Such decadence. Play whatever you wanna play, smh.
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Such decadence. Play whatever you wanna play, smh.
I just simply pick something that I'm in the mood to play. Recently, it's been "Walking Dead: Season Two", "Portal 2", and "Deadlight" kind of days. Next week I might want to finally finish up on GTA5, Castlevania: LOS, or Catherine....or maybe I'll want to play the Borderlands DLC that I never got around to, or finally get started on Bioshock:Infinite or Bastion. I have so many unplayed options that it can often be pretty random how I get around to them.
Hmmm...baseball season is right around the corner. Maybe I'll start up a season of MLB:The Show
I'm almost to 1,100 myself, there are days I promise myself to play something, but by the time I get off work or to days off, I just feel wiped out. Today I decided to sink some time into the Saturn versions of Vampire Hunter and Vampire Savior, while playing was fun, I had to drag my ass around to hook the system up.Quote:
Originally Posted by QuickSciFi
That's the biggest issue I have to playing some of the old systems. Even the ones that are hooked up I need to play the "input swap" game with because they can't be hooked up the same way as everything else. I need to swap inputs, change the reciever input, then change the tv input, and if I accidentally do it out of order it resets it and need to re-do it. And if something came loose somewhere I need to dig it out. Or as happens with my SCART-Component converter, sometimes it decides it needs to wash everything out in a particular color and I need to dig it out then adjust the pot till it's correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodreign
That's why all my Genesis gaming is on my Nomad these days... so much easier. I seriously want to get an xrgb one of these days just to make it all no hassle, and I'll just get everything hooked up to it that needs it. Assuming it won't give me issues like the current rgb-component adapter anyways.
Pretty much. When you're in the mood for a game, pick something and play it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pulstar
Heh, funny that I made the last post before this died back(but not an uncommon occurrence :p)
Been thinking on something similar to what this topic is about, and it kind of goes back to the console wars, or at least recent arguments of it.
I think most of you recall that "battle for the better" video. Thing is, I kinda felt like if I was put on the spot, I wouldn't have thought of many Genesis games either. They're there, in the back of my mind, but I probably wouldn't have thought of a lot of 'em anyway. Most likely because a lot of titles/series were exclusive to the console, or possibly had an arcade port, which would have made me forget there even was a console version. So I don't know if out of some form of guilt(though I don't feel like I've ignored playing Genesis games over the years) or what, but I've spent probably the last 6 months or so, on and off(I think I even had a whole month where I didn't touch video games at all), trying to see more and more of the Genesis' library, or finally get around to games I knew of, or had tried before but forgot what they were like. Suffice to say, this library has a shitload of games I'm never going to beat... (Especially as I don't think I'll ever get into shoot 'em ups, or get any renewed interest back into 1 on 1 fighting)
I guess the point is, having access to too many games makes it very hard to decide what you want to play. I can recall with the NES I had about 27, 19 on the Genesis(both consoles were at a time when I couldn't get anything on my own, and I got the NES kind of late, so early titles were much cheaper. Plus the console was widespread enough for Christmas gifts around the family and whatnot), and about 3 for the TurboGrafx-16. Of course the latter was a lot easier to choose from, Bonk most of the time, since there are probably secrets I still never uncovered, Keith, then the other, which wasn't bad, but not a genre I cared much for. Had about 9 NES games and 1 Genesis game stolen, which oddly enough left me even on the overall number of games there. Not too hard to choose from with under 20 games, and it wasn't overwhelming enough to not get a little better and better at each of them.
Whether collecting or emulating, I think if you have access to too many games, it becomes harder to decide what you feel like playing. Ideally one should probably have 30 games, at most, per console, that are known games they'll feel like coming back to play time and again, without worrying about what else is in the consoles library(unless you're that massive a fan of a specific genre, I guess).
All my consoles are set up; but even then it's a drag just to find the controllers in their respective cabs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodreign
I only keep 4 systems hooked up, NES top loader, Wii, PS2, and PS3. The NES is pretty much the one I swap out for either my Genesis, my SMS, my SNES, or my Saturn (I don't bother with charging my PSP or DS up, I just plug them in and play as I don't game on the go these days, my GBA is probably my easiest system to just turn on and play). The NES is the easiest just to unplug connectors for and swap out.Quote:
Originally Posted by QuickSciFi
One strategy for me is to restrict my purchasing of new games in certain ways. For one thing, I tend to focus my purchases on genres I know I can go the distance with - TBS, Action/RPG games, brawlers, dungeon crawlers, action platformers, etc.
Meanwhile, there are RPG games. I tell people that I like them. I believe that statement is true. But I hardly ever finish them. I often don't even make it halfway through them. I just.... lose interest for some reason. So I tend not to buy them since it's likely to be a waste of money and I will just feel guilty about not playing them.
Even so, with a career, a wife, and a couple of dogs I still have a backlog. But there's no shot clock on playing the games. Take your time and enjoy them - that's what they are for!
^Heh, and this article thinks grinding will be the wave of the future for people in that same boat:
http://retrowaretv.com/grinding-is-the-future/
I don't mind grinding. Russel DeMaria, in one of his old video game strategy books, explained that part of the appeal of RPGs of his time (mostly the oldschool FF/DQ) was watching your character's abilities increase.
Really, you could argue that turn-based RPGs are as inane as FarmVille but I beg to differ. At worst, they are among the most dreadfully dull genre you could imagine, and at best, they give you plenty of room for creative expression with different options in classes, magic, skills, equipment, etc. in terms of what strategic approach you can take to playing the game. Yes, it's not everyone's cup of tea and on the other hand, I can understand people feeling a little intimidated by the length and pace of them. However, I've gone back to completing my RPGs. You do need patience, but you also need confidence. You need to learn everything that is at your fingertips so you can fully utilize what is necessary to complete dungeons for instance without having to die and lose all your progress in such situations. So far for me, it has paid off.