by slag
In my lifetime I can recall to some degree playing around ~900 games. I'm going to guess The real number is north of a 1000 as I'm 100% sure I don't remember everything I've rented, borrowed or played at an Arcade over the decades.
But even with a number that large, there is a ton of great and influential stuff I missed or just never got into for one reason or another. Only so many hours in the day and dollars in the wallet y'know.
Ordered by how much it bothers me that I haven't played them. There are more landmark games I haven't played, but they don't happen to bother me much or I forgot that I haven't played them. Also excluding games from my backlog that matter to me but aren't games I'd consider to be universally acclaimed or historically notable in some sense(Like Rise of the Argonauts) .
Update 11/30/20- Graduates
| Title | Old Rank | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Burnout Paradise | 15 | played summer 2017 |
| Super Metroid | 1 | 7/4/17 |
| Earthbound | 5 | played fall 2018 |
| Fallout | 30 | played Fallout 76 demo it sucked |
| Call of Duty | 22 | Acquired and played BLOPS 1/19 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 36 | Acquired and played 1/19 |
| Gears | 35 | May 2020 |
| Halo | 36 | May 2020 |
| Shadow of the Colossus | 9 | November 2020 |
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By the time I learned of the game's existence, prices for it were already ridiculous. I've since got the PSP version just no PSP to play it on yet.
The fact that the first IV are available on PSN now, makes the fact I didn't buy this when I ahd the chance years ago really sting now. But I had been burned by Suikoden IV so wasn't looking to increase my JRPG backlog. Big mistake on my part
Another pretty bad one. came out when I was taking a break from games and ME was something I associated with Xbox. The Good news is that I have a copy now, and I started ME1 last year. Odds are good I'll get to this one soon-ish.
Somehow I didn't know this even existed until well over 10 years later. Castlevania 64 really turned me off on the series and I only touched the CV games again in the PS2 era.
Every few years I convince myself that I need to give RE another chance and this time I'd like it. Never seems to end up working out that way, but maybe I should just stop worrying about the keeping up with the story and play one of the best regarded ones. Also I have like 4 copies of this game on different platforms that I keep buying convincing myself I'll really play it this time, which is just terrible. My procrastination in actually playing this is causing me to overspend
I know I'd love this game. I loved 2, I've seen gameplay that tells me that this is really up my alley. I have this one, I just keep waiting for a block of slow release times happen so I can dive in without getting distracted. Which is a classic me mistake. I should just do what I did with Breath of the Wild and just say "eff it" to everything else in my backlog and play it before it gets any older... after I'm done with the new Fire Emblem.
I bet I'll like these and I own three of them. Just never seem motivated to start one and not really sure where I want to.
It's certainly been ported and praised enough times for gameplay I typically love, can't say why I haven't taken the plunge
