribed. Thank you for the vid. :)
Awesome tips! Thanks for this advice, it'll surely help. I've felt burned out by playing jrpgs back to back for awhile. I recently started Dragon Quest Treasures and am really loving it so far 😍
I just got that game for Christmas and I can’t wait to start it!!!
Nice tips. Two words.
Endless games.
Yes to the mini reviews! Love your channel!
ugh, I need to get better at starting games over, it's my one weakness that I always tell myself "oh I was loving this game before I took a break, I can jump right back in!" and then its such a slog to get back into it and I give up on it again.
I feel the same way sometimes! My motivation is that often times when I restart, I realize more things about the story/game itself than I did before. Plus sometimes it just feels like I’m returning to old friends🥲
150+ hours of Xenoblade 3 and I’m fiending for more upcoming content! Look forward to playing it! The hype is real 🙏🏻
I am SO excited!! I’m very close to throwing the option Octopath final boss out the window at this point because I don’t know how much longer I can wait to play Xenoblade😓
I love Xenoblade 3. It becomes really addicting and hard to put down!
Klonoa 2's ending didn't make me cry as much as the first game did but still such a great and largely overlooked gem.
I am VERY excited to get to it! But yeah, I feel that - the ending of the first game unexpectedly DESTROYED me
love your keyboard 😍
Thank you!! I absolutely love it!!
Thanks so much for the video I have a digital backlog and it's really hard to get through all the games!
Ooo yeah digital backlogs are a beast of their own! I know you can do it though!!!
I do this thing where I really love a game, so whe I start to get a feeling that it's coming to the ending, I will switch over and start another game. These are games I would love to finish, but I guess I thought they were good enough that I wouldn't mind coming back to them. Resident Evil revelations, I could easily finish, but I got bayonetta 2 and am going to be excited to come back to RE. Unfortunately I did this with Resident Evil 0 as well, very near to the end. IDK why I do this. Maybe just to have a game I know I like that is always there.
Definitely agree with the schedule thing! Scheduled streaming/gaming = guaranteed burnout. 😵
One thing that’s hard for me is that I’m a College student and have a part time job. It’s hard for me to just sit down and play certain games. What I’m going to try to do is play more relaxed/cozy games this year so I don’t have to worry so much about a story. I would still play the bigger titles but maybe more on the weekends or on school breaks.
If anybody has any suggestions for games that have the relaxed/cozy feel to them you can reply to this comment (preferably games on the Switch or Mobile games) I also have a windows computer but don’t really use it for gaming. I can also take non cozy game suggestions. I also have a ton of non cozy games so that’s why I didn’t include them here.
I already have Disney Dreamlight Valley, ACNH , & Minecraft
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I recommend Abzu, super relaxing and almost made me cry with visuals and music alone
Great video, I am always battling the backlog + FOMO new games. 👍 Now subscribed and following on Twitter. ☺
Ahh thank you tons!! And yeah the FOMO hits me HARD, especially with games that people are super hype for!
Amazing video and I love the way your mind works as you explain certain approaches. Thanks and keep creating!
Thank you so much! that means a lot!!
Great video. What is that music in the background. It reminds me of final Fantasy X
Thank you tons! And it is! It's a lo-fi version of Sight of Spira from FFX!
Thanks for the tips. Maybe I'll use some of them in 2023. I did not play a lot of games in 2022. It's been a bit of a crazy and busy year. I also got hooked on Slay the Spire, so I didn't play much else. I'm still playing it a little each day (including while I watched this video).
I'm currently playing Elden Ring and Pokemon Legends Arceus. I'm hoping to finish both, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to beat Elden Ring because it's hard. I am getting better though, so it would be a pretty big confidence boost if I finished it. I tried Arceus when it came out, but never got super far, so I'm hoping to get through it this time after having finished Pokemon Violet.
I just got Wargroove as well on a sale, so that's also on the backlog and I'll probably try that after I finish or drop one of the two games I'm playing now. The first PS4 God of War game is also one I want to do. I have played some of it before. I loved the story so far, but didn't like being in menus so much. I want to eventually finish Horizon Zero Dawn. I've tried 2-3 times over the years, got a good way into the game and stopped for various reasons. I think I'll just try picking it back up from my last save point instead of restarting again. I pretty much remember what was going on, I think.
I know you said that games I haven't bought yet aren't on the backlog, but I would like to buy the new Kirby game, Digimon Survive, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, and maybe a couple others from this year and I'm looking forward to Fire Emblem Engage and the new Zelda game next year. I'm hoping that I get to play and finish more games in 2023.
