on fleek [dLtMs0 v 5.5]

Status
Not open for further replies.
Pokestick said:
289


Yaaaaaas.

Dammit, I've bought five console games this week already. I knew this was happening too, but when it happens it hits hard.

Any good deals on interesting games yet? Only thing I've seen so far would be Valkyria Chronicles.
Click to expand...
Huh, you want recs? Gimme a sec, lemme see what's on sale today...

So far, other than Valk Chron: Tales from the Borderlands (which I have yet to play, but want), Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3, Papers Please, Mirror's Edge (possibly, could be and has been cheaper), and XCOM (NOT THE BUREAU) are standout daily/flash titles.
 
291

I think you guys might be interested in this as well, as I've survived many a Steam sale and lived to tell the tale:
Spoiler:
 
293

That's actually why sales like this are dangerous for me. I don't really like specific genres so much as there being very few genres I don't like. Veeery few. Maybe, like, one or two.

Some entice me more them others, but I look more for what a game does than what a game is. Which is a problem, because that means there are a boatload of games that interest me and never enough money to get them all. Worse, I've mostly stopped pirating, so it can hurt.
 
298

Lolno. I play on a desire basis, but since it's basically a library I sometimes just pick out titles I'm curious about.

This said, the ones that I play the most are always the ones I specifically wanted beforehand. Games like Long Live the Queen, Half-Minute Hero, Hyperdimension Neptunia, Spelunky, The Stanley Parable- all of which I highly recommend, those have a lot of time put into them.

Ones I wanted just for the sake of having them don't, same for bundle buys that I didn't particularly care for. Kinda why I buy less games nowadays: to limit what I have and buy mainly only what I want to play rather than what I want in a broader sense.
 
I have a library of around 50-60 games and I haven't played all of them. :v

300
 
301

Well that's a big question. Delving into a game I don't know much about takes motivation and interest, and since I have so many it's not really a matter of simply giving them chances.

It's like...simply owning a game isn't motivation enough for me to want to play it. For me to want to play it, it has to impress me in various ways. This all sounds...snooty, really, but it's basically like being in an actual library and picking out a random book. Books and Games generally can't have a full opinion formed of them until they're delved into to some extent, unlike shows and movies where you can judge its worth relatively early on. Also different, in the case of the latter, you're making an effort to do so, while in the case of the former you can just sit down and watch.

And that's really the thing, the idea of "effort" impacts "motivation" in the face of the unknown, and if the presentation of the game/book isn't that great, motivation will ultimately be low. Similarly, Low motivation can impact judgement, which is never good. In such a scenario, even gems and masterpieces can be deemed shit, ultimately.

So...short answer, sometimes. If I'm bored enough and just randomly look through for something that sounds interesting. It's not often, but it's always there so there's no real need to do it constantly.
 
301

Did some checking.

I have a Steam library of 118 games.
30 of them are currently installed.

44 have play time on record.
27 of those have more than two hours of playtime.
11 have more than ten hours.
6 have more than twenty.

Then the two most played make quite the spike.
Spoiler:

I guess I like that genre.

Anyway, it's clear to see that I won't play much of a PC game unless it's with friends. The only single player game out of those six is Dragon Age.
 
304. I have 118 games in my library, but only played 17 of them. 8 have less than 1 hour of playtime (whether due to technical limitations of the hardware on my PC or due to time constraints), 4 have between 1 and 10 hours of playtime (similar issues to the ones with 1 hour or less of playtime), 5 more are between 10 and 50 (games I've spent substantial time on in a given week, with Age of Empires II being a title I've played a fair bit outside of Steam), and my top title, Sim City 4 Deluxe, sits at just 189.5 hours, but most of my lifetime playtime for that comes from before I ever had a Steam copy.


Civ IV and Civ III are titles I've spent a substantial amount of time on that I don't have Steam copies of that I've been thinking about getting Steam copies for simply for ease of multiplayer.



Civ multiplayer is fun, but for any method that's not PBEM or Pitboss, it can be a pain to get enough time free with even just one playing partner on a consistent enough basis to finish a game.
 
305

I think I've mentioned this before, but I can't motivate myself in single-player unless I have a long-term "project" in the game. Online multi is a blast though. A friend and I have a dedicated evening each week during which we plough through co-op games.

donavannj said:
I have 118 games in my library
Click to expand...
Pokestick said:
I have a Steam library of 118 games.
Click to expand...
Don, are you my soul mate?
 
Pokestick said:
Don, are you my soul mate?
Click to expand...

Clearly.

Well, actually, YNAB is counted among those, so it may not be fully accurate. As is RPG Maker VX Ace, which I bought on a whim a couple years ago when it was deeply cut on sale price. But I think the remaining 116 are actually games.

Steam DB profile summary, for reference:

My Steam Profile (from SteamDB)


  • Worth: $1614 ($500 with sales)
  • Games owned: 118
  • Games not played: 101 (86%)
  • Hours on record: 308.8h
Click to expand...

306.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top