BLAEO — Backlog Assassins Extraordinaire

Hello X3! Goodbye life!

X3 is the game from my backlog I had the most respect. Despite his age It has a lot of positive reviews from guys, who have 200h, 400h, 500h playtime. Will I get bored after a few hours - or worse - be hooked by this game? Well at the moment it looks like this:

X3: Terran Conflict

54 hours playtime

5 of 33 achievements

And I feel I just started, I am so addicted, I cannot stop playing this game. Goodbye life. goodbye backlog.

There are so much things to do. Quests, missions, trade, fight, produce, discovering, … it is like an open world game, but in space. Often it is pointed out, that this game has an overwhelming amount of stuff to learn. But the good about this game is, you do not have to know everything. In fact even when I had no clue about trading and production and only know 5% of everything, I can enjoy the thing I just do, and learn something new every day.

Prior I got these removed from my backlog:

The Forest of Doom 5 hours playtime 31 of 31 achievements	Easy 100%. Quite entertaining for a few hours. Worth the time playing, but nothing I would pay 10€ for.
Spec Ops: The Line 10 hours playtime 46 of 50 achievements	The shooter part of this game is nothing special. What this game makes more interesting - without spoiling too much here - the story builds up like some anti-war-movie from the 80th, where at some point a happy end is not possible anymore. While games usually are designed to make you feel good with every decisions you do, this game wants to feel you uncomfortable.
Braid 6 hours playtime 11 of 12 achievements	I have played Braid three years ago but just finished it to 80%, because I did not want to spoil some solutions. For the monthly theme I started a new go. This is one of the most beautifull games I ever played. There is so much creativity and one may see the will for perfection. The kind of indie-game I like indie-games for. This time I watched some videos for the two/three parts I was not able to solve by myself, instead of shelving the game for another three years.

Oh no! Two wins on Steamgifts put back my backlog to previous size:

Nidhogg	Has positive reviews but I am not sure if it is fun as single player only, since maybe not enough people are online for multiplayer.
The Emerald Maiden: Symphony of Dreams	A HOG. Artifex Mundi. Nothing can go wrong with this.