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@togedemarusiridescence7219

3 жыл бұрын

Usually, I just buy games that get extremely positive reviews, and games from franchises that I already know I like.

@user98xp

3 жыл бұрын

I play something I'm familiar with - a standby.

@yers7638

2 жыл бұрын

I get confused what to play with my 68 games that i enjoy

*Buys 10 games on Steam sale* *Replays Dark Souls, then FFV* *Buys 5 more games* *Practice mode in Tekken* *Watch youtube video about there being too many games*

@SaveDataTeam

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, if this isn’t true life 😅

@Icien1

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds about right. I just bought a new PC and a bunch of games - and I find myself replaying GTA V for the third or fourth time.

As a kid, I had a dream that I would have an entire room full of games. Now I have that room. I have plenty of money to buy hundreds more. Just no time to play them. And I still end up being frustrated.

@shadowsnake3867

2 жыл бұрын

That's normal because you achieved the first part and not the rest yet. You managed to buy it but have not played the games. I am the same with all the platforms I own and their games. I am considering boxing all of my collection.

There is a thing called, "positive gamer", Just play the games you feel like playing or buying. Just play games and have fun

@SaveDataTeam

4 жыл бұрын

That’s what I try to do. It just gets difficult when a new release comes out and I want to play it to be in the conversation. I’m putting a hold on starting Ghost of Tsushima right now, but I am excited to get into it.

@0slightly_risen049

Жыл бұрын

That's pretty simplistic

More often than not your first instincts are going to be what you desire to play most. If that means playing an old school game, modern game, or re-playing a game you already beat...so be it! Don't beat yourself up if you can't decide right away. There is no right or wrong way to play your video games.

I just started a 5 games a time rule, so I have something for every mood. It's still so hard lol.

@SaveDataTeam

3 жыл бұрын

I’m so terrible at dabbling in multiple games at once. I can have a “game to play with friends” and a “main focus game,” but if I add more past that, I usually stop playing one of them. 😰

@Mike_Virata

3 жыл бұрын

@@SaveDataTeam i wish i could do just two. thankfully all of the games are completely different genre, so ive got it down to that.

@frankreynolds4413

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I’ve played 2 at a time before but if I play any more than that I end up making no progress in any of them and I feel even worse lol

I didn't need to be called out for my 23rd rewatch of The Office like that

@SaveDataTeam

4 жыл бұрын

It was as much a self-callout as it was to anyone else.

As a pc gamer (not even for a year) i can already relate to this. I didn't face this problem when i was a console player tho

@SaveDataTeam

4 жыл бұрын

Due to how easy it is to self publish on PC, there is definitely a bigger glut of games there, but even now I'm struggling to finish up a game before this weekend so I can start Ghost of Tsushima as it launches. 😅 I think this is a problem that will only get worse, so I just need to learn to deal with the anxiety of not being able to play all the "major releases."

Really interesting video, thanks for putting it together. I've had this problem for a long time.. well it started out with books, then moved on to music and tv series, and now I have it for video games too. So it's nice to know that it's not just me and that more hardcore gamers have the same trouble. My solution? Just play/read/watch through them all in whatever order I bought them. Which can take a long time... This leads on to another issue that I don't feel like I'm playing games that are brand new cos I'm so far behind everyone else, but I guess that is all a psychological marketing trick, to make you think that you need to buy and to play the latest games

@sugarhieroglyph

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, I always feel like I'm missing out on the next big thing.

Me: Wanted to play all of my games and gets confused what I'm about to play. Me again: Just play HOI4 for 200th of time

I just use an online spin the wheel and play whatever game it lands on.

@SaveDataTeam

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen that game pass has an option to randomly select a game for you and even Nintendo now has a hotline you can call for game recommendations haha.

I don't horde video games. I buy games I only really want. I have around 160-170 games across all 3 consoles (ps2, ps3 and ps4) Around 42 games for ps4, over 60 something games for ps3 and over 30 something games for ps2. This is just a rough estimate. I don't play multiplayer games of any kind, I love playing single player story driven games, rpgs and open world games. I manage to get some good game time when I manage my day well =) can't really complain =)

@sugarhieroglyph

2 жыл бұрын

Can you reccomend a good Final Fantasy style game on PS2 or PS3?

for me its more there are so many games but not enough money to buy them all so It hard to choose what to buy

I LOVED Gex 64! And also the 2D Saturn one!

