2020 Stats
Well, it's that time again when you look at what you've achieved and failed in the past year. And considering my stats and the name of this group, it's pretty much a failure, but a fun one. I'd be hard-pressed to pick one favourite game or even three but I've had many interesting experiences. I've discovered great VNs, played through peaceful games and not-so-peaceful ones but, surprisingly, not many RPGs which is my favourite genre. I guess 2020 was a strange year in that way too. Additionally, I started to play on Switch and also got into writing reviews which has been fun and hopefully helpful.
Despite the huge number of games I've added and the horrible backlog increase, I'm still pretty happy about how I spent my gaming time and money this year and I don't feel I've wasted any. The stats below don't include the Epic Game Store since I only get the free games and itch.io as all I got was that out-of-this-world June bundle.
I have a plan for 2021 and it's a tricky promise to keep: not to buy any new game outside of my Humble Choice sub. And to help me keep it, I've made a bet with my two kids: if I don't buy any games, they each must give me 1€ (which I won't take, of course) but if I do, I have to give them 1€ each for each game I buy! They agreed as they expect to get a lot of extra pocket money but I'll prove them wrong!
Anyway, I wish you all the best for the coming year :)
Platform | Beaten | Dropped | Added | Backlog evolution |
Steam | 47 | 1 | 134 | +86 |
Origin | 2 | 0 | 7 | +5 |
Ubisoft Connect | 0 | 0 | 5 | +5 |
Battle.net | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 |
Switch | 0 | 0 | 5 | +5 |
Wii | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 |
SNES Mini | 2 | 1 | - | -3 |
3DS | 5 | 0 | 3 | -2 |
TOTAL | 56 | 2 | 154 | +96 |
which I won’t take, of course
And now for the twist - kids are BLAEO regulars and scheming to make you buy even more games. ;)
Happy New Years in advance.
My son has already started a bit. My daughter, who is younger, is too innocent to do that. And happy new year!
So almost a month in, how much extra pocket money did your kids get so far ? ;)
Not a cent! But they keep taunting me every time I look at store pages…
That is such a cute bet! If I were the kids I would be sure to casually show you some trailers for the new exciting games in 2021.
They might do that, especially since they know I’m interested in Bravely Default II and Monster Hunter Rise. However, they exactly understand why I need to play through my backlog first so I trust them not to tease me.