Does anyone have a problem starting to play new games?

[bluberry]

I don't know why, but I sometimes do. I've had a copy of Bujingai and Crimson Tears sitting there for a week and I haven't touched them, and in the last year I still haven't even opened a ton of games like Armed and Dangerous, Prince of Persia, Metal Arms, and Deus Ex: Invisible War. Yet I played Metal Slug 3 for like ten hours after getting it, and still play an obscene amount of Devil May Cry and Gunvalkyrie.

Anything similar happen to anyone else?

[Azazel]

It only happens for me for RPG games.

[spoon]

Yep. It's called being a collector.

Or getting older :/

[Sibs]

I'm like that too. I just got Pikmin and Metroid Fusion this morning, but I've only been playing Pikmin. I haven't even opened Metroid Fusion yet, and I probably won't 'till maybe tomorrow.

[Jibbajaba]

Sure. I have tons of games around here waiting to be played, including some that are still sealed.

Chris

[Nez]

Lets see here one two three. Yeah about 400 games here that I havent even played yet. Its just what happens when you get addicted to one game and continue to buy more.

[Jorpho]

I feel guilty sometimes about having amassed so many excellent games that are universally praised to the sky, but still haven't gotten around to playing them after years have gone by. :embarrassed:

So far this year, I have added three games to my unplayed collection: Nocturne, Metal Gear Solid, and Beyond Good & Evil. Hopefully this list will not continue to grow.

[Biff_McFresh]

Usually happens to me with RPGs, seeing as I stockpile them and usually only play one or two at the same time.

[jerkov]

I have the same problem........I bought a ton of games during the Circuit City sale, but only opened a handful so far. And the ones I've opened, I've probably only played for a few minutes.

I actually JUST opened my copy of Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga that I got for Christmas today. Only played for about 5 minutes, but it's a game that I definitely want to play. I also got Golden Sun: The Lost Age for Christmas, which I still have sealed. I still need to beat the first Golden Sun, something I've put off for about a year and a half. Viewtiful Joe is yet another game that I got for Christmas that I've only put about an hour into so far......

I need more time to play games.

[GameBoy]

Meh, that happens to me too. I bought FF VII, and I haven't played much of it, along with Xenosaga. Some games I play for a day, thne forget about them for a while.

[-hellvin-]

Just rpgs....tried starting valkryie profile several times but can not get into it. I can pretty much sit down and play through any of my genesis/nes/snes run n gun games with no problem, or most pc games. But console rpgs I have much trouble starting up. Out of all my games, I don't think I've played more than 150 of them.

[Avenger]

bluberry you might as well start armed and dangerous...it takes like 2 hours to beat....

and yes this happens to me too, mostly with RPGs and really long games

[bluberry]

Really, A&D is that short? Wowz.

[Avenger]

either that or im just hella good :D...its a very repetative game...but also really really funny...its prob the only time ive ever laughed out loud and shown ALL my friends the cut scenes...

[thegreatescape]

I still haven't even opened a ton of games like Armed and Dangerous, Prince of Persia, Metal Arms, and Deus Ex: Invisible War.


This is probably the unemployed, expensive game hating part of me talking; but why buy the games if youve obviously got no intention of playing them? Or if you did why not wait till a time when you can play them, by which point you would have spent half as much on them :roll:

$5 AU Mega Drive games i could understand, but $60 AU games just seems like a waste..

[SkiDragon]

I havent been playing many of the games I have bought recently, but they are mostly $5 Circuit City games or $5-$10 dollar Game Rush games. I will play them when I have time.

Oh, and I preordered (completely bought) Halo 2 for $45, and I will probably play that soon after I get it. And Gradius V looks good too. Too many games, thats the problem...

[LiquidX01]

Yep. It's called being a collector.

:/

Gotta agree here. I have quite a few myself that havent been touched.

[junglehunter]

Yep. It's called being a collector.

:o


It's also called a lot of games are merely rush jobs. :o

[QBert]

Yep. It's called being a collector.

:o


It's also called a lot of games are merely rush jobs. :o

And buying more than you can play. :)
I'm guilty of this too. Oh well.

[orrimarrko]

Unfortunately.

For me, it just boils down to a couple of things.

1. I just don't have enough time. There's simply not enough hours in the day, or if I stay up late, I pay for it all week.

