Jan 032025
It’s getting worse!
So, after finishing 66 games in 2023 instead of the 100 I’d hoped for, I set last year’s backlog goal at 75 games… and finished 45.
The reasonable thing to do now would be to drop this year’s goal to 50, but I’m going to stick with 75. After all, last year’s numbers were hindered by me playing some very long games. If it repeats itself this year, then I’ll consider lowering the goal.
Operation Backlog Completion 2025
So how about those specific goals? Out of the 26 games I said I intended to play last year, I finished 5, have 2 in progress, and intend to start 1 this month. Plus one was delayed, so that doesn’t count.
Okay, that’s better! For this year, I’ll keep the remaining games from that list and add my most-anticipated games of the year, plus Stellar Blade because I intended to play it last year but got sidetracked by other games, which gives us:
- Batman: Arkham Knight (followed by Arkham Origins)
- The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings (followed by The Witcher 3)
- Dragon Quest XI
- Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition
- Yooka-Laylee (unless I decide to wait for the remake)
- Aurion: Curse of the Kori-Odan
- Dies Irae
- The Great Gaias
- Trails in the Sky the 3rd (followed by Trails from Zero)
- Triangle Strategy
- The Good Life
- Tokyo Xanadu eX+
- Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
- Final Fantasy XVI
- Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time (assuming it comes out)
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
- Stellar Blade
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Professor Layton and the New World of Steam
- The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
- Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
- Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
Of course, quite a few of these are long games, so I might be setting myself up for failure. But they’re games I’ve intended to play for a long time, and maybe this will be the year!
(Speaking of which, last year did not end up being my “Year of Trails,” since I only played one. And it was long. Very long. But hey, aiming to finish two this year will at least put me on the path toward catching up.)
I still believe I’ll play every game on my backlog someday. Do you have any specific gaming goals in mind for this year?
I’m curious, do you count games that haven’t even released yet, like Clair Obscura and Hundred Line Defense Academy as being in the backlog? 🤔 Trying to remember if that’s how you did it in years past.
Also at this point, just skip Witcher 2 and go to Witcher 3, unless you really want to experience the extra things you can carry over from 2 to 3, at least from what I’ve read online 😛
I don’t count them as being in the backlog until they’re actually IN the backlog (that is, I’ve purchased them and they’re waiting for me to play), so no.
I want to play Witcher 2. Why would I skip over a game I want to play just because people online consider its sequel better?
Mm, fair. Not like I’ve played Witcher 2 myself and I barely got through Witcher 3!
You’ve been doing amazingly well. Finishing 66 games in a year is incredible.
Thanks!