For whatever reason I (again) cant seem to find the words to put here at the moment so in summery, 2023 year I accepted I was getting bored of action orientated games... want to more big RPGs and Cozy games this year... 2023 more games bought, fewer games finished.. blah blah. Details later (?)

2023 releases ranking
1) the Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom (Switch)
2) Starfield (Series X)
3) Alan Wake 2 (Series X)
4) Hogwarts Legacy (Series X)
5) Dead Space (Series X)
6) Kirby's Return to Dramland Deluxe (Switch)
7) Fire Emblem Engage (Switch)
8) Final Fantasy XVI (PS5)
9) Redfall (Series X)
10) Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Series X)

Timesinks
1) the Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom 185
2) Starfield 124:26
3) Fire Emblem Engage 87:12
4) Final Fantasy XVI 64
5) Midnight Suns 62:18
6) Hogwarts Legacy 51

Exactly 2000 games! Nice!

As the year comes to a close its time for the usual years wrap up, Games of the year and goals for the coming year (and writing the word year a lot it would seem), so lets cover the topics.

2021 in review

Fewer games beaten this year than in the past few, but with a drop in games bought so that a plus. Also wrapped up all DLC and any missing games from the Assassin's Creed mainline games which had a few but not many downs and a lot of fun which has got me interested in replaying a few of them next year. Got the games room into what I guess I'd call "Phase 1" where its in use, but with various things I'm not happy with and so got to change the setup of. There were a few excellent games this year (some of which I've not finished so wont appear in the list) and not many I can think of that I'd describe as bad, let alone terrible. So, that being said here as usual are the top ten games I finished this year (subject to change in the next week or so),

1) Halo Infinite (XSX)
2) MARVEL's Guardians of the Galaxy (XSX)
3) Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (PS5)
4) Watch Dogs Legion (XSX)
5) Persona 5 Strikers (Switch)
6) New Pokemon Snap (Switch)
7) Artful Escape (XSX)
8) Mario 3D World + Bowsers Fury (Switch)
9) My Time at Portia (XSX)
10) Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (3DS)

2022 Goals

So here is the thing, I am terrible at achieving set goals (as any look at previous Backloggery goals will show) so basically I am going to have no goals next year. No game buying limits, no targets for numbers to do with finishing games and no alphabet or year "challenges" at all. Also I'm not going to put it down here, but there will be changes in the way I use this site as I've said before it is making things more like a task rather than a hobby. I've been not buying some games as I wont finish them and it'd hurt my score which is a nonsense way to go about things, thats not a fault of the site its just more how I've come to see and use it. So I'm going into 2022 to buy and play what I want and not worry about the numbers. Alright, so maybe I do have one goal for next year.

Thanks for reading, even if you skipped to the end and Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and pleasant gaming to all

12 year Backloggiversary day!
Slow and steady improvements over the year, heres to sorting it out even more over the next year and beyond.

Hi, I hope you don't mind the random multitap add. You popped up on the main page after completing Sam & Max and your backlog caught my eye! Good luck with your 2021 goals! I've been on backloggery for about a year and a half now and have restarted so many games its ridiculous so I decided that this year I was starting my backlog from scratch (wasn't exactly far in anyway!) and i'm going to actually beat as many games as I can. I may take a leaf out of your book and set myself some goals to help me along the way! Wishing you all the best for 2021!

Almost at that 30% as well! This year is a write off for me... lockdown meant just buying more games it seems...

11 year backloggiversary day!

Heres to another year of a positve memory card score and hopes of getting those new game numbers right down.

Happy Backloggiversary!! 10 years!!

Its my 10 year Backloggery anniversary!

You are so close to 10 years on here!