Backlog 2019

Ronin19 · Post Posted: Dec 26, 2018 3:45 pm

Night Owl wrote:Rest of my backlog? ... Oh « Harvest Goddess », why do I keep buying games.

I'm pretty sure I've added 10 games in the last two days because of sales and gifts, so this resonates with me.

Pachi · Post Posted: Dec 26, 2018 5:04 pm

Ronin19 wrote:I am so good at adding games to my backlog, lol. I just bought the Atelier Arland series for Switch. I'm also going to wait on DC Lego Super Villains and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 for my birthday in the new year, so I'm done buying games this year.

I relate so much lol I was cleaning my bookmarks yesterday and saw I had bookmarked An Octave Higher. I checked it out and saw it was on sale on Steam at $1.5 hah;;

Bluie · Post Posted: Dec 27, 2018 4:27 am

I ended up buying Moonlighter instead of preordering YIIK, because I can't see Moonlighter dropping any further for awhile and I want to play it. YIIK comes out pretty close to Tales of Vesperia, so i'm probably fine on holding off for a bit. It'll be my next purchase regardless, unless something else in my wishlist magically goes on sale. Said wishlist is now:

Forgotten Anne
Celeste
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Iconoclasts

And it will only grow with the sheer amount of indies set for 2019 that I know i'll want. I hope we get a solid date for VA-11 HALL-A on Switch. I feel like i've been waiting since forever to play that game.

Kikki · Post Posted: Dec 27, 2018 5:27 am

I'm in a somewhat similar position. The sale on Earthlock on Switch will be over today. I know I'm going to get it eventually, and it's 50% off right now, so it seems sensible to get it, wasteful if I don't. But I have no desire to play it right now, so at the same time it also seems wasteful to go ahead with the purchase. I'm actually okay even if I have to wait until this time next year for it to go on sale at this level again...it's not high on my priority list.

Guess we'll see by the end of today if I went through with the purchase or not, but atm I'm thinking I won't bother and will just wait until the next time it's on at 50% off since I'm not feeling any impulse to play now. As time goes by it may go on even steeper sales, I suppose.

These days I'm only willing to pay full price on games I really want to play right away. Though I may buy Cake Laboratory at full price as it is only $3.99. If I get it, it won't go onto my backlog, as it's the kind of game I'd only ever play casually, not with the intention of 'finishing'.

Not making any progress on Night in the Woods right now, but I may play today. I'm got the inspiration to write, though, which always has more priority when it strikes.

Bluie · Post Posted: Dec 27, 2018 7:51 am

If it makes you feel better, Earthlock goes on sale pretty often. You and I both are on the same eShop, and i've seen it go down to its current price at least four times in 2018 (probably more). It's defs a very high sale candidate, so wouldn't doubt it being back in the sale list in a month or so. This the the first time Moonlighter has gone on sale so i'm snapping it up, because everything else in my wishlist never seems to go on sale in our region.

Kikki · Post Posted: Dec 27, 2018 9:08 am

Thanks Bluie; yeah. I was pretty sure I had seen Earthlock on sale before this, though I didn't think it was 50% off. (Not gonna argue, though, as I didn't pay close enough attention to be confident.) I think it will go on a good sale again before a full year has passed, too.

I am currently considering scooping Ys SEVEN back outta the abandoned bucket. After hearing about the upcoming Ys IX (sounds awesome, I want it), and knowing that SEVEN is the next closest game in world chronology to VIII, and should be right before IX, AND it's the most story-driven of all Ys games prior to VIII...I'm thinking maybe I should make the effort to play it this year after all. I did like what I played, I just don't want to deal with my Vita any more than I need to, at this point. But I think I probably should go through with playing SEVEN after all.

Giving slight consideration to PC version of SEVEN since Xseed much improved the PC port, and even my computer can run it pretty well. Hrm. Tremendous dislike of using my laptop for gaming versus high preference for more attractive and smoother visuals and audio. Tough choice.

