Games you know you should have played but just haven't got round to yet.

murphyebass · 04-05-2015 06:53AM #1

We all have one or two. ...maybe more.

a recent example of a game that nearly fell into my backlog never to reemerge was Bayonetta 2 for Wii U.

Bought it on release and only played it a few weeks back.

The biggest offender for me though is Mario Galaxy.

I owned a Wii periodically then sold it so never really played any of its decent games so yeah there's more that I haven't played too but Mario Galaxy is a stand out.

I have it now sitting on my shelf and will play it on Wii U soon.

Over to you..

CiDeRmAn · 04-05-2015 08:18AM

I have so many games sitting unplayed and unfinished my entire collection might as well be called The Backlog!
But big regrets include Skyrim and not finishing a single Souls game

murphyebass · 04-05-2015 08:21AM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I have so many games sitting unplayed and unfinished my entire collection might as well be called The Backlog!
But big regrets include Skyrim and not finishing a single Souls game

I'm yet to even attempt a souls game. I feel like I need a day without the kids etc to be able to commit to what looks like a day or misery and brilliance.

I'll probably pick up Bloodbourne when my exams are done to justify my PS4 purchase.

I see they've redone Souls 2 as well for PS4 so will probably add it to the backlog at some point. Lol

The_Valeyard · 04-05-2015 09:09AM

The Last Of Us.

I know I should, just too busy.

da gamer · 04-05-2015 09:23AM

Where to even start. My back catalogue is ridiculous. I have Xbox 360 games that I bought 6 or 7 years ago that are still in their wrappers. Add to that the 3ds, vita and ps4 games, I'll never play them all. Off the top of my head the ones that I really should sit down and play;

Zelda ocarina of time 3ds
Zelda phantom hourglass
Mass effect 3
New super Mario bros 1
Final fantasy x and x2 (although I have begun x on vita)
The witcher 2
Bioshock infinite
Fallout 3
Dead space 3
Far cry 3
Halo 4
Assassins creed black flag
The last of us

murphyebass · 04-05-2015 09:36AM

Damn it .. The last of us.

I never owned a PS3 so never played it but now I've no excuse with the PS4 and yeah haven't even bought it never mind played it.

Gunmonkey · 04-05-2015 09:43AM

Dragons Dogma, played an hour or so of it, loved it but haven't gone back for some reason.

Dragons Crown, one of the only games I pre-ordered in the last decade, played a few hours and then didn't go back.

On Wii/WiiU....Xenoblade Chronicles, Last Story, Pandoras Tower, Okami, ZombieU, Monster Hunter 3, Bayonetta 1+2.........Metroid: Other M

Will I Amnt · 04-05-2015 09:43AM

murphyebass wrote: »

Damn it .. The last of us.

I never owned a PS3 so never played it but now I've no excuse with the PS4 and yeah haven't even bought it never mind played it.

http://www.instantgamecodes.com/buy/The-Last-Of-Us-Remastered-PS4-Download-Code

No excuse

Just set up a US account if you don't have one, works out just over a tenner.

garimakaushikk · 04-05-2015 09:45AM

there are many that I haven't played yet.

CiDeRmAn · 04-05-2015 10:06AM

murphyebass wrote: »

Damn it .. The last of us.

I never owned a PS3 so never played it but now I've no excuse with the PS4 and yeah haven't even bought it never mind played it.

Its such a short game there's no excuse!
A weekend will see you to the end in no time, there aren't all that many tough bits too it, but it well worth playing, of all the games mentioned.

Lemlin · 04-05-2015 10:37AM

Haven't played any of the Batman or Unchartered games from the last gen. I know people hate remasters but I'm really hoping for them!

Revoker88 · 04-05-2015 10:40AM

The Last of Us,which ive owned for 6 months but have only played the MP. This is mostly Diablo 3 and GTA V's fault!!

Dishonoured

Bio Shock Infinite

Ive plenty of other games in the backlog but these are the ones that i feel im missing out on.