@SaveDataTeam

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, sorry for dunking on the game so much! 😅 I’d be interested to see them try to bring it back with updated jokes and more voice lines due to better hardware, but I’m not gonna hold my breath.

For me, Excuse #1 still stands since not only have I been working nearly this ENTIRE time through covid. Outside of 1 week vacations, or when I took 2 weeks off to move out, which as I'm sure you can imagine took alot of time since it was my first apartment. I have not had to go into isolation or anything yet. Personally, I've never really used excuse #2. If I just wanna chill, I will pick a chill game. If I want a challenge, I'll pick a game with a challenge. If I want a 60+ JRPG that I'll binge 12 hours at a time, I'll play one. I typically tailor my gaming to my mood and my schedule(no staying up until 3 AM when I gotta start work at 7). I'll admit, I do sometimes feel that way. Recently I got done playing Digimon Story Cybersleuth: Complete Edition(both Cybersleuth and Hacker's Memory). I'll return to it eventually to get more of the achievements. By the time I put the game down, I had trouble being in the mood to play another game immediately and had to spend a day or two watching videos/streams, and I started up 3-4 more games trying to make a game hit a nerve that would hook me into it. Haven't finished all of them yet. My issue is that I get more games that I want to play than I am able to actually able to get to around to playing.

I hope gaming becomes unpopular, I'm sooo sick of there being SO MANY GAMES!!

I have this very same...luxury problem?? What I have implemented is using a Smaller hard drive. I radically Decreased the amount of available storage space (16TB down to 500GB), thereby limiting what I am able to download and helping me to intentionally focus my attention and time on the game that is taking up the diminished storage capacity of my SSD. At that turn I am committing to the task of seeing the game through to it's intended completion or making an experientially informed decision regarding my willingness to finish what I have started based solely upon a self-imposed 4, and only 4 criteria. These are the story, the mechanics, the aesthetics, and the potential re-playability. With this esoteric methodology I was able to complete Half-Life: Alyx and feel as if I had just put down an incredibly engaging book (remember books? Man, those were the days!! Huh?). The visceral lasting impressions of the characters and intense survival aspects of Alyx have then become a fond emotional memory imprint as opposed to "just another day in the HMD". And then, well, I move on. Committing to another completion if the four basic criterium are met by the next chosen title. They can't all be winners. If I am not captivated to move forward with committed intention within 2 hours (yes, I really give it a solid go) then I uninstall and take the next journey with the limited space that I have imposed. This is totally working for me and I have far less anxiety about feeling as if I am neglecting a purchased title that frankly doesn't even know I exist. It is our Emotional connection, or rather Perceived emotional connection with these possible experiences that we were intrigued enough to shell out hard earned dollars that we battle within. Like being a child and thinking that one stuffed animal, a clearly and wholly inanimate object with no sentience, could ever FEEL left out if we decide to cuddle with the Bear as opposed to the Frog. What I did was put MOST of the stuffed animals in the closet and decided to only have 2 on the bed. Thereby neither is "left out" of the slumber party, as it were, and I have a pretty decent chance at the element of Completion of a Task; which is in and of itself very satisfying and also provides a sense of Closure that allows me to happily dive in to Boneworks, post-Alyx and know it's gonna either be a beautiful ride or a total bust within two hours. Luckily for me? Boneworks on the Index is a beautiful ride. I wish all of you happy, and Contented, gaming. Be safe and well.

This needs more veiws

@SaveDataTeam

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, feel free to share! It really helps videos like this!

I’m the same way with books…just too many to ever get to so I just knock out the ones that really interest me. The last three games I’ve played and beaten were Detroit Become Human, Days Gone, and Rise of Tomb Raider. The last three books I’ve read were War and Peace, The Old Man and the Sea, and The Crossing. Just enjoy life and work on yourself you beautiful people. :)

@sugarhieroglyph

2 жыл бұрын

How was Detroit become human? How was war and peace?

@frankreynolds4413

2 жыл бұрын

@@sugarhieroglyph Detroit Become Human was a good game with occasional bad writing but I’d recommend to anyone looking for a more narrative driven experience and doesn’t mind a lack of gameplay, I played thru twice to choose different decisions and was shocked just how much of an impact your choices make. And War and Peace was the greatest novel I’ve ever read. Worth the hype, I’d recommend the Constance Thrift edition because I think her translation was a large source of my enjoyment. Hope you’re doing well and thank you for asking :)

@sugarhieroglyph

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankreynolds4413 excellent!! I'll check them both out! Thanks!!

