Can you have two or more games on the go at the same time?

[Shimmyhill]

Surely its game type dependant?

 

Im always playing Fortnite, GT7 and rotate other FPS & Driving games on top of those.

 

However, anything with a some for of complication (move set, story etc) would be played ‘on its own’ as in alongside the above but not another similar title being started - I didnt play Zelda BOTW and Horizon ZD at the same time for example!

 

 

 

[Jamie John]

3 minutes ago, Shimmyhill said:

Surely its game type dependant?

 

Im always playing Fortnite, GT7 and rotate other FPS & Driving games on top of those.

 

However, anything with a some for of complication (move set, story etc) would be played ‘on its own’ as in alongside the above but not another similar title being started - I didnt play Zelda BOTW and Horizon ZD at the same time for example!

 

I would find it hard to play any two of those games alongside each other; if I was really into BOTW, say (which I was), then I doubt I'd just not play it one evening to play something else instead, even if that something else was an entirely different game; I'll always choose to play the game that I'm really into, otherwise, if I don't play it, I feel like I've missed out.

 

I'm the same, to an extent, with films and TV programmes; if I'm bang into a game, all I want to spend my leisure time doing is playing that game. I'm trying to force myself to watch one film per week now on a Saturday night, otherwise I just don't watch any at all, and I used to really be into my films.

 

I suppose all of this is tied up in my perennial, unquenchable FOMO that I can't seem to do anything about. I can't make peace with the fact that I'll never be able to play all the games (or watch all the films, read all the books, listen to all the music) I want to, and I don't know how to deal with it. It's quite sad to admit, but I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about it, and it makes me aggy if I don't actively 'consume' something as part of my leisure time each day.

[Vorgot]

50 minutes ago, Qazimod said:

 

At the risk of heresy, this is me and Dark Souls 1. The sequels were fine, as were BB, Sekiro and Elden Ring, but every attempt at 1 sees me running into an early "wall", or going the wrong way and ending up in an area I shouldn't be in, or crippling myself with some status ailment, or getting ganked by invaders, or getting fed up with the corpse run. I've deliberately avoided buying the remaster because I feel like the same thing will happen... but I'm considering making it a pet project in 2023.  

 

I played DS1 but once I finally took down Ormstein and Smough I decided I was done, and was happy with what I had played of it. Bloodborne I bounced off hard, played quite a lot of Demon's Souls on PS3 and have the remaster now, but not got the guts to play it yet

[Gabe]

1 hour ago, Shimmyhill said:

Surely its game type dependant?

 

Im always playing Fortnite, GT7 and rotate other FPS & Driving games on top of those.

 

However, anything with a some for of complication (move set, story etc) would be played ‘on its own’ as in alongside the above but not another similar title being started - I didnt play Zelda BOTW and Horizon ZD at the same time for example!

 

 

 

At one point this year I had Guardians of the Galaxy, Mass Effect Andromeda, Watchdogs and Assassin's Creed Origins all on the go at the same time. 

[phillv85]

I’ve got 3 ‘big’ games going at the moment. I often play retro as well just when I fancy a quick blast on something rather than having to focus on a story.

[Shimmyhill]

1 hour ago, Jamie John said:

 

I would find it hard to play any two of those games alongside each other; if I was really into BOTW, say (which I was), then I doubt I'd just not play it one evening to play something else instead, even if that something else was an entirely different game; I'll always choose to play the game that I'm really into, otherwise, if I don't play it, I feel like I've missed out.

 

I'm the same, to an extent, with films and TV programmes; if I'm bang into a game, all I want to spend my leisure time doing is playing that game. I'm trying to force myself to watch one film per week now on a Saturday night, otherwise I just don't watch any at all, and I used to really be into my films.

