I have a similar problem when choosing what to play and I also have a problem just bringing myself to play anything new. You may want to read my post here or the original post and some of the responses, it may be similar to what you are going through.
Edit: I also keep a text file of all the games I own on steam and add each new game everytime I get one. I use this to add notes about the games and rate them after I play them. I also use this list to highlight games that I am most interested in playing so that when it comes time to make a choice of what to play, it is much easier to just look through the games I highlighted.
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You are playing a time-consuming game here, like most of people here, preventing you from playing your games.
That game is a meta-game : "collecting (more and more) games"...
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Here is the thing. I never really bought games for myself, and 90% of my library is from SG wins. I barely enter gibs anymore, cuz I think I have more than enough games on me, and now I face this weird problem of choosing one to play. :P
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Welcome back and thank you for your nice giveaway! ^^
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potato drama is the best drama!
and just choose random. don't like close, like play ;)
you will learn your style in the end
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Well we all change and sometimes I can't be bothered to finish a game too. But the reason is always the quality of the game, not my fading interest.
About deciding what to play next: No idea. I always have an idea what genre I'd like to play next and then I just pick what seems to suit me best, in that moment. Which surprisingly often isn't what would be considered "the best game", from that selection.
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Bump! I often have the same issue, and I think the problem is simply having too many games. It used to bother me that there were unplayed/unbeaten games in my collection, but I've learned to just write off the ones I don't really care for. Now the question I pretty much ask about everything that's not necessary is "does it make me happy?" and if the answer is no, I'm ok with dropping it.
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I'm sitting here trying to decide if I want to play a game or make breakfast.
Welcome back. :3
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It's strange that a lot of games I am/was looking forward to, I haven't really played...
I need to finish the AC Jack The Ripper DLC, Witcher III DLC, all the new games I've won or bought... I bought my PC after playing the Roller Coaster Tycoon World alpha with drops below 1fps on my laptop... But haven't even played RCTW that much. The Planet Coaster alpha weekend... fired it up once for a few minutes...
I always complain about radio stations that play the same music over and over again, while there are thousands of good songs. Yet with games I'm doing the same. Instead of trying new games I usually just fire up Path of Exile.
Hmm... maybe this? https://servc.eu/rsg/
Random Steam Game Picker :)
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I have a sort of similar issue, but also different.
For years I had a crappy laptop. I played League of Legends, a multiplayer game, for 4 years. Then I played Rocket League, another multiplayer game, that I could barely run at acceptable FPS.
I dreamed of getting an awesome PC that could play super cool games. And I did - a few months ago, I got a super PC custom built.
I downloaded lots of games to push me to play them.
However, I usually just stare at the list of 40 or so super interesting looking games.. I stare for a while, and then just launch Rocket League instead. I don't know... maybe it's not that I can't pick a game, maybe it is. But I also feel a bit of loneliness playing 1 player games, as I'm so used to playing against people online, and while I don't really start conversations with my opponents, I feel like fighting against them is a conversation in itself:)
So when I'm playing a 1p game, I have some trouble immersing myself into it. I'm getting a little better at it, though. The more I try 1 player games between Rocket League sessions, the more I'm enjoying them:) Skyrim, Oxenfree. I can play them in small doses and have loads of fun that you don't get in multiplayer games!
.... well, I guess it was a totally different issue, I'll go gag myself :^)
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.... well, I guess it was a totally different issue, I'll go gag myself :^)
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First world problems I regrettably share. I blame Steam and SG for all of it. And putting things in categories or simply doing the A-Z routine starts to do the trick for me, more or less. Thanks for the gib :).
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First world problems at its best
Usually you buy gaming PC because you are thrilled to play SOMETHING not just ANYTHING
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It's called growing up. I still play sometimes but games just don't interest me as crazy as a year ago.
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I too feel ya... I want to play all my games but now there are so many... I'm at a standstill.
With few games then you had no choice to pick... and finished games all the way thru... now it's like.., yay this game, play 2 hours and know I want to finish it because it's so good but then start another new one oi just gotta play and repeat the process... until I have so many just started games.
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maybe one day you will change back and start playing again :3
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I can relate. I'm using the Steam Library Randomizer to choose for me :)
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I would also like to mention that I do not want any sort of elitism, drama, hate, propoganda, passive aggressiveness, and any other form of negativity I may have missed, on this post.
Party pooper. :)
Not only do my game compete with themselves, but with all the other activities I'd like to do. I eventually gravitate towards the easiest time wasters, instead of doing something more fulfilling. (Been playing League of Angels 2 recently, which is only a minor step up from playing a clicker.)
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So uh.... Things are different around here since I was last here. Many people I knew and looked up to have either quit SG or moved on to other things in their life. People cannot debate on something without gouging each other's eyes out, or bringing up drama that doesn't concern the topic at hand. With all that said and done (which I am sure many others have pointed out before me), I have to understand that this community has to, and will, change as time passes, for better or worse, and that I must learn to either adapt with it, or move on. But there is one thing that's been bugging me.
I, myself, have changed. And not in the way you would think.
There was a time when I used to be able to pick up a game, play it at a stretch, and be done with it. That was when I had barely any games to play. Heck, my first game was Claw, my second, Onimusha 3, third, Batman Arkham Asylum, and finally fourth, TF2 (which is what brought me to Steam). During my time here, I not only learnt that I had not played 90% of all the good titles out there, but that I had been looking at the gaming industry through a keyhole. I learnt about the distinction between AAA and Indie games, the existence of bundles, and of course, the significance of Steam in the middle of everything else. As my knowledge grew, so did my library, as well as my laptop's woes. There came a point when I couldn't play anything on the damn thing, and so I decided to play them later, and instead focus on trading up to a PC.
About a month ago, I finally built a good PC, and felt great about it. While I never really built it for gaming, there was definitely a part of me that was thrilled to be able to play ANYTHING that I choose to without anything in my way. So I left my PC on for a few nights, and downloaded over 60 titles. Once done, I said, "Let's play one". Then I kept staring at the list, pondering over what I should play. And as I did, I began to panic.
I was actually struggling to choose one.
After a point, I spaced out, and unconsciously fired up CS:GO instead of any of the new titles. And its not even a game I particularly like. Played a match, got bored, shut it off, and again stared at the list.
This was new to me. How could I not choose? What had happened to all those times when I could just download a game and play it immediately with no regrets? Was I so spoilt for choice that I had lost my drive to play? Was age catching up to me? Or was it something else?
To all those generous souls whose gibs I won , you have my heartfelt gratitude. But I just don't know what has come over me.
Am I unable to choose what to play?
Why am I wary when I will myself to choose any of them?
Do I feel like I am favoring one Steamgifter over the other?
Or do I feel like games have become a task, one that I must carefully plan before undertaking?
I honestly cannot tell. And I think maybe a fresh set of eyes might solve this conundrum I face.
As promised, here is your candy. Might only be for those over 5 though, sorry.
I would also like to mention that I do not want any sort of elitism, drama, hate, propoganda, passive aggressiveness, and any other form of negativity I may have missed, on this post. Learn to love each other instead, it would make it easier for all parties involved.
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