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Posted September 11, 2013
The only games in your list really worth playing are the C&C games, Fallout 2, Empire Earth, Gothic 2 and Age of Empires series (get that new HD version if you can). The rest of those titles are pure mediocrity.


But maybe that's just me. Nowadays I can't really stand any game unless it's a full-on serious cRPG, I enjoyed RTS games when I was younger but not much any more. I mean games like Baldur's Gate II have more tactical/strategic combat than most RTS games, games like Fallout/Arcanum have almost as good stealth than dedicated stealth games like Commandos.

Perhaps it's elitism or I'm getting too old, but I just see most non-RPGs nowadays like RPG's with features cut-out. While pure CRPG's are basically tactical/strategy games, stealth games, adventure games etc all in one.
Posted September 11, 2013
Everyone has different taste, so asking someone else is pretty useless about what you might like.

If you can't come up with something yourself, use random.org.
Post edited September 11, 2013 by lugum
Posted September 11, 2013
I agree he should just start playing some of them, see if they're exactly what his mood is at the moment... as there aren't exactly "short" titles in his list, it doesn't matter much with which to start...

EDIT: for me, it's very important to have at least 10 games installed and "started" on my computer, of different genres and moods - so when I feel like playing something for a bit, I can do that immediately :)
Post edited September 11, 2013 by Kunovski
Posted September 11, 2013
I would suggest you play the Hitman games, then Deus Ex Invisible War as these are games I have personally enjoyed to bits. They also have fairly short main games as the true Hitman games rely on replayability to enhance the game, and Invisible War has a short story if you just follow it alone and take no part in the exploration (you just die a lot instead).

Also if you think your backlog is big you have some serious size issues. On GOG I have 300 unplayed/unfinished games (Includes 8 I am sure I will only play should the worst happen). HB 46 (Non repeating on GOG). GamersGate 5. Groupees 65 (Non repeating. IGS 24 (Non repeating). IR 20 (Non repeating) and on disks 3. Plus all the good games I go back and play every few months.
I even have a few Steam codes for games I really want to come out DRM free which are waiting too.

EDIT:: Included a rough guess of the unfinished games, which would add to my backlog. On GOG alone I have 392 games.
EDIT:: Installed on my computers I also have in excess of 100 games, which I play as and when I feel like it. Games are a pleasure, and I take my time with my pleasures.
I have over 1000 games and plenty of time when I am older to play them. Right now I intend to enjoy life the best I can.
Post edited September 11, 2013 by 011284mm
Posted September 11, 2013
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011284mm: Also if you think your backlog is big you have some serious size issues. On GOG I have 240 unplayed games (includes 8 I am sure I will only play should the worst happen). HB 46 (Non repeating on GOG). GamersGate 5. IR 20 (non repeating) and on disks 3. Plus all the good games I go back and play every few months.
I even have a few Steam codes for games I really want to come out DRM free which are waiting too.
Ditto! XD
That guy doesn't even know the meaning of the word "backlog". I could list it here but the forum isn't big enough to support that big of a post.
Posted September 11, 2013
My GOG backlog alone spans over a hundred titles. I gave up on trying to clear it long ago.
Posted September 11, 2013
1) Try them all, try the one that might intrigue based on descriptions and NOT other opinions (unless it's somone you trust or share the same interests as you)
2) Now play the one most fun, that way you can cut out the mediocre or crappy ones because there's no point in playing them (IMO)
3) Balance between the easiest and shortest to cut down the backlog if it's something you desperately want to once the good ones are done.

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tinyE: That guy doesn't even know the meaning of the word "backlog". I could list it here but the forum isn't big enough to support that big of a post.
Isn't it the word 'big' he was mistaken? Regardless of the size, as long it's a game you plan on playing and you haven't it's still a backlog. 1, 1000 or a million, still a backlog. ;)

I have about 90 or so I think but that's best case scenario, the ones I really want to play are only like 20 and currently I only have 2 that I really want to finish.
Posted September 11, 2013
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Nirth: 1) Try them all, try the one that might intrigue based on descriptions and NOT other opinions (unless it's somone you trust or share the same interests as you)
2) Now play the one most fun, that way you can cut out the mediocre or crappy ones because there's no point in playing them (IMO)
3) Balance between the easiest and shortest to cut down the backlog if it's something you desperately want to once the good ones are done.

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tinyE: That guy doesn't even know the meaning of the word "backlog". I could list it here but the forum isn't big enough to support that big of a post.
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Nirth: Isn't it the word 'big' he was mistaken? Regardless of the size, as long it's a game you plan on playing and you haven't it's still a backlog. 1, 1000 or a million, still a backlog. ;)

I have about 90 or so I think but that's best case scenario, the ones I really want to play are only like 20 and currently I only have 2 that I really want to finish.
I'm stupid. :P
Posted September 11, 2013
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011284mm: I would suggest you play the Hitman games, then Deus Ex Invisible War as these are games I have personally enjoyed to bits. They also have fairly short main games as the true Hitman games rely on replayability to enhance the game, and Invisible War has a short story if you just follow it alone and take no part in the exploration (you just die a lot instead).

Also if you think your backlog is big you have some serious size issues. On GOG I have 300 unplayed/unfinished games (Includes 8 I am sure I will only play should the worst happen). HB 46 (Non repeating on GOG). GamersGate 5. Groupees 65 (Non repeating. IGS 24 (Non repeating). IR 20 (Non repeating) and on disks 3. Plus all the good games I go back and play every few months.
I even have a few Steam codes for games I really want to come out DRM free which are waiting too.

