What's the cure for backlog burn out?

For me it’s most likely a combination of 1 and 3

I'm a suburbfag and all I wanna do is go back to my boxing gym but covid has fucked things up there in less obvious ways that would take too long to explain.

It's sort of a mix of 1 and 3.

There is no such thing as a mix of ___ and ____, especially when 3 is involved.
Even if the perfect videogame that caters to your tastes were released on your lap you would still drop it due to your own personal issues keeping you from enjoying life (aka what depression actually is, not "I feel down").

>tfw never ever actually sad but still show all the telltale signs of depression
>haven’t properly cleaned in years, barely shower or shave as much as I should, more addicted to buying games than playing them and ignore all my childhood friends texts and calls
I’m not sad, fuck you!

>Even if the perfect videogame that caters to your tastes were released on your lap you would still drop it
Not the other guy that responded, but that's not true because like I said I pirated RE3 and it was the perfect game at the perfect time. It's short and sweet and got me into the october/spooky mood. It was a fleeting moment of relief from depression if anything.

I’m the guy he responded to and REmake 3 was the perfect game for me as well.
Ended up putting 22 hours into over the course of like a week back in June

My nigga. Do you also find yourself shamefully craving AAA shlock because it's brief and makes for the perfect distraction without being too much of an investment?

Yes especially because I’m wageslaving all the time and the only time I can invest is on weekends

I'm a neet but taking care of my schizophrenic mother feels like a full time wageslaving gig.

Yeah family can be a real chore, but you do it out of love (hopefully)
I keep my dad company when I’m off on most weeknights because he gets lonely ever since mom moved out

I do it out of needing a place to live but I certainly go above and beyond out of love.

If you were a neet would you build up a backlog or would you just drop shit and go from game to game trying to find something that grabs you?

I would probably build up a backlog, as I’m already autistic enough to have that mentality, but in reality I just end up spastically jumping from game to game, especially if I get a new one.
I have restarted Sekiro like 5 times and always drop it over halfway through because I get distracted by another game and when I go back to Sekiro I feel the need to start a new game
I’m addicted to starting new files on games I love. I have played RE4 for something like 50 hours and never beaten it because I love starting a new game when drunk

>What's the cure for backlog burn out?
suicide, getting friends or picking up other hobbies

>there will never be a comfy watamote thread on Zig Forums again

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I've finished hundreds of games of my backlog so I've been doing this for a while. If the entire library looks shit then either take a break from gaming or buy a new game that you absolutely 100% want to play and then play it immediately. Playing a genuinely engaging game is a real pallet cleanser when you're wading through muck.

I also chronically replay shit over and over. I've replayed RE4 a ton as well. I wish I could find the next game that appeals to me as hard as RE4 did.

Being an autistic gamer for me is like this hell of trying to find new games but also wanting to squeeze the most of a game with subsequent replays. It pulls me in two opposite directions.

This thread is pretty comfy though, no? Just some autistic neets talking about backlogs and vidya.

>Playing a genuinely engaging game is a real pallet cleanser when you're wading through muck.
Yeah that's how I felt getting through RE3. It was rejuvenating to just get through a game I had been looking forward to for a while.

Honestly Evil Within (both games) are kind of a slog but I ended up beating both of them because I liked them so much and they were kind of like RE4.
They are a couple games Among a short list of ones I’ve beaten the last few years (including REmake 2 and 3)
I’d pirate them and give them a try if I were you and keep your eyes peeled for that green goo

Going outside and making friends. Just be yourself user

On the topic of backlogs, when did you calm down regarding yours? For me it was when I finally had more finished games than unfinished games.

Currently at 306:140 (finished:unfinished) on steam and 164:160 on GOG so I don't mind buying the occasional new game. I have largely stopped buying games though and only have three games on my wishlist.

>backlogs
Just play what you want, getting yourself tied down and playing things out of force rather than enjoyment just makes what should be fun into work. If you don't like a game, stop playing it

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Tbh it can help you find games you didn't know you'd like. I'd never have played Hexen unless I forced myself to play it. It was sitting in my library for about 8 years before I launched it.

blame that commiefornia spic

So I saw Evil Within 2 and immediately liked everything about it. Small hubworld to navigate through and comfy drinking coffee to save.

I forced myself through the first game to play 2 and while I didn't overly enjoy 1 it was worth it because I really liked 2.

I've burned bridges with nearly every friend this year over covid related issues.

I use Grouvee to track my backlog and I'm sitting at:

played: 135
backlog/currently playing: 20 games roughly
dropped or casual filtered: 35

I prefer 1 because I liked the atmosphere and leveling and story line and bosses more, but I can really see why most people prefer 3

1 was more scary and tense. 2 had more that light horror/comfy atmosphere going on that I found more inviting to be immersed in.

*why most people prefer 2 over 1

Wow, an anime poster that isn't retarded.
My rule of thumb is pretty much following a combinaton of 1 and 2, where I give a game an honest try until I just cannot find anything to enjoy about it.

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That’s fair and accurate
2 does have its fucking tense shit,
When those goddamn lizard monsters crawl at you at fucking 30 mph and can basically one shot you.
Thank god there’s only a few in the game

If I listened to my feelings I would only be replaying the same 2 or 3 games all the time and just shitpost about video games the rest of the time.

At least if I have a crude list of games and series I want to play and force myself to play something I end up actually having fun. The hardest part is sitting through the first 30 minutes and not alt tab to coom/browse Zig Forums/youtube/emails.