I love playing new games and this generation has had a ton of great stuff, between indie games and the bigger budget studio games, and I tend to put a higher priority on playing new games as that gets me more excited, but a lot of older stuff I'd love to play can get neglected. I've gotten into the habit of trying to fit one in whenever I can, though.
My biggest blind spots are pre-N64/32-bit era, Sega console stuff, and RPGs (mostly JRPGs and CRPGs).
I've got kind of a running list of games that I want to play at some point, and it all really comes down to finding the time for them (most of the games are long) and finding the best place to play them. The Switch has actually really helped in this regard, as I can chip away at a game in bits & pieces during lunch breaks and whatnot and not feel like I'm taking time away from something else. And the system has been getting more and more older games ported to it that I've missed out on. This is what got me to finally play through Skyrim and Dragon's Dogma.
Final Fantasy (series): I've only played FFXV, but have been meaning to get into the series as a whole. One of the things that helps me is to recognize that it's unnecessary to play every single game and focus in on what will cover most of the high points. I'm planning on playing the remake of VII, and I've also zeroed in on VI, VIII, IX, X and XII as others that will make sense to play at some point. It's one of those things where I never had any interest in RPGs growing up, particularly turn-based ones, but I'm much more open to trying all sorts of games now.
More SNES stuff: Namely Earthbound, DKC 2&3, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, and Mario RPG. I've got the SNES Classic for a few of those at least. Again, these are just games I missed out on because I didn't really get into games until the early 3D days. Again, it's just a matter of setting aside the time.
Other big RPGs that are highly regarded: Persona 4 & 5, Xenoblade Chronicles and XCX, Morrowind, KOTOR, Dragon Age. Just not enough time in the day for all of these...
I'm also still bummed about Disaster: DoC never getting localized. It looked right up my alley. |