Gaming Backlogs

[incompatible with life]

So what games did you snap up but haven't quite gotten around to playing or are halfway through and got distracted by soemthing else? I thought this thread could also help in making suggestions to either hurry up and make a particular game a higher priority or to steer clear from.

Started but got distracted
Wii
Metroid 3
Super Paper Mario
Oneechanbara
Trauma Centre Second Opinion

360
FEAR
Forza II
Tomb Raider aniiversary
Oblivion

PS2
FFXII

PC
Far Cry
The Dig

DS
Full Metal Alchemist
Megaman ZX
Trauma Centre Under the Knife
Runaway the dream of the turtle

Still waiting
DS
Phoenix wright Trials and Tribulations
Apollo Justice
Mystery Detective

360
Eternal Sonata
Rockstar's Table Tennis
Tenchu Z
Ridge Racer 6

Wii
Dragon Quest Swords

Abandoned
Wii
Link's crossbow training

360
Armoured Core 4
Naruto: RoaN

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

I usually have a huge backlog of games. Generally I'll go "That looks good", buy it and not play it for ages. I'm slowly cleaning the backlog.

Just started:
PS2
FF7: Dirge Of Cerebus

PS3
Legendary

Haven't Started
PS2
Every Ratchet & Clank game except for the first two

PS3
Ratchet & Clank: Tools Of Destruction

Wii
Eledees

[McChimp]

I'm not even going to dare trying to list all the games I haven't started or have barely played so far. I'm just currently validating my huge backlog of games by telling myself that one day, when me and the wife have kids, I won't be able to complain about not having any games to play when I can't afford to buy new ones. lol.

[Sweating Bullets]

If I was to count stuff from previous consoles it will take ages to post.

Stuff for the 360:
Red Faction Guerrilla - making my way thru it now

Still need to start:
Call Of Duty - World At War
Midnight Club : LA
Banjoo Kazooie
HAWX
Viva Pinata - Trouble In Paradise
Tomb Raider Underworld
Saints Row 2
Lost Planet

And I have a lot of other games that I go back and play thru again on harder difficulties and to get more achievements

[Ad-Rock]

So so many...
Here's a few (all started but got distracted or got the shits): Psychonauts, FIFA 09, FFXII Revenant Wings, FFIII, Medieval II Total War, Empire Total War, Portal, The Witcher, Bioshock (I managed to lose it somewhere in my house) and Oblivion.

[Adios]

I've got lots. The Wii generally ends up getting shafted even though I buy certain games for it on release day.

Wii
Okami (1 hour in)
Zack & Wiki
deBlob (Haven't started)
MadWorld
Little King's Story (Haven't started)

PS3
Disgaea 3
Demon's Souls
Folklore (One more chapter to go with this however)

360
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

I've got about 8 or so titles on the GC I haven't finished as well.

Do any of you use backloggery.com? It's pretty useful for this kind of stuff.

[AranchineD]

Alright, let's see:

-Prince Of Persia
-Viva Pinata 1 & 2
-Hitman: Blood Money (just for a run on the hardest difficulty)
-Fire Emblem: Path Of Radiance
-Etrian Odyssey 2
-TWEWY (just to 100% the game)
-Assassin's Creed
-LoZ: Majora's Mask
-FFXII Revenant Wings
-Giants: Citizen Kabuto
-Beneath A Steel Sky
-Space Invaders Extreme
-Disgaea DS
-Children Of Mana
-Megaman ZX Advent (Hardest difficulty run)
-Final Fantasy Tactics A2
-Desperadoes

And I'm probably still missing a bunch of games I've just completely forgotten I have.

[igotnewsuper8systemWRONG!]

Braid
Neverwinter Knights
Abes Odysee
Abes Exodus
FFXII
Kingdom hearts 2
Heart of Darkness
Valkyrie Profile 2
Beyond Good and Evil
Killer 7
Persona 3
Castlevania: SotN
Suikoden
Okami
Devil Summoner
Wild Arms

[jawsy]

Started but got distracted

Hitman: Blood Money.
Mirror's Edge.
Halo Wars.
Dead Rising.
Star Wars: TFU.
Saint's Row 2.

Little Big Planet.

GTA: Chinatown Wars.
Trauma Centre: Under the Knife.
Professor Layton.
Zelda: TPH.

Still waiting

Resident Evil 5.
Overlord 2.
Left 4 Dead.
Tomb Raider: Underworld.
Tomb Raider: Anniversary.
Oblivion.
Perfect Dark: Zero.

Chrono Trigger.
Phoenix Wright.
Apollo Justice.
Harvest Moon DS.
Spectrobes.
Marvel TCG.

Abandoned

Gears of War.


I'm sure there are more. May need to update later. :P

...And updated. Oh dear.