Panda Parfait · Post Posted: Dec 27, 2018 1:20 pm

The backlog I'm bringing into 2019:

Spoiler:

There are so many games I'd love to buy while they're on sale right now but I'm forcing myself to just wait it out and play what I already own and have barely touched... That said I still bought Red Dead Redemption 2, which I'm playing right now, and Fallout 4 for PC because the GOTY edition was like $16 USD and I couldn't help myself. Subnautica was free on the Epic Games launcher so I picked that up too, it genuinely terrifies me though so I'm not sure I'll be able to make any significant progress toward beating it lol.

There's not a ton of games coming out next year that I know I'm dying to play asap so I'd really like to finally finish at least some of these! Particularly Persona 5 and The Witcher 3, I've started and stopped both of them over and over.

ryume · Post Posted: Dec 27, 2018 6:17 pm

Platinum trophy London Detective Mysteria! If anyone is interested in a quick common route save that will lead to each individual path easily, THIS GUIDE is extremely helpful.

Minor spoiler on route structure/unlocking content below.

Spoiler:

Kikki · Post Posted: Dec 27, 2018 6:42 pm

Urgh, I thought that might be the requirement for the 'True End'...finishing EVERY end including the bad ones. I just am not interested in the bad ends, so I'm gonna skip the True End. Read about it and it doesn't sound as fun as the individual path ends anyway.

Ehppy · Post Posted: Dec 27, 2018 8:44 pm

It's been a while, Backlog Thread!
I didn't make as much progress as I might've liked in my backlog in 2018. I had a rough year in a lot of respects and ended up not playing games as much, in particular, the big long RPGs that are starting to really pile up.

But here's my stats!

Spoiler:

Whelp. I'm looking forward to another year of digging myself out of this wonderful pit of games I've fallen into, with all of you to chat with all the while.
Best of luck to everyone and their backlog endeavors in the new year!

Bluie · Post Posted: Dec 28, 2018 5:53 am

Well, Moonlighter is very fun. I'm trying to understand why the Switch Reddit kept crapping all over the game every time it was brought up. Great for pick up and play, simple mechanics, and beautiful artstyle.

I'm gonna balance it along with Labyrinth of Refrain, as i'm putting Rain World aside for now (because it's very, very difficult - even on easy mode, and I don't have the patience rn). I'll get back to it, because I do want to play it.

I'm also still working away on Drum n' Fun. I have a bad habit of only wanting to play my favourite songs, so i've been using the 'random' button to kinda 'force' myself to play everything else. No rush, but still, it helps.

Sir Stardust · Post Posted: Dec 28, 2018 8:39 am

Picked up Asdivine Cross, Machine Knight, and Symphony of Eternity. I’ve got a soft-spot for genetic JRPGs. If I already know exactly what to expect going in, there’s no way for me to be disappointed!

ryume · Post Posted: Dec 28, 2018 2:27 pm

Kikki wrote:Urgh, I thought that might be the requirement for the 'True End'...finishing EVERY end including the bad ones. I just am not interested in the bad ends, so I'm gonna skip the True End. Read about it and it doesn't sound as fun as the individual path ends anyway.

Fair enough. I honestly felt the same way you did, but then I was bored, so I figured I would do some extra endings. Then once I had that common route save set up, it was going by so fast I just ended up going all the way lol.

Kikki · Post Posted: Dec 28, 2018 2:47 pm

I may still go for the Kobayashi end though, so thanks for the link

(I stopped playing after getting all the 'destined' endings and Marple's ending once I realized I didn't actually care about the 'true' ending, so I hadn't gotten Kobayashi's.)

Mikodesu · Post Posted: Dec 28, 2018 7:25 pm

Luckily my backlog consists of one game!

Finally got around to starting Ni no Kuni II (thank you for mentioning that Ehppy, somehow it prods me on to hear somebody else is playing.

A glass of wine with dinner was also good fuel). Kind of hoping I don't cave to any sales just yet...I'm still swamped between work and personal projects.

There is YIIK for January though - saw it on Twitter and I laughed out loud and so that's that. Doubt I'll finish Ni no Kuni before then but hey, that's still not bad.