EDIT:: Included a rough guess of the unfinished games, which would add to my backlog. On GOG alone I have 392 games.
EDIT:: Installed on my computers I also have in excess of 100 games, which I play as and when I feel like it. Games are a pleasure, and I take my time with my pleasures.
I have over 1000 games and plenty of time when I am older to play them. Right now I intend to enjoy life the best I can.
And I thought I have a big backlog. Congratulations for the big game collection.

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Crosmando: The only games in your list really worth playing are the C&C games, Fallout 2, Empire Earth, Gothic 2 and Age of Empires series (get that new HD version if you can). The rest of those titles are pure mediocrity.

But maybe that's just me. Nowadays I can't really stand any game unless it's a full-on serious cRPG, I enjoyed RTS games when I was younger but not much any more. I mean games like Baldur's Gate II have more tactical/strategic combat than most RTS games, games like Fallout/Arcanum have almost as good stealth than dedicated stealth games like Commandos.

Perhaps it's elitism or I'm getting too old, but I just see most non-RPGs nowadays like RPG's with features cut-out. While pure CRPG's are basically tactical/strategy games, stealth games, adventure games etc all in one.
The games I have are not the best , but they are mine. Like lugum said everyone has different taste. :)
Posted September 11, 2013
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Nirth: Regardless of the size, as long it's a game you plan on playing and you haven't it's still a backlog. 1, 1000 or a million, still a backlog. ;)
I don't have a backlog. I have games I'm currently playing and games I'm not currently playing. The games do amount to a huge number, but it's not a backlog. ;)
Posted September 11, 2013
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JMich: I don't have a backlog. I have games I'm currently playing and games I'm not currently playing. The games do amount to a huge number, but it's not a backlog. ;)
Then you just call it something else. You have a backlog, you just don't pay attention to it and play what you want. :P

Unless of course we disagree on the definition of the word.

My definition: if you have at least 1 game you haven't played or finished and plan on either one, you have a backlog. ;)
Posted September 11, 2013
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Nirth: My definition: if you have at least 1 game you haven't played or finished and plan on either one, you have a backlog. ;)
You mean like XCOM:EU? Which I'm currently on the 4th playthrough, trying to finish it on Impossible before a (future) 5th playthrough on Classic/Ironman? Even though I've seen the ending 3 times, I don't consider the game finished. Same with Civ V. Seen ~30 end screens, still not finished. Would you add those to the "backlog" or not?

So yes, the definition of a backlog is subjective. Thus ignore it completely and be happy ;)
Posted September 11, 2013
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voslobandre15: snip
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mistermumbles: Pshaw. That's supposed to be a big backlog? Mine's like ten times that. =P

Word of advice: Don't play the Oddworld games back to back. I did that, and I barely overcame the hurdle of 'almost exact same game' fatigue to beat the second.
You scrub, mine is more than twice the size of yours :P
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voslobandre15: Hello everyone, I have a pretty huge backlog and I don't know what to play. Could you give me some advice on what to play first and finish my backlog faster.
Thank you.
You seem to have been able to have accumulated some really good games. I would not really recommend going through them in order of shortest to longest though, but instead play whatever genre you feel like playing until you feel like playing something else, and then go with that genre. Otherwise you'll end up with a lot of RTSs to play in a row.


Anyway, Age of Empires 2 does not have great campaigns. It's a stellar RTS, but it's mainly the skirmish & multiplayer modes that are fun to play. So don't worry about beating that one.
Gothic 2 (with Night of the Raven) is really hard. If you don't feel like you are up for the challenge, the don't worry about beating it.
Just Cause length depends on how you play it. In my opinion though, the PC port is rather lousy.

As for games that probably will take you less than 15h to beat:
Broken Sword 1 & 2
Turok 2
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
The Hitman games

Also, if you are good at the C&C games, then the campaigns don't take all that long to beat. Most have 2 campaigns, clocking in at <10h each (in the hands of a skilled RTSer), though if you play defensively you can almost double that length.
Posted September 11, 2013
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JMich: You mean like XCOM:EU? Which I'm currently on the 4th playthrough, trying to finish it on Impossible before a (future) 5th playthrough on Classic/Ironman? Even though I've seen the ending 3 times, I don't consider the game finished. Same with Civ V. Seen ~30 end screens, still not finished. Would you add those to the "backlog" or not?

So yes, the definition of a backlog is subjective. Thus ignore it completely and be happy ;)
Yes, it's subjective so it's up to you to if you want to count it. In your case your could have 3 sub-categories:
not played
not finished
not finished enough times (how many is up to you)
Post edited September 11, 2013 by Nirth
Posted September 11, 2013
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JMich: You mean like XCOM:EU? Which I'm currently on the 4th playthrough, trying to finish it on Impossible before a (future) 5th playthrough on Classic/Ironman? Even though I've seen the ending 3 times, I don't consider the game finished. Same with Civ V. Seen ~30 end screens, still not finished. Would you add those to the "backlog" or not?

So yes, the definition of a backlog is subjective. Thus ignore it completely and be happy ;)
I'm not sure I'd put games that I've played through once but intend to play through again into a backlog category. But I think if you have any games that you haven't played but actually intend to do so, then you have a backlog, be it one game or one hundred games.
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