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TheRock1525 posted...

For me, I have an extremely bad habit of getting incredibly far into a game then giving up towards the end, sometimes for the weird reason of not wanting the journey to end (when leaving the game and not coming back effectively ends the journey anyway).

*gets you a 'Hell Yeah'*

It's frustrating to know you're near the point of no return, but could still do limited/endless amounts of side stuff before you complete just because it's still there. Or missing something late in the game and needing to shelve the fame for a while so you forget why you were reticent about finishing (helped me immensely with some Trails games... every entry until Cold Steel II I had to put down for about a year before I could finish. Then I would new game plus, enjoy the hell out of it, get all the missables, go on a final date with everyone, etc. and beat anew before moving on to next entry).

I used the Video Game Challenge to clear a lot of backlog (including finally finishing Secret of the Stars and Terranigma after 20 years), but haven't had any categorical motivation. It helped a ton when my backlog was bigger and more varied. And also full of games I had lots of fun playing as opposed to games that... are still backlogged for a reason. Or are survival/open world/farm sim games (Subnautica, Core Keeper, My Time at Portia) that... too much to do and see, no time to try and beat.