2018 Games Played

Goals for my game playing in 2018:

• Don't sit on games of major interest when they're ready to play (released, patched, with all content, etc.)--plan ahead for big upcoming releases so I can dive in--I don't want to repeat 2017 where at year's end my top 3 (P5, NA, DOS2) games were all still untouched and I couldn't finish any of them
• Trim down the backburner--i.e. go from about 10 backburner games (unfinished games to be returned to one day) down to about 3-5 at most
• Don't let a week go by without starting a new game (i.e. every weekend start a new game if I haven't started one yet since last week)--so maybe have a short list of small, low-commitment games in the chamber for this purpose (e.g. scrolling shooters such as Metal Slug, Gradius, R-Type; short puzzle games; old/indie platformers; low-expectation games that I'm merely looking to sample)
• Aim to start at least 2 games per week and finish at least 1 game per week.
• End the year with at least 75 games played, 50 finished, and 25 from 2018.
• As of 10/28: 53 games played; 30 finished, 11 from 2018. Revised goal: 65 | 40 | 15
• Likely 2018 games to finish: Octopath (nearly done), ZeroRanger (short, nearly done), 428 (short), TWEWYFR (20-25 hours), LiS Before the Storm (short), The Missing (short, can YouTube), Donut County (short)

Monthly summary:

1. [Jan] Started: 8; Resumed: 3; Finished: 6; Played: 12; 2018 Started: 1; 2018 Finished: 0
2. [Feb] Started: 5; Resumed: 0; Finished: 6; Played: 7; 2018 Started: 2; 2018 Finished: 2
3. [Mar] Started 4: ; Resumed: ; Finished: 3; Played: 6; 2018 Started: 2; 2018 Finished: 2
4. [Apr] Started: 8; Resumed: 1; Finished: 3; Played: ; 2018 Started: 2; 2018 Finished: 2*
5. [May] Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Played: ; 2018 Started: ; 2018 Finished:
6. [Jun] Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Played: ; 2018 Started: ; 2018 Finished:
7. [Jul] Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Played: ; 2018 Started: ; 2018 Finished:
8. [Aug] Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Played: ; 2018 Started: ; 2018 Finished:

*Am I counting both Completed and Abandoned games as Finished, since either way I have no intention of returning to them?

Weekly summary:

