so going through my unplayed games ...

Infamous Second Son, Dragon Age Inquisition and Sunset Overdrive are still not played a year or thereabout later ...

and then ...

I rediscover Alan Wake unplayed since May 2010, more than 5 years. I know I 'found' it a couple of years ago and out it put it aside but ...

What game is sitting on you shelf (or somewhere digitally) the longest waiting to be played?

Well now, I'd have to go all the way back to my Amiga collection. . .

The Witcher 1. Computer blew and couldn't afford a new one.

@Scottie - you should definitely try Alan Wake. Game mechanics won't be as exciting now as they were when it was released but it still has a really weird and cool story and some great moments.

My backlog was mostly the DLC in GOTY editions I picked up in the past. Only this year have I finally got through RDR Undead Nghtmare, New Vegas DLC and now the Skyrim DLC. All of which is excellent and I regret not playing sooner.

On the digital side I barely use Steam so the infamous sales are not a source of unplayed games. On GoG however, I've got some classics I'd like to play again such as all the Black Isle games - Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights. I've also picked up a few adventure/point&click games I really need to play - the Myst series, Blackwell series and Tex Murphy adventures.

SMT's Lucifer's Call/Nocturne...

Lets say I have about 1 hour of game done... from 2004...

I just can't...

@Scottie DUDE!! Very disappointed, Alan Wake is a must play!

I have a list of games I still need to play. But I don't buy games & put them one side to play at a later stage.
When I get a game, I play it & finish it. Before getting the next game.

Oldest unplayed game?

Bayonette and Dark Souls for me.. too many games - not enough time.
Thought about and did play Dark Souls for an hour or so over the weekend then realised that with MGSV on its way it would be silly to start it now.

Llama_Duck said ...

SMT's Lucifer's Call/Nocturne...

Lets say I have about 1 hour of game done... from 2004...

I just can't...

Why not?

I love that game.

Wolf101 said ...

Llama_Duck said ...

SMT's Lucifer's Call/Nocturne...

Lets say I have about 1 hour of game done... from 2004...

I just can't...

Why not?

I love that game.

Mine is probably Dragons Quest IX or 8 on the PS2, the cell shaded one. I bought it played for about 50 hours or so, started exams in 2005 or 2006 and haven't gone back to it. In fact I don't even have a PS2 anymore, maybe I should use it on my PC?

Wolf101 said ...

Llama_Duck said ...

SMT's Lucifer's Call/Nocturne...

Lets say I have about 1 hour of game done... from 2004...

I just can't...

Why not?

I love that game.

I know! It's awesome... but for some reason that game eludes me.

Any other SMT game, done and dusted... but this one...

Nier.
I keep forgetting that have I this game

Also, a multitude of steam games I got in bundles

@Magius: Wait for the 3DS one. More characters, content and no random encounters.

Wolf101 said ...

@Magius: Wait for the 3DS one. More characters, content and no random encounters.

Thanks, will do so. But why no random encounters how are you supposed to grind levels to take on the bosses?

Magius said ...

Wolf101 said ...

@Magius: Wait for the 3DS one. More characters, content and no random encounters.

Thanks, will do so. But why no random encounters how are you supposed to grind levels to take on the bosses?

What he means is that the enemies appear on the field and you encounter battles by running into them. Like ffxiii or the "tales of" games.

That's if we see the 3ds version in English

@Supaphly ah cool, thanks.

@KF500 and Lurch - yeah downloaded the two extra episodes and the the American Nightmare standalone. Amazingly there is no patch for Alan Wake ... aah those were the days.

@ Supa: rejoice!

http://gematsu.com/2015/07/dragon-quest-vii-viii-3ds-coming-west-according-series-creator

Scottie said ...

@KF500 and Lurch - yeah downloaded the two extra episodes and the the American Nightmare standalone. Amazingly there is no patch for Alan Wake ... aah those were the days.

Haha, the "good old days".

Another game I took a long time to playing was 2010's Singularity which also had not a single patch notification when I fired it up and I never had a single issue the entire game. Really fun shooter for anyone who hasn't payed it. Sadly it sold like crap as it was barely marketed.

For Alan Wake, the DLC are definitely good to wrap up the weird original ending. American Nightmare is quite fun in how it reuses the same 3 environments but with changing conditions. It also kinda wraps up a strange sub-plot in the original game.

@Scottie & Lurch The days without patches...todays kids are like WHAT
My buddy got the DLC for Alan Wake, played it there. Very good!

Red Dead Redemption

If I am honest, I don't even remember why I stopped playing this game. because, truth be told, it was a game I really enjoyed. I will probably get back to it one day, I just don't know when.

Ni No Kuni

Again, such an awesome game... just too much Gibli. Admittedly I am not the biggest Studio Giblets fan around, and I should have taken that into account when I picked up the game, but I honestly liked the game alot, just I guess it was just too much Gibli for me at the time.