Digital Solitude · 04-05-2015 10:44AM

Mass Effect 1 and 3
The Last of Us
LoZ Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker and Twilight Princess
Okami
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series
BioShock Series, played about half of the first game on PS3
Morrowind
Fallout New Vegas
Dragon Age Origins
Just Cause 2
Star Wars KoTOR and Jedi Academy

Whoever mentioned Dead Space 3, just read the plot synopsis on Wikipedia, instead of hating yourself for playing that filth for the storyline.

MitchKoobski · 04-05-2015 10:47AM

Legend of Zelda : Link To The Past
Star Wars KOTOR
Oblivion

Sonics2k · 04-05-2015 12:15PM

I've never finished Half Life or Half Life 2. I've started both many times over the years, but never actually finished either.

murphyebass · 04-05-2015 12:25PM

Will I Amnt wrote: »

http://www.instantgamecodes.com/buy/The-Last-Of-Us-Remastered-PS4-Download-Code

No excuse
Just set up a US account if you don't have one, works out just over a tenner.

Not rich but money definitely not the reason for me not playing it.

Purely due to being time poor these days.

Someone mentioned Dishonored earlier.

I'm currently an hour or so into it and so far I'm really liking it.

Nice graphics, characters and gameplay seems tight so far.

I'm not normally into stealthy games but this one has grabbed my attention.

Was a freebie from games with gold on 360 too which was nice

Azza · 04-05-2015 01:17PM

Some of my gaming shames.

I have only played one Metroid game (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption) and that was probably for only 10 minutes.

The only Devil May Cry game I have played is 4, for an hour or so, thought it was so so.
I did quite like DmC: Devil May Cry but I didn't enjoy Bayonetta or Metal Gear Rising: Revegeance :pac:.

I did not like the original 2D Mario games (although I could play Super Mario World), but I liked Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Galaxy.

I had a boxed version of the original System Shock, that I never played and threw out!....despite 3 attempts I just can't get in System Shock 2.

Never played any of the Thief series games for more than 15 minutes despite owning all 4!

Amnesia: The Dark Decent is awesome, but I must be a too much of a wuss cause I can never play it for very long.

I stopped playing The Last of Us, Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition and Red Dead Redemption after about 2-3 hours of play despite enjoying them and I have no idea why I haven't gone back to them.

The only Final Fantasy game I played was 7. I never got off the first disc, ran into an enemy that was way too powerful for me to beat and I just gave up. I still have Retrogamers copy of Final Fantasy X that I have never played :rolleyes:.

I could never get through Knights of the Old Republic despite beating the second one first. I beat the second game and enjoyed the story but I had no clue how I did so as I had no clue (and still don't) how DnD rules work!

Never got into isometric cRPG, I have lots of classics on GOG like, Fallout 1 and 2, Planescape Torment, Baldurs Gate 2, Neverwinter Nights and Icewind Dale but not played any of them

Like wise jRPG's, but I do like modern third person RPG's like Fallout, Elder Scrolls and Mass Effect, having said that despite at least 2 attempts I can't get into Morrowind.

Outside of Civilization which I have a love/hate relationship 4X strategy games do not appeal me. Galactic Civilizations 2: Ultimate will probably never be played despite me owning 2 copies of it

Hey Just Cause 2 and all of its DLC sitting in my steam account, I must play you one day!

Never played any Diablo games.

Can not get into the original StarCraft games but I do like the sequel trilogy so far.

tok9 · 04-05-2015 02:30PM

I've two big ones that come to mind straight away.

Super Metroid and any Castlevania game. I should be able to sort out the latter soon but I don't have a nintendo device at the moment to tackle Super Metroid. Someday.

Underground · 04-05-2015 02:48PM

Silent Hill 2.

*runs away*

pablomakaveli · 04-05-2015 03:42PM

I have a massive backlog. But Dark Souls is probably the one that sticks out most for me. I think knowing it's a crazy difficult game puts me off as i can see myself getting frustrated and moving onto something else in my backlog.

tok9 · 04-05-2015 03:42PM

Underground wrote: »

Silent Hill 2.

