Hello! I'm a longtime lurker, deciding to join in now. I started working on my backlog many years ago (2015 I think?), when it was 400+ games long. It's much shorter now, but I still have a little ways to go! (I fell into the trap of Steam sales. I only have a PC and as of this past summer a Steam Deck, so all of my backlog comes from the PC.)
Do you have any gaming goals this year?
I'd really like to get my backlog down to 20 games this year. I'm trying to beat (or try and retire) two games a month, but that'll probably vary depending on how much time I have. (I'm working on a new degree and more of my free time at the moment is going to reading than to gaming.) I also used to stream a decent amount, but haven't held up a regular schedule in ages. I'd like to get back to that, because a good handful of the games I have left are ones I'd like to stream, and I've been kind of saving them for that.
What's in your backlog right now?
I have a total of 36 games in my backlog at the moment. 15 of them are hidden object games, which don't feel like official backlog games to me, although I will be counting them in my finished games total. (I enjoy playing them to relax, but they're mostly interchangeable, so each one doesn't feel like a new experience the way other types of games do. There's less reason for me to want to play through each specific one, if that makes sense.)
The 21 games in my "regular" backlog:
My favorite types of games are farming games, but I tend to play them right away, which is why there are very few on the backlog.
Which new releases are you looking forward to this year?
There are so many, but so many come out in early access, that I don't actually know what all will be getting a full release this year. (I prefer not to play early access games. I'd rather wait for the full experience.) Coral Island, Slime Rancher 2, Little Witch in the Woods, and My Time at Sandrock will be at the top of my list once they get full releases, but I'm not assuming any of them will be this year. (Maybe Sandrock?)
Do you have a wishlist of existing games?
My Steam wishlist is currently 55 games long. Less than 20 of them are out though. (It's an easy way for me to keep track of upcoming games I'm interested in.) A lot of the games that are out are early access, so I'm waiting on them. I do really want to pick up FFVIIR, Crisis Core, Harvestella, Witchy Life Story, and Submerged Hidden Depths, but I don't really have the time for them right now, so I decided to wait until I do (and see if they get better sales in the meantime).
I did buy Aka at the beginning of the month (before the big sales ended) and finished it today, so that's one game down (or at least I'm back to neutral). It was a very pretty little game where you play a red panda trying to rebuild a peaceful life after a war. There is some farming, questing, and exploring. Reviews are not that great, but I had a really nice time with it. Controls (when watering your crops for example) are a bit fiddly, but it wasn't awful. (It just came out recently and the devs have been fixing early bugs, too, which is nice.)
Well, I can at least ask the neuro's office about it next time. The gabapentin helps with the shooting, stabbing, burning nerve pain, but it doesn't stop any of the clenching, which perpetuates a lot of the problems.
It was super enjoyable though. I think I spent a good 60 to 80 hours playing it, but since the Switch can't tell you that, who really knows. I just know it was well worth my time. Still have post game to do - I didn't even make it through an entire game year before finishing the story, but I'm not too fussed about it.
