This thread made me wonder something and brings up a question. I know you Idol and D seem to only spring on big deals and budget box prices at stores. All that money you spend eventually adds up, sure you have a pile of games, but do you put time and effort into all them? Could you have passed up on all that stuff to save for a shiny new release title which would undoubtedly been played and conquered?
At having the time to put forth on some of these -- Absolutely NOT. LOL.
Could I have instead probably bought say a shiny new release I'd definitely have conquered instead of a bunch of games I ain't touched that'll add up to $50? Yeah, probably. You got me on that one, for sure. No doubt.
Money seems to be a factor for how I prioritize what I play it seems. I bought Zack and Wiki and No More Heroes for 10 and 15 dollars recently, but have only brushed up a little bit with Zack and Wiki. Paying full price for a game ups my motivation to put time into it. Like I never finished Okami but I still kick myself in the ass from time to time since I put in for the full 50 dollar price tag.
For me, half the fun is just buying these games at such cheap prices. Sure, there's some games here I've had for YEARS, that I ain't even touched yet -- such as Thief 2 ($15 for the Thief Collection -- I did play a good deal through Thief 1, though, yet didn't finish it).
If I buy a game at priced anywhere at $30 and over, that is normally the game I begin ASAP. Everything else basically goes on hold. The more expensive the game, that means it's even more so a priority for me. For example, when I bought The Witcher ($50 + shipping; actually pre-ordered the UK Copy from Gogamer) and Fallout 3: Collector's Edition ($70) at full price upon their release, those were priority -- and I only played THOSE games until they were actually done with.
Some games I bought at $30 that I never finished -- GTA: San Andreas and STALER: Clear Sky. For me, those games, they just ain't easy. GTA games can be aggravating with lack of saves and checkpoint saves in missions with having to restart a mission from scratch, while STALKER: CS is just TOUGH. But, I still come back to them, here and there. I'm not really up for a shooter at this second, but STALKER: CS might become a priority again quite soon, since STALKER: Call of Pripyat is dropping this Fall.
Oh, I got stacks of games I ain't even touched that I bought cheap. The list is quite extensive -- Area 51 + Blacksite: Area 51; Stranglehold; Brother's In Arms: EIB + Hell's Highway; entire Command and Conquer Saga (paid like $25 for it); Red Alert 3; you can now add C&C3: Kane's Wrath to this list; Dawn of War: Gold + Dark Crusade; GTR2; Lost Planet: Colonies Edition; Medieval 2: Total War - Gold Edition; Homeworld 1 + 2; Penumbra Collection (Steam); Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis; Broken Sword: Angel of Death; Sid Meier's Railroads; Civilization Collection (goes up to Civ 4); Act of War + High Treason; Spellforce 2; SimCity 4: Deluxe; Turning Point: Fall of Liberty (bought that for $4 at Big Lots yesterday); Colin McRae's DIRT; Dungeon Lords: Collector's Edition; Restricted Area; WoW + Burning Crusade Battle Chest; Age of Conan: Collector's Ed; and Tomb Raider: Anniversary + Legend. That's not even CLOSE to the entire list.
I just started TR: Underworld yesterday, BTW. Of course, that's just something I been wanting to play for a while and at $10 yesterday, couldn't pass that one up...