1. (Jan 1) Started: Drox Operative, Gradius; Resumed: Persona 5; Finished: Gradius
2. (Jan 8) Started: Scramble, Salamander, Life Force, Quantum Break; Resumed: XCOM: Enemy Within (Long War); Finished: Scramble, Salamander, Life Force; Most Time Spent: Persona 5 (25 hours), XCOM Long War (10 hours), Quantum Break (5 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 40]
3. (Jan 15) Started: Zombasite; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: XCOM (10+ hours), Persona 5 (5+ hours), Zombasite (2 hours), Metal Gear Survive [beta] (15 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 32+]
4. (Jan 22) Started: Monster Hunter: World; Resumed: Super Mario Odyssey; Finished: Quantum Break; Most Time Spent: Persona 5 (5 hours), Quantum Break (8 hours), XCOM: Enemy Within (4 hours), Super Mario Odyssey (4 hours), Monster Hunter: World (28 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 49]
5. (Jan 29) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Monster Hunter: World (38 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 38]
6. (Feb 5) Started: Phantasy Star; Resumed: ; Finished: Monster Hunter: World; Most Time Spent: Phantasy Star (6 hours), Monster Hunter: World (30 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 36]
7. (Feb 12) Started: Finding Paradise, Slay the Spire; Resumed: ; Finished: Phantasy Star, Slay the Spire; Most Time Spent: Phantasy Star (18 hours), Monster Hunter: World (54 hours), Finding Paradise (3 hours), Slay the Spire (8 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 83]
8. (Feb 19) Started: Metal Slug, Metal Gear Survive; Resumed: ; Finished: Metal Slug, Finding Paradise, Metal Gear Survive; Most Time Spent: Metal Slug (1 hour), Finding Paradise (3 hours), Metal Gear Survive (53 hours), Slay the Spire (2 hours), Monster Hunter: World (2 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 61]
9. (Feb 26) Started: Overgrowth; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Metal Gear Survive (~40 hours), Slay the Spire (10 hours), Overgrowth (1 hour) [TOTAL HOURS: 51]
10. (Mar 5) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Metal Gear Survive (~40 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 40]
11. (Mar 12) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Metal Gear Survive (39 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 39]
12. (Mar 19) Started: Celeste, #WarGames, Phantasy Star III; Resumed: Super Mario Odyssey; Finished: #WarGames, Celeste; Most Time Spent: Metal Gear Survive (12 hours), Celeste (8 hours), Ion Maiden (1/2 hour), #WarGames (2 hours), Super Mario Odyssey (7 hours), Phantasy Star III (6 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 36]
13. (Mar 26) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: Phantasy Star III; Most Time Spent: Phantasy Star III (10 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 10]
14. (Apr 2) Started: Steamworld Dig 2, Steamworld Heist, Phantasy Star IV, Dandara, Into the Breach; Resumed: Super Mario Odyssey; Finished: Super Mario Odyssey; Most Time Spent: Steamworld Dig 2 (1/2 hour), Steamworld Heist (3 hours), Super Mario Odyssey (1 hour), Phantasy Star IV (1 hour), Dandara (1/2 hour), Into the Breach (2+ hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 9]
15. (Apr 9) Started: ; Resumed: Valkyrie Profile 2; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Into the Breach (1 hour), Valkyrie Profile 2 (13 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 14]
16. (Apr 16) Started: Sakura Taisen, Nuclear Throne; Resumed: ; Finished: Valkyrie Profile 2; Most Time Spent: Valkyrie Profile 2 (12 hours), Sakura Taisen (1 hour), Nuclear Throne (4 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 17]
17. (Apr 23) Started: Bosconian; Resumed: ; Finished: Nuclear Throne; Most Time Spent: Nuclear Throne (6 hours), Sakura Taisen (7 hours), Bosconian (3 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 16]
18. (Apr 30) Started: Gorogoa; Resumed: Pillars of Eternity; Finished: Bosconian; Most Time Spent: Sakura Taisen (2 hours), Bosconian (2 hours), Gorogoa (1 hour), Fight 'N Rage (2 hours), Pillars of Eternity (2 hours | from 57 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 9]
19. (May 7) Started: DKCTF; Resumed: ; Finished: Fight 'N Rage, DKCTF; Most Time Spent: DKCTF (9 hours), Pillars of Eternity (25 hours | ending at 81 hours), Fight 'N Rage (1 hour) [TOTAL HOURS: 25]
20. (May 14) Started: Dragon's Crown Pro; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Pillars of Eternity (2 hours | starting at 85 hours), Dragon's Crown Pro (12 hours), DKCTF (2 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 16]
21. (May 21) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Sakura Taisen (1 hour), Dragon's Crown Pro (7 hours), Pillars of Eternity (9 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 17]
22. (May 28) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Sakura Taisen (1 hour | e7p1), Dragon's Crown Pro (9 hours), Pillars of Eternity (9 hours | at 108 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 19]
23. (June 4) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Dragon's Crown Pro (15 hours), Pillars of Eternity (9 hours | at 118 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 24]
24. (June 11) Started: State of Decay 2; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: State of Decay 2 (14 hours), Pillars of Eternity (7 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 21]
25. (June 18) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Sakura Taisen (2 hours | ep7-8 all), State of Decay 2 (11 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 13]
26. (June 25) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: State of Decay 2 (4 hours), Sakura Taisen (2 hours | ep9 first half) [TOTAL HOURS: 6]
27. (July 2) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: Sakura Taisen; Most Time Spent: Sakura Taisen (3 hours), State of Decay 2 (2 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 5]
28. (July 9) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: State of Decay 2 (6 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 6]
