Currently I have 88 games in my collection not completed, this spans from PS1, PS2, PS3, GC, GBA, DS, PSP and Wii.
I've counted up my unfinished games the other day actually, knowing I have so many, now I actually have some reasoning behind this. I actually began the quest to beat all of my unfinished games probably about 6 years ago, (mind you before I added alot of wii, and ps3 games to the mix) and even then I had tons of games sitting on my shelf to finish.
Mostly I have rpgs on the ps1, and ps2 not completed. Surprisingly enough, PS3 is probably my best completion/not complete ratio by far on any system, as I currently only have 10 games not finished on my PS3, being:
The Chronicles of Riddick Assault on Dark Athena, Fallout New Vegas, Oblivion, Skyrim, Enchanted Arms, Alpha Protocol, Batman Arkham City still sealed, Uncharted 3 still sealed, Resonance of Fate, and Folklore, lol Folklore was my first PS3 game too, funny huh?
Now some other perspective here is that I specify what is a game that needs to be completed as not beat, for example sports games like Madden do not count, neither do games like DDR, or say fighting games, imo. Because they don't really have a storyline/plot/gameplay elements that are expansive like other games.
Granted, since some fighting games retain some RPG elements and challenges to unlock characters or play platform like stages, i.e. SSB, games like that I may consider as an after thought when I finish the core of my 88 games that simply need to be completed.
Most of my failure to complete games simply has to do with time, being busy, life, etc etc.. also due to the rise of my pc time and simply having a habit to just gravitate towards my pc and playing online games constantly for about a decade now. Games like Counter-Strike, WC3, Gunz, many different FPS shooters, LOL, Dota 2 and so on tended to grab my time more than my consoles, due to the excitement of playing people online.
Also for a few years I was heavily into table top gaming, i.e. Yu Gi Oh and MTG, so I wouldn't always be home, I'd be out at night playing card games or with a group of friends to hang out.
The good news is that I've realized the need to complete all of my games, and by complete.. yes I mean 100%, every task, every secret boss/item/whatever to the fullest extent that the game offers, to defy all challenges and complete them. No easy task mind you, and sadly I am very anal when it comes to games in need/want to be perfect and literally do everything.
No easy task mind you, but that is my perspective.. now mind you I have many games I've beat, but not completed such tasks, i.e. Monster farm sidequests in FFX and FF12, which I decided to return to later. But I will indeed return to such tasks eventually, but the goal is to beat and complete every single game I own.
I've recently set a goal for myself, and this idea may help those who sadly have many many games to deal with and complete as well, (hopefully not nearly as bad as me) but I have decided to beat 2 games per week until the end of August, that is 9 weeks and 18 games. I did this because I know that I often become moody or stuggle with my inspirational bouts where I will play many console games in a row and beat them, then revert back to just sticking to my pc for days or weeks until I pick up my console again.
This way I am goal oriented, kind of like a quota, I need to sell 2 cars per week, so obviously with this idea I need to plan accordingly, and obviously I wouldn't want to attempt say 2 long RPGS for my week, but rather an RPG that is reasonably long and then some shorter action game or RPG that may clock in under 20 hours to manage my time properly I would also be attempting the beat the longer or harder game first depending and then following up with the shorter game just in case.
Now what if I select 2 games and come up early, say it is Thursday and I hit my goal, well I decided that the rest of the week will be bonus time, I can use the time to work on other games that I may have not completed yet, or want to attempt to play and beat within that time frame. But if I do not complete a game during that time, once the week cycles out I must move on to my next 2 MANDATORY games for the following week, too bad so sad.. but if I have bonus time next week then ofc I can go back and work on that other game or games.
This is to promote consistancy and accountability, because I often slide out of a game and play something else and then quit and never go back to the previous game, bad habits need to be broken.
Of course I can select any 2 games I so desire, I do not have to start from scratch, so say I select 2 games I have played partially and want to finish, that is fine, but they must be worked at and completed regardless.
I hope by doing this I will be consistant and cut down on my incomplete games and put a dent in them. After that it is back to college, so my time will be constricted until December on break.
I also challenged myself to beat 8 games before Sunday July 1st, to get the number to an even 80, will I do it? I don't know yet, but I have plenty of free time Friday and Saturday, I may be able to do it or get close. This would mostly be some short platformers and adventure games ofc that would run under 10 hours each to complete.
If anybody is curious for a complete list let me know, I am more than happy to post it, and a couple other notes I wanted to add is that I have what I consider, "obscure" games and other categories. I have a Dreamcast with a share of games I am not counting but will likely deal with afterwards, as well as my pc games which is a whole other story, but the reason I consider these seperate is because my console games have simply suffered the most and I need to beat the majority of my games that matter the most.
Now I just have to deal with opening sealed PS2 RPGS, do I even dare?? I don't know, lol.. ok, enough of this, I'd love feedback and to see what people think of this entire idea, lol.
