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Has the pandemic and lockdown made you beat more games than ever this year or is it relatively the same as prior years?
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I played through Final Fantasy VII, VIIR, VIII, IX, X, X-2, and Xenoblade Chronicles all for the first time in the span of like two months. I coped hard with some JRPGs this year.
I've played so much Warzone/Modern Warafare and Destiny that I didn't have time for other games. I've played a lot more but I finished way less than other years.
I probably beat more games this year alone than the rest of my life combined...
All main Final Fantasy games (minus the mmos), all kingdom hearts, chrono trigger, persona 5 royal, death stranding, the last of us part II, man of medan, tell me why and carrion.
Right now i'm playing through Dragon Quest XI.
All main Final Fantasy games (minus the mmos), all kingdom hearts, chrono trigger, persona 5 royal, death stranding, the last of us part II, man of medan, tell me why and carrion.
Right now i'm playing through Dragon Quest XI.
I put my "finish all games that I started" goal back in 2018, so this haven't changed that much this year. If anything, due the financial situation I've bought less games, so I've finished less games this year.
Yes but only because I played through a ton of the itch games. Animal Crossing took most of my extra pandemic time.
2020 was the first year of my retirement. I was hoping to have a year that I could play a lot of games before starting back to college. ...but the lockdowns meant I became a stay-at-home dad with my toddler as she stopped going to daycare. So, I think I've finished fewer games this year...
I'm not entirely sure if it was directly the pandemic that helped, but I *have* finished more games this year, yeah.
Yeah I beat like 30+ games in the first half of the year, then like 5 for the rest of the year as things got back to normal.
Pandemic + First rime Gamepass sub, meant I wound up finishing, give or take a game or 2 per week
Yup, would say so. Being 25 single and without kids definitely helped in that regard. Also spend a good chunk of the year changed from salary to hourly from a temporary paycut so got off at like 12 PM every Friday for like 5 months.
Being in lockdown, I'm probably in the minority where I don't want to end my current game. But I'm running out of things to do, and if I go past a certain point, I get locked out and can't go back to finish off any missions I missed out on. This progression system in the game is hindering me and my enjoyment of wanting to play the game, and I'm trying to figure out how to finish the game without feeling that I'm missing out on something.
In other words, I'm putting off on completing a wonderful game, just because I don't want it to end. But I have to finish it because I have a bunch of other games I wanted to finish before the lockdown is eased up thanks to vaccines.
In other words, I'm putting off on completing a wonderful game, just because I don't want it to end. But I have to finish it because I have a bunch of other games I wanted to finish before the lockdown is eased up thanks to vaccines.
I was gaming way less before November. Started gardening, took up yoga and a bunch of other stuff. Got a ps5 and I've been gaming more. Platinumed Astro Bot. Lol.
I beat 50 games, exactly, while furloughed from work for a couple of months. And spent more time with my wife, took a lot of hikes, played with my dogs more, read some books, and caught up on some shows and movies. What a glorious time it was.
I wish I didn't have to work.
I wish I didn't have to work.
I'd say fewer games actually. At best I've been equally as busy as ever, and more busy most of the time.
I finally have three weeks off so I've been trying to get into a few games.
I finally have three weeks off so I've been trying to get into a few games.
Was probably my busiest year ever with study, but I still beat more games than usual since I stopped being a completionist. That's probably the sole reason.
Fewer actually. When you are furloughed because of the pandemic, you really start to prioritize what you spend your money on. I only bought two games this year; Animal Crossing New Horizons and Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity.
I've been going into work as usual all throughout the pandemic, so there has been no change for me with much the past few months. Same amount of games as usual
No. It actually encouraged me to look at the list of games in my backlog and drop a bunch that I was never going to play. Besides a few games that came out this year, I found a little less than 20 I'm interested in playing. Just finished a 130+ hour playthrough of one a few days ago.
I was definitely playing more videogames this year, because I was playing as much Magic the Gathering as usual. Looking at PSN Profiles, I've had more trophies in the past three months than...ever.
I work for a state health department in a job that requires extensive onsite visits in healthcare facilities, so this year has been busier than ever...thus, fewer games beaten.
Fewer games overall but I've also played much larger games this year (Yakuza 3/4/5 and Judgment, Persona 5 Royal, Xenoblade, among some of the hefty ones). If I was going by sheer numbers it's not as much but time playing overall has to be a massive increase. I have gotten my backlog down to just 1 game which is great haha.
No, my own fault. I bought Tetris Effect for PS4 december last year, and played it for months, (got platinum) and continue to play Tetris 99 and puyo puyo tetris (personal sprint record hunting).
I planned to complete all challenges in 51 Clubhouse, but stopped because TLoU part II and until Mario 3D all stars, both of those games made me dizzy/vertigo so I haven't finished them and played Pikmin 3 Deluxe, which I haven't finished yet because AGAIN Tetris Effect Connected, which I'm now stop playing because AGAIN Puyo Puyo Tetris 2.
I planned to complete all challenges in 51 Clubhouse, but stopped because TLoU part II and until Mario 3D all stars, both of those games made me dizzy/vertigo so I haven't finished them and played Pikmin 3 Deluxe, which I haven't finished yet because AGAIN Tetris Effect Connected, which I'm now stop playing because AGAIN Puyo Puyo Tetris 2.
It's been the same. I don't tend to beat many games, because there is usually one that I end up spending hundreds of hours on throughout the year.
In 2019, that was FE: Three Houses. In 2020, it was Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I played a few other games, but could have done way more if not for those timesinks
No regrets if I'm having fun with a select few games. That's really what gaming is about IMO.
In 2019, that was FE: Three Houses. In 2020, it was Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I played a few other games, but could have done way more if not for those timesinks
No regrets if I'm having fun with a select few games. That's really what gaming is about IMO.
I thought I averaged about 2 or 3 chunky story-based games the five years prior. Easily at double that at the moment.
Animal Crossing has monopolized my gaming time so much this year, I actually finished *less* games than average lol
