I like to save them for later.

Fable was a good example, didn't think much of it at first, later I thought hey, I'll give it another go, and loved it.

Game collections are like a box of chocolates.

The main problem, for me at least, is that I have too many games. Which means as soon as I get a bit tired of the one I am playing, I just start another one. and another one, and another one. When I get back to the first one I have forgotten a lot of the story so I just restart. Then repeat.

2 years ago I decided to be more disciplined about it. Now I only play 1-3 at once. And I don't start any new ones until one of those 3 have been beaten. This has actually made me beat a LOT more games than I used to. I also don't buy a new one until I have beaten at least 3 of the ones I own.

First world problems, I know.

Among the first 10 games I bought on GOG (back in 2009!), I haven't played half of them (Sacrifice, Giants, EWJ 1+2, MDK 2, Messiah).

Maybe on steam, uplay and origin but not here.

Yes, I do.

I own about 1500 games (GOG and physical combined). I have played around 400 not all of which I own anymore. So I'm looking at maybe 1200 unplayed games in my collection. And it keeps growing.

Of the 366 games I own, I've installed maybe...80 of them, and played 20 of them to any reasonable time.

My completion rate is 15-17% (with GOG rate being slightly higher than overall rate). That's in relation to games in my collection though, not games that I plan to complete.

The collection also includes lots of games
- I'm not really interested in ever completing or even playing and that I got as filler content in bundles or as promo freebies
- that don't give you a strong motivation to complete them and are more casual coffeebreak games for distraction
- that I did play, sometimes even a lot, but that I didn't complete (yet) for some reason or other

That still leaves me with a lot of games I mean to complete one day and haven't even touched yet, true. On the other hand, the completion rate isn't too bad when compared with the prices I paid on average for the games. Instead of getting five or six games on sale and only completing one of them, I guess I could just as well have bought and completed one game for the regular price. But the greater choice often helps me figure out which games I actually want to complete.

For me this depends a lot on the game. In the end I guess it is simply about how much I am enjoying playing the game, but specifically it seems if the game progresses very slowly and the game irritates me, I start yawning in no time and think maybe I should go sleep.

Fallout Tactics is a lot like this. It is so damn hard that I have to savescum all the time, retry the same shot 10 times (by reloading a save game) in order to get a hard enemy to get knocked out, because I know that otherwise his next shot will kill my main character (game over). I guess it is this repetition and irritation that makes me drowsy. I¨ve noticed a similar effect with many point&click adventure games, as there it is quite normal I am just wandering around with unsolved puzzles with no idea what to do or try next => sleepy.

But when I e.g. replayed Starcraft through some time ago, no sign of the same at all. I could play it for several hours in one standing, and look at the clock "Damn! 2 am! I have to stop this and go to bed! After I have destroyed that enemy base...". No sign of sleepiness whatsoever.

Competitive online games (like Team Fortress 2) are also good at keeping me awake. I guess it is because it is constant adrenaline rush and the competitive edge.

That's cheat mode of Frogger!

LOL, it seems that many of you are as crazy as me, if not worse, and that it is an average state to be in for many, if not most gamers.

Ha ha, well you know, for me it has always been about enjoying a game, and not playing as many games as you can.

Some are more realistic in how they parcel out their time for gaming, while others get absorbed to the point of addiction and beyond ... and a whole bunch of others at various stages in-between.

Some play games to fill in spare moments, while for others, spare moments are when they are not playing a game.

I wonder if truly serious gamers have a realistic grasp on reality once they get to full and regular immersion ... or is regular life, their alternate reality.

Many factors can account for tiredness while playing games, not least of which is eye condition and screen quality & settings, and lack of sufficient rest periods, along with how demanding a game is activity and thinking wise. A good game can be exhilarating though, and tiredness may not be apparent until many hours later or the next day maybe.

Well, I would have to say, that I am ... though the impulses need to be correct ... interest in the game and price being the main ones, other than the state of my wallet and other responsible expenditures in life. Sometimes reality steps in and says - But do you really need that? Are you likely to ever play it?

And I have been really good for many years until recently. With 6 more purchases last night, at a total cost of $14.xx, my GoG collection has now extended to 148 ... since joining in May. Two of those, like many in my GoG collection, I already had on disc in one form or another (with or without mission packs, etc).

And that's not counting any duplicates in Console form, that really, only my kids play.

So yes, I do impulse buy if motivated enough ... it is rarely ever a quick decision though, so how impulsive does that make it? Nearly all those I bought last night, I have been cogitating on a while, and could have bought back during the big sale a few weeks ago, at the same price.

I am motivated by many factors, when it comes to making a purchase, and generally the game summary and the reviews play an important part for me, and the price definitely. Unlike many it seems, I never bother with the video clips, just the game images ... which I find vitally important. Sometimes I will do further research on Wikipedia.
Sounds like someone else i know, except I finally did install most of it recently, after many years of being hidden away from dust ... never installed. I of course blame Steam for that .... most definitely.

You don't have to tell me about it ... or tell my wife. LOL


Mine must be a big box of chocolates then, with many surprise flavors. :)

Stop telling me about it .... or my wife ...... please! ;)
But good on ya .... I may come around for instructions one day.
Definitely a first world issue.

I'd been on Steam and buying bundles for a couple of years before I even realized we were buying games, which put me at a disadvantage. I thought we were just paying for icons in the launcher. Add to that my GOG + Android + Xbox backlogs and the whole thing is out of control. I fear my backlogs may join together and gain sentience.

I know what you mean. I stopped feeding mine years ago, but just recently it started growing again, and at an hitherto unknown rate of expansion .... I may be buried by Xmas.

Yep, variety and choice is what it is all about for me, not whether I play them all in my lifetime.
There is a richness to my collection, that money can't buy .... well ummm ... I guess it did really .... in dribs and drabs.
Still, they often say that empowerment goes hand in hand with shame ... and some things are just a backdrop to life.
I enjoy knowing the many goodies that are there, even though I have never played most of them.
And in a way, I am courting an extension on life .... I can't go yet, I still have unplayed games.
Shame might be a powerful tool to keep me on this mortal coil a bit longer.

I have a problem with Gremlins, so I believe you. Occasionally I get all steamed up about it. ;)

P.S. Poetic license. :)