My problem is just that I get a game like one a week and try to rush them in two days and if I get a slight setback or slight annoyance I hop off. And it sucks Bc I then feel like playing again

I cannot relate, because I barely can find 1-2 games a year that I want to finish. I guess my taste is too limited to have design paralysis problem. However I do relate to the problem of "learning" new game, it really hard to do when I'm tired and when I'm not tired, I spend that time on my project.

@SaveDataTeam

4 жыл бұрын

Hey, that’s not necessary a bad thing! 😅

@sugarhieroglyph

2 жыл бұрын

First, what your "project" Second, I am exactly the same except I buy a lot of games and up only liking very very few of them, I guess I'm picky.

I love my timetable of re 2 remake and segamegadrive collection everyday plus I just bought tormented souls and that’s pretty much what I do. I’m planning to get a ps5 just for re 4 remake.

I already eliminated the choices down get rid of 1st person shooters since they make me dizzy and sick and stick to 2D and 2.5D video games which drops alot of the competition of those games by a huge number

200+ steam games, and I always launch world of warcraft....

@SaveDataTeam

3 жыл бұрын

I am the worst about this. More new games than ever, and I play a 10+ year old game 😅

Honestly I can always agree with the problems with getting too many games, which even if you get a lots of games you would have a hard time trying to pick which game. You want to play! which will cause you to waste time to play that game and even of course there would be times when you would end up not playing those games at all Which can be a waste of money if you don't play those games and of course, with a lots of games like those you honestly wouldn't have the time to play all of those games. Which I do know in fact there do exist gamers that do have such limit times due to having a job, while I also know in fact we do have video games that do require so much times To put into them and even also there would be times you would end up being stuck on the same game! aka video games that would have replay value that would be very good ones. Which I know in fact there can exist single player games that would have new game plus mode aka the game mode, where you can replay the game from the beginning with the items You got from your first playthrough while I know there are single player games that would not have that mode, or if you end up playing way too much of a multiplayer game you would like! Which I know in fact I hardly play some video games I bought from the steam summer sales, due to online games I have been playing way too much aka one called tower unite aka the game. I have play in 2020 and Garry's mod that I return to in 2021 to play murder which I end up going in the wrong server that did have so much problems and even a owner to that murder server That pretty much killed his own server since so many people have left from that server, like I know in fact I have play way too much of murder and hardly bother to play those games at all.. Well unless if you get really bored from playing that same online game or if the game get way worse, aka with bad updates that can ruined the game that can cause people to quit the game While I even decide to take breaks from online games due to being bored or due to having problems like toxicity, like I am just playing my games I bought from the steam sales one by one While I would still try to beat those games and try not to waste my time way too much on those games, since I do have other stuff I want to do on my spare time like going outside which I wouldn't want to stay in the house all day since I am one of those people that gets out of the house though like I can still agree with the problems with getting too many games though.

Yeah...i always try to keep my options open. As well as play what I generally love. Problem for me as a content creator is making the pricey leap from ps4 to ps5 and all the extra hardware im gonna need for that

@SaveDataTeam

4 жыл бұрын

Preaching to the choir my dude 😭 I’m very excited for next gen, but I definitely need to make sure I have some cash saved up come this winter.

@ImTheDudeGames

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, depending on my job situation and stimulus will depend on if I can make the leap

@ImTheDudeGames

4 жыл бұрын

I'm currently playing FF7 Remake on my channel, having a blast

@SaveDataTeam

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a fun one for sure! Had a really nice time with it.

Playing RDR" and I am overwhelmed at how big it is!!

Are there actually good resources to filter down a game search with art/genre/style/mechanic filters? Or was that more a hypothetical for the video?

@SaveDataTeam

4 жыл бұрын

I used steam to browse genres, and they do actually have a very extensive list on genres and tags, which are user generated. So even if some lines get blurred with genre, it’s still a pretty good tool (plus it’s harder to find games on a platform that isn’t steam except for console exclusives). As far as an actual database though, none that I’m aware of.

