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Gaming/Collecting Goals for 2026

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bikingjahuty:

--- Quote from: dhaabi on December 20, 2025, 10:25:46 am ---It's not that I've grown tired of playing games, but I've been investing my free time in other activities lately that I don't think will change.

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This happens to me from time to time and it generally impacts my output of games beat quite a bit. I remember I went through a console modding phase back in 2021 and I think between like February and June that year I beat like 3 games. I think it's perfectly normal and healthy to change things up when it comes to hobbies, and also to take as long of a break as you need to from a specific one if you're feeling burnt out or just feel your interest slipping.


That's cool you've got into DnD so much. I used to play it a lot back in the early 2000s back around the time third edition was released. I had two friends in particular who I used to play with and we had a blast playing all weekend. I can't remember why I ever got out of it, but it's something I've considered jumping into from time to time. I sort of feel like I already have too many hobbies and interests to add another, but who knows.

bikingjahuty:
I forgot to go over my 2025 goals lol



--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on January 03, 2025, 02:30:12 pm ---Beyond my goal to continually prune my current collection down, I only have one real collecting goal for 2025:


1. Beat 100 games: I've stated it in other threads on here, but with nothing major currently planned for 2025, my ambition this year is to beat more games in a single year than I ever have. My goal is 100 games beat by the end of the year.

2. Finish all the remaining Resident Evil games I've never played: At the moment, I've played every RE game outside 7, 8, the Wii lightgun games, and the mobile games. I don't care about the mobile games, but I do plan on beating those other ones, which means I will not only have played and beat every RE game ever made, but also I'll finally be caught up with this series after being almost two decades behind as of the end of 2023. I am also adding a replay of the original RE4 to this since I haven't played it since around the time it came out in the mid 2000s.

3. Add at least 10 Switch games from my want list: With the Switch in its twlight years, I've decided I'm going to actively pursue the 30 or so games on my want list that I don't yet own. Many of these are first party releases that I slept on for years after they came out, but some are on the more obscure side. I'll probably prioritize those more obscure releases since they likely have the greatest chance of becoming expensive and hard to find as time goes on.

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I definitely completed goals 1 and 3 this past year, and debatably I also completed goal #2. The only reason I hesitate to call my Resident Evil goal good is because while I did catch up on all the mainline RE games as well as a few spinoff titles, I still have one more of the Wii lightgun games to play, as well as Revelations 2. While I already beat it many years ago, I also want to replay the original RE4. I beat that game in 2005, the same year it came out and remember really liking it, but I'm long overdo to give it another play through.

dhaabi:

--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on December 20, 2025, 12:10:16 pm ---
--- Quote from: dhaabi on December 20, 2025, 10:25:46 am ---It's not that I've grown tired of playing games, but I've been investing my free time in other activities lately that I don't think will change.

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I think it's perfectly normal and healthy to change things up when it comes to hobbies, and also to take as long of a break as you need to from a specific one if you're feeling burnt out or just feel your interest slipping.

That's cool you've got into DnD so much. I used to play it a lot back in the early 2000s back around the time third edition was released. I had two friends in particular who I used to play with and we had a blast playing all weekend. I can't remember why I ever got out of it, but it's something I've considered jumping into from time to time. I sort of feel like I already have too many hobbies and interests to add another, but who knows.

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I definitely agree. But for me in this moment in particular, it's really just about not having the amount of time to divide to all my active interests and not about becoming disillusioned or anything with video games. A group activity like D&D will inevitably take priority over singular activities (or it should, anyway.)

I've only played for a few years now with my only experience in 5e, though I still very much feel like a beginner since my group isn't able to play regularly. So far, we've had two periods of 3–4 months without playing on account of conflicting schedules. Right now, the group is only myself and three players, but we're divided between west coast, east coast, and two players in Japan, so obviously there is far less available time for us all to meet. Maybe in time we'll recruit someone else or one of the few who've had to break from the group will return. Even if that'd only increase scheduling challenges, I think having more players would be worth it. I had never really considered DMing before, but the previous DM reached out to me hoping I would since they're wanting to be a player again. Really, I never thought I'd ever even play D&D at all, but being invited to play makes it easier than finding the motivation to find or build a group yourself. Hopefully DMing works out and I grow more comfortable in the role so preparing for sessions comes easier than how it's felt so far.

tripredacus:
I don't really have a gaming goal. The closest I can think of is maybe to finally write a program that can automatically refactor Major League Manager rosters instead of having to do it manually every time.

As for collection goal, I'll be honest and say it will probably involve me downsizing considerably. Having gone all out on the 52 Games challenge the past couple of years has really shown to me that I don't really like most of the games that I have. I've also fallen onto into the convenience trap where I'm much more likely to just play games on my computer than fiddle around on a console. Part of that reason is the unreliability of my AVRs, they aren't working properly anymore thus I can't play games on them. Also my life is going in a different direction and I haven't really been playing anything. I played Diablo III last night for a few hours and that was the first time in exactly 6 months that I played a game. I'm still not counting MLM because that's more of a project.

kashell:
I think my only gaming goal is to get make either FF Tactics or SaGa Frontier my 150th platinum. I'm not sure which one yet, but either one will be exciting. I've been enjoying planning out which games I'll be playing en route, too.

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