Yes all good goals!! I absolutely believe in you to finish Elden Ring!!
I went from being a student to a full time teacher. As a student, I would game, but I would play "the comfort game"; a game that I know and am familiar with. That I would feel "safe" with. I remember a comfort game took 2 years for me, in correllation of the pursuit of the degrees I was getting. Juggling assignments also didn't help, so the comfort game got me through uni, but I would buy games. Now as a teacher, I have time off work. I can excercise and do other things. Time management has gotten easier, now it is clicking I can play YEARS worth of backlog on multiple systems.
I definitely get that! Early college, I pretty much stuck to only a few games because I was busy adjusting! Then later on when I had slightly more money, I started buying a lot more games and not being able to play all of them! So I feel you on the years of catch-up!
Because I collect comic books, I pick up every super-hero game. Many still sealed. Hahaha!
Great video and good pointers. I like to have lists and find it very satisfying to cross games off. I also tend to have a longer game and shorter game on the go at the same time
I love your video !!!!!!
Love ur vids !!!
My backlog began when i missed out on so many older games that they're mega cheap so I bulk by them 🤣
OOF I feel this - it can be very hard to ignore deals!
@@qualitea_individual I've had to just start a few and play what I feel like rather than forcing myself to stick to something like it's a job
Metal gear rising, this is the game I want to beat from my backlog
Beautiful smile
I would be playing for centuries to catch up with my backlogs....😂
Claiming my here when you had 2k subs, cause you will blow up
Thank you so much oh my gosh!😭😭
Very good advice. I think I might put together a spreadsheet for myself in the new year. And maybe I'll prioritize Monster Hunter Stories to play first...? My wife got it for me for Christmas this year and she made a crack about how it'll take me seven years to get to it, so sticking it to her is my motivation.
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Incredible😂😂 I’ve heard good things about the game too!!
Oh my 😂 what im going throigh so worried ill die and thell be left without playing them😅😅
Tip: get a good chair. And if you play on PC, get a ergo-dynamic keyboard and mouse. Your muscles and joints will thank you.
I have like 30+ games I need to finish/beat but all I wanna do is replay bloodborne for the 5th time.
I understand this feeling with a bunch of games too😂
that mug tho, where did you get it?
MesireeCeramics on Etsy! They're a Michigan ceramics studio, so I picked up the moon phases mug from the ren faire a few years ago! Literally my favorite mug ever, and their stock is changing all the time--check them out! tinyurl.com/yc58meef
@@qualitea_individual thanks but also in the unlikely case you're looking for a 50+ hour jrpg get trails from zero
between the free epic games and ones i've picked up and yet to have installed my resolution this year is to (gasp!) not purchase anything else until 2025. i've just got too much and there isn't anything announced for this year that i can't live without.
I DEFINITELY understand this!! I'm really trying for 2024 to be the year of holding off on buying more games😂
*since Pandemic 2020, ive cleared like 95% of my backlog because there was nothing else to do 😂 RDR2, RDR1, Watch Dogs 2 and 3, Yakuza 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, Like A Dragon, Lost Judgment, AC Valhalla, Tomb Raider, Far Cry 6, Binary Domain, Rumble Roses XX 😬 I beat SO MANY FUKING GAMES now all I have left is little Gamepass loose ends, Yakuza 4, Coffee Talk 2, Atomic Hearts, Hellblade 2 🕵 then Infinite Wealth around May/June and The Man Who Erased His Name in the Fall....and I'll try to close the year out with Bully 1 and maybe GTA4 FINALLY but there's no rush 🙏 show me how u play that flute hommaaayyy* 🗣🌈💃
I find it strange how these videos are hidden from a mast feed on TH-cam search algorithm.
I bought a lot of games before the 3DS store shut down. Now i fear i have to buy Vita games soon before it's too late.
I've been thinking about trying to hunt down a vita too, but I've been holding back😂
When you're going to watch TV, game instead.
Mario Super Golf is never ending, because I'm competing with friends.
you are pretty
Your eyes are a really pretty blue color. Hope your channel takes off dude.
Thank you so much!!!
I loved the video and the music of ffx 😍🤍🤍 you’re awesome
Ahh I’m so glad someone noticed Sight of Spira in the background!! I’m still trying to work out the perfect levels so the music is heard but not covering me up😂 but I’ve been listening to the OST a lot recently’
@@qualitea_individual This OST is the best I swear 😍🤍 anything you do will be perfect for us 🙏🏻💕 good luck