Blasphemous is amazing ❤

My man said, "Mischief Makers anyone?" Holy shit I love that game so much. Marina Liteyears is still the best 90's robot kicking bad ass maid B)

I've recently got in to retro gaming, reloving all the old games I played as a kid. I decided to narrow it down to game series. I'm starting by replaying every Zelda game from the beginning to end, then every Mario game, and so on. Every now and then I'll pick a game at random to cleanse my palate, or dive in to some Tetris or Dr. Mario for a zen moment.

I agree with this, that's why i only play games i really enjoy. Quality over quantity as they say.

Awesome video very helpful 👍

@SaveDataTeam

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

This is a big problem. There is too many games for what my time allows me to. Because i also want other things in life. I love games and rpg’s and that is also what’s making it a problem because i want to take my time and put hundreds of hours into games like dragon quest and persona. But i am seeing so many games i want to play, it’s like there’s a unlimited amount of amazing stories and fun games. And i’d not be able to get to finish all my games i wish to finish ever. It’s sad man. This is why I’m considering quitting video games and put this to an end. It’s like drugs, every drug has it’s amazing feeling and story but there’s always a new one ready to take your heart again but your time is limited and you can’t try all of the ones you really want to try (again) anyway so why even bother continuing looking for new ones

This happens so much and confuse and then dont play😂

Damn Gex getting a bad wrap for being an average game :(

@SaveDataTeam

4 жыл бұрын

“Note to self: Don’t drink tap water at Jerry Garcia’s.”

@joseluispcr

3 жыл бұрын

The 90s games were diferent..we rented the game one week good or bad and them next week there was one new game. You could see one or two genres you dint like and on that week play zelda or mario again. But you never had so many options. There was no such a thing as a indie game. Unknow gems were rare. Everybody plsyed all games with few exceptions. You dint chosed you just refused the ones of genres you dint like. There was no research.

The debate failed to bring up that Deity Link is possessed by a god and has more battle experience than BotW Link.

Don't sleep on Bloodstained!

@sleepychickadee4087

8 ай бұрын

I just played Bloodstained a month ago. It was so GOOD!

Wild arms 1 music yessss

@SaveDataTeam

3 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah 👍

@sugarhieroglyph

2 жыл бұрын

Is wild arms 1 good? I have it but haven't got around to playing it. I also have wild arms 2.

@ronniejoly1743

2 жыл бұрын

@@sugarhieroglyph its old ofc it has that really old ps1 rpg feel to it, but the game itself is very good. There is some pretty decent surprises along the way of the storyline, the characters do develop & experience many things such as loss, abandonment, companionship & ingenuity. Overall a solid 7.5/10 for a ps1 era rpg imo

@sugarhieroglyph

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronniejoly1743 cool, I'll check out tomorrow night! Thanks!! Any other ps1 era rugs you could reccomend? I really like rugs with strange stories .

If you use a combination power Star from Mario with chaos emeralds from Sonic and the triforce from legend of Zelda you have a couple of seconds to be unstoppable

I bet you foreigners in third world countries really feel bad for us, you know the problem with too many choices.

@DixonTV

Жыл бұрын

nah, some third world countries have free access to most of single player games thanks to "uTorrent". I played hundreds of games and the last one I bought was in 2004 when I had no Internet xD

Not all of us lost our jobs during the pandemic, you know?

I may not like this channel, and I haven't been in the mood to play games lately. But I LOVED this video, and I love watching videos about how to tackle my backlog! It's ironic how I haven't beaten a game in a long time, but I love watching videos about backlogs.

This guy looks like Allen Covert.

I get the same thing with scientific papers...

6 minutes ago...comment made 16 hours ago...

@SaveDataTeam

4 жыл бұрын

I post the video the night before as unlisted to make sure it gets buffered to the best possible resolution. Otherwise it would go live in 480p 😅

I have many games on my ps4, i just play them, i will finish them

@SaveDataTeam

3 жыл бұрын

You are a stronger man than me 😅

@Gazzoosethe1

3 жыл бұрын

@@SaveDataTeam you just need to play the ones you feel to play first, then slowly you'll realize that you completed most kf them

So, Victorian horror or Medieval? ...

@supermonk3y07

2 жыл бұрын

Both sound good but medieval sounds better right now

He forgot FOMO

@sugarhieroglyph

2 жыл бұрын

What's FOMO?

@OLIV3R_YT

2 жыл бұрын

@@sugarhieroglyph Fear Of Missing Out

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