29. (July 16) Started: King's Bounty: Armored Princess, Octopath Traveler, Overload; Resumed: ; Finished: State of Decay 2; Most Time Spent: State of Decay 2 (5 hours), King's Bounty: Armored Princess (11 hours), Octopath Traveler (10 hours), Overload (1 hour) [TOTAL HOURS: 27]
30. (July 23) Started: Nuclear Strike, Grim Dawn, Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Octopath Traveler (9 hours), Nuclear Strike (4 hours), Grim Dawn (3 hours), Splatoon 2 (5 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 21]
31. (July 30) Started: Danger Zone 2; Resumed: XCOM: Enemy Within; Finished: Danger Zone 2; Most Time Spent: Nuclear Strike (1 hour), Danger Zone 2 (3 hours), Splatoon 2 (8 hours), Grim Dawn (1 hour), XCOM: Enemy Within (11 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 24]
32. (Aug 6) Started: ; Resumed: Dragon's Crown Pro; Finished: Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion; Most Time Spent: Splatoon 2 (7 hours), Overload (1 hour), Dragon's Crown Pro (5 hours | from 43 hours)
33. (Aug 13) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Dragon's Crown Pro (11 hours), Slay the Spire (8 hours | at 28 hours), Overload (5 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 24]
34. (Aug 20) Started: Dead Cells; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Slay the Spire (9 hours | at 37 hours), Dead Cells (11 hours), Octopath Traveler (2 hours), Overload (2 hours | at 11 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 24]
35. (Aug 27) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: Dragon's Crown Pro; Most Time Spent: Octopath Traveler (3 hours | at 24 hours), Overload (8 hours | at 19 hours), Dragon's Crown Pro (3 hours | at 62 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 14]
36. (Sep 3) Started: Mafia III; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Mafia III (31 hours), Octopath Traveler (7 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 38]
37. (Sep 10) Started: Sakura Taisen 2; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Mafia III (13 hours), Octopath Traveler (6 hours), Sakura Taisen 2 (2 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 21]
38. (Sep 17) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: Mafia III; Most Time Spent: Octopath Traveler (7 hours), Sakura Taisen 2 (3 hours), Mafia III (5 hours), Factorio (16 hours | at 36 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 31]
39. (Sep 24) Started: Super Night Riders, OneShot; Resumed: ; Finished: Super Night Riders; Most Time Spent: Factorio (10 hours | at 46 hours), Octopath Traveler (8 hours | at 57 hours), Super Night Riders (2 hours), OneShot (1 hour) [TOTAL HOURS: 21]
40. (Oct 1) Started: ZeroRanger; Resumed: ; Finished: OneShot; Most Time Spent: OneShot (6 hours), Sakura Taisen 2 (1 hour), ZeroRanger (2 hours), Octopath Traveler (10 hours | at 67 hours), ADOM (12 hours), Factorio (14 hours | at 60 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 33]
41. (Oct 8) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: ADOM (22 | at 87 hours), Octopath Traveler (2 hours | at 69 hours), Metal Gear Survive (12 hours), Sakura Taisen 2 (2 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 38]
42. (Oct 15) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Metal Gear Survive (22 hours | at 218 hours + 15 hours beta) [TOTAL HOURS: 22]
43. (Oct 22) Started: Return of the Obra Dinn, STRAFE; Resumed: ; Finished: Return of the Obra Dinn; Most Time Spent: Metal Gear Survive (11 hours | at 229 hours + 15 hours beta), Return of the Obra Dinn (11 hours), Ion Maiden (1 hour), STRAFE (3 hours), Octopath Traveler (4 hours | at 73 hours), Nier Automata (2 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 32]
44. (Oct 29) Started: Immortal Redneck, Fire Emblem Awakening; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Metal Gear Survive (11 hours | at 240 hours + 15 hours beta), Nier Automata ( hours | at ? hours), Etrian Odyssey IV (4 hours), Immortal Redneck (4 hours), Fire Emblem Awakening (9 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 28]
45. (Nov 5) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Etrian Odyssey IV (2 hours), Fire Emblem Awakening (12 hours | at 15 hours + 6 hours restarts), Metal Gear Survive (9 hours | at 249 hours + 15 hours beta) [TOTAL HOURS: 23]
46. (Nov 12) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Fire Emblem Awakening (5 hours | at 16 hours + 7 hours restarts), Immortal Redneck (7 hours | at 14 hours - 3 idle), Metal Gear Survive (8 hours | at 257 hours + 15 hours beta), Slay the Spire (5 hours | at 42 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: ]
47. (Nov 19) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Metal Gear Survive (8 hours | at 265 hours + 15 hours beta), Fire Emblem Awakening (7 hours | at 21 hours + 9 hours restarts), Immortal Redneck (6 hours | at 20 hours - 3 idle), [TOTAL HOURS: ]
48. (Nov 26) Started: Artifact; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Immortal Redneck (2 hours | at 22 hours - 3 idle), Artifact (31 hours), Metal Gear Survive (8 hours | at 273 hours + 15 hours beta), Fire Emblem Awakening (5 hours | at 25 hours + 10 hours restarts) [TOTAL HOURS: 46]
49. (Dec 3) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Artifact (37|68 hours), Metal Gear Survive (?|?+15beta hours) [TOTAL HOURS: ~41]
50. (Dec 10) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Fire Emblem Awakening (1|26+10restart hours), Artifact (36|104 hours), Metal Gear Survive (?|284+15beta hours) [TOTAL HOURS: ]
51. (Dec 17) Started: ; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: Artifact (35|139 hours), Metal Gear Survive (4|288+15beta hours) [TOTAL HOURS: 39]
52. (Dec 24) Started: Dusk, Forged Battalion; Resumed: ; Finished: ; Most Time Spent: ZeroRanger (4|6 hours), Fire Emblem Awakening (2|28+10restart hours), Artifact (2|141 hours), Dusk (3|3 hours), Forged Battalion (4|4 hours) [TOTAL HOURS: ]
53. (Dec 31) Started: ; Resumed: Octopath Traveller; Finished: Dusk; Most Time Spent: Dusk (6|9 hours), Octopath Traveller (4|? hours), Artifact (9|148 hours), [TOTAL HOURS: ]