This year, how many games have you completed?

It’s fine if you don’t remember the precise number—it’ll largely be an opportunity for Fraser to brag about how he writes them down. In a spreadsheet, for example. Everyone else, just give me a ballpark figure. It’s not about the quantity; what I really want to know is whether you spent this year playing more games than usual, or if you relied on old favourites to get you through. If you like, you can count games you’ve completed on other platforms. A phone is essentially a computer that can be used in the restroom.

Mollie Taylor, Trainee News Writer: Uhh… maybe five or six? Turns out it’s a lot harder to churn out 30-odd games in a year when you’re an adult with a full-time job rather than a uni student in the middle of a pandemic. My playstyle’s also shifted quite significantly—I’m usually a huge single-player gal, but this year I’ve really embraced diving into multiplayer games with my pals. It means I’ve spent a decent amount of hours gaming in 2021, but not a lot of those spent in games that have a concrete end. I also really got back into Final Fantasy 14 a few months ago, so my body, soul, and all my free time now belong to the MMO overlords. Apologies to all the fantastic solo experiences I’ve let fall to the wayside.

Phil Savage, Editor-in-Chief, UK: I’ve finished 20 games so far this year, although most of those in the first six months. I did start the year planning to keep up with 2021’s releases, but that didn’t really pan out. The only ones I’ve actually completed are Hitman 3, Deathloop, and Forza Horizon 5, two of which I reviewed. Instead, I spent more time trawling my backlog, and finally completing a couple of games I’d left languishing near the end. Mafia: Definitive Edition, Control, Yakuza: Like a Dragon and even Shadowrun: Dragonfall all finally saw completion. Then, a few months back, I got back into Apex Legends and Guild Wars 2, a couple of forever games that—along with Destiny 2—pretty much ensured I wouldn’t be finishing anything else for the rest of the year. Maybe next year, eh?

Nat Clayton, News Writer: Does completing two Apex battle passes count? More than I reckon anyone else here, my year was defined by getting really, nonsensically obsessed with multiplayer shooters. I was a competitive Splatoon 2 player all through spring, and I’ve played so much Halo 3 that Master Chief keeps appearing in my dreams. Apex Legends has taken over my life absolutely, a fixation that’s seen me spend agonizing nights chasing ranked rewards and an irresponsible amount of money commissioning a Horizon costume.

Even the singleplayer games I played were largely endless—Teardown has a story but I’ve spent far more time messing around with mods, while Townscaper is less a game and more a coastal architecture toy. Unbeatable won’t be done for years, and Session probably never will be. The one game I can say with certainty I did beat was Sable, and god, I’m so glad I saw Sable through to completion. Please play Sable.

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