2. TOO MANY CHOICES. I have over 120 XBOX, PS2 and Gamecube games alone that are still sealed. I pick them up when they're on sale, because I actually would like to play them (most of them anyway.) However, now, I have too many great games to pick from (Manhunt, Ninja Gaiden, Viewtiful Joe, etc, etc) and I don't know where to begin.

So I don't.

3. Games are way too long for a perfectionist. I am one of those people to wants to enjoy a game, take my time, and find everything or do everything, or unlock everything, etc.

Games are simply too long and involved to zip through them, and I don't like starting too many games at once - I won't remember what I was doing in all of them.

So, that's the long winded answer.

In the meantime, my collection is getting seriously out of hand, and I haven't played anything accept my Supergun in a month.

Very frustrating.

Steve

[Tritoch]

Unfortunately.

For me, it just boils down to a couple of things.

1. I just don't have enough time. There's simply not enough hours in the day, or if I stay up late, I pay for it all week.

2. TOO MANY CHOICES. I have over 120 XBOX, PS2 and Gamecube games alone that are still sealed. I pick them up when they're on sale, because I actually would like to play them (most of them anyway.) However, now, I have too many great games to pick from (Manhunt, Ninja Gaiden, Viewtiful Joe, etc, etc) and I don't know where to begin.

So I don't.

3. Games are way too long for a perfectionist. I am one of those people to wants to enjoy a game, take my time, and find everything or do everything, or unlock everything, etc.

Games are simply too long and involved to zip through them, and I don't like starting too many games at once - I won't remember what I was doing in all of them.

My situation is exactly the same, albeit with slightly fewer sealed games (maybe 20 or so LOL). So much to do in so little time that I usually end up not committing to any of them.

[bluberry]

This is probably the unemployed, expensive game hating part of me talking; but why buy the games if youve obviously got no intention of playing them? Or if you did why not wait till a time when you can play them, by which point you would have spent half as much on them :roll:

$5 AU Mega Drive games i could understand, but $60 AU games just seems like a waste..


Actually, A&D and DX:IW were Christmas gifts. Metal Arms was like $20, and PoP was a promo copy at our EB.

I got around to playing Bujingai, though. Fun game.

[Jorpho]

This is probably the unemployed, expensive game hating part of me talking; but why buy the games if youve obviously got no intention of playing them? Or if you did why not wait till a time when you can play them, by which point you would have spent half as much on them :roll:

$5 AU Mega Drive games i could understand, but $60 AU games just seems like a waste..

I for one haven't spent more than $20 CDN on a PC game in a very long time. In fact, many of the games I have picked up were purchased because I felt that it could be a very, very long time before I might ever see them again.

Of course, I have been wrong numerous times - that's why I haven't bought Escape from Monkey Island yet - but usually I'm right. And then there are those other days, like when I decided that I didn't really need the Fallout 1&2 dual pack.

[MegaDrive20XX]

I feel the same, everything thats new on the market doesn't do much for me these days. Last game I played was Onimusha on Xbox, and I think I call it quits there, since I feel playing catch up with the games I missed out on has come to a hault......then turned on some Galaga and find myself finding NES or Atari goods...

I face the music...I can't help myself going back to the 80's and 90's over everything else that is out there.

I love GBA as being the best to create worthy 2D titles for the past 3 years, yet I miss the console feel...and having the TV display is just my honest opinion of how a console should be. The tiny screen or the GB Player just doesn't cut it for me.

Yet the PS2, Xbox, and Cube have been generous to us, but if feels like small doses of 2D with Gradius 3/4, Ikaruga, R-Type Final, and the upcoming Castle Shikigami 2.

Does this seem enough to please us?
I don't really think so and trying to make our memories into 3D has been good but I still feel deprived. Having Shinobi, Rygar, Maximo, Ninja Gaiden, CastleVania, Metal Gear, etc. is ok.

Some contain Easter Eggs of "Old School" 8-bit or arcade ports to cheer us up. It's a nice gesture, yet I get that empty feeling like it's dying on me.

It's a change of life, I dread it, and I despise it at times. I'm Still wishing modern games of the industry itself would take a break. It's over flowing, but that's something no one can ever stop at all.

I was a child of the 80's and my teen years were the 90's I'm burnt out on the future and I still crave gaming for when it wasn't mainstream.Too much nostaglia for me, because every Saturday morning when I was a kid, I would look forward to turning on the TV and playing my NES till the wee hours of the day.

Back to a simpler time, when the only thing we had was a magazine and a few friends to talk about it. Let the media and television stay far far away from what we have.