Steam Backlog - The Undertaking.

[Purge]

By the GODS OF MOUNT OLYMPUS, I have a mountain of games, and limited gaming time.
Steam sales and impulse purchasing over the past two years has gotten me behind the eightball, as it were.

I have a list of 246 odd games. The ones that I consider "in a backlog" aren't the little indie titles, or the many popcap games that I got in a bundle for a select few that my son and GF like playing.

Ready?

Spoiler for the scrolin.:

Remember, I didn't have time to fill in, or recall, the circumstance for every purchase off the top of my head. I've bought perhaps 4 games at full price - otherwise Steam has been my bargain bin for gaming.

Title	Finished?	Current impression / status	reason for purchase
1... 2... 3... KICK IT! (Drop That Beat Like an Ugly Baby)
AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity
Alien Swarm
Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Aliens vs. Predator
Amazing Adventures Around the World
Amazing Adventures: The Lost Tomb
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Armed and Dangerous	No	No
Assassin's Creed	Yes (360)	Yes (360)
AstroPop Deluxe
Audiosurf
Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition	Work In Progress	Work In Progress
Bejeweled 2 Deluxe
Bejeweled Deluxe
Bejeweled Twist
Beyond Good & Evil	No	No
Big Money! Deluxe
BioShock	No	No
BioShock 2	No	No
BIT.TRIP BEAT
BIT.TRIP RUNNER
Bookworm Adventures Deluxe
BookWorm Deluxe
Borderlands	Yes #1, 1/2 to #2	Yes #1, 1/2 to #2
Borderlands DLC: Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution	No	No
Borderlands DLC: Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot	No	No
Borderlands DLC: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx	Yes	Yes
Borderlands DLC: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned	Yes	Yes
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box	No	No	Bundled w. Half-Life2
Cave Story+			Bundled w. Half-Life2
Chuzzle Deluxe			Bundled w. Half-Life2
Cogs			Bundled w. Half-Life2
Counter-Strike			Bundled w. Half-Life2
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes
Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Source Beta
Crayon Physics Deluxe
CrimeCraft GangWars
Crysis	No	No
Crysis Warhead	No	No	Bundled w. Half-Life2
Crysis Wars	No	No	Bundled w. Half-Life2
Dark Messiah Might and Magic Multi-Player
Dark Messiah Might and Magic Single Player	No	No
Day of Defeat
Day of Defeat: Source			Bundled w. Half-Life2
Dead Rising 2	No	No
Dead Space	No	No
Dead Space 2	No	No
Deathmatch Classic
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 1
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 2
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 3
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 4			Play it with my 7yr old.
Defense Grid: The Awakening	No	No	Bought 4 pack to play with friends
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition	No	No
Deus Ex: Invisible War	No	No
DiRT 2	No	No
DogFighter	No	No
Dragon Age: Origins	No	No
Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening	No	No
Droplitz
Dungeon Defenders
Dungeon Siege	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Dungeon Siege 2	No	No
Dungeon Siege III	No	No
Dynomite! Deluxe
Escape Rosecliff Island
Evil Genius
Fable - The Lost Chapters	Yes (360)	Yes (360)
Fallout 3	Yes	Yes
Fallout New Vegas: Dead Money
Fallout New Vegas: Honest Hearts
Fallout: New Vegas	No	No
Far Cry	No	No
Far Cry 2	No	No
Far Cry 2: Fortunes Pack	No	No
Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown Deluxe
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage	No	No
Fractal
Gish
Grand Theft Auto IV	No	No
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City	No	No
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	yes (console)	yes (console)
Gratuitous Space Battles
Half-Life	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Half-Life 2	Yes	Yes
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Half-Life 2: Episode One	Yes	Yes
Half-Life 2: Episode Two	Yes	Yes
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast	Yes	Yes
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
Half-Life: Blue Shift	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Half-Life: Opposing Force	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Half-Life: Source	No	No
Hammer Heads Deluxe
Heavy Weapon Deluxe
Homefront	Yes (review copy)	Yes (review copy)
Iggle Pop! Deluxe
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Insaniquarium! Deluxe
Jamestown
Just Cause 2	Yes (360)	Yes (360)
Killing Floor
Killing Floor Mod: Defence Alliance 2
Left 4 Dead	Not sure	Not sure
Left 4 Dead 2	No	No
LEGO Batman: The Videogame	No	No	Just got it.
Loom
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition	No	No
Lucidity
Magicka	No	No
