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They're in order of likelihood of being played. Craig is a mate of mine who I play with when time permits.
I still dont understand how people play varied games so far. I only have limited times and I can only slot it to play my comfort games. Even when i have extended times, eventually I just play the same things again.
I just have "Craig" and "Not Craig".
I just hide everything I don't want to play again. "Favorites" means "games I am playing right now". I have one real category of my own, which is "Finished", and actually means "maybe I beat this, or maybe I just got close enough and watched the ending on Youtube." Very few games are actually visible in "Finished" because mostly I don't replay games, so if I beat something, it goes into "Finished" and then gets hidden.
Looking at some of these... I'd never even considered sectioning them by genre - mine's mostly by physical location - if I want to play that game, where's it already installed?
So there's :
Desktop, Laptop, Deck Internal, Deck SD1 (and SD2, 3 & 4 for removable SD cards)
Then like most people, I've got a "Complete" and a "Maybe [person's name]" for ones the missus might enjoy.
The only sort of grouping is "Wheel Games", which is basically driving games, but the type you want to play with wheel & pedals, not just a controller. My wheel and pedals aren't set up permanently, so when they are set up, I pretty much only play all the Euro Truck/Bus Sims, Dirt Rally, F1, Revhead, BeamNG sort of games etc.
Needs a "morally obligated to never play again" for Spec Ops and OneShot
Nice. I have favorites and uncategorized 🫠
Although this might be why I never know what to play
I have no category for games I play often, I have "played" for games I likely won't play again. And I have "shitty trash" for well those. I also have uber trash for sacred 3 and two worlds
TBH tho I usually just use recent activity, but having genres, mechanics, and "vibes" helps me find the game I'm in the mood to install and play. Some of the catagories are essentially useless tho as most people who tag games have no clue what certain genre's actually are, so I have to curate some of these I care about, I have too many games to do it without steam tags though.
I haven't added anything to a category other than favorites in a while. Just can't be bothered. I use my 'favorites' as an installed and/or probably will play again.
Favorites - Games I'm playing very frequently
Bugged - Games I might try again if specific bugs are fixed.
Classic - Games I play less frequently but still plan to again
Couch - Games that would only be fun to play on a couch with friends. if I had a couch. or friends.
Doze - Games that require tweaks to proton to work on my Linux desktop.
Meh - Games I'm not playing again.
Old - Finished games I'd only install again if it had a massive update.
Testing - Uncategorized games I haven't made up my mind on.
Favs, a category just for PoE, semi-favs, and then some dynamic lists to get a fake "all" list.
haha, I LOVE Pillars of Eternity! I'll have to make a category just for that one!
Oh, I meant path of exile, but I do have pillars 1 on the semi favs and pillars 2 on the favs lists haha.
I love how PoE sits between "Favorites" and "Anything I might actually like". I think that sums up my relationship with PoE as well.
before steam had the built in library categorization I used a third party tool that created categories automatically based on tags
which is to say I have way too many useless categories now and need to wipe them all and start over 🙁
I tried to sort by genre too many times and failed due to how specific some games get. So now they are sorted by completion.
I also have a huge word document that has a very detailed, color-coded checklist of every game I have sorted alphabetically & by franchise, this was made so I could include any games from my other devices.
What’s in “DONE - DIDN’T LIKE”? I’m curious as to what you’ve finished despite not really digging it!
"Done" doesn't always mean complete, generally that's where games go that I didn't finish, never returned, and don't plan on ever playing again.
But to answer your question
Far Cry: horrible update, AI is broken, don't care to fix it
Far Cry Primal: Didn't hate it but I didn't love it, caused major eye pain too so I couldn't play long.
Penumbra: Requiem: Abandoned the vibes of the previous two penumbra games which were the precursors to the amnesia games, didn't enjoy the puzzles either.
Planet Centauri: Development Hell, no interest anymore.
Sniper Elite: weird funky controls just not enjoyable for me got about midway through before tapping out.
We happy few: mostly abandoned by the devs, game suffered due to being rushed.
Out of those I beat 3, the rest I either didn't make the return window or kept for library collection reasons.
Fair! I’ve tried but haven’t been able to get into Far Cry games. I intend to try 3 again. Loved the first two Penumbras, but I’ve never heard of Requiem. I hella feel you on the controls of Sniper Elite, also.
For me personally 3-5 were solid Far Cry titles! I haven't beaten 2 yet though. They are "AAA" titles and the corporate parts show, especially in 5. But I love the sandbox environments and the stories are dumb fun imo. Great "brain off" games (stealth is fun too)
Currently:
Soon to be added:
Wouldn't games under Craig and Would play with Craig again overlap? Unless Craig has currently playing games.
I need me a Craig.
We're around
I'd play games with you as time permits.
I just have installed and finished. Also emulator categories created by emudeck
I think you'll find my naming scheme perfectly cromulent.
I just wonder how Lindsey compares to Craig.
Gotta get you some City Build 'Em Ups.
they'd be under God 'Em Ups (currently Command and Conquer, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Civilization games, Worms, Theme Hospital etc)
But if you don't build 'em up, how can you knock 'em down?
I kinda figured that's what was in there, but the pun was right there and I couldn't resist.
come on! Lindsay 'em up!
that is so my wife can find the games she likes and I am trying to make it as easy as possible for her without my nonsense
I have mine set up with a bunch of categories that are sorted with a prepended 3-digit number. Allows me to have different sections of category without it getting mixed up. ex:
010 S
011 A+
012 A
013 A-
014 B+
etc...
350 plz play soon
355 wont play
...
800 dont remember buying this
Not pictured: Won't make the mistake of playing with Craig again
Didn't even know I could do that :') thanks
I'll come back to this when I sorted them... although I really do like your system.
Its a little more convoluted than I'd like. I Should really merge things like Meh/ Package deal/Discontinued/kinda done though
What if I only have 4 games?
"My favorite game" "My second favorite game" "My third favorite game" "One must not look a gift horse in the mouth"
Friendly reminder that “backlogs“ are prisons of your own making. There is no moral imperative to play or complete every game you buy!
Newest trending game tag in steam Craig-like and Craig-lites.
Survival Craig
Action RP-Craig
mine would go something like:
stuff i play: 1
stuff i used to play: 3
stuff i got just because it was cheap: 983785789567
“Welcome to the British Museum Collection of Egyptian Antiquities… My name’s Craig…”
