Comments on: Editorial: Getting Back on the Horse

By: Mel

Mel — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 20:55:41 +0000

@Matt: I see your point, but a wise man once tweeted “The most sublime enjoyments are those which are challenging–which require study and revisiting–which require a personal investment.” And I do not yet think this game is not to my taste so much as it is just beyond my understanding at the moment.

I have come to greatly enjoy games I was terrible at before, even games I once thought I had no interest in. So I am willing to give Civ 4 (in this case) more of my time. I might not prefer to drop a game, but I am not shy about ditching something I do not enjoy as many of my 2014 purchases sadly ended that way.

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 04:36:57 +0000

Dancing Matt is the best. I just want to say that again.

By: Imitanis

Imitanis — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:58:16 +0000

At this point I’ve got about 200 games on Steam, mostly from Humble Bundles. i managed to hold off buying anything new on the first day of the sale, but Gal Civ 3 went on offer and it was just too tempting to pass up.

By: Dancing Matt

Dancing Matt — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:47:06 +0000

I’ve got 30 games on Steam, and that seems like way too much. I can’t imagine what it feels like to have 300. The pressure, the pressure.

There’s nothing wrong with not finishing a lot of games. They take a long time! Especially when they’re bought on a whim or recommendation. If we’re talking about a game you’ve been looking forward to for a while, or one from a favorite series and/or developer, etc., then you should probably give it a much more committed shakedown before switching to something else. Or make it a point to return to it regularly. But say you bought a CD and didn’t like it, or just thought it was okay, would you make yourself listen to it over and over for at least 20 hours to make sure you got your money’s worth? No, it was a mistake, move on and try not to let it happen again.

By: Mel

Mel — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 23:02:26 +0000

Well, I must admit I fall prey to the new-and-shinies before finishing what I started. My advice to keep this from happening often is to just buy fewer games. Not being able to afford them helps lol

However, those steam sales kick in and it just becomes that much more difficult to resist purging what little spare cash I do have. MGS Ground Zeroes is now finally at a proper price point AND on PC (though I don’t know my CPU can hold up, I need an upgrade but once again I cannot afford to spend that cash at present). It’s also well priced on PS4. Borderlands 2.5 is still about 50 bucks, which is too much imo. I’ll nab that when it’s closer to 30.

Know what? Just don’t open the Steam store page. Just pretend it’s broken. You’ll save a ton.

By: Imitanis

Imitanis — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 21:18:33 +0000

I generally stop playing games when something new comes along. There was once a time when I’d replay older games in my collection for fun (Grandia), but sadly I have less time to do so these days, and I always want to try that next new game.

Also, Steam sales don’t help. Guess I’ll be buying a few games over the next couple of weeks.