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One of the most frustrating things as a gamer...
- Apr 16, 2012 8:58 am GMT
My backlog is definitely the bigger problem, but I have run into this as well.
Recently for example, I saw UMK3 for Genesis at a game store, in the case for like $10. Passed on it at the time because I had a stack of games in hand. Went back to that store later, gone. Found it at only one other store in the city. No case, no manual, $30. Begrudgingly, I bought it because I didn't want to wait to track it down again.
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- Apr 17, 2012 11:10 pm GMT
I just buy the newly released games I have in mind and keep them ordered in a pre-set "To Play" list. For example, I now have Tales of Legendia and the 3 Xenosaga games. Along with Ace Combat on the 3DS. None of them are really temptive enough to prioritize beating first so I came up with the following order:
Legendia >>> Xenosaga I,II,III >>> Ace Combat
The only game that's in demand in the used market is Ace Combat, so I'll sell that once I beat the main campaign. I also have no games on my anticipation list until August (Kingdom Hearts 3D), so there's not much pressure to beat those games. I may take "breaks" between Xenosaga's episodes though. The main factor that could prolong my playtime on a game is the fact that I only invest time on them during weekends.
So yeah, once you adopt a systematic approach to the process, it's simple and not frustrating much. I don't spend a substancial amount of income on games though (I borrowed Legendia).
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- May 11, 2012 7:28 am GMT
^
Thank you. I now know I'm not the only person who does this. I feel like less of an OCD weirdo lol
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- May 11, 2012 8:01 am GMT
[QUOTE="Heirren"]
Be happy you still have that feeling. When you get older, priorities change, and frustration in regards to gaming is an ancient past time.
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The biggest problem with me as I grow older is not which games to buy necessarily, but which games I will even have the time to play. I play a ton of sports games lately because I don't have the time to invest in any other kind.
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- May 11, 2012 8:23 am GMT
[QUOTE="Blueresident87"]
[QUOTE="Heirren"]
Be happy you still have that feeling. When you get older, priorities change, and frustration in regards to gaming is an ancient past time.
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The biggest problem with me as I grow older is not which games to buy necessarily, but which games I will even have the time to play. I play a ton of sports games lately because I don't have the time to invest in any other kind.
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Handheld gaming is where it's at for us job-having, home-owning senior citizens of the gaming community. Nothing like being able to snap the clamshell shut on a DS or flip the switch on a PSP at any moment and then pick up at that exact moment where you left off later that day or in a few days. I don't often find a chance to sit and game for two hours straight but I can get in twenty minute bursts in a few times per day.
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- May 11, 2012 1:22 pm GMTHeirren wrote:
Be happy you still have that feeling. When you get older, priorities change, and frustration in regards to gaming is an ancient past time.
i couldnt agree with you more.
cuz when a full time job, wife&kids, and bills come into play, gaming slowely becomes non excistent
[QUOTE="Heirren"]
Be happy you still have that feeling. When you get older, priorities change, and frustration in regards to gaming is an ancient past time.
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i couldnt agree with you more.
cuz when a full time job, wife&kids, and bills come into play, gaming slowely becomes non excistent :(
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