Too many games, too little time

Thursday, September 23, 2010

I’ve bought way too many PC video games over the past year. Unfortunately, I have little to no time to play them. Most were bought from Steam, which makes it way too easy to buy games,especially with all the deals and specials they have. A partial list:

  • Torchlight – A Diablo clone. Picked it up last Christmas during the Steam sale. Good game. Was meant to be played during lunch as work, but I get too distracted.
  • Mass Effect – Put several hours into it. Like it very much and plan to go back to play before starting Mass Effect 2.
  • Mass Effect 2 – Bought it real cheap on Steam during the July sale. Haven’t installed it because I want to finish the first one.
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 –   Enjoyed the first one on Xbox360.  Single player on this was alright, but the story was pretty ridiculous.  Multiplayer was absolute trash with the glitching and hacking and exploits.
  • Left 4 Dead 2.  Played less than 2-3 hours.  Didn’t finish a single campaign.  Not a bad game but it didn’t hold my interest.
  • Batman Arkham Asylum – Love it, and would like to finish it.  Got to a point where the game crashed at a certain spot each time.  Eventually I will go back and fix it and finish it up.
  • Fallout 3 – Another cheap one on Steam.  Picked it up and did actually finish the main campaign.  Started with the expansions.  Will go back to it eventually.
  • Tropico 3 – Liked the first one, second one went in a different direction and was meh.  Three is meant to be like the first.  Good, but didn’t hold my interest.
  • Alien Swarm – Free game on Steam.  Played through a few times.
  • Just Cause 1 & 2 – Bought #2.  #1 came along for free with Batman Arkham Asylum.  #2 is pretty fun.  I like playing and wreaking stuff up and causing major mayhem.
  • Saint’s Row 2 – Another cheap one.  Got good reviews but didn’t hold my interest.
  • Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – Good FPS, much better than COD:MW2.  Haven’t played it for a while but I will when I want some hot and heavy multiplayer action.
  • Starcraft 2 – Barely played the first.  Been playing it for the past two months since it was released.  My interest is waning but I will still be playing it for some time.  I’m perpetually stuck in Bronze League
  • Civilization 5 – Picked it up this week.  Only played a couple hours so far.  Feels slow paced, but I’ll play through more this weekend.  The previous incarnations chewed up lots of my game playing time in the past.
  • Minecraft – Digital crack.  ’Nuff said.

When will I find the time?  I have a week off coming up and look forward to knocking a bunch of these out then.  Good thing I no longer play World of Warcraft.

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