Magicka: Final Frontier
Magicka: Frozen Lake
Magicka: Holiday Spirit Item Pack
Magicka: Nippon
Magicka: Party Robes			Wouldn't load on last windows install. Haven't tried on my fresh reinstall yet.
Magicka: The Watchtower			Finish 1 first.
Magicka: Vietnam
Magicka: Wizard's Survival Kit
Mass Effect	No	No
Mass Effect 2	No	No
Max Payne	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Metro 2033	No	No
Monkey Island 2: Special Edition	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Monster Trucks Nitro	Yes	Yes
Mr. Robot
Mystery P.I.: The Lottery Ticket
Mystery P.I.: The New York Fortune
Mystery PI: The Vegas Heist
Nation Red
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit	No	No
Neverwinter Nights 2: Platinum	No	No
NightSky
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath	No	No
On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One	No	No
On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode Two	No	No
Orcs Must Die!	No	No
Osmos
Overlord	No	No
Overlord II	No	No
Overlord: Raising Hell
Peggle Deluxe
Peggle Nights
Pizza Frenzy
Plain Sight
Plants vs. Zombies: Game of the Year	Yes (iOS)	Yes (iOS)
Poker Night at the Inventory
Portal	Yes	Yes
Portal 2	Yes	Yes
Puzzle Kingdoms
Quake 4	No	No
Red Faction: Guerrilla	No	No
Renegade Ops	No	No
Resident Evil 5	No	No
Ricochet
Rocket Mania! Deluxe
RUSH
Saints Row 2	No	No
Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock	No	No
Sam & Max 102: Situation: Comedy
Sam & Max 103: The Mole, the Mob and the Meatball
Sam & Max 105: Reality 2.0
Sam & Max 106: Bright Side of the Moon
Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa
Sam & Max 202: Moai Better Blues
Sam & Max 203: Night of the Raving Dead			Review
Sam & Max 204: Chariots of the Dogs
Sam & Max 205: What's New Beelzebub?			Bundle deal. I regret this.
SEGA Genesis & Mega Drive Classics
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Shank
Sid Meier's Civilization IV	No	No
Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization			Got this for me and my son (who loves construction). Too much finance, not enough straight building.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords
SimCity 4 Deluxe			Bundle. Ick.
Space Pirates and Zombies
Star Wars - Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Star Wars - Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Star Wars Galaxies
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Star Wars Republic Commando
Star Wars Starfighter
Star Wars: Dark Forces	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed	No	No
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II	No	No
Super Meat Boy
Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 1 - Launch of the Screaming Narwhal
Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 2 - The Siege of Spinner Cay
Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 3 - Lair of the Leviathan
Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 4 - The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood
Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 5 - Rise of the Pirate God
Talismania Deluxe
Team Fortress 2 Beta
Team Fortress Classic
Terraria	No	No
The Ball	No	No
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
The Dig
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Dear God No	Dear God No
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition	No	No
The Wizard's Pen
The Wonderful End of the World
Thief: Deadly Shadows	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Titan Quest	No	No
Titan Quest: Immortal Throne	No	No
Toki Tori
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter	yes (console)	yes (console)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2	yes (console)	yes (console)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder	No	No
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Gold Edition	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas	yes (console)	yes (console)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2	yes (console)	yes (console)
Tomb Raider: Anniversary	No	No
Tomb Raider: Legend	No	No
Tomb Raider: Underworld	No	No
Torchlight	No	No
Total War: SHOGUN 2	No	No
Train Simulator 2012	No	No
Trine	No	No
Typer Shark! Deluxe
Universe at War: Earth Assault	No	No
Universe Sandbox
Unreal Tournament 3: Black Edition	Yes (original)	Yes (original)
Venice
World of Goo
World of Zoo
Zombie Driver	No	No
Zombie Shooter 2	No	No
Zuma Deluxe

So I'm going to finish Batman:AA. What's next though? Do I start Bioshock YET AGAIN, or do I delve back into Borderlands to complete my 2nd run through with Claptraps revolution? Mass Effect didn't work last time, do I go back to that, or do I let the Dragons of Skyrim run my gaming agenda? Dragon Ages are also outstanding, as is Crysis, Far Cry, Tomb Raider and Force Unleashed.

