Now is the gaming quarter of my discontent! I outlined my plan to deal with my backlog here and then I updated it here and here. So how did quarter 3 go?
As the first line above may have suggested it went fucking terribly. I got back into MMO’s with TERA which just ate my time. When I managed to wrestle free of that I feel headfirst back down the MMO wormhole with Final Fantasy XIV (at least I got it free so I didnt contravene my “No buying new games” goal). Now this “quarter” is slightly short because the last was overly long. But in August and September I finished exactly 0 games. Well, actually, thats not quite true, Final Fantasy XIV has a story which I finished and hit max level. So I’m going to count it as finished. So one game down (and my backlog untouched). While I only finished one game I also bought no new games so on that front its not too bad. But even though I’m now unemployed it seems unlikely I’m even going to really scratch my backlog over the next few months. Oh well.
Oh wait I did buy new games, I totally forgot about Dragon’s Crown and Tales of Xilla. So that’s three in and one out. Balls. Next quarter probably’s going to be even worse as I’m eyeing the following games:
08/10 PS3 Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness
08/10 PS3 Beyond: Two Souls
12/10 3DS Pokemon XY
25/10 PC Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst
05/11 PS3 The Guided Fate Paradox
05/11 VITA Ys: Memories of Celceta
12/11 PC XCOM: Enemy Within
15/11 PC X Rebirth
19/11 PC Watch Dogs
I’ll only be getting one of the Pokemon games if I get them (it’ll be X, all about that blue and black Charizard). I probably won’t get Beyond Two Souls or X Rebirth and Watch Dogs is grandfathered in. That’s still six games which arent on the list bursting through the velvet rope of my wallet. We’ll see, maybe I’ll be strong and hold out (might try and leave any PC game purchases to the Steam winter sale).
Here’s the updated image and list
The Key: Unplayed, Preordered, To Replay, To Finish, Completed
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Analogue: A Hate Story
Anarchy Reigns
Anomaly Warzone Earth
Asura’s Wrath
Atelier Rorona
Atelier Totori Plus
Batman Arkham Asylum
Batman Arkham City
Beyond Good & Evil
Bit Trip Beat
Botanicula
Braid
Chaos;Head
Chrono Trigger
Civilization V (Win a campaign on Hard)
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Crusader Kings II (Finish a campaign)
Danganronpa
Darkness II
Darksiders II
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
Dawn of War: Soulstorm
Dawn of War II
Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising
Dawn of War II: Retribution
Dead Island
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
Devil May Cry 4
Deus Ex:HR The Missing Link
Devil Survivour: Overclocked
Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention
Disgaea 4 : DLC Run (finished multiple times but bought all DLC at christmas)
Dishonored
Dragonquest VIII
Dustforce
Eador: Masters of the Broken World
Endless Space (Finish a campaign)
Ever 17: The End of Infinity
FTL
Fire Emblem Awakening
Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2
Front Mission 3
Gravity Rush
G senjou no Maou
Guild Wars 2
Half-Minute Hero
Hanachirasu
Hard Reset
Hitman: Blood Money
Home
Hotline Miami
Intrusion 2
Jet Set Radio HD
Just Cause 2
Legend of Grimrock
Lollipop Chainsaw
Lone Survivour
Magicka
Mark of the Ninja
Metal Gear Rising
Metal Gear Solid 3 HD
Muv Luv Extra
Muv Luv Unlimited
Muv Luv Alternative
Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Omerta: City of Gangsters
One Piece: Pirate Warriors
Orcs Must Die
Orcs Must Die 2
Persona 3 FES
Persona 3 Portable
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Prototype 2
Radiant Historia
Recettear
Resonance of Fate
Saints Row: The Third
Serious Sam 3
Sine Mora
Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity
Sleeping Dogs
SpaceMarine
SPAZ
Steins;Gate
Stranglehold
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition
Tales of Vesperia
The Last of Us
The Last Remnant
Trails in the Sky
The Longest Journey
The Walking Dead
The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition
Tokyo Jungle
Torchlight II
Total War: Shogun 2
Vanquish
Vessel
Virtues Last Reward
Warlock
Watch Dogs
Yakuza: Dead Souls
Ys Origin
Ys The Oath in Felghana
Unplanned
Bioshock Infinite
TERA
Marvel Heroes
Final Fantasy XIV
Unauthorised
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Dynasty Warriors 8
Europa Universalis IV
Dragon’s Crown
Tales of Xilla