How do you do it?

How do you keep up with all the great games coming out? I certainly can't. I'm mainly talking about those who work a full-time job and/or have a girlfriend or boyfriend that they have to spend time with on top of trying to find some time to play. I've been building up a backlog of games I have to play... it's ridiculous.

Honestly, I don't. I quit buying after the PS2. So far-according to a lot of the threads I've seen here- I haven't been missing much. You got a BF/GF and a full time job then spend the money and time on them- that is the real functionin life anyway. As far as keeping up goes-like people's selection in music-YOU decide how far you 'absolutely have to go'. I have an accumulation of nearly 20 years of games and their platforms to play with. Since when is something like Super Mario 3 a bad thing just because it isn't a 'new' thing? Who Says? With all that backlog of games (which I know beyond a doubt are my favorites) I have plenty to keep me entertained when i'm not on a date or at work. No lack of variety there, either-I mean 20 years of stuff to discover the fun in all over again. Besides- a significant other is the best reason to dump all the video game 'stuff' and live your life.

Just some things to consider, anyway.

How do you keep up with all the great games coming out? I certainly can't. I'm mainly talking about those who work a full-time job and/or have a girlfriend or boyfriend that they have to spend time with on top of trying to find some time to play. I've been building up a backlog of games I have to play... it's ridiculous.

FTemplar

...Rent them?

It's all about prioritization. Do you want to play video games all day and go broke? Do you want to play them not all day and have a job? Do you want to have somebody to love in your life? Are you going to school?

You have to decide what you want to do with the time you have on a day to day basis. Are there a TON of good games out there? Of course. Are you going to play each and every one? Probably not. Follow a console you enjoy, find a few games for it that you personally love, and keep your eye out for the games that you must own. Rent them first if you just wanna try them out. Or buy used and return it to Gamestop within a week. :D

I don't. I haven't got the money or the time. I generally play the previous generation to save money. :lol:

I don't. I haven't got the money or the time. I generally play the previous generation to save money. :lol:

allie2590

I own $4,000+ in games, and have a backlog of 73 games. In short, I don't ever catch up. But that has taught me to be more picky when buying games.

I don't. I haven't got the money or the time. I generally play the previous generation to save money. :lol:

allie2590

i just dont buy alot of games, only like 2 or 3 a year and i only play 2 - 3 times a week usually only for 3 - 4 hours at a time

Edit: i pick and choose looking for a game i think i would really like. Last game i bought was Fallout 3 the next Game i will get will probably be the Godfather 2 and next after that will be Red Dead Redemtion, and that will most likely be it for the year, unless something really appealing to me comes out.

just do your best. i honestly only sleep about four to five hours a night to keep up with it all. one day i might finally just hang up the controller, or at least cut way back. but until then i just keep pushing every game i get.

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I don't. I haven't got the money or the time. I generally play the previous generation to save money. :lol:

muthsera666

HA! yuppers-me three. Wife / kids / bills...

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I don't. I haven't got the money or the time. I generally play the previous generation to save money. :lol:

matenmoe

HA! yuppers-me three. Wife / kids / bills...

Well if your rich then it would be bo problem but if your not rich and are just casual then you need to pick your games carefully.

Research them on Gamespot and see if your friends are getting it. I know its tempting to get loads of them but in these hard

times with the credit crunch then your money that can be spent on games are limited. Chosse carefully and dont choose ones

that were out a year ago because the 2009 line-up looks really promising and well worth to spend over £200 pounds on.

I don't. I haven't got the money or the time. I generally play the previous generation to save money. :lol:

allie2590

How do you keep up with all the great games coming out? I certainly can't. I'm mainly talking about those who work a full-time job and/or have a girlfriend or boyfriend that they have to spend time with on top of trying to find some time to play. I've been building up a backlog of games I have to play... it's ridiculous.

FTemplar

Like others have said I pick and choose which games to buy and when I can play them. I'll never get around to being able to play all the games I would like to but that's ok.

I don't. I have a pile of about 15 games to play (most of them RPGs), but I'm just a slow mover in terms of gaming. I know people have a lot more to play than me, but I'm still overwhelmed. Doesn't help when I plan on buying even more games when I come home to visit next month.

I'm not really having problems with games comming out now. There isn't anything comming in the near future that i'm looking forward to.

I know what you mean. I just got six more games today at f.y.e.:

• BeatDown: Fists of Vengeance
• Dead to Rights II
• Hunter the Reckoning: Redeemer
• Mafia
• Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
• X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

Each of them were about $3.20 and brand-new. I love shopping last-gen.

I own $4,000+ in games, and have a backlog of 73 games. In short, I don't ever catch up. But that has taught me to be more picky when buying games.

Gammit10

Atm I'm on a tight budget, makes me a sad panada with games like RE5 out (glad though my friend has it).

Easy for me, since my GF works and is a gamer, with a PS3.

When she's working, I'm playing. I've been getting a lot of RE5 time in while she's been working, currently at 5-3 and started Wednesday.

I also need to finish MadWorld and get farther in my Empire: Total War campaign.

I should be going to her place next week with Killzone 2 :). Good to be 18 with my own car.

How do you keep up with all the great games coming out? I certainly can't. I'm mainly talking about those who work a full-time job and/or have a girlfriend or boyfriend that they have to spend time with on top of trying to find some time to play. I've been building up a backlog of games I have to play... it's ridiculous.

FTemplar

I am facing the same situation. What I do is simply ignore games that I don't play. much. For example, I play mainly RTS, RPG and Simulation games. That's why I didn't bother to buy Crysis, Crysis Warhead (played these games later at my friend place) and Dead Space, BiA - Hells Highway (Never played) in recent times.

On the other hand my second criteria is quantity of unplayed games (I have a full time job), If I see I have many unplayed games then I just skip that games for the time being. I finish games at my hand first, then I go for next game. In the meantime the price surely goes down. :) Example: Didn't buy DoW2, E:TW.

Also I have changed my mentality to some extent. Now I don't get frustrated when my friends or others (who has a part time job) play more than 40+ hours a week and finish new games in 2-3 days. I know I have to give time to my girlfriend and parents as well as my work. So I keep telling myself - 'change your mind and play less or you'll be in deep **** ;)

Another fact is I love playing old games more than new games. So it really never bothered me much.

I don't and not every "must have" game appeals to me. By the way not playing RPG's will help you get through more games and that's good for me cause I don't play too many RPG's