[FrozenSoul80]

Just started but never went back
Okami
No More Heroes
Gears Of War

Played Lots But Never Finished
Twilight Princess
Metroid Prime: Hunters
Assassins Creed
Resident Evil 4
Rock Band 2

No idea why I lost interest in those games so quickly. Of that list, I'm most likely to go back to Rock Band 2 when I don't have anything to do.

[Ashmaran]

Fairly recently purchased/played but need to be finished

Lost Odyssey
Prototype
GTA4
Wolverine
Valkyria Chronicles
Professor Layton


If I ever get through that list, I've got another huge list of stuff from way back that I started and never finished (eg FF12, Resident Evil 4, Disgaea etc)

[Cian]

I know I have unfinished games on PS2 but I'm not going to try and remember the names. On current gen systems:

360
Far Cry 2
Red Faction Guerilla
Riddick
Red Alert 3
Bully
Banjo Kazooie: N&B
Viking
Tiger Woods 2009
The Orange Box
Oblivion
Lost Planet
Braid
Heavy Weapon
Bionic Commando Rearmed
Assault Heroes
Happy Tree Friends

PS3
Killzone 2
Little Big Planet
Uncharted
Ratchet And Clank
Motorstorm
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift

Wii
MadWorld
Metroid Prime 3
Super Paper Mario
Super Mario Galaxy
Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles
No More Heroes
Zelda Twilight Princess

I have never completed a game on my Wii...and I have some more stuff on my DS and PSP that need playing. I'm a games whore, I buy them on impulse and never bother finishing them.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

I don't really put games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero into the 'gameing backlog' pile. I tend to graze through those sorts of games. They're fun just to put on for maybe half hour at a time and, while you can finish the tours and get the achievments or trophies, you can't really finish them. I still play RB and GH, especially with my housemate. So much more fun playing with other people.

[AranchineD]

What do you mean, of course you can finish RB and GH, just have to FC every song, that's all. >_>

[fearofthesky]

So so many...
Here's a few (all started but got distracted or got the shits): Psychonauts, FIFA 09, FFXII Revenant Wings, FFIII, Medieval II Total War, Empire Total War, Portal, The Witcher, Bioshock (I managed to lose it somewhere in my house) and Oblivion.

Me too! I've bought a replacement, but have yet to dig back into it. Wonder if I'll ever see it again...

@ Aran: You, Sir, are a MADMAN

[Slippery]

Valkyria chronicles
2nd evil hard playthrough of inFamous to get Platinum trophy

[Adios]

That's all Slippery?

Impressive work there!

[Slippery]

I tend not to buy games if I have others to play. I didn't buy Little Kings Story for $35, Burnout for $15 or the Darkness for whatever cheapasshit price its at for that exact reason.

That and I'm a poor uni student.

[Adios]

Ahh yes... Know the feeling.

Other people here have some huge bad logs though. Makes me feel slightly less bad about myself.

[incompatible with life]

I tend not to buy games if I have others to play. I didn't buy Little Kings Story for $35, Burnout for $15 or the Darkness for whatever cheapasshit price its at for that exact reason.

That and I'm a poor uni student.
And that is one of the reasons why working is awesome. Well working with no major debt

[AyatollaofRocknRolla]

And that is one of the reasons why working is awesome. Well working with no major debt

Except that you have less time to play all the extra games you can afford to buy. I miss the 3 month break at the end of the uni year. That was a really good chance to clear the back log.

My Backlog looks like this:

Gamecube:
Fire Emblem
Baiten Kaitos

Wii:
Super Mario Galaxy (played a few hours)
Super Smash Brothers (played a few hours)
Okami

DS:

TWEWY
Chinatown Wars (only played a few hours)
Etrian Odessey 2 (I've only gotten to the 3rd floor of the dungeon)


Xbox 360: I mostly keep on top of 360 games, though I do want to go back to some.

Dirt and Forza 2 (I've only played minimal amounts of these games)
Halo 3 (only half way through on Legendary)
Halo Wars (2nd play through)
Lost Planet (2nd play through)
Fallout 3 (2nd play through with new character)

There's other games I've held off buying since they would just end up on this backlog list.

[banjoeskimo]

I'm pretty good at playing through something once I get my hands on it, but then again I tend to be a bit of a completionist so it's more a case of "Which games have I 'finished' but could technically come back to in order to get more unlockables/achievements/trophies."

That said, the only ones I still need to play through full stop are Final Fantasy X, Kingdom Hearts II and Eternal Sonata. I tend to only get into JRPGs when there's a release drought and I've got nothing else to play.

Also, to the two guys who said Braid... get on that! Immediately! And then read the story FAQ when you're done! God, I love that game.

[dimorphic]

Well I'm currently playing Tales of Vesperia but when the mass release of games comes in the next month or so there is a chance I will put it back on the shelf.

