I am not sure what went wrong, but honestly I think it is just because of too much choice. Back in the day it was so much easier to finish games because I would maybe have a handful to choose from, but now between Game Pass and games going on sale for so cheap, I have literally multiple thousands of games to choose from

This is definitely a very real thing, I get it bad too.

here's a couple mental tricks I try to do that seems to help me fwiw

• Hide anything I'm not currently playing visually
  • Some ways to do that
    • Only games I'm actively playing or are evergreen installed
    • Keep all games not currently being played in their bookcase
    • on PC Launch games from the start menu or desktop icon so I don't have to see the library
• Limit my purchasing of long games
  • I do pretty well keeping gaming expenses in line, but what I do tend to do is acquire too many hours of gameplay. So when I spend $60 or whatever, I try to make sure I don't acquire more long games than I actually can handle in a few months.
  • Also related to that, I know if I'm only clearing x games per year if I buy more than X, it's just going to increase my backlog
• Analyze my play patterns
  • related to the previous point, now that I've tracked what games I play and finish etc over a number of years I'm able to isolate patterns and habits of mine. This allows me to have realistic expectations of what I can handle. You've got tons of your own data now, so I bet you could do the same. Like I've picked on interesting quirks of mine, like I rarely play much in May or November.
  • For me 35-50 games per year is what I can clear and of those maybe only 6-8 can be games longer than 30 hours. Last year I cleared 38, played a total of maybe 52-3 things
• Abandon stuff I'm not enjoying or not in the mood for
  • Weird as it may sound with this particular problem, cutting bait with some games quicker actually helps me finish more.
  • If a game isn't clicking with me, I just move onto something else. e.g. I wanted to play Mass Effect this year, but I just wasn't in the right frame of mind to do it. I realized I was forcing myself and just let myself shift into something more actiony. Ended up finishing 5 games that month.
  • I think this works, because when I'm locked in I plow through a game quickly, but if I'm not in the right mood for a style of game I play inattentively or often have nights where I don't play. e.g. Mass Effect is a game I like and will play at some point, but I got to be in a RPG mood to do that.

Good luck duder, Hope that helps!

Not sure I'm going to have my own list up on GB this year, been messing around with backloggd. It has its issues, but I think I like the functionality/interface a bit more. And the fact it's being more actively updated/maintained is nice.

2021 Credit rolls | Slag (backloggd.com)

Might have it both places. haven't decided yet

@slag: That is some sound advice, I will actually have to try some of that out.

That is a quality list of ones you finished last year. There are a few of those I would like to go through this year. I just got Deathloop for Christmas and I haven't even gotten Trials of Mana yet despite Secret of Mana being one of my all time favorite games.

@bobafettjm:

and hey if you develop any tricks of your own, let me know!

Always looking to do better, I struggle with this myself haha

Deathloop is a good time. Perhaps best thing about it in this context is that it's a game that eliminates the need for save scumming, so eventhough you fail a lot it doesn't feel bad and you always feel like you are gaining something.

Trials is an interesting game. if you really liked Secret, not sure if you are better off playing the remake or the rerelease. It's a bit jarring to hear SNES era dialogue spoken aloud, there's times where you can tell how abrupt writing was back then

but it's neat! Definitely a cool thing, I'm just glad we finally can get to play after decades.

hope you have fun with them if you play them!