As can be seen, my game backlog is huge. Yesterday I was feeling pretty happy I made some progress on shrinking it when I beat Silent Hill: Homecoming last week and Dead Space will be done this week. Next, I figured I’d hop back into Fable II and clear that out. I was telling myself that I’m not going to get any more games until I make significantly more progress on this queue, but the holiday season is tough with all the good games out. Two of my friends already got Call of Duty: World at War, and asked me if I was getting it. Of course I would, since I had already seen them playing it. I was waiting for a while to see if any good deals came out and I finally bit last night when I found it for $38 new. I figured it was also a good opportunity to try out the Xbox Live Party with them since the NXE update hit yesterday.
I don’t know whether to try to finish up Fable II next or jump right into Call of Duty: World at War. Part of me wants to complete Fable II just so I can be done with it (and also get a review out), but I got turned off of it. Besides the simple storyline, I think I’m just annoyed with all the little nuances that come with some of the Achievements for that game – especially one that requires me having to trade dolls with other players and another with me having to play the public games that I don’t even have. People got the public games free if they pre-ordered Fable II, but since I didn’t, I have to pay $10 to play them so I can get the corresponding Achievement? Pretty annoying. Maybe I’ll just beat the game and skip out on the dolls and public game oriented Achievement. I’m guessing it’s the OCD part of me that likes seeing the 1000/1000, but there’s only so many hoops even I’m willing to jump through to get there.
Finally, with Black Friday rolling around the corner, I’m sure there will be plenty of gaming deals to be had. I’m actually on the lookout now for Gears of War 2, Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, and even Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway. Then my game queue will be even longer, but I’m thinking after these holidays, I’ll have some time to push through many of these games. Yes…that’s what I’ll tell myself…