 

I suppose all of this is tied up in my perennial, unquenchable FOMO that I can't seem to do anything about. I can't make peace with the fact that I'll never be able to play all the games (or watch all the films, read all the books, listen to all the music) I want to, and I don't know how to deal with it. It's quite sad to admit, but I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about it, and it makes me aggy if I don't actively 'consume' something as part of my leisure time each day.

 

I play most stuff online with mates so wouldn’t stop that for Zelda etc and the driving games are on a wheel so very different style of game - unlikely to get any confusion with controls / story etc!

 

34 minutes ago, Gabe said:

At one point this year I had Guardians of the Galaxy, Mass Effect Andromeda, Watchdogs and Assassin's Creed Origins all on the go at the same time. 

 

Madness, well I can see it being doable - I wouldn’t have time as much as anything! 

[Popo]

3 hours ago, Yobo Ahoy said:

I've become very reliant on standby / quick resume over the last few years.

I hear you. Quick resume on Xbox, though, means you get all that goodness spread over five games. Madness! Trying to keep oneself focused is impossible. 

[CurryKitten]

I used to do multiple games, but I ended up with so many games that were left unfinished, and some of them annoyingly with 20+ hours in that I then couldn't pick up easily as we were some way into a complicated RPG story and nothing made sense and then I'd have to restart.

 

I've managed to get myself just to concentrate on one game at a time recently, and I've even gone back and played some of those games that had been languishing around for years on end.  Occasionally I'll still have a "big game" and a "light game" that I'd play together, but only if they are easy to stop/go at any point.  Recently I played a chapter a night of Plague Tale: Requiem (until the last few chapters that I binged) and after playing would move to Ori and the wil o the wisps to chill out.  Since finishing Plague Tale, I've simply moved full time to Ori before I choose something else.

 

I suppose the big difference is now that I think about the sort of time commitment that a game will require before I start - which comes down to what I'm in the mood for (I rarely play 2 RPG's or very long story games in a row - I need to break these up) so I've still got Elden Ring for my PS5 sat on the shelf ready to go for when I think I have the necessary time to sink into it... and only it.

[Gabe]

46 minutes ago, CurryKitten said:

I used to do multiple games, but I ended up with so many games that were left unfinished, and some of them annoyingly with 20+ hours in that I then couldn't pick up easily as we were some way into a complicated RPG story and nothing made sense and then I'd have to restart.

 

I suppose the big difference is now that I think about the sort of time commitment that a game will require before I start - which comes down to what I'm in the mood for (I rarely play 2 RPG's or very long story games in a row - I need to break these up) so I've still got Elden Ring for my PS5 sat on the shelf ready to go for when I think I have the necessary time to sink into it... and only it.

See, for me, I'm the opposite here. For the first point, reading walkthroughs can help you get back up to speed if the game doesn't (i.e. via good quest logs), even for the most complex of RPGs (and a lot of games have wiki sites too for further help).

 

On the second point, I'm always mindful of how long something is going to take which is one of the reasons I have so many on the go, because sometimes I want to play something and see some tangible progress made. This is why I have a mix of long and short games across various genres, so if I want to just get lost in a story I will chip away at a big RPG. If I want to feel like I've actually done something, I'll play a level or two of an FPS or hack-and-slash, or a chapter on a walking simulator etc.

 

It ensures that I always have something different I can turn to and also because I've made the commitment to start something, it means I stick with it (even if in some instances that can be over a period of years, Mass Effect Andromeda took about 3 years from start to finish for example) and I complete pretty much everything I play.

[Yobo Ahoy]

1 hour ago, Popo said:

I hear you. Quick resume on Xbox, though, means you get all that goodness spread over five games. Madness! Trying to keep oneself focused is impossible. 

 

Witchcraft! Amazing. Unfortunately at this rate it'll be about 5 years before I'm a 'current' gen gamer. Oh well...

[RubberJohnny]

I always have two on the go, usually something longform and something better for shorter play sessions, although I tend to go through the latter at like a 5:1 rate because finding time to jump into a big old RPG is tough.