2022 - 12 Month Pile Program

I'm not going to finish anything before we ring in the new year, so here's my December report.

Added:

  • Overboard! (Steam) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/new.gif)IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/beaten.gif)
  • Coffee Talk (Steam) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/new.gif)IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/unplayed.gif)
  • Koi Farm (Steam) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/new.gif)IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/beaten.gif)
  • Escape Simulator: Wild West DLC (Steam) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/new.gif)IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/unplayed.gif)
  • Across the Grooves (Steam) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/new.gif)IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/unplayed.gif)
  • Sumire (Steam) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/new.gif)IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/unplayed.gif)
  • The Artful Escape (Steam) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/new.gif)IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/unplayed.gif)
  • The Case of the Golden Idol (Steam) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/new.gif)IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/unplayed.gif)
  • The Excavation of Hob's Barrow (Steam) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/new.gif)IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/unplayed.gif)
  • Scarlet Hollow (Steam) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/new.gif)IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/unplayed.gif)
  • Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome (Steam) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/new.gif)IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/unplayed.gif)

Look... I had a birthday, I got a couple of Christmas gifts, participated in a Secret Santa exchange (only games less than 1$/1€/1£!) and I went a little nuts with the Steam sale. I make no excuses, those are explanations, not excuses. ^^ (hugs Pile tenderly)

Finished:

  • PC Building Simulator (Epic) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/beaten.gif) - Had such a fun time with this one.
  • Overboard! (Steam) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/new.gif)IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/beaten.gif) - Inkle knocks it out of the park again.
  • Operation: Tango (Steam) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/new.gif)IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/beaten.gif) - Very fun time playing with a buddy.
  • Shigatari (Steam) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/beaten.gif) - Thank you Budo, awesome recommendation!
  • Moncage (Steam) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/new.gif)IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/beaten.gif)
  • SteamWorld Dig (Steam) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/beaten.gif)
  • Koi Farm (Steam) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/new.gif)IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/beaten.gif) - super chill game I got with a gift exchange

Dropped:
None at this time.

Played:

  • Touken Ranbu (Browser/Android) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/unfinished.gif) - WINTER REGI WITH NEW YARIIIIIIIIIIII! *ahem* Still enjoy the FUDGE out of this one.
  • Touken Ranbu Musou (Steam) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/new.gif)IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/beaten.gif) - Need to get that last cheevo.
  • SteamWorld Dig 2 (Steam) IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/unfinished.gif) - Such a delight, even though I suck at the genre. ^^

Remaining games: 56 IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/unfinished.gif) (55 IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/unplayed.gif))
Progress (Games): 31 IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/beaten.gif) + 4 IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/null.gif) - 29 IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/new.gif) = 6
Est. remaining hours: 709 IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/unfinished.gif) (706 IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/unplayed.gif))
Progress (Est. total hours): 530 IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/beaten.gif) + 17 IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/null.gif) + 6 played IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/unfinished.gif) - 333 IMAGE(http://backloggery.com/images/new.gif) = 220

Backloggery is at 17, so one step back from last month. But overall, as I look back on the year, it wasn't too bad (Backloggery was at 5 last year). I'm glad. I played lots of great games, and I had fun doing it. I just wish I had more time. And there's so much to look forward to in 2023. See y'all on the other side!

Went on a little buying spree in various holiday sales over the last days

Added:
Age of Empires 3 DE and DLC
Age of Empires 2 DE DLC
Against the storm
Symphony of War
Along the edge
A summers end

Finished:
Pentiment
Chained Echoes

Played:
Returnal - probably not returning

trueheart78 wrote:

Learned IMAGE(https://emojipedia-us.s3.dualstack.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/thumbs/120/apple/285/face-with-monocle_1f9d0.png)

  1. If I am playing a game and want to watch something while doing it, I’m either doing the game a disservice, or the game isn’t keeping me as interested as I desire
    • See Vampire Survivors.

I love games I can play while watching a series. A-RPGs and turn based games fit the bill perfectly for me. Multitasking at its best, or maybe worst.

Finishing games? Apparently I'm not into that scene. You can tell why when you look at my Started and Also Played lists! It's fine though; I'd rather sample a bunch and drop them than leave them on the queue for another year.

Started

  • Blacktail
  • Ixion
  • Severed Steel
  • Crying Suns
  • Astalon: Tears of the Earth

Finished

Nothing!

Jettisoned

  • Elden Ring - There's a good chance I get the itch again... but I also might not. I don't want to keep it on the list forever.
  • Splatoon 3 - Really, I just haven't gotten back to this. Again, I don't want to carry it month to month if I don't mean it.

Also Played

  • Slipways
  • Returnal
  • MechWarrior 5 - Took another look after a long time; mods and DLC have improved it somewhat.
  • Nobody Saves the World: The Frozen Hearth
  • Fire Emblem Three Houses -- Starting my Blue Lions run after a long break. Feels nice to be back but I'm starting to remember why this takes so long to play.
  • Triangle Strategy -- Uh oh, two tactical RPGs at once.
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator -- After playing a little bit every time I had my Game Pass sub on, I finally bought it on sale

Paused

  • Final Fantasy X

In the Queue

  • CrisTales
  • Lost Words: Beyond the Page
  • OPUS: Echo of Starsong
  • Persona 5 Strikers
  • Fire Emblem Heroes: Three Hopes -- And this is why I'm playing Three Houses again.
  • Unsighted
  • Tactics Ogre Reborn

The 2023 - 12 Month Pile Program thread is up! IMAGE(https://emojipedia-us.s3.amazonaws.com/source/skype/289/sparkling-heart_1f496.png)

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December report:

Added:
Outriders - needed another co-op game to play with my eldest

Finished:
Nothing!

Played:
Horizon Forbidden West
Outriders

Looking back at my goals for 2022, I made a little progress with the Nintendo 3DS pile (only Fire Emblem remains) but not much with Vita or PS4 pile. I usually split my evenings between NYT crosswords, reading and gaming after my children go to bed so don't have as much time as I would like. Also, I played some really long games this year (Days Gone and Ghost of Tsushima). On the plus side, I didn't buy much at all. There is always 2023!

I don't think I posted the last month or two, but here's a 2022 wrap-up.

In November and December, I mostly made progress in my Persona 5 Royal real-time project and Marvel Snap.

I added Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi. I also just compared Backloggery to my other list and I seem to have missed an added game somewhere.

So that's puts me at 52 games in the backlog for the end of 2022. I started at 63, for a progress of 11.

I added 31 games throughout the year, so I'd like to cut that down a lot in 2023 and make more progress. But, all in all, a fun year.