How many games do you juggle at once?

[EliminateHRN]

This question popped into my head recently and I was curious of what everyone in YCM did. Do you juggle multiple games at once or do you have just a few games you play until you beat them?

 

I have a really bad problem with starting a game, playing it for a few hours, then not playing it for a month or two because I start playing other games. This is especially true with my PS3 games, where I have so many games I've started, but never beat. I seriously need to get around to beating these games because my backlog of games just keeps growing, but I probably need to figure out a strategy where I don't get overwhelmed with how many games I'm playing at once.

 

So, yeah, what do you guys do? How do you juggle with playing multiple games at once or do you not do so?

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

At present, my active games include Alpha Sapphire / X, White 2 (my 8th run) and Ape Escape 3 for PS2.

(Yeah, I have a very small library of video games)

 

It's mostly the Pokemon ones though; basically, I just switch in and out between stuff when needed.

Doing post-game stuff in all of the above though.

 

Though, I end up not playing either/or for a week or so at times (in terms of the Gen 6 stuff, I need to remember that my Poke Bank doesn't last forever so I had better start using it)

[mitchermitcher]

At present, my 'active' games are Dark Souls(which I haven't touched for a week) and Digimon World Re:Digitize(which I started and haven't touched for a few days now). When I start juggling games, that's usually when I lose interest and put them on hold and it's a very bad habit that I really should stop.

[Northern Sage]

Etrian Odyssey IV, Etrian Odyssey Untold, Risk of Rain, Persona Q, Yoshi's Wooly World and occasionally Bejeweled 3. Quite a few.

[~British Soul~]

I have a fair few games on the go at once currently and I continue with them on an as and when basis.

[King K. Azo]

I juggle quite a bit. It really just depends on my mood for the day.

[Fusion X. Denver]

Oh god, I have so many games I need to finish playing right now.

Skyward Sword

GTA V

Bowser's Inside Story

New Super Mario Bros Wii AND U

Devil May Cry

Kingdom Hearts DDD

Link Between Worlds

 

Plus other games that I own and haven't started yet.

It's bad.

[TheTurtleOnceCalledGod]

Currently only juggling one because it is such a time drain, Fallout 4.

[EliminateHRN]

When I start juggling games, that's usually when I lose interest and put them on hold and it's a very bad habit that I really should stop.

This exactly sounds like the same type of problem I have. Definitely need to get out of that habit, or at least get out of the habit of juggling as many as I usually try to do.

 

Good to see how everyone else handles playing so many games. I was worried I was the only one that I had the problem of juggling many games, but I guess it isn't that uncommon from what I was reading.

[Shradow]

There's about 3 categories for me. Usually 1 or 2 major ones (Fallout 4, Okami), with some that I consistently play every day or so in smaller amounts (SSB4, Smite), along with others that I slowly work through on the side (Tales from the Borderlands).

 

My problem is when I try to play a lot of RPGs or similar games at once, since while they're my favorite kind of game to play, they're the ones where I always forget where in the story I am or what I was doing, and I just start over. There are some really good ones that, as a result of this, I have yet to actually beat (Fire Emblem Awakening, Bravely Default, and while not an RPG, Kid Icarus Uprising).

[Face McShooty]

Right now, I'm juggling quite a few games, all on PS3

 

Tomb Raider

Just Cause 2

Sleeping Dogs

Gran Turismo 5

Saints Row the Third

Borderlands The Pre-Sequel

 

after Christmas, I will be adding Disney Infinity 3.0 to that queue

[Astro Dude]

Hooboy. I am trying to juggle Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 3 V Generation, Tales of Hearts R, Pokemon Omega Ruby, Pokemon Alpha  Sapphire, Paper Mario, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Fire Emblem Sacred Stones, Megaman BN4 (Both versions) and an anime runthrough of Pokemon Y. However, I play Mugen Souls Z when I go see my grandmother. We watch it for the story. She kinda likes RPG stories, specifically Kingdom Hearts.

[asterr259]

I usually get games that I for sure won't lose interest in like turn based RPGs and the likes, and that have replayability, like SMT games. But between new games and ones that I haven't beaten there's only Bravely Default. So at most I only juggle between 2 or 3 games. Until the Release of Digimon Cyber Sleuth, Digimon World Dawn(6+ times) is my most replayed game, even passing up any Pokemon Game I've played (Each region 3 or 4 times, minus Kalos).

[Airride]

I usually only play a couple games at the same time. My current ones include Rune Factory 4, Nier, Legend of Dark Witch (Practice for Speedruns, but it counts), and Animal Crossing if that counts. I have a lot of games I need to get to on Steam though, probably after I get my computer back and finish Rune Factory or Nier, and I still need to play Phoenix Wright more. If I have too many games, I tend to get overwhelmed and not play anything.