You've got a good conscience, trentjaspar. I wish I was more disciplined about my game collection. It used to be that my qualifying guideline was "I've got lenient standards and lots of free time... Would I enjoy this?" And nowadays, it's more like, "This looks neat, but do I have time for this?" There are so many game I want to play, but I can only see my available free time shrinking more and more as the years go on. So lately I've been trying to prioritize better.
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bump! Thank you for the This is the Police giveaway :D
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Yeah, that's probably a lot of users like that( me too), the first month joined most of the GAs with good chances and won a few. Then thought to myself "it's so easy to win!" and backed off , still joining some interesting small trash ones. Being a completionist is tough :P I'm usually happy with it if I get over 75% or 80-100 if there's too many achievements, like 400 of them, yeah it kills the overall % but I can't stand playing just for some obscure achievements checking them off a list unless I absolutely love the game.
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I've had several games ruined due to my own inability not to care about achievements / completion. =(
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I think you need to force yourself to play games you know you can't 100% or have someone "ruin" your completion percentage for you. Avoiding games because of achievements is bizarre.
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Like many of us, I like to play my wins, and tend to give them priority in my backlog.
However also like many of us, in my earlier SG days, I entered (and won) a number of giveaways that looking back I regret. They are games that for one reason or another I don't want to play—possibly without even trying them. In my case, as an avowed completionist, I've also fallen into the trap of not playing a game if I know I won't be able to get many achievements for it, decreasing my "completion percentage." Sigh.
In any event, this small train contains some games I've won on Steamgifts but have either not played or haven't played much for one reason or another. Maybe you'll find something you like here.
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There were a couple other games that could have been in this list/train. I won The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II and later acquired a key for it. I played it up until I would have unlocked the first (of many) achievements. But I gave the game to a Steam friend who wanted to play co-op with his son, so I already regained some karma there. The other game was rFactor, but I haven't been able to trade for a key to add to this train...and besides, I might give it a go anyway. =)
Cheers.
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