*runs away*

Oh that's another one. Right now I'm rectifying Resident Evil after purchasing the HD version. Controls have come a long way.

Potential-Monke · 04-05-2015 04:14PM

Zelda games. Any of them. And having a SNES back in the day you'd imagine i would have. Then PS came along, and that was the end of Nintendo for me until the Wii. Really should pick up the Wii games.

Any Final Fantasy. I really do want to play them, but the fighting system is a hate of mine! I heard the newest one is more hack 'n' slash, so might give that a go, but if there's anything like the old combat system, i'm out!

The original Deus Ex. Have it, but haven't played it.

Any Diablo, Gothic or similar games (the kinda-top down games).

Dave_The_Sheep · 04-05-2015 04:20PM

All of Quake.

More recently, Elite.

Zillah · 05-05-2015 09:36AM

I tried Dark Souls on PC and the mouse/keyboard controls were so outrageously bad I gave up after five minutes and never went back

Concannon7 · 05-05-2015 10:07AM

I have The Evil Within and the Resident Evil remake half finished just sitting there. Metal Gear Solid 5 Ground Zeros is one I downloaded but have never played. Sim City 4 is another which I have never got around to actually playing yet.

kunst nugget · 05-05-2015 10:36AM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Its such a short game there's no excuse!
A weekend will see you to the end in no time, there aren't all that many tough bits too it, but it well worth playing, of all the games mentioned.

It's hardly that short… it's about 15-20 hours long. If you have kids, you'll rarely have the luxury of having 15 hours to yourself at the weekend.

I've Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas and I want to get stuck into them but the time commitment is a killer for me. Also, I'm starting into the Mass Effect Trilogy but have only played 2-3 hours so far. Don't know where I'll find the other 80 or so needed to complete the whole thing.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 05-05-2015 11:56AM

kunst nugget wrote: »

It's hardly that short… it's about 15-20 hours long. If you have kids, you'll rarely have the luxury of having 15 hours to yourself at the weekend.

I've Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas and I want to get stuck into them but the time commitment is a killer for me. Also, I'm starting into the Mass Effect Trilogy but have only played 2-3 hours so far. Don't know where I'll find the other 80 or so needed to complete the whole thing.

You'll probably find it closer to 120 hrs imo.

I'm finally playing through the 3rd one, bought on a whim from an xtravision bargain bin, just never got around to it even though I was a big fan of the 2 previous ones. I'm fairly tearing through it as fast as i can, and I'm already up to 28 hrs with no apparent end in sight just yet.

kunst nugget · 05-05-2015 12:48PM

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

You'll probably find it closer to 120 hrs imo.

I'm finally playing through the 3rd one, bought on a whim from an xtravision bargain bin, just never got around to it even though I was a big fan of the 2 previous ones. I'm fairly tearing through it as fast as i can, and I'm already up to 28 hrs with no apparent end in sight just yet.

Anytime I go to load Mass Effect, I get tempted by something shorter that will make me feel like I've accomplished something in the hour or two I get to play it.

Agricola · 05-05-2015 01:15PM

Probably loads of retro stuff but considering I can't keep up with modern fare. I'll just stick to a few from the last couple of years. Last of Us - have it for PS3 for over a year but havent got into it. Now I have a nagging feeling about not bothering til I get a PS4 to get the new version. Far Cry 4. None of the Souls games, just thought they werent for me but have recently been listening to a podcast by a guy who never thought he could hack one of those games and is now a believer. So I really have to try them out sometime.

Generic Dreadhead · 05-05-2015 04:58PM

I'm pretty sure that Boards has a max character count per post thats stopping me compiling my list

TitianGerm · 05-05-2015 05:01PM

At the moment it has to be Sunset Overdrive. Bought in November and have played a total of 15 minutes. I was the same with Shadow of Mordor but got throygh that during my break from destiny.

Games you know you should have played but just haven't got round to yet.

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