Chittering Clawbug Avadon Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I just bought Avernum 6 for the iPad finally even though I won't have time to play it anytime soon. is anyone else afflicted by this same "gotta collect them all" bug, or do you only buy games when you have the time to play them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I don't even want to think about how long I've had some games sitting around. Some are waiting for me to buy Windows so I can install them on my Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittering Clawbug Avadon Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 Windows 8 Pro is dirt cheap right now. PITA to use with a mouse though, so you will probably need to splurge on a touch screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Spidereweb Software often release the Mac version just before Christmas, which means I have to put off playing the game until after finals. It's not that much of a delay, so I'm not sure it actually counts. I bought Age of Empires 3 once and waited a whole year before playing it though. It was very disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) you will probably need to splurge on a touch screen. really really Edited October 31, 2012 by Sylae really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 you will probably need to splurge on a touch screen. really really This. On topic, I have almost 250 games on Steam. I bought many of theses during one sale or another or as part of one of the Humble Indie Bundles. I have never played quite a few of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila RetroBoxGER Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 ...is anyone else afflicted by this same "gotta collect them all" bug, or do you only buy games when you have the time to play them? I have the same problem. And i have Blair Witch II, Blair Witch III, Heavy Metal Fakk 2 and Outcast. These games waiting since 2005, that I play them I bought these games in a second hand shop. I hate those shops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk The Loquacious Lord Grimm Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I own exactly three games that I have not played: Empire: Total War (because it was on steam sale, I had gotten some good word-of-mouth on it, and my poor computer simply couldn't handle all of the processing), Assassin's Creed (again, steam sale, seems to run fine, but I have yet to have had a weekend to spend alone with it since I bought it.), and Call of Duty (which came bundled in with a new video card many years ago, and I have had no interest in playing.) Mostly, between time constraints (I work six to seven days a week) and budget (I'm self-employed and my primary client nearly went bankrupt this year), I don't buy anything that I don't plan on playing, finishing, and playing again later. So... the list of games that I haven't yet finished: Avernum 4 (bought it several years ago, and am still slogging through it in small doses), Avernum 6 (don't remember why I stopped, but at this point, I'm waiting to finish A4), Skyrim (not so much an inability as I'm enjoying it too much to bring it to an end), Fallout: New Vegas (ditto), Fallout (it's on my field computer and only gets pulled out if I'm bored on the road, Minecraft (in progress), and the latest Avernum release (in progress). Suffice to say, I've got enough on my plate that not having the money or time to pick up Dishonored is not bugging me too much. The Silent Assassin left his phone at home, it seems, when he went to protest Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm at our local library's sci-fi section last night. The Library's phone is still out from the storm, and I haven't had time to run over and check on him. This spells almost certain disaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Guilty as charged: Nethergate (original) Nethergate Resurrection Avadon. Plus I want to finish my maps on A5 and A6, but I'm still stuck on E3. Mapping E1 and E2? Yipes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Why would I leave a perfectly good game sitting on my desktop? I make time for all my children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Yeah, and some one once volunteered to help me map E3. If I could get the maps from Tinraya and beyon it would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I have purchased games and never finished them (Avadon, Nethergate: Ressurection), but I make a point of at least trying each one. I should probably make a point of playing the demo, but I tend to jump the gun with Spidweb. I will probably finish both, someday. I have a similar attitude toward books, although I have several orders of magnitude more books than games, and it takes me a while to get to them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I got only few games I haven't played and all of those I have got for free and some games requirements are so old that I don't have comp to play those and don't want to start playing with virtual machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I've got quite a few games I haven't played, but they're all from Humble Indie Bundles that I bought mostly for other games or free. I have a few games that I've played minimally. And I've got many games I've played but never finished. There are some exceptions: I've owned Psychonauts for a while, I've played some of it on someone else's computer, it's fantastic, and it's high on my list. I own The Witcher 2 from when I bought it but had no computer capable of running it, then a computer capable of running it but no Windows. Now I can technically run it on a Mac, but the Cider performance is so underwhelming I think I'll still wait. And my old Windows XP CD is missing. Maybe I'll have to pay for Windows 8, but I don't have to like it. —Alorael, who thinks this is generally accurate. He doesn't buy a game unless he intends to play it, and he intends to play few enough games that he doesn't accumulate sale purchases. Kickstarter purchases are building up, but that doesn't quite count, and "building up" is still only three games. Maybe four with Ars Magica; he dearly loves King of Dragon Pass and this looks like a similar style with a wonderful flavor all its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Games that I bought and never played or took over 6 month to start playing are: Warcraft III and its expansion (Didn't have a computer that could play it when I bought it), Civilization III, Jedi Knight II Jedi Outcast (waited 3 years to play it due to computer limitations), Fable, Gratuitous Space Battles, Fate (bought it after seeing a friend play it and forgot about), Lemmings (bought it but never played it since I had beaten the demo so many times). I might have forgot some games just because I don't remember them right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I haven't really bought that many games. The ones that I did buy I've played tons of, apart from that I played the crap out of the demos so much that I'm not tempted to play again. There's also a few abandonware games I got into, mostly out of curiosity since I hvane't played them in years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Mosquito---Slayer Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Whenever I get a game I do try it for at least a few hours but completing is a totally different thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Mod. Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I bought Nethergate only to play the demo again then stop. Played the demo area of A1 for A:EFTP and stopped again. My most recent purchases I haven't played past the demo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I've got around 50-60 games on my Steam account, and have only played a handful. I also have a couple of dozen (30?) Xbox games, and have only played maybe half. I've played all the games I have for older consoles. Like a few other people, I either buy games with the intention of playing them only to have real life get in the way, or they come humbly bundled with games I really did want. There are also a couple I've bought because they've been recommended so much that I felt I had to play, but still haven't managed to find the time. That doesn't mean I'll stop being games though - now that I have a computer capable of running most things I can chuck at it (and because of Steam sales), I've been buying more games, not less, despite having less free time than before. Oh well, it's not like I'm going to get a graduate job once I've finished at university, so I'll have plenty of time to catch up then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Goldengirl Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Barring the game being too difficult and/or technical issues, I always play and finish the games I buy. That said, if I get them for free from elsewhere, then it's another story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I usually finish games I buy. There are occasional exceptions when I choose not to finish a game, either because I decide it's too hard for me, or because I discover it's just less fun than I hoped it would be. I currently have one game that I bought early this year and yet never have gotten around to playing. It's quite unusual for me to neglect a game that long, and I hope to remedy the situation in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Balladeer Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 The only games I have purchased myself but never played were made by Jeff. I have a few that other people bought for me that I never cracked. Civilization IV comes to mind. Used to play Civ a lot but its so time consuming that I just never opened the newer version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Alex Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I haven't had time to play most games I have on GOG and Steam. I haven't finished all Spiderweb games, either: Avadon, Avernum 4-6, Nethergate. I own The Witcher 2 from when I bought it but had no computer capable of running it, then a computer capable of running it but no Windows. Now I can technically run it on a Mac, but the Cider performance is so underwhelming I think I'll still wait. And my old Windows XP CD is missing. Maybe I'll have to pay for Windows 8, but I don't have to like it. It has been ported to OS X now: http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/05/30/the-witcher-2-is-coming-to-mac-sold-1-7-million-copies-on-pc-and-xbox-360/ http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/the_witcher_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Roamer runner Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 This. On topic, I have almost 250 games on Steam. I bought many of theses during one sale or another or as part of one of the Humble Indie Bundles. I have never played quite a few of them. steam got me too! 150 games, played about 20. And during xmas I plan to get more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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