I have decided to play a lot of games this year. (What a surprise...right? xD). I have decided to play a lot of new games, games that I have shortlisted over the years and not played for one reason or another.
A few months ago, I watched a YouTube video discussing how gamers often fail to finish 90% of the games they start. The video highlighted how developers design games to keep players grinding and focused on a single title, especially in multiplayer games. But what about single-player games? For example, consider a game with a 15-hour story and an additional 10 hours for side content. What’s our excuse for leaving those incomplete?
One major reason is the sheer variety and accessibility of games today. You no longer need to visit a store for a physical copy. Digital platforms like Steam make it so easy to grab the latest titles. Initially, we’re thrilled to try a new game, but soon enough, our attention shifts to the next hyped release. Sales and discounts don’t help either—they just increase this problem. Many of us have backlogs filled with games we bought on a whim, thinking we’d have time to play them.
Take Forza Horizon 4, for example. When I first got it, I loved it. It’s one of the best-looking racing games I’ve ever played, with plenty of events, solid story progression, and the freedom to chart your path. But then I started playing Minecraft, and gradually, Forza took a backseat. Now, months have passed since I’ve touched it, even though I still love the game. Will I go back to it once I’m bored of Minecraft? Probably not. I still have No Man's Sky to finish, Dredge and Dave the Diver waiting, and let’s not forget my current Balatro addiction. And if something like the new Hollow Knight drops, everything else will be sidelined (not that it’s getting announced anytime soon—when Silksong??).
How did we end up here? Back when I was a teenager, I played NES games with my brother, and we’d spend weeks, sometimes months, trying to beat a single game. I still remember the time we dedicated to conquering Aladdin. Why were we so focused back then? Why didn’t we hop between games?
Anyway, this year I’ve resolved to focus on shorter single-player titles and at least complete their main stories. Ironically, I’ve already picked up another game—old habits die hard.
Time to play some nice indie titles from XBox game pass
I have an Xbox Game Pass, which offers a great selection of games I want to try. I’ve always enjoyed small indie titles with unique graphics or roguelikes with a twist. My current shortlist includes Fe, Spiritfarer, and Inscryption (a bizarre card-building roguelike I’ve been loving).
More Co-op Titles to play this year
There are also plenty of co-op games I’d like to play with Beril. A Way Out might be our next choice. Unfortunately, many good co-op games are either couch-only or suffer from issues when playing online. For instance, we struggled with Broforce due to lag, and even theHunter has its multiplayer problems.
Other Goals
I’ll end this rant here and try to spend more time gaming. Aside from that, I have other plans for the year, including getting back into coding and data analysis. I also want to grow my YouTube channel. I need to get some more time to record videos and edit those and post them to YouTube. Last year, I uploaded a lot of videos, even one of the games got some attention but my hardware kind of stopped me. I was just putting out too many low-quality videos, so I took a break which is still ongoing.
There’s a lot on my plate this year, and I hope it all works out.
Thanks for reading...
I have also noticed this thing that if you start playing a game and get quite addicted to it and then suddenly you start playing some other game and then the previous game gets ignored. Nowadays there are so many games available that if you get bored of any game then you can play some other game. Well, I have decided to play games this year but I have decided to buy a good device in which I can play high end games. I hope this becomes possible by the end of this year.
Good luck man, hope you can play those better games this year.
Thanks 🙏
What an inspiring post! So many games, so little time huh? I admire your commitment to completing at least the main stories of your backlog.
Best of luck with your co-op adventures and YouTube goals, it's exciting to see how much you're trying to accomplish this year.
Almost a month has gone already, damn.... this year will pass so quickly. I hope I can do any one of those things I mentioned. xD
Honestly, for this year I don't have any game that I want to play with all my heart, since I always play the first thing I see that catches my attention, but I do want to play some things when I have a more powerful computer that can support those video games, for now I just want to advance and level up in an online game that I play a lot.
Hope you can get a powerful computer and play all the games you want this year.
Finishing No Man Sky is worth it, especially in the state it's in after so many updates. My recommendation for this year is to buy Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, it comes out in February and it looks like it will be GOTY.
I will try to achieve this by the end of this year. The problem for me is I get sidetracked and explore without going for the story missions. The game is so damn beautiful to ignore. XD
It happens quite a lot, the exploration is more appealing than the story itself.
Forza Horizon 4 I love how it looks is a game that I would like to try one day, I understand that on consoles you can buy a controller as a steering wheel but I have not yet seen it in person.
Oh my friend! We're in the same boat! This year I've decided to try to play EVERYTHING I can without any excuses, I feel like I've had years where I haven't been able to play much and I want this to be the exception. There are a lot of good games and entertainment out there, so it definitely takes a lot of discipline to achieve it hahaha! Good post!
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No man's sky or forza horizan 4 looks good game. I wish i could play them❤️