Finally getting to Firewatch and The Witness!!!

I'm on to my 3rd "To Play" list of 2016, and I'm happy to say that this method is really working for me! I'm getting through a lot of smaller games (or pieces of DLC) and really feeling good about the little time I'm able to put into games.

I really wanted to play Firewatch and The Witness day-one. However, I held myself to my lists, and I'm glad I did. I missed the initial hype of the games, but now that it's past that, I really don't feel like I missed terribly much. While it's fun to be involved in that early-on, the truth is that I've never had a ton of friends that play games, and I have never had enough time to spend on forums for it to be a big impact anyway...

I was actually really tempted to pre-order The Division to get in on day-one, but my experience with these lists really helped me to hold off. Maybe I'll play it eventually, maybe I won't, but I at least don't feel bad about not jumping in the first day and, once again, push games I already own (and know are good) further into my backlog.

Fakey's 3rd 2016 "To Play" List

	1. FirewatchThis is a perfect example of a game I would have played day-one, if I hadn't been doing these lists. However, now that I'm finally able to start a new list, I feel really good about continuing with my plan for these lists.
	2. Middle-earth: Shadow of MordorThis is only for the Bright Lord DLC. This is one of the games that taught me not to buy Season Passes until I know everything that is going to be in it. Given that I did buy the Season Pass, though, (after really liking the game) I want to at least play through this few hour DLC.
	3. OxenfreeI'm going into this one hopeful that I'll love it but slightly worried about not liking the teen nature of the game.
	4. Rise of the Tomb RaiderThis is only for the Baba Yaga DLC. I really loved this game, but I gave it a tiny rest before I'm going to jump back in to complete this DLC and uninstall the game.
	5. The Witcher 3: Wild HuntBefore starting this specific list, I decided to spend a lot of time back in this game. I still didn't finish it (just started Act III), but I'm glad that I did go back to this game instead of just starting the other games on this list first. I plan on finishing the main storyline in the game after completing the other games on this specific list. This game will then only pop up in later lists for the DLC (where I'll also do some more side missions).
	6. The WitnessI also wanted to play this game day-one, but I held off, as I really wanted to be able to dedicate myself to it. Also, I slightly modified the rules of these lists in order to get this game on as my "medium-length" game. I know this game can take 40+ hours to 100%, and while I may do that, eventually, the spirit of these lists is to keep myself to only one giant open-world/RPG at a time. Games like The Witness are much more contained, even when they take more than 20-25 hours to 100%.