As for the games that are currently on the shelf;

Far Cry 2 (360)
Fallout 3 DLC (360)
Killzone 2 (PS3)
Ghostbusters (PS3)

[McChimp]

As for the games that are currently on the shelf;

Far Cry 2 (360)
Fallout 3 DLC (360)
Killzone 2 (PS3)
Ghostbusters (PS3)

These two, get into them ASAP! Ghostbusters is any 'child of the 80's' wet-dream come to life (kinda)!! As for FC2, I had that sitting there until I wrote about it in the 'convince me' thread, convincing myself to give it another solid go and.......WOW! I'm soooooo much more into it now than when I got it on release. Just a brilliant game, but best not played for massive stretches, as it DOES get very repetitive.

[FrozenSoul80]

Add Lost Planet and Civilisation IV to my list. I just couldn't get into Lost Planet, it became very frustrating. Civ 4 seems to hurt my brain, it's far too complicated for me, but I'll try and get into if I'm ever away with nothing to do.

[Surgeon.]

Mass Effect.

Probably played for about 3 hours and was really enjoying it. Since then, every single time I've tried and play it I get interrupted by someone or something. Stupid real life.

Leave me alone and let me play Mass Effect.

[Sweating Bullets]

Oh yes - I still need to finish Fallout 3.
I am on the last mission and have been meaning to get the DLC so the game won't end.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Well I'm currently playing Tales of Vesperia but when the mass release of games comes in the next month or so there is a chance I will put it back on the shelf.

As for the games that are currently on the shelf;

Ghostbusters (PS3)

I love that game. It was so much fun. If you were a fan of the original Ghostbusters movies, you'll love this game.

[ThePhotoshop]

POP The Two Thrones
Grim Fandango
Sam & Max hit the Road
Curse of Monkey Island
Stalker Clear Sky
Another World
Ben There, Dan That
Fable
Fallout 1 & 2
Full Throttle
GTA4
Hitman Blood Money
Matrix Path of Neo
Tarr Chronicles
Call of Cthulu Dark Corners of the Earth
Burnout Paradise
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
No One Lives Forever 2
Shogo: MAD
XIII
Black & White 2
Pathologic
Tomb Raider Legend
Mafia
Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (gives me motion sickness :()

Aaaand that's about it. D'oh.

[Stevorooni]

I think my gaming backlog would make me cry if I made a list. There's games on the N64 I still haven't gotten around to completing.

[AranchineD]

Photoshop, hurry up and finish Shogo: MAD and then sell it to me. :D

[ThePhotoshop]

I can't - I bought it off GOG!

[AranchineD]

I am sad. ;_;

But I know it's on GOG now, so everything turned out okay.

[UC1]

I just play whatever I feel like. Trying to go through a backlog one game at a time is boring. Usually I prefer playing the same thing over and over again anyway.

It's like, if someone gave you a set of challenges in Chess, Checkers, Scrabble, Connect 4, etc, and asked you to go through all the challenges in one game and move onto the next, there's no point. You just crack out whatever you feel like playing. Games aren't books and movies.

[dimorphic]

These two, get into them ASAP! Ghostbusters is any 'child of the 80's' wet-dream come to life (kinda)!! As for FC2, I had that sitting there until I wrote about it in the 'convince me' thread, convincing myself to give it another solid go and.......WOW! I'm soooooo much more into it now than when I got it on release. Just a brilliant game, but best not played for massive stretches, as it DOES get very repetitive.

With Far Cry I'm about 50% in but can't find the time or effort at the moment to keep going with it. I am of the school of thought that believes it is a good game if you put the effort into it, and right now I can't be bothered.

As for Ghostbusters, it was a promo copy from work which was an awesome score, and I'll pop it in at one point.

[AranchineD]

It's like, if someone gave you a set of challenges in Chess, Checkers, Scrabble, Connect 4, etc, and asked you to go through all the challenges in one game and move onto the next, there's no point. You just crack out whatever you feel like playing. Games aren't books and movies.

Unless, you know, you're playing games that have excellent plot and story and constantly swapping games around would mean that the story of one particular game would impact you less if you're not constantly immersed in it.

[UC1]

Unless, you know, you're playing games that have excellent plot and story and constantly swapping games around would mean that the story of one particular game would impact you less if you're not constantly immersed in it.

Games don't really have good stories though, may as well read a book.

[AranchineD]

Games don't really have good stories though, may as well read a book.

Well I can already see where this is going.

Forget it.

[grimace06]

Xbox 360

Overlord
Ninety Nine Nights
Oblivion

PS2

Beyond Good and Evil
Deus Ex
Okami
Psychonaughts
Yakuza 2

XBLA

The Dishwasher

[banjoeskimo]

Deus Ex is pretty ick on a PS2 controller. You might considering getting it on PC, the spec requirements are so low by modern standards that just about any machine can run it, and if I remember correctly it's only like 10 bucks on Steam.

[Chrispy]

haha when i get around to it i will list every game i have and intend to play sometime in the next 40 years. stay tuned