I'm in the biggest gaming slump I've ever been in. I'm not really playing anything that actually has point, so just getting one would be nice. I'm so behind that choosing the "next" game is, for all intents and purposes, impossible. I can only seem to think of a reason why I "can't" play that yet. I had this idea to go back to PS2/Xbox/GameCube era and just start playing the games that I want in order of release date. Kinda like going back in time and experiencing a console as it was for everyone at it's peak. My 200 lb. CRT needs to be worked on and retro game collecting becoming unfeasible has put a damper on that plan. I'm so behind I don't know where to start.

I got DmC in an old Humble Bundle. What's so bad about it and DMC2??

And alright, I'll just get DMC5 then. I tend to like getting full batches of franchises cheap, but frankly, I'd rather not do that with DMC since I dunno if I'll really enjoy it, haha.

As someone who has literally never played Devil May Cry (I think I own DmC and never even booted it), should I get DMC5 SE for PS5? It looks cool, I liked Vanquish a lot which I think is the closest comparison I have in the games I own. Or should I get the original trilogy and a version of 4 first beforehand?

Listen, the only Animal Crossing game I''d ever played before was New Leaf, which I didn't play that much. So while New Horizons looked great, I honestly thought I'd be able to wait until next year or something. At least until it was 20-30% off, or whatever kind of sales we get on Nintendo games on the eShop. But then... things happened around the world, and suddenly the game was freaking everywhere on the Internet, and it looked like so much fun and it became the only thing that I actually wanted to play. I managed to not buy it for like three weeks before I realized I was kidding myself if I seriously thought I'd be able to wait several more months. So now I've had it for two months, and it's been totally worth it. It's already become my most played Switch game ever. No regrets!

It's pretty great so far ^^ .

I can agree with that. I actually got shafted a bit with how I played, unfortunately. If you buy digital, you get all of the things you need at a flat $59.99 price point, with no stipulations. I wanted to go the physical route because I loved the design, and I love supporting those kinds of products, but unfortunately, when you go physical, aside from the obvious "you're spending more money than digital" you also have to use the parts at least once a week or the game "de-registers" them from your inventory. I'm assuming it was put into play to avoid one person buying them and sharing them among all their friends, but it's really frustrating to deal with, especially for someone like me who doesn't play this game non-stop.

I don't know if they happened to fix that at all in any patches, but it was my only real gripe with the game.

I saw you're playing Starlink! I never got around to finishing it yet, but it's pretty charming, yes?

Sounds good.

Yeah, the premise is that if I plan on actually seeing this backlog completed I need to focus on a few things:

1) Not forcing myself to play through games that I genuinely do not enjoy. Yeah, it sucks that I lost some money into them, but it doesn't have to be brutal if I can rid myself of it early enough.

2) Stop buying games that I *think* I'll like based on arbitrary factors. I was notorious for this about Atlus/Nis America games because they're rare, sell out fast, and all have elements that I tend to enjoy. History has shown though that I don't care for many of them.

3) Stop trying to force myself to like a game JUST because I have it. I know it seems similar to 1, but it's something that causes me unnecessary guilt and the "need" to buy and play games in those series (Tales of and Dragon Quest come to mind), so I'm going to just stop trying to love those games and be done with them.