I need some short games!!!

All this talk about the length of the games coming out has made me realize I could use a few that don\'t quite take so long to finish. Between my room mate and I, we currently have about 15 games(we both got a PS2 on launch day) and I\'ve managed to actually finish about 2(TS and DW2 are the only ones I feel I\'ve pretty much played to completion.) Right now I am in the frustrating yet enviable position of trying to get through about 8 games at once. Just to give you an idea my curent game saves include:

* 8 games into a season in Madden 2001(Steelers 6-2, damn Ravens)
* 5 1/2 hours into Summoner
* trying to beat Kareem in New York in Midnight Club(already beat all the hookmen)
* stuck on the third mission of Gun Griffon Blaze
* only on the second mission of Star Wars: Starfighter
* about 6-7 hours into Persona 2
* managed to finish Dino Crisis 2 in the middle of all this
* about a third of the way through Unreal Tournament
* managed to get to the second mission of Sky Odyssey
* I also manage to play quite a bit of DOA2, TTT, and SSX when my friends come over

(As you can see, I spend just a little bit of my free time gaming...)

Add into all this the fact that there are several games coming out in March that I have to get and you can see my dilemma. I admit it\'s not the worst problem a person could have, but it\'s still frustrating at times. Is anyone else experiencing this or do I just spend way too much time gaming? (Maybe it\'s just my A.D.D. acting up and I just have to learn to focus a little more...)

Some very good intelligent ideas.

I can only play 1 game at a time. If I buy 2 on the same day 1 will stay wrapped up till I complete the other most times.

Learning all those different control schemes and switching between games would casue to much confusion and breed frustration

Originally posted by Ratlad
Is anyone else experiencing this or do I just spend way too much time gaming? (Maybe it\'s just my A.D.D. acting up and I just have to learn to focus a little more...)

No, not just you, I have a truckload of coursework and interviews comming up, not to mention I have had exams this past week (have one tommorow actually), and I have to review several games. I still haven\'t finished Chrono Cross, I haven\'t even started Vagrant Story and Harvest Moon (both of which my gf bought me), I\'m still playing Winning Eleven 2000 U23, got NBA Hoopz (crap), and I have to review NHL FaceOff 2001 PS2, and Championship Motocross 2001 for the PSX. Furthermore, I have to soon review ATV Off Road Fury (which I\'m looking forward too). And I plan on getting ESPN MLS ExtraTime, ZOE, Onimusha, and Ring of Red at some point this month or the next.

Finals are in April, after that I\'m going to lock myself in my room with my PSX & PS2 and come out sometime in July.

I hear ya, I\'m having the same problem.... 11 games and only 1 "completed" (DoA2:HC).  Oh well, nothing wrong with it =]

[Living-In-Clip]

I can pretty much by up to 3 games and play them until the end. I\'ll play one for along time, switch off, play the other and repeat until they are all completed. It also depends on how hard the game is. I got Rayman 2 and Vanishing point (DC) and finished Rayman 2 which can be tricky, but I\'m stuck with Vanishing Point. Making little progress here and there, but its tedious.

My problem is, if I like a game I sit and play it non-stop until it is beat. Which happened with RE:CV, Dino Crisis 2 and most recently Rayman 2. So, its about only 3 days worth of gaming sometimes alittle more.

[Bobs_Hardware]

ohh, poor babies, got too many games to play...no offense, but i would kill to have that problem, i cant afford to get jack shirt all right about now

ahh well, good ol\' FF9 will stick with me through these tough times

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
I can pretty much by up to 3 games and play them until the end. I\'ll play one for along time, switch off, play the other and repeat until they are all completed. It also depends on how hard the game is. I got Rayman 2 and Vanishing point (DC) and finished Rayman 2 which can be tricky, but I\'m stuck with Vanishing Point. Making little progress here and there, but its tedious.

My problem is, if I like a game I sit and play it non-stop until it is beat. Which happened with RE:CV, Dino Crisis 2 and most recently Rayman 2. So, its about only 3 days worth of gaming sometimes alittle more.



 

Haha I do the same you sit and play a game in one and end up completing it maybe a bit too quickly.

It just kills me to hear folks offer posts of how they kill/complete/finish/digest a game in, like, 5 or 10 hours, etc.  My time allows me (typically) to sit down for an hour or so here and there.  Purely stress release.  Always enjoyable.  Never goal-oriented in the sense of "gotta blaze through this as fast as possible".

A shorter game?  Not too necessary for me, cuz I never try to gobble them up too quickly anyway.

At the same time, I sure would like to get back to Syphon Filter and finish that one up!  Oh yeah, and both Medal of Honors as well.

Thanks for reminding me of some games I need to get back into!!!

-w1ngman