I also have Battlefield 3 waiting for me on Origin, and a BUNCH of 360 games I picked up cheap with a local rental store closing. I think my 360 / Wii / PS3 backlog is at about a dozen games.

I look forward to Diablo ]|[ being pushed back until August.

[PR_GMR]

(PR looks at Purge's backlog and just.... laughs maniacally)

Good luck with that!

[Purge]

I've also been heavily involved in other projects which have yet to produce any monetary value to me (actually, much to my detriment).

So as I collected these games, I figured I might have time to play them, then had not been able to play them, and I now have an Indy-sized boulder rolling at me.

Any recommendations as to which 3 games YOU'D start with?

[TiLT]

I'm never going to treat my backlog like that. I'll play the games if and when I want to, not because I feel like I have to. The games will always be there, and if I end up not playing them, then that means I made a bad purchase. Forcing myself through them won't change that.

Of course, if these games are ones you truly want to play, it's kind of different.

[EngineNo9]

I agree with TiLT.  I would start with the one that most appeals to me, play it until I finish it or feel like I am personally done with it, and then move on to the next most exciting one and not feel any regret. 

[PR_GMR]

Look... Here's a way to cut thru that ridiculous backlog: Ask yourself.. if you were to die at the end of this year, what games will your regret not have played? (Now, you should be regretting doing many other things if you're about to die).. But, ask yourself that.. and see what games 'rise' to the front.

[Teggy]

I vote for either Dead Space or Tomb Raider Legend, mostly because they are good games that don't require a huge time commitment, plus once you are done, if you like them, you've got sequels that are also reasonable to take on.

I would definitely play Tomb Raider with a controller if you can.

[Laura]

That's some backlog! I would start with Amnesia because it is short and scary fun. Then move on to New Vegas because it is so great. Maybe Far Cry as the third choice.

[CeeKay]

start off with SEGA Genesis & Mega Drive Classics, and don't come back until you're done.

[Zarkon]

Hey let's make this a Backlog Compare thread, then!

Spoilered for the scrollening.

Spoiler for Hiden:

   

Title	Status
A Game of Thrones - Genesis
AaAaAA!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome
And Yet it Moves
Arcania - Gothic 4
Arcania: Fall of Setarrif
Assassin's Creed	About 6-10 hours into it
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Assassin's Creed II
Audiosurf	Not part of the backlog
Bastion	Very early in game
Beat Hazard	Pretty much done everything with this game I can.
BIT.TRIP.BEAT
BIT.TRIP.RUNNER	About 5 stages in
Borderlands	Near end of Act 1
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Cave Story+
Champions Online: Free for All
Chantelise
Cogs
Crayon Physics Deluxe
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Darwinia
DEFCON
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition	On 2nd mission
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga	In first area after tutorial
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition	Need to restart
Dungeon Defenders	Level 5
Dungeon Siege III
Dungeons & Dragons - Daggerdale	Level 2
EDGE	Not counting towards backlog
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind	Just started
Europa Universalis III
Europa Universalis Rome Gold Edition
Europa Universalis Rome: Vae Victus
Everquest II	Level 20 Coercer
F.E.A.R. 2
F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point	About 1/4 way through
F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate
Fallout: New Vegas
Far Cry	Early in
Far Cry 2
For the Glory
Freedom Force	2nd Mission
Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich
Frozen Synapse
Gish
Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition
Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Gratuitious Space Battles
Hacker Evolution
Hacker Evolution - Untold
Half-Life Source
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2: Episode 1
Half-Life 2: Episode 2
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
Hammerfightt
Hard Reset
Heroes of Might and Magic V (all expansions)
HOARD
Jamestown	About 2-3 stages in
Jolly Rover
Just Cause
Just Cause 2
King's Bounty: Armored Princess (and the rest of the expansions)	Finishing up the 1st area
L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition
Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planewalkers
Magicka
Max Payne	About halfway done
Max Payne 2
Monday Night Combat
Monkey Island 2: Special Edition
Mount & Blade (All expansions)
Multiwinia
Nation Red - 2 d
Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition
Neverwinter Nights 2: Platinum
NightSky
Nuclear Dawn
Osmos
Overlord
Overlord II
Overlord: Raising Hell
Poker Night at the Inventory	Gained most of the items
The Polynominal	Not counting this
Portal	About 10 puzzles in
Puzzle Agent
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale	2nd playthrough after failing once
Ricochet
Risen
Rock of Ages	Stage 6
RUSH
Saint's Row: The Third
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Sequence
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter
Shadowgrounds
Shadowgrounds: Survivor
Shank
The Ship
Sid Meier's Civilization V
Space Pirates and Zomboes	Level 20
SpaceChem
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: The Old Republic	2 characters
Super Meat Boy
Sword of the Stars Complete Collection
Team Fortress 2	Not counting!
Terraria
Texas Cheat'em
Titan Quest: Gold
Toki Tori	Not counting
Torchlight	Modded heavily, level 9 or so
TRAUMA
Trine	Stage 6
Uplink
Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines	Just after dealing with the 'twins'
Monkey Island 2: Special Edition	VVVVVV
X: Beyond the Frontier + X:Tension
X2: The Return
X3 + both expansions

I'll add to this list soon.
 

[Teggy]

Don't let CeeKay post his list, it might break the forum.

[CeeKay]

Don't let CeeKay post his list, it might break the forum.

I'm too lazy to type it out.

[Purge]

Note: My spreadsheet lost the details from impressions and I didn't bother saving it. Ah well.

[PR_GMR]

Don't let CeeKay post his list, it might break the forum.

I'm too lazy to type it out.

I sincerely hope you're leaving those games to your offspring after you die... 'cause ain't no way you're playing all that during your lifetime. 

[Teggy]

Don't let CeeKay post his list, it might break the forum.

I'm too lazy to type it out.

I sincerely hope you're leaving those games to your offspring after you die... 'cause ain't no way you're playing all that during your lifetime. 

The number of big games in that list that have like 1.5-2 hours played is just sad. I did notice over 50 hours in Mass Effect though!

[Purge]

Don't let CeeKay post his list, it might break the forum.

I'm too lazy to type it out.

I sincerely hope you're leaving those games to your offspring after you die... 'cause ain't no way you're playing all that during your lifetime. 

The number of big games in that list that have like 1.5-2 hours played is just sad. I did notice over 50 hours in Mass Effect though!

My son plays way too much monster truck nitro, methinks....

[CeeKay]

Don't let CeeKay post his list, it might break the forum.

I'm too lazy to type it out.

I sincerely hope you're leaving those games to your offspring after you die... 'cause ain't no way you're playing all that during your lifetime. 

The number of big games in that list that have like 1.5-2 hours played is just sad. I did notice over 50 hours in Mass Effect though!

sometimes their timer is off.  I know I put more than .7 hours into Left 4 Dead and a helluva lot more time into Mass Effect 2.  same deal with Alpha Protocol, played through as far as the end of the Russian missions and it says I've only played .4 hours.

[Caine]

it doesn't match up with a lot of games on my list either. 

my list

note this is only the main list, not including GoG, Green man gaming, D2D and Impulse.  oh and the complete sam & max collection from telltale and the strongbad series as well. 

my backlog long passed into heirloom stage and now there is so much gaming debt that even my grandkids will feel guilty when the steam sales roll around.

[Purge]

Trying to get back into Dragon Age: Origins (Batman AA is done as far as I'm going to go - no interest in the challenges and extra stuff at this point).

DA:O is hard to play knowing I have Skyrim sitting right there.
I also am considering finishing up Starcraft 3:WoL - I just don't know how long it is, and how long it would take me. Perhaps I should consider "Easy" instead of "Normal" or "Hard" so I can digest the games without having too much difficulty. (I'm not much of an RTS'er)

[CeeKay]

Knocked two major time sinks off of my list with Skyrim and Saints Row the Third, now I'm taking aim at Dragons Age 2 before Amalur comes out, which will be followed by a Mass Effect 2 replay before ME3.

[Purge]

Finished Batman : AA and Force Unleashed. Dragon Age 1 is chafing me.

[morlac]

Dragon age and BF3 should make a nice gaming combo.  I am currently doing BF3 with SWOTOR.

[hitbyambulance]

take on some of the 'sandbox' titles. example: Train Simulator 2012 - futz around with that for a while, then do something else. come back to it when you feel like